Nachricht Nummer : 313 Übertragungszeit : 3 min 45 sec Nachricht von : WAM@ZAMIR-ZG.comlink.de (Wam) Betrifft : Zagreb Diary 25 November, 1993 Kopienempfänger : /APC/YUGO/ANTIWAR, /CL/EUROPA/BALKAN Erstellungsdatum : 06.12.1993 13:59:00 W+1 Realname: Wam Kat Zagreb Diary 25 November, 1993 Dobar dan, Something half half positive happened today, more friends came out of jail, in this case it were the last ones from Dalmatian Action, only one of them is still in hospital, but they told that he only has to go through some last test and will be released soon. The one who was in hungerstrike for two weeks already have been released some days ago. The last one who is still in jail have to stay their since he has not the proper Croatian documents and the authorities are afraid that he will escape from Croatia. Nevertheless the fact that the accusation against them are not lifted yet, in deed they are told that the whole thing will come to court soon and that they still have to stand in front of the court for blowing up their own party building it is at least better than in the last two months for them in jail. Now only in Glina (in Serbian Krajina) there are still the three people from the Serbian side of Pakrac in jail, the last news was that they will come free soon, at least the two not so important ones, Djakula, the former mayor, probably has to stay longer. For the rest it was a calm day for me, I planned to go to Pakrac in the early morning, but of course I missed train after train, since it is terrible cold out there and I don't leave home fast enough, the trams are not driving in time or any other excuse you may find. Although for different area's from Krajina representatives at the moment cease-fires are signed with the local Croats authorities it doesn't mean that the nearly normal daily shelling from those area's are not taking place anymore. Today some friend of mine was on the bus to Split and has to pass by Zadar and Sibenik, she phoned when she arrived in Split and told that there was shelling again in the Zadar hinterland. Later on the news it was said that at least 65 artillery and mortar grenades fall on and around the Maslenica pontoon bridge. Also 25 of the same presents came down near Biograd on some small villages there. Yesterday the line Zadar Biograd was also under mortar, artillery and anti-aircraft fire. Yes at the moment that you get too positive and think that the war in Croatia is coming to an end since the situation in the sector were I work is getting calmer such news put you back on your feet's again. In Bosnia and Mostar the fights are of course a lot heavier, but also there some positive things. After the Danish truck driver was killed precisely a month ago all the food convoys were put on hold. Only some flights to Sarajevo (which is f.e. now already 6 weeks without something stupid as salt, knowing that there are salt mines in f.e. Tuzla, such things can make you screaming) took place and airdrops in Eastern Bosnia. Still no overland convoy has reached Sarajevo, Maglaj and Tesanj. But at least 102 flights reached the airport in the last week, nevertheless the fact that it was closed on Saturday due to the heavy snow fall. In Maglaj, were the finger is now changed into a pocket, about 21 tons were dropped in the last day and also in Tesanj the same amount of food was delivered by airdrops. In the last days the convoys are starting to drive again, on this moment convoys are on it's way to Travnik, Zenica, Tuzla and Srebrenica and although the road conditions in central Bosnia are more like ski and skating tracks some of them will come through. The Dutch and Belgium military transport division in Boscovaca will take care for the delivery in the smaller towns. A Swedish convoy on it's way with shelters from Beograd to Gorazda, which is also laying in a pocket now, didn't make it through, the Serbian authorities hustled them too much. All in all in the last week 2882 MT. were delivered by UNHCR, UNPROFOR and the some bigger NGO's (the small ones also some times came through, but are not appearing in the official figures (yet)) in Bosnia, Hercegovina and the UNPA zone's, that sounds an awful lot but is not more than 25% of the real need. New problems are also appearing, the Bihac pocket this time, this was up to some time ago almost a holiday trip for the drivers, no problem coming to Bihac or Velika Kladusa, in the last weeks reports are coming in the followers of Adbic, which declared some months ago the free state of the Bihac region, have make some problems for the International aid workers. In my home country they decided today to give another 32 million guilders (about 28 million DEM) for the victims in this area, at the same moment they decided that Dutch UNPROFOR soldiers are now allowed to shot back when they are in problems. Also the EC has said more or less the same thing, they said that it is allowed to use force against local warlords if they break international agreements. There was also rumours that the Dutch state is offering students, who have to repay their study grants can join the UN forces and don't need to pay anymore (I have myself still about 20.000 guilders debts of my study, maybe they count my work as well). Late in the evening I arrived in Pakrac and met Dr. Platzer from Vienna, he just came back from Glina, were he visit Djakula in jail, wonder above wonder, they let him in and he was able to find a translator to be able to talk with him. It is cold in the Glina jail, no heating, but Djakula haven't give up his fight, he wants to go back to Pakrac and be with his people in order to help to stop the war. He needs clothes and the locals from Pakrac has put him up for the president of Krajina elections, which will take place on the same day as in Serbia, we will see next month. 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