Following is the text of the "Supplemental United States Submission of Information to UN Security Council in Accordance with Paragraph 5 of Resolution 771 (1992) and Paragraph 1 of Resolution 780 (1992)," released on November 6, 1992.

This is the third submission by the United States Government of information pursuant to paragraph 5 of Security Council resolution 771 (1992) relating to the violation of humanitarian law, including grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, being committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. As in our two previous reports, we have focused on grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and, in accordance with resolution 771, have provided information that is "substantiated", that is, which rests upon eyewitness testimony directly available to us or that includes detail sufficient for corroboration. For the moment, we have also tried not to duplicate information provided to us from other countries and non-governmental sources, which we understand will submit reports pursuant to resolutions 771 and 780. The information provided is intended to be useful to the Commission of Experts established pursuant to Security Council resolution 780. The United States has further substantiating information concerning the incidents included in this report, which we plan to provide directly to the Commission of Experts on a confidential basis.

In accordance with paragraph 1 of resolution 780, the United States intends to continue providing reports as additional relevant information comes into our possession.

The United States is pleased that the Commission of Experts established pursuant to resolution 780 is ready to begin its work. The United States played a leading role in the adoption of that resolution and stands ready to assist the Commission in its important work of investigating war crimes allegations with the aim of preparing cases suitable for prosecution and, by doing so, of establishing the record of humanitarian offenses in the former Yugoslavia. As in the two previous US reports, the notations at the end of each of the following items indicate the source from which the information was drawn.

(1) 22 October 92:

A group of approximately 18 ethnic Muslims was kidnapped near the Serbian town of Priboj on October 22, while traveling on a bus route that took them into territory controlled by Bosnian Serbs. Belgrade newspapers reported on October 23 that the kidnapped Muslims had been killed. A Serb official had admitted that Serb paramilitaries operating in Bosnia basically had free run in the Sjeverin area prior to the police and army intervention after the kidnapping. (Department of State)

(2) 24 September 92:

Muslims from Kamenica reportedly killed more than 60 Serb civilians and soldiers in Serbian villages near Milici on September 24-26. (Department of State)

An American freelance writer reported that he saw the bodies of mutilated and tortured Serbs from the villages of Rogosce and Nedeljiste at the St. Paul and Peter Serbian Orthodox Church in Vlasenica after the lids on about 10 of the coffins were removed by soldiers for viewing.

Some bodies were burned to a charcoal, others had fingers cut off on their right hand which the Orthodox use to bless themselves, some were circumcised as a final affront (Serbian Orthodox males in Yugoslavia are not circumcised, whereas Muslims are), some had their eyes gouged out, gaping knife wounds everywhere, and heads were battered beyond recognition, arm and legs broken and severed.

(Serbian American Media Center, Chicago)

(3) 27 August 92:

Bosnian Muslim forces killed at least 20 Serbians after ambushing a convoy of people fleeing the outskirts of Gorazde on August 27. One of the survivors, a 64 year-old Serbian who lost his left leg after he was wounded in the ambush, told a correspondent that about 15-20 Muslim guerrillas had opened fire with automatic weapons beside the road just north of Kukavice. One witness, who lost his 11-year-old son during the ambush, claimed as many as 300 people were killed on the road. (The New York Times, The Daily Telegraph)

(4) July-August 92:

A21-year-old man reported he had witnessed the killing of 35-year-old Rizo Habibovic in the beginning of July at Omarska camp. Habibovic was kicked and pummeled with sticks and weapons what seemed more than an hour by guards, two of whom had earlier worked with the witness at IMPRA meat factory. The victim appeared to be still breathing when he was brought back to the Òmachine hall" with his chest caved in. A doctor tried to help, but Habibovic quickly succumbed.

According to this victim most of the killings at Omarska took place at night at the "machine hall." Men would leave the facility when their names were called out, ostensibly to participate in a prisoner exchange program. Regularly, shots would be heard not long after they left. No one who was called out after 9:00 pm ever came back. He believe their real destination was a mass grave a stone's throw from the machine hall.

The man in charge of Omarska camp, according to several witnesses, was a colonel from the JNA [Yugoslav National Army]. He had been stationed in the area long before the breakup of Yugoslavia and was known to many in the population. He wore a white eagle on his cap; his authority over all the other soldiers in the camp was clearly apparent.

On August 3, the ICRC [International Committee of the Red Cross] came to oversee the closing of the Omarska camp. Shortly before that time 1,250 inmates out of about 5,000 were transferred to Manjaca camp. (Department of State)

(5) May-August 92:

An elderly Serbian farmer was arrested in the village of Idbar, near Konjic, on May 9. He reported that he was first taken to the police station in Konjic where he stayed for 21 days. He was then moved 6 kilometers away to Celebici, where he said that all the prisoners were Serbs and all the guards were Muslims. He said that beatings were carried out frequently by guards from outside the area. The prisoners, mostly young men, were beaten with wooden handles of farm tools or with metal rods.

He reported having witnessed 15-16 ethnic Serbs beaten so badly that they died. The witness was able to identify the camp commander and the most vicious of the guards. He was released from Celebici on August 20 with all prisoners over the age of 60. (Department of State)

(6) 24 July 92:

Three male Bosnian Muslims witnessed and survived a mass slaughter at Keraterm camp on July 24, when guards opened fire with automatic rifles on a room packed with prisoners. About 150 men were killed or wounded in this one incident. According to these witnesses:

They were locked along with 200-300 men into a single room estimated to be about 80 square meters in size, with a small alcove in the right rear corner. The room had a single window high up in the front wall above a large sheet-metal "garage-type" door with a smaller opening in it.

Prisoners received little water or food. The temperature in the room was stifling, the conditions nearly unbearable.

On July 24, the prisoners in the room were given some water, but in the words of one of the witnesses, "they put something in the water" and the men Òbecame crazy." Then something was shot through the window which produced smoke and gas. The prisoners began screaming and pounding on the doors; some began to hallucinate and fight each other. Others managed to force a hole in the sheet metal of a door and started to escape the room, but were then killed by guards standing outside.

After the disturbance in the room had gone on for some time, the soldiers opened fire with large machine guns. Those near the door were killed first. One of the witnesses survived because he had been in the back alcove and out of direct line of fire. Another survived when the body of another prisoner fell on him. An estimated 150 men were killed or wounded.

On the following day, July 25, soldiers came into the room and choose about 20 of the surviving prisoners, took them outside, lined them up against an outside wall of the room and shot them. (Department of State)

Another Bosnian Muslim from the Prijedor region, interviewed separately, also witnessed the July 24 massacre at Keraterm camp. He said that prisoners were kept in four rooms. He was in room two. Room three was where prisoners were most severely tortured and where the massacre occurred. From a window in room two, he witnessed the changes of the guards and automatic rifle fire.

On July 25, guards choose two prisoners each from rooms one and two to remove the dead. These prisoners counted 99 dead and 42 wounded. They were ordered to put the wounded on the same truck as the dead. The truck was labeled Prijedor Autotransport. Neither the wounded nor the driver [was] seen again.

Another witness believes the bodies were buried in the village of Tomasica, near Omarska, in an area called Depunija. The witness's uncle watched a truck unload many bodies into a very deep pit and cover them with a large layer of dirt. A few days later, the uncle saw trucks dump animal corpses into the same pit. Another layer of soil was put on top of the animal corpses. (Department of State)

(7) 20 June 92:

A 69-year-old Muslim farmer from the village of Kamicani was detained by Serbian forces in June, interned briefly at Trnopolje camp, and, around June 20, transferred to Omarska camp. When he arrived at Omarska, guards searched his pockets, confiscating DM 300, and ordered him to find his son.

When the witness found and identified his son, an irregular Serbian soldier, who was a former policeman known to the witness, took the son into a garage and ordered him to lie down. The irregular began to beat the son in his father's presence. Later, another prisoner told the witness that the irregular had killed his son, and that he himself had loaded the son's body onto a truck with many other corpses. The bodies were taken to a nearby mineshaft and there covered over by a bulldozer.

According to this witness, this same former policeman also had murdered Jasko Hrnic and another person whose last name was Hrnjak. The witness said that the policeman had a gang at Omarska, of which he named three members. (Department of State)

(8) 26 May-6 August 92:

A 30-year-old Muslim was imprisoned for over 9 weeks at Omarska camp. He had been apprehended by Serbian forces in Prijedor on May 26. His duty was to help transport the bodies of dead prisoners; he helped transport or bury 10-20 persons each day. He estimates having carried 700-800 bodies during his imprisonment and commented that those killed for personal revenge typically were decapitated. The witness lost some relatives during the killings and reported having seen the following:

Guards threw prisoners into large bonfires; as they tried to escape, guards shot them in the back.

Guards would periodically round up some of the more highly educated and take them to the Ôwhite house,Õ from which no one emerged alive."

He also witnessed guards beating, torturing, or murdering prisoners. Nine of the guards are known to him. (Department of State)

(9) May-August 92:

A 40-year-old Muslim from Prijedor, who was interned in Omarska camp from May 30 to August 3, described the final ordeal of a Muslim named Emir Karabasic. Emir, who had been tortured regularly, one day returned to the sleeping room with his back severely burned by a guard. Two days later, two Serbian brothers were let into the camp after 5 pm. They had often visited the camp at night.

These brothers entered the sleeping quarters carrying pistols and automatic rifles. They called for Emir, Jasmin, and Alic to come forward. The three were beaten with rifle butts and police batons in full view of the other prisoners, including this witness. The brothers forced Alic first to drink a glass of motor oil and then to drink the urine of the other two prisoners.

Alic was next beaten until he was unconscious and then revived with cold water. After further beatings, Alic was forced to take his pants off. The brothers then forced Emir and Jasmin to bite off Alic testicles. Alic died of his wounds that night. According to the witness, this crimes were committed on the shift of the shift leader under whom the most heinous tortures and beatings occurred. (Department of State)

(10) May-June 92:

About 3,000 men, women, and children were killed during May and June at the Luka-Brcko camp, which held approximately 1,000 civilian internees at any one time. Some 95% were ethnic Muslims, and the remainder were Croatians. Approximately 95% were men. Until May, the bodies were dumped into the Sava River. Thereafter they were transported to and burned in both the old and new "kafilerija" factories located in the vicinity of Brcko.

All internees in the camp came from within a 14 kilometer radius of Brcko. The first hangar was occupied by Muslims from Brezovo Polje. The Serbian police appeared to have administrative control of the camp.

Upon arrival, all internees were questioned by one of three inspectors who decided their fate. For example, if a person was a member of the SDA or HDZ political parties, he was executed at the camp. Other questions included whether the person had foreign currency, gold, or weapons, or if the neighbor might have any of these items. Without a signature from either the police chief at the camp, or one of the military officers, a person could not be released. Approximately 1,000 people were released from the camp when Serbs vouched with their lives - and signed documents to that effect - that the internees would not leave Brcko, discuss politics, or own weapons. These people were all released within a 48-hour period; thereafter releases were not authorized. One example was an individual who had his ears cut off with a knife by a Specijalci soldier. As he grabbed for his ears in pain, a young women cut off his genitalia with an instrument called a "spoon." As he fell forward and lay on the ground, he was shot in the head by a guard. In other instances, ears and noses were cut off and eyes gouged out. Knives were used to cut into the skin of internees all the way to the bone; some fingers were cut off entirely. All was done in front of other internees.

Beatings with clubs were common. A Specijalci soldier used a wooden club with metal protruding from it to kill several people. He forced internees to lick the blood from the metal studs. Another shot an individual in the back several times after he had carried a dead body behind the third hangar. In June, some 50-60 men had their genitalia removed.

Approximately 10-15 Chetniks, Yugoslav Federal Specijalci, and Serbian police were involved during the daily occurrences, but some participated on a more regular basis. Some were drunk. Internees were told to sing. Those who did not sing loud enough were shot point blank. After they had started singing, the men would come in and randomly start shooting. About 50 men, women, and children were killed in one case, allegedly in retaliation for the death of 12 Chetniks who had been killed on the front. This type of shooting occurred on a daily basis with anywhere form 15 to 50 victims.

There was also a torture room at Luka-Brcko camp. Those tortured were either killed immediately after being tortured or were left to bleed and, if they did not die in 2 to 4 days on their own, shot to death. They were left lying in their own blood in the living areas and other internees were not allowed to help in any way. People were beaten with clubs to the point that the bones in their faces caved in, and they died.

The internees were then "volunteered" by camp personnel to carry the dead bodies behind their living areas or to the camp garbage dump. During the movement of the bodies, additional internees were killed when a camp official took shots at them.

Another frequent occurrence was the shooting of internees with three bullets in the back of the head of each victim. This was done at a drain, and the blood was allowed to go down the drain that emptied into the Sava River. Internees carried victims, some still alive, and had to dump their bodies at the camp garbage dump. Internees were sent on a detail to clean the blood from the floor and dump dead bodies outside of a Serbian building in Brcko. A female internee was sexually assaulted by a soldier while her husband and other internees watched. One Chetnik sexually assaulted several women, some as young as 12, in front of internees as Specijalci soldiers held the women to the ground. The same man killed 80-100 people at the camp. Another Chetnik sexually assaulted women and killed internees, in some cases using an ax to the head.

The dead bodies of internees from the Brcko camp were burned at the old "kafilerija" factory. The trucks carrying bodies drove into a building that had three industrial-sized cooking vats with furnaces used ordinarily to make animal feed. The bodies were dumped inside the building with the three furnaces, then Chetniks dumped the dead bodies into the furnaces. Before the bodies were dumped, jewelry was removed from them and, in order to remove rings, fingers were cut off. Gold and silver teeth were removed from the bodies as well. Chetniks kicked the jaws of the corpses open to see if they had gold or silver fillings and, if so, removed them with pliers.

The transporting of the bodies to be burned began in mid-May. Trucks left every morning at about 4 am. On a typical morning, three trucks left together. One was a civilian refrigerator truck with the dead bodies and three Chetniks in the cabin, the second had 10-12 internees who unloaded the bodies at the factory, and the third had approximately 13 Chetnik guards.

After they arrived at the factory and had began unloading bodies, two or three more refrigerator trucks often arrived with approximately 20 dead bodies transported in each vehicle, perhaps from another location. All the trucks were Yugoslavian-made civilian trucks. (Department of State)

(11) 24-26 May 92:

Statements by Muslim refugees, Western aid officials and diplomats, and Serbian police described the May 24-26 "ethnic cleansing" of Kozarac by Bosnian Serb forces.

They were pulling out private entrepreneurs and educated people, anyone who could ever organize any Muslim life in Kozarac again," said a 42-year-old Kozarac resident.

A 60-year-old resident said some of the men had been shot on the spot and others taken into a house or a bus shelter where their throats were slit. Still others had been killed as they were put on buses destined for the Omarska, Keraterm, and Trnopolje camps. (The Washington Post)

(12) 23 May 92:

Two brothers, a 17-year-old trade school student and a 28-year-old, described how Serb armored units surrounded their village of Rakovcani on May 23 or 25 and Marched them to Prijedor, then transported them to Serb-run Omarska camp.

The brothers were reluctant to estimate how many killings they had personally observed that first week, but suggested it was about 50. They saw five of their fellow prisoners stabbed in the face and cut across the throat until their heads were virtually severed. Others had the Serbian (Orthodox) cross carved into their chests or arms. There seemed to be no pattern or particular motive for these attacks or the execution style shootings that were taking place inside the facility. As far as they could determine, the victims were not being interrogated; the violence appeared totally random.

At the beginning of June, the brothers were moved to a nearby hall housing many of the machines used for the facility's iron extraction operation. For the remaining two-and-a-half months of their captivity, they were forced to run a gauntlet to a "dining" hall in another part of the camp in order to get their one daily meal of soup and a piece of bread. Each time they did so they were beaten and kicked. Anyone who fell was killed. (Department of State)

(13) 21 May 92:

A former employee of the Zvornik medical center reported that he was required to remain on duty in the center from April 8 until his dismissal on May 26. He said that the need for more hospital space for wounded Serbian soldiers eventually led to the mass murder of Muslim patients on May 21. At about 1 pm that day, he watched as 36 remaining Muslim adult patients were forced outside and shot on hospital grounds.

Shortly thereafter, uniformed and non-uniformed Serbian soldiers moved through the pediatric center breaking the necks and bones of the 27 remaining Muslim children, the only children left as patients in the hospital. Two soldiers forced him to watch for about 15 minutes, during which time 10 or 15 of the children were slaughtered. Some were infants. The oldest were about 5 years old.

The witness said that a Serbian surgeon, who also stood by helplessly, later went insane. (Department of State)

(14) November 1991:

International observers on November 20, 1991, monitored the evacuation of about 420 Croatian patients and 25 hospital staff of the Vukovar hospital in Croatia. A JNA army colonel selected young, lightly-wounded hospitalized soldiers to get on three buses. Each bus had about 60 men aboard, for a total of about 180 men.

Two witnesses - both among the "selected" - described how the buses were taken first to JNA barracks for 2 or 3 hours, then taken to Ovcara, where the prisoners were offloaded and taken to a farming equipment storage building. Paramilitary soldiers beat the prisoners at this location with fists, iron bars, and batons as officers watched. Apparently, two men died there from the beatings they received.

At about 5 pm on November 20 after it was quite dark, the men were divided into groups of about 20 men, taken outside the barn, and put on a truck. The truck returned empty about every 15 minutes. The truck drove about 3 kilometers southeast of Ovcara towards Grabovo and turned left onto a dirt road. Knowing that this road led to an extremely isolated area, one of the witnesses jumped from the truck and eventually lived to give this account. A member of the team working with UNHRC Special Rapporteur Mazowiecki discovered evidence on October 18-19, 1992, of a mass grave in the area from which the witness had escaped. The Croatian government claims that 174 people - believed to be buried in this mass grave - have never been found. The team member found skeletons of young adult males in an area of recently disturbed earth and a skull with a gunshot wound exiting from the left temple. Department of State)