SARAJEVO -- Campaign rhetoric and political infighting are heating up as Bosnia and Herzegovina heads toward general elections this fall, the sixth such vote since the war-torn nation bloodily seceded from the former Yugoslavia in 1992. With the May secession of tiny Montenegro from what's left of Yugoslavia -- now known simply as Serbia -- the challenge of staying united has never been so great for Bosnia and Herzegovina's two entities, the Serb-leaning Republika Srpska (RS), and the predominantly Muslim-Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBH). One need only listen to Milorad Dodik, the man leading in the polls and the current head of the "moderate" political party in the Republika Srpska, to get an idea of the public mood regarding the sundering of the country. Dodik recently quipped that he only cheers for the Bosnian National Football team "if they are playing against Turkey."
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