{"id":1449861,"date":"2024-01-10T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1449861"},"modified":"2024-01-10T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T13:30:00","slug":"us-flies-f-16-fighter-jets-over-bosnia-in-threat-to-serbs-who-want-secession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/us-flies-f-16-fighter-jets-over-bosnia-in-threat-to-serbs-who-want-secession\/1449861\/","title":{"rendered":"US Flies F-16 Fighter Jets Over Bosnia In Threat To Serbs Who Want Secession"},"content":{"rendered":"

US Flies F-16 Fighter Jets Over Bosnia In Threat To Serbs Who Want Secession<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The US flew two F-16 fighter jets\u00a0over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday<\/a>\u00a0as a show of force meant as a threat to Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodnik<\/strong>, who wants independence for the Serb-majority area of the country he controls<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Dodnik is the president of the Republika Srpska, a semi-autonomous Serb republic within the borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/strong> that\u2019s separate from the other part of the country that\u2019s mainly populated by Bosniak Muslims and Croats, known as the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina.<\/p>\n

Milorad Dodik, via AP<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The boundaries were set by the 1995 Dayton Accords, which were negotiated following a US and NATO intervention against the Serbs in the ethnic conflict in the area.<\/p>\n

The US Embassy in Sarajevo said the F-16 fighter jets flew over Bosnia to show US support for the country\u2019s “territorial integrity.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“This bilateral training is an example of advanced military-to-military cooperation that contributes to peace and security in the Western Balkans as well as demonstrates the United States\u2019 commitment to ensuring the territorial integrity of BiH (Bosnia-Herzegovina) in the face of anti-Dayton and secessionist activity,” the statement said, according to\u00a0The Associated Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“The United States has underscored that the BiH (Bosnia-Herzegovina) Constitution provides no right of secession<\/strong>, and it will act if anyone tries to change this basic element,” the statement added.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Army Special Forces and Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina completed a successful bilateral air-to-ground training with joint terminal attack controllers (JTAC) and two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons today in the Tuzla and Brcko region. The training event was\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/2vAJ57sgDS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 US Embassy Sarajevo (@USEmbassySJJ) January 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Dodnik recently\u00a0told\u00a0AP<\/em><\/a>\u00a0that he will continue to pursue Serb interests despite threats from the US. “I am not irrational, I know that America\u2019s response will be to use force \u2026 but I have no reason to be frightened by that into sacrificing (Serb) national interests,”<\/strong> he said.<\/p>\n

He further said that if there’s international intervention backing Bosnian institutions then “in the next stage, we will be forced by their reaction to declare full independence<\/strong>” of Serb-controlled regions of Bosnia.<\/p>\n

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James O\u2019Brien, the US assistant secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs, recently threatened that the US will “act”<\/strong> if anyone threatens the terms of the Dayton Accords and said nobody in the country has the right to “secession.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nWed, 01\/10\/2024 – 03:30<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/us-flies-f-16-fighter-jets-over-bosnia-threat-serbs-who-want-secession<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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