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.

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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VIDEO Gloante vidia (de 5,6 mm): Bucuresti, Romania. 22-24 decembrie ’89, zona TVR

Posted by romanianrevolutionofdecember1989 on November 14, 2009

In secventa 0:45 – 1:20 filmata se pare la Piata Aviatorilor (deci zona TVR-ului), omul demonstreaza cum gloantele teroristilor (in cazul acesta, se pare de tip vidia) sint diferite de gloante obisnuite.

Revolutia  Romana 22 Dec.1989 – cd4
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Stelian Tăbăraş

Zile  de retrăit

Ajuns la Televiziune, după alte controale încă din metrou, am găsit în încăperea birourilor noastre comune o atmosferă jalnică. Nu mai erau nici cioburi de geam „la păianjen”, aşa cum se zice în fotbal (adică la colţuri). Venise şi iarna între timp, aşa că toată redacţia se retrăsese în casa scărilor. Pe lângă noi dormeau soldaţi obosiţi de veghea din timpul nopţii, când, la primele împuşcături, săreau buluc spre ferestrele biroului, unde fuseseră aduşi saci cu nisip, şi răspundeau orbeşte la împuşcăturile din noapte. Am văzut cât de jalnic ajunsese biroul meu, câteva cutii de film de pe el fuseseră împuşcate – evident, de sus în jos (noi lucram la etajul al doisprezecelea). Fiecare din noi adunase câte o pungă cu gloanţe, desigur ricoşate din zid. Se aflau între ele şi acele gloanţe „cu vârf de vidia”,  care pătrundeau şi prin blindaj. Mai păstrez şi acum câteva. Peste două zile a venit o indicaţie ca nişte reparatori de la fosta întreprindere ARCOM să şteargă orice urmă de glonţ din pereţi, să furniruiască din nou uşile, apoi să se apuce de zugrăvit.

Noapte buna, Stelian Tabaras, Revista Luceafarul noiembrie 2009

Elena Bancila, Trage lasule!, p. 94 (carte despre Bogdan Serban Stan, fiul ei)

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teroristii au folosit pistoale Heckler-Koch, 5,6 mm

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