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UNCLAS THE HAGUE 001896 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR S/WCI - SCHEFFER/WARRICK, S/CT - 
SHEEHAN/BAIR, S/SA - O'BRIEN, DRL - KOH/SPENCER, L - 
ANDREWS/MATHESON, L/EUR - LAHNE, INR/WCAD - DONAHUE/MORIN, 
EUR/SCE - COUNTRYMAN 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL MOPS PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
SUBJECT: ICTY: SFOR APPREHENSION OF DUSKO SIKIRICA 
 
 
REF: A. 99 THE HAGUE 1976 
     ¶B. 99 SARAJEVO 10160 
 
 
¶1.  EARLY IN THE MORNING OF JUNE 25, SFOR FORCES IN BOSNIA 
DETAINED DUSKO SIKIRICA, A PUBLIC INDICTEE OF THE 
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA 
(ICTY).  SIKIRICA ARRIVED IN THE HAGUE AT APPROXIMATELY 14:15 
ON JUNE 25 AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ICTY'S DETENTION 
FACILITY IN THE HAGUE. 
 
 
¶2.  SIKIRICA, A BOSNIAN SERB, WAS THE LEAD INDICTEE IN THE 
1995 "SIKIRICA AND OTHERS" INDICTMENT, WHICH FOCUSES ON 
ABUSES OF DETAINEES AT THE KERATERM CAMP NEAR THE TOWN OF 
PRIJEDOR.  SIKIRICA IS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN THE COMMANDER OF 
THE CAMP.  UNDER THE INDICTMENT AS AMENDED IN 1998, HE IS 
CHARGED WITH COMPLICITY IN GENOCIDE, AS WELL AS WELL AS 
THIRTEEN ADDITIONAL COUNTS OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, GRAVE 
BREACHES OF THE 1949 GENEVA CONVENTIONS, AND VIOLATIONS OF 
THE LAWS OR CUSTOMS OF WAR, FOR KILLINGS, TORTURE, SEXUAL 
ASSAULTS, AND THE UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF CIVILIANS COMMITTED 
BY HIS SUBORDINATES.  FOR MOST CHARGES, SIKIRICA IS CHARGED 
ON THE BASIS OF HIS SUPERIOR AUTHORITY OVER OTHERS IN THE 
CAMP.  WITH RESPECT TO ONE INCIDENT, HOWEVER, SIKIRICA IS 
CHARGED BOTH ON THE BASIS OF HIS SUPERIOR AUTHORITY AND AS A 
DIRECT PARTICIPANT IN THE SUMMARY EXECUTION OF TWENTY 
KERATERM DETAINEES AS PUNISHMENT FOR THE ESCAPE OF SIX OTHER 
DETAINEES. 
 
 
¶3.  SIKIRICA WAS ONE OF EIGHT INDIVIDUALS NAMED IN THE 
AMENDED "SIKIRICA AND OTHERS" INDICTMENT.  ONE OF SIKIRICA'S 
CO-INDICTEES UNDER THAT INDICTMENT, ZORAN ZIGIC, IS BEING 
TRIED IN THE "KVOCKA AND OTHERS" CASE WITH FOUR OTHER 
INDICTEES (MIROSLAV KVOCKA, MLADO RADIC, MILOJICA KOS, AND 
DARGOLJUB PRCAC).  THAT TRIAL CENTERS MAINLY ON EVENTS AT THE 
OMARSKA DETENTION CAMP.  TWO OF SIKIRICA'S OTHER CO-INDICTEES 
- DAMIR DOSEN AND DRAGAN KULUNDZIJA - ARE ALREADY IN CUSTODY 
IN THE HAGUE (REFTELS) AND ARE AWAITING TRIAL UNDER A FURTHER 
AMENDED INDICTMENT.  THE DOSEN/KULUNDZIJA CASE IS LIKELY TO 
COMMENCE SOMETIME THIS FALL.  THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR 
(OTP) EXPECTS TO FILE A MOTION SEEKING TO JOIN SIKIRICA TO 
THE DOSEN/KULUNDZIJA CASE.  THE FOUR OTHER INDICTEES UNDER 
THE "SIKIRICA AND OTHERS" INDICTMENT AS AMENDED IN 1998 - 
DRAGAN FUSTAR, NENAD BANOVIC, PREDRAG BANOVIC, AND DUSAN 
KNEZEVIC - REMAIN AT LARGE. 
TOKOLA