TALLYING THE HATE

BOSNIA'S THREE ETHNIC GROUPS PREPARE FOR POLLS THAT ARE NOT FREE, NOT FAIR AND NOT LIKELY TO BUILD UNITY

The last time Esad tried to visit his old house in the northern Bosnian city of Doboj, the leading Serb candidate for city council there punched out two of his teeth. Esad had crossed the former front line into Serb territory with several hundred other Muslim refugees from Doboj in April hoping he would be allowed to return home. After all, the war had ended four months earlier. Instead, he was met by several thousand angry Serbs wielding pitchforks and throwing rocks. Among them was the prospective Serb city councilman, Predrag Kujundzic, 35, a massive, one-time bouncer responsible for the "ethnic...

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