Muslim states supplied roughly two billion dollars in arms to Bosnian Muslims

Evidence

The wealthy states of the ummah, led by Saudi Arabia and Iran, contributed immense amounts of money to develop Bosnian military strength. In the early months of the war in 1992, Saudi government and private sources provided 150 million in aid to the Bosnians, ostensibly for humanitarian purposes but widely acknowledged to have been used largely for military ones. Reportedly the Bosnians got 160 million worth of weapons during the first two years of the war. During 1993-1995 the Bosnians received an additional 300 million for arms from the Saudis plus 500 million in purportedly humanitarian aid. Iran was also a major source of military assistance, and according to American officials, spent hundreds of millions of dollars a year on arms for the Bosnians. According to another report, 80 percent to 90 percent of a total of $2 billion worth of arms that went into Bosnia during the early years of the fighting went to the Muslims. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 793

Categorization

  • QUESTION: Where did the claim that 80-90 percent of all arms going into Bosnia went to Muslims come from, and how was ‘Muslims’ defined given Croatia’s documented share?