'Humanitarian' org IHH now also under investigation in Bosnia-Herzegovina.HT: DefendDemocracy. By Jonathan Schanzer.
Serbian news agencies reported this week that a Turkish charity, best known for organizing a 2010 flotilla to Gaza that led to conflict with Israeli commandos on the high seas, is under investigation in Bosnia-Herzegovina for exporting weapons to jihadis in Syria.
Reports (see here and here) suggest that the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) may have been working with several local charities and businesses, and even the Bosnia-Herzegovina Ministry of Defense.
The IHH has long-standing ties to Bosnia. As early as 1996, the CIA reportedly noted that the charity was one of fifteen NGOs sponsoring terrorist activities in Bosnia.
Esad Hecimovic, a Bosnian investigative journalist, asserts that the IHH was linked to jihadist activity and arms trafficking during the Bosnia conflict. French magistrate Jean-Louis Brougiere further notes that the IHH played a role in Ahmed Ressam’s failed plot to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport on New Year’s Eve 1999.
The IHH enjoys significant support from the Turkish government. These recent reports out of Bosnia-Herzegovina raise new and troubling questions about the charity’s activities and why Ankara continues to lend its support. Hmmmm.....The IHH has a long history of 'contacts' remember the Mavi Marvara.More here.Read the full story here.
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