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Judicial harassment of war crimes reporter continues

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Judicial harassment of war crimes reporter continues

Croatia, 15. 01. 2009

Reporters Without Borders condemns the charge that was brought yesterday at the behest at interior minister Tomislav Karamarko against a journalist who writes about war crimes in the 1990s. Zeljko Peratovic is accused of disseminating information likely to upset the population under article 322/1 KZA of the criminal code, which carries a maximum sentence of a year in prison as well as a possible fine.

In blog entries (peratovic.net and peratovic.blog.hr), letters to national judicial officials and a series of public statements, Peratovic has accused the interior minister of obstructing the investigation into the death of Milan Levar, a witness under the protection of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), who was killed by a car bomb in the southeastern village of Gospic in August 2000.

Peratovic was questioned as a witness in the course of the investigation because he was one of the last people to see Levar alive. The prosecutor in charge of the investigation subsequently identified Peratovic as a witness, in violation of judicial confidentiality.

Interior minister Karamarko portrays himself as the victim of defamation and claims that I want to upset the population, but he is pursuing a different objective Peratovic said. As well as fining me, the court could above all decide to ban me from disseminating information for an indefinite period. That would prevent be from undertaking any kind of journalistic activity, on my blog or in other media.

Peratovic added : It would also prevent me from continuing my effort to discover who was behind Milan Levars murder. Some people are counting on the statute of limitations eventually applying to this case. Silencing me could be a way of achieving this.

Reporters Without Borders said : It seems that press investigations into war crimes are not welcome at a time when Croatia is trying to join the European Union. The interior minister should be trying to help the investigation into a protected witnesss murder rather than attacking those who refuse to let war crimes be forgotten and go unpunished.

The prosecution being brought against Peratovic under article 322/1 is ridiculous and unacceptable, the press freedom organisation continued. The crime of information likely to upset the population reflects on obsolete view of freedom of expression that is incompatible with the European democratic standards that Croatia will have to conform to if it wants to join the EU.

Reporters Without Borders added : If the prosecution of Peratovic goes ahead, we insist that whenever any of the parties are questioned in court, it no longer takes place behind closed doors.

Zeljko Peratovic, who received death threats in 2008 in the form of comments added to his blog, was arrested at his home on 17 October 2007 on a charge of revealing state secret for posting documents on his blog relating to war crimes in Gospic in the 1990s, and for referring to the existence of a video of witness accusing former defence minister Gojko Susak (now deceased) and a parliamentary deputy president (Darko Milinovic, now croatian minister of th health and new vice president of HDZ, op. 45 lines) of involvement.

Aged 42, he faced a possible three-year prison sentence. In the event, the prosecution was not pursued but the charges have not been withdrawn and the files confiscated by the police have still not been returned to him.

Peratovic has worked for various newspapers, the latest of which is Vjesnik. His investigations into war crimes have earned him a lot of trouble. He has been fired, he has been physically attacked and he is regarded as a traitor by many of his compatriots, who refuse outright to consider the possibility that Croatians may have committed war crimes.

He received the received the press freedom prize of the Reporters Without Borders Austrian section in 2003.

RSF, Publi le 15 janvier 2009

La criminalit se tient en quasi contact avec l’Europe

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Zeljko Peratovic est un journaliste croate indpendant qui avait t brivement arrt en 2007 pour avoir divulgu sur son blog de prtendues informations classes secret d’Etat. Si je ne me trompe, il s’agit d’un cas unique en Europe d’arrestation d’un journaliste pour avoir t trop bavard de la sorte. La cause la plus probable est qu’il s’agit d’une bourde de la police croate, qui ne savait pas trs bien de quoi s’occuper ce jour-l. Peratovic avait d’ailleurs t relch ds le lendemain et aucune tte n’est jamais tombe en raison de cette affaire, qui semble-t-il n’a pas laiss beaucoup de traces ni de cicatrices.

A l’poque, j’avais crit plusieurs notes propos de cette histoire sur mon propre blog du “Courrier International”. Ce blog n’existe plus mais en surfant sur la tole je suis tomb sur mes anciens crits concernant Peratovic qu’il a lui-mme rcuprs. La preuve ici.

Ayant cliqu, vous verrez qu’il remercie un certain “Nabucho”, le pseudonyme que j’utilisais alors.

Plus bas apparaissent les notes d’une blogueuse tchque, qui avait galement relat l’affaire sur son propre blog du “Courrier International”.

Enfin, encore un peu plus bas apparat Nicholas Sarkozy, qui apparemment trane sa dgaine un peu partout.

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Dans le texte que je prsente ci-dessous (une traduction d’une interview donne par Peratovic), il est peu probable que le lecteur qui n’est pas familiaris avec la politique croate y comprenne grand chose. C’est pourquoi j’ai d rajouter un minimum de notes explicatives. Mme ainsi, il n’est pas certain que cela suffise.

Alors contentons-nous de dire d’emble que Peratovic, qui est par ailleurs un journaliste gnralement considr bien inform, se rattache malheureusement un peu trop au courant conspirationiste. En effet, selon sa thse, grossirement rsume, les services de sret de l’ex-Yougoslavie (l’UDBA) auraient mut mais seraient toujours actifs en Croatie, et ils constitueraient le noeud central de toute cette corruption qui prolifre dans le pays. Personnellement je n’y crois pas beaucoup, mme si certains lments pars de cette ancienne police secrte yougoslave ont certainement survcu de la sorte.

A mon avis, les raisons qui font que la socit croate n’avance gure et reste englue dans la corruption sont beaucoup plus complexes et ne peuvent pas se rsumer la thse propose par Z. Peratovic. Il n’en reste pas moins un personnage intressant et courageux (en particulier lorsqu’il est le seul pointer le doigt sur le Parquet et Mladen Bajic). D’o cette traduction sur sa vision des choses :

Peratovic : Qui souhaite le pouvoir politique doit tre corrompu, et en cela les agents de l’UDBA sont les meilleurs

Sur une terrasse d’t nous avons rencontr Zeljko Peratovic, un journaliste indpendant et le blogueur politique croate le plus puissant. Aprs les vnements tumultueux, lorsque notre interlocuteur avait atterri en prison pour avoir rvl de soi-disant secrets d’Etat, la situation s’est calme ces derniers mois. Peut-tre est-ce justement Peratovic qui en a retir le plus grand profit car il a durablement attir l’attention de l’opinion publique sur sa personne.

En analysant son blog, de mme que ses textes journalistiques dans diffrents mdias croates, c’est sa vision ultra pessimiste de la socit croate en tant que profondment corrompue et indissolublement lie la criminalit qui apparat typique. Les politiciens et les partis politiques, les institutions tatiques, les services secrets, les barons conomiques, les criminels et mafiosi, tous s’entremlent chez Peratovic en un nid orwellien, dans lequel les protagonistes perdent toute trace discernable. Tous se ressemblent, que ce soit par la mentalit ou la morale, et pour actionner et relier tout cela seuls restent l’argent et le pouvoir.

Moj Portal : Il est inhabituel de trouver un journaliste qui critique en mme temps des politiciens aussi divers, en allant de Gojko Susak Stjepan Mesic. Existe-t-il pour vous des diffrences, voit-on l une orientation politique de droite et de gauche ?

Peratovic : Cela n’existe pas. La chose m’avait emball dans les annes 90, lorsque j’avais imagin que nous tions devenus une socit dmocratique sur le modle de l’Occident. Tous les principaux partis politiques flirtent avec toutes les idologies, si bien qu’ils se poussent au centre. Nous ne sommes pas encore une socit politique, mais plutt dans une phase pr-politique, et envers le principal problme que sont la corruption et la criminalit tous se comportent de la mme faon.

MP : Il n’existe donc pas de toutes grosses diffrences entre ces politiciens ? Par exemple, de quel milieu politique Mesic est-il issu ? De quels cercles mane Gojko Susak?

Peratovic : Certains croient que c’est le mme milieu, mais je ne peux pas l’affirmer. En dfinitive, tous les deux sont du HDZ [la Communaut dmocratique croate, N.d.T.] Certains ont attest que le groupe de Susak tait galement li l’UDBA. Ainsi Tudjman fut le premier des dissidents avoir obtenu un passeport et avoir pu voyager l’tranger. Eux l’avaient charg de faonner la Croatie selon leur modle et d’y inclure l’Herzgovine.

MP : Peut-on tout mettre ce point sur un mme pied, aussi bien l’immigration que les agents de l’UDBA ? N’avez-vous pas un peu exagr? Bruno Busic serait alors un agent de l’UDBA et il se serait lui-mmeassassin ?

Peratovic : Il n’y a pas de vritable gauche et droite. Le problme rside dans la poursuite des crimes. Lorsqu’un beau jour les crimes de l’UDBA auront fait l’objet d’un procs, des changements se produiront dans la conscience de la droite. Ainsi viendront disparatre les frustrations parmi ce qu’on appelle la droite, mais tous tendent en ralit la mme chose.

MP : Bon, admettons le point de vue radical que tous soient identiques et relis. Qui tire alors les ficelles ? Qui, indpendamment des politiciens en vue, dcide de tout ?

Peratovic : Ce que j’essaie d’expliquer et de rvler n’est pas une thorie classique de la conspiration qui possdeun centre de pouvoir que personne ne voit et qui possde ses intrts. Tout simplement il est advenu que lorsque la Croatie a t cre, le HDZ a t rejoint par nombre d’agents de l’UDBA, qui avaient ralis que la Yougoslavie se dcomposait. Ils dtenaient le plus important – l’information, et ils ont donc commenc investir dans le nationalisme. Il leur fallait sauver leur peau, et ils ont investi dans de nouveaux patrons. C’est ainsi que rien ne leur est arriv. Pendant la guerre seul un agent de l’UDBA a t tu, et c’est Marko Bezer. Ce chef de l’UDBA Osijek, plus tard membre du Comit excutif du Parti Zagreb, a t tu Jakusevac en 1991. L’UDBA n’est pas un service de sret de l’Etat ayant euson sige Belgrade, la chose n’tait pas centralise ce point. Ici interviennent divers groupes conomiques, y compris des sphres d’intrt mafieuses.

MP : Et que sont alors les partis politiques ?

Peratovic : La socit avait t criminalise ds avant la guerre. Le Procureur de la Rpublique Mladen Bajic a reu l’appui de tous au Parlement. Son prdcesseur avait t remplac parce qu’il avait encore trop voulu parler de la corruption dans les partis politiques. Mme Djapic s’est prononcen faveur de Bajic. Les principales structures sont corrompues. Qui souhaite le pouvoir politique doit tre corrompu. L’alignement est ncessaire, les contre services. Quant aux structures qui taient lies l’UDBA, ou la criminalit, ce sont elles qui nagent le mieux l-dedans car c’est le principe sur lequel elle fonctionnait. Ces quelques milliers d’employs dans l’UDBA avaient facilement contrl jusqu’aux plus hauts politiciens, avant tout en lanant des inculpations d’une part et de l’autre au moyen d’avantages. C’est comme a que les politiciens se font mutuellement chanter, ainsi, par exemple, Sanader et Mesic ne vont pas jusqu’au bout l’un contre l’autre. Il n’y a pas d’pilogue ni une seule affaire. Quelqu’un joue un peu des coudes, embranche une affaire, on mesure les rapports de force, on fait de nouveaux arrangements, et aprs cela on laisse tout tomber. La place centrale qui permet tout cela est le Parquet.

MP : Pouvons-nous fourrer dans la mme sarabande le journalisme ?

Peratovic : Oui.

MP : Faites-vous alors galement partie de cette oligarchie corrompue ?

Peratovic : Non.

MP : Dans cette vision ce point pessimiste o s’arrtent lesconglomrats opportunistes et pragmatiques dnus de tout idal ? O commence la sphre d’influence des cercles acadmiques, des diverses associations de la socit civile, d’individus minents ?

Peratovic : La criminalit se tient en quasi contact avec l’Europe. C’est ainsi par exemple qu’il en a t avec Nikica Jelavic, qui a t jug et libr et qui possde maintenant une maison de deux millions d’euros Pantovcak. Il a rcemment termin en prison en Slovnie en raison d’un mandat d’arrt en Allemagne. Dans un contexte rel avec l’Europe relle les choses vont fortement changer.

MP : A l’Ouest les thoriciens pessimistes du complot estiment aussi que certains lobbies tirent les ficelles dans l’ombre. Partant des mafias jusqu’aux compagnies multinationales toutes puissantes, l non plus il n’y a rien d’autre que leurs propres intrts. Comment nos sauveurs sont-ils alors ?

Peratovic : Il n’existe pas de socit idale, mais les gens dans ces pays sont nanmoins plus sensibles la corruption, la criminalit n’est pas ce point tendue. Chez nous il n’existe aucune responsabilit, les lections ne changent rien.Il y a euun surplus de voix sur les listes et personne au sein des partis n’a ragi. Les lections ne sont-elles pas dcides d’avance ?

Source: Balkanikum, 30.8.08 13:22

Harassment of Croatian reporter Peratovic

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Harassment of Croatian reporter raises concernsEuropean Diary: The men in leather jackets came at 7am in the morning with pistols strapped to their backs. They confiscated four computers, a mobile phone, contact books and hundreds of documents belonging to the Croatian investigative journalist Zeljko Peratovic, writes Jamie Smyth

“They told my four-year-old daughter and my wife not to move and took everything from 15 years of investigative work – documents, cassettes and CDs,” says Peratovic, who spent the night in prison before being released earlier this month. Peratovic was detained on suspicion of disclosing state secrets on his internet blog, in a move demanded by both the head of the secret service and the office of the public prosecutor. His detention, which has taken place ahead of a general election scheduled for November 25th, has prompted public concerns over press freedom in Croatia, a country that wants to join the EU in 2009. The international journalist association Reporters Without Borders strongly condemned the arrest, which it said related to posts on the reporter’s blog.

Peratovic, who received a press freedom prize from the Austrian section of Reporters Without Borders in 2003, is best known for his reporting on the death of Milan Levar, a witness for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Levar was killed by a car bomb in 2000 in Gospic, a town in southwest Croatia. Since then Peratovic has struggled to persuade mainstream newspapers in Croatia to accept his articles. He also alleges regular harassment by the Croatian secret service. “I think they arrested me for revenge and to try and find out who my informants are in the state services and the media,” Peratovic told The Irish Times. “The secret service has been bugging my phone, opening letters and following me because of my work, which has revealed links between top politicians and crimes in the 1990s.”

The reaction to the arrest from the public and from journalism associations has prompted Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader to order an inquiry into the affair. It has also raised fears that Croatia’s past could re-emerge to damage its EU prospects. State harassment of journalists was common during the 1990s when Croatia was ruled with an iron grip by authoritarian president Franjo Tudjman. But in recent years the government led by Sanader has implemented several legislative reforms meant to guarantee freedom of the press. Indeed, last December the Organisation for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) in Europe ruled that enough progress had been made to enable it to conclude its work on press freedom.

“Political, but also commercial pressure on media will probably continue in Croatia, yet the mission believes that media institutions and the civil society sector have reached the point where they can assume the watchdog and advisory role,” says the OSCE’s Ljerka Drazenovic. “The fact that reactions from the media, media associations and civil society circles were so prompt and loud [ about Peratovic], tell that public awareness of protecting this democratic value is high. It is per se a good sign, indicating the achieved level of media freedom in Croatia will be preserved.” Under OSCE standards journalists should not be responsible for protecting state secrets or held accountable for publishing classified information. Only the officials who have a specific legal duty to maintain confidentiality may be held liable if they allow disclosures, says Drazenovic.

Just one important law on press freedom remains to be put in place in Croatia – legislation on the state Croatian Radio and Television network. This was put on hold until after the election because of political sensitivities. The government also needs to follow through on plans to set up a media council, says the OSCE. But new laws do not always change practice, and state control over some media is a real issue, says Ivan Butkovic, of the Croatian Association of Radio and Newspapers.

“Big media firms can resist political and commercial pressure, but at a local level there are issues in Croatia. For example 60 per cent of local radio stations are owned by local authorities. This means local politicians wield great influence,” he says. Josip Kregar, dean of the faculty of law at the University of Zagreb, agrees that control over local radio either by local politicians or entrepreneurs often gives them huge sway in local communities. He also highlights the growing commercial pressure on the media exerted by big companies, which can use advertising to control it. But he says the controversy over the arrest of Peratovic probably reflects problems with the Croatian secret service rather than political influence over the media. “There is freedom of the press in Croatia, but the secret service is not yet fully under political control,” says Kregar. “It is not one case with a journalist, but it is about a conspiracy network behind the secret service.” He points out that political oversight of the secret service will be critical when the EU comes to judge Croatia’s readiness to join. Peratovic, who is pledging to continue working as an investigate reporter in Croatia, gives his own assessment of Croatia’s readiness to join the 27-member club.

With things like this happening to journalists how can we join the EU?” he asks.

The Irish Times, Dublin, Tuesday, October 30, 2007

U ime glavnog pokrovitelja Press Freedom Award 2003 Signal fr Europa, generalni direktor OMV-a dr. Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer čestita autoru 45 linesa na uručenoj nagradi. Rubina Mhring, potpredsjednica RSF-a i predsjednica ROG-a zadovoljno se smijei. Beč. siječanj 2004. (foto: Monika Morawetz)

18.10.07: Kroatien ROG-Preistrger Zeljko Peratovic in Kroatien verhaftet

Investigativer Journalist wird der Preisgabe von Staatsgeheimnissen beschuldigt

Reporter ohne Grenzen sterreich ist in groer Sorge um den kroatischen Journalisten Zeljko Peratovic, der gestern Abend in Kroatien verhaftet wurde. Peratovic wurde 2003 fr seinen investigativen Beitrag zur Aufarbeitung der kroatischen Kriegsverbrechen von ROG sterreich mit dem Press Freedom Award ausgezeichnet.

Wie Peratovics Ehefrau ROG mitteilte, kam es gestern frh zunchst zu einer siebenstndigen Hausdurchsuchung, bei der auch drei Laptops, ein PC und schriftliche Unterlagen des Journalisten beschlagnahmt wurden. Peratovic wird vorgeworfen, in seinem Blog Staatsgeheimnisse preisgegeben zu haben.

Konkret soll es um einen Eintrag gehen, in dem auf eine fr heute Abend (18.10., 20:10 h) geplante Sendung des kroatischen Staatsfernsehens namens “Brisani Prostor” hingewiesen wird. In der Sendung soll ein Interview mit Fatima Skula gezeigt werden, die als Zeugin des Internationalen Kriegsverbechertribunals in Den Haag ber Kriegsverbrechen an Serben in der norddalmatischen Kleinstadtz Gospic berichtet hatte. Peratovic schreibt in seinem Eintrag: Diese Sendung enthlt authentische Aussagen ber die Ereignisse in Gospic. Hauptverdchtige sind der verstorbene Verteidigungsminister Gojko Susak und der der HDZ-Sopitzenkandidat fr die kroatischen Parlamentswahlen am 25. November, Ex-Vizeprsident Darko Milinovic (HDZ).

Was von dem gesamten Gesprch auch ausgestrahlt wird, werden wir am Donnerstag Abend wissen. Nach der Durchsuchung wurde Peratovic auf die Polizeiwache mitgenommen, wo er sechs Stunden lang in einem informellen Gesprch befragt wurde. Der Journalist wartet nun auf die Einvernahme durch den Staatsanwalt, der entscheidet, ob Peratovic bis zu einem mglichen Gerichtsverfahren weiter in U-Haft bleiben muss. Die Hchststrafe fr den Verrat von Staatsgeheimnissen betrgt drei Jahre Haft. Der 1966 geborene Journalist hatte bereits in den 90er-Jahren in den Wochenzeitungen Nacional und Globus ber die Kriegsverbrechen in Gospic berichtet – zu einer Zeit, als 80 % der Kroaten der Meinung waren, dass die eigene Seite keinerlei Kriegsverbrechen begangen htte.

Peratovic war auch selbst Zeuge des Internationalen Kriegsverbrechertribunals fr das ehemalige Jugoslawien. Einer seiner Informanten, ein Augenzeuge der Verbrechen und ebenfalls Zeuge des Tribunals, wurde spter ermordet. Peratovic wurde wegen seiner Artikel immer wieder des nationalen Verrats bezichtigt. 2003 wurde er von Extremisten bedroht und belstigt, einmal wurde er auf offener Strae von einem nicht verurteilten Kriegsverbrecher krperlich attackiert. Seine Frau und seine kleine Tochter zogen daraufhin aus Sicherheitsgrnden in die Schweiz. Von seinem Arbeitgeber, der kroatischen Zeitung Vjesnik, wurde Peratovic im August 2005 fristlos entlassen. Offiziell wurde dieser Schritt damit begrndet, dass er ein Interview fr die Wochenzeitschrift Feral Tribune gemacht und verffentlicht hatte, wozu er seinem Vertrag gem nicht berechtigt war.

Peratovic zog daraufhin zu seiner Familie in die Schweiz. Zu der gestrigen Verhaftung kam es im Zuge einer Kroatien-Reise der Familie. Peratovic hatte sich schon im Dezember 2006 an Reporter ohne Grenzen gewandt und dargelegt, dass er sich durch den kroatischen Geheimdienst verfolgt fhle und guten Grund zur Annahme habe, dass sein Telefon abgehrt werde. Erst am 8. Oktober hatte er erneut in seinem Blog gepostet, dass er jngsten Informationen zufolge wieder verstrkt durch den kroatischen Geheimdienst berwacht wird.

ROG, Presse / Aktuelle News

Giornalismo croato ancora sotto attacco

Il recente arresto del giornalista Zeljko Peratovic, sospettato di aver scoperto presunti segreti di stato poi pubblicati sul suo blog, ha riportato allattenzione la libertŕ di stampa in Croazia.

Dura la reazione dellOrdine dei giornalisti croati In Croazia larresto del giornalista indipendente Zeljko Peratovic, sospettato di aver scoperto presunti segreti di stato poi pubblicati sul suo blog, ha scatenato ormai da giorni una bufera che non accenna a placarsi. Questo avvenimento inammissibile tale e stato definito larresto del giornalista dal Comitato di Helsinki croato per i diritti umani nella dichiarazione pubblica del 23 ottobre – ha di nuovo messo in primo piano la questione della libertŕ dei media croati, che fino alla fine del 1999, durante il governo dellex presidente croato Franjo Tudjman, sempre stata sotto seria minaccia.

Peratovic, ex giornalista del settimanale politico Globus e poi del quotidiano Vjesnik, oggi giornale filo-governativo, stato arrestato mercoledě scorso, dopo che la polizia con mandato di perquisizione del suo appartamento gli ha chiesto la consegna dei computer, dei cd e dellarchivio. Nel pomeriggio dello stesso giorno, la polizia ha fatto irruzione anche nei locali di TV Nova, una delle tre televisioni croate con la licenza nazionale, chiedendo che i tecnici dei computer cancellassero dal blog di Peratovic i due contenuti in questione. Questo perch TV Nova proprietaria del server sul quale Peratovic aveva il suo blog. Quando giovedě scorso, dopo linterrogatorio, la polizia lo ha rilasciato, Peratovic ha dichiarato che non gli chiaro di quali presunti segreti statali si tratti. Uno dei documentati pubblicati sul suo blog 45 lines si riferiva al pedinamento della polizia, di cui stato oggetto insieme ad altri cinque giornalisti a causa dei testi su Ante Gotovina, il generale accusato dallAja per crimini di guerra e al tempo latitante. Gli altri due documenti sui contatti dei servizi segreti britannici con i servizi segreti croati non ha fatto che prenderli dai testi giŕ pubblicati dal settimanale Nacional e dal Hrvatski list. Questi documenti sono stati pubblicati sui giornali e io li ho soltanto presi e pubblicati sul mio blog, ha detto Peratovic.

Peratovic si occupava dindagini scottanti, il giornalista che ha scritto in modo piů dettagliato su Milan Levar, il testimone dellAja assassinato nel 2000. Levar aveva detto ai media quello che sapeva sul conto del generale Mirko Norac (sotto processo a Zagabria insieme al generale Rahim Ademi per crimini di guerra commessi nelloperazione Sacca di Medak) coinvolto nei crimini di Gospic, per i quali e stato condannato a 12 anni di carcere dal Tribunale distrettuale di Rijeka. Levar stato ucciso in modo misterioso da una bomba davanti alla sua casa di Gospic il suo assassino non mai stato identificato.

Peratovic si occupato anche dei temi della criminalita organizzata e spesso era in contatto anche con informatori del sottobosco croato. Temi dei suoi articoli sono stati il presidente Stjepan Mesic, il premier Ivo Sanader e il capo dei servizi segreti croati Tomislav Karamarko

Peratovic di recente ha pubblicato sul suo blog anche la testimonianza di una tale Fatima Skula che accusa pesantemente il vicepresidente del Parlamento croato Darko Milinovic (membro del partito di governo del premier Sanader, Unione democratica croata, HDZ) perch coinvolto nei crimini di guerra di Gospic.

Larresto di Peratovic presto diventato oggetto della campagna elettorale che, a fronte delle elezioni parlamentari in Croazia, fissate per il 25 novembre, si giŕ infiammata alla grande. Dal Partito socialdemocratico (SDP) allopposizione, che i sondaggi prevedono vincitore delle prossime elezioni, giunta la seguente dichiarazione: Di nuovo gli organi giudiziari, come alla fine degli anni novanta, si sono gettati contro i giornalisti invece di indirizzare la loro attivitŕ verso quelli che dallinterno degli organi statali consegnano i dati classificati ai giornalisti. Il mio punto di vista noto e lo ripeterň di nuovo: io sono per una totale libertŕ dei media e, per quanto riguarda me e il mio governo, non possono esserci restrizioni di alcun tipo. Ovviamente la libertŕ dei media e la libertŕ in generale includono anche la responsabilitŕ di ciň che viene detto e scritto. Nessuno puň prescindere da questa responsabilitŕ, n i politici, n i giornalisti, n nessuno altro, ma io sto sempre dalla parte dei giornalisti, ha detto Sanader promettendo unindagine con la quale si accerterŕ in che modo si e giunti allarresto del giornalista. Lui [Sanader] e per la liberta dei media ma ama arrestare i giornalisti e a questi arresti e al maltrattamento partecipa anche il ministero diretto dal suo ministro (degli Affari Interni, Ivica Kirin), ha replicato a Sanader il capo del SDP, Zoran Milanovic. LOrdine dei giornalisti croati ha reagito in modo severo allarresto del loro membro, valutando questo gesto come un drastico esempio di minaccia alle libertŕ giornalistiche in Croazia e come unimmemorabile pressione contro la liberta dei media e dei giornalisti. Se sono stati minacciati dei segreti di stato, allora gli inquirenti dovrebbero occuparsi delle persone che passano i segreti e non dei giornalisti che li pubblicano, fa sapere lOrdine dei giornalisti croati.

Leditorialista dello Jutarnji list di Zagabria, Davor Butkovic afferma che larresto di Peratovic sia stato un errore madornale e aggiunge che una cosa del genere non accadeva nemmeno al tempo del presidente Franjo Tudjman, noto per il suo modo autoritario di governare e per il suo continuo conflitto con i giornalisti. Lo Stato non deve arrestare i giornalisti a causa della loro attivita professionale, dunque nemmeno per la pubblicazione dei segreti di stato, dice Butkovic.

Secondo il comunicato di Freedom House, che valuta lo stato di liberta dei media nel mondo, la Croazia lanno scorso era al 87-imo posto insieme al Brasile, Timor Est e il Perů. Gli analisti avvertono che larresto dei giornalisti, come nel caso di Zeljko Peratovic, non contribuira di certo al miglioramento della gia bassa valutazione della Croazia ottenuta questanno.

Osservatorio Balcani, Da Osijek, scrive Drago Hedl, 25.10.2007<

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.

Le cas Levar

Monday, January 15th, 2007

FOKUS, 01. septembre 2000

Milan Levar Fokus

Quest ce que Milan Levar a dit notre journaliste immdiatement
avant sa mort ? Les tmoins volent dans les cieux

Le cas Levar

Notre journaliste a tlphon Milan Levar immdiatement avant son assassinat. Cet mouvant rcit a t crit de la main de son ami et bon connaisseur des jeux obscurs dans le vestibule croate de La Haye.

Tmoignage sur lami assassin

Dernier entretien avec Micho

(NdT : Micho est le diminutif affectif croate du prnom Milan)

Quand le lundi 28 aot, autour de 17h, mon collgue et ami de Novi list Robert Frank ma apppel en me demandant si je pouvais vrifier linformation anonyme arrive sa rdaction selon laquelle Milan Levar stait suicid, je lui ai dit que je navais pas envie de perdre de temps avec des sottises. Javais parl par tlphone avec Micho ce jour-l, vers midi et il mavait laiss limpression dtre mieux dispos que jamais. Il avait comment dans le journal lintervention de Mile Kosović, ancien commandant du rgiment des Domobrani (dfenseurs ndt) de Gospić, lequel, avec le gnral Rahim Ademi, avait t le Pedro de laction de Medački dep. Levar stait rjoui du fait que Kosović commenait parler mme si il navait dit quun centime de la vrit . Il commenta : les rapports se brisent entre ceux qui sont responsables de cette honte croate. Kosović na pas directement parl des crimes de guerre commis pendant cette opration, mais il est vident quil na pas parl sans raison. Il a peur pour lui-mme et il nomme le gnral Norac, puis la double ligne de commandement du ministre uak dans larme croate, et cela est dj quelque chose. Voil, au moins Levar nest pas le seul qui est prs parler de ces choses .

A cette occasion, Milan ma alert sur la grave situation dans laquelle se trouvait la sur de Zdenko Ropac, un des tmoins de La Haye concernant le cas Gospić. Devant les incessantes menaces cause de la tratrise de son frre , elle avait demand un refuge provisoire dans une clinique psychiatrique. Tu ne dois pas crire ce sujet, mais il est bien que tu saches ma-t-il dit. Il sest aussi plaint dun ancien politicien de Lika, qui calcule indfiniment quelque chose, mais qui est prt parler des crimes de Gospić uniquement quand il est directement menac ; mais tu sais, lui aussi est responsable ce certains mfaits qui se sont drouls en Lika .

Milan ma annonc notre prochaine rencontre et ma indiqu les personnes chez qui je pourrai chercher les documents dsigns, lis aux vnements qui se sont drouls durant laction Medački dep. Il a ajout quil allait mappeler dans la soire car il avait maintenant quelque chose faire dans son atelier.

Il se croyait indestructible

Comme Milan Levar tait quelquun enclin lhumour noir, jai finalement dcid de lappeler et de lui demander sil stait suicid.

Au tlphone dans lappartement, et sur plusieurs tlphones portables quil possdait, personne ne rpondait. Cela ma un peu inquit, mais jai pens quil tait possible quil se soit dcid brusquement pour un voyage avec sa famille, avec son pouse Vesna et son fils Lon, ce qui ntait pas rare. Peut-tre taient-ils descendus jusqu Karlobag pour une baignade ?

Jai appel une connaissance commune, un ancien haut fonctionnaire de ltat major de lArme Croate, et je lui ai demand en blaguant sil navait pas entendu courir le bruit que Levar stait suicid. Il ne sest pas suicid mais il est mort, son pouse Vesna vient de me lannoncer. Il a t victime dune explosion dans son atelier

Stupfait, jai transmis linformation Frank Rijeka. Tout ma sembl clair et je nai pas dout un instant quil tait mort dans un attentat, mme si des informations me sont rapidement parvenues, selon lesquelles il avait t victime dune manipulation imprudente dune bouteille de gaz.

Ensuite, un de ses amis que jai connu sur le front, fonctionnaire dun des services croates du renseignement, ma appel paniqu : Ils lont tu ! Je lui ai dit il y a quelques jours quils prparaient srieusement sa liquidation et quil devait arrter de se montrer en public. Il est all trop loin. Il pensait quil tait indestructible. Il ne ma pas cout !

Lagent secret rptait, comme un disque abm, quil avait bien dit Milan de ne pas se mler des affaires louches. Jai difficilement arrt la conversation poliment.

Temoin de la Haye

Monsieur Levar tait conscient quil pouvait tre arrt dans son action par un assassinat. Mais comment et pourquoi a-t-il t assassin aprs le 3 janvier 2000 ? Il sen rjouissait comme un enfant, en disant que LEtat de droit avait frapp la porte de la Croatie et que maintenant nous navions plus besoin du tribunal de la Haye. Nous pourrons juger nos criminels dans notre Etat de droit et dmocratique ma-t-il dit , encourag, pendant une courte rencontre, aprs avoir particip, en tant quami de la famille du prsident Mesić, la crmonie dintronisation prsidentielle.

De 1992 aujourdhui, Milan Levar avait donn une centaine dinterview aux mdias croates et trangers et depuis 1997, il avait aussi parl au Tribunal de la Haye des mfaits qui staient produits Gospić en 1991. Plusieurs attentats avaient t perptrs contre lui, on avait tir sur sa maison natale dans laquelle habitait sa mre Katica, et aussi dans la cour o il avait maintenant perdu la vie. On avait mme essay de le tuer en lempoisonnant et depuis il ne prenait plus de caf avec du sucre. Il portait sur lui du sucre artificiel.

Avant la guerre, il participait chaque bagarre Gospić. Il avait t exclu de lAcadmie de lair de Mostar car, lge de 15 ans, Il stait lanc sur un capitaine qui avait bless sa fiert nationale croate.

De la guerre, on sen souvient comme dun ardent combattant. Il combattait sur la premire ligne de dfense de Gospić, avec une trentaine dhommes, qui durant lt 1991, comme escouade dintervention de Pao imić tenaient les premires positions en direction de Lički Osiku.

Il avait crois trop souvent la mort, et cest pourquoi son humour noir tait difficilement comprhensible pour les gens trop sensibles. Il me parlait, en riant, des fossoyeurs qui transportaient sur leur dos les corps moiti dcomposs des victimes des crimes de guerre, et les vers grands comme des amuse-gueules glissaient sur le dos des fossoyeurs .

Il ma racont quil avait abandonn larme quand il avait lui-mme reu lordre de tuer les civils. Je ne suis pas all la guerre pour tuer des grands-mres comme ceux actuellement au pouvoir qui ont achet leur croaticit en change de sang et dargent . Telle tait la phrase quil employait comme locution.

Micho et les rdempteurs du pass des udbai

(NdT : agents secrets et collaborateurs des services ex-yougoslaves communistes)

Milan ne buvait plus dalcool depuis 15 ans dj, depuis la mort de son pre. Il ne buvait que du caf et de leau minrale. Vous auriez pu parler avec lui des heures et constater quil ne buvait que a. Ceux qui ne laimaient pas y trouvaient aussi le signe que Milan ntait pas normal. Un ex-politicien du HDZ (Union Nationale croate) essayait de me convaincre, lhiver dernier, en vidant une dixime bouteille de bire, que Milan Levar nest pas un vrai homme, car les vrais hommes ne boivent pas deau minrale ! Puis, celui qui peut supporter cela des heures durant, a certainement ruin pas seulement sa sant physique mais aussi psychique.

Quand, un jour avant sa mort, jai parl la terrasse de lhtel Dubrovnik Zagreb du cas de Medački dep, avec deux personnes de Lika, lun, agent secret et lautre, haut fonctionnaire du HDZ, les deux ont essay de me convaincre que Milan Levar tait un malade psychique. Pourquoi narrtait-il pas de parler une bonne fois pour toute ? Le monde repose sur des arrangements. Pourquoi naccepte-t-il pas ce quon lui propose ? Sil tait intelligent il aurait pu vivre mieux depuis longtemps. Pense-t-il quil est le Christ? Rien ne sera dmontr uniquement avec ses paroles, les preuves crites sont ncessaires ! Il y a diffrents ossements en Lika, mme depuis les Turcs. Sur certaines charniers poussent dj des forts !

Il y avait dj un certain temps que javais compris que ses allis rcents lui tournaient le dos. Tout ce que disaient sur lui ses ennemis de toujours ne me touchaient pas ; je lacceptais comme si quelquun me disait bonjour. Je ntais pas beaucoup surpris des propos de ces deux personnes de Lika ; je lui ai transmis une partie de leurs propos. Il ntait pas particulirement surpris.

Levar pokraj aranove jame
Tomislav Oreković, Milan Levar et enquteur de la Haye, Slava (1998, aranova jama, Lika)

Il les a envoys au diable en affirmant tous ceux qui dsirent racheter leur mauvais pass dUdba ne sont pas beaucoup mieux que ceux qui ont commis les crimes et que ceux qui les ont ordonns .

Ils parlent des crimes uniquement quand il sagit dintrts personnels ou de rglements de comptes. Pauvre Croatie, si des gens comme eux viennent de nouveau participer au pouvoir .

Mme ses amis lui tournaient le dos

A plusieurs reprises, quand il tait fch contre quelquun de ses allis, il savait me confier tous ceux au sommet, de lancien systme politique et militaire croate, qui avaient tmoign aux enquteurs de la Haye en secret, pour sauver leur propre peau . A cela il ajoutait : tout ce que je fais est public et je ne fais pas de commerce avec les malheurs des autres comme certains faux protecteurs des droits de lhomme Mme ses amis lui tournaient souvent le dos ne pouvant pas supporter sa droiture et son obstination.

Il est tomb aussi en disgrce auprs du Tribunal de la Haye et des personnalits publiques croates qui entretenaient des rapports proches avec les accusateurs de la Haye. Aprs avoir tmoign, avec deux des dfenseurs de Gospić, Zdenko Ropac et Zdenko Bando, en 1997 la Haye, ne pouvant se mettre daccord sur le statut des tmoins protgs, ils ont fait une confrence de presse et ont attaqu le TPI pour son inefficacit.

Ropac, Bando et le parrain de Levar, inspecteur de police Gospić, Tomislav Oreković, sont quand mme partis en Allemagne sous une certaine garantie du TPI tandis que Levar restait parler Gospić. Cest ainsi que je lai connu au dbut de lanne dernire quand il ma appel en offrant des nouveaux tmoins et des rcits concernant les crimes de guerre en Lika car il avait limpression que les choses la Haye et Gospić taient au point mort.

Suite ces quelques textes que jai publis lanne dernire, lex procureur croate Berislav ivković a dmarr les recherches. Quand il est parti de ce poste au printemps dernier, il sest vant que pendant son mandat le procureur de la Rpublique avait ragit mme sur les crits des journaux .

Entre temps, ni pendant ces recherches, ni aprs, en avril quand les enquteurs de la Haye ont commenc les exhumations aux alentours de Gospić, aucun membre ni du parquet gnral ni de la police na fait appel Milan Levar pour quil leur offre ses renseignements.

Ses adversaires en avaient peur. Ils avaient peur de sa force physique, de son agilit et de sa dtermination. Il ne portait pas de pistolet pour se dfendre, seulement un canif. Ils ont le droit de tirer sur moi une seule fois. Sils me ratent ils savent ce qui les attend ma t-il dit une fois sans sourciller. Selon beaucoup dindices, il avait un fort caractre, il savait bien quil fallait viter les escarmouches dans la rue et dans les cafs cest pourquoi, il ne se mettait pas dans la situation de tuer quelquun ou dtre tu ce qui aurait pu tre interprt comme un prtendu rglement de comptes bnin.

Ils lont arrt quand mme

Il ma appel lt dernier, grognant parce quune dame lavait gifl dans la rue. Je lai calm et il a continu : Jarrivais juste la hauteur de la maison de ma mre quand, dune voiture immatricule Zagreb, surgit une dame menue me demandant si jtais Milan Levar. Je lui ai demand de quoi elle avait besoin ? Elle prit son lan comme une furie et me gifla, en criant quelle est la femme de Tihomir Oresković et quavec mon aboiement je lui ai dmoli sa famille. Je ne pouvais pas croire que Tihomir tait aussi lche et quil avait excit son pouse contre moi. Je tai appel, toi, pour ne pas aller maintenant le chercher dans les auberges et pour ne pas faire une btise cause de laquelle tout ce que jai dit ou fait pourrait tomber leau.

Nombreux considrent Milan Levar comme un tratre et se rjouissent de sa mort. Si moi je suis tratre, et les ex-yougoslaves de Gospić, les communistes et les Serbes, qui ont chang leurs noms et leurs prnoms sont meilleurs citoyens que moi, soit. Seulement je ne vais jamais renoncer mes intentions denlever la souillure de mon peuple croate et daccuser pour les crimes les personnes concrtes de Croatie mais aussi les membres des services secrets trangers qui sont responsables et coupables de la mort dune centaine de mes concitoyens Serbes, mais aussi Croates. Si je suis un tratre parce que je ne souhaite pas que lon dsigne mon peuple comme gnocidaire pendant les 50 annes qui suivent, soit. Dans lintention quon ne sache que la vrit de ce qui sest pass ici, ce nest ni la Haye, ni Washington ni Moscou qui marrteront et encore moins certains lches et crtins dici dont lintelligence est au niveau de la temprature de la pice.

Certains prenaient Milan Levar pour un agent secret instruit et interprtaient les fondements et motivations de tout ce quil faisait. Milan Levar ne prenait pas en considration de telles accusations. Il ajouterai seulement : Quel genre dagent secret suis-je si je dteste les secrets ? Moi, jinterdirai tous les secrets avec la loi .

Si nimporte qui dautre avait t tu lundi dernier Gospić, Milan Levar se serait dj charg que le public sache comment il a t tu, qui la tu, et qui a command sa mort ?

Micho, jattends encore et toujours ton appel .

Croatie : la mtamorphose
Entretien avec Stipe Mesic, prsident de la Rpublique de Croatie

Thomas Hofnung – A la fin du mois d’aot dernier, Milan Levar a t assassin devant son domicile. La victime avait eu le tort de dnoncer publiquement les crimes perptrs par les troupes croates durant la guerre. Vous-mme, vous avez fait l’objet de menaces de mort quelques jours plus tard. Il semble que certains soient prts tout pour mettre en chec votre politique …

Stipe Mesic – L’assassinat de Milan Levar est un crime contre la Croatie, commis avec l’ide de pousser ce pays se replier sur lui-mme. Ses auteurs esprent ainsi pouvoir continuer leur oeuvre de pillage de la nation, l’abri des regards du monde extrieur. Mais je peux vous dire que ce combat est perdu d’avance ! La Croatie est un Etat de droit. Chaque citoyen doit y tre protg et c’est pourquoi cet attentat ne restera pas impuni.

Thomas Hofnung, POLITIQUE INTERNATIONALE, Automne 2000

ii. – Le cas Levar


Milan Levar, un croate de la ville de Gospic, avait rvl en 1998 aux enquteurs du TPIY des crimes commis par des soldats croates sur des civils serbes Gospic en 1991. Il tait considr comme un tmoin potentiel de laccusation. Il avait galement ensuite donn des interviews la presse croate o il portait des accusations contre les gnraux de larme croate Mirko Norac et Tihomir Oreskovic, ainsi que contre des politiciens de haut rang quil accusait davoir couvert les exactions.


Milan Levar a t tu dans un attentat la bombe sur sa voiture dans sa ville natale de Gospic en aot 2000. Aucune poursuite na t lance dans cette affaire.


Levar avait refus la protection du TPIY car il voulait garder un profil public en Croatie. Il ne cachait en aucune faon sa coopration avec le tribunal international, au contraire. Pour lui, se faire connatre du public semblait tre la meilleure protection. Cependant, Levar avait demand au TPIY de solliciter la coopration des autorits croates pour assurer sa protection. Un communiqu de presse du bureau du Procureur la suite de la mort de Levar indique que le bureau du procureur stait en effet adress aux autorits croates qui avaient dans une lettre admis leur responsabilit pour la protection de Milan Levar en Croatie. Le Ministre de lIntrieur Croate a dclar que la requte du TPIY tait effectivement dans les archives mais quelle navait jamais t transmise la police comptente.

Laetitia BONNET, Droits fondamentaux, n 5, janvier – dcembre 2005

Kriegsvergangenheit

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

Die politisch-rechtlichen Folgen der Konfrontation Kroatiens mit dem finsteren Teil ihrer Kriegsvergangenheit

Im Anpassungsverfahren des kroatischen politischen, geheimdienstlichen und justizialen Systems an die Kriterien der EU, infolge der bevorstehenden Eingliederung in deren Mitgliedschaft, hat Ivo Sanader’s Regierung nach wie vor am meisten Probleme mit dem duesteren Nachlass aus den Kriegsjahren (1991-1995). Manch grosse Frage aus diesem Korpus, welche Racan’s Regierung nicht imstande war zu bewerkstelligen, werden indessen von Ivo Sanader entschlossener und mit direktem politischen Angagement geloest. Leider kann man im Endeffekt und bei all diesen Bemuehungen noch nicht von erfolgreichen Schritten in Richtung eines unabhaengig und objektiv funktionierenden Rechtsstaates der Polizei, der Geheimdienste, der Staatsanwaltschaft und der Gerichte – sprechen.

Sanader und Carla del Ponte

Die Inhaftierung des wegen Kriegsverbrechen Verdaechtigten Ante Gotovina in Den Haag brachte Sanader den groessten Erfolg in der Annaehrung an die EU, das Datum fuer den Beginn der Beitrittsverhandlungen. Der Haager Strategie folgend, welche die Uebergabe eines Teils der Anklageschriften fuer niedrigrangierte Verdaechtigte an die hiesigen Gerichte vorsieht, hat Sanader die Polizei und die Staatsanwaltschaft ermutigt, sich in das Verfahren wegen Kriegsverbrechen gegen Branimir Glavas, einstigen sehr nahen Mitarbeiter des Premierministers, einzulassen. Man erwartet auch die Einleitung der kriminalistischen Untersuchung wegen Kriegsverbrechen in Vukovar in 1991 und Westslawonien in 1991 und 1992, gegen Tomislav Mercep, den Praesidenten des zweitmaechtigsten Kriegsveteranenvereins und just von Sanader’s Regierung ernannten Vertreter fuer die Aufsichtsbehoerde der T-HT, der groessten kroatischen Telekomfirma, dessen wichtigster Inhaber die Deutsche Telekom, neben der kroatischen Regierung, als Teilinhaber, ist. Des weiteren ist in Vorbereitung die Untersuchung wegen Kriegsvebrechen in Sisak in 1991 gegen den Ratgeber des Premierministers fuer Entschaerfung von Landmininen, Djuro Brodarac, einen langjaehrigen HDZ-Gespann in Sisak und wahrend des Krieges Chef der lokalen Polizei.

Nach all den zur Verfuegung stehenden Indizien, hat der Premier dank dem Oberstaatsanwalt Mladen Bajic und dem Direktor des Geheimdienstes POA (Kontraauskunftsagentur) Tomislav Karamarko es geschafft, Ante Gotovina zur Ausreise aus Kroatien und Westherzegowina (Teil des Staates Bosnien und Herzegowina, ueberwiegend mit Kroaten bevoelkert) zu bewegen, damit er auf den Kanarischen Inseln verhaftet werden konnte. Das es sich um Abmachung handelt, und nicht um ernsten Bemuehungen eines Rechtsstaates, spricht auch der Entscheid der Regierung die Finanzierung der Verteidigung des angeschuldigten Generals min. 20′000 Euro monatlich – zu uebernehmen, wahrenddessen Glavas’s Vorschlag, dass seine Anwaelte auch aus dem staatlichen Haushaltsgeld ausbezahlt werden sollen, abgewiesen wurde. Neben der Finanzierung von Gotovina’s Verteidigung aus dem staatlichen Budget, hat Sanader mittels lokaler Zweigstellen der HDZ, die in Zadar, Sibenik und Drnis an der Macht sind, um die 1′500′000 kn (ca. 200′000 Euro) fuer die Finanzierung der Stiftung fuer die Wahrheit ueber den Heimatkrieg herbeigeschafft. Diese Stiftung wurde auch fuer die Finanzierung von Gotovina’s Verteidigung gegruendet. Der Premierminister hat sich vor kurzem oeffentlich mit Dunja Zloic Gotovina, Gotovina’s Ehefrau, blicken lassen und dadurch symbolisch seine Unterstuetzung fuer den General demonstriert.

Obwohl die europaeische Gemeinschaft schon vor Gotovina’s Inhaftierung die Verfolgung seiner Helfer aus Kroatien, die meisten von denen sind nach internationalen Quellen mit dem organisiertem Verbrechen verbunden und/oder im Waffen- und Drogenschmuggel taetig, verlangte, haben die kroatische Polizei und die Gerichtsbarkeit keinen einzigen Prozess gegen irgendeine Person, die in der Vergangenheit ungesetzlich Geld fuer Gotovina’s Flucht sammelte, angestrengt.

Schon laengere Zeit ist auch das Auslieferungsverfahren gegen Hrvoje Petrac, der sich in Haft in Griechenland befindet, in Verzoegerung. Hrvoje Petrac wurde aufgrund der kroatischen Interpol-Anzeige, auf welcher er sich als Verurteilte im Prozess um die Mittaeterschaft bei der Geiselnahme des Sohnes seines bisherigen Freundes, des in Ruhestand getretenen Generals Zagorec befand, verhaftet.

Um Loyalitaet gegenueber der europaeischen Gemeinschaft zu zeigen, haben die hoechsten Leute Kroatiens, der Praesident Stjepan Mesic, der Premierminister Ivo Sanader, der Parlamentspraesident Vladimir Seks in Fruehling 2005 oeffentlich ausgesagt, Hrvoje Petrac waere der maechtigste kroatische Mafiaboss, der Gotovina bei der Flucht behilflich sei. Doch wurde nicht nur gegen Petrac nie Anklage bezueglich dieser Anschuldigungen erhoben, sondern insistiert die kroatische Seite an seiner Auslieferung auch nicht uebertrieben. Wuerde Petrac nach Kroatien ausgeliefert, muesste der Prozess wegen Geiselnahme im Fall Zagorec erneut vor dem Gericht verhandelt werden. Nach Meinung ernsthafter Beobachter des letzten Verfahrens wuerde Petrac vermutlich in einem neuen Verfahren wegen Mangeln an Beweisen und schwachen Zeugen freigesprochen.

In Bezug auf das erste Verfahren wegen Geiselnahme muss man erwaehnen, dass der vorsitzender Richter Ivan Turudic seitens der britischen Diplomatie wegen Korumption und Verbindungen zum Angeklagten verdaechtigt wurde. Nach unoffiziellen Quellen wurde der Richter vom Premierminister hoechstpersoenlich unter Druck gesetzt, Petrac zu verurteilen, damit die Medien unter Sanader’s Einfluss nicht weiterhin Korumptionsvorwuerfe schuerren wurden und ihm wurde seitens des Premierministers die Unterstuetzung bei der naechsten Kandidatur fuer das Praesidentenamt des Zagreber Gespanngerichtes versprochen.

Die ex-Justizministerin Vesna Skare Ozbolt, welche vom Sanader anfangs Jahres vom Amt enthoben wurde, hat ausgesagt, dass auf sie Druck ausgeuebt wurde, sie solle ihre Zusage zur Ernennung des strittigen Richters Turudic zum Praesidenten des Gespanngerichtes geben, welches sie aber letztenendes ablehnte und vermutlich deswegen gefeuert wurde. Sanader hat sie des Amtes enthoben, unformell sie der Tat bezichtigt, sie habe mittels des Geheimdienstes POA vertrauliche Informationen ueber die Regierungstaetigkeit im Falle Gotovina und Petrac an die Oeffentlichkeit durchsickern lassen.

Der Richter Turudic wurde kuerzlich in der VIP-Loge bei einem Fussballmatch, dessen Ertrag in den Fond fuer Gotovina’s Verteidigung floss, gesichtet. Damit hat er die Vermutungen bezueglich seiner richterlichen Unparteilichkeit bestaetigt. Somit haben Recht diejenigen Kritiker, welche der Meinung sind das kroatische Justizsystem muss sich grundlegend im Personalwesen aendern, wenn es Teil des europaeischen Systems sein will.

Eines der Gruende wieso gegen Gotovina’s Helfer nicht vorgegangen wurde, koennte unter Umstaenden in den Angaben der unabhaengigen Zeitschrift Feral Tribune liegen, dass Ivo Sanader, als Praesident der HDZ und sein hiesiger Minister Bozidar Kalmeta, am Anfang von Gotovina’s Flucht, 30′000.- Euro seinem Bruder Boro Gotovina uebergaben. Auch Praesident Mesic insistiert nicht an der Verfolgung von Gotovina’s Helfer, weil er mittels seines Ratgebers fuer die nationale Sicherheit, Zeljko Bagic, dem ein Eintrittsverbot in die EU-Staaten verhaengt wurde, im Jahre 2003 im Kontakt mit dem fluechtigen General war und weitere Schritte bezueglich des Generals vornahm, die die Haager-Hauptanklaegerin Carla del Ponte missbilligte.

In Zagreb wurde kuerzlich eine Bande Krimineller verhaftet, die verdaechtigt wird, zwei Raubueberfaelle auf eine Bank und eine Post im Jahre 2004 und 2005 veruebt und dabei 3,5 Millionen Euro gestohlen zu haben. Bei diesen Ueberfaellen wurden zwei Wachmaenner erschossen. Der Chef der Bande Nenad Filipovic befand sich waehrend des Krieges als Soldat unter Gotovina’s Befehlsherrschaft. Sein Vorgesetzter war auch der in Rente getretene General Ante Roso, welcher von der europaeischen Gemeinschaft als einer der wichtigsten Drahtzieher bei Gotovina’s Flucht genannt wurde. Roso’s Kriegsjahren werden mit groesseren Mengen Drogenschmuggel (Kokain und Heroin) in Verbindung gebracht. Der verhaftete Filipovic und seine Leute befinden sich aufgrund sehr wackeligen Beweisen in Haft. Ernstafte Analytiker befuerchten, dass die Anklagen gegen sie fallengelassen werden, da ernsthafte kriminalistische Untersuchungen unterbrochen wurden, als sie in Richtung der Vermutung gingen, das Geld wurde fuer das Funktionieren von Gotovina’s Logistik gestohlen.

Die Polizei hat nie das gestohlene Geld gefunden, weder besitzt sie Beweise gegen die Raeuber. Interessant sei zu erwaehnen, dass die Taeter nach den Raubueberfaellen weiterhin in Kroatien lebten und dass dennoch keine Beweise ueber die Benutzung des Geldes erbracht werden konnten.

Die Kritiker sind sich einig, dass die Raueber verhaftet wurden, damit der Druck der Oeffentlichkeit auf die Polizei, dh. die Regierung bezueglich der Unkompetentheit und schwachen Motivation in der Aufklaerung dieser Faelle abnimmt. Die gruendliche Aufklaerung dieser Ueberfaelle haette aber das Eindringen in sehr problematisches Gebiet, welches mit Gotovina verbunden ist, verlangt.

Wenn man ueber den Fall Branimir Glavas spricht, so muss man wahrheitshalber erwaehnen, dass die Untersuchungen wegen Kriegsverbrechen gegen ihn eingeleitet wurden, nachdem er letzten Jahr die HDZ verlassen, sich politisch gegen Sanader gestellt und seine regionale Partei gegruendet hat. Im Jahre 2002 war Glavas beim Konflikt Sanader gegen Ivic Pasalic, auf Seiten des Premierministers. Auf einmal erschien ein Zeuge, der in den Medien erzaehlte, er habe nach Glavas’ Befehl gehandelt und 1991 auf einen Gefanfenen geschossen, sowie dass er gehoehrt habe, wie Glavas die Ermordung eines anderen Gefangenen befohlen haben soll.

Schon bis dahin gab es Indizien und Aussagen ueber Glavas’ Verantwortlichkeit fuer manche Verbrechen in Osijek in 1991, doch hat sich weder die Regierung von Racan noch die von Sanader an der Aufklaerung dieser Aussagen angagiert. In diesem Falle hat Sanader’s Polizeiminister den lokalen Polizeichef in Osijek des Amtes erhoben und auf seinen Posten Vladimir Faber aus Zagreb, dessen Aufgabe in Beweisesammeln gegen Glavas besteht, geholt.

Faber ist der Trauzeuge des Chefs des Geheimdienstes Tomislav Karamarko, der ihm in Absprache mit Premier Sanader versprach, nach erledigter Aufgabe in Osijek mit einem hoeheren Amt im Innenministerium in Zagreb zu belohnen. Der neue Osijeker Polizeichef hat in nur wenigen Monaten genug Material fuer ein Untersuchungsverfahren gegen Glavas gesammelt. Doch musste noch ein bisschen Zeit vergehen, bis der Oberstaatsanwalt Mladen Bajic im kroatischen Parlament in seinem Amt bestaetigt wurde, damit der Strafprozess gegen Glavas endlich eroeffnet wurde. Ungeachtet der Beweise gegen Glavas, kommt man nicht vom Gefuehl los, dass die Polizei und die Staatsanwaltschaft in diesem Fall nicht unabhaengig arbeiten. Das Schlimmste aber ist Glavas’ Ankuendigung, wenn man ihn ernsthaft beschuldigen wuerde, wuerde er seinerseits Beweise gegen den Parlamentspraesidenten Vladimir Seks, der auch der Vizepraesident der HDZ ist, hervorbringen, weil Seks in diesen Kriegsjahren sein Vorgesetzter gewesen sei. Die Opposition hat schon verlangt, man soll Seks Parlamentspraesidentschaft bis auf weiteres sistieren und Premier Sanader erweckte den Eindruck, er waere bereit diesem Anliegen zu entsprechen, wenn sich der Druck und die Beweise gegen Seks hauefen wuerden.

Die Situation wird fuer den Parlamentspraesidenten noch komplizierter, wenn die Untersuchung im Falle Tomislav Mercep, der vom Haager Tribunal an die kroatischen Gerichte ueberwiesen wurde, eroeffnet wird. In diesem Fall wird dem Vertreter der Regierung im Aufsichtsrat der T-HT, Tomislav Mercep, das Verschwinden von 29 Zivilisten aus Vukovar vor der Agression auf Kroatien seitens der Jugoslawischen Volksarmee und der Serben (Fruehling, Sommer 1991), sowie das Verschwinden von um die Hundert Zivilisten vom Zagreber Gebiet und Westslawonien auf das Gebiet der Pakracka Poljana im Herbst und Winter 1991, zur Last gelegt. Diese Tage wurde in Den Haag einer der Exekutor aus Mercep’s Einheit, Munib Suljic, festgenommen, der angeblich sich gemeldet hatte, gegen seinen Vorgesetzten auszusagen.

Vladimir Seks hat als Oberstaatsanwalt in Kroatien, im Jahre 1992, als ein Teil von Mercep’s Einheit sich in Untersuchungshaft befand und fuer Kriegsverbrechen verdaechtigt wurde, befohlen, dass die Untersuchung gegen diese Leute aus prozeduralen Gruenden abgebrochen werden sein muss. Vor diesem Ereignis hat Seks, als einer der Gruender der HDZ, Tomislav Mercep zum Chef der Partei in Vukovar ernannt und war auch sein Vorgesetzter im Fruehling/Sommer 1991, als Praesident des Krisenstabs fuer Slawonien und Baranja. Tomislav Mercep hat schon frueher ausgesagt, wuerde er unter Umstaenden beschuldigt, wuerde er seinerseits auf Seks zurueckgreifen.

Bozidar Kalmeta, Ivan Suker und Djuro BrodaracAls letzte grosse Untersuchung bezueglich Kriegsverbrechen, welche die kroatischen Streitkraefte im Krieg veruebten haben, wird der Prozess gegen Djuro Brodarac angekuendigt. Er ist derzeitiger Ratgeber von Premierminister Sanader in Fragen der Entschaerfung von Landminen. Er wurde vom Tribunal in Den Haag untersucht, als Polizeichef in Sisak in 1991. am Verschwinden von 100 Zivilisten serbischer Herkunft beteiligt zu sein. Dies waere auch das groesste Kriegsverbrechen, bezueglich der Zahl der Zivilisten und der bis heute nicht genug erforschten Hintergruende seitens Kroatiens. Auch ist die Situation um die eventuellen Zeugen, die gegen Brodarac aussagen wuerden, ungewiss. Da dieser Fall in der Oeffentlichkeit noch nicht behandelt wurde, ist es zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt sehr schwer ueber seine politischen Folgen zu urteilen.


Vjesnik u crnim kronikama

Friday, June 16th, 2006

Kae odvjetnik Zvonimir Hodak da mu se javilo troje Vjesnikovih novinara, bivih urednika te da u njihovo ime priprema tubu protiv glavnog urednika Darka Đuretka za mobbing i seksualno uznemiravanje.

ZAGREB – U ime troje novinara Vjesnika, odvjetnički ured Zvonimira Hodaka priprema tube protiv Vjesnika i njegova glavnog urednika Darka Đuretka. Novine i glavnog urednika tui dvoje bivih glavnih urednika, Kreimir Fijačko i Andrea Latinović, te biva zamjenica glavnog urednika Marijana Mikainović Jambrović.

Njih će troje Vjesnik i Đureteka tuiti zbog ikaniranja na radnom mjestu i mobbinga, a A. Latinović i M. Mikainović protiv Đuretka će podnijeti jo i tubu zbog seksualnog uznemiravanja.

- Razlozi za tubu su to su raspoređeni na poslove koji ne odgovaraju njihovoj stručnoj spremi, a to je protivno Zakonu o radu. Svima su smanjene plaće, i to drastično. Sve mirii na revanizam jer su svi bili glavni urednici, odnosno zamjenica – kae odvjetnik Hodak, dodajući da mu se javilo jo nekoliko novinara iz Vjesnika koji također namjeravaju podići tube protiv Vjesnika i Đuretka, pa čak i pokrenuti kazneni postupak.
Ivanka Toma, Jutarnji list, 15.06.2006

Da je situacija u Vjesniku katastrofalna znam i sam. Prole godine su mi dali otkaz, a mobbingu sam bio izloen od strane Andreje Latinović i Marijane Mikainović Jambrović i Marijane Matković. Direktor Franjo Maletić razrijeio je moju dramu sa sadanjim tuiteljicama tako to je meni dao otkaz, a njih rasporedio na druge poslove. Naravno, nisam ja uzrokovao njihovu smjenu. Moje su predstavke bile samo povod. Izgubile su podrku vrha HDZ-a. Odnosno izgubila ju je je Andrea Latinović, koja se jo za vrijeme Kreimira Fijačka gurala na putovanja sa Sanaderom. Dirljivi su bili njeni SMS-ovi kolegama iz Vatikana kako je predsjednik Sanader poljubio ruku Svetom Ocu Papi.

Sjećam se da me Marijana Matković, trenutno raspoređena na rad u Gradsku rubriku, uvjeravala početkom 2004. da će Andreja Latinović naslijediti Fijačka jer da za nju kod Sanadera snano lobiraju Andrija Hebrang i Jadranka Kosor. Tako se i dogodilo. Fijačka su smijenili i bez javnog natječaja za glavnu urednicu imenovali Andreju Latinović. Ona je odmah izabrala svoj tim: zamjenicu Marijanu Mikainović, dugogodinju Vjesnikovu redaktoricu, pomoćnicu Marijanu Matković, novinarku specijaliziranu za socijalu, pomoćnika Zorana Vodopiju, biveg diplomata i vanjskopolitičkog novinara…

Oni su bili kadar HDZ-a. Postavio ih je direktor Franjo Maletić kojeg je Sanader poslao u Vjesnik. Smijenio ih je isti Maletić, a nikada se nisu alili da su smijenjeni iz političkih razloga. Pa to sada hoće?
U vrijeme kad sam ja maltretiran od te uprave i uredniotva na mobbing se alila i pokojna Vjesnikova dopisnica Snjeana Čanić Divić, koja je od posljedica pritisaka na poslu i preminula ove godine. Njen otac mi je najavio tubu protiv Vjesnika, ali i urednitva iz vremena kada su počeli pritisci na Snjeanu.

Nekako mi se čini da su tube obitelji Čanić protiv Vjesnika i moje daleko ozbiljnije za te novine i neke od spomenutih urednica, nego to postoji mogućnost da Hodakovi klijenti uopće podnesu tubu.

Naime, oni se nadaju da će se vijeću iz Jutarnjeg uplaiti direktor Maletić i Đuretek, pa im povećati plaće. Ako prođe, prođe… Uostalom, kakve su to ozbiljne tube kad odvjetnik zapravo i nezna za to bi konkretno optuio.

vidi jo:

Nesuđeni veleposlanik RH u vicarskoj Zoran Vodopija preuzeo uređivanje Crne kronike u Vjesniku

OSCE Croatia – Vjesnik

Kako sam se uzaludno očitovao Zaposleničkom vijeću Vjesnika

Izvanredni otkaz u Vjesniku (Why I will be fired from Vjesnik)

Otila Andrea Latinović (u Partnerstvo za drutveni razvoj, HT, MVP?)

Rights in labour relation

Irregular dismissal – Vjesnik

Laudatio auf Zeljko Peratovic

To Mladen Bajic

Homeland Calling from Australia

Novinarstvo (mobbing) ubija – U spomen kolegici Snjeani Čanić Divić

Selfdeclared witness of crime

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

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15.03.2006., Wednesday

Vjenceslav Bill streched out in his Zagreb apartment in conversation with the author of 45 lines (August 2006.)

As an introduction in story about my friendship with Vjenceslav Bill, what culminated with threatning and disturbing messages from previous post, I would look back on more media of that selfdeclared witness of crimes of Branimir Glavas. When I say selfdeclared, I claim that on basis of several facts:

1. Ante Djapic didn’t read his name on list of witnesses of investigation of Osijek war crimes.
2. In direct conversations with some of investigators I found out that Vjenceslav Bill didn’t offer any valuable cognitions to investigators.
3. That was not him, but Krunoslav Fehir, as last wrote Drago Hedl, crown and protected witness in Glavas case.
4. In recent text of Slavica Lukic in Globus about finished investigation and police documents on stand by in State attorney’s office, not one murder is mentioned about which publicly spoke Vjenceslav Bill.
5. When he also brought me into misconception about his knowledge who killed Mato Sabic Saban, I wanted to confront him with a man who has completely different informations from investigation of 1992., but Vjenceslav Bill refused to talk with former military investigator, and just these days he was calling him and slander me that I am A spy, sick man etc.

The case of Vjenceslav Bill more and more reminds me on axiom of Miroslav Bajramovic (see link How Pakrac poljana case lived through fiasco by framing false witness Miroslav Bajramovic). It is possible that of parallels Bajramovic-Bill are aware also my colleagues who wrote positive about former witness against Branimir Glavas. When I introduced them with, in previous post quated messages about my wife, my child, they answered that Bill conntacted them already, but they don’t want to enter our dispute. Not only they didn’t support me. They didn’t even called me again.

I think that is, not only human, Catholic, but also matter of fair relation to profession to admit the mistake. I admit that Vjenceslav Bill deceived me, so I also by that deceived a part of public who believed my texts about him. Colleagues, who think that I am in a private war with Bill, I let to their conscious.

I thank to readers of 45 lines on their support. My dears, your comments really encourage me :)

Here are short extracts from numerous till now published texts about selfdeclared witness of war crimes in Osijek, with links:

I know that Cappiau had connections and a police bedge, also as Yves Almodoval, but I didn’t want to participate in weapon trade. Because of Osijek I was always on target, so I was even told that I would finish as Milan Levar did, finished Bill, adding that Cappiau had some business relations even with Tihomir Oreskovic.

Vanja Majetic, Vjesnik, 15 March 2002.

ZAGREB In night on Tuesday several men tried from apartment in Selska road in Zagreb pulled out and attack Vjenceslav Bill, volunteer of Homeland war, who in several investigations testified about mob and political murders. They rang on my door around midnight. When I opened the door, without disscusion, they tried to pull me out of the apartment and beat me. I reacted quickly and hit one of the attackers on hand with iron wire for shoes. Soon the police came, and I reported the case, said Bill.

He recognised one of the attackers. He claims he was the son of Boris Pinek, who lives in neighbourhood, and once he was responsible for murder of Sasa Ilic.

Zeljko Peratovic, Vjesnik, 28 July 2004.

In a phone call with Vjenceslav Bill we found out that in statements in which he listed events in 1991. he has sent on addresses of President Franjo Tudjman, Minister of defense Gojko Susak and all secret services, also to former Minister of defense Jozo Rados who is senile when he claims that he doesn’t remember this document.

He warned that the police did not conduct a decent investigation and added that Glavas, Vladimir Seks and Petar Kljajic fought in basement, where they probably would receive Slobo.

Snjezana Canic Divic, Vjesnik, 09.07.2003.

The prosecutors raise a charge believing that journalist Ljubica Letinic on the 4th July last year in show Daily news on Croatian radio released a record of a phone call with Vjenceslav Bill regarding to his letter which was read the previous day on the press conference by former Osijek-Baranja county head Ladislav Bognar. Prosecutors claim that in letter are said lines of untruthful statements which harms his honour and reputation deeply and put in question their personal safety, and that the journalist gave the opportunity to Vjenceslav Bill to repeat that in front of the widest circle of listeners and she even expanded them with her comments.

Hina, 01.03.2004.

In his explanation, Bill gave as a reason for change, his illness but also the fear of coming to Osijek. Second charged thinks that Glavas is an influential person in the city and that his impact especially got stronger after win of HDZ on last parliamentary elections, what by his opinion, can effect on decision of the court.

Tomislav Prusina, Slobodna Dalmacija, 19.02.2004.

Already mentioned Vjenceslav Bill recently told for Feral his story about structure of units at that time which were formed under Group of national guard. He said many things about once more never solved murder in Osijek, that of Mato Sabic.

Drago Hedl, Feral Tribune, issue 767

So, Osijek court, on Monday ordered to Vjenceslav Bill from Zagreb to show up in two days term on psychiatric expert evaluation which should determine whether is Bill ready for the trial. In particular case, it is the matter of charge rose by Branimir Glavas who charges Bill for slander, because Bill in TV show Latinica proclaimed Glavas because of murder of Mato Sabic and Josip Reihl Kir. I am a hundred per cent invalid, says Bill. I have all the documents for that which I got in Zagreb clinic Rebro but Osijek court does not recognise that doctor’s report. Glavas asks for expert evaluation in Osijek, because his friend is a manager of the psychiatric clinic there.

I won’t go on that expert evaluation, says Bill. I will shoot myself in head or jump off the balcony before they get me.

Drago Hedl, Feral Tribune, 3rd June 2004.

Glavas considers Croatian judicature as a show for his personal interests. He also declared that in Glas Slavonije and on Slavonian television, announcing a law suit against me. I don’t consider that judicature as he does, and on that charge I will not reply before Glavas is put on trial for Kjoto Medjugorac, Mato Sabic and Reihl-Kir. On those trials I will gladly come as a witness, said Vjenceslav Bill.

Drago Hedl, Feral Tribune, 5th September 2003.

Vjenceslav Bill responded immediately to our request to comment on the Police statement by saying: That’s rubbish. Police did not conduct a decent investigation. I am not a policeman. My submission is very specific, everything is in it. The police is lying.

Boris Pavelic, Novi list, July 5, 2003/ex-yupress.com, February 12, 2004

Branimir Glavas rejected all Bognar’s accusations. According to him, Bognar decided on this desparate move because the hate obviously black out his mind, and witness Vjenceslav Bill according to him is a man of questionable health capacity.

Boris Raseta, Feral Tribune, 4 July 2003.

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Todays SMS reactions of Vjenceslav Bill:

It is time for UTEGOL WAILER SLOBA IS WAITING – Sender: Vjenceslav Bill (098385848), Sent: 06:41:52, 16.03.2006.///

AuuuAuuuAuuu Sender: Vjenceslav Bill (098385848), Sent: 06:46:16, 16.03.2006.///

In Pozarevac beer is pouring under knee PISSED especially enriched with last drops of Slobo’s urine, on every corner you get free UTEGOL the beer is poured, it is cheap but payment is in CASH (GOTOVINA). If you don’t have cash I will borrow you WAILER AuuuuuuAuuuuuuAuuuuuuu PERATOVIC – Sender: Vjenceslav Bill, (098385848), Sent: 07:22:45, 16.03.2006. ///

(…) Does your conscience works knowing that you have set up to Levar. (…) Have you ever seen yourself in the mirror. Were you receivin payment in VJESNIK. Associating with me, writing about me you are the only one who asked for reciprocial favour. I busted you and fuck off PERATOVIC. Now you call me a criminal. I have never been that. You are a drinker, sick man, you killed your own mother with your actions, you don’t know whether you gave to your daughter a bottle or a dick to suck. You must apologise to me. I am not Munib,nor Glavas. I am BILL, Peratovic, and different from those you were friend with. I AM WAITING FOR AN APOLOGY. Sender: Vjenceslav Bill, (098385848), Repeted: 07:52:06, 10:39:04, 17:13:32, 16.03.2006.///

Your tutor just called me, Marko Erceg, and said that you asked him to take care of your X (wife), because you have to go to Belgrade immediately. He also said that Milosevic family offered a big amount of money for wailers, so you replied. Zeljko, I know that you would fuck for little money, but I still don’t hate you that much, that when is to you, to be indifferent. Zeljko, don’t go to Belgrade, THEY WILL TRICK YOU – Sender: Vjenceslav Bill, Repeted: 08:03:11 and at 17:17:07, 16.03.2006. ///

POZAREVAC MUCKALICA FOR YOU SPECIALY PREPARED. FRIED SHIT OF SLOBODAN WITH DIARRHEA OF SESELJ, IN A COFFEE-HOUSE UNDER LIME. YOU WILL ENJOY PERATOVIC, COMRADE SHOKAC. – Sender: Vjenceslav Bill, (098385848), Sent: 11:26:22 and at 17:15:31, 16.03.2006.///

WHILE YOUR X (wife added Z.P.) A SERB TREAD, BEWARE OF MUNIB- Sender: Vjenceslav Bill, (098385848), Sent: 11:43:50 and at 17:14:31, 16.03.2006.///

WHILE YOUR HEART BEATING STRONG DRINK A SHIT INSTEAD OF BRANDY – Sender: Vjenceslav Bill, (098385848), Sent: 11:55:25 and at 17:16:15, 16.03.2006. (45 lines 16.03.2006. 19:58)

 
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Latinica about Tudjman

Friday, December 16th, 2005

Post was published on 14 December 2005 on 45 lines

HDZ amortises public because of arrest of Ante Gotovina by attack on Latinica

Truly by morbid pressure on HTV, especially TV show Latinica, that they are responsible because of suicide of defender, to whom namely last drop pour over the glass when he saw how deceased dr. Franjo Tudjman is slandered, HDZ’s parliamentar delegates, before all, want to amortise possible anger of their voters because of deliver of Ante Gotovina to ICTY.

Josip Djakic, President of HVIDR and Parliamentar delegates of HDZ, blames Latinica because soldier’s death, and several days ago possible demonstrations against the government because of Gotovina characterises as new log revolution.

He doesn’t mention nor his colleagues from HDZ and HSP, who analysed programm of HTV that a few days ago News of HTV concealed the fact that Ivo Sanader in the name of HDZ put a garland on Tudjman’s grave half an hour before it was specificied by protocol, so TV cameras didn’t recorded him, and what can mean only one thing, that actual Prime Minister is actually ashamed of his forefunner on head of HDZ, dr. Franjo Tudjman. That was noticed by private televisions, RTL and NOVA TV, on which, look at that absurdity, actual attackers on Latinica and HTV, are now summon on them in Parliamentar.

Good notice made Damir Kajin, nobody from HDZ didn’t complain when President of Parliament, Vladimir Seks, declared for HTV that he would give an advice to deceased dr. Franjo Tudjman to respond on call from Haag, if he got it while he was alive.

Ivo Sanader let to his hawks, Seks, Hebrang and Djakic to take liberties over Denis Latin, Mirko Galic and HTV, in order to possibly instead of Galic on chief position put Miroslav Skoro and to turn the sight of public from Gotovina case on debate about HTV.

By the way, Mirko Galic would for ambassadorial position in Paris gladly give up Denis Latin and director wand on HTV. That’s why he didn’t put any effort to seriously stand on side of his colleague reporters.

Single, more serious appearances of delegates Kajin and Pupovac, will not strong enough resound, as it could appearance of President of Croatia Stjepan Mesic, if he decide to involve in this debate.

There are all theoretical presumptions for Mesic’s involving: he was himself a public bearer of the idea of detudjmanisation and big contributor for realisation the same one, Denis Latin tends to him, what was also recently demonstrated by Latinica about Hrvoje Petrac, Mirko Galic favored Drazen Budisa as a president candidate, but now he urgently needs him as a subscriber of ambassadors’ appointment…

The appearance in defense of Latinica Mesic could continue by critics to Government because it is not continuing Action plan and not punishing Gotovina’s fences, so ask him why it is not submitted criminal charge against Jozo Lauri Grgic, for whom is undoubtly known that he was helping Gotovina in hiding. Mesic could from Main state attorney or Minister of police ask to investigate informations which published Ivica Djikic several times in Feral that Ivo Sanader and Bozidar Kalmeta have given 30.000 to Boro Gotovina, in presence of Zeljko Dilber, for financing Ante Gotovina’s escape.

Denis Latin could have known what HDZ is preparing for him, the latest when Tihomir Ladisic was moved. Then there were some whispering about posibility for Latin and his colleagues from editorial board through Sinisa Svilan cross over in NOVA TV. As infromative programme of NOVA TV since the arrest of Gotovina started to behave as it was editing by dr. Ivic Pasalic, I’m afraid that transfer of Latinica on NOVA TV will be hardly realisated.

Blockbuster T-shirts A look on ungrateful Croatia with Gotovina’s face. Photo by Vecernji list

Gracias Espana!

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

Text was published on 45 lines on 9th December 2005

Ante Gotovina
Till recent, 90 per cent of viewers of TV shows in which was debated about Gotovina and Haag, were declaring that they didn’t believe that he was in Croatia. Last night 36 per cent of the viewers of the show Otvoreno voted for not believing that Ante Gotovina was in Croatia till September of this year.

It seems that public opinion matures. That is, as the people on example of 14 years long silence about sacrificing of Vukovar, realised that it is no wort of waitinig too long to find out the truth.

Petar Stefanic set right referendum question, and better for him would be that he didn’t get bigger scor for those who believe that Gotovina till September was hiding in Croatia, because he might at the beginning of his career as a TV anchor live through destiny of his forerunner Tihomir Ladisic.

The motive for that question was the statement of Carla Del Ponte in Belgrade:

Since October we stated that we cooperate with Croatia completely and we worked on locating him all the time. But, we couldn’t say at the beginning of October what we were doing then, because we wanted Gotovina to be arrested. We can reveal that now, said Del Ponte to the press in Belgrade.

First we determined that he was no longer in Croatia. Not since September of this year. We located him on Canaries. We had to locate exactly where he was and do everything to arrest him. We cooperated with Spain and Croatia, and of course, we have the result, explained the prosecutor…

And before September, Tomislav Karamarko and Mladen Bajic were convincing Carla Del Ponte that Gotovina was in Italy, because there were founded his trousers and some journals with texts about him.

Post was published on 1st June 2005, at 10:49 hours.

Did Gotovina after intercourse threw his trousers to carabineers?

As the news from Italy were presented to us till now that Italian police in chase after some criminal found texts from net about Gotovina (I hope it includes texts from 45 lines) and trousers ( in Vecernji list is suggested those were Gotovina’s trousers) all is left to is to conclude that Italian policemen ran on Gotovina, directly after, and maybe in the middle of love act, disturbed him and upseted him, so he threw through window evidences against himself. It seems that to legendary lover, as he was described by Nenad Ivankovic and Ivan Aralica consider him as one, got loosen up his legionary concentracion (which was once time praised by Racan’s deputy on position of Prime Minister, Goran Granic). He let because of his anger of being hampered in Holy Croatian Duty (F… everybody, all on the list. Serbian Duty is holding on to the list.) to be revealed that he was hiding in Italy, what suggested a long time ago Franjo Turek, and not in Croatia, as persistently claims Carla Del Ponte.

All right, it will go in favour of Mesic, Sanader and Karamarko who will with relief conclude that is no one reason now not to get the date for negotiations (with EU) and that three of them by this are cleaned from every doubt for helping Gotovina in hiding, in way that they don’t chase him, that is, not forcing others to chase him.

But I’m not sure completely that Italian secret sevices, police, in other words, autorities in general, would stand with crossed hands while Ante Gotovina across The Boot is fucking crisscross, that is, instead of him caught his hot pants.

Whatever we think about Italians, let us not underestimate them so much.

If you drop down their stadium Lazio, maybe because of business panic they wouldn’t notice that. But some Sclav from eastern side of Adriatic Sea to fuck all by the list, that would they, as the greatest lovers on Mediterranean, and wider, would stop in shorter time then they need to drop down their own government.

And here what Carla Del Ponte has declared one day later, before Mladen Bajic presented her strong evidences that Gotovina is in Italy, at that time still of the fugitive, pants:

MAIN HAAG’S PROSECUTOR CARLA DEL PONTE IN VISIT IN CROATIA

2nd June Prime Minister Ivo Sanader met a little earlier than 17 hours in Baski dvori with main Haag’s prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, who is staying in working visit in Croatia on the eve of giving regular report to Security Council of UN on 13th June.

After the meeting there is held shared press conference, and main Haag’s prosecutor Carla Del Ponte declared in Zagreb that she will the Security Council of UN inform that Croatia with its Action plan completely is dedicated to arrest fugitive general Ante Gotovina and expressed expectation that it wouls be done, but also added that is too soon to say there is full cooperation with ICTY. With Action plan Croatia is fully dedicated to find and arrest Gotovina, and I expect to do that, or to prove that all is done to arrest him. That would be reported to Security Council of UN on 13th June, said Del Ponte.

All participants of that meeting, and Hidajet Biscevic, surely remember that Carla rolled her eyes while Baji was telling he about pants and that she interrupt him with a sentence: Contact me if you have something more serious.At that time Minister Vesna Skare Ozbolt from circles close to chief of POA Tomislav Karamarko and Main State Attorney Mladen Bajic, was declared as weak chain in Action plan. She was ascribed responsibility for leaking of confidential informations about Petrac and Gotovina in public. It was predicted that Ivo Sanader would throw out Skare Ozbolt from the Government as soon as local elections finish.

Today Vesna Skare Ozbolt, after they stop to blame her for leaking of confidential informations and not throwing her out of the Government, but imputing her that she will drown DC in HDZ, what is else Sanader’s demand towards her, talks in HTV show Otvoreno that Carla Del Ponte to Croatian autorities always was giving wrong informations about Gotovina’s residences in Croatia and that Croatian autorities always fully cooperated with Haag and other stuff.

And Hido Biscevic, deputy of Minister of foreign affairs and European integrations, noticed that Gotovina’s arrest in Spain is a proof that Croatia was cooperating and that after escape in 2001. he was not in Croatia.

Even President Mesic in his announcement of one sentence only stated that this is proof that Gotovina wasn’t in Croatia.

After this I can only think that it is a pity that some politicians didn’t start to work in circus prestidigitation. At least they would earn for living in more honourable way.

Minister of Justice Vesna Skare Ozbolt confirmed to Gordan Malic that on Memorandum of former chief of POA, Franjo Turek, about spreaders of disinformations that Gotovina is in Croatia, but that POA is not chasing him, she saw photos of journalists and ICTY investigators.

Minister’s party, Democratic center was among first which supported journalist demand for Parliamentary investigation which confirmed journsalists’ justified doubt that Franjo Turek slandered them. He slandered me in way that he claimed that I am spreading information that Gotovina in 2003 was on area of middle Adriatic Sea. Namely, Gotovina was there, so Parliamentary Council concluded that my text was true. That knpws well also Ante Markov, previous President of Parliamentary Council which in June 2003. declared that Croatian secret services are in connection with Ante Gotovina.

So about what earlier, before September of this year, Croatian cooperation with Carla Del Ponte in Ante Gotovina case, talk Vesna Skare Ozbolt, Hidajet Biscevic, Stjepan Mesic, Vladimir Seks…?

For now I don’t have enough relevant informations by which I could reconstruct the real cooperation between Karamarko and Bajic with Carla Del Ponte since September of this year…

I have a good hunch that the key of enigma how it get to Gotovina’s arrest lies in model by which the same in account of Ivo Sanader managed to persuade Gotovina to leave at the end of August Croatia and B&H.

Even Ivan Zvonimir Cicak, self-proclaimed friend of Carla Del Ponte, at the beginning of the year wrote about the plan that Croatian authorities don’t intend to arrest Gotovina, but on fraud to force him to go to neighbouring B&H, and then to alarm forces of EUFOR to arrest him by helicopter landing.

By my preliminary informations Gotovina on Canaries didn’t stayed with fake Croatian passport on name Kristijan Horvat, but he used the passport of USA. Fake or not, I do not know. That he left Croatia with passport about which reported already all world media, is totaly impossible story, only if by agreement with Croatian authorities nobody, neither by chance, could ask for his legitimations. If he was using passport on name of Kristijan Horvat in Spain, he would show himself as totaly stupid and imature, at least for average image of former legionnaire. He couldn’t count on that Croatian authorities would protect him in Spain. He could only count that they wouldn’t rat on him to Spanish, what appeared to be the truth at the end. But he obviously didn’t count on that. Disappointment and humiliation are the main features of his character with handcuffs on his hands. Disappointment because he was betrayed by those who were protecting him and humiliation of soldier, because the point of his escape in great part was absorbing from belief that his myth of invincible warrior would collapse as soon as he is seen with handcuffs on his hands.

By my conception only the thief should be affraid of handcuffs. The warrior even with handcuffs on his hand can hold with dignity.

It is interesting that Gotovina, although he could do that, in first 24 hours of arrestment, didn’t call by phone none of his lawyers, not even to his wife. He called from Madrid one his friend and asked him to look for some other lawyers.

By informations that 45 lines has at disposal, chief of POA Tomislav Karamarko even at the beginning of summer started to meet with Ivo Farcic from Gotovina’s defender’s team. Farcic was engaged by Dunja Zloic Gotovina.

Maybe some of these illogicality and coincidences, if a bit more light would be put on it, can give answer on question how Gotovina found himself on Canaries, and from it, across Madrid, flew to Haag.

Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and intelligence magus Tomislav Karamarko parallelly to delivering of Gotovina to Haag played for domestic audience. Globus in Wednesday published a text about mentioned preparations of assassination on Sanader. Igor Alborghetti and Mark Cigoj mentioned names of three former secret agents: Ivan Mihaljevic, Josko Buljan and Radovan Palmovic, who got fired because they were under suspicion for being connected with group around Z.M. (Zoni Maksan) which namely in 2004 was preparing assassination on Ivo Sanader.

This Globus’s discovery should serve as a legitimation to Sanader that he as Racan found himself in front of possibility to be killed because he dared to touch in Gotovina’s logistics net, and he unlike Racan, made possible Gotovina’s arrest.

The story by which Globus wants to cover Sanader, Podbevsek and Karamarko is a bit porous, because also Damir Jukica, who namely the information of preparation of assassination on Sanader gave to Josko Podbevsek, has thrown out of POA.

If there was some serious involvement of mentioned three man in planning of assassination, they probably would be left in the system longer untill they set all details of the plan and all planners to put in prison, and not only some of them, less important, move away from the job.

What is the funniest thing, about cases Buljan and Palmovic, who asked for protection from Council for internal politics and national security, because of doubts that they were close with some persons for whom is doubted to belong to so called Gotovina’s circle, they were fired, wrote a few months ago Hrvatski list.

Would some serious participants of assassination conspiracy against Prime Minister, and who were till now almost totaly unknown, dared to go out in public with their story, before they are proclamed?

I think they wouldn’t here!

Our politicians can sell fog as wolf full and kids whole – as they solve the question of Gotovina, and that they didn’t arrest him themselves, and that he since assumed escape at all wasn’t here, but that some circles wanted to kill Sanader, and now wouldn’t be right to held public protest for Gotovina, although Sanader was appearing on similar meetings from which openly was threated by heath to Mesic and Racan, but now when Carla Del Ponte has in custody, the most handsome of her three the biggest fugitive beasts, no one stopps her to talk about deal with Croatia about positive thinking for starting negotiations with EU. Especially, because Croatian holders of authority blamed her for not being yet, almost when Slovenia, accepted in EU