Bosnian Muslim sentenced for war crimes

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A court Thursday sentenced a former Bosnian Army soldier to 14 1/2 years in prison for his participation in the killing of eight Sarajevo Serbs during the 1992-95 war.

Samir Bejtic, 37, was member of a Sarajevo-based brigade of the Bosnian army, which was led by Musan Topalovic, a Bosnian Muslim warlord known as Caco.

Topalovic was killed in a government sweep in 1993 after authorities established that he and members of his brigade had killed more than two dozen Serb civilians from Sarajevo and left their bodies in a pit at the edge of the city.

Dozens of soldiers from Topalovic's unit were arrested and 15 of them were sentenced to prison terms. Bejtic, however, managed to escape to Germany. He was later extradited to Bosnia and his trial began in 2003.

"Topalovic was killed in a government sweep in 1993 after authorities established that he and members of his brigade had killed more than two dozen Serb civilians from Sarajevo and left their bodies in a pit at the edge of the city."

The Muslims began killing Sarajevo Serb civilians from the get-go. The Muslim killers such as Caco and Jusuf Prazina were celebrated and praised by Izetbegovic - many were ex-cons, hardened criminals, convicted rapists, and gang leaders - people with a reputation for violence and no morals - they were sicced on the Serbs. However, after they had done their dirty job of killing the Serbs who'd been trapped in the Muslim controlled sectors of Sarajevo, they were often killed by their own people to protect the Bosnian Muslim government leadership and government from their bad reputation. The rest of the Serbs were more out of reach and had their own forces to protect them. Therefore, these paramilitary killers were no longer of the use as at the beginning of the war. The first few months of the war in Sarajevo were a time of murder sprees and rounding up Serbs in concentration camps and prisons. People were beaten severely night and day (which caused deaths and disfigurement), and Jusuf Prazina reportedly allowed Mujahideen (which were in Sarajevo by the summer 1992) to rape and torture Serbs in his prison.

ALL THE WHILE THE MEDIA WAS PUSHING THAT THEY WERE PEACEFUL, MULTICULTURAL MUSLIMS AND GOVERNMENT.

The Muslims killed many more than they are saying, and the Kazani pit hasn't been fully investigated. It is difficult terrain and the Muslims put restrictions preventing the Serbs from gaining access. When bodies have been found, the investigations are halted to keep the count from rising.

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