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private houses have been
My Corner destroyed or seriously damaged.
Often our lives are difficult and too Help Sarajevo The image of the destroyed dome
of the famous bell tower overseeing
busy for us to be able to digest so Over 300,000 people are starving in Sarajevo 25o/o ol
much information that comes our them children. Food has run out, they have no:acces$
- the East end of the main street
way every day. Consequently, more to medical attention, no running water, no electiicity. $tladun) still lingers in my mind.
(Per,mnal account)
often than not, we tend to overlook This is their third month under siegel Please be crea-
information that, we feel, does not tive and seek help for them. We don't need to wait for President of BosniaHerzegovina
directly impact us, Even when we the airport to open, supplies can be airdropped! met Croatian President Croatian
do pay attention, the information is radio reports that on Thursday
presented so matterof-factly that it fre
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Bosnian President, Mr. Alija lzetbegovic,
met in Zagreb with his Croatian counter-
and therefore unmoved to act. Challenge to the West:::::,,Thb Wairin,Yu- :part, Dr. Franjo Tudjman, The subject of
goslaMa is a challenge,rrto the conscidn,ce their conversation is not known at this
I am a Croat, a Croat of Albanian ancqe time. (Croatian radio)
try, ln the last year, my world has tum- of the West. (Croatian,television)
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bled down. My dear motherland Bosnia must b€ sptlt-u,n Leader,,,r,bf
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FROM THE FOREIGN PRESS BU.
(Yugoslavia) is in pain. My family, my Bosnian Serbs, :,..Bddov-nr,,...l$tadzi'e,,: de REAU. Taoreb. Thursdav. June 1 1. 1992.
friends, my people are suffering. I feel the clares on Fridaf that Bosnia must be split DUBROVNIK - Croatian positions came
grief of loss of history, lives, and future. up among tltb Croats, ths,.;fi;luslirns, 6n6 under attack by Serb force and the YU
What can I do to contribute to lessening the Serbs. (CNN) Army stationed in Trebinje this morning.
of this pain and grief? I can not fight, President refusas to consider military The attack subsided at 7:2O however the
even though that is what I feel I would like general alert is still on.
invotvement Mr. Eush sap tnat "we are
to do sometimes. I can not tell the war- not the world's policeman." This in reply The city has been quiet in the afternoon
ring peope to stop, they can not hear me. toiri$enator Lugar's urging that the US after this morning's attack on Zupa Dub.
But I feel I know what is right. lf I could {hreaten with military involvement, unless rovacka. No casualties or injuries were
only motivate enough compassionate ,the warrifig parties stop fighting. (CNN) reported. The general alert has been in
people to pay attention, to act out their
effect here for fourteen days. Water sup
consciousness, I will have fulfilled my .b-bdrtja still ffihout food After more
plies are low. A boat delivering humanitar-
duV. than,[Q 6sys,,:,,5arajevo's suburb Dobrinja
is stilt 'unu#,''siege. From a friend who ian aid, food and medicine arrived in
Thus, I decided to create this "Hrvatski :c'alls me dbily from Dobrinja, I find that Cavtat today where 3,500 civilians have
Glasnik" in order to bring my homeland the situation is desperate: food supplies been held since the YU Army occupried
closer to you. lwill try my best to b-ring have...1un out, wounded can not be tran+,
the region. The delivery of the aid was
you a news summary, some historical bit$; po;Hd out to receive medical attention, organized by the Dubrovnik Red Cross
and the EC mission stationed there.
odds and ends of our culture; and any ,Ippple huddle in basements without
items that need urgent attention. My food, light, or heat. They have lost hope SABA.JEVO, SH - An early attack was
hope is that you will be stimulated'by all in negotiations. They believe the only launched by Serb forces on the suburb of
this and will identify more closely,with my way out is by force. (Personal account) Novi Sarajevo yesterday as well as other
people. ln the process, I hop that you parts of the city. Shells landed on Kotor-
can help my people and will also see a Destruction of Dubrovnik continues Af-
ter 15 days, the people of Dubrovnik are sko Brdo and Velesici on public buildings
reflection of your own life situation in their and homes. There was also fierce fighting
destiny. This could bring us, the people still without electricity and water. Daily, a
in residential quarter of Mojmilo. A French
variety of artillery equipment sends moftal
of the world, all blooer together and could
loads to destroy lives and the treasure of
UNPROFOR member was lightly
give us a chance to,'6tloid future calami- wounded yesterday when th#: :mnyqy,,,,he
ties like the one which has befallen my Croatian and world culture, Numerous
churches, schools, public buildings, and was traveling with was t'r"6:,;1a1... ;#Elffi
countrymen and women. fire. About ten shots
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.i. ln this context, the more recent Cioatian have succeeded in pulling us all into the
It is easy to understand why a large num- politicians have tried to achieve :rffiore jaws of death. However, the Croats and
ber of Croats have experienced Yugosla- autonomy for Croattb', They have::::::sug- their Muslim brothers and sisters are find-
via, both the "Old" (between the two world gested a confederation with other repub- ing ways to overcome improbable odds
wars) and the "New" (after the W.W,ll.), as lics as a new form of YugoSla#,,association, on their way to selfdetermination, free-
a foreign occupation state. Towards the only to receive a deaf ear. dom, and prosperity. I feel bad for the
end of W.W.l. a strong movement to form many Serbs who have again been misled
Given th6:; perpetually worsening economic
a new country of South Slavs developed.l by false prophets and are marching to self-
condi{i6hs, it ,was relatively easy for a
Many hoped that this would be a solution destruction. lt is up to them whether or not
variet;4,,,,oJ new.:,political,,,pbrties in Croatia,
to the "eastern question." Many Croats in the future they will be counted as a
which in $eneral had nothing more than
did too. However, spite in of civilized nation, for in the present, they
the tffie "Fre-,i.i6f$alial:::,:'on their political have proven themselves othenrrise.
continuous efforts of a whole series of ,agenda;, to of sup-
mobitiZe]i large masses
Croatian politicians to help build a poftel$,,,i'and collectively win Croatian in- A Testimony
Yugoslavia of truly equal peoples; dep,6ridence.,:::,:::',
throughout its existence, Yugoslavia I have to admit that this whole process of
became just another form of Serbian ln.jihg proce$S of materializing the Croats' separation of the former Yugoslav repub-
hegemony, 1,000.::: eai.]]'old dream, many tactical po- lics is truly painful for me - I suffer from
,*ltical miSthkes were made. ln my opin- Yugoslavism, For a long time I was in a
Any observer with a desire to see,'would the partial
i6r{i::e,!}d without thus accepting state of denial, I could not understand my
have to recognize that therei!:!;hAs, .bee{t blam6 for the crime committed against Croat friends and some of my family who
much dissatisfaction among,,, the::,,ifif;o,ats Croatia, the one which hurl them the most were so bitter about the Yugoslav legacy
and could have been easily avoided was while in the same time I had been so
I ithe proclamation of Croatia as a state of proud of it.
For. an excellent review,iro{,li'ihe circuffttances
under which in 1918, the Kingdom of Serlcs, Croats,
all the Croats and other nations and For me, Yugoslavia was a dream, a dream
and Slovenes (the predecesscri state of Yugoslavia) nationalities. This, in the minds of the of peoples who were able to overeome
came into being, see "The NationaliiiirQuestion in Serbian extremists, identified the Croats as
Yugoslavia: Origins, History, Politics," lvo Banac, a dominant nation in Croatia and told the 2 During the w.W.tl ."ny S"ro", l'!*li"O,ti.;
Cornell University Press, lthaca and London, 1984 perished in the concentration camffiilfitidi6iti4#i"'
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convoy which was on route to meet with under his protectorate into a "crown
UN military commander Louis McKenzie On a Lighter Note council," Croatian Prince, Nikolas Zrinski,
who arrived in Sarajevo to negotiate with the participant in the council, decided to
all sides inrmlved in the conflict about the
The following cartoon appeared tn meat the Turks in his fort, the Siget, and
"Slobodna Dalmacija", a Split daily, on hold them there until Vienna prepares.
reopening of the Sarajwo airport.
So, with 2,500 men, Prince Zrinski, held
Nine people were killed and 100 Ottoman armies, 200,000 strong long
wounded here yesterday when Serb enough for..Germans and Magyars to
forces attacked the city with heavy artil- gather a good size army near Sopron.
lery. The children's haspital and nursery
When Zrinski found out that he could not
were hit as were many mosques and
houses. The attack resumed today. t?r
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hold any longer against the great odds,
he opened (Sept. 16)the doors of the fort
Urgent Action Needed and led his men in a desperate attempt to
break through the Turkish lines, Needless
tt seems that the world community is to say, they all perished. But Suleyman
closer to military involvement in Bosnia- did not know of the outcome of this bat-
Heaegovina (BH). (Please refer to: Sen. tle, for he died a few days before (Sept.
Richard Lugar: "Settling Yugoslavia 13) and his army never reached Vienna.
Unre.st Requires Military Action," Herald-
Sun, Friday, June 12, 1992. Also, the US History Quiz
Senate nonbinding resolution on use of
force in BH.) While the
immediate Who was the first Croatian king? When
motivation is very much justified (rescue was he crowned and which area did his
of several hundreds of thousands of citi- kingdom cover? Answer in the next issue.
zens of Sarajevo) the method is question-
able. A Dalmatian Dish
May 27, 1992. The barricaded figure Stuffed squids
What the people of Sarajevo are salng is
depicts a Sedcian soldier and the sign 1600 g squids medium+ize
that they do not need foreign soldiers to
says: "The Embassy of SAO Krajina." 20 g garlic 2.5 dl red wine
liberate them. What they do need is ma-
SAO Krajina is a name for an area of 160 g rice 20 g parsley leaf
terial support. ln fact, if the international
Croatia where the Serbian minority has 300 g onions 3 g red pepper
community decides to send troops to e+
established its "autonomy." 1 dl oliveoil 2O g salt
tablish peace in BH, the only thing that is
certain to happen is the immense slaugh- This is where several years ago the Ser- 300 g fresh tomatoes
ter of civilians and troops. The situation bian minority, instigated and supported Clean, wash and dry the squids, Cut the
in &H is known best to the people of the by the Belgrade regime, unilaterally a* head and tentacles into small cubes.
region. I can testify that it would not be serted its own power by the force of Lightly brown finely chopped onion and
possible for the foreign military strategist arms.
tentacles in oil. Add salt, P€pper,
to clearly distinguish between the aggre+ chopped parsley, and rice, pour in the
sor and the defender. We need to take A History Bit water (or fish stock) and stew until the
leadership from the people who are ask- rice is done, Stuff the sqr.rids with the
ing for help rather than impose our solu- Croats, and South Slarns generally, have
been treated by the history writers as or- mixture, finish by closing the ends with
tions in a missionary style of the past. toothpicks. Arrange the stuffed squids in
phans. They are not mentioned in their
What is needed is air support and sup stories frequently. a pan, pour in the sauce, cover and
plies. BH as a state has its own defense simmer at a moderate heat. At the end
forces. What it lacks is control of its air ln this section, I will be presenting some pour in the wine, simmer for about 5
space, which could be effectuated by for- important, interesting, and little known minutes, and serve warm.
eign powers; and heaw military equiP historical facts about Croats which might
make them take their just place in your Sauce preparation: ln the rest of the oil
ment: tanks, healry guns, armored Per- fry finely chopped onion, diced tomato,
sonnel transporters, and communication history books.
sliced garlic with parsley, add salt and
devices. Prince Nikolas Zrinski defends Europe pepper, pour in a little water, and boil for
do what you can to bring this ln 1566 Stileyman I called the Mag-
in Europe -and the Lawgiver
Please, 5 minutes.
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ln Washington, Secretary Baker keeps that Serbia has proposed a confederation will not ask questions, unless you want to
giving impressions that the situation will of Serbia, Montenegro and Greece. talk. Also, I would be pleased to talk to
not be tolerated any longer but stops anyone or any group. I have lots of ma-
short of any commitments. He rightfully On a Lighter Note terial to share with you.
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live. During the decade of the 80's, Yu-
goslavia saw the rise of a charismatic with the mother country, Serbia. :tt.,,can
Serbian leader, Mr. Slobodan Milosevic. not be allowed for $erbs anywhere.:fn be
His singular political slogan centered once again separated from their brothers
around the protection of Serbs every- and sisters in their anciefitlfromeHnd.
where. "No one shall be beating Serbs The mythr:o{ historical greatness and des-
any longer, any where," was his most tiny to liberate olhers, combined with the
popular war cry uttered at Gazimestan in supematural heioicism and fear, lead the
1989 where the Serbs celebrated 600 Serbian leaders to step into the past, re
years of a tragedy.2 vive the anCient memories and go on a
Another guiding idea is that of the Ser- Ciusade to prevent Croats and Bosnians The above quote is taken from a most
bian people's tragic destiny. They were I'to achjeve their.::::bwn statehoods. Serbs preposterous thesis, a thesis full of lies
the ones who stopped the Turks on their rose,up in the styte of the Serbian upri+ and historical falsifications which
way to Europe, they were the ones who ing$,.;against lhs Turks of the bygone era deserves attention only to show the
stopped the Germans (starting with the ,ibt{''with thAl,pod"tn Weaponry of enor- depth of the deceit to which the creators
Austrians) on their Drach nach,,,,,,Osl, fious.,, destr0ctive power. The Serbian and the perpetrators of the Serbian doc-
(Push East), they are the misundersiood natioti:,::i,€sorted to barbarism instead of trine resort in order to justify the crimes
:rthe civiii2ed ways of negotiation, giv+ they committed in Slovenia, Croatia, and
afid.take, and compromises to achieve its Bosnia-Hercegovina, and are likely to
Serbian Liberating ldea (Srpska od.*dilg.Lt
ideja) Doko Slijepcevic, lskra GnnbH, M8nich,',,,
seemingly noble goals. commit elsewhere.
1983, p 27.
How else do you explain the tragedy of "The Croats are entitled to their ethnic
ln 1389, at Kosorao Polje (thq8lAckbird Feld), ihe:r: ,,,15,000 dead and 2 million displaced
rising Ottoman Empire with;Suhan Munid:'d its
area only."6 The Croato€erbian border
head siaughtered ihe cgndlined armbs bf vari- persons in two countries with a com-
ous Serbian provinces ttn#frttre lg#rship of bined population of about 9 million? "Drawing the Serb-Godian Bounday in
Tzar I azar- Both leaders lod'ttleifJi?es, Otto- Yugoslavia, A Summary," a mqq,bV Bgnko
mans won the bdtle, and the BalkanS,{dt the Colakovic presented to the Gebgr4hy
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brunt of Ctttoman (Turkish) rule forthe next 5OO Serbian Liberating ldea, p.8. Conference in San Dego, AOril 1$B.?*:** .'
years as a resuh. 4 lbid, p 13. rbid.
line should consequently be as sug-
Slavonska Posavina (area in the central Thursday, 7/16 Three people die in
gested in the same paper (the nationality
portion of Croatia-&H border along the - one in Mostar, 23
Bihac, 1O in Sarajevo,
boundaries were added from another
river Sava) continues to be pounded from in BH.
source):
Serbian positions across the river.
Bombs slam into a soccer stadium in Sla-
Dubrovnik, Sl. Brod, Stolac
attacked. vonski Brod with 2,000 Bosnian refugees
Fresh troops being brought into South- in it waiting for relocation
Eastern &H from Serbia and Monten+ die, 60 are wounded.
- at least 10
gro.
Friday, U17 Six people die in Sara-
Baby Zaneda Azic with a failing heart still jevo,26 in RH.-
waiting to be transported out of Sarajevo
A ceasefire, signed in London, to be.
to receive medical attention. Her father
come effective on Sunday, at 6:00 p.m.
was killed yesterday. The mother was not
Sarajevo time (noon EDT) and last for 14
told.
days to allow refugees to return (or leave),
Sunday, 7/12 suburb Do- and heayy artillery to be collected and be
- Sarajevo
brinja finally receives food relief pack- put under the UNPROFOR supervision.
ages. 18 planes land today.
Douglas Hurd, British Foreign Affairs
Yugoslav army bombards several cities Minister visits Sarajevo: "Serbia is to
ln addition to the historicism of the ar- from airplanes using cluster bombs blame for the war in RH. lntegrity of RH
guments presented above, a military plan (Gorazde, Prnjavor, Sl. Svilaj). Dubrovnik must be preserved."
has been in place to help realize the bombarded again today.
"unification of all Serbs." "Oslobodjenje," ln summary,
the Sarajevo daily of October 2, 1991 Heavy fighting for Gradacac in North-
published an interview with a Yugoslav Central &H. Serbs trying to establish a * tZO+ are known to die in BH this
week,
Army military analyst who describes Plan land corridor through Northern BH in or-
"Ram." This is a very detailed tactical der to connect the plundered areas
* healy fighting continues throughout
which they occupy with Serbia.
the NorthCentral, Eastern, and
and strategic military and political plan Western BH, and in Eastern Croatia
for the full Serbian takeover of areas to Monday, 7/13
the East of the CroatSerbian line. We - Eight people die over-
night in Sarajevo, 23 in BH. Baby girl *
and Dubrovnik region,
a new ceasefire signed on Friday,
see its bloody realization today. Zaneda has been taken out to Ljubljana *e tfre refugee crisis reaches new heights
Warring Parties? hospital. in Croatia,
The Gorazde crisis mounting.
* Gorazde still survives and the Serbs
It is becoming really offensive to hear la- continue their despicable works of
beling of both the Serbian aggressors lnternal refugees and the ones from BH destruction.
and Bosnian defenders as "warring fac- (over 600,000) constitute insurmountable
tions." lt seems to be a concerted effort problem for Croatian government. Latest news: This morning CNN reports
to minimize the injustices of terrorism that two French officers were killed in
perpetrated in Croatia and &H by the Dubrovnik, and numerous other cities in Croatia when one of them stepped on a
Serbian forces of aggression. lt is time to Croatia and BH suffer additional born- land mine. I hope that their families will
stop it and call the evil by its proper bardment. be able to accept our condolences.
name Serbs are the agressors. UNPROFOR HQ in Sarajevo bombarded,
Muslims and Croats are the defenders a child dies, 16 wounded. On a Personal Note
What's New Tuesday, 7/14
- Six die in Sarajevo, Mira says that on Tuesday, her family re
four in Mostar, 3'1 in Gorazde. ceived a large relief foodpackage
Saturday, 7/11 -
- 28 dead in BH today,
19 flights arrive to Sarajevo. The crisis of
Yugoslavia gets a new Prime Minister mostly flower, canned meat, and powder
milk. She sends many thanks.
who promises to fight for peace, Mr.
Gorazde, a small city of 70,000 predomi-
nantly Muslim residents (together with
Milan Panic. lvana, her '11-old daughter broke down
30,000 refugees from surrounding areas, Member of UNPROFOR kills a Serbian during one of the bombardments, she
12,000 children) in Eastern Bosnia deep sniper in Sarajevo. screamed: "Make them stop, make them
ens. Serbian troops surround the city and stop!" Will she and many others ever be
pound it with continuous artillery barrage.
Radovan Karadzic, the leader of Bosnian able to recover from this uninvited
Serbs, proposes another "unconditional, tragedy?
ln Bihac, a city in NE BH with predomi- unilateral" cease-fire.
nantly Muslim and Croatian population, 5 I am worried since I could not get
people die, 23 are wounded from unr+
Wednesday, 7/15
Bosanski Brod is afire.
- Oil refinery in
Ihrough to Mira sino
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ruled the land. Likewise with the others. Help the newborn, we have l,].b€€hitfietp
for which the world community must aim.
less once and would not have survived mendation to send additional UN observ-
without the nourishment, protection, and ers to supervise heavy artillery in B-H.
guidance of our family.
Citizens of Gorazde produce a petition to
A Historic Agreement Between Republics replace Lord Carrington from presiding
of Bosnia-Hercegovina and Croatia over EC's peace conference on Yugoslavia
since "he is biased in Serbia's favor."
Following is the essence of the friendship
and cooperation agreement between Thursday, 7/23 - 5 people die, 30 are
Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina signed wounded as a mortar grenade slams into
on Tuesday between the Presidents of the a soup kitchen in Sarajevo. CNN cam-
two states. erawomen Margaret Moth receives heavy
head and neck injuries from a sniper fire.
alK ffre President of Presidency of Repub- Mark Dulmage is slightly injured too.
lic of BH and the President of Repub- Yugoslavia's Prime Minister comes to Fighting rages in Nodhern Bosnia, espe-
lic of Croatia agree that the future Sarajevo and talks of peace. cially around Gradacac. 30 people die,
constitution of the state of B-H will be 161 are wounded in B-H today.
based on the principle of full equality of Monday, 7/20 - CNN repofts Sarajevo
the three constituting peoples. airport closed and then opened today. The UNPROFOR convoy is stoPPed 10
km from reaching Gorazde, Saudi Arabian
iYK Republic of RH and Republic of Croa- Croatian radio reports 15 die in Sarajevo
plane delivers aid to B-H and returns safely
tia will make mutual effort to enable 100 wounded since the cease-fire, An-
to Jeddah.
their citizens acquire dual citizenship other 4,000 shells fall on Doboj, 2,500 on
Bihac (4 die). Croatia had a quiet day to- Germany agrees to send 6 trains to pick
)YK Aware of the fact that if the aggression day! up refugees from Croatia.
on the two countries is not stopped
urgently, they are both facing further Out of '109 municipalities, B-H Govern- Friday, 7/24 - The refugee problem in
devastation and destruction of their ment claims full control over 50, 11 par- Croatia is reaching gigantic proportions.
countries, they will, if the effotts of the tially controlled, rest under occupation. Croatian government continues to plead
international community remain futile, for international help. 9,000 refugees from
Fighting reported throughout BH espe-
study and undertake all necessary cially along the West-East line from the
NW Bosnia reach town of Karlovac today.
forms of broader cooperation in the Serbian controlled regions of NW B-H and No casualties in Sarajevo today! Reports
military area and coordination of the central Croatia through theNorthern of ethnic cleansing continue in various
military operations aimed at the final regions of B-H. Evidently, the aggressor areas of B-H.
repulsion of the danger directed at still tries to establish a land corridor to-
them. ward Serbia. On a Personal Note
aYK vtititary wing of the Croatian Defense Tuesday, 7/21 - Sarajevo airport open
Council is aconstitutive part of the Since July 14th I have not been able to
then closed and opened again today. contact Mira (my dear friend in Dobrinja).
unified armed forces of the Republic of Damage to the airpod facilities reported.
B-H. I call and her telephone is quiet. I am very
CBS repofts on a marriage between Mir- worried. On Friday I called her parents on
What's New jana, a Serb, and Damir, a Croat in Sara- island of Brac, they didn't know anything.
jevo today, Their theme song is: "The Then, I called our mutual childhood friend
Sunday, 7/19 - 665,000 refugees are more I think the less I understand." Could in Dubrovnik, Stanka. Stanka's mother
presently in Croatia. you agree more? answered to tell me that Stanka had been
wounded by a shell, lost several fingers on
Cease-fire is supposed to come into effect Croatia and B-H entered into a military
her hand, received leg wounds, and was
tonight at 6:00 pm local time. Fighting still cooperation agreement stipulating that if recuperating on an island near Dubrovnik.
rages throughout BH and some parts of the peace efforts do not succeed, they will She also said that no one had heard
Croatia. Slavonska Posavina (in Eastern jointly expel Serbs from the territories.
anything of Mira. lt is becoming very
Croatia, along the B-H border) is con- (See a related story above.)
difficult for me. I cry a lot. I am also angry,
stantly harassed by shelling from B-H. damn it!
Serbian irregulars opened heavy artillery
Doboj region in Norlh Central B-H r+
ceived over 4,500 shells in last few days.
fire on the forests around Visegrad
(Eastern Bosnia) yesterday where 8,000 lf you have an opinion about the issues
ln B-H Travnik, Bihac, Zavidovici, Livno, discussed in this information sheet, or
refugees from other parts of Bosnia were
Gradacac, and especially Gorazde heavily
taking shelter. Three people were killed in
have a suggestion, please feel free to
taxed. make your contribution. I do not claim an
the attack. ln the past two days 55 people
exclusive ownership of "the truth."
300th day of war in Dubrovnik. No news have been wounded in the area.
from occupied regions south of town. P.O. Box 1742,falahassee, FL32302
Wednesday, 7/22 - UN Secretary Gen-
[Next issue of Hrvatski Glasnik will dis- eral rejects the Security Council's recom-
so4/222-3374
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August 1,1992 Number I
All the silver and gold of this world, and and as Yugoslav troops on the coast were
My Corner all human lives, mobiliziag. PanAm wasn't flying out of
Cannot buy thy pure beauty. Dubrow*iftany more, so I had to take a
My friends, I have exhausted my energy bus to Tilograd, Montenegro, crossing
putting out this information sheet. lt has Dubrovnik and Konavle
A Personal Perspective rvhat woutd:,, become enemy lines two
been very important for me to do it but
ffilss=;f.der'1{{.'tnen flew to Belgrade and
I
Konavle in 1894-95. I have cousins in phone communicdion. A high-school friend who had
Oh,wonderful, beloved anU::,Sweet' :'...,;,,,rt,,,,,:,:
,,.,Konavle whom I visited four straight worked forthe local power company was killed trying
freedom, ,:
l:,:"summets 1988-91. Last year was heart- to repair the power lines A childhood friend's young
By which the Almighty has presented us breaking. I arrived on May 29 as Croatia son was killed b[, a mortar shell. He and eight other
with all the wealth of ihis world, young men left the underground sfiefter tg. ga a
was celebrating its 'yes' vote in a referen- quic* cigarette puff all nine ry,F$ently:killed
True origin of all our glory, dum on independence. I left Sept. 14 as -
Another high-school friend, the dirbctor of ltng loc$
And unique adornment of this forest! the,war in northern Croatia intensified hosprtal was quoted rrcwing that ttq-witt.*gfft.tetfie
dedh. (D.K.)
The Serbian goal of attacking Dubrovnik withdrawal from the Dubrovnik region. showing that they willingly donate all of
According to the Croatian Radio report their possessions to the aggressors and
is not protecting Serbs in the area
- it is
to destroy Croatian culture and conquer they reached an agreement which in- are leaving the region of their own desire.
Croatian territory. They won't stop or cludes detailed plans as to how the This strategy is not new. I first heard of it
leave on their own they haven't yet. withdrawal will be effectuated and when, in Croatia last Fall when thousands of
Someone
-
will have to make them leave. lf It is supposed to be completed in eight bewildered residents left town of llok at
the UN won't, if the EC or NATO won't, days. Can we really trust them? the far Eastern tip of the country.
Croatia will have to do the job itself. lt's One point is still contested: Prevlaka, the tt is not inconceivable that some extremist
that simple. t
miniature isthmus at the far South of the Croat forces conduct similar activities
What's New region is still claimed by Montenegro. with some local Serb populations in both
Croats pledge not to relinquish it. Croatia and BH.
ln Croatia
Belgrade authorities deny that any ln Bosnia and Hercegovina
Croatia will conduct parliamentary and agreement has been made. [What else is
The situation in B-H is tragic. Serbs are
presidential elections this Sunday, August new?]
determined to destroy, destroy, destroy.
2. Leaders of eight political parties have Slavonska PosaMna, the Croatian region Over 8,000 people died since April 1992.
been accepted as nominees. Seventeen
along the northern border of &H, contin- Many cities are under siege and/or con-
political groups, parties, and coalitions
have put forth their candidates for 124 ues to suffer destruction, Serbian forces tinuous bombardment: Sarajevo,
from across river Sava pound the whole Gorazde, Derventa, Gradacac, Bihac.
seats in the House of Representatives of
region daily. On average 2G25 villages Croat and Muslim residents of some oth-
the Croatian Padiament. President Dr. ers have perished: Loznica, Bijeljina,
and towns are hit daily.
Franjo Tudjman is expected to win the
Kozarac, Zvornik. Beautiful city of Mostar
Presidential race. Refugees (my father was born there) has been de
The part'y to watch is the Croatian Party The gigantic refugee crisis in the region is stroyed, literally destroyedl This week,
of Rights and their leader Dobroslav finally making itself visible to the world. fighting has been reported in: Sarajevo,
Paraga. This is a very extremely right The United Nations High Commission on Gorazde, Gradacac, Bihac, Tuzla, Tomis-
nationalist oriented party which promotes Refugees held an emergency meeting in lavgrad, Derventa, Kupres, Visegrad,
the idea of Great Croatia including all of Geneva, Switzerland this Wednesday. Bosanska Krupa, Kotor Varos ... the list is
BH. lt is not expected to do better than European nations disagreed as to how too long and continues.
third overall. However, further violence in best to help the refugees
Croatia and BH gives its platform more
- accept them
on their territory (a view supported by On a Personal Note
and more followers throughout the Germany) or send financial contributions
region. Afterall, it is their paramilitary to holding nations (Great Britain). My daughter, Vanesa graduated from
groups who did most of the effective high school in Osijek and is well, getting
fighting on the Croat side since the Numbers in the river of refugees which ready to enroll in a local University this
beginning of the conflict and are viewed started last Fall in Croatia rise daily by the Fall. (You are my champion sweetheart.)
tens of thousands.2 h is estimated to be
by many as liberators. My mother, Marija, in Dubrovnik is an-
near 2-2.5 million today. People flee
There will be many foreign observers sta- ethnic cleansing, the most devious form other champion. She is 75 and during the
tioned throughout Croatia. lt is expected of aggression against fundamental barbaric, Serbian occupation of
Dub-
that if the
elections are evaluated as human rights. Serbian forces occupy a rovnik endured what no person should
democratic by the observers, Croatia will town and force Croat and Muslim ever be put through. (Mom, I am proud of
become a serious candidate for the residents to sign various documents you and I love you.)
European Council seat. Ihave not lost hope of reaching Mira
2 My cousin, Verica, who had a misfortune to be again. Last time we talked on the phone,
ln the Dubrovnik region, this Wednesday,
manied to a Serb and live in Tenja where fighting
July 29, the representatives of Croatian on July 14, she promised to be careful,
started in Ea$em Groatia in June 1991, is s{ill a
and Yugoslav (?) military conducted ne refugee somewhere in Seri:ra where she was forced not a hero. (l need you alive and well,
gotiations for the occupation forces' final to go by Serbian tenorists. tv4ira.) Please, let Mira and her family live!