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Josip Pečarić Hercegovac Iz Boke 290 EL GENERAL PRALJAK Fotografía /. Sucesión en el tiempo de la aparición del chorro de agua a lo largo y de la explosión en el fondo del arco del puente EL GENERAL PRALJAK 291 La mecha detonada pudo ser activada o a través del detonador de encendido lento o por vía eléctrica. Considerando que la velocidad de detonación de la mecha detonada es a base de pentrita (PETN), es decir que la velocidad con la que la onda de detonación viaja por la mecha detonada es de alrededor de 6.500 metros por segundo, lo cual significa que el camino de unos 50 metros (que es lo que se ve, aproximadamente, en las imágenes) la onda de detonación lo recorrió en 0,008 segundos u 8 milésimas de segundo. Teniendo en cuenta la velocidad de filmación de la cámara (25 imágenes por segundo) entre dos imágenes seguidas pasan 40 milésimas de segundo, puede verse solamente la imagen inmediatamente anterior a la detonación y la imagen posterior a la detonación completa de la mecha detonante y de la carga explosiva. Es decir que la cámara no estaba en condiciones de registrar algún momento durante el movimiento de la ola de detonación a través de la mecha detonante. La conclusión mencionada fue confirmada también experimentalmente. El experimento fue colocado de manera que simule la activación de la carga explosiva a través del agua como se supuso en el esquema de la fotografía 6. 2. 2 DESCRIPCIÓN DEL EXPERIMENTO El experimento tenía la finalidad de confirmar que la columna de agua advertida fue provocada por la acción de la mecha detonada que fue colocada a través del agua a lo largo de la orilla oriental del río Neretva, y la explosión en el arco oriental del puente por la detonación de la carga explosiva que fue colocada como se marca en la fotografía 8-a.. Por eso en un lago artificial se colocó la mecha detonante con núcleo de pentrita, masa explosiva de 20 g/m, en una longitud de alrededor de 20 metros, y a una profundidad de alrededor de 50 centímetros bajo la superficie del agua como está marcado en la fotografía 8. Esa mecha detonante es activada desde el extremo derecho con la ayuda de un detonador eléctrico. En el extremo izquierdo de la mecha se colocó el explosivo. - TNT, masa 200 g. El proceso de detonación fue filmado con una cámara de TV ubicada perpendicularmente en la dirección de 292 EL GENERAL PRALJAK extensión de la mecha. Se usó una cámara cuya velocidad de filmación es de 25 imágenes por segundo. 2.3 RESULTADOS DEL EXPERIMENTO El experimento completo fue filmado con una cámara de la misma velocidad y se halla en el video en el DVD 3 adjunto a este texto. En las fotografías de abajo se muestran los hechos importantes que confirman la suposición de arriba. Después de 40 ms (que es el intervalo más corto que la cámara puede registrar) se advierte una “bola de fuego” en la parte izquierda de la fotografía 9-b, que representa la detonación del explosivo, 200 g de TNT. EL GENERAL PRALJAK 293 . En la imagen siguiente la fotografía 9-c, después de 80 ms, se nota claramente la aparición de la columna de agua a lo largo, que forman las gotas de agua que expulsó hacia arriba la onda de gases que son producto de la detonación de la mecha. El levantamiento de la columna de agua lineal, por la inercia de la masa de agua, tarda en relación a la detonación de la mecha y por eso primero se ve la explosión de los 200 g de TNT y después el levantamiento de la columna de agua de la fotografía 9-d. Fotografía 9. Resultados del experimento 294 EL GENERAL PRALJAK 2.4 ANÁLISIS PARALELO DEL EXPERIMENTO Y LAS SECUENCIAS DEL DERRUMBE DEL PUENTE VIEJO El análisis paralelo de las secuencias anteriores y durante le destrucción del Puente Viejo y el resultado del experimento confirma la justificación de la suposición de que el Puente Viejo fue destruido con minas como se marca en la fotografía 5, y no como resultado del disparo de un proyectil de cañón. En las fotografías 10, 11 y 12 se muestran los hechos al mismo tiempo y eso según a) TV ORF2 y b) el experimento. En base a la comparación paralela se impone la conclusión: . Que el chorro de agua a lo largo de la orilla oriental del río Neretva es consecuencia de la detonación de la mecha detonada colocada a través del río. Que la explosión en la parte inferior del arco oriental del puente inmediatamente antes del levantamiento lineal de la columna de agua es consecuencia de la detonación de la carga explosiva que provocó el derrumbe del puente. Estas imágenes paralelas muestran la gran similitud del efecto conseguido durante el experimento y en las imágenes del derrumbe del Puente Viejo que filmaron TV ORF2 y TV Mostar. EL GENERAL PRALJAK 295 De la misma manera también las imágenes paralelas a) de las secuencias de la TV Mostar y b) de los resultados del experimento, los hechos simultáneos en las fotografías 13, 14 y 15 llevan a la similitud de los efectos, es decir a una gran probabilidad de que el Puente Viejo haya sido destruido con minas, y no con proyectiles de cañón. Fotografía 13 t 0 s Picture 13 Fotografía 14 I 80 ms Picture 14 Fotografía 15 t = 120 ms Picture 15 3. OPINIÓN En base al estudio de la documentación en video a disposición y el experimento llevado a cabo puede constatarse lo siguiente: a) es grande la probabilidad de que el Puente Viejo no haya sido destruido por el proyectil del cañón del tanque sino por la detonación de una carga explosiva (o 296 EL GENERAL PRALJAK por minado) colocada en la parte inferior del arco del puente. La activación misma de la carga se ejecutó a través de la mecha detonante que fue activada desde un lugar cercano al Puente Viejo, y muy probablemente desde la orilla izquierda u oriental del río Neretva; b) a esa conclusión apunta la observación detallada de las imágenes de TV ORF 2 y TV Mostar que filmaron los hechos mencionados inmediatamente antes del derrumbe y el derrumbe mismo del Puente Viejo. Parte de las imágenes observadas de TV ORF2 se muestra en las fotografías 2 y 3, y parte de las imágenes observadas de TV Mostar se muestra en la fotografía 4; c) la columna de agua lineal a lo largo («fuente») visible en el agua tranquila a lo largo de la orilla oriental inmediatamente antes del derrumbe del Puente Viejo, muy probablemente haya sido provocada por la detonación de la mecha detonante colocada en el agua. Pues la expansión de los gases, que son producto de la detonación de la mecha bajo el agua, tiene como consecuencia el levantamiento de la columna de agua en forma característica de “fuente” cuyas dimensiones dependen de la clase y la cantidad de la carga explosiva y la profundidad en la que fue colocada. Esta afirmación la confirma con claridad el experimento mostrado en el DVD 3 adjunto a este texto; d) visto desde el tiempo, por la lentitud de la cámara, la fuente aparece casi al mismo tiempo que la explosión en la parte inferior del puente que es visible por la nube de humo negro - producto de la detonación de la carga explosiva; e) el experimento llevado a cabo con el fin de confirmar las tesis mencionadas y organizado para simular el modo en el que se supone que fue derrumbado el Puente Viejo a través de la mecha detonada demostró que es muy grande la probabilidad de que el Puente Viejo haya sido derrumbado activando una carga explosiva en la parte inferior del arco del puente por medio de una mecha detonante. Portal HKV, 30 de agosto de 2017 EL GENERAL PRALJAK 297 XV SLOBODAN PRALJAK: STUPNI DOL - LOS HECHOS (OKTAVIJAN, ZAGREB, 2010.) - PRÓLOGO Por muchos y distintos motivos no puedo escribir exhaustivamente sobre Stupni Dol. Y también el número de documentos escritos publicados es limitado por un motivo serio - la falta de dinero. Por eso pueden y deben ir a www.slobodanpraljak.com - allí van a encontrar todo lo que es necesario para poder hacer las preguntas lógicas que los van a llevar hasta la verdad. He aquí algunas de esas preguntas: 1. ¿Qué sucede en Kakanj en verano de 1993? 2. ¿Por qué y adonde se van los croatas de Kakanj? 3. ¿Cuál es la situación en Vareš antes del 23.10.1993? 4. ¿Qué prepara el III Cuerpo del Ejército Bosniomusulmán y quién a quién y por qué ataca en Bosnia Central (especialmente Vareš) en 1993? 5. ¿Cuándo el Ejército Bosniocroata atacó Stupni Dol? 6. ¿Acaso los combates no finalizaron temprano a la tarde el 23.10.1993 y acaso no se retiraron los combatientes del Ejército Bosniocroata de Stupni Dol? 7. ¿Quién después de esa hora camina por esa aldea, quién entra y sale y de quién es ese Ejército? 8. ¿A qué y a quién se refiere la orden de Slobodan Praljak a Milivoj Petković enviada desde el Comando Supremo del Ejército Bosniocroata - Čitluk el 23.10. 1993 a las 23:10 horas? 9. ¿Qué relación tiene esa orden con aquello que sucedió en Stupni Dol el día transcurrido? 10. ¿Y qué sucedió en Stupni Dol el 23.10.1993? 11. ¿Con qué se encontraron los EXTRANJEROS en Stupni Dol? a. El Batallón Nórdico. b. Numerosos equipos de TV. c. La policía de la ONU - ¿QUÉ VIERON, QUÉ FILMARON Y CÓMO Y A QUIÉN INFORMARON? 12.
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