That night I almost died

Milorad Ulemek Legija, a former commander of the Special Operations Unit (JSO) who was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, claims that the DOS regime in 2001 raised up to $ 5 million from the arrest of the former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic!

Legija, who spoke from prison for the first time after 12 years (2016), assures in an exclusive interview for the weekly “Ekspres” that information was deliberately disclosed to the public according to which Milosevic was detained by members of the “Zemun clan “. , because that was the only way to collect the millionaire blackmail that the Americans once advertised for Milosevic.

In other words, if the former president had been officially detained by the competent state authorities on the night between March 31 and April 1, 2001, there would have been no basis for the payment of millions.

“The information that the ‘Zemun clan’ participated in that event is a classic subterfuge, which was conceived long before, because that was the only way they could take Milosevic’s money, that is, five million dollars, which was gave him for his arrest.. authorities, then the money could not be taken. That is why the story of the ‘dugouts’ was made known … “, explains the former commander of the JSO Ulemek also points out that his unit was explicitly ordered him to wear civilian clothes with ghosts:

“They sent us plain clothes instead of intervention uniforms, which we always wore during the confrontation. We were supposed to play ‘Zemunci’ that night … And that famous ‘Zemun clan’ didn’t even exist at the time. The group around Spasojevic (Dušan Spasojević Shiptar, prim. Aut.) It was created only in August 2002, when Spasojević broke up with his former boss Čumet. So this is just another example of how to plant false information to the general public … “

He almost died

Milorad Ulemek also reveals that he nearly died the night of the former president’s arrest!

“That night I almost died. A bullet fired from the village` Mir` scratched my neck and only crazy luck saved me that night. Even today I keep that hooded jacket where the bullet passed …”

The Legion emphasizes that on the night of Milosevic’s arrest, someone tried to provoke a dangerous conflict between the army and the police.

“The unit had nothing to do with the shameful act of arresting the president. The JSO’s only task that night was to take over the security of the Villa` Mir` facility, as the army received a withdrawal order and handover of the facility to the MUP. He deliberately wanted to provoke an armed conflict between the army and the JSO. “

“Only the cool head of some of us prevented that conflict from happening …”, continues Legija the story about the arrest of Milosevic.

He affirms that the order of the “attack” was given by the then former head of State Security:

“That idiot Goran Petrović was completely insane and ordered an attack on the facility beyond any reason, although there was no need for that. The result of such a crazy decision was an injured JSO member and a civilian. Fortunately, I understood. in time when they pushed and interrupted us, I’m crazy … “

Sinisa Vucinic, a former JUL official accused of preventing Slobodan Milosevic’s arrest, tells Informer that Ulemek was not injured in the clashes in front of the “Mir” village. Meanwhile, Vucinic was acquitted of the charges and, in relation to Ulemek’s allegations, says that the former JSO commander “is not telling the truth until the end.”

“Legija was not injured that night … We both met at the villa. He was sitting next to me and asking for a glass of water. He apologized to both Milosevic and us, saying mistakes were being made.” . ‘, Should we meet like this? I did not expect this from you, from a supposedly great patriot … Ulemek wept at these words and said that he could do nothing, that he was a soldier of the state. and that they ordered him … ”, recalls Vucinic.

He still believes in the agreement between the “Zemun clan” and the then authorities on Milosevic’s arrest.

“I responsibly assert that there were ‘citizens of Zemun’ in front of the village that night and they worked in accordance with the agreement with the authorities, whose representative was Ceda Jovanovic. So Ulemek’s story is only 50% correct. It is clear that Jovanovic coincided with the ‘citizens of Zemun’ in front of DOS. “They attracted ghosts, and there was Legija’s group. He tried to be a mediator, conciliator, and control everything to participate in taking money, “said Vucinic.

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