Bosnia FM decries Lieberman remark 'Bosnia is al-Qaida breeding ground'
Israel's foreign minister said earlier this week that Balkan region was next destination for extremist groups to set up operations.
By Barak Ravid Tags: al-Qaida Israel news Avigdor LiebermanBosnia's Foreign Minister phoned his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman Thursday evening to decry the latter's public suggestion that Bosnia is a potential breeding ground for terrorists.
Sven Alkalaj said in a statement Thursday that such claims hurt Bosnia's international reputation.
Lieberman said on Tuesday that he had intelligence indicating that the Balkan region is the next destination for al-Qaida and other Islamic extremist groups to set up operations and pointed to areas populated by Bosnians and Albanians.
Lieberman's remarks enjoyed wide coverage in many Balkan countries such as Macedonia, Bulgaria and Bosnia. On Wednesday, several Israeli ambassadors to Balkan nations were summoned to clarify Lieberman's remarks.
Alkalaj said the Bosnian intelligence service and international organizations say there are no terrorist training camps and no terrorist cells in Bosnia-Herzegovina. He asked Lieberman to share any credible information.
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It is interesting that Bosnian FM didn't say what over 7000 Mudjahedins where doing in Bosnia during the war.Go to youtube to see them. also he didn't say how gave Osama Bosnian passport in Vienna Embassy 1992. Should I say what have been Bosnian citizen arrested today in terrorist plot. and for the end why 3 Albanians from Kosovo where arrested about 6 mnts ago about the plot to kill US soldiers in New Jersey army base. How many White Bosnia al-Qaida is train in Zenica and other regions in Bosnia ???
to get rid of liberman? he costs us too much and may cost still much more.
Such declaration for Albanians is a total ingratitude from Israelis foreign minister. He must remember that during WW2, the Albanians where one of few nations who protected the Jews with their own life. The number of Jews in Albania increased at the end of the war like no other country in Europe.