War diaries of Ratko Mladić revealed

War diaries of Ratko Mladić suggest Serbian involvement in Bosnian and Croatian wars, writes Dejan Anastasijević, the journalist who had access to the journals.

Izvor: B92

Tuesday, 19.10.2010.

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War diaries of Ratko Mladic suggest Serbian involvement in Bosnian and Croatian wars, writes Dejan Anastasijevic, the journalist who had access to the journals. In addition to the fact that Ratko Mladic relied heavily on the opinion of fortune-tellers, the war diaries of the Hague fugitive reveal more ominous things. War diaries of Ratko Mladic revealed Dejan Anastasijevic, journalist who perused Mladic’s journals, says they reveal the state involvement in the wars in Croatia and Bosnia, to an extent much larger than Serbia would like to admit. According to Anastasijevic, at the time of the Srebrenica massacre Mladic’s mentioned a conversation with then-State Security Chief Jovica Stanisic and a meeting with former Chief of Staff general Momcilo Perisic. He said that, based on the contents of the diary, one could draw a conclusion that "all who have survived the nineties were indeed lucky." "Based on the discussions with political and military leaders of the day, one can see that some people who were talking utter nonsense that we thought were just war-time propaganda about foreign conspiracies and the like, actually believed in them," said Anastasijevic. The diary of Ratko Mladic, an 18-volume war journal, was seized during a search of the Mladic’s family residence in February. The Serbian Prosecutor for war crimes told B92 that diaries were handed over to the Prosecutor's Office in The Hague and were used as evidence in at least six cases tried before the Tribunal. The author of the diary is still at large. War crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic said that the best chance to apprehend Mladic was missed in 2006, when then-Head of the Security Information Agency (BIA) Rade Bulatovic arrested Stanko Ristic, a man who was hiding Mladic. The media also report that Bulatovic had offered the Prosecutor's Office to arrange talks on handing over Ratko Mladic, but later changed his mind. No one has been held responsible for this blunder. Rade Bulatovic refused to make a statement to B92. Military analyst Ljubodrag Stojadinovic, as well as Dejan Anastasijevic, believe this story is being released in order to justify Serbia before the Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz who will visit Belgrade in two weeks. Ljubodrag Stojadinovic believes this is the blatant example of the lack of capacity to control the secret service and that the decision not to capture Mladic has been a political one. Ratko Mladic (file)

War diaries of Ratko Mladić revealed

Dejan Anastasijević, journalist who perused Mladić’s journals, says they reveal the state involvement in the wars in Croatia and Bosnia, to an extent much larger than Serbia would like to admit.

According to Anastasijević, at the time of the Srebrenica massacre Mladić’s mentioned a conversation with then-State Security Chief Jovica Stanišić and a meeting with former Chief of Staff general Momčilo Perišić.

He said that, based on the contents of the diary, one could draw a conclusion that "all who have survived the nineties were indeed lucky."

"Based on the discussions with political and military leaders of the day, one can see that some people who were talking utter nonsense that we thought were just war-time propaganda about foreign conspiracies and the like, actually believed in them," said Anastasijević.

The diary of Ratko Mladić, an 18-volume war journal, was seized during a search of the Mladić’s family residence in February.

The Serbian Prosecutor for war crimes told B92 that diaries were handed over to the Prosecutor's Office in The Hague and were used as evidence in at least six cases tried before the Tribunal.

The author of the diary is still at large. War crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević said that the best chance to apprehend Mladić was missed in 2006, when then-Head of the Security Information Agency (BIA) Rade Bulatović arrested Stanko Ristić, a man who was hiding Mladić.

The media also report that Bulatović had offered the Prosecutor's Office to arrange talks on handing over Ratko Mladić, but later changed his mind. No one has been held responsible for this blunder.

Rade Bulatović refused to make a statement to B92. Military analyst Ljubodrag Stojadinović, as well as Dejan Anastasijević, believe this story is being released in order to justify Serbia before the Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz who will visit Belgrade in two weeks.

Ljubodrag Stojadinović believes this is the blatant example of the lack of capacity to control the secret service and that the decision not to capture Mladić has been a political one.

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