:Bombing of the Banski Dvori

In 1990, the first multi-party elections were held in Croatia, with Franjo Tuđman's win raising nationalist tensions further in an already tense SFR Yugoslavia.{{sfn|The Independent 13 December 1999}} The Serb politicians left the Sabor and declared the autonomy of areas that would soon become part of the unrecognized Republic of Serbian Krajina, which had the intention on achieving independence from Croatia.{{sfn|The New York Times 2 October 1990}}{{sfn|EECIS|1999|pp=272–278}} As tensions rose, Croatia declared independence in June 1991. However, the declaration was suspended for three months, until 8 October 1991.{{sfn|The New York Times 26 June 1991a}}{{sfn|Sabor 7 October 2004}} The suspension came about as the European Economic Community and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe urged Croatia that it would not be recognized as an independent state because of the possibility of a civil war in Yugoslavia.{{sfn|The New York Times 26 June 1991b}} The tensions escalated into the Croatian War of Independence when the Yugoslav People's Army and various Serb paramilitaries mobilized inside Croatia.{{sfn|The New York Times 4 November 1991}} On 3 October, the Yugoslav Navy renewed its blockade of the main ports of Croatia. This move followed months of standoff and the capture of Yugoslav military installations in Dalmatia and elsewhere. These events are now known as the Battle of the barracks. That resulted in the capture of significant quantities of weapons, ammunition and other equipment by the Croatian Army, including 150 armoured personnel carriers, 220 tanks and 400 artillery pieces of {{convert|100|mm|adj=on}} caliber or larger,{{sfn|Jutarnji list 25 May 2011}} 39 barracks and 26 other facilities including two signals centres and a missile base.{{sfn|MORH|2011|p=13}} It also coincided with the end of Operation Coast-91, in which the Yugoslav forces failed to occupy the coastline in an attempt to cut off Dalmatia's access to the rest of Croatia.{{sfn|The New York Times 3 October 1991}}

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According to Martin Špegelj, the Defence Minister of Croatia between August 1990 and July 1991, the Croatian Army was informed by a Yugoslav Air Force Željava Air Base-based source about a top secret mission prepared for the next day, but Špegelj claims that the information was not taken seriously due to lack of details.{{sfn|Špegelj|2001|p=148}} Other sources assert that a warning was conveyed by Croatian security and intelligence system services,{{sfn|Večernji list 7 October 2012}} indicating the Soviet Union and its then-president Mikhail Gorbachev as the source of the information.{{sfn|Jutarnji list 7 October 2012}} At midnight during the night of the 6–7 October, the Soviet ambassador to Belgrade was reported to have received government instructions to warn the Yugoslav military against attacking Zagreb.{{sfn|Boca Raton News 8 October 1991}}

Tuđman spent the night in a Croatian Air Force and Air Defence command post—a tunnel running under the Gornji Grad—where information on the movement of Yugoslav aircraft was relayed. In the morning, Yugoslav General Andrija Rašeta informed the press that his superiors may decide to attack Zagreb as a form of pressure on Tuđman.{{sfn|Chicago Tribune 8 October 1991}} Three air raid alarms were sounded during the morning of 7 October because the Yugoslav Air Force deployed as many as 30 to 40 combat jets in the Zagreb area, and numerous tip-offs of imminent air raids were received from Yugoslav military bases. During the morning, Yugoslav Air Force jets were observed taking off from bases near Pula and Udbina in Croatia and Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina. No flights were recorded taking off from Željava Air Base, presumably because of low cloud cover in the area. At 1:30 pm, the Croatian Army captured a Yugoslav military communications centre and radar post near Velika Buna, south of Zagreb, hindering Yugoslav Air Force control of aircraft in the area. It is believed that the event affected the timing of the raid on the Banski Dvori,{{sfn|Večernji list 7 October 2012}} the official residence of the President of Croatia at the time.{{sfn|Jutarnji list 25 August 2009}}

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Approximately at noon of 7 October 1991, Tuđman met with Stjepan Mesić, then President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia and Ante Marković, then Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, both ethnic Croats, in the Banski Dvori.{{sfn|The New York Times 8 October 1991}} The purpose of the meeting was to persuade Marković to leave his position as the head of the Yugoslav federal government, which he appeared reluctant to do,{{sfn|Nova TV 7 October 2012}} and to discuss the need for Croatia's independence.{{sfn|Nova TV 7 October 2011}} The meeting was adjourned for lunch that was to be attended by presidential aides. Tuđman made another effort at persuading Marković, trying to appeal to his Croatian origin. The three left the lunch as dessert was being served and moved into the president's office to continue their discussion. After Tuđman left the room, everyone else followed.{{sfn|Večernji list 7 October 2012}}

Just after 3 pm, minutes after the lunch had ended, the Yugoslav Air Force attacked the Banski Dvori and other targets in the Gornji Grad area of Zagreb and elsewhere in the Croatian capital city, two or three minutes after everyone had left the hall where the lunch was hosted.{{sfn|Večernji list 7 October 2012}} Zagreb was attacked by approximately 30 Yugoslav jets,{{sfn|Radović|1993|pp=122–123}} however the Gornji Grad raid was carried out by two Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21s carrying eight Munja {{convert|128|mm|adj=on}} unguided missiles each and two Soko G-4 Super Galebs carrying two Mark 82 bombs each.{{sfn|Nova TV 7 October 2012}}{{sfn|Banković 2004}} The Banski Dvori building was struck by the Mark 82 bombs set off by proximity fuzes {{convert|5|m|abbr=off}} above the target, scoring two direct hits.{{sfn|Jutarnji list 7 October 2012}}

One civilian was reported killed by the aircraft strafing of the Tuškanac area of Gornji Grad.{{sfn|Kostović|Judaš|Adanić|1993|p=279}} None of the three leaders was injured,{{sfn|Los Angeles Times 8 October 1991}} but four people were wounded in the attack.{{sfn|Nova TV 7 October 2009}} The facade of the Banski Dvori and nearly all its rooms were damaged, and a part of its roof structure was destroyed.{{sfn|HRT 7 October 2012}} The first estimates of the damage inflicted on the building and its contents ranged between 2 and 3 million US dollars. Apart from the Banski Dvori, other buildings in the area sustained damage. Those included the Croatian Parliament building, the Old City Hall, St. Mark's Church, the Museum of History, the Institute for the protection of cultural monuments as well as residences and offices in the vicinity,{{sfn|Radović|1993|pp=122–123}} including the residence of Swiss consul Werner Mauner.{{sfn|Nova TV 7 October 2009}}

Image:Spomen-ploca Raketiranje Banskih dvora.jpg commemorating the attack was placed in 2011]]

In a television report taped and broadcast shortly after the bombing, Tuđman said that the attack appears to have been meant to destroy the Banski Dvori as the seat of the statehood of Croatia, and as a decapitation strike. He concluded with statements of resolve to end foreign occupation and rebuild the nation.{{sfn|Index.hr 7 October 2012}} Marković telephoned his office in Belgrade blaming Yugoslav Defence Secretary General Veljko Kadijević for the attack. He demanded his resignation, threatening not to return to Belgrade until Kadijević was out of office. The Yugoslav Defence Ministry brushed away the accusation, claiming that the attack was not authorized by the central command and suggesting that the event might have been stage-managed by the Croatian authorities.{{sfn|The New York Times 8 October 1991}} The Yugoslav military later suggested that Croatian leadership planted plastic explosives in the Banski Dvori.{{sfn|Nova TV 7 October 2009}}

In response to the situation, the United States consulate advised American nationals, including journalists, to leave Croatia. The US State Department announced that it would consider introducing economic sanctions against Yugoslavia.{{sfn|Chicago Tribune 8 October 1991}} Germany condemned the attack, calling it barbarous, and blamed it on the Yugoslav military.{{sfn|AP News 7 October 1991}}

On 8 October 1991, as the independence declaration moratorium expired, the Croatian Parliament severed all remaining ties with Yugoslavia.{{sfn|Narodne novine 8 October 1991}} That particular session of the parliament was held in the INA building in Šubićeva Street in Zagreb due to security concerns provoked by the recent air raid;{{sfn|Sabor 7 October 2008}} Specifically, it was feared that the Yugoslav Air Force might attack the parliament building.{{sfn|Glas Slavonije 8 October 2011}}

After the bombing, the residence of the President of Croatia was moved from the Banski Dvori to the Presidential palace—formerly known as Villa Zagorje—in the Pantovčak area of Zagreb.{{sfn|Jutarnji list 25 August 2009}} Funds to repair the Banski Dvori were approved in 1995,{{sfn|Nacional 8 April 2003}} and the site became the official residence of the Croatian Government.{{sfn|Croatian Government 6 May 2007}} A plaque commemorating the bombing was placed at the Banski Dvori facade 20 years after the attack, in 2011.{{sfn|Novi list 8 October 2012}} The bombing is also commemorated by the Zagreb City Museum as the event is featured in the Zagreb in Independent Croatia collection of its permanent display.{{sfn|Zagreb City Museum}}

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;Books and scientific journal articles

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• {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E7FpAAAAMAAJ |title=Mass killing and genocide in Croatia 1991–92 : a book of evidence, based upon the evidence of the Division of Information, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia |first1=Ivica |last1=Kostović |first2=Miloš |last2=Judaš |first3=Stjepan |last3=Adanić |publisher=Hrvatska Sveučilišna Naklada |year=1993 |oclc=28889865}}
• {{cite book |ref={{harvid|EECIS|1999}} |title=Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qmN95fFocsMC |isbn=978-1-85743-058-5 |year=1999 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |location=London, England}}
• {{cite journal |journal=Radovi Instituta Za Povijest Umjetnosti |publisher=Institut za povijest umjetnosti |issn=0350-3437 |url=https://www.ipu.hr/content/radovi-ipu/RIPU-17-1-1993_122-123-Izvjestaj-o-raketiranju-Gornjega-Grada.pdf |title=Report on the air raid on Zagreb-Gornji grad (the Upper Town) on October 7th 1991 |year=1993 |volume=17 |issue=1 |first=Darja |last=Radović |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040054/http://www.ipu.hr/uploads/documents/1484.pdf |access-date=2018-11-19 |archive-date=2015-09-24}}
• {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cwM1AAAAMAAJ |title=Sjećanja vojnika |language=hr |trans-title=Memories of a Soldier |year=2001 |publisher=Znanje |location=Zagreb, Croatia |first=Martin |last=Špegelj |editor-first=Ivo |editor-last=Žanić |isbn=9789531952064}}

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;News reports

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• {{cite news |ref={{harvid|Jutarnji list 7 October 2012}} |publisher=Jutarnji list |url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/obljetnica-raketiranja-banskih-dvora--tudman--mesic-i-markovic-izbjegli-atentat/1058505/ |title=21. obljetnica raketiranja: Gorbačov spasio Tuđmana, Mesića i Markovića od atentata! |language=hr |trans-title=The 21st anniversary of the rocket attack: Gorbachev saved Tuđman, Mesić and Marković from the assassination attempt! |date=7 October 2012 |archive-date=15 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115195937/http://www.jutarnji.hr/obljetnica-raketiranja-banskih-dvora--tudman--mesic-i-markovic-izbjegli-atentat/1058505/ |url-status=live}}
• {{cite web |ref={{harvid|Index.hr 7 October 2012}} |publisher=Index.hr |url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/quotbarbari-su-pokusali-obezglaviti-hrvatsku-a-postigli-su-suprotno--jos-vece-jedinstvo-hrvatskog-narodaquot/640591.aspx |language=hr |title=Barbari su pokušali obezglaviti Hrvatsku, a postigli su suprotno – još veće jedinstvo hrvatskog naroda! |trans-title=Barbarians tried to decapitate Croatia and achieved the opposite – even greater unity of Croatian nation! |date=7 October 2012 |archive-date=1 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131201144639/http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/quotbarbari-su-pokusali-obezglaviti-hrvatsku-a-postigli-su-suprotno--jos-vece-jedinstvo-hrvatskog-narodaquot/640591.aspx |url-status=live}}
• {{cite news |ref={{harvid|Glas Slavonije 8 October 2011}} |publisher=Glas Slavonije |language=hr |url=http://www.glas-slavonije.hr/mvijest.asp?rub=3&ID_VIJESTI=11436 |title=Dvadeset godina slobodne Hrvatske |trans-title=Twenty years of free Croatia |date=8 October 2011 |first=Dražen |last=Boroš}}
• {{cite web |ref={{harvid|Nova TV 7 October 2009}} |publisher=Nova TV (Croatia) |url=http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/drzavni-vrh-srecom-prezivio-raketiranje-banskih-dvora.html |title=Državni vrh srećom preživio raketiranje Banskih dvora |language=hr |trans-title=Country leadership lucky to survive rocket attack on Banski dvori |date=7 October 2009 |archive-date=9 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309152556/http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/drzavni-vrh-srecom-prezivio-raketiranje-banskih-dvora.html |url-status=live}}
• {{cite news |ref={{harvid|Boca Raton News 8 October 1991}} |publisher=Boca Raton News |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1290&dat=19911008&id=B98qAAAAIBAJ&pg=1614,4031258 |title=Gorbachev tells Yugoslavs to end attack |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=8 October 1991}}
• {{cite news |ref={{harvid|Večernji list 7 October 2012}} |publisher=Večernji list |url=http://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/tudmana-spasila-dojava-jna-ga-gadala-americkim-bombama-clanak-461384 |language=hr |title=Tuđmana spasila dojava, JNA ga gađala američkim bombama |trans-title=Tuđman saved by a tip-off, Yugoslav People's Army targeted him with US bombs |date=7 October 2012 |first=Davor |last=Ivanković |archive-date=5 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105155606/http://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/tudmana-spasila-dojava-jna-ga-gadala-americkim-bombama-clanak-461384 |url-status=live}}
• {{cite web |ref={{harvid|Nova TV 7 October 2011}} |publisher=Nova TV (Croatia) |url=http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/mesic-drzali-smo-se-za-ruke-i-izasli-da-sam-poginuo-umjesto-mene-bi-dosao-najveci-srbin.html |title=Da sam poginuo naslijedio bi me Srbin veći od svakog Srbina |language=hr |trans-title=If I were killed, I would have been succeeded by a Serb that was the biggest nationalist than any other |first=Tatjana |last=Krajač |date=7 October 2011 |archive-date=14 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014131616/http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/mesic-drzali-smo-se-za-ruke-i-izasli-da-sam-poginuo-umjesto-mene-bi-dosao-najveci-srbin.html |url-status=live}}
• {{cite news |ref={{harvid|Chicago Tribune 8 October 1991}} |publisher=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/10/08/croatian-capital-hit-by-missiles/ |title=Croatian Capital Hit By Missiles |first=Ray |last=Moseley |date=8 October 1991 |archive-date=1 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131201153716/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-10-08/news/9104010052_1_croatian-national-guard-croatian-president-franjo-tudjman-unconditional-cease-fire |url-status=live}}
• {{cite news |ref={{harvid|The Independent 13 December 1999}} |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-franjo-tudjman-1132142.html |title=Obituary: Franjo Tudjman |first=Branka |last=Magas |date=13 December 1999 |access-date=17 October 2011 |archive-date=10 November 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110024351/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-franjo-tudjman-1132142.html}}
• {{cite web |ref={{harvid|Nova TV 7 October 2012}} |publisher=Nova TV (Croatia) |url=http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/na-danasnji-dan-prije-21-godinu-raketirani-banski-dvori.html |date=7 October 2012 |title=Na današnji dan raketirani Banski dvori: Tuđman, Mesić i Marković slučajno izbjegli atentat |trans-title=Anniversary of Banski dvori missile attack: Tuđman, Mesić and Marković avoid assassination by chance |language=hr |archive-date=9 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009234442/http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/na-danasnji-dan-prije-21-godinu-raketirani-banski-dvori.html |url-status=live}}
• {{cite news |ref={{harvid|Jutarnji list 25 August 2009}} |publisher=Jutarnji list |language=hr |url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/-ne-dolazi-u-obzir-da-se-odreknemo-pantovcaka-/307483/ |title=Ne dolazi u obzir da se odreknemo Pantovčaka |trans-title=Giving up Pantovčak is out of the question |date=25 August 2009 |first=Vanja |last=Nezirović |archive-date=1 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131201154016/http://www.jutarnji.hr/-ne-dolazi-u-obzir-da-se-odreknemo-pantovcaka-/307483/ |url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web |ref={{harvid|HRT 7 October 2012}} |publisher=Croatian Radiotelevision |url=http://www.hrt.hr/index.php?id=vijesti-clanak&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=184181&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=850&cHash=3a9eeece0d |title=Obljetnica raketiranja Banskih dvora |trans-title=Anniversary of Banski dvori rocket attack |language=hr |date=7 October 2012 |archive-date=2013-02-17 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217182149/http://www.hrt.hr/index.php?id=vijesti-clanak&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=184181&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=850&cHash=3a9eeece0d |url-status=live |access-date=2012-10-07}}
• {{cite web |ref={{harvid|Nacional 8 April 2003}} |publisher=Nacional (weekly) |url=http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/13426/prije-je-krada-u-banskim-dvorima-bila-nemoguca-na-ulazu-su-se-strogo-kontrolirali-svi-od-sluzbenika-i-novinara-do-ministara |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203052050/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/13426/prije-je-krada-u-banskim-dvorima-bila-nemoguca-na-ulazu-su-se-strogo-kontrolirali-svi-od-sluzbenika-i-novinara-do-ministara |title=Prije je krađa u Banskim dvorima bila nemoguća: na ulazu su se strogo kontrolirali svi, od službenika i novinara do ministara |language=hr |trans-title=Theft used to be impossible in Banski dvori: everyone was strictly controlled at the entrance, including clerks, journalists and ministers |first=Nina |last=Ožegović |date=8 April 2003 |archive-date=3 December 2013}}
• {{cite news |ref={{harvid|Novi list 8 October 2012}} |publisher=Novi list |url=http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Hrvatska/Otkrivena-spomen-ploca-ispred-Banskih-dvora-Mesic-i-Markovic-nisu-bili-pozvani |title=Otkrivena spomen-ploča ispred Banskih dvora, Mesić i Marković nisu bili pozvani |language=hr |trans-title=Banski dvori commemorative plaque installed, Mesić and Marković were not invited |date=8 October 2012 |first1=Boris |last1=Pavelić |first2=Tihomir |last2=Ponoš |archive-date=15 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115115006/http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Hrvatska/Otkrivena-spomen-ploca-ispred-Banskih-dvora-Mesic-i-Markovic-nisu-bili-pozvani |url-status=live}}
• {{cite news |ref={{harvid|The New York Times 26 June 1991a}} |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/26/world/europeans-warn-on-yugoslav-split.html |title=Europeans Warn on Yugoslav Split |first=Alan |last=Riding |date=26 June 1991 |archive-date=1 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131201154349/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/26/world/europeans-warn-on-yugoslav-split.html |url-status=live}}
• {{cite web |ref={{harvid|AP News 7 October 1991}} |url=https://apnews.com/62b729f9de506f9153881fc3013e89ba |title=Yugoslav Warplanes Attack Zagreb, Nearly Hit Politicians |publisher=Associated Press |date=7 October 1991 |first=Nesha |last=Starcevic |archive-date=9 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009234654/http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1991/Yugoslav-Warplanes-Attack-Zagreb-Nearly-Hit-Politicians/id-62b729f9de506f9153881fc3013e89ba |url-status=live}}
• {{cite news |ref={{harvid|The New York Times 2 October 1990}} |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/02/world/croatia-s-serbs-declare-their-autonomy.html |author-link=Chuck Sudetic |first=Chuck |last=Sudetic |title=Croatia's Serbs Declare Their Autonomy |date=2 October 1990 |access-date=11 December 2010 |archive-date=12 November 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112065457/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/02/world/croatia-s-serbs-declare-their-autonomy.html}}
• {{cite news |ref={{harvid|The New York Times 26 June 1991b}} |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/26/world/2-yugoslav-states-vote-independence-to-press-demands.html |title=2 Yugoslav States Vote Independence To Press Demands |first=Chuck |last=Sudetic |date=26 June 1991 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110162855/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/26/world/2-yugoslav-states-vote-independence-to-press-demands.html |archive-date=10 November 2012 |url-status=live}}
• {{cite news |ref={{harvid|The New York Times 4 November 1991}} |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/04/world/army-rushes-to-take-a-croatian-town.html?ref=croatia |title=Army Rushes to Take a Croatian Town |first=Chuck |last=Sudetic |date=4 November 1991 |archive-date=29 July 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729183641/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/04/world/army-rushes-to-take-a-croatian-town.html}}
• {{cite news |ref={{harvid|The New York Times 3 October 1991}} |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/04/world/navy-blockade-of-croatia-is-renewed.html |title=Navy Blockade of Croatia Is Renewed |first=Chuck |last=Sudetic |date=3 October 1991 |archive-date=14 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614212654/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/04/world/navy-blockade-of-croatia-is-renewed.html |url-status=live}}
• {{cite news |ref={{harvid|Los Angeles Times 8 October 1991}} |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-08-mn-151-story.html |title=Croatia Leader's Palace Attacked |date=8 October 1991 |first=Carol J. |last=Williams |archive-date=22 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022231436/http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-08/news/mn-151_1_civil-war |url-status=live}}
• {{cite news |ref={{harvid|The New York Times 8 October 1991}} |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/08/world/yugoslav-planes-attack-croatian-presidential-palace.html |title=Yugoslav Planes Attack Croatian Presidential Palace |date=8 October 1991 |archive-date=17 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017023720/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/08/world/yugoslav-planes-attack-croatian-presidential-palace.html |url-status=live}}
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