Security expert Dževad Galijašević said that from the perspective of the United States, Mevlid Jašarević remains a security threat, given that his attack on the US Embassy in Sarajevo sent a message that US authorities consider a hostile act.
According to Galijašević, for the Americans no punishment is harsh enough for an attack on their facilities and their country.
Commenting on the verdict of the Court of BiH acquitting Jašarević of obstructing an official in the performance of official duties, and on the fact that he could be released this week after serving his sentence for terrorism, Galijašević said that the first thing to look at is what the United States thinks about it.
For the USA, Galijašević pointed out, an attack on institutions, diplomatic centers, embassies and people is a hostile act that will always, in a certain way, be attributed to BiH.
Galijašević also said that, when it comes to Jašarević, there are attempts to manipulate the story by claiming that he is not a citizen of BiH at all, but that he came from Serbia and is a Serbian citizen.
Galijašević also asked why Jašarević was put on trial for obstructing officials in the performance of official duties if he was ultimately going to be acquitted.
“Then it would have been better not to start it at all, that is the logic coming from the US,” Galijašević said, adding that the trial had to have a purpose.
He pointed out that the political background was never examined – which organization stood behind Jašarević, who armed him and who drove him to Sarajevo in a vehicle from Maoča.
Galijašević noted that terrorism does not exist as an individual act and that it is not an act of passion, but an organized act, brutal politically motivated violence, yet terrorism cases have always been investigated from the standpoint of the individual’s role, not the organization that stood behind them.
The Court of BiH today handed down a first-instance verdict acquitting Mevlid Jašarević of charges that he threatened staff at the Vojkovići prison and tried to obstruct them in the performance of their official duties.
On November 20, 2013, the Appellate Panel of the Court of BiH sentenced Jašarević to 15 years in prison for terrorism, after he fired at the US Embassy in Sarajevo with an automatic rifle on October 28, 2011. Jašarević’s 15-year prison sentence expires tomorrow, which is why he could be released this week
Source: Srpska National
