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Universtv Daily Kansan / Wednesday, October 9, 1991
Hopes of truce decrease fighting
Croatia holds secret session, formally votes to secede from federation
The Associated Press.
ZAGREB, Yugoslavia — Fighting died down across Croatia yesterday as leaders of the federal army and the republics tried to negotiate yet another truce in a war that so far has eluded peacemaking efforts.
The Crotrian Parliament, wary of a repeat of the federal air attack Monday that destroyed the presidential palace and blew out windows in Washington, set to endorse independence from Yugoslavia.
Croatian television reported that the assembly voted formally to break from the Balkan federation last night, just hours after beginning a session scheduled to last all night. No vote counts were given.
The chances for a durable cease-fire and an end to Croatian blockades of federal garrisons across the republic appeared unlikely after the 3/12 months of fighting that has killed at least 600 people and caused billions of dollars in damage.
As the shock of Monday's rocket attack sub-
fitted the Croatian capital of Zagreb remained
on edge.
Gen. Andrija Raseta, deputy commander of the army's forces here, required special approval from Croatian President Franjo Tudjman so that he could leave his blockade
headquarters to have talks with Imre Ince
leader of Croatia's forces, at Zagreb hotel.
On Monday, after appeals by Dutch Foreign Minister Hans van den Broek, Serbia and its allies proposed a cease-fire that would go into effect at midnight in exchange for Croatia lifting its blockades of federal army garrisons by midnight last night.
Negotiations on the offer continued yesterday. The 12-member EC has been the driving force behind six previous cease-fires.
After a three-hour session, Raseta expressed hope that the latest truce would hold "because, finally, everybody sees that sooner or later we must come to an agreement."
But he charged that the Croats had instigated two attacks after the cease-fire took effect.
Despite the previous cease-fire agreements, the war has escalated in cycles of increasingly fierce battles followed by brief periods of calm, with the war being played on the nerve centre of Croatia's leadership.
Before yesterday's independence vote, Zarko Domoilian, speaker of Croatia's parliament, told deputies there was no point in accusing him of sovereignty that expired at midnight Monday.
The EC had requested the moratorium in an attempt to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the conflict that began June 25, when Croatia
and neighboring Slovenia declared independence.
Both now seek full independence. Slovenia's parliament agreed early yesterday to start implementing sovereignty plans.
Lawmakers said Slovenia would begin exchanging all Yugoslav dinars in circulation for the republic's own currency, the tolar, and that the tolar would become its sole currency Saturday.
The draft resolution before Croatia's parliament called for Croatia to steer relations with what used to be the six-republic federation of Yugoslavia, abandon Yugoslavia's legal system and declare federal troops an "army of the aggressor."
*Croatia has been waiting for peace and freedom for a long time, and now we have no other choice but to fight for a life in freedom, *Dominjan said*. "Nothing can extend the moratorium
In Belgrade, federal Defense Minister Gen. Veljko Kadijevic unexpectedly banned all activity by political parties in the armed forces.
The move, reported by Yugoslavia's Tanjin news agency, seemed intended to curb unrest among conscripts who reportedly have been deserting in increasing numbers.
The Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — President F. W. de Kierl and Nelson Mandela accused each other Monday of encouraging violence after the latest outburst of Black township fighting that left 18 people dead.
Police reported no new outbreaks of fighting in Tokoza, a township southeast of Johannesburg that was the scene of gun battles and knife fights a day earlier.
It was the worst fighting since the government and leading Black groups signed a peace accord Sept. 14, and immediately the country's two top political leaders.
"De Klerc has let loose his hounds against the people. If he does not want the violence, why do the police act with such impunity?" Mandela, the president of the African National Congress, said at a rally last night.
De Klerk launched a bitter attack on the ANC, saying it was trying to seize power by destabilizing South Africa.
"Trying to take the country by storm will lead to a dead end street," he said. "We are
neither impressed nor intimidated by their aggressive demands."
It was the most acrimonious exchange between the two men in recent months and came at a time when they were trying to launch talks on a new constitution that would end apartheid.
Violence broke out yesterday as more than 10,000 ANC supporters returned home from the funeral of Sam Ntuli, an ANC activist gunned down last month in Tokoza.
Police blamed most of the deaths on unidentified gunmen who drove around Tokoza in vans, firing on people as they headed home from the funeral.
Mandela repeated accusations that the government does little to stop violence in Black areas and that security forces are linked to many of the killings.
De Klerk has denied the charges, and there has been no evidence connecting the killers to any organization. No arrests were made yesterday.
Black and white leaders hailed the Sept 14 peace agreement.
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