Tanjug - August 4, 2004
BELGRADE, August 4 (Tanjug) - In the military operation Storm nine years
ago, the 240,000-strong Croatian military and police force attacked the
31,000-strong army of the then Republic of Serb Krajina.
The operation was carried out from August 4 to 7, 1995, and resulted in the
exodus of the nearly entire Serb population.
This first peaceful protest march was organized on the ninth anniversary of the
military operation Storm, which resulted in the expulsion of nearly the entire
Serb population from Croatia, in order to draw attention once more to the
serious situation of the expelled and to the injustice they are suffering even
today.
The participants of the first convention of Krajina Serbs held Thursday in
Belgrade said they would do everything to secure the return and survival of
Serbs in their former areas in Croatia, from which they were expelled by force,
and appealed to the international community to help them exercise their rights
that Croatia is persistenly denying them despite commitments it has taken.
The convention was held on the ninth anniversary of the Croatian military and
police operation Storm, which resulted in the fall of the Republic of Serb
Krajina and in the exodus of its entire Serb population. It was organized with
the support of the Serbian Commissioner's Office for Refugees.
SOURCES:
Croatia's authorities still covering up crimes against Serbs - 4 Aug.
2004, 20:21 (Tanjug) BELGRADE
Serbs expelled from Croatia hold protest in Belgrade - 4 Aug. 2004, 19:24
(Tanjug) BELGRADE
Nine years ago, 220,000 Serbs were expelled from Croatia 4 Aug. 2004,
19:13 (Tanjug) BELGRADE
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