Report G1

ANNEX 2

INFORMATION ON FOREIGN MERCENARIES PARTICIPATING IN THE WAR ON THE TERRITORY
OF FORMER SFRY


I Participants in the Croatian Army
operations at "Medak Pocket"
1. Rick Grauwert: Born in Den Helder, the Netherlands, age about 27,
finished the Royal Military School in the Netherlands. As a professional
soldier he had served in the Dutch Army in the rank of sergeant. Towards the
end of 1991 he was hired as a mercenary by the Croatian Army and stationed in
Perusic. He was one of the mercenaries in the Croatian Army who committed war
crimes against the Serb civilians and the wounded in the Medak Pocket. He was
demobilized from the Croatian Army allegedly under the pressure from the West,
whereafter he tried to obtain a Croatian citizenship. Having failed to do
that, he has returned to Holland and is currently working as a truck driver in
his hometown.
2. Raymond Van der Linden: Born in Roosen Dal, the Netherlands, age about
35. Towards the end of 1991 he was hired as a mercenary in the Croatian Army
and stationed in Perusic. He was one of the perpetrators of war crimes against
the Serb civilians and the wounded in the Medak Pocket. For some time he was a
member of HOS and after that he joined the 104th HVO Brigade and took part in
war operations in the region of Bosanska Posavina. After he had been wounded,
he was cured in a hospital in Zagreb. He acquired a Croatian citizenship and
is living now in Gospic with his wife Tanja from Velika Gorica.
3. Andre Van der Aart: Born in Lissen, the Netherlands, age about 29. He
used to be a member of the Dutch contingent of UNO forces in Lebanon in the
rank of corporal. Towards the end of 1991 he was hired as a mercenary in the
Croatian Army and stationed in Perusic. He was one of the perpetrators of war
crimes against the Serb civilians and the wounded in the Medak Pocket. He is
currently living in his hometown in Holland.
4. Mark Molenaar: Born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, age about 24. He used
to serve in the Dutch contingent of NATO forces stationed at the Seedorf base
in Germany. Towards the end of 1991 he was hired as a mercenary by the
Croatian Army and stationed in Perusic. He was one of the perpetrators of war
crimes against the Serb civilians and the wounded in the Medak Pocket.
Following demobilization, he returned to Holland.
5. Edwin Hoovens: Born in Vendlo, the Netherlands, age about 26. Used to
be a truck driver in the Dutch Army. Towards the end of 1991 he was hired as a
mercenary by the Croatian Army and stationed in Perusic. He was one of the
perpetrators of war crimes against the Serb civilians and the wounded in the
Medak Pocket. He was wounded while he was a member of the Croatian Army. He
had returned to Holland wherefrom he allegedly left for Israel and is
currently working in a kibutz.
6. Martin de Porres: Born in Ambon, Indonesia, age about 33, used to be a
sergeant in the Dutch Army. Formerly a student of theology. Towards the end of
1991 he was hired as a mercenary in the Croatian Army and stationed in
Perusic. He was one of the perpetrators of war crimes against the Serb
civilians and the wounded in the Medak Pocket. After he had been demobilized,
he returned to Holland and is allegedly now a monk in Arrnem.
7. Joost van Dijk: Born in Den Boch, the Netherlands, age about 26. Used
to be a professional soldier in the Dutch Army for 4 years, specializes in
mines and explosives. Towards the end of 1991 he was hired as a mercenary in
the Croatian Army and stationed in Perusic. He was one of the perpetrators of
war crimes against the Serb civilians and the wounded in the Medak Pocket.
Upon demobilization, he returned to Holland. He had been treated for alcohol
addiction and is at present allegedly in Kazakhstan as a volunteer.
8. Tom Chitum: Born in Whoopaki Lake, USA, age about 46, fought in Vietnam
as a member of the US Army. Towards the end of 1991 he was hired as a
mercenary in the Croatian Army and stationed in Perusic. He was one of the
perpetrators of war crimes against the Serb civilians and the wounded in the
Medak Pocket. He abandoned the Croatian Army following the leave he had been
granted in 1993.
10. Ellijas Laslo: Born in Hungary, served in the parachute regiment of the
Hungarian Army. As a mercenary for the Croatian Army, he joined HOS and then
the 104th HVO Brigade and participated in the fighting in Bosanska Posavina.
He was one of the perpetrators of war crimes against the Serb civilians and
the wounded in the Medak Pocket.
11. Johannes Tilder: Born on October 25, 1963 in Enkhuzen, the Netherlands.
Attended the Royal Military School in Holland, served as an officer in the
Dutch Army, graduated from the Special Military School, where he completed a
reconnaisance and parachute course. He was a member of the Dutch Battalion of
NATO in Germany, the Seedorf base. He stayed in Germany from 1985 to 1990 when
he joined the French Foreign Legion. He left the Legion by the end of 1990 and
returned to Holland. Towards the end of 1991 he was hired as a mercenary by
the Croatian Army via a branch organization of "Croatian Relief" in Holland.
His engagement as a mercenery for the Croatian Army was mediated by
"Nederlandse Werk Gemenschap" organization, together with a pro-fascit party
"Centrum Democraten". He arrived in Croatia on November 22, 1991. He was given
his first instructions by the Ministry of Defence where he was received by
Jure Martinovic. Thereafter, he was placed at the disposal of the Croatian
Army in Gospic where he reported to the then Commander of Military Police,
Tihomir Oreskovic. He held the Croatian Army rank of lieutenant, deputy
commander of the reconnaisance and sabotage detachment of the 9th Guard
Mechanized Brigade. He was one of the perpetrators of war crimes against the
Serb civilians and the wounded in the Medak Pocket. Killed?

II Other mercenaries in the Croatian Army
12. Bart Velt: Born in Haarlem, the Netherlands, age about 30. Used to be
a radio operator in the Dutch Army contingent attached to the UNO forces in
Sinai. Towards the end of 1991 he was hired as a mercenary in the Croatian
Army and stationed in Perusic. After demobilization he returned to Holland and
is currently working in his hometown.
13. Johannes Stelling: Born in Drachten, the Netherlands, age about 28,
hired as a mercenary for the Croatian Army by the beginning of 1992. Served as
a reconnaisance officer in the Croatian Army. Following demobilization, he
stayed for some time in Herzegovina and Livno. By the end of 1992 he returned
to Holland and is now living in his hometown.
14. Ronald Geurts: Born in Utrecht, the Netherlands, age about 27, served
in the Dutch Army. By the end of 1991 he joined the Croatian Army and was
stationed in the army barracks in Perusic, allegedly as a journalist. He did
some shooting with a video camera and sent his reports to the Dutch Television
via Zagreb. In the spring of 1994 he was working in a restaurant in Maksimir,
Zagreb.
15. Peter van Eekeren: A citizen of Holland. By the end of 1991 he was
hired as a mercenary for the Croatian Army and acted as an instructor in
Jastrebarsko. He also sent reports to the Dutch Television.
16. Mustafa N., called "Africa", originally from Sudan, reportedly attended
the Maritime College in Rijeka. Served with the Croatian Army as an
interpreter for Johannes Tilder and also as an instructor in the Croatian Army
brigade. Allegedly he is currently employed as an interpreter for the European
Community Mission in Ogulin.
17. An Englishman, unidentified, hired for the Croatian Army in the First
Brigade in Samobor.
18. A Canadian, undientified, hired for the Croatian Army as a colonel in
the area of Zadar.
19. Henk Joling: A citizen of Holland, married to a Croat woman residing
in Holland. Owns a small export-import company in Zagreb. Served as an
intermediary between the Croatian Ministry of Defence and the Dutch
mercenaries
seeking engagement by the Croatian Army.

III. Mercenaries in the so-called
international brigade
20. The so-called "International Brigade" was established in Zagreb at the
beginning of war and consisted of foreign mercenaries and foreigners of the
Croat origin. There were many Germans from the former GDR, Englishmen,
Americans, Frenchmen, Austrians, etc. in the Brigade. Most of its operations
were carried out in Slavonia, in the vicinity of Osijek. Allegedly, the
commander of the Brigade was a captain Hans, the citizen of Germany.

IV Mercenaries in the Croatian Army who
participated in the operations on the
territory of the so-called BiH in the
region of Bosanska Posavina
21. Uslisti (Aleksandrovic) Sergei: Born on July 18, 1963 in Omskaya
District, former USSR. Used to be a member of the 101st HVO brigade which took
part in the operations in Bosanska Posavina.
22. Trishin (Borisovic) Aleksei: Born on July 6, 1964 in Novi Sibirsk,
former USSR. Used to be a member of the 101st HVO brigade which took part in
the operations in Bosanska Posavina.
23. Wolfgand Niedereuger, a citizen of Austria, used to be hired for the
Croat army in the so-called BiH, a fact published in the Austrian press.
24. Krup Stefan, a citizen of Austria from Korushka, participated in the
Croat army operations near Mostar.

V Foreign mercenaries on the side of Croat
forces in Herzegovina, former BIH
25. On July 20, 1992, an unidentified German citizen was one of the
perpetrators of the murder of Milena Laganjin, a Serb woman, in the camp
established for Serbs at the school "Ivan Goran Kovacic" in Livno.
26. At the beginning of 1992, a number of mercenaries were attached to the
Croat forces in Livno from Germany, England, Spain and Argentina. Also noticed
among them was a black man. They all wore uniforms with the RH insignia
(Republic of Croatia).

VI Foreign mercenaries in the so-called BiH,
members of moslem military forces and
Croat military forces
a) In mid-September 1992, between Tesanj and Teslic, a group of 43
mercenaries, mujaheddin, mainly from Saudi Arabia, took part in the operations
against the army of the Republic of Srpska on the side of Moslem military
forces. The following persons were identified:
27. Abu Isak, commander of the group, born in Mecca,
28. Abu Xerib, deputy commander of the group, born in Mecca,
29. Seih Abu Sulejman, in charge of religious matters.
The above mentioned mercenaries crossed the Austrian-Slovenian border by
the beginning of August 1992 and a few days later they crossed the border of
Croatia. In Kamensko, they received a certificate from imam Sefik Omerbasic
which stated that they had been dispatched to BiH for investigating the
possibilities for delivering humanitarian aid. Films and photographs showing
the heads of decapitated Serbs were found on some of them.
b) The following persons fought on the Derventa front on the side of
military forces of the former BiH:
30. An unidentified Arab,
31. Venzhou Zhejiang, Chinese, a citizen of France,
32. Abid Abu Safijahsi, a citizen of Jordan, used to have a permanent
foreigner's residence in Derventa.
c) In Hrasnica:
33. Naser N., a citizen of Bahrein, in collusion with a group of
foreigners, organized the procurement and delivery of arms to the warehouses
in Pazaric and Hrasnica. This deal was supported by "Mesihat" from Zagreb.
A special unit was stationed in the region of Hrasnica, under the name of
"Black Swans", composed of mercenaries - professionals from the USA, France,
Italy and elsewhere.
d) The following person fought on the side of the military forces of the
so-called BiH in the broader area of Prijedor:
34. Ostruk Mahmut, a citizen of Turkey.
e) About 30 Turkish citizens, together with the members of the territorial
defence of the so-called BiH, participated in the attack on Ilijas and
Cakrcici. Among them were allegedly about twenty Turkish women whose duty was
to strengthen their morals.
f) The below mentioned foreign mercenaries who fought on the side of the
miitary forces of the so-called BiH were treated in the Zenica hospital:
35. Ibu Raha, a citizen of Saudi Arabia
36. Shaker Al Sharif, a citizen of Syria
37. Abu Falah, a citizen of Egypt
38. Abu Amin, a citizen of Egypt
39. Ijas Medini, a citizen of Saudi Arabia
40. Abu El Zubeir, a citizen of Saudi Arabia
41. Abdurahman Abu Sarahudin, a citizen of Saudi Arabia
42. Twelve unidentified citizens of Islamic countries.
g) Around thrity foreign mercenaries - Italians, Germans, Frenchmen and
others - were accommodated in the Buna bungalows, the property of Aluminum
Works from Mostar.
h) Unidentified citizens of Germany, Great Britain and the USA were members
of HOS in the region of Capljina.
i) Mercenaries, members of HOS, at the infamous camp for Serbs in Dretelj.
43. Joe N., a citizen of the USA, posing as a journalist, spoke no Serbian,
age about 48, about 180 cm tall, slim, with brown hair,participated in the
rape of Serb women in the camp for Serbs in Dretelj.
A few Poles and Germans were members of Croat military forces in the
so-called BiH in Dretelj.

VII
By the beginning of September 1992, 250 mujaheddin ("holy warriors of
Jihad") arrived in the so-called BiH from Turkey, Iran, Bahrein and Qatar.
They were accommodated in the building of the Pensioners' Home in Babina
rijeka near Zenica and in Kakanj. Their transfer to the former BiH had been
arranged by Muhamed Cengic, Vice Prime Minister of the Government of the
so-called BiH.

VIII
Mercenaries from the French Foreign Legion and other foreign citizens were
members of the so-called "Frankopan" battalion established and trained in
Kumrovec near Zagreb. They fought in Herzegovina, the region of Mostar. The
sole purpose of this detachment was to carry out sabotage and terrorist
actions on the territory of the Republic of Srpska, with the motto "No
prisoners".

IX
Mercenaries from the French Foreign Legion and other foreign citizens were
members of the so-called 4th independent battalion of the Croatian Army under
the name of "Zrinski". They had also been prepared and trained in Kumrovec
near Zagreb. For a time they were operating in the broader area of
Tomislavgrad (Duvno).
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