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		Alija Izetbegovic failed to abide by the laws and customs governing the conduct of armed conflicts, including the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the additional protocols thereto.
		Alija Izetbegovic is individually responsible for crimes committed against Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Croats, pursuant to Article 7(1) of the Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
		Alija Izetbegovic, while holding the positions of superior authority as set out above, is also criminally responsible for the acts of his subordinates, pursuant to Article 7(3) of the Tribunal Statute.
	www.pogledi.co.yu /izetbegovic (503 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Alija Izetbegovic
		Izetbegovic placed his fate in the hands of the West, hoping that it would respect his country's right to self-defence and raise the arms embargo that was imposed at the beginning of the hostilities; or that it would come to its aid with direct military intervention.
		Alija Izetbegovic was born on August 8 1925 into a devout Muslim family in the north Bosnian town of Bosanski Samak, in what was then the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes under the rule of the Serb royal house.
		Alija Izetbegovic was married and had a son and a daughter.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/20/db2001.xml&sSheet=/portal/2003/10/20/ixportal.html (1676 words)

	[news] Alija Izetbegovic, Muslim Who Led Bosnia, Dies at 78
		Alija Izetbegovic, the former Bosnian president whose dream of a Muslim-led independent Bosnia and Herzegovina was transformed by Balkan ethnic rivalries into a protracted war, died Sunday in Sarajevo.
		Izetbegovic led his republic toward independence that was supported by the West but not by the Serbs who made up some one-third of the prewar population.
		Izetbegovic with a patience and implacability that gave him the inner strength to endure a grueling war as the symbol of his beleaguered people.
	www.mail-archive.com /news@antic.org/msg05163.html (1476 words)

	Alija Izetbegovic, Ex-President of Bosnia, Dies at 78
		Izetbegovic built a Muslim political organization in the 1990's when the country was torn to pieces in a maelstrom of competing nationalisms.
		Izetbegovic overestimated the commitment of the West to an independent Bosnia and underestimated the military determination of the Serbs.
		Izetbegovic enrolled in the Young Moslems, a group torn between siding with the German-sponsored Handzar divisions organized by the German SS or with the Partisans.
	www.mfa.gov.yu /FDP/nytimes191003_e.html (628 words)

	IslamiCity.com - Communications & Services
		Alija Izetbegovic is one of those rare individuals who have managed to both inspire and lead a whole nation in its pursuit of freedom, winning the admiration of people the world over.
		Alija Izetbegovic, hero of Bosnian Muslim resistance during the siege of Sarajevo who led his country to independence from the genocidal campaign of Yugoslavia, died in Sarajevo on Sunday, October 19, 2003 at the age of 78.
		Alija Izetbegovic was born in 1925 in northwest Bosnia - a corner of Europe with a predominately Muslim population but a regime that censured the practice of Islam.
	www.islamicity.com /articles/Articles.asp?ref=IV0310-2116 (1009 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Alija Izetbegovic
		Izetbegovic emerged from obscurity at the end of the 1980s, just as the political battles that accompanied the collapse of communism and the nationalist ascendancy were being played out.
		Izetbegovic often seemed a lonely old man. Throughout the terrible waves of ethnic cleansing in what was primarily a war against civilians, Izetbegovic alone among the rival leaders retained a moral stature.
		Izetbegovic, of all the leaders I dealt with during the war, was a man who conveyed only angst when confronted by the tragedy of conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina - he was devoid of the cynicism or vanity that marked other war leaders.
	www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,3604,1066594,00.html (1371 words)

	Alija Izetbegovic - former president of Bosnia
		Alija Izetbegovic, the former Bosnian president whose dream of a Muslim- led independent Bosnia-Herzegovina was transformed by Balkan ethnic rivalries into a protracted war, died on Sunday in Sarajevo.
		Izetbegovic led his republic toward independence supported by the West but not by the Serbs who made up some one- third of the prewar population.
		Alija Izetbegovic was born on Aug. 8, 1925, in Bosanski Samac, a town in northern Bosnia that is now under the control of Bosnian Serbs.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/10/20/BAGBK2F2VT1.DTL&type=printable (438 words)

	Alija Izetbegović - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alija Izetbegović (August 8, 1925 - October 19, 2003) was a Bosnian Muslim activist, philosopher, and politician, president of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1996 and member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1996 to 2000, and author of several books, most notably Islam Between East and West.
		Izetbegović was born in the northern Bosnian town of Bosanski Šamac, one of five children born to a distinguished but impoverished family descended from former Ottoman aristocrats from Belgrade who moved to Bosnia after Serbia gained independence from the Ottoman Empire.
		His grandfather, Alija, was the mayor of Bosanski Šamac.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alija_Izetbegovic (3930 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Obituary: Alija Izetbegovic
		Alija Izetbegovic's tenure as president and later co-president of Bosnia-Hercegovina - from 1990 to 2000 - was dominated by conflict in the Balkans.
		Alija Izetbegovic will be best remembered as the president of Bosnia during the bloody war which wracked the Balkans during the early 1990s.
		Alija Izetbegovic's early life was defined by his Muslim dissidence in an atheist state and the repressive actions of Yugoslav leaders.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/3133038.stm (553 words)

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		Izetbegovic helped lead an ill-defined entity inhabited by three ethnic groups down a tortured path of war and independence, poverty and conflict and hatred and instability.
		Izetbegovic will remain a controversial figure for two related reasons: his Islamic fundamentalism and his unwillingness to abide by an agreement that would have prevented war and secured independence for Bosnia.
		Izetbegovic served as commander-in-chief of the Army of Bosnia and Hercegovina and was, thus, criminally responsible for the acts of his subordinates, pursuant to several articles in the Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
	www.inthenationalinterest.com /Articles/Vol2Issue41/Vol2Issue41dkm.html (1333 words)

	Alija Izetbegovic Biography / Biography of Alija Izetbegovic Biography Biography
		Alija Izetbegovic (born 1926), a lawyer, businessman, and writer, founded the Muslim-based Party for Democratic Action in 1989.
		Alija Izetbegovic was born in Bosanski Samac on August 8, 1926, into a well-to-do and devout Muslim family.
		Izetbegovic was married, but virtually nothing is known about his wife and her background.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-alija-izetbegovic/index.html (230 words)

	Alija Izetbegovic
		Alija Izetbegović (August 8, 1925 - October 19, 2003) was a Bosnian Muslim activist and politician, president of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1996 and member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1996 to 2000.
		The chef prosecutor of the Hague’s war crimes tribunal, Carla Del Ponte, has stated in early 2004, that if Izetbegovic was still alive today, he certainly would have faced major war crimes indictments, as is evidenced by the 2004 war crimes indictments of his closest deputies.
		Izetbegović was born in the northern Bosnian town of Bosanski Šamac, one of five children born to a distinguished but impoverished family descended from former Ottoman aristocrats.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/alija_izetbegovic (3203 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Former Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic dies
		Bosnian Serbs, deeply suspicious of his religious background, accused Izetbegovic of trying to establish an Islamic republic in Europe, a cry adopted by radical Bosnian Croat nationalists and used to fuel ethnic passions that led to what primarily was a war over territory.
		Initially, Izetbegovic won a reputation as a moderate by steering Bosnia-Herzegovina on a neutral course as the feud between Serbia and Croatia tore the Yugoslav federation apart in 1991.
		Izetbegovic was the first Muslim representative in the new government, stepping down in 2000 after a decade of leadership.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20031019-0921-obit-izetbegovic.html (809 words)

	The Real Izetbegovic, by Nebojsa Malic
		Izetbegovic had a major impact on all their lives and destinies, and the manner in which this was the case dictates to a large extent the feeling about him.
		In reality, Izetbegovic ordered thousands of Sarajevo residents to work and live under constant threat, allowing only those with special government permits to leave the city, while his family was sent to safety and he himself retreated into a bunker.
		Izetbegovic's vision of Bosnia was not a multi-ethnic democracy, but a multi-caste hierarchy of the kind that existed under the Ottoman Empire, the memories of which were still fresh at his birth in 1925.
	www.antiwar.com /malic/m102303.html (1438 words)

	ummah.com forum - View Single Post - Alija Izetbegovic
		For Izetbegovic, these were not just words; they were a plan of action that he acted upon his entire life.
		In 1983 Izetbegovic was arrested again for disseminating "Islamic propaganda" and sentenced to 14 years in prison and was released in 1988.
		But "Alija Izetbegovic succeeded in organizing Muslims as a nation in Bosnia," Dr. Zuhdija Adilovic, a professor at the Islamic Pedagogic Academy in Zenica, told iviews.com in an interview.
	www.ummah.net /forum/showpost.php?p=52907&postcount=1 (1654 words)

	Alija Izetbegovic
		In 1983 Izetbegovic was arrested again for disseminating "Islamic propaganda" and sentenced to 14 years in prison and was released in 1988.
		But in 1990, Izetbegovic was elected president of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the eve of that country's descent into a David-and-Goliath war with Yugoslavia and Croatia.
		But "Alija Izetbegovic succeeded in organizing Muslims as a nation in Bosnia," Dr. Zuhdija Adilovic, a professor at the Islamic Pedagogic Academy in Zenica, told iviews.com in an interview.
	www.youngmuslims.ca /biographies/display.asp?ID=2 (1547 words)

	Blog of Death: Alija Izetbegovic
		Alija Izetbegovic, the former president of Bosnia Herzegovina, died on Oct. 19 from heart disease.
		Born in northern Bosnia, Izetbegovic joined the Young Muslims, a group torn between siding with the Nazi-sponsored Handzar divisions and the Yugoslav Communist party (Izetbegovic supported the Handzars).
		Although Izetbegovic rejected many of the peace accords suggested by the United Nations, the Dayton peace treaty was signed in 1995.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000434.html (330 words)

	1996/04/15 21:44 DECLARATION MADE BY ALIJA AND HARIS
		Recently promoted Declaration on Integrity of B&H, as a joint initiative of Alija Izetbegovic and Haris Silajdzic, was announced to the local public and media as a first-class political sensation.
		Alija Izetbegovic and reinforce the already predominant position of his party in the political scene of B&H. But, hardly anyone believed in the possible new coalition between Izetbegovic and Silajdzic, especially after Mr.
		When speaking of Alija Izetbegovic, his effort is evident, after his temporary absence due to illness, to regain or reinforce his authoritarian power and reestablish obviously disturbed order in his own party.
	www.aimpress.ch /dyn/trae/archive/data/199604/60415-003-trae-sar.htm (576 words)

	Alija Izetbegovic, Ex-President of Bosnia, Dies at 78
		Izetbegovic became better known for a 1970 manifesto titled "The Islamic Declaration" that was widely brandished in the Bosnian war by Serbs as "proof" that fundamentalism was about to engulf Bosnia and entrench itself in Europe.
		Circulated among Bosnian Muslims, the Declaration was seized upon by the Communist regime in 1983 as grounds for Mr.
		In the republic's first non-Communist elections in November 1990, the Izetbegovic party was a clear winner on the basis of the numerical plurality of Muslims — then over 40 percent of the population.
	www.mfa.gov.yu /FDP/nytimes191003_1_e.html?pagewanted=2 (633 words)

	Indict Alija Izetbegovic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Alija Izetbegovic is individually responsible for crimes committed against Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Croats, pursuant to Article 7(1) of the Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
		Alija Izetbegovic, while holding the positions of superior authority as set out above, is also criminally responsible for the acts of his subordinates, pursuant to Article 7(3) of the Tribunal Statute.
		Slobo is in the Hague, Alija is not!
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/763568/posts (628 words)

	FAMA Project
		However, the truth is that Izetbegovic managed, through his wise policy, calmness and composure, to persuade the world to admit that there is a difference between a victim and an aggressor, as well as to preserve, through his decisive remarks against revenge of any kind, the multi-ethnic feature of Bosnia.
		Alija Izetbegovic became the president of the Presidency of RBiH on the 25th of November, 1990.
		Izetbegovic commented on that plan: "The plan is bad, but it is the best one to end the war in B&H." Three months later, on the 26th of April, 1993, the plan failed, after having been publicly refused by the Serb parliament in Bijeljina.
	www.famainternational.com /mirror/aicontent.htm (2880 words)

	Alija Izetbegovic
		Izetbegovic is a long-time anti-communist of the type supported by the U.S. throughout the Cold War.
		In 1949, Izetbegovic was one of the leaders of a revolt against the Tito government.
		Izetbegovic continued his anti-communist activities once he was out.
	kosovo99.tripod.com /alija.htm (204 words)

	Chronology of the Presidency of BiH
		Alija Izetbegovic was elected as the Bosniac Member of the Presidency, Momcilo Krajisnik as the Serb Member of the Presidency, and Kresimir Zubak as the Croat Member of the Presidency.
		In general elections that same year, elected to the Presidency were: Alija Izetbegovic as the Bosniac Member of the Presidency, Zivko Radisic as the Serb Member of the Presidency and Ante Jelavic as the Croat Member of the Presidency.
		From 1996 to 1998, Alija Izetbegovic carried out the duties of the Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
	www.predsjednistvobih.ba /hron/Template.aspx?cid=74,2,1&langTag=en-US (704 words)

	Main News Summary
		The Izetbegovic family, several hundred international and local officials, representatives of the authorities and friends said farewell to Alija Izetbegovic at a commemoration ceremony held in the National Theatre in Sarajevo on Tuesday.
		And this was that fundamentalism that Alija Izetbegovic was the head of.
		Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State, said: "Izetbegovic was a persistent fighter for his own people." Igor Ivanov, Russian Foreign Minister, said that Izetbegovic made a great contribution to the implementation of the peacekeeping agreement in BiH and assisted in establishing close co-operation between Russia and the FBiH.
	www.nato.int /sfor/media/2003/ms031022t.htm (1606 words)

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