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SFOR
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Glas Srpski
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Canadians assist returnees in Bosansko Grahovo and Glamoc
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On Saturday, the Canadian Ambassador to BiH, Sam Hanson, said at
the veterinary station opening ceremony in Bosansko Grahovo that
the Canadian Government and its troops within SFOR had reconstructed
a number of houses, schools, hospitals and other utility company
facilities in BiH. Acting Head of Bosansko Grahovo municipality,
Nebojsa Prpa, extended his thanks to the Canadian Government and
its soldiers for their past assistance and said that he hoped that
their good co-operative relations would continue in the future.
(Photo on page 2)
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SFOR
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Oslobodjenje
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Turkish Battalion to provide free medical examination of residents
in the village of Lupac
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The Turkish SFOR Battalion based in Zenica will provide a free
medical examination for residents of the village of Lupac. During
the weekend, 39 people were examined, while another 35 residents
underwent dental examination and treatment. (Photo on page 9)
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AF IN BIH
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Dnevni avaz
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Chief of Staff - a pensioner
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The newly appointed VRS Chief of Staff, Major General Cvetko Savic,
and his deputy, Col. Stamenko Novakovic, pensioners of the Army
of Serbia and Montenegro, will perform their duties under an employment
contract with the VRS, while maintaining their pensioner status.
(Photo on page 2)
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RETURNS OF REFUGEES
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Oslobodjenje
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Some associations disuade displaced persons from returning to their
homes
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The BiH Association of Displaced Persons and Refugees has information
available that several return associations and NGOs are trying to
dissuade displaced persons and refugees from returning to their
home, encouraging them to stay on other people's property. "Some
of these associations have re-registered in order to hide their
current activities aimed at maintaining the results of ethnic cleansing.
These associations are continuing to obstruct the return process
and discourage people who have returned to their homes from staying
there," said Mirhunisa Zukic, President of the BiH Association
of Displaced Persons and Refugees. Zukic said that there were such
associations and individuals in Sanski Most, which were openly calling
on returning Serbs to move out of their homes, and that similar
activities were observed in Bosanski Petrovac, Drvar, Bosansko Grahovo
and Glamoc, where returnees were being advised to leave their reconstructed
homes and return to other people's property in the RS. (Photo on
page 5)
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INTELLIGENCE SERVICES
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Oslobodjenje
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Agency for information and protection of BiH: Work without new
files
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The Agency for Information and Protection of BiH is temporarily
located in the Police Hall. According to its director, Sredoje Novic,
a main priority is to have a criminal information department and
a department for protection of BiH VIPs, which will also include
a department for protection of diplomatic and consular representatives
visiting BiH. The criminal information department will be tasked
with collecting and processing data on international and domestic
terrorism, organised crime, corruption and money laundering, uncovering
human trafficking and arms trade chains, and recording war crimes.
The Agency is a state body, independent of any political party.
It is not an intelligence service at the state level, but a body
for the protection of BiH's security. After processing information,
it will submit it to the Prosecutor's Office, or to the Council
of Ministers and the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, if required. Novic
pointed out that the Agency does not intend to compile any new files
and that its employees will not be authorised to detain or arres
people. That will be left to the police. (The same in Jutarnje novine,
p. 11, and Dnevni avaz, p.2)
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TERRORISM
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Ljiljan
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FOSS under command of Belgrade
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An analysis of Belgrade military and political strategists from
the APIS group (Analyses - Evaluations - Information - Syntheses),
entitled The State Project for Islamic Bosnia, has disclosed that
Alibabic's FOSS (Federation Intelligence Security Service) is acting
as part of a Greater Serbia intelligence structure, and that it
is disclosing confidential information to Belgrade, from where it
receives instructions for further work. The joint project of Belgrade
APIS and FOSS is to create and stage evidence proving the involvement
of Bosniac officials with al-Qaida. A confidential report by FOSS,
which was sent to the IPTF and some Embassies of western countries,
was based on materials that were set up and adjusted to a special
purpose by Belgrade intelligence agents. This suggests that the
Federation intelligence service is organisational and operational
part of a Greater Serbia military-intelligence structure, to the
same extent to which Krug 99 is a branch office of SANU (the Serb
Academy of Science and Art), the ideologists of the Greater Serbia
project. By dismissing 200 employees from FOSS, and offering jobs
to pensioners, former experienced UDBA (former State Security Service)
members from Belgrade, Alibabic placed FOSS under the command and
ideological control of Belgrade again. It is likely that Alibabic's
FOSS betrayed the USA's confidence and submitted photos of Pogorelica
to his bosses in Belgrade, whose instructions he was following,
which proves that FOSS has the same stance on Pogorelica as the
chiefs in Belgrade. A possible link between the US army and Belgrade
intelligence agents is the testimony of Col. David Hunt, whom it
took seven years to remember that Pogorelica had been a camp for
training terrorists. There are striking similarities between the
material to be presented in the press and Hunt's testimony that
was published in Slobodna Bosna and the "60 minutes" TV
programme. (Photo on page 35) /The same in Jutarnje Novine (p. 10)/
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ICTY
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Tribunal
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Decision on provisional release: Request of Milutinovic, Sainovic
and Ojdanic
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At the requests of Milan Milutinovic, Nikola Sainovic and Dragoljub
Ojdanic to be put on a provisional release until the beginning of
the trial, a hearing before the Tribunal has been scheduled .
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ICTY
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Oslobodjenje
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Verdict postponed because of new evidence?
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The verdict in the trial of Mladen Naletilic "Tuta" and
Vinko Martinovic "Stela" will not be issued on 24 March,
as announced, because the prosecutor submitted new evidence that
throws a new light on the attack on the village of Sovici on 17
April. According to the defence team, the material contains exculpating
evidence because it proves that the event in question was a clash
between the BiH Army and the HVO, and not, as it was believed, the
HVO's attack on civilians. The decision of the Chamber will be presented
to the public next week. (The same in Dnevni list, p. 3)
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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
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Glas Srpski
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A member of the Zemun clan surrendered
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The Serbian MUP released information that a member of the Zemun
gang who was not directly involved in the assassination of Zoran
Djindjic had surrendered, but did not disclose his name. (The same
in Dnevni avaz, p. 22)
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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
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Oslobodjenje
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Montenegro reaffirming term 'Bosniac'
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In the Declaration adopted by the participants of the round table
Moslems - Bosniacs - what's your name?, Moslems from all ex-Yugoslav
republics opted for the traditional name for Moslems - Bosniacs.
The political, cultural and scientific circles in Montenegro are
yet to accept this. (The same in Dnevni avaz, p. 22, and Jutarnje
novine, p. 7)
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INTERNATIONAL
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Dnevni avaz
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Iraqi soldiers fiercely respond to marines
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The newspaper says that the coalition forces were surprised by
the stiff resistance being displayed by Iraqi soldiers. The coalition
forces had a confrontation with isolated Iraqi soldiers in the vicinity
of Um Qasr, who have been fiercely resisting from the very beginning
of the war. The coalition forces were taken by surprise when they
found Saddam Hussein's soldiers in that area. US tanks fired shells,
while Iraqi forces fought back with automatic weapons from an Iraqi
fort facility. This pocket of resistance, as it has been called,
was made up of 120 Republican Guard members. Dead Iraqi soldiers
were shown on TV, although it is not known exactly how many were
killed. The fighting lasted for a long time, and the allies asked
for reinforcement from the air, in order to stifle the resistance.
US marines worked for a long time on "cleaning" the field
in order to prepare for the delivery of humanitarian assistance
to Um Qasr. (Photo on page 18)
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