VECERNJI LIST COMMENTARY: "WE ARE TALKING ABOUT VUKOVAR HERE"

ZAGREB, March 28 (Hina) - "Comments by Ljubinko Stojanovic, the head of the 'Serb information centre' in the occupied town of Vukovar and Milan Djukic, the president of the Serb National Party (SNS) on last week's incident during Madeleine Albright's visit to Vukovar were almost identical", says Mate Piskor in his commentary 'We Are Talking About Vukovar Here' in today's issue of 'VECERNJI LIST'. Ljubinko Stojanovic said that Albright was to blame herself for having being stoned. According to Stojanovic, Albright prompted a spontaneous protest of Serbs, who were embittered by her 'lies and the fact that she was completely on the Croat side'. Milan Djukic went even further, Piskor says. He demanded that the American Ambassador apologize to the Serbs because of her statement saying that it is no wonder that people who destroyed Vukovar are not fond of her. 'Djukic holds that such a statement imposes collective guilt for war on all Serbs', Piskor writes. 'What Djukic asks is that the victim apologize to the aggressor. This sounds very familiar', Piskor says. 'Why did not Djukic feel the need to apologize to Madeleine Albright?', the journalist asks and answers: 'Because, although Djukic does not state it directly, Albright said that Vukovar is Croatian and that it is going to remain Croatian. And this is a sin the Serbs are not going to forgive easily'. (hina) rm jn 281309 MET mar 96