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92ZAGREB2038
1992-10-16 15:53:00
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CYGOOL: HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA-

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SUBJECT: CYGOOL: HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA-
- HERCEGOVINA - CASES OF X., F.B., AND A.V.;
- THE PERSONNEL STRUCTURE AT OMARSKA CAMP

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INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
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- HERCEGOVINA - CASES OF X., F.B., AND A.V.;
- THE PERSONNEL STRUCTURE AT OMARSKA CAMP

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INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
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1. (U) THIS IS ONE IN A SERIES OF REPORTS OF
SPECIFIC AND GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA AND
HERCEGOVINA (B-H) BASED ON PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH
THE SUBJECTS NAMED. THE SUBJECTS IN THIS REPORT
AGREED TO SPEAK ONLY AFTER RECEIVING ASSURANCES THAT
THEIR NAMES WOULD NOT BE USED PUBLICLY FOR FEAR THAT
THAT WOULD ENDANGER THE LIVES OF FAMILY MEMBERS STILL
IN SERBIAN-CONTROLLED AREAS IN B-H.

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2. (LOU) ZDENKA RAJKOVIC, IDENTIFIED BELOW AS "X.",
FAROUK BURAZOROVIC, IDENTIFIED BELOW AS "F.B.", AND
ABID VELIC, IDENTIFIED BELOW AS "A.V.", ARE BOSNIANS
TEMPORARILY IN THE KARLOVAC TRANSIT FACILITY FOR
EX-DETAINEES. RAJKOVIC IS A 41-YEAR-OLD CROATIAN
WOMAN FROM KOZARAC, BOSNIA, WHERE SHE WORKED AS AN

AGRICULTURAL TECHNICIAN. SHE WAS INTERNED IN OMARSKA
CAMP FROM MAY 26 TO AUGUST 23. BURAZOROVIC IS A
40-YEAR-OLD MUSLIM MALE FROM PRIJEDOR, WHERE HE
WORKED AS A CENTRAL-HEATING TECHNICIAN. HE WAS
INTERNED IN OMARSKA FROM MAY 30 TO AUGUST 3. VELIC IS
A 39-YEAR-OLD MOSLEM MALE FROM KOZARUSIC. HE WORKED
IN THE OMARSKA MINE AS A STEEL FRAMEWORK BUILDER
BEFORE HIS THREE-MONTH INTERNMENT IN OMARSKA CAMP.


3. (LOU) RAJKOVIC SAID SHE WAS AMONG THE FIRST
DETAINEES TO ARRIVE AT OMARSKA AND AMONG THE LAST
FIVE WOMEN TO LEAVE THE CAMP -- SEVERAL DAYS AFTER
OMARSKA WAS EMPTIED OF ITS LAST MALE PRISONERS.
MOREOVER, RAJKOVIC AND SEVERAL OTHER WOMEN HAD
SPECIAL ACCESS TO THE CAMP COMMANDERS AND
ADMINISTRATORS BECAUSE THEY WERE CONFINED NEAR THE
CAMP OFFICES, NEXT TO THE INTERROGATION ROOMS.


4. (U) ALL THREE SUBJECTS CLAIM TO HAVE WITNESSED
SEVERE BEATINGS, SEXUAL TORTURE, MUTILATION, AND
KILLINGS. IN PART BECAUSE THEY HAD SPENT SUCH LONG
PERIODS IN THE CAMP, THEY WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT
THEY BELIEVED TO BE VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE PERSONNEL
STRUCTURE OF OMARSKA CAMP. THESE SUBJECTS WERE
INTERVIEWED SEVERAL TIMES, TOGETHER AND SEPARATELY,
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- HERCEGOVINA - CASES OF X., F.B., AND A.V.;
- THE PERSONNEL STRUCTURE AT OMARSKA CAMP

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THE SUBJECTS
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5. (U) X., F.B., AND A.V. ARE FROM DIFFERENT
VILLAGES IN THE VICINITY OF PRIJEDOR, BOSNIA. THEY
WERE TAKEN CAPTIVE BY SERBIAN FORCES IN LATE MAY 1992
AND CONFINED, EACH FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS, IN
OMARSKA CAMP. X. SAID SHE WAS ONE OF THIRTY-EIGHT
WOMEN DETAINED AT THE CAMP DURING THIS PERIOD. (NOTE:
THE SERBS HAVE CONSISTENTLY DENIED THAT ANY WOMEN
WERE HELD AT OMARSKA CAMP.) X. SAID MANY OF THE
WOMEN ARRIVED ON MAY 26, WHEN THE CAMP WAS OPENED.
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6. (U) X., F.B., AND A.V. PROVIDED THE LISTS AND
DESCRIPTIONS BELOW OF OMARSKA CAMP'S PERSONNEL
STRUCTURE. AFTER REPEATED QUESTIONING BY THE
INTERVIEWER, TOGETHER AND INDIVIDUALLY, X., F.B., AND
A.V. (OR AT LEAST TWO OF THE THREE OF THEM)
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIED EVERY OMARSKA CAMP OFFICIAL
LISTED IN THIS REPORT.

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MAJOR PRIJEDOR AREA CAMPS
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7. (U) OMARSKA IS ONE OF FOUR VERY LARGE CAMPS IN
THE PRIJEDOR AREA. IT WAS AN ALUMINUM MINE BEFORE
THE WAR. THE OTHER THREE CAMPS ARE KERATERM,
TRNOPOLJE, AND MANJACA. CIVILIANS WERE INTERNED AT
ALL FOUR CAMPS, WHILE MOST ALLEGED POWS WERE SENT TO
MANJACA. MANY PRISONERS DESCRIBED OMARSKA AS THE

WORST OF THE FOUR. MANY PRISONERS WERE MOVED AMONG
THE CAMPS DURING THEIR INTERNMENT.

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COMMANDERS AT OMARSKA
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8. (U) OMARSKA CAMP WAS COMMANDED BY DRAGO PRCAC, A
RETIREE FROM PRIJEDOR. HIS ADMINISTRATIVE DEPUTY WAS
A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN NAMED NADA BALABAN. BALABAN KEPT
THE CAMP RECORDS, I.E., THE PAYROLL LEDGER OF THE
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IN WHAT POSITION, AND WHEN.)


9. (U) THE COMMANDER OF SECURITY AT OMARSKA
(OBEZBJEDJENJA) WAS ZELJKO MEAKIC (29),AN INSPECTOR
FIRST-CLASS IN THE BOSNIAN SERBIAN POLICE BEFORE THE
WAR. MEAKIC CAME FROM THE VILLAGE OF PETROV GAJ,
NEAR PRIJEDOR. BECAUSE.OF MEAKIC'S POSITION AND THE
AMOUNT OF TIME HE SPENT AT THE CAMP, MANY PRISONERS
CONCLUDED, INCORRECTLY, THAT HE WAS THE OVERALL
COMMANDER AT OMARSKA. WHEN PRISONERS BEGAN ARRIVING
AT OMARSKA IN LATE MAY, MEAKIC'S DEPUTY WAS MIROSLAV
KVOCKA (30),A SERB FROM THE NEARBY VILLAGE OF
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TRIED TO HIDE IN HIS HOUSE. WHEN THIS WAS FOUND OUT,
HE WAS REPLACED AS MEAKIC'S DEPUTY BY A MAN NICKNAMED
BRK. THIS CHANGE OF DEPUTIES OCCURRED IN LATE JUNE.

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GUARD TEAM SHIFT LEADERS
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10. (U) OMARSKA CAMP HAD THREE REGULAR GUARD TEAMS.
THE TEAMS WORKED TWELVE-HOUR SHIFTS, FROM SEVEN AM TO
SEVEN PM. THEY ROTATED CONSECUTIVELY, ONE AFTER THE
OTHER. THE THREE SHIFT LEADERS WERE:

-- MLADO RADIC, NICKNAMED KRKAN
-- MILOJICA KOS, NICKNAMED KRLE
-- MOMCILO GRUBAN, NICKNAMED CKALJA


11. (U) RADIC IS A FORTY-YEAR-OLD ACTIVE POLICEMAN
FROM LAMOVITA. RADIC WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE MOST
BRUTAL OF THE SHIFT LEADERS. THE MOST HEINOUS
TORTURES AND BEATINGS, AND THE LARGEST NUMBER OF
DEATHS, TOOK PLACE DURING RADIC'S SHIFTS. KOS IS A
MIDDLE-AGED WAITER WHO USED TO WORK AT THE HOTEL
EUROPA IN OMARSKA BEFORE THE WAR. KOS WAS IDENTIFIED
AS A GENERALLY LESS BRUTAL SHIFT LEADER. GRUBAN IS
ABOUT THIRTY, FROM THE VILLAGE OF MARICKI. HE IS IN
.
THE POLICE RESERVE. HE WORKED IN THE OMARSKA MINE
BEFORE THE WAR. GRUBAN WAS IDENTIFIED AS LESS BRUTAL
THAN RADIC OR KOS. EACH SHIFT TEAM COMPRISED FIFTEEN
TO TWENTY GUARDS. .
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12. (U) OMARSKA HAD VARIOUS INSPECTORS WHO REGULARLY
INTERROGATED THE PRISONERS. X. AND F.B. NAMED SIX
THEY COULD REMEMBER:

-- DRAGAN RADAKOVIC - DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL PARK
- OF KOZARAC
-- RATKO MILOSAVLJEVIC - DIRECTOR OF THE FIRM
- AGROUNIJA, FROM PRIJEDOR
-- DRAGO MEAKIC - A RETIREE, UNCLE OF THE CAMP
- SECURITY COMMANDER
-- MILAN ZORIC - REGULAR BLUE-COLLAR WORKER
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-- (FNU) LAKIC - WORKED IN THE OMARSKA SUP (POLICE
SECURITY) AS AN INSPECTOR
-- JELENKO (LNU) - A BJELOVAR LAWYER

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13. (U) AS NOTED ABOVE, AS LEAST TWO OF THE THREE
SUBJECTS, X., F.B., AND A.V., PERSONALLY IDENTIFIED
EACH INDIVIDUAL NAMED ON THE FOLLOWING LIST OF
OMARSKA GUARDS:

-- MIRKO BABIC
-- (FNU) BAKALJ (SEE PARAGRAPH 25 BELOW)
-- BRANKO BERIC (SEE PARAGRAPH 27 BELOW)
-- MILOJICA BERIC (SEE PARAGRAPH 27 BELOW)
-- ZORAN DELIC
-- DRASKO GRUBAN
-- GORAN GRUBAN
-- RADE GRUBAN (NICKNAMED VOJVODA)
-- NENAD JANJIC (NICKNAMED NESO)
-- SRETO JASNIC
-- DUSAN JOKIC
-- RANKO KRIVAJA
-- STANKO KRIVAJA
-- MILOJICA KVOCKA
-- ZORAN KVOCKA
-- DZORDJE LATINCIC
-- (FNU) MAMUZO (NICKNAMED CIGO, SEE PARA 28 BELOW)
-- ZIRKO MARMAT
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-- RANKO MILUNOVIC
-- ZORAN MIODROGORIC
-- GORAN PASPALJ


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- HERCEGOVINA - CASES OF X., F.B., AND A.V.;
- THE PERSONNEL STRUCTURE AT OMARSKA CAMP

-- MLADEN POPOVIC
-- MARINKO POSPALJ
-- DRAZENKO PREDOJERIC
-- MILOS (LNU, THOUGHT TO BE "SESTIC") FROM NISEVICI
-- NEDELJKO SOSKAN
-- (FNU) SOSKAN
-- DRAGOJA STAKIC
-- MILOMIR STAKIC
-- MIROSLAV STOJNIC
-- STEVAN TERANOVIC
-- MLADEN TIMOROC
-- RANKO TOPIC
-- VULETA UROS
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-- MILENKO VELANKA
-- NENAD VRHOVAC
-- BORO VUCENOVIC
-- NOVAK VUCETA
-- RAJKO VUCETA

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14. (U) X. AND A.V. IDENTIFIED HAKIJA PIDIC AS AN
INFORMER. PIDIC WAS A MUSLIM FROM THE PRIJEDOR
AREA. HE VISITED ALL THE CAMPS REGULARLY AND
IDENTIFIED PEOPLE WHOM HE CLAIMED WERE INVOLVED IN
ANTI-SERB ACTIVITE. MOST OF THESE PEOPLE WERE LED
AWAY AND NEVER SEEN AGAIN. AT FIRST HE CAME EVERY
TWO OR THREE DAYS, BUT TOWARDS THE END OF THE SUMMER
HE CAME ABOUT ONCE A WEEK.

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15. (U) X., F.B., AND A.V., AS WELL AS OTHER
PRISONERS FROM OMARSKA, SAID THAT EACH DAY TEN TO
FIFTEEN NEW CORPSES LAY IN THE FIELD NEXT TO ONE OF
THE "DORMITORIES." THESE CORPSES, AS WELL AS OTHERS,
WERE DRIVEN AWAY BY SMALL TRUCKS. THE TRUCKS OFTEN
HAD BLOOD STAINS ALL OVER THEM. X. AND A.V. PROVIDED
THE FOLLOWING NAMES OF DRIVERS OF THE TRUCKS:

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-- ZDRAVKO BJELOBRK
-- MILAN DARDA
-- VLADO KOBAS


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-- DRAGO PESEVIC
-- MILENKO RADIC
-- MIRKO VIDOVIC

(NOTE: X. AND A.V. OBSERVED THAT THESE DRIVERS WOULD
KNOW WHERE THEY HAD DELIVERED THE CORPSES AND WOULD
PROBABLY ALSO KNOW HOW THEY HAD BEEN DISPOSED OF.)

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16. (U) X. SAID THE THIRTY-EIGHT WOMEN IN THE CAMP
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SLEPT IN TWO ROOMS NEAR THE COMMANDER'S HEADQUARTERS.
THE ROOM NUMBERS ON THE DOORS WERE 102 AND 103. MOST
OF THE WOMEN WERE SINGLE, DIVORCED, OR WIDOWED. THEY
SLEPT ON THE FLOOR WITH ONE BLANKET FOR EVERY TWO
WOMEN. AS THEY TRIED TO SLEEP, THE WOMEN INVARIABLY
HEARD THE SCREAMS OF PRISONERS BEING TORTURED NEXT
DOOR. THIS WAS THE "INTERROGATION" ROOM. EACH
MORNING THE WOMEN WERE WOKEN UP AT SIX, AND TWO WERE
CHOSEN RANDOMLY TO CLEAN THE "INTERROGATION" ROOM.
IT WAS COVERED WITH FRESH BLOOD EACH MORNING. THE
"INTERROGATION" ROOM HAD THREE TABLES PUSHED AGAINST
THE WALLS, AND WHIPS MADE FROM HEAVY WIRE CABLE.
UNDER THREAT OF DEATH, THE WOMEN HAD TO PUT
EVERYTHING BACK IN EXACTLY THE PLACE THEY HAD FOUND
IT IN THE ROOM.


17. (U) ON OCCASION THE WOMEN ALSO CLEANED THE
OFFICES OF THE COMMANDERS. THE WOMEN PRISONERS WERE
ALWAYS HIDDEN FROM JOURNALISTS. X. SAID SHE KNEW OF
NO RAPES OR EXTREME BEATINGS OF THE WOMEN AT OMARSKA,
ALTHOUGH THEY WERE TERRORIZED AND USED AS FORCED
LABOR.

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18. (U) OMARSKA HAD TWO BUILDINGS USED EXCLUSIVELY
AS TORTURE CENTERS, THE "WHITE HOUSE" AND THE "RED
HOUSE." ACCORDING TO X., F.B., AND A.V., AS WELL AS
OTHER EX-DETAINEES, THE WHITE HOUSE WAS TERRIBLE, BUT
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SUBJECT: CYGOOL: HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA-
- HERCEGOVINA - CASES OF X., F.B., AND A.V.;
- THE PERSONNEL STRUCTURE AT OMARSKA CAMP

F.B. DESCRIBED THE WATER AS A STRANGE RUST RED COLOR.
EDUCATED PRISONERS TENDED TO BE SENT TO THE RED
HOUSE. (SEE SEPTEL - CASE OF S.H., OMARSKA SURVIVOR.)


19. (U) F.B. SAID HE WAS CONFINED ALONG WITH ABOUT
470 OTHERS IN A ROOM WITH A SIMPLE CEMENT FLOOR ON
THE SECOND-STORY OF A "FACTORY" BUILDING. FROM A
WINDOW IN THE ROOM, PRISONERS COULD SEE DIRECTLY INTO
ONE ROOM OF THE "WHITE HOUSE" AND COULD SEE PRISONERS
BEING TORTURED.


20. (U) F.B. SAID BEATINGS OFTEN WERE GIVEN NOT BY
THE SHIFT GUARDS, BUT BY INDIVIDUALS FROM TOWN WHO
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WERE ALLOWED INTO THE CAMP AFTER DARK TO GAIN REVENGE
ON SPECIFIC PRISONERS (SEE PARA. 21 BELOW). SANITARY
FACILITIES WERE VIRTUALLY NON-EXISTENT. EACH
PRISONER WAS OCCASIONALLY ALLOWED TO USE A TOILET FOR
TWO MINUTES OR LESS. MOST PRISONERS WERE COVERED
WITH LICE AND SUFFERED FROM DYSENTERY. FOR LACK OF
SPACE IN SOME ROOMS, PRISONERS HAD TO SLEEP IN A
SITTING POSITION. IN AT LEAST ONE SEVERELY CRAMPED
ROOM, PRISONERS HAD TO TAKE TURNS SLEEPING; TWO-
THIRDS OF THE PRISONERS WOULD STAND FOR AN HOUR WHILE
ONE-THIRD SLEPT. THESE SLEEPING SHIFT CHANGES WOULD
CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

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21. (U) F.B. SAID THAT A MUSLIM FRIEND NAMED MIR
KARABASIC WAS TORTURED REGULARLY. ONE DAY EMIR
RETURNED TO THE SLEEPING ROOM WITH HIS BACK SEVERELY
BURNED BY A GUARD. THE PRISONERS HAD BEEN GIVEN SOME
PORK LARD, AND F.B. RUBBED SOME OF THIS ON EMIR'S
CHARRED BACK. TWO DAYS LATER, TWO SERBIAN BROTHERS
WERE LET INTO THE CAMP AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK. THEY WERE
DUSKO TADIC (NICKNAME DULE) AND LJUBO TADIC. THEY
OFTEN VISITED THE CAMP AT NIGHT.


22. (U) THE TADIC BROTHERS ENTERED THE SLEEPING
QUARTERS CARRYING PISTOLS AND AUTOMATIC RIFLES. THEY
CALLED FOR EMIR, JASMIN HRMIC, AND (FNU) ALIC TO COME
FORWARD. THE THREE WERE BEATEN WITH RIFLE BUTTS AND
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- HERCEGOVINA - CASES OF X., F.B., AND A.V.;
- THE PERSONNEL STRUCTURE AT OMARSKA CAMP

URINE OF THE OTHER TWO PRISONERS. ALIC WAS NEXT
BEATEN UNTIL HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND THEN AWAKENED
WITH COLD WATER. AFTER FURTHER BEATINGS, ALIC WAS
FORCED TO TAKE HIS PANTS OFF. THE TADIC BROTHERS
THEN FORCED EMIR AND JASMIN TO BITE OFF ALIC'S
TESTICLES. ALIC DIED OF HIS WOUNDS THAT NIGHT.
ACCORDING TO F.B., THESE CRIMES WERE COMMITTED ON THE
SHIFT OF MLADO RADIC.


23. (LOU) F.B. AND X. DESCRIBED THE BRUTAL DEATH OF
ANOTHER PRISONER, SILVIJE SARIC (STRICTLY PROTECT),
IDENTIFIED BELOW AS "Y." Y. WAS THE PRESIDENT OF
THE HDZ IN PRIJEDOR AND A LAWYER FOR THE POST
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OFFICE/TELEPHONE COMPANY (PTT).


24. (U) F.B. REGULARLY SLEPT RIGHT NEXT TO Y. Y.
WAS TAKEN FOR QUESTIONING TO THE INSPECTORS ON THREE
SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT REPORTEDLY GAVE THEM NO
INFORMATION. THIS QUESTIONING TOOK PLACE IN THE ROOM
NEXT TO THE WOMEN'S SLEEPING QUARTERS. ON THE LAST
OCCASION, X. HEARD HIM BEGGING AND SCREAMING ALL
NIGHT. SHE RECOGNIZED HIS VOICE THROUGH THE WALL.
SHE HEARD HIM BEG THE GUARDS TO STOP BEATING HIM. AT
ONE POINT SHE HEARD HIM EXCLAIM, "OH HOLY MOTHER,
LOOK WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME." THERE WAS QUIET AND A
VOICE FINALLY SAID, "GET SOME WATER." THEN HIS
SCREAMS STARTED AGAIN. Y. WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE
SLEEPING AREA, WHERE F.B. TRIED TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.
F.B. SAID Y. LIVED IN A SEMI-CONSCIOUS STATE FOR TEN
DAYS BUT THEN DIED. F.B. BELIEVES THIS INCIDENT ALSO
TOOK PLACE ON RADIC'S SHIFT.


25. (U) F.B. TOLD OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A
PRISONER WHO WAS A MUSLIM HODJA, OR HOLY MAN. ONE
DAY IN MAY CLOSE TO BAJREM, THE MUSLIM HOLY DAY, A
GUARD NAMED (FNU) BAKAJ CALLED FOR "THE HODJA" TO GO
WITH HIM. THE GUARD WAS YOUNG, WITH TWO LARGE
PLASTIC SURGERY MARKS ON HIS FACE. THE HODJA
RETURNED AFTER SEVERAL HOURS, LOOKING VIOLENTLY ILL.
HE WAS FORCED TO WALK AROUND THE PRISONERS' ROOM
SAYING, "I ATE PORK AND IT WAS DELICIOUS." HE LAY
NEAR F.B. AND TRIED TO KEEP FROM VOMITING AS HE SHOOK
FROM CONVULSIONS. HE TOLD F.B. HE HAD BEEN BEATEN
AND FORCED AT GUNPOINT TO EAT HEAVY PORK MEAT (ON A
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STOMACH THAT HAD BEEN EMPTY FOR WEEKS). HE DID NOT
WANT TO VOMIT FOR FEAR THE GUARDS WOULD FORCE HIM TO
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SUBJECT: CYGOOL: HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA-
- HERCEGOVINA - CASES OF X., F.B., AND A.V.;
- THE PERSONNEL STRUCTURE AT OMARSKA CAMP



26. F.B. AND SEVERAL OTHER PRISONERS WITNESSED THE
SENSELESS BEATING AND DEATH OF RIZA HADJALIC. RIZA
HAD RECEIVED HIS DAILY SLICE OF BREAD AND WAS WALKING
AWAY, WHEN A GUARD SAID "DOBAR TEK" (GOOD APPETITE).
RIZA REPLIED SPONTANEOUSLY "BUJUM," THE MULSIM DIALECT
EQUIVALENT. SEVERAL GUARDS IMMEDIATLEY SET UPON RIZA
AND BEAT HIM SENSELESS. AFTERWARDS RIZA LAY ON HIS
BACK AND VOMITTED. NO ONE WAS ALLOWED TO TURN HIM
OVER. RIZA SUFFOCATED ON HIS VOMIT IN FRONT OF THE
OTHERS.


27. (U) X., F.B., AND A.V. CONSIDERED CIGO MAMUZO
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THE WORST GUARD IN OMARSKA. THEY WITNESSED AND HEARD
OF HIS KILLING MORE PRISONERS THAN ANY OTHER GUARD.
A.V. SAW MAMUZO KILL AHIL DEDIC ON MAY 28 ON A BUS
OUTSIDE THE CAMP GATE WHEN HE WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO
OMARSKA. MAMUZO BEAT AHIL ON THE HEAD WITH THE
WOODEN BUTT OF A RIFLE UNTIL HIS SKULL BROKE.

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28. (U) MANY GUARDS TOOK THE PRISONERS PERSONAL
PROPERTY. HOWEVER, BRANKO AND MILOJICA BERIC WERE
IDENTIFIED BY A.V. AND F.B. AS THE WORST OF THE
GUARDS IN THIS RESPECT. BRANKO ESPECIALLY STOLE
WATCHES AND JEWELRY AND BOTH STOLE FOREIGN CURRENCY
FROM THE PRISONERS. A.V. AND F.B. WITNESSED THESE
ROBBERIES SEVERAL TIMES.

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AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY MADRID
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY ROME
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SUBJECT: CYGOOL: HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA-
- HERCEGOVINA - CASES OF X., F.B., AND A.V.;
- THE PERSONNEL STRUCTURE AT OMARSKA CAMP

-- DRAGO PESEVIC
-- MILENKO RADIC
-- MIRKO VIDOVIC

(NOTE: X. AND A.V. OBSERVED THAT THESE DRIVERS WOULD
KNOW WHERE THEY HAD DELIVERED THE CORPSES AND WOULD
PROBABLY ALSO KNOW HOW THEY HAD BEEN DISPOSED OF.)

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SLEPT IN TWO ROOMS NEAR THE COMMANDER'S HEADQUARTERS.
THE ROOM NUMBERS ON THE DOORS WERE 102 AND 103. MOST
OF THE WOMEN WERE SINGLE, DIVORCED, OR WIDOWED. THEY
SLEPT ON THE FLOOR WITH ONE BLANKET FOR EVERY TWO
WOMEN. AS THEY TRIED TO SLEEP, THE WOMEN INVARIABLY
HEARD THE SCREAMS OF PRISONERS BEING TORTURED NEXT
DOOR. THIS WAS THE "INTERROGATION" ROOM. EACH
MORNING THE WOMEN WERE WOKEN UP AT SIX, AND TWO WERE
CHOSEN RANDOMLY TO CLEAN THE "INTERROGATION" ROOM.
IT WAS COVERED WITH FRESH BLOOD EACH MORNING. THE
"INTERROGATION" ROOM HAD THREE TABLES PUSHED AGAINST
THE WALLS, AND WHIPS MADE FROM HEAVY WIRE CABLE.
UNDER THREAT OF DEATH, THE WOMEN HAD TO PUT
EVERYTHING BACK IN EXACTLY THE PLACE THEY HAD FOUND
IT IN THE ROOM.


17. (U) ON OCCASION THE WOMEN ALSO CLEANED THE
OFFICES OF THE COMMANDERS. THE WOMEN PRISONERS WERE
ALWAYS HIDDEN FROM JOURNALISTS. X. SAID SHE KNEW OF
NO RAPES OR EXTREME BEATINGS OF THE WOMEN AT OMARSKA,
ALTHOUGH THEY WERE TERRORIZED AND USED AS FORCED
LABOR.

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18. (U) OMARSKA HAD TWO BUILDINGS USED EXCLUSIVELY
AS TORTURE CENTERS, THE "WHITE HOUSE" AND THE "RED
HOUSE." ACCORDING TO X., F.B., AND A.V., AS WELL AS
OTHER EX-DETAINEES, THE WHITE HOUSE WAS TERRIBLE, BUT
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TAGS: PREF PHUM HR PHUM HR PHUM HR PHUM HR PHUM HR PHUM HR PHUM HR PHUM HR PHUM HR PHUM HR PHUM HR PHUM HR PHUM HR BK
SUBJECT: CYGOOL: HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA-
- HERCEGOVINA - CASES OF X., F.B., AND A.V.;
- THE PERSONNEL STRUCTURE AT OMARSKA CAMP

F.B. DESCRIBED THE WATER AS A STRANGE RUST RED COLOR.
EDUCATED PRISONERS TENDED TO BE SENT TO THE RED
HOUSE. (SEE SEPTEL - CASE OF S.H., OMARSKA SURVIVOR.)


19. (U) F.B. SAID HE WAS CONFINED ALONG WITH ABOUT
470 OTHERS IN A ROOM WITH A SIMPLE CEMENT FLOOR ON
THE SECOND-STORY OF A "FACTORY" BUILDING. FROM A
WINDOW IN THE ROOM, PRISONERS COULD SEE DIRECTLY INTO
ONE ROOM OF THE "WHITE HOUSE" AND COULD SEE PRISONERS
BEING TORTURED.


20. (U) F.B. SAID BEATINGS OFTEN WERE GIVEN NOT BY
THE SHIFT GUARDS, BUT BY INDIVIDUALS FROM TOWN WHO
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WERE ALLOWED INTO THE CAMP AFTER DARK TO GAIN REVENGE
ON SPECIFIC PRISONERS (SEE PARA. 21 BELOW). SANITARY
FACILITIES WERE VIRTUALLY NON-EXISTENT. EACH
PRISONER WAS OCCASIONALLY ALLOWED TO USE A TOILET FOR
TWO MINUTES OR LESS. MOST PRISONERS WERE COVERED
WITH LICE AND SUFFERED FROM DYSENTERY. FOR LACK OF
SPACE IN SOME ROOMS, PRISONERS HAD TO SLEEP IN A
SITTING POSITION. IN AT LEAST ONE SEVERELY CRAMPED
ROOM, PRISONERS HAD TO TAKE TURNS SLEEPING; TWO-
THIRDS OF THE PRISONERS WOULD STAND FOR AN HOUR WHILE
ONE-THIRD SLEPT. THESE SLEEPING SHIFT CHANGES WOULD
CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

--------------
SPECIFIC INCIDENTS OF EXTREME BRUTALITY
--------------


21. (U) F.B. SAID THAT A MUSLIM FRIEND NAMED MIR
KARABASIC WAS TORTURED REGULARLY. ONE DAY EMIR
RETURNED TO THE SLEEPING ROOM WITH HIS BACK SEVERELY
BURNED BY A GUARD. THE PRISONERS HAD BEEN GIVEN SOME
PORK LARD, AND F.B. RUBBED SOME OF THIS ON EMIR'S
CHARRED BACK. TWO DAYS LATER, TWO SERBIAN BROTHERS
WERE LET INTO THE CAMP AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK. THEY WERE
DUSKO TADIC (NICKNAME DULE) AND LJUBO TADIC. THEY
OFTEN VISITED THE CAMP AT NIGHT.


22. (U) THE TADIC BROTHERS ENTERED THE SLEEPING
QUARTERS CARRYING PISTOLS AND AUTOMATIC RIFLES. THEY
CALLED FOR EMIR, JASMIN HRMIC, AND (FNU) ALIC TO COME
FORWARD. THE THREE WERE BEATEN WITH RIFLE BUTTS AND
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SUBJECT: CYGOOL: HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA-
- HERCEGOVINA - CASES OF X., F.B., AND A.V.;
- THE PERSONNEL STRUCTURE AT OMARSKA CAMP

URINE OF THE OTHER TWO PRISONERS. ALIC WAS NEXT
BEATEN UNTIL HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND THEN AWAKENED
WITH COLD WATER. AFTER FURTHER BEATINGS, ALIC WAS
FORCED TO TAKE HIS PANTS OFF. THE TADIC BROTHERS
THEN FORCED EMIR AND JASMIN TO BITE OFF ALIC'S
TESTICLES. ALIC DIED OF HIS WOUNDS THAT NIGHT.
ACCORDING TO F.B., THESE CRIMES WERE COMMITTED ON THE
SHIFT OF MLADO RADIC.


23. (LOU) F.B. AND X. DESCRIBED THE BRUTAL DEATH OF
ANOTHER PRISONER, SILVIJE SARIC (STRICTLY PROTECT),
IDENTIFIED BELOW AS "Y." Y. WAS THE PRESIDENT OF
THE HDZ IN PRIJEDOR AND A LAWYER FOR THE POST
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OFFICE/TELEPHONE COMPANY (PTT).


24. (U) F.B. REGULARLY SLEPT RIGHT NEXT TO Y. Y.
WAS TAKEN FOR QUESTIONING TO THE INSPECTORS ON THREE
SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT REPORTEDLY GAVE THEM NO
INFORMATION. THIS QUESTIONING TOOK PLACE IN THE ROOM
NEXT TO THE WOMEN'S SLEEPING QUARTERS. ON THE LAST
OCCASION, X. HEARD HIM BEGGING AND SCREAMING ALL
NIGHT. SHE RECOGNIZED HIS VOICE THROUGH THE WALL.
SHE HEARD HIM BEG THE GUARDS TO STOP BEATING HIM. AT
ONE POINT SHE HEARD HIM EXCLAIM, "OH HOLY MOTHER,
LOOK WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME." THERE WAS QUIET AND A
VOICE FINALLY SAID, "GET SOME WATER." THEN HIS
SCREAMS STARTED AGAIN. Y. WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE
SLEEPING AREA, WHERE F.B. TRIED TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.
F.B. SAID Y. LIVED IN A SEMI-CONSCIOUS STATE FOR TEN
DAYS BUT THEN DIED. F.B. BELIEVES THIS INCIDENT ALSO
TOOK PLACE ON RADIC'S SHIFT.


25. (U) F.B. TOLD OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A
PRISONER WHO WAS A MUSLIM HODJA, OR HOLY MAN. ONE
DAY IN MAY CLOSE TO BAJREM, THE MUSLIM HOLY DAY, A
GUARD NAMED (FNU) BAKAJ CALLED FOR "THE HODJA" TO GO
WITH HIM. THE GUARD WAS YOUNG, WITH TWO LARGE
PLASTIC SURGERY MARKS ON HIS FACE. THE HODJA
RETURNED AFTER SEVERAL HOURS, LOOKING VIOLENTLY ILL.
HE WAS FORCED TO WALK AROUND THE PRISONERS' ROOM
SAYING, "I ATE PORK AND IT WAS DELICIOUS." HE LAY
NEAR F.B. AND TRIED TO KEEP FROM VOMITING AS HE SHOOK
FROM CONVULSIONS. HE TOLD F.B. HE HAD BEEN BEATEN
AND FORCED AT GUNPOINT TO EAT HEAVY PORK MEAT (ON A
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STOMACH THAT HAD BEEN EMPTY FOR WEEKS). HE DID NOT
WANT TO VOMIT FOR FEAR THE GUARDS WOULD FORCE HIM TO
REPEAT THE EXERCISE.


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- HERCEGOVINA - CASES OF X., F.B., AND A.V.;
- THE PERSONNEL STRUCTURE AT OMARSKA CAMP



26. F.B. AND SEVERAL OTHER PRISONERS WITNESSED THE
SENSELESS BEATING AND DEATH OF RIZA HADJALIC. RIZA
HAD RECEIVED HIS DAILY SLICE OF BREAD AND WAS WALKING
AWAY, WHEN A GUARD SAID "DOBAR TEK" (GOOD APPETITE).
RIZA REPLIED SPONTANEOUSLY "BUJUM," THE MULSIM DIALECT
EQUIVALENT. SEVERAL GUARDS IMMEDIATLEY SET UPON RIZA
AND BEAT HIM SENSELESS. AFTERWARDS RIZA LAY ON HIS
BACK AND VOMITTED. NO ONE WAS ALLOWED TO TURN HIM
OVER. RIZA SUFFOCATED ON HIS VOMIT IN FRONT OF THE
OTHERS.


27. (U) X., F.B., AND A.V. CONSIDERED CIGO MAMUZO
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THE WORST GUARD IN OMARSKA. THEY WITNESSED AND HEARD
OF HIS KILLING MORE PRISONERS THAN ANY OTHER GUARD.
A.V. SAW MAMUZO KILL AHIL DEDIC ON MAY 28 ON A BUS
OUTSIDE THE CAMP GATE WHEN HE WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO
OMARSKA. MAMUZO BEAT AHIL ON THE HEAD WITH THE
WOODEN BUTT OF A RIFLE UNTIL HIS SKULL BROKE.

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ROBBERIES FROM PRISONERS
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28. (U) MANY GUARDS TOOK THE PRISONERS PERSONAL
PROPERTY. HOWEVER, BRANKO AND MILOJICA BERIC WERE
IDENTIFIED BY A.V. AND F.B. AS THE WORST OF THE
GUARDS IN THIS RESPECT. BRANKO ESPECIALLY STOLE
WATCHES AND JEWELRY AND BOTH STOLE FOREIGN CURRENCY
FROM THE PRISONERS. A.V. AND F.B. WITNESSED THESE
ROBBERIES SEVERAL TIMES.

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