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This is PART #4 of the document. It contains excerpts from pages 52 through page 80.
The previous part of the document is at this link.
The UN Security Council Document:
A/46/171
S/25635
2 June 1993
Distibution: GENERAL
MEMORANDUM ON WAR CRIMES
AND CRIMES AND GENOCIDE IN EASTERN BOSNIA
(COMMUNES OF BRATUNAC, SKELANI AND SREBRENICA)
COMMITTED AGAINST THE SERBIAN POPULATION
FROM APRIL 1992 TO APRIL 1993
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Forty-eighth
session
Item 115 (c) of the
preliminary list*
HUMAN RIGHTS
QUESTIONS: HUMAN RIGHTS
SITUATIONS AND
REPORTS OF SPECIAL
RAPPORTEURS AND
REPRESENTATIVES
SECURITY COUNCIL
Forty-eighth year
PERPETRATORS OF CRIMES
Wherever there is a victim there is a criminal.
Wherever there is plundering, there is a plunderer.
Since the first attacks on Serb villages the gathering of
information started on persons who took part in various
attacks, the killing of people, looting, burning... This is very
reliable evidence as it concerns neighbours, ex-colleagues or
schoolmates, easily identified by the victims.
The main aim of this research is to avoid the bad experience from
the past when no one in this area was called to account for the
crimes against the Serbian people. Many criminals of the time
easily, sometimes under benevolent eye of their compatriots in power,
hid their traces and even their personal identities. There
are many such cases. We shall mention a few as an illustration.
[Moslem] Bekto Kamenica, from Jaglici, led the Ustashi and Moslem bands in
the past war [in WWII] and directly took part in the massacre of the
villagers of the village Jezestica when 120 persons, mostly
children, were killed. Muharem Zukic, from the village of Brezove
Njive, also an Ustashi and a criminal, changed his name to Nukic
in Bjeljina and thus avoided punishment. It goes without saying
that neither of them could have done this alone. Similar is the case
with the [Moslem] families Alispahic from Jaglici or [Moslem
family] Sinanovic from Bjelovac... We are speaking about families,
for almost as a rule, as in all clans, its members follow their leader.
This is why this generation of Serbs should not let someone like
that happen again. It has been proven time and again that to keep
silent about a crime or to forgive it means not only to desecrate
the memory of the victims but to give an opportunity to the same person,
his descendants or like-minded people to repeat the crime.
Our [Serb] tendency to forgive is quite unproductive and unjustified.
More often has it provided encouragement for a new crime than an
opportunity for the criminal to repent. Life and practice have
shown that it is most often only those called to account, who are
to pay the price that repent while those who escaped are
unrepentant. In this case we should follow the example of the Jews
and their state. They are still bringing to justice criminals at
whose hands their people suffered in the past war. Not even half a
century is too long a period for them. We must do likewise in the
future. All those who have committed a crime against a member of
the Serbian people must be discovered and answer for their
wrongdoings. Time and space may not be an obstacle, for crimes
never lapse and their perpetrators are criminals irrespective of
the state they live in.
The reverence we have always felt for our victims and the dead
must be accompanied by a pledge that the culprits will not go
unpunished. That is the sacrosanct obligation of the living until
the very last criminal is brought to justice. That after all is a
civilizational and international norm that the Serbs too must
never forget. We are duty-bound, while abiding by the laws of the
international community and its institutions, to give our own
contribution to the eradication of violence and crime in the
interest of peace and harmony among men. We shall thus also be
resisting the violence and crime that our own people is exposed
to.
The list hereunder contain the names, accompanied by all
available particulars, of a number of persons guilty of the crimes
described in the previous pages; for beating and torturing
imprisoned and captured people, for killings,
massacres, slaughtering and burning, for the destruction of
villages, for looting and devastation. Tho extent of their
specific responsibility is not yet final for any one of the
mentioned persons. That is yet to be established by the competent
law enforcement and judicial authorities. We, however, want to
emphasize that we are not calling for any retaliation, especially
not against innocent people, we are only demanding that criminals
be held accountable for their evil doings.
As far as responsibility is concerned a certain difference among
those who took part in this war campaign is easily noticeable.
Some people only sowed hatred, organized and instigated the people
and took an active part in all anti-Serb activities. We are
referring to officials of the Moslem Party of Democratic Action [SDA],
of whom a good many fled abroad as soon as the armed conflict
broke out. Some of them became passive, whereas a lesser number of
them are still active in the armed formations. However,
irrespective of how they are behaving right now, their actions
have caused this tragedy of the Serbian people. A second group of
those responsible for those crimes comprises the givers of
orders, the commanding cadre of military and paramilitary
formations and of various different local armed group and bands.
Without their consent or order hardly any of these crimes would
have been committed.
It is only the third group that comprises criminals, those guilty
of or the direct perpetrators of specific crimes, without whose
actions no plan conceived or order given would have in fact been
executed. There are certainly some "borderline" cases i.e. persons
who by their activities fall under two or all the three mentioned
groups. The problems which arise in connection with these,
necessary, distinctions should be appreciated. They seem to
necessarily attend any classification. To wit, the sequence of
names [here] given does not indicate the extent of responsibility, that
being neither our job nor our right to establish.
1) The orqanizers of the genocide against the Serbian people
- Mirsad Kavazbasic, Bratunac, President of SDA (Party of
Democratic Action) of Bratunac.
- Mustafa (Abid) Djozic, 1929. Bratunac, SDA Deputy to the B&H
Assembly.
- Besim Ibrisevic, President of the Communal Assembly of
Srebrenica.
- Ibran Mustafic, Deputy to the Assembly of B&H and member of
SDA Main Committee
- Murat Efendic, ideologue and organizer of Moslem activities.
- Djemail Becirevic, SDA Secretary of Bratunac.
- Dzevad Gusic, SDA President after the departure of Kavazbasic,
- Nurija Dzanic, Member of the SDA Main Committee
- Azem Dzanic, President of the SDA Inaugural Board
- Hamed Efendic, SDA President and member of the Main Committee
- Adib Djozic, member of the SDA Main Committee
- Fadil Halilovic, member of tha SDA Main Committee
- Sadik Smajilovic, member of the SDA Main Committee and one of the
commanders of paramilitary formations
- Suljo Avdic, member of the SDA Main Committee
- Nurija Porobic, member of the SDA Main Committee
- Salih Salihovic, member of the SDA Main Committee
- Mustafa Ferhatbegovic, member of the SDA Main Committee
- Sadik Begic, deputy to the B&H Assembly and member of the Main
Committee
- Dr Sabit Begic, member of the SDA Main Committee
- Nusret Salihovic, member of the SDA Main Committee
- Jusuf Baktic, Secretary of the SDA Communal Committee
- Bahret Kustura, professional SDA official, came to Bratunac on
party instructions
- Nijaz Dubicic, President of the Moslem Commune of Bratunac
- Hasib Hasanovic, member of the SDA Main Comrmnittee
- Mustafa Ferhatbegovic, member of the SDA Main Committee
- Sulejman Radzic, member of the SDA Main Committee
- Munib Sirucic, President of the Community of Communes
- Mesud Mahmutovic, police commander and during the war the leader
of Zanjevo. Plundered the property of Vidoje Nesovic from
Stanatovici,
- Senad Hodzic, Head of the Secretariat of the Interior, Bratunac,
- Sabit Mujkic, member of the SDA Main Committee
Bratunac,
- Hamed SalihoviC, Head of the Secretariat of the Interior of
Srebrenica,
- Ahmed Kazic, former mayor of Srebrenica,
- Izet Gusic, SDA activist and ideologue
- Memis Gusic, SDA activist and ideologue
- RedZad DZnnie, SDA activist and ideologue
- Enver Kubat, SDA activist and ideologue
- Salcin Dzanic, SDA activist and ideologue
- Muhamed Rustanbegovic, SDA activist and ideologue
- Muradif Pasagic, SDA activist and ideologue
- Husein Hadjic, SDA activist and ideologue
- Ismet Dautbasic, SDA activist and ideologue and President of the
B&H Constitutional Court
- Huso Porobic, SDA activist and ideologue
- Abdulah Ahmic, SDA activist and ideologue
- Mujo Tepic, SDA activist and ideologue
- Rizo Selmanagic, Moslem extremist, Srebrenica,
- Nedjad Selmanaigic, Moslem extremist, Srebrenica,
- Basan Selmanagic, Moslem extremist, Srebrenica,
2) Organizers and Leaders of Armed Activities
- Naser Oric, (commander of Moslem units in this area, organizer
and participant in the attacks on most Serb villages: Gniona
May 6, 1992, Osvedak May 14; Pajici and Hranca July 25, 1992.
Directly responsible for massacres and torture of prisoners.
Responsible for the looting of the property of Obren Spajic and
Sreten Obradovie from Studenac, Milos Dragicevic from Orahovica,
Zivan Djokanovic from Obedi, Ljeposava Djokic from Gostilje,
Milosav Vukosavljevic from Pribicevci, Milos Vujadinovic from
Osredak, Petrcriije Djokanovik from Bjelovac, Rajko Nikolic from
Opravdici, Slavoljub Djukanovic, Ilija Miladinovic, Milorad
Stevanovic, Andrija ZekiC, Vasilije Petrovic, Bosko Milovanovic
and Momcilo Jovanovic from Srebrenica,
- Meho (Januz) Osmanovic, [born in] 1960, [in village] Magasici, commune of Bratunac.
Led the attack on the Serbian part of the village of Magasici
on July 20, 1992, when eight civilians, mainly women (five) were
killed, houses looted and burned.
- Saban (Junuz) Osmanovic, 1956. Magasici, commune of Bratunac.
Participated in the mantioned attack on the village of Magasici.
Looted the property of Ljubo Petrovic from the same village.
- Bajro, called "Mis" (the mouse), commander of a large military
formation, led attacks on a number of villages in the commune of
Skelani and the destruction of everything Serb. In addition to
other villages he burned down Bjelovac on December 14, 1992 and
Jezero at the end of the same month.
- Nezir Djozic, led the attack on the village of Osredak on May
15, 1992 and the killing of Sekula Jovanovic ([age] 82), Drago
Jovanovic ([age] 66), Stoja Vasic ([age] 73) and [woman] Radojka Petrovic ([age] 62).
Destruction and plundering of the same village, looting the
property of Milan Ilic from Orahovica and Branko Stevanovic from
Orahovica.
- Ejub (Mustafa) Golic, [born in] 1958. Glogova, commune of Bratunac. Led
actions on a number of villages in the commune of Bratunac and on
those occasions committed a number of crimes. Slit the throat of
the wounded and captured Marko Micic from Slapasnica On July
25, 1992. Looted the property of Ilija Mladjenovic from Magasici.
- Resad (Redzo) Halilovic, [born in] Tegare, commune of Bratunac. Led the
attacks on the Serb villages of Brezani and Ratkovici on June
30, 1992. Killed civilians, among others Rade Jovanovic, Radojko
Ilic, Milojko Vecerinovic and Cvijetin Ilic, on July 17,
1942. Plundered the property of Stanoje Vecerinovic and Bozo IliC
from Tegare, also on July 17, 1992.
- Camil (Mehmed) Hasanovic, [born] 1941. Glogova, commune of
Bratunac. Attack on Magasici on July 20, 1992; participated in
the killing of the civilian population (8 persons), plundered the
property of: Stana Jovanovic, Todor Mitrovic, Bogosav Zivalic and
Andjelina Momcilavic from Opravdici, Rade Obradovic, Petar
Nikolic, Simo Pajic, Milosav Obradovic, Jovo Nikolic, Rade
Obradovic, Milisav Djukanovic, Miodrag Janjic, Milisav Popovic,
Drago Bozic, Stanimir Mitrovic, Marko Deronjic, Grozdana. Zivkovic
and Dragosav Jovanovic from Magasici.
- Alija ([father's name] Mujo) Ibric alias "Kurta", 1947. Pirici, commune of
Bratunac. Led the attack on the village of Loznica on June 28,
1992 and tha killing of eight villagers. Also led the attack on
Bjelovac on December 14, 1992. Participated on the same day in the
attacks on the neighbouring villages of Loznica and Sikiric and
the killing of a number of villagers from these villaqes. Looted
the property of Petko Manovibc from Sikiric.
- Hakija ([father's name] Husein) Meholjic, Srebrenica. Formerly police commander,
now commander of a larger military Moslem unit. SDA activist.
Attack on the village of Osredak on lay 14, 1992, killing of four
elderly persons, civilians. Organized the killing of Goran (Drago)
Zekic, [Serbian] deputy to B&H Assembly on May 8, 1992. Killed: Vojislav and
Nova Djuric, Krsto Petrovic, Raca Jevtic from Crni Vrh. Attack on
Brezani on July 30, 1992 and the killing of 19 villagers.
Plundered the proserty of Ilija Miladinovic, Milorad Stevanovic,
Andrija Zekic, Vasilije Petrovic and Bosko Milovanovic from
Srebrenica.
- Nurija (Hajdar) Memisevic, [born] 1966. Sase, commune of Srebrenica,
SDA activist, an organizer of attacks and expulsion of the Serbian
people, formerly also a member of Tudjman's National Guard in
Croatia
- Adil (Adem) Osmanovic, 1960, Konjevic Polje, commune of
Bratunac. SDA orgcmizer and activist, Moslem extremist and leader
of the rebellion against legal authoritics in Bratunac in
connection with the seizure of military records. Active
participant in the rebellion. Plundered the property of Djordje
Milosevic from Ocenovici, Jovan Ivanovic from Bratinjac, Radojko
Dolijanovic and Rade Lazic from Lipenovici.
- Ismet (Salko) Ramic, 1949, Hranca, commune of Bratunac. One of
the leaders and participants in the attack on the village of
Hranca on July 25, 1992 and in the killing of six civilians from
this village. Plundered the property of Todor Mitrovic, Krstina
Petrovic, Miladin Lukic, all from Hranca.
- Zihnija (Rahman) Sinanovic, from Bjelovac, commune of Bratunac.
Formerly a member of the military, now one of the leaders of
Moslem bands, SDA activist and participant in a number of attacks
on and massacres of Serb civilians. Plundered the property of
Ivko, Cvijeta, Ilija Ilic, Slavka Matic, Bozana Jovanovic,
Slavoljub Filipovic and the families Stojanovic and Rankic, all
from Bjelovac.
- Aidan (Avdo) Salihovic, 1968, Biljaca, commune of Bratunac.
Well-known for his crimes against Serbs, leader of attacks on a
number of Serb villages. Tortured and killed Milorad Dragicevic
from Loznicka Rijeka. Led the attacks on Bjelovac, Loznica and
Sikiric on December 14, 1992 and the killing of a number of
civilians of Serb nationality. Attack on Loznica on June 28,
1992 and the killing of six civilians.
- Besim (Avdo) Salihovic, 1957. Biljaca, commune of Bratunac.
Participated in the attack on the Serbian villages of Loznica,
Bjelovac and Sikiric on December 14, 1992 and the massacre of Serb
civilians. Attack on Loznica on June 28,1992 and killing of six
civilians. Responsible for massacres and torture of prisoners and
captured civilians.
- Resid (Rahman) Sinanovic, 1949. Pirici, commune of Bratunac.
Organizer of and participant in numerous ambuhes and attacks on
Serbian villages: Zaluzje on August 8, Biljaca on July 12, and on
December 14, 1992 on the villages of Sikiric, Bjelova and
Loznica. On, the same date killed Milos Jovanovic from Loznica.
Looting of property and burning of the mentioned villages.
Formerly head of the Secretariat of the Interior of the Commune
and prominent SDA activist, organizer of illicit procurement of
arms.
- Auso Salihovic, Mocevici, commune of Srebrenica. Organizer of
the attack on the village of Oparci (Brezovice), June 1, 1992.
Murder of a number of civilians. Slit the throat of [woman] Dikosava
Petrovic from the same village. Looting and burning of Serb
villages.
- Zulfo Tursunovic, Suceska, commune of Srebrenica. One of the
comnanders of Moslem bands in this area. An ex-convict, habitual
offender. Also convicted of murder. organizer and leader of
numerous attacks on Serb villages, among other, attacked and
burned the villages of Osredak, on May 14, 1992, Zagoni July
5, 1992 and Kravica, January 7, 1993. Torture of civilians in
prison. Tortured and maltreated [woman] Ljubica Gagic who committed
suicide in prison in Srebrenica. Directly responsible for the
killing of about 20 civilians in the mentioned villages. Plundered
the property of: Rajko Nikolic from Opravdici, Blagoje Zekic from
Viogor, Dugan Vasic and Mara Jeremic from Osredak, Drago Jovanovic
from Viogor, Milog Dragicevic, Mirko Petrovic and Branko
Stevanovic from Orahovica.
- Sonahid Tabakovic, commander of larger formations from the
Moslem villages of Dimnici and Brezovica.
- Ahmet Tihic, one of the commanders of paramilitary formations of
Moslem extremists.
- Omer (Mehmed) Tupkovic, organized the formation of SDA
paramilitary units in this region called "Ljiljani" (lilies).
Plundered the property of MomEilo Jovanovie from Srebrenica.
- Akif (Enez) Ustic, 1940. Srebrenica. One of the commanders of
larger military formations of Moslem extremists, directly led
attacks on most Serb villages: Osredak, May 14,1992 and the
burning of four persons of Serb nationality, Oparke, June 1, 1992
and the killing of five persons, Zalazje, July 12 1992, and the
burning of a number of persons, Fakovici, October 5, 1992.
According to some information he is the deputy of commander Naser
Oric. Personally tortured his school mate Radosav Andric.
- Sadik (Salih) Zukic, 1955, Biljaca, commune of Bratunac.
Commands a Moslem formation. Led the attack on Loznica on June
20, 1992 when eight persons were killed. Tortured and killed
Milorad Dragicevic from Loz. Rijeka on June 28, 1992. Led the
attack on Sikiric, Bjelovac and Loznica on December 14, 1992 when
several tens of villagers were killed and the villages looted and
burned. Plundered the property of Nada Stojanovic from Bjelovac.
- Sabit Zukic, Biljaca, commune of Bratunac. Tortured prisoners
and detainees.
3) Direct perpetrators of Crimes and Looting
- ( ) (Fazlija) Alic, alias "Cile", Tegare, commune of
Bratunac. Killed Rade Jovanovid from Tegare.
- Kadir (Ibrahim) Alic, 1972. Tegare, commune of Rratunac. Attack
on and killing of civilians in the villages of Ratkovici and
Brezani, June 30, 1992.
- Abdulah Alic, alias "Dule" Brezovica, commune of Srebrenica.
Attack on the village of Oparci on June 1, 1992. Killed a number
of civilians. Slit the throat of [woman] Dikosava Petrovic.
- Idrza, Senad (Alic) Avdic, 1963. Glogova, commune of Bratunac.
Actively participated in a number of attacks on Serb villages.
- Izet (Rusein) Arifovic, 1960. Branca, commune of Bratunic.
Attacked the Serb part of the same village and killed six
civilians on July 25, 1992.
- Redjo (Husein) Arifovic, 1951. BRranca, commune of Bratunac.
Participated in the attack on the Serb section of the same
village, the killing of villagers, the plundering and burning of
the village.
- Enver Alispahic, Jaglici, commune of Srebrenica. Participated in
the attack on Jezestica on August 8, 1992 and the killing of
a number of villagers. The village was looted and burned.
- Hamdija (Ramed) Alispahic, Jaglici, commune of Srebrenica.
Took part in the attack on Jezestica on August 8, 1992, the
killing of civilians and the looting and burning of the village.
- Senahid (Idriz) Avdic, Glogova, commune of Bratunac.
Participated in the attack on Magasici on July 20, 1992 and in the
looting and burning of the hamlet of Bozici.
- Haris Ahmetovic, nicknamed "Hari". Participated in the attack
on Bjelovac on December 14, 1992, the killing of several tens of
villagers, the looting and burning of the village.
- Nedzad Ademovic, from Potocari, plundered the property of Ilija
Ilic from Zagon.
- Haso Ademovic from Potocari, plundered the property of Rada
Lazic from Lipenovici.
- Husein Adenovic from Potocari, looted the property of Rajko
Jovanovic from Jezestica.
- ... ...
NOTE: We severely shortened the list of Srebrenica war criminals here.
There are 15 (fifteen) more pages of names of these we did not retype. Again, for the original
document containing all the names (in PDF form) look here.
IN LIEU OF CONCLUSIONS
This list of perpetrators of all forms of crimes which they have
committed or are still comitting against the Serbian people in
this area is based on the authentic testimonies of the survivors
and villagers from destroyed villages. Every one of them is
prepared to confirm their testimonies whenever the need arises and
before any domestic or international authority. A good part of the
documentation on the killings, organized ambushes, massacred
persons, destroyed property, maltreatment in prisons, the looting
and the burning is in the possession of the competent authorities:
police stations, health centres and other communal establishments,
as well as the command and units of the Army of the Republic of
Srpska.
We believe that the sense and purpose of this first investigation
in the Podrinje communes of Bratunac, Skelani and Srebrenica
should be to inform the public about the suffering and terror
being inflicted on the Serbian people for almost a year
now. Falsified and uncorroborated information coming from Moslem
and varicus world sources has misled the public to such an extent
that ethnic cleansing is being attributed to the victims whereas
criminals and the perpetrators of that infamous act enjoy some
sort of international sympathy and receive permanent assistance
flowing in from virtually every quarter. It seems absurd, but it
is true, that Srebrenica started receiving aid, only once that
area had been cleansed of its Serb population.
End of the excerpts contained on pages 52 through 80.
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