Friday, November 16th Croatian Generals will receive the verdict of the Appeal at ICTY. This will come only two days before the 21st Anniversary of Battle of Vukovar. When Vukovar fell on 18 November 1991, hundreds of soldiers and civilians were massacred by Serb forces and at least 31,000 civilians were deported/ethnically cleansed from the town and its surroundings.
Vukovar is the symbol of Croatian widespread and profound suffering and Operation Storm (in relation to which which the Generals were charged by ICTY) is the symbol of freedom from that suffering.
No matter what the ICTY Appeal Chamber delivers for Generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac on Friday 16 November 2012, Croatian people will continue celebrating freedom from Communist Yugoslavia, freedom from years of Serb brutality, violence and aggression forced upon Croatian soil between 1991 and August 1995.
I wait for Friday – in reverence. Ina Vukic, Prof. (Zgb); B.A., M.A.Ps.(Syd)