Informazione
MESSAGGIO DEL CAPO DEI TERRORISTI AL SIGNOR "DUE DI PICCHE" (1)
Messaggio di Bush al presidente Marovic
Contro il terrorismo: Una lotta per gli alti principi e per cittadini
liberi dalla paura
Secondo informazioni del Gabinetto del presidente jugoslavo -pardon,
serbo-montenegrino -, il presidente degli USA, G.W.Bush, a due anni
dagli attentati a New York e Washington, ha inviato un messaggio
personale al presidente dello Stato federale, Marovic.
"La nostra lotta per liberare il mondo dal terrorismo continua, ed in
essa ricordiamo i nostri concittadini, miei e Suoi, che sono morti l'11
settembre 2001", scrive nel messaggio Bush a Marovic. "I miei
concittadini ed io", aggiunge al messaggio, "ci uniamo nel ricordo dei
Vs cittadini che hanno perso la vita in questi attacchi" [sic!]
Nella lettera a Marovic, il presidente USA ha sottolineato che lo scopo
dei terroristi era di difondere la paura e il caos, uccidendo ovunque
nel mondo. "Hanno attaccato la civilizzazione perché hanno rifiutato i
pacifici e razionali metodi per risolvere i problemi. Essi
hanno respinto il diritto e gli interessi degli altri,
dimostrando l'odio profondo verso i valori del mondo civile - la
libertà, la reciproca tolleranza della quale abbiamo bisogno tutti per
vivere dignitosamente", scrive nel messaggio il presidente Bush.
(Fonte: Tanjug, 20 settembre)
NOTE:
(1) Il capo dei terroristi e' il Presidente del paese piu' potente del
mondo, che, dopo avere appoggiato i mujaheddin di Al Qaeda in Bosnia,
appoggia tuttora il terrorismo secessionista in Kosmet. Il signor due
di picche e' il Presidente di uno Stato virtuale, che ha sostituito la
Jugoslavia sovrana ed e' destinato a scomparire entro il 2006 con la
secessione del Kosmet e del Montenegro, secondo i piani USA.
Messaggio di Bush al presidente Marovic
Contro il terrorismo: Una lotta per gli alti principi e per cittadini
liberi dalla paura
Secondo informazioni del Gabinetto del presidente jugoslavo -pardon,
serbo-montenegrino -, il presidente degli USA, G.W.Bush, a due anni
dagli attentati a New York e Washington, ha inviato un messaggio
personale al presidente dello Stato federale, Marovic.
"La nostra lotta per liberare il mondo dal terrorismo continua, ed in
essa ricordiamo i nostri concittadini, miei e Suoi, che sono morti l'11
settembre 2001", scrive nel messaggio Bush a Marovic. "I miei
concittadini ed io", aggiunge al messaggio, "ci uniamo nel ricordo dei
Vs cittadini che hanno perso la vita in questi attacchi" [sic!]
Nella lettera a Marovic, il presidente USA ha sottolineato che lo scopo
dei terroristi era di difondere la paura e il caos, uccidendo ovunque
nel mondo. "Hanno attaccato la civilizzazione perché hanno rifiutato i
pacifici e razionali metodi per risolvere i problemi. Essi
hanno respinto il diritto e gli interessi degli altri,
dimostrando l'odio profondo verso i valori del mondo civile - la
libertà, la reciproca tolleranza della quale abbiamo bisogno tutti per
vivere dignitosamente", scrive nel messaggio il presidente Bush.
(Fonte: Tanjug, 20 settembre)
NOTE:
(1) Il capo dei terroristi e' il Presidente del paese piu' potente del
mondo, che, dopo avere appoggiato i mujaheddin di Al Qaeda in Bosnia,
appoggia tuttora il terrorismo secessionista in Kosmet. Il signor due
di picche e' il Presidente di uno Stato virtuale, che ha sostituito la
Jugoslavia sovrana ed e' destinato a scomparire entro il 2006 con la
secessione del Kosmet e del Montenegro, secondo i piani USA.
Aus: Junge Welt, 22.9.03
Retter, Propheten, Sehide
Bill Clinton wurde in Srebrenica begeistert empfangen. US-amerikanische
Kritiker kritisieren die Bosnienpolitik des ex-Präsidenten als
pro-fundamentalistisch
Ein Verbrecher kehrt zwanghaft immer an den Tatort zurück, lautet eine
kriminalistische Faustregel. Doch kaum jemand würde diese Regel auf
Bill Clinton und seinen jüngsten Besuch im bosnischen Srebrenica
anwenden. Für die Massenexekutionen muslimischer Bewohner dieser Stadt
im Juli 1995 werden nämlich Radovan Karadzic und Ratko Mladic,
Präsident und Generalstabschef der bosnischen Serben während des
Bürgerkrieges, verantwortlich gemacht. „Sie wollten Macht durch
Völkermord“, sagte der frühere US-Präsident, als er am Samstag unter
dem Beifall der 30.000 Besucher eine Gedenkstätte für die damaligen
Opfer einweihte. (1)
Clinton ist unter den Muslimen sehr beliebt, weil er unmittelbar nach
der Eroberung Srebrenicas gegen Widerstände auch im NATO-Bündnis eine
Intervention in Bosnien durchgesetzt hat. Im August 1995 bombardierten
US-Kampfflugzeuge zwei Wochen lang serbische Stellungen, mit ihrer
Unterstützung konnten muslimisch-kroatische Bodentruppen fast ein
Fünftel des Landes erobern. Diese territoriale Verteilung wurde dann im
Waffenstillstandsabkommen von Dayton im November 1995 bestätigt. „Die
Familien der Überlebenden sind der Ansicht, daß Clinton unter allen
Führern der Welt das größte moralische Recht (zur Einweihung der
Gedenkstätte) hat“, sagte Amor Masovic, Leiter der muslimischen
Vermißtenkommission. (2)
Doch es gibt auch Zeugen, die Clinton dieses Recht streitig machen. Der
erste ist Hakija Meholjic, vor dem Fall der Stadt Vorsitzender der
Sozialdemokratischen Partei. Er nahm an einem Treffen der
bosnisch-muslimischen Staatsführung im September 1993 in Sarajevo teil,
auf dem der damalige Präsident Alija Izetbegovic gesagt habe: „Wißt
ihr, Clinton bot mir im April 1993 ... an, daß die Streitkräfte der
Tschetniks (Schimpfwort für Serben) Srebrenica erobern, ein Massaker
von 5000 Muslimen begehen, und dann könne eine militärische
Intervention geschehen.“ Demnach hat Clinton über zwei Jahre vorher
genau das vorgeschlagen, was dann im Sommer 1995 passiert ist. Ein
Hellseher? Ein Stratege? Oder sind die Zitate erfunden, etwa von
serbischen Nationalisten? Das kann eigentlich nicht sein, denn der
Zeuge ist selbst Muslim und sein Interview erschien am 22. Juni 1996 in
der muslimischen Zeitung "Dani" aus Sarajevo.
Eine ähnliche Aussage hat UN-Generalsekretär Kofi Annan zu Protokoll
gegeben. In einem Bericht vom 15. November 1999 erwähnte er „ein
internes Treffen der bosniakisch (-muslimischen) Führung vom 28. und
29. November 1993 ... , auf dem Präsident Izetbegovic erklärt habe, ...
daß eine Intervention der NATO in Bosnien-Herzegowina möglich sei, aber
nur stattfinden könne, wenn die Serben gewaltsam in Srebrenica
eindrängen und dort mindestens 5000 Personen massakrierten“. So steht
es im Bericht der Untersuchungskommission der französischen
Nationalversammlung, der im November 2001 vorgelegt wurde.
Der westlichen Darstellung, wonach die Serben für die Opfer in
Srebrenica allein verantwortlich seien, widerspricht auch eine
Presseerklärung der International Strategic Studies Association (ISSA)
anläßlich der Clinton-Visite in Bosnien (www.StrategicStudies.org). (3)
Der konservative Think Tank, der Reagans Verteidigungsministers
Alexander Haig gleich zwei Mal für seine Verdienstete auszeichnete,
hält die gängige Zahl von 7.000 bis 8.000 ermordeten Muslimen für „weit
übertrieben und durch Beweise nicht gestützt“. So seien „ungefähr 3.000
Namen, die auf der Liste der Opfer standen ..., 1996 wieder als Wähler
bei den Kommunalwahlen 1996 aufgetaucht“. Um so schlimmer, so die ISSA
weiter, daß Paddy Ashdown, internationaler Protektor für
Bosnien-Herzegowina, und sein Stellvertreter Donald Hays, im Hauptberuf
US-Botschafter in Sarajevo, die „gewählten Vertreter der bosnischen
Serben zwingen wollen, ein betrügerisches Dokument zu unterzeichnen,
mit dem sie die offizielle Version der Ereignisse in Srebrenica
akzeptieren“.
Die konservativen Sicherheitsexperten weisen darauf hin, daß die
Clinton-Regierung mehrere tausend Gotteskrieger aus Iran, Afghanistan
und Nahost in Bosnien eingeschleust hat. Daß durch deren ständige
Angriffe aus der angeblich demilitarisierten Schutzzone Srebrenica die
Serben im Sommer 1995 zum Zuschlagen provoziert worden seien, legt auch
der Untersuchungsbericht der niederländischen Armee vom April 2002 nahe
(www.srebrenica.nl). Die ISSA berichtet weiter, daß man beim Studium
von Clintons Bosnienpolitik auch auf den Namen von Osama bin Laden
stößt. Der Terrorist hat 1993 von der muslimischen Regierung in
Sarajevo einen bosnischen Paß bekommen.
Die ISSA befürchtet, daß die von Clinton eröffnete Gedenkstätte das
Bündnis mit dem Fundamentalismus fortsetzen und „ein Reliqienschrein
für radikale Islamisten in Europa“ werden könnte. Die Gestaltung des
Friedhofes läßt diese Befürchtung realistisch erscheinen. Die damit
beauftragte Steinmetzfirma will nach eigenen Angaben für die knapp
tausend Gräber „die typischen Grabsteine für Sehide“ anfertigen. (4)
Sehide sind Märtyrer, die im Heiligen Krieg gefallen sind.
Jürgen Elsässer
(1) CNN, 20.9.03
(2) AFP, 19.9.2003, 4:21 a.m.
(3) Alle folgenden Angaben nach: ISSA, Balkan & Eastern Mediterranean
Policy Council, Srebrenica Casualty Numbers Challenged by Experts as
Politicized and Ethnically Divisive”, Press Release erhalten am
19.09.03 (www.StrategicStudies.Org)
(4) Sterinmetz Edin Buric gegenüber „SZ“, 20.0.2003 (N.N., Feierstunde
in der Stadt des Schreckens)
Retter, Propheten, Sehide
Bill Clinton wurde in Srebrenica begeistert empfangen. US-amerikanische
Kritiker kritisieren die Bosnienpolitik des ex-Präsidenten als
pro-fundamentalistisch
Ein Verbrecher kehrt zwanghaft immer an den Tatort zurück, lautet eine
kriminalistische Faustregel. Doch kaum jemand würde diese Regel auf
Bill Clinton und seinen jüngsten Besuch im bosnischen Srebrenica
anwenden. Für die Massenexekutionen muslimischer Bewohner dieser Stadt
im Juli 1995 werden nämlich Radovan Karadzic und Ratko Mladic,
Präsident und Generalstabschef der bosnischen Serben während des
Bürgerkrieges, verantwortlich gemacht. „Sie wollten Macht durch
Völkermord“, sagte der frühere US-Präsident, als er am Samstag unter
dem Beifall der 30.000 Besucher eine Gedenkstätte für die damaligen
Opfer einweihte. (1)
Clinton ist unter den Muslimen sehr beliebt, weil er unmittelbar nach
der Eroberung Srebrenicas gegen Widerstände auch im NATO-Bündnis eine
Intervention in Bosnien durchgesetzt hat. Im August 1995 bombardierten
US-Kampfflugzeuge zwei Wochen lang serbische Stellungen, mit ihrer
Unterstützung konnten muslimisch-kroatische Bodentruppen fast ein
Fünftel des Landes erobern. Diese territoriale Verteilung wurde dann im
Waffenstillstandsabkommen von Dayton im November 1995 bestätigt. „Die
Familien der Überlebenden sind der Ansicht, daß Clinton unter allen
Führern der Welt das größte moralische Recht (zur Einweihung der
Gedenkstätte) hat“, sagte Amor Masovic, Leiter der muslimischen
Vermißtenkommission. (2)
Doch es gibt auch Zeugen, die Clinton dieses Recht streitig machen. Der
erste ist Hakija Meholjic, vor dem Fall der Stadt Vorsitzender der
Sozialdemokratischen Partei. Er nahm an einem Treffen der
bosnisch-muslimischen Staatsführung im September 1993 in Sarajevo teil,
auf dem der damalige Präsident Alija Izetbegovic gesagt habe: „Wißt
ihr, Clinton bot mir im April 1993 ... an, daß die Streitkräfte der
Tschetniks (Schimpfwort für Serben) Srebrenica erobern, ein Massaker
von 5000 Muslimen begehen, und dann könne eine militärische
Intervention geschehen.“ Demnach hat Clinton über zwei Jahre vorher
genau das vorgeschlagen, was dann im Sommer 1995 passiert ist. Ein
Hellseher? Ein Stratege? Oder sind die Zitate erfunden, etwa von
serbischen Nationalisten? Das kann eigentlich nicht sein, denn der
Zeuge ist selbst Muslim und sein Interview erschien am 22. Juni 1996 in
der muslimischen Zeitung "Dani" aus Sarajevo.
Eine ähnliche Aussage hat UN-Generalsekretär Kofi Annan zu Protokoll
gegeben. In einem Bericht vom 15. November 1999 erwähnte er „ein
internes Treffen der bosniakisch (-muslimischen) Führung vom 28. und
29. November 1993 ... , auf dem Präsident Izetbegovic erklärt habe, ...
daß eine Intervention der NATO in Bosnien-Herzegowina möglich sei, aber
nur stattfinden könne, wenn die Serben gewaltsam in Srebrenica
eindrängen und dort mindestens 5000 Personen massakrierten“. So steht
es im Bericht der Untersuchungskommission der französischen
Nationalversammlung, der im November 2001 vorgelegt wurde.
Der westlichen Darstellung, wonach die Serben für die Opfer in
Srebrenica allein verantwortlich seien, widerspricht auch eine
Presseerklärung der International Strategic Studies Association (ISSA)
anläßlich der Clinton-Visite in Bosnien (www.StrategicStudies.org). (3)
Der konservative Think Tank, der Reagans Verteidigungsministers
Alexander Haig gleich zwei Mal für seine Verdienstete auszeichnete,
hält die gängige Zahl von 7.000 bis 8.000 ermordeten Muslimen für „weit
übertrieben und durch Beweise nicht gestützt“. So seien „ungefähr 3.000
Namen, die auf der Liste der Opfer standen ..., 1996 wieder als Wähler
bei den Kommunalwahlen 1996 aufgetaucht“. Um so schlimmer, so die ISSA
weiter, daß Paddy Ashdown, internationaler Protektor für
Bosnien-Herzegowina, und sein Stellvertreter Donald Hays, im Hauptberuf
US-Botschafter in Sarajevo, die „gewählten Vertreter der bosnischen
Serben zwingen wollen, ein betrügerisches Dokument zu unterzeichnen,
mit dem sie die offizielle Version der Ereignisse in Srebrenica
akzeptieren“.
Die konservativen Sicherheitsexperten weisen darauf hin, daß die
Clinton-Regierung mehrere tausend Gotteskrieger aus Iran, Afghanistan
und Nahost in Bosnien eingeschleust hat. Daß durch deren ständige
Angriffe aus der angeblich demilitarisierten Schutzzone Srebrenica die
Serben im Sommer 1995 zum Zuschlagen provoziert worden seien, legt auch
der Untersuchungsbericht der niederländischen Armee vom April 2002 nahe
(www.srebrenica.nl). Die ISSA berichtet weiter, daß man beim Studium
von Clintons Bosnienpolitik auch auf den Namen von Osama bin Laden
stößt. Der Terrorist hat 1993 von der muslimischen Regierung in
Sarajevo einen bosnischen Paß bekommen.
Die ISSA befürchtet, daß die von Clinton eröffnete Gedenkstätte das
Bündnis mit dem Fundamentalismus fortsetzen und „ein Reliqienschrein
für radikale Islamisten in Europa“ werden könnte. Die Gestaltung des
Friedhofes läßt diese Befürchtung realistisch erscheinen. Die damit
beauftragte Steinmetzfirma will nach eigenen Angaben für die knapp
tausend Gräber „die typischen Grabsteine für Sehide“ anfertigen. (4)
Sehide sind Märtyrer, die im Heiligen Krieg gefallen sind.
Jürgen Elsässer
(1) CNN, 20.9.03
(2) AFP, 19.9.2003, 4:21 a.m.
(3) Alle folgenden Angaben nach: ISSA, Balkan & Eastern Mediterranean
Policy Council, Srebrenica Casualty Numbers Challenged by Experts as
Politicized and Ethnically Divisive”, Press Release erhalten am
19.09.03 (www.StrategicStudies.Org)
(4) Sterinmetz Edin Buric gegenüber „SZ“, 20.0.2003 (N.N., Feierstunde
in der Stadt des Schreckens)
ICDSM: Italian Section / Sezione Italiana
(Italiano / english)
1. COMUNICATO STAMPA / PRESS RELEASE 21/9/2003
2. Comunicato della Sezione Italiana dell´ICDSM / Statement by the
Italian section of the ICDSM
=== 1 ===
Da: <icdsm-italia@...>
Data: Mer 24 Set 2003 11:23:34 Europe/Rome
Oggetto: ICDSM - Sezione Italiana
ICDSM - Italian Section
Comitato Internazionale per la difesa di Slobodan Milosevic -
Sezione Italiana
COMUNICATO STAMPA 21/9/2003
Si e' costituita oggi a Roma, nel corso di una riunione indetta da
personalita' gia' aderenti come singoli al Comitato Internazionale per
la Difesa di Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM), la Sezione Italiana dell'ICDSM.
La Sezione Italiana entra cosi' a far parte di questa struttura che
vanta analoghe organizzazioni nazionali in molti paesi, tra i quali,
oltre alla Serbia, la Russia, la Germania, la Gran Bretagna e gli Stati
Uniti d'America.
La Sezione Italiana dell'ICDSM e' rappresentata a livello
internazionale da Aldo Bernardini, noto giurista, ordinario di diritto
internazionale all'Universita' di Teramo ed ex Rettore, e da Fulvio
Grimaldi, popolare giornalista, esperto di questioni ambientali ed
internazionali, in prima fila nelle battaglie di controinformazione
sulle nuove guerre.
Miriam Pellegrini Ferri e Spartaco Ferri, partigiani, da sempre
impegnati in difesa dei popoli oppressi ed oggi animatori del Gruppo
Atei Materialisti Dialettici (GAMADI), hanno annunciato che sara'
prossimamente dedicata alla costituzione della Sezione Italiana
dell'ICDSM una trasmissione televisiva su Teleambiente, curata dal
GAMADI.
Nel corso della riunione e' stato approvato il sostegno della Sezione
Italiana alla prossima Manifestazione Internazionale che si terra'
all'Aia l'8 Novembre, per la chiusura dell'illegale "Tribunale" e per
la liberazione di Slobodan Milosevic, detenuto politico del Nuovo
Ordine Mondiale. Sono in preparazione alcune iniziative per la
promozione di una campagna di finanziamento per le attivita' di difesa
di Slobodan Milosevic.
Nel corso della riunione sono stati attribuiti gli incarichi per il
coordinamento interno e le comunicazioni verso l'esterno della Sezione
Italiana, nonche' stabiliti i suoi recapiti:
ICDSM - Sezione Italiana
c/o GAMADI, Via L. Da Vinci 27
00043 Ciampino (Roma)
email: icdsm-italia@...
Per informazioni sulle attivita' del Comitato Internazionale:
http://www.icdsm.org/
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/
La documentazione e gli aggiornamenti sulle attivita' dell'ICDSM e sul
processo-farsa dell'Aia sono distribuiti, anche in lingua italiana, dal
notiziario JUGOINFO:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/messages
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Comitato Internazionale per la difesa di Slobodan Milosevic -
Sezione Italiana
ICDSM - Italian Section
PRESS RELEASE
21/9/2003
Today in Rome, during a meeting organized by personalities already
belonging as individuals to the International Committee for the Defense
of Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM), the Italian Section of the ICDSM has
been officially created.
In this way, the Italian Section becomes part of the international
organization which already counts similar national branches in several
countries, among which, apart from Serbia, Russia, Germany, Great
Britain and the USA.
The Italian Section of ICDSM is represented at the international level
by two prominent figures: Aldo Bernardini, a well known jurist,
professor of international law at the Teramo University and ex dean,
and Fulvio Grimaldi, very popular journalist, expert of environmental
and international issues, who stands at the very front of the struggle
about information and media on the contemporary wars.
Miriam Pellegrini Ferri and Spartaco Ferri, partisans which have been
always engaged in defense of the oppressed peoples and are nowadays the
animators of GAMADI (Society of Atheist and Dialectic Materialists)
announced that a TV program, organized as GAMADI, will deal with the
event of the creation of the Italian Section of ICDSM, to be
broadcasted by the local television Teleambiente.
In the course of this meeting, the support of the Italian Section has
been reaffirmed to the next International Demostration which will be
held in The Hague on November 8th, 2003, with the request of
dismantling the illegal "Tribunal" and for the release of Slobodan
Milosevic, political prisoner of the New World Order. Some activities
are being prepared to promote a fundraising campaign for the defence of
Slobodan Milosevic.
During the meeting, the internal responsabilities of the Section have
been decided, with regard to the coordination and the communications,
together with the Section's addresses:
ICDSM - Sezione Italiana
c/o GAMADI, Via L. Da Vinci 27
00043 Ciampino (Roma)
email: icdsm-italia@...
Information on the activities of the International Committee can be
found at:
http://www.icdsm.org/
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/
Documents and updates on the ICDSM activities as well as on the false
"trial" in The Hague are distributed also in Italian language through
the newsletter JUGOINFO:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/messages
=== 2 ===
Da: <icdsm-italia@...>
Data: Mer 24 Set 2003 11:19:53 Europe/Rome
Oggetto: Comunicato / Statement by the Italian section of the ICDSM
Comunicato della Sezione Italiana dell´ICDSM
La recente decisione di considerare il gruppo di "Emperor´s Clothes"
(EC) non più parte del Comitato Internazionale per la Difesa di
Slobodan Milosevic, condivisa dalle maggiori sezioni nazionali e dal
suo coordinamento a Belgrado, ci è apparsa inevitabile. Non possiamo
non condividerla, in quanto EC ha attaccato e diffamato esponenti e
dirigenti dell´ICDSM, in pubblico e pretendendo di parlare a nome del
Presidente Milosevic.
Il presidente Milosevic è stato messo al corrente della vicenda.
Crediamo opportuno che ogni servizio organizzativo dell´ICDSM, a
partire dal conto bancario, faccia base dove si trovano le realtà più
attive del comitato, riconosciute come tali da Belgrado, quelle che
possono farsi garanti di una gestione trasparente, dunque in Europa.
Questo anche alla luce di problemi sorti sulla gestione dei fondi
raccolti da EC.
Ci rammarichiamo delle recenti iniziative disgregatrici e sabotatrici
dell´unità e della correttezza dell´ICDSM messe in atto da EC, che,
dopo aver reso un importante servizio a tutti attraverso la diffusione
di documentazione utile, ha aggiunto alla recenti diffamazioni e
menzogne sul ruolo dell´ICDSM e su suoi esponenti di punta, come il
presidente Ramsey Clark, una campagna sulla problematica mediorientale
di netta ispirazione sionista estremista; posizioni che contraddicono
nettamente quella che dovrebbe essere la linea antirazzista ed
anticolonialista dell´ICDSM, come esplicitata in tutta la sua vita dal
Presidente Milosevic, ultimamente nelle aule dell'illegale tribunale
dell´Aja.
Questo estremismo sionista di EC si è evidenziato non solo con
grossolane falsificazioni storiche e con una propaganda
giustificazionista in appoggio all´attuale governo israeliano, ma anche
con l´attacco a elementi dell´ICDSM, evidentemente ritenuti "colpevoli"
di essere coerentemente impegnati al fianco della resistenza del popolo
arabo-palestinese e degli altri popoli vittime di politiche
imperialiste e razziste.
Questa scelta di EC appare tutt´uno con l´omissione dall´analisi e
dalla documentazione di EC delle responsabilità specifiche dei governi
israeliani nello squartamento della Jugoslavia (si noti in particolare
l´attuale collaborazione politica e militare avviate con il regime
quisling e poliziesco della DOS). Questa politica è stata attivamente
sostenuta da settori del mondo ebraico che in questi anni hanno tentato
di costruire l´immagine del "nazismo serbo", rafforzando il tragico
stereotipo presente nelle sinistre e in parte del movimento pacifista,
a insulto della grande resistenza antifascista condotta dal popolo
serbo e della comune sofferenza di serbi, ebrei e antifascisti sotto
quel nazifascismo che ha poi ispirato i Tudjman, gli Izetbegovic e i
Thaci.
Essendo riuscito a neutralizzare il pertinace lavoro di
strumentalizzazione e mistificazione condotto da EC nei confronti del
Presidente Milosevic, è ora necessario che l´ICDSM resti vigile per
impedire l´accostamento a personaggi estranei alla cultura democratica
e che esprimono posizioni scioviniste, di qualsiasi segno esse siano.
La battaglia per la libertà del Presidente Milsoevic è tutt´uno con
quella per la libertà della Serbia e dei Balcani e non può essere
strumentalizzata ad altri fini, che ne contraddicono l´ispirazione di
fondo e oggettivamente minacciano di rovesciare l´assunto per il quale
l´ICDSM lotta.
Roma, 21 settembre
Sezione Italiana dell´ICDSM
Una lettera nel senso sopra esposto è stata indirizzata al Presidente
Milosevic a nome dei vicepresidenti dell´ICDSM e di altri esponenti
dell´ICDSM.
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Statement by the Italian section of the ICDSM
The recent decision to consider the "Emperor´s Clothes" group (EC) no
longer a member of the ICDSM, shared by the major national ICDSM
sections including its coordinating committee in Belgrade, is
inevitable. We cannot but support it, since EC attacked and diffamated
members and leading figures of the ICDSM, in public and alledging to
speak in the name of President Milosevic.
President Milosevic has been informed of the matter. We believe that
every organisational function of the ICDSM, starting with the bank
account, should be based in Europe, where the most active structures of
the ICDSM are, and recognized as such by Belgrade for being those that
can assure a transparent management. This is necessary also in view of
problems which arose about the management of the funds collected by EC.
We deplore the recent activites of EC, which resulted in the disruption
and sabotage of the unity and correctness within the ICDSM. After
having provided useful and important information at the beginning, EC
lately added to the diffamation and lies on the role of ICDSM and its
leading figures, such as its Chairman Ramsey Clark, a campaign on the
Middle East conflict based on the position of Zionist extremism. Such
position contradicts totally what should be the antiracist and
anticolonialist line of the ICDSM, as embodied during his entire life
by President Milosevic, even recently in the course of the trial at the
"Tribunal" in The Hague.
This Zionist extremism expressed itself not only by means of gross
historical falsifications and a campaign of justification of the
present Israeli government, but as well through attacks on members of
the ICDSM that were evidently considered "guilty" of being coherently
committed to the resistance of the Palestinians, along with all other
peoples subject to imperialist and racist policies.
This choice by EC may be seen in connection with the omission, from
EC´s analysis and documentation, of Israel´s governments specific
responsibilities in the fragmentation of Yugoslavia (one only needs to
consider the present political and military cooperation with the
quisling and police government of DOS). This policy was actively
supported by sectors of the Jewish communities, which in the course of
the past years helped to build up the image of a "Serb nazism", so
strengthening the tragic stereotype accepted by part of the Left and
the peace movement. This also constitutes an insult to the Serbian
people´s great resistance against nazifascism, as well as to the
suffering inflicted on Serbs, Jews and all antifascists by that very
nazifascism which later inspired Tudjman, Izetbegovic and Thaci.
Having been able to neutralise the diffamatory and disruptive work
carried out by EC to the detriment of President Milosevic´s defence, it
is now necessary that the ICDSM remains vigilant in order to prevent
any link with people who are strangers to a democratic culture and
express chauvinistic positions, of whatever nature they may be. The
battle for President Milosevic´s freedom is one and the same battle for
the freedom of Serbia and the Balkans, and cannot be manipulated for
other purposes, which would contradict our basic inspiration as ICDSM
and could overturn the very objectives for which we struggle.
Rome, September 21, 2003
Italian Section of the ICDSM
A letter in this sense has been already addressed directly to President
Milosevic by ICDSM co-chairmen and other members.
(Italiano / english)
1. COMUNICATO STAMPA / PRESS RELEASE 21/9/2003
2. Comunicato della Sezione Italiana dell´ICDSM / Statement by the
Italian section of the ICDSM
=== 1 ===
Da: <icdsm-italia@...>
Data: Mer 24 Set 2003 11:23:34 Europe/Rome
Oggetto: ICDSM - Sezione Italiana
ICDSM - Italian Section
Comitato Internazionale per la difesa di Slobodan Milosevic -
Sezione Italiana
COMUNICATO STAMPA 21/9/2003
Si e' costituita oggi a Roma, nel corso di una riunione indetta da
personalita' gia' aderenti come singoli al Comitato Internazionale per
la Difesa di Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM), la Sezione Italiana dell'ICDSM.
La Sezione Italiana entra cosi' a far parte di questa struttura che
vanta analoghe organizzazioni nazionali in molti paesi, tra i quali,
oltre alla Serbia, la Russia, la Germania, la Gran Bretagna e gli Stati
Uniti d'America.
La Sezione Italiana dell'ICDSM e' rappresentata a livello
internazionale da Aldo Bernardini, noto giurista, ordinario di diritto
internazionale all'Universita' di Teramo ed ex Rettore, e da Fulvio
Grimaldi, popolare giornalista, esperto di questioni ambientali ed
internazionali, in prima fila nelle battaglie di controinformazione
sulle nuove guerre.
Miriam Pellegrini Ferri e Spartaco Ferri, partigiani, da sempre
impegnati in difesa dei popoli oppressi ed oggi animatori del Gruppo
Atei Materialisti Dialettici (GAMADI), hanno annunciato che sara'
prossimamente dedicata alla costituzione della Sezione Italiana
dell'ICDSM una trasmissione televisiva su Teleambiente, curata dal
GAMADI.
Nel corso della riunione e' stato approvato il sostegno della Sezione
Italiana alla prossima Manifestazione Internazionale che si terra'
all'Aia l'8 Novembre, per la chiusura dell'illegale "Tribunale" e per
la liberazione di Slobodan Milosevic, detenuto politico del Nuovo
Ordine Mondiale. Sono in preparazione alcune iniziative per la
promozione di una campagna di finanziamento per le attivita' di difesa
di Slobodan Milosevic.
Nel corso della riunione sono stati attribuiti gli incarichi per il
coordinamento interno e le comunicazioni verso l'esterno della Sezione
Italiana, nonche' stabiliti i suoi recapiti:
ICDSM - Sezione Italiana
c/o GAMADI, Via L. Da Vinci 27
00043 Ciampino (Roma)
email: icdsm-italia@...
Per informazioni sulle attivita' del Comitato Internazionale:
http://www.icdsm.org/
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/
La documentazione e gli aggiornamenti sulle attivita' dell'ICDSM e sul
processo-farsa dell'Aia sono distribuiti, anche in lingua italiana, dal
notiziario JUGOINFO:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/messages
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Comitato Internazionale per la difesa di Slobodan Milosevic -
Sezione Italiana
ICDSM - Italian Section
PRESS RELEASE
21/9/2003
Today in Rome, during a meeting organized by personalities already
belonging as individuals to the International Committee for the Defense
of Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM), the Italian Section of the ICDSM has
been officially created.
In this way, the Italian Section becomes part of the international
organization which already counts similar national branches in several
countries, among which, apart from Serbia, Russia, Germany, Great
Britain and the USA.
The Italian Section of ICDSM is represented at the international level
by two prominent figures: Aldo Bernardini, a well known jurist,
professor of international law at the Teramo University and ex dean,
and Fulvio Grimaldi, very popular journalist, expert of environmental
and international issues, who stands at the very front of the struggle
about information and media on the contemporary wars.
Miriam Pellegrini Ferri and Spartaco Ferri, partisans which have been
always engaged in defense of the oppressed peoples and are nowadays the
animators of GAMADI (Society of Atheist and Dialectic Materialists)
announced that a TV program, organized as GAMADI, will deal with the
event of the creation of the Italian Section of ICDSM, to be
broadcasted by the local television Teleambiente.
In the course of this meeting, the support of the Italian Section has
been reaffirmed to the next International Demostration which will be
held in The Hague on November 8th, 2003, with the request of
dismantling the illegal "Tribunal" and for the release of Slobodan
Milosevic, political prisoner of the New World Order. Some activities
are being prepared to promote a fundraising campaign for the defence of
Slobodan Milosevic.
During the meeting, the internal responsabilities of the Section have
been decided, with regard to the coordination and the communications,
together with the Section's addresses:
ICDSM - Sezione Italiana
c/o GAMADI, Via L. Da Vinci 27
00043 Ciampino (Roma)
email: icdsm-italia@...
Information on the activities of the International Committee can be
found at:
http://www.icdsm.org/
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/
Documents and updates on the ICDSM activities as well as on the false
"trial" in The Hague are distributed also in Italian language through
the newsletter JUGOINFO:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/messages
=== 2 ===
Da: <icdsm-italia@...>
Data: Mer 24 Set 2003 11:19:53 Europe/Rome
Oggetto: Comunicato / Statement by the Italian section of the ICDSM
Comunicato della Sezione Italiana dell´ICDSM
La recente decisione di considerare il gruppo di "Emperor´s Clothes"
(EC) non più parte del Comitato Internazionale per la Difesa di
Slobodan Milosevic, condivisa dalle maggiori sezioni nazionali e dal
suo coordinamento a Belgrado, ci è apparsa inevitabile. Non possiamo
non condividerla, in quanto EC ha attaccato e diffamato esponenti e
dirigenti dell´ICDSM, in pubblico e pretendendo di parlare a nome del
Presidente Milosevic.
Il presidente Milosevic è stato messo al corrente della vicenda.
Crediamo opportuno che ogni servizio organizzativo dell´ICDSM, a
partire dal conto bancario, faccia base dove si trovano le realtà più
attive del comitato, riconosciute come tali da Belgrado, quelle che
possono farsi garanti di una gestione trasparente, dunque in Europa.
Questo anche alla luce di problemi sorti sulla gestione dei fondi
raccolti da EC.
Ci rammarichiamo delle recenti iniziative disgregatrici e sabotatrici
dell´unità e della correttezza dell´ICDSM messe in atto da EC, che,
dopo aver reso un importante servizio a tutti attraverso la diffusione
di documentazione utile, ha aggiunto alla recenti diffamazioni e
menzogne sul ruolo dell´ICDSM e su suoi esponenti di punta, come il
presidente Ramsey Clark, una campagna sulla problematica mediorientale
di netta ispirazione sionista estremista; posizioni che contraddicono
nettamente quella che dovrebbe essere la linea antirazzista ed
anticolonialista dell´ICDSM, come esplicitata in tutta la sua vita dal
Presidente Milosevic, ultimamente nelle aule dell'illegale tribunale
dell´Aja.
Questo estremismo sionista di EC si è evidenziato non solo con
grossolane falsificazioni storiche e con una propaganda
giustificazionista in appoggio all´attuale governo israeliano, ma anche
con l´attacco a elementi dell´ICDSM, evidentemente ritenuti "colpevoli"
di essere coerentemente impegnati al fianco della resistenza del popolo
arabo-palestinese e degli altri popoli vittime di politiche
imperialiste e razziste.
Questa scelta di EC appare tutt´uno con l´omissione dall´analisi e
dalla documentazione di EC delle responsabilità specifiche dei governi
israeliani nello squartamento della Jugoslavia (si noti in particolare
l´attuale collaborazione politica e militare avviate con il regime
quisling e poliziesco della DOS). Questa politica è stata attivamente
sostenuta da settori del mondo ebraico che in questi anni hanno tentato
di costruire l´immagine del "nazismo serbo", rafforzando il tragico
stereotipo presente nelle sinistre e in parte del movimento pacifista,
a insulto della grande resistenza antifascista condotta dal popolo
serbo e della comune sofferenza di serbi, ebrei e antifascisti sotto
quel nazifascismo che ha poi ispirato i Tudjman, gli Izetbegovic e i
Thaci.
Essendo riuscito a neutralizzare il pertinace lavoro di
strumentalizzazione e mistificazione condotto da EC nei confronti del
Presidente Milosevic, è ora necessario che l´ICDSM resti vigile per
impedire l´accostamento a personaggi estranei alla cultura democratica
e che esprimono posizioni scioviniste, di qualsiasi segno esse siano.
La battaglia per la libertà del Presidente Milsoevic è tutt´uno con
quella per la libertà della Serbia e dei Balcani e non può essere
strumentalizzata ad altri fini, che ne contraddicono l´ispirazione di
fondo e oggettivamente minacciano di rovesciare l´assunto per il quale
l´ICDSM lotta.
Roma, 21 settembre
Sezione Italiana dell´ICDSM
Una lettera nel senso sopra esposto è stata indirizzata al Presidente
Milosevic a nome dei vicepresidenti dell´ICDSM e di altri esponenti
dell´ICDSM.
---
Statement by the Italian section of the ICDSM
The recent decision to consider the "Emperor´s Clothes" group (EC) no
longer a member of the ICDSM, shared by the major national ICDSM
sections including its coordinating committee in Belgrade, is
inevitable. We cannot but support it, since EC attacked and diffamated
members and leading figures of the ICDSM, in public and alledging to
speak in the name of President Milosevic.
President Milosevic has been informed of the matter. We believe that
every organisational function of the ICDSM, starting with the bank
account, should be based in Europe, where the most active structures of
the ICDSM are, and recognized as such by Belgrade for being those that
can assure a transparent management. This is necessary also in view of
problems which arose about the management of the funds collected by EC.
We deplore the recent activites of EC, which resulted in the disruption
and sabotage of the unity and correctness within the ICDSM. After
having provided useful and important information at the beginning, EC
lately added to the diffamation and lies on the role of ICDSM and its
leading figures, such as its Chairman Ramsey Clark, a campaign on the
Middle East conflict based on the position of Zionist extremism. Such
position contradicts totally what should be the antiracist and
anticolonialist line of the ICDSM, as embodied during his entire life
by President Milosevic, even recently in the course of the trial at the
"Tribunal" in The Hague.
This Zionist extremism expressed itself not only by means of gross
historical falsifications and a campaign of justification of the
present Israeli government, but as well through attacks on members of
the ICDSM that were evidently considered "guilty" of being coherently
committed to the resistance of the Palestinians, along with all other
peoples subject to imperialist and racist policies.
This choice by EC may be seen in connection with the omission, from
EC´s analysis and documentation, of Israel´s governments specific
responsibilities in the fragmentation of Yugoslavia (one only needs to
consider the present political and military cooperation with the
quisling and police government of DOS). This policy was actively
supported by sectors of the Jewish communities, which in the course of
the past years helped to build up the image of a "Serb nazism", so
strengthening the tragic stereotype accepted by part of the Left and
the peace movement. This also constitutes an insult to the Serbian
people´s great resistance against nazifascism, as well as to the
suffering inflicted on Serbs, Jews and all antifascists by that very
nazifascism which later inspired Tudjman, Izetbegovic and Thaci.
Having been able to neutralise the diffamatory and disruptive work
carried out by EC to the detriment of President Milosevic´s defence, it
is now necessary that the ICDSM remains vigilant in order to prevent
any link with people who are strangers to a democratic culture and
express chauvinistic positions, of whatever nature they may be. The
battle for President Milosevic´s freedom is one and the same battle for
the freedom of Serbia and the Balkans, and cannot be manipulated for
other purposes, which would contradict our basic inspiration as ICDSM
and could overturn the very objectives for which we struggle.
Rome, September 21, 2003
Italian Section of the ICDSM
A letter in this sense has been already addressed directly to President
Milosevic by ICDSM co-chairmen and other members.
Milosevic "trial", synopsis Sept. 11-20, 2003
1. "TRIAL" SYNOPSIS: 12 SEPTEMBER 2003
2. "TRIAL" SYNOPSIS: SEPTEMBER 15, 2003
3. “TRIAL” SYNOPSIS SEPTEMBER 16, 2003
4. MILOSEVIC TRIAL SUSPENDED AGAIN ON HEALTH GROUNDS
=== 1 ===
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg091203.htm
"TRIAL" SYNOPSIS: 12 SEPTEMBER 2003
www.slobodan-milosevic.org - September 12, 2003
Written by: Andy Wilcoxson
Robert J. Donia testified as an "expert witness" against President
Milosevic today. Dr. Donia has served as a consultant for the U.S.
Miliatry, and during the Bosnian war (which is what he was testifying
about) he worked as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch. Maybe next
week the tribunal can get somebody from Bank of America to testify
about events in Croatia. In 1981 Dr. Donia wrote a book entitled
"Islam under the Double Eagle: The Muslims of Bosnia and Hercegovina,
1878-1914."
Dr. Donia has a history of testifying at the Hague Tribunal. He has
testified there 8 times, and always against Serbs and Croats -- never
against Muslims, in spite of the fact that the book he wrote was about
Muslims. However, as Mr. May pointed out, the Tribunal has yet to
prosecute a Muslim.
At any rate has spent so much time either testifying at the Hague
Tribunal, or consulting the Hague Tribunal that he has decided to
teach a class about the Hague Tribunal at the University of Michigan
entitled "Inside the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal."
The Croatian media claims that Dr. Donia set-up a foundation through
with he solicited money from Islamic countries, and then had the money
deposited into Bosnian (Muslim) government bank accounts. Dr. Donia
denied the accusations. He admitted that he had set-up a foundation,
but claimed that he was the only one who gave it any money and that he
only gave the money out to universities.
Call me crazy, but I don' t believe that somebody go to the trouble of
setting-up a foundation just to have themselves be the only donor. If
he wanted to give money to universities then why didn't he just write
them a check?
Dr. Donia compiled a report for the prosecution. He took the minutes
and the transcripts of the Republika Srpska parliament sessions, and
compiled a report from that material. The formula he employed to write
the report was to write a summary, a headline for the summary, and
then cite quotations from the transcripts and the minutes of the
parliament sessions in order to confirm his summary and headline.
In his report Dr. Donia took quotes out of their proper context, and
wrote headlines designed to mislead the reader. President Milosevic
spent a large portion of the day reading out full quotations, and then
demonstrating how the full quotation refuted the thesis that Dr. Donia
was trying to construct with his summaries and headlines.
The most important part of Dr. Donia's testimony dealt with the 30th
session of the RS Assembly. Dr. Donia claimed that President Milosevic
had advocated a "greater Serbia" policy when he traveled to Pale to
try and convince the RS Assembly to accept the Vance-Owen Plan.
Dr. Donia read part of President Milosevic's 2nd speech to the
parliament when the President spoke of the Vance-Owen plan being the
way for the Serbian people to reach their "ultimate goal."
Dr. Donia said that the goal was left undefined in the speech. Based
on this Dr. Donia concluded that President Milosevic must be speaking
of "greater Serbia," when he spoke of reaching the undefined goal.
Impeccable logic indeed.
Dr. Donia attempted to claim that this speech of Milosevic's was held
in a secret closed session of the RS Assembly. However, President
Milosevic pointed-out that the session was public, and he proved it by
producing a newspaper that at the time the speech was given, printed
the full text of the allegedly secret speech.
Moreover, it is untrue when Donia claims that the "goal" Milosevic
spoke of was undefined. President Milosevic gave two speeches that
day, and in the first speech he was very explicit. He quite clearly
defined the goal of the Serbian people as being: peace, freedom, and
equality. And looking at President Milosevic's other public statements
form the time it is clear that his number one priority was to help
bring an end to the bloodshed. It is clear from his statements that
peace, freedom and equality were always defined by him as the goal of
the Serbian people.
In case you doubt what I am saying about Milosevic's position at the
time of the Vance-Owen Plan, please read the interviews at the
following two web addresses:
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/milosevic050293.htm
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/milosevic051493.htm
President Milosevic has demonstrated with both his words and his
actions a rejection of the whole "greater Serbia" idea. (See:
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/milosevic080791.htm ) Dr.
Donia's testimony is pure and utter nonsense.
President Milosevic usually has a good "poker face." He usually shows
no emotion when listening to prosecution witnesses testifying, but
when Donia started saying that by speaking of an "undefined goal" that
Milosevic must be speaking of "greater Serbia;" President Milosevic
could be seen having a good chuckle at this.
President Milosevic has 45 more minutes to complete his
cross-examination of this so-called "expert." The witness will return
at an as-yet undetermined date to complete his testimony.
=== 2 ===
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg091503.htm
"TRIAL" SYNOPSIS: SEPTEMBER 15, 2003
www.slobodan-milosevic.org - September 15, 2003
Written by: Andy Wilcoxson
A secret witness testifying under the pseudonym of "B-179" testified
against President Milosevic today. B-179 allegedly held a certain
position in the Association of Emigrant Serbs also known as "Matica"
(Matica is the Serbian word for association). The Matica is one of the
oldest and most respected Serbian charities, it is financed by the
Serbian Government and by private donations. It is well known that the
Matica delivered humanitarian aid to war ravaged areas in Bosnia and
Croatia.
B-179's alleged position in the Matica was kept secret from the
public, but President Milosevic had contacted the Matica, and asked if
the position that the witness claimed to hold even exsisted. The Matica
responded and said that the position in question had ever existed.
Another secret that was kept from the public was the nature some court
proceedings that were taken against the witness. Apparently this
witness must be some kind of criminal, maybe he is a drug dealer, or a
rapist, or possibly a robber, who knows? All that is known is that
there were some kind of proceedings.
What is known about this witness is that he joined the SPO in 1998.
The witness claimed that his motivation for joining the SPO was his
desire to overthrow Milosevic. So right off the top we can see that
here is a witness who has a political motivation for telling lies
against President Milosevic.
B-179 claimed that the Matica transported arms from Serbia to the
battle front in Bosnia and Croatia. He claimed that arms and munitions
would be taken from a military warehouse in Bubanj Potok and shipped to
various locations in both the RS and the RSK.
B-179 arrived at the tribunal with a number of documents. Of course
none of them proved any of what he was saying.
As far as weapons were concerned, B-179 had receipts issued by the
Serbian Ministry of Defense proving that the Matica was issued
approximately 15 light weapons (rifles, pistols, etc...). The document
was very explicit in saying that these weapons were issued so that the
Matica could defend itself while shipping humanitarian supplies
throughout the war zone.
The only other document that he had regarding weapons didn't prove
anything. The document dealt with an alleged shipment of some 82mm
shells. The only signature on the document was the witness's signature.
Nobody from either the government of Serbia, or the Government of
Yugoslavia signed any part of the document.
The only other documents that the witness had were normal things that
anybody delivering humanitarian supplies would have: fuel receipts,
vehicle registration papers, Red Cross documents, etc...
The witness explained that he used to have more proof, and that he
used to have some other documents, but that some people came to his
house and took those things away. He said that the VJ would also have
such documents, but that they burned the documents, which is why they
don't have any such documents now.
The witness claims to have his knowledge about the scope of the
alleged arms shipments and the alleged burning of documents on the
basis of what he heard while eavesdropping on other people's
conversations.
Not only did this guy claim that Milosevic was arming the Serbs, but
he claimed that Milosevic was arming the Croats too!
B-179 professed to know all about Milosevic. In his statement, B-179
said that Milosevic would start his day, everyday, by going to the
headquarters of the Serbian state security and planning out where to
ship weapons to. However, in his testimony he said that Jovica
Stanisic and Milan Prodinic would always talk about "informing 'dad'
(meaning Milosevic)" about their arms trafficking activities.
Therefore the natural question is, why should they inform "dad" if
"dad" was supposed to be taking part in the planning of these same
activities on a daily basis? Wouldn't he already know?
B-179 completely failed to prove that he received any weapons from the
JNA, the VJ, or the Serbian MUP (except for those 15 light weapons
specified for the defense of Matica humanitarian aid shipments). B-179
could not produce a single document to prove that he had received even
one weapon. B-179 also could not produce even a single document to
prove that he had delivered any weapons. Not only could he not produce
any documents, but he couldn't name even one recipient of any of the
alleged weapons.
The only useful thing about B-179's testimony was his admission that
the Matica gave humanitarian assistance to all of the wars' victims
regardless of their ethnicity. That the government of Serbia was
actually financing shipments of humanitarian aid to Croats and Muslims
as well as Serbs.
After B-179 withdrew, Baron Arnot Van Linden took the witness stand.
Van Linden was a reporter for the British Sky news service. The
prosecutor readout Van Linden's 92-bis summary, and then the session
ended for the day.
Van Linden is apparently going to testify about the so-called "siege
of Sarajevo." One interesting admission that was made was the
admission that members of the Army of Bosnia-Herzegovina would not
always wear uniforms. The admission was made in an effort to
demonstrate how poor the Muslims must have been since they didn't even
always wear uniforms.
For the Muslims to be conducting war operations without uniforms is a
violation of the Geneva Conventions. Simply put, by engaging in war
operations without uniforms they made it nearly impossible for the army
they were fighting against to distinguish between them and the
civilians. Therefore, they endangered precisely their own civilians,
because they made it hard for the opposing army to tell the difference
between a civilian and an enemy soldier.
It may be interesting to read the following in view of Van Linden's
testimony. It is Slobodan Milosevic's interview with Van Linden that
was taken back in 1991:
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/milosevic080791.htm
=== 3 ===
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg091603.htm
“TRIAL” SYNOPSIS SEPTEMBER 16, 2003
www.slobodan-milosevic.org - September 16, 2003
Written by: Andy Wilcoxson
Baron Arnot Van Linden, a correspondent for the British “Sky”
television network testified against President Milosevic today
regarding the so-called “siege of Sarajevo.”
The one thing that should be remembered about the shelling of Sarajevo
is the same thing that should be remembered about the war in Bosnia as
a whole. The Muslims instigated the fighting – they were the
aggressors, not the victims.
On May 27, 1992 the Muslim army (so-called ABiH) attacked JNA soldiers
attempting to withdraw from Sarajevo. The Muslims fired on unarmed
columns of JNA soldiers as they were withdrawing from the Jusuf
Dzonlic barracks and the Marshal Tito barracks in Sarajevo.
It was only after the Muslims launched their barbaric attack on the
JNA that retribution was visited upon them. It should also be
mentioned in connection with the retaliation that Radovan Karadzic and
the VRS repeatedly offered safe passage for any civilians who wished
to flee the Sarajevo war zone, but that Izetbegovic decided that he
would rather keep the population of Sarajevo as hostages than allow
them to leave the war zone.
Van Linden reluctantly confirmed that not a single shell fell on
Sarajevo until after the Muslim's barbaric attack on the barracks of
the JNA. Now that the sequence of events is clear we can speak about
the rest of Van Linden’s testimony.
The “evidence” that he bought with him to court was nothing but his
own edited news stories that he had filed with Sky News. He did not
bring any raw footage, only the edited pieces that he produced.
Van Linden testified about an interview that he conducted with General
Ratko Mladic. A tape was played of this so-called “interview.” The
so-called “interview” consisted of a couple of brief sound-bytes from
Gen. Mladic. The rest of the so-called “interview” was Van Linden
himself paraphrasing what Gen. Mladic had allegedly told him.
The question here is why did Van Linden have to paraphrase what Mladic
told him? A camera crew was filming the interview, so why didn’t Van
Linden simply play the unedited videotape of the interview? The answer
is simple, what Mladic said was not convenient for the agenda that Van
Linden was trying to advance, therefore Van Linden rephrased what
Mladic said, in order to advance his anti-Serb propaganda campaign.
Van Linden also did an interview with President Milosevic in 1991. Van
Linden didn’t have any tape of this interview either, nor did he have
a transcript of it, but he did paraphrase it for the “court.” He said
that on the basis of the interview, he concluded that Milosevic wanted
to export the war in Croatia out to Bosnia and Kosovo.
Well, even if Van Linden didn’t have it, we have a transcript of the
interview, and you can read it at:
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/milosevic080791.htm
Read the interview and judge for yourself whether or not any sane
person could conclude from it that President Milosevic wanted to
export war anywhere.
Why didn’t Van Linden play a tape of the Milosevic interview? Simple,
if he played the tape then it would speak for itself, and he wouldn’t
have had any opportunity to tell lies about the contents of it.
Van Linden claimed to have interviewed Radovan Karadzic too. Again,
even though video tapes were allegedly made, none were played. And
again we have Baron Van Linden putting words into Dr. Karadzic’s
mouth. Van Linden made Karadzic out to be some sort of genocidal
bigot. Saying that Karadzic called the Muslims by racial slurs, and
that he wanted ethnic purity, and that he even wanted to build a sort
of Berlin Wall through Sarajevo.
Van Linden claimed that the embargo that Serbia placed on the
Republika Srpska after the rejection of the Vance-Owen Plan was
regularly violated. He claimed that he saw trucks crossing the border
and violating the embargo a number of times. Again, since he was there
with a camera crew, why didn’t he make a video tape of this? And for
that matter, how come the international observers that were monitoring
the border didn’t see any of this?
Van Linden also claimed to interview Captain Dragan, and again this TV
newsman had no tape, but he did paraphrase what he says that Captain
Dragan told him. According to Van Linden Captain Dragan said that
Milosevic was controlling the Serbs in Croatia. Milosevic asserted
that Captain Dragan had never said that and Van Linden stammered that
Captain Dragan was not referring to operational control or anything
like that, but that he was saying it in a metaphorical sense or
something.
An example of Van Linden’s “stellar reporting” came in one of the
tapes that he did play. The tape showed a number of graves that were
decorated with Orthodox crosses, but Van Linden in his voice-over,
called them “Bosnian graves.” The graves were obviously Serb graves,
President Milosevic confronted Van Linden with this, and Van Linden
admitted that they were Serbs, but since they were Serbs from Bosnia
he called them “Bosnians.”
It is common knowledge that the Serbs in Bosnia never call themselves
“Bosnians.” Only the Muslims call themselves “Bosnians,” which is
nothing more than a cynical effort by them to create the illusion that
they have some sort of claim to Bosnia, over that of the Serbs and
Croats. Even Van Linden during his testimony was referring to Muslims
as “Bosnians” and Serbs as “Serbs.”
Van Linden was clearly trying to mislead his viewers into thinking
that they were looking at Muslim graves, and not Serb graves. After
all, Serb graves would confuse everything that the Baron was saying.
Van Linden says that he never saw the Muslims doing any shooting,
obviously these Serb graves would seem to conflict with that.
Therefore it was necessary for the lying Baron to conceal the fact
that these were Serb graves.
Van Linden’s tapes also showed footage of the unarmed JNA soldiers who
were massacred by the Muslims while attempting to withdraw from
Sarajevo, but of course Van Linden neglected to mention that the
Muslims killed them, or that those JNA soldiers were shot while they
were unarmed and withdrawing from the city.
Van Linden’s testimony exposed the nature of television news coverage.
In one instance a video was shown. Van Linden was talking about Bosnia
in his voice-over commentary, but the video on the tape was from
Kosovo and had nothing to do with what Van Linden was saying.
Van Linden, upon seeing that the Albanian writing on the posters on
the footage, came up with the excuse that he didn’t edit the video
that somebody else did. When he was asked about other video sequences
he explained that he was using other people’s footage, and so he
wasn’t always sure what exactly was being shown on his video tapes.
TV news is ideal for propaganda. As Van Linden’s testimony
demonstrated the video you are looking at doesn’t necessarily have
anything to do with what the reporter is saying. At the beginning of
the proceedings there were technical problems at the tribunal and the
video could not be seen clearly, and as “Judge” May complained, not
being able to see the video caused “the evidence lose all of its
impact.”
After Van Linden was concluded President Milosevic took sick, and the
proceedings were adjourned early.
President Milosevic complained of fatigue, and high blood pressure
which he says is brought on by the excessive pace of the so-called
“trial.”
Again the so-called “judges” attempted to foist some sort of legal
assistance onto President Milosevic and again he rejected it.
It is not yet known whether the so-called “trial” will be conducted
tomorrow or not.
=== 4 ===
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/afp091803.htm
Milosevic trial suspended again on health grounds
Agence France Presse - September 18, 2003
THE HAGUE - The UN war crimes court in The Hague has cancelled hearings
scheduled for Friday and Monday in the trial of Slobodan Milosevic due
to the former Yugoslav president's ill health, the court said on
Thursday.
The former head of state, 62, suffers from high blood pressure and is
thought to have a high risk of heart problems.
His trial for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes has
often been halted on health grounds since it began on February 12 last
year.
Milosevic is on trial for his role in the wars in Croatia, Bosnia and
Kosovo that broke up the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
The prosecution is due to finish presenting its case against Milosevic
by the end of the year.
Milosevic has been given three months to prepare his defence case,
which he will begin presenting to the court in the spring of next
year. The trial is expected to last at least until 2005.
September 18, 2003 Thursday 3:23 PM Eastern Time
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MILOSEVIC TRIAL:
HEARINGS CANCELLED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK
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cancelled for the remainder of this week (Tuesday 23 to Friday 26
September 2003) due to the ill health of the accused.
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1. "TRIAL" SYNOPSIS: 12 SEPTEMBER 2003
2. "TRIAL" SYNOPSIS: SEPTEMBER 15, 2003
3. “TRIAL” SYNOPSIS SEPTEMBER 16, 2003
4. MILOSEVIC TRIAL SUSPENDED AGAIN ON HEALTH GROUNDS
=== 1 ===
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg091203.htm
"TRIAL" SYNOPSIS: 12 SEPTEMBER 2003
www.slobodan-milosevic.org - September 12, 2003
Written by: Andy Wilcoxson
Robert J. Donia testified as an "expert witness" against President
Milosevic today. Dr. Donia has served as a consultant for the U.S.
Miliatry, and during the Bosnian war (which is what he was testifying
about) he worked as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch. Maybe next
week the tribunal can get somebody from Bank of America to testify
about events in Croatia. In 1981 Dr. Donia wrote a book entitled
"Islam under the Double Eagle: The Muslims of Bosnia and Hercegovina,
1878-1914."
Dr. Donia has a history of testifying at the Hague Tribunal. He has
testified there 8 times, and always against Serbs and Croats -- never
against Muslims, in spite of the fact that the book he wrote was about
Muslims. However, as Mr. May pointed out, the Tribunal has yet to
prosecute a Muslim.
At any rate has spent so much time either testifying at the Hague
Tribunal, or consulting the Hague Tribunal that he has decided to
teach a class about the Hague Tribunal at the University of Michigan
entitled "Inside the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal."
The Croatian media claims that Dr. Donia set-up a foundation through
with he solicited money from Islamic countries, and then had the money
deposited into Bosnian (Muslim) government bank accounts. Dr. Donia
denied the accusations. He admitted that he had set-up a foundation,
but claimed that he was the only one who gave it any money and that he
only gave the money out to universities.
Call me crazy, but I don' t believe that somebody go to the trouble of
setting-up a foundation just to have themselves be the only donor. If
he wanted to give money to universities then why didn't he just write
them a check?
Dr. Donia compiled a report for the prosecution. He took the minutes
and the transcripts of the Republika Srpska parliament sessions, and
compiled a report from that material. The formula he employed to write
the report was to write a summary, a headline for the summary, and
then cite quotations from the transcripts and the minutes of the
parliament sessions in order to confirm his summary and headline.
In his report Dr. Donia took quotes out of their proper context, and
wrote headlines designed to mislead the reader. President Milosevic
spent a large portion of the day reading out full quotations, and then
demonstrating how the full quotation refuted the thesis that Dr. Donia
was trying to construct with his summaries and headlines.
The most important part of Dr. Donia's testimony dealt with the 30th
session of the RS Assembly. Dr. Donia claimed that President Milosevic
had advocated a "greater Serbia" policy when he traveled to Pale to
try and convince the RS Assembly to accept the Vance-Owen Plan.
Dr. Donia read part of President Milosevic's 2nd speech to the
parliament when the President spoke of the Vance-Owen plan being the
way for the Serbian people to reach their "ultimate goal."
Dr. Donia said that the goal was left undefined in the speech. Based
on this Dr. Donia concluded that President Milosevic must be speaking
of "greater Serbia," when he spoke of reaching the undefined goal.
Impeccable logic indeed.
Dr. Donia attempted to claim that this speech of Milosevic's was held
in a secret closed session of the RS Assembly. However, President
Milosevic pointed-out that the session was public, and he proved it by
producing a newspaper that at the time the speech was given, printed
the full text of the allegedly secret speech.
Moreover, it is untrue when Donia claims that the "goal" Milosevic
spoke of was undefined. President Milosevic gave two speeches that
day, and in the first speech he was very explicit. He quite clearly
defined the goal of the Serbian people as being: peace, freedom, and
equality. And looking at President Milosevic's other public statements
form the time it is clear that his number one priority was to help
bring an end to the bloodshed. It is clear from his statements that
peace, freedom and equality were always defined by him as the goal of
the Serbian people.
In case you doubt what I am saying about Milosevic's position at the
time of the Vance-Owen Plan, please read the interviews at the
following two web addresses:
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/milosevic050293.htm
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/milosevic051493.htm
President Milosevic has demonstrated with both his words and his
actions a rejection of the whole "greater Serbia" idea. (See:
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/milosevic080791.htm ) Dr.
Donia's testimony is pure and utter nonsense.
President Milosevic usually has a good "poker face." He usually shows
no emotion when listening to prosecution witnesses testifying, but
when Donia started saying that by speaking of an "undefined goal" that
Milosevic must be speaking of "greater Serbia;" President Milosevic
could be seen having a good chuckle at this.
President Milosevic has 45 more minutes to complete his
cross-examination of this so-called "expert." The witness will return
at an as-yet undetermined date to complete his testimony.
=== 2 ===
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg091503.htm
"TRIAL" SYNOPSIS: SEPTEMBER 15, 2003
www.slobodan-milosevic.org - September 15, 2003
Written by: Andy Wilcoxson
A secret witness testifying under the pseudonym of "B-179" testified
against President Milosevic today. B-179 allegedly held a certain
position in the Association of Emigrant Serbs also known as "Matica"
(Matica is the Serbian word for association). The Matica is one of the
oldest and most respected Serbian charities, it is financed by the
Serbian Government and by private donations. It is well known that the
Matica delivered humanitarian aid to war ravaged areas in Bosnia and
Croatia.
B-179's alleged position in the Matica was kept secret from the
public, but President Milosevic had contacted the Matica, and asked if
the position that the witness claimed to hold even exsisted. The Matica
responded and said that the position in question had ever existed.
Another secret that was kept from the public was the nature some court
proceedings that were taken against the witness. Apparently this
witness must be some kind of criminal, maybe he is a drug dealer, or a
rapist, or possibly a robber, who knows? All that is known is that
there were some kind of proceedings.
What is known about this witness is that he joined the SPO in 1998.
The witness claimed that his motivation for joining the SPO was his
desire to overthrow Milosevic. So right off the top we can see that
here is a witness who has a political motivation for telling lies
against President Milosevic.
B-179 claimed that the Matica transported arms from Serbia to the
battle front in Bosnia and Croatia. He claimed that arms and munitions
would be taken from a military warehouse in Bubanj Potok and shipped to
various locations in both the RS and the RSK.
B-179 arrived at the tribunal with a number of documents. Of course
none of them proved any of what he was saying.
As far as weapons were concerned, B-179 had receipts issued by the
Serbian Ministry of Defense proving that the Matica was issued
approximately 15 light weapons (rifles, pistols, etc...). The document
was very explicit in saying that these weapons were issued so that the
Matica could defend itself while shipping humanitarian supplies
throughout the war zone.
The only other document that he had regarding weapons didn't prove
anything. The document dealt with an alleged shipment of some 82mm
shells. The only signature on the document was the witness's signature.
Nobody from either the government of Serbia, or the Government of
Yugoslavia signed any part of the document.
The only other documents that the witness had were normal things that
anybody delivering humanitarian supplies would have: fuel receipts,
vehicle registration papers, Red Cross documents, etc...
The witness explained that he used to have more proof, and that he
used to have some other documents, but that some people came to his
house and took those things away. He said that the VJ would also have
such documents, but that they burned the documents, which is why they
don't have any such documents now.
The witness claims to have his knowledge about the scope of the
alleged arms shipments and the alleged burning of documents on the
basis of what he heard while eavesdropping on other people's
conversations.
Not only did this guy claim that Milosevic was arming the Serbs, but
he claimed that Milosevic was arming the Croats too!
B-179 professed to know all about Milosevic. In his statement, B-179
said that Milosevic would start his day, everyday, by going to the
headquarters of the Serbian state security and planning out where to
ship weapons to. However, in his testimony he said that Jovica
Stanisic and Milan Prodinic would always talk about "informing 'dad'
(meaning Milosevic)" about their arms trafficking activities.
Therefore the natural question is, why should they inform "dad" if
"dad" was supposed to be taking part in the planning of these same
activities on a daily basis? Wouldn't he already know?
B-179 completely failed to prove that he received any weapons from the
JNA, the VJ, or the Serbian MUP (except for those 15 light weapons
specified for the defense of Matica humanitarian aid shipments). B-179
could not produce a single document to prove that he had received even
one weapon. B-179 also could not produce even a single document to
prove that he had delivered any weapons. Not only could he not produce
any documents, but he couldn't name even one recipient of any of the
alleged weapons.
The only useful thing about B-179's testimony was his admission that
the Matica gave humanitarian assistance to all of the wars' victims
regardless of their ethnicity. That the government of Serbia was
actually financing shipments of humanitarian aid to Croats and Muslims
as well as Serbs.
After B-179 withdrew, Baron Arnot Van Linden took the witness stand.
Van Linden was a reporter for the British Sky news service. The
prosecutor readout Van Linden's 92-bis summary, and then the session
ended for the day.
Van Linden is apparently going to testify about the so-called "siege
of Sarajevo." One interesting admission that was made was the
admission that members of the Army of Bosnia-Herzegovina would not
always wear uniforms. The admission was made in an effort to
demonstrate how poor the Muslims must have been since they didn't even
always wear uniforms.
For the Muslims to be conducting war operations without uniforms is a
violation of the Geneva Conventions. Simply put, by engaging in war
operations without uniforms they made it nearly impossible for the army
they were fighting against to distinguish between them and the
civilians. Therefore, they endangered precisely their own civilians,
because they made it hard for the opposing army to tell the difference
between a civilian and an enemy soldier.
It may be interesting to read the following in view of Van Linden's
testimony. It is Slobodan Milosevic's interview with Van Linden that
was taken back in 1991:
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/milosevic080791.htm
=== 3 ===
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg091603.htm
“TRIAL” SYNOPSIS SEPTEMBER 16, 2003
www.slobodan-milosevic.org - September 16, 2003
Written by: Andy Wilcoxson
Baron Arnot Van Linden, a correspondent for the British “Sky”
television network testified against President Milosevic today
regarding the so-called “siege of Sarajevo.”
The one thing that should be remembered about the shelling of Sarajevo
is the same thing that should be remembered about the war in Bosnia as
a whole. The Muslims instigated the fighting – they were the
aggressors, not the victims.
On May 27, 1992 the Muslim army (so-called ABiH) attacked JNA soldiers
attempting to withdraw from Sarajevo. The Muslims fired on unarmed
columns of JNA soldiers as they were withdrawing from the Jusuf
Dzonlic barracks and the Marshal Tito barracks in Sarajevo.
It was only after the Muslims launched their barbaric attack on the
JNA that retribution was visited upon them. It should also be
mentioned in connection with the retaliation that Radovan Karadzic and
the VRS repeatedly offered safe passage for any civilians who wished
to flee the Sarajevo war zone, but that Izetbegovic decided that he
would rather keep the population of Sarajevo as hostages than allow
them to leave the war zone.
Van Linden reluctantly confirmed that not a single shell fell on
Sarajevo until after the Muslim's barbaric attack on the barracks of
the JNA. Now that the sequence of events is clear we can speak about
the rest of Van Linden’s testimony.
The “evidence” that he bought with him to court was nothing but his
own edited news stories that he had filed with Sky News. He did not
bring any raw footage, only the edited pieces that he produced.
Van Linden testified about an interview that he conducted with General
Ratko Mladic. A tape was played of this so-called “interview.” The
so-called “interview” consisted of a couple of brief sound-bytes from
Gen. Mladic. The rest of the so-called “interview” was Van Linden
himself paraphrasing what Gen. Mladic had allegedly told him.
The question here is why did Van Linden have to paraphrase what Mladic
told him? A camera crew was filming the interview, so why didn’t Van
Linden simply play the unedited videotape of the interview? The answer
is simple, what Mladic said was not convenient for the agenda that Van
Linden was trying to advance, therefore Van Linden rephrased what
Mladic said, in order to advance his anti-Serb propaganda campaign.
Van Linden also did an interview with President Milosevic in 1991. Van
Linden didn’t have any tape of this interview either, nor did he have
a transcript of it, but he did paraphrase it for the “court.” He said
that on the basis of the interview, he concluded that Milosevic wanted
to export the war in Croatia out to Bosnia and Kosovo.
Well, even if Van Linden didn’t have it, we have a transcript of the
interview, and you can read it at:
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/milosevic080791.htm
Read the interview and judge for yourself whether or not any sane
person could conclude from it that President Milosevic wanted to
export war anywhere.
Why didn’t Van Linden play a tape of the Milosevic interview? Simple,
if he played the tape then it would speak for itself, and he wouldn’t
have had any opportunity to tell lies about the contents of it.
Van Linden claimed to have interviewed Radovan Karadzic too. Again,
even though video tapes were allegedly made, none were played. And
again we have Baron Van Linden putting words into Dr. Karadzic’s
mouth. Van Linden made Karadzic out to be some sort of genocidal
bigot. Saying that Karadzic called the Muslims by racial slurs, and
that he wanted ethnic purity, and that he even wanted to build a sort
of Berlin Wall through Sarajevo.
Van Linden claimed that the embargo that Serbia placed on the
Republika Srpska after the rejection of the Vance-Owen Plan was
regularly violated. He claimed that he saw trucks crossing the border
and violating the embargo a number of times. Again, since he was there
with a camera crew, why didn’t he make a video tape of this? And for
that matter, how come the international observers that were monitoring
the border didn’t see any of this?
Van Linden also claimed to interview Captain Dragan, and again this TV
newsman had no tape, but he did paraphrase what he says that Captain
Dragan told him. According to Van Linden Captain Dragan said that
Milosevic was controlling the Serbs in Croatia. Milosevic asserted
that Captain Dragan had never said that and Van Linden stammered that
Captain Dragan was not referring to operational control or anything
like that, but that he was saying it in a metaphorical sense or
something.
An example of Van Linden’s “stellar reporting” came in one of the
tapes that he did play. The tape showed a number of graves that were
decorated with Orthodox crosses, but Van Linden in his voice-over,
called them “Bosnian graves.” The graves were obviously Serb graves,
President Milosevic confronted Van Linden with this, and Van Linden
admitted that they were Serbs, but since they were Serbs from Bosnia
he called them “Bosnians.”
It is common knowledge that the Serbs in Bosnia never call themselves
“Bosnians.” Only the Muslims call themselves “Bosnians,” which is
nothing more than a cynical effort by them to create the illusion that
they have some sort of claim to Bosnia, over that of the Serbs and
Croats. Even Van Linden during his testimony was referring to Muslims
as “Bosnians” and Serbs as “Serbs.”
Van Linden was clearly trying to mislead his viewers into thinking
that they were looking at Muslim graves, and not Serb graves. After
all, Serb graves would confuse everything that the Baron was saying.
Van Linden says that he never saw the Muslims doing any shooting,
obviously these Serb graves would seem to conflict with that.
Therefore it was necessary for the lying Baron to conceal the fact
that these were Serb graves.
Van Linden’s tapes also showed footage of the unarmed JNA soldiers who
were massacred by the Muslims while attempting to withdraw from
Sarajevo, but of course Van Linden neglected to mention that the
Muslims killed them, or that those JNA soldiers were shot while they
were unarmed and withdrawing from the city.
Van Linden’s testimony exposed the nature of television news coverage.
In one instance a video was shown. Van Linden was talking about Bosnia
in his voice-over commentary, but the video on the tape was from
Kosovo and had nothing to do with what Van Linden was saying.
Van Linden, upon seeing that the Albanian writing on the posters on
the footage, came up with the excuse that he didn’t edit the video
that somebody else did. When he was asked about other video sequences
he explained that he was using other people’s footage, and so he
wasn’t always sure what exactly was being shown on his video tapes.
TV news is ideal for propaganda. As Van Linden’s testimony
demonstrated the video you are looking at doesn’t necessarily have
anything to do with what the reporter is saying. At the beginning of
the proceedings there were technical problems at the tribunal and the
video could not be seen clearly, and as “Judge” May complained, not
being able to see the video caused “the evidence lose all of its
impact.”
After Van Linden was concluded President Milosevic took sick, and the
proceedings were adjourned early.
President Milosevic complained of fatigue, and high blood pressure
which he says is brought on by the excessive pace of the so-called
“trial.”
Again the so-called “judges” attempted to foist some sort of legal
assistance onto President Milosevic and again he rejected it.
It is not yet known whether the so-called “trial” will be conducted
tomorrow or not.
=== 4 ===
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/afp091803.htm
Milosevic trial suspended again on health grounds
Agence France Presse - September 18, 2003
THE HAGUE - The UN war crimes court in The Hague has cancelled hearings
scheduled for Friday and Monday in the trial of Slobodan Milosevic due
to the former Yugoslav president's ill health, the court said on
Thursday.
The former head of state, 62, suffers from high blood pressure and is
thought to have a high risk of heart problems.
His trial for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes has
often been halted on health grounds since it began on February 12 last
year.
Milosevic is on trial for his role in the wars in Croatia, Bosnia and
Kosovo that broke up the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
The prosecution is due to finish presenting its case against Milosevic
by the end of the year.
Milosevic has been given three months to prepare his defence case,
which he will begin presenting to the court in the spring of next
year. The trial is expected to last at least until 2005.
September 18, 2003 Thursday 3:23 PM Eastern Time
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MILOSEVIC TRIAL:
HEARINGS CANCELLED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK
Please be advised that the hearings in the Milosevic trial have been
cancelled for the remainder of this week (Tuesday 23 to Friday 26
September 2003) due to the ill health of the accused.
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