STOLEN BOSNIAK TERRITORY

LIST OF BOSNIAK MUNICIPALITIES STOLEN BY SERBS

According to RFE/RL, "Bosnia's chances of joining the European Union could be jeopardized if it fails to conduct a census next year... Bosnian Muslims oppose anyone stating their ethnicity, religion, and language because of the massive exodus of Bosniaks and Croats during and after the 1992-95 war. Bosnian Serbs say including the questions represents a basic human right."

Ever wondered why Serbs and their Belgrade proxies tirelessly insist on the question of "ethnicity, religion, and language" to be included in the Population Census? The answer is simple.

In 1990s, Serbs and their Belgrade proxies ethnically cleansed large parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina and committed ghastly crimes against the Bosniaks. Today, Serbs are anxious to legalize their "hard work" so they could regard traditional Bosniak land as a "Serb territory." To achieve this, Serbs and their Belgrade proxies need a piece of paper, produced through the Population Census, which would legally color the Muslim territory into "Blue." This would enable Serbs to tell the world -- as well as future generations of yet-to-be-born Chetniks -- that Srebrenica, and other stolen Bosniak municipalities, have always "belonged to the Serbs." In fact, even before the war started, Serbs -- who controlled rump Yugoslavia -- re-organized municipalities in Bosnia-Herzegovina by adjoining Serb villages together to form municipal majority as a land grab. That's why you see a lot of "Red" on the map below. (Also see, Amira Dzirlo's excellent analysis in Washington Report on Middle East Affairs)

During the Bosnian war, Serbs kept all Bosniak cities and enclaves under the siege and bombarded them on a daily basis. Snipers were used to deliberately target-and-kill Bosniak women, children and the elderly. Throughout 1992 -- three years before the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide -- Serbs around Srebrenica constantly attacked Bosnian Muslim villages, including the enclave of Srebrenica, with heavy artillery, snipers, and aircrafts. They bombed Bosniak civilians and defenders with everything they had. Serbs were extremely well prepared for the war as they inherited a lion's share of weapons from the Yugoslav Peoples Army. Under these conditions, Alija Izetbegovic - then the President of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina - had to sign the Dayton Peace Accords in 1995. The agreement awarded Serbian Chetniks half of Bosnia (49%), including huge chunks of traditional Bosniak territory. Bosniak returnees to the Serb-controlled half of Bosnia were frequently subjected to abuse (see Fata Orlovic case). Now, let's take a look at this map provided by the Office of the High Representative:

As you can see from the map above [make sure to click on it], according to the Dayton Peace Agreement Serbs stole a lot of traditional territory from the Bosniak people. Here are some Bosniak municipalities that were awarded to Serbs in part or in entirety:

1. PRIJEDOR (Serbs stole entire municipality, which had pre-war Bosniak majority)

2. DOBOJ (Serbs stole approximately 97% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality)

3. SANSKI MOST (Serbs stole approximately 5% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality)

4. GRADACAC (Serbs stole approximately 40% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality)

5. BRCKO (Serbs stole approximately 45% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality. Later, Brcko was re-integrated as a separate district of Bosnia-Herzegovina)

6. ZVORNIK (Serbs stole approximately 75% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality)

7. BRATUNAC (Serbs stole entire municipality, which had pre-war Bosniak majority)

8. VLASENICA (Serbs stole entire municipality, which had pre-war Bosniak majority. After the war, Serbs split the municipality into two parts and formed a new municipality called "Milici")

9. SREBRENICA (Serbs stole entire municipality, which had pre-war Bosniak majority)

10. VISEGRAD (Serbs stole entire municipality, which had pre-war Bosniak majority)

11. ROGATICA (Serbs stole approximately 99% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality)

12. FOCA (Serbs stole approximately 95% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality)

13. TRNOVO (Serbs stole approximately 25% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality, including the above-named administrative center of this municipality)

14. GORAZDE (Serbs stole approximately 20% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality)

15. SARAJEVO (Serbs stole approximately 20% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality)

16. STOLAC (Serbs stole approximately 55% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality.)

17. MOSTAR (Serbs stole approximately 5% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality.)

18. OLOVO (Serbs stole approximately 5% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality)

19. KALESIJA (Serbs stole approximately 30% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality)

20. GRACANICA (Serbs stole approximately 40% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality)

21. LUKAVAC (Serbs stole approximately 2% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality)

22. TESANJ (Serbs stole approximately 3% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality)

23. MAGLAJ (Serbs stole approximately 20% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality)

24. BOSANSKA KRUPA (Serbs stole approximately 7% of this pre-war Bosniak municipality)

25. Possibly more. Feel free to add comments.