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SFOR
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Dani
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Bosnian Barometer General Packett impresses BiH public
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After impressing the BiH public with his prophetic abilities, self-confidently
announcing that the most wanted Serb will be transferred to the
Hague Tribunal within eight days, eight months or eight years, the
American prophet impersonating COMSFOR General Virgil Packett has
now tried to impress the innocent Italian people. On 1 July, in
an interview with La Repubblica, an Italian daily, this overly clairvoyant
person, who is working on his Nosradamus impression, said: "We are
so close to Karadzic that we can feel him breathe. His days are
numbered, we will arrest him before the end of the week." To feel
his breath is an experience worth $200 million, which is the cost
of the approximately 150 failed SFOR operations to arrest Radovan.
That is how the real professionals do it. When they want to arrest
the most notorious person in the recent history, they do not hesitate
to spend a lot of money, so they appoint creatures with a refined
sense of hearing and smell. So we should not be surprised if the
hypersensitive and clairvoyant Virgil Packett informs us about the
type of chewing gum, after-shave lotion or hair gel that Radovan
Karadzic uses. Because a sensitive nose can tell the difference
between Orbit and Spearmint chewing gums. (Photo on page 16)
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SFOR
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Slobodna Bosna
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Austria deploying troops to BiH
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As we are approaching the withdrawal of American troops within
SFOR from BiH, the number of soldiers from European countries deployed
to BiH is rising. The Austrian Armed Forces recently deployed 40
troops to join the Multinational Special Unit. According to a reliable
source. Austria has planned to deploy another 120 soldiers to BiH
to set up their own intelligence network that will serve only their
own troops on the ground. (p.12)
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SFOR
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Slobodna Bosna
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SFOR investigating who leaks information about operations to arrest
war crimes suspects!
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According to a reliable source, SFOR is conducting a thorough inspection
of all telephone calls made in SFOR HQ in Butmir just before and
just after the important SFOR operations to arrest war crimes suspects.
According to the source, just before every such operation, an American
satellite on the base is turned to a specific position to establish
a link with other satellites in order to facilitate easier communication
with units on the ground, especially air-borne units. The movement
of the satellite antenna is the clear sign that something is about
to happen. Local employees then inform people who can alert war
crimes suspects of these activities. It is believed that a telephone
number in Banja Luka is crucial for these warnings. (p.10)
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SFOR
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Dani
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Bosnian Barometer: Miroslav Nikolic
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After SFOR has finally, in accordance with the law, suspended Drago
Dragicevic, Chief Inspector in the FBiH Defence Ministry, Miroslav
Nikolic, FBiH Defence Minister, still does not have an official
explanation for his suspension. In an interview with Vecernji List,
Nikolic pretended that he knew nothing about the fact that Dragicevic,
as a member of the so-called Zepce Group, had been indicted for
war crimes, and therefore was ineligible to hold any public office.
"You are aware of the fact that the vetting process conducted by
SFOR was not transparent. I have tried to talk to SFOR officials,
but they declined. They simply asked for Dragicevic to be suspended,"
said Nikolic about the suspension of his favorite official in the
FBiH Defence Ministry. He does not care about Dragicevic's past,
even if it is tainted with blood. (Photo on page 16)
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SFOR
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Vecerni List
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Operation Harvest in Central Bosnia Canton upsets people
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SFOR troops have been conducting Operation harvest in the Central
Bosnia Canton since 1 July 2004. However, SFOR troops have upset
the local population because soldiers have been searching houses
for illegally-held weapons. (Photo on the front page and page 3)
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SFOR
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Jutarnje Novine
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A grenade from WWI destroyed in Rajlovac
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A grenade from the WWI was recently destroyed in the SFOR Camp
in Rajlovac. The grenade was found during construction work on the
main gate of the camp. (Photo on page 58)
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SFOR
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Dnevni avaz
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FTV claims there is a mole within SFOR
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According to information made public last night by the FTV, the
recent SFOR operation to arrest Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic
failed because of a mole within SFOR. SFOR has already denied these
allegations, but sources close to the international community claim
that SFOR intelligence services have been intensively looking for
a mole within SFOR. The investigation is focused on SFOR HQ in Butmir.
Mark Hope, SFOR spokesperson, refused to speculate on the media
speculation, adding that SFOR would continue its operations to help
the local authorities. (p.5) /The same in Jutarnje Novine (p.7)/
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SFOR
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Oslobodjenje
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Maj. Ozdemu replaces Colonel Karadayi
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Yesterday, the transfer of authority between the outgoing commander
of the Turkish Unit, Colonel Mehmet Karadayi, and the incoming commander,
Maj. Ali Gokcen Ozdemu, took place in Zenica. (p.10) /The same in
Dnevni avaz (p.7)/
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SFOR
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Oslobodjenje
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SFOR finds a weapons cache in Novi Travnik
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As of 1 July 2004, SFOR troops have been conducting Operation Harvest
in the Central Bosnia Canton. Yesterday, SFOR troops found a weapon
cache in a private house in Novi Travnik. The list of weapons collected
during the operation includes 129,877 rounds of ammunition, 1,445
hand grenades, 142 anti-personnel mines and 364 pieces of small
arms. SFOR expressed its satisfaction with the co-operation of the
local population. (Photo on the front page and page 7) /The same
in Jutarnje Novine (p.3), Nezavisne Novine (p.11)/
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BIH - MEDIA
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Slobodna Bosna
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Is Radoncic trying to save his newspapers from the ruin that is
threatening the rest of his business empire?
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Last week, the biggest Bosnian media and news publishing and printing
company, NIK Avaz, informed its subscribers that its papers, Dnevni
avaz, Azra, Sport, Express and other Avaz editions would be printed
by the new A-Roto Press d.o.o. Sarajevo as of 1 July and not its
former printing company. After this seemingly irrelevant information,
certain Avaz sources contacted the editor's office, claiming that
this was not an official registration of a new editor, but a highly
serious maneuver with far-reaching consequences for the local media,
business, and finally, the political and public stage. The same
sources consider that the whole business regarding the registration
was done because NIK Avaz took a loan for an incredible 20 million
KM from a foreign bank that has branch offices in BiH. Other speculation
by Avaz's sources says that the management of Avaz is afraid of
possible criminal charges being filed as regards its exemption from
paying one million KM in taxes, as established by the Finance Police
and the Federation Tax Administration and ruled by the Federation
Supreme Court. (Photo on page 19)
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BIH - PARTIES
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Dnevni List
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DPA supports Dragan Cavic
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The Democratic Patriotic Party supports RS President Dragan Cavic
in his efforts to overcome the crisis of institutions and achieve
the best solution that will stabilize the newly arisen circumstances
in the RS. The DPA also asks for the unified stance of all Serb
parliamentary parties towards the minimum of vital national interests
of the RS. (p.16)
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BIH - PARTIES
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Glas Srpske
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PDP: Adil confuses the issues
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Yesterday, the PDP assessed that SDA Vice President Adil Osmanovic
"has confused the issue" when he stated that the SDA would
use the RS Chamber of Peoples as a mechanism for blocking the political
system. According to the PDP, no one has the right to politically
blackmail RS authorities to serve some party's interests, as Osmanovic
does. (p.2)
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BIH - PARTIES
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Dnevni avaz
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Adil Osmanovic: Possible radicalization of the situation in the
RS
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Yesterday, RS Vice President Adil Osmanovic called on President
Cavic not to initiate dismissal of Bosniac ministers in the RS Government
because it could seriously destabilize RS institutions. "I
expect the RS President and the Government to seriously consider
the recent decision by HR Ashdown and remove all setbacks that contributed
to the failure of BiH to join Partnership for Peace," said
Osmanovic at a press conference in Banja Luka yesterday. "A
decision to dismiss Bosniac ministers could easily lead to radicalization
of the current situation in the RS," said Osmanovic. (p.4)/The
same in Glas Srpske (p.2), Nezavisne Novine (Photo on p.3)/
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BIH - PARTIES
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Dnevni avaz
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Rift between Mikerevic and Ivanic appears?
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Stuck in a rift between PDP requests for dismissal of SDA ministers
in the RS Government and sharp warnings by the SDA that the dismissal
of Bosniac ministers could complicate things, Mikerevic is constantly
in contact with SDA senior officials in the RS, whom he has asked
not to aggravate the situation further and make his current position
harder. While some people think that this has been arranged between
Mikerevic and Ivanic, that one of them heats up the atmosphere,
while the other will resolve the crisis of authority at the very
start to the delight of all involved, others believe that a rift
has appeared between the two of them. Since the NATO Summit, Mikerevic's
standing in international circles has been ever stronger, while
Ivanic's has been weaker and weaker. (Photo on p.4)
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BIH - PARTIES
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Dnevni avaz
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SDS Main Board supports PDP request for dismissal of SDA ministers
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"The SDS is supporting a PDP request for the dismissal of
three RS Ministers from the SDA, and the Main Board has concluded
that the dismissal of these ministers is unavoidable following Sulejman
Tihic's rude and anti-Dayton attacks and humiliating accusations
against the RS," said Acting SDS Director Dragan Cavic yesterday.
He also said that the Main Board requested that RS Premier Dragan
Mikerevic "immediately appoint new Bosniac ministers in accordance
with the principle of constituency in the Government". Cavic
thinks that such a decision cannot destabilize BiH, as "the
Federation functions even without any representative of RS political
parties".(Photo on p.4)/The same in Jutarnje Novine (p.7),
Glas Srpske (p.2), Nezavisne Novine (Photo on p.3)/
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BIH - PARTIES
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Dnevni avaz
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Tihic: We won't allow dismissal of Bosniac ministers
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Commenting on a request by the PDP that SDA Ministers in the RS
Government be dismissed, Chair of the BiH Presidency Sulejman Tihic
said that the SDA would not do anything that might destabilize the
Republika Srpska, especially not on state level. "However,
we will do anything to prevent the intention of the PDP and SDS
to dismiss the Bosniac Ministers. They do not represent only the
Party of Democratic Action, they also represent one constituent
people, and they represent citizens of the RS. This request is not
an attack against the SDA, but against the principles of equality
and constituency of the peoples in the RS," said Tihic. "The
ultimate goal of the PDP and SDS is for the RS Government to have
Bosniac ministers that are not legally elected and are not supported
by citizens of the RS," said Tihic. (p.5)/The same in Oslobodjenje
(Photo on p.4)
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BIH - SCG
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Oslobodjenje
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Letter from Belgrade to mothers from Srebrenica and Zepa
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The Belgrade Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Belgrade sent
a letter to the Association of Mothers from Srebrenica and Zepa
to express their shame at what happened in Srebrenica in July 1995.
The letter reads that many in Serbia are ashamed at crimes committed
in Srebrenica. "However, the state is not ready to admit that it
had sent tanks and weapons. Criminals are at large, while those
in prison are hiding their true intentions," the letter reads. Some
50 members of the Initiative have announced that they will attend
the funeral in Potocari on 11 July to express their solidarity with
the victims of genocide. (Photo on page 3)
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BIH - SCG
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Oslobodjenje
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Tadic apologises for the date of his inauguration
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On Thursday, Boris Tadic, the newly elected Serbian President,
admitted that the date of his inauguration "unfortunately coincided"
with the anniversary of the Srebrenica tragedy. He apologised to
all upset by the date of his inauguration and asked for understanding
because "there was no bad intention." He also said that he had not
taken part in setting a date for his inauguration. (Photo on the
front page) /The same in Glas Srpske (p.2)/
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BIH - SCG
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Oslobodjenje
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Prvoslav Davinic, SCG Defence Minister: I think that Karadzic has
been arrested
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Prvoslav Davinic, SCG Defence Minister, believes that Radovan Karadzic
has already been arrested. "Carla Del Ponte's statements indicate
that Karadzic has been arrested and that he will be shown to the
public at the most convenient moment," said Davinic, refusing to
elaborate. (Photo on page 3)
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COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
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Dnevni avaz
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SBS under the authority of Ministry of Security
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At its session held yesterday, the BiH Council of Ministers established
proposed Draft Laws on the State Border Service and on Monitoring
and Inspection of the Crossing of Borders which will be forwarded
in the parliament by summary procedure. The Draft Law on SBS envisages
that this service will be put under the authority of the Ministry
of Security. The issue of the appointment of the SBS Director will
also be resolved. The latter law does not tackle the issue of crossing
of the BiH border with a passport issued by UNMIK. The Council of
Ministers also allocated 30,000 KM for the marking of the ninth
anniversary of the tragedy in Srebrenica. (Photo on page 2) /The
same in Dnevni List (p. 4), Jutarnje Novine (p. 7)/
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CRIME
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Slobodna Bosna
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German police had evidence that Juka Prazina was killed by Zijo
Orucevic on the order of Senad Sahinpasic Saja!
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After conducting a six-year-long investigation into the possible
involvement of Senad Sahinpasic Saja in the assassination of Juka
Prazina, the Bavarian Criminal Police closed the investigation on
15 December 1998 because there was not enough evidence for a prosecution.
The investigation by the Munich Prosecutor's Office into Saja being
possibly linked to Juka Prazina's assassination opened at the end
of 1993 and was based on tapped phone conversations. As stated in
a police report, Saja said in one of his phone conversations on
5 December 1993 that Juka, who was residing in Belgium, had been
killed early on 4 December, despite the fact that his body had not
yet been found at that time. Then, the Bavarian Criminal Police
started questioning several of Juka's friends and persons with whom
he was in contact during his stay in Germany. It is obvious from
the witnesses' testimonies and questions asked by the police investigators
that the German police had serious indications that Prazina had
been killed by Zijo Orucevic from Mostar. According to the information
available to the Munich police, Orucevic arrived in Germany from
Croatia with a passport issued to a man called Vedran Corda. The
German police also had a copy of Corda's passport, which was shown
to each of the witnesses, who had to identify him. All the witnesses
were questioned about the links between Juka and Saja, and one of
Sahinpasic's close associates stated that he knew that Prazina had
threatened Saja on several occasions. "Saja was linked to people
from Sandzak. He was the only one who could hurt Juka, since he
had a lot of money. Sandzak people were Juka's biggest enemies.
In my opinion, Saja talked Zijo into issuing an order for the assassination
of Juka," witness A.M. told the German police. (Photo on page
26)
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CRIME
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Dani
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Judge Salem Miso: I would sentence Bajramovic again
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In February 2001, Judge Salem Miso sentenced Ismet Bajramovic,
also known as Celo, Mahir Radzo and Mevsud Licina for the murder
of Rahman Hajdarpasic to 67 years in jail. The Supreme Court upheld
his decision. During and after the trial, Judge Miso was receiving
death threats and was given police escort around the clock. Recently,
Aleksandra Martinovic, a Sarajevo Canton Court judge who retried
Bajramovic, Radzo and Licina, ruled that Bajramovic was not responsible
for the murder of Hajdarpasic. She also ruled that Radzo and Licina
had killed Hajdarpasic in self-defence. Miso said that, with the
same evidence, he would again render the same sentence. He is no
longer under police protection. He praised the work of John McNair,
Head of the BiH Prosecutor's Office Special Department for Organised
Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption, saying that other prosecutors
at all levels should look up to him. He said that the police were
doing their job, but that prosecutors must institute legal proceedings
against perpetrators. (Photo on page 12)
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FBIH - PARLIAMENT
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Dnevni avaz
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Half of an outstanding pension to be paid in 15 days
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The Federation Government decided to pay out the second half of
the outstanding pension for October 2000, and earmarked KM 20.9
million for this purpose and an additional KM 209,357 for payout
costs. In accordance with the Government's decision, the money for
this outstanding pension will be transferred into the account of
the Federation Pension and Disability Insurance Fund within 15 days.
(p.2)
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ICTY
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Slobodna Bosna
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The Hague investigates role of the ABIH 2nd Corps in events in
Vozuca
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The former Commander of the ABiH 206th Brigade, Semsudin Muminovic,
left for The Hague few days ago. According to reliable sources,
he will testify about the events that occurred in August 1995 during
the liberation of Vozuca. This will be just another testimony in
a series of the already given to Hague investigators over the past
several years. During the operation of the ABiH in Vozuca, dozens
of Serb soldiers and civilians were killed. The previous investigation
mainly paid attention to the role of the ABiH 3rd Corps units. Semsudin
Muminovic is the first officer of the 2nd Corps who has been suspected
of committing crimes in Vozuca in the summer of 1995. (p.15)
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ICTY
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Dnevni List
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Prlic and others on provisional release from 19 July?
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According to information from The Hague, the Hague Tribunal Status
Conference is scheduled for 19 July 2004, when the request by six
indicted Croats from BiH, Jadranko Prlic, Bruno Stojic, Slobodan
Praljak, Milivoj Petkovic, Valentin Coric and Berislav Pusic, to
be provisionally released should be discussed. (p.3)
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INCIDENTS
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Nezavisne Novine
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Mother and two children killed by a hand grenade
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On Wednesday night, around midnight, a family tragedy occurred
in Trebinje in which Slavica Tripic, aged 32, and her two daughters
Sara, aged 8, and Sandra, aged 5, were killed when a M-52 hand grenade
exploded. By all indications, Slavica Tripic committed suicide and
intentionally killed her daughters. (Photo on p.2)
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INTERVIEWS
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Slobodna Bosna
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Clinton's Administration proposed to Karadzic to hide in India
or Russia!
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Former Serb Sarajevo leader and one of former Radovan Karadzic's
closest associates, Milovan Cicko Bjelica, gave an exclusive interview
to Slobodna Bosna. Bjelica was detained by SFOR in mid-May and held
for one month. In his interview he talks about his links to the
fleeing Bosnian Serb leader, questioning by SFOR and secret negotiations
between Karadzic and foreign diplomats.
Q: You want to say that SFOR investigators mainly referred to newspaper
articles, and not their operational data. If you were followed so
long, did they present taped phone conversations or some other concrete
facts to you?
A: They had some notes, but all the questions were linked to your
texts. In the end, the investigators were themselves convinced that
many things did not make sense and had nothing to do with reality.
They did not offer me any other proof. However, there were some
photos from assembly sessions, weddings, celebration of religious
holidays that they found during a search of some facilities or in
my house but these were ordinary photos showing even IC representatives.
There was not a single document, video or tone recording. If they
had had this type of proof, I would probably not be here today but
before the BiH Court.
Q: Do you maintain contact with Radovan Karadzic's family?
A: After my removal, I have had no contact with that family. I
met with Ljilja Karadzic twice, once at the funeral of the Serb
Sarajevo Mayor, Predrag Lasica, and the other time when I handed
over an invitation to her. Nobody from this family called me or
showed interest in how I am living after everything that has happened
to me.
Q: What were the consequences that resulted from you being put
on the black list of the US and EU?
A: I had a company that was registered only on paper but was not
actually working. I did not have a current account in the RS or
anywhere else, so that the ban of my accounts did not mean anything,
and I did not plan to travel to the US or anywhere abroad. However,
I jeopardized my family and was out of a job. I applied at the Employment
Center and was receiving 40% of a personal income, while I had health
insurance through my wife. I cannot do business with anybody without
causing them trouble because I am on the black list.
Q: Before arresting you, SFOR arrested Dusan Tesic Bato and Zeljko
Jankovic Luna who were in 1998 suspected of assassinating Srdjan
Knezevic, Deputy Head of the Serb Sarajevo Public Security Center.
Did the investigators talk to you about Knezevic's assassination,
given that they were linked to this case?
A: They only asked me if I was related to Jankovic. I answered
them that I was not, and that I was in his and Tesic's company only
several times. They asked me if I knew something about this assassination,
and asked about my relations with certain persons, but this was
a 'by-the-way' sort of question.
Commenting on the deal made between Richard Holbrooke and Radovan
Karadzic, Bjelica said: "The US Administration should explain
why Madeleine Albright came to Banja Luka in 1997 to visit former
RS President Biljana Plavsic. At that time, she made an offer to
her for Radovan to leave the RS for India, South Africa, one of
the former Russian states, Greece or even the FRY. "Why did
she offer this if there was no such agreement?" asked Bjelica. (Photo
on page 22)
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OHR
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Dani
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Lord Ashdown's pensioners
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Dani has investigated the financial background of 59 RS officials
recently removed by Paddy Ashdown from political life. Dragan Kalinic,
the former President of the SDS and RS National Assembly, was collecting
donations for the construction of the first maternity ward in the
RS. He has raised some KM 10 million, but the ward was never built,
nor has he ever answered the question of where the money ended up.
He owns three apartments and several pharmaceutical shops in Belgrade.
Mirko Sarovic, former member of the BiH Presidency, has never accounted
for the KM 106 million raised for the construction of Serb Sarajevo
while he was the Mayor of Serb Sarajevo. He owns a private house
in Lukavica and one more in Belgrade. Zoran Djeric, the provisionally
suspended RS Minister of Internal Affairs, has full control of a
border crossing in Visegrad, through which high-tariff goods are
being smuggled. His cousin is the Director of the Terpentin factory
in Visegrad. Milan Ninkovic was the RS Defence Minister who was
the middle man in the sale of nuclear weapons from a Liberian arms
dealer. The RS Government paid KM 6 million to the dealer, who in
return sent Karadzic only some gelatin. Nevertheless, 600,000 KM
was paid to Karadzic's bank account in Italy, and Ninkovic must
have earned something. Dusko Kornjaca, Head of the Cajnice Municipality,
was also the Director of the Cajnice Hospital. At Karadzic's initiative,
Milan Tupajic, the Head of the SDS caucus in the RS Assembly, was
appointed the Co-ordinator of the construction of an airport in
Sokolac. All oil businesses linked to the construction of the airport
were controlled by Dusan Borovica. Goran Popovic, the President
of the SDS Banja Luka, was the Director of the RS Customs Administration
in 2001, when the Customs and Fiscal Assistance Office exposed embezzlement
worth millions. Pantelija Damjanovic is a co-owner of the Bosna
hotel in Banja Luka. These are the financial backgrounds of some
of the 59 RS officials recently barred from holding public office.
(Photo on page 22)
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OHR
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Oslobodjenje
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Ashdown orders RS Commission for Srebrenica to disclose all documents
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Yesterday, Paddy Ashdown ordered the RS Commission investigating
events surrounding the fall of Srebrenica to disclose all documents
in its possession. He also said that he would extend the deadline
for seven days after 17 July, if the commission demonstrated its
willingness to properly use the extra time. On Wednesday, Milan
Bogdanic, the Chairman of the RS Commission, said that the commission
would not be able to finalise the list of those who went missing
from Srebrenica in July 1995 by 17 July. (Photo on page 3) /The
same in Dnevni avaz (p.2), Jutarnje Novine (p.4)/
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OHR
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Dnevni avaz
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Ashdown harmonises canton laws with BiH law on education
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Paddy Ashdown has issued decisions rectifying the failures of Central
Bosnia Canton, West Herzegovina Canton and Canton 10 to bring their
primary and secondary education legislation into line with the BiH
law on education. With these decisions, sanctions imposed on budgetary
support to the HDZ in these three cantons will be lifted. Funds
that have been withheld in the course of the sanction period will
not be returned, but will be used for educational purposes in the
relevant cantons. (p.9) /The same in Jutarnje Novine (p.2), Vecernji
List (p.3)/
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SREBRENICA
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Glas Srpske
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RS Government allocates 50,000 KM to Srebrenica
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At its session held yesterday, the RS Government allocated 50,000
KM from its budget reserves for the marking of the anniversary of
the tragedy in Srebrenica. This decision was made at the request
of the Srebrenica Mayor. (p. 2)
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SREBRENICA
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Oslobodjenje
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Arrival of 20,000 visitors expected
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"Some 338 new identified victims of the Srebrenica tragedy will
be buried in Potocari near Srebrenica on 11 July on the ninth anniversary
of the genocide against Bosniacs in Srebrenica," it was stated at
a session of the of the Anniversary Ceremony Organization Board
held in Srebrenica on Thursday. The ceremony will start at 12.05
p.m., when the state anthem will be played and the state flag raised,
and then the song "Srebrenica Inferno" will be played. Approximately
20,000 family members, friends and citizens living in this country
and abroad are expected to attend the funeral proceedings. Some
160 buses from 32 municipalities and about 300 passenger vehicles
will arrive in Potocari. Dragoslav Markovic, Head of one section
of the Bijeljina Public Security Center, said that the ceremony
would be secured by 700 RS police officers, and that it would proceed
as all the previous gatherings in Potocari had. According to Jutarnje
Novine, a convoy carrying the remains of the Srebrenica victims
will pass through Sarajevo on its way to Potocari today for citizens
to bid farewell to the victims. (Photo on page 5) /The same in Dnevni
avaz (p. 3), Jutarnje Novine (p. 4)/
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SREBRENICA
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Jutarnje Novine
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Provocation possible
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Abdurahman Malkic, President of the Anniversary Ceremony Organization
Board, stated yesterday that problems and unplanned incidents could
happen. "I am aware that some war veterans associations in
Bratunac called on municipal associations to get together at demonstrations
in Bratunac on Sunday. According to my information., these demonstrations
in Bratunac could cause a big number of people to come together.
"I hope that the RS MUP will do everything to provide a safe
environment for all the participants in the Sunday event,"
said Malkic, adding that SFOR will be at an elevated alert level
in order to be able to react if the security of the participants
in this ceremony is endangered. (Photo on page 4)
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TERRORISM
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Dnevni avaz
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Zdravko Knezevic: About Pogorelica before the end of June
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Zdravko Knezevic, the Chief Federation Prosecutor, said that the
Federation Prosecutor's Office would make its stance on the Pogorelica
case known before the end of June. Bakir Alispahic, Irfan Ljevakovic,
Enver Mujezinovic, Edham Veladzic and Ejub Ikic are suspected of
terrorism. Knezevic refused to disclose any details about the Pogorelica
case. (Photo on page 4)
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TERRORISM
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Oslobodjenje
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There is no danger from mujahedin
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Branko Domjanac, Brcko Mayor, stated on Thursday that, according
to information that he had received from the police, there were
no camps for the training of mujahedin in the area of the Brcko
District, and that the situation in the village of Maoca, where
a certain number of supporters and Wahabi members were living, was
stable. "Their presence does not destabilize the situation
in this area, and for now, there are no major incidents or problems
that could cause some negative consequences," said Damjanac
at a press conference. He said that the police was monitoring the
situation regularly in order to prevent any possible negative events
in a timely manner. (Photo on page 7)
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