Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia

The Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia ( Autonomna Pokrajina Zapadna Bosna ) was one of the four incurred during the Bosnian war in the territory of the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina dominions. It was inhabited almost exclusively by Bosniaks, but split due to political differences from the Bosniak -dominated central Bosnia from also. Shortly before the end of the Bosnian war, the Republic of West Bosnia ( Republika Zapadna Bosna ) was proclaimed in 1995; However for international recognition as a state was not made.

History

In the summer of 1993 saw the Bosnian state presidency to a leadership crisis, which was interpreted by Western media in part so that the Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic was discontinued. This had, despite the poor for his troops rejected the military situation taking place in Geneva negotiations on a peace plan, which provided for a division of the country. Fikret Abdic, who also belonged to the state presidency, but proponents of peace negotiations was subsequently withdrew Izetbegovic his loyalty and scored for his home region in the northwest of the country ( around Velika Kladuša ) a separate peace with the Serbian leaders, having already visited the larger war in this had prevented area. The main factor here may have been that this area on the one hand of Serb-controlled areas ( the Republika Srpska Krajina on Croatian territory and the Republika Srpska ) was enclosed and thus cut off from central Bosnia, but on the other hand, with Agrokomerc housed a large food company, to the functioning of the Serbs had an interest since they moved a lot of their food from there. However, the government in Sarajevo, which is now regarded as a traitor Abdic could bring Located in the south of this area larger town of Bihać under its control, where General Ramiz Dreković acted as governor.

When fighting between the warring sides in the Bosnian fall of 1993, many people lost their lives. On August 21, 1994 the government troops, Velika Kladuša take. Then, almost the entire population of the area ( about 20 000 people ) fled to the Republic of Serbian Krajina. From there succeeded a few months later Abdic - loyal troops to reconquer the territory.

In 1995, the Serb Republic of Krajina was conquered by the Croatian army, fled Serb inhabitants and soldiers to Velika Kladuša, after the Croatian army and Bosnian government forces jointly occupied the area. Abdic was sentenced to a long prison term because of his support for the Krajina Serbs in Croatia.