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	Croatian ground army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Croatian Ground Army (Croatian: Hrvatska kopnena vojska), commonly referred as "Croatian Army" (Hrvatska vojska) is a branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia.
		The fundamental role and purpose of Croatian Army, is to promote and protect vital national interests of the Republic of Croatia, defend sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state.
		The Croatian Army is therefore organizing to be a proponent of the implementation of the war operation, combating primarily on land but also on the coastland and on islands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Croatian_ground_army (212 words)

	INFORMATION ON WAR CRIMES COMMITTED BY CROATIAN ARMY TROOPS AGAINST SERB CIVILIAN POPULATION OF WESTERN SLAVONIJA ON ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		On May 1-2, 1995, the Croatian Army troops launched a strong attack on the Okucani-Stara Gradiska road nearby Novi Varos to cut off the refugee column, comprised of Serb civilian population of Western Slavonija, withdrawing from the Croatian Army attack.
		For days Croatian authorities were removing and burning bodies and car wrecks whose smell carried by the wind was felt on the opposite bank of the Sava river in the territory of the Republic of Srpska.
		The Croatian Army, deployed near Novi Varos in the Prasnik Forest, which is some 50 m away from the road, opened fire fiercely from small arms and heavy weapons at the civilian convoy.
	www.balkanpeace.org /wcs/wct/wcts/wcts27.shtml (7532 words)

	Prison Planet.com: Do You Have the Knowledge to Escape?
		In early 1992 I was a grunt in the Croatian Army.
		I was an infantryman in the American Army in the Vietnam war, and I was an infantryman in the Croatian Army during the war in the Balkans.
		The differences between our professional military system and the Croatian militia army were stunning, and an examination of these differences will explain why our professional army ground to a halt in Vietnam, and why the rag-tag Croatian militia army was able to defeat a more numerous and far better armed opponent.
	www.prisonplanet.com /analysis_chittum_062003_quack.html (1578 words)

	Croatia: Operation "Storm" - still no justice ten years on - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Former Croatian Army General Ante Gotovina is charged by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (Tribunal) with crimes against humanity and war crimes, including the murder of at least 150 Krajina Serbs, committed against the Croatian Serb population during and after Operation “Storm”.
		The failure to ensure that the Croatian judiciary addresses all violations, regardless of the ethnicity of the victims or of the perpetrators, is in breach of Croatia’s international obligations, and seriously undermines the rule of law.
		Croatian Serbs continue to be the victim of discrimination in access to employment and in realising other economic and social rights; some cases of violence and harassment against Croatian Serbs continue to be reported.
	web.amnesty.org /library/index/engeur640022005 (833 words)

	NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE FUTURE
		On the Velebit Mountains, reconnaissance patrols clashed and the Serb reconnaissance commando unit forcefully assaulted Visočica.428 “The Croatian Army attack was enforced by an artillery barrage on Teslingrad, Ljubovo, Kozjan, Gračac, Udbina, Vrhovina and Korenica.
		The Croatian Army provocation, on the part of the quoted brigades (Lika corps HQ), was “wrongly assessed.” The Lika corps command “had not linked that attack with the Croatian Army and police special unit activities in the Velebit Mountain area.
		September 9th 1993 – The army of the Republic of Croatia attacked the territory of the RSK and took (by force) the Serb villages of Divoselo, Čitluk and Počitelj in the vicinity of Gospić.
	www.nsf-journal.hr /issues/v3_n3-4/11.htm (6206 words)

	Amnesty International
		In the night of 3-4 October 1991, six captured Yugoslav Army reservists were reportedly transferred by men in Croatian special police uniforms from their place of detention at the Bjelovar Police Department to a wood near the village of Malo Korenovo.
		Three former Croatian police officers and one police officer still in service, who were suspected of having taken part in the killings, were tried and acquitted by the Bjelovar County Court in 2001.
		The Croatian government officially applied for membership in the EU in February 2003 and in June 2004 the EU granted Croatia the official status of candidate country.
	www.commondreams.org /news2005/0316-14.htm (822 words)

	Helsinki
		Two Croatian Army offensives against the western Slavonia and Krajina regions, in May and August respectively, caused the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Serbs from Croatia and a myriad of human rights violations after Croatian government control was reestablished in both areas.
		During and immediately after the Croatian Army's offensive in western Slavonia and Krajina, access for international observers was restricted or denied and much forensic and other evidence pointing to the possible commission of human rights abuses during or immediately after the offensives may have been destroyed.
		In response to the Croatian Army offensive in the Krajina region, the E.U., on August 4, immediately suspended negotiations with Croatia on the trade and cooperation agreement and suspended implementation of the PHARE aid program for Croatia.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1996/WR96/Helsinki-06.htm (2061 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Born in the province's second city of Pec in 1960, 39-year-old Ceku resigned from the Croatian army in February this year, after a distinguished seven-and-a-half year career in which he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General, less than one month before the beginning of NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia.
		Croatian military analysts consider Gen. Ceku the brain behind the Croatian Army's Medak Pocket offensive, in which Croatia captured several villages in Lika from Serb rebels in September 1993.
		During both the Medak Pocket offensive and, in particular, Operation Storm the victorious Croatian army is alleged to have committed a series of war crimes.
	www.iwpr.net /archive/bcr/bcr_19990526_2_eng.txt (820 words)

	Croatia
		Although the Croatian government may be entitled to arrest prisoners of war as an exercise of emergency measures until the situation in the recaptured territory is stabilized, Croatian authorities must show that those being detained are combatants, that each case is being reviewed individually, and that a person's detention is not arbitrary or unnecessarily prolonged.
		On March 29, 1994, the Croatian government and the authorities of the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK) agreed to a "permanent cease-fire." On December 2, 1994, Croatian government and RSK authorities signed an economic agreement that re-opened both a stretch of highway in Serb-held areas of western Slavonia and an oil pipeline.
		Croatian President Franjo Tudjman promised that "all Croatian citizens of Serbian descent" would be guaranteed full respect for their "human and civil rights."27 According to the U.N., the Croatian government has taken steps to normalize life for Serbs who remain in wester Slavonia.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1995/Croatia1.htm (8818 words)

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		Strbac said that Croatian authorities were still denying international organisations access to the Dvor-Glina road, in Northern Krajina, where the Croatian army had massacred a column of Serb refugees during the aggression which provoked the exodus of over 250,000 Krajina Serbs.
		In his statement which he called a proclamation to the Croatian people, he said that the Croatian military action 'storm' and the expelling of 250,000 Serbs from their homes in Krajina at the beginning of August was 'genocide'.
		The Serb Krajina Army Commander in Eastern Slavonija, Gen. Dusan Loncar, and local Croatian Army Commander Gen. Djuro Decak met at the Savras-Nemetin border crossing to discuss observation of the August 25 ceasefire.
	www.hri.org /news/agencies/yds/1995/95-09-05.yds.txt (1912 words)

	The Medak Pocket
		However, the regular army was a mirror of the old federation and thus suffering from the same problems of divided loyalties.
		With no army left to implement its goals and an economy on the verge of collapse, Serbia gradually withdrew from the conflicts in Croatia and Bosnia, leaving Serb minorities there to fend for themselves against the newly created Bosnian and Croatian armies.
		When UN forces in the area found themselves in the path of the Croatian advance they promptly withdrew, destroying their credibility among the Serbs whom they were tasked with protecting.
	www.cda-cdai.ca /library/medakpocket.htm (6449 words)

	Ante Gotovina
		At the end of 1991, realising the potential dangers of a divided army, HOS was disbanded and amalgamated with the Croatian National Guard.
		On August 4th 1995, the united Croatian forces, planned and supported by one or more US agencies, and under the command of General Ante Gotovina, massed their troops around the occupied territory of Krajina.
		Within 84 hours, the Croatian forces had liberated the occupied territories, causing the cessation of the Serb onslaught on Bihać, averting a humanitarian catastrophe, and striking the ultimate blow to Milošević’s scheme.
	www.cascarino.homestead.com /ante.html (1292 words)

	Balkan Repository Project - Crimes commited by Croatian Army in Mrkonjic Grad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This story was accompanied with the statement issued by Dr. Boris Zdilar, surgeon general of the Croatian Defence Council who claimed that those corpses were only the dead bodies of "belligerent soldiers" and that their investigative team "was carrying out investigation and examination of those corpses in accordance with the prescribed international rules".
		When on September 14, 1995 the Croatian army occupied the village, the Serbian population left their homes and fled in the direction of Banja Luka, and I stayed on in the village with my wife on account of my bed-ridden sister who lived with us.
		By this action the army and the police of the Republic of Croatia and HVO members committed crimes specified in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the 1977 Additional Protocols thereto, as well as violated the 1948 Convention on the Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, i.
	www.balkan-archive.org.yu /politics/war_crimes/report6/Mrkonjic_Grad.html (12848 words)

	RTE News - Croatian army general leaves for The Hague
		A Croatian army general has left voluntarily for The Hague to appear before the international criminal tribunal.
		He said, before leaving the Croatian capital, Zagreb, that his conscience was clear.
		Croatian police have been unable to trace a former colleague of the general who is also wanted by the court.
	www.rte.ie /news/2001/0725/hague.html (105 words)

	BALKAN MEDIA & POLICY MONITOR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		What it means when the army serves only as a pretorian guard to the divinity named the Leader, we've seen on the case of josip Broz Tito.
		In June 1992, according to the data of then commander of the territorial defense, Sefer Halilovic, the then forming army was comprised by 18 percent of Croats, 12 percent of Serbs, and 70 percent of Bosniaks.
		Army organized itself quickly, corps were formed, ranks introduced, those that were sticking out within the command structure were "dealt with".
	mediafilter.org /mff/Mon.28-29.2.html (3043 words)

	War crimes tribunal drops charges against Croatian general
		However, he is happy to accuse Milosevic of “command responsibility” for Serbian atrocities and sanctioned Croatian President Stipe Mesic’s appearance as a witness for the prosecution at Milosevic’s trial.
		The Croatian army acted as Washington’s proxy army against Milosevic and there is plenty of evidence that the Clinton administration provided vital support to Croatia during Operation Storm.
		Franjo Tudjman’s son Miro, who was head of Croatian intelligence at the time, claims the relationship went further—with the Croatian and US governments enjoying a “de facto partnership”.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/feb2003/croa-f26.shtml (1799 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Croatian Army to Enlist Serbs The Zagreb authorities must overcome Croatian Serb reluctance to serve in the republic's armed forces.
		Most of Puaca's peers are equally reluctant about serving in the Croatian army, saying that they are worried about widespread reports in the media about homosexual scandals, drug use, and other unsavoury stories.
		He added that negotiations are underway with the defence ministry to recognise prior service in the JNA or in the army of the former Serb Republic of Krajina.
	www.iwpr.net /archive/bcr/bcr_20010117_3_eng.txt (707 words)

	CNN Balkan Conflict: Croation army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (CNN)-- Croatian army soldiers are celebrating victory [179k AIFF sound], as they overrun the Krajina region.
		Yesterday, the Croatian army stormed the Croatian Serb "capital" of Knin.
		At least 40 United Nations positions have been overrun during the Croatians' campaign, and Denmark claims some of its U.N. peacekeepers were used as shields by Croatian troops attacking Serb forces.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/Bosnia/updates/august95/8-06 (298 words)

	"AXIS & LEGION MILITARIA" - Axis & Legion Militaria
		In 1943, the Croatian Army was referred as "Domobran." The Domobrans or regular army were mostly led by former Officers of the Royal Yugoslav Army.
		During the Italian capitulation on 9 November 1943, the Croatian 369th and 373rd Infantry Divisions as well as the SS Prinz Eugen Division participated in the disarming of the Italians.
		By 1944, the Croatian Infantry Divisions participated in one of the last offensives in attempting to capture Tito, who was Drvar, Central Bosnia.
	axis101.bizland.com /Croatian2.htm (1224 words)

	Kosovo defence chief accused of war crimes [Free Republic]
		Ceku was commanding the fledgling Croatian army's 9th Brigade, based in Gospic, a town seething with hatred between Croats and Serbs.
		Ceku went on to become a brigadier in the Croatian army and was one of the commanders trained by American forces before the infamous Operation Storm of August 1995, which pushed most of Croatia's rebellious Serbs from Krajina and into Serbia proper.
		Ceku, 38, former head of the separatist guerrilla Kosovo Liberation Army, could be indicted for war crimes committed against ethnic Serbs in Croatia from 1993 to 1995, while Ceku was a top officer in the Croatian army, the Times reported, citing UN and western sources.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3800b0f422d0.htm (4343 words)

	[ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ]
		Domazet is being questioned in the Zagreb offices of the tribunal in connection with offensives carried out by the Croatian Army in 1993 and 1995, his lawyer said.
		During the offensives, the Croatian Army is said to have expelled and killed Serbian civilians.
		Thousands of Serbs were forced to leave Croatia in 1995, when the Croatian Army recaptured territories that were occupied by Serbian rebels and the Yugoslav Army in 1991.
	www.rferl.org /newsline/2002/11/4-SEE/see-201102.asp?po=y (1655 words)

	KLA is no 'liberation army' -- Croatian general commands KLA
		It has been revealed that the top commander of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army is Agim Ceku, a brigadier general who took a leave from the Croatian Army in February.
		However, it is not surprising to those who have known for a long time that the KLA is a mercenary contra army promoted by foreign imperialist powers, not a home-grown operation.
		Although few could believe that a genuine Marxist-based liberation army would allow itself to be an agent of the imperialists, reports in the media continue to allude to this claim.
	www.geocities.com /cpa_blacktown_02/19990524workersworld.htm (1567 words)

	Arianna Online Forums - Richard Mellon Scaife/George Soros (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		On the World Socialist Website, there is a discussion of charges being dropped in early '03 on the Head of the Croatian Army, General Bobetko.
		The Hague tribunal said Blaskic, Kordic and the others ``are allegedly responsible for the persecution on political, racial and religious grounds of the Bosnian Muslim population of the Lasva valley area of central Bosnia between May 1992 and May 1993 (more information).
		And late November 1996, WCT gave its first sentence to a Bosnian Croat, Drazen Erdemovic, who was with the Bosnian Serb army and joined the massacre of Srebrenica in 1995.
	www.ariannaonline.com /forums/showthread.php?p=52821 (2629 words)

	BALKAN MEDIA & POLICY MONITOR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		At the same time, this certifies that gone with the wind are the warnings about the dangers of of the Croatian Army and its subordination to interests of the ruling structure, spoken out in the last few years by the high army officials.
		In spite of the fact that they have contributed to the creation of the Croatian Army and defence of Croatia, all of them, as is the case with many others, have been purged in their or that manner, form the military ranks.
		t is not without meaning that the members of the war Main command of the Croatian Army who came from the former JNA still insist today that the units under their command and control did not commit war crimes, since they respected war conventions.
	mediafilter.org /mff/Mon.49-50.feral3.html (496 words)

	CNN - Croat army shelled civilians, report says - March 21, 1999
		NEW YORK (CNN) -- International war crimes tribunal investigators have reportedly concluded that the Croatian army carried out "ethnic cleansing" of Serbs during a 1995 assault.
		The indictments would be the first against Croatian army officers for actions in the Balkan wars of 1991 to 1995, which first pitted an independence-seeking Croatia against rebel Serbs and Serbia proper, and then moved to Bosnia.
		The Times said a spokesman for the Croatian Ministry of Defense denied that any war crimes or other illegal acts were committed during the offensive, which the Croatians dubbed Operation Storm.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/europe/9903/21/croatia.warcrimes.01 (401 words)

	Cermak and Markac - Indictment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In September 1991, the Croatian Serbs and the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) controlled approximately one-third of the territory of the Republic of Croatia.
		By 1992, the Croatian Army was formulating plans for the forcible re-taking of the territory of the "RSK." In 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995, Croatian forces launched military operations with this ultimate objective.
		Ante GOTOVINA was the overall operational commander of the Croatian forces that were deployed as part of Operation Storm in the southern portion of the Krajina region, including the municipalities, in whole or in part, of Benkovac, Gracac, Knin, Obrovac, Sibenik, Sinj and Zadar.
	www.un.org /icty/indictment/english/cer-ii040224e.htm (3406 words)

	Croatian Axis Forces in WWII
		The military of tiny Croatia in WW2, despite the lack of proper arms, despite fighting against a formidable guerilla opponent (the partisans) and a strong nationalist army (the Cetniks), despite a meddling Italy, managed to field a army that fought until the bitter end, and for this should be respected.
		The surrender nullified the veto on the tonnage of Croatian naval vessels and allowed the Croatian's to occupy several excellent harbours in the parts of Croatia annexed by Italy.
		The Legion was disbanded upon his death, with the surviving men joining either the Croatian Army, the SS "Handschar", or defecting to the Partisans.
	www.feldgrau.com /a-croatia.html (2633 words)

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