Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07SARAJEVO2082
2007-10-01 18:25:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Sarajevo
Cable title:
YOUTUBE THREATS TO BOSNIAK LEADERS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SARAJEVO 002082
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR DICARLO, EUR/SCE (FOOKS, STINCHCOMB, HOH),S/WCI
(WILLIAMSON, LAVINE),INL; NSC FOR BRAUN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/01/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER KAWC KCRM BK
SUBJECT: YOUTUBE THREATS TO BOSNIAK LEADERS
REF: SARAJEVO 1990
Classified By: Political Counselor Michael J. Murphy for Reasons 1.4 (B
) and (D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L SARAJEVO 002082
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR DICARLO, EUR/SCE (FOOKS, STINCHCOMB, HOH),S/WCI
(WILLIAMSON, LAVINE),INL; NSC FOR BRAUN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/01/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER KAWC KCRM BK
SUBJECT: YOUTUBE THREATS TO BOSNIAK LEADERS
REF: SARAJEVO 1990
Classified By: Political Counselor Michael J. Murphy for Reasons 1.4 (B
) and (D)
1. (U) On September 29, a user identified as Hattab 72
posted a nine-minute video clip on YouTube threatening
President Haris Silajdzic, Islamic Community President Reis
Ceric, and SDA President Sulejman Tihic with &political,
moral, and religious assassination8 if they continue to
support the Citizenship Review Commission (CRC). The CRC was
established to review the status of persons who obtained
Bosnian citizenship between April 1992 and January 2006. It
has stripped approximately 600 individuals of their
citizenship on the grounds that it was obtained fraudulently.
Many of these individuals were former mujahedeen, who now
potentially face deportation.
2. (U) In text scrolling against a green background, the
footage accuses the three leaders of being &shamelessly
silent in the face of ongoing violations of human rights,8
and characterizes the former mujahedeen who had their
citizenship stripped as &brothers who are being persecuted
for no reason.8 The text continues accusing the three of
&selling this country piece by piece, and Muslim by
Muslim.8 It concludes with an ultimatum that the leaders
take action to &prevent this moral and humanitarian
catastrophe8 by Bajram (October 12) or lose their
&positions, power, and freedom.8
3. (C) Comment: This is the second video posted by Hattab 72
on YouTube in less than a month. The earlier video was
designed to undermine the defense of Bosniak war-time
commander Rasim Delic, who is on trial for war crimes in The
Hague (Reftel). At that time, many observers speculated that
someone associated with the mujahedeen, perhaps even a former
foreign fighter, posted the Delic clip to &get back8 at
Bosnian officials for supporting the CRC process. This
latest posting may signal that Hattab 72 is engaged in a
broader public campaign to increase political pressure on
Bosniak leaders to protect mujahedeen. Whatever his motives,
the most recent clip demonstrates that Hattab 72 follows
Bosnian politics closely and can quickly produce his clips.
The September 29 clip refers to the Dodik-Silajdzic Protocol
on Police Reform, which was signed on September 28.
CEFKIN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR DICARLO, EUR/SCE (FOOKS, STINCHCOMB, HOH),S/WCI
(WILLIAMSON, LAVINE),INL; NSC FOR BRAUN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/01/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER KAWC KCRM BK
SUBJECT: YOUTUBE THREATS TO BOSNIAK LEADERS
REF: SARAJEVO 1990
Classified By: Political Counselor Michael J. Murphy for Reasons 1.4 (B
) and (D)
1. (U) On September 29, a user identified as Hattab 72
posted a nine-minute video clip on YouTube threatening
President Haris Silajdzic, Islamic Community President Reis
Ceric, and SDA President Sulejman Tihic with &political,
moral, and religious assassination8 if they continue to
support the Citizenship Review Commission (CRC). The CRC was
established to review the status of persons who obtained
Bosnian citizenship between April 1992 and January 2006. It
has stripped approximately 600 individuals of their
citizenship on the grounds that it was obtained fraudulently.
Many of these individuals were former mujahedeen, who now
potentially face deportation.
2. (U) In text scrolling against a green background, the
footage accuses the three leaders of being &shamelessly
silent in the face of ongoing violations of human rights,8
and characterizes the former mujahedeen who had their
citizenship stripped as &brothers who are being persecuted
for no reason.8 The text continues accusing the three of
&selling this country piece by piece, and Muslim by
Muslim.8 It concludes with an ultimatum that the leaders
take action to &prevent this moral and humanitarian
catastrophe8 by Bajram (October 12) or lose their
&positions, power, and freedom.8
3. (C) Comment: This is the second video posted by Hattab 72
on YouTube in less than a month. The earlier video was
designed to undermine the defense of Bosniak war-time
commander Rasim Delic, who is on trial for war crimes in The
Hague (Reftel). At that time, many observers speculated that
someone associated with the mujahedeen, perhaps even a former
foreign fighter, posted the Delic clip to &get back8 at
Bosnian officials for supporting the CRC process. This
latest posting may signal that Hattab 72 is engaged in a
broader public campaign to increase political pressure on
Bosniak leaders to protect mujahedeen. Whatever his motives,
the most recent clip demonstrates that Hattab 72 follows
Bosnian politics closely and can quickly produce his clips.
The September 29 clip refers to the Dodik-Silajdzic Protocol
on Police Reform, which was signed on September 28.
CEFKIN