SARAJEVO, June 2 (Hina) - The commander of the army of Bosnia's Croat-Muslim Federation, General Rasim Delic, refuted as unfounded recent threats stating that some Army of Bosnia-Herzegovina senior officers could be charged with war
crimes. General Delic told Sarajevo-based daily "Dnevni Avaz" in an interview published on Wednesday the statements made by Croatian Justice Minister Zvonimir Separovic to that effect were unfounded. Separovic recently said Army of BH generals Atif Dudakovic and Sead Delic had committed war crimes in Croatia in 1991 as officers of the former Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). "Dudakovic had not even been present in Zadar when conflicts began, and he certainly did not issue orders on the use of artillery (of a JNA training centre)," Delic said. Speaking of General Sead Delic, the federal army commander said that Delic, while in Varazdin at the beginning of the war in Cro
SARAJEVO, June 2 (Hina) - The commander of the army of Bosnia's
Croat-Muslim Federation, General Rasim Delic, refuted as unfounded
recent threats stating that some Army of Bosnia-Herzegovina senior
officers could be charged with war crimes.
General Delic told Sarajevo-based daily "Dnevni Avaz" in an
interview published on Wednesday the statements made by Croatian
Justice Minister Zvonimir Separovic to that effect were
unfounded.
Separovic recently said Army of BH generals Atif Dudakovic and Sead
Delic had committed war crimes in Croatia in 1991 as officers of the
former Yugoslav People's Army (JNA).
"Dudakovic had not even been present in Zadar when conflicts began,
and he certainly did not issue orders on the use of artillery (of a
JNA training centre)," Delic said.
Speaking of General Sead Delic, the federal army commander said
that Delic, while in Varazdin at the beginning of the war in
Croatia, neither led nor planned any operations, but "only defended
his own life, being seriously wounded and barely surviving in doing
so."
Delic also said he believes it is inappropriate to compare any Army
of BH soldier with Fikret Abdic, whose extradition Bosnia has
requested from Croatia to try him for war crimes.
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