Well, I have watched the video again:

Over-the-top 'expose' on Mujahideen in Bosnia

Some of the images in this report are genuinely disturbing. The sight of the captured Serb soldier being taunted, hit repeatedly, and then led to his death is deeply disturbing. One wants to reach through the screen and appeal to the Bosnian Muslim soldiers, to beg them to ignore the bearded mujahideen and his craven 'advice.' While there is no gore in this piece (apparantly some of the footage Sky News acquired is quite graphic), it is not easy viewing.

However, this reporter is not interested in fleshing out the broader, human tragedy of the Yugoslav wars; nor is he interested in illustrating one of the many of the ambiguities of that conflict. Rather, he deliberately juxtaposes jarring images before putting them in context, and implies worst-case scenarios before acknowledging that they have not come to pass. Most damning, however, is his decision to validate nationalist Serb propagdanda. Fifteen years after the war to dismember the multi-cultural state of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the name of ethno-religious purity, the ridiculous ultra-nationalist Serb claims that they were fighting to defend Europe from Islamic terrorism have finally found a willing mouthpiece in the West.

Yes, most outrageous about this report is at the end--after filming scenes of hostile villagers in Zenica and bearded Muslims outside a Saudi-funded mosque in Sarajevo, the reporter finally sits down with someone and lets him talk at length--that person is a Bosnian Serb policeman. And this gentleman is allowed to spout off at some length about his concerns that Islamic fundamentalism is taking root in Bosnia--the same disingenuous claims that Serb ultra-nationalists used to justify their war aims a decade and a half ago.

A responsible reporter might have noted this. A responsible reporter might have also pounced on this gem--the Bosnian Serb policeman actually blames the situation on the lack of a unified police force! The sheer nerve and hypocrisy of this statement goes completely unchallenged by our intreped reporter, who surely can't be completely unaware of the terms of the Dayton Agreement, or of the existance of 'Republika Srpska,' so he can't be completely oblivious to the main reason that Bosnia lacks a unified police structure, can he?

Or is he so eager to shock his viewers with the spectre of Islamic fundamentalism taking root in the heart of Europe that he is willing to set aside any inconvenient or contrary facts? I fear so.

This is a hack job of the worst kind--not only does the reporter strenuously avoid placing the story in any context, he (knowingly, I believe) is clouding the true historic record and perhaps inflaming recent sectarian grievances with a completely disproportional sense of alarm. By validating the tired, racist propaganda of Serb ultra-nationalists even while allowing bald-faced hypocrisy to stand unchallened, he is clouding the truth rather than illuminating it.