Croatia: War crimes general's birthday marked

56 torches were lit at midnight at Knin Fortress on Tuesday to mark former Croat General Ante Gotovina’s 56th birthday.

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Wednesday, 12.10.2011.

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56 torches were lit at midnight at Knin Fortress on Tuesday to mark former Croat General Ante Gotovina’s 56th birthday. Gotovina was convicted by the Hague Tribunal for committing war crimes during the Croat military Operation Storm in 1995, which targeted the country's ethnic Serb population. Croatia: War crimes general's birthday marked “This is a joint greeting of the Croat defenders and all our friends, especially fan groups from all parts of Croatia. We want to wish a happy birthday to our hero General Ante Gotovina from a place where Croatian flag was raised as a symbol of victory,” said head of Zavet veterans’ association Zadar office Boris Muzanovic. According to the local media, the torches were mostly lit by Gotovina’s fellow combatants. Knin Mayor and Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) official Josipa Rimac was among them. The celebration was organized by the Defenders Portal and Zadar Munipality defenders’ associations. Reading of patriotic poems dubbed “We are thinking about you general” was announced for Wednesday evening in Zadar and a music and poetry night will be held in Split. Right-wing Croatian Party of Rights publicly sent a birthday greeting to Gotovina. The Hague Tribunal sentenced Gotovina to 24 years and General Mladen Markac to 18 years in prison in mid-April for their involvement in a joint criminal enterprise aimed at forcefully and permanently removing the Serbian population from the Krajina region during the Operation Storm. The third indictee, General Ivan Cermak, was acquitted. Celebration of the Operation Storm in Knin (Beta, file)

Croatia: War crimes general's birthday marked

“This is a joint greeting of the Croat defenders and all our friends, especially fan groups from all parts of Croatia. We want to wish a happy birthday to our hero General Ante Gotovina from a place where Croatian flag was raised as a symbol of victory,” said head of Zavet veterans’ association Zadar office Boris Mužanović.

According to the local media, the torches were mostly lit by Gotovina’s fellow combatants. Knin Mayor and Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) official Josipa Rimac was among them.

The celebration was organized by the Defenders Portal and Zadar Munipality defenders’ associations.

Reading of patriotic poems dubbed “We are thinking about you general” was announced for Wednesday evening in Zadar and a music and poetry night will be held in Split.

Right-wing Croatian Party of Rights publicly sent a birthday greeting to Gotovina.

The Hague Tribunal sentenced Gotovina to 24 years and General Mladen Markač to 18 years in prison in mid-April for their involvement in a joint criminal enterprise aimed at forcefully and permanently removing the Serbian population from the Krajina region during the Operation Storm.

The third indictee, General Ivan Čermak, was acquitted.

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