Bosnian Muslim Paper reveals Srebrenica's dark secret

Dani ^ | June 22 1998

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Interview with Bosnian Muslim Hakija Meholjic, president of Social Democratic Party for Srebrenica, by Hasan Hadzic, Bosnian Muslim Paper Dani

"Hakija Meholjic: [...] It was envisaged that Naser Oric would be going also, but he did not want to go. We were transported in armored personnel carriers from Sarajevo airport to the Holiday Inn hotel. That was the time of the Bosniak Convention, where a decision was being made on the peace plan and the division of Bosnia. We were received there by President Izetbegovic, and immediately after the welcome he asked us: 'What do you think about the swap of Srebrenica for Vogosca [a Sarajevo suburb]?' There was a silence for a while and then I said: 'Mr. President, if this is a done thing, then you should not have invited us here, because we have to return and face the people and personally accept the burden of that decision.'

Dani: So you rejected Izetbegovic's decision?

Hakija Meholjic: We rejected it without any discussion. Then he [Alija Izetbegovic] said: 'You know, I was offered by Clinton in April 1993 (after the fall of Cerska and Konjevic Polje) that the Chetnik forces enter Srebrenica, carry out a slaughter of 5,000 Muslims, and then there will be a military intervention.' Our delegation was composed of nine people, one among us was from Bratunac and unfortunately he is the only one not alive now, but all the others from the delegation are alive and can confirm this. [...]"

Dani, "5,000 Muslim Lives for Military Intervention", June 22 1998 (<- click)

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Original text in Bosnian language:

"Hakija Meholjic: [...] Bilo je predvidjeno da ide i Naser Oric, ali on nije zelio ici. Sa Sarajevskog aerodroma su nas transporterima odvezli pred 'Holiday Inn'. Bilo je to vrijeme odrzavanja Bosnjackog sabora, na kojem se odlucivalo i o onom mirovnom planu o podjeli Bosne. Tu nas je primio predsjednik Izetbegovic i odmah nakon pozdrava pitao: 'Sta vi mislite o zamjeni Srebrenice za Vogoscu?' Neko vrijeme je bila tisina, a onda sam se ja javio i rekao: 'Predsjednice, ako ste nas zvali na gotovu stvar, onda to niste trebali raditi, jer se valja vratiti pred narod i prihvatiti teret te odluke na nas.'

Dani: Vi ste, dakle, odbili Izetbegovicevu ponudu?

Hakija Meholjic: Mi smo to odbili bez diskusije. Onda je on [Alija Izetbegovic] rekao: 'Znate, meni je Clinton nudio u aprilu '93. godine (nakon pada Cerske i Konjevic Polja, prim.a.) da cetnicke snage udju u Srebrenicu, izvrse pokolj pet hiljada muslimana i tad ce biti vojna intervencija.' Nasa delegacija je bila sastavljena od devet ljudi, jedan je medju nama bio iz Bratunca i nazalost jedini on nije ziv, a svi ostali iz delegacije su zivi i to mogu potvrditi. [...]"

Dani, "5000 MUSLIMANSKIH GLAVA ZA VOJNU INTERVENCIJU", 22. JUNI / LIPANJ 1998. (<- click)

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