Word: muslim
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...Tuesday Bosnian Serbs finally occupied the eastern enclave of Zepa, which they had been attacking since June, and promptly ejected 5,000 women, children and old men because they were Muslim. The Serbs then looted and set fire to the town. The refugees reached Bosnian government lines exhausted and dazed, but apparently without suffering the sort of atrocities the Serbs had inflicted on the 42,000 residents of Srebrenica two weeks before. (A U.N. commission accused Mladic and Radovan Karadzic of genocide last week.) The New York Times reported Bosnian claims that the Serbs had used some sort...
Barnes reports that no one yet knows the fate of the 10,000 Muslim men who have been missing since the fall of the safe areas of Srebrenica and Zepa: "Some of them certainly have been killed. But a lot are probably still hiding in the woods and are reluctant to come out." The reason? "Muslims have been killed by Serbs dressed as U.N. peacekeepers, so they are afraid to come out and are hiding even from legitimate U.N. and Red Cross agents...
...robbery and murder of refugees from the overrun "safe area" of Srebrenica, Bosnian Serbs surrounded the town of Zepa, another U.N. safe haven. Western allies met in London at week's end, threatening a substantial and decisive response -- including air strikes -- if the Serbs moved against Gorazde, the last Muslim enclave in eastern Bosnia. But the allies also fretted about the serious risks involved in opposing the Serbs...
...leader of the militant group Hamas. Hamas, which has claimed responsibility for several bombings in Israel, quickly warned the U.S. against turning him over. A Hamas leaflet issued in the Gaza Strip today demanded the immediate release of Abu Marzuk, saying his detention would "add to the Arab and Muslim anger that is raging against the U.S. hostile policies." Marzuk was detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service in New York City as he returned from a two-month trip abroad. Leaders of Hamas said their anger would not lead to terrorist attacks in the U.S. But, as Sheikh Razi...
...genocide and crimes against humanity. Despite the indictments, the tribunal is unlikely to put the suspects on trial, since Serbs in Serbia and Bosnia refuse to hand over the suspects. TIME's Marguerite Michaels says the proceedings will mean little until the military conflict is over -- and that Muslim names are sure to be on the list...