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ence of these ”strangers, but when push came to shove
people realized that these guys together with the VJ
were ensuring peace for them.“ Davidović on several
occasions said publicly that volunteers ”with extreme
nationalistic sentiments and armed to the teeth“ were
coming from the war zones in Bosnia. 23 Writing about
the presence of the federal police force, Monitor reported:
”People say that the situation went back to normal
when one group of special police was there but worsened
with the arrival of another. They noticed these
new Special Forces men keeping company with those
who spread fear in Pljevlja and even joining them in
shooting off their weapons when drunk.“ 24
3. Pljevlja
The closest towns to Pljevlja municipality across the
Bosnian border are Čajniče, Goražde and Foča. The
atmosphere of war from Bosnia soon spilled over into
this Montenegrin municipality and, as it had done earlier
with the dominantly Serb Krajina region in Croatia
and parts of Vojvodina populated by ethnic Croats and
Hungarians, the ruling Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) left
Montenegro to the SRS. The Radicals in border areas
with Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina liked to describe
themselves as ”guards of the frontiers of Serbdom and
committed combatants for the Serb cause.“
The attacks on Pljevlja Muslims led the Montenegrin
government to question the Serbian doctrine, which in
turn raised the issue of Montenegro’s loyalty to Serbia.
Following instructions from Belgrade, the Montenegrin
authorities had participated in creating an irregular
23 ”Investigation Is Underway,“ Monitor, Podgorica, 18 July 1992..
24 ”Agony Prolonged,“ Monitor, Podgorica, 24 July 1992.