Cablegate: Croatian Weekly Lists Alleged B-H Army

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AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BELGRADE
AMEMBASSY ATHENS
AMEMBASSY ANKARA
USIA WASHDC 4224
SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP//

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VIENNA ALSO FOR BOSNIA
USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ3/ECJ4/ECJ5/ECPOLAD//
HQ JTF PP NAPLES IT//CA/POLAD//

E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MOPS HR BK MOPS HR BK MOPS HR BK
SUBJECT: CROATIAN WEEKLY LISTS ALLEGED B-H ARMY
ATROCITIES AGAINST BOSNIAN CROATS IN 1993

1. THE SEMI-INDEPENDENT SPLIT-BASED WEEKLY "NEDELJNA
DALMACIJA" ON JAN 5 PUBLISHED A LENGTHY PIECE BY
RESPECTED FREELANCER MARIO MARUSIC ON THE THREAT
FACED BY BOSNIAN CROATS FROM B-H ARMY OR ALLIED
FORCES. MARUSIC DECRIES THE PAUCITY OF ATTENTION TO
ATROCITIES SUFFERED BY BOSNIAN CROATS WHILE THE
WORLD'S ATTENTION WAS RIVETED ON "AHMICI, STUPNI DOL,
AND THE OLD BRIDGE (IN MOSTAR). AT THE END OF THE
PIECE, MARUSIC INCLUDED A LIST OF "THE MAJOR"
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(ALLEGED) ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY B-H ARMED FORCES
AGAINST BOSNIAN CROATS IN 1993.

2. SOME OF THE INCIDENTS ARE WELL-KNOWN, SUCH AS
UZDOL AND THE KILLING OF THE TWO FRANCISCAN FRIARS AT
FOJNICA; OTHERS, SUCH AS THOSE CENTERED AROUND
KONJIC, HAVE LONG BEEN BEEN ALLEGED BUT NEVER
SUBSTANTIATED (OR, IN MOST CASES, EVEN INVESTIGATED,
SO FAR AS WE KNOW); AND STILL OTHERS WE HAD NOT
HERETOFORE HEARD ABOUT.

3. IN ATTEMPTING TO ASCERTAIN THE ORIGINAL SOURCES
OF MARUSIC'S REPORT, WE LEARNED THAT MOST OR ALL OF
THE PRE-AUGUST 20 ALLEGED INCIDENTS WERE CHRONICLED
IN A "HERCEG-BOSNA" PUBLICATION OF AROUND THAT DATE
WHICH COVERED THE PERIOD FROM 1991 TO THE DATE OF
PUBLICATION. SOURCE MATERIAL FOR INCIDENTS ALLEGED
TO HAVE OCCURRED AFTER AUGUST 20 ALSO COMES FROM
"HERCEG-BOSNA," FROM TESTIMONIES FILED WITH ODPR
(OFFICE OF DISPLACE PERSONS AND REFUGEES) BY PERSONS
ALLEGEDLY WITNESSING THE EVENT.

4. BECAUSE OF THE ORIGINAL "HERCEG-BOSNA" SOURCING,
THE ATROCITIES LIST CANNOT BE CONSIDERED
SUBSTANTIATED. WE REPORT IT, HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF ITS
SPECIFICITY, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT AT LEAST SOME OF
THESE INCIDENTS DID TAKE PLACE, AND BECAUSE MARUSIC,
WHO HAS A SOLID REPUTATION, CLAIMS TO HAVE PERSONALLY
GONE OVER THE ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIALS (TESTIMONIES,
MAPS, ETC) FOR BOTH PRE AND POST AUGUST 20 ATROCITIES
AND FOUND THEM COMPELLING.
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5. "LOCATIONS OF GREATEST CRIMES (IN 1993) AGAINST
CROATS IN BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA"
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-- JANUARY 29, 1993, GUSTI GRAB, MUNICIPALITY OF
ZENICA: FIVE CIVILIANS AGED BETWEEN 70 AND 80 KILLED
AND MASSACRED;

-- MARCH 23, 1993, ORLISTE, KONJIC: FOUR MEN
AGED BETWEEN 70 AND 90 KILLED;

-- MARCH 23, 1993, BUSCAK, KONJIC: THREE
CIVILIANS KILLED, AS WELL AS THE PERSON WHO TRIED TO
BURY THEM;

-- APRIL 16, 1993, TRUSINA, KONJIC: SIXTEEN
CIVILIANS KILLED, SEVEN SOLDIERS OF THE CROATIAN
DEFENSE COUNCIL (HVO) SHOT IN FRONT OF WOMEN AND
CHILDREN;

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ACTION EUR-01

INFO LOG-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 C-01 OASY-00 EB-01
HA-09 H-01 TEDE-00 INR-00 IO-16 L-01 ADS-00
NSAE-00 OIC-02 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01 P-01 RPCS-01
SB-00 SIL-00 SP-00 SR-00 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-01
TRSE-00 RPE-01 SNIS-00 NISC-02 /044W
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P 041917Z FEB 94
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0759
INFO WHITEHOUSE WASHDC PRIORITY
CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE//DO/LG/XP/IN/POLAD//
CINCUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//J3/J4/J5/POLAD//
CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22//
COM SIXTHFLT//N2//
JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J5-PMA/J2I//
USMISSION USVIENNA
USMISSION USNATO
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
USMISSION GENEVA
USEC BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY VIENNA
AMEMBASSY ROME
AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY OTTAWA
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMEMBASSY MADRID
AMEMBASSY LONDON
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AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BELGRADE
AMEMBASSY ATHENS
AMEMBASSY ANKARA
USIA WASHDC 4225
SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP//

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VIENNA ALSO FOR BOSNIA
USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ3/ECJ4/ECJ5/ECPOLAD//
HQ JTF PP NAPLES IT//CA/POLAD//

E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MOPS HR BK MOPS HR BK MOPS HR BK
SUBJECT: CROATIAN WEEKLY LISTS ALLEGED B-H ARMY
ATROCITIES AGAINST BOSNIAN CROATS IN 1993

-- APRIL 24, 1993, MILETICI, TRAVNIK: FIVE
PERSONS MASSACRED: THEIR EYES WERE GOUGED OUT, THEY
DRANK THEIR OWN BLOOD, AND WERE THEN STRANGLED WITH
CHAINS;

-- APRIL 27, 1993, BILIVODE, ZENICA: THREE
ELDERLY PEOPLE BURNT ALIVE IN A HOUSE;

-- APRIL 27, 1993, SUSANJ, ZENICA: IT WAS
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ESTABLISHED THAT TEN CIVILIANS WERE SHOT BY FIRING
SQUAD;

-- JUNE 8, 1993, MALJINE, TRAVNIK: A VILLAGE WAS
SET ON FIRE, SEVEN WOUNDED ON STRETCHERS, FOUR
CIVILIANS, AND THREE SOLDIERS WERE SHOT ABOVE THE
RAVINE IN THE VILLAGE OF POLJANKE; 38 PRIS
ONERS SHOT
IN THE VILLAGE OF BIKOSE;

-- JUNE 11, 1993, VITEZ: EIGHT DIED, AND OVER 20
CHILDREN WERE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED BY MUSLIM ARTILLERY
SHRAPNEL;

-- JUNE 11, 1993; DRENOVIK, KAKANJ: EIGHT
CIVILIANS KILLED, NINE WOUNDED, SEVEN CIVILIANS FROM
THE BRADARIC FAMILY TOOK REFUGE; UNPROFOR REFUSED TO
HELP;

-- JUNE 16, 1993, BUSOVACKE STAJE, BUSOVACA:
CONVOY CARRYING FOOD ATTACKED-- FOURTEEN CTVILIANS
AND EIGHT HVO SOLDIERS KILLED, EIGHTEEN WOUNDED;

-- JULY 15, 1993, MOSTAR: AT THE "SOKOL"
BUILDING SIXTEEN CIVILIANS BURNT ALIVE;

-- JULY 27, 1993, DOLJANI: THIRTY SEVEN PERSONS
MASSACRED, ONE HUNDRED AND NINTY CAPTURED (TWENTY ONE
CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF 5, FORTY TWO CHILDREN AGED
BETWEEN 5 AND 15, TEN PREGNANT WOMEN)

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-- AUGUST 16, 1993, KISELJAK, ZEPCE: FORTY THREE
PERSONS KILLED AND MASSACRED;

-- SEPTEMBER 13 1993, MOSTAR: FIVE CIVILIANS
KILLED AND TWENTY WOUNDED (SEVEN CHILDREN BETWEEN THE
AGE OF 4 AND 11);

-- SEPTEMBER 14, 1993, UZDOL, PROZOR: SOME FORTY
CIVILIANS KILLED, MOSTLY WOMEN AND ELDERLY PERSONS;

-- SEPTEMBER 25, 1993; GRABOVICA, MOSTAR:
THIRTY EIGHT CROATS KILLED AND MASSACRED: CRUCIFIED,
IMPALED, THEIR HEARTS TAKEN OUT;

-- OCTOBER 25, 1993, RASTOVCI, NOVI TRAVNIK:
SEVEN CIVILIANS KILLED;

-- NOVEMBER 4, 1993, VINISTE, ZAVIDOVCI: BED
RIDDEN ELDERLY MAN SLAIN IN BED, A CIVILIAN KILLED IN
FRONT OF HIS FAMILY;

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ACTION EUR-01

INFO LOG-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 C-01 OASY-00 EB-01
HA-09 H-01 TEDE-00 INR-00 IO-16 L-01 ADS-00
NSAE-00 OIC-02 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01 P-01 RPCS-01
SB-00 SIL-00 SP-00 SR-00 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-01
TRSE-00 RPE-01 SNIS-00 NISC-02 /044W
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P 041917Z FEB 94
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0760
INFO WHITEHOUSE WASHDC PRIORITY
CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE//DO/LG/XP/IN/POLAD//
CINCUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//J3/J4/J5/POLAD//
CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22//
COM SIXTHFLT//N2//
JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J5-PMA/J2I//
USMISSION USVIENNA
USMISSION USNATO
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
USMISSION GENEVA
USEC BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY VIENNA
AMEMBASSY ROME
AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY OTTAWA
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMEMBASSY MADRID
AMEMBASSY LONDON
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AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BELGRADE
AMEMBASSY ATHENS
AMEMBASSY ANKARA
USIA WASHDC 4226
SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP//

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SIPDIS

VIENNA ALSO FOR BOSNIA
USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ3/ECJ4/ECJ5/ECPOLAD//
HQ JTF PP NAPLES IT//CA/POLAD//

E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MOPS HR BK MOPS HR BK MOPS HR BK
SUBJECT: CROATIAN WEEKLY LISTS ALLEGED B-H ARMY
ATROCITIES AGAINST BOSNIAN CROATS IN 1993

-- NOVEMBER 13, 1993, FOJNICA: TWO FRANCISCANS
FRIARS KILLED IN THE FRANCISCAN MONASTERY;

-- DECEMBER 22, 1993, KRIZANCEVO SELO, VITEZ:
SEVENTY FOUR CROATS KILLED AND BURIED IN MASS GRAVES
IN POCULICA.

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