Srebrenica and Oluja (Storm) were two military operations that brought many savage war crimes and thousands of killed and expelled. It’s a pitty that western super powers insist on the first being a genocide so Serbia has to blame Oluja (Storm) for being the same, completely diminishing what Germany did in ww2. Maybe that was the whole point of the avoidable Yugoslav wars during 90s. A good thing is that it is now behind us and I hope nothing similar will happen in the future. Happy holidays to all Croatians!
Trial Chamber finds that members of the Croatian political and military leadership shared the common objective of the permanent removal of the Serb civilian population from the Krajina by force or threat of force, which amounted to and involved persecution, deportation, and forcible transfer. The purpose of the joint criminal enterprise required that the number of Serbs remaining in the Krajina be reduced to minimum but not that the Serb civilian population be removed in its entirety.
The plan to drive the Serbs from Krajina was fine-tuned at the Brioni meeting with president Tuđman and the members of Croatian military and political leadership on 31 July 1995.
Deportation of Serbs from Krajina occurred as a result of unlawful artillery attacks on civilians and civilian objects in the towns of Knin, Benkovac, Obrovac and Gračac. The Trial Chamber concluded these attacks were committed on discriminatory grounds and constitute part of the joint criminal enterprise.
The Trial Chamber carefully compared the evidence on the locations of impacts in these towns with the locations of possible military targets. The Trial Chamber considers it a reasonable interpretation of the evidence that those artillery projectiles which impacted within a distance of 200 metres of an identified artillery target were deliberately fired at that military target. Based on this comparison, and the relevant artillery orders and reports, the Chamber concluded that the Croatian forces deliberately targeted in these towns not only previously identified military targets, but also areas devoid of such military targets.
The UN Sector South was subject to serious post war destruction and devastation of various houses and mobile Serb property. The whole region, towns and villages we- re systematically burnt, some time after termination of the military operation Storm. 22,000 houses were burnt and mined and the rest were plundered and greatly dev- astated.
This report will point to the steps and..procedures whose consequences in the final outcome may be ethnic cleansing of the whole region (regardless of the way) by di- sabling the return of refugees, the destruction of Serb property and denial of proper- ty, labour and other rights of ethnic Serbs
And war crimes? it is beyond doubt that the crimes were committed. The CHC and earlier various international organisations reported numerous out of court execu- tions committed by the Croatian soldiers or police officer
The CHC has registered 2163 incidents since the military operation “Storm” until the end of the year 1998 on the territory of the former UN Sector South. These cases were: violence, maltreatment, terrorism, looting, and killings. It is only hundred cases less in comparison with other kinds of violations which the CHC, registered in that same terri· tory which could be ranked in 16 various groups.
But courtroom justice is too slow. According to a 2021 report on unprosecuted crimes after Operation Storm by Zagreb-based NGO Documenta – Centre for Dealing with the past, in the 26 years which have passed since the operation, the Croatian judiciary has filed four indictments against nine Croatian soldiers and policemen for war crimes against Serbs.
on this side you can hear the infamous speech from Tudjman and many other details surrounding this event.
The way BBC put it, sums it perfectly: They (Serbs) supported the regime based on ethnic cleansing, and then they paid the price.
This is sick and I’ll never be able to undestand it.
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As about anything in the Balkans, also this happens to be a, let’s say complicated and controversial part in history. Deutsche Welle wrote an interesting article about both sides perception of the event with a fitting title, which considering each sides way of processing their past, could be probably used for most of the Yugoslavian war: [Anniversary of Operation Storm: The crimes others committed](https://www.dw.com/en/anniversary-of-operation-storm-the-crimes-others-committed/a-18624692)
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Srebrenica and Oluja (Storm) were two military operations that brought many savage war crimes and thousands of killed and expelled. It’s a pitty that western super powers insist on the first being a genocide so Serbia has to blame Oluja (Storm) for being the same, completely diminishing what Germany did in ww2. Maybe that was the whole point of the avoidable Yugoslav wars during 90s. A good thing is that it is now behind us and I hope nothing similar will happen in the future. Happy holidays to all Croatians!
https://oluja.sensecentar.org/oluja-en.html
Trial Chamber finds that members of the Croatian political and military leadership shared the common objective of the permanent removal of the Serb civilian population from the Krajina by force or threat of force, which amounted to and involved persecution, deportation, and forcible transfer. The purpose of the joint criminal enterprise required that the number of Serbs remaining in the Krajina be reduced to minimum but not that the Serb civilian population be removed in its entirety.
The plan to drive the Serbs from Krajina was fine-tuned at the Brioni meeting with president Tuđman and the members of Croatian military and political leadership on 31 July 1995.
Deportation of Serbs from Krajina occurred as a result of unlawful artillery attacks on civilians and civilian objects in the towns of Knin, Benkovac, Obrovac and Gračac. The Trial Chamber concluded these attacks were committed on discriminatory grounds and constitute part of the joint criminal enterprise.
The Trial Chamber carefully compared the evidence on the locations of impacts in these towns with the locations of possible military targets. The Trial Chamber considers it a reasonable interpretation of the evidence that those artillery projectiles which impacted within a distance of 200 metres of an identified artillery target were deliberately fired at that military target. Based on this comparison, and the relevant artillery orders and reports, the Chamber concluded that the Croatian forces deliberately targeted in these towns not only previously identified military targets, but also areas devoid of such military targets.
The UN Sector South was subject to serious post war destruction and devastation of various houses and mobile Serb property. The whole region, towns and villages we- re systematically burnt, some time after termination of the military operation Storm. 22,000 houses were burnt and mined and the rest were plundered and greatly dev- astated.
This report will point to the steps and..procedures whose consequences in the final outcome may be ethnic cleansing of the whole region (regardless of the way) by di- sabling the return of refugees, the destruction of Serb property and denial of proper- ty, labour and other rights of ethnic Serbs
And war crimes? it is beyond doubt that the crimes were committed. The CHC and earlier various international organisations reported numerous out of court execu- tions committed by the Croatian soldiers or police officer
The CHC has registered 2163 incidents since the military operation “Storm” until the end of the year 1998 on the territory of the former UN Sector South. These cases were: violence, maltreatment, terrorism, looting, and killings. It is only hundred cases less in comparison with other kinds of violations which the CHC, registered in that same terri· tory which could be ranked in 16 various groups.
But courtroom justice is too slow. According to a 2021 report on unprosecuted crimes after Operation Storm by Zagreb-based NGO Documenta – Centre for Dealing with the past, in the 26 years which have passed since the operation, the Croatian judiciary has filed four indictments against nine Croatian soldiers and policemen for war crimes against Serbs.
on this side you can hear the infamous speech from Tudjman and many other details surrounding this event.
The way BBC put it, sums it perfectly: They (Serbs) supported the regime based on ethnic cleansing, and then they paid the price.
This is sick and I’ll never be able to undestand it.
👏👏
As about anything in the Balkans, also this happens to be a, let’s say complicated and controversial part in history. Deutsche Welle wrote an interesting article about both sides perception of the event with a fitting title, which considering each sides way of processing their past, could be probably used for most of the Yugoslavian war: [Anniversary of Operation Storm: The crimes others committed](https://www.dw.com/en/anniversary-of-operation-storm-the-crimes-others-committed/a-18624692)
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