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Various News Reports [11/42]

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German (Original)

Part 11, Beta and VHS

Not Restricted

television program

German TV (ARD or ZDF?): This report details the skepticism about the possibility of Bosnian Serbs, Bosnian Muslims, and Bosnian Croats living together in peace in Sarajevo. A brief statement is made by a young man. Footage includes a long pool of blood on a street and a young woman laying in a hospital bed. This report is cut off. Needs German translation. HRT (?): This report details life in Sarajevo by focusing on the Bosnian Muslim Filipovic family, whose father is one of the Bosnian negotiators in Genf. Several family members describe their living conditions and how the war has affected them. Statements are made by Nada Filipovic, the mother who gives a brief description of her WWII experience; Dr. Amir Filipovic, a philosopher who explains how he and his family find the strength to go on; Dr. Ifet Filipovic, a cardiologist at a Sarajevo hospital; Dr. Dragan Stefanovic, a Bosnian Serb cardiologist working with Ifet Filipovic: and Gordana Laketa, a Filipovic family neighbor. Footage includes Amir, Gordana and another neighbor fixing a window; Nada Filipovic making bread; Amir collecting snow for water; Amir chopping wood; Ifet checking up on his patients; Gordana and Amir visiting a friend’s gravesite; and an empty grave site. HRT (?): This report details the efforts of the Croatian Police to halt the smuggling of weapons occurring in Croatia. The report focuses on a particular incident in Josipdol, where Vinko Mareskovic, commander of the Josipdol police station, and Damir Galic, a Jospidol policeman, were caught loading illegal weapons onto a truck. Statements are made by Marijan Benko, Head of the Criminal Division of the Croatian Ministry of Internal Affairs; Zdravko Zidovec, Assistant to the Criminal Division of the Croatian Ministry of Internal Affairs; and Smiljan Reljic, Assistant to the Criminal Division of the Croatian Ministry of Internal Affairs. German TV (ARD or ZDF?): This report focuses on the results of ethnic cleansing, which are large numbers of refugees, and men and women being held in camps. A statement is made by an unidentified rape victim regarding the abuse she suffered. Footage includes refugees housed in a former gym, Manjaca (?) camp, photos of crying women, and an empty house. The report is cut off. German TV (ARD or ZDF): The following report is in German, but it is cut off. It shows Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic giving a statement into a UN microphone. German TV (ARD or ZDF)?: This report gives an insight into the conflict in Kosovo. Albanians have been fired from government positions, and their standard of living has dropped sharply; hence, Kosovo could easily explode, the report notes. The report then goes into explaining the conflict between Macedonia and Greece regarding Greece's desire for Macedonia to change her name. The report also briefly mentions that young nationalists, such as Giorgievski (sp), could pose possible trouble. The report is then cut off. Footage includes a Kosovo Albanian being kicked and beaten by Serbian policemen,1981 Kosovo protests for autonomy, 1989 protests by Kosovo Albanians, policemen throwing tear gas (?), Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov at the independence celebration from September 18, 1991, a demonstration against the EU in Macedonia, and Giorgievski giving a speech. TVE (Spanish TV): Needs Spanish translation. Footage includes: Bosnian Serb Commander Ratko Mladic walking up the stairs of a Pale building with several of his soldiers, Radovan Karadzic giving a statement to TV5, and a January 19, 1993 meeting of the Republika Srpska Parliament, Radovan Karadzic speaking in front of the parliament. ARD-January 20, 1993: Friedhelm Brebeck reports from the January 19, 1993 Republika Srpska meeting where the Bosnian Serb parliament voted for measures proposed in the Genf plan. Cited is a statement made by Radovan Karadzic during the Parliament session. Footage includes: Bosnian Serb Parliament President Momcilo Krajisnik addressing the Parliament. ARD (January 20, 1993): The announcer gives a brief report regarding the military advances of the Bosnian government army in the area of Srebrenica. TF1: Needs French translation. HRT (?): Vlado Konstantinovic reports on the "Dortmund Initiative," a group made up of Muslims, Serbs, and Croats who are residing in Dortmund, Germany. The report outlines the group's plans for trying to find a solution together, and their attempts at trying to break through media propaganda. The report also mentions the difficulties the group is experiencing as ethnic hatreds have been transferred from the territories of the former Yugoslavia, into the minds of Serbs, Croats, and Muslims living in Germany. The report is cut off. Statements are made by two unidentified former Yugoslavs, one of them Muslim, who are now living in Germany. Footage includes Croats and Serbs demonstrating against each other in the streets of Germany, and an unsuccessful meeting between the three ethnic groups living in Germany. HRT (?): This report begins by giving a description of the tragedy the war brought to Sarajevo, also noting that despite the tragedy Sarajevans remain hopeful. The report then shows how a Sarajevo family made up of grandparents and their grandchild feed themselves by eating pigeons. Footage includes: soldiers firing heavy artillery, a cameraman getting shot in the hand, a burning building in Sarajevo, a Bosnian Muslim funeral with several caskets lined up, a group of civilians running through the streets, a street corner getting hit by a shell, a picture of a white dove with "Peace" written on it, and an empty store. HTV: This report contains an interview with reporter Tony Birtley who describes a UN evacuation of civilians. He describes the desperation of mothers who were lifting their children in the hope that someone in the trucks would take them. Birtley notes that the evacuation was left to the local authorities, and that only 17 UN soldiers were there. The interview is cut off. A statement is made by an unidentified woman. Footage includes an older woman clinging onto a UN truck, and a soldier around the civilians shooting into the air. RTS (B1): This report includes answers given by Belgrade citizens regarding the Vance-Owen peace plan, and the sanctions imposed on Yugoslavia . Statements are made by five unidentified women, and three men. RTS (B1): This is a brief broadcast which reports on the UN finding of burned (Bosnian ?) bodies of Muslims, killed by Croat forces in the town of Vitez. This report is cut off. ARD: Peter Dudzik begins his broadcast by reporting on an overnight protest held by monarchy loyalists in Serbia. He points out that even though it was expected that this movement would bring about an all out-Serb rebellion, the opposition was not strong enough. Cited is a statement made by opposition leader Vuk Draskovic. The report then shifts to Sarajevo where the discussion includes French President Francois Mitterrand's visit to Sarajevo, the opening of the airport for that event, and a brief historic background into Milosevic's nationalism. Footage included: protesters sleeping in a Belgrade street, an empty Sarajevo outdoor market, Radovan Karadzic looking over Sarajevo, a mosque being shot at, a cameraman at the Sarajevo airport being told to stop filming, and UN soldiers taking care of wounded. German TV: Pit Schnitzler reports from Belgrade about ongoing demonstrations calling for Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to step down. He states that a combination of the Bosnian Croat offensive in Bosnia, and the inflationary economy could contribute to Milosevic stepping down from power. He briefly details the economic situation in Yugoslavia. Footage includes opposition leader Vuk Draskovic with other protest leaders, people laying on the streets, and an open market in Belgrade. 3SAT: This report is in regard to the Belgrade protests against Milosevic, although it is hard to make out the context because the report is missing the beginning and the end.