Karamarko and Oreskovic
By last years residence in freedom of Tihomir Oreskovic, who is sentenced in Rijeka on 15 years in prison for till now solved the most monstrous war crime commited by Croatian army, are shuddered Milorad Pupovac, Zoran Pusic, Branko Mijic and Vesna Skare-Ozbolt. Former Minister of Justice says that she was under pressure by the side of some men in Government (Ivo Sanader?) and secret services (Tomislav Karamarko?) to provide to Oreskovic during her mandate transfer from Lepoglava to somewhere else (probably to prison half-opened, Lipovica, where at the moment is Mirko Norac), which she did not accept. She added that Oreskovic didnt complaint at that time about his health problems.
Ivo Banac told me that he was witness of Oreskovics arrival in Croatia in 1991.
- I was travelling by the last flight of American company Delta from New York airport Kennedy. I think it was the day when Baranja fell 25 August 1991. To my seat approached one guy with beard and asked me if I was professor Banac. He introduced himself as Tihomir Oreskovic and told me that he was going to Croatia to fight. He started to annoy me with some brochures about guerrilla warfare (CIAs? comm. Z.P.). I was wondering why did he need brochures about guerrilla warfare if we were going to establish state and army, but I didnt ask much. Later one policeman who was working at the airport Pleso at that time, told me that together with Oreskovic in the same aeroplane came contingent of weapons. Surely you ask how that weapon could pass severe control on New York airport. I ask that myself, he told me that in front of witnesses Ranko Ostojic, Ivan Padjen and Josip Boljkovac, American-Croatian professor Ivo Banac.
Deceased Milan Levar not rarely used to say that Oreskovic is an American, for what he has done in Gospic he was instructed in the USA. Allegedly Levar said that in his testimony in Hagg in 1997 so at that time Haags prosecutor, Louis Arbour was in big problem. Because of Levars testimony in Haag allegedly even Carla Del Ponte decided to leave trial to Oreskovic and Norac to be held in Croatia.
The fact that Oreskovic in America was a CIA man, on trial in Rijeka confirmed also Smiljan Reljic, and Josip Perkovic found out that he got the fact from Nikola Stedul . Oreskovic himself in interview for Vecernji list said that in America he was cooperating with FBI, allegedly against UDBA.
When after murder of Milan Levar he suppose to be detained, allegedly he asked for help of embassy of the USA in Croatia, but logically, Americans didnt want to hear about him. In complaint on the sentence to Supreme Court he asked to be heard American of Croatian origin, Toni Kujundzic and offered the court his address in the USA.
Besides all this, I dont believe that American administration asked from Ivo Sanader and Tomislav Karamarko to make easier prison days for Tihomir Oreskovic.
I know for certain that Tomislav Karamarko is connected with group around Mirko Norac and Tihomir Oreskovic. Karamarko, as a chief of UNS 2000/01, has blocked police from interrogation of one witness who could connect Oreskovic with murder of Milan Levar. The security chief of UNS, Zoran Cvrk, in close connections with police specialists Mladen Markac and Franjo Drljo, allegedly at that time actively participated in obstruction of investigation of Milan Levars murder. According to unofficial information of 45 lines, Zoran Cvrk who works today as a commissioner for security of HNS, personally was giving track suits and T-shirts of HNS (Croatian football league) to Tihomir Oreskovic in which he walks around in Zagreb and Lika.
If he expects any support from international community for forthcoming elections, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader will have to firmly fence himself from newly scandal situation with Oreskovic for which formal responsibility is on Ministry of Justice.
President Stjepan Mesic should react too, considering that secret services are under his tutorship. Allegedly these days Mesic asked for a report from Tomislav KaramarkoJosip Boljkovac and in which is claimed that chief of SOA Zagreb Milijan Brkic because of letter which got , another former police specialist, illegally runs investigations about communist post war crimes and that he closely cooperates with the group of Vice Vukojevic.
As in todays column in Novi list noticed Branko Mijic, President Mesic by amnesty reduced sentence for two years to the third condemned for Gospic crime, Stjepan Grandic, so Mesics possible moves in sanctioning of responsibility for Oreskovics living in freedom should not be taken as the honest ones.
Namely, SOAs circles are talking that Mesic is thinking about replacing Tomislav Karamarko and putting on his place inclined to SDP Spiro Mise, present consultant of SOAs chief for operative. In fact, Karamarko would be promoted because he would be placed after that for chief of office of Council for national security (something like former UNS on which front he has already been). From that position Karamarko could still supervise the work in SOA and be sure that nobody is doing nothing against him and Mesic. After all, meanwhile he by connections employed in SOA tenths of loyal people to himself, whom Mise, even if he wants to, couldnt fire instantly.
The circles bring also the sensational gossip by which there is a agreement Mesic-Karamarko, which says that present President will do everything in his power in order to, in a few years, Tomislav Karamarko inherit him on the top of the state.
Post is published on 27.04.2007. at 13:18 on 45 lines
