Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Please remember to use the new list address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Refer to http://www.stopnato.org.uk for further information. ...................................................................... ........................................................ > From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: I Will Defeat The West's Puppets, Vows Milosevic > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I will defeat the west's puppets, vows Milosevic > Lawyer tells Guardian of Serb leader's defiance > > > Owen Bowcott > Monday July 30, 2001 > The Guardian > > Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav president who > is awaiting trial for war crimes at the Hague > tribunal, is in good spirits despite 24-hour video > surveillance in his solitary confinement cell, > according to the Canadian lawyer who has offered to > represent him. > > Christopher Black, an attorney from Toronto, is one of > the few visitors allowed to meet Milosevic. His > account over the weekend of a two-hour interview with > Milosevic conducted inside the Scheveningen jail, near > the Hague, gives a rare glimpse of the prisoner's > state of mind and his determination to fight against > what he sees as the west's injustice against him. > > Earlier this month, Mr Black persuaded the Hague > tribunal to let him talk to the former president about > legal representation. Milosevic has been charged with > responsibility for the killings of more than 600 > people and the displacement of 740,000 ethnic > Albanians in Kosovo in 1999. > > "His morale is pretty good considering he's in jail," > Mr Black said. "He's quite relaxed, clear-headed and > very determined to continue the fight. He knows what > he wants to do. > > "There are rumours about him being suicidal but he > doesn't present as sad, let alone depressed. He's in a > cell on his own with a small bathroom. For the first > five days they kept the lights on all night. He > complained about it and they fixed that. Now he can > sleep." > > The cell is still illuminated - by a 24-hour, low > light in the bathroom - to enable cameras to monitor > the former Yugoslav leader constantly. Mr Black fears > that reports of Milosevic feeling depressed are being > circulated in case anything happens to him. > > During their meeting, Milosevic insisted that his > actions had been designed to defend the integrity of > Yugoslavia. > > "These guys are playing jokes. I'm here and suddenly > I'm the worst thing ever," Milosevic told Mr Black. > "They [Nato] have to look at everything they did. I > didn't do anything wrong. They did." > > In a conference call to supporters of his Socialist > party in Belgrade, Milosevic claimed to be the "moral > winner" over "those puppets of the west". He is > reported to have said he was "proud to again be placed > in the most difficult spot of the battle". > > The Canadian lawyer's involvement began earlier this > year when he met Milosevic in Belgrade. He then took a > call from Milosevic's wife, Mira Markovic, asking if > he would travel to the Hague. "No one wants this case > in the sense of ambulance chasing," Mr Black said. "At > the moment he hasn't retained me as counsel, and he > may not." > > Mr Black represented defendants at the Rwandan war > crimes tribunal. He is now vice-chairman of the > International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic, > a campaign which claims that the trial will be no more > than an exercise in "victor's justice": fixing in > history the west's partisan version of events. > > The campaign is raising funds for a hearing in the > Dutch courts alleging that Milosevic has been > illegally detained and that the Hague tribunal did not > have the jurisdiction to deport him to the > Netherlands. > > Mr Black revealed what it was like for some Hague > staff to meet an alleged war criminal with such a > heinous charge sheet. "Though he speaks fluent English > they sent in a woman interpreter who walked out four > or five times she was so disgusted - but they kept > sending her back in." > > Milosevic insisted during the interview with Mr Black > that the Yugoslav army was a disciplined force. Anyone > found "abusing prisoners" was reprimanded, he said. > "If we found information that some groups were forming > paramilitary groups," Milosevic told Mr Black, "we had > them visited and said [to them] they should join the > army." > > As Mr Black left the prison he says Milosevic was > smiling. "He's got a slight heart problem but > otherwise his health is good. He wasn't eating prison > food in Belgrade, he didn't trust it. But he trusts > the food at the Hague." > > The authorities at the Hague are now considering > whether to allow him to leave solitary confinement, > and a decision on whether he will be permitted to > associate with other Serbian prisoners is also > expected soon. Milosevic was offered the opportunity > of meeting non-Serb detainees when he first arrived, a > spokeswoman at the Hague confirmed, but he declined. > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! > Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBO2TvKUY4L8gv88U8EQJk4wCdHiqa+a4sCnQW4O8uCQ2JRQWJhjUAoM1P qJKHF+7MjD0J1uJNkrd2CDpU =X/fk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
