Srpska Republika News Agency (SRNA), 97-08-28

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From: The Serbian Unity Congress Server at http://www.suc.org

AUG.28, 1997 DAY

NEWS REVIEW, REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

BIJELJINA - The citizens of Bijeljina prevented in the afternoon hours the members of SFOR in attempt to occupy the building of the seat of Ministry of Internal Affairs /MUP/ of RS in this city. "Although the members of SFOR had the support of helicopters, the people didn't let to be confused nor let them come close to the seat of MUP. Most important is that the citizens of Brcko, Doboj and other cities do not allow any surprises" - said the president of the Government of RS Gojko Klickovic.

BIJELJINA - The president of the Government of RS Gojko Klickovic stated in Bijeljina that the events in the Northern part of the state represent the last attempt to draw RS into the unitary B&H, what was not anticipated by the Dayton Agreement and Serbian people will not allow that. At the rally of support to the citizens of Bijeljina to the legally elected organs of RS, Klickovic stressed that in this city had to be carried on the same scenario like in Republika Srpska Krajina, but , thanks to the decisiveness of the people of Semberija, it was not realised, because the citizens were self- organised, gathered in front of the MUP facilities and prevented the members of SFOR to occupy them.

BRCKO - The president of the RS Government Gojko Klickovic stated in Brcko that the scenario from Banja Luka on taking over the power, with the help of SFOR and international services, was broken in Duge Njive near Doboj and in Brcko and Bijeljina. "By taking over Brcko and Bijeljina the objective to form illegal MUP would be fulfilled", said Klickovic.

SARAJEVO - The president of RS Government Velibor Ostojic stated in Pale that SFOR came out of mandate and called by president of RS started to occupy RS through its institutions, what is, probably, the last act of the funeral the Dayton agreement. "It seems that the part of international community will again blame Serbs for not respecting Dayton Agreement, although we have done everything on its implementation, however, we could not allow dozing and overdosing the Peace Agreement", stressed Ostojic.

BIJELJINA - The members of U.S. brigade of SFOR last night around 22,00 h, until this morning blocked Bijeljina and Brcko, supporting the police forces loyal to president of RS and in an attempt to occupy the Police Stations, it is announced in the Bijeljina department of MUP of RS. "SFOR supported the action of para-police, organised with the aim of appointing the minister of Internal Affairs, nominated illegally and unconstitutionally by the president of RS Biljana Plavsic, and taking over the facilities of the Serbian Radio-TV /SRT/, in order to prepare coming of the president Plavsic in Bijeljina", it is stated in the announcement.

BRCKO - The members of SFOR around 14,00 h wounded five citizens of Brcko - Nedjo Ristic, Novica Cadja, Mladen Pajic, Jelena Lukic and Gavro Bjelovic. According to the physician on duty in the hospital "Sveti Vasilije Veliki" in Brcko, Milos Jovic, two civilians have got the wounds around knees, one in hand and two in head. Troops of SFOR from helicopter and from Sava river bridge, the border crossing towards Croatia, opened fire on more than 10,000 Serbian civilians who are in the streets of Brcko in order to prevent the occupation of facilities of MUP of RS.

BRCKO - The Serbian people is not against SFOR and international community, but against their last acts, by which they were aligned with one party in the constitutional and political crisis in RS - it was given the message from the extraordinary session of the Municipal Board of the Serbian Democratic Party /OO SDS/ Brcko. At the session, on which was discussed the temporary situation in Brcko, the delegates informed that the supervisor Robert Farrand still didn't send the response of the SFOR command about the proposal that SFOR soldiers carry out only their ordinary jobs.

BRCKO - The supervisor for Brcko Robert Farrand promised to the leadership of this municipality that from the SFOR command, in the basis "Mc Govern", require to de-block the access roads to the city and come back to the ordinary activities, which will not irritate the citizens of Brcko. At the meeting, which followed after attempt of SFOR to occupy the CJB /centre of public security/ in Brcko, Farrand said that he will inform the authorities in the Brcko municipality about the results of talks lately in the afternoon.

BRCKO - On the citizens of Brcko gathered in front of the Bridge in the centre of the city from the four helicopters of SFOR around 13,00 h were thrown more than 30 packs of tear gas. The members of SFOR do not move in the streets of Brcko, because the citizens are preventing them in that, and only stronger conflict of the civilians and U.S. members of multi national forces currently is recorded on the border crossing with Croatia.

BRCKO - The people of Brcko for four hours of unequal fighting had managed to expel from the city streets all vehicles of SFOR, International Police Forces /IPTF/ and UN, and after that this city in low flights control only the helicopters of U.S. forces. The commander of SFOR in Brcko captain Hendricks stated that there are no wounded between their soldiers, who closed the bridge on the Sava river and on the requirement of citizens lower down the arms.

BRCKO - The U.S. soldiers from the composition of SFOR, who tried to occupy the CJB in Brcko, are on the Sava bridge, where they were encircled by the barbed wire, so they would be separated from the citizens of Brcko, who prevented their action. The people forced the U.S. soldiers to lower down their arms on the ground, not allowing them to aim arms towards them. In Brcko temporarily, there is no any patrol of SFOR.

BRCKO - In the clashes in the streets of Brcko, where the citizens of this city are fighting to preserve the CJB which the forces loyal to president Plavsic tried to occupy , until 11 h was destroyed 11 UN vehicles. This stated the IPTF spokesman in Brcko Katy Laden, stressing that the members of international Police withdrew to their main bases and stopped all moves in the city. "We have no official information about the cause of these riots and we are still waiting", said Laden.

BRCKO - After unsuccessful attempt of SFOR to take over forcibly the Centre and CJB /centre of public security/ in Brcko, the peoples anger turned into destructive campaign against everything that has the marks of SFOR, UN, IPTF or registering plates from Federation B&H. "The attempt to confront Serbs against another Serbs didn't succeed in this moment. The people in groups is surrounding all objects of vital importance in the city to protect them and this is not reaction against SFOR but against its actions", stated the delegate in the National Assembly of RS from Brcko Simo Kojic.

TUZLA - SFOR announced that the operations, conducted in the Sector North have the objective of "preventing the violence in RS". In the announcement from the SFOR base in Tuzla is precisely stated that the actions of the multi-national forces "are undertaken because the possible confrontation" of the police forces of the president Biljana Plavsic and members of MUP of RS.

BRCKO - The helicopters of SFOR until 15,00 h were lowered to the roofs of the buildings in Brcko making lot of dust in the streets of Brcko, breaking glass and trees. The two helicopters more than 15 minutes are standing over the antenna of the local Radio Brcko which from 4,00 h is broadcasting the extraordinary programming, informing the people about events in the city and calling them to defend the state by gathering.

BIJELJINA - The members of SFOR around 5,00 h occupied the radio TV transmission station of SRT in Udrigovo, north of Bijeljina, and by breaking the electric power connections disabled the broadcasting of the programming from the Bijeljina studio - it is announced from the CJB in Bijeljina. SFOR blocked by strong forces all roads around Bijeljina, while in the centre of the city is gathered more hundreds of citizens.

BIJELJINA - The tensions between the citizens of Bijeljina because of the presence of strong SFOR forces, which on August 27 in the afternoon came in this part of RS, furthermore is growing.

The great number of citizens is gathering in front of the house of MUP of RS in Bijeljina, and the helicopters of SFOR all the time are flying over the city.

DERVENTA - The members of SFOR and IPTF blocked around 9,00 h the CJB Derventa because of the control of armament. According to the head of the Police station Milan Djukic, the members of SFOR and IPTF stayed in the house around one hour and didn't provoke any incident, and the inspected weapons were in accordance with the regulations of Dayton Agreement.

DOBOJ - Because of participating in taking over the relay station of SRT in Duge Njive, near Doboj, last night around 22,00 h in this city was arrested seven persons. As SRNA learns, in detention are the president of the Municipal Board /OO/ of the Socialistic Party /SP/ Tihomir Gligoric, the delegate of this party in the National Assembly of RS Milovan Stankovic, Miroslav Ilic, Milos Lazarevic, Zeljko Savic, Dragan Bozic, Zoran Markovic and two not identified persons.

BANJA LUKA - The president of RS Biljana Plavsic stated in Banja Luka that "she is not glad to hear about incidents in RS". In the statement after the founding session of the People's National Union /SNS/, Plavsic said that "she had heard about these conflicts when she was coming at the session". "I thought that it will be peaceful, at least until this session was not held", concluded Biljana Plavsic.

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