My congratulations to Professor Markovic's cogent statement on the ICT. Ako nisam zaboravio previse od mog srpskohrvatskog, mogu pokusavati reci da ja se slasim s njim potpuno. Zivio Medjunarodno Sud za Zlocesti ? (ICC). Srdacno, Roger Dittmann Professor of Physics Emeritus California State University, Fullerton, CA 92834-6866, USA President, US Federation of Scholars and Scientists UN Representative of the World Federation of Scientific Workers President, Unitarian Church of Orange County > -----Original Message----- > From: Vladimir Krsljanin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 11:37 AM > To: Belgrade Forum > Cc: Internet team of SPS; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Professor Mihailo Markovic on arrest of Milosevic > > Most important Yugoslav living philosopher, professor Mihailo > Markovic, member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, member of > several international scientific societies and visiting professor in many > foreign universities, including in USA, made today the following statement > on the arrest of president Milosevic: > > > > Present Yugoslav authorities know that Slobodan Milosevic is not a war > criminal and yet they arrested him and intend to deliver him to the Hague > tribunal the partiality of which is quite obvious. Its prosecutor, > notorious Carla Del Ponte declared in advance that for his "crimes" > Milosevic will get life imprisonment. He is guilty before anything was > proven, he is punished before the trial even started. In any truly legal > institution this lady would be fired and the case dismissed. Unfortunately > the Hague tribunal is not a legal but a political institution fully > subordinated to the only-remaining word superpower. > > It is common knowledge that multinational former Yugoslavia was not broken > by former Yugoslav president but by separatist forces, supported from > outside. All evidence points out that the four wars in former Yugoslavia > were not produced by Milosevic but by paramilitary forces of > secessionists. > > There were indeed appalling atrocities in those wars, as in every civil > war in history. But they were committed by all parties. There was no > systematic Serbian policy deserving to be characterized as genocide or > crime against humanity. > > Besides, when similar crimes took place in some other wars (for example > war in Vietnam) only those who committed them were held responsible, not > presidents of USA and other countries. > > Certainly everyone, including Milosevic is responsible if he broke the > international law and the laws of his country. However, our entire > civilization and any truly legal system rest on the principle that guilt > must be proven and that each human being must be presumed innocent before > trial begins > > I am convinced that Milosevic would not have been arrested had this not > been demanded by the USA in order to absolve itself from the moral and > legal responsibility for bombardment of Yugoslavia. > > Mihailo Markovic, > > member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts > > To join or help this struggle, visit: > <http://www.sps.org.yu/> (official SPS website) > <http://www.belgrade-forum.org/> (forum for the world of equals) > <http://www.24casa.co.yu/> (the only free daily newspaper in Yugoslavia) > > _______________________________________________ CrashList website: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base
