Islamic fundamentalist mini state during Bosnian war

Could Al Qaeda and other foreign and local Islamic fundamentalists carving out a mini state during the Bosnian war similar to the autonomous province of west Bosnia either by themselves or with Serbian and Croatian support

Would a mini state like this have any impact on the greater fight given the Bosnians would be fighting a third enemy

could a state like this survive the Bosnian war as de facto independent state

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_mujahideen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_Province_of_Western_Bosnia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina
 

Anaxagoras

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There were worries at the time that Bosnia was turning into exactly that. And why would the Serbians or Croats support them, since the radicals were coming into Bosnia specifically to fight against them.
 
It's possible, but only as a short-lasting curiosity. The Croats and Serbs would never support them (nor would they want to be supported by Serbs and Croats in the first place). They could attract a few native (Bosniak) supporters, but nowhere near enough to challenge Sarajevo as far as the Bosniak population is concerned. And while the international community was sometimes willing to let a lot of dark and shady stuff slide, this isn't something they could ever tolerate.

So they could establish their own microstate, but only up to the end of the war. After which they'd be quickly mopped up by whoever.
 
And why would the Serbians or Croats support them
I was thinking along the lines of them wanting to creating another enemy for the Bosnians to fight and dividing them as well as aiding claims of them fighting "Islamic fundamentalists " or "protecting serbs/croats from them " and making it harder for nato to support the Bosnians

(nor would they want to be supported by Serbs and Croats in the first place)
They did take arms and training from the west,Israel and Iran during the soviet-Afghan war as well as pass through Croatian controlled territory in otl . I was thinking along the lines of secret or de facto deal with de facto truce between them and Serbian and Croatian force as well as Croats and Serbs allowing arms and fighters to pass through as along as they focus on the Bosnians

And while the international community was sometimes willing to let a lot of dark and shady stuff slide, this isn't something they could ever tolerate.
They did tolerate in the 90s taliban afghanistan , chechnya and this pre 9/11
 
I was thinking along the lines of them wanting to creating another enemy for the Bosnians to fight and dividing them as well as aiding claims of them fighting "Islamic fundamentalists " or "protecting serbs/croats from them " and making it harder for nato to support the Bosnians

They did take arms and training from the west,Israel and Iran during the soviet-Afghan war as well as pass through Croatian controlled territory in otl . I was thinking along the lines of secret or de facto deal with de facto truce between them and Serbian and Croatian force as well as Croats and Serbs allowing arms and fighters to pass through as along as they focus on the Bosnians

Indeed, but in this they'd be taking arms and making deals with their #1 enemies; the analogy would be more like if the Taliban took arms from the Soviets.

I guess it could happen with the Croats or with the Serbs, in a different war with different implicit or explicit alliances. But not in this kind of war - other than the Croats and the Serbs, they'd have literally nobody left to fight.
They did tolerate in the 90s taliban afghanistan , chechnya and this pre 9/11

Well, Afghanistan and Chechnya were (relatively) powerful entities, and there was no easy way to deal with them. OTOH, this would be, like, a confederation of 10 villages or something. Ten villages and a small town if they really luck out.
 
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