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Above: Bosnian Serb Army

It has been more than ten years since the Bosnian War ended, but the atmosphere in Sarajevo is still the same. The Serbs are not done yet.

Branislav Dukic, leader of the Association of Bosnian Serb War Victims, confirmed that their group plans to build an 85 foot cross on Trebevic Hill this month, in memory of Serb war victims.

During the war, Trebevic Hill was one of the deadliest locations from which the Serbs mercilessly fired artillery on Sarajevo. Today, Trebevic Hill is still Serb territory. Since it is high above ground — which made it the perfect location from which to fire artillery during the siege — it overlooks the Muslim-dominated capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Posted on April 1st, 2008 under News Europe, War Opinion. Tags: bosniak muslims, bosnian serbs, cross, sarajevo, trebevic hill. Comments: None

Above: KFOR in street

Serbs were set to free their arrested comrades as if they were the law.

300 of them fought with UN and Kosovo Force (KFOR: NATO troops) in Mitrovica after the latter group were forced to storm the courthouse that they had been occupying since Friday.

After arrests were made inside the premises, three UN vehicles (like the one that was burned: pictured below) were attacked by the Serbs to free their recently captured comrades. Out of the 53 arrested inside, only 33 remained in custody as 20 escaped with the help of the protesters.

Posted on March 17th, 2008 under News Europe. Tags: albanian, courthouse, Kosovo, Mitrovica, serbs. Comments: None

Above: Moscow police try to hold the riot

Riot police arrested protesters on Monday who held an unauthorized rally against the election of Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow. Medvedev is a known protégé of President Vladimir Putin.

300 riot police wielding batons hauled protesters to their buses (see picture above) – as other protesters light flares while shouting: “Fascists! Fascists!” (see below). Protesters were clearly outnumbered in the clash as it only took a while before the police drove away with two busloads of detainees.

Below: Flares on Moscow riot

Posted on March 3rd, 2008 under News Europe. Tags: election, kasparov, medvedev, putin, Russia. Comments: None

Above: Osama bin London

A court in London has convicted seven men involved in terrorist training which they referred to as “camping weekends” wherein young Muslims are brought to English parks around Britain; they were trained to throw imaginary grenades, to stage mock ambushes with rifles fashioned from branches and to chop watermelons in simulated beheadings.

Their leader Mohammed Hamid (pictured above) has called himself Osama bin London since 2004. Hamid is a 50-year-old Tanzanian who lives in London as a mosque preacher. One of his teachings, as reported, convinced young Muslims to murder “nonbelievers.”

Posted on February 26th, 2008 under News Europe. Tags: convicted, Islamic extremist, Osama bin London, preacher, suicide bombing. Comments: None