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Kroatischer Journalist Zeljko Peratovic von Innenminister verklagt

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Kroatischer Journalist Zeljko Peratovic von Innenminister verklagt

Der kroatische Journalist Zeljko Peratovic, bekannt fr seine Berichte ber Kriegsverbrechen im ehemaligen Jugoslawien whrend der 1990er Jahre, ist vom kroatischen Innenminister Tomislav Karamarko angeklagt worden. Er wird beschuldigt, Informationen verffentlicht zu haben, die “zu Aufregung in der Bevlkerung” fhren knnte, so die Anklage, die sich nach Artikel 322/1 KZA des Strafgesetzes richtet und maximal ein Jahr Gefngnis sowie eine mgliche Geldstrafe beinhaltet.

Peratovic hatte in seinen Blogeintrgen (peratovic.net und peratovic.blog.hr) Briefe an nationale Justizbeamte sowie eine Reihe von ffentlichen Statements publiziert. Er beschuldigte darin den Innenminister, die Untersuchungen zum Tod des Zeugen vor dem Internationalen Tribunal fr Kriegsverbrecher im ehemaligen Jugoslawien, Milan Levar, zu behindern. Levar wurde im Jahr 2000 Opfer eines Autobombenattentats.

Peratovic, einer der letzten, die Levar lebend gesehen hatten, wurde als Zeuge in Ermittlungen um den Anschlag befragt. Der Journalist vermutet eine bestimmte Absicht hinter Karamarkos Anklage gegen ihn: “das Gericht knnte auch, statt einer Geldstrafe, ein Verbot fr mich in der Verbreitung von Informationen durchsetzen. Das wrde verhindern, dass ich jede Art von Journalistischer Ttigkeit ausben knnte, sei es auf meinem Blog oder in anderen Medien.” Damit sei auch seinem Bemhen, den Fall Milan Levar aufzuklren, ein Ende gesetzt.

Reporter ohne Grenzen verurteilt die Anklage gegen Peratovic. “Es scheint, als ob das Einmischen der Medien in Kriegsverbrecherprozesse nicht willkommen ist zu einer Zeit, in der Kroatien um den Beitritt in die Europische Union bemht ist, so Rubina Mhring.”Der Innenminister sollte engagiert sein, die Untersuchungen um den Mord an einem geschtzten Zeugen zu untersttzen statt diejenigen zu attackieren, die sich weigern, Kriegsverbrechen zu vergessen und unbestraft zu lassen”, fhrt sie fort.

Die Bestrafung unter Artikel 322/1 sei lcherlich und nicht akzeptabel, so die Organisation: “Das Verbrechen, Informationen zu verbreiten, die die ffentlichkeit aufregen knnten, zeugt von einer obsoleten Ansicht ber freie Meinungsuerung, die vllig inkompatibel ist mit den demokratischen Standards der EU.”Diesen muss sich Kroatien aber anpassen, wenn es der EU beitreten will.”

“Wenn die Anklage gegen Peratovic lnger andauert werden wir dafr sorgen, dass jede Anhrung vor Gericht bei offenen Tren stattfindet,” so die Organisation.

Zeljko Peratovic, der 2008 Todesdrohungen bekommen hatte, wurde schon 2007 verhaftet,unter anderem weil er Staatsgeheimnisse ber Kriegsverbrechen in den 1990ern auf seinem Blog verffenlicht hatte. Er arbeitete fr verschiedene Zeitungen, zuletzt fr “Vjesnik“. 2003 bekam er von Reporter ohne Grenzen sterreich den Press Freedom Award.

ROG, 19.01.09 12:19

Posledn rozhovor s Mićem

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Fokus, 1. zř 2000

Přpad Levar

N novinř telefonicky kontaktoval Milana Levara bezprostředně před jeho zavraděnm. Tento vzruujc portrt je psn rukou jeho přtele a člověka dobře informovanho o temnch hrch na chorvatskm předsl Haagu.

Svědectv o zavraděnm přteli

Posledn rozhovor s Mićem
(Pozn. překladatele: Mićo je zdrobnělina chorvatskho jmna Milan)

Kdy mně v ponděl 28. srpna kolem 17 hodiny zavolal kolega a přtel z Novho listu Robert Frank a tzal se mě, zda mohu prověřit anonymn informaci, kterou obdrela jeho redakce, o tom, e Milan Levar spchal sebevradu, řekl jsem mu, e se mi nechce ztrcet čas hloupostmi. S Mićem jsem mluvil po telefonu toho dne kolem poledne a zdl se mi bt odhodln silněji ně kdykoliv předtm. Komentoval novinov vstup Mila Kosoviće, bvalho velitele brigdy domobrany z Gospiće, jen byl vedle generla Rahima Ademije Pedro akce Medačsk kapsa. Levara potěila skutečnost, e Kosović promluvil, i kdy řekl pouze setinu pravdy. Uvedl: Hrout se vztahy mezi těmi, kteř jsou odpovědni za chorvatskou ostudu. Kosović nemluvil přmo o vlečnch zločinech, kter byly při akci spchny, avak je vidět, e nepromluvil bezdůvodně. Boj se o sebe a jmenuje generla Norace a ministra uaka představujc dvě nařizovac linie v chorvatsk armdě, a i to něco znamen. Alespoň to nen jen sm Levar, kter je připraven hovořit o těchto zleitostech.

Mićo mě při tto přleitosti upozornil na těkou situaci, v n se ocitla sestra Zdenka Ropce, jednoho z haagskch svědků v přpadu Gospić, kter kvůli trvalm vhrůkm pro bratrovu zradu nala dočasně točitě v psychiatrick klinice. Nemus o tom spt, ale je dobr, abys o tom věděl, řekl mi. Postěoval si mně na jednoho bvalho politika z Liky, kter věčně o něčem kalkuluje a o zločinech v Gospići je připraven promluvit jedině, pokud by byl přmo ohroen, ale pochop, i on je odpovědn za určit udlosti, ke kterm dochzelo v Lice.

Oznmil, e se brzy sejdeme a poslal mě za lidmi, od nich bych mohl zskat dokumenty o udlostech v akci Medačsk kapsa. Dodal jetě, e mi zavol navečer, protoe teď m nějakou prci v dlně.

Myslel, e je nezničiteln

Vzhledem k tomu, e Mićo Levar byl osobou se sklonem k černmu humoru, rozhodl jsem se na konec, e mu zavolm a zeptm se ho, jestli je pravda, e se zabil.

Telefon v bytě ani mobiln telefony, kter vlastnil, nikdo nezvedal. To mě znepokojilo, ale pomyslel jsem si, e je mon, e se nhle rozhodl někam cestovat s rodinou, enou Vesnou a synem Leonem, k čemu se nezřdka uchyloval. Mon se vydali do na koupn do Karlobagu.

Zavolal jsem jednomu společnmu znmmu, bvalmu přslunkovi generlnho tbu chorvatsk armdy, a v legraci jsem se ho zeptal, jestli slyel fmu, e se Levar zabil. Odpověď mě ohromila: Nezabil se, ale je mrtv. Oznmila to před chvl jeho ena Vesna. Stal se obět exploze v jeho dlně

okovn jsem předal informaci Frankovi do Rijeky. Ve mi bylo jasn a vůbec jsem nepochyboval, e to byl atentt, i kdy brzy se ke mně dostaly informace, e přčinou jeho smrti bylo neopatrn zachzen s propanbutanovou lahv.

Pak mně v panice zavolal jeden Levarův přtel z vlky, pracovnk jedn z chorvatskch tajnch slueb: Zavradili ho! Řkal jsem mu před několika dny, e se skutečně připravuje jeho likvidace a ať přestane vychzet na veřejnost. Zael přli daleko. Myslel si, e je nezničiteln. Neposlechl mě!

Tajn agent jako pokaen deska opakoval, jak Mićovi v dobrm řekl, ať přestane v jeho slepm sil. S nmahou jsem ukončil rozhovor.

Haagsk svědek

Levar il s vědomm, e bude zastaven vradou. Ale jak a proč se mohlo stt, e ho zabili po 3. lednu (den změny mocenskch sil v Chorvatsku, pozn. překladatele), z něho měl radost jako mal dtě a mluvil o tom, e Chorvatsku zaklepal na dveře prvn stt a e teď u nepotřebujeme haagsk soud. Nae zločiny budeme moci soudit v naem demokratickm a prvnm sttě, řekl mi zřc radost během krtk schůzky potom, co se jako Mesićův osobn přtel, častnil jeho inaugurace do funkce prezidenta.

Milan Levar poskytl od roku 1992 do dnes stovku rozhovorů domcm i zahraničnm mdim, a v roce 1997 vypovdal jako svědek u haagskho soudu o udlostech, ke kterm dochzelo v roce 1991 v Gospići. Několikrt se pokoueli spchat na něj atentt, střleli na jeho rodn dům, v něm ije jeho matka Katica, a na dvůr, na něm teď přiel o ivot. Dokonce se ho pokoueli zavradit jedem a od t doby nepil kvu s cukrem. V kapse nosil uměl sladidlo.

Před vlkou se častnit tměř kad pranice v Gospići. Z leteck akademie v Mostaru ho vyloučili, protoe v patncti letech napadl jednoho kapitna, kter se dotkl jeho chorvatsk nrodn hrdosti.

Z vlky je znm jako energick bojovnk. Bojoval v prvn linii obrany Gospiće společně asi s třemi destkami lid, kteř jetě v ltě 1991, jako zsahov sbor Paji imiće, udrovali předn pozice ve směru k Ličskmu Osiku.


Se smrt se setkval velmi často, a proto byl jeho čern humor těko pochopiteln lidem s citlivmi aludky. Sml se, kdy mně vyprvěl o hrobařch, kteř na zdech přeneli polozapadl těla obět vlečnch zločinů a červi o velikosti jednohubek lezli hrobnkům po zdech dolů.

Řekl mi, e armdu opustil, kdy i on sm dostal rozkaz k zabit civilistů. Neel jsem do vlky, abych zabjel babky jako ti, kteř si koupili sv chorvatstv za krev a penze, to byla věta, z n si učinil rčen.

Mićo a vykupitel z UDBAsk minulosti
(Pozn. překladatele: Udbaov = tajn agenti a spolupracovnci komunistick sttn bezpečnosti komunistick Jugoslvie)

Alkoholu se nedotkl u patnct let od otcovy smrti. Jen kva a minerlka. Mohli jste si snm povdat hodiny a dvat se, jak pije tyto npoje. Ti, kteř ho neměli rdi, v tom viděli znak toho, e Mićo nen normln. Jeden bval politik HDZ mě letos v zimě, zatm co pil dest pivo, přesvědčoval o tom, e Milan Levar nen pořdn chlap, protoe sprvn mui nepij minerln vodu a kdo to můe vydret hodiny, m určitě kromě pokozenho fyzickho zdrav naruen i zdrav duevn.

Kdy jsem den před jeho smrt rozmlouval na terase hotelu Dubrovnk v Zhřebu o přpadu Medačsk kapsa s dvojic muů z Liky, jednm tajnm agentem i jednm bvalm vysokm politikem HDZ, oba se mě snaili přesvědčit, e Milan Levar je psychicky nemocn. Proč u konečně nepřestane mluvit? Svět se zakld na dohodch. Proč nepřijme to, co se mu nabz? Mohl by si dlouho krsně t, kdyby byl chytr. Copak si mysl, e je Je?! Jen jeho řečmi se nic nedoke, potřeba jsou psemn důkazy! Na zem Liky jsou různ kosti jetě z dob Turků, na některch masovch hrbech u rostou lesy!

U dřv jsem poznal, e jetě nedvn společnci se k němu odvracej zdy, a vechno to, co o něm řkali jeho dlouhodob nepřtel jsem přijmal, jako kdy mi někdo řekne dobr den. Nijak zvlť překvapen povdnm t dvojice muů z Liky jsem mu přetlumočil čst jejich rozhovoru. Nijak zvlť se tomu nepodivil.

Poslal je k čertu s tvrzenm, e oni vichni se chtěj ze sv patn UDBA-minulosti vykoupit a nejsou o moc lep ne ti, kteř dvali přkazy nebo vykonvali zločiny. O zločinech mluv pouze z vlastnho prospěchu nebo aby si vyřdili čty. Uboh bude Chorvatsko, pokud se takov opět budou podlet na moci.

I přtel se k němu otčeli zdy

Několikrt se mi, kdy by se rozzlobil na některho ze svch společnků, dokzal svěřit, kdo vechno z bvalch sttnch nebo vojenskch piček dal svědectv haagskm vyetřovatelům tajně, jako by si ochrnili vlastn kůi. A k tomu dodal: j dělm ve veřejně a neobchoduji s cizm netěstm jako různ falen ochrnci lidskch prv. Často se k němu přtel otčeli zdy, kdy nemohli vydret jeho nekompromisnost a vytrvalost.

Za zl mu to měl i haagsk soud i ty veřejně znm osoby, kter z Chorvatska udrovaly blzk styky s řadem alobce v Haagu. Pot, co s dvojic gospićskch obrnců, Zdenkem Ropcem a Zdenkem Bandou, v roce 1997 svědčil v Haagu a při tto přleitosti se nedohodli na statusu chrněnch haagskch svědků, uspořdali tiskovou konferenci a nařkli soud pro nečinnost.

Ropac, Bando a Levarův ochrnce, policejn inspektor z Gospiće Tomislav Oreković, později přece jen odcestovali do Německa s dajnmi zrukami haagskho soudu, a Levar zůstal a mluvil o Gospići. Tak jsem ho i poznal na začtku minulho roku, kdy mně zatelefonoval a nabzel nov svědky a vyprvěn o vlečnch zločinech v Lice, neboť měl dojem, e zleitost s Haagem je na mrtvm bodě.

Na zkladě několika textů, kter jsem zveřejnil minul rok bval sttn alobce Berislav ivković zahjil vyetřovn. Kdy letos na jaře odstupoval z funkce, ivković se prvě tmto chvlil, neboť za něj sttn zastupitelstv reagovalo i na novinov nadpisy.

Mezitm, ani v průběhu vyetřovn, ani pot, v dubnu, kdy haagt vyetřovatel započali s kopnm v okol Gospiće, Milana Levara nikdo nevyzval, aby poskytl informace, je měl.

Protivnci se ho bli. Bli se jeho fyzick sly, dovednosti a clevědomosti. Nenosil pistoli k sebeobraně, jen skldac nů. Maj prvo střelit po mně jen jednou. Kdy minou, věd, co je ček, řekl mi při jedn přleitosti bez mrknut okem. Byl si vědom sv vznětliv povahy a dobře věděl, e je třeba vyhbat se přpadnm arvtkm na ulici nebo v kavrně, proto se i snail, aby se nedostal situace, kdy by někoho zabil nebo kdy on by byl zabit při vyřizovn čtů, kter by se označilo za obvyklou arvtku.

Přesto ho zastavili

Ozval se mi loňsk lto a nadval, e ho před chvl zfackovala ena ulici. Uklidnil jsem ho a on pak pokračoval: Prvě jsem přijel k mminu domu, kdy z jednoho auta zhřebsk poznvac značky vystoupila jedna drobn ena a zeptala se mě, jestli jsem Milan Levar. Zeptal jsem se j, co potřebuje. A ona se rozzuřila jako frie a zfackovala mě, přitom křičela, e je ena Tihomira Orekoviće a e j jsem j svm těknm zničil rodinu. Nemohl jsem uvěřit tomu, e je Tiho takov zbabělec a pole na mě svou enu. Zavolal jsem ti, abych ho teď nemusel hledat po hospodch a abych neudělal nějakou hloupost, kvůli kter by to, o čem jsem mluvil, přilo nazmar.

O Milanovi Levarovi si mnoz mysl, e je zrdcem a maj radost z jeho smrti. Jestli jsem j zrdce, a bval gospićt Jugoslvci, komunisti a Srbov, kteř si změnili jmna a přjmen, lep Chorvat ne j, ať jsou. J nikdy neustanu v myslu očistit můj chorvatsk lid od pny a obvinm za zločiny jak konkrtn osoby z Chorvatska, tak i členy cizch tajnch slueb, kteř jsou odpovědn za smrt stovek mch spoluobčanů Srbů i Chorvatů. Jestli jsem j zrdce proto, e nechci, aby cel můj lid byl v nsledujcch padesti letech označovn za původce genocidy, ať jm jsem. V sil, aby se dostala pravda na světlo o tom, co vechno se zde dělo, mě nezastav ani Haag, ani Washingtonm, ani Moskva a u vůbec ne nějac zdej zbabělci a pitomci, jejich inteligence je na rovni pokojov teploty!

Levara někteř povaovali za cizho agenta a v tom spatřovali zklady a motivy veho, co dělal. Na takov obviněn nebral ohled. Jen by dodal: Jak jsem j tajn agent, kter nenvid tajemstv. Vechna tajemstv bych zakzal zkonem.

Kdyby byl v Gospići v ponděl zabit kdokoliv druh, Milan Levar by se u snail, aby se veřejnost dozvěděla, jak byl zavraděn, kdo ho zavradil a kdo vradu objednal.

Mićo, stle jetě čekm, e mi zavol.

UDBA-man Ivan Lasic

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Does Stjepan Mesic hide UDBA-man Ivan Lasic?

Ivan Lasic

Statement of Herzegovina’s UDBA-man Ivan Lasic about the murder of Stjepan Djurekovic

German judiciary is thinking about raising a bill of indictment against Ivan Lasic, former chief of second department of Udba (sector for emigrations) for helping in Udba’s murders regarding that he is refusing to give statement in lawsuit to Krunoslav Prates.

Recently German investigators were in Mostar where Lasic lived and found that former Udba’s chief had moved to Zagreb.

The investigators got an information that he refuses to give his testimony, although he wrote with his own hand, at the beginning of nineties, a statement to SZUP (aktualy SOA), about his knowledge of murder of Stjepan Djurekovic.

In the statement available to German public prosecutor’s office (and on 45 lines) Lasic abolished himself from responsibility for Djurekovic’s murder, but more or less he charged: Krunoslav Prates, Josip Perkovic, Stanko Colak, Stane Dolanc, Bozo Spasic, Sreten Aleksic, Srdjan Andrejevic and Zeljko Raznatovic Arkan.

Lasic came in Zagreb under tutorship of Croatian secret services with help of Ivan Bandic, present ambassador of Croatia in Hungary and Josip Perkovic, grey eminence of all Croatian spies who engage themselves for his security at Croatian President Stjepan Mesic.

In Germany could be pressed charges against Ivan Lasic, if it is to believe to statements of Tomislav Naletilic:

- Ivan Lasic was the most bloodthirsty. He started as a primary school teacher in village Rasno, and then transported for principal of dormitory in Siroki. For the function he was recruited by economist in the dormitory, Tadija Loncar, later chief of Siroki Brijeg’s UDBA, who recomended him to Stanko Colak. When Stanko Colak in seventies became chief in Belgrade, his brother Drago Colak was a chief of UDBA in Mostar, and third brother Ivan Colak was a chief of Siroki Brijeg service. Lasic and Loncar became leaders of professional killers who were killing our members throughout Germany. Late by the party line joined them Jerko Bradvica.

That was the operative cream of UDBA against Croatian emigration, which planned creating of co-operative net in emigration and organized murders abroad. The job was coordinated with chiefs of Croatian UDBA Josip Perkovic and Zdravko Mustac. They were no fanatic communists. The Lasic and Bradvica family don’t have no communist past. They were, by my opinion, dressed up executors of system who were first in duty to Josip Broz Tito, later in the same way to Franjo Tudjman and Slobodan Milosevic.

In reality, they were implementing terror and they were above their leaders because the leaders before them were a part of political terror. Motives were personal privileges, getting rich and ability to keep everyone in power under control.

Tomislav Naletilic, Slobodna Bosna, 11 May 2006

Perkovic & Lasic in UDBA Institute

If Germany release APB after Lasic, it will be second biggest Udbas catch, with Josip Perkovic, whom Croatian authorities keep from criminal prosecution.

Post was published on 10 May 2007 at 14:41

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Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

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Since I , in August last year , got fired in Vjesnik, till now in Croatian media I didn’t manage to get a job. However, two months ago I got a demand for a private project: biography book about Radovan Smokvina, Croat who lives in Switzerland and whistleblower is in area of revealing truth about destiny of money which Croatian emigrants at the beginning of 90-es were putting on account in Villach (Austria) for defense of Croatia. Mr. Smokvina made criminal charges in Austria against at that time chief of Tudjman’s office, who is today only living subscriber of that account. The bank in Villach took off bank secret from that account and Mr. Smokvina got all printouts of the account. In Croatia it is not yet known what was the destiniy of that money several hundreds of millions in dollars. Parallel to my work on that book, in Zagreb on trial to Hrvoje Petrac, suspect in kidnapping son of his ex friend, Vladimir Zagorec, was opened the question of those accounts and illegal trade of weapons. That question opened Petrac, who himself participated in illegal trade of weapons. He accused his former political partner, Vladimir Zagorec, for peculating huge amounts of money, reserved for buying of weapons, adding that he took 35 millions of euros from account of Austrian bank Bawag. The problem is that Mr. Petrac, who opened the this question, is on trial for kidnapping a child and this story has nothing to do with it. Besides, European union suspected Petrac as a main financial support for General Gotovina’s escape:

In August, Hrvoje Petrac, convicted in absentia for kidnap and implicated in the Gotovina support network, was extradited to Croatia. His retrial started in September. Croatia needs to take advantage of its work under the action plan to better tackle organised crime.

Croatia 2006 Progress Report, COM (2006) 649 final, 08/11/2006

The biggest problem is that President Stjepan Mesic come over to Petrac’s side, interfering in his trial process, demanding that jurisdiction investigate and punish Vladimir Zagorec as a war profiteer. Although to President Mesic all documentation from bank in Villach was delivered, about which Mr. Smokvina has documents, President wasn’t untill Petrac’s accusations against Zagorec, dealing with that case and wasn’t asking for an investigation about imigrants’ money. Meanwhile, a Croat from France, Marin Tomulic (during the war he also was dealing with import of weapons), in French court in Nanntere reported an attempt of assassination on himself. As an assassin he reported Marko Nikolic, a person who is already convicted in Croatia for a mob murder. As an orderer of murder of Marin Tomulic was reported Hrvoje Petrac, and as his political protector was reported Croatian President Stjepan Mesic. About all that I reported on my blog President of Croatia, Stjepan Mesic, in France, criminaly reported for attempt of assassination on Marin Tomulic, and the news were transfered by all media in Croatia: Novi list confirmed the story in 45 lines about French report against Mesic. President Mesic gave a statement about that which was in all media, and said that Marin Tomulic is a world criminal, and when his lawyer Ivan Jurasinovic come to Croatia, should visit madhouse . The lawyer of Marin Tomulic will because of that sue Croatian President in France, but also in Croatia, not only for insult but also for his esse because in Croatia, while it was a part of Yugoslavia, he was sending political opponents in madhouse (similar as in Russia). Since I am dealing with this case, the more intensive control of Croatian secret services is over my comunications.

I remind that I sued Croatia because I was suspected as a state enemy and cooperator of foreign secret services on disinforming of Carla Del Ponte about hiding of Gotovina. I also remind that I in my writings I was claiming that in Gotovina’s hiding, except Hrvoje Petrac, was involved also Croatian President Mesic. Because that I was a target of Croatian secret service.

Journalist suing Croatia for violation of human rights


The trial of a Croatian journalist who is suing the State of Croatia for alleged infringement of his human rights, acts of slander, damage to his reputation and intimidation, commenced on 12 April in Zagreb. eljko Peratović, a former journalist for the state-owned daily Vjesnik, claims he was subject to years of illegal surveillance by Croatias counter-intelligence agency POA, violating his right to privacy, freedom of speech and the right to work. He alleges he was then unfairly slandered by the former head of POA, Franjo Turek, in 2003. Mr. Peratović is claiming 800,000 HKN (100, 800) in compensation.
In a controversial presentation shown to the President in 2003, the head of the POA, Turek, accused Mr. Peratović and five other journalists of endangering Croatias national security by collaborating with foreign secret services and diplomats. These accusations were later published in the national daily Večernji list and the political weekly Nacional. Mr. Peratović claims that his dismissal from Vjesnik in 2005 was mainly a result of the allegations against him. He has subsequently been unable to find employment.
Following the March 2005 findings of the Parliamentary Council for the Control of Secret Services, which determined that there were grounds to suspect that the POA had violated the constitutionally guaranteed human rights of the six journalists in question, Mr. Peratović decided to file a law suit. His initial offer of an out-of-court settlement was refused by the State. Lawyers representing the State argue that Croatia is not liable for damages suffered by the plaintiff.
OSCE Mission to Croatia, News in brief, page 3 of 4, 8 May 2006

 
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Monday, August 28th, 2006

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Dopis ministarstva pravosuđaMinistarstvo pravosuđa je reagiralo na zahtjev Vesne Levar da nadlene institucije preispitaju odgovornost zamjenika Glavnog dravnog odvjetnika Dragana Novosela vezano za istragu ubojstva Milana Levara. Ministarstvo je zatrailo od Mladena Bajića da se očituje o primjedbama udovice gospićkog svjedoka.

Podsjećam da je Dragan Novosel na upit Vesne Levar kako napreduje istraga o ubojstvu njenog supruga napisao da ju je DORH već obavjetavao o tome preko odvjetnice Ines kofač iz Zagreba, te neka dođe u Gospić pogledati spis i izjave dvojice novo ispitnih svjedoka (naveo je pun identitet svjedoka) čije izjave da su proturječne.

Vesna Levar je ustvrdila da ne pozna odvjetnicu kofač te upitala kome je to DORH slao obavijesti o istrazi. Posunjala je da se radi o opstrukciji jer je Novosel, suptrotno zakonskim propisima o tajnosti izvidnih radnji, naveo puni identitet svjedoka i okvirni sadraj svjedočenja, to ga ona nije traila, niti bi na to imala pravo.

Pomoćnica ministrice pravosuđa, Barica Novosel (nije nita u rodu zamjeniku dravnog odvjetnika) zatraila je od DORH-a neka se posebno ispita okolnost upoznavanja s istragom odvjetnice Ines kofač. Valjda zato, to je o krenju propisa o tajnosti postupka, vezano za identitet novih svjedoka, Novosel dao dokaz sam protiv sebe, pa to ne treba posebno preispitivati.

P.S. Dananji video je isječak iz izvjetaja HTV-a o pogrebu Milana Levara. Prilog je emitiran u Dnevniku kojeg je vodila tadanja djevojka Mirka Norca, Branka Slavica. Prva izjava je Slavka Goldsteina koji je rekao da će Milan Levar imati svoju ulicu u Gospiću. Potpredsjednica Vlade eljka Antunović rekla je da krivci neće ostati nekanjeni.

Update: Na dananji dan prije sedam godina (28. kolovoza 2000.) u dvoritu obiteljske kuće ubijen je Milan Levar.

Glavni dravni odvjetnik Mladen Bajić jo se nije očitovao o zahtjevima za preispitivanjem odgovornosti za opstrukciju istrage Levarova ubojstva od strane svog zamjenika Dragana Novosela.

Jedino je mailom reagirala odvjetnica Ines kofač na dio teksta u kojem se nju spominje:

Potovani g. Peratović,

Posjetila sam Vau stranicu, te sam uvidjela da imate netočne informacije o meni, a koje sam ja već demantirala u tjedniku “Feral Tribune”. Moram reagirati jer me zaprepastio natpis koji ste stavili ispod moje fotografije, sa netočnim informacijama. Naime, jo jednom ponavljam da se ja nisam interesirala za detalje istrage o ubojstvu Milana Levara. Za postavljanje zahtjeva za naknadu tete u ime njegovih dviju kćerki bio mi je potreban pravni osnov, te sam stoga zatraila informaciju od Dravnog odvjetnitva o činjenici da li je uopće pokrenut kazneni postupak. U nastavku ovog mail-a dostavljam Vam dopis koji sam poslala i koji je objavljen u “Feral Tribune“-u, a kojim se sve objanjava. Nije točno da sam ja primala bilo kakve neovlatene informacije od Dravnog odvjetnitva, već sam kao punomoćnik kćerki pokojnika primila samo dopis o stanju predmeta, o čemu postoje pisani dokazi. S potovanjem, Ines kofač, odvjetnica

“Potovani g. Đikić,

Obraćam Vam se vezano za članak koji ste objavili u tjedniku “Feral Tribune” od 07.04.06. pod nazivom “Istraga u stavu mirno”, a koji članak govori o istrazi iza pok. Milana Levara. Moram reagirati na netočne informacije prenesene u navedenom članku. Prvotno elim istaknuti da sam ja u postupku naknade tete zastupala kćerke pok. Milana Levara i to Suzanu Levar i Katarinu Levar. Gospođu Anku Levar nikada nisam zastupala niti u jednom predmetu, niti sam poduzimala bilo kakve radnje u njezino ime. Također, nisam nikada zastupala niti gđu. Vesnu Levar. Nadalje, ja sam kao punomoćnik Levarovih kćerki podnijela zahtjev za naknadu tete. Obzirom nisam imala saznanja o kaznenom postupku povodom smrti g. Levara (osim onih iz medija), radi pravnog osnova bila mi je potrebna slubena informacija da li je počinitelj otkriven ili ne, odnosno da li se jo uvijek postupak vodi protiv nepoznate osobe. Sam dopis koji sam uputila DO Gospić i njihov kratak odgovor, ne smatram da se moe okarakterizirati da su me “detaljno zanimali detalji istrage” kako stoji u Vaem članku, već me samo zanimalo u kojoj fazi je postupak. Odgovor DO Gospić meni je stigao od g. Rukavine i to 31.05.2004.g., a ne od g. Novosela i ne dana 05.05.04. kako je navedeno u članku. Molim Vas da objavite ispravak ovih netočnih informacija. Unaprijed zahvaljujem.

S potovanjem, Ines kofač, odvjetnica”

Moram dodati da je navode o tome da je Dravno odvjetnitvo u dva navrata izvjetavalo Vesnu Levar preko “njene odvjetnice Ines kofač” iznio Dragan Novosel u slubenom dopisu ministarstvu pravosuđa početkom godine.No taj dio Novoselovog pisma i nije toliko sporan za gospođu Vesnu Levar. Ona je trailanjegovu odgovornost jer je u istom dopisu, koji je njoj bio proslijeđen, otkrio identite dvojice svjedoka u istrazi, naveo da su njihovi iskazi proturječni te da neka dođe u DO u Gospići pogleda u spisu to je zanima.Zna li Glavni dravni odvjetnik Mladen Bajić to sedogodilo na dananji dan prije sedam godina u Gospiću?!

 
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45 Lines Multimedia Production

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

Posjedujem dosta dokumentarnog materijala u video formatu kojeg do sada nisam znao kako medijski iskoristiti. Započeo sam vloganje na blog mreama uz pomoć You Tubea trominutnim filmom o Milanu Levaru. Pronaao sam jedan video zapis iz 1998. zabiljeen prastarom Hi8-icom. Vrpca je bila bez tona, a prikazuje Milana Levara kako zabrinuto sjedi u kući Marka Ercega u Dugoj Resi. Nastao je prigodom jednog od vie Levarovih posjeta Ercegu za kojih je nekoliko svjedoka iz Gospića davalo iskaze u video kameru, navodno za potrebe ICTY-a. Kako su neki od svjedoka koji su proli kroz Ercegovu kuću, poput Tomislava Orekovića i Zdenka Bande zavrili u Njemačkoj, uivajući stanovitu zatitu njemačkih vlasti, vjerojatno je da su video izjave posluile nekoj svrsi procesuiranja zločina i dolaska do istine. Neki od zapisa uključeni su i početkom godine obnovljenu istragu o Milanovom ubojstvu. S njihovom vlog prezentaciji pričekat ću dok ne dobijem jasan signal nastavlja li se s opstrukcijom istrage ili su opstrukvci uklonjeni.

Bez obzira to je vrpca stara, moj naratorski glas prehlađen, a audio editing na trenutke lo, nije mi ao to sam vloganje započeo s ovim prilogom. Zasigurno ću, mnogo kvalitetnije, nastaviti. Izvolite kliknuti moj prvi video podcast! :)

Death of Milan Levar

Wednesday, April 13th, 2005
Fokus, 1st September 2000.
The Levar case
Our reporter called Milan Levar by phone, directly before his murder. This thriling portrait is written by his friend and good connoisseur of dark games in Croatian hall of Haag.
The testimony about killed friend
The last conversation with Mico

When on Monday, 28 August, around 17 o’clock, called a colleague and a friend from Novi list, Robert Frank, asked me if I could check an anonymous information, which arrived in his office, that Milan Levar commited suicide, I told him that I don’t have time for wasting on nonsenses. I talked with Mico by phone that day around noon and he sounded to me livelier than ever. He made a comment on newspaper appearance of Mile Kosovic, former commander of homeguard battalion from Gospic, who with general Rahim Ademi was Pedro of action Medacki dzep (Medack Pocket). Levar was thrilled by the fact that Kosovic began to talk, althought he said the hundredth part of the truth. He made a comment:

The relations are breaking among those who are responsible for that Croatian disgrace. Kosovic didn’t speak directly about war crimes that are commited in the action, but it can be seen that he didn’t start to talk for no reason. He is afraid for himself and calls by name general Norac and Susak’s double line of commanding of HV (Croatian army), and that’s something. There, at least Levar is not alone who is ready to talk about that things.

Mico warned me than about the difficult situation in which was sister of Zdenko Ropac, one of ICTY’s witnesses in Gospic case, who was, supposedly, under constant threats because of brother’s betrayal, she looked for temporarily shelter in psychiatric clinic. You don’t have to write about that, but it’s good that you know it, he said to me. He complained about one former politician from Lika, who always calculates something, and about crimes in Gospic, he is ready to talk only when he is directly endangered, but you have to know, he is also responsible for certain crimes which took place in Lika. He announced our soon meeting and told me from whom I should look for certain documents about happenings in action Medacki dzep. He also told me that he would call me in the evening, because he had some job in workshop.He thought he was indestructible

But, as Mico Levar was a person who loved black humour, at the end I finally decided to call him and ask him was it true that he made suicide.

There was no answer on his phone or on several mobiles he owned. That worried me a bit, but I thought that was possible that he went on some trip with his family, wife Vesna and son Leon, what was regular. Maybe they went to Karlobag for a swim.

I called one mutual acquaintance, former high-positioned person in headquarter of HV, and throuhg the joke I asked him if he heard a roumor that Levar killed himself. The answer astonished me: He didn’t kill himself, but he is dead. His wife Vesna called me and told me that a little while ago. He suffered adversity from the explosion in his workshop….

In shock I passed the information to Frank in Rijeka. It was all clear to me and I didn’t doubt that he died in assassination, although soon came to me informations that he got hurt from incautious handling with gas bottle.

Than in panic one Levar’s friend from war called me, the employee of one Croatian secret services: He is killed!I told him a few days ago that his liquidation was seriously preparing and that he should stop appearing in public. He went too far. He thought he was indestructible. He didn’t listen to me!

The secret agent, as a broken record, was repeating that he said to Mico to give up useless work. I hardly in a polite way ended the conversation.

ICTY’s witness

Levar lived with conscience that he would be stopped with murder. But how and why could happen something like that after 3th January, which he was looking forward to as a little baby, saying that legal state knocked on Croatia’s door and that we didn’t need ICTY then. We will be able to bring to court our criminals in our democratic and legal country…, he told me happilly during short meeting after he, as a Mesic’s home friend , was on his president inauguration.Milan Levar since 1992. till today has given about hundred interviews to domestic and foreign medias, and since 1997. he has talket to ICTY about crimes which took place in Gospic in 1991. He was a victim of several assassination attempts, his born house was under fire, in which was his mother Katica and in the yard, in which he lost his life then. They also tried to poison him, and since then hi didn’t drink coffee with sugar. He had an artificial sweetner in hi pocket.Before the war, he participated in almost every fight in Gospic. From Airforce Academy in Mostar he was thrown out because in the age of 15, he attacked one captain, who offended his Croatian national pride.From the war he was remembered as a tough fighter. He fought on the first line of defense of Gospić, together with 30 people who in summer 1991., as interventionist platoon of Pajo Simic, holded the first lines towards Licki Osik.

He was facing death too often, so his black humour was hard to understand for people with sensitive stomach. Laughing, he was telling me about gravediggers who were carring on their backs half-rotten bodies of war crime victims, and worms of crisps size, so called crispies, were crawling on gravediggers’ back.

He told me that he left army when he got verified warrant to kill civilians. I didn’t enter the war to kill grandmothers, like these who in blood and money compensate their Croatian spirit, was the sentence which became his favourite saying.

Mico and redeemers of UDBA’s past

He hadn’t been drinking alcohol for 15 years, since his father died. Only coffee and mineral water. You could talk to him for hours and watch him drinking those beverages. Those who didn’t like him saw in that the sign that he was not normal. One former HDZ politician, last winter, drinking his tenth beer, was persuading me that Milan Levar was not a real man, because real man don’t drink mineral water and who can endure that for hours, besides his physical health, his mental health must be damaged.One day before his death, I was on the terrace of hotel Dubrovnik in Zagreb and talked about case Medacki dzep with two men from Lika, one secret agent and one former high-positioned HDZ functionary, and both of them started to convince me that Milan Levar was mentaly insane. Why can’t he keep his mouth shut for once? The world is based on agreements. Why doesn’t he except what is offered to him? He could live nicely for a long time now, if he was smart. He thinks he is Jesus?! Nothing could be prooved only with his words, the papers are needed! There are lots of different bones on Lika’s area, even from the time of Turks, over some massive graves are woods!I knew from before that his until recent allies are turning their backs, and everything that his internal enemies were talking about him, I accepted as someone wishes me a good day. Not particularlly surprised by words of those two men from Lika, I passed him one part of their words. He was not surprised.He sent them to hell, concluding that all of them want to redeem their bad UDBA’s past, and they are not much better from those who made and ordered crimes. They talk about crimes only because of their personal benefit or personal pay offs. Poor is Croatia if people like them will be participating in government.

His friends turned their backs also

Several times, when he got mad on some of his allies, he confided to me who from former Croatian state or military top, were witness in ICTY secretly, to save their own skin. And added: I do everything publicly and I don’t trade with someone’s misery, like many fake protectors of human rights. His friends often turned their backs on him, because they couldn’t stand his uncompromisingness and persistence.He got on the wrong side with ICTY and those public persons who, from Croatia conntacted closely with prosecution authoroties in Haag. After he, with two defenders of Gospic, Zdenko Ropac and Zdenko Bando, in 1997. gave testimony in ICTY and then they couldn’t make agreement about status of protected ICTY’s witnesses, they gave a press conference and attacked ICTY because of inefficacy.Ropac, Bando and Levar’s bestman, inspector in police from Gospic, Tomislav Oreskovic, anyway later went to Germany, with some alleged guarantees of ICTY, and Levar stayed to talk about Gospic. I met him that way at the beginning of last year, when he called me offering new witnesses and war crime stories in Lika, because he had a hunch that case ICTY Gospić were standing on deadlock.

Based on those several texts which I published last year, former state attorney, Berislav Zivkovic, started an investigation. When he was retriving from his job last summer, he boasted with that, because under them State attorney reacted even on newspapers titles.

Nevertheless, Milan Levar, was not called on informative conversation to tell them what he knew, not in that investigation, nor later, in April, when ICTY’s investigators started to dig on Gospic area.

Opponents were afraid of him. They were afraid of his physical strenght, agility and determination. He didn’t wear his gun for selfdefence, only unfolding knife. They have right to soot me only once. If they miss, they know what is waiting for them, he told me once, without blinking. By lots of things he had impulssive temper, but he knew that he had to avoid accidental witchcraft on the street or cafe, so he didn’t put himself in situation to kill somebody or to be killed in some shooting which would be shown as one in the coffeehouse.

They stopped him anyway

He called me last summer, shouting that a woman slapped him on the street. I calmed him down, so he continued: I just drove to my mother’s house, when a tiny woman got out of the car with Zagreb registration and asked me if I’m Milan Levar. I asked her what did she want. She rushed into me and slapped me, shouting that she was wife of Tihomir Oreskovic, and that I ruined her family with my jabbering. I couldn’t believe that Tiho was such a coward and incited his wife on me. I called you, because I don’t want to search through cafes and make some nonsense, and make all this that I said to fall into water.

Tihomir Oreković s lisičinama na rukama
Tihomir Oreskovic

Lots of people think that Milan Levar is a betrayer and indulge with his death. If I’m a betrayer, and former Yugoslavs from Gospic, comunists and Serbs, who changed names and surnames, bigger Croats than I am, so be it. But I will never give up the intention to wipe out the name of my Croatian people, and to accuse certain persons from Croatia for crimes, but also the members of foreign secret services, who are responsible for deaths of about hundred of my fellow-citizen Serbs, but also Croats. If I’m a betrayer because I don’t want to my whole nation in next 50 years be named as genocidal, so be it. In attention the whole truth to be known about what was happening here, won’t stop me ICTY, nor Washington, or Moscow, and not to mention some of local cowards and jerks, whose intelligence is on room temperature level!

Some of people, thought that Levar was trained secret agent and saw in that basics and motives of everything he was doing. On that accusations he didn’t consider. He only added: What kind of secret agent am I, when I hate secrets. I would prohibit by law all secrets.

If in Gospic, on Monday was killed anybody else, Milan Levar would make effort to make clear how he was killed, who killed him and who ordered the murder.

Mico, I’m still waiting for your call.

frame 1How the police guarded LevarDuring antihaag demonstrations in Gospic, Dubravko Novak, new chief of police administration of Licko-senjska, sent several policemen to Levar’s apartment to protect his family, while the crowd on the street were shouting against Ustasha.

Milan wanted to come out and talk with those who called his name as a betrayer, and the policemen asked him not to do that, because they will lose their job. In that moment, his son Leon called and asked that ma or pa come to pick him up from school. The school ended, and he couldn’t break through alone to the house. Vesna Levar took the car keys, but the policemen stopped her, claiming that they have strict order that nobody can leave the apartment and that they were there to take care for security of Milan and Vesna Levar. The woman asked them, surprisinglly, were they aware what they were talking, because her son’s safety was endangered, but the policemen were persistent that nobody can leave the apartment, not even the police. Than Milan Levar got mad and in his style, demonstrated the usage of media in useful purposes. He asked the journalists of Slovenian national television to record his phone call with the chief of police, Novak, to whom he sweared lots of things and threated that he would beat his policemen if they didn’t let his wife to get their son.

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Fokus, 11th August 2000.

Group portrait with corpse

ICTY has photos of Bobetko and Krpina in Medacki dzep

In big tumult around alleged ICTY investigation against general Petar Stipetic, when the responsibility for alleged war crimes in action Medak pocket in 1993., was mentioned, almost unnoticed went the information of Slobodna Dalmacija that in Haag were photos of general Janko Bobetko and brigadier Drago Krpina. Two of them, supposedly, were on photos next to about ten corps of Serbian civilians and rebels in Medacki dzep. Slobodna is speculating that the photo is enough for starting ICTY investigation.Drago Krpina, in critical times, the chief of IPD service of Ministry of defense, and today HDZ Parliament member, didn’t want to comment the text in Slobodna. He shouted at journalists, claiming that those were nonsense. Fokus couldn’t come to general Bobetko, also.Milan Levar, to the public known as a ICTY witness in case Gospic, confirmed to Fokus the existance of that photograph.

- Investigators of ICTY have shown us some other photos, which showed that after military action Medak pocket, there was cleaning of the area from houses and people.

* Do you know how the photo with Bobetko and Krpina appear?

- After the Unprofor, because of commited crimes, protested with Croatian
government, on the field the Parliamentary commission stepped out, who were led by Luka Bebic, at that time, president of Parliamentary committee for internal politics and national security. In the commission were general Bobetko, brigadier Krpina, Perica Juric and others. I don’t know who took pictures of them with corps, but the fact is that the photos exist. I know reliably that similar photos came to president of Parliament and todays president Mesic.

* What did Bebic’s commission do?

- It was seen that the crime is impossible to cover so the responsibility was thrown on other people. Instead of Mirko Norac, as sacrifising goats were good Mile Kosovic, whom Susak in a hurry named as a commander of 118. Brigade, and then, because of suspicion of violating Geneva convenction in Medacki dzep, retired, and todays general Rahim Ademi, who is also retired.

* Who is really responsible for Medak pocket?

- It is not on me to judge that. I can only say that about crimes in Medak pocket were informed all state structures at that time, and there are evidences for that. Who will be accused, who will only testify will ICTY decide.

Zeljko Peratovic
Tudjman In Gospic
Franjo Tudjman, Mirko Norac and Gojko Susak