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Newslettre of the french speaking section of ICDSM

N�1 - 31 AO�T/AUGUST 2001



 

Excerpts from the second appearance of Slobodan Milosevic before the
so-called ICTY on 30 August 2001.


Judge Richard May: Mr Milosevic, if there are any issues you wish to raise
in connection with your case or about your physical and mental conditions,
then this is your chance to do so.

Slobodan Milosevic: Well, I would like to know first of all, can I speak or
are you going to turn off my microphone like first time.

Judge: Mr Milosevic, if you follow the rules then you will be able to speak.

Milosevic: Then that is my next question, I would like to make presentation
on the legality of this tribunal.

Judge: You have already put a motion in on that topic, are you asking to be
able to address it to the chamber?

Milosevic: If I cannot make the presentation...I will give it in writing. My
associates will give it to the press. I don't see why I have to defend
myself in front of false tribunal from false indictments

Judge: If you make it in writing it can be made public in due course. If you
have it in writing it may be more convenient to deal with it in that way.

Milosevic: That is your decision. We have to communicate as a civilised
persons not with switching off the microphone... so we can understand each
other what is possible what is not.

I was indicted 26 May, the 60th day of Nato aggression against Yugoslavia,
when I was defending my country, and there are two and a half years from
that date, and we have just heard that they have no evidence, that they
cannot complete indictment.

Having a clear opinion which is proved by legal facts that this tribunal is
illegal, I don't see why I have to defend myself in front of false tribunal
from false indictments.

If you allow to me I would ask some questions to you concerning my position
in illegal imprisonment.

Judge: You can't ask us any questions, but if there are issues you would
like to raise about that you can do so.

Milosevic: I am by the order of this illegal institution in total isolation,
and my question is why am I isolated from my family? Why my family cannot
visit me the same way as the others have that possibility? Why visits of my
family are monitored? Why you need monitoring of my talks with my grandson
who is two and a half years old? So why you are making all those acts of
massive violation of my rights? And why I am isolated from the persons who
would like to visit me and who I need to talk and to discuss different legal
aspects of my position in this illegal imprisonment.

Judge: Just pause there. The rules governing the detention are a matter for
the registrar. If they are being applied differently to you to anybody else
we will inquire. The difficulty about the lawyers is that you have not yet
selected or nominated a lawyer, and the rules allow legal visits from a
nominated lawyer. 

Now, is this your position? You wish to represent yourself, you do not wish
to [nominate] a lawyer, but you wish to have access to legal advice, does
that summarise your position?

Milosevic: It is clear that it is my right to contact different experts for
different aspects of my position in illegal imprisonment and in addition to
that I have the right to contact lawyers who are dealing with my private
affairs in Yugoslavia, I have right to contact lawyers who are engaged in
some international organisations who are supporting me, I have right to
communicate with those people... As I understand all system of UN is based
on the principal of non-discrimination and I am discriminated all the time
from the first day I got in.

Judge: The problem is that you have not nominated a lawyer, if you nominated
a lawyer the position would be clear. The staff here have to follow the
rules, and the person who is allowed legal visits is your nominated lawyer.
But you want advice first of all on your position here on these proceedings,
you also want advice on your affairs in Yugoslavia.

Milosevic: Of course and many other things I have in mind, what I have to
talk about. 

Judge: The trial chamber will look into these matters. The problem is that
you have not nominated a lawyer. If you nominated a lawyer the position
would be clear

Milosevic: The third question is why I am isolated from the press especially
in the circumstances in which every single day there is something printed or
broadcast against me as a pure lie.

So you are keeping me in isolation not to communicate to the press even by
telephone, which is the only means which is available to me... If there is
on one side all that machinery you represent, all that secret services,
military mach media machinery and everything else and on my side there is
only the truth, if you are isolating me from the communications with the
press then it is clear that is completely discriminatory and you cannot even
mention the idea of even-handedness...

Please let me remind you I am not recognising this tribunal but considering
it completely illegitimate and illegal, so all those questions about
counsels, about representations are out of any question...

Judge: Very well, Mr Milosevic there must be an end to this. Just one
moment. let me deal with the matters you raise, the rules of the detention
unit provide that there should not be communication with the press. Those
are the rules and they must be followed. They do not discriminate against
you they apply to all the accused who are in detention. As to your point
about your not recognising the tribunal, you have made it and we have heard
it and there is no need to repeat it, is there anything else you want to
add? 

Milosevic: I understood we were dealing with that problem of illegality of
the tribunal as a problem of jurisdiction. It is clear to any lawyer in the
world that question of jurisdiction can be open when juridicial institutions
are concerned, and you are not juridical institution. You are political
tool.. 

Judge: You've made that point, Mr Milosevic, we are not going to listen to
political arguments, your motion on jurisdiction you have put in and we will
consider it. This hearing will be adjourned until Monday 29 October.

 

Extraits de la seconde comparution du pr�sident Milosevic devant le TPI

�Quand l'accusation sera-t-elle pr�te?�, demande le "juge" May � la
procureur Del Ponte. �Difficile � dire, il nous faudra sans doute encore
plus de deux mois�. Plus tard, Milosevic ironisera: �Deux ans et demi apr�s
m'avoir faussement accus�, vous n'�tes toujours pas pr�te !�

Que Milosevic ne reconnaisse pas ce "tribunal" et refuse de choisir un
avocat, g�ne manifestement. Le pr�sident voudrait lui en d�signer un
d'office tout en disant que ce ne serait "pas vraiment" son conseil. Ca
patauge plut�t. Enfin, le pr�sident donne la parole � l'accus�.

�D�sirez-vous soulever d'autres questions ?�

�Ca d�pend. Puis-je parler ou allez-vous, comme la premi�re fois, tourner le
bouton de mon microphone? Pouvons-nous communiquer comme des personnes
civilis�es ?� (.) �Je souhaite parler sur l'ill�galit� du tribunal. J'ai
pr�par� un m�moire. Ca prendrait 40 minutes.�

�Vous en avez d�j� parl�.�

�Si vous ne me laissez pas parler, mes associ�s distribueront mon m�moire �
la presse.� 

Pas de r�ponse claire. Milosevic reprend : �Je ne vois pas pourquoi je
devrais me d�fendre devant ce tribunal ill�gal et envers une fausse
accusation. Mais je voudrais vous questionner sur mes conditions de
d�tention. Je suis en isolement total : pourquoi ma famille ne peut-elle me
visiter quand elle le souhaite, pourquoi les visites sont-elles surveill�es
et les conversations enregistr�es, m�me avec mon petit-fils de deux ans et
demi ? Pourquoi ne puis-je discuter avec mes avocats concernant mes affaires
personnelles en Yougoslavie ?�

Le pr�sident : �Ce sont les r�gles. Le probl�me est que vous n'avez pas
d�sign� d'avocat.� 

�Pourquoi suis-je isol� de la presse ? Chaque jour, on imprime des mensonges
sur moi, et je ne peux r�pondre. Si des journalistes veulent conna�tre la
v�rit�, personne n'a de raison d'avoir peur de la v�rit� ! Vous n'�tes pas
un tribunal, vous �tes un instrument politique�, accuse Milosevic.

A nouveau, le pr�sident pousse le bouton pour lui couper son micro.

 

Slobodan Milosevic toujours combatif devant le TPI

LA HAYE, 30 ao�t (AFP) - Slobodan Milosevic est apparu plus combatif que
jamais, jeudi matin lors de sa deuxi�me comparution devant le Tribunal p�nal
international (TPI) de La Haye, r�cusant la l�gitimit� de cette institution
et se plaignant, haut et fort, d'une "violation massive" de ses droits.

L'ancien pr�sident yougoslave, v�tu d'un costume sombre et d'une cravate
ray�e, s'est lev� � l'entr�e des trois magistrats du TPI mais c'est la seule
marque de respect qu'il ait exprim�e envers ses juges.

L'ancien pr�sident, accus� de crimes de guerre et de crimes contre
l'humanit� pour son r�le au Kosovo en 1999, comparaissait pour la deuxi�me
fois devant le TPI dans le cadre d'une conf�rence de "mise en �tat", en
principe destin�e � faire le point de la proc�dure avant le proc�s. Massif,
tass� sur son si�ge, encadr� des gardiens du TPI � chemise bleu claire, M.
Milosevic est rest� impassible durant toute la premi�re partie de
l'audience.

Le procureur Carla Del Ponte a demand� que lui soit lu, durant l'audience,
l'int�gralit� de l'acte d'accusation pesant contre lui en faisant valoir
qu'il ne l'avait jamais lu et qu'il se targuait de n'en avoir pas pris
connaissance.

Le juge britannique Richard May, qui pr�sidait, a rejet� la requ�te en
attendant le bouclage d�finitif du dossier.

M. Milosevic a saisi cette occasion pour d�noncer une fois de plus
l'ill�galit� des charges qui p�sent contre lui: "Cet acte d'accusation a �t�
rendu public le 26 mai (1999), au soixanti�me jour de l'agression de l'OTAN
contre la Yougoslavie alors que je d�fendais mon pays", a d�clar� l'ancien
pr�sident. "Deux ans et demi apr�s, je viens juste d'entendre qu'ils n'ont
pas de preuves, qu'ils n'ont pas plus boucler leur accusation".

Ce tribunal n'est qu'un "instrument politique", a lanc� l'ancien chef de
l'Etat.

S'exprimant en anglais, d'une voix ferme, il a d�nonc� les "violations
massives" de ses droits dont il affirme �tre victime � la prison du TPI, o�
il est d�tenu depuis son transfert de Belgrade le 28 juin.

"Pourquoi suis-je isol� de ma famille ? Pourquoi mes conversations avec mon
petit gar�on �g� de deux ans et demi sont-elles surveill�es ?".

Il s'est �galement plaint de ne pas pouvoir communiquer avec la presse
"alors qu'on �crit tous les jours des mensonges sur moi". C'est clairement
une "discrimination", a dit l'ancien pr�sident.

Le juge Richard May l'a renvoy� au r�glement de l'unit� de d�tention du TPI
qui interdit toute communication avec la presse � tous les d�tenus

Le magistrat a �galement d�cid� de nommer un avocat d'office, M. Milosevic
ayant refus� d'en prendre un.

Ce sera un avocat d'un genre particulier puisqu'il ne sera pas charg� de
d�fendre M. Milosevic mais d'assister la cour lors de la proc�dure et durant
le proc�s.

Cet avocat ne repr�sentera pas l'accus�, il ne pr�sentera pas une "d�fense
positive" de M. Milosevic mais il entreprendra toute action "judicieuse"
n�cessaire pour assurer un proc�s �quitable, a pr�cis� le TPI.

 

" consider this tribunal and indictments false"

(Excerpts from President Milosevic' first appearance before ICTY on
04/07/2001) 

THE hearing yesterday lasted 12 minutes with, aside from translators, only
Judge Richard May and Milosevic speaking. This is an unofficial transcript.

The court president (British Judge Richard May): "This is the initial
appearance of the accused in this case upon his transfer to the tribunal.
The hearing is to be conducted in accordance with the rules of procedure and
evidence of the tribunal, rule 62.

"Mr Milosevic, I see that you are not represented by counsel today; we
understand that this is of your own choice. You do have the right, of
course, to defend yourself, you also have a right to counsel, and you should
consider carefully whether it's in your own best interests not to be
represented.

"These proceedings will be long and complex, and you may wish to reconsider
the position. In these circumstances, if you wish to have time to consider
whether you want to have counsel or not, we would be prepared to give it to
you. Now, do you want some time to consider now?"

Milosevic (in English): "I consider this tribunal false tribunal and
indictments false indictments. It is illegal being not appointed by UN
General Assembly so I have no need to appoint counsel to illegal organ."

President: "Mr Milosevic, in due course you will have the chance to put in
motions challenging the jurisdiction or any other preliminary matters which
you wish to do, but we take it that you wish to proceed today without
counsel, although it's a matter which you may wish to reconsider in due
course.

"This initial appearance is simply to deal with these matters, first of all
the indictment itself, and secondly for you, if you wish, to enter your
pleas of guilty or not guilty to it. The first matter is the indictment.

"As you may know, you have the right to have the indictment read out now
into court before you plead to it. This is a right which you may also waive.
Now, do you want to have the indictment read out or not?"

Milosevic (In English): "That's your problem."

President: "Mr Milosevic, you are now before this tribunal, and you're
within the jurisdiction of it. You will be tried by the tribunal; you will
be accorded the full rights of the accused according to international law,
and the full protections of international law and the statute . . ."

Milosevic (In Serbian): "Mr President . . ." (pause while translation
facilities rectified)

President: "The trial chamber will treat your response as a waiver of your
right to have the indictment read out. The next part of the procedure is to
move towards having that indictment put to you.

"Mr Milosevic, you may if you wish have time to consider your plea. The rule
allows you up to 30 days to do so, if you don't understand the matters to
which you have to plead or you wish to consult counsel before entering a
plea. "On the other hand you may enter a plea today. Now, do you want to
enter pleas today, or are you asking for an adjournment to consider the
matter further?"

Milosevic (In Serbian, via court translator): "This trial's aim is to
produce false justification for the war crimes of Nato committed in
Yugoslavia."

President: "Mr Milosevic, I asked you a question: do you wish to enter your
pleas today or are you asking for an adjournment to consider the matter
further?"

Milosevic (In Serbian) "I have given you my answer. Furthermore this so
called tribunal is . . ." (remainder faded down)

President: "The rules state that if an accused fails to enter a plea, then
the trial chamber shall enter a plea of not guilty on his behalf. Mr
Milosevic, we treat your response as a failure to enter a plea and we shall
enter pleas of not guilty on each count on your behalf."

Milosevic (In Serbian): "As I have said, the aim of this tribunal is to
justify the crimes committed in Yugoslavia. That is why this is a false
trial, an illegitimate one . . ."

President: "Mr Milosevic, this is not the time for speeches. As I have said,
you will have a full opportunity in due course to defend yourself and to
make your defence before the tribunal. This is not the moment to do so. This
matter is now adjourned. "The next hearing will be a status conference which
will take place in the week commencing the August 27 unless the trial
chamber orders an earlier hearing."The matter is now adjourned."

 

Milosevic: The legal battle ahead


(Excerpts from BBC NEWS - Tuesday, 3 July, 2001)

Milosevic may not recognise the tribunal in The Hague

By BBC New Online's Tarik Kafala


The trial of Slobodan Milosevic is expected to be an epic legal battle that
could run for months, if not years.

The case against Mr Milosevic looks like a strong one, but proving it in a
court is another matter.

And despite what many see as Mr Milosevic's demonisation in the West, he is
still innocent until proven guilty.

[The trial] will be a real test to see if the judges that have been
appointed to this international criminal body can rise above the politics of
their own countries and deliver justice, said Human rights lawyer Geoffrey
Robertson.  

There are questions about the strength of the evidence against Mr Milosevic.

(...) There are also several unknown elements that surround the case.

The president of the tribunal, Claude Jorda, has said the trial will not
begin for another eight to 12 months, and is likely to last for more than a
year (...) 

Tactics
The former Yugoslav leader has so far declined to appoint a defence counsel,
despite meeting two lawyers who had been representing him before his
extradition from Belgrade.

At his first appearance before the international tribunal Mr Milosevic
appeared without legal representation.

He said that he regarded the court and its indictment as illegal and false,
and therefore he did not have to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty.

There is no convincing evidence whatsoever that he is guilty of any crime or
atrocity... unless they concoct it, said Christopher Black of the
International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic

Mr Milosevic had indicated before his court appearance that he would not
recognise the international tribunal and has rejected his trial as being
"politically motivated".


The presiding judge, as the rules of the tribunal require, entered a plea of
not guilty on Mr Milosevic's behalf.

Officials from the tribunal have made it clear that they will be preparing
additional indictments against Mr Milosevic for crimes in Croatia and
Bosnia, as well as the current indictments to do with crimes in Kosovo.

Tribunal officials hope that there will be a single trial at which the
former president will face all the charges the tribunal wants to bring at
the same time. 

After a brief appearance before the tribunal on 3 July the trial was
adjourned until 27 August.

Test of international justice
The ability of the tribunal to try such an important figure as Mr Milosevic
in a way that is perceived to be transparent and fair is very important for
the process of international justice.

"I think the trial is going to be more the trial of the idea of
international justice than, perhaps, the trial of Slobodan Milosevic,
because international justice has never been tested," Geoffrey Robertson
says. 

"It will be a real test to see if the judges that have been appointed to
this international criminal body can rise above the politics of their own
countries and deliver justice." (...)

Prosecutors will also be seeking to establish two other principles of
authority to prove Mr Milosevic's guilt. The first is Mr Milosevic's "de
jure", or legal responsibility as president of Yugoslavia for the actions of
the army. 

The prosecution will also be attempting to demonstrate Mr Milosevic's "de
facto" responsibility - that he was in reality, or practically, the final
authority at the top of Yugoslavia's military and security apparatus.

"Cear conscience"
Defenders of Mr Milosevic argue that the evidence against him is flimsy.

Christopher Black, a Canadian criminal lawyer and member of the
International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic, told the BBC: "There
is no convincing evidence whatsoever that he is guilty of any crime or
atrocity whatsoever. UN estimates now of all the bodies found in Kosovo is
less than 1000 - half of which are Serbs. "You have more than that in
Northern Ireland. We should be arresting British leaders if we apply the
same standard," he said.

In a recent meeting, Mr Milosevic apparently told Mr Black that he had a
clear conscience. 

"There is no evidence going to be found against him unless they concoct it.
I looked the man right in the eye, a man I have never met before, and he
looked me straight in the eye and did not blink.

"Yes I believe him. I have been a criminal lawyer for 25 years and I have
spoken to a lot of witnesses - I know when a man is telling the truth," Mr
Black said. 

 

Will Milosevic get a fair trial ? Is it time for a world court ?


(Excerpts from BBC NEWS - Tuesday, 3 July, 2001)

Milosevic's defence options. Milosevic has several choices as he considers
his trial

By south-east Europe analyst Gabriel Partos

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic refused to accept the
jurisdiction of the UN tribunal in The Hague when he attended a pre-trial
hearing. 

Mr Milosevic - who at the 1995 Dayton peace accords solemnly undertook to
co-operate with the tribunal - said in court that the tribunal lacked
legitimacy because it had not been set up by the UN's General Assembly.

I consider this tribunal a false tribunal and the indictments false
indictments - I have no need to appoint counsel to an illegal organ, said
Milosevic.

But international lawyers say the former president's argument does not
appear to have any validity, and Mr Milosevic has other lines of defence
open to him should he decide to co-operate with the tribunal.

Under the UN Charter, the powers of the General Assembly, which includes all
the member states, are severely circumscribed.

Assembly powers 
Indeed, chapter IV, which deals with the General Assembly, repeatedly notes
that the assembly "may make recommendations" - rather than give instructions
- either to the Security Council or to the UN's member states.

By contrast, chapter V contains an explicit provision - article 25 - which
binds UN members to "agree to accept and carry out the decisions of the
Security Council". 


Indeed, it is the 15-member Security Council which acts as the UN's
effective executive arm, and makes most key decisions.

Its five permanent members - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United
States - can each veto any resolution.

The decision to set up the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia was reached unanimously in 1993.

Accepting the Security Council
Mr Milosevic's determination to question the UN Security Council's authority
also goes against his previous willingness to go along with its decisions.

The Dayton accords were given the UN's backing in Security Council
resolution 1031. 

And the deal that stopped Nato's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia over
Kosovo in June 1999 was enshrined in Security Council resolution 1244.

So Mr Milosevic's performance in court on Tuesday seems to go against his
earlier attitude towards the Security Council and against his written
undertakings at Dayton.

In the face of his defiance, the tribunal judges entered a plea on his
behalf as the rules of the court stipulate.

Serb hero ?
Mr Milosevic's performance in court may be part of an attempt to cast
himself in the image of a defeated Serb hero or martyr.

Some of the propaganda Belgrade put out during the Kosovo conflict described
the fighting as yet another struggle by the much-persecuted Serbian nation
against overwhelming odds.

It is a tradition that goes back to the portrayal - as a noble defeat - of
the 1389 battle of Kosovo which subsequently led to the conquest of Serbia
by the Ottoman Turkish empire.

Mr Milosevic may decide to persist in his refusal to recognise the tribunal
in the hope of writing a new chapter of Serb history in which he plays the
chief victim in yet another noble defeat.

Mounting a defence 
Alternatively, he may change his mind and mount some kind of defence. In
this case, he could begin with several procedural matters.

He could challenge the presiding judge, Richard May, on the grounds that he
is from Britain - one of the leading participants in Nato's air campaign
against Yugoslavia.

Under the European Convention on Human Rights, one of the key tests is not
just the impartiality of a judge but the perception that he or she is
impartial. 

In other words, Judge May's nationality itself could be used in questioning
the perception of his impartiality.

International lawyers say there is as yet no precedent in European law for
nationality being used as a possible cause of partiality.

Challenge to extradition
On the other hand, one of the main points about setting up The Hague
tribunal was precisely to provide a neutral, international setting - rather
than allow the former Yugoslav republics to try either their own or each
other's nationals in a climate of ethnic hatred.

Mr Milosevic could also challenge the manner of his transfer to the tribunal
which was carried out by the Serbian authorities in defiance of a ruling by
the Yugoslav Constitutional Court.

However, it is unlikely the tribunal would want to intervene in Yugoslavia's
internal legislation.

Besides, it has dismissed earlier challenges by other defendants who were in
some cases forcibly arrested or abducted before being handed over to the
tribunal. 

Whichever option the former strongman of the Balkans chooses, he does not
have to decide for some time.

According to the tribunal, Mr Milosevic and his team of lawyers - if he
decides to employ them - will probably have between eight and 12 months to
prepare his case (...)

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. MILOSEVIC


(From Pravda.RU - 2001-08-21)

The former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia threatens to tell
the whole truth as the Belgrade party ends in tears.

As the situation in Belgrade gives Mr. Milosevic a good reason to smile on
his 60th birthday, his wife, Mira Markovic, declares that her husband is
ready to tell the whole story, which should be giving many in the west
attacks of nerves. 

President Vojislav Kostunica's party left the government of Zoran Djindjic,
after accusing the latter of corruption and of having ties with organized
crime. A police agent who had gone to Kostunica's office to denounce various
political leaders and businessmen involved in shady deals was murdered hours
later. This is the reality of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia today,
less than a year after having been swept to power in Serbia, backed by NATO.
The party ends in tears.

NATO's interference in the Balkans thus seems more and more befitting of a
warden in a chamber of horrors - on one hand, the murderous criminals of the
UCK, aided and abetted, armed, equipped and trained by NATO and on the
other, Djindjic, accused of corruption and ties to organized crime and
suspected of being implicated in the murder of those who dare to denounce
him. 

As Slobodan Milosevic turns 60 years old, today, his wife Mira Markovic
makes declarations which should cause a spate of nervous telephone calls by
the many who have been involved in the hypocrisy of western policy towards
the Balkans in the past decade.

"While Milosevic was useful to the USA, everyone considered him a partner of
America. Later, a movement of resistance towards the former Yugoslavia
developed in American policy, and Washington began to support the terrorist
movements of Kosovo. All of these had the objective of destabilising
Yugoslavia. It is obvious that the Albanians had neither the courage nor the
weapons to begin an offensive on such a scale".

She declared that her husband is the most competent person to bear witness
to the events of the last tem years in the Balkans and to explain the
break-up of the former Yugoslavia. This witness is expected to include the
hard facts regarding the role of western politicians involved in
negotiations with Yugoslavia.

Mira Markovic blames foreign powers for fomenting nationalism in the former
Yugoslavia, provoking them to divide and fight among themselves. Meanwhile,
the great victim has always been Serbia. "It was only we who did not have
the right to defend ourselves and we were classified as criminals because we
protected ourselves in a land of terrorists and separatists".

The involvement of foreign powers in the break-up of Yugoslavia will soon be
brought to light. The thought remains that either all of those who are
guilty of what happened in the Balkans should be sitting beside Mr.
Milosevic on the stand, or that he should be released because either they
are all guilty, or nobody is.

Happy birthday, Mr. Milosevic

(Timothy BANCROFT-HINCHEY , PRAVDA.Ru, LISBON PORTUGAL)

 

Mira Markovic : Milosevic Is Not Guilty For Serb Crimes


Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic's wife Mira Markovic said on
Saturday August 25 that her husband was not guilty for any of the war crimes
committed while he was in office.

"If individual soldiers and policemen did commit crimes, you wouldn't punish
their bosses and certainly not the head of state," Markovic, who is the
leader of the opposition Yugoslav Left (JUL) coalition, told the Dutch NOS
television in a brief interview.

Markovic also denied that Serb forces had committed any crimes against
Kosovo Albanians, which NATO used as an excuse to bomb Yugoslavia in 1999.
"Serbs have not committed any crimes in Kosovo... Separatist terrorist
movements were an issue there. That was a crime," Markovic said.

 

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