-Caveat Lector- Slovenia Finds 1,000 Croat Bodies By ALI H. ZERDIN .c The Associated Press MARIBOR, Slovenia (AP) - More than a thousand human skeletons, believed to be Croats killed by vengeful anti-fascists in the aftermath of World War II, have been discovered in Slovenia, forensic experts said Thursday. Some 1,179 skeletons had been found by Thursday after a two-week exhumation in an old trench discovered by highway workers near Maribor, northeastern Slovenia. Franc Podrekar, a forensic expert, told Slovene television that ``many victims had their hands or legs tied with the wire and there are bullet-shaped holes on their skulls.'' Following the exhumations, State Attorney Zdenka Cerar asked for a criminal investigation against ``unknown perpetrators.'' During World War II, the Croatians - a disaffected minority in Serb-dominated Yugoslavia - sided with Nazis who occupied the country in 1941. Tens - perhaps hundreds - of thousands of Serbs, Jews, Gypsies and anti-fascist Croats were killed in Croat-run concentration camps between 1941-45. In 1945, the pro-fascist regime was defeated and thousands of Croats fled toward Austria, afraid of reprisals from victorious communist partisans. But when they reached Austria, British officers there turned them over to the communists. Many thousands were killed by the Yugoslav partisans once they crossed into Slovenia, which was part of Yugoslavia. Slovenian government has not decided yet whether it will continue exhumations. So far, bodies have been exhumed from only a four-yard-long part of the trench, and forensics experts say there are more bodies buried in the rest of the trench. Marjan Znidaric, a historian and a director of the Maribor Museum of Contemporary History, estimated that up to 8,000 more skeletons remained buried. ``The trench is 800 yards long,'' Znidaric said. ``Obviously, the victims of this revenge were falling into it one after another.'' DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
