U.S. OFFICIALS TO TESTIFY AT MILOSEVIC TRIAL The Bush administration has agreed in principle to allow some current and former U.S. officials to provide limited testimony against former Yugoslav ruler Slobodan Milosevic at his trial in the Hague, according to administration officials, the WashingtonPost reports.( http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59386-2002Mar20.html )
The appearance of American officials at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia could set an important legal precedent, according to court experts, and would potentially subject American officials to cross-examination by Milosevic, an indicted war criminal who is defending himself against charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in Bosnia and Kosovo. Although U.S. and U.N. officials declined to identify the individuals being sought by the court, the U.N.'s chief war crimes prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, has been in discussions with several former and current U.S. officials, including former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Richard C. Holbrooke, about their knowledge of Milosevic's crimes. In "Milosevic's Last Stand,"( http://www.cato.org/dailys/03-07-02.html ) foreign policy analyst Gary Dempsey argues that the trial of Milosevic is flawed because it is selective. "Selectivity undermines the legitimacy of war-crimes trials in the very eyes of those we would most want to come to terms with what was done in their name. For that reason, domestic alternatives should be promoted as the preferred model. Not arbitrary tribunals in foreign countries." Serbian News Network - SNN [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.antic.org/
