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Evo prijedloga e-maila na engleskom koji mozete poslati FIFI ili svojim lokalnim novinama naravno ukoliko se slazete sa sadrzajem.
Mislim da je vazno da FIFA i svjetska javnost budu upoznati sa dogadjajima u Beogradu.
Pismo je malo ispravljena verzija pisma koje je napravio jedan od BiH Fanaticosa.
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to you as a concerned individual who was watching the game between Serbia & Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina that was played on 12/10/2005 in Belgrade.
Tens of Bosnians supporters were wounded by rocks, coins and some kind of stun grenades ( the type that are ususally used for military training purposes), that Serbian supporters were throwing over the fence that was supposed to protect Bosnian supporters. The fence was unacceptably low and the Serbian supporters were not kept at a safe distance . At the same time, Serbian police made little effort to prevent Serbian supporters from throwing missiles- they just watched them. Bosnian supporters were strip-searched from head to foot, as is customary; however, it appears that the surrounding Serbian supporters were allowed to enter the ground without any such search enabling them to import such missiles.
A young Bosnian supporter lost his finger when he attempted to remove a grenade that fell in the middle of the supporters. Unfortunately the grenade exploded and as a result of injuries received his finger had to be amputated. Another forty supporters were injured, six suffering severe concussion and other injuries. These injuries were inflicted by rocks , coins and stun grenades thrown by the Serbian supporters. Some Serbian supporters were also injured by spikes by attempting to climb over the dividing fence .
We would all agree that the football ground is not an appropriate place for overtly political or sectarian banners. However, there were banners "NOZ ZICA SREBRENICA" which translated means "KNIFE WIRE =SREBRRENICA" and the whole of Europe is aware of what happened there. There were also
other offensive banners such as "Radovan Karadzic -Thank You for killing Bosnians" . Most of the chants by Serbian supporters were celebrating Ratko Mladic (fugitive war criminal) as well as calling for the segregation of Bosnia etc
I think that is not really appropriate or respectful to the memory of thousands of victims that died. I am wondering what would be the reaction of FIFA and the International community if Germany had played Israel and German fans displayed banners that celebrated the Jewish Holocaust. I cannot believe that this would not attract international condemnation and would have serious consequences for the team and their supporters.
So please consider my letter as a plea that such racist and sectarian haterd so blatantly displayed is not allowed in Europe in the 21st century.
If this is not dealt with, and such actions shown to have serious consequences for the Serbian team and their supporters, I am not hopefiul that similar disgusting displays of such racism and violent behaviour will not be seen again in the World Cup 2006.
I am aware that Bosnia is a small country still recovering from the damage inflcted by a terrible war, trying to gain the respect it deserves as an active member of UEFA and of FIFA. However, I do not believe that its small size merits it any less respect and protection than any other FIFA member.
I am sure that FIFA would be able to find appropriate sanctions for the above mentioned incident, but I believe that only a repetition of the game at a neutral venue behind closed doors together with a heavy fine is the only viable remedy.
May I thank you in advance for your serious consideration of these points and let us hope that this could be the starting point for enabling ordinary football supporters to enjoy international games free from intimidation and fear - whoever is playing.
Yours faithfully
Vas potpis
