MARKAC WITNESS DENIES CROAT
FORCES LOOTED
Defendant's deputy says
he does not believe
special police destroyed homes in Gracac.
By Julia Hawes
(TU No. 640, 26-Mar-10)
A witness in the Hague tribunal trial of Mladen
Markac, former commander of the Croatian special police forces,
denied this week that they took part in looting and burning of the
village of Gracac after Operation Storm, an offensive aimed at
retaking the Serb-held Krajina
region in August 1995...
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COURT TOLD YUGOSLAV
OFFICERS WANTED
TO FIGHT FOR
BOSNIAN SERBS
Witness said some contacted the Bosnian Serbs
about joining them but didn't know how.
By Velma Saric in Sarajevo
(TU No. 640,
25-Mar-10)
A defence witness at the Hague tribunal trial of
former Yugoslav army, VJ, chief Momcilo Perisic this week said that
certain VJ officers originally from Bosnia asked to serve with the
Bosnian Serb army, VRS. Perisic, former chief of general staff of
the VJ...
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COURT HEARS VJ
NOT FORCED TO FIGHT
IN BOSNIA
Witness says Yugoslav troops could opt out of
Sarajevo battle.
By Velma Saric in Sarajevo
(TU No. 639,
19-Mar-10)
A defence witness told the Hague tribunal trial
of former Yugoslav army, VJ, chief Momcilo Perisic this week that
members of the 72 Special Brigade were free to decide whether to
take part in fighting on the frontlines around Sarajevo in December
1993. Zlatko Danilovic, a former member of the 72 Special Brigade...
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GUILTY PLEA IN LUKIC
CONTEMPT CASE
Witness gets three-month sentence after plea
agreement.
By Rachel Irwin in The Hague
(TU No. 639,
18-Mar-10)
A Bosniak man pleaded guilty to contempt this
week after admitting that he accepted money in exchange for signing
a
false statement in the trial
of Bosnian Serb cousins Milan and
Sredoje Lukic. Judges at the Hague tribunal sentenced the
man,
Zuhdija Tabakovic, to three months in prison with credit for time
served. He...
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