Sarajevo Ricochet Part 1: The US Green Light

Sarajevo Ricochet Part 1: The US Green Light

2011 · 58 min · Documentary, War

This two-part documentary reveals how al-Qaeda used Bosnia as a training-ground, money-laundering centre and forward operating base during the brutal civil war of 1992-95. The veterans went on to attack New York, Washington DC, London, Madrid, Mombasa and Bali. The story also reveals how the people of Srebrenica were betrayed by the Sarajevo government in advance of the massacres of July 1995.

Directed by Ola Flyum

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