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Threats Prompt U.S. to Close Embassies in Bosnia
By Beth Kampschror
CNSNews.com Correspondent
October 18, 2001
Sarajevo (CNSNews.com) - The United States has shut down its embassy
in Sarajevo until further notice, citing security threats throughout
Bosnia. Two embassy branch offices, in Mostar and Banja Luka, have
also been closed, as have the British embassy and its cultural center
in Sarajevo.
"This step has been taken due to a credible security threat to the
official U.S. presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina," the U.S. embassy
said in a statement.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a high-profile
institution employing dozens of Americans, is also closed until
further notice.
The nature of the threat has not yet been disclosed, but a Mostar
daily reported that the threat is connected with a bomb that was
reportedly found outside Sarajevo Airport on Tuesday.
The police minister for the Muslim-Croat portion of Bosnia said the embassy closures
were preventative measures.
"You know that the U.S. operation in Afghanistan is entering an important phase,"
Tomislav Limov said Wednesday. "It's estimated that there could be reactions, and that
is why the American embassy decided on the steps tha
t they took."
The embassy urged American citizens in Bosnia to "maintain the highest level of
vigilance for the foreseeable future" and warned them to be careful of establishments
where Americans or other members of the international c
ommunity were known to gather.
Security had been increased at the embassy following the Sept. 11 attacks on New York
and Washington.
Bosnian Prime Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija announced Wednesday that the government would
provide extra security for the embassies. Both buildings are now under heavy guard,
and armed guards could be seen patrolling outside
several other countries' embassies in Sarajevo Thursday.
A spokesperson for the 20,000-strong international peacekeeping force in Bosnia said
that the Stabilization Force (SFOR) has not taken any extra precautions in connection
to the latest threat. About 3,500 American troops
currently serve in SFOR.
"SFOR is aware of the most recent events. We haven't taken any additional measures
besides those taken after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11," spokesperson Daryl
Morrell told reporters.
SFOR's recent new measures have included arresting people suspected
of being linked to international terrorism. At the beginning of
October, the forces arrested four men, who were later released.
Another man, Bensayah Belkacem, was arrested last week, found to be
carrying Algerian and Yemeni passports.
He is accused of having telephone conversations with an aide of Osama
bin Laden on how to procure foreign passports.
Local police are currently questioning 20 other people at the request
of the United States.
The United Nations war crimes tribunal's chief prosecutor, Carla del
Ponte, also turned over documents to the U.S. last week concerning
people in Bosnia who have connections to terrorist groups. Those are
thought to include some of the about 420 Islamic fighters who settled
in the country after fighting with the mainly Muslim Bosnian Army
during the 1992-95 war.
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