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Bukovica engleski.qxd 15.3.2003 13:54 Page 52 52 Bukovica 6. Muslim Offensive on Čajniče On 15 February 1993, the Belgrade daily Politika carried a state news agency Tanjug report on the military success of the Bosnian Serb army at Čajniče. 69 According to the report, Bosnian Serb forces repelled a threepronged attack by Muslim troops coming from Goražde and Rudo in Bosnia and from the Serb’s rear, that is, from Yugoslav territory. The agency added that 250 of the Muslim combatants were from Montenegrin villages along the border with Bosnia. Carrying the report, Monitor commented: ”At the height of the offensive on Čajniče, which is some 55 kilometers from Pljevlja, the Belgrade media reported that about 250 Muslims, who are allegedly responsible for crimes committed in the area, are taking part in the attack. Reacting to this, Serb parties in Pljevlja, which are under the direct control of military intelligence, demanded from the Montenegrin authorities a list of these Muslims, laying the groundwork for even more fantastic accusations against Bulatović who is supposedly infiltrating Muslim irredentists into ‘Serb Bosnia.’“ That same day, Bosnian Serb soldiers kidnapped five members of the Bungur family from Kruševci village: two women and three children, of whom two very young. On 16 February, another six Bungurs were taken from Ravni, all over the age of 70. Latif Bungur (95) was killed in the course of this abduction. The Montenegrin authorities mentioned the Bukovica abductions for the first time on 6 March when the Minister of Internal Affairs said in Parliament, ”All we have are some indications that a number of persons from 69 ”Attack From Montenegrin Side,“ Politika, Belgrade, 15 February 1993.
Bukovica engleski.qxd 15.3.2003 13:54 Page 53 Humanitarian Law Center Bukovica have disappeared. 70 When Parliament convened again on 17 March, Minister Pejaković said: Thanks to the selfless activities of the security agencies of Montenegro and the VJ and, in particular, the intensive efforts of Presidents Bulatović, Ćosić and Karadžić 71, six of the 12 abducted persons of Muslim nationality have been returned. The remaining six, against whom the Republika Srpska police have filed criminal charges, will be returned and handed over to the Montenegrin police and judicial authorities within a day or two. 72 Monitor reacted by pointing out that the Minister had neglected to give any details about the abducted Bukovica Muslims such as their sex and age, which would have uncovered the truth of the matter. It named the abductees who were returned to Montenegro on 23 March as Delva (76), Lamka (80), Vezira (81), Osmo (68), Almasa (68) and Sevda Bungur (62); and those detained on suspicion of ”criminal acts against the Republika Srpska“ as Ramiza Bungur (49), her son Mamko (15), daughter-in-law Zlatija (25) and Zlatija’s two small children. A month after the abductions, Pljevlja Police Chief Radivoje Aranitović said the Bukovica Muslims had been abducted because their relatives were involved in the offensive on Čajniče on 14 February and the crimes in that area against Serbs: After perpetrating crimes against Serbs in the Čajniče area on 14 February 1993, a large group of armed Mus- 70 ”When Neighbors Beat,“ Monitor, Podgorica, 2 April 1993. 71 Radovan Karadžić, leader of the Serb Democratic Party in Bosnia- Herzegovina and President of the Republika Srpska. 72 ”When Neighbors Beat,“ Monitor, Podgorica, 2 April 1993. 53
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