Posted on 12/01/2004 11:45:32 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia- Hercegovina (AFP) - Five robbers dressed as NATO (news - web sites) peacekeepers stole over one million euros belonging to an Austrian bank on the eve of the handover of the mission to an EU force, police said.
"Five unknown perpetrators dressed in (NATO-led Stabilisation Force) SFOR uniforms stopped an armoured vehicle transporting Raiffeisen Bank's money to the central Bosnian treasury and stole 2,047 million convertible marks (1,05 million euros, 1,34 million dollars)," police spokesman Rade Mutic told AFP.
He added that the 'soldiers' had built a checkpoint in the village of Ljubacevo and had flagged down the bank's vehicle, claiming to be peacekeepers. They then stole the money, locking guards inside the vehicle.
Police were investigating the incident, Mutic said.
The European Union (news - web sites)'s biggest military operation begins in Bosnia on Thursday when the 25-nation community takes over peacekeeping duties from NATO, nine years after the end of the bitter inter-ethnic war in Bosnia.
SFOR's 7,000-strong force will be replaced on 2nd December by a similar European force.
Not much of a bet. Based on your FReeper name, you don't have a left one. Or a right one either.
Not much of a bet. Based on your FReeper name, you don't have a left one. Or a right one either.
It was Serbs. But you can keep your nut. I already baked the fruitcakes. :)
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