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Names of the victims of the September 11 attacks were inscribed at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum alphabetically by last name initial. They are organized as such: List of victims of the September 11 attacks (A–G) List of victims of the September 11 attacks (H–N) List of victims of the September 11 attacks (O–Z)
Although, former U.S. Balkans peace negotiator Richard Holbrooke said in an interview that he believed the Bosnian Muslims wouldn't have survived without foreign help, as at the time a U.N. arms embargo uniquely diminished the Bosnian government's fighting capabilities - he called the arrival of the mujahideen "a pact with the devil" from which ...
Meanwhile, the Bosnian Muslims voted for independence. Bosnian Serbs declared an autonomous province, independent of Bosnia, and Bosnian Croats took similar steps. The war broke out in April 1992. [6] Muslim foreign fighters came to support the Bosnian Muslims and an independent Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The 7th Muslim Brigade (Bosnian: 7. muslimanska brigada / 7. muslimanska viteška oslobidilačka brigada) was an elite all-volunteer brigade of the 3rd Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It served as the ARBiH's primary assault brigade in Central Bosnia, and was headquartered in Zenica.
The World Trade Center cross was a temporary memorial at Ground Zero.. Soon after the attacks, temporary memorials were set up in New York and elsewhere. On October 4, Reverend Brian Jordan, a Franciscan priest, blessed the World Trade Center cross, two broken beams at the crash site which had formed a cross, and then had been welded together by iron-workers.
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.
Bosnian Serb forces kill around 100 Bosniak civilians. [41] [42] Bijeli Potok massacre: 1 June 1992 Bijeli Potok VRS: Bosniaks: 675 Serb forces killed 675 Bosnian Muslim men and boys within a week at Bijeli Potok and hid their bodies in mass graves throughout the Drina Valley. [43] Uzborak massacre: 13 June 1992 Uzborak landfill, Mostar: VRS ...
Muslim volunteers from different countries started coming to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the second half of 1992. [105] They formed mujahideen fighting groups that were known as El Mudžahid (El Mujahid) that were joined by local radical Bosnian Muslims. The first foreign group to arrive was led by Abu Abdul Al-Aziz from Saudi Arabia.