Državna Tajna (English: State Secret) is a book by Semir Halilović, son of Bosnian general Sefer Halilović, published in 2005. The book has the tagline "STROGO POVJERLJIVO" (STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.)

Državna Tajna
Državna Tajna: STROGO POVJERLJIVO.
AuthorSemir Halilović
Original titleBloody October
LanguageBosnian
Series1st book
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherMATICA
Publication date
2005
Publication placeBosnia and Herzegovina
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages302pp (first edition, paperback)
ISBN9958-763-05-2
OCLC71337797
LC ClassDR1755 .H35 2005
Preceded bynone 
Followed byDržavna Tajna 2:Vojska poražene ideje 
Website[1]

He published a follow-up book, Državna Tajna 2: Vojska poražene ideje (English: State Secret 2: The Army of a Beaten Idea) in 2007.

About the book

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The book described some of the events which shaped wartime Bosnia. It focuses primarily on wartime Sarajevo in 1993 and what happened within the Bosnian government and army. The book talks specifically about Operations "Trebević" I, II and III. Semir was in the Bosnian war in 1992–93 and he details the battle for the mountain Igman, the killing of Caco, the capture of Ćelo, the Fall of Srebrenica and Žepa, and the capture of Naser Orić.

Državna Tajna CD

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The book comes with a CD on which there are a number of audio conversations taped, as mentioned above, and two videos. It also include all the Bosnian government state secret documents which is what the book is based on. There are also original war pictures from Semir's collection, and other pictures as well.

Death threat

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In April 2006, Semir Halilović was accosted and threatened with death by one of the people whom the book cast in a bad light, Ramiz Delalić, who was also a prosecution witness during his father's trial.

The cover

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The persons on the cover of the book from top to bottom, left to right are:

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  • [2] Semir Halilovic's Website
  • [3] Bosnian "60 minutes" with Semir Halilovic and his book (part 1)
  • [4] Bosnian "60 minutes" with Semir Halilovic and his book (part 2)