Sakib Mahmuljin

Sakib Mahmuljin (born 13 October 1952[1]) is a former Bosnian Army (ARBiH) brigadier general and deputy minister of defense in FBiH, a senior official of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA). He was born in Kozarac.[1] During the Bosnian War (1992–95) he was a top Bosnian Muslim general[2] and the commander of most units of Bosnian mujahideen,[3] whom he advocated for and protected.[4] Mahmuljin is recorded on video meeting with mujahideen leaders.[5] He became the commander of the 3rd Corps in September 1994.[6] He has stated that the mujahideen sent 28 severed heads of POW Bosnian Serb soldiers to Bosnian President Alija Izetbegović and Iran.[7] His two brothers Omer and Nagib were killed at the Omarska camp.[8] After the Dayton Agreement (September 1995), he arranged for the settlement of 89 mujahideen families in Bočinja (Gornja and Donja).[2] Dževad Galijašević, the mayor of Maglaj municipality in 2000, ordered for the removal of the mujahideen occupying Serb homes in Bočinja, but the order was never carried out.[9] After the war he became the Vice-Minister of Defense.[10] On 7 October 1999 he travelled with the Bosnian defense delegation to Pakistan to discuss further strengthening of relations.[11]

Mahmuljin was suspected of war crimes in the period of July–October 1995 in the area of Vozuća.[1] Some fifty Bosnian Serb POWs were killed.[1] Arrested on the charges on 8 December 2015, he was released the next day.[12] On 4 February 2016, in court, he stated that he was not guilty.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 V 2015.
  2. 1 2 Schindler 2007, p. 255.
  3. ↑ Schindler 2007, p. 166.
  4. ↑ Schindler 2007, p. 256.
  5. ↑ Bosnian Model of Al Qaeda Terrorism. jill starr. pp. 59–. GGKEY:34CZYNSRR6E.
  6. ↑ Charles R. Shrader (2003). The Muslim-Croat Civil War in Bosnia: A Military History, 1992-1994. Texas A&M University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-60344-719-5.
  7. ↑ Schindler 2007, p. 224.
  8. ↑ Sebina Sivac-Bryant (13 May 2016). Re-Making Kozarac: Agency, Reconciliation and Contested Return in Post-War Bosnia. Springer. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-137-58838-8.
  9. ↑ Deliso 2007, p. 20.
  10. ↑ Balcanica. 14. Balcanica. 1997. p. 13.
  11. ↑ Summary of World Broadcasts: Asia, Pacific. BBC Monitoring. 1999.
  12. ↑ "General Sakib Mahmuljin na slobodi!". Avaz. 9 December 2015.
  13. ↑ "Sakib Mahmuljin se izjasnio da nije kriv". Fokus.

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