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Ananova : Milosevic will be convicted, says war crime prosecutor ===================================== Slobodan Milosevic will be found guilty of genocide in his war crimes trial, UN War Crimes Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte is predicting. She is convinced she can prove his guilt when his trial for alleged war crimes carried out in Kosovo begins in February. She also believes there is now a greater "political will" to bring the two other indicted war criminals, Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, to justice. Ms Del Ponte says Milosevic should be faced with all his alleged crimes, rather than the present timetable, under which he will face separate trials for allegations relating to Kosovo, Bosnia and Croatia. She told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: "It is most important because Milosevic was President of the former Yugoslavia, he was behind all of what has happened." She denied Milosevic's trial represented a "victor's justice" and said it was "theoretically possible" the former president could be acquitted of the charges. The prospect of the prosecution of fugitive war criminals Karadzic and Mladic is open to question, she added. Although Karadzic's whereabouts are unknown, Ms Del Ponte says she's received reports Mladic had been seen in a restaurant in Belgrade within the last week, but that he was being protected by the Yugoslav army. "It is scandalous Mladic can move freely in Belgrade and that is the responsibility of the Yugsolav Federation," she said. Story filed: 10:27 Thursday 27th December 2001 ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
