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Croatia files war crimes charges against former JNA officers

06/12/2009

ZAGREB, Croatia -- Prosecutors announced on Friday (December 4th) charges against ten military officers -- including four generals with the former Yugoslav National Army (JNA) -- in connection with the 1991-1995 Serb-Croat conflict. The ten are accused of war crimes and destruction of cultural and historic monuments in Dubrovnik. The four former generals are Jevrem Kokic, Milan Ruzinovski, Pavle Strugar and Branko Stanovic. Strugar has already completed a prison sentence at The Hague for his involvement in the bombing of Dubrovnik. (AFP, HRT - 04/12/09)

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