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Serbia Today, 97-01-08
Serbia Today
CONTENTS
[01] CHRISTMAS CELEBRATED IN SERBIA
[02] THE RETURN OF MUSLIM REFUGEES PREVENTED
[03] MOSTAR REMAINS A DIVIDED CITY
[04] CROATS PRESS CHARGES AGAINST IZETBEGOVIC AT THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL
[05] ZAGREB AGAINST WASHINGTON
[06] YUGOSLAV TRANSPORT PROJECTS PRESENTED
[07] STEVE CRAWFORD ON THE PARTICIPATION OF BRITISH COMMANDOS IN THE NATO
AIR ATTACKS ON SERBS IN BOSNIA
[01] CHRISTMAS CELEBRATED IN SERBIA
The greatest Christian holiday - Christmas, was celebrated in all the
Orthodox churches in Serbia yesterday and Christmas celebration
archierarcal liturgies officiated with reading of the traditional Christmas
message sent by His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle with archierarcs to
the clergy and the faithful. Contrary to the Christmas Eve, most of the
faithful have celebrated Christmas in their homes enjoying richly served
foods. Patriarch Pavle officiated Christmas liturgy in a packed Belgrade
Cathedral church.
Serbia Today, 1997-01-08 ; Politika, 1997-01-08
[02] THE RETURN OF MUSLIM REFUGEES PREVENTED
International police has returned a bus full of Muslim refugees who have
started on a visit to their destroyed houses in the village of Bjelavica
near Kresevo, because the local Croat authorities could not guarantee their
safety, reports the Muslim Radio Sarajevo. Although this visit was agreed
in the middle of the last month with the commander of the Croat police, it
was now prevented, because, as they explained, their Croat neighbors are
against it. Croat authorities in early 1993 have exiled the entire Muslim
population from the area of the Municipality of Kresevo and no one has
returned yet, although they are stationed in the neighboring town of
Fojnica.
Serbia Today, 1997-01-08 ; Politika, 1997-01-08
[03] MOSTAR REMAINS A DIVIDED CITY
In Mostar yesterday started to operate the Regional Bureau of the UN high
representative for Bosnia, instead of the European Union Mission for which
the Muslim Radio Sarajevo says that during two and a half years of its
mandate, it did not fulfil its political task. Mostar remains a divided
city - divided into the eastern Muslim part and the western Croat part,
between them there being no freedom of movement, because there is no single
police force which would guarantee safety. In Mostar, two completely
separate administrative, school, health care and financial systems are
functioning. Instead of initiating the return of refugees, the persecution
of Muslim families continues, so that since the signing of the Dayton
Accords 74 families have been exiled from the western part of the city.
Serbia Today, 1997-01-08 ; Vecernje novosti, 1997-01-07
[04] CROATS PRESS CHARGES AGAINST IZETBEGOVIC AT THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL
Croats from Konjic have pressed charges to The Hague Tribunal against Alija
Izetbegovic and Dr. Safet Dzibe for "crimes committed against humanity and
international war law", underlining that this pertains only "to a part of
concrete crimes of the Muslim army of Alija Izetbegovic, committed against
Croats of the Konjic Municipality during the year 1993". Ordering and
execution of genocide, state the extensive document containing criminal
charges, is reflected by Izetbegovic in the death of 151 members of the HVO
(Croat Defense Council) during the defense of their homes. After capture,
39 members of the HVO were brutally murdered, and 52 civilians were also
brutally assassinated in their homes. Over 2,000 members of the HVO and
civilians were beaten up, and 1,350 Croats were imprisoned in the Muslim
prisons. Among them aged men and women, pregnant women and even children
from one to three years of age. All this was recorded by the International
Red Cross, state the charges. It is also stated that there was torture of
many parents of the HVO soldiers, coercion of Catholics, burning down of
Catholic buildings, physical and psychological harassment of Catholic
clergy. "The one who planned and ordered all of these war crimes is the war
criminal Alija Izetbegovic, and the direct perpetrator is the war criminal
Dr. Safet Dzibo", state the charges.
Serbia Today, 1997-01-08 ; Politika ekspres, 1997-01-07
[05] ZAGREB AGAINST WASHINGTON
Zagreb will not accept the American initiative for cooperation in the
Southeastern Europe which was discussed early last month in Geneva, writes
yesterday's "Globus", quoting sources in the Croat state leadership. High
official of the Croat Government stated that the American initiative is
even more unacceptable for Croatia than the European regional approach. The
American initiative for cooperation would include, writes the newspaper,
Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldavia, Romania, Slovenia and Turkey.
They are claiming in Zagreb that one of the objectives of this initiative
is the creation of "new integrations" in this area and of a large-scale
common market. "Globus" announces the visit to Croatia on January 14, 1997
of the special Clinton's adviser, Richard Shifer for talks about the latest
American initiative, but it is stated that he will not be received by
President Tudjman.
Serbia Today, 1997-01-08 ; Politika, 1997-01-08
[06] YUGOSLAV TRANSPORT PROJECTS PRESENTED
Member of the European Parliament and of its Commission for Transport,
Bryan Simpson, had talks yesterday with the Federal Minister of Transport
and Communications Zoran Vujovic about the situation in the field of
transport and communications. European Parliament is interested in the
shortest route of transport and telecommunication links between Europe and
Greece, said Simpson and added that he was informed in detail about the
latest Yugoslav transport projects of which he shall inform the European
Parliament. Minister Vujovic stated that this visit is only a continuation
of the cooperation and that Yugoslavia is expecting the support of the
European Union in this field. According to him, there are no economic
reasons why the European Union would not support development of transport
in our country, because our legislature is being harmonized with all the
official international documents in the field of transport.
Serbia Today, 1997-01-08 ; Politika, 1997-01-07
[07] STEVE CRAWFORD ON THE PARTICIPATION OF BRITISH COMMANDOS IN THE NATO
AIR ATTACKS ON SERBS IN BOSNIA
The former British intelligence officer Steve Crawford, in his just
published book entitled "Encyclopedia SAS" claims that the elite British
commandoes from the famous special SAS squad unit, were guiding NATO
fighter aircraft to bomb as precisely and lethally as possible the Serbian
military positions in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In his book he also admits that
the SAS commandoes were operating in Bosnia-Herzegovina under the direct
command of the then-commander of the UN forces Sir Michael Rose. Crawford
claims that one squad of ten commandoes was stationed in Maglaj, while the
other one of seven members was operating from the vicinity of Gorazde
reporting on the Serbian military positions and movement of troops, after
which followed the bombardments from the air.
Serbia Today, 1997-01-08 ; Vecernje novosti, 1997-01-08
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