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White Eagle refers to the national symbol of [[Serbia]], the double headed white eagle under a crown. The name White Eagles comes from an anti-communist organization that was formed during [[World War II]] and continued a guerilla war against [[Josip Broz Tito|Tito’s]] government after the war. The new White Eagles were formed in 1991-1992 by Dragoslav Bokan and [[Mirko Jović]]<ref>Glenny, Misha (1992) ''The Fall of Yugoslavia: The Third Balkan War'' Penguin, London, p. 39, ISBN 0140172882 </ref><ref>Tanner, Marcus (1997) ''Croatia: a nation forged in war'' Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, p. 245, ISBN 0300076681 </ref><ref>[http://www.un.org/icty/milosevic/020531bocropretrialbrief.pdf ''THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA Case No. IT-02-54-T, Prosecution's Secnd Pre-Trial Brief (Croatia and Bosnia Indictments'' 31 May 2002, p. 90]</ref>. Šešelj states that the White Eagles were started by [[Mirko Jović]] but they got out of his control.<ref>[http://www.un.org/icty/transe54/050824IT.htm Testimony of Vojislav Šešelj, Transcript of 24 August 2005, p. 43128, lines 6-8]</ref>
Testimony at the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia|International War Crimes Tribunal]] indicates that the White Eagles were responsible for a number of [[Atrocity |atrocities]]<ref name="Allen"/> during the [[Croatian War of Independence|Croatian]] and [[War in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian
Various members of the White Eagles were indicted by the Tribunal, including: [[Mitar Vasiljević]]<ref>[http://vijesti.hrt.hr/arhiv/2001/09/10/ENG.html Croatian "Evening News" 9 September 2001]</ref> and Milan Lukic<ref>[http://www.wcl.american.edu/warcrimes/icty_status.cfm "AU Washington College of Law: War Crimes Research Office - ICTY Status Reports" 21 February 2006]</ref> ==Notes==
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