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--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 10:16:43 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: INTENSE STRUGGLE AT THE HAGUE, Friday 8 March > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is being sent on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > as part of the mailing list that you joined. > List: ICDSM > URL: http://www.icdsm.org > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic www.icdsm.org > > The URL for this article is: http://www.icdsm.org/more/intense.htm > > Subscribe to the ICDSM email list at > http://www.icdsm.org/maillist.htm Receive no more than one article > per day. > > ======================================= > INTENSE STRUGGLE AT THE HAGUE, Friday 8 March > Reprinted from Yugoslav newspaper, Blic > [Our thanks to Robert S. Rodvik for this article] > > [Posted 11 March 2002] > ======================================= > > Blic, Belgrade | March 9, 2002 > > The Hague (Tanjug) - The continuation of the latest roundof hearings, > which commenced yesterday, suffered many interruptions by > JudgeRichard May today. At one point, the Judge intervened and warned > the witness, as well as the defendant, "This is not a political > manifestation but a trial". > > Mr. Milosevic cross-examined Sabit Kadriu, who claimed the Serbs did > not flee Albanian violence but were "searching for a better life" > outside of Kosovo & Metohia and that they were "selling their farms > and estates to Albanians at steep prices". The witness claimed that > he had no knowledge as to how many Serbs had fled the province and > that the "regime" in Belgrade caused and then manipulated this > situation. > > Mr. Milosevic told the court that Albanian separatists persistently > refused the Government's proposal for the return of Albanian > professors and students to state schools, while the witness claimed > that, every September, when the school year traditionally starts, the > Serbian government" prevented the Albanians" from enrolling. > > Countering the witness' claim that the "Serbian regime organized the > return of the expelled Serbs back to Kosovo & Metohia in order to > change the demographics", Mr. Milosevic said that of all the expelled > Serbs, only 5,000 returned to their homes, which is, as Mr. Milosevic > said, less than 1% of the total number of Serbs who have been forced > out of the province. The prosecution witness also claimed that there > were no - and are no - mujahedins in Kosovo &Metohia. Mr. Milosevic > then showed the FBI document, dated December 2001, which clearly > indicated that Al-Qaida had been active in Kosovo & Metohia. > > Kadriu said that "he knew nothing" about the killings of four > policemen in the village of Chirez on March 3, 1998, which, as Mr. > Milosevic said, was the result of a firefight between the Police and > the KLA. The Ahmeti family lost their lives in this confrontation, > which the witness claimed was a "massacre of unarmed civilians". > > In reference to the witness' claim of a massacre of the Gerxhaliu > family in May 1999, Mr. Miloshevich said that the investigating judge > went to the scene immediately after the incident and made a report. > The witness characterized this as an "obstruction" on the part of the > "Serb forces" and claimed that such things "always occurred" and that > "the Serbian police always called the court investigators after they > committed crimes." > > The defendant then told the court about the murder of Rexhepi > Bairami, an activist and a member of the LDK, the party headed by > Ibrahim Rugova, who was killed in Vuchitrn "on the orders of the > local KLA commander". Kadriu then said that "he never heard of any > Bairami". > > Mr. Milosevic then mentioned the fact that, in 1998 alone, 327 > loyalist Albanians had been murdered, to which the witness replied > that he" did not believe there were any loyalist Albanians" in Kosovo > & Metohia. Mr. Milosevic, in turn, cited Faik Jashari, a member of > the Interim Executive Council of Kosovo & Metohia, who had reported > that, after the war, some 30,000 Albanians fled to central Serbia > together with the expelled Kosovo & Metohia Serbs. > > Kadriu described the KLA as a liberation army and stood his ground, > claiming the army and the police "conducted an offensive against 27 > Albanian villages on Mt. Chichevitsa and murdered 200 civilians and > one member of the KLA". > > Mr. Milosevic then cited Kadriu, who had said earlier that "Adem > Jashari was killed when he ran out of ammo", and asked the witness > how he could talk of a "massacre of civilians" when the police first > asked Jashari to come out and give himself up, then gave him 2 hours > to consider the offer - "during which a number of people had left the > compound" - and that soon after, "a hail of bullets, fired from > dozens of automatic rifles" came from the house toward the police, to > which the police responded in self-defence and, as a consequence, > killed 60 people inside the Jashari compound. > > At this point Judge Robinson jumped in and remarked that Kadriu > wasn't present at the scene. Kadriu then said that he saw "bodies of > dead women, children and elderly people", that the action against the > Jashari compound "lasted three days", and that it served to paint a > "false picture" in the media. > > Mr. Milosevic then cited British Foreign Office reports, dating from > early 1999 (1) , which revealed that there had been no political > persecution of Albanians, but rather a confrontation with "military > opponents" - the KLA - who controlled parts of Kosovo & Metohia. > > The witness then said that, in 1999, the "Serbian forces had killed > 15,000 and expelled 1,000,000 Albanian civilians". (2) > > Mr. Milosevic responded by asking the witness about the kidnappings > and killings of Serbs, the KLA detention centres in the village of > Likovats, as well as the makeshift prison in the basement of a > general store in Vuchitrn. The witness responded, saying such prisons > "did not exist", and he also denied any killings and kidnappings by > the KLA. (3) > > The witness denied Mr. Milosevic's claim that literally all citizens > of Serbian nationality from 39 out of the 45 villages in the Vuchitrn > Municipality had been ethnically cleansed and had their houses burned > down, saying there "may have been" some "revenge attacks against the > Serbs who committed war crimes." > > Alleging that all the Serbs who once lived in the town of Vuchitrn > are war criminals, Kadriu acknowledged that there were no more Serbs > in that town, and that they fled "of their own free will because they > committed war crimes." Branislav Tapushkovich, one of the amici > curiae, reacted, drawing the court's attention to the contradictions > in Kadriu's testimony. > > Mr. Milosevic protested the court's decision to limit the time for > cross-examination and asked that the cross-examination be continued, > which was rejected by Judge May. As a result, the trial will continue > on Monday with fresh testimonies from new witnesses. > > As the hearing was drawing to a close, the security officers in the > courtroom asked Mr. Milosevic's legal advisors from Belgrade to leave > the room. They had been warned not to "gesticulate and communicate" > with Mr. Milosevic. They later returned to the courtroom. - END > > Click here to send the link to this article to a friend. > > Subscribe to the ICDSM email list at > http://www.icdsm.org/maillist.htm Receive a few articles a week. > > ========================== > FURTHER READING > ========================== > > 1) This is probably a reference to a group of documents in which the > German Foreign Office and also the German Federal Courts assessed the > request, by Kosovo ethnic Albanians, for asylum. To rule on these > claims, the German officials assessed the conflict that raged from > February 1998 to march 1999 in Kosovo and ruled that there had been > no targeting of ethnic Albanians, but rather a conflict between > secessionist and government forces. These documents can be read at > http://www.emperors-clothes.com/articles/german/Germany.html > > 2) Concerning Western/KLA claims that "the Serbs" expelled hundreds > of thousands of Albanians during the NATO bombing, see the interview > with Kosovo historian Cedomir Prlincevic, formerly the chief > archivist in Pristina. For the full interview, entitled, "Why > Albanians Fled During NATO Bombing," go to > http://www.tenc.net/interviews/keys.htm > Or read the shortened version, entitled, "WHAT'S BEHIND KLA STRATEGY > IN THE BALKANS?" which can be read at > http://www.tenc.net/interviews/strategy.htm > > 3) For anymore familiar with what happened in Kosovo following NATO's > takeover, the claims, made by the "prosecution's" KLA witnesses, that > the KLA didn't institute a reign of terror, are simply ludicrous. To > get some sense of the extent of racist terror - and sheer > gangsterism, including towards ordinary ethnic Albanians - since NATO > installed the KLA in power, see "Concentration Camps and > Gangster/Terrorism in Kosovo" at > http://emperors-clothes.com/news/reporter.htm > > This article documents both the terror against Serbs, and the day to > day gangsterism now rampant in the province. It includes the > following gem. In a NY Times article, explaining why the KLA has been > seizing profitable businesses at gunpoint, a NY Times story quoted a > KLA 'government' source as follows: > > "[KLA leader] Mr. Thaci's appointees said that such confiscations, > especially of state-owned buildings, were part of their effort to > determine property ownership. They also defended the decision to > begin collecting money from businesses, a practice many shop owners > have labeled 'extortion.'" -- Quoted in "Concentration Camps and > Gangster/Terrorism in Kosovo" at > http://emperors-clothes.com/news/reporter.htm > > How can one write satirical fiction when this is the "news"? > > 4) Dr. Kosta Cavoski, a distinguished Yugoslav legal scholar, has > written a mind-boggling four-part series. > > > In 'The War Crimes Tribunal vs. Gen. Djordje Djukic' at > http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/cavoski/c-1.htm > and 'The Mistreatment of Col. Aleksa Krsmanovic' at > http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/cavoski/c-2.htm Professor > Cavoski deals with the torture and physical destruction of Serbian > 'defendants'. > > In 'Illegal Origins' at > http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/cavoski/c-3.htm > Professor Cavoski analyzes the Tribunal's legal rationale, or lack of > same. > > In 'Learning from the Inquisition' at > http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/cavoski/c-4.htm Professor > Cavoski describes the practices of the Tribunal, which thoroughly > violate what we would consider natural legal guarantees. > 5) 'Why is NATO Decimating the Balkans and Trying to Force Milosevic > to Surrender?' > By Jared Israel and Nico Varkevisser > > 6) 'How Madeline Albright Ordered The Hague 'Tribunal' To 'Indict' > Milosevic' at > http://www.icdsm.org/more/lovie.htm > > 7) 'Official Statements Prove Hague 'Tribunal' Belongs to NATO,' > by Jared Israel at > http://www.icdsm.org/more/belongs.htm > > > Subscribe to the ICDSM email list at > http://www.icdsm.org/maillist.htm Receive a few articles a week. > > Click here to send the link to this article to a friend. > > The Defense of Milosevic - and the Truth - Needs Your Help! > > NATO has billions of dollars and the media to spread lies. 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