dono where this belongs! anyway these missiles were old, i dont know how can they be a threat to the world!
Bosnian Serbs To Destroy Some 4,000 Surface-to-Air Missiles
AFP
The Bosnian Serb government has decided to destroy its arsenal of 4,000 surface-to-air missiles after the United States expressed concern they could be used for terrorist attacks.
?The Republika Srpska?s (RS) government gave the green light to the defense ministry to destroy our stockpiles of obsolete surface-to-air missiles,? Branko Trkulja, the defense ministry spokesman, told Agence France-Presse.
Some 4,000 surface-to-air missiles will be destroyed in cooperation with NATO-led peacekeeepers in the near future, he said.
In mid-December, the U.S. ambassador to Bosnia, Clifford Bond, said he was worried shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles held by the Bosnian Serb army might end up in the wrong hands.
?They do represent a danger in the hands of terrorists,? he said at the time, warning of an ?unspecified? threat stemming from foreigners who fought in Bosnia?s 1992-95 war.
During the war volunteers from Islamic countries fought alongside the mainly Muslim Bosnian army. After the war a significant number of Islamic fighters remained in the country and obtained Bosnian citizenship mostly by marrying local women.
Republika Srpska along with the Muslim-Croat Federation makes up Bosnia since the Balkans wars. The two entities are linked with weak central institutions and each has its own parliament, government, police and army.
-AFP
Bosnian Serbs To Destroy Some 4,000 Surface-to-Air Missiles
AFP
The Bosnian Serb government has decided to destroy its arsenal of 4,000 surface-to-air missiles after the United States expressed concern they could be used for terrorist attacks.
?The Republika Srpska?s (RS) government gave the green light to the defense ministry to destroy our stockpiles of obsolete surface-to-air missiles,? Branko Trkulja, the defense ministry spokesman, told Agence France-Presse.
Some 4,000 surface-to-air missiles will be destroyed in cooperation with NATO-led peacekeeepers in the near future, he said.
In mid-December, the U.S. ambassador to Bosnia, Clifford Bond, said he was worried shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles held by the Bosnian Serb army might end up in the wrong hands.
?They do represent a danger in the hands of terrorists,? he said at the time, warning of an ?unspecified? threat stemming from foreigners who fought in Bosnia?s 1992-95 war.
During the war volunteers from Islamic countries fought alongside the mainly Muslim Bosnian army. After the war a significant number of Islamic fighters remained in the country and obtained Bosnian citizenship mostly by marrying local women.
Republika Srpska along with the Muslim-Croat Federation makes up Bosnia since the Balkans wars. The two entities are linked with weak central institutions and each has its own parliament, government, police and army.
-AFP
