The Archive of the Romanian Revolution of December 1989

A Catch-22 December 1989, Groundhog-Day Production. Presenting the Personal Research & Scholarship of Richard Andrew Hall, Ph.D.

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Teroristii au tras. Unde sint teroristii? (Caransebes, decembrie ’89)

Posted by romanianrevolutionofdecember1989 on December 8, 2009

from Orwellian Positively Orwellian Part III a fistful of bullets

Caransebes: Furthermore, there is evidence that the use of “vidia” tip bullets was not exclusive to Bucharest.  Asked in February 1990 what he had experienced in December 1989 while participating in the defense of the airport of the southwestern town of Caransebes, Army Captain Mircea Apostol responded:

No, we only found blood stains and that was it.  We didn’t even find shell casings, because these melted away after firing.  It sounds incredible.  It was a real battle.  From our ranks, there were a few victims shot precisely in vital organs by bullets with a “vidia” tip, which were not in the arsenal of our Army, but we don’t know against whom we fought.  A fact which the enemy now uses. [emphases added][47]


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Misterioasa Revolutie Romana: “Era un calibru intre cinci, cinci si ceva. N-au vrut uslasii sa ne lase nici un glont.”

Posted by romanianrevolutionofdecember1989 on December 6, 2009

Orwellian Positively Orwellian Part III A fistful of bullets

Engineer Dan Iliescu (no apparent relation to Ion Iliescu), an employee of the Museum of National Art located in the old Royal Palace across from the CC building, alleged in December 1990—therefore prior to the above claim by, and response to, Stanculescu—that those who fired from the museum onto the square below on 22 and 23 December

…had weapons which sounded different.  They had a healthy cadence.  The next day [23 December 1989] and over the following days I found bullets in the Museum.  They were not normal bullets.  They had a rounded head.  They appeared to have a lead jacket.  It was of a caliber between five, five something. The USLAsi [USLA, Special Unit for Anti-terrorist Warfare] did not want to leave us a bullet.  I asked them to leave me one as a memento.  They did not want to.  They said that they needed them for the purpose of identification.  They noted where they gathered them from. [emphases added][46]



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Decembrie 1989: O Gafa Monumentala, Romania Libera, 31.10.90

Posted by romanianrevolutionofdecember1989 on December 6, 2009

Orwellian Positively Orwellian Part III A fistful of bullets

Savin Chiritescu wrote to Romania Libera in October 1990:

“…myself and many colleagues from this tank unit [UM 01060 Bucuresti-Pantelimon] captured armed Arab terrorists (one of whom told us he was from Beirut), who we turned over to the Chief of Staff’s Division.  One was a student, upon whom we found a machine gun of 5.62 caliber series UF 060866, 40 cm long, capable of being carried under clothes:  the weapon was made from a hard plastic, with the exception of the gun barrel and the trigger.  He admitted he had been paid and that he loved Ceausescu greatly.  He was wearing leather pants, PUMA sneakers and a black sweater….”[40]

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decembrie ’89: Teroristii au folosit si armament de provenienta straina

Posted by romanianrevolutionofdecember1989 on December 6, 2009

In legatura cu declaratia aceasta din Orwellian Positively Orwellian Part III A fistful of bullets

Vidia…

What about the use of “vidia” tip bullets Prosecutor Voinea also flatly dismisses?

In March 1991, Spiroiu’s predecessor as Defense Minister, General Victor Athanasie Stanculescu, was asked by two journalists if the “terrorists used a particular type of ammunition…against the armed forces.”[42] Stanculescu responded:

Yes, as I have already said, I have here two bullets with vidia [grooves].  Our Army does not use this type of ammunition.  It is of caliber 5.56.  As you can see, the bullet has a jacket that got deformed, while its core remained intact.

Aici puteti gasi articolul original:

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Ernest Maftei (martor ocular in CC-ul, decembrie 1989): “Nu te lua cu el (Dan Iosif)!…nu-i voie sa zica, fiindca nu vrea sa se afle, nu-i voie din cauza ca acu’ ne conduce Securitatea…Asculta ce spun! Ca USLA, coloana a 5-a a fost cu Ceausescu!”

Posted by romanianrevolutionofdecember1989 on December 4, 2009

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VIDEO “Destituirea” si Romanian Revolution USLA Attack 23 Dec 1989

Posted by romanianrevolutionofdecember1989 on December 2, 2009

please note:  the poster “destituirea” has this marked as unsuitable for minors under 18 due to gruesome scenes of carnage…

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Bonjour Realpolitik: 1968-1969 altfel

Posted by romanianrevolutionofdecember1989 on November 30, 2009

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