#arbih

This was the real Rambo! Asmir Šekerić-Mrki (1971-1994.) He was a soldier of 502 brigade of Bosnian army called “Tigers”. He wasn’t a politician or officer, Mrki was just a regular dude from the hood’.

The camp was reportedly overcrowded and the inmates were physically abused. There was a lack of food and many inmates suffered from malnutrition. There was also a general lack of hygiene at this camp. Bosnian Croat authorities who allegedly ran the camp admitted to Helsinki Watch representatives that the camp conditions were substandard. They blamed overcrowding as the reason for the substandard conditions. The inmates were reportedly subjected to various forms of torture including having needles pushed under their finger and toe nails, being burned with candles and cigarettes, having their tongues impaled with knives, being forced to give guards rides on their backs, and being forced to eat grass and drink their own urine. Other prisoners were forced to lick the toilets clean. According to one report, several prisoners managed to survive detention at this facility, although an undetermined number of prisoners were tortured and killed at Dretelj. (source: ICRC Final Report, Annex VIII: Camps)

Bosnian soldiers in Sarajevo, c. 1992.

- 4th Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mehmed Alagić (8 July 1947 – 7 March 2003) was a Bosnian general in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was one of the greatest generals in Bosnian war. Alagić was comander of 7′th corps. His strategic actions are well known. One of the most famous operations was “Domet-1″. In that operation, gen. Alagić liberated Vlašić, biggest mountain in the Central Bosnia. As the  Radovan Karadžić (president of separatist Republic of Srpska, who  was later convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia) said, “Vlašić is hat of the Republic of Srpska”. Well, Vlašić was seccond word for hell. It was colder than hell. American generals and military theorist told to Alagić that it’s impossible to concquer Vlašić, not untder that harsh conditions. Alagić simply responded: Send my regards to the theorists, i will liberate Vlašić. And so he did.  After the disappearance of the report and the impenetrable weather, fierce fighting lasted for days as Alagić's 7th Corps stormed the mountain, showered with blizzards of the late winter months and temperatures lower than −25 °C. Alagić concquered the Vlašić and said” Well, Vlašić was hat of Republic of Srpska, and i took off the hat. That was real mission impossible. American generals were in disbelief until they saw the the video tape that Alagić sent them.