I have just given a short interview to Radio Free Europe in Sarajevo about the Ganic problem. The interviewer asked a question about the abuse of UK courts for political purposes. I pointed out that there are two completely different issues here, which may (understandably) be merging into one in […]
The Daily Telegraph weighs in on Ejup Ganic: Bosnia has demanded his release and supporters claimed Britain had allowed itself to be used as pawn in the long-running battle between the two former Yugoslav nations. The Telegraph quotes both an unnamed spokesman for Lady Thatcher and Robin Harris, her former speechwriter: "She […]
This morning’s Dnevni Avaz newspaper in Sarajevo has plenty on the Ejup Ganic story. Here. For those of you unfortunate enough not to read Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian, some of the interesting points in the article as yet unreported in the UK media – British scoop, right here: Mr Ganic’s son Emir is […]
Dnevni Avaz reports that now the Bosnian authorities are considering weighing in and sending an extradition request to London, asking that former Bosnian leader Ejup Ganic be extradited to Sarajevo rather than Belgrade! This looks to be an attempt to create new legaL complications based on the proposition that Ganic is a […]
Exhibit One: Robert Baer, former CIA officer, looks at the the evolving world of organised assassination. Exhibit Two: Professor Kenneth Anderson praises President Obama’s efficient use of Predator strikes in and around Pakistan: … of all the ways it has undertaken to strike directly against terrorists, this administration owns the […]
The arrest of former Bosnian leader Ejup Ganic here in the UK in response to an extradition request from the Belgrade authorities is a striking development. See this short account on the Belgrade-based B92 website. In fact the issue has been rumbling on for a couple of days, with Bosniac […]
Yesterday in London I was on the stage at the Polish Cultural Centre in West London for a discussion about Solidarity – Thirty Years After. Others on the panel were Wladyslaw Frasyniuk (former top Solidarity activist and former political prisoner turned politician) – someone whose lively intelligence has left him […]
Update: Welcome Iain Dale readers * * * * * Former warrior-diplomat Al Haig has died, aged 85. The obituaries are noting his unique contribution to the English language: The Washington Post’s George F. Will called him as “an aerobic instructor for the English language, making it twist and stretch.” […]
It is not easy (for me at least) to work out exactly what is said to have happened with the passports used by the group alleged to have murdered Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai last month. Were they ‘cloned’ or fraudulent? Let’s put possible options on the table. 1 […]
What’s the difference between the way top leaders deal with other and the beery ruminations of blokes in pubs, banging on about the about the mischief and duplicity of foreigners? Less than you might think!
