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I)()CUME:'oOTAT10N Cl':NTRF. OF REPUHLlC nt' SRI'SKABUREAU OFCOVF.KNMENT OF J{;; ~ ' O R KF.LATION Willi ICTY

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DOCUMENTATION CENTER OF II!!l'UflLlC OF SI<I'SKA FOR 1','/111 C R I ~ l E S RESEARCH

IlUItI!AUOfGOVERNM£.>.:'fOf' RS roR RELATION WITH lNTtiRNATtONALTIUlIUNAL

FOIl. WI\Il CRIMES l:'ol TIlE II/1GUE

BANIA LUKA

FOR PU8LJSJI£RS:

Ph.D. Pejo D u r ~ ; i , , ( > . i {Deja" M H ~ l i t

PREPARED flY:

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J3I1ko Velimiro.it

I'RU'fnNG 1I0Usr:;,

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Pocu""",wion CCIlta ""u eslabli\hed "'ilb !he. aim of c o l 1 ~ i n & d : t l ~ on crinlCS ~ l l a i n S lbum3l1i'y . .Ill iBlematio"al ""ar ]3"" (luring internal ....ned coollicts 3I1d c;"ir ""ar III

RCI'"blil: or S r p . ~ a nod reder.lion of Bosni3 3nd Hcr/ci".in:\.

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REPUBl.IC Qt' SRPSKABureau orGovemmenl of RS for relation wilh

International Tribunal for Wur Crirn." in The H a g u ~

CASE: Rtoort about gt.'>C Stthrenka (1lM> rim par1\

lif ter cundur:led i'wl!srigoricm ill JXlSf l it:\,<:mJ ~ ( l r s wId B " , I ~ r i " g iJifOfflllllir:m rt'ferrerllo ("meSrt:brtmica from silk (If (lgr"dt:5 wi,I, jurilidir:limls ,,,,11 i I W i t / 1 l i O l ' , ~ , H"""", of Rcpu/)Iic of

Srpskt< for r t : l l l l i r m . ~ ....it/l lmunmioJla/ T,i!mmli jor war crim,s in The H"K"r prY:'St:m, the

t : ~ i d t : n c t : $ an d positions refund /0 C<lU Srebll'"iCII. The goal of I!lis Il'IKJrI i.< It> prl!smt I/lt:

1.:1wle trwlh olHi", crinle3 comnUlrrd ill Sll'brtlli.-a rrgiOiI Il 'gantkn oolitM..diry o f ~ " " " u t . ·ton of "riml'S and lim.. "'hen fhe)' "",n commined.

To make whole picture nlxml """ms it IIIU'</ be cl/Jv,.idl:red the jill/owing:I. Evelll.1 ill 'JIld "roUlul Srebunka C(If!tlU/ IN SUIl 'lor sel,·..I;l'/! ,,,,iI .<<,(I<I£I,'ed 1m",

corps 0{crimt:s /110/ ",(On rornmilud in /Jos"iLl wu l HU·..r'XlF..ina

2. The ~ ' O l U rona«, ..d ,.·I/It SreM/,ieD CDnllOl be as ul«, i ." , alld upDrol..d ill r..·

IDlion 10 .......1I/S III S ....br..nica m,d S ....b ....nico _ BrnIlYM(" r..gim,;

J. TI,t! t!.·..1I1S in Srcbrt!nica etll"''''' lu ~ ' 1 : < ' 1 1 upt,ral..d Ily Iii .. lime ill rdllliOl' 11/ (""!tIlJ'

from I 1111 ofJuly /995 a"d "vaylhing /1,,11 Iwd IwppenMjwI i l 1992 - /995;

4. TI,t! t!velllS in and arlJlmJ Snbrmlea "WI/WI btl ut!" us uparalrtl by lluliOJUlIiI)" in nt-

/atioo to en"""s comnrillW by fW,nb<-nt fJj so-colll!d 11""..- o f&S',u, mul f l ..r-J$o\·Uu,

compri.Jl!d 1I1OS1/)' by MosI..m 's Jihad ,.'Orno" ",uI to (lQssibl.. crin",s l i fmt':mlNn: of,hI! Arm)' ofRepublic ofSrp.<ka

5. IIUI""IJ seell 111,,1 eve/)' Il('.rpellwtor (If c r i m . , ~ , Illal cOldd he JlIII ""d"r ,.mclt"'·)' of in·

ICrtlllfiUlIul ai" , ..s, eSp;!ciuily II", O " " ~ Ihal art. undu juri.,diNiOl' of I c r r //l/tl ICC,

INlong to univusal cUlC"gori.-s o fcrimiools. ag/,insl Ih .. ",'hoi.. fll""a"kind -<Multi fighl

and il Slwll/d be 1aJ:Ln illlo coll3jduruion ,Ita, Ihis llnll'l!ntlJ1 N""to'Y d«s ntll 1Im'1"OOlilHUlll/)' bul /HII} Qt ,.. name - crimillal, (".0,,,,,,,,,,..111 o f H"I)ublie of SrpsJiff _ pr,,·

.•",,1.< II,efacrs rllm an imponwlI ill ffrll'" ro delen"i",: nat ' l ly ....11I1I1,mll"'l'llelled inmenliOt",d rcgiOl'. Tile wlwle /rIn" abOIll IIIelll;,med e.'em.' Iw.' ;1" ~ " o l i l l " ' I " , 1 sig"ifi'cmu;e for proCl!SS of rnonciliml(Hl bn:auu 11,t! tswblisllmem of 111':1...... allIl rectHu:ilw

lion ~ I w u n IlUlifmalitiu in Bo!l1\ia mrd Her-JgtJI';N/ is pos$ible My "'itll "1(If:C' "/justice.

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6. This "'porI i f Ilreftr.'-1 ill Ii",' rmlit mulrillg ' I I ~ li1ml ntlKlN "'fur"'l1 am: Sr<'breu;ro

'''(11 h"$ ~ ill floU'.

7. For erimu lhat had I ~ e n CQll/Illill('d ill period 1992 - 1995 ""',,g "jeli",s l\"t'r<' Ilk,_"I)'

r.i,<i/ian.< of Serl)! '1lIIi<HlU/ily. "xlsl "'Wllrj,,/ i,rjm7tl(lliun aboul ..../to "'I'm III,. '1clims

w,d ..·Ito ... ~ , . . I / prTpe:lrtlU/11 II ;J 'ro-rSCa5C IhIll prrpelrtllOn <J/ IhoM' (;rime1 art'

srill fT<'#: today. ",,<,,, on 1993 Ilr" 1141/ in!urmutiOfr ...ilh Iraml'S <J/"irlllllf turd l""flNrro·

lors ..m ddh ...,..d 10 II"" GnreroJ Ibs",..biy ofUN and ro . 'kcllril)· C.. .msrl. 'f"'(' miss

I i } ~ ' all er i_s ,hot had Mell ('{)mmitlm ,hert II cOIdd I IOf " l l l ~ bun rI'IM.·/'NII/'''

,."hoIe Inuit about ",hilI !lodlllll/P'l"'""d.Ab<>I<I

("rimes11101

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had bun committ"J smcf: 1ItI, J"ly '995 SI,1I diJD 1/'" e.tisllhe 1,,1/ i..p.,.."I/HJ/l "i lbntUfU!S of .·ieli...... 1M ""II.' IIOW 'hey I,ml suffer. Ih" li"l" ..-h .... I / IHIII sujfu ax ,.,,,1/DJ Ilrj"r1I'(l/;Of/ about dil'('el p"'1",'mWf3 ofcrime. Tht':'" mftm"mj"" tl,.,. <IX/lClly ...·hm

8uI?/lII 01G"""mmfIU of Republic of Srp.dWl ftlr n:/,,'i<Hl ,,-ill, lmemllli",wl ad ',0<'Trib"nal fo r War Cri""".....·WII /I ) d i ~ c : o , ...r



The ' :UrTel\l situation of S r c l J ~ D i C l l : DesplIir olSt-rbs \I

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D e p r ~ h - e History of Serb!> in Srebrenic.: 11

From tbe QNjorily l0!be mi",";'y

Nazi's H:lIllb,a.. Ohisioo" lind Srebrenic8 II

Alija h.elbtj:O'<ic and Srebrenica II

Sreb.,.nkll area: Strategic Imporlance fur MuslimsC[gnion o[Coo!on IGOOI'Gl!!bigll CCOlcrof !!Iam)

Mutual"'""" IJ

SlUr! uf r:;thnic C1ClIIlSillt; of Serbs 1

F.thnk C l c u ' l . ~ i n g of Serbs IS

Kclii l ln Oil Serb" Supply ~ t \ d Clcwl.jj!lg II fSerb'

Cruell)' of ";olent ethnic e1eansing 15

Ahsence 0' "osnlan ocrh .'Drees 17

l ... rgc Territorial Gain and Limitation III

Safe A ~ 19

srrilrcgiq i&1= II !emooraty b<><e ofMw;lim ii!lack

In,-olment 0( UN 19

Nomull War ..:nJ::...gemcnt 22

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Fltll ofSrebrt'IIK-.1 2J

Q!aolic MUiljm Sold.......NaOl,j!l1ll!! Wjl.h M ~ s h m g'-ilWr< &: I !du;m in Srd!re<!g f . . n r ! ~ ' (Mudim $<,>ldim WOO Did SuurncIr!

M'''li", Who Surml<!(ml

,\llrged Mas.'i3rrr 27• ....l.,:·cinll. P\Il.olim SokIjns

·Mu.<lim. th3l ""en; l m , , < f " m . . ~ l by M

_:iummary E ! t t t Y l i ' ~ ) rur IWmal RI'¥ilnu- Sumnwy E:c1;l;U1ion {I fMu.lim Soldje[j Wllo Wsw C'll!Uft"<l i" F ' c s i n ~ Ib'(MJllh Woods

_Mi"ing Lis!

-Enk",ol'ic

Cunsr1lllellL'e of ,\ Ueged Srchrrnira ,\lussal'rc Und C"lkdivc Ih'Sllonsihilil.'· or Serhs 35- R t ~ p , * ~ n o l ! . " $ ofMuslim War Crimi'l'll. jn 1m.(Na,j-Pro\",,(IC1!!e of Kfnubli2 of s""l i i

Role of intCnliltil)J1al media's .19

fRee l . i ~ t of Mislilng IX'rsvftS -Enmples ofmanil>Ul..ti"ns 51

TC!Olimonics or sUr\'h'ors 59

REPORT 0 .. TIIR S ~ X ' R ~ : T . \ RY "(;".i"ERAI. I'CRSU""TTO Slo:CUIUf\' COlIf"CIL Ilt:sDLLTIO)ll1019 (l99S) 01\: VIOl..,\1"'O"'S Ot- T ~ " " - E R N , ' , TIOS,',!. I l L ~ l , \ M T ,',RIAN l ~ W 1'" Tilt: , \U:,\S Qt

SKUlRf.. 'Ic.\.1,n' '\, IIM"J,', LUI''' A:"I) S,\SSKI MOST n

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Summarv

The current situation or Srebrcnica: De<i)Jair or Serbs

T1lc: l(lwn of Srcb,mica, whkhi

I<>caux! at thec ~ ' l

of the cnlilY of fl",n;.n Serb, or Rcpu\lli<: ofS ~ in lJosni:.. hn.. the populalion of " p r r n ~ i " ' ; i l c l y 20 thou,alMls "Ow. Eighty pcrce"t "I ' I h ,'urrelll

popJl.tion i, ImcmuJly Displooed Persons (lOPS) parlieRlarl}' from Sarajc", in !l<",ni••lId " , f u ~ < ' C ,1IlO;>11y from Krajin. in C"-,,,l<a. Although .lrnt:lOIllhrtt )"""'" I>:o,'e s ; the end of tho: "" : I f '"Ro5nia. no oign 10.-".. , Srcbrmia. can be ><:en. WalCr is 51111li"'itoo In SOIpp1y. and not sui,.bk fn.

dr i..... IImktn w i - ' <loon m:ake slU.'mng in ... i"cr. Tht: sdloc>l huildilll'S on !he de

menwy)(:f,ool 1\:;l\'C disgus!,nJ lolcncb of lblllllged ,. . Id ... lbett .... almos.l no <'ClDI"O>fllic :JCli. iii"" In

IUn: tho: populalion l<,l .usuin the life 1I.1d.......gh this"""" i ' rich in land:mod " , i l l C , . . ~ l s ~ u c h ;l! ' lead "'-.I

~ i n l : ,Uroder these drcull\SI;Ull;eS, rcfullCCS O f IDPs OO"c 10 e",lu,,- the

I o " ' c ~ l""'e1 "r

l h H'-;ng cool<h·liollS, ",Hl 1lI0,t of them arc left "I""., ",;,11011[ aoy mean< "r i J l O O m ~ , Tile 1<",,,1 rc'f><'"' ""!f"ed I h ~ , l h

' ~ I C or ,uicidcs Ol)(I.uddcn <leulh wl\ong Ihe " , fug= at><! lOP. "'M high ill Srcllrcnicu "rca' I",,,,iilly

b e c : a u ~ of the combinalinn of desp.ait and mulnulrilioo. The upon continued 10 ,"y I h ~ l llle y<':\t of

1996 particularly 111..... II-.. hi,h r.>Ie of monalily af lhe refugees:uod lOPs in I"" "" ,a . cilinj,\ lhe deao.t..

ofman: lh:>o ISO 11"1:b in Brollu""". a rel:lli''cly laq;e IOWn ,n !be arel.

Aid....1tich has =emly ~ " 10 lrickle down ima R ~ - p u b l i c o f S"",ka d.... l( ) 1lS app:>n:nl willinl;J>d1

10 oooper;lle wilh ""eSlcm counlries. carefully a..oid< S'cbn:nica area nOi '0 m:lke il a be<>cf,clary. The

rca.wn;, lhe ~ l I c g e < J mas,acre of M u ~ l l I n ! ill SrctJrenico in 19')5.1'0' lhe ,oont,k. ;",h!i"l: Ihal the

bad guy.'. Sums. e:trried "ul c 'uel ethnic clc,,,,sing of poor Muslims ill Srcb,tn;ca arc". 'h e c",olio",,1

con>eience i ' "" oon"i",,;ng Ihalthey do nol '••:111110 hun M u ~ l i m , by n;W' dinll SC,b.... I ~ ",:mer how

nuny ",rug""" and lOP. 1;"inl: in Srcbrenica art". In l:"neral. hI'we'· emoilOn i . oflen .haped by

1empOOlI)" h llOd bia5ed or ......... firnl<'<l i"f<)rl>W1OD. C<>nscieDCe drj"en b)' . . . . . .ion. ll\\llo. lCfl<h

kI be d l x c i ~ e d faimcM. 'The ClO<c: o f . ; d ~ S rdnn lCa ..-n:' if. _ ;>II C",,""'qlUOO.

IMro' Mir.Mla \I 8Qlunacu" Rc"'ija92, :-1.y92. 1'J'fl- lkup

, 100 !hi. p>per. .... Olea m'''.... old Srd>mIica """oily ....hidI aw"" .....)01" _ .... _ i1 :IS f 1 ~ . s" , .

b<moea, _ SI<c......

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Depressh'e History of Serbs in Srebrcnicll:

from lhi; m.JjQrhy 10 the Win!lrily

Srd:nnu;a has am hWory fo< Sabs partkularly during World War 1I.lUld tllei, $Ofm'oO' i, n:tlectm ,n

the number of Serl>c populaUon in Sftbo;lIica. Bdore the World W. n. Sftbs. xcounu,d fur 50.6'1and Muilims for 49..4'io 0 ( the tolaI popalillion. Of 36.000. in Sn:bn:nia.:Ra. lIowt'\'er. l>c<::\w.c ;, ( lhe

lIIrlXitia of Gc:muon Nazi' S oollaboflllOfS allailll;l Serb> in the :IIU duriog the ,,-at ~ n n< """"l'am

low gm"-'1h of the JlOl!ulat;on afle.....'ard<, the ratio or Sl:rb< l<l ' 1 1 o l 1 < J ( ~ 1 p o p u l ~ l i " " . or !!O,OOO. dropl",1

10 3 ~ . 6 % . and II\(! rutl" of Mllslim< incretl.'C<! to 61 .9% In 1991. u ~ c " " j i n g 1\1 11,,,- cen,,",, ur Ihe ["' ' ' 'er

<cpublic of B0:5nla and Hcr.:ellllv;na (8 H).

Nazi's "ss Haudzar Division" and Srebrt'nica

Nar.i collabon.lOn in BII. whictl boclongcd 10 Ind<:pcnlleIK S'* 0 ( em . i a . Of a !""ppe! ,,:..I,' ,0 ( Fas.ci.!.l

Germany. WM: called ·S5 Handur f)i\"iJ,OI1 of USlasha 111e o.,·i.ion "'-:IS <"""l>lished In febNary

194), by { ~ o r d e r of Hitler and Wilh ,he b l ~ l n J ; of Jeru""lcm M"fti, Hiller' ' ck"" a"OC:I:OI"-, in "'_dcr 10 I1ght against Tito' s parti'an,. '!lIe role or "ss 1I0nd,,( l)id,io11" "'u, 10 l'"odkule Serh,.

and it consisted of W.(XlO soldiers, mainly M ~ s l i m . , ' . Th" Il'Chniqlk's "f ter"". thaI il "sal "",re al'l"'ll·

;n&:11 c"",l, lxinll inheriled from T".\;.l. in lh,: reriod of Ottoman Iirnp;",'. AC'OOrIling ~ ~ " " " ' n l i nM a n u c : ~ , the ltlOM ~ S U 3 1 tedlniq"", "''Crt: l ' : l f I ~ ,,"Um<"I1. ",,,,,,..-,n, "y.,.:utd tulUllg lC!>licle< 0 ( ~ h v e....... and thc .,tion. of 'SS H........• . . . . """" like .. armed b3Iwllba" a milit:ny ~ n l l " . II" ""'dtIIat \hriI cruehy _.....m thaI CV(:Jl Gcm1;ln SS off.cen accused Xlions of tho.J!;<' pmpk';. Sn<fxnllCl

;u n W3 Un<Jcrl1le direcl assault nf'his ·SS Ihndzar O i " i , i o n ~ durin! World W:>r II.

Alljlllzctbegol'ic (president of8osniall Muslims) lllld S r c h r ~ J 1 i c a

In lhe histury of $rebreoica, Alij" I ~ b e p i f ; . d" , curunt ~ i < k n l of I l q ; n i ~ and 1 1 C r ' < : , , ~ O " i ...... i. thepenon..oo cooneclS ,he plUCnt:>nd the World W-M II During lho: WorkI W:II' II. he ..."" a ""'In aLtO<

lOr ·SS Handzar O i . · i s i o n ~ . Ile jo i..... the 0 I p n i ~ 1 O n ' y """ . MllSli....• in ~ ; . " o o n Man.....

5. 1943. ;md _ enp&Cd :os a member of the orpnmuion in t",:ruitlng young Mu,IIf"" for ·5 S

' I .., L e ~ i ! l O C ! Mu'ul!lIon'l 'lsi Tertq Reicl!. Mua'lUd, Florefl\;n. Hi!':,,,,,, Y Vid., NO, 3 ~ < ) . 00,,,01,,,,,, 1'i8],• Ibid.

, Ibid.

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Halld,",l)ivilioo" i" eollabor"lion wilh Hillel' I imel!illc"' '' ' sc"icc (AUW£1l. " , ~ I Gf.Sl,\PO). III

1946. however. he was s c " I ~ ~ l C c ( 1 by fo,,,,,,, Y U ~ ( ) ' j l l l v SU»I'Cmc M i l i l a l ~ C<)Ur110 Inrcc years (II im

pri.....IIlC111 and lWO ycaD " f dcl'riv:uloo of ci"il righls. ht.-cause or hi" f;\$(;;OI :><-'(I'·;lles'. Th" crim,"al

I"I:COnl or JUlbegOY;C ,",'as publi.hcd by R ~ i , , " 8v.t'lle ~ l l " e ! o l ' ; " " <bed 11 "member or 1'l'J2.

Mllolamic OI>;I_ion' _:IJlI<IlhCr mmill.J n:conIor hclbcg<n·ic.. Ha'ina shown hOI. fun<bmo:nc<d,sm

Of Inloletanc:e or other rellilions..... hi: """" senlt......"" 10 1'"''C'I,.., ycun impri"""""'nt by Supreme Court

of B < > s l l i ~ 0" ' -beh 14. 1911). HoW\'n,... In $pllt of lJoe prohibiti"n of in publlcalion. • ...Ialnlc l x d ~ .mlion" wll5 r c p r l " I ~ ~ 1 in \9')0. Two )'c,, '" 1,Iel, it secm,'d l h ~ l ftc ""8an Iu Ie,un>c ,I", a'livllie5 uf

"SS H"I\C.Il:l.r" b;,,(l(! 00 hi' islamic f"'KIai11enllll'"" 1""1i'l,I,,,1y ill Srcbrcnic" arcl', inlcnti"""lly or

unin,cmio"all)'.

• R < ~ " ' l t I " ofMilitary C""" of JUontJ Yugoslav Am,) Mu,",um of ¥icIi"'" ,oru..:..:.:;dt. Iko;r:td.• In "I>bmic; llo<oW:o'-'- ' ' ' ' ~ of """ '" ..-lie-_ ' " ' ~ .. ,n Ill< f < ~ " " " In, ""'1ll&= ; . .....ptace..-.d ~ ~ u . - e _I J>1am>< .....p " " - . l -.M>mi<- IOrial pobl",. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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ISrebrenica area: Strategic Importance for MuslimI'

Crglioo ofCordon fQ,omOOjgl Crnta of Is!am)

An:ordin. 10 Muslim NlIIioaal Council eslablisbnl 011 the ev1: or Bajr:>m ( nf Fd>nLary) '"

1992. !he &0;01 of all radical MU$lum \cd by Intbrcgovic _10 a = ! h e ISlamic S'3lC ...;,h,n the bor

den or BII'·, The larJCSI COllttm 10 achie\le!his goal was the ~ j c : l l and ethniC31 c106("'''''''' hetween ealtern Bosn;a and Serbi. in Yugoslavi•. T a ~ ; n g imu tile ~ ' O n . . i d e r o l l i " n the facllhat ~ " 1 1 , """,em !!.o,ni. already hnd demographic and Islumic connection 10 S n < l ~ l n ~ and Ko!lOvU in Serbin, the,..,·

,;oos problem lay in 'north custem B(}!inia' ,where Srcbrcnica area st'etched over. Theref"re, thcrc

""'" an UrgCOI neces,ity (0 dr.Iw a COIdon belWttD Serb!l in easlCf11 Dosn;a a.-t $efhs in Serbia". Un

der lhesoe cin:umstana:s. a h number of invit:llions to the galhi.'Ti1ll in Br;Jlu,'" in Srdnoica "'-en

disUibut<:d:amoltf: Mu.lims throughout 80lnia li t lhe b<:ain.ing oll992. alld ,he Iaq;e ,,,then..OI'Z Jdd in Bralunac on !he fifSl day of BajAm. !he cdcl:nuon 10 end Ranwdan. In the p r e ~ uf

lzelbqo"je. lbere. Brato""" ""u proclaimed ' G e o F ~ p l l 1 c <:mlCl'" of Mud;m for the whole (former;

Y u ~ l a v i a , 'and 00 arm

M l I S l i m ~wa. openly <k<:lared.

Mutual Fear

In Ihc middle of the ndic:l1 Islamic and INloW\{ aaivilics, " " " ' ~ ~ . m. p:rw:r.d Muslim O:-"'RIlS in

Sfdnnil:a area W\'fe afraid of Ihi< abrupl mililant ITIOVC ,n their ; I I 'N in the s:tJ1l( ' ~ " l I Y I Serbs " 'm:"

friglllcned. As. Iksim lbisevic: (Muslim). (on"" , I'n:siduu o( TOWMhip Assembly" in Srd>n....ia . told

' local magazine in S.....jevo. Ihe general Muslim citizens had .hauled ' p e ~ II any 00'<1' in the bigcrowded hall of culture club in Srebrenio:-a in April 1992". People in S r c l ) r ~ ' T \ j c a , thcref(Jrc, (I id 'H" ,Ii·luw Muslim extremists. M",h a< Naser Orio:- and Zulfa Tursunovic. to enter the S r c t > r c n i c ~ Ir"" at lholqinning. Acrnnling to tho:- wnfession of N:u.ec himself. tell! 10 hide in f(W"(:$ls IOl;"lhcr wi'h hi .

rdloorts. and gel food s.......n:tly... Ik/Iind the Kl:De. ho--."Ct. rif lo alld uniforms Icld bca1 alre;aly . . . .1

"""'ilical p1aoformof Mu,li", N...ional Counc,l. .

id M.. .hm N>rioRaI Council "'

. . . . . . : l b I i ~ 1 O ~ l < ' M""hm

Stile (H I Ihlkan I'on;n",l3. 'nd I t ' " Ill<: e" ,. ."" of Mu<Jim St.,,, "" B.lkon 1 ~ , i " " " l . Iud 1>,."\.'11 • d",.,n ofMuslin.. for «owrn:•.II Ds: (iffitnc AmilCrs/3mmrr. M,,,,h 13. 1996. Hallartd.

" llesim lbisevi<; . . . . been Pre.sidoenl ofT"",nshlp "' mbly of Sn:brenica ""Iii April 17. l?'ll_"j ' l f i l l l prOOits" , New 8m pljmn l.jiljan. AII l 21. 1996. Sanje_

" IHI9! id N"'9'i Oria ( I t I'W!*!; @"l'J!lIl!!Wie'.O<lob\ldjmJ<. A. . . . . . 24.25. 1996. Son;e.-o.



la r.""Y l(>1O.'nsh.ip ~ " o b l y : o n d SD" (..- MlO$lirm· ) ~ y In :oddiuon. VI» . . ..odi-.d ;\lu,tin, m:lg;o.

;Dill: in S :npo . p " b l i ~ h r d 1M """'" of Srtb.<;o he l;,l1..<l li t Sl\:brl;",ea 10 ,h"""'e" S<:rhs ul'lllcr Ihe e ~ eusc of 'War C ' ; " ' " m l ~ · wll<) f, ...ghl :1-< Tim' < p . ' \ " , ~ a " s a ~ a i " " ·55 ~ ' " " d o , . Only a link

p J U v l ) C ' ~ l i , " " p""h wa, n c e ~ ' " f ) ' l< ' (J", 'C peopk 10 """,fl,el'.

,\ , ,I", e"J of 19'1 I. wi",,, Muslim Nal;on,,1 C ' ~ l 1 l c i l , , ; , ~ (In Ihe b '\ SI"lic '0 11<\'1'''''' i,,,,u'gcn,,, ~ g , , ; n ",!>c- Former YIIJ;o:<k"'ia. I",,'bc'gavic :md hi' follo"ers oc..,i,l..-d '(I <I<""..d 00 criminals" p...",cr. 1'0£Srebn::ma. they found 1'1__, Oric "nd ZUlfa TU'1>,movic;<$ ,he 1 " - ' f $ ( ) I ' l ~ whom I!>c-y ct>lIld dcrcnd on.

Naocr. hom in S ~ i n 1 In" .. wa, a poIicc-m:w in I k ~ r a d ," Srmia.:KId """'1."<1 as..,.. of,l. . bodypards of MiJosc,·ic. lhe OJrt\,m Praicl<nl. of Yugo<!a,·i". Ik,,,,,,,..-. ",he" One was lim! for I","'f! ,,'th r r1ld ol .99I . ':tahqo';c:' .• group picl.al him IIp. and him:as lhe C<>mmano.In ofTcrri

mal DcrcMe fOf S" ' """ ..... 'kam.luk. Zutra TUr>.lll1(l>lc r.>lO ,n lho: jaol 'n Ze",ca oR 1')91 Il«au.""

he 1>:>0.1 k,11td thn."e "1I",li". . in 1986. Allhough oc dod no . finl<h II'..- .\< .. . lCC' of 15 )'c;)l"-ilUllll-oomcDl.

1>.cI'Jb..'lI"'W <>I"de1et! lhoc ",1eoI."" of ZU1f<". and "l'poin'o."tl hi'" :as 0..",,,)' l}l)mmaoo"r of HI! Army inS " , b < ~ " i e . ""he end of 1991. In 'he hegi"",n, " f 1992. :"IIa",. and Zulf" ~ D l I " l ! e l h c r in order 10 "",,,kin", S r e b r ~ n i c a _ They Ilid in th" wood<. ;11\(1 ~ u c " e - c d e d '" ,nellk in,o S"'bre'\1ca in SP'-;"ll I'!')2,

Shu" of Ethnic Clc;msing ofScrbs

) . i u l u ~ l d,S!nN:and k .. . hc1wl'C1I Serl>s and ~ l u " i m > "ere mounting hiPl in ,s",Ion·nlCa. ArTlIrd MusIi", ~ ~ a m o o ~ "'hl.Ch lhe. P:alriol Lr-4uc "' .... fom.oo In VI--.-.ica ""'" Sn.'h-cruca ........ <I:llted <:Ii...

inC .......g;,1 fc:ar UIlOlIi: p..-oplc from April 1992·. Scfto<, alrrody bqan l<l br Ii""l fro '" ~ " " " c l " " t C O ~police. ...-houh.. he3l'h i ~ i l u l i u o K . and busonen. II pllOl' of Muslim I(lQlf in IOC ""I"'>C of " I bnsoIoJi"" a Serbian ....,nilll,;"r group. came \t J S ~ n i < : o an,a and raiKd lhe fear iR Muslim c i ~ i l i ~ ~ ' ' ' ' .

1l>cn. onMay

8 1992. Ju,JSC (ir>r.ln L.ekl.C.I " r a i l k : , ~

of SDS( B r . s n l ~ n

&rbs' pollllc,.r p;>rtyJin S",brroic:r are" "nd I l o , , , i ~ n Sect> ",,,,,,<c,,,,,,ive of Sn:hfi.l1ica lu Bll I ' ~ r h ~ " . , n l " '" "".bu>;","-..l and. i l l ~ ~ l . 1\ m ~ e ~ , ~ j , , ~ uf S<rb< r",,,, S r c b r c " i e ~ town to l k ~ , u n " c q"".-;l ;nllnl"tlialdy"

" ~ i e g a o . Nno pm 9\"''''''. 1 ~ i 1 J . l t I . AugClSl 21, 11'%. .sa.--•.I" ' ' '. . I l l ; (W'" A!!!U<!da""'!'L ' l ~ r d l 13. I9%. Hulland.n lblA 1bi>C' OC (l'l.lI1 ,",u<lim "' tin Ikd from ,s...bomlCl 10 S;r.oj.-, J"'y I\I9S. "".,I '" ll'I< ...." '"

>II s-ap-oOll h"ll3I')' J I I I". ) 11Ii> naltl>r} f " " ' I ' """lOLIl«t of .......... MItiI, OIl II>< di>p';c III , , " - -

, . . ." .""loom: :In: ",.-rnI . , "'" ..... " , ~ i o u d . """,-n"ll. 31 Qi ...... b;,..e""""""ict..".... 0 . . ollho: c<.......

oay... " ,"""" I'<Innef Y"i".l;n· ArII'I)- h:wI".,tJnIMu>!"" ~ , K o p . IA .. ""3'0 Ir. .""" ... """ roa/M'' ' i_l,11nI In 1/". fiEhlmg. !:''' ' '"I'''ly. kx:aI ...1...,Ji.... ,,,.,.,, """"I C\<OIgh 10 '"'In. lla' i. . "-"lIiLCI1lhr IItmgth Qi

M\G"". Scrb< in Sn:br.-n1C'. ~ w t e < l '" f1<c. \1-0", of .11. 1!Io... IS "" r... ..""'- (urn. ., , u"",l.v .'l.rmy ~ .......,.1 Srd"",,". . s...,:u"dl}. il ",-<>uk! "".e b;."n Irr.tioo,.1 il St,,", h:ld fou\;hl :o;j>ln'l M u , l i ~ m S""""n,,,.

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Ethnic Clennsing orSerbsB , 1 j a n ~ ! ! I I Sgbs' SvoolY and Clejm';n, ofSgb.<

Aa:on;I;ng 10 sera- Halikwic, former Cbid ofSWf oCBH Anny. Muslim' 5 m i h t ~ r y Str:lICJY for S",·

brenica area lhe toud dependence on the Sm. . ' supplie< and ptOp!."T1ies'·. He COIuintoed 10 "'ly

"The ooly SOurce of our suW1y was d\e1nik' S (Serbs' 1 stores and tlleir producli",,," ";» In <)(1 ....1"

~ r d S , ; 1 W;lS IlOIhing more than the robbery nf bandit groups. Muslims s l a l 1 , - ~ l l h e i r "s:lull ug"ins!lhesmallesl Semian hamletS and IMn lliainsl lhe villa&"S where Serbs are mi""';IY. i\ft"",urds.lhey w·gcced Sam vill:lges ....'""'n<led by MU5Iim v i l ~ "'nally, 1 : I r ~ Setm v,llaJlO v . - ~ l:H"£ctcd. OnMay 6, 1992. just IWO fb)'1 bcfcn b:kic _ tilkd. """II hlImlcb. 81jccc.... and Gnion:l. h:ld b<-..,.. al.

~ robbed and burnI as a sign lIodiatiDJ, """:II """Jd """" '" from now on. On May 7, lO:'>'Cn SefbswtIo tried to e$Cape from $rdlrcnicll wel l ' , , ~ h e d and killed. On May 15. the v i l ~ of viogor.

Orahovica. Klll'Il<I, Civcvd. and Radm.<evi were a!lacked. In Ih'. way. fmm May 199110 Jan 1994, asmany as 192 "i1lage< were robbed und buml

l '. During the period. S.OOO Serbian houses 1",,1 b<...·n as·

",ulted, and 5.400 I>ousu we«: completely demolish,-"<I inln r u b l > l ~ > : . 'Ibc number of Ihe killed were

more lhan 1.001).i D c l " " i ~

women, children. and !hoe elderly. and 'JO'l' or lho.<c "' 'Ill kill"" paf1lc\o'l.-1y during !he firu six months from May 1992 in spileof the f:aa lhat mosI.of lhem """"' civilians!.'.

Cruelt" Or violent ethnic cleansing

Thc wild cruelty of Musiim soldicl'1< in Srcbrcnica arca wa, "cry similar to Ihc l ~ c h " i ' l L J " . , of "SS

Ilandur" in the period ofWorld War II. Raltler than u.ing bI,lklS, M ~ ~ l i m soldiers us.:<.1 dull ohjccls

as weapnRS and gradually ldlkd Sam. mo5l1y civilians. by mUlilalinH, laking off un eye. c:»tr.u"'l:

a u c i ' y i ~ , <If burning. TIle lraces of dle lOrl."re " 'ae 10 v i ~ b I e on 00fpSC:S lhallnOi!>l..,f the :WI"P!'yproocss ....... ridcotapcd 00ld by Scrl> <b:lors "-bo condu<iffl : o I I 1 O p ! o ~ ) ' . MC3rI"1>ilc. lhelOp Muslim rommander.1I Srd>renic:a. Naser Oric, who oo:t.:Sl1:ued lhe auxb ID!"!hcr "i!h ZulfllTllI"Ounn\'ic. al '" V,deolllpcd the sec"" as tmphie$ of waf. W",hingl(N' Pn<l dated r-dmllry 16. 1994

..-hm: many Sctb> ..= slillli"ing. II il ""'" the elSe. ....... M"'li.......ouk! do s/I""ld be: ,,, lak Scm. "" I><>:f.

11&"'" in Src:bmlica.)'" R ~ m , S q w r i j a .

tbIikroic.Scr...

1m.~ ¥ I ) .

- l I * i . rnU· l .

" HlJIII'l;,a f:ltK:c QrOOIia. I......iscvi<:. ).I,li",*. 1'193. B"""..."Us'Grococ A!!!Hmpmmq. Marcto 13. 1996. Holl.nd,- HlOOih N ~ : ; s : g Groblja l"anisevK:. ).I,ti"oj•. )Y\lJ. 1lr>1U"""" Ibid."The videotapco .rod . . . . . . . belong 1o C o m l l l ~ \ l t m of u p l bpens 10 KCl"'blk ofSfJ"'I.a.

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~ ·(lu.ml M b h o u ' l C ' l . I Y : t d l ~ " , S<:rtI ,nen. thei ' bod;'" crumpled i.. pa l.....i<: h e o p ~ II W;lS ""

~ M l c o c ; u o ' c n e '''P''- I.. 1110: llfIk..,. N " ~ r :\<lid. "We I\;K!IO uS<' cold we:lf'O'l' lhal .. i ~ l l l > · :and "".

r l " i n c ~ t ,""eneS of de;ld men _<Iiec<! by knivcs mil Ovc, h i 21·ind, Sony.:lO , \ , Muslim will ie," did

nol e;,"y 'his kind of lUre.' wi'h ,h"m in fle<:ing. B"rt:uu of RC'P"hlic of S ~ k " Goven"n,ml for ,eI,,·,ions wi,lIlCTY kq u ,,.,.,SI of d,",n a, evidence-I_

l.Jocuffi('nI! ,,'hid, Mu,li", soldi"'" did I I I ~ ha"c lime 10 lake ....;lh Ihem in Ikcing S " , b . - c n i < : ~ ...,"e"loob i . . r . . ~ .... cnm. .. rommillW "ndcr ,he ordcr of Naser Oric. On" of lhe Muslin' f"""", " '.... , of No.

lJ6.Oll,,'I)S cxplainctl aboI'l !he de:uh of a Scm, M,lko M:lrkovi<:. ,,110 renwMd in !he wwn vi" Sre

i w n l k ~ e,'en afl<'r the delll" of Judge 7.dk. a> fotlrno$. "M,lko "brLo"J(: "'·u orn.-"\lcd, and \kl"..,,-N

'" 1.1,. . \1" "",1<..,,,,,0:<1 him. " " U A ~ him 11)' lnife.:md ""I his 1hrooI. Hoooo..,'...... hn:ausc ~ l , l t o . . . . >lill

~ I i , . . , . ~ I i i brouglll Milko 10 a " '.....1SUl'.m, "nd lOrIurcd h,m :ljpin. As "I,ll" kl5t """" '.......lCM., Mi.

....<>ke Milko by pourins "',Uer nn hun. 1llcn Mi.< burned h,m ~ I h · e . · II h ""id lbat M " li ' i llt in

Tw:la 110'" wid""'l any troubles. 'Il ictc "'<)1<: !10m< Scrbi who r t t c ~ ~ e d ~ iII""lc"l "",ice OIl Ihe tlealh

of Iheir families fmm Mu,lim "ulhorilie.•. Fur insw",-"", Ihe daughter of R:"k",an MarinkovH: n:ce"',,,1

the dC:Llh "olicc of hel' f"lhor through ICRC (I nlc",,,,ionnl Committee of I \ ~ ( I t:mss) 00 S ~ f ! I \ ' " , " " r 24.1'1'12, The lIOlice WilillllC ~ i g n a l u " , of Z"lfo

Tm""'"''''iJid th"t her f"ll" ,r wa, I ; i l l c ~ j 'IS" Serb ,01.

dier in fn,n! of hi" houliC. l i o w e , ' ~ r , n ~ fa,h':f w , I"" old in fOCI 10 be a soklicr, ur.d il i , "d'd fQl" an}'

""'dkr 10 ~ 001 m,lil"I)' :OCli""" in from of his hou.s<:.

II . . 3 In)'SIny ""hy lhe inlnnalioo'lal mcdi:o "",I socicly h¥dl)' p3id :u1Ml1 ...... '" lhi. sa",,<-'" b c h a ~ i o u r" " h o l U ~ i«ies uf "''''''b ",-ere 10 ~ ' 1 d m I dtaI e"en. loall Muslim 0'1'_" <l>:pbi"Cd l " ' lbe -nor

...·jlhoot 3IlJ' ooibliooot. More S 1 ~ I ) ' , I'ruf. Cht.'fif B,,";ou"', a.:.innan of " '" C""""''S-!OO of E.1.

ptrts, avoi<L>d to "",,,,ion lbe ~ h 1 S l i " , , ' II1<M.'h 0<1 S l l ' b r T " , ~ a III Fin:>l Ilcp:wt"', and submillcd it to

&CUnly Cooncil 111n,IIl¥h Secre lary ·( lcnera l on May 27. 1'J'94. II shuold be "" ' ' ' ' ' II\::ll D r ~ o m i rOjok,c, Ih"n YUllO"la" Chnrge d' am,i".." 10 UN, had .. .bm;noo lhe en'ui",,1 report 000 rl:l<l"anl c.'i.

t l " n c c ~ on the M u ~ l i m ~ ' "It""k. on S r d , , , , , , i ~ , , to G e n . r ~ 1 i\.",mbly or SecUl'ily Cuunc,1 in June 93 .

..",d llt;tl tI," Dr. Sl,mko,k, a wOfld·f""lOU< doc",r ur r , ) r \ : n ~ i c 'M,li,inc who h"d i " , p l c m ~ n l c < l ",oSl orthe- uUIOfI<ic' fL)r Ilw S ~ r b > ,'iClnns ill Srchrcnica in J'1';/3, Imtl rlireclly h...n,I.:,1 o,'c, tlie .<un", repurl und

e ~ i < k ' I I C " " I.. Ba.ssi""IU, As lbe <cpon h e \ ; ~ m c basis ror the i"di<:tnlClll' of "'ar c r i m i n ~ l , ill the lerri ·'01)' or rom",r Yugmla>'i. laler, lho!.<' ,,"minal. e,'lIdallOCCll""K.M1'. and ,Itc:y = ~ u r r fr« '" 00 any-

" ~ l I l X ! ~( 'HI! i!!l! Ooot I "",I CIou! 10 Sn;lorrniP" <T....t/'W I'onIfRl. JoM. W;u.lI.. .

,_IW .

r I". 1m . " ' ~ i o o p ; t n . IX :

"",!:>oJ..,.Sdn l..... .... a M.. .lirn ",fur<"',,110 II"'f; 1"'1"& ... sar:.",,,"<> ar.... flrti-n, S<clIrno:a in July IWS.u

r.1"t\Cd 10 II><: ..,her ift Ih<: """,",,,,won J....-y 31. I _ ; f t ~ j c . o .. ' Imal H\1"!I y( tho Cool"''''''''' or f u l ~ " I< N;,t,lilhe\looMil!!! I<> S!:<;u,1Iy CQllII,;jl l!eW"'!!:oVllf.llC1'!D~ " 27, I'I\M. (S!!994/674)

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thing. The respomibilily of Prof. Rassiouni is <'OOIlIIOUS if n",y l 'q)tal crimes of lhi,; kind panicularly

bec;ou,", he inlentiooally avoided "cCllIing th"", criminab.

Absence of 80snilln Serb Forces

I From 1m lQ J""u"')' 1993, 8o»ni:lll Serb ciliuns in Sn:breoic,,:u'U "'ere at the me",y of MuSlim

foroes. WMt 80snWI Sem citizens did was rodetcnd !hermehu individually by the old ......,apon< t'"lbq c....1d lind in Ibc bouse, :uod WlIil for the F<Krner Yuplav Army 10 help them. Ho.."'...... it ""'w

-II 1992, lhe FOl'TII<':I" Yugo<bv ....nny (FYA) was in OOII(...oiOO\ to sec former YUlI""bv . ..publics . .. .

ceive the r o c o ~ l \ j t W n of Independence rrom i n t " " ' ~ t i o " , , 1 s o c i c ~ y , Allhoogh I·Y" hM """" in lJ.o<n;a

'ince the b;nh of the Fonne' Yug[}.slnYia, FYA W ~ suddenly Icft uione in the lcn-iln'y of the cncm)'

after tile indepcndentt of BO'lniu April 1992, On. IIlleT ... , , , ~ h e r Mu,lim and C,o.at . \ o ) i d i ~ " d c " " n ~ d Ihe

Anny. At tho: decision of the w i t h d r . l w ~ 1 from Bo>8nia in May 4, 1992, FYA staned to withdraw (lnd

completely witll<nw from Bosnia by May 15, Im.leaYing Bosnian Sert:.< bd'lioo.

MOlImw, B<- ian Sat> cil ium, ao;ouoong . - n \JwI 3Q':l. clthe Bus<>ian populOlion. oornpktdy

relit>:! 00 the arrival of FYA. 1'beiT INS! in FY... _ firm thall!w:'y couldn't' I b c l ~ 1M ""111

dra....-,d of FYA. tn Oillei' words. they dtdn't' "ndcnt:llld lhc seriousness of !he Sl1u_tOon. I"'niculurl)'

in counoysidc. Th"•• they r"iled to OfilU'itt sclf-dcfence;n the obscnce of le_dcr"hil'. In S,eb"'lIIeua r e ~ , eycn afler the lining of IudSe Zekic, Bosni"" Scm citizen,; just wailed f<.>r t arri"al ul" I:VA

withouL t:lking any all-<>llt d d ~ n ~ ' e measure<.

In order to fill the absence of FYA. Republic of Srrosla Army w g ill '! up in May 12. 1992. Scm FYA

JOIditn of Bosnian oriain joined Republic of Srpsb Army aher llUiuillg the jOb in FVA. Bdnll COR-

«med abolot Bosn"", Scrt> ciaun. , FYA len the "U!K"" for Rel"'blic of Srpsb. Army_ Ho>o.." •.,.....

tbc formaJioft of Republic of SipSla Army was DOl. well·planoed 3lld """ke.vufi in ""11m, due I<> the

>uddcu ..ithdr:ow:ol of 1'YA. Republic of Srpsb. Army wa< DOt :oblo 10 take c f T ~ ' · e :><:lion in an or_

pnized way ..nlillhe aIllUmn of 1992. Even afler the ",,"'Inll. Republic of SipSka Army. b<:ing infe

rior in number to MUlilim Army. had to Mrrol" down tOO 'R " in which lhey could be locally cngaj,'C<l.

A, B""nian Scrb civilians in w c s t ~ , n Bosnia wcre l>everely assaulted by C=I AmlY, R ~ p L J b l i c of

Srp,b Army focused on well. and it could not defcnd Bosnian Serb civilians in cast [losnia.

It ""'" Jonu:lt)' 7 of 1993 when Bosman Sert> ciliuos finally n:uJizcd th.t llley had tf) Ofg:u'litc thcm·

>elves u>dcfend. 'Drina Corps' ..as cn:.ated in SrdJn::nic.a ..... under thcdircdioo ofMladl...:. !lav_

iat Ioob:d II frn: on their ho..ses. ~ Serbs of Bosnian origin pi led .Dnna C::>tps' aft« QUIl'

ling FYA' 5 'Drin:t Coops., ..llkh . . . . SI:uioned ,n Sabt.t. H(l'Oo'eVa, FYA' •Drinll O:wps'

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•

"",.,,, mowd 10 S r c h r e n i < ; " ~ ;m:a, :md n c ~ e r di""'l<'d lheir ... e : l j > O R . ~ al Srebremca ~ " ' " xross l ) r j , , ~R i ~ e r froc'll S c f b i ~ .

Serb>' r ~ r J m H i l a r y forces "'en: IlOl In Srcl>remea f...,m II"" b e g i n n i n ~ "r,he war 10 Ihe end or lhe "';01"

"hIM"Ugh 11>0,.., uru ,om. r . l l l ' r t ~ 011 Serbs I"'r:""ilitary r"rcc, ill Srchrcnic•. AC<'OrUi,,& ,n tile r"lM'" of

UNl'l, for c . ~ " , p l e . "Drin" \Vol""., S<'<clj Mililia. S)lCCialn" 1'olici". WllitC E.1111." A<im" T i ~ c " , an J

Knoji"" s.:rb<" wen: !"lid ,.. b c ~ n in me, =_ 110"""'''', "Scsclj Militia" ....... a n : ~ u l ; O l " U"" of

Repooblic <>f Sfpsta AIIDY U pmtril>iled p;,nmililaf}' , ~ ; , n d <lfrlo:m:I1hem ;I I lhe ead of

19'12 10 jom the ",,.11,,, Rcpubtii of Srpska Army in or&..... 10 pUl them u",l.e.. conlrul. ·Dri""

\Vol",,," was Ihe Il.lnlC nr a r<1iular unil or Republic of Stp>ka from lhe begin"int_ Thut: were 1M '

"Sp"cialna Pohc;." n C " l ~ MiIilary p"li"" <Jf R"PIlhlir of S,-p,,\;o, "White f ~ ' g k , " ,clJlllp,i<ing of

only about SO memben. newr "I'P"""'hcd to ea'lem I k ' S n ; ~ . "ei'her did "Arb" rige'S." "Kmj,na~ did n o ( h"."C ""y ~ '0 Ikf"nJ pi,..,.". Olher than "",j,,,,, in emalla.

I,arge Territorial Gain :md Limit:llinn

Ily pun;uilllllhes a ~ . ) ; e

['olicy "I ' fil:hling. Mu<lirn 1Qn.""-< ac<lui,oo a, "" ,, ,h .< 'IS% of Sr"lJ,.nk" arc"by lhe end of Dttc-mber I'm'' ' . Sefer Halikwic boosIcd <>f the- esp;uu.lon of Ihe: ,cm'ory in his hook.

""Yin!: Ih:lt S,cboe,*",:urd l.cp:>. h>d bc:ooo"c an unreah<c<l drea'" frw :oIi'" anJ deal chetAih (Serbs)

In $prin&: 1993". H _ . . , ~ .... """icu' pmbIc"" heg.:>n t<l chango.' lhe l :O. ln; t <>f,he " " " frum 110" ' l"tn, <>f

l'J93. The lllUl'1 imporlanl problem , , - ~ ~ lack of fo<>tJ. Ha.ing f:>cctl !be va" l""';IOf)' ~ ' M ~ h ; n l t 70

tnik' (apllfo,.113km), (mil' tll. " ; l l ~ g l ' of Z ~ l ' a ill the "",ullio Kameni.a in the tlOftlll.y th" ""d of

Janumy 1<J9.1. Mu,lim. did ' K h:!"o; any rnon: Serb'! ~ i l l a g " , 10 attack in ordo.T 10 nbli.in food," A

hug<' amount of food Iha, Muslim fm:es had "'bon from Scrt>. ..-all coo,ulJOl,lll up by lhe n>tl of ,he

spnng in 19'13. and I M . . . . . - . u ~ off""" b=w"" ~ v i d c : n L 7 k lIUond prublcm ......" lhe ello<'in:lemo:nl <>f

Srctnnioc:l. w'Sr:tphically. Srchml,n 10""" hal been surrounded by "illagcs lhat had lhe relalLyety

large S , , " b ~ population. Si'K' the Mu,l,, ,, ,' tfrj,·c I" " ~ ' l ' up Serbs "'' ' ' ini".,,,,j r....." lhe i"",de of

Srcl""nlca town, Scrh. were , imply rmhctl <J\llw",d, M,d Mu,li"" lV"re <ltoWI1 do",r i"lo the I'lmlO1

ill "",change. n""rcforc. ahhough ,he eoc'fCkd tcrrit'll)' ofMu,li"" grew aod e ~ p " n d c d ou(w..ru<. lho.l

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lima' "'WWllIlar,>Il1iIw In ,/I<' 1fC"of Srr!>mJka. 7.roa, B:mj. l.llb j!!!d Slnl,ll MOM, I S l I 9 " J Y o J l l ~ 1 Nnvcmb<r

27, 19'IS'"1\'d'!!.)HCiI; R \ ~ · •..-d ofA '.I'M e,i,,1!<,. \ t < 1 n i ~ _ Jan. (Will,,",1. BI>III, Nn,1>.:r. )'79. P ~ n l l n ; " 1lI1Ol.. 19')(,

l.ul.all Sl!!Iegiio IMik.l\ic. .sera. Sat ..... 'o . IW1., Od>:>lttl m .n. B;,ulr tq F,.,..I The 0...,,,:1>•. 'ltl""'·;';-. Ibn•. A p I!I. 111'1" l.-:Ion. 1".:rJroYic. • ).Iu. .

It .... ; . a IJo6aio,np.n.aI '" WOtlI"l r.. ok .. td;.ll - >1" ' ( 1« 8o;.Iu. li e hal; I.'c<1o in . . . . . .

rlm,e ....,..,.•.•

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position of Mus!;ml "'maincd Unch""j:lXl. being encirde<! by S',rbs. The 1 .<1 I'f'{lblcm wa, the 'W I of

the offen,;ve, of !lose ian Serb forc(\I;, As Orine corps of Republic of Srpsku Army waS e"cntuUlly

creall:d in J a n u ~ l ' ~ < n ' l . IlIOn! effecti." ~ n I)'Slemalic strategy began 10 be inlplemCnlcU. Muslim

lon:<.:s we'" ~ u i l ' l l d 10 take!lOlllC urgent measure.

Sare AreaSrdlreniCl M a u:roll9JJl'y hag ofMuslim 1I11d

Under the plan of Muslim ludeJ1;, Muslims' territories in Srcb",nka. Zep•. and Oorazde were <UI"pose<lIO grow e001e••1y umil the three areas would merge into a huge chunk evn""eting c e n \ I " ~ 1 andnorth tllSt<:rn Bosnia nnd """are a hu&" COl'doo l!etWC-eTI Muslim stale and Serbia in Yugus]av;a. Wh.i.:n

Muslill\S' terrilOr)' in Srclnniea hil the ceiling or e.lponsion. hO"'"C>tt. this plan coIbp<cd. and

\be 10k of S",brcnica changed. Now, they wen:: jim like isolated isWlds in the me"')" 5 s.ea. " ~ l i n l lfur ll1e (:OO{roI of lIM: memy. Ho-vn , !hey oouJd be l<:mptA_, b c > ~ for MlI5lim fonxs 1O:tlliotlt

Serbs un,H the t:ndavcs would come: illlO the hands of Bosnian Sctb f<on;:es. 1'arti<:"larly. the: ""'-alion

of Srebf't'nica was besl wiled 10 b""'k lhe UOl.n;an Serl!s' vilal supl'ly mule (s""' jc,·o-Vl., ,.....i" ' ·

Milid.Konjevic Poljc .Zvornik) for Sal1ljc\/{). Therefore, wtlde knowing thai 00 c ~ c l J v e """ la'llong.Muslim Icad. . , wanted 10 k e ~ p S r e b r e n i c ~ n, lhe b = as long . , p""ibk u.ler. on S q ~ c O l l > < " r 12.1994. IlClbegovic Ildmined to ;{ ",n;or UN officiallhal S.ehrenica was 'inddcn,iblc.· ..

Involvement ofUN

WIw Muslim leaden came up with a. device lD proIona!he: life orSfl'bRnica. ....... 10 U'lt Ihdrown d

yil ianl and UN 10 lheir advalll.age. HaVIng mown l!l:u inlcmlOl.....w orpniuliom ...·ould bong "'lief

",pplics 10 lhe c i v i l i : m ~ . Mu.lim Icade,. h ~ " e decided 10 keep c i v i l i ~ n . in the cnclJ"e i" order Ih, l

MUllim forces could ohl,ln food nnd other suW1ic•. In fllCl. al the tnd of No'emb.,. in 1992, UNHCt:(already dispatched lhe convoy o( relid suWiies 10 Muslims in Srd>rcn;ca a l c a ~ panly b c c ~ u " , Sre·

bn:oici :>re:I bn::lme an enclan encircled by Serbs who h:od btt" actually pu.,hed OUIW".1RIs by Mu..lim

foR:cs or Sn:brenka. :>rid I""'ly bmuJse !he: of (ood be<:ame a .mo.., problem. Heilig hdpt..-d

l. l l . u k ~ ' a S I M ' ~ t i t . Iblilo_k. Sefllf. S. . .jc>". 19'97.. . Sn'bJl:nica' Boconl o r" Wi[ Crim;., Huni,. Jan (Willem), DOIh. :-:o<beI. Penguin Book, 199"" In _ days. lhe ...-rcn';ve or M",lim roo:u in SrebretllC . . . . .a ...... rlCf«, For nample. in October 1992.Serbi.. . ,,'I!oF. such as Fow. ; " j ...., lloIjevio:, . .. . . , n<auh<d Itverdy ..,. Muslimr_ ofSrcbrcol"'a. A' a. . . . . . . . . .YetI_. a.ro:l ..... ekle<ly . . . . __ lulkd_

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by this ...,lief .upplie<;. Muslim fOl\...,. of S,ron:n;"'a lauIlchl'tl l a . g ~ ' ' ' ' ' D k "lI"rkS on Serho; v i l l " ~ e s:>1011£ the I)ri l l" Rive., ' ~ I d ) as un.n;,,,, f1ijd,,"",'. ,"'J Si k i r i ~ . two w c ~ k s late•. '"A number of e y that belooS to Commil--'i<Jn of usa l Expon. '0 Repul>lic uf Srrsb easily

prove tIw MusJim f roMideted c;"ili3<\S. as a Lu aU""" ",lief food from int""",li"n:lI orpnil;;.b..lM.. One of !he proofs;' 'demomJr:mOll of citittm. . . \ bfJ'e P""P of ci,·iliarn. compl:ained

:Ibout tOO $m:>I1 ~ i o n . , of ,,·hut flour, and prtlIOlni a : a i ~ the MU5Ii", 3U!hori\HI$ " f S ~ " " ' " onMay 21. 1'J9)" ah.......gt. U:oIllCR haol ""'''t .. 'heal fk>o. rnoro: than doe requir(l<\ atllUU01. A M....hm

wum"n tMt sp"ll\ y ~ a n in tl><: eroclDve of Sn:brenic:l "Is<> cl>Illpl"ir.,:u in 111< ""th"" S intc'v;"'",-" 111m

" half or tOO vehicles curryln;: h"lIlnnit",i,,,, "i<l had bo.',,,, ,,,,,:oily emI" y, Me,,,,wNIo, Ill'''" Mu",,,nc, afounlkr or SDA (Mu!lim' ,polilka\ Jl'l-rly) ,I f SR"""n;,a and r e p r c $ e m a t i v ~ to Mu,lim Illt I'arlia

menlo up!aincd abool the a b u n d a ~ of suppl;"'.:os folio..' " "Il .. :to al ..'ays p'»lo,1>Ic to buy:ll lhe

mork... &l't)'lhinl' one mighl have wanted. H3tdJ)· mylhing .. a.l:tckin!- SliU!he only SOUft:o> of IlJOds" '"» , , " , ~ , t : I I 1 ; W aid since ft(Il $Inr.!e commcn:i:ll """""Y hDd",,,,, rc...:1l<llI Sntnnica.- . . In order

losol«!he problem. lntern:llion:tl aid ,,,n,'C:Ued lh:d the r n o " , ~ ,""-JUld ekcllheit own n'l'"

~ . . . . , m : " ' v c for the <li.tribuli"" of food. 1I0"c",r. Ill<: " ':t i l declc-d w;o< k,I"'-d ,he <1.1) ol'ler h,. c ~ lio"." A! Outch b ~ t 1 a 1 i o o ""ill in ~ S " , l m : n i C ' ~ : R""o,d " f a w'"' clim,,' • N:c<cr Oric". top ..-un,."'tinde' in S",b",,,icu, un<! his I'd'""", such '" Zulro Tu"unovic ,,,,:I I l , , ~ i j " MdlOljic, ""em ' K ~ h i l l g"""" thou g . : " ' ~ ' ! ' - " ' " who look """'I of reli"f ."l 'l 'li". Irom r d o ~ porx,I"linn for his !",fS<"'"1 I " " ~ t " .Human \ohield , , "» ,he "'her w:l)' of lI.wg ci. ,Ii""". When UN decided to C"oIC'IIaIC 1:'1.000 pct>pIe. :I I

II>e end ofMJrdl and al tl>l:: h..-,:inrn", 01 Apol ,n 1993. !he Muslim comn""","" "'ere furious..oo.o1

!he by insi>ling dl:lt UN opmlliun "''3S ~ ' 10 'C1hnic cleolnsint" ;wd <.Iccidcd lhollhe

ron....,y s!....ld 001 be allovo'<'d to rome in T u ~ t ... ""uslim lCITillX)'. laM", "",,,,'c"cr, lbe Mu, linl rom-

'" In J!ijchw"" ,100\•. th<'. ok,"h 1,,11 " f S"'hian ci,'ilio", ,nUl''' ' '" !o a, Inony '" 106, TIll) ~ " . " I I 0 ' 1 ~ " " , h , , , 14

n., lIijdo"a(: wa, , 'id_"",,,r<l<d by • Y"l!"'I" rill,,," '" tlo livrd ill Y"g<.>sb,,'. """"" nrin. Iti,,",,, 1" ,ho

vidN. Ih= oIJ ScrlM.n WOmen ..'en' "-,,d"lI a 011 Orin.> '" /\0,),: HijelmOlC tondo' til< h" . .,) r."n or ""110 .. ... Mu<l,m PIlI..,.. <locuIneIIl' l l .- _ hobll . . C""","""" or I"",... E.'pe<1<wR."ubloc orStpsb. ahuo.<'d lhe:

or <1< _ ....... _ lb<ir 011 the lOud oI",,=-;oo. T k ~ " " " " " a l ho-IcI 011 M.y 21.

19'11 . . f 01 ,he PTT b<ook\lllc , . tI"'"PII.OFOR •. .Sdn 1l:>c1C>'i<,.Ml>$l,,. tef"lt" _ has been ~ onr: il l Sar¥<'O lOfIet 11«. . . S<ctItn1IQ ," July 1995, 0 . .

~ : , , " " - I .. . the :lUI1Ior '" t1k: iDlo;"'ic:..' 011 J.n""'Y ) I, 1'1'/3 iw S..-.>j•...,.

l'rt<lI!cn,'Y.oOO Army (;p!rn"oOO S""ml-."Il S,StemCi. SI<Jb<kln" BIN". J"'y 14, 19'-)(;. S"'"J<'''.

"Srd>rtnlea, n"' ' ' 'pl n[A WaT CI111£ BOil'!!, J"",IW!llcm). Roth, Norbcr. j'13:3. r \ ~ " i ( u l t 10001<. 1006... h«.-id lbat ill""'" Oric 0"""-5;""«\ 19 m'ol, il l Srebren"'" aoc,ordiog '" the ..,,,,k sr"'h-i "rW I?;! I..!""'il'I.lXl]Ora: Sloje In 19 "left!"'" U S""",""oci 01 4,1jM. ( " ~ t " " l 7, IY%.. Sonjcvo.J. , sm,p. iq ; R«roI ofA W..- ( ' o ~ " , 11oniJ:,. J.... t ....dlan), Ilo<h. No<bef. PIH. Pmpm Uoc>I:_ 1996

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m.ndets privately o:mfided t o . repone. of Indepomlcllllhe=l reason: Serbs COIlld 'lUI launch an all·

oulallllCk> as long us civili"ns and refugecs were thue". Muslim fcm.'-'S' a l t i l U d ~ toward, Ihcir owncivilians Or refuge<:ll ""as mercik-ss I"'rlicuiarly when S.el>reniea was abouilO rail under I.losnian Serbforces in July 1m . Durini 1hc nighl of July 10 and II . 1995. people " U J \ ~ - d leaving Srdlfenk", luwnand hc:ldr:d for Pulocui becallY' of lhe combal UNPROFOR decided 10 help lnlns(.".!ho'lIw;: people. to

1Uocari. H o ~ . M""limJOldienmelMayoroCSrdln:nica lunoed!holst """"'" bact". IhiRtingll\llld.ililnl WQU\d becoJ'k shickh from Bosnian Serb fom:s and tloplng for lhe direct ;n>"O!'·....1\l:fl1 ofUNwho WI5 s u to]lJOllecl civili......

Wh<."1\ Mu,];m Ic.de" Were looking fOO" a nlQre e f f ~ . t i v e deyic'c 10 p r o k " , ~ lh., Ufc of Srcbrc";cu. Iheinlerrotiumu sociely gave lhe most ideal schemc lor Musl im leaden; panly 001 of lhe ego"I;" nalional

illltrdlS aod panly 001 of IIll: emolioo.:ll OIlI..~ g aaaiosl B o s n i ~ " Sefbs offcn'iY<'" calk.'tl " a g g ~ _sion" ;and "elhnk cleumina" . l1Ie scheme which inlem.1lioRal $QClety offOf<'ll _... lhe h:lIf.he:"1ed

set·up of ·Safe ~ ,. product of o:och aIUJ\U)" 5 COO''''''''''>!oC. lbe most In'ribk comprtlfl"l'5<:

..-as 5 of UN Sccurily Counc,l Raolulion 836. which allowed Bosnian forcc::o 10 S(3)" in

"Safe .....ea" w&C!h'" ....ith civili"","" Moreo,'er. ald>ough "Sore Area· ""lIS supl"*'d 10 be de

m;litan$Cd, UNPRQFOR ..'ere .>L:d not 10 [Itlrwc Ih" dcmilitari. . lion so ""t"..,ly". lmmc.limcly "fie'"

.igning Ihe agreement of "Cale-fire 'I'I<! demililarisaliOl1 <'If Srcbrcniea a , ~ 1 7 " ' ~ 1 I Wilh Mlnd;e (Sup,,'mo

mililary commaoocr of Republic of Srp'kn). H"lilo";c (Supreme military "omma"der of M""lim 8 o ~ ·n i ~ n ....nny), !\eIl1 the Older lU bulh encl.ves lhal "'C"pl)JIS should no I be dclive'1nf". H" " ~ p l a i n e d 10

Naser Oric thai Muslim forces should I\;u>d ovr:r only \lnusable ann..... In Ih " ""'y, UN. which _

5Upposod 10 be an impartial .nstirutioo.. a1looo-m M...I'm forces 100uy "'jlb c;v;I' ' ' ' ' ' :lllXk Scms r......'dle e n c l ~ ;mel S«Ure food undc:r Ihc plouctioo of UNPROFOR_ II ..... lhe best "'''''1'OJl1l"lC1llS for

Muslim ( o n t i th:lt ....anled 10 break lhe Bosni;lJl Serb>' vital supply linc ralher Ihan 10 CXp;ltld lhe en

d . and it W&'I ,he wont ~ · .. .ironmem for Muslim eil'zeru; who I1i,I DOt ",,"t to be Ir."pcd in lhe

comlnl<. Ibn," MU'llific crilicized lhi< Slmle!\)' of Muslim gm'Crl1rncnt later, ~ a y i l 1 ~ lh"t the persol1

"'h<1 Illid i'.">cd tl\e "'''k', .hould t>ri11g his f.mily 10 Srellr<:uicil before lhe ;mplol1l""I"1 ;",n,

"To SljIn'< lY li e S!loI. by Sgtrt, ~ 2 _ · i c . Hari<.. The llIdtpr__ April I! , 19113. t.ondooo_

.. Dutdlllaualion'. p.t.riefing"Uoill'1! l'i"a'ion.ll'ril«_Kcc:pmR Or<!]Iion! in CiI!1ll>ol!ia 'I'd in ,he MDt" YugMlo\'i, 1""-",,,,,,,,,"1MfairsNIL 4;14. r-"ihoo KoI.""'i Mood.; KCl\ky,,,ho. May 1996. Tokyo. . ConfLdcnli,1 "" ' "" l l " of Ko/i AnOiln. o!>o UN'o U",k,.Sce'""''Y.(;c""",1 for l ' < a , · c k 9 < p . ; , , ~ Operu,.",,;., 'r "Go""",1 Wohl£fC'l (23 A",il. 11093)" LuklVJ S!JJIII;gijo. Ualilovic. Sefn. PI07 San,ievo. 1W7• J:!p""iiqlNaw1 0ri<JOt f'rN#i oolnrcnp!lR!ri<. OoIobodjao,ie. Aot;lJ'l ~ ' - : ! j , 1996. s.r......

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Normal Wlir Engagement

' lbe rooditiom '1I.lI .....1'<:- SCI b)' UN SC a1lo""ed Mu.lim f"...,..... in Srdln;njca e n d ~ " In do vinUlllly

: H I ) t h i n ~ UD<b lhc: MuUim Comma"d Uni' mSth Op=Ih-.: Group, 2llth D i , ~ . C U f l " s l l n ~ nf2llO.2ll1. 2!l2. 283, 284. e t .. 10000nc:tlW th" " u " " , k ~ on ,·mages thai had to..m :dn.-ady "'laI;kd < k u i n ~1992:1nd 1993. 1>1<>51 ol tile all:ICu ,,-ere terroristic action by . . ."",lIlUWP or sold"'-,"_ More than SOO

S"!bs were kille<.1 by the "Il""k form "S"f.. Ar<:"" . ;>"<.Ilhe "ruclty of k i l l i " g ~ w"re the So"''''' os be·

h""''', Dutch ball"];o,, late' <idcr;I>t.'<J Ihl. al"...k ,<, 1 ( ) l I o w ~ , "OpeMio", we'e rcbll"dy unpredi"t·

able htt:&U5<' the "nits W(I ' ( "I"""" ""itho"l ,raining- and ".the, oon·di'ciplin.,d. Mu,lim f"re,"" nlade

s y ~ t r n I t ' c '"'""'Its from the encl ••·('. and aftCfl<':ard, they usn! to "·; thd.,, .. , to the terri"X)' under til('

prot""u"" of US . . It is nenlkss 10 13)" UNPROFOR as """II as ci"i]iuns ""-f t used :r> hu"","

shiekb..

Mililary ""rP1ic:o; we", ~ u r r . c i e m in "Safe A,e,,: so that lhe'" "we ulmo<1 "0 problem to .ontin""

'he "ffcn,lve, ·n , .. hLlge doc""",,,,, which Mu<li'" f"",,, lelt ill S",llrI:n;ca del i,,"aIC ""d ' 'lei i"C,y of

"1II11lu'litton. ".lli lal)' u"ifon"" btlou. compo"'" <:quip","nt. om"" ''<'l"ipll'''''t, d l } o l r ' ~ t e < , ete_ Fur·

wm""".( "o 'n ! """"'y a ' T O ) U n l i n ~ to 308.llSll 01",\.,

",=tnln,f""'"<:d ,0 i 'la'cr Oric. :oo.ooordinl' to the

docu'J>CtlI froon Commander Colonri A,-do P:>hc (<\:lIed Feb 14. 19911. 101..-.: iUrpriiingly. Muslin.

fon:c:i ....... c>'at hclicoplCtS bctW"l>Cll lkadqu;oncn and Srebrmic:l or Zc-pa.... A ......... of docunl<'ftlS

"h'd! " ' ( 1 ' e ( ' 1 C h a n ~ f f l ...,ith Uca<!qu;ute,.; the hchcop!"- ",,,,.O,:nt nt 1 May 1m li t lpilol'ik

OCN ...",n ai' l l ~ n S",br1:'IH:-d. inrooming II dealh' and 9 injuri<.. . Taking an ad",;mage "r Vi'lUdllr

frcl' " .,ffre, US ""crolly h'KI commllnkaliOIl l ~ l u i l ' m " L 1 1 tluwn 10 T l l ~ l " . whioh would "nable Mll,linl

for«s to ro<lr<.linolc offens;,'," opcJ1,\ion, hdwcc", large' u n ; t s ~ ' . 11lankl 10 Iho", c,,,,,li,iQlll or -'Safe

A " , ~ ' . Muslim ron:,,' f'l:'!ained 'ke po"-",- ennu!h to attock Bosnian Serbs' ,'ital <;UrPly route, b':'1111

well OOOfdina-lffl "ilhQlhc:r

utulS- Even one'ra>nih before the (:all " fSrcbn:nk:o. ~ l u . 1 i m

fU<U:lIn

~ S a f " ,\= , , ' ~ pt3dntn! 10 bn:aI: the rood commu............ """'00 " ~ i c a in coopcr.llion willi

the I I n l ! ~ of2nd corps in S a r ~ j < " " O . "

.. Il,' St:",,,,,,,,,,, a f"",,,,o: <1<",,0.- in U'C F"m"" Y l l ~ " , I , , ' Army. 1"'f'I<""'''I<'d ,h" , a l O p > ~ . a.w! ~ o e " " th . do·

. . ,led """"IS, _ II ." fIhooo:-. f. . tho; 1 icl,_.

.. o..m """tal ·• o.. r"".. . IbI i..... oc 10 ' he """ ....... hcllCopl<n full o l . ~ _ t i n t i and lOnport!';" I o _

~ 1 ' N w'aia. (PtW tY». Sao "]• Ouo........... , f""", C","""""", Cnloo><:1 ,"do P ~ I i < (M't\ltm} in Zc-p<o to K:dcanJ l l :MId 1'1....". one

(M",l1mj.

" .'irtlr1<:nica; Ih:"Q((\ of A W... HQl1;g, Jon. (Willcm), Ilnlh_ t\'orl"", 1'144·145, 1',,"S"'" Ih" ' . 19%

.. Oro.Jt, froll' M ~ i o r I<.mi" ",-"if,-";", I("l","",nli"s C",,,",,,t><Icr, l:h,d of 1Ica"'Ju:lflo'S of ~ .. I l i " ; ' ~ M ' . ", ~ 3 ( 1 ,281, 282. 2S3. W. 1 :0><118 8B as nulit>ry ......... .a.<d : ! I J ~ JLUl< t 9 \ l ~ .

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Meanwhile, Ol'<".t'"n <'f Republic " f Srp:<ka forces of Ilosnian Serbs were generally di"'cted I " keepIllc status quo and to I'ruteet Jk):;nian SnUs populatio<l in Srebrenica ;lfea from too a!lacks " f Muslimr in Ihe enel,,"e, ' " "S.fe Area" " . A$ al l Muslim encJan. ,. or "Safe Arca" includin/l Sre

bmoic;o a'eR: less irr'lpClCl>ono: far Sett:ts.. tnrilClf)' " i .... , Republic orSrpsb. f<ll'Ce< did nI)I vcry tno:JCh

1bouI!he NC:bvcs as I o n ~ lOS M ~ i m fe.tt$ " 'fnin.... from 3llacl"ng S<:rbs' r i l ~ ."d lbc S<-rbs.

vilal ....pply route. MOJnlV<:r. ~ i a n Sat> f did no! IlJlve e-nouCb ",ldiefo< 10 take '-"'<'f Sre

t>renica a1lhoogh tk-y had motC hro,·y weall"ns. which would becom<: Ineffectiv" in the moonlai'MIU'

I,mdscapc of Sret>renica. Therefore, e.'en when Muslim f o=s "r Srebrenica fnecd flJ<JJ n;s;s in ,pring

19'13. the tWO Bmniall Serb t ' l i lical k:ad<'fS, I ( a r ~ d z i e and Mil"""vie, were ",bnuontlh", th<:re Wa<!'H)

lntcntioo 10 take Srebrenica. Althougb Mlildic bad '101 been in JUOd termS wilh 1 ( : l r l I d ~ " , in 1bosc dayby his qua$i. coup d' Clat agai,tSl Kar3d1.IC:. he abo ........-ned 10 K==nan ' s q.....-stion on JuJy 21.

1m . aIlef ,he f:oll of SR:bm:lte:a.l/>lIl he ,,"Wid _ IIIv" I h o u ~ t u :Ibnul an..king!he encbves if Mus-

lim soldicl's in - ~ f e An:..." st>d> lOS Sl't'bre'nica.. Gorv.de. and ""--pi had hcetl romp1clely dis·

armedn . In addili"", on the fall or Srebrenica, Mlndic ,ho\<.'C<! h,s indifference to the .cni to l )' ; . ~ I f by

:\Sking rel""l:S"""tivO'S of Mu.lirn refugc<:s and civilians in Srt:hfeniea whelhcr they w<Juld like 10 Slay

in Srebrenicil or go 10 Mu,lim telfiux;c. or f<>rcign C ' ~ " \ I r i C 5 , W b " ~ Hosni"" Serb f<lrees wanlcd from

Muslim forces w , , - ~ . o s'OP the ~ " , , , , l l s a l ; a ; l ~ t Serbilln civilillllS ll'ld their Vil\1l .upply TOUle.

fall or Srebrt'nicaQynlic MlIlj!jm SokIjm

W ~ e n Srcllrc"ica began 1(1 f"ll inl" tbc h"nd, o( Serbs (mill ),,1)' 6. 1 ~ 5 . Muslim f"rw,;n S"'brcnica

We're h}"terlenl. bci"H ;n confusion 'lIld ch:l<.>:'i. Hovi"ll ",,,,n Dulch B,l1lllio" of UNJ'ROFOR wilh.

draw;"!!. MllSlim for\.'<:$ lOgethC'1" wilh 111,,-'1: cilizens ~ t I o o . "- shiue helmet. Scrgcam Van R e n . ~ n , to

death on July 8.'" 0I11he ""me day. some Mudim soldiers l/wcw ,rcnadc:u DulCII H.lI,a1ion. ""'m.:"I<1

[Ill: !he l"'teII to go I()W:Irds 80vlian Serb (on:es and fight..'" 011 July 9. MIl.lim soldiers ,,1>0 dod . .Mallow Pluch 'n " ~ ' h d f a .... held ~ 1 l < J l h C r Dulch b"-l.1alion (o r "'' ' ' ' ' ' 'fh1 - . On July 10. Muslim t""'l'"

th.rc:u.encd a Dulch caplain , ,· ith anti-lank " . .apons 001 \<l ,..,,'e :dlhougll tbe. Du'ch e3plain "'antt<! ,u""We in <lfd;.'1" 10 In<gel JW<;"ia" Serb fnrc.. I1l<lre di=lly' ' ' . A., luI)' 11. T)mch solder> saW mU1U,1

figh'ing i" v"n"us pl:ICCs Io"twe"," Muslim snl"ier:; wI,., ,,"anted l(l <urrcll\lcr ,UI(; '\-lu,1 illl ,,,Idiers \<. Ix)

. . S!d!mQ;!I(wod atAw. Cnmc. lboi&-l_, { " ~ I " m ~ 1k1lh. ~ . I ' 9 S . I " " " " ' " Boot 1996."Tesl.." " "yo fC_1 K..........II . . ICfY <>II J u l y ~ . t ,. Ou<r:h Ibualloo', pd>ndjng

. . 5lflm:Il;g· Kewn",! .... Wor Crime l I " " ; ~ , j , , , , (Wilkm) .. !l(l,h, " , ~ r e r , 1'1 1, I'."g\l;" !J<x>l;, 19')6"'lhid.1'12,.. Ibid. 1'17,

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".-anIllllLO OOJItinuc 1<) fill""'. On July 12. "'veJaIDuU:h 'IOIdien..,w a man han, himself in (aelOl)'

complex u p p o s i t ~ of t h Dutch base in l'Iltucari 6'

Ncgotiati<ln With M u ~ n m C i v i 1 i a n ~ & Rcruge"" In Srehrenlcll EnSlave

At the fall O ( S ~ i c a . Milldic PC1Qllaled ..,j,1I KarTe"""'s. Dulch commander. and three rqnsenta

I iws of Muslim civilians and rdu&oe$three limes. Ba.ed on the deC'iPon of the Ihree j . .C:ltlllllli"CSincludilll a _ Mbdi<: OI'Canized 1hc ~ I O I I of people. and Ned rOl' lhe Ildp of the lh=::

, .........wiYCS LO a n y QUI tile encu:Ki<In stDOOlhly Whar IE rq>ellIedly 10ld them,...,. 10 lISk

I< ) give up "'"e:>p"'" witll'n 24 hours. He said IhaI Muslim sold>tn., ,ncluding soldicn R<ll in un,(onnand ~ , . " " war crimill:lls. wOUld be lre:llcd accordinlll(l tile G.:ncva Conwntiun if tlley hand OVer t h ~ i rweapons. T h ~ l """"r h;>ppcRL'<1 mostly b e < o a u s ~ of the f""l t h ~ t I h I1lO'<t of Muslim warrlon urricd on

h o n d ~ the blood of Strohm v;Clim, In rcriO<J 1992 - 1995. ,0 in feur of revenge und in hope IhOlI they

woold Itill remain unpuni!hed. d ~ d ( l c d 1o m a k ~ military b r a k ~ to terrilory unrn.r control of 1'" called

Anny of ~ .. alld Herugovina towards TwJa.

MllSIim S<>ldil'n Whl) P' d No t Surnadn"

Tbe conclusion or this ""goti:IIiOll RlUSl: ....ve been a nightmarto (or Mu.lim foroetWI ""o:n: in eonfu

>ion. MOSI o f IIx= soldien "'m: occupied wi'h the "'On! S«fI'Irio in "'hicb O<»nian & fb for«:s would

ueculC all ""'II. later. s o m ~ of the Muslim soldiml wh o had fled ildmilled., in ""riou.s magw.ines. Ihal

the r c a . ~ they had decided to nee: W ~ due to:> this wurst =a r i n . " [ h : : l i d " ~ Muslim ha'd linc's' P""""

sure wol mountinii,so l1iHl1lhat ,oldie,! that had decided to sum:ndN had to e.peel some assaulls from

their own fellows . Al the night of July 10. IDe Muslim soldiers who had 'k'' ' 'ded not W surren<lc'

stnned tkeing. AcLlOl'ding 10 Du'ch Oaltalion. a group of ,,<>nIC 300 s o l d i ~ r s of Muslim foteel' dis:ap

pearcd in moVin& IOward the WCSI." On the n1&:ht o f July 11-12. bew.=n 10,000 and 15.000 men. ,,110h:od -'ICJ¥Cd oa the ""'" o f J q 1 ~ : > n d Susnj:ori. _ in the f(lre$U 10 readI TIlda or K ~ j . " MehnI<Iin Mc:!oanO>ic: said in the JocaI maaazine of S=p o that bnpdes gadoeraI in Buljim 0/1 July II

start«! into wood:s by plnwem :and p1a1UOf1." Althoup 110 ronrirmcd figUfft "" ' anil:lble. i Oli-

'" Dutch R.u.-li",,'s l)ebocfing

'" Ibid, '.19•.. rll!wAU njb<! aim njM; pi!¥»- R.........,vic. Faida. SVljel. No. 'U, Fell. :u. 1998. SlIIIJt'vo.'" DooI<tI IbIlMoD'.l?!£!lricfIllF.

"'1M<h 1bIIaI. .•• QdDc(\I!I_"Sp1nrnp' &wlIIpfA W.cn"", I . . . . , . bl.(Wol..../.. Both NorIN:r. P i n . 800L 1996.. . "'iW II'! nib<! nisEI nh ' CWO Svijet No. Feb. 22, 1m. Sara"""24



nwed lhal IO.Olll}'I},OlIO . \ . l , , ~ h m soldier>; h.lId lefl Srd>rcnica Ihrough W<X)(\S according 10 I Repnl1

of the S=<:lary-Gener:>I" and OIlter accoonlli"l.

~ f u . l i m Who Surrendered

Approxim:l1ely 2}.OOO" OUI of 40.000 Musluns" dl-.;idcd 10 5um:oder and galhered in I'olOC:lfi. Ac_

cording 10 OulCh Ntlalionn• the m:.joriry of people " .." '" "'VIIItfI. ctUltJKn. and. W eklerly. a..,j th e

ml 1;1"')' capabk men "",,counted for only N 10 3'Jl. . Ik>ull:lfl Seot> (oroI:lI 5CfU'IIcd tlwm into youp

..... ""OIJ'l'O. ,,",Idml. and. the clda'l)' and a ,roup of milllary JDm. TIle JIIU1l'O" 0( diU.

lion ....as t" ,. .-fold; 10 caleb MuSlim sokl;,..... a< m:>ny as p<.>sWblc: as , , 'U p r i ~ in ordef 10 e.oeh3llCClhe"l ror impri""""" try Muslim Army p.lnirutarly in Sarajevo. and 1"!iC.-.:e>! OUI Muslll',", ",1>0

had commiUoo hideous crime,; ag:lin<l Scmia" d , i f ~ ' n , l"'I1icularly in 1992 \&",11993. Being free froln

,llegalion of mili;"y engagement, a gn>ttp or " ,, ,,nen, chi ldren, and Ihe elder ly were dirOClly Ir"",_

rcrred 10 Klad,,"j. a ,\-lmlilO IClTilOry. On Ihe oIho;' hand. J group " f ",en, amounting 1<) "bout 50;) 10

750" (o r 2""-3% lIf 25.1XlOj. were l r ~ n s f e l T C t l l O I;lr:llunac. where lMy w ~ r c ", ,=noo ror the ~ or

" ... erinl<:'..:u>d won gR:Jup<:d imo lh,,:c; ( l j a ~ of men who did IlOl ha"e any criminal rcconl$.

(2) . lrouP of men ,,"".....,.., ..,quin.:d 10 p> through rarthtr ct",ck for ....or cr i........ (3) a group or men

who "'-.ere detmnlllw UI be ..... (1"imin;>/s.

As (or (I). Ik>sfti:lfl Srrb f"""'" con<i<lMnl the men or !his group as eiviliam bul IlOl U poiwnrn of

war. Thus. ~ were Irnn,rcl1\:d fronl BmiuMC 10 Kladanj. a ""u-<lim lenll<>ry. "" July 14, m,medi

a,ely uflc.,- IOC c r i m i n ~ 1 screening. The fae' that ,lie mcn in t h i ~ group did IlOl hccome tlte larg,·I, for ' lie

~ . ~ h a n J ; ~ of l ~ s o n c ' " was IlfttewQrthy b«.u,c lhe mell in Ihis group mil/lit hal'. rO"j;ht., ,,,Idie,!. In

l!!l!'e! htlllilBiyrjpl law j l Ik J!Ja! ofSn.im!ig. ¥4llJ. llw1if IW lOCI San"'i MO!!. (SlI9'l5H88)No-.criI<on.l99S. . N Oric :Ia>d .. . the ............. "","" ()slobodjcIIjt 12.000 01 .....,..,...,.., I""'IOIK b<pn t i l n.:.c.f'l"<l Oric. . <1lP'm"'; tum; O!!l oCllll!cr dr!i\"rn4. K &l o.JobodjtllJe. Aagu>l Z f · ~ 1 _ . Sa·

" " ' ~'1 Bfl!O(l or,1l< : i m N o ' ~ ' r n < : r ; " f'yosU;II11lQ :Kc....ky ew"'iIIkwIW.... 1019 (I99S1 9ll willli,i9l!! '" intCnlf-IlQllalll"m:,.ni!I';a" yw iB ,." a ! f ~ ' HC Srs:!mwiCiI UN lljlUi' I " ~ IIIK! :W"ki Mrol (SII'l9.'>m8) N,,'eml>e'27, 1\1'>15

l '<l'timOllY <>f I .ie,," 1I'"I.(;ol""d ·l1ov"u, """"".,ns 'I IC1'Y on J"ly 4. I'l'JRf l Ilc(!<>n of Ihe !ircn;tm"Gs'fljll l'ul!l&;lm ~ Sewnt, Coo'll;il RO""'\IIiug 1019 (I\!9S\!lI! violaltOOl "f iP!<mllimal""......i!;!.;!!! II'" in \1>< 3tP" g ( Sre!ln.-..iq. Zrr9. ll;Jnjo Lug I" " Sing; Mos. (SlIW5MI8) f'l...,anbo:r27. 199!io.clI_0. ilrtlridj"l" T C S l l _ y o l ~ - C o I o n o ' l b . - K• . t,.",,, JCTY onJuly 4, 1998.. \'9'!!l!<!f!!SUbn:oA fII'i!!'l<!l iP lI5ll1or. AIF""'C" DaPb<J. N",,'mIbeo' II . 1995 Hol t - .

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faCI, a Muslim man lhal had occn relcased as a civilian on this l ime in Bmtunac disappoilHed Bosnian

Serb forcos Jalor when he was ",ught as a pri<oncr of war on the fronl lille tie'" Sarajevo", The num_ber of Muslim men in thi' group is e,;limalOO 10 b" around SOO oce"us<; , i , b U j ~ " and I'"ur I " L ~ h "re

said to be used to transporl them",

The Muslim men in lhe rem"inill£ lWO group> b e ~ " m c p , i ~ o n c . . - ~ of "'a,. according to lheir war aeli, 'i

lies, As for (2), lhe group was lransferred from thc >,,"i'on of Bratunae to the prison of BUlkovic. As I'"

(3), the group was sem fmm lhc priS<)n of B " ' . I U I l a ~ to Ihe priSOll of Zvornik, The nu",ber of Muslim

men in lhese two groups is eSlimaled 10 be less than 250 in tOlal because lhe number of men in "U

three groupstOlaled 500 10 750. and the &J"OUp (I) consislc<! of oprr<),immdy 500 men. Whcn JCRCv;siled allthrce priso"s in Bratallae, Bulkooie a<>d Zyomik u l ' l ~ T w a r d s " , il registcred i64 ""'''011' fromSrebrcniea 'II Ihe pri,on or Halko"ie on July 26, 1'195". and 1lOIc<! 193 "",rsoo< from S"'brcnica in tOla!

by November 1995""', Later. the majorily of the Muslim war prisoners in lhese grours ,""ms to havc

boen exchanged for lhe S e r b i ~ " w ~ prisoners via leRe. One of lhe e,ample i 11>"", M U ' l a f i ~ , a

f o u n d ~ ' T of lhe ruling: Muslim pill'ly (SDA);n Srebrenica and Srcl>renica representative ll> Mu'lim Par

I i a m e l l ( ~ ' , He was exchanged for a Serb imprisoned by Musl;m Arrny" afler h""ing srenl ninc m<)J1Ih,

in the prison in Batkovie "lthough MUs.!"fic was on thc list of war criminals of Bosnio" Serbs ,ide",

Unfortunatel}'. the numher "f the persons who were e,change<1 from lhe group (2) and (3) is n"lnowndue to lhe confidentialily of ICRe documents. Yet. taking inlo comide",l;on lbe fact Ihol aooul 500

oul of 750 men galhering in POI""nri were lransferred to Kladattj uncondilionally, the remaining 250

mUSI have becn very precious w"r priso"crs for Bos"ian Serl> f o r ~ e "

"The rec"nl i.lept in the MiniMry of the Inlerio' in ~ o r u b l i c ofSrpsb and the copy is ill tho 1"",,1 police st.-lion i" S",brCl,ica," Srebrpnka- Brcon!of AW.r Crime, HOIlig. Jan. (Willem)" Both Nor""r, )'(,1. Pe"guin Book. 19')(,.l ' 'The record. of leRe' . v;sin It"'e bee" kept by Ministry of tile j"le,i", in Rcroblie of SJ1',I:a, Tho p,,,,,,,,,,egislCred include' the I"'rson' captured during fitting S",bronk. a$ well ., lbe per><>n' thal did " ' belong 10

the!:fOUPS (2) and (3)

" KelXl!l of lhe Secrewy'<$tl':[al $1,Pmil'cd l'll'Sua", 1"0 ~ ( ' ( u r i ) , Co!!!"il Resollllioo 101 Q , j 2 " ! ~ I(Sil ' i 9 5 n 5 ~ ) Augu'l 30, 19')5.,. Rroon of IRe S e ' N I ~ D ' · G e l l e t a ! Pur,uant to s . e e ~ ! i l y COllr<il RewlYli"" IOI? (1')')5) on Violatiqnl of Irrlcrn a t i Q : u ~ 1 l l u m a n i l " r j ~ J ! La", illlhe An'liS of Sr:brcnica,;Up!) lIan;" L u ~ . and SjIl"bi Mo" 7. 27 NOWlllocr

""' l'xesidei>!:j' all;! ArM' Command ~ " " r i f i c c d Sreh<,nka, ~ I o b o d n a lJ",,,,,, July 14, )';<}6, S,r.joyo," Ihid.

" S r ~ b r e " i C J ; BefOul i l l A W ~ CrinlC, lit,,'ig. J,,, (Wilkm)" llu'h Nuebcr. 1'58. P c n ~ " i n B'-'JI:., 19%.

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O d , ~ r (hun the utxwc 11ln..'" group,. there "'a, , , ~ r < ) U p of ~ W...Lll'kd rtl""' ' ' 'U As for Ihe <'vacual;""

of thi.group. j(:RC:<aid IMI 65 or Ihem werem , m f c r r ~ ' l !

to Muslim [.mIOJic_. <)Il July 17 bold IS ....Allhoogh 23 rcmainttl. JeRe 1001<-..1 thdr idenllll"" to U-""" them .. . "'lll" priooner< afk·rwanl.". A$

leRe' • chixi< of idemiuo ...",,1<1 secure the l i , , ~ of the n(l(e<! persuru.:oI"""", all WOdIllkd

. . , c:onsiole=l to be e.u:h:ln,nl fQl" &fbi"" _ pn ..._n LoI"". 0I!ln leRe rqllJft. IIlt2<' ...m:

two _nl< ,hal (X)d113d,C1 eacll otha": lhe ":II"menl (>(Medicin.. s..m I " r o n t ~ " and lh e . .alemcnl

of Ouleh t':lllatiorn.". Takin, irno COIIsider:uion thatlh" Sl=mcnt ofMc'<licina Sans "'"",,;en Wa!' abo

incon,i,tem wilh ICRe f'<.1IO" aM 'h"l the ~ U t l c n l C n l \ I ' "" gi"Cll hy the locul. th"l M c ~ l i c ; "" S"", Froolic<s CJ1Illl,,)'cd from the encb"c, their .'lalcm.1ll should ,>01 iJ,., \lLken """",'Sly.

Alleged MassacreRtting Mil" ;" , SoIdire

I, is $;lid lhul tile dn:Lldful mU"'lCIC " f Muslim, o c . : : l l , . r ~ d 'Il the f,,11 of S r ~ h r c ! 1 i c " , P ~ I ' " c u l a r l y , Muslim.. ,k1iers wlm d e " , t l c ~ I , , , llc'C Ihrr",gh wooli. i m l ~ : l d of ,,,m>ndcring " '" ..,i d 10 be ,'X,'<-'Ul<'d hy H. . .nian

Serb forc..'S :as if 'hey had be..,n huming r.obbil" I 1o.. cYef , h_ " i m p o n ~ n l (:>cIS .. ' ~ ' " ignored ,n lh " un_<bslunding: 1h<lso:.soldiers ...... ." c:uryrng """apoct$ 'lI'pUC u( ~ U . J i c : ' • r<p:;ll,"ll .........,ng..nol 'heRoVo'CI'l:' ferocinu< fighunr; bdwee_ Iho>c Mush... ..,1dJa,; and llosnian Scfb -.oldier<. A. ull MUj;lim ""'.ii i...... headed for MU>Jim tenllOli..... TlUla or K I ~ n j , 1 h r o o ~ wood.. lhcy had 10 """"" lh:u CUI

nIT lhe ..'OOIis '-cmcally from rI()I1h '0 50Ulh in """Ie I ' 0 m l ~ , such a< nuljim, K O I I I ~ n i c • . K",,'ica.l'oOOdjc, N o ~ a K : o s ~ " a , BajkuY;ca, emi Vrh, a'l<llllc l ine from K"ujcvic !'uljc '0 Mind ' , "11,' wm·

baT< were ~ " I ' ) ' in\cn,I<'" in ,be'c p l " e e ~ , Acc""li,,!: 10 u Muslim 'u","ivor, Il,,,"ian S c r ~ ron.'c' WC<c

wailing along the palh ..'hich Mo.lim ool,hcl'lo h:ld 1<.> ("T()$5. and did nU !L,re ' " walk inoo tl'" w()O(\s .. .

A. B......;m Serb r o n . ~ ........., C:orryinl "",j·:>ire",r, . .-opons. ...h:1I tIICy had 10 do "''a!' jU>l In "'-ail Ud<l

<hool a l " ~ " c M ~ l j m >Oklicn como"g "'" of lilt- WO(l(\< If lhey do I'IOf nbcy \he "'2JJU"!- of $UrTCf>-

.. R£l'\'CI (>( Ihe X£IVI.r)'.(imrn.1 1'""""", to s'X:"rily ("ol,,!!"il R ~ , " , l " l i o o JQW (IWI) (.'\11 " " ' ~ m ~ ) .-."gu"J{). 1\1')3.

"'lbKl.. ... Do.lch 1 ~ l > I " · ~ QdPnrfiM.

It_. . V.....' 1m S<Wrcmo;I pi<lnrn in 9 Q ! i < s , " ' ~ 'l:>gNd, K"'.... '!k< 1I. I Dc Grornc Amslm!amrocr March 13. 11196N.., , " ~ % ", C O ! l f c " ~ " " AffilOi !!!J( (>/ " ' ' ' ' ' ' I " ' ~ . "'>I""oi<,. F. li,,". o.HJIl<xIJOl'jc, A ~ g l l " 24·25, 1 1 ~ ) 6 . S.·I1Ijc""'" l'iikQ 1\,,, nib" "i.... !.i", , " , ,0 . S ' i j ~ " '1 " Q.l "«>. 2 ~ 19')1>. S.....j<.vo.

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dtt-. Yel. 8<>sJmn Serb foIus Ioi<Il!Ie f ip : l l >eYn:lI pbccs. Mll:h .. fbIjtovia, KriKVX. ete. and

suffCRd!hebs of 300.500 "*Iicr5 becolu.se Bosnian Sl:fbsoldiefJ. bo..;ng infenor in numbn". COOlklllCJ( fighl wilb hunctrros or Ihousands of Iooiltshm ooIdicn I h ~ 1 Cl'l¥St<! IO:lIh at lime "vei l by hc.:Iry ar·lillery. Among llx: lou . ,r BosnillJl So.'fb f ~ I""" " ..."" quile a kw elite s o l d k ~ and local nn."SpiI·perl<)/"Snbia .,rlen eiU"rit:d sad $ I o r i ~ nf lhose: soldien lOge'lher wilh !heir pOOlOS in t day.". Tall.·

;og into <:OIlsK!erotion lhe huge 1 or nosnian Serb fon:c. under II", favOF.Ible C t ~ . d ; l i " ... for lhem....I, can be e<limatt<! thai Muslim r"I'Ct'!' Im,st have ~ u r r c r W the loss of nearly 2,000 wlJier> frum ",iii·

tary rc"'PCctive.l, However.;l musl b" limed lhm Ihis comllm ",ightlook rn"" killi"IlS 10 the eye of

frighlened Muslim !.Oldie... allhough tl,ey e"me<! wealX'n. ""d ,hut "t !looniau Serb soldiers r"n·

daml)'....

Then:...., oome accounts that said thai n. . comb<d. occum:d "inually". n ." 1'e3li<.lI' r,'lI" I""'" accounl'

. .'U lhallhe """""" in tlx: buoes I!Qdrng for Kladanj did nol SC'<: figh'ing·. Iln"'l:Vtf. MI.-tic told

GmeJaI Smilh. on July 19.1h3t he hid opened the lXlfrid<J U,OVo.,..<h Tuzla for Muslim s o I d ~ ...·00 h:ItI

Id'l theendav.:!lII'UIlOO July 10 aAd II . Thus.. Bosni2tl SinI f_ did ..... flUt up t:lppQSiIiunOl".

Undrr lbesc ""nthtions. about 6.000 JOkIien. . . . :able 10 n:xlt 7 Ihmul!h wuodl., :lO."'ORli1ll! '0

UNHCR' s :u'Inl)UnCe". A5 H;oIilovK: OOIlfirmcd proudly in h book. hence. the 2fl'" DivWDn of M",,·

hm Army ill Sll'bnmica h;ld bttn rrorg:onizt<!. <:<:lft'isflng of 6.ocK1l1OIdi<:n that h3d broke the line ofBosnian Serb f o n . ~ " ' . ll>cn;:rnrc. dur'inllille daylime ur July 12;aOO 13. when:lll buse. passed by.

th = had nol Ix:.:n l<:1iouo comOOIS yet. Otherwise. lite bUilI$ could not ha"e 1"'$>Cll. Ilow·e,..... during

niHh's, whc:n Muslim !IOkli"... Wete moving. lhen: were rombl'IJ, MOItt or 'I\c I o c a l l ~ r l h w ~ y . became

war 'ites "" well ~ SOme p1:lces vn Ihe m:ti" rMd. th"l IIle buses l<JUk. Therdor.::. the,e must have

been 'hooting wUnds, which DLlleh '011lic1'l hei"d p:trticularly duri"N <ligbts. ""d Ihere must h:tvc been

l!cad bOOics scallcred "..oond Ihe ro;«ls a.' Iflc women ;11 tlte b u , ~ .. saw dlJfing rl:tytime, AeW<\li"j;ly•

• Ibid.

. . Slelnftica; ReconI P( AW . OJ,,, , II""". J.... (Willunl_ IHldL NOfben. I'eopill l b ..... I"J. l':l%." 'Mm! l ' l ' 5lm>!1llrt URa l Ww, Rrvijo. ',12. A II. 1 ~ . l l e t J l : n o d .OJ lbocl.

-"",

.. S(l::br'l;n!ca; &;rorrI ne6 War Cnnx. llon!g. Jan. (WflkmJ.. lJoth. Nortxn. l'l::1'llutn Book.

"177. 1996.

-"'.

o Srebren1ea: Record 0[6 War Crime, lIon1g. Jan. (Willeml.. Both. Norl>cTt. Pmguln Book.rso. 1!Y.I6.I f lkOOJ1 oCTII£ SAArd:tt)'·Genenli SlllmlJlled Pllrsllmll To 'ksuIllY CHI ",,'11 lk,q)Ll!J,m 10! 0

(SI 1905175SIAugusl 30. 1005.,., Algelll'1'Il Dneblnll. II November HillS. Holland,

.. l ~ kava Slrnlcgl!J\, Balll""'e. S e f ~ r , P 1Of! L37·/, 109 . H.>97, Snrajevo.28



10,1"'1 lhe women in 100 buses s::oid wAl rnlional, and it ,.,as the c ~ i " " " " c o( Ihc c t ) f n " " I ~ during n , ~ h t .r ~ l h e [

than tlle c,'idellee of the ab",,"ec of !he combat'.

In oodition to ,he dcalh tolls in the romblll. tht,rc we", a ".",lx. of Mll5lim "'>Idicr.t ",h... losl p h y ~ i c u lpower to conlin... . 1<1 Ilt:c. Dr. lIij:l$ Pilav, ...11o.ucccedaJ Ihi< joo"",y, said 11. .1 he noliud tlWfy

dm\t.naJ ,""", ...hn l I i ( Cf'O"<:tllhe Jada< Ri 'cr- . I-k adUod tha< 1!Jen, .....'ual shoocinp b « " ~lI f illlfSion5 tGUhal from C,dlal''''KlflIG;. Another penon said 1h;d "'=' must h3..... bcc1l lois ot' pt:OpIe,,'110 b l li"C$ afta losing ~ " of dir«tions and g<JIIII; inlO a cin;Jt, ",alk"". An"" lhe: combat<.. a husc

'IU,nbeJof clcad bodie.. wcn: scattered :uuond.

To walk for ~ I m o . s t 20 d"y$;l1 the arca which mighllJc fult uf mill"" without ;U1Y food and watcr ulI<ler

lhe fC:lf of bcine 'hoi from any di . .."lion., w"'" ouch a Irauma Ihat Mu,Ji'" ""kJicl'§ ~ t j l l " ' " " , i ~ c dre;aJily with illus;,.""'..... 11•• i"1! l"okC'd <II de'ld bodies under ttlc psy<ilolugicaJ di$luro..nc<:. """no: M lim s<lkIicn could belic<e "mt lhey ,magined. 'Thrn:r.....,. u is ~ Q r ) ' Ie> _f l t l l l "1InC:S:I' S ac

ODIIIIIS by silC-i"SpCClion. CIdwmo'SIl:. ero:.>m'IOUSly hider:>u. " , O f ~ " " " ' " as 'li''Cr-caMl Sl<Jf)' shown

in the review of the indicllncnt ~ a i n ' l K:tr.Id1.lc . .wi MI:Jdrio:. """'Id dnve lhe gco<1:Ol .....ycho!<J&Y It . a

•...ileh.J1Ullti"l!-· frenzy.

A for lhe 1""'1'of "'-.:Nlle1I. children. and the cldcf1y. they "',,r>: t"""fcrrcd to Kl.danj. a MIL,lim ICI'Ti·

1Or)'. by h u OIl luly 12 :and 13. According to MuslIm women'" Ih:u l"""rcnm from Src-

llf'Cnica by bol. the Serb ' - 00'''''''' _ r od tb;u theJ ,,-.....k1 proocd the P"-'-""'""",, and tha< nollody

.......Jd toudl thl:m. In flCC. 1r.m.:ore:1l...,.,,., 113n1es or , , ~ - . n t I ' l rrom SrdIn:flin In lile mIssing list or

leRC-

A.. ttl[ the g r ~ l l p of 11\0'1 who w c r ~ , r a n « n r ~ ' < l t " KltKlanj. s c v c r ~ l p"rsll, ' l /laid thai , h ~ y wcn: ImOl'

fc=d to !(ambj in B",,,i.n Scrl>$' IcmlOry in.tcad of Klutlanj in M U l l i , , ~ < ' lelTitory ,1111000g1\ j ~ h ~ ' """"",cd 10 be t",nsf""",, d i ~ , l y 10 KrOO.nj ,,-ilhool troobll.'$. Acrording tho' K:>f:ll;.:lj-m;W.OCrto

w , t ~ mom "..".." cramnltd ,nto a school "",nple>.: and i adj:lcmt 11""" h:d\ in Kar:d<.:lj and 1"""-

... Srebrculra: Kerotd of II War Crt",... Uon\!t J"n.\WlIJcmI_. Both. Norbc:T. 1"'.>8. Jb>gllln

!:look_ 1996-

"" Ibid.'" Niko n'l5 n1kild "ISlA nlje pHilO. S\'l)ct. N<.>. 94. Feb, 22, 19911. $;Ir1!je\'O,

." SrebrenlcII: HecQrd of AWar Crime. Honig. Jan. (Willen)!. Bot h. Norbe'. 1'f>8. 1"'1\1:,,111

lJook. 19'.)6.

.. . On Ja'''....y J I. 11l9ll. 'i><' .utbor met I l>.n1 '- 10.........", i lg( ,,= livinl it! s..r.j<'>VaIl refuzcn from S ...



uncIs of IDCfl wt:n: eilXl,lIcd Ihete.. However, acrordinllO !he:wlhor' s lile im.pcclioR. !hereW:II only

one IdIooI in Kanbj, whieh was l"ppoud 10 ~ M I I ~ i m mr:fI. Howe'-.,., il "'":IS 100 small10 them ond II d>d lICK """e an) ' lporI$ halls. Morecr.-er. there "\n.<chool records sl!oVo

illlihe po e of l.Iudenu day by d;oy in lilly and ill AulUU- In :addition, . .hen the: tuI!lor mel I....Muslim women dw had livin!! in Mali Z..-omik (in Snhia). only aboul I km ~ _ from !he

khool a<:mss the Drina River, they.<aid d'I:Illhey dido' I 1I¢;ll' ~ n lhooIillg 50IIIIds from 13 Jllly :01'.

IefW:lrd:s although they lived wilhin!he mtge llLaIlhe 1OII00s CDIIld reach. 'Thl.1' JUSI added IMI !hey

Now long wlumll or the: bu_, ~ a n y i n ! m:LIIy -'1.wims, J ~ i n ¥ from 1IIis <ile-iIlSpcclillll,:u>d considering thol MC"o'IIJdin Oric:, one of the , , · ilnes_ who allegedly saw mas:sa<."fC lhen:, was a nephew of

Naser Ori<:, Com"",ndc:J of Muslim forces in SreOrcnica, lhe Siory of mas"",,,, in K : " - ~ k a j is verys k e p l j c ~ l ,

Another dubious siory i, " , g ~ r d i n g Ihe where"bouls <)1' (HIe of Ihe most import""1 M L I ~ l i m eitill 'n' lorBosnian serb forces, Nesib M a n d ~ i c , " citizen thai n c ~ o t i a l e d wilh Mbdzie "s " repre,etlLal;"e of

refug= together wilh N't) ()Iller civilians, i ' S-/li<! to be execmed by II-rn;niall Ser\) f o r ~ and listed al;"

penon who d i . < : l ~ on July 13. Hc>wcvcc. he ';l:ned the paper with the OIIM.-T relJfC:ll>mmives '"

confirm the safe complelion of Ille evacu,nion 01\ July 16, 1111« days "fie,- the alltged diSllPf'C-lU'a,1Ce- II

can be considered th:u. be mighl be killed laIet by Muslim ""Idiel'll panly b=ou"" he "' ' ' ' one of thepusons Ih:ol Muslim Anny ItlUII h",·" hal<:d due to the neJlUCiaiion "'ilh Mlad.r.ic p:trIly b=ousc he

was a rrlugec bul DOt. citiun of Stdnnlca I""'' '.

Comidering m:. a number of Serbs wert: killed 1»' Muslim n c i ~ ill ' ~ m o e l way in 1992 and

1993, !here musl Mve been sumrn.vy CJlLccuUons fof the purpo>c 0( peniO<IlIl ~ ( ' I > g e . AeeOr(hng 10 (k

Groene Amslenbrnrner d:no.'tI Mardi 13, 1996, Serbs " ' so le1tW 10 selc:ct war cnm,n;L)s wilb lhelim and phoIos in lhei, hands wl>m they mllll:lr)' ClIp:oblc men from "",men and ~ " ' .lhcrtfoo:. very ""lecI,ve execulions could happen. Regarding lhe spoIs ,,-here ue.:ulions I O O ~ lJIace.",,,sl eases IIl\ISI ha, 'e been limitnllO f'ulOC'ari b<xause a panicular individual wool<l r. tdy :ICC 1IIe

risht flC"IOII among 15,«KlI1<,dllg Muslim ""Illiers ill places ~ Ihan 1'0101-,";. M " " , o v ~ r , any per·

S O I l t h ~ t b.:ca,,><: illSJne wilh r c w n g ~ would usually ~ i l l hh l a r l l ~ \ 011 the ,poi , i . ~ , ""Incurl. ralher limnwaiting f" r lhe "pprupdale Ii n I and pi,,"c. Di","' i"('I<'II1I1I;on . • ,,"1> .. DUlch «>ldicl'$, w , , ~ """ " f thecxatnpl.,; Ilf summary e , c c u l i ( l n ~ lor ""rsonol mwnge, For i'lstancc, a""ording 10 a DLileh soldier, a

MUllim " '" ' p u l l ~ x l OUI of" crowd of rcfugc<:> ""d >1"x ill !'oto<:ari "n July 13. Atlolhcr DUleh soldier$IIw 10 Muslim soldi"'" Ic'tlloy O O $ n i ~ n Sert> s o l d ~ on July 12, and 'J dead bodies were found """",,1the area where l1><y were se.:n WI i" I'<:><oeari. Vel, ;1 mll§l be OOh,'tllhal ju." ,h<x>ting ~ n d , or col-

lea.ing people in ooe >p)I hI 001 necessarily !tIC"" ~ i l l i l l J ! ' as .hooting !lOUnd could be eomidcred 10

be a 1IIreui or" warning and people ooukl be rollc:ctc<l ill a pi""" for screening few " ': lr cnmes..

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Tllec X j ~ t C ' 1 C C

"r MICldzie in l'OI"""ri l';L11 bec " n ~ i d c " , d

to dilCOUI"gc Scrh$ 10 ILlke their Willi ' ' ' 'cnge,t"ki"l1 into c"n"idcMioo the ve"geful mind of Ihe ",I"ti"''' of s.e,biar, .. i c l i m ~ Ihul ",ere ma""",red '"

1m and 1'J'l3, Scvcr.ll "Id Se,'" wh"m I aUlhor m<1 in Jan,,3¥)' of 1m s:iid lballl",'Y I'Crsonally

loaw how mcrc;k§s MIa<4ic wh:lcked Sertl$ who tri"d to rob empty houlil3. II WlI$ "",d lh:lt MloodLK

. . . . . 100 ' -1lt 'IIlId.<lrict in discipl",,, 10 overlool. :any "nla,*",..1 bef\:ni,Qo. <Ii his MJldicts. Allhoort>

thesoe ""ere me _ements of Serl><. il . ..ust be rcmcmbemJ lhalille Cliistcnoe ofMIadLJc. does not nec·essarily """,n the sYlolc=tic killings. :.nd COIlId he the 10 """CIlgCful killll1p, o r course,

!lowevt.., Mlad.I'..ie, ...1>0 fail<:<l to stop killtngs I'l-,fmly. "-uuld be re:<poI,s,hk as a SUI'CM, :md lhoJoso,

Serlo:; who dirtttly rorn'niltoothc cnnlCe< ~ h o u l d be: I " , n i ~ h c < . l ""cordingly,

II i nut difrlC\lll to distinlluiih MlJ<Jim <oldieP that "e.., <=...."IIIW afler belnl captured from Musl;m

'IOldifts lh:lI. wo:re killed in rombat. The Iocal>on of mass tr."...." 1>oIds Ihe kq, '!be I"'" of the ttl"'"

e x h ~ m a l i o n i' \C$ 1""1 author ci";lw on : 'b}' 16 in 1996 show<'<J;oDd enmpIes: Cancan and Glodj",,

~ ... b<do. BOlh ...r tb<>m are Ioc:>t<:<l in lhe: from line "rea in K,,=niCl-

Cancan i ' lito Im"" viHulle ..." the way frum Srcbrcnica lo",anl Ilw noctl,·ea.. . the dirc",i.," of M,,,li,,,territorie'_ The ma." 11"'L1v", itt CLI""L1ri ",a, 'ituated L1luBg the lWO le><:al .0:..1s. llehind the mLlSs V-,I'e,

six famIlies "'<'rc li,-inl :t1 lhc lime or ".Im"':";"n. Bon"" wen: miJoo up, and lhe Iocali""" ..... the

bone. """" not lI'l1lJr.II. Thadore. ICTY, who ,,-;os ...·.,.-kin' on this IIIaS> l l " " " Y ~ , preson-..-d lballhey

,,-en: rn<:w<:d from some"'hen: 10""'" In Ofder lD hido.. Ho.."",«, the e i r c u ~ " .. IIOI . . . <lOn_

\"110;0:- nOSIly, !he siJc. . . . , . ~ ., elooe 10 local roals Ina it ""11$ not an "PlA'".;"''' pl""" \0 h'd<: """",,,_

Ihing, Secondly, jf a ll\ICk plois up dcOO herdic' ..t1o ""CR; kIlled ,n co",bals rur de;on-up, ,he J u c ~ , i o n sof holl<;< "'cre d i ~ L 1 n g e d any",,"y. Lastly, ",:oording 10 L1ICTY offica-, tit;' SJlc was sho"'n by one ortl., US smelli Ie phot"", whkh could 00 ,,"y grave:< "", 'k-'<'CS,.d\y for ,ummarily ",eeuled I'C''''''''",

M:os. gJaY<,,\ dnes DOl ,I,,""ys mean n , , , , , ~ e,,,,,uti,,,,. A "ilbge " ' ," in C,ne"; are3 bel;'lI1lU grumble In

the au<bor aboul his com. . Sllying ttwl his com r",k1 ...-;lS §tamped .... han! by ~ . i v e MILdi"," during

nighl. ,hal he ewlJ _ l'I:Ir\'elot com. Al.'CUnlinj! 10 I",n, the comI:<lts bad bc<.... so feroci<.Jw. thai boojjcs

of soldiers k,ll;,.-.I in the oornb.tts had """'kred """'lid thc Om<, and the "hole ....,.. had slJlel\etlla'1ibly

lIS II h.Jo;I beoen m<l<e th:an 30 de!:rttS. M domc:sIi<' 00"",,1, had calc'" some ll f ,nternal lJIl!:an. of dead

hum"'n herdics, "in"'gers had t o !:ill all of their don.......k animals . Undcc t h c ~ ci",um<ta,lCC'S. s o n - . . ~ " " ,1100 10 rick up lilt" hod"" 10 1"" ,,110 \he VOUnd forlhe !"Ike "rhygkl>C_

On Ihe other Io""d. the "'""I gr."'e itt GloJj:m.ko h r d . ~ I"a_ locLlted d c ~ r in I'lJl'-"SJS. It w...' ,I", " 'e

whe'" S<.>m<OtlC WlU1lcd '0 hide hodie<. ThIs nus., gt:lve had b<x:n once dug in I99J by Ik>lni:rn 5em.it h:Id cont:Iincd Y;..1i .... or SerloL:on ",.,1". . . !:illnl ,n I'J'JJ_ IkWo"C'"ft", tho: Clihum:llXx' ..-ort.

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had be<:'n due 10 lhe f i ~ r n : <:omh"",- MO$l or local newS!"'P"'" h:ld ~ ; u T i e d the ahllnl3lioo

JS to'p alnr;"" in those d a ~ s .

Com!",ring the twO sileo•. it c,on be conch"lcd lhat Ihe lOa" g : r ~ v e in • open arace along" IWld in com·" '" """JS .... crealed for h y l ' ~ " " Tt:o$lJn, for n u • ."Idiot') killed in the oamhats. On the ,,11,.,,

hliald, mass l l l l l\= deep in fQteSI$ IlR:" "'lMidtm:! to be the ones which c r i m ; ~ $ _nlcd to hi<l<:. TIle

erlrunwion site of ICTY is COIISido::Ttd 10 be one: of lb e e.umplcs of m::w ;raves ctQtoo (or hygiene

Mis';lnl. Lis!

It is snid that 3S lOOny as 6.000 - KlXXl Mllslim """n wero eu£utw b)' B():5.Il'un Sllrb forees. l1uwevcr.

this f 'gurc is ~ v i d e m l y inlhted. Thi:rc ,Ire ,ever"i facrors thal exp"nd the aclual figure. Fir<l f"etor iathe "ish f"Jlio of Muslim ",umen to mililary capahle men in " famlly. In g ~ ' I e , " I . II", av....agc number

of women are aboul 3 or 4. the gf"J,KlOl1oOlher. the mOlller. the " , i f ~ . and " sisl« in " Muslim family •..su:aIly eons«l;ng o fnue than g l1ICmhcrs. On lhe .... ho..-r hand.!1v: n of mmiMY capable men i .

I or 2. the (illher i f he is )'<lUng <:rlI)I)gb ;ond " broIlICr , ( he is nld moulth. Thftd"ooo. i ( one of the mih

ury ap;Ibk men brcorncs miMi",. three ....,...,,, anxious aboool !be blc of lbcir bdo"<'d onc: ...-ouldrtport to leRe indivldualJy "" a miss,n; (ICf'lOO. 1 k """ r could he s J i ~ l l y chanAcd a nLCt

"""'" is sorrlClimes man: popubr ,han !be = 1 name. Thus. dIC numbotr or InlSlling f""r.;on<$ would lIC-

come two-fold. Whl:n the 3mhor ,-i.ilttl ~ l ~ i m W(lmcn thai w,-re living in S<wJjevo as rdug,'CS fromSrebrenie:l, more IMll ten women c"me ill order to ask thi: a u ~ 1 O t to f"'d ,he whcrcWoUIS or t"c ,wo

men.

AnolIICr fXlor is the dc;<l"'llIIe dfom o f Muslim "'0"'10" from Srdlrenica 10 slippon their lives. H.,"

ing arrived in Kl:Jdanj and TII,J"cililCr by dIC """' eo:otLWion at lhc fall o f Srebrcni"" or by ....... 10.. OIherIIIC:lItJ before I!IC (all of SJrllre\I.i<::I. MlIS1im "'OfOCll OOC:oincd Idmtily Card of" ci!iun or Kl:odanj 0. -

Tuzb.. ~ v o : r . as!hey moved InIlIIlty 10 S:nje they another Idmllly CaRl o( Sar.i!evo. Thus.

they = able to p:cUre aid in KladaItJ 'Toaia 3$ 11 as aid in SaraJ'''''', One: of!he Mushm WMlC11

that the author met in S"",jcvo " 1 l ' ~ l I C t e d o t t n ~ l y , saying ,hal she hlod I...., ldent;ty Cards to rccei'-e

the aid Iwice.

Next fllC''''' is the inlenlion of M",l i", govemmclli 10 ma"ipul;"c the eleClion in Srcbrcnica_ Aecordi"l>

'0 the document compile<.! b)' Ihc.local Se<bs in Sn:bru'lca, a/lout3 . ~ O O

Musli'n ,,",nc, regisl<'m:I asVOIers in 11'97 had nQI!xen the persons ,,'100 u,""" to he in Sn-brenica. All 3.500 names thal lile au,!>or sa", ,n thcir IdlCf of compIaitll to o s e E "-en!: fcmafe """"""- FalloC rtgi.u..~ t i o n g a " ~ ! h e elec:tonn

' icmry of Srebn:mc.a 10Muslim JO"""'''''''''. and rave aid to ",omen rt&"t-.l blsdy_ All,!ft,e (....lOO'S also bcwme the rew;>M why w many MltSlim "vmm Ioaid 'h:t! ,he.. belo>-..I oneo. had btcfI killed

in Srebn:nica.

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MOreQ,-er. the'" were a n u m ~ r of ' ' ' ',nes wilhoUl dole 0 ( hinll in the missing Ii!\!. Tl",sc n " , l l C ~.mount as much ~ ahout ~ . 3 ~ 1 """ of6.610 who b e < : ~ I 1 1 C 1l1;;iing aT tile r,,11 o r S l " e b r c n i ~ t 1 , S i n c ~ it i.1

"lmngc that d rdative didllO! know lhe birlil dmc of the;r h.lovcd in r.:g;.,erirtg""'" then: "",, ' IJ<:

""l'l1C factw which lri«ltO ll>JnipuIAlJ: 11M: fogure of tire victim.<.

AIl<Ilho::r f3Cl<W" i. " r r l X 1 ~ of Muslim soldier,. 10 «lI>o:e;lllhc,r ick:nuty in <>rOO 10 ~ , - o i o d the .....r crimi",,1dIargc from Set1> f 1'hc)' pvc lloc f:u"" ,de'Il1l'iC$ 10 inlcrn:otK)IU/ ~ ; I " ' i o r l s ...'hen

Ihcy w:ln1Cd 10 get out of Srcbn:nica. :and tho.."')' gaw l lrit l'C:U "",roe ..-hen lbey arri'«I 31 3 "1 .....I'm tel"'

ntoty. Th ..... fake ,(\cntiti.. . l't'm;lincd in lhc m,ssing !lSl. In Srtb""r"",,- tt\(' :unhot _ieed that"""'" ofthe names <) q llrav" stOl>e:i " ' 'dentical ,,-ith tbe na""" in tl"" miSll,ng l i ~ t . l'mbahl)". they m«Ilhc

naml:-I of their <le'"", friend' or " " ~ t i , · " " ,

Acco.-ding 10 Rcpotl of lhe s<:;'ret<"y-Gct>erdl 1'ur$UaIl11<) S•...,ulily Council Ik'\Olt..t;n" to 19 \ I995) un

V i o l ~ t l o n ' of htlel1l;uionnt H u m ~ J l i t : a r i ; u 1 La'" in the A ".... of Srcbrenica. 1.."1''' B a n j ~ L I I ~ D aoo San·.k i M.. .I (27 f\ovcmb.::r 1995). 0Il1 of lhe filSl t"",ing ""I'1CSI'l from famili"". . . .hieh ~ m o u n l e d 10

10.000. 2.000 """" f""lId d u p l k l l l i ~ :and 5.000 ...'.,.., found 10 be pcntJIU ... 110 Inl Icfll/tl: """b,-e

bcfUft lhc falt of Ste!Jn,";c:>. llu.l-. lhc t ~ . " , n l l \ " ' I " " S I s am....." \ ! ; 10 3Jlll"-"imalCl) 3.000.;wj ICRCm:co>tJy IWed 3.290 as ~ I ...i1O became mijoS'l'g on the fait of Srchro.in. "0"''''' ' ' ' ' ', the aul"' ' '

r""nd t.....1 1110 U1ll;ing I r q l ~ b in Ihr. ICRC m'uint li,l " ' ~ n : ~ l ! - O for the ....00 h..d kftlhc en·el..."" ""'fore the f ~ 1 I of Srebfcnica. ConS<'qUCIltly . tile nu",b..... of u.....-inS n:qllcsts l 'I:. 'Ulh in 3.110

",;,');nl: pm;<>M. Morl'tJvc,_ 1 9 , ~ out of tile :1.1 \0 t,..IC;ng r o : l " C ~ l < wc", rnund to h,: for tlte 1'''"''0''' \\110

had bttn dead hd"rc tile fan of Srcil'ollica l1l' fm Il'e pcr,ouJ \l'il" had lellthe etlebve c"her. X\'Ul,I·

iug to Ihe inve.,iglllio" of the d<.>cumenl \l'hidT Muslim f""'\!1 Idl ,n . s " ' ~ r t n k " , It sh..uid I>t: n()l,-.J

Ihal Ihi< do<.'tJ'llCm is 45.lOO pagel' I,,,,! and th"1 only Ie» li t..", "n" lemh or the doI."\tllICIlI halo been

dle\:lced by the Commis>.ion or I.."gal Expcn.s 10 RqlUhhc of Srp,la. ThUs. mnrc P""'Il' ' ' ....ill hcdtltllnalM fron. lloc remaini,,* 2.')15 U'acint " ' ' ' l l ~ ,

If Ihr ... .mber of ;n,oilid lr3t\"lrttj ........ Is found al !hi. ",Ie by the (ultbc.. check ollhc docu-mclll. lhe

number of 'hr. valid lr3Cing ~ j i, up«1cd 10 he 2.000 .. 2500 at lOOSl e-cntually Out of !h'li

numbef. mugltly 1.800 Muslim ~ t d i c r l = e."imatoo to he lillcd duling eom""" in fkdng. judging

fro'n military f ' C " " p c c t ; \ ' c , ~ , a'KI probably """Ther tOO pC""-'"S had dicJ o( ph}"ieal \,,,,d;I;On' \\bile

11,·d"ll,. III addition. PC"''''' who \\ell) given ~ > y l ' " n i" Y " ~ o ' l a v i " anrl mile' ,'ounlries and pc,smlS

will) e:tlll" b"""~ l i v e

much Iatl"1" cilher aft\!r hiding, h e l 1 ~ I \ ' e ~

for a Ir"'g lime l ) ' "fler heing c'"eh.,ngcd a> pri"",,,n. of ....~ muSi be <Jckll..d fro'" lhe tracing " ' l j ~ l " - .\Ior'' ' ' 'e,. MIl,lim l"vcrnnICnt

;nllnedialdy lr:ln,r..-rrnt alnIt o.QO.I 'OI.:Ii<.. .....·110 arTi...."j al 7....nica:and Tu,la to :IOQIhc, frool Ii"" in

• ICRC. . . . . ...,.Iiot (Third «111I0Il . . . . . . , j . . . IS 01 ' W 7 ~ "'III '" ' I I fOOl""'" ,hal.1I .... o.:lenliUD <boa

puNl<Jxd "" ' " illl w= ,.........,..d to> t...... ICRC """'" ...boion "'" ~ ' 1'<1"""',

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Bosn'a wilham ,ivilli :my aco::u 10 lheir fam,lies'"'. Their fllJ1lilies of mese 6.((10 WQuld ~ u e s treRC l( ) lmee lIlem bee....... lhi: familie.' did I>Ol kro)w Ihsllheir beloved Ol>e$ had arrived, Thll:'i. a cerllIin number of soldiers among IhOS( 6,()()} must i:wI deleted fnlln Ihe ""me" of rcr"Wn, wlm b.:e;lI' '' '

m ; ~ ; n g in Sreb<cnica. As a CUnseqUCllCC. the remaiL,ing figllT'C in the mi-sing I i" wOlItd be Ihe 'lumber

of M u ~ l i m soldion who Weft: C:<l'<;\ltw by Bm",'." Se<b fon:es for fH""Onal ~ w n g e or for ~ ; m l ' l e ignontfIcc: of" '" intcrnatloo.allaw. I' _Id probably Sland \e$I th.n 100.

Allhough Enlcmovic (a Cro:Il)~ c CO

bet"'"

only subslanHal evidcDa" r...

the alleged. ~ 1 C m : W c

Clhnic cleansing or Bosnian Serb fora:s. 1t has 001 bl.-cn well-known lhat YUb'USlav ""'cmmcnl sub-milted him to ICTY ~ I l c r it h:>d diagnosed him..,; bc:ing menially ~ i c k . When he coof=ed in Yugoslavia thUt he exccutl'<l nl<1rc than 70 Muslims by ABC hmadca,\ in May 1996. Yugosla,' police immedi

aldy arrested him in O«k.T \0 ;n"CSlig.te, However. as hi, .1aIC<llem and behnvi", had "",ny oonlradic

tions. the declO. . (lin,nosal hi'" M mental dikase. It should be also noIW Ihal he used 10 fight'" a

men* ' of Musllm tora:s. 1hf:-n ;OS a member or Croalian f and Iill3lly as Hosnian Sab foree'l

dPring \he war". Thu inc:onsiS1mCy of his m,lItary hislory rai_ lhe qoes.llOn of the Ildequacy .. ,

sand. . awrtDcn for ma:u eJ<ceution. Unfonu.. .tely. up ID

~ nobody didn'l ebcc:ked

0111 ..."" is in

f:llC1 Mr.F.rd<:mov" aIld IlU "'1alions ....1II inlCUiC<'lll :I<1'Vitts. par1kubrly ClWlian alOd Fr:anccisc.

... 6.lp;mrntOub!MI " """"""""'" lWS.- Re«Wd or """ COlIn of I'>cwi Sad.

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ConSC(IUCllCe of' Alleged Srchrenicu. Massacre and Cnllectivc ResponsibilityofScrhs

In 1997. 1M local elcclion _.as held in SrdIralia. w x I ~ ! h e StJpeni!iiQn uf OSCE. and Muslinu . ." "

the elortion. Anoordin, 10 !he """"lrocnl romp,1ed by d>c Ioc:ll Serbs In Srchrcnica. ho"·e' ·cr. aboul

JSOCI Mu,lIm ""'I"" regiSlcn."d as "O"'"f> w ~ ,1<14 ,he I"'NlM'$ who u'll:d '0 live in S r C ~ m c . 1 . AI·

I " o u ~ h the I"eal Scm. filed Ihe rompl;,;nl. OSeE. ignored. A. " resul<, 1 1 1 ~ Ie"'''l Scrl>s <kcided ",w 10rec"llnizc Ihe kgilim..cy of the A.seml>ly. Mcan" . hile. .omc newly c1ecll,d Mu,lim asscmblymc"

C1lme 10 S r c b n : n i ~ in 19')8 ill order lU ,Ilend lhc ....""lIIbly und.:,. lhe heavy prolCCl.ion of SI'OR. II "..·•

" ' ~ . local So::rl:>& imm<:dialely l'CCO@"ioli'doneof!he..- ...II".J eltetrd M u ~ l i m s by r",,'C' "" a crimi",,1

IIIal tilled lWO womell and a ...... in a ... h c c l c ~ r in Loznica v i l l a ~ in 1991. When lhe

IIUIhor "isiled Srtbrcnil::a. one of Iot:aI Sert:>& saioJ 10 hi"""lf m:ll he ... .. ..Id nol be al>k to li"e ill Sre

hrcnica if 1M internalional lOci<."1y would bn"ll hack lOOse criminals. TIle depuly chid of lhe lac:.1

Ro<ni:m Serb police. .. ht,o I'-'ld lO C<lO(l<:r.llC . .-,til SFQR 10 prolec l Ihe ...wr crimi"...l , .. .,d 10 lhe;W·

1hor' ,inle'l'rctcr in , de.p.ir 1h"1 lli, job "'" ' \0 ,",",,'I criminal' 'n d 10 prntccl general p e " t , I ~ . He'Kld,-oJ i m p a ~ i " e l y ,1',,1 he lnighl 'lUillhcjoh. Y ~ I , II"'..... a'C alnl<l5l 'k ' jub, in Srehtcni<'a.

In Tuzla, a Muslim terrilory. trouble" her ........ M",lilR'l who once nape<! to Germ:lny f"""

fu la during tho: w:>r and MusJilR'l . .'00 SI=orkd 10 live ill Tu.<b ~ n . . - lhe . . . . . A..-..ording III UNIICR.

the currcnI MwJim.-....ioJen.R do no l 1loI .....·lbrir fdlDw """" . , . , . lO come bxt ID TII1.1a This """nia

may result f rom the fall of Srdloenica. When Srrl>mlico fdl ,n July 1995. a!loul6.000 of lhe mosl

$ l l Y ~ g e SCJmcm of llos.nian Army in Srebrenica look lhe 1 I I I v ; u . I ~ l ; C of !he comdor Ih", Mladlk

Of'<'ned, and ."';"00 mTutl.' ' ' ' ' . Ac«>rd;ng to l"cal media in thO$<: days, n"w cOme,'" fro", Srebrenicawere reponclt 1(> kili a"J be"l up lhe original ,e,i<knt> in order 10 lak" Ih"ir hOU"'l, A< Ihey aro .>till

free II> do anylhing now, l!>o:y would do anything in orde-r 10 refuse dlei' fcllow Muslln' rel.urn,-"CS (........

C.enn:lny.

In 1998." is said ""'I N3SCI 0r10;" I'OW in ~ ' ~ " . . - . : r o : n a t Y - As hr ~ . be a poIa. . - on

llclCr.ode, se>'cnl formto' r o l l t : l ~ r e c t > l n ; ~ c : d h,m. In adchno. ., • KI>5oOV'O Albanian . .1>0 w,." an-aled

" ' ' ' fighlcl vf UCK. Ko<o,v Liber.uion Army, " " " f ~ lbal NascrOric "-as in Ko,(l>-o logelher ,,'ilh

ahout SO M",lim s n l d i e ~ fmm S",brcnica,

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Unlike i n l e m ~ ( i O l 1 a l conllicts. ci.il war o f l ~ n gi"" the oppol1unilies that p c o p l ~ I i k ~ b(lnJit< will!:>ccome main pluyers. If you apply black anJ white p i " t u r ~ on a civil war l i k ~ Ihe w'lr in B o s n i ~ . ~ n overlook d'" crimes of those bandits, saying that (hey a,e. "ictin",. lhe troubles will spill O\'er ~ n you

may increase the S("1'ow of Ihe g c n c r ~ 1 public. It i ' completely c l c ~ r Iha, ccrl;,!in circle, c ~ r e s that suffering of Serbs remained ~ o v e , " d . so Ihatlhe ,arne c i r d ~ , will identily them,.lve, in c O n ~ c r t uTl O<;Ca-

_sion of presenting of information compcled int this report,

Quss;_l'rnt""t",."tc of Rcpllhlic or Srmks

Aleg.d massac,. of Mu,lims ga"e a dreadful blow to Republic of S'l',ka. It Iu't political ami military

l e a d ~ r s as rCTY indicted K . r - ~ d L i d and Mladic. and h..J to Slart building I h ontitl' willmut the leauer

ship. Taking Ihe a<!v,mtage of , h ,ituation. Ihe i n l ~ m " t i ( ) n , , 1 <ocie,y l,,",'e filbl the spae", "sing

SFOR' , a r r ~ S t S "s a whip On one hand. "ltd financial aid as eard On 'h" oth"'.

Under Ihe whip UII<! the "ard, the IlOlil;"-,,ll>oJy OCg'H' t" disintegrate. and Republic of S'l'<ka h,e< he·

~ o m e a quasi'protc'<:toute " f ,,,,nc f"reign ",>ULltry, ] ) m n c " i ~ jUdici,,1 ' ) " ( ~ " \ w",' compie,dy iglli>rcd,

and. w a r u i m i n ~ l .'U\jlCct. D r j e c ~ was killed by SfDR by lhe " s o ~ r ~ t Indictmcnt" of I(TV the un

tier thc ",me or juSl;"-C~ l t h O t J g i l

h" had hardly re,isted unlike SFOR' s \tatement. Peopleh ~

become".ry vulrn:rab1c. having I>o"n ~ , ' p o S < : < l I" the ",k " f a "JdOCII a"e.'t f",. thc c , i m , , ~ th"t Ihey did not

know. 'The air in Republic of SfJ"b bc"am" "it1ing '' 'nong t l l ~ ordinary cili":Tl' of t I " ~ " i a , , Serl"

When the clcction was held, IPC deeli"ed 10 r c l e ~ s e t i l ~ ~ I c c l i o " , . ~ , " I t , for more than two w ~ e k s under th . name of democracy, The final re,ullS of Ihc e1eclion Ihw might be m""ipul'tc,,1 during 'hi' pe

riod have brooght ~ h o U ! war c r i m i n ~ l , as .lect.d ass.mbly n",n in Srcbrenic". "nd OIhcr p l " c ~ " , llei"g

a f , ~ i d of criminal<' c o m ~ b a c k [() the "eigill>r>Urhoo<l. a c e n ~ i n port;o" of ordinary ~ i l i r . o n ' of Uo,mian

Serb' hove S l " r t ~ ' { 1 l 0 look for a life in mh'" countric<. The f ~ t e of the el1l;ty of nosnia" Serbs;5 J-.;n

dting anJ lher.;s 'Irung IcTlde,,"y Ihat Ihis C1l(;t)' mighl be ' u m ~ d "r r fmm two rca,,,,,, We presetlt< themain two: I I l l t e r n a t i o n ~ 1 commu"ity se. solution of '0 - , , ~ l i . u " h l " m i ~ - fund"mell1"l iss",," b)'

composing three "ations in onc population ullder r " " l l ~ Bos"i" and I - k r , ~ g o v ; n t l , ,,1"'''0 Serbs andCr<-'<l" would l>e faCiO' of conlrol for Moslcm' and 2. lntenti"" of l,tJll1ic fundamcll1atiSl to polit;.ally

- geography cficircl" t:I&H !Crritory ,Q 'hey could with uSC of "rorula,;c>n princ;plc" '" recomrose

B&H in I",xt te" ycars, It is wclt knc>wn II", gmwth of p<>(lulJ1i"" in Mo.,lc""s f"milie>. SO if today's'

trend ,"lIlti flue" t h lluml>cr of C - - " ) , , t ~ and S ~ r b , will l>e dra'tic"tly , m ~ l l c r ,md ];uml>er of MU.>I,,"lS

wilt be multiplied for !c'·cml ti"'e, "lid fin(,1 "',ult i, c'"atiLl!; of B&H unMr d o m i n ~ l ; o " of just onc

na';,,". <i"'ply b<;c"u,e lhere wlilk LlO oll"".

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<:.... Imi'·., RI"'U"ns,blt'!,- of Scr1 ..-

Allcg..<l S r ~ b r c " k a m u l . . ~ r c hi! Yu,gosla,-ja I'artl lIS wdl "" Republic "r Srl"b As untnnr."netl in

rorrnaljoo on Ihe m:l5S:W;rc or M u ~ l i , " s o l d i c ~ in Srci><cnica crc;ded " roocwrous i'""i:e "r blood-

'hi .....,. s..'1h< as ,he rollC\.1i"e body so firmly. alll10Sl e'Cf)'lh;nli' hal; been looked 31 'hrouJh ll'" ii i•.,.or,hil; image. lltw.. onal_ eve<y ClI>e, lhe Scfbs.,.., jl>d$«l as an . , ~ i l (rom lhe bf"lUlini:."" in-

"llDCC. in no:di:a rqIOfbOll KOSlWO, the m o s l ~ " ' ' ' ~ llul h:>", b«n used "'"' Scrbo c:m1lOl re·

pe3l!be t n : l S 5 : ' c r e o ( B o s " i ~ · 00sed in the a1k,ed Srebrenic:a mas"",n:.. This imprinlin, ~ ofthc

formidable image migtll push Serbs .....10 an i•.,lmcd comer or In., worI<l for an u n ~ p e c l c d l l ' lonl: pe.riod. Thcn:fore. I" clarify 'he alleged Src\>rcniea mal..'><1Cre i c,w"jdcretllO be one of tile mosl urgent

lash I" SU"C Serbs' fmc.

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R',.,... ....,., cutSrdmUnr f lU f in lpw! !

R o l ~ or international media's

It Ii:ls bee" five years since the Bosnian Serb Army (BSA) h a relal:cl1 lhe smalllown or Srebrenica -

The ECOtlOmi-'L 15·2l J(\ly 1995 CaHlllal ~ a f c ? ", ...ll1s 1101 the f i r ~ t lime Ihalthc Scrh-, have"libcmled" Srcbrcnica. In 1992. during the Ii"'t w c c k ~ oflhe Bosnian war.locy a t . ~ ( ) look IOC

lown bul were driwll OUI, Later. in blazing sunslline. Muslims and Scrbs SOlt down in Ihc mid

dle of Ihe roOO to hammer ()III a peace deal. The Scroo offered Srebremca'$ MUSlims aUlullomywilhin lhe Bosnian Serb republic. bul tbat was rejccled. Since then the war in ea.'ilem Bosoia

has secn the mo!iI vicious fighting in lhe benighted republic...•

- and il i th e rigllltirne 10 gi,'c a hislorical retro:spe:eIive of the evenl5. that have happened inthe area during Bosnia's civil war.

110w did il slart? , \ every other civil war. with IOC killing of the neillhhours, 1''''1,) BOI'nian

Musl inls, accused by the RelWbl iCH Srp-,ka for the war erime" Na.'lCr Ork (comll1Jl1der or theB,,,ni:tn Muslim Army - BMA • in Srcbrcnica) atJd llakija (Huscir\) Mcl10ljic orguni,,c,l onMay 1 ~ , 1 9 9 2 killing of the H o o n i ~ l l Serb, ('o<>r:ln (Drngo) Zckic. who w a deputy ill the Ilos·

nia-Herccgovit1..1 Assembly.

Shortly after. the BMA. led by Naser Oric. Haldja (HlIS(in) Meholjic. Zulfo ·Sucesb" Tursunovic and Akif (Encz) Uotic have attacked a scvcr.al "Bo:mian Setb villages in Srdlfeoica's

aR:.J.. The following Bosmao Setbs villages wen': bumcd and <kWoyed: 0sm;1ak May 1m .

Opar1;e June 01.1992, bgor.l July OS,I992. Z31ezjc July 12. 1992 Pajici and Hr.ltma July 25,

1992. Rrc:7..;mi July 30. 1992. Fal:ovki October 19Y2. Kravice January 07. 1993 ( C h r i s t m : L ~Pay for II", O n h ( ) d n ~ BO§nian Serbs),

Then the BSA ~ l r i k c s b"ck and '" the result oflhal CQlllIlcr-{)ffensive. On April 16. 1993, lheSecurity Council adopted I{csoluliol11119. whieh designaled the ellClttve around Sn:brenica a

· ~ r e : he:l"cu·. T......, days laller. the BSA commander, Gen. Ratko MI:wJic. joined his BMAcoomerpart io agmetng 10 the dcmilrlmwlion ofSrebrenica.

"The follo..';ng an: quotations from v l l r i o u . ~ sources and published anicles thaI .. il l explain_ in-dc\pth how ·demilitarized :safe: ~ of Src:brenlca· :IoC"CIual)' W(lS:

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Tbc: Times. 14 July 1995 Muslim Joldiers "failed 10 defend town from Serh<' By MIchael Ev

ans. Defence Correspondent "...... s ~ n i c ; l

was {)ifocially dcmilit:uiwl on April 17. 1993,but the government soldiers were IlOl short ofweapons. Before lhe Sc:rb :ldv:mee on tile town.

tlw:= Muslims had been $hclling Serb unils :J.loog the main ro;W to the south, The intelligencesourt:e:S said it wos that h : J . r . l ~ m e D l which pn:c:ipitmed the Serb : J . 1 t O C ~ on the 1.500 Muslimdefenders inside the eoclaYc...:

The Economist, 15-21 July 1995 Call lhat s"fc'?: .... " S ~ f c " $rehrcnica was SUPllOScd to oc nc

mililariled hut this did lIot s top MrOtic's wld;effi from raiding IIc:"by S ~ r b Yillages. A re<;elll

raid. occurrillg soon after the collapse of the heavy-weapons cxclusiolll.01lC llround S:J.rnjevo.plus the slow gathering of the West's I'C:ICtioo fom:. gave GcOCJ:J.1 Ratko Mladic. the Bosnian

Serb commander, the reawns he needed for extracting the thom of Srebrenica from the Bos

niill1 Serl>s' CUICfl\ side. BUI Mr Oric eSCOIpco:L."

New Vorl: TuDe$ News Servitt-Q7-11-95 2031EDT :..'"Tbe CQI'IUllaI1do:r of the Bosnian Serb

army. Gen. Ibtko MIadK:. s:tid in a It:uer to Gen. Rupcn Smith. the U.N. OUlnm:u1der tn Bos_

nia.. diM the Serbian orrensiye bad been undertaken 10 •• neutraliLC' what he called terrorists in

Srebl'ell;ca, MIDdic 3<;Q1sed !he U n i t ~ . , j Nations of failing to demilitarU:e the ~ l I e d s:lfe

area of Srebreniea. He said civili:J.lIs and IlC3cckccpen were not end3ngcreU by llosni:m Sc:rb

military activity, TIle United N3tions h:J.s eooJirmetl thai the Hosni31l government usctl Ihe

111ft arC3S for Slaging "ll3eks.... ."

As"""i"teli Pre.s July 11: .......Ll. Col. Gary Cownrd. n U.N. spokesman in Samjevo, con

tirnled lhal Muslim-led govcmmclll troops h.:id lL';cd the ·safe are:J.· to male aU:v;.... on Serbs

surrounding the c:nclave. but saitlthc r ~ j d . s "'c:n: not bIKe-scale....•RCUICfS ZAGREB, Croatia: "...Bosnian Serb leader Rado'oan Karad1.K: "'lid the: SCfbs ~ : « : dthe enc-\"\'e bcc:l"se Moslem·Jed goYc:mmcnlltOOpS " ' en l M.lging ,,11:11 hecallecl ·tmurlst· ;u

t.:ICb 001 ohlle: arca.....

June 27. Geneml R:J.tko MI:odie: • ....Acwnling to him. "UNPROFOR did not e:trTY OUI its

main msk TKM" implc:rtlCnt the agreements signed by its generals. from Mntili011 to Rose. l1lc

protected zones of Srebrcnic:J......epa alld Gamwe :J.re not dcmilimrized, while S3r:1jevO. T"z'"

3nd Bihac ....ere not the subject of talks octween the w3rring sides an<l they arc not d e f i n e d : J . ~protected 7 . < 1 n e . ~ " said Mladlc.. __ "



follow'n!:are quotations from various SOW'Ce5 and published articles from the WCMeffi

pres$ I ~ will e:r.:plain in-dcpih how "dell1lliuri7.ed safe area of Srebrenica' acc1ualy

was.:

N.Y. Times News Savice: GOVERNMEt.IT TROQI'S ArrACK BOSNIAN SERB VIL

LAGE lIy STEPHEN KIN'L.ER 1995: VISNJlCA, lIosoia·HcrzegQvin:l In II mid bef"", dawn

t h ~ t again illustrated the w e a k J l < : ~ s of U.N. fQl"Ccs hen:. B Q l m i ~ n government soldiers appar

emly sliPllCd p<Jst U.N. p o ~ t s 00 Monday am! attacked this isolatel! Bosnian Serb village.

hurning several hou&es. stealing li'·cstock. and leavins a dozcn families homeless. a Bosnian

Serb sllOkcsman said. Although the assault had r1oI) ~ r e a t military sigoilieancc, il rellccted bothlhe growing fruslr-Ilion Qf government 1roops and lhe inadequacy of U.N. peacekeepers who

~ v pledged to preventlho:m fmm leaving supposedly demilitarized enclaves in eastern 1105-

Ilia. VisoJica is a miser:lble senlcmefll perched on II rnountai",sidc 11 few miks from Sre

brenica. one of the Muslim laWns in e:aste:m BolSnia wNett the Unital N:lIioos has dcsilllUt-ed

as demilitanzed "pmIected mas.' But Mond:Iy's raid wu 31'1"'=1tly lallochl':d by uoops

based inside Srebrenica. leadinl R<v<nian Serb "meers to dcnouna the United N3IiolIS for

failing to comply wilh its pnnmloC to "-cep lhe town ffCC of soldiers :md weapons. "11Jere have

been a number of incidents like this in !he last !5 10 20 d;tys," said 1..1. Col. MiIQ,·an MilulIl\Qo-

~ i c . chief ~ p o k e s m a n fQr.he Bosnian Serb :mny. ··llIe Muslim soldiers whQ carried QlIt Ihis

~ l l a e k erossed lines patrolled by Dmeh U.N. lroops wh<lSC job it ,S 10 prevent j l l S l l h i ~ kind of

action. We tliercf"re conclude lhat tile UN. f o , , ~ ~ arc alignins them!elves with th" Mu"lim

army." Several of tile illlp..,vcrist,ed fmmcrs who live ill Vislljie'l said they had assumed they

were safe h ~ n : : because of U,N, pledge,. "We thoughl lhat no One could attack uS from Sre·

brcnica l l I , e a u ~ the lo,,·n was demililari7..cd and sUlTUundcd by U.N. S<lldicrs: said Ljuboll\ir

Vukovic. 67. as he S.loo<l in the smoldering ruins of lhe house he sh;tfoo wilh IWO OiOOr families. rBut they came from righl over lbal hill." Vukovic pointed tOWard a peal: separaling his

,·jlbge from Srebrcnica. A U.N. por;t there is. suppcl5Cd to pre'"C111 soldiers from passing in ri -lher direction...•• BUI as Monday's r ~ ' d showed., they are Still able 10 Slnke fear into lho: hc;uuor Scrt> yillagers.Their goo.l may be to terrorize these "illagCl"S into al"",doning their hoomes.,

Ihus.Ica,'inl! formct1y Scm:areas uninhabited....•

Wh:ll kind of li..ing SrebrclllCll.'s MlIslim comlTlllllder Oric was providillg ttl ",fugees in lhe

"safe area· explain, the follo,,·ing:

'·Globe and Mail" July 12. I ~ 5 ,.... :nlt: refugees in Srcbretlica. most of lhem MIIsl im WOl11en

and childrc,' wlhl !lcd into Srebrcnica ahead of a rna.ssivc and bmtal wave of Bosnian Serb

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"ethnic: cleansing" io easlern B o s n i ~ in lhe spring of 1993. h ~ v e beell dcspcnuc 10 1.3\'" the

lown ever sillC" lh.-y 3mved. IllStcad, they have been (on;ed 10 remain by lhc local Muslimwarlord. Na:o;cr Orie. who drove around town ill a Men:l:des while the rdugces wslain,,'d on

meagre UN harxiulJls 31\d were, occasionally, sold watcr hy Srebrcniea r.:sidellls during lhe

brulaUy-hnl ~ u m m e r s .

Mr. <>ric: and the H.osllian government kllCW that if til<: majoril)' of refugee, were allowed 10

be trucked across Serb-held terrilOf)' to Tozla or some other viable $ 3 l l C l u ~ r y . both Ihe UN

protection and any hope of holding 01\ to the remole.:md surmuTllktl enclave wOllld be 1051.

n.c Srebrenica res.idenu tre;dcd ttl<: refug«$ 31rocioosly. When lhe r e f u g ~ cketed a repre-sentative 10 pre5Cllt their demands 10 Orie. the rcprescntali\'e W:Jli murdcn:d witllin hours... "

As SCCII !<O lOOny limes before in Bosnia's civil war. the Bosnian Muslim led governmenl had

no scruples and did not h c ~ i l a l c 10 uS<: lhe refugees misery in order 10 g:l\n "International sup

port". Atlile same l ime a "courtesy· lhm BMA treated UN troops wilh - tho'" very .lallle

IrOOflll Ihal were feetling the "!.afc area- for almosllhrcc yellt'S - cOIIid b<: real.! in:

TI>c Electronic: Telcgraph Tuesday II July 1995 WoOd News: "".DuICh UN p'''Il-ekeellefS

formed I barriu of personnel c:arrien bet"'"""n ~ l h ' : l J 1 C i n g Serb tanks anti Muslim soldiCTli Ik-

fending lhe IOwn. One of the pro;ooroel carriers rolled off the road ;>.0; il ma"'-"'uv"",;l after

Muslim fon:es opened up 011 " wilh a ~ n a d c :md small aT'I'm-. Whl:" aTIOIher carrier lried 10

pIIl1 it back (WI 10 the 1'OlId. a Muslim !Oldicr of the [lo,,1ll3.n army fired an ~ n t i - t : u 1 1 t . : rockcc ~ il. bul m i ~ ~ ..."CHRIS HEDGES .1995 N,Y. TimL'S News S e n . ' i ~ e : "...The ~ a p l U r e d observalion p o s l ~ C ~ I » Cunder t ~ n \ . : fIre. anl.! a pcllec\.:cepcr was stloll.!enl.! the 671h [<) he killed in the cnnnier by Bo.,

nian gO"ernment f o r c e ~ as the Duleh lrol)l),; retreated from the advancing BMnian Serb

rorca... •

Wbal "''lI! going on:nnong Ihe B:vIA defender< ilL,itlc Ihe "s.afe area" ple3.<e"""" from the arti

cles pubh*"'d in the W\lS1em press:

New York Y"ncs. July 23. 1995 by Alan Cowell: ... l1 le DulCh 3CCOIlnts. b) w!diCf'S.offlC'Cnand the Deren« Minister. were un:mimous in asscrling lhat lhe Bosnian Muslim soldiers woo

had been untler ~ i e g e in Srebrcniea (nr Ihroe years alxlIloollCd the lown Il'ountl tWI> d a ~ ' s be·

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fore il fell. Before the defenders left the town. (jenel'lll COU/.y s;lid. Dull;h $OldiCfS IlIW: "ill

two locations there w a . ~ fighling between those who "':mted to SlaY and those who w:mtoo:.! 10

go.

Many Dutch soldiers ..:Ii<.l (hey had been u p ~ e l arKilrclUi:llcd b)' the sight of sol<!i"rs sccrlling 10

ahan<.lon Iheir wivC$ ,,,,<.I children to the aJvancing Serb,."... llow m,,,,y of liMA solJiers ae

tuaUy have died from the "fricn<.lly lire" il will remain u secret, bul the ViClim! arc ceo1pinly...bmiucd by !he Bosniun MU$lim led go ....:nrmelll as ·mi'Sillg civilians killed by the Serbian

~ T C 5 S ( l B " . The BSA did not w;c thousands of troops lIS it was suggesled by the I 'l t compa

nies hit'l:d by the Bosntan MlL'llim ted g o v e m ~ n l As II tTlC'lel offuet it ,"",Ill published th3t:

The limc5. 14 July 1995 Muslim 5IJldtCfS 'failed 10 defend town from Serbs' H)' Michael Ev_lIlI5. Defen$!:' Correspondent: ....1lIe Muslim d<:kooers of Srcbrcniea put up only 1I brief fightagaillSt the Serbs. and their commanOcrs Icrl lhe night before the Sem tllnks entcscd the IlIWn,

ac.;onIing 10 Weslern intcll igellCC sources yesterday,

'nle abundonment of Srcbreniea to:l rchtli"ely small :Serb alhatlcing force caused surprise in

c West. Cllpccially after lhe largely Muslim g " , ' ~ m n e n t nrmy had demonstr.ued consider

able inf::l.tltf)' skills ill n:ceJl\ atlacKs, Then: were reports that up to 1.500 Serbs were i l l " o l v ~ - din !he llS$llull on Srebrenroca. bUI intelligence SOUrt:e'!l estrmated 1I fort'C of about 200. wilh five

t :Inb canied out the ma'" a(lack, ~ I was pn:uy Iow-Ie'd llpCl1lcion. bul for 50mC ruson

which we can'l undcrn.and. lhe BiB ( ~ " C m r t > l ' n 1 ) .old;e,tj; dj<.ln·1 puc up moch of a f i g l w . . ~ one

5OIIrc:c said...."

"....Iio....ever. the advance into !he lown w a . ~ seen by IllldligCfl<:e ~ s s c s ~ liS an opponun"cmo'·c. "I <.Ion·1 (hink the $ems had pretJiet<:d lhe timing of this o p c : r ~ t i o l l : one SOI,rc:c said,

The npparent decision by the Muslims 10 nhandon tilt town provided the Serhs wi1l1 (I suddcn

opportunity to o c c u p ~ ' Srebr<:nica, bypn!jsing lhe Dutch un tile road a mi It south of tile town,

The imclligcocCl SOUfC'e said: Ili II JUSl mclled lIW-oIY rrom Srebren;e,a 300 the senior officers left the night before: The i lOUKt: said the MlL'lltm defenders "ere "adequaldy al'Tl'lCd" for

stn:ct·fighling..:

I..oo$ing (deliberately?) lhe Srebrenic:l """,Ia...,. the Bosnian Muslim led ,ovemmcnl Maned to

play lhe )'We-arranged I'R campaign ....ith Innorem reful,:CClo from Srebrenica:

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TIle Daily Telegraph. July 15, 1995: "Muslims m : m i p u l ~ . e refugen' a ~ o n y : .....The Bcl6n';IfJ

govcmmenl deliber.ne1y increased lhe.•uITerillll of lhe Muslim refugees nccing Srebrenica 10put pressure on the i n l l , : m ~ l l i n n a l community. :K.onling to llle documents nl:Kle available 10

the Daily Tt:legraph

The papers include inslruetions 10 the Unilcd NJ!inns fmm the governmcnt of Alija lzetbellG

vic in Sarajevo thai Ihe refugees mUSI he lalen in Iheir lhOl.ls:mds 10 a single locatinll rothe.Il\:In being spread around lhe Ilumemus available CCIllLT!l,

11>c: rtSuhing tdevision poClure!O and mo(lIa reports of chaos among aId ....onu:fS o'''I::I'''"belmedwhen the refugees arrived:at the UN b;>se in Turla ....C're imended to bring aboot a decisi,-e m

lenl3tion:lJ re'lpOllSl:...•

Once again victims of lhe; civil war were p,lying tIK:. price fur the unspc:ll::aolc erimc:s Illal their. Bosnian Muslim - rcpres.:11lalivC's were orcllCslrdling, As so m:my limes before. I:ittillglheirown I><:ople (bomb massllcrcs in Sarajevo), incre",ing Ihe suffering of the innOL'C111 refugees...l1{)(hing w a secrello Alijl11r.etl:>cgovic uno his Isbmie followers.

ThC'n. in order to pul _ pressure on lile UN. SecurilY COllnei!. Inlernational Community.lhey (1lIc Bosni;IfJ Muslim Go"emmenl) C ' ~ I 1 1 C 001 with "lhe viclims Slory", The a m o o ' l l ~ of"rnasslICred" BMA soldicn ","e,e going from 1.000 up to 15,000. Withoul L'UlIsid.."';ng lhC' asronishing f:oct th::u in lhe -demililarizcd safe : Irel l- lben' "ere sc:,-cral brigadc$ of HMA lroops.

let's o:;od llle following;

RC'lIlen< May 29, 1996: "....The sixi n v e . ~ l i g a l u r s

an:: §C.lrchlllg for evidence 10~ " Q l l V k 1

80snianSerbs involved in the massocrc nf at l c a ~ l 3.000 unarmed MlIslim men from Srcbrcniea. aU,N. tk:clarcd "safe arc:," overrun Ill' the Scnls 1 1 l ~ l July,

A.fter lWO I>olln; of diggillg wilh shovelS. picks. rah,,; and It""s. invcsligmo.... allowC<J rcpon·

ers 10 approach 100 sile. where al least four eorJlSC' were foond....• ( M a ~ ~ r a v e s and the proofof mass I " l t i n g . ~ ! )

limes. Allgusl 02. 1m "M1SS;ng encl3vc uuops. found" by Mich;ael Evans:lnd MlCh:aeIKallcnb3c1l: •...Thousaoili of lhe · m , s . ~ , " ! ~ n i J n ,\llIsli", .....l t J j ~ · n . from SrebrC'oica woo

havC' bo.-...,n III the ~ n ' r e of reports of pOlSs,ble mass e X C ' ( : U l l o r r ~ Ill' the Serbs. are belie"ed 10 be

safe to lhe Northeasl orT1J1Ia.....

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...For the firsl time ycslerlby. however. lhe Rederc.s.

in Geneva s:lid il heard from ~ n : e s in

Bosnia thaI up to 2.000 Bosnian Government troops were in :Ifta north o f TU7Ja. They !lad

made their way from Srebrenica ·witllout Iheir fumilies being inforlllel.l'·. a s p o \ ; e ~ m a n said.

adding that it had oot been possible ttl verify the reports bccauM' the no,nian Govenllncnt refuse<! to allow the Red CroS.1 inlo thc arca,

Ahhollgh th e Red Cross rcfmed 10 SPOXUl:11C why lhe Bosnian GovCn'llllCnt was kc\'-ping se

crellhe presence of the Srdlrenica lroops near Tuzla. it prob:lbly is doing so for military rea-

5Onll. . . .

Ne w YoR: Times. July 11. 1995 by O r i s Hedges: Some 3.000 - 4.000 Bosni:Ul Muslims wh o

were cun.<ideTed by United Nations officials to be missing after lhe fall of the Srebrenica endave have made their way thruugh enemy lillO to Uosnian GovcmmeOlI territory_

The nMA troop.1 wcre ordered to allack the northe.., nanks of thc nSA p o . ~ i l i n n " :lIId not tosurrender to enemy. It is more that logk,:i1 to expeet tl1at the IlSA troops were lighting bilc\; at

BMA attacks :md were not welcoming nM A soldiers wilh nowenl. 11 ;.< rather ridiculolls toespeet one army 10 "grco:ting· the enemy firing on lhem with smiles and ""ell-om;ng words...:

ReIJIcrs. January 30. 1996; •.....Mel>'tIdin Mandzic, 22. relcasoJ by the Bosnian Sert» on Sun

day, told Reulers ho w he ha d I1cld the capl:un: o f the U.N. ·safe a r u · 0 ( S r e b r e n n ""here

lhousands of his COInr.\dc$ :m:' belie"ed 10 ""'·e been killed in ambushes and massarn:s then

buried in mass gl1l."elO.

Mandl.ic·s epic CllC<lpe look him through the wooded hills of NOl'1heast Bosma. a c r o s ~ Serbiawhere he wa , captured and !lellt haCk to a Bosnian Serb jail, ~ n thcl1 linully to freedom in Sarajevo 011 Sunday, Pate. ~ m o k i l 1 g hea,·ily. Mandzie recalled ho w comm;lnders of tlle Muslim

led B o ~ n ; a n govemmenl army 011 Jul)' J I ordered thcir 13.000 hcuvily·OIllgurlncd fighters III

lhe area to Iry to bn:ak thruugh Scrb fon:es c1osillj!. in em Srebrcniea....•

At the seven! OCClISioos UN Sccn:lary Gcner.l.l Boutros Rootros-Gllali tried 10 present ·cha

rade-performed by the Bosnian Muslim led gO\'ernment to UN s.""urity Coonci1. On May 30.199$. Secn:tary gcncral ....rilcs (U.N. dccum..'l11 Sll995fJ44) Ihal then: 1lC"er ">as:m enforcement cuneept behind lhe "S3fe a",.s· siJl tOwns surrounded by Serb-held territor}'. Th e Security Council did nOi require the Bosnian C"oovcrnmcnllo withdraw its forces fromlhe an:"" hoot

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IOOUered ..bolIt how n:wght)' it would be to c:alT)' out attacks against them 01' from !hem. On18 thett is this pauage from tlte Secretary iXnem:

"In recent m o o t h . ~ . government fOn:e:l have consitkrabl)' i their military octivit), in

and around most safe areas. and mtIn)' of lhem. incluotling Sarajevo, Tuzla. and Bihae. I\:lve

been incorporated inlo lhe brooder military cam]Xlign of Ihe go\"Cmmenl'S sidc.""-' head

quanet1'; and logistics installatinns of the Fifth Corpl; nf tile l(nvemment army are located in

the town of Bihal; and those of the second COrp.1 in lhe town of TutJa. '"rhe government a l ~ omaintains a substantial number jl f tnKlPS in Srcbrcniea (in this case a violathm of a dcmilitari

zalion agreement) Gorazdc and Zepa. while Samjcvo is 11M: location of the Gen,cral Commandof the government army and other military installations. T11crc is ato;o an ammunition factory

in Gorazdc:. -il le Bosnian Serb fOltts' rcaclion 10 o f f e n . ~ i v e s launehe4 by lhe g O ~ ' c m m e n tarm)' from safe areas have gellCr.llly been I f ) rrspontl agaiMl mililar)' targets within 1ho'<e ' I f -

u.s, often at .. disproponionate Ie'·d."

lbe Secretary G ~ n e r a l Ma,ily criticizrd some media l 'qM)rtS:

Calling Bosnia Crisis Overrnted. U.N. Chief I'OCU$l'>o on Africa 8y BARBARA eROS

SETfE: "....The intcrnation.al press. he n.:m:utcd in one of ..,veral inlerviews On his lrip,

made the battle for SrebrcniC<l1'Ou'nd " l i ~ c Stalingmd."

'"n,cre i, n kind of d;ale<;tical relatio .... between the l'tlel1tion of" great power and the power of

the media: he said. "It creates n distortion in our work. What I am trying III do, without great

s u c c e ~ s , is 10 correct this dislortioo."

f i n ~ J l ) ' there w;:re intlcpcndt:m ....·;tncs,,<;c.s like UN DuICh lroops. This is ",tUIl the)' s ~ i d about"mass killings":

liBC ea:rax. 2J Jul)' 1995 23:59 liST: NO EVIDENCE Of" MASS KILLINGS: DUTCII UN. Dutch UN pe:lCCkccpers in Srcll«nica "'hen the eocla\'l' fell I f ) ~ Serb troops, have

said they saw Ihe summary e)[cculion of ten Bosnian MosliDlS. But Dutch comllWldcr Lt-Col

Ton K=m:ms SlIid he and his mcn had ~ no evidence to mlTobor:uc reports from neeing

refugee:< of 'nass killings by Bosnian Serb l I · o o l ~ .

DIE WELT, 25.7.1995 Ry HELMUT HErLEt.:" .... NcitlICT Struik 'lor u t h ~ r DUICh .w\<liers

who werc ,Ialioned ill S r " b r c " k ~ want 10 publicly conform whal llli"isler of de,'c1()\"'ICIII·



help Jan Pmnt ;3.nd l ~ l c : T ,he: minislcr of defense Joris Voorbocve cbimcd: 'That genocide h:lpJX'ned in S " , b r ~ n i C ; l ..."

The pct"ScHlal rcp",senlUlil'c of II", UN II igh C o m m i ~ l l t o l l c r for Human Rights " ' ~ s "l'pllinlcd10 iuvc';lill.1te "'hal happened in Srchrcnlca all,1 thi,; is "'hal he said;

The EleCltOflic Tclcjtmph Monday 24 July 1995: SERH ATROCITIES IN SREBRF:NICAARE UNPROVED By Tim BlIldlCr In Tuzla: Arter five days of imervicws ,he Unilcd Nalions chicf in\"C:\Ijga'or inu> alleged hum:m righlS a b u ~ C $ during the fall of Sn:breniC;l h:Is not

found any first-hand WIll>e$SCS of alrocilics...

...."Il>e lad of c\e;u" c"illencc: facing Hubert Wicbnd. pelSOllal rcpn:5Cntllivc of 'hoe UN High

Commissioner for I ~ u m a n RightS. pro' cd the ncar·impossihility of eSIlJ.blishing what kap

po:ncd "'hen lhe Serbs (Werrdll Ihe Muslim enclavc ill ea'lem Bo.'\uia. "or eourse lhe wholecjcclion of a civilian IlOf'ulation is au enomlOlI'; abuse of human rights:' "'It Wieland saioJ yes

terday. ,oHm .....c l1a.·c UVl found anyone who saw wi\lI their Own e)'e, an ,nr.:>cily taking

place."

___ Mr Wieland trd.-cUed 10 T l I ~ . I a . the Uosnian city whcrc alnlU';t all of lhc Srchrcnica rcfugreswere laten. wilh a ~ a l 1 l of invcMiglUors to gatherevKlcnce ofhllnl;Ul righlS abuscs...

He said his team had spoken to SoCOI"CS ofMw:lirns at lhe main rcfub_ camp at TUlia airrlekl

and at other colleclive cemJ\l;S OOt 110 rim-hand wilr>cSSC$ IJ:ld been f••mll.....

The'" is (111)' Ofle fact proven during the lasl l"'O ) ' e a ~ after the S r c b ~ n j c a ~ t O l Y . The "massa"ere" in Srehn:nica was jusl anOlher t n : . ~ t e ' l ' i c c e of lhe PH campaign done by Hoolliml Muslim

IcoJ ~ o v ~ r n l l l ~ n t of ,\li;:I lzetl:>cgovic. 11lC)' did'l < : a ~ aooul sufferings of llie people, death or<I<:strtlclion. For t h c . ~ e Is1:lIllic f,;llatics only one goal bas 110 price the ere:ltion of :111 I ~ l : " \ l i < :U o ~ " i a :llld Hcrccgo"i"a. Tile BMnian Serbs and Croats h,,"e r c a l i ~ d l l . e l b c g o ; " c ' . ~ intenlionsand Ihey r..mglu against it. 11 i _ ahOIll time for the Imemalional Conunonily 10:u:cept Ihe ",al"ily. There will be nu PC;ICC lI11tillhc u.o--nian MlIslill\'li who lin: respoMible for lightning Up lhe

brulal ~ n i a ' s c"'il ";3.r ...·ill $llloo in front of H a g ' ~ War Crimes Tribunal. It is linle to gel

Alija 1 . G C I ~ ' i c , Ejup Gallic, RlIsm;1 Mahmuta:h:ljic. Orner Bellmen. lIans SilajW:ie 10qand and fnee the hiAoocaI judgmenr. 11t.cir hlindllCS5 (f;lllalicism) h:Is CTC:lK-d enorllloos di....aster 10 the Bosnian M u ~ l i m people;lS well as for the lln<niM Serbs.:and CI\XIIS. II is ltme to

P-Jy lhe prict' for their rehgiom fundamentalism.

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Bamian MlI$lilll$ ...·ho wen: considered by United l'\;uions orflcials 10 bl: mis.'ing aflcr lbe fallof lite S""brenica e l l C l a ~ have made Iho:ir ""'y through ClII'my lines 10 Bosnian Gon,mmcnt

lerrilOf)' in Zepa. This is an official messagc from the Zepa COlIUllaOO 10 their main hcadquar-lers in 10wn or Tuzla. It was never made public. altllollgh UN represenlatives ~ r infonncdabout incoming Bosnian Muslim Iroops from UN haU:llion in Zcpa.

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I-'ucsimile ufToll-SCCrt't Bosniall !\Iuslim Ami } ' document

The me ",I",rs ot' II..: 21\ Ih Bos!1 iall Muslim M O l l " T ~ ; tl !.l'lIl"lioll 11l"1 c"me 10 z..:p" "" JulY 16,1'N5.

FlOQ;in.il ... on 'o l ' st\'rel

Rosnian M u ~ l i m Arm)'

docum""t

REPUBLIC 0,.' 1l0SNA I Ht:RZEGOVINA

DHt:NCE OF TilE REI'UIIUC

Hosnia and llcrzcgo\'iI13 Arl11)'

22.07.1995 time: 14:20:00

2 CORPUS TUZLA

for hrigadi<::r: DUDAKOVICH

I) Sachiro"id, .I,.luslafa 28 bb 2) ~ b l a g i c h Safel 21\ t>b J) Dzanich Edbem'KI"tjcvae4) Mumioovicb 7,\"'JCI 211 bb 5) Halilov;"h Scjdalija,KlOljcv3<;

6) Mabgich Hamdija 211 bb 7) Mcmich Sulju R) MI1'l.1afich Asm'r 280 bb

9) Ikchiro'ich It>ro· Pomol 10) Dzanaoovich Ibrbim 28 bt>

II} lkdI.inwK:h Salku, I'omol 12) AdenlO"ich Salab 28 btlIJ) Ilu5Cill(».'K: A"dija 211 bb 14) Om.,n:n-ich ~ 28 bb

U) Alie Fadil 16) Zul::onovich lIamid 28 btl17) AlulIclOvK: S;l(/ik Ut) Jahicillsrnet 28 bb

19) H u . ~ i c Iluscin 28 bb 20) Dubic;"h Mdail28 lib

21111a-<.anovie Scad 2X bh 22) &1libovich "..ulrer 28 bb23, lbra.himovie LuIH' 28 bb 24) Suljich l1ariL Ul bh

25) lIegaoo\"cr: R:I;i:ib 28bb 26) F l ~ j r n m o v i t b Ra"l0 2RIlb

27) Delite SSaball 28bb28) Osmano\'ich Kcmo-VEZA 28 di\ '.

29) Junu7.0vic £dhem 211 bb 30) JuSllpovich H : l s ~ t ) 2R l)h

31) Malagie N e d ~ : l d 211 btl 32) 1111Si"h Abid 211 bb

3J) Malagi" S c l l ~ h i d 2 bh 34) O"lcro\',c!, I\-lef:lil 2H bb

35) Mab!;ic Mchn1ol.'dalija 2X bb ]6) Mck.midl ((JS1l1:llHl) Ibrahim 211 bb

37) Kapidzic Suad 2l! Ilb 38) MUl11ino"ich Mevludin28 bb

39) (1(:((wic Meho 28 l>b 40) ljoc>.Lo,'lca Mirsad 28bb

-11) Ramie FiLrct 211 bb 42) Ikg;Jnov;ch Mesud 211l>b

4l) Golit Adll 211l>b 44) Munlino>'ich Vahtlcl 2l:I bb

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45) Ikganovic E1vil 2lI lib 46) M"j>c Nennin 28 lib

47) MIlS>c Hl1SI\ija 28 btl 4$) Hublic:h lliImzalija 28 btl49) M:alagic Sclmo 28 bb 50) B"mb\lJovich Mehmcd 28bb

51) MU$>C Rem 28 btl 52) Selimovich S3OOhut.lin 28 btl53} Huscinovic Senad 28 btl 54) Ahmedo."ich Bego 18 btl55) S:llchioovic Hasim - Pusm"lici 56) Malcioovich Asim 28 bb57) S:llchioovic H""im· Pusmulici 58) Omcrovictl Su:ld 28 bb59) Jufufovic Muhamed _K:ll1lChici 60) Muminovicll Kemal 211 bb

61) Bcg:lltovic Zaim 28 bb 62) Malagich Kcmal28 bb

6 ~ Hmswoovic M"jQ _Milloljcv;ne (4) Ahmclovich Ahmcl18 bb(5) Alji<: Aljo-iz Dobruku (Xi) Dzik:lIKlvich Fehim 28 bb67) Ibrahimovic E,ect -;2: Zgllnje 68) Aruidl Ahmcdin 28 bb

69) Ihissev;" Nedzau-iz Dobraka 70) H ~ l i l o v i c h Scjul11ija 21:1 bb71) AhnlClOvjc Ahnlt:128 bb 72) Ilechirovich !bro 28 hh

73) Ilcchi,m'ich Salko 28 bb 74) Hllscjnovich Avdij:l28 bb

75) Smajlovich Mchidin 21:1 bb 76) l'orobieh S=i l 28 bb77) Avdich (Alija) H3jm 28 bb 78) A"dich (Mchrncd3) Edin 28 bb

79) Avdich (Halijc:) Zlj:u:l28 bb 80) Kadrich (Fikrm) Mirud 28 bb81) Sc:lirnovich (H:l.'iib) Ri1.o 28 bb 82) Malldtic:h (Ibruhim) Sahli 28 bb

8.1) Avdich Ahmedin - civilian - K!OIovac

"The following came to Zc:p;t.:as wt:1I:

I) J>/.anaoo.ich Vc:lid from Zalu7¥ 2) Bcgaoovich Hamdija from GIogo."C3) A"dich I:tel. from BrnlUnca 4) U ~ i o o v i c h MchlnedaIiJa from GIogove5) Hodzich Adis from Srcbrenicc 6)Musich Remzijll from Glogovc:7) Spiodich J>lcvad frolll Srebrenicc: 8) Ikganovi<:h Vcj$il from Glogove

9) Alich l'ahrudin fTOm Voljavkc 10) Ibisevich Abmo from Sasa

II) Ihsanovich Scnahid from O",lUCC3 12) Salihovich Safel from Voljavice13) Ilasich Munib from Srcbrcnicc 14) JU8ich KaoJrija fTOIll Voljavice

\5) · r . t b ~ k o v i c h Emin (rom Zuluzja \6) Spiodich Ramo from Poljaka17) 1-l:Ililovich DLenml from Srcbrcnice 18) MahnlU(ovich Mchmed from Bmlullca 2H.b.b

19) Krdzich llckto (nll1\ O,maca 20) Spiodicil Slldo from Poljaka

2 I) I b i ~ c v i c h Hasan from Karaelcha 22) Softich Kadrijll fRlm Dobrab23) MUJich Jafaz from Srcbrcnice 24) SaIkich Iksim fl<.1111 Zv-Kamcrl;ce

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Ple:lSe let Wi know if Ejub GoIie came to T U 1 . I ~ , This i$ IK) l " fioollisl. T1u: final one win be

send in few days, after ... ha\'C all names collecl<::d.

'sf R;lloo C:udakovie

CoclllSion:

II is possible 10 h ~ J l P C n only in lhe 1I000nian Muslim Slate1lle -missing c i v ; l i a n ~ · from Srebrenica are able 10 be 'unaccounled for 1...0 )"l:ars" and slill, 10 vote in the Bosnian elections

held 1997! l1Jc following i., a pan of Ihe I;st of 3010 "missing civiliarn;" from S.ehrenica 111.11were panieipating in the Bosnia's election and are on Iho OSCE vOling lisIS, Dr. Dragan Ka

linie, Pre.,idem ofl1le R e p l l b l i ~ of Srpsb I'arliamelll, preo.ellted Ihis "parndos" to lI,e OSCE

and Europt:an UniUII,

I Abdurahn1.1nOvic Nellr lsmel 2 AoclDovic Ibrahim Kadir

3 Ademovic bmel Mevludin 4 Aderno-"ie Sellan Salla" 5 AJie Camil Sadik

6 Ahmelovie A\"do l)LC.vOO 7 Ajsic Ramo Adem 8 Akagic Ali" S"bahudin 9 Alcillic A l a ~ aMonsur 10 Alie Alap Abaz II Alie Nezir Ahmo 12 Alic $c1l1SO Besim 13 Alic DzemalIhcY:ld 14 Alic Fetid Fehim 15 Alic Fearo Halil 16 Alic Ohr.m Hasib

17 Alic Alija Hebib 18 Alic Mellmed Mujo 19 Alie Ibr:lhim Nezir 2( ) Alic Ilaso Nijaz

21 Ali<: Hajl1ldin Reufn Alic Semso SabJihudin 23 Alie Adem SamiT

24 Ali<: Sumja 25 A1ic Sukrija Seid 26 Alic Jusuf SIonahid

27 Alihodzic Camil RalTlal:bn 2& Alispahic Hamdija En"eT 29 Ali.<pahi<:Orner Mujo30 Aljic Ismet Nijaz 31 Aljic Suljo Sababudin 32 AljlC Junuz Salko 33 Aljic Suljo Seva!

34 Aljie Abdulah Zijad 35 Atie Safct Ibm 36 Atic Ibn:! Smajo 37 A\'die Maso Alija38 Avdic Orner Almir 39 Avdie Kadrija Baj:u.il 40 Avdie Mustafa Fazlija

41 Avdic Idriz Ilajrudin 42 A\'die Alija ~ l a j r u d i n 43 Avdic N=ir Kadir

44 ,\vdic DzcrTL:Iil Nevzc( 45 A\'die Aqlu Rami... 46 A\'die DzeID:l1 Refil:. 47 Avdie Ihs.1n

Smail 48 Avdie Smajo SaljQ 49 Bajrarnovie Suljo At.em 50 Bajramovie lknn Ned1.ad 51 lIa

jrnmo"ic Ramo Ncdlad 52 BajrJmovie Alija OhrJll

53 Uujr.l.l1l<lvic Ramo Scm<o 54 Becic HlIsei" Hnjruuin 55 BllCie Ramo Ramiz

5611ccirovic Mustafa Abdlliah 57 llccirovic Daul Dnlija 5 11ccirovic R:'I11Q JU,IQ

59 Ikeirovic l;lahrija Nczir 60 Bcgano"i" Mello Merscd 61 !kg ic Ihm I l c ~ u62 llegie Ahmo Hajdin 63 Begic Salih Halid 64 Ikg;c Saban Halid

65 Begie Alij:t .\Iehmed:tlija 66 Begie Sahli Nezir 67 D-cgie Enel Ne(bad

6811egic Sacir Nusret 69 Ikgic Asim Zikrija 70 Bcgovic Ahmo 111,150



71 Belak Enes Dzelil72 Belaic Jusuf Ejub 73 Beklic Adil !:sed

74 Beklic Adem Ibrahim 75 Bektie M U ' L a f ~ Jusuf 76 Brktic Scad Kiram77 Bck.lic Mujo MUllib 78 Bdaie Salim Sakib 79 Belaie Ibratlim Seal!

80 Betti<:Nail Sua(! 81 BekticHusoSuad 82 Bettie Ahmo Sulejman83 Bilioovic Abdulah Sabahudin K4 Bitinovic Abdulah Sevludin

85 Borogov;!.c Nurtlin EmiT 86 Brdarcvic Ahmo Admir

87 Ilrdl\revic Camil Hamed 88 Brdarevk Ta;b Vahid 89 Budovic Huso Ihjro

90 Buljubasic Ismet 83jm 91 Buljubtiic Avdija Elvir92 Buljubasic Ismel Hamdija93 Buljub:tsic Avdlja HllW194 Buljubasic Venbija Mirud 95 Buljubasic A•..tija Scnad

96 Bumbulovlc Asim Adem 97 Bumbulovic Mello Fibcl 98 Bumbulovic Orner Jumu 99Dumbulnvic Hasan Ha,ib 100 lJumbulovic Salih Husein 101 Buric Salih Rifel102 Cakanovic Cazim Adl, 103 Calcano... i., HihnoCnim 104 Cahnovic Cuim HarimlOS Olmdzic Hasan H3bib 106 Camdzac MI/Stara Resid 107 Camdzic Juoo Samir108 Catie Iluscin Junu7. 109Calk Osm:ln ScI1lQ IlO Ch'ic ZUhdo Ikdib

1J I C ~ r k Ha;,:,n M ~ h o j 12 D ~ l I l b a ; i e Avllo Sadr 113 D a l l l O ~ i c Alaga Azcm114 l}clk Sclim A1..em 115 Delk Alija Ejup 116 Iklie &them H.rez117 DeJic H3!>aIl Enl's liS Delie Selin! b iz

119Deli<:

HamedHajrodin

120 Odic Hasan Ibro I I I ~ l i e Habib lzet 122 Delie Enes Kadrija123 Delie Meho Scad 124 Delie Ohntn Zijatl J 2 Odic Salein Taib126 D c r v i s e ~ i c Bcgo Bcklo 127 D e r v i s e ~ i c Idriz Vahdel 128 D i ~ o v i c Hakija El\'ooin129 Divovi<: R:wno Salko 130 Dizdvevic Avdo Haso 131 Dizdarevic: Hedib Husa132 Djogaz Ih'IM K ~ r e t 1)3 Djogaz Sakin Salko 134 DjogazAhmo Vahid135 Djllzie Mensur E ~ a d 136 Djozic Scnusiea Fuad 137 Djozie A ~ i m Mcnsur138 Ojo,r;ic Alija Sadik 139 Oj01JC Cdhem $emir 140 Dudie Huscin Ibm

141 Oudic Husein Sadik 142 Dul"lkovic Haso Alija 143 Our:tkovie Miralem Musan144 Durakovic Haw Scad 145 Dz.:manovic Ozemal Azem146 D,.ananovic Nez;r Ozemal 147 OzaMllOvie Nezir Ibrahim

148 D!.ananovic Ilikrija Mujko 149 Dzananovic Juso MiTZel

150 Dz.:inallovic Avdo Mustafa 1 5 1 l ) 1 ~ n o v i e Kasim Zikret152 DiWlic Ibm Edin 153 Djogaz M ~ r a 0rneT 154 Djogaz SaIto Salein

155 Djo>:ic Iluso Beriz 156 Ercndic "uscin AVoo 157 Efcndic Hajrulah Bahrudin158 Efcn<lic Padil Mesutll59 Efclldie Hu!cin Mevlu<lin 100 Efendic Rcsill Rcsitl

161 Ejubovic Alija Amir 162 E j u b o ~ i c Ibrahim Anlo163 Ejubov'c Muh:Jrom 8etIadi1 164 Ejubovic A1ija EJub165 Ejubovic Ibm Ibr.lhim 166 Ejuoovic MchmcdaJija Mchmcd167 Ejubovic Mchmcdalija Me\'lid 168 Fea!ie fadil MU_'lafa

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169 F.:uic Ncrir N e . ~ i b 170 Fcazic Ibrahim Sab3I1111 Feazic Sal.:ib Safer112 r-eazi<: Ahmet Sakib 113 f'ea,o,ic oman SeBaid 174 GabclJic Suljo Abid

17S Gabeljic Rasid Aslrn 176 Gabeljic Rasid Auf In Gahcljic: Juso Avdo178 Gabeljic A1.im FahnJdin 179 Gabelj;" H;wm I l a m d i ~ISO G:lbeljic Aztm Hasan 181 Gabeljic Rasim Huso 182 Gabeljic Suljo Ibm183 Gabcljic Ibrahim J u ~ u f 184 Gabeljic Abdulah Mello IRS GabeljlC Allf MustaJa186 Gabeljic Nezir Nijll7. 187 Gabcljjc Hu,o;ein Ramiz 188 Gabeljic HlL'\311 Scad

189 Gabcljie R:I.$im zjjad 190 G.1I1Iljevic EAts Elwer 191 Garaljcvic Metllned Sakib

192 Gunlie Ahrncl Ahmo 193 Gurdie Aluoo Mec<;ud 194 Gurdic Ikgo Sadik

195 lladzibulic Bajro Mcvludin 196 Hadljh"lic Tc"fil.: Bajm197 Hafi7.0vic Ahmcl Vahid 1')8 Hajdarcvic Ala£a Kadrija

1991laadarcvie SUlrija Mchmcd 200 Ham.larcvic Sukrija Mirl.cl201 Halic V c j ~ i l tlvir 202 Hakic Hamdija Nurdirl 203 Hakic Hajro NunJin

204 !-Iakic Ram;7. Sella!! 205 Halilovic Abid Halid 206 Ilahlovie Him1.a Hamid207 lIalilovie fiajro lbro 20S Halilovic Alij" Mchmedalija

209 Halilovic Orner Mcmis 210 Halilovic Junuz Mirsad211 Halilovic Safel Muslafa 212 Halilovie OsIllO Nurdih

213 Halilovic H"so R : l . . ~ i d 214 Il:llilovic Idriz Sal>an21S Halilovic S:>b:m S:ldo 216 Halilovic Menus Samir217 Ilalilovic Izcl Sead3lija 218 Halilo.·ic IbN Sulejman

219 Halilovic Halid Zij:ld 2M Uamovie Kurif7..ariJCI221 Ibmzic Aljo Mevlid 222 H;llnric AhmCl Mirsal 223 Hamzic Sahli Sakin

224 Hanic Redzcp Sdim 2:25 H : u b a . ~ Ragib Sakib 226lbs:mkovic Has;m NcdZ3d227 HasaIlO\'ic Amil A l a ~ 2281lasanovic Hus.o Edhcm 2:N Hasaoovie Zallir Escd230 H:lSaJ1()''ic Juso Uajdin 231 HawlOvic Sl:aJo Ilajm232l1asaoovic Ahmcl Ilamdija 233lbsanovic Hasan Uanxlija

234 HaS3.novic Hasan Iblim 235 Hasanovic Salein Jus"f236llasanovic IbrahimMduned 2.H Ilasanovic Alija Mchmedalija

238 Hasanovic Ra",o MellO 23911as:movic Ibrahim Mcvluliin24() H a _ ~ a n " v i e Ramo M il'$a 241 Ha<:lnovic Il,'mOO Nermin242 Ilasanovic Schnall Saball 24) l l a . ~ a n o v i e Kadrija $cmir244 l i a ~ ' l l 1 o v i e Hakija S e l l ~ d 245 H a ~ a l 1 o v i c UU,leirl '<;cn:,hjrl

24611asanovic Alaga SUljn 247 l'la5mlOvic [hemal Valldcl Fahret2481lasic Mustafa Oim3n 249 Hirl:ic Maho ,\hnlO

250 Hirkic Bajro Bchllllil 251 Hirkic Halid Beris 252 llirl:ic Suljo Halid253l1irkic Osman Jusuf254 Hirlil: Ahmo MallO 255 Hirl:ic IlllSein Saoohudin

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?.56 I ' l o d ~ j c Ih"cin Fari!! 257 Hod,';C Mlljo Abdulah 2 5 l-Iodzic Kadir Azjz

259 Hod,.ic Suljo Fikccl26(l Hodzic Salko Hu,ein 2(,1 HOd7ic Sahl110 Sabil

262 H o d ~ i c Sahim Smail 263 HOlic Scud Samir 264 Hotie Hasan Scad265 Hol.I)<) Muradi f Sakib 266 Hrusla'lOvic IS11lCl Hazim

267 Hrustanllvic Ismct Rifcl268 Hrll'tanll"ic Allin" Tahir

269 Hrustic Sallim Azc11l270 Hub"c Ibruhinlllnzi'll

271 Hublic Fadil Teufik 272 Hukic Husein Ahmel

273 Hokic Gajibija Edhem 274 Hokic Rcdw Esed 275 Hllkie 'Lihir Mlljo

276 Hukic Hajelin Scnael277 Hurcm""ic H ~ , i b Mehmcd

278 Huremo"ic Mesal) S ~ m ; r 279 Iluseitlo"ie Omcr Emir

280 Hu>cin"vic NCl.ir Mir\ad 281 Hu,cinu"ic It,d Suljo

2 ~ Huscanagic F ~ h i m Redler 283 Huseanovic Arif Ilajrlldin

284 H U ' ~ ~ " ' l V i c Olllcr billet 285 HllSca"o"ic Ibm Munib2 ~ 6 l - l u s e ~ n o \ ' i c H ~ j n l d i n Nennin 287 H u _ , ~ a n ( } " i c Ihrahim O,man

288 Husic Muju B ~ h J i j ~ 2 ~ Hw;ic Ha,an Esad

290 Hll<ic Mujo l-limlll 291 Ilusic l b r ~ h i m Mchll\cd

292 Husic Mcllmcd Mujo 293 Ibisevic S ~ l i h l3ekir 29.. Ibi'evic Ibis Ekrem

295 lbiscvic Ahmo Samir 296 IbisC>'ic Salih Scad297 Ibisevic Sevko Scfedin 298 Ihi.cvic SJlih S ~ i d 2'JY Ihrahimo"ic Dl.cmal Bego

300 lbmhimovic Orner Dzemail 301 Ibmhimovic Omer D ~ £ I 1 1 < 1 1302lbraliirnovie Ndail Emir 303 Ibrahinl<)vic Ha80 8nvcr

304 lbmhimovic Zuhdo Hasib 305 lbrahimo-'ic Omer Haso306lbrahimo"ic Ahl11et IbrJhim 307 Ibrahilllo"ic Dt,emal Kemal

30H Ibrahimovic Zllhrijcl Me,'lid 30Y Ibrahimovte Fil;ccl M;rzcl

310 Ibrahil110vic Mehrocd Muh"med J II Ibrahill\ovic t"llria Ncdzad

J 12 I b r ~ h i m ( ) v i e Nuria Nurdi" 313 lbrallimovic /.'.lll fo $abahudin

314 1brahimovic Ahmel Sah mall 315 lbrahimovie Smat! Scmso

316 lbrahimo\'ic Z1;m Z ~ h j r 317 1<lril.Ovic Salko 11""'0

31 S lrnsirc'<ic Arif Mullacclll 31<) J ~ h i c R ~ l l 1 o Hasib

:120 Jallie Mehmcd Saib 321 Jahie $Jlko VehbijJ

322 J ~ k u l x l V i c Ne7.ir Ik"" 323 Jakuoo"ie Husein Ekccm

324 bkllbovic Bcd Am;r 325 JJsarc\'ic l'mcllI,hmel

326 JlIkic 1-I,\d7<) Irfan 327 Jukic Mehmed Mehmedalija32H lUl1ul.agic Zahir Mirza 32Y JU8ic MtlSI"fJ MtUO 330 JlIsic Mujo MUllir

331 jU8ic H",ib Sadik 332 JllSic Juso S l l l ~ j l 1 1 " n 333 Jusufovic Salein CJ'nil

334 Jusufovic Salcin Rami" 335 Kabilovic Salko Mchnu::d



33 6 Kabilo",c Bego Nesib 337 Kadric Juso JuslIf 338 Kadric Sado Kadrija

339 K<ldric Kmja Nuniin 340 Kadric K:KIrip. Nurija

341 K:llic Hamid Hek;r 34 2 Kalie Idril M u m 3· B Ka1ld7.dO\'ic BdlO Bcbaja344 ~ , · i c Ramo Mc!W'l 345 Kbncc\'1c Ha!id Sc3d

34 6 Klcmpic Sevko AmiT 347 K.lcmpic Edhl.-m K:adnja 34 8 KJempic M"so Ztdro

34 9 Krdzic Ramo BeIl"dlll 35 0 Kni7.ic Ba m b.cl

Some of l he war crimes !hal an: reponed 10 the UN alld listed by !he case and proof numbel-.

All Bosnian M u ~ l i m "nilS were from S r c b r e l 1 l n ' ~ Muslim OJ>!"r::JI;onal anny group.

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Reem1a/mllt CdS< S r r ~ r r " i C d (I/(e Opt pgrl!



Internatiunal Red Cruss Committee List of Missing persons .Examples of

manipulations

The Lists of m i s ~ i n g flCMon, are flUm leRe <!oculTlcmatioT\, Boldcd names represented found

persons, which mean that lhey can'l be tre"lcd and notice as mi'Sing. There are morc than

thousand person, found on the ,arne m"Uer, what cause su,picion 10 lRCR Ii,!.

Principe is 1lC1::l:

Person, were founding upon Top secret and confidential documents of Bo,nia Muslim Army,

For this book needs, we s c p a m l ~ J u s t one parl of inf'mnaliOI1' aoout ,0 called missing people

from Srcbrcnica. On that way we make example With Ii,t of people with family nameS whichbeginning with capiwi B.

The dma comain following informations:

1) B'Lsic infonnation, abO"1 person, 1eRe

2) Inform.1lion' from Army of MlIslim - Croatian Federalion.

3) Regi,trJlion number, and daw from main doclmlCllI

4) CO"dllSio".

All this data showing u, l1la"ipulalion, willI nornlJ<.:rs 0[" w called mi;;si"g people from Sre

brcnic" in July 1995.

I,XAMI'LE,

Mr. Ademovic Adem from father Zulf" i, 0" list of missing pcrs"'" of leRe from July 1995.

But troc is that Mr.A\lcrnovic Adcm was "n li,t nfmissing and killed person, of Bo,nia Mus

lim Army during the cnmhal 12.9.1 ~ 2 Informations al>out that is from sccret l"losnia Mu:;lirn

Army dOCUtllCnwtion:;,

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BasK- data from Fu n name 8 ~ : C O JOUIC

rrgistnltion list of

""~ I

internationalorgallizations DOB.POB 12110 M311972, RO\'lIsi. Vlasenka

Data rrolll documents of '"DECO (SUWO) JOHlC, born 1972 in RornsiMoslem Croati;ln Vlaseniea. Killed on IS'" Murch 1993, in vill;lgcf'edcratlon Baljkovica, zvornik

Registration number List of killed lind dis:lppeared soliliers on thean d data rronl original l"rritOI'}' IXbelo Brdu lIod BaUko>'1ca fromdocument 284.1BI. b r i ~ d e SRbrenka

Conclusion '"Kilkd on 1 5 " Marcb 1992, before Jill)' 1995

-".

-"

~ registratioo list ul S<" m,'iDtl'rl\lItiun.'llorganizat)llns 0011..1'08 15" Mav 1963, MaC\'!;i, V ~ n k al)l!tu from dOCllmcnls of '"HAMDIJA (AVI)(Jj JASAREVIC, born 1963

MOIIlern Croatian in Vlasenica, Dlsappcared un 6"' .lui)' 1993 inFcdc...ltiol1 Ruzillli Vuda, Vla,cniea, on the road to 'Tuna

Rcgist ....u ion n um ber List ofldlled lind disappean.'d soldiers on the

and dlltl! from original territory I)elJelo Broo an d BaUko\·it'a fromdocument 284.181. bripde Srebrenie:.t

Coocluslon '"Disappeared on 6" July 1993, beroR July 1995

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Tt'Slemonies of sun'iviors of crimes commited by Muslim J ihad Warriors In

Srebcrnica and su rround ing "illages

On October S. 1992. Moslem armed formations allacked the house ofSreten Djokic in the village of OjV()"ici near B ~ t u n a c . and two da}"5 later the bodies of the people killed in DjV()viei....CT{; hantled over 10 the s . e r b . ~ . l1le body of Srclcn Djukic was given wilhouttbc head and lhe

right arm. On lhe neck hung a palch of skin with hair from the top of his head. The head and(he ann were never found ~ I l d (l"te body was buried without (hem. Proof: 37/94_6110.

In clashes belwccn Moslem am\l'll fOr<;C':; and those of the Anuy of the Rcpublic of Srpska onNO"ember 5.199'2 in the urea of Kamenica. the lXlmffiUrIC\ of Zvomik, the Moslems caplUredand killed by beheading Vlado Grnbovic;\, Sa"o Djokic, Dragomir Bozie, Sl:J.vko TiJanie,Savo Ka7..anovlC and Radomir Pavlovic. D r J ~ i r Bozic was Il'I3.'l&:lCrW and the head s e ~ r e dfrom the body. The he;d or Slavko Tij:anic wu found without the eyes, can a n d ~ . a 6 mmdiameler iron bar ....'a S found in his chest.. while his neck. hands and feet were liul with .....ire.

The hc;td of Savo Kaz:movic had al$O been cut orr. his chest pierced with a large nail. and he

himself nailed to an oak (ree and crucified. A head without (he body was also found which isa s . ~ u m c d 10 have helOllged to Milos Grabovica. The fol1o .....ing were also killed in Kamcnica

on November 5.1992: Miladin AS<'Crie. 28 years old: Mieo Tesic. '24 years old and Nikola

Milinovic. 27 ye31'S old. TIley were ~ I s o beheaded. I'roof: 184194-5. 184195-6. 184195-7 amI

184/95·8.

Some of the W3r crimes thaI ~ r repor1ed to the UN and lisled by the case and proof nllmber.

All Bosnian Mlislim units were from Srehrenica's o p e r ~ ( i o n a l Muslim army group_

10 all al.uck c;m;ed out 011 June 3,1992 on the v i l l . of8re7..anc. the commune ofSrebreoica,MOl!'t"rm killed Mili"oje Miln:wic and Stanoje Milmvic. When lhis village was liberated inApril 1993 their hcadle«$ bodies ....ere fouoo.

One pcrosoo with nicknarnc -KCl1lO" from P..le had slil StanojeMilrOvic', throoL

Proof: 63S194-9.

to. COI1f>d<n,,1 numbel in "'Jer lo l'mlCCI ilI<nllty of '-,I"c< .nd violi"".



On Seplember 14.1992 Moslem forees occupied too village of Podravanje in the cOmmune of

Milici. set it to fire. louted it and killed ailihe wounded whom lhey found in the village. They

killed 19 persons on t h ~ 1 occasion and massa<'red their bodies.

Zulfo TursullIovie from Succska h ~ lhe severely wounded TomisJav Peremlie put h i hew.! in

his (Tursumovie's) lup and then slaughtered him and cut his head off. S v e t < > z ~ r Jovanovic'.,head wa, cut off and i m p ~ l e d on a Slake and Gojko Tomie was heheaded and his head thrownsome 10 metres away from the body,

Some of the war crimes tilat nre reported to the UN and listc<:l by the case and proof numlx:r,All Bosnian Mu.lim units were from Srebrenica's operational Mmlim army group.

DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Deliberate killing of civilians. PLACE AND TIME: 1lJe vil-

lage of Divovid. the c o m m u , , ~ of Bratunac. S ~ p t ~ m b e r - O c t o b e r 1992, IlRIEf' DESCRIP-

TION: When the war broke out in Croatia, the Moslems from t h i . ~ village started pmvokingthe :Serbs. In early Seplember 19')2. lhe husband of the wilnes.<. Seeten Djokie. was al1aekc<:l

while he was picking plumbs near their hoa.le. hit by an object in the back of his he:ld after

which he fell al1dlost consciousness. After Ihm he wn, tuken to the Uziee hospital for treat-ment. The wimess learned thai he had been auacked by Moslems who had len him behind be-

lieving that he had been dead. On 5 October, after her hu.band returned from the ho,pital. Ihe

witness :llld her husb:llld were at home. At one nlOmenl Srcten went !O the st'lble to fC<.'d the

cow,. when the witnes, heard ,h"t, and her "On yelling "Dad fell". Then s h saw her hu.'baml

lying motionless fi"e meters away from the house on the way to the stable.

rifty meters aW:lY she ,aw Iiasanovic with a rifle. cursing her Chelnik mother.o r d ~ r i n g

heT togel out of her llOuse where slm hid with her son. Soon :lfter lhat. a 1l3l111n:lble device was

thrown into the house causing tire. and the witness and her son staned suffocating. ller son

jumped out of the window, and the witness heard shots and saw thc perpelr:ltors running: aftcr

her son. She then ran to Ihe oppmite direction to a oearby fore,t. Two day' !nter, on 7 Octo-

her. the bodies or tho'e who were kil1c<:1 in Divoviei were given 10 Serbs. The wimess saw the

body of her ,on SvctM.ar. with the right eye plucked out, the right mm broken, a wound Oil

Ihe right side of his eh",st. and a number of holes on his shin. probably as a r",sult of sl:lbbing.

The booy of her husband wa. det':lpit:lted :lnd without the right mm. A piece of his skin withhair tak<::n From his head was hanging down his neck. His hc.1d :lnd arm were not fOlllld and

11m budy wa, buried without them.

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INDICATtONS CONCERNiNG PERPETRATOR.: I. l Id Hasanovic. 2. Haris Ridjic. of fa·ther Munib, 3. Edem Mahmull)vic, si:uy yeao: of l ie, whom Uw:: willlCSS uw taking a cow Ind

a gOOI 001 of her JUlble during the attack.

EVIDENCE: Minulcs from the hearing of tbc witllCSS Savka Djotic, of 31 August 1994, til«!with. lhe Committee undel" number 378/94·6 and medical documentalion (Dr. Slanlmvic).

DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Deliberarc killing of civilians. PLACE AND TlME: Vi1\egr.w,

24 July 1992. BRIEF DESCRIPTION: On 24 July Rnnko Samardzic. born 23 April 1931. of

falher Pera.WllS

killedinViscgrad near

hi,house by Moslem soldiers.

INDICATIONS CONCERNING PERPETRATOR: I. Kemal Isic, I Moslem soldier from

Visegrad,2. Ibnllim Susko. from Viscgr.KI,]. H.uan Velctovac, from Visegrad. EVIDENCE;

Committee 440194-27 NOTE: Supplement to application 1-139.

DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Deliberule killing of civilians.. PLACE AND TIME: The vil

lage of Jelasci. the commune of Visegrad. I August 1992. BRIEF DESCRIPTION: In the

night of 2 AuguSI Moslem military troops attacked the village of Jclasci and d>ot !he following civilians:

l. Milo Savio, born in 194]. of farher Gvozden, 2. Pelka Savie, born in 1945 of falherDragomir. 3. Radcmir Savie, born in 1949, of falher Gvolden, 4. Dragan Susnjar. born in

1928. of falher Jovan. 5. Slavka S u ~ n j a r , born in 1930,6. Trivun lelicic. born in 1929. of falher Vclizar. 7, Sava Jelicic, born in 1920,8. Mirjana Jelicic, born 1960, of father Milojc. 9.

Dmgana Jelide. 8 years old. 10. Vidojc Sclicic, II years old. l1Ic victims were killed in theirhomes or leaving their houses. ~ I oflhem had ~ c n l bullel shoL\ on lheir bodies.

INDICATIONS CONCERNING PERPETRATOR: I. Ahmed Scjdic, fJ'QlT\ Visegrad, c0m-

mander o f . Moslem military linK. EVJDE,'lCE: Min\lle:5 from the hearing of the witaeUCS

iiI«! ..im Ihc Commincc under numbers 44(W4·36 and 440194-40. NOTE: Supplemcnl 10

applkation 1·139. Some of Ihc Wllt crimes WI arc n:potIcd 10 the UN and li$lcd by Ihc CISC

and proof number. All Bosnian Muslim unilS were from Srcbrenica', opcr:u.ional Muslim

army group.

DESIGNATION OF CRIME' Deliberale killing of civilians. PLACE AND TIME: The vii .

lage of Vlahovici. lhe commune or Viscgmd, 9 June 1992. BRIEF DESCRIPTION: A group

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of Moslem soldiers killed (he following civilians from the village of Vlahovici nn 9 June in a



field called Krccvina:

1. Dragomir Sim,ic, oorn in 1949, of father Momcilo, 2. Perka Simsie. maiden name Ongie.

born in 1941, of fa(her Vitomir, and 3. Bozo Simsic, oorn in 1932, offathcr Obren. Dragoolir

and Pcrka Simsie were killed by I3njic and Sabanovic fmm fire arms, and Bozo Sirnsic was

ooth shot ond slaughtered by Hurem.

INDICATIONS CONCERNING PERPETRATOR: 1. Hamdo Bojic, from Velika Gostilja.

(he commune of Viscgrad, of father Asim and mOiner Mejrclrul, 2. Adil Sabanovic, from Mala

Gostilja. (he commune of Visegrad, born on 27 November 1972 in Viscgrad, of fa(her Rifet.

3. Ragib Hurem. called Rapee. from Mala Oo,(ilja, the commune of Visegrml. born on 24

September 1960. of father Ragib and mOiner Hajra. EVIDENCE: Minutes from the hearing of

the witness and an applicati'l(] of the puhlic seeuri(y Mation in Visegrad. Ku. 6193. filed with

the Committee under number 440194-35. NOTE; Supplement (0 application 1-139.

D6SIGNATION OF CRIME: Deliberate killing of civilians. PLACE AND TIME: 'The vil

lage of Donja Lijeska, near Vi,egmd, 25 October 1992. BRIEF DESCRJI'1'ION: The wilnc",I 'ecikoza was nearby the house of Milb Zccevic when Moslem soldiers who attacked that

Serbian village took the fifty y e ~ r old Milko OUI of her house and killed her. The wi(ne" was

abou( fifty ~ t e r , away rrom (hem. He recogrUled Marie, A l i j ~ Kuslura and Zain Kusn"a.

Arter the murder they burnt hcr house, as well as (he houses of other Serbs fmlll the village.

INDICATIONS CONCERNING PERPETRATOR: L O,man Marie. from (lie \'illagc of

Babiti I'o(ok ncar Visegrad, 2. Alija KuslUra. from (he village of Ohugl", [}Car Visegrad, 3.

Zain Kustura, from the village of Okruglo, ncar Visegrad. EVIDENCE: Minutes from the

hearing of the witness filed wi(h the Committee under number 440194"29

DESIGNATION o r CRIME: Delibera(e killing or eivilialls. PLACE AND TIME: The viI·

I;lge of Me,i"i, the eOmlllUne 01 Rogatica. 26 June 1992. BRIEF DESCRIPTION: On 26 June

1992. Moslem soldiers a t l . ~ " k e d the Serbian village ofMesici near Rogatica and in (00 settle

[lle!lt Hidrockk(rana they killed Nellj\> O l a d ~ n a c fm", Mesici. born on 2S August 1922 in

SlIdiei. of father OSloja. On hi , body there were several bullet wounds and several knife stabsin the ehest and (he neck. The nc)';( day when (rn" family was burying Glactanac Moslem '01

diers came and disturbed the funeral.



INDICATIONS CONCERNING PERPETRATOR: I. Ramiz Nuhanovie. from the village of



Tustamedj near Visegrnd, EVIDENCE: M i n u t e ~ from the hearing of lhe witness filed with the

Committoo under number 440194-30. NOTE: Supplement to apphcation I· I 39.

Some of the war crime, that are reported to the UN and listed by the case and proof number.

All Sosnian Muslim unils were from Srebrenica', operational Muslim army group.

DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Deliberate killing of arrested p e r s o n ~ - P O W ~ . PLACE AND

TIME: Srebroniea, September-October 1992. BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Aftcr thc a r r e ~ t . Tur

sumovk c ~ ' l t h e witness's chest with a knife. which left a visible scar. After that he wa,\ taken

to the Srcbrenica police for hearing, There thcy put a p i ~ 1 0 1 into his mouth and Koljcvic pulled

the trigger, but the hultet was not in the barrel, and only a clicking sound could be heard, Then

everyO<xly started beating bim. after whkh they called Dragoljub Kukic for hearing;: they hithim against the ground and beal him. Kukic reacted UI One poim by cursing their Ustashimother. after which Ahmetovic took a log which was by the stove. and Itit Kukie in the chest

with it until he cJiecJ. They threw K u k i c ' ~ body on a junk yarcJ somewhere near Podravanj.

The witness was later beaten with the ,arne log. and AhmclOvie knocked hi , tooth ou!. Whenhe wa, beaten on other occa.,iollS they knocked out all hi" teeth and broke his ribs in 14

places. They put au! cigarelles on bis legs. wbieh left scars. They urimted into hi, mouth.

They hanged him on the ceiling by tying his legs with a rope hung on a wheel lIxed to a strip.

As a result of ,ueh an inhumane treatment and poor diet. the witness lost 30 kg in 21 days in

the prison. and had 62 kg when he kftthe prison. Naser Oric also p;ll1icipated in the b e a ( i n ~of prisoners.

INDICATIONS CONCERNING PERPETRATOR: 1. Zulfo Tursumovie, 2. Mirzct K o l j e ~ i e .head of the police, J. Kema! Ahmetm·ie. called "Kerno". 4. "Beli". 11 guard. 5, Nascr Oric.

commander of the Moslem army in Srebreniea. EVIDENCE; Minutes from the hearing of tile

witne", filcd witll tile Committee u'lder l1umber 37l\194- I4.

Some of IIlC war crimes that are reported to the UN and listed by tile case and proof number.

All Il,,,ni,,n Mmlim onits were fmm Srehrenica's operational Mo'lim army group.

DESIGNATION OF CRIME: lA:lib<:rate killing of arresled pen>on'-POWs. PLACE AND

TIME: Gornji PotocarL the commune of llratunac. June 1992, DRIEF DESCRIPTION: Dru

gan MilrO\'ic, a retired miner, born in 1929,1'11)111 tire village of Donji Magasie. was h e a ~ i l y

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disabled IlIld walked wilh IWO walking stich. On 16 June he I ~ n d c d nule nearby his house



when he was approad>cd by Babajic. Ramie aDd I'tnhimovic from the village ofGlogovo and

forcibly t:l.ken 10 the Moslem >;mage of Cizmici Bnd closed in the house ofCamiI MUlSlovic.He was beaten. On 25 June M\b'Ovic's WDli were on the hill called ·Cub", in !he neighbor

hood of Cizmici, when lhey heard Moslems calling them, prnposing 10 rocgotiate on the e,;

ctmngc of Milrovic. They wanled 10 see their father first, and they look him out in front of

Camil MUMllOvic's slable. Mitrov;c could hardly walk with the help of u stick; he shouted that

he w a alive and well.

In exchange for Mitrovic they demanded 5t o n ~

of flour or 5b o x e , ~

of~ m m u n i t i o n ,

which hi.<sons did not have. Then they shouted 10 them: 'Sclll! your mother Jovanka. We have 00 one to

fud:; we'll give you your falher back". M i l r o v i c ' ~ sons fell humilialed and :asked in despairItrir friends 10 killlheir ratl'u:r so lh.:lr. Moslems could not lOIUIre and humiliale him any II'lOf"C.

bulchey refused. MilrO'o'ic was tail:en 10 che prison in Gamji Potocar. where Be:die, the ......"._

den. beal him daily; one day he hil his head agaill51 the "'-all. and when he fell kicked him to

death with his booIs.. H i body W3 S thIm>.'I1 inlo lhe Potocansb reb (a river), and taler lakenin a uuek in an unknown direaion.

INDICATIONS CONCERNING PERPETRATOR: l . Hajro Beslic from BTatum..;:, prisonwarden in Gornji POlocar, 2. Ejup Gulic, formCl" shipper, from lhe village of Glogovo, 3. Sabrija Babajic. of father M ~ h m c d , from the village of Glog:()v(). 4, Murat Ramie, of father O ~ man, from tbe village of Glogovo. 6. Camil Muratovic, from Cizmie;, 7. Refit Babajic, of fa

ther R a m ~ , from Glogovo. EVIDENCE: Minutes from the bearing of MitTOvic's son lovan.

filed wilh llle Committee under number 560194 and the document of lite Basic Coon in

Z"CN"T,ik Ki. 70193 filed wilh lhe Commiuec under number26611-94.

Some of lhe III3l" crimes lhat DIe repom:.d 10 the UN and lisled by lhe case and pn.xJf number.All Bosniafl MU5lim units ....ere from Sld.>relliea'S opcmionaJ. Muslim army &lOOp.

DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Inhumane IJglrnem of civilians. PLACE AND TIME: Sre

brcnica, 1992-Febroary 1994. BRIEF DESCRIM'ION: The witl1e$.<. a 70 year old pensiol)«.

lived wilh his wir" in hi.< family house in Srebrenic:a where he ....as bom. When a great num

ber- or Sl'rbs escaped from Srebrenica. where until the war 1/3 of llIe population had beenScm. the w i l f l C S ~ believed t h ~ t W D jU.<l a phase, and t h ~ t life would become nOffilal again. Inthe cnll only 21 persons of Sen) IlDI;onality remained in Srebrcniea.

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Life was difficult for Serbs. l1Iey were CQIlSI:mtly exposed to various fQrTll5 of abuse. espe



cially by Moslem refugees who threw Stones at Serb hou:ICS, demolished them, and often

plundered tllcm. Moslem military police searched the witness's house Iwice. 'The firsl limeIho:y searctlOO his house they look all food he ~ as well ;I S medicillCl5 and Olher valuables.11le se<:ond lime. a police palrol consisting of Ilajrus and Safe( from Voljevica. searched his

:md !hen came back the same 4ly and look away his c1othc:$, his wifc's undetwear.5tockmg5. hyp,nio;; necessiti<::s. 1llc: tWO men continued visiting the Wl1lleSS MftOl.ha 6 evenings. They forood IhcircrKry every t ime by breakiq the gate.

The wilroesl\ complained to the rniliwy police and commalldcr Krdzic told him llul he woold

"lake necessary measures". The witIles.s knew about the killing and mallream'lCnl of other

ScrlIs which is why he was afraid 10 kave his house during the day, so Ill: "'enl UUl only in [he

evening. wtIile his wife Ilad to wear long dress<:i like Moslem women 10 hide lhal she was a

Serb. 'The wilnc:;s finally lert SrcbrcniCll a ~ i s l e d hy d., Red Cross because he fell il l and re

Quired • surgery. In Srebrenica he left bellind his real estale. a two- ",-OR:Y h o u ~ (I I dm). a

yard and an orchard.

INDICATIONS CONCERNING PERPETRATOR: I. Alif Krdzic from Q 1 ; m a ~ a . who w a aJ l O I i ~ e l l l a n before the war. oommandcr of lhe military p < > I i ~ e in Srcbrenica. 2. H:lkija Me

h o ~ i c . CQlnmander Ilf the military police in Srcbtenica, 3, Hidajcl Mustaflc, frolll Ihe ';ur·

r o u n d i n g ~ of Skelani, member of Ihe military p o l i ~ e . 4·5, Safel and Hajrus. both frolll Volj e ~ i u u . ncar a r a t u n a ~ . members ofthc mililary [1olice. EVIDENCE: M i l l u t c ~ from lhe hearing

of the witness of 30 Augusl 1994, filed wilh Lhe Comminee under number ~ 7 1 \ 1 9 4 - ~ .

DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Inhumane treatmenl of '"resled (lCI'SOllS - POWs. PLACE ANDTIMli: Srebrcnka. the prison in the p o l i ~ e building, Septembcr·Octo£:",r 1992. nR1EP DESCRWI'ION: The wiLness was :uTCStOO in his house in lhe ~ i l l a g e of Podra"anje in an altack

of Ihe Moslem anny and taken 10 a prison in S r e b r e n i ~ a .

lie was placed in a cell (2 x 2.5m) in ...hich!here were no beds orcovers. In fact. there was nofnmiture in the cell. 1lIey could IlOI lie down, bcca.w: the.e W<'re sill of them in lhe 1:<'11. and

guards kept spilling ....ater on the floor. 50 Ihal they stood or crouched aJlthe time. 1lle wit

_ and otheT S e were bealen every day. TIle witness was beaten with ~ . : l $ a result ofwhICh lIis rib<!; "'en: bmlr.:cn. This was done by Koljevic whose boots. as it o c c u ~ 1 to the w'itness.. were sp'-",i;oIty ;nlentk:d for ~ I ; n i o sinoce!he)' were strengthened w;11I pointed boot kgs,and the "';lness often lost: COl\5Cioos.ness after beatini.

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The be..liRg uJUally swtcd at 10 p.m.• aDd ended at" a.m. The witneM W3!i also beateR wilb

eI<'.ctJk C3b1es. cords. met.al pipes. He panicul:trly had a difficult time "'heR t lry burnt hishands "'ilb cigarenes made of walnut leaves. On one tlcc:;lsion KolJcvic ordered hi:" 10 ~ r i pnaked, and burnt his penis will1 a cig.arclle. The witne$$ lost c o n s c i o u . ~ n e s s . Seven of his teethwere knodted out· five in the upper and IWO in the lower jaw. Apal"l from Koljevic, he was

also ocalen by tile guard. Kemo. Ikli and Dule. Guaros often clogged the toilet, so Ihat tilewilness and olher pri"oners haJ 10 PUllheir hand in the Ollening,

Sever.tltill1'es thuy brought women and children from 100 town to lhe cell in which the: witDess

W:lS. and they $pat 011 them and insulted them. 'Tiley were lUll allowed to lake a bath or 10

"'aSh Iheir faces ever. and when they asked 10 go 10 the toilet. it depclldcd on guards whelher

they would go or 1101:. Iflbey let wm go, lhey had 10 go oottogelhcr. and tlley were beaten byguOlfds in tile corridor. 'This is why lbey had to I,'oid going 10 the toilet. 'They usually roceived

food ("'ice :a tby - Icfto\'el'S from wMt guards ale. Occ:IstooalJy they reccived tea with 110

J;Upr and :a ptere of of \he siu: of a ciprelle package. As !hey were IWll a.llowed 10

""lI.Sh. SOIllCl;mcs lhey had 10 late brtad wilb hands on which lhere """CI"C fcca from the cle;ul

ing of the mile!.

INDICAnONS CONCERNING PERPETRATOR: I. MimI Koljevic, head of the pulice, 2.

Naser Orie, com'"l1.nder of the M o . ~ l e m army ;n Srcbrcnica, who heat the witness so hard thaihi , left eyc r C I l 1 ~ i " e d damalled os a result ofa hlow. 3·6, Guards Kemo from Pale ncar Sara·jevo, Ik l i alw Dule from Osmaca IlCllr SrebreniClI, CelTlO from Suceskll, EVJOENCE: Min

" t c ~ from the he;.rinl;. of the W i t l ' ~ ~ foled with the Commincc urKler number 37&'94-1.

Some of the war crimes that arc reported to the UN and listed by !be case and proof number.AU Bosnian Muslim uniu; were from Sreb.-enica'$ oper.lli{)n:ll Muslim army r,r<JUp.

DESIGNATION OF CRJME: Delibtr.lle killing and lOhuman tre;\unc:nt of !he wounded lUll!

lho.' sid "LACE AND TIME: Srebn:nia. II prison l(lC.:ltcd bct ........11 the TO""'n Hall and the

Coonhousc. January - February 1993.

BRIEr: DESCRIPTION: During aM o ~ ; [ e m

lIttaCk on Serb.. in the village of Kusici, the wit·ness. a 5tuJelli of Ihe se<:ond year of high school was on holiday ....hen shc received a woundin her left hip while feeding the eaUk wilh her m<lther. After Ihat they w ~ r c caplured hy theMoslems a"J tllken away. l3ut, ~ i l \ c e she was unable to walk 011 account of the wmlnd, her

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mother earried her for two kilom<:lers Dod then she was loaded on an o ~ e n ean. look 10 Sre



brenica and pili inlO lhe prison bc:1ween the Town Hall and 11K: Counhouse. She s layed in lhe

prison from January 16 (ill February 6, 1993. She lay on:ll 'Itre!dJc:r and was completely unable to moye. During lhe abo..., Slated period she had her wound dn:ssed only once and was

gi\'Cl1 a few polls. She was lUll L:lkc:n to !he ~ p i t a l . whic:h at the timo: e ~ i S l e d ;n Srt:bt'enka

and W1lS ptoYidint services. She and other innralC$ " ' given food ooly Olll:e a !by l::oosi'Ol

ing of a slice of brud and beans soup. 'The water was supphed in the least possible quantit iesdepending 00 the mood the: gu=ls. Thc:y wen:: nee prorided with any f:>(':ilillCli for wash;n; orIltkinll :II balh. Men wen: imprisoned in the .cIjaa:nt room wbc:refrom tuards' l::UrKS and w:til

ing and h o \ o ' l i n ~ from the inmatc:s being beaten OOIIkI frequenlly he heard. O w i ~ to the ef·fects of lhe innil::ted wound and the unlim<:ly medical care. she h:Id 10 spend four m o n t h ~ in ahospiu.1 after lhe exdtange and he r leg rerT\;l'ncd shorter by 5 em.

INI)ICATIONS CONCERNING PERPETRATOR: l. ZUlto TulllSOyic. Ihe ,,".;on CQrIl'

rnander in Srebrenica- EVIDENCE: 11le m i n u l e . ~ from the h.".ring of Ihe w;tness of A u ~ u s (30. 199J filed with Ihe Cornmillcc under No. 37lV94-5.

Some of Ihe war crimes lh:Il arc repone(] 10 the UN and l i ~ l e d by th" c a and IHOOf numocrAll Oosnian Muslim u n i l ~ were from Srebreniea's op<:rational Muslim anny groop.

DESIGNATION 01" CRIME: l>clibeMe killing of pri'oners· priwners of war. PLACE AND

TIME: a<>rnja Kamenica. a village oem Zvomik, 24 A u g u ~ t 1992. BRIEF DESCRII"TION:Al ubout 6 un. on Augusl 24. 1992, anned Moslem formations :luucked the village of Gornja

Kamenil:u. Most of til<: inhabitants mnnnge<.! 10 leave the village, bUI the following person'

sl:.)'cd behind:

I. Ljub()1]lir Tomie 2. Dragomir Tomie, and 3. Milomir Kukolj. of father Vdjko. all fromOomja Kam<:nica. After the arTC&t. membcn of Ihe Moslem arme<..I formalions tortured and

thcll kllk.'d Ihc Ihree mcmioocd persons. Afler the liberation of Gomj:l Komelliea 01\ October

20. 1992. lheir bodies were found nctlr a Stall'le which belonged to Bo a Tomie. 1llcir bones

were brokI:n, including ihcir skulls. whict1 proves Ihat they "''Cre tilled.

INDICATIONS CO:-:CERNING PERPETRATOR: I. E.Qd Mehmedovil::, formt:r policem;mfrom Ih.: "ilbge of Ha;i<,;i. ihc Mllil::i Commune 2. Meho Suljagic . from Kamcnica, the

ZV1lmik Commune 3. Sotban Redl.ic. fonner InspectOr of !h e Communc of Z"omik 4. EOn

Haskic from Gomja Kamcnica 5. £sad H : l . ~ k i c . from Gomja Kamcnit:a 6. Ahmed Grebic.

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former polic:el1'l3n from Zvomik , . IImr Begic, former policeman from Zvomik 8. Esad



S:>lkic 9. Muhamcd Selimovic 10. Meho Suljie EVIDENCE.: A document of the BasK: COUl'l

III Z'·omik. No. Kri. 11193. filed with the Committee under No. 26611-94 IlIld docUlTlef1l3 1 ~ - 1 9 - l 3 IIlCluding testimonies of B.V .•T.M .• K.V.• T.M. and K.T.

DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Willful killing 300 inhuman trealmCnl of woondcd and ~ i c kpersons, PLACE AND TIME: Srcbrcniea, hospital. between July 24 and 27. 1993. BRIEF

DE5CI{II'TION: l-Ialilo\'ic, a ~ o l d i c r of Moslem Armed formation.l. shot to death a civilian

in the hospilal. The eivilhm w a Swjan Krsmanovie. nee 1924. from the village of Rekovac.

themunicipality

ofBrallmac. Kl'lIlTI:lllOVic was placed In tile hospital MteT he had been

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lured and injured by Moskm armed units of Ejup Golic, when he was on his way home fromJelovae to l{ekOV:lC. unarmed. INDICATIONS CONCERNING PERPETRATOR: l. Emir

(Safel) Halilovic. harher by profession. from S ~ b r e n i c a . born in tile village of Budak. me

r n u n i e i ~ l i l y of Srebn::ni-ca. EVIDENCE: The documentation filed with the Committee underNo. 37119-4-1 Dlld in me do<:umcnls of !be Bas>c Publie Prosecutor'. omce in Z,'OIllik Kt.

9I9J. wlrre the records on autopsy performed by the physician olthc oot-patient health center

in BratulI3C arc also filed.

Some of lhe war crimes that are reponed to the UN and listed by the case aoo proof number.

All Bosnian Muslin' units wen: frum Srl:!m:nica's operational Mu,lim army group.

DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Elhr\i<; c 1 ~ a n s i n g . PLACE AND T1Mu: Medjc. a village neM

Srebreniea. May - August 1992, BRIEF DESCRW'fION: On May 16. 1992 the commander of'I Muslim armed formalion. Uckelic, came 10 the Serb village of Medje and. p r o m i ~ i n g 10 the

villagers lhat nothing would h a p ~ n to them Dlld tll:ll they could go on living and working in

peace. he ~ i / . a l all their weapons and c:une again 10 the vill.:lgc on July 15. 1992 in the: com

p:my of armed nlC'nbcrs ofhis unit and. on that occasion,lt.tUed:

I. Cl'ijctin Gagie. alias ' i \ - 1 3 t o ~ , of father Sred:o. 1. Vdimir SIlIle\ItM)vic, of father Petal", 3.Radojb SimeullOvic. of husboilld VelimiT. 4. MiloJko (;agie, 5. Milovan GagK:. 6. Ljubic:a

GD.!'ic. ofhu<Nnd Milovan, 7. Milena Gagie. ofbusband Milan. 8. Danica Gagie. of husbandI)jordjc,9. Milov:lJ1 Andnc. of father Sava. 10. Mladjen Subotic, of father Simcun. 11. lIinb

Submic. of hUSh.1,1li MillS<IV. 12. Manojlo Subotic. 13. Milena Subotic. wife of Manojle. 14.Vidajc S u l J ( ~ i c . of falher ])11\1:0. 15. Andja Gagic. wife of Mi(udin. 16. Petar Gagic. 17,

Peuiju Amine, ~ n 18, R ~ d i v o j c Sulllllic. all from the village ofMcdja.

Individuals were pul tdlind lhe b a ~ : l l I e r they were mmsport.ed by lorries from Medja 10 Sre

bronica where lhey were locked up in the rooms of the fOlll'ler lemlooal defence HQs. so!).



jeaed 10 lonUfe and abllse.:and thr:n ~ a u g h t e r e d : lheir bodiQ wen: exelwlged on August 13.

Al lhe same time. Scm in this vil lage were kloIed. eallle driven .1.WlI,y .tnd Ihc houses

and llUJIiliary buildings owned. by !he following set ahghl and dC'Slmyed;

in the hamlet of Karan: Vdimir Simeunovic. Mlndjcn Subooc. Maoojlo Subolic. Vidoje

Suholle. Milcnko SUboIie, Cvi;ccin Gagic, Djordje Cagic, Milovan Gagic. Dragan gagic.

Milcnko GagiC,PClar Gagie, Vojislav Andric and Milovan Andric;

in the hamlel of Radaccvic: Pera V a s i ~ . Ljcposava Vasic, Slanisa Vasic. Stevan O"lic, 13<, :I

Golic. Jova Todorovic, Rudisav Gligic, "l"OOor Todorovic. Nedja JO":Inovic, Milenko Jovano

vic, Milan Jovanovic, Jevdja Jovanovic, Zivko Jovanovic. C\ljcrin Jovanovic. O " ' ~ l I a J,wanovic, Jova Jovaaovic, Dragan Jovanovic and Radoje Vasic;

in the hamlet of Valtovic: Zi"nn Trifuno"ic, Milenko Trifunovic, Vlada Lukic, SIt'v:! Lukic,

M:ml Lukic, Vinka Lukic. Radisa" Lukic, Zivto Lukic and MilanL u k ~

in lhe hamlet of Cmi Vrh: Kadomir Djuric. Vojislav Djuric. Radivoj k7.die. Krsla PeuuvK:.

!'dar Jovicic and Milh I"clrovic.

I N D I C A n o ~ s CONCERNING PERPETRATOR: I . Members of tile Muslim armed forma·

Cjom under the command or Ned ad BelaK. former JNA lieuterullu, born :I I Kar.>dric;' rom

munc ofSrebn:nica 10 rachoer R:mta and mother :lelja. a Muslim. EVIDENCE: DocuDlenullion

fil<:d with Ihc COmmill« for Compiling Dam Oft Crimes a p i 1 L ~ t Humanity and lmemalionall..IIw under No. 311194-2 and ",ith the Basic Court al Zvomik under No. Ki.18194.

LIST OF THE. CAMPS fOR SERBS IN SREBRENICA: (320. SREIlR£NICA. a priSOEl be-

tween rhe Imilding.s of lhe Municipality Court and lhe Cit}· Hall 321. SREBREN1CA, prison

uf" 1)<)lice srnliOEl 322. SREIlREN1CA, village of I'otocari, privale prisOl' of Oric N'lscr 323.

SREBRENICA, village of Sccska, Zulfo Tur.IUliovic's pri"ale prison

Sume of the war crimes lilal arc repol"1cd 10 the UN and lisled b)' lhoe case and proof number.

,\11 BO!'nian Muslim UnilS were from Srebfenica's opcraliona.l Muslim army group.

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DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Delibetale killing of civilians. PLACE AND TIME: The vii·



lage ofZesavice and lhe village ofRecice, the municipalily ofHan PijcSlIIe, AugU51 1993.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: On August 2, 1993. soldiers of Muslim armed formations attacleed

lhe Serb villages of Recicc ~ n Zcravice. In Recice. lhere were no viClim.1 in !III: civilian

populalion because the villagers had fled before lhe soldiers' arrival. TIl<: ""Idicrs 1000ed and

then buml seven h o o s e . ~ with auxiliary buildings. The humt houses were owned by DUS."l and

Milovan Golijan, Torno and Vasa Golijan. Stevan Golijan ;md his brothers. Rajleo Vaskovic,SvelOZ:lr Golij;1O and Milond Golijan..

MU5lim soldier-. :lttacl:ed Zenvicl: the J ; tmC day and Ieilled: l. Dobrivo;C Golij:llt, born on

April 6. 1926. resident of Zel1lvicc, 2. RajD. Todorovic. born in 1958, wllo had been mentallyill, 3. AlcJcsa Golij:llt, born in 1m , 4. Danica Sokanovic, born in 1926, S, M i l o ~ = Golijan.

born in 1%7,6. Marto MirovJc. born in 1923, 7. Jo.·an So\.:anovic, born in 1931. 8. Zora So-

Ieanovic, born in 193ti. wife of Jovan Soleanovic. During Ihe aliacl;:, Dana Sobll(\v;e, a pri

mary school pupil, susulined a woulld in lhe :Irm, aftcr which she w a captured and taken by

Muslim soldiers 10 Kladanj, tOl,"'lller with Golijan Vclimir, born in J946 and Milojb Mirovie,

born in 1926.

When they occupied lhe village. the Muslim 5Oldicl'!< plundef"ed and burnt down I l l l lI"e than 70

Setb-owncd hou:ses and their auxiliary buildings and rook a"""y 200 head;; ofuule.

INDICATIONS CONCERNING PERI'ETRATOR: l. Rrajl:o Hu'>Cinovic. of father Hamid.

m. Ajsa - maideR ""me DoIjancic, born on OcIOOcr 7, I 9 ~ 9 in RlIbnici. the municipality of

Han l>ijesak, tradesman by p",fession, employed in TI ' "Napred.ak" before the war. permanenlresidence in Rubilliei, the municipality of Han Pijesak,

2. Rifel Ymbac. called "ilelean", of father Djult>eg. m. Scma· maiden nUlIl<: Bubie, born on

J:k«,mbcr l , 1961. in Nevacka. the municipalily of Han Pijesa\.:. limber d i ~ p a l c h e r by prufu·sioo. employed in SlI' "Planin.ko", 11:m Pljesak. before the w..,-. permanent r e ~ i d e n c e in

Ne>'aclea, lhe municipality of H:m Pijesal:,

3. Riz"o Vrabac. of fathu S a l t b a 7 ~ born on November 10, 1953, in Nevacka. !he municipalit)"of Ilan Pljcuk:. dri'....-r by profession. employed in SIP "P1aninsko", Han P ipk . pcrm;lIk."Ilt

residence:: in Nevacka.

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4. Bedr Mukanic. of falher Jakub. m. Cura, born on April 15, 1957, machine tcchnieinn by

profcssion, pemlanent residencc in Vlasenien, commander of lSI Mtlslim detaehmenl of Cer,



5, Ismet Vrnbnc, called "Redzo". of fmher Djulbeg, m. Serna - maiden name Bllbic, born on

September 1, 1963 in Nevaeka, the municipality of Han Pijcsak, worker by profe%ion, em

ployed in SIP "Planinsko",llan Pijcsuk. before the war, permarICm residence in NevaekH,

6. Muhamcd Vrnbac. of falher Mujo. born on F e b r u ~ r y 10, 1939, in Nevacka, the municipality

of Han Pijesak, employed in PTT, Han Pijesak, before the war, permanent re,idenc'C in

Nevuckn,

7, Resid lmanovic, of rather Bajra, oorn on July 13, 1955 in Ncvack<l, the municip:llity of Han

Pijcsak,locksmith by profession, employed in SIP " P l a n i n ~ k o " , Han Pijesak, belore the war.permanent T e s i d ~ T I < ; ~ in Nevackn, reserve JNA officer before the war,

S, Zaim Avdagic, of fathcr Himzo, born on May 28, 1946. in Turalici. the municipality of

Vlasenica, carpenter by profession, employed in SIP "Plallinsko", Han P i j ~ s . 1 k . before the

war, pcnnallent residcnce in N c v a e k ~ . the munici palily of Han l ' i j e , ~ k ,

9, Zijad Avdagic, of father Himw. horn in 1962 in 'I'umlici, the m U l 1 i c i p ~ h t y of Vlascnic",

worker by profo,siol1, employed ,n DP "Stupcanica·, 010vo. permJl1el1t r e ~ i d e t l C c in Ncvacka,

l h municipality of ~ I a n Pijesak,

10, Galib Durakovic. of father Osman, m, Mevl" • maiden name Sanderovie. born on Aug"!'t

12, 1945 in Sa,cvei. the Illunicipality of Olovo, coachman by profession, employed in SIP

"Planitlsko", Han Pijesak, before the war, p e n n ~ n e n t residence in Nevacka, lhe munil'ipality

of Han Pijesak,

11. Hajrudin Glasic, of father Began, hom on January 5, 1953 ln Rubiniei, the municipalily of

lia" I ' i j ~ , a k , worker by profession, employed in SIP "Plunin,ko", Hun Pijcsuk. before the

Wi'r, permanent r e < ; i d e n c ~ in Rubi"id,

12. Sem:;o Harderbasic, of father Hamid, born on Janoary 24.1939 in Nevacb, worker byprofe'ision, employed in DP " S l U l ) C a n i c ~ ' , 01ovo, befote the war, permanent residc.l1cc ill

Nevacka. the Illunicipality of H ~ l \ Pijesak,

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RoMa Q b ~ u ! m ..Srrhr<nic,! (rho a'l l Paa!

13. Ramil Camdzic. born in 1938 in Podgiavica.ltIe municip6lity of Kladanj. butdlcr by pr0-



fession. pc:muncnt residence in Podglavica. the municipality of K1adanj,

14. Alija Mutapcic, born in 1957, in V l a ~ e n i c a , worker by profession,permanent r c . ~ i d c n c e in

Vlasenfca, tbe "Bacino Brdo· selllemeni.

EVIDI-::NCE: RecoJds on iQ\'cstig;ltion on lbe spot, with phoio- documrnl:1tion, medical find·ings, testimonies by witocsses filed with the Comminee under No. 136195-2. Some of the war

crimes that are reported tn Ihe UN and liSted by Ihe ease and proof !lumber. All Ilosnia'i Mus

lim uni .... were (rom Srebrenlea's oper.lliooaJ Muslim army group.

of !he war crimes Itgt are reported 10 !he UN and listed by the case and proof number,

All Bosnian Muslim units were from Srcbrenica's opcralional Muslim army group.

DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Dcliberntc killing of civilians. PLACE AND TIME: The viI·

lage of P<llOCaIli, end of May and beginning of June, 1992. BRIEF DESCRlrTION: At tile

end of May. 1992. mosl probably 00 25 or 26 May, in the vilbge of l"otoc;lIIi. Musl im sol·

diers in "Green Beret" uniforms. under command of Scmin RUSlanpasic. killed the followingSerbs:

I, D r ~ g a CaVIC, of father Nedcljko. born in 1933. 2. ~ 1 i I e n k o Lu\Qc. At the beginning of June.

the follo"';:ng pcn;on.s "'"Cf"C also killed in this village: 3. Ljubo c ."k . of fathe< Ljubo. born ,n

1911, and his wife, 4. Bosa Ca"ie, of fatller Aleba. born in 1924· slaughtered in front of

their house. ,\ big c r o ~ s w a cut illtD L j u b a ' ~ ehCSI Bo,;a', throat was ellt. both her b r e a ~ t swere Cllt ofr. her eyes we", gouged out and her ears cut off. Both her nrrns we<e cut to the el-

bows. 5, Jelena Jo\·ic. of fatlleo Milan, born in 1928, Hco IlOSC.. ean and arrm wcre cut off:md

he..- eyes ""-ere IOOged. 6. Mara. from Kupre5 by birth. was slaughtered. 7, Radojka PrgomelJa.

of (ather Stanoje. bolll in 1944. Hcr right leg and nose were Cut oIT, hereycs ....'CI'C gouSed out

and she " 'as cut all over tbe bOOy.

INDlCA'nONS CONCERNING PERPETRATOR: I. Semin Ruslmlp:lSic, CQlT\mander of the

"Gn:en B w : t s ~ unit. 2. Senad Bajric. 3--6. Eric. Carina. R i ~ v a n : m d Durokoyie, "Green BereIS"soldiers.. EVIDENCE: TCSlitTlOlly by the will1CSs 234195·13.

S<lIllC of the war crimes that are rcporkd to the UN and lisled by the casc and proof number.All B06nian Muslim units were [rom Srdln:nica's operational Muslim army group_

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0., 5, 1992. Moslem:umed formations :1Itacted lhe house ofSreten Ojot.ic in lhe vII.



lage of Divovici near Bratunac, and two days bter Iht bodlCS of the people killed in DivoviciWe«: handed ovcr to t Serbs. The body of Sreten Djokic was given wilhout t head and the

right ann. On liIe ned: hUllg a patcto of skin with h3.ir from the top of bis tocad. The head and

the arm have not b«n fouoo and the body was buried occordintly. Proof: 37194-6.

[n an allack: on lhl: Serb village of Dreumi, the commullc of Srebrenicu, on June 30. [!J92.

members of Moslem armed forces killed 19 serb villagers. The body of Milo.. Novak:ol'ic

from the hamlet of Cicevac was found with the head cut off. !"'roof: 493194·9, 49J194·5,

493J94-6. 493/94·7, 493194-8 and 635194-9.

SJa"ko Mladjeoovic, (fatbet- Ljubomir). born in 1965, was killed on AugUSt 8. 1992 during anallad:: 01 \ village 0 ( Je=ice. the commune of Bratunac. He was buriod without till' hc3dwhictl had been cu t orrand t:1ke:n away. Proof: 68194 and 63S1'94·28.

Some of the war er1RJe$ th:IJ. are reported to the UN and listed by the e and proof nurnbo:r.

All Bosnian Muslim units WeT"<' from Srebrcnica's operatiolkll MlI5lim army group.

In dashes between Moslem armed forces and those of the Army of the Republic of S'psb on

Novembe' 5,1992 in the area of Kameniea, the commune of Zvornik. lhe M ( ) ~ l c l \ \ s capturedand killed by beheading VI8do Grabovica, S;lVCl Djokic. D,ugomir Bozic, Slavko Tijun;"

Savo Kazanovic and Radomir Pavlovic. Dragomir Bozic was mas.lacred his head severed

from lhe body. The h<:ad of S[avko TiJanic was found withOUI lhe eyes, ears ~ n nose. a Ii mll1

diameter iron ba, was found in bis chesl . while bis neck. hands and feet ""cre tied wilh wire.

The head of Savo K.uanovic had also been cu t off. his chesl: pi.en::ed Wilb u large nail. and toe

himseJf Ikliled to III oalt Iree and crueified. A head without the body w u aloo found wt>idl i as''''ncd to have belonged 10 Milos Grabovica. TIle foJlowing Well: also killed in KamcnICa

on NO"embcr 5,1992: Mil;odin Asceric, 28: Mic(I Teste:. 24.1lld Nikola Milinovic. TJ. They

""ere aJso beh=led. Proof: [84194-5, 184.'95-6. J 8 4 f 9 ~ 7 and 184195·8.

Some of the war crimes rnat arc reponed 10 the UN and lisled by the ca'iC and proof number.

All BO:';nianM u ~ l i m

units were from Srebreniea's opcrnlional Muslim arllly group.

In un uttack carried out on Junc 3.1992 on the village of 1I'0:7,<lnC, the commun" of Srcbrcnica.

Moslems killed Mi\ivnje Mitrov;c al\d Stanoje Milrovic. When this village was i i b c m t ~ , , 1 ill

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April 1993 lbcir headless bodies were found. Sunoje Mitrovic's Uuwl ILad hem slil by one

"Kemo" from Pale. Proof: 635194·9.



"The M03lerT\$ tilled !he Serb Sf1XIoje JOV31lOVic from Kmiec by beheading him when lhey al

lacked this villll8e 011 July 5.1992. Proof: 493J9.4-13.

On September 24,1992 Moslem forces occupied lhe vilbge of Podr.:avanje in lhe C(}]TImunc of

Milici, sel illO fire.lootcd il and tilled aliihi': wounded they came across in lhe village, They

killed 19 persons on lhal OCC:lsion and mal;sacrcd lheir bodies.

Zulfo Tursumovic from Suce.ll:.a h;ld!he severely wounded Tomislav Percndie pul his head in

his (1\Jrsumovie'$) lap liIld lhen slaughlered him and cUI his head orr. Svetozar Jov:l/1ovic's

head was cut off and imp;l.led on a Slake and Gojko Tornie was behl:;tded and his head lhrown

some: 20 I1lC1rcll away from lhe body. Proof: 1&4195034.

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ll"I'ORT 0 . ' nil;: SECRETAKY -GENER...I. PliRSUAI'.T TO S£CUKln' COUNCil. KF,soIAITION

1 0 1 ~ (19'lSJON VlOl.AT10NSOF II'.TERNATION...L IIUM.l.NITAR1AJ''I L.l.W IN TIlE AR" ...S or



SIH:IlRF.NICA, Z£I'.... BAN)A I.UK...ANI) SANSKt MOST

UNITEDNATIONS

Security Cooneil

Diw, GENERALS11995198l1

27 November 1995

ORIGINAL ENGLISH

'J5-37227 (El 281195/...

*9537227*

A. Missing. persons

4. T1ll: Bosnian S off"lI5i..." 011 Srebreniea from 610 II July 1995 \cd 10

a mass displac<:mt:nl oflhe emir.: Bosnian Muslim community oflhe area. All

eslimate<! 25.000 people were forcibly evacuated On a COllVOY of buses ami

trucks organized by the Bo!nian Serb authorities. A group of people.

eSlimnled al herwecn 10.000 IIlId 15.000. mostof whom were men. left

Srcbrenica on fOOl. 1hc exact number of pcr50lls from the.., lwo g r o u p ~ who

arrived 5.1lcly in Bosnian ao ...emmellt-held Icrrilory is nOi known, By IIlOSI

acooullts, !he local popul;uioo priQr(( I

the Bosni:m Serb off/!nsiv," numbered33.000 1040.000. altbough U N ~ I C R estimated the population of lhc: enclave

fOO' food d i ~ r i b u l i o n J'lUIpOSeS a[ 42.600.

5. Thousands of pI!Ople still r.:main un;ICWuntoo fn.-. An unknown number

who made [heir way to safety have simply nOl been reGistered by the

apllropriate authorities. At Icasl several hundred PCI'!iOIlS arc believed 10

have heen killed in armed cOlnbal. There arc "ho accounts of men in hiding

in BOISni3l1 St:,b-hcld lerritory. although no lTI(ll ' l: than a few hundred men :IfC

believed [ 0 be slill : l t l ~

6 It is thus dirr",ulc [0 asccnain the exXl nurnben; oflhose mis.<;ing.

17

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has received over

10,000 tracing requests from families and has determined that 2,000 of the



requests are duplicative, leaving a tolal of 8.000 tracing requests. Afurther analysis by [eRe indicates that 5,000 of the t r ~ c i n g requests

con<;ern individuals who are said to have lefllhe enclave before it was

laken by Bosnian Serb forces. Some 3,000 requests concem persons who were

taken from their families by Bosnian Serb forces during Ihe e ~ p u l s i o nitself.

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Faxsilnil of document of Bosnian Muslim Army (BMA)



•

Ddtnso: of R ~ J l " b l i t",ililary 5«1"t l

Top ..... r l d ~ n l i a lIlEAOQUARTER OF ARMY

DIRECTION FOR TAcnCA.1. AcnVITY

IlEADOF DEPARTMEi'' 'A.im D ~ b a ' l O " i c

ComandanlAvclo Pulic

Culto«l;on wilh your OCI. IUp seC",1 No:

2/628 from lIUl4.1 ~ R"'lIltSled informalion we ..,brnilling 10 you:

. . . . C"idmlly 1""1 Srd>nllica, ...hicll "-' Dm'iIiwiul ion :1'..- undor Ule pn;oI«tion 06 US, , , _

.. .ppln by "npoa;o.nd mililllry tqlliporlloDL

I.R t ~ u b l i c of Do'''iM Mild 1I'1"Zl'8ovin.AIl/.W OF R. 8m

The 2&.'l.EaslIlOfIliall Drip!<7.op _" , I N o . 0 8 - 2 ( l . 4 5 4 J 9 ~

~ 19.1W.I99j.

SI-= security

ARTICLE ZEJ'A SREBRENICA I ~ T O T O A l .Dullm cal 7.62 n.>co "'.000 73.<00

Mine. 82mm " " "·ne$(i)m,n

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,Republic 0(Sr]l5l<a

-CMli;JolI Atr.in Conunillft f....Srebrmlr:o



M.,Kl<ic Kesib

R ~ l i l I I i , , , of.heG r it -

Aurhoritic< of lbr: F..lICla"e ofSrellrt'niell

of the RCp<l'lIentativcs of the Civilian i\uthorities or the F.lICla,'. of S ~ n k a CH' Ibe I'<:"li",I;Oll or

the agreen",nl on the evacuation of the c;,ilia" population of the &clavc.

A meetina: was held on July 12 1995 in the "HoId!'' ' ' lI"''.", " " our requel.l, bet""'." rep,""""I".lives of OOr .Ivili"" Authorities ar'l<l f C ~ s c n , , " i v e l l <)f '!oc: civil'a" Auth""itie' and ," " ....my of 11>0 Rep"b·

lie of 8rps13, cOII(c,nina: tho eva,:u,,!ion of o civilian populOliun 0111 of !be ./lCI.....Our.ide....,.. """.,.nted by: Pu,kovic C ~ L : l . Nuhaoovic: lbmar'l<l me, N....lb Mand/,'e.

The Serb side ...... "'1JI"5Cnled by: Civil "'lfai. . Commi. . ionM- for Sttboc:nic•• Oeronjic M,mi],,".

Ge>ltnIIUtIco Mbdic, tho Praldelll of lhI: oountry of 8r:11lunx l,jubisav Sim&<:. 1MChid E>.autivc of lIoe

COlUlIIyof BnI\llIIC Scbiobv D:lvidoYic. !he Chiefof Pulice Zvom.i.t. Mr. Vasic.e..:.tr:>l Krislic. Corp Se·curity OI.d M •. l'\)p<wio: mel Colonel Kntic.The wen: ateoded by U ~ P R O F O I I . RCJlfl'>oCftlaliw,

Dutdl B m o l i O O l ~ ."The foll ....in l " ' ' 'ug=d:

"

Ci.iI Affaire Commi,i,jne' for Sleh,.nk.

Miro,laY [)cmnjic

I>OCI.ARATION

•TI,. d"ilian PIlP"'"tion "-3n . . . .In I" II. . r o d ." . or C""CU.IM. dCP"nd Upoll 1M ..hb ofcub i,KII·'idual;

_In the c''Clllth.1 we wish to ev""".le it i, possible for III to e h o ~ Ihe dirttli' ' ' ' of 01 " move""'nt and ha"c

<lccidcd lhat Ihe cnli", pop<llmjon is lu "":lCII.te 10 the t e l ~ i l o r ~ of Country of K I ~ d . l 1 j :-I i has been agreed Ihal lhe e'''''''OI>un ;110 be carried 'lUI hy lhe Army and Pulice of the Ikpuhlic "r

S' l"b. SLiperv;!:ed and =orIcd by UNPROI'OR.

N<I:07-2119S

0;0"" July 17 1m

A11C1" the AKlftmenl had been .eodltd. I ...."... l Iw the evacu:>t;on on WIS carried 0111 by lhe Serl> side tot·

recLly aBd 'M Chlll-'"'l of !be ajl:m."1llC'nlll.:ld bee" . d h r , , ~ Ill.I:lIlril'Ig lhI! ~ i Q n lhc:", ......, 110 irlcldenlS on eilhc:r of!he• • and tbe Serb side IDt adM'cd 10 a1llbe

~ b o c i o r o o of ee...., COII'''Olions . . the incernorir>Gal "'.... law.... f<u ... ~ ' escond&y U:.·

......

U, " q " " ~ " R t ..i..,(signanar<:)



FOTO DOCUMENTATIONS

83



I. M u ~ l i m Or.lVcynrd nCar Srebrenica. In lhe center or lhe pholO> there are lwo g r ~ v e ~ l o l 1 e swhich do 110! have names

2. Two differenl l;rll"cslOJlCS for tilt' Sllmo .,ersoll lIt tho 1\111slim (;ra,'c)'ard Iloar Sre-

hreninl.

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3.

J. O l l ~ (I f 1l1111ly I\'luslim grlll'('slmw.!l which :lppClIr to lIaI'e !wen buill recently.

~ Gn""$o"" uf Ilajra A\ me (foluslim). ""Inl:: rtgislertd lLS .. person ",])0 h«ame

missing duriItJ: the fan ofSrebrt'nic'. (J u l 1995) ill tlK' 'eRe list under the rcgi'illlllilHl

number of 8A7...1()(.o72. ' \ ~ ' " , , ( l r d ; n g 10 the 100(1101" uf JeRe M i s . ~ i n g Lis!, 'he dab of

miss; III: 1)t:f"S(lns ;Ill.' suppoS<..'d 10 be rcgiSlered b ~ lIl<'ir close relatives who usually );1I0W

the t id" lis or Ihe mlssinj,: persons. Thus. it lJt:elltlle slnlul:C thut 11;I,irn's dOli" rclllli\'t'S

did not kl""" lhat he hatl dkd h ..fore the f:1I1 uf Srebrcilica.

85



5

S. Gravestone of lI11kijll EI1ENI)IC (Muslim) m 1he I'nlocll.J'i Cocmewry. Accurdi"!,: \" Ihe

Inser;],!io" 1m the slone. Hpkljll died in 1 ~ 2 . l I m " c , ' e r . he was lislw lIS11IJoCrson who

becnllM' missing dunn!: the fall or SR"brcni..-M in the JeRe l\'1issiOlg l.iSI.

6. Gra "cslone of MANOZ Ie Jusa (JU5UI) (1\'1 u50m) ill I'olocari. JUSIl, who had died III

1992 il l P"\uc,,r; hefon: the full "r Srcbrcnlca. Is Ilsl(,d liS II pcr"oll who hcemuc mlssirlg

at 1'010.:;11"; durin!; Ihe fall of Srcbn'nkll in 1CIH': 1\1 issllll; List under the n,glsl nltion

number of IIA7...9062611. A11110111;11 the I:r:lH'sloll(' Indicates the ~ ' c a r of his hlrlh ;os 1951,the miss! nl; list 5h(,"-5 I \ I . ~ ilS U,e ~ ' e a r "r birth "'it hUll! spedf)';ng Ihe HllI" lillie. J udgi"l : frum Ibis, it ~ m . ~ llml s o m c b l l d ~ ' ulhN' dian i\IAl"DlC's c1.- n-Imin's 1:""" thedata

86



7,8" Normal gra'"f1>lone of liM' Muslim S»Idien ",-ilh Ibe illSoCrilk'd delails !i.lIch as th eR:lPle of Ihe dead, lhe date ullhe birlh aud Ih... dealh. Ibe naPles ullhe close relalh't'$.

·n,l,' l ' . ' I I L ~ l i m soldie"" ""der I h ~ " S e gra'"el;I""es are n,>! lisled as m i ~ s i n g p e r s " n ~ ill leReMissi"g: Us\.

':j. Two mum· of Muslims who dit·d in 1'J'9J lire seen 011th... gnn"cslol1c. A fo r Eh"edi"

1\1'\LA GIC could he 1 ~ I \ ' i r MA LAG1(: who is registercd :IS <t p e r s ~ o n bff:une J I l l s ~ i Illlduring Ihe r:JlI or Sr{'h."cnic" in Ihe IeRe l i ~ 1 under the rel:isl."aliun Humt..,r llAZ

'J01466 as eMr is a "kkname ror Ern-di,," lIec<lUSC or insufficienl dala in the ICRC lisl.il ...."'oot bt .·.",r;rmcd whether EI.edin and Eh ir a..., tbe ide"tical persou.

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10.

10. Town of Karakaj

- - - 1 1 .I L Primary ~ c h " " l in Kurukaj. [C"'TY's indictment against MJadic and Kllrlldzic said

that thousands of Muslim soldiers werc detained in this school and its adjacent SI'<Jrls

111111, and culllinllcd to say that a I'lrge Iltllllber of them were killed in this schou] com-

plex. lIowC\'cr, the school d " c ~ nul I",,'c any s[Jorts halls. Moreover, judgillg from the

Si7A: of the ""hoo] complex, there arc no spncc til:.! could nccommodale thousands or

pt.'Ople in tills SclIlH'1.

88



12. Mirko REBIC, Mal'Or of City of Z ~ l > f " n i k (where Kliraluli i . sltullted), claimed thYt

then:- were 110 massin' killings, e"l.ocutiolls or even combal.'l in or anlund Karakaj durin!:the fall of Srebrelllea. ,'(

!

13. Primary .school in Karakaj.

1 ~

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14. School rel... rd of the stlldenb who were attending classes in the pi:riod when Moslim

soldiers were allegedly m_assacred ill the school during the fall or Srehrenica.

,

0 '

1515. Ned" VAS]C (1948). Pri ncil",1 of the SdlO"l, e ~ p l a j l l l ' d that the students were study-

ill:; nnrllmlly in the classrooms during the period whell ,\'11181;111 Soldiers were alkgedl}'

mas,,,c...,d in the _,eh"'ll comillex.



91

,

"·1 " " ' ! ~ ~ ~ , ..16_18. Sd'oul ffford which shows the daily altendance of the s t u d e n t ~ whll were at

classes during June· July 1\195.

I



- .,,-'"19. C V C ' ~ l lILAGOJEV Ie {19-17l, llexl door ndgllbor of the school. did 1I0t know .'Wil

the rad lhat lIw scho"l was considered 'IS a 'Iucstimmhlc site for Ihe massacre"I '

1\11Islim,,,Idiers during Ihe f"l1 "fSrcb,"cnic". Although she s"id th:., she Imd scenlnll 'ks trallS

porting people to Kladanj, she hm! lIe"cr heard or SCen " large numlwr "I' persons dclainI'd or killed inlh" sdH>ol ill her "ell-d'M,r.

92

20 View of Mali Z,'omlk In ~ r b i a from KaptIuV in Bomia (Republic 01 Srplika) Kross

lb e R ; . ~ r Orina. Th e mosque is liftD lOl th e « p i e r orlhe pholo.



21. V ~ o r K a r..k'l.l rrom Mali Zmrnik acror;s Ihe River Drina..

- H . View or Mali Z"orllik in S\.'rbia from Karakaj in Bosnia (Republic 01 Srp.d<aj acroM

Ihe R;...,r Orilla. Th e nlOStlllC is ~ I _I u cenler IIf the photo

93



23-25. Two ;\fuslim "'omen who l i.e uear the m'r..(]uc ill i\lnli ZVOTnik a l ' r " " , , ~ the rh'eTfnl'" Ka ....kaj. T h c ~ ' ...... id Ihallhcy had ......." tI'I'trucks l m l l s p o r l i n ~ many 1lC<'I,lc bUI

added Ihal lIM'y hatl nol heard 1I1l." shooling '\I)Ulltl .. dllrin!.: Ih" fall of Srchr,,"il'll. N(l.IC

tllo:Il Mali Z."omik is so dose (hili lht) ' rould han' lw:lrd solf)('lhing ill lbe ClIst' of ~ h o o l ings oIlhollSlllK!5 of Muslim soldil<rs.



I

26. 11lc man :lltbc righlls Milan 1\I1l1/\JLOYIC (19-16), Ihe ~ h " " . c:lrdaku wh" "":IS

l i " i n ~ and working In Ih.. so:h,",l in tile IM'nod or Jun., _,\ugu.<;t 19')5.

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Pcrson:ll helongingsof J'..

IIlSliul soldierswhkh apl'tan:d

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beenthn,wn lll'"llY 011 the roml (I'hoto 2 7 ) . 1 \ ' l o ~ t "r the Muslim troops were nedng from Src

br"nic" willie fighting. In,ttl\' of the gllS m:lsk WCr(' Jill idcntitJ cHd of R j ~ , a h 1 l ~ : G O V I C(I9115J. a :'Iluslim ;;oldlcr, lind a ,ki c c ~ · lice""" ofAija IIEGOVIC (IUS). IJ.oth 01' them

wcrt' from Srcbn.·lIica. and IlcilhH of (lwlll were n : g i s t c ~ l' S P " " ' ' ' n . ~ lIIissing duringthe fall o! S..""rc,,ica in Ihe ICRC lisf. This kind nf Ilel'Sll.ml ~ I o l l g i n g . ~ were often u.sed

by journalr.sts lind r"reil:n urganizalions 115 e.-idtnl"'e$ ror lhor Mllih or 1M holder of lhe

idt'ntirlC2lion card in mass killings.



33, Crni Vrh. which is silulltcdlle"r K o n j ~ \ ' i l ' J',)ljc. Dlll'iug the Fnll of Sn:brcnirll, al

most 1110 Serbilln sohllers of Republic 01' Srpskll Arilly were killed In the liercc romhat

with Muslim Forces which ned Srt'hrenicil. Majority of Muslim soldiers succeedl.'d to

break the Serbiun soidiers'lin" of Rq.ublic ofSrpsku, However,luklng into eOllsidera_tioo the number of the killl'd Serhiull soldiers who had good weal>Ol>S and were waiting

for i\'1uslirn suWiers, Ih" Muslim runes Ill..,;,,\: Srebrt'nica must ha.'" sufferTd IlOO - 1000

dealhs (estimate)of

5UIdien; inI""

combal.

,34, .\5. !I';ollnl,,1 I I roud nea r Crni Vrh, H o n ~ s "r Ihe lJoCrsons k i l l ~ d ill Ihe combats haw

b ~ c l I Oftl'" fOllnd Hell rcccuUy. In cse"Eling 1'1'1'''' Srchrcnitll, Muslim soldiers who

wanled 10 cunli"",, li;.:htlug fOIl;.:ht a;':3illst M uslll11 soldiers who wlllllc<l to .." rrt·nrlcr.

Elilubeth REI IN (then special ellmy of UN Iluum II riJ:hts'!) cumc here alld w i t n e s . ~ e dthlll Ihe dcad bodies or "lilstim soldien., 'Ind Iheir \0'('3110115 were located as such a way" r illdkotling II IIluIII,,1 tightlnl::-. The Dulrh soldiers or UNPROFOR confirmed Ihe inci·

dent, (?)

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-..36,37. Buildings ~ l 1 d houses which '''I'd tt l hclolll: tt l the Serbs ill Sanl.jC\'o before the

war. At Ilrcsenl, 1\1 uslims rrull1 Srchrcuka and its surrounding "reas occupies those aC-

commodations.

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....".,. ' ' ' 1 J l l ~ . , . · 'A;::' ~ ' ; ; ' £<.i-..38,39.lIousc Ilml uSIi'd 10 bdong Strbs in S;onue>'tI I ~ r o r e the ...ar . I t is occupied hy

Mu.st.iDl!i from S ~ h r l . ' n i n l now. The scribble oolhc wall said "Occupied by SrebrCDica".

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4{J. The fmuily of IllISEVIC, a t\luslim family who cmue (0 Samje\"o frotn Srcbrenku uf-

ter thc fall of Srcbrenica•

'H..~ . - . : : : : :1. Iiala (1\1 uslim1, thc delest family mcmher of III ISEV!C (!el't) explained (h"1 l\'1oslim

e x t r c m i ~ l s who h:ld disguised in Serbian !)(lra-military had Ihreatened the generall\'lus

lim citizens in order to «gilate the antagonism and fear (Ig'liust SI',·bs. ~ j g h t is her dose

Serbian friend "-I,,, has eXI'Nienced JllInl time in M"s l im 's $ar<l.icm.

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. f f . - ~ ~ , , ~ . _ 45.44,45. The mcmbers of IllISEVIC ramily. who hope tlmt their husbands and brothcrs

would eumc IlllCk olivc. Tbey talked lbat lheir rclatiws and rricmls Imd reccived eOll-

tacts rrom their lImle families who had soughl "" asylum in the third countries, such as

the Netherlands, Gcrmany, USA. etc. Although Hata's oldest son, llajrulah (Muslim), is

registered as:1 person missing durin!; the ralt "fSrehrellica under the registrnlioll !lUIll-her BAZ-906813, he ,,"os round aliw and in good health in Yugoslavia. He bas b;:l,n

working lIS un oftieer or Yugoslav .\rmy.

46. The cnlrnnrc to lhe hllse of Dutch soldiers of UNI'ROFOR in !'otol'lIri (between Sre

hreniea and BraluulIl')

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48, 49, 5I. Salcly f<;n<;c thaI surrounds thf_ base of Dutch soldiers of UNI'ROFOR. II is

stillnndamagcd now.

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52. Th e scene which was broadcast around the gluhe, showing s or ro w o f a Muslim

" ' m l l l l l l who lost he r SOli. In r ~ c l . however, the WOlllan was a Serb, DobriJI;1 PRODA·

NOVIC nud her SOil Zivan (1%6), IIho "'us killed in II smull Serhian village called

Ralkovid by Muslims from Srehrcuica 01\ JUlie 21, l ! l n . A large nUlllber uf Serbs ill

this village were killed then.

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53,54. Iv:lllka i\1IItKO\'IC (a Serb) was killed by thc knifc in Srehrcllic" by l\'lllslim

soldiers unly an hour b<;fore lhc Muslim soldiers withdrew frm" Srehrenka on July II

1995. She was at tlw llgC of llClthell, ,uul ",as Ihe last Serb who rcmaincd in Srchrcnica

cxcc l[ Serhian lrisoners of war.

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RenfJrI abl!1It CI!'C Srchre<l;ca (the 0,,1 pari!



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55. The spot where Judge Gorall ZEKIC (a Serb) was killed Oil May 8, l?92 Oil the road

10 Srebrcnka, and immedialely allerwards, Serhs lcrt Srehrenica massively, having beell

afraid of MuSlims' a s s a u l t ~ . At the same lime, Muslim ~ " I d i e r s t>cglln to hunl down

more than 105 villages, killed inhabitants (mostly ciYilians surh as women and children),destroyed their f1rOlwrt}' allli goods. It c'lIItinued until the heginlling of 1993. ZEKIC

was a Srebrcnira representatiw of SOS party to Bosnian Parliament as well as the local

leader of SOS in Srehrenka, and Il«ame a first Serhian victim in Srebrenica.

56. Serbiml houses in the suburh of Srebrenica. They were burned down and rohhed

frulll AI,";I 1992 to "lay 1992,

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RWrl "hout efl't SrtbrOllK" rth, a.-sll!l!rl!



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58.59. enran VASIC, standing. al the door of his destructed house where Muslims from

S r ~ b r C l l i c a killed his rather.



bo-60. Two monuments. Olle is for the Serbian ,'ictims of the "'liT from 1\1\12 - 1\195, and the

other is ror the SeThi:," vktims "r W"r1d WH II. During the Wo,"ld ' ' 'or II, Scrbioll

males of96 houses were murdered by their Muslim neighhor.; who were members of

fascist forces. Hl\nd"nr Dh'isioll.



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- - ' 6'f- - ~ 64-6!l. Serbian b o ,",'hicb wen' burned down aDd robbed in lhe \"ilhl.ge or 7..alazje.

The roof IOhere three Serbs Wert' hiding thenl$eh'es and walC:hed o ~ the m_ c r e of

other Sungo ciliu"'l tltl the rood in 7..ala<tjc.



65. Tbe ,'jew oflhe " , i l n ~ hiding on Ihe toll orlhe ho. - . j \ 1 1 L ~ l i , " wldiers rmlll Sre,

b!'C'nica lold Serbian d"UIan5 to S1aod ill a lin" in r ront ur Iix' bouse in 7...ahl-Qe. Tbey

bier brutally ""Killed IMOI.

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70. Thr 1'0",1 frum Ill... '-ill"g,-, of 7 . . ~ l a ~ 10 Ill... '-iIlage "f Bj('lon..... The mOll"t"i" inlhc

l ~ n t c r il; situated in $crb;:o, wffe 111"",1 01 Serb's from S ~ b n ' n u c - .. and s u r r o n l l d i l l ~ .-ilbges found ",rug" (1992-19951.

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71. Dost,ma FILlI'QVIC (Serb) was lucky cnough 10 suniYe Muslim lluack agaimil the

'"illage of Hijdo'">«, on I)(,cember 14, 19\12. Slit slkl"'cd Ihe bullet lmlcs in her jackd. In

this atlack. a number of Serbs were kitled in Biit'lo\lOC ......... l'ilbges of LozniC:-d and

Sikirici wuc al'll) llUacked by J\lll.'ilims from S r c b ~ n i c a at the sa",e lime.

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72. All nl.IPOVIC r ~ m i l i e s ucept Ih" m;ln in th" cellier " e atwcked II}' a bomb, "nd

..., , iOlpriSOOl.'d ill Sn.,b .....lli"', ro r 2 monlll!l. Llll'r, the}' "ere l u c k ~ ' clloll]::h III he ex

dHlIll:cdfurl\lu ..lil\l

suldi"rs.



73. I ' i ~ or grelllltk 1I,'e Slill secn in the "I'm, th., h.,ud, the stnnmch ,,,,d dWSl >lI'C;' uf

Mir:, F1UI'OVIC. "ho u-<;e(J her bod}" as a shield ror h " r c h l l d ~ l I .

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74. The hill where Muslims started to launch the attacks against the village of Hijdovac

On December 14, 1992.



75. Frozen Ri\'er Drinll along the border to Serbia. IJijelovac is surrounded bJ hills and

the rh'er. As f\.luslim soldiers occupIed hills, to cross the rh'er was the only way to es-cape. However, Muslims' S p ' - ~ i a l Forces were waiting to ambush the nedug Serbian ci-

vilians Ilear the river llnd killed them.

76. Sla.'k" Mi\T1C (11 Serb). l\.luslim soldiers killed her hushand Mr.Rlldivoj. He was

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killed when he eUlling woods in froltl Ilf the bouSI'. Her 1"'01 daughters, SneZllna (1965)

and Gonhma (1\167) ,,'er":l1so killed "II the same lime.



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"'Ii...-77-7'J. S l : f f i ; ' ~ " ' h - " " " R ~ " ~ d ~ ; " " ' ~ ; " - ' " ' I , ~ ' ~ ' f l c (husb:.."l) was killed ill front of Ih" house.



80. HilIlbat was used by tht Muslim sokliHs 10 moollhe inhabitants oftht v i l b ~ or

n j e l o ~ a c . Radiwje "'L\TIC and his daughter. Snezana, were shut dead by tile buUtb

from Illis hill.

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83,84. Stairwll)'S ill the hOllS(! ofMATIC, Bogdana ILlC, a Serbian refugee, bid herselffrom Muslim soldiers, and willlessed the killings ofMA 1'1C fllnliliC'i accidentally.



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85, 86. G r . l n ~ l o n e s or i\ IATIC sisters. Gordana aud SnCL:lna in Rr:,llIn,,<, brlll"Uy killed

by Moslil1l soldiel:'>.

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87. Electioll list of pcuplc who had the rights to vote at the eleetioll ill Srebrenica in 199 J

IJ.crore Ihc war.

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88.89. Elrclion list ofmo", Ihan 3,.500 prop,," whom OSeE i......tiouaUy gave lhe right 10

vOle al ckdion or 1998. O ...~ 70lii or 3,500 people wue turDl"d out 10 IX' lI'omen who

lOt", nOi from Srtb",oica monicipality. It is tl$S\InlW thai "'uslim go\'ernmt1lt in Sara_

JHO ,,'ould ha"e issued Ideotit" cards wIDeh SOOIl-ed tbal tMy were from Srebrt'uica inordCl" 10 g h them tlX' righl to rett ive aids from ''llrious org:miz:.ltiollli as well as lhe~ h to "Ole.



99. 51--0R nK'mbcrs Duilt lhe fmu and prt'.-enll'<! tM students from going ou t orthe

5 C b o o l ~ ' a r d and particJpatt In tM 6ti1. l'ns' denlOnstl"fltton to p r o t ~ 1 l 1 g a i n s l till' tnll1 ' ofMu.'ililll " , ~ n t a l i . - C l l to the ASSl"mbll' of5rebrenic:o. ~ ' I o s t of the gt'neral Sfrblan citin n imn>edialcl)' rt'COgniled Onl! of the- Muslin. rtVf('!itntati...:s 10 the Assclllbly of Sre.

hrtnH.:lI as a war crimimd II-hid, is on the list of RC1.uhlic ofSrpska•

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102. Family ofSubotic: Ognjen. a 9-year old_, said: "NO" on bd.,,1r of h l r"ther 10

tile questiGn: "Can ,·ou Ih"e 101lh Muslims lIIgain?"

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istina o srebrenici - truth about srebrenica

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