Word: muslim
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Embarrassed by its attempts at propping up tyrants around the world, the CIA is trying a new tactic: helping the beleaguered Muslim-led Bosnian government fight off the ethnic cleansing by the Serbs -- so says a report in the European, a London-based weekly newspaper. Citing European military sources, the paper said CIA personnel are assisting the Bosnian army with tactical training, satellite intelligence and air traffic control. The Pentagon denied the report...
Sometimes at dusk, sometimes at dawn, when the dim gray light shrouds them from the enemy, commandos of the mainly Muslim Bosnian army launch coordinated attacks on Serb positions. Using their advantage in manpower, the Bosnian troops pick their way around the enemy's heavy tanks and guns, ambushing troops or blasting through sparsely defended encampments...
Bosnian Croat militias joined the resurgent Muslim-led Bosnian army to retake Kupres, a town 60 miles west of Sarajevo, which had been overrun by Bosnian Serbs in 1992. The combined Croat-Muslim forces captured materiel abandoned by the fleeing Serbs. Meanwhile, the United Nations General Assembly voted to pass a nonbinding resolution exempting the Bosnian army from the arms embargo imposed by the Security Council...
While Nyang focused on how Islam and modern society relate, non-Muslim audience members said the evening still informed them...
...must bring Muslims together, so that they can strengthen each others' faith and advance the cause of Islam," said Mohsen Tehrani, a leader in the Boston-area Muslim community...