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Ashdown has an intelligence background, and although claiming to be making a "private visit" was in fact in support of British Foreign Policy, and he has made many such visits to Jugoslavia. It was most foolish to allow him into the country in the first place. --- Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > > AFP. 15 March 2002. Milosevic cross examines > Western diplomat for first > time. > > THE HAGUE -- Slobodan Milosevic questioned former > British opposition > party leader Paddy Ashdown on Friday, cross > examining a Western diplomat > for the first time in his trial for war crimes. > > Questioning one of his long-time accusers, Milosevic > was sharp to react > when Ashdown told the court he had warned the former > Yugoslav president > he would end up in the court one day over Belgrade's > repression in > Kosovo. > > "I warned you that if you took these steps and went > on doing this you > would end up in this court and here you are!" said > Ashdown, recalling a > conversation with Milosevic after visiting Kosovo in > 1998 to investigate > claims by the ethnic Albanian community of > repression at the hands of > Serb forces. > > "Could the witness please answer my questions and > not make speeches," > Milosevic replied acidly. > > The former Yugoslav leader questioned Ashdown about > the 1999 NATO > campaign against Yugoslavia. > > The relaxed and eloquent diplomat conceded nothing > to the former > Yugoslav president. > > Milosevic tried to make the point that Ashdown > believed there would only > be peace in Yugoslavia if it was "subjugated" to the > great powers, but > Ashdown dismissed it as a "laughable" notion. > > During the three-hour cross-examination, Milosevic > grilled Ashdown about > activities of the separatist Kosovo Liberation Army > (KLA). > > "I have never denied it was a terrorist > organisation, I have never > denied there was KLA activity and innocent Serbs > were suffering," said > Ashdown. > > Ashdown's testimony wound up Friday and the court > adjourned. > > The trial chamber is on Monday to hear protected > witnesses in a closed > session. > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > Barry Stoller > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews > > --------------------------- > ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B 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 ==^================================================================
