2003,<\/a> Kouchner interviewed Izetbegovic when the Bosnian Muslim leader was on his deathbed. \u00a0\u201cThey [the camps in Bosnia] were horrible places, but people were not systematically exterminated. Did you know that?\u201d asked Kouchner. To which Izetbegovic replied, \u201cYes. I thought that my revelations could precipitate bombings. Yes, I tried, but the assertion was false. There were no extermination camps\u2026<\/b>\u201d (excerpted from Les Guerriers de la Paix: Du Kosovo a l\u2019Iraq<\/i>, Editions Grasset, 2004; published in English as The Warriors of Peace<\/i>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bernard Kouchner and Paddy Ashdown both served as UN High Representative in Bosnia, a position that effectively gave them huge powers in post-war Bosnia. \u00a0When they paid a joint visit to Alija Izetbegovic shortly before his death, they were very surprised by what he had to say on the infamous ‘death camps” in … <\/p>\n
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