Dodik's coup: I'll help Croats to get his country in Bosnia and Herzegovina to secede
On the eve of the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina which was held on October 12, Darko Hudelist, a prominent journalist and writer, visited the Republic of Serbian two days followed from the very center of political power, the office of President Milorad Dodik, the finale of his election campaign.
Untitled - 38U talks with the leader of the Bosnian Serbs, who for sixteen years now untouchable managed from Banja Luka half the territory of a neighboring country, had the unique opportunity to learn firsthand about the concrete details of his plan constitutional reorganization of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which should end with its collapse.
Dodik Hudelist openly said that to achieve its separatist intentions to offer an alliance Croats in Bosnia, despite the fact that it is not only a challenge to the central authorities in Sarajevo but is also contrary to the views of Croatian and international community about the future state of Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats. Since Dodik, at all relevant public opinion polls, the favorite in the race for another term, editorial Sunday Jutarnji estimated that, in the public interest, shall disclose information about the next, decisive actions of a man who intends to bring destructive project as it is the 90 they started a war criminal Radovan Karadzic.
The President of the Republic of Serbian Milorad Dodik and I took off from the pad are on banjolučkome hill Paprikovac cut in 17 hours. Destinations: Ljubinje and Trebinje - Two towns in southeastern Herzegovina, where that evening (Wednesday, 1 October) Dodik's election rallies. In the helicopter, the two of us were alone: the pilot and co-pilot forward, Dodik and me in the back. As the cabin was very noisy, we communicated with a microphone and headphones.
So far I've heard of Milorad Dodik (the one with him doing an interview for the Globe - January 2007), and now I had it next to me, almost an hour, in a very informal atmosphere. However, we have this afternoon before going on a trip, he and I have been very extensively discussed, and 45-50 minutes in his office at the Presidency of the Republic of Serbian. But it was officially over in the form of newspaper interviews, similar to 2007 This far, however, the police helicopter RS, it was something else entirely.
With dark glasses on his head (although outside the sun was already nearly set), Dodik looked very combat, I would say - fajterski but also somewhat puzzling.
I asked him afraid of you. He replied in the negative - that it not scared of anything. And while, I have to admit, he sounded convincing. But each to another in his place, I thought to myself, it must be at least a little fear.
'Black' buzz
The information that I have a day or two before the age of his closest associates and friends were acting alarming. And I gave them to Dodik confirmed in our interview that we conducted this afternoon at the President's Office. West - ie. Certain Western powers, or perhaps better said, some western agents or agents - Preparation of him, they say, trap, and now he's kind of pushed up against the wall. It is located in a similar situation as it was and Slobodan Milosevic in Serbia in 2000 - although he himself, mostly, could not possibly compare with Milosevic. Besides which, especially in recent times, a lot of Russian (in the present case: the pro-Putin) oriented.
- Again activate - confirmed my Dodik and rumors - she 'Budapest office', which was created and trained DOS (Democratic Opposition of Serbia) at the time of Milosevic. In Bijeljina kept under control local television (BN), and is funded, in Tuzla, in a local hotel, on the 3rd and 4th floor, until recently had their offices. These are different non-governmental sectors - but paid by certain foreign governments. They were the direct organizers and those riots and unrest in Sarajevo and Mostar, in February this year a tried and unrest spread to Banja Luka - just what have we let them. Their aim is to settle here chaos, saying that Dayton was dead and that we should start from scratch. They want to destabilize the society here, in Bosnia, and to come to power experts, under their direct control.
Apparently the "international factor" has already created and the corresponding scenario, which should be realized during election night, Sunday 12 October If Dodik opposition by the international factor both financially and in every other way supported (this is the Alliance for Change which is led by Mladen Bosić and Ognjen Tadic, the Serbian Democratic Party and Mladen Ivanic of the Party of Democratic Progress) is defeated tight result - the word "closely "here means: no more than 5 percent difference - Republic of Serbian (or Banja Luka) will spread the news that the elections were stolen and people will take to the streets. And then he will try to unseat Dodik from power - by force, if already not go willingly.
- But it is certainly not going to happen - he told me confidently Dodik during the flight - because the latest polls, which are created by the most powerful agencies in Serbia and the Republic of Serbian, saying that I am in this moment we have 13 to 14 percent advantage. So I must win.
Otherwise, there are a number of reasons why some Western powers (or their political representatives) would like to see Dodik knees. They can be summed up in two groups. First, the West do not like the way that Dodik sees the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina - and it actually does more and does not hide that State for him absolute past, it is to be achieved by all means go for the independence of the Republic of Serbian, and Croatian and Bosniak so. entity, in the form of Herceg-Bosna (Croats) and Bosnia (Bosniaks). And secondly, the target of major Western offensives and is Milorad Dodik himself - as a politician and statesman.
'If I had removed ...'
- Quite a - explained to me one Dodik's very close associate - and the Serbian Ministry of Interior. For foreigners thought that the police of the Republic of Serbian under the direct influence of Dodik, and therefore does not want to investigate corruption and crime in the RS - provided that they are thereby assured that he is at the head of the corrupt team. However, the 11 foreign intelligence agencies previously investigated Dodik, since he came to power, and not him, found nothing. Not a single piece of paper with his signature. Constantly story that Dodik on top of the corruption octopus, but it just has not been proven.
The helicopter I asked Dodik who does - ie. Country that - at the forefront of international pressure on him. He replied that it was the United Kingdom, even more than the Americans.
And when I asked him why, he replied that it was because the British are close allies of Erdogan of Turkey and its current efforts to "return the former Ottoman Empire." And then me, in the first part of the journey, Dodik quite surprised. He confided to me that already has an elaborate retreat - in case you lose. He'll be the business, which he used at the end of the 80s, on the eve of the collapse of Yugoslavia. And he - even then - was not any businessman.
He is a great company with nearly 200 employees, and built furniture, beds and sofa bed - small apartments, of which there then in Yugoslavia at the most. One of his business partners was one former company from Zabok, the Croatian Zagorje.
Politically, Dodik has belonged to the reformists of the then Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, Ante Markovic. A Markovic was a few years ago, I was at the funeral - at Zagreb Mirogoj.
- But it was better at the time of Yugoslavia - a little Yugo-nostalgic Dodik told me in a helicopter - all after the collapse fare badly. See Slovenia: so the forefront in-Yugoslavia and is now in debt bondage from which will never come out. And that the same can be said of Croatia.
above Medjugorje
We flew 500 to 600 feet above the ground and Dodik me every now and showing what's where below us: here Jajce, there Mrkonjic Grad, the Vrbas, Pliva there ... Then we entered the airspace over the territory of the Federation. We flew over Kupreško field, closer to Tomislavgradu and soon nadletjeli and Široki. We were already close to Medjugorje, although it was not on our route. Then Milorad Dodik made a gesture that marked our journey.
He asked - me, as Croats and Catholics - want to visit Medjugorje, like from the air. I replied in the affirmative, what Dodik ordered a pilot deviates from the planned route and headed straight towards Medjugorje. We did the best positions over time, even a little, and late (meeting in Ljubinje but should start), but Dodik I was about to afford to see the most popular Catholic shrine in Bosnia and Herzegovina from this attractive, aerial perspective.
We flew directly over the two striking, tall tower church in Medjugorje. Next to the church, in the stands, there were a lot of people - it was supposed to start the afternoon mass. Then my co-pilot motioned to cross on one of the hills above Medjugorje; There are, he said, the children more than thirty years saw Our Lady.
All this was no accident. And in this, symbolically Dodik we had to tell them that they, the Serbs (the Republic of Serbian) from us, Croats, demand that we be allies. The solid political allies. In their strategy, concept and policy of independence of the Republic of Serbian (and so-called. Herceg-Bosna, which Croats are concerned) from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
And that Dodik's gesture just a few minutes later reinforced by the unexpected sight.
What actually happened that Dodik overshot. Speaking of Medjugorje (ie. The airspace above it) suddenly rotate 90 degrees, according to Ljubinje, Dodik first said, pointing to the ground, fields and vineyards below us, it was a purely Croatian territory. That is - that Croats (still) have something of their own in BiH. Once there, it was not exactly "pure" Croatian land. First of all, under our helicopter showed one mosque, then another, then another ... in just a minute or two at once, "shot", looking left, right, and left - through the windows of a helicopter - you could see ten mosques. Dodik, by adding them, was taken aback.
- Here's a look at - showed me his hand, somewhat excitedly, to the many Muslim shrines beneath us - it is enough to have three, four or five Muslim homes, this secluded, outside the village, and these people are already building their own mosque. Almost can not believe it. You see, it is financed by Saudi Arabia.
In Ljubinje (extremely backward and dreary village in southeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina) we landed at the center of a football field. Dodik was greeted by a bunch of kids, with the flag (all red) and the banners of his party, the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD). Dodik was approached by enthusiastic youngster, talked with them a little, and then they gave something. When we got in the car, which we drove to the sports hall where was held election rally, I asked him what he gave them. He replied: 100 euros.
Speech against Bosnia and Herzegovina
In his pre-election speech to a packed (400 people, I counted that there were so many) Hall, Dodik said three theses.
First, that BiH has no future, no one is satisfied with it, not even themselves by the party, such as it is, and create. Accordingly, the state should be abolished.
Second, as a negative example - or as a warning to themselves, Serbs from Serbian Republic - Dodik mentioned negative experience with Croatian Herceg-Bosna. Croats are his "state" had, but they've done a "tremendous mistake" in that it gave up (he was referring to the Washington Agreement of 1994). But why are they, the Serbs from Serbian Republic, such a fatal mistake certainly will not happen.
A third warned the strengthening of Islamic fundamentalism in Bosnia.
MN Herceg-Bosna
Speaking after the meeting in Ljubinje, sat back in the helicopter and proceeded to Trebinje, which is hosting the second election rally in the presence of about 4,000 people, where he spoke and Emir Kusturica (as Dodik's friend), I asked the President of the Republic of Serbian considered whether indeed to the Bosnian Croats should re-establish Herceg-Bosna, which they held until 1994 and the signing of the Washington Treaty. He replied in the affirmative:
- Yeah, I would not hesitate to Herceg-Bosna Support. I think the official policy of the Croatian once sacrificed Croatian national interests in BiH, accepting that mistake called Washington consensus. I have a positive attitude towards Herceg-Bosna and I would not mind that it still exists today. But it really as a republic, and that really has all the prerogatives of the state - as well as the Serbian Republic - because we pushed wrong to call it an entity, which is the word which by itself does not mean anything, or that has a completely different meaning from the state. Federation as an entity proved dysfunctional and unsustainable, as well as this kind of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Only on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic of Serbian viable - it would have this moment could start with their independent life. A second viable republics or states would Herceg-Bosna - should be formed. A Bosniaks would, in turn, had their Bosnia, as well as its own independent republic or country. Everything else is merely an experiment that has failed.
Dodik fact added:
- However, the question of re-establishing Herceg-Bosna must articulate themselves Croatian political representatives. I think that Croatia is now in a situation because lagodnijoj no longer burdened by joining the EU and NATO, and as such can significantly help the Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I'd like to, say, support. And that's what Americans are saying that BiH can not be called. or third Croatian entity, it does not mean anything; So they talked and Yugoslavia, and it still broke. Herceg-Bosnia and that can be a reality. Because, if the Croats her genuinely want, and if it then support the Serbian Republic - then Bosniaks or Muslims, in all this dramatic minorities. Of course, a lot depends on the impact of the global community ...
Plan for secession
Milorad Dodik, these words expressed will of their current political efforts in entering and offering arrangements or agreements with the Croats in BiH to create so-called. loose confederation of BiH and the future, as for that, he says, the time comes, independence and secession of the Serbian (RS) and the Croatian units or confederal state (ie,. assumed Herceg-Bosna). The idea of the agreement is based on the premise that the two of them joined together and united (Republika Srpska and Herceg-Bosna) is much easier to be able to do, but every one of them by itself - and opposed to Bosniaks or Muslims, who are pushing for further centralization and the unitary BiH.
In the Republic of Serbian fanning the fear of Bosniaks (Muslims) who are believed to be allied with the leading Western world powers (or some of them). It is assumed that the main objectives of the West and the Bosniaks are the following: first, to abolish the entity voting rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina; secondly, to abolish the existing BiH Presidency (which consists of three members: Bosniak, Serb and Croat) and to be only one President of Bosnia and Herzegovina and his two vice presidents; and third, the formation of the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina (which at present is at the state level does not exists, a Council of Ministers) which would have some new ministries with large budgets (eg. Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Health) that would ruling Bosniaks managed from a single point, ie. Sarajevo. This would be considered the leading politicians in the Republic of Serbian was cemmented course to further centralization and unitarisation BiH where, especially lately, persevere and West and Muslims.
And that does not happen, the Republic of Serbian or Dodik, require strong political allies in the form of Croats - that Bosniaks in such a tight situation led the ranking minority. The presumed Serbo-Croatian federation in Bosnia and Herzegovina should, in the opinion of Dodik and his associates, have two aspects. One is the cultural, civilizational, and other purely political.
Cultural and civilizational aspect - it means that the Serbs and the Croats members of the same Christian civilization, which is now in grave danger of rapid expansion of Islamic civilization.
Clash of Civilizations
- We have no reason to shy away from the fact - he told me Dodik - that we, the Serbs and Croats belong to one, common civilization. Although some say that the clash of civilizations does not exist today. But he is also the kind of reality ...
That is, cultural and civilizational aspect may, by Dodik, express this sentence, it is true that the Serbian Republic and Russia (ie. Dodik and Putin) today svojevrsnome alliance, but the Russian-Serbian alliance, in a way, annul the fact that both the Christian peoples in BiH, therefore, Serbs and Croats, now very vulnerable (and more as time passes) of Bosniaks or Muslims.
In this context, one of Dodik's close associates reminded me that Pope John Paul II. once insisted that the European Union should be a Christian - and this is particularly telling when one of the candidates for EU membership was Turkey. This is the Pope - in the opinion of my interlocutors - wanted to say that Muslims have no place in the European Union.
In the Republic of Serbian generally a lot of talk about strengthening the Wahhabi movement in Bosnia and Herzegovina and without attention to the fact that after the recent events in the Middle East from here, ie. Bosnia and Herzegovina, recruited in Syria and Iraq, more than 700 people.
For the local Muslims are - not all, but certainly those who are in one way or active in the Wahhabi movement - here, in the Republic of Serbian, says that "bloodthirsty". And they have, say, a few centers or bases, one in Maoča near Brcko, the second in several exhibitions between Cazin and Bihac (there was their main leader Nusret Imamovic, who is now at large) - While the actual main Wahhabi center, claim, in Vienna.
- 5 Oct, 2014
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