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BOSNEWS digest 468 - 16/11/95
From: Davor <dwagner@mailbox.syr.edu>
CONTENTS
[01] THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE DIPLOMATIC FRONT AND ON THE GROUND IN THE BALKANS
[01] THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE DIPLOMATIC FRONT AND ON THE GROUND IN THE BALKANS
The U.S. government today strongly criticized Croatian President Franjo
Tudjman for granting an army promotion to Tihomir Blaskic, commander of
the Bosnian Croat militia. Blaskic was among six Bosnian Croats indicted
Monday by the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal. The six also include Dario Kordic,
president of the Bosnian branch of Croatian President Franjo Tudjman's ruling
party, the Croatian Democratic Union. They were indicted for war crimes
committed during 1993, when separatist Bosnian Croat forces, backed by
Croatia, fought a brutal war against the Bosnian Army and launched genocidal
attacks against Bosnian Muslim civilians. Thus far, the Tribunal has
indicted 52 individuals, of whom only one is in its custody.
Conflicting reports circulated today regarding progress in the peace talks
between the presidents of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia at Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. Secretary of State Warren Christopher is
reportedly cutting short a trip to Asia to return to Dayton. Some observers
speculated that the scheduling change could indicate that a peace accord
would be signed very soon. U.S. officials attempted to downplay expectations
for a imminent conclusion to the two-week-long negotiations. According to
Bosnian Croat radio today, Bosnian Croat leader Kresimir Zubak, president of
the Bosnian Federation, expressed dissatisfaction with the Dayton talks and
warned that he would not sign on to the peace agreement being developed. It
is not clear what impact Zubak's reported opposition would have on
negotiations.
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