Hague denies prosecutor made Op Storm comments

A Hague Tribunal official has denied that Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz stated Croatia's 1995 attack on Serb areas of that country was legitimate.

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A Hague Tribunal official has denied that Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz stated Croatia's 1995 attack on Serb areas of that country was legitimate. The Hague Tribunal last week found two former Croatian generals who headed Operation Storm guilty of war crimes, and said they were part of a joint criminal enterprise set up with the goal to forcefully and permanently remove the Serb population from Croatia. Hague denies prosecutor made Op Storm comments The Zagreb-based daily Vjesnik yesterday ran a story reportedly quoting Brammertz as saying that the operation was a legitimate campaign to "liberate territories under occupation by local Serbs". The newspaper said the statement was made while the prosecutor was "attending a conference in London". But Aleksandar Kontic, a lawyer with the Hague prosecution, has denied the veracity of the report. "Brammertz did not attend any conferences in London, he did not make comments regarding the ruling against Croatian generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac, he did not comment on whether Operation Storm was just, nor did he say that this was a legal campaign to liberate occupied territories, as some media have reported," said Kontic. "Prosecutor Brammertz said, during a conference held in Brussels on April 20, that the ruling in the case of Gotovina and others referred to their individual criminal responsibility for the crimes committed during Operation Storm," he stressed. Gotovina was sent to jail for 24 years, while Markac will serve 18 years in prison according to the first-degree Hague ruling. The outcome of their trial has caused strong reactions and protests in Croatia. Serge Brammertz (Tanjug, file)

Hague denies prosecutor made Op Storm comments

The Zagreb-based daily Vjesnik yesterday ran a story reportedly quoting Brammertz as saying that the operation was a legitimate campaign to "liberate territories under occupation by local Serbs".

The newspaper said the statement was made while the prosecutor was "attending a conference in London".

But Aleksandar Kontić, a lawyer with the Hague prosecution, has denied the veracity of the report.

"Brammertz did not attend any conferences in London, he did not make comments regarding the ruling against Croatian generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markač, he did not comment on whether Operation Storm was just, nor did he say that this was a legal campaign to liberate occupied territories, as some media have reported," said Kontić.

"Prosecutor Brammertz said, during a conference held in Brussels on April 20, that the ruling in the case of Gotovina and others referred to their individual criminal responsibility for the crimes committed during Operation Storm," he stressed.

Gotovina was sent to jail for 24 years, while Markač will serve 18 years in prison according to the first-degree Hague ruling. The outcome of their trial has caused strong reactions and protests in Croatia.

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