Prior to the September 11 attacks , al-Qaeda was present in Bosnia and Herzegovina , and its members were mostly veterans of the El Mudžahid detachment of the Bosnian Muslim Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina . Three al-Qaeda operatives carried out the Mostar car bombing in 1997 . The operatives were closely linked to and financed by the Saudi High Commission for Relief of Bosnia and Herzegovina founded by then-prince King Salman of Saudi Arabia
Mostar car bombing
Mostar car bombing
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