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Patriotic League (Bosnian: Patriotska liga), was established by the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) in June 1991 in preparations for the coming Bosnian War. Together with Territorial Defence Force of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it was transformed into the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
On February 22, 1994, with the formation of the 7th Corps (Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina) in Travnik, the 1st battalion of the 7th Muslim Brigade was formed into its own brigade, the 737th Muslim light brigade (737. muslimanska lahka brigada). Consequently, a new 1st battalion was formed, incorporating fighters from the "Martyr ...
Foreign mujahideen arrived in central Bosnia in the second half of 1992 with the aim of helping their Bosnian Muslim co-religionists to defend themselves from the Serb and Croat forces. Some originally went as humanitarian workers, [ 15 ] while some of them were considered criminals in their home countries for illegally travelling to Bosnia and ...
The idea was to "lift" a United Nations arms embargo on both sides to provide the poorly-armed Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) with high-powered modern American weapons, thus balancing the conflict. If the Bosnian Serbs tried to stop that move, the United States Air Force and United States Navy would "strike" hard at them. [2] [3] [4]
On 18 December 1992, the U.N. General Assembly resolution 47/121 in its preamble deemed ethnic cleansing to be a form of genocide stating: [23] [24]. Gravely concerned about the deterioration of the situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina owing to intensified aggressive acts by the Serbian and Montenegrin forces to acquire more territories by force, characterized by a consistent ...
Two Bosnian Army commanding officers were indicted on the basis of command responsibility. The indictment in the cases of Bosnian Army officers Amir Kubura and Enver Hadžihasanović concerned a number of events involving the mujahideen. Both were ultimately acquitted on all counts related to the incidents involving the mujahideen.
The JNA leaves Bosnia due to agreements with the UN and were replaced by the VRS; Croat–Bosniak War (1992–1994) Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia: Stalemate. Washington Agreement; Creation of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Intra-Bosnian Muslim War (1993–1995) Bosnia and Herzegovina Western Bosnia: Victory
The Austrians appealed to the Mufti of Sarajevo, Mustafa Hilmi Hadžiomerović (born 1816) and he soon issued a Fatwa "calling on the muslims to obey military Law." [8] Other important Muslim community leaders such as Mehmed-beg Kapetanović, later Mayor of Sarajevo, also appealed to young Muslim men to serve in the Habsburg military.