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A crowd holds a statue of Fikret Abdic during his welcome ceremony in front of the prison in Pula, Croatia on March 9, 2012. Abdic, a former Bosnian warlord who fought fellow Muslims during his country's 1992-95 war, was released from prison on Friday after serving two-thirds of his war crimes sentence.
A former Bosnian warlord who fought fellow Muslims during his country's 1992-95 war was released from prison on Friday after serving two-thirds of his war crimes sentence, The Associated Press reports.
Fikret Abdic, once one of the richest men in Bosnia and a popular politician, was convicted in 2003 for participating in the detention and killing of fellow Muslims during the war. About 3,000 cheering followers gathered to welcome his release. Read the full story.
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Fikret Abdic, center, greets his family members upon his release from prison on March 9, 2012.
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So, everyone is now celebrating the murderous rampage his troops went on during the war. It just proves that Islam is more about killing than healing or worshiping some 'god'. I believe it is time to stop all international flights and make sure everyone stays in their own country if this is the sort of stuff they like their leaders to do!
i'm pretty much entirely against war...
but to criticize troops during a war of 'murderous rampages' is kind of like criticizing football players for hitting people during a game... that's just what they are suppose to do...
and don't kid yourself... the USA goes on 'murderous rampages' whenever they go to war as well... sad, but true...
I pray for the day humanity will become enlightened enough to stop supporting these knuckle-draggers. And I mean all of us on this planet -- including Americans, who have elected their own share of Neandertals. We have met the enemy and he/she is us.
"We have met the enemy and he/she is us." Must I say more, I could never have put it better myself! Sometimes we need to reflect on war and its aftermath it is not like screaming and yelling Forward forward forward we march but casualties dead and and alive to live with handicaps for the rest of their lives. One reason we have a Commander in chief who has to think things through as the casualties of war are a gross reminder of things gone wrong. Look at Iraq over 50,000 young men and women injured and victims for the rest of their lives!. Let us think before we march to war again.
One of the problems in the modern world today is, we still use the term "Warlord".
A future for peace seems bleak.