Aleksandar Vasiljević
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Aleksandar Vasiljević | |
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Aleksandar Vasiljević circa 1995 |
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Allegiance | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
Service/branch | SFR Yugoslavia |
Years of service | ?- 1992 |
Rank | Major General |
Battles/wars | Yugoslav wars |
Aleksandar Vasiljević was a major general and the leader of the Kontra-Obaveštajna Služba (Counter-Intelligence). Vasiljević was instrumental in the JBTZ-trial as he was the interrogation official responsible to talking with Janez Janša which was centered around Slovene dissidents and publishing of sensitive information in the youth magazine Mladina. Vasiljević retired in May 1992 and was arrested for his role in an interview with the weekly publication NIN. He was again deputy head between March 1999 and 2001. He testified in the Hague trial against Slobodan Milosevic.
[edit] References
- Affairs in the army, The Purge Continues
- Analysis: The men Milosevic fears
- The Trouble With Insiders II: Aleksandar Vasiljević