MOSTAR DISPLAY POSTERS WITH QUESTIONS TO HR MOSTAR, Jan 28 (Hina) - An open letter in the form of posters on Thursday surfaced on numerous locations in Croat-controlled western Mostar. The posters, which also appeared on trees in the
southern Bosnian town, attack international representatives in Bosnia, particularly High Representative Carlos Westendorp, on account of their attitude towards Bosnian Croats. The open letter was jointly issued by the Croatian Homeland Invalids Association of Herceg-Bosna and several veterans' associations. In the letter, the international community and Westendorp are requested to answer a series of questions, including why the Washington Agreement which guaranteed confederation between the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia has been annulled, why force was being used and on what motive Croat politicians and generals were being expelled from duties. The associations also ask why the International C
MOSTAR, Jan 28 (Hina) - An open letter in the form of posters on
Thursday surfaced on numerous locations in Croat-controlled
western Mostar.
The posters, which also appeared on trees in the southern Bosnian
town, attack international representatives in Bosnia,
particularly High Representative Carlos Westendorp, on account of
their attitude towards Bosnian Croats.
The open letter was jointly issued by the Croatian Homeland
Invalids Association of Herceg-Bosna and several veterans'
associations.
In the letter, the international community and Westendorp are
requested to answer a series of questions, including why the
Washington Agreement which guaranteed confederation between the
Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia has been annulled,
why force was being used and on what motive Croat politicians and
generals were being expelled from duties.
The associations also ask why the International Criminal Tribunal
for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague has been trying only Croats
"and not their executioners too."
The posters also protest the deprivation of the right to language,
culture, and radio-television.
The last question is "When will you stop creating and imposing on us
so called state symbols and anthems?"
On numerous locations and trees in western Mostar this morning also
surfaced posters with the images of Tihomir Blaskic, Dario Kordic,
and Mladen Naletilic Tuta, all accused for war crimes by The Hague
tribunal.
The picture of Croatian cardinal Alojzije Stepinac, last year
beatified by Pope John Paul II, also appeared in several parts of
western Mostar.
Identical posters appeared in other southern Bosnian towns with a
majority Croat population.
The residents of Livno still call for the signing of a petition to
"Westendorp and the world", and another one, headlined "Let's
Protect the Interests of the Croat People in Bosnia-Herzegovina",
in Posusje.
In Vitez, members of veterans' associations are distributing a
letter with questions to international representatives, while many
locations bear the pictures of Blaskic and Kordic with "Victims of
Patriotism" written above.
Numerous posters calling on Croats and Serbs to tell NATO's
Stabilisation Force (SFOR) in Bosnia "Occupiers, Leave" appeared
near Mostar's Ero Hotel, the location of Westendorp's regional
office in Mostar.
These posters bear the headline "People of Croats and Serbs!" and
"They have even started killing us" underneath.
"We believed the SFOR serves peace and reconciliation, that it is
neutral. With its role to date however, it has created a fake peace,
built on imposed and never by us accepted solutions," the posters
say.
Late in the afternoon and in the evening hours, stronger SFOR
patrols could be seen around the hotel.
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