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The following points were places where I had to make a judgement call in writing this:
Sources disagree as to whether the department that Kikaš helped found was at Waterloo or at York universities. I've opted for Waterloo as this seems more commonly identified, as it has (or had) a department of Croatian Literature and (etc.), and as he was asked about this directly in an interview and did not correct the interviewer when they talked about Waterloo.
Sources disagree as to whether "Kikaš" was a 707 or a 737. The photos in the Politika article appear to show a 707 (it has four engines, not two like the 737) with a white-washed "Uganda airways" sign, so I've gone with a 707.
Sources differ on whether it was 18 or 19 tonnes of cargo on board the jet, I've gone with 18 tonnes as more sources say this.
The details of how the Yugoslav airforce came to intercept the aircraft are a bit garbled - I've gone with the version that seems to fit the most sources (i.e., it was a mistake by the pilot in telling the Yugoslav authorities that their destination was Ljubljana and not Trieste). The idea that Kikaš must have been betrayed seems to be disputed, it is not clear who is saying it, and logically a Uganda airways flight to Ljubljana would have been suspicious at that time without any need for betrayal.
Yes, "Two Days Until Freedom" is (apparently) self-published, however it is by the manager of Sarajevo airport and appears to have had input from Yugoslav academics and UNPROFOR military officers. Moreover it is only essentially being relied on for something uncontroversial (the story of how the aircraft was flown out of Zagreb) and for which all essential details are confirmed by other sources (we know that Zagreb airport was only partly under JNA control and was the scene of fighting from other sources, we know the Serbs flew it out - this source just tells us how). Obviously I do not think self-published sources are reliable generally but in this case I think the use is defensible even if, obviously, an RS source would be better.
Kikaš claims to have received the Jubilee medal, but this was awarded to 60,000 people in Canada and he is the only source that tells us that he received it. I've omitted mentioning it but if anyone wants to add, particularly if there's confirmation from a source other than Kikaš, then go ahead.
I've relied on machine translation of Serbo-Croat sources, but these translations appear fairly clear and are not the basis of very controversial statements - of course if you see anything obviously incorrect then go ahead and correct it. FOARP (talk) 07:41, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Removed the sentence incorrectly attributing the activity as occurring during embargo period. Embargo was implemented via UN Resolution 713[1] on September 25, 1991 and the weapons delivery attempt occurred on September 1, 1991.[2] (there are probably better sources if you google)
In general, as someone who was old enough during these events, and having read this article, from my knowledge of events this article requires better quality research and corrections. I observe non-native (meaning unaware of local and european context) reasoning applied connecting the dots where information is missing (as was the case with the embargo statement). This is really easy to check via a quick search rather then linking to a general embargo sentence in Prof. Daphne Winland's book.
For a step in improving factual accuracy or at least his direct quotes on the statements just reach out to him. Additionally you also have his film "Nisam se bojao umrijeti" as another direct source of his perspective (you can then quote/balance accordingly with opposing views)
Label "weapons smuggler" that is currently present in the article should be cited appropriately if you insist on using it. (AP article is no longer accessible). It should link to a determination based on international law or that of Croatian government and not statements by the aggressor JNA regime. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.188.131.251 (talk) 19:04, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
