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  Medill School of Journalism - Global Journalism Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Oric was in charge of the enclave’s armed forces until the town fell to the Serbs in 1995 and some 7,000 of its male inhabitants were killed, in the largest massacre on European soil since the end of the Second World War.
Oric, 37, is accused of crimes against Bosnian Serbs that he and the forces under his control allegedly committed in the months between the outbreak of hostilities in Bosnia in the spring of 1992 and the designation of Srebrenica as a UN safe area in 1993.
Oric is also accused of alleged torture, beatings and murders of Serb detainees committed by his subordinates at the Srebrenica police station, where inmates were regularly beaten, and kept in unsanitary and overcrowded conditions.
newmedia.medill.northwestern.edu /global/globalarticlepage.asp?article_key=398   (1240 words)

  
 Naser Oric - Indictment
Naser ORIC, son of Dzemal and Hata (née MUSTAFIC), was born on 3 March 1967 in Potocari, municipality of Srebrenica, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereafter: Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Naser ORIC, is individually responsible, pursuant to Article 7(1) of the Statute of the Tribunal, for the crimes of wanton destruction of cities, towns or villages not justified by military necessity and plunder of property as alleged in this indictment.
Naser ORIC demonstrated both de jure and de facto command and control in military matters in a manner consistent with the exercise of superior authority, by issuing orders, instructions and directives to the units, by ensuring the implementation of these orders, instructions and directives and bearing full responsibility for their implementation.
www.un.org /icty/indictment/english/ori-ii030328e.htm   (3373 words)

  
 Bosnian Institute News: Oric defence gets unexpected boost
Oric, a Bosnian Muslim military commander in the Srebrenica area, is accused of overseeing the plundering and looting of Serb villages and the mistreatment and deaths of Serb detainees during the summer of 1992 through the winter of 1993.
The defence also suggested that the name Naser Oric was not a memory from her time as a prisoner, but was suggested to her by Serb officials who told her to mention his name in connection with her imprisonment.
Lauren Etter is an IWPR intern in The Hague.
www.bosnia.org.uk /news/news_body.cfm?newsid=1974   (1208 words)

  
 Naser Oric   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The highlight of Oric's career came when he served for two years as a personal bodyguard to Serbia's nationalist president, Slobodan Milosevic, the man credited in the West with igniting Yugoslavia's conflagration.
Oric left the Serbian police early in 1992, when Serb nationalist fervor reached its peak.
If not for the intercession of U.N. troops, Oric would either be dead, in a prisoner of war camp or living in the hills.
www.srebrenica-report.com /Oric.htm   (737 words)

  
 SENSE - Sense Vijesti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Testimony of Enver Hogic who, as the head of the legal department of the BH Army 2nd Corps that Naser Oric’s troops were part of, advised commanding officers on the application and respect of the international laws of war.
At the trial of former commander of the BH Army in Srebrenica Naser Oric, Hogic testified on the competence of military and civilian courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war.
Oric and other BH Army officers, according to Hogic, were obliged to ensure and supervise the respect of those rules and report the cases of their violations to their superior officers.
www.sense-agency.com /portal/english/index.php?sta=3&pid=6559   (439 words)

  
 Bosnian Muslim commander faces war crimes charges
The trial of Naser Oric, the former commander of the Muslim forces in the Srebrenica enclave, on war crimes charges for alleged atrocities against Bosnian Serbs during the first two years of the Bosnian war, will open at the UN court at the Hague tomorrow.
Oric, 37, is the first Muslim to be charged with war crimes committed in the Srebrenica area but his alleged crimes are not related to the 1995 massacre of 7,000 Muslims by Bosnian Serb troops.
Oric, a former bodyguard of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, defended Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia during the war as the Bosnian Serb troops laid siege to the Muslim enclave.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1235695/posts   (700 words)

  
 Naser Oric transferred to The Hague
Naser Oric, who used to command the Bosnian Muslim military forces in Srebrenica, has been transferred to The Hague where he will be appearing before the UN war crimes tribunal to answer charges of "violations of the laws and customs of war", including murder, wanton destruction and plunder.
The crimes Naser Oric stands accused of were committed in Eastern Bosnia during the 1992-1995 war when Srebrenica, a Muslim town, was surrounded by both regular and irregular Bosnian Serb forces and cut off from the outside world.
Naser Oric, who functioned as Srebrenica's military commander, is alleged to have led many raids of Srebrenica residents to ethnic-Serb villages in the vicinity.
www2.rnw.nl /rnw/en/currentaffairs/region/internationalorganisations/icty030411.html   (644 words)

  
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Naser Oric was born on March 3, 1967 in Potocari, a neighboring village of Srebrenica.
Naser Oric, the overall military commander, and his two main ‘brigade' commanders, Zulfo Tursunovic (281 Bde) and Hakija Meholjic, appeared to the Dutch to be little more than gangsters, who terrorized the refugee population and profited greatly from the war.
Oric is considered a hero by Bosnian Muslims." In a news report by Voice of America (VOA) of April 16, 2003, it was noted that "Naser Oric is considered a hero to many Bosnian Muslims." One man's terrorist and war criminal is another man's patriot and freedom fighter.
www.pogledi.co.yu /english/srebrenica1.php   (10298 words)

  
 Newsletter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Oric was the commander of the forces that defended the Srebrenica enclave during the war.
Oric was indicted by The Hague for his part in brutal attacks on Serb civilians in the villages around Srebrenica.
Oric's self-enrichment and shady activities were tolerated by the Muslim nationalist party that dominates Muslim politics in Bosnia, in return for his silence on the Muslim army's policies towards Srebrenica during the war.
www.advocacynet.org /news_view/news_261.html   (3542 words)

  
 News @ Serbian Unity Congress | Bloody Christmass: Former Bosnian Muslim commander handed over to U.N. tribunal, AP, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Naser Oric, 36, was captured by NATO-led forces in a lighting raid Thursday night in the northern Bosnian city Tuzla and flown to The Hague, where he was put into the U.N. jail.
Oric was the wartime commander in Bosnian Muslim enclave of Srebrenica, site of the worst massacre of civilian Muslims during the 1992-1995 war.
Oric was a bodyguard for former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's until early 1990 when he disappeared, resurfacing as a Muslim fighter.
news.suc.org /bydate/2003/Apr_14/2.html   (654 words)

  
 Naser Oric   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Even though the Serbs had Srebrenica surrounded, Oric was still mounting commando raids by night against Serb targets.
Oric, as blood-thirsty a warrior as ever crossed a battlefield, escaped Srebrenica before it fell.
Oric is a fearsome man, and proud of it.
www.srebrenica-report.com /Oric2.htm   (770 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Douglas Bakshian reports from Luxembourg, Naser Oric is viewed by many Bosnian Muslims as a hero for his defense of the Muslim enclave of Srebrenica, which was besieged by Serbs for two years before being overrun.
Oric is accused of war crimes against Serbs in 1992 and 1993.
Oric is a key figure to Bosnian Muslims, who consider him a hero for his defense of the Muslim enclave of Srebrenica during the Serb siege.
www.help-for-you.com /news/Apr2003/scripts/2819180d.html   (305 words)

  
 VOA News Report
Oric, who led the defense of that so-called U-N safe area, with the murder and abuse of Serb prisoners and the burning and plunder of at least 50 mostly Serb villages.
Oric was arrested last week outside his home in the Bosnian city of Tuzla in an operation that neighbors say lasted less than two-minutes.
Oric is now in custody, has outraged many Srebrenica survivors who see Naser Oric as their defender.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2003/04/mil-030415-3c192409.htm   (377 words)

  
 Naser Oric -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Naser Oric -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Following conscription in the (additional info and facts about Yugoslav National Army) Yugoslav National Army, served as bodyguard to Slobodan Milošević in 1991-1992.
Serb media in recent years have reported a higher potential death toll, ranging from 1,000-3,000.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/na/naser_oric.htm   (304 words)

  
 NATO/SFOR: Press Release - 11 April 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina –; Yesterday, 10 April 2003, SFOR detained Naser Oric, who was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Naser Oric is being transferred to The Hague to face charges levied against him by the international body.
Naser Oric served as commander of the Srebrenica Territorial Force Headquarters (ultimately renamed as the ABiH 2d Corps, 28th Division).
www.shape.nato.int /sfor/trans/2003/p030411a.htm   (212 words)

  
 News @ Serbian Unity Congress | Srebrenica and Naser Oric: An Analysis of General Philippe Morillon’s Testimony at ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Naser Oric was able to deploy the Bosnian Muslim 28th Infantry Division in Srebrenica after it became a safe area or haven.
Naser Oric engaged in attacks during Orthodox holidays and destroyed villages, massacring all the inhabitants.
Oric himself say to you with respect to what he had been doing with prisoners during this time period?” Morillon answered: “Naser Oric was a warlord who reigned by terror in his area and over the population itself.
news.suc.org /bydate/2004/April_26/12.html   (6030 words)

  
 CNN.com - Bosnian Muslim commander arrested - Apr. 11, 2003
Naser Oric -- charged with responsibility for the murder and mistreatment of Serbs in custody in Srebrenica in 1992-93 -- is considered a hero by many Bosnian Muslims for spearheading the defence of the enclave.
Oric, 36, served as the commander of the Srebrenica territorial force headquarters, later renamed the Bosnian army Second Corps' 28th Division.
Oric is one of seven Bosnian Muslims indicted by the tribunal for war crimes.
cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/04/11/bosnia.trial.reut   (644 words)

  
 War Crimes Trial of Bosnian Muslim Begins | Current Affairs | Deutsche Welle | 06.10.2004
Naser Oric is accused of overseeing the destruction of Serb villages and the torture of prisoners.
Oric, who was a police officer before the Balkans war besides a bodyguard for Milosevic, resurfaced in 1991 as a commander of Muslim forces.
Oric faces six counts of violating the rules and customs of war, including murder, cruel treatment, wanton destruction and plunder.
www.dw-world.de /popups/popup_printcontent/0,,1350407,00.html   (462 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Srebrenica massacre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In spite of Srebrenica’s predominantly Bosniak population, Serb paramilitaries from the area and neighbouring parts of eastern Bosnia gained control of the town for several weeks early in 1992.
Naser Orić (born March 3, 1967) is a Bosniak soldier who is currently a war crimes indictee at the ICTY.
the killing of Serbs by Naser Orić, the ethnic cleansing of Serbs in Croatia) and/or justifications for the executions (e.g.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Srebrenica-massacre   (9914 words)

  
 SFOR Informer Online: Another PIFWC arrested by SFOR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Tuzla - Apr. 10, 2003, SFOR detained Naser Oric, who was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).
Naser Oric, a Bosniac, is charged with violations of the laws or customs of war committed while serving as Commander of the Srebrenica Division during the period June 1992 to March 1993.
Naser Oric is the 29th PIWFC arrested by SFOR.
www.shape.nato.int /sfor/indexinf/161/p10b/t02p10b.htm   (295 words)

  
 Naser Oric to be indicted for war crimes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The source said that Naser Oric, commander of the Srebrenica enclave, could be indicted "within a day or two" by the International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague in connection with killings of Serb civilians in the area during 1993.
If indicted, Oric would be the first Bosnian government official to be charged with war crimes since the tribunal was set up in 1993 by the United Nations.
Oric's indictment would be a surprise because Bosnian Serbs have been accused of massacring 5,000 Muslims fleeing the Srebrenica area in July in the worst single atrocity in Europe since the end of the Second World War.
www.balkanpeace.org /cib/bos/boss/oric/oric02.shtml   (270 words)

  
 Carl Savich | Columns | serbianna.com
Oric began the attacks on Bosnian Serb towns and villages on June 1, 1992, when he organized an attack on the village of Oparci in the Srebrenica municipality.
Naser Oric was identified by witnesses as the leader of the attacks along with his deputies, Hakija Meholjic, Akif Ustic, Zulfo Tursanovic, from the village of Suceska, Osman Zukic, Huso and Resad Halilovic, and Akif and Vehbija Jahic.
Naser Oric imprisoned Bosnian Serb prisoners in the basement of the police building, the courthouse and the municipal building in Srebrenica where they were tortured and beaten to death.
www.serbianna.com /columns/savich/065.html   (9556 words)

  
 Results for Oric   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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Troops of the international peace force in Bosnia (SFOR) have captured Naser Oric, a former Bosnian Muslim militia leader.
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 Morillon Testifies at Milosevic "Trial"
The General went on to explain that Nasir Oric, the Muslim military commander of the Srebrenica enclave, “engaged in attacks during Orthodox holidays and destroyed villages, massacring all the [Serb] inhabitants.
General Morillon described a meeting he had with Oric in chilling detail -- saying: “Naser Oric was a warlord who reigned by terror in his area and over the population itself.
Obviously, the point of it is this: Oric boasted that he “killed Serbs every night,” and he was acting on instructions from Izetbegovic, therefore Izetbegovic is guilty together with him.
www.slobodan-milosevic.org /news/smorg030904.htm   (2635 words)

  
 Srebrenica: The Flip Side   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
According to the indictment, Oric is responsible for the murder of several dozen Bosnian Serbs in Kravice, near Srebrenica, during the January 1993 Orthodox Christmas, and the total destruction of over 50 villages populated by Bosnian Serbs between September 1992 and March 1993.
Oric’s role in the war became known publicly two years ago, when the government of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity sent a list of names and documents to The Hague containing alleged evidence of war crimes committed against Bosnian Serbs by Bosniaks.
Oric is the only son the women of Srebrenica have left after the massacre, said one woman, Behija Boric, on national Federal Television (FTV).
www.tol.cz /look/BRR/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=9&NrIssue=1&NrSection=1&NrArticle=9289   (1097 words)

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