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nepravda04-22-2005, 05:26 PM
1.1 The amendments to the Constitution of the SR Bosnia- Herzegovina were adopted in summer 1990(1). The amendment LXIX, item 7, banned (inter alia) forming of political organizations and performing activities aimed at threatening the territorial integrity of the SFRY. This was in compliance with the Constitution of the SFRY.(2)
1.2 Despite this constitutional ban, the B/H Muslims, along with the Croats, were engaged in political and military preparations for forcible secession of the B/H from the SFRY.
The Muslim Party of the Democratic Action (SDA) formed the Patriotic League as its military wing. The forming of the Patriotic League, which was an illegal military organization, started in April 1991. According to his own statement (in the "Oslobodjenje" of September 4, 1992), Munib Bisiæ, the then assistant minister of defense of the B/H, in association with Sulejman Vranja and some other Muslims, created the Guidelines on Organization and Action in the Field, mostly relying on the SDA members. In May 1991, the organization was named the Patriotic League. Among its founders and organizers were Sefer Haliloviæ (later to become the Chief of General Staff of the B/H Army) and Rusmi Mahmutæehajiæ, the "political and ideological designer" of the SDA.
According to Alija Izetbegoviæ's statement in the "Ljiljan" journal of Dec. 14, 1994, in June 1991, in the eve of the war in Slovenia and Croatia, the SDA organized a large gathering of "responsible people", which resulted in the founding of the National Defense Council, to manage the operations of the Patriotic League.(3)
Dr. Safet Haliloviæ, in the capacity of Chairman of the SDA Municipal Board in Sarajevo, in his statement for the "Ljiljan" of June 15, 1994, said: "The SDA created the Patriotic League and other formations which served as the core of the future army of the state. All things considered, the role of president Alija Izetbegoviæ and his closest associates was decisive in all stages -- from organization to armament, securing the international support and assistance"...
In Sefer Haliloviæ's book "The Cunning Strategy", it is said that in October 1991 the Patriotic League formed the regional military headquarters for the Sarajevo region, municipal military headquarters, as well as area, maneuver, special, terrorist and anti-terrorist units, branch units, and logistic bases. (5)
1.3 The Patriotic League Political Headquarters was led by Omer Behmen and Ejup Ganiæ, and the Military Headquarters by Sefer Haliloviæ. They were closely connected with Alija Izetbegoviæ and other high officials of the SDA.
In early summer 1991, the Patriotic League organized secret armament of the Muslims in the Mostar and Herzegovina region, in coordination with an illegal military organization in Èitluk, encompassing a group of Croats from Herzegovina. By autumn 1991, the whole of the B/H was included in armament, with the arms pouring in through various channels, mostly from Croatia.
For Muslims from certain towns in the B/H the Patriotic League secretly organized training in the Croatian Ministry of the Interior and in the towns of Kumrovec, Luèko and Rakitje. As of autumn 1991, the Patriotic League started recruiting the Muslim officers having deserted from the JNA. From April to September 1991, three or four groups of 15 to 20 young men were sent to Libya for terrorist training.
The Patriotic League had a crisis headquarters which created a pattern of headquarters in regions and municipalities, with instructions on the composition, resources, communications and basic activities. The pattern and instructions were adapted for underground activity. In parallel with that, special units of the Patriotic League were formed.
The military structure of the Patriotic League included various units: the "Green Berets" (led by Emin Švrakiæ), the "mujaheer" volunteer units, rear services, special, medical and other specialized units, the "Bosnia" military organization (led by Kerim Luèareviæ), and other.
The leaders and members of the Patriotic League, when joining the organization, had to take "oath to the Muslim people". Among the Patriotic League's commanding officers and soldiers in charge of the military tasks in the field were some notorious pre-war criminals, including Jusuf-Juka Prazina, Ramiz Delaliæ and others.
The Patriotic League achieved a high level of military organization. According to Sefer Haliloviæ's statement to the "Naši Dani" journal of Sept. 25, 1992, when the war broke out, the Patriotic League had 9 regional and 103 municipal headquarters and 98.000 soldiers (the Republic of B/H had a total of 109 municipalities).
Additional proof of the existence and activity of the Patriotic League and its military formations before the outbreak of the war in the B/H can be found in the fact that upon the armistice, when it came to solving the status of the Armed Force soldiers, among the issues raised was that of the "participation in the defense of the country before the state of war was declared".(6)
1.4 In May and June 1991 in Sarajevo, a unit of "Green Berets", at the time still dressed in civilian clothes, were practicing to handle weapons, in the cinema hall of the Bistrik cultural center (Dragice Pravice street). The training was organized in secrecy, in evening hours, and no strangers were allowed in the hall. (7)
1.5 According to the statement that Munib Bisiæ, one of the Patriotic League founders, gave to the "Oslobodjenje" journal of Sept. 14, 1992, the Patriotic League urged that the war in the B/H should start parallel with the development of war operations in Croatia.(
They also urged that the bridges on the Drina river should be torn down, but this was not allowed due to "political" reasons, since "Bosnia was not ready for the war, from the military, political or psychological point of view." In early 1992, the Patriotic League "came up with a plan to block communications and the barracks in order to prevent the JNA's strategic operation of taking up combat positions", but the "political factor" denied the green light for the realization of this plan, "seeking to avoid conflict with the JNA". In conclusion, Bisiæ stated that "Izetbegoviæ's option" was wiser.
The above facts clearly indicate that the Patriotic League, an illegal organization at that point, made plans for unconstitutional and forcible secession of the B/H from the SFRY, and that the B/H Muslim and Croat political leadership was involved in its implementation, including Alija Izetbegoviæ, President of the Muslim Party of the Democratic Action and the then President of the Presidency of the B/H. Izetbegoviæ was only wiser in choosing the timing and methods for breaking up the SFRY. (9)
1.6 The Hasana Brkiæa Street, one of the largest in Sarajevo, has recently been renamed into the Street of the Patriotic League. (10)
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nepravda04-22-2005, 05:27 PM
2.0 Even before the outbreak of the war, the Muslim and Croatian representatives in the government in Sarajevo and illegal military organizations took coordinated actions aimed atforcible unconstitutional secession from the SFRY. They jointly started committing crimes against Serbs, who stood in the way of the achievement of their political goals. It has already been stated that the Muslim SDA, as the ruling party, created the Patriotic League as an illegal military organization, and that among its founders was Munib Bisiæ, the then assistant minister of defense of the B/H. It has also been said that Alija Izetbegoviæ himself confirmed his involvement in organizing the Patriotic League.
2.1 Although the Ministry of the Interior of the B/H (MUP) formally was a single state agency, its activities were subordinated to the interests of the Muslim-Croatian faction. The position of the Minister of the Interior was given to Alija Delimustafiæ, a former police officer expelled from the force on the grounds of some murky dealings. (11) He and his brothers started a company named "Cenex", dealing in spirit and coffee smuggling, illegal exchange dealings, while illegal import of arms went through this company. As debt collectors for the "Cenex" company, Delimustafiæ used two criminals - Jusuf Prazina, a convict released from serving the full sentence, and Ismet Bajramoviæ. Delimustafiæ gave significant donations to the SDA and for that reason, when Izetbegoviæ took power, he appointed him as minister of the interior.
The deputy minister of the interior, Vitomir Žepiæ, a Serb, had no influence whatsoever on the MUP operations, especially as the under-secretary in charge of state security was S. Škipina. (12)
The head of Security Center in Sarajevo was Bakir Alispahiæ, a close associate of Alija Izetbegoviæ.
Munir Alibabiæ was head of the state security in the Sarajevo Security Center, Mirsad Srebrenikoviæ was the assistant minister of the interior, Jusuf Pušina was the assistant minister in charge of law enforcement (after Delimustafiæ, he was appointed as minister of the interior), while Abdo Habib was the assistant minister in charge the police force. (13)
2.2. Before the start of the war, Hilmo Selimoviæ, who had direct contacts with Alija Izetbegoviæ, was appointed head of the Personnel Department of the B/H Ministry of the Interior.
Selimoviæ embarked on urgent dismissals from the MUP of the Serb officers and with no previous procedure appointed SDA members to the leading positions.(14)
2.3 Towards the end of 1991 and at the beginning of 1992, while the position of the Minister of the Interior was held by Alija Delimustafiæ, there was a ban on any operations aimed at discovering and reporting of criminal activities involving the SDA and the HDZ.
During the second half of 1991, a private business in Sarajevo, under the guise of collecting payments for automobiles, conned citizens out of DEM 6 million and gave this money to the SDA for the purchase of arms in Slovenia. For this criminal activity no criminal charges were brought before the competent prosecutor's office, and as a result, the police operative work was stopped.
Munib Alibabiæ as well, as head of the State Security Police, halted the police activities directed at discovering criminal dealings for the benefit of the SDA, especially those related to illegal procurement of arms. Some involved in arms smuggling were caught and arrested, but were immediately released. (15)
2.4 Considerably before the international recognition of the B/H, the "Green Beret" soldiers took over the securing of the highest state agencies in the B/H: the Assembly, the Presidency, the Government, the Ministry of the Interior, as well as the Radio and Television and other media buildings in Sarajevo.
At the beginning of January 1992, under the guise of providing security, the "Green Beret" soldiers occupied the premises of the RTV Sarajevo (till then, security had been provided by the MUP). They searched people, made lists of unwanted Serbs and maltreated them.
In this way, the RTV Sarajevo became an instrument of Muslim propaganda in the preparations for forcible secession from the SFRY and creation an independent state, in keeping with the policy of the SDA.
Zdravko Šipka, the RTV head of security, tried to confront this. In spring 1992, he was liquidated by the "Green Berets".
At the time, Sarajevo was flooded with people in "green beret" uniforms, as well as with civilians -- Muslims and, to a lesser extent, Croats, who were publicly carrying arms. They were stopping vehicles, asked people for IDs, and searched them.
The majority of the "Green Berets" were pre-war criminals. Some had been released from serving the sentence immediately before the war.
In March 1992, Esad Osmanbegoviæ, warden of the Central Prison in Sarajevo, released 69 Muslim prisoners and supplied them with guns from the Prison's warehouse. (16)
2.5 At the meeting of the Military Area Staff and members of the Presidency of the B/H, held on January 20, 1992 in Sarajevo, the Command representative informed the Presidency members of the forming of the military area and pointed out the obligation of the military to defend the state of SFRY, emphasizing that the JNA refused to accept violence and that the future of the country should be decided by the politicians.
This position caused violent reaction by the Croat and Muslim members of the Presidency. Alija Izetbegoviæ said that he did not recognize Yugoslavia, since "it did not exist any more". (This happened much before the referendum on the secession of the B/H from the SFRY, of February 29 and March 01, 1992, and the international recognition of the B/H of April 6, 1992.)(17)
2.6 On March 1 1992, on the day of the referendum on the so- called "independent and sovereign" B/H (to which only B/H Muslims and Croats turned out), the first assassination of a Sarajevo Serb was committed, by the illegal Muslim military formation, the "Green Berets".
On that day, Nikola Gardoviæ was marrying off his son Milan. When the wedding guests, after the church ceremony, headed for a restaurant close to the City Hall in downtown Sarajevo to have lunch, they were attacked by armed Muslims who tried to seize their flag, which was folded around the mast. One of the attackers fired four shots at Radenko Mitroviæ, the priest, while Ramiz Delaliæ, nicknamed "Æelo", a pre-war criminal, one of the leaders of the "Green Berets", shot Nikola Gardoviæ who soon passed away. One of the attackers said to the present Serbs: "We shall kill you all."
Some of the Serbs ran after Delaliæ and other attackers, but a uniformed policeman with an automatic rifle stopped them, instead of taking measures to arrest the perpetrator of the crime.
Although this event aroused great disquiet among the Sarajevo Serbs, none of the attackers was arrested in order to be brought to justice, while Gardoviæ's killer Delaliæ, later to become a military commander in the B/H Army, boasted about this murder in front of the cameras of TV Sarajevo.
The above stated facts clearly indicate that this was a premeditated criminal act aimed at intimidating the Serbs, in the preparations for the forcible unconstitutional secession of the B/H from the SFRY.
2.7 According to reliable evidence received from witnesses, the plan was to slaughter the Sarajevo Serbs in the night between March 3 and 4 1992.
When Alija Izetbegoviæ was told by the representatives of the JNA command in Sarajevo that the Command was informed of the plan, on the same night Izetbegoviæ, Karadžiæ and General Kukanjac addressed the public via television, inviting them to maintain peace and order.
2.8 In the night between April 4 and 5 1992, about midnight, Mustafa Fejziæ, encrypting officer in the MUP communications center, circulated a special dispatch to the public security centers in Sarajevo, by order of Avdo Habib, assistant minister of the interior.
Immediately after the dispatch had been circulated, a murder took place in the Sarajevo Novo police station. The victim was Pero Petroviæ, a Serb, policemen of the Koševo police station, who just happened to be there (he brought in a juvenile delinquent caught in a theft).
In the course of the same night about 150 "Green Berets" were handed out arms and uniforms in the local emergency station. (20)
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nepravda04-22-2005, 05:28 PM
2.9 The organization behind the Muslim actions and their preparations for the attack on Serbs are also proved by the fact that on April 6, 1992, in front of the MUP B/H building in Boriše Kovaèeviæa street in Sarajevo, arms were publicly handed out to Muslims, upon presentation of their identity cards (proving their Muslim identity).
On that day, the Ministry of the Interior's IDs were also changed. The Muslim employees had already been given badges with their names. The Serb employees were denied access to the building by the "Green Berets".
The "Green Berets" acted similarly in other intuitions as well: on April 12, 1992, the "Green Berets" caught a Serb -- a high official of the Assembly of the B/H, while he was leaving his office; they disarmed him, blindfolded him and took him to a prison where they kept him for four days. On April 17, 1992, the door of the office of the vice prime minister, Miodrag Simoviæ, a Serb, was drilled with bullets, while the files in the office were scattered and some of them were taken away. (21)
2.10 On April 15, 1992, a directive was dispatched to all municipal and district Territorial Army headquarters on behalf of the Presidency of the B/H, directing them to attack the JNA and military installations. For Alija Izetbegoviæ, the directive was signed by the Territorial Army Commander, Hasan Efendiæ. The directive, among other things, says: "Immediately seize the military warehouses, arms and ammunition, as well as besiege the barracks, take them and capture the JNA soldiers on the territory of the B/H."
At the session of the Presidency of the B/H of April 17, 1992, the JNA representative requested an explanation of the directive, but he received no reply, although nobody denied that the directive existed.
This clearly indicates that the Muslim-Croat leadership in the B/H did not seek a peaceful solution for the withdrawal of the JNA troops from the B/H.
Instead of seeking a peaceful solution, the members of the Muslim-Croat military formations kept attacking the JNA units and installations, as well as those parts of Sarajevo that were predominantly populated with Serbs. On April 22, 1992, a unit of "Green Berets" carried out an armed assault at Ilidža and at the JNA military headquarters in Sarajevo.(22)
2.11. On 26 April 1992 a meeting was held in Skoplje where the representatives of Yugoslavia, Branko Kostiæ and general Adžiæ reached an agreement with Alija Izetbegoviæ on peaceful withdrawal of YPA from B/H. 23
2.12 On 2 May 1992 at the meeting in Lisboa, Alija Izetbegoviæ signed an Agreement on future state order of B/H, the so-called Cutiliero Plan, but once he returned to Sarajevo he abandoned it and adhered to the war option.
On 2 May 1992 there were intensive attacks on YPA facilities in Sarajevo, namely: the YPA Centre, buildings of the Area Command and the following barracks: "Maršal Tito", "Viktor Bubanj" and "Jusuf -onliæ".
On 3 May 1992, through mediation of the representatives of the international community (general McKezie and Colom Doyle) an agreement was reached on peaceful withdrawal from Sarajevo of military personnel from the Second Army Area, but despite the guarantees received from the representatives of the international community, Muslim-Croat side broke their promise and their military units intercepted an YPA column in the Dobrovoljaèka Street. They disarmed and killed members of the YPA.
The commanders of the military units that conducted the attack were Ejup Ganiæ, Ismet Bajramoviæ, Jovan Divjak, Hasan Efendiæ, Fikret Muslimoviæ, Zoran +egar and Jusuf Prazina, who had a special role in it. 24
3. Participation of the Muslim armed formations in crimes
against Serbs in Sarajevo during war
3.0. At the outbreak of war Muslims and Croats from Sarajevo were prepared for the war and the forthcoming mass crimes against Serbs: police forces were almost completely cleared from the members of the Serb nationality (especially from those at high posts), while illegal military forces within the Patriotic League ("green berets" etc.) were strengthened. There also existed armed forces within the Territorial Defense and police reserve force which committed mass crimes against Serbs since the outbreak of war.
These armed forces and groups were mostly headed by pre-war criminals. All parts of Sarajevo under Muslim-Croat command were actually governed by the mentioned military forces and armed groups which set up camps where Serbs were killed and exposed to all kinds of physical and mental torturing and humiliation. Serbs were killed and tortured while being forced to dig ditches and tunnels and at other places, especially at the foot of the Trebeviæ mountain.
The most prominent commanders of the Muslim military forces and groups in Sarajevo were: Jusuf Prazina, nicknamed "Juka", Ismet Bajramoviæ, nicknamed "Æelo", Mušan Topaloviæ, nicknamed "Caco", Samir Kahfedžiæ, called "Kruško", Ismet Hadžiæ, Ramiz Delaliæ, nicknamed "Æelo 2" and others.
According to some evidence 25), there were 52 army and police headquarters in Sarajevo, with camps in which a lot of Serbs were .PA
killed. Around 7 000 Serbs are estimated to have been killed in Sarajevo.
It is, however, worth noticing that the B/H Presidency brought a decision on "subordination" of the reserve forces of Ministry of the Interior (MUP) to the General Staff of B/H armed forces and that this decision was published in the "Official Gazette of RB/H", no. 8/92. Thus, we cannot talk of the existence of "uncontrolled groups" since all armed forces both in Sarajevo and the entire territory controlled by Muslims and Croats were under command of the B/H Army.
3.1. Jusuf Prazina, a notorious criminal from Sarajevo, set up a unit of "green berets"at the beginning of war which, under his command, took part in the attack on the YPA facilities and a column during the withdrawal of YPA members from Sarajevo on 2 and 3 May 1992. In the Dobrovoljaèka Street, the agreement on peaceful passage of the column was broken and atrocities committed against the members of the YPA.
In 1992, Jusuf Prazina's unit numbered around 2 300 armed men and had 35 bases with camps in the town, among which "Stela" at Otoka, on the premises of the railway-industry school, and the school for the mentally retarded, in "Dragica Pravica" kindergarten, "Iskrica" kindergarten in the Hasan Brkiæ Street, in the "Amerikanac" restaurant (near the Central Prison), and in the Faculty of Dentistry, etc.
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nepravda04-22-2005, 05:28 PM
Prazina controlled the entire Centar Municipality and some other suburbs, too.
In the camps under Jusuf Prazina's control mass killings and other atrocities were committed against Serbs. Only Senad D·ananoviÔ, nicknamed "Glavoguz" /an *******/, commander of the "Stela" camp, killed around 60 Serbs.
Jusuf Prazina's General Headquarters were at the beginning situated on the premises of "Iskrica" kindergarten, in the Hasan BrkiÔ Street while the military unit of Adnan SolakoviÔ, a pre-war criminal and assistant to Jusuf Prazina was on the premises of the Faculty of Dentistry. It was a mujaheden unit.
Nervin UzunoviÔ, nicknamed "+ok", committed the largest number of crimes in "Iskrica" kindergarten.
Fikret BahtiÔ, nicknamed "FiÔa", former football player of "¦elezniÕar", who was under Jusuf Prazina's command, held the premises of Hrasno and his headquarters were situated in the school for mentally retarded children.
Jusuf Prazina's deputy was Samir Kahfed·iÔ, nicknamed "Kru_ko" 26 and his unit controlled prisons situated at the "Borsalino" restaurant at the Zavnobih Square, at a supermarket storehouse by the restaurant and at the "Novi Grad" restaurant.
At the end of July or beginning of August 1992 Prazina was appointed a member of General Staff of B/H armed forces. The Act on Appointment was signed by Jerko Doko - defense minister, Sefer HaliloviÔ - Chief of General Staff and Jusuf Pu_ina - minister of the interior of B/H (all put their signatures on the left side of the Act) and Alija IzetbegoviÔ (his signature is on the right side of the Act).
After the appointment Prazina got two offices in the building of B/H Presidency where he stayed with his body guards.
Davor MatiÔ was also a member of Prazina's formations. On 22 April 1992 he and his HOS (Croatian Defense Forces) unit captured and killed 8 members of the YPA who were in a personnel carrier which broke down on the way to the airport.
3.2. Ismet BajramoviÔ , nicknamed "ôelo" (born 26 April 1966 in Sarajevo); was in late eighties sentenced to several years of imprisonment for rape, stealth and robberies. He served his sentence in the Zenica Pentitentiary where he provoked disorder, beat other prisoners, insulted Penitentiary's staff and tried to organize a riot. Before the outbreak of war, he was pardoned by Alija IzetbegoviÔ and set at liberty. Alija DelimustafiÔ, minister of the interior, whose body guard he became later on, personally requested his pardon.
BajramoviÔ was engaged in military activities immediately after the referendum on the secession of B/H and as early as 3 March 1992 he distributed weapons among Muslims in the Livanjska Street.
By April 1992 BajramoviÔ had set up his own armed group, made up mostly of criminals, idlers and drug addicts, which grew into a military unit. His headquarters were situated on the premises of "Mladen StojanoviÔ" students dormitory, near the Central Prison. Parts of the municipalities of Centar and Novo Sarajevo - Ko_evsko Brdo, Ciglana and a part of Vele_iÔi were under his control.
Within BarjamoviÔ's unit there was the so - called "flying battalion", made up of the most extreme Muslims.
The following men were on BajramoviÔ's headquarters: Fahrudin Alic, nicknamed "Pukovnik" /colonel/ (took part in arresting and torturing a large number of Serbs, and in raping the arrested Serb women), Slavko Erceg (a notorious criminal), Fahrija Kahrim ( a lawyer, BajramoviÔ's adviser), Asko Omerba_iÔ (used to work in MUP) and D·evad TopiÔ (BajramoviÔ's deputy, now in Zagreb as a military attache at B/H Embassy).
At the end of April or beginning of May 1992 BajramoviÔ was appointed head of Military Police for the municipalities of Centar and Novo Sarajevo by official authorities, and on 3 May 1992 - he was appointed head of the so-called Military Prison at the fifth floor of the Central Prison.
Captured Serbs were tortured and killed in the Central Prison ( at least 17 killed Serbs were identified).
A large number of crimes against Serbs were committed in a camp on the premises of former military barracks "Viktor Bubanj". This camp where at least 64 Serbs were killed or disappeared from, was under Ismet BajramoviÔ's control.
When BajramoviÔ was seriously wounded in a showdown between Muslims, Alija IzetbegoviÔ issued an order for him to be taken abroad by helicopter for medical treatment. 28, 29
3.3 Mu_an TopaloviÔ, nicknamed "Caco", controlled the left bank of the Miljacka at the territory of the Municipality of Stari Grad from the beginning of war.
He later became commander of the Tenth Mountain Brigade of the B/H Army.30
Members of TopaloviÔ's unit committed mass killings of Serbs - civilians at places called BistriÕki Potok, Popov Gaj and Kazani at the TrebeviÔi hill-sides. Victims' bodies were usually thrown into pits.
After the break-up of Jusuf Prazina's unit, some commanders of that unit joined Mu_an TopaloviÔ's unit. TopaloviÔ was very close to general Sefer HaliloviÔ, chief of the General Staff of the B/H Army.
During 1992 HaliloviÔ often visited TopaloviÔ's headquarters.
Mass crimes of Du_an TopaloviÔ's unit committed against Serbs were obvious and well-known and Muslim-Croat military and civil authorities in Sarajevo were aware of them.
Instead of being prosecuted, he was killed as an undesirable witness. 31
3.4. Ramiz DelaliÔ, nicknamed "ôelo 2", one of the commanders of the illegal military formation of "green berets", commenced crimes against Serbs in Sarajevo by killing Nikola GardoviÔ on 1 March 1992 - before the outbreak of war which was the day of the referendum for the secession of B/H from SFRY.32
He was for a while commander of the Ninth Mountain Brigade of the B/H Army.
Members of DelaliÔ's military unit committed a number of crimes against Serbs - civilians in Sarajevo. They also participated in the killing of Serbs at a place below TrebeviÔi together with the members of Mu_an TopaloviÔ's unit.
In October 1993 DelaliÔ was removed from his office, but he was not even formally prosecuted for the crimes against Serbs. 33, 34
3.5. In the territory of the "Ivan Krnelj" local community a command of the Sixth Muslim Brigade was placed whose commander was Adem AlijagiÔ, and his deputy was Fahrudin FazliÔ and assistants - Ante MarjanoviÔ and Enver ZorniÔ.
This brigade is responsible for numerous killings of civilian Serbs.
Thus, in the house of Gavra ôeraniÔ in 24 Vara·dinska Street three Serbs -civilians were killed (Sreten NikoliÔ, Jagoda JankoviÔ and Jovan PopoviÔ) and their bodies burned. 35
3.6. In the "Razigrani dani" kindergarten a command of the Civil Defense was situated led by Muhamed Poplata, former policeman. This Civil Defense was turned into a Muslim military - police formation of "green berets" which controlled local community of "Ko_evo II" all the way to the Ciglana suburb.
Members of this unit searched Serbs' flats and arrested them. HuskiÔ Albin, nicknamed "Kinez" /a Chinese/ was commander of this unit whose headquarters were at the Faculty of Physical Education (DIF) where arrested Serbs were taken for the first "interrogation" and were beaten, as well as selected for further "procedure". 30
3.7. Ismet Had·iÔ, known as religious fanatic, former worker of "Energoinvest" enterprise, was in charge of the Dobrinja suburb.
In this suburb a prison was set up at the "Baltazar" restaurant by the members of Dragan VikiÔ's unit, "green berets" and "the league of veterans".
Serbs killed at "Baltazar" and "Stela" camps were buried in this suburb.
Had·iÔ was very close to Alija IzetbegoviÔ. 37
3.8. Himzo ôesko, who was a policeman in Sarajevo before the war, had a team of snipers who shot at Serbs - civilians from high buildings in Sarajevo (the Power Utility building, the "Bristol" hotel, skyscrapers, etc.).
Members of ôesko's team raided Serbs' flats, searched them, maltreated Serbs and robbed them of their property. 38
3.9. Zahir Pu_ka, who was a criminal before the war, had a unit that controlled parts of Sarajevo - Vasin Han and ZeÕja Glava. This unit committed crimes against Serbs -civilians in Sarajevo. 39
3.10. Fahro Had·imehmedoviÔ, nicknamed "Profesor", after Jusuf Prazina had left, took over the command of the rest of his unit. His headquarters were in the Masarikova Street, in the ZOIL (Persons and Property Insurance Company) "Sarajevo" building. 39
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FeLiX04-22-2005, 05:30 PM
The war started when a mujahedeen came to a Serbian wedding at a orthodox cathedral and slaugthered to bride, groom and family members... ask anyone, this is the cause
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nepravda04-22-2005, 05:33 PM
It is all there. Attacking Serbian wedding is just begining of the ware. They were preparing for that for quite some time.
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bullypulpiteer04-22-2005, 05:36 PM
why were they prepareing for war ?
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nepravda04-22-2005, 05:45 PM
Originally posted by bullypulpiteer
why were they prepareing for war ?
Forcefull secesson from Yugoslavia and for ethnic cleansing of Serbs which didn't allow them to secede from Yugoslavia.
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FeLiX04-22-2005, 06:14 PM
why were they prepareing for war
Because it was clear at this time that the West would support these Terrorist activites?
they decided to take advantage of the time, as well as in Kosovo to create a 'great muslim state' (Unified greater albania and Muslim Federation)
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