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| Bosnia: Foiled attack on US embassy linked to Islamists |
| 2007-10-06 |
| (AKI) – Two Bosnians arrested this week in connection with a foiled attack on the US embassy in Vienna are allegedly linked to a radical Islamist Wahabi movement, the Bosnian daily Nezavisne novine said on Friday. The newspaper quoted Gerhard Jarosh, a spokesman for the Vienna prosecutor, saying that the “Wahabi background” of the two individuals was being investigated. “That link hasn’t been proven, but will certainly be investigated, which might take some time," he said. Police on Monday arrested 42-year-old Bosnian, Asim Cejvanovic, when he entered the embassy grounds with a rucksack of explosives. It was later alleged that Cejvanovic was mentally ill and he was taken to a prison hospital. During questioning, Cejvanovic told police he was told to carry the explosives to the embassy by another Bosnian, Mehmed Djudic, who was later arrested. According to Vienna media reports, Djudic has been connected to Muhamed Porca, who heads the Vienna branch of the Bosnian Wahabi movement which preaches radical Islam. Porca’s group, which is reportedly the main financier of the Wahabi movement in Bosnia, has been under police surveillance for some time, Vienna media reported. Darko Trifunovic, a professor at Belgrade University's faculty of security studies and terrorism expert, told Adnkronos International (AKI), Cejvanovic may have been used only to test security around the embassy, because no detonators were found in his possession. “They have used a mentally deranged person in the hope that the whole thing would end there,” Trifunovic said. “But the real question is from whom did he get the explosives.” The Wahabi movement in Bosnia is relatively new and small in numbers, but it has worried local Muslim authorities because of its violent behaviour and attempts to infiltrate local mosques. Wahabi ideology was imported to Bosnia during the 1992-1995 civil war when thousands of mujahadeen from Islamic countries came to fight with local Muslims. Many have remained in the country, indoctrinating local youths and even operating terrorist training camps, foreign intelligence reports said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 They were just coming to deliver a Fatwa of Thanks for our assistance to the Balkan Muzzies in defeating the Orthodox Serbs. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-10-06 11:08 |
| #2 And all the while, I thought it was those darn mormons again! Sorry, guys! |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-10-06 10:42 |
| #1 No sh*t Sherlock? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-10-06 03:29 |