ZUBAK & SOLJIC PROTEST OVER BIASED BLAMING OF BOSNIAN CROATS

( Editorial: --> 9476 ) SARAJEVO, Dec 18 (Hina) - Bosnian Presidency member Kresimir Zubak and Croat-Moslem Bosnian Federation President Vladimir Soljic on Thursday protested against violent behaviour in the Thursday morning arrest of Anto Furundzija and Vlatko Kupreskic by the NATO- led Stabilisation Force. Zubak and Soljic forwarded letters to representatives of the international community in Bosnia-Herzegovina, member-countries of the Contact Group, the papal nuncio in B-H, the international High Representative in B-H, the NATO Secretary General and SFOR commander Eric Shinseki. In the letters, Zubak and Soljic agreed that court injunctions and warrants of the international war crimes tribunal had to be complied with. They recalled that the Bosnian Croat side had agreed to such cooperation, on condition that such proceedings equally and fairly refer to the perpetrators of all crimes, including crimes against Croats. "We want to warn that this morning's action continues the humiliation of Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina, since they are the only ones among those arrested by The Hague tribunal whose number is increasing," Zubak and Soljic said in the letters. This bred the conviction that Bosnian Croats were most liable for the conflict. Zubak and Soljic said such procedures incited Croats to leave Central Bosnia. It is a programmed attack on the overall existence of Croats as a constituent people in Bosnia, they assessed. The two Bosnian Croat officials voiced bitterness and dissatisfaction over the violence in the arrest of Kupreskic. They said that two bombs had been thrown into Kupreskic's house even though his wife and children were inside. Zubak and Soljic also said that after the arrest, Kupreskic's wife was tied and hit in the head with a rifle butt. (hina) ha mm 182144 MET dec 97