White Eagles (paramilitary)
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- For the other Serbian military group named White Eagles, see White Eagles (anticommunist). For other uses, see White Eagles.
The White Eagles or Beli Orlovi (Serbian Cyrillic: Бели Орлови) (1991-1995) were a Serbian paramilitary group associated with the Serb National Renewal and the Serbian Radical Party[1] [2]. This association has been denied by SRS leader Vojislav Šešelj.[3] The White Eagles fought in the Bosnian conflict [1] [2]
White Eagle refers to the national symbol of Serbia, the double headed white eagle under a crown. The name White Eagles comes from an anti-communist organization that was formed during World War II and continued a guerilla war against Tito’s government after the war. The new White Eagles were formed in 1991-1992 by Dragoslav Bokan and Mirko Jović[4][5][6]. Šešelj states that the White Eagles were started by Mirko Jović but they got out of his control.[7]
Testimony at the International War Crimes Tribunal indicates that the White Eagles were responsible for a number of atrocities[2] during the Bosnian conflict, for example at Foča [8] and Gacko[9] Various members of the White Eagles were indicted by the Tribunal, including: Mitar Vasiljević[10] and Milan Lukic[11]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b "Profile: Vojislav Seselj" BBC News 27 November 2006
- ^ a b c Allen, Beverly (1996) Rape Warfare: The Hidden Genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, pp. 154-155, ISBN 0816628181
- ^ "In previous wars (Bosnia, Croatia) there was a small paramilitary organisation called White Eagles, but the Serb Radical Party had absolutely nothing to do with them."Testimony of Vojislav Šešelj, Transcript of 23 August 2005, p. 43081, lines 16-18
- ^ Glenny, Misha (1992) The Fall of Yugoslavia: The Third Balkan War Penguin, London, p. 39, ISBN 0140172882
- ^ Tanner, Marcus (1997) Croatia: a nation forged in war Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, p. 245, ISBN 0300076681
- ^ THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA Case No. IT-02-54-T, Prosecution's Secnd Pre-Trial Brief (Croatia and Bosnia Indictments 31 May 2002, p. 90
- ^ Testimony of Vojislav Šešelj, Transcript of 24 August 2005, p. 43128, lines 6-8
- ^ Testimony of Witness 52, Transcript of 27 March 2000
- ^ Testimony of Witness 192, Transcript of 4 May 2000
- ^ Croatian "Evening News" 9 September 2001
- ^ "AU Washington College of Law: War Crimes Research Office - ICTY Status Reports" 21 February 2006
[edit] External links
- "White Eagles - Serbian Radical Party (SRS)" Federation of American Scientists, 1998
- (22 November 1993) Vreme News Digest Agency No 113
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