11/18/2012

Croatian Generals' War Crimes Sentence

  People celebrate after appeals court overturns convictions of Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac in Zagreb, November 16, 2012


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(At - On - In) 2011 Ante Gotovian and Mladen Markac, two former Croatian generals were sentenced to 24 and 18 years, respectively, on charges of war crimes committed during the 1991-to-1995 Balkans war. A third general, Ivan Cermak, was acquitted.  He returned to the Croatian capital, Zagreb, (when - where - were) Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor greeted (to him - on him - him)

(Last - The last) Friday Appeals judges at the U.N. Yugoslav war crimes court (will overturn - overturn - overturned) the convictions of the two former generals.

Friday's (ruling - sentence - conviction) is the latest development concerning "Operation Storm", a Croatian offensive carried out in 1995 to reclaim the republic of Krajina from Serb control.

Some reports claim that the late Croatian president, Franjo Tudjman, (is - was - were) a key member of what was described as a "joint criminal operation," during which hundreds of Serb civilians (is - was - were) killed and thousands of (others - another - the others) driven from (his - there -their) homes.

(Unless - Though - However) many Croats consider the two convicted generals to be national heroes and the operation they directed to be the legitimate liberation of Croatian territory, the Zagreb government agreed to cooperate with the U.N. probe to help pave the way for membership in the European Union.