Nachricht Nummer : 279 Übertragungszeit : 4 min 24 sec Nachricht von : WAM@ZAMIR-ZG.zer.sub.org Betrifft : Zagreb Diary 18 October, 1993 Erstellungsdatum : 29.10.1993 17:02:00 W+1 Realname: Wam Kat Zagreb Diary 18 October, 1993 Dobar dan, Together with Svetlena (from the UNOV office in Pakrac), Bea (head from CARE Austria) and a Dutch television journalist (who had to make a small report from CARE's activities in Pakrac) I drove this to Pakrac in order to have an early meeting with Mr. Platzer at the opcina in the office of UNOV. Coming there the place was like a overflowing meeting place, beside the normal staff (accept Annette, who is still in Sarajevo and Simo, still in jail), some of the volunteers, 3 other members from UNOV, the new four Austrians (they are coming to Pakrac for a year to do their civil service) and a pensioned doctor (who came with the Austrians in order to work on the opening of the hospital). Try to have a conversation on the 30 m2, which is the office, with the computer and telephone sounds in the back. Just like the early days of SunCokret or in the peace center for that matter. Mr. Plazter and some other UN official where up stairs to have a meeting with the mayor of the Croatia side, Mr. Dalic. When they came down their faces were smiling, on one of the last questions of Mr. Plazter if people from the "other side" would be able to use the hospital on the Croatian side, Dalic had answered that they were no "cannibals" and that of course women, children and elderly people were able to come if they needed treatment and that they also could safely go back to "the other side". Five minutes later I was sitting in the luxes car from the Austrian doctor and we followed the bus of the Austrians over the checkpoints. At the opcina, where we filled the whole living room and the air with smoke (not particular practical for the Dutch journalist) with the real mayor from this part of the town, the informal major, Djakula, is still in jail and his officials. On this side of the cease-fire line the CARE project to rebuild before the winter at least 100 houses (which is not reachable, but nevertheless) has started and the new formed working brigades have finished the first 17 houses have been finished. Since Simo is still in jail and the Goran from this side is in Beograd we had a new translator, a worker from the read cross on this side, who speaks some German, he worked their in the past. We exchanged the officials things and Platzer went further on to meet some other officials in the area. We, the doctor, the translator and the journalists went into the village to film the reconstruction on this side. My first impression being back on this side of the line since Djakula and his friends are arrested is that it is relative quiet. The militia is wearing normal green camouflage uniforms, instead of their bleu painted ones, but it looks not more aggressive as before. When I understood the mayor and the translator right they are also not so happy with the arrest, especially the arrest of Kulic, their leader of the working brigades, makes things, also not so easy. When I see the pricelist of the building materials on the storage of CARE, some minutes later, I noticed that his name is taken out of the people, somebody just made a hole in the paper at the place where his name should have been. Beside that CARE gives the buildings material free for those who help in the working brigades, they also sell material for prices which are payable for the people around here. Although most of the material is bought in Banja Luka, you can see the history of this area, most of the material is produced in Vinkovci, Zagreb and other cities, which are now in the Croatian republic. The journalist is only allowed to film a few houses and only a few people are creditated to talk with him for the camera. Even the UNPROFOR soldiers from ArgBat don't want to reply in front of the camera, even if he is talking Spanish. Nevertheless we make some good pictures and ask the major of this side to tell us where his house, which is on the other side use to be. Back on the Croatian side we drive with Duda to the left overs of the house in Lipik, he, the major didn't remember the housenumber right, but the neighbour could tell us the precise place. The journalist ask what happened with the house (in was blown up, even after the UNPROFOR soldiers had come to this area) an yes he known his former neighbour, although not so good, since he normally lived in another house, this house was a house of one of this relatives. He further told about the massacre which was committed towards his parents, just a street away from where we stand. They both were killed by "Chetniks". We drive back towards the checkpoint in Lipik, on the way down we filmed the graffiti made by the 104th brigade from Varazdin and Duda tells how the whole sky above Lipik was red in the days that Lipik was accopied by the "Chetniks". We drive up to the UNPROFOR checkpoint, Duda don't want to continue and return, out the Croatian Checkpoint a police agent jump on the middle of the street and makes a stop sign, Duda rejects by putting the gas pedal down, the police draw his pistol in a fraction of a second and just as I call "stop" and the journalists turn off his camera in panic, I recognize the police agent as one of the two Macedonian brothers on his face a big smile. Duda stops just in front of him. Bok I Mir from Zagreb, Wam PS "A little help for some friends" under that header you must read this advertisement. A few months ago I received from Ulla (the mother of my son Pjort and Rik) the cover of the CD "Organic Chaos" with in it not the CD but hair from my oldest son. During writing this text I was listening to the tape however, which Ulla gave me when I was in the Netherlands, and now I am listening to the song "Help me" from Billy from Glasgow. The CD (or tape), published by EYFA and Rampenplan (via E-mail GTN@GN.APC.ORG) further on 12 more songs, from Rumania, Estonia, Croatia, Netherlands and Germany, with help from people out Canada, the USA, the Slovak republic and more from all over the place and recorded in Germany, Limburg, Estonia, Slovak republic, Croatia and France or so. And of course, how could it be different in my friends circles a mixture of this all. Most song are in the original languages and connected with environment and war and peace. It is great to hear you friends together on one tape, but I would like to be as normal listening and playing with them their songs sitting in the kitchen from EYFA, at the campfires from Ecotopia, in the peace house in Zagreb or where ever, but nevertheless it is a nice message they send into the world together. Not only for their direct friends, but also for friends of friends and their friends. And the only not so nice thing and there for this help for them, there are still a few thousands laying around in Sittard, so..... ------------------------------------------------------ Zagreb Diary can be found on a lot of different electronic networks, it is copyright free and can be ported to any network or other means of communication you like, but please drop my a line, you can reach by sending a message to wam@zamir-zg.comlink.de or wam@zamir-zg.comlink.apc.org. Zagreb Diary is dedicated to Tyche, Pjort and Rik, so that they found out what there father have been doing all that time in Zagreb. Financial support for Grassroot relief work in Croatia or BiH can be send to Kollektief Rampenplan (atn. Lylette, Postbox 780, 6130 AN Sittard, Netherlands, tel:. +31-46-524803 and fax: +31-46-516460 or to Zagrebacka Banka, Zagreb, accountnr.: 2440291594, to Kat, Pieter Jan Herman Fredrik, Brace Domany 6 6fl nr3, 41000 Zagreb. 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