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is happening here is merely a reflection of the war in
Bosnia. Muslim stores were being blown up long before
the war in Bosnia broke out.“ 49
Brković expressed his concern at the failure of the
authorities to take effective measures to protect the life
and property of Muslims in Pljevlja and the villages
around it. ”The situation is alarming, especially in the
villages. Families are arriving here every day because
after being ‘visited’ by groups wearing the same uniforms
and armed with the same weapons as military
and police border units. At times they storm into houses
with German shepherds and goad the dogs to attack
people. Old women of 70 to 80 have walked through
the woods to get to Pljevlja to seek protection. When
these people turn to the authorities, they are promised
safety but that lasts only as long as they are there. There
is a real danger of Šešelj’s threat that there will be no
Muslims in a 30-kilometer zone along the Bosnian border
coming true. The people who have fled some villages
in Pljevlja municipality are proof that this idea is
already being carried out.“ 50
Some Montenegrin state media on occasion came out
against the advocacy of war, viewing of the Pljevlja case
in the context of Šešelj’s ”defense of Serbdom,“ justifying
the terror to which the Muslim population was subjected
to because of its supposed disloyalty, and the
claims that Muslims were arming themselves in preparation
for rebellion. On 10 August, Pobjeda said in an editorial:
”There certainly are some extremists among the
local Muslims there who bear part of the responsibility
and who should be dealt with by the legitimate authorities.
But the fact that Muslims are only 17% percent of
49 ”Country With Surplus People,“ Monitor, Podgorica, 28 May 1993.
50 Ibid.
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