UNPROFOR TOLERATES SERB CEASEFIRE BREACHES IN UNPA SOUTH

ZADAR, March 15 (Hina) - The assistant commander of the Croatian army in Split, 1st Lt. Mario Tomasovic, today told a press conference in Zadar that Serb paramilitary forces in Croatia's UNPA South had been systematically violating the Zagreb agreement and that UNPROFOR tolerated such actions. Tomasovic said that Serb aggressors had lately intensified digging trenches and fortifying their positions inside the zone of separation in the Zadar hinterland. The intensified movement of Serb troops was noticed in Pridraga, Zemunik Gornji, Razovljeva Glava overlooking Skabrnja, Nadin, Veliki Umac, between Benkovac and Pristega, Jagoda Donja and Kakma. In the areas of Jagoda Donja and Kakma, Serbs had dug trenches about 500-800 meters long and were preparing for an offensive, Tomasovic said. He said it was unbelievable that UNPROFOR officials, aware of those Serb activities, equally accused both the Croatian and Serb sides for massing troops and equipment. Tomasovic strongly protested over the recent arrival of the notorious Serb war criminal, Captain Dragan, in Kasic village near Benkovac. He said it was as a disgrace that UNPROFOR had allowed this to happen. At the same time the Croatian army did not violate the Zagreb ceasefire agreement and UNPROFOR had confirmed this in several reports, Tomasovic said. He said that UNPROFOR still had not managed to force rebel Serbs to withdraw heavy artillery from the separation zone, particularly in the Peruca area where a Serb howitzer unit was positioned and from where it was attacking neighbouring Bosnia- Herzegovina. (Hina) mar rv vm 151759 MET mar 95