BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3718 HINA ZAGREB, AUGUST 12

MESIC-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3718 HINA ZAGREB, AUGUST 12 MESIC, ADLESIC, TOMAC RESPOND TO DJUKIC'S ACCUSATIONSZAGREB, Aug 12 (Hina) - The assessments recently made by a Croatian Serb official on the account of the most prominent figures of Croatia's leadership elicited responses from President Stipe Mesic, HSLS vice president and MP Djurdja Adlesic, and SDP vice president and MP Zdravko Tomac. Serb People's Party president and MP Milan Djukic spoke to reporters in Rijeka on Friday about the accountability of General Petar Stipetic, the Croatian army's chief-of-staff, for what he called ugly events during Flash and Storm, 1995' military operations through which Croatia liberated parts of its territory occupied by Serb rebels. Djukic said the most prominent figures of Croatia's current leadership, including President Mesic, were among those responsible for the crimes, and that among political parties, the SDP (Social Democratic Party) and the HSLS (Croatian Social