From: Action Center <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 10:47 PM Subject: [IAC] IAC Condemns Deportation of Milosevic INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER National: 39 W. 14th St., Ste. 206 New York, N.Y. 10011 (212) 633-6646 Fax: (212) 633-2889 Bay Area: 2489 Mission St., Rm. 28 San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 821-6545 Fax: (415) 821-5782 Web page: www.iacenter.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ramsey Clark, Chairperson June 28, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER CONDEMNS "ILLEGAL, U.S.-FORCED DEPORTATION OF EX- YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC TO NATO-SPONSORED COURT" "AN ENORMOUS TRAGEDY FOR YUGOSLAVIA AND THE RULE OF LAW," SAYS FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL RAMSEY CLARK The International Action Center (IAC), a nationwide anti-war organization, denounced today's deportation of ex-Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to the "International Criminal Court for the Former Yugoslavia" in The Hague, Netherlands. "It is an enormous tragedy for Yugoslavia, the Serbian people and the rule of law," said IAC Chairperson and former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark. "Serbian Prime Minister Djindjic and other officials should be investigated for high crimes against the people, and if found guilty should be sentenced in accordance with the law." "Demands should be made to the ICCFY," Mr. Clark continued, "which is itself illegal, to immediately return Mr. Milosevic. The United Nations must not encourage the illegal seizure of persons, such as took place in this case. The people of Yugoslavia should unite in response to this illegal seizure and demand the return of Mr. Milosevic, as should people from all over the world. "Today's U.S.-engineered deportation of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is a gross violation of both legality and Yugoslavia's national sovereignty," said IAC West Coast Coordinator Richard Becker. "The ICCFY in The Hague is nothing more than a 'kangaroo court,' set up by the U.S.-dominated UN Security Council, and run by the NATO powers." "The ICCFY's role as an instrument of the United States and other NATO powers was made apparent during the 1999 NATO war against Yugoslavia. Despite the fact that the massive bombing of Yugoslavia constituted grave violations of international law -- including crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity -- the ICCFY refused to even consider indicting the NATO powers," Becker continued. Instead, the ICCFY indicted five Yugoslav leaders, among them then-President Milosevic. NATO spokesperson Jamie Shea stated in May 1999, "Of course NATO supports the ICCFY -- NATO created it." Sara Flounders, National Co-Director of the IAC, pointed out the fact that "Milosevic's deportation violated Yugoslavia's constitution, and decisions of its federal president, parliament and Consititutional Court. The extradition of Milosevic was carried out today under the orders of the #1 U.S. lapdog politician in Yugoslavia, Zoran Djindjic, prime minister of Serbia. In the recent election, Djindjic and his party were the main conduits for U.S. funds. The U.S. government openly boasts of having spent more than $100 million fixing the election in Yugoslavia, a country of 10 million people. The equivalent would be a foreign government spending $2.8 billion to influence a national election in the U.S. "Today, Djindjic overrode the federal courts, parliament and president of Yugoslavia in order to deliver Milosevic to the imperialist's court one day before the Yugoslavia "donors conference" (really the creditors conference) opens," Flounders continued. "Milosevic was sold to the U.S. by their man in Belgrade. Imagine a governor of state in the U.S. overriding the federal government and constitution to surrender a U.S. citizen to another country." "The objective of this step is not just, or even primarily, Milosevic himself," said Becker. "The deportation of Milosevic is another element aimed at terminating Yugoslavia's sovereignty once and for all. For more than a decade the U.S. and NATO have used war, blockades, sanctions and other means to re-balkanize the Balkans. Today, as a result, U.S. military bases dominate the region -- in Croatia, Bosnia, Albania, Hungary, Macedonia, Kosovo (Serbia) -- where there were none 10 years ago. Yugoslavia's real crime was that it resisted this re-colonization process." "The IAC stands with those in Yugoslavia today who are resisting the U.S./NATO takeover of their country," said Flounders, noting that an IAC delegation is presently en route to Yugoslavia. For more information, or to interview a spokesperson, call 212 -633-6646, or 415-821-6545 ------------------ Send replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the IAC activist announcement list. 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