Posted on 07/14/2006 7:12:35 AM PDT by joan
Hilarious link, Joan.
"Not all of those who died are mentioned here. The names of some Islamic volunteers who were subsequently linked to the Al-Qa'eda organisation and the training camps run by that organisation in Bosnia-Hercegovina, have been removed at the request of the members of the Association."
Oh dear, to think that they were fighting, side by side, with Bin Laden and his chumps.
Oh the soul searching must have been something.
Hilarious link, Joan.
"Not all of those who died are mentioned here. The names of some Islamic volunteers who were subsequently linked to the Al-Qa'eda organisation and the training camps run by that organisation in Bosnia-Hercegovina, have been removed at the request of the members of the Association."
Oh dear, to think that they were fighting, side by side, with Bin Laden and his chumps.
Oh the soul searching must have been something.
I found the relevant paragraph.
It talks of Djilas visiting the Soviet Union in 44, and finding out that the Yugoslav Anti Fascist Brigade was made up of Croats who'd been sent to the eastern front by Pavelic, captured with their commander, Mesic, at Stalingrad, and "re educated". The Anti Fascist Brigade was officered by Soviets and with a smattering of Yugoslav communists who'd somehow survived the purges in the 30's who acted a political commissar
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