Your Excellency Ambassador Burce Warlick

 

 BOSNISCHER AKADEMISCHER KREIS e.V. info@bak-online.org

 

Embassy of the United States of America

Kneza Miloša 50 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

May 17, 2011

 

Your Excellency Ambassador Burce Warlick, On the occasion of the successful campaign by the U.S. Special Forces locating Osama bin Laden, we would like to extend our wishes and hopes that this historical event will be used as an example to establish justice and peace throughout the world.

 

It is reasonable to expect that you feel relieved and at ease that your country has become safer as a result of this campaign. At the same time, that the relatives and friends of the innocent victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks, at least for a moment, felt at peace knowing that the main architect responsible for the heinous crime has faced the consequences of his actions. We, members of the Bosnian Academic Circle - a national association of highly educated Bosnian professionals headquartered in Munich – would like to appeal to you for such a campaign to be carried out in order to capture the fugitive war criminal General Ratko Mladic. Ratko Mladic is believed to be hiding for years in the Republic of Serbia - the country of your mandate. The arrest of Ratko Mladic can be carried out through a two-folded approach. One is through the legal system and the second one includes the secret service of the Republic of Serbia. Unfortunately, it is evident that the executive power and related institutions of the Republic of Serbia are not ready for such steps which would enable Serbia to deal with its recent past. You are familiar with the case of Germany and its approach to dealing with fascism and hatred in order to turn a new page in its history. The process is an ongoing process in Germany and we wish for such a process to take its roots in the Republic of Serbia. At this point we believe that the only remaining power that can arrest Ratko Mladic, and we hope that it is in its own interest to arrest him, is your country – the United States of America. The arrest of BOSNISCHER AKADEMISCHER KREIS e.V. info@bak-online.org

 

Ratko Mladic with the assistance of the United States would contribute to the reconciliation process between the Republic of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It would establish the foundation of good neighbourly relations and regional stability. However, justice is an imperative for the process of reconciliation and it cannot be achieved until Ratko Mladic is arrested. As a result, we are inviting you to use your mandate and the powers ascribed to it to launch a campaign that will bring Ratko Mladic to justice.

 

At the same time, we would like to use this opportunity to thank the government of the United States for its vital role in stopping the aggression and genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as its quest to bring to justice the convicted war criminals. We appreciate the stance that the United States has undertaken in Bosnia and Herzegovina and consider it as a true friend of the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Sincerely,

 

Hamdo Camo, PhD Chairman Bosnian Academic Circle