Word: franjo
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...city of Knin was drenched in a fiery rain of artillery shells, mortars and bombs. The self-styled capital of Krajina, the stronghold of nearly 200,000 rebel Serbs who seceded from Croatia in 1991, found itself the focus of a massive assault by the forces of Croatian President Franjo Tudjman. Within the first half-hour of the offensive, more than 200 shells fell on Knin. By Saturday panic had descended as well. As Croatian tanks began rolling through the streets, Knin's Serb leaders placed a last-minute call to the U.N., requesting the evacuation of 32,000 civilians...
...stirring of Croatia is one of the most important events of the war in years. One-third of the country was seized by rebel Croatian Serbs in 1991. Ever since, President Franjo Tudjman has been preparing openly for a campaign aimed at recapturing that land, and the Croatian armed forces have been rebuilding and training with new weapons. In May they took back Western Slavonia, and it has been assumed that a major Croat offensive would begin this summer. The action last week seemed to be the overture. By week's end, young men had disappeared from the streets...
TIME: Are you having any kind of interchange with [Croatian President Franjo] Tudjman...
...line, and within two more days had subdued the last Serb pockets of resistance throughout the sector. The Croats reported a total of 42 dead among their forces and estimated Serb losses at between 350 and 450 men. In a televised address to the nation, a triumphant Croatian President Franjo Tudjman boasted of a "swift and great" victory carried out "in a skilled and excellent...
WHAT CROATIA'S PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN is trying to do is to free the Krajina region totally from the Serbian army of occupation [Croatia, March 20]. Let's not forget the U.S.'s own history, when colonists were compelled to deal with the British in exactly the same manner. To tag Tudjman a warlord is to imply that the "Father of Our Country," George Washington, was not a Founding Father but just another vain warlord...