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Srebrenica carnage work of thousands By Olga Lola Ninkovic in Banja Luka October 6, 2005 More than 19,000 Bosnian Serbs have been identified as having taken part in what became a three-day massacre of thousands of civilians at Srebrenica during the Balkans war 10 years ago. It was Europe's worst atrocity since World War II. Police, troops and civilians helped facilitate the slaughter of 8000 people, mainly Muslims, through tasks that included logistics, transport and communications as well as military operations, a report by an inter-ethnic panel in Bosnia has found. Some of those accused may still hold official positions in the police and military. The Bosnian Serb Government has said that nearly 900 people suspected of participating in the atrocity might still be employed by the Serb Republic. The huge figure came from an attempt to identify exactly what happened in July 1995 after Bosnian Serb forces captured the town, which was under the protection of United Nations troops. The Government admitted last year under international pressure that its forces killed thousands of Muslims in the three-day rampage in the former UN "safe area" of Srebrenica. AdvertisementAdvertisement The Special Bosnian Serb Government Working Group, which has been compiling the report since 2003, said the names would not be made public. Instead, they will be turned over to Bosnia state prosecutors for review and possible criminal charges, particularly for those who still hold official jobs. "Among those who took part in the crimes were both officials who issued orders and executors," Smail Cekic, a Muslim member of the panel, told a news conference. The panel gathered information from the Serb Republic's interior and defence ministries, army headquarters and the state security agency. The UN War Crimes Tribunal provided crucial help for the panel and its report would be sent to The Hague, Mr Cekic said. Paddy Ashdown, the country's international peace overseer, first ordered the Government to identify the perpetrators. "The report represents a serious attempt to comprehensively catalogue all persons implicated in the crimes in the Srebrenica area in the period from 11-19 July 1995," Mr Ashdown's office said in a statement. The panel did not assess the level of involvement or responsibility of the massacre participants, Mr Cekic said. Reuters ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpgUKB/pzNLAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
