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...insists Prijedor police chief Drljaca. "It's a religious war." The operative lie is that Bosnia's Muslim leader, Alija Izetbegovic, is bent on creating a Muslim fundamentalist state. Never mind that Bosnia's Muslims are not fundamentalist, indeed are among the more secular followers of the Prophet Muhammad. Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, who shares the Serb ambition to carve up Bosnia, parrots the charge that "there are tendencies to create an Islamic state." Serbs claim that an "Islamic Declaration" that Izetbegovic wrote in the 1970s is proof of his intention to establish a religious state. "There was nothing...
...claims, Serb militiamen herded 57 Muslim men, women and children into a basement and tossed in hand grenades, then joked that the screams of the dying sounded "just like a mosque." Ferid Omerovic, 37, is one of 9,000 from the Bosnian city of Bosanski Novi who reached a Croatian refugee camp in a U.N. convoy. "Life turned to hell two months ago," he says. "All Muslims were fired from their jobs, we had no money to buy food, and we couldn't get humanitarian help. Our houses were looted by Serbs -- our neighbors." He was detained in a stadium...
...Olympics reflect issues, yes, but they also offer a refuge from them, a way for symbols to become people again, and for struggles to be replaced by no-lose propositions. After playing against the Dream Team, Croatian coach Petar Skansi was smiling like a champion. Not just because he had come within 33 points of tying the U.S. Not only because, briefly, he had been able to ignore the bloodshed in his homeland. But mostly, he said, because "I was impressed with the way Mr. Jordan and Mr. Daly pronounced our names. They know about us. That is very important...
...National Basketball Association's Golden State Warriors, who is assisting the Lithuanian team, says, "There are two totally different events. When the U.S. plays, it is more of an entertainment. When the other teams play, it is very exciting. Anybody can win." Petar Skansi, the thoughtful coach of the Croatian team, has a slightly different perspective. "No one wants to beat the Dream Team," he says. "It would be bad for the sport because they are clearly the best. Maybe someone will beat them in 15 or 20 years...
...Rimas Kurtinaitis. Croatia's Drazen Petrovic, on the other hand, is a picador, launching shots like lances from all over the court. Those fans familiar with the Boston Celtics will also recognize 7-ft. 2-in. Stojko Vrankovic. In Badalona, at least, Vrankovic is an intimidating shot blocker. The Croatians are deeper than the Lithuanians, and both are more talented than the Australians. Says Croatian Danko Cvjeticanin: "We are the Dream Team of another part of the world." Not so fast, Danko. The Grateful Dead, admirers of Marciulionis, are backing the Lithuanians. They should know. As performers, at least...