War crimes by members of Al Qaeda Network: MUJAHID'DIN IN BOSNIA

The International Tribunal in The Hague received the statements of at least ten POWs from the VRS captured by the El-Mujahid unit of the ABiH’s 3rd Corps on Mt. Ozren. They confirm one of the captives was ritually beheaded.

One technician (statement # KRI-61/97 dated 21 May 1997), captured in the village of Lozna on the Vozuca front on 21 July 1995, was first taken to camp Livade. After two days, he was transferred to the mujahid’din-run camp in Gostovici, where he spent 34 days. Here is how he described his captivity: …I was captured by a group of 12 mujahid’din, one of which was a Bosnian Muslim acting as an interpreter. Immediately upon capture I was beaten. One of the mujahid’din ordered me to kneel, then took an axe with a half-moon blade and a short handle, which he held on a cord around his neck. He wanted to cut my head off, but the interpreter intervened by telling him something in Arabic. I was taken to Livade, where their infirmary was, and they beat me again, brandishing axes and knives and threatening to cut my head off again. One of them ordered me to lie on the ground, then swung an axe right by my head.

I was then taken to a storehouse, where I found two other VRS prisoners, Š.B. and T.V. After a little while, they took the three of us out, tied us up, and wrote on a piece of paper “Here is how Chetniks [derogatory term for Serbs] end”; they taped it to Š.B.’s back. Afterwards, they ordered us to strip, took us to a room, and said “Now you will see how we slaughter Chetniks.” They hog-tied us [hands and feet behind our backs], then put knives to our throats and yelled that they were going to cut our throats. Then they brought in a cardboard box containing two human heads, which were still bleeding. At the entrance to the room, I had seen two bodies in the uniforms of my unit, but at the time I could not see if they still had their heads. Two days later, we were transferred to Gostovici near Zavidovici. At every checkpoint, they stopped the van in which we were transported, and the mujahid’din that were there would come in and beat us. Civilians who happened to be there would beat us too.

The mujahid’din camp in Gostovici had tents in a big circle, one of which was bigger and served for religious rituals. Since we could not walk, the mujahid’din carried us into a small, yellow tent. Later, we were moved to a small house with a damaged roof, which was within the camp. They held us in a room on the ground floor. The windows were boarded, and the door had an opening through which the guard could look at us. V.T. was in charge of bringing in and out the bucket which we used for bodily functions.

We were chained – my left leg to V.T’s right, his left to M.K.’s right, and so on. Each of us was secured by a separate lock. Abuses continued. One of the mujahid’din asked Dr. S. if he was a physician, then tried to force him to slaughter M.K. with a knife. He refused, saying he was supposed to help people, not kill them. Since our hands and feet were chained, we could not feed ourselves. So they unchained one V.G.’s hands, and he fed us, crawling on his knees.

Mujahid’din would often burst into the room and beat us with clubs and took handles. They sometimes carried handsaws and chainsaws, threatening to cut off our heads. This was psychological torture. One time, they took me outside and one of the mujahid’din kicked me in the mouth. They put a blindfold over my eyes and walked me around so I would lose orientation. Then they put me face-down on the ground, with my hands tied up on my back and my legs tied up with a rubber hose and pulled up. Some other prisoners were brought along, and were beaten and abused one by one.

One of us, G.V., was wounded in the right thigh before capture. That wound was never treated, so he was in a bad shape. During the beatings, he would howl in pain, and begged the mujahid’din to stop. At one moment, I heard him curse god, since he could no longer take the pain. Then I heard a gunshot. They cut off his head – I did not see the act itself, but others did. The mujahid’din then took our blindfolds off and brought the head to us, ordering us to kiss it. We had to do it. Afterwards, they untied out legs and took us back into the room where we were held, one by one. They also brought in the severed head, and hung it on a hook on the wall. As far as I can recall, the head was there for two days.

One day, we were taken out into the camp, so all the mujahid’din could see us. I estimated there were about 1000. They surrounded us, and started singing and shouting in Arabic. One was holding a knife and kept trying to approach us – wanting to slit our throats – but was held back by two others. He was angry, foaming at the mouth. We were returned to our prison room afterwards.

On August 23, 1995, the mujahid’din took us out to the soccer field behind the building where they’d kept us. Three mujahid’din approached me, and one threw down the keys to our locks at my feet. They ordered me to find the key to my lock. When I had done so, they ordered me to get up, and one told me, in Serbian, “Your last minute has come.” They took me behind the goal post and told me to kneel in the little ditch. One was talking in English, and the other was translating to the other mujahid’din. He was telling them to step back, so my blood would not spray all over them. But then he changed his mind, told me to get up, and took me to the middle of the field. There, another mujahid’din that spoke Serbian told me to kneel and put my hands on the ground. The one with the pistol grabbed my hair, pulled my head back, shoved the barrel of the pistol into my mouth, and pulled the trigger. The pistol clicked – it was empty. The other mujahid’din fired two rounds from his rifle right next to me. Then they beat me for about an hour. They stopped only when two MPs from the Muslim army showed up. The MPs took us to the Zenica penitentiary. I was registered with the International Red Cross on December 31, 1995, in Zenica. Until then, I was held secretly.

At the mujahid’din camp, I suffered five broken ribs, several damaged vertebrae, 11 broken teeth, a broken nose, and head injuries. I’m still in pain. I have medical records to prove it. I was declared an 80% invalid.

The heads of Mr. Blagoj Blagojevic, Mr.Brane Djuric and Nenad Petkovic

Crni Vrh near Teslica. The head of Mr. Blagoje Blagojevic held by Arap-jihad fighter mudzahedin from military units “El Mudzahid”. Mr.Alija Izetbegovic are honorary commander of this terrorist unit.

Mr.Stojan Pudic, Serb civilin from Bosnia, arrested by Arap-jihad fighter. Before his head was cut by sword, his fingers and foots were cut on “traditional” way according to mind of Islamic terrorist. Victims of Islamic fundamentalist cruelty must be killed with great pain, because “Allah is Great”.

The same sort of brutality was sawn in Iraq where members of Al Qaida killed Nicholas Berg who sits in front of his masked captors in this image from the video. The one standing directly behind Berg reads a statement identifying himself, and then Berg is pushed to the floor. Berg is heard screaming as his throat is cut. One of the captors then holds up his severed head.

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