Die militärischen Handlungsschemata der ... - Dr. Alois Mock

XVIII.I.III: Gespräch mit dem Kabinettschef des Präsidenten der moslemischkroatischen
Föderation in Bosnien-Herzegowina Dr. Zoran Perkovic. Sarajevo,
August 1997 1917 :
• How would you describe the general situation in Bosnia in the beginning of
1995?
„In the beginning of 1995 all 3 war parties were on the edge of their power and
absolutely exhaustet. They had already realized that none of them was strong
enough to reach all his aims militarily. Infact the conditions were prepared for finding
a compromise between the warring parties. The international community realized this
fact and got engaged more and more in the conflict to end the war because the
radical aims of all parties could not be reached.“
• Why did the cease-fire in Bosnia break down in spring 1995?
„When Western Europeans think of an army they usually think in the terms and
catagories of Western European armies with clear and well structured authorities
controlled be democratic political structures and well organized and disciplined
troops. You cannot compare these armies to the armies fighting in Bosnia. Here we
mostly got undisciplined troops beside very strong local authorities and commanders
and a very often found lack of control by political structures. We must not forget that
beside that some people lived quite good from the war and of course did not want it
to be ended. Infact some of the units of all three warring parties were not under direct
control. The Army of BiH (ABiH) was not allowed to commit any war crimes neither
was the HVO. But as I said some uncontrolled units undoubtedly commited terrible
war crimes. The units of the ABiH were under political control of the Bosnian
government.“
• What was the background of the fall of Srebrenica in July 1995?
„Srebrenica was a very small munipalicy, Zepa even was not. The conflicts between
military and civilian authorities and between military authorities of the ABiH in July
1995 cannot be compared to the conflicts during the Bosnian offensive to Banja Luka
in September/October. The conflicts before the fall of Srebrenica in July were just on
a very small scale level between local authorities, not among the higher leaders.
The military wanted to blame the civilian authorities for the fall of Srebrenica and
Zepa. They tried to pledge the governmental authorities guilty for the defeat in
1917
Zoran Perkovic, Kroate, war vor dem bosnischen Krieg Justizminister und während des Krieg in
der Regierung von Herzeg-Bosna gewesen. Nach dem Daytoner Vertrag ist er stellvertretender
Minister im Justizministerium der Föderation, danach Kabinettschef des Präsidenten der Föderation.
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