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Vitaca Milut
LIST OF CROATIAN TERRORIST ATTACKS
(from: Jahn Otto Johansen:
Ustasja, J.W. Cappelens Forlag A.S. 1984 (in Norwegian))
The most important terrorist attacks, which were Ustasha responsibility in LAST
TWENTY YEARS (up to 1984, Ed.), were:
1962:
* Attack on Yugoslav consulate in Bad Goldberg, West Germany. Momcilo
Popovic killed.
1963:
* Yugoslav citizen Andjelka Vuletina was killed by Ustasha terrorists.
1965:
* Andrija Klaric, Yugoslav consul in Munich wounded by an Ustasha assassin.
1966:
* Yugoslav consul in Stutgart Sava Milovanovic killed.
* A Yugoslav Stipe Medvedovic killed in Frankfurt.
1968:
* Ustashi blew a bomb in cinema theater "20th October" in Belgrade.
One person killed, 85 wounded.
1969:
* Leader of Yugoslav military corps mission in West Berlin Anton Kolendic
and one member of the mission wounded by an Ustasha assassin.
1970:
* Yugoslav Niko Mijaljevic killed in Frankfurt.
1971:
* Terrorist attack on Yugoslav consulate in Geteborg. Three Yugoslav hostage
were held.
* Yugoslav ambassador u Stocholm, Vladimir Rolovic, died from gun shot
wounds by an Ustashi assassin. One administrator of the Embassy critically
wounded.
1972:
* A group of 19 armed Terrorist entered Yugoslavia. Thirteen Yugoslavs died
and 19 were wounded in clashes with these terrorists.
* A bomb exploded in express train from Dortmund to Athens. One person
was killed, eight wounded.
* Three Ustasha terrorists attempted to kill regional judge from Revensburg,
related to the trial of five terrorists.
* Yugoslav Bozo Marinac was killed in Solingen.
* A Swedish airline SAS airplane was hijacked on a domestic flight. Hijackers
demanded larger sum of money and release of ambassador Rolovic assassin. Their
demands were met.
* A bomb exploded in a Yugoslav Airline (JAT) plane flying from Kopenhagen
to Zagreb. Twenty six people died.
1975:
* Yugoslav vice consul in Lion, France, Mladen Djokovic, was critically
wounded by an Ustasha assassin.
* A bomb exploded in a JAT office in Shtutgart, as well as in other offices
of Yugoslav companies in Western Europe.
1976:
* Four Ustasha terrorists hijacked an American TWA airplane. One American
police officer was killed, and two wounded.
* A bomb exploded in front of the garage of Yugoslav General Consulate in
Stutgart.
* Yugoslav consul in Frankfurt, Edvin Zdovc, was killed.
* A bomb exploded in front of Yugoslav Embassy in Washington, D.C. Two
persons wounded.
* A bomb exploded in Yugoslav General Consulate in Melburn, Australia. Six-
teen Australian citizens were wounded.
* An assassination attempt on Yugoslav Vice Consul Vladimir Topic in Duseldorf.
1977:
* Radomir Medic as United Nation mission in New York critically wounded in
and assassination attempt.
1978:
* Two Yugoslav immigrants Ante Cikoja nad Krizan Brkic were killed in New
York City and Los Angeles, respectively.
* Other two Yugoslav immigrants critically wounded in an attack in New York
City.
* Yugoslav Radimir Gazija was killed in Constanca.
1979:
* Yugoslav Salih Mesinovic was killed in Frankfurt
1981:
* A bomb exploded in front of Yugoslav Cultural Informative Center in Stutgart.
* A Ustasha group "Croatian National Resistance" sentenced in New York for
a murder, blackmail and treat against Yugoslav immigrants.
* A group of Ustasha terrorists were arrested in Eden, Australija. They were
ready to leave for Yugoslavia and execute terrorist attacks.
* In Switzerland and West Germany, eighteen Ustasha terrorists were arrested.
They were found with large quantities of explosive and weapons.
1983:
A court in New York sentenced seven members of "Croatian National Resistance"
to 20 to 40 year term for various terrorist attacks.
[Two, possibly three, events not on the list]
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>From _Time_, 8 Mar 93, p. 33:
Militants seeking independence for Croatia have struck inside the U.S.
in the past. In December 1975 Croatian nationalists were suspected
of planting a bomb in a luggage locker at [New York's] La Guardia
airport, killing 11 people and injuring 75. [Then describes '76
TWA hijacking ultimately resulting in one death.] In June 1980
Croatian ``freedom fighters'' detonated a bomb inside the museum
at the Statue of Liberty, but no one was injured. All told, Croats
committed over 20 acts of terror in the US from 1976 through 1980.
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>From New York Times Index, 1976, entry on Croatia:
Gunman shouting `free Croatia' shoots Uruguay Amb[assador] to Paraguay
in Asuncion, apparently mistaking him for Yugoslav Amb[assador] who
was scheduled to make public appearance [June 8, 1976, NYT]
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In addition, there's an article in _National Review_, 5 Aug 83,
`Look Homeward, Terrorist (The Croatian Connection)'', by Richard Brookhiser.
It lists a bunch of small-scale, yet tragic acts that were directed
by ultra-nationalist Croats against more moderate Croatian emigres.
With reference to the Dec 75 La Guardia bomb, it was never published
conclusively who was responsible. [Interestingly, like the recent
Trade Center bomb, no one called before-hand.] However, several
recent sources have mentioned only Croatian nationalists as suspects;
namely: the Time article above; Gerald Post, interviewed week of
1-5 Mar 93 on the ``Jim Bohannon Show'' (Mutual Broadcasting System, US);
and some other dude interviewed on NPR's Weekend Edition 27 Feb 93
(the last two were ``experts'' on terrorism).
So if Croatian nationalists didn't do it, they're getting a lot of
bad press. In fairness, the recent Newsweek mentions Puerto Rican
nationalists as suspects.
Vitaca Milut (Pronounced: Vitacha Milut)
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