Foreign fighters in the Bosnian War
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| + | The '''[[Bosnian War]]''' attracted large numbers of '''foreign fighters''' and '''mercenaries''' from various countries. Volunteers came to fight for a variety of reasons including [[Religion|religious]] or [[Ethnic group|ethnic]] loyalties, but mostly for the money. In this sense, [[Bosniaks]] received support mostly from so-called "[[Islam]]ic countries", [[Serbs]] from "[[Eastern Orthodox]] countries", and [[Croats]] from "[[Catholic]] countries". The presence of foreign fighters is documented, although numbers, activities and significance are often described and presented in manner which range from objective point of view, without cultural or religious prejudices, and/or without ideological and political bias, to subjective and distorted perspectives which depended on affiliations, to outright misrepresentation that in certain cases took form of [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]]. However, none of these groups constituted more than five percent of any of the respective armies' total manpower strength. | ||
| + | ==Notable people== | ||
| + | *[[Abdelkader Mokhtari]], Algerian, mujahideen | ||
| + | *[[Karim Said Atmani]], Moroccan, mujahideen | ||
| + | *Yuriy Belyayev, Russian commander | ||
| + | *Alexander Zagrebov, Russian commander | ||
| + | *[[Abu Khayr al-Masri]], Egyptian, mujahideen | ||
| + | *[[Khalid al-Mihdhar]], Saudi, mujahideen | ||
| + | *[[Jackie Arklöv]], Swedish, HVO | ||
| + | *[[Roland Bartetzko]], German, HVO | ||
| + | *[[Thomas Crowley (soldier)|Thomas Crowley]], Irish, HOS | ||
| + | *[[Igor Strelkov (officer)|Igor Strelkov]], Russian, VRS | ||
| - | '''Bosnian mujahideen''' were foreign [[Muslim]] volunteers who fought on the [[Bosniaks|Bosniak]] (Bosnian Muslim) side during the 1992–95 [[Bosnian War]]. These first arrived in central Bosnia in the second half of 1992 with the aim of fighting for [[Islam]] (as '''[[Mujahideen]]'''), helping their Bosnian Muslim co-religionists to defend themselves from the Serb and Croat forces. Mostly they came from [[North Africa]], the [[Near East]] and the [[Middle East]]. Estimates of their numbers vary from 500–5,000. | + | ==See also== |
| - | + | *[[Foreign support in the Bosnian War]] | |
| - | == See also == | + | *[[Foreign fighters in the Croatian War]] |
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| - | * [[7th Muslim Brigade]] | + | |
| - | * [[Active Islamic Youth]] | + | |
| - | * [[Muslim Brotherhood]] | + | |
| - | * [[Operation Gladio B]] | + | |
| - | * [[Foreign fighters in the Bosnian War]] | + | |
| - | * [[Al-Qaeda in Bosnia and Herzegovina]] | + | |
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The Bosnian War attracted large numbers of foreign fighters and mercenaries from various countries. Volunteers came to fight for a variety of reasons including religious or ethnic loyalties, but mostly for the money. In this sense, Bosniaks received support mostly from so-called "Islamic countries", Serbs from "Eastern Orthodox countries", and Croats from "Catholic countries". The presence of foreign fighters is documented, although numbers, activities and significance are often described and presented in manner which range from objective point of view, without cultural or religious prejudices, and/or without ideological and political bias, to subjective and distorted perspectives which depended on affiliations, to outright misrepresentation that in certain cases took form of conspiracy theories. However, none of these groups constituted more than five percent of any of the respective armies' total manpower strength.
Notable people
- Abdelkader Mokhtari, Algerian, mujahideen
- Karim Said Atmani, Moroccan, mujahideen
- Yuriy Belyayev, Russian commander
- Alexander Zagrebov, Russian commander
- Abu Khayr al-Masri, Egyptian, mujahideen
- Khalid al-Mihdhar, Saudi, mujahideen
- Jackie Arklöv, Swedish, HVO
- Roland Bartetzko, German, HVO
- Thomas Crowley, Irish, HOS
- Igor Strelkov, Russian, VRS
See also
