1. Some links to interesting articles and documents
2. Media Center Belgrade, Reports, 09/13/2002: COLLAPSE OF KOSOVO
INDICTMENT
3. Milosevic attacks BBC bias/Milosevic again told to rest

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ALL "TRIAL" TRASCRIPTS / AUDIO FILES:
> http://hague.bard.edu/

AN INTERESTING FORUM:
> http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/issue_milosevic.htm

A Reader Asks: "WHICH INTERNATIONAL 'COURT' IS TRYING MILOSEVIC?"
> http://emperors-clothes.com/letters/schmitz.htm

Milosevic: A Farce Trial in the Hague? (by Larry Leonard)
> http://oregonmag.com/MoronMedia.htm

The Milosevic Trial: Key prosecution witness backs deposed Yugoslav
president (by K. Lee & P. Mitchell)
> http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/sep2002/hagu-s11_prn.shtml

Milosevic proves a slippery customer
(By Tim Franks, BBC Europe correspondent, The Hague)
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/2248647.stm



Anatomy of propaganda: How Slobodan Milosevic was framed (by Francisco
J. Gil-White)
> http://www.psych.upenn.edu/~fjgil/Trucks.htm

Anatomy of propaganda
How Slobodan Milosevic was framed
by Francisco J. Gil-White
http://www.psych.upenn.edu/~fjgil/

Introduction

In April 2001, a story broke making the following allegations: (1) the
Yugoslav army had massacred Albanian civilians; (2) their bodies were
driven away in a refrigerator truck which was then supposedly dumped
into the Danube, deep inside Serbia. In short notice this story became
an enormous international ?scandal,? and the allegations evolved and
multiplied until we were talking about whole convoys of trucks, all of
them supposedly full of massacred Albanian victims, and supposedly
spirited out of Kosovo and hidden in Serbia, out of the view of The
Hague tribunal investigators.

The hysteria in the Western (and some of the Serbian) media surrounding
these allegations was responsible for building support among the public
for the illegal abduction of Slobodan Milosevic and his subsequent
shipping to The Hague. Given the important role it played, it is
remarkable that there is absolutely no substance to the story.

In this piece I promise to do the following:
1) Give you a synopsis of what the story became, and an analysis of its
surface plausibility, just on its own terms.
2) Give you a blow-by-blow chronology of how the story evolved in the
media, and how it grew and grew in spite of the fact that no evidence
was ever added to the original ?evidence,? which turns out to be no
evidence at all, as I will show.
3) Demonstrate that, not only is there no substance to the accusations
against Slobodan Milosevic, but that these accusations have been part of
an organized plot to frame Milosevic for war crimes in order to send him
to The Hague in time to get a billion dollars from the United States and
also to neutralize the pro-Milosevic opposition that has been a nuisance
to the new government in Belgrade, which government the United States
helped install with considerable effort and expenditure.

I will be happy to hear from anybody who does not find my refutations
sufficiently convincing. (...)

=== 2 ===

Subject: Rebirth of People's Unity in Belgrade: Free Milosevic!
Free Balkans!
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 18:38:24 +0200
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin"

Media Center Belgrade, Reports, 09/13/2002
COLLAPSE OF KOSOVO INDICTMENT

Press conference by the Yugoslav National Committee To
Defend Slobodan Milosevic "Freedom." The conference
topic "Collapse of the Kosovo Indictment" was addressed
by Bogoljub Bjelica, deputy president of the Socialist
Party of Serbia (SPS) and president of the Committee,
dr Vojislav Seselj, president of the Serbian Radical
Party (SRS), Goran Matic, vice-president of the
Yugoslav Left (JUL), Radisa Z. Kovacevic, member of the
Presidency of the Patriotic Alliance of Yugoslavia, and
dr Branko Rakic, member of the Committee.

"These days we witness the collapse of the
Kosovo indictment against our people and peace
in the Balkans. In the name of our national
being, we demand Slobodan Milosevic's immediate
release. What members of the SPS and citizens
want is a policy of national unity and its
implementation," said Bjelica.

"Each day of the trial to Slobodan Milosevic
makes his triumph more convincing. Since Serbia
and the Serbs are in the dock in The Hague, it
is Slobodan Milosevic that defends both Serbia
and the Serbs," said Seselj and added,
"Slobodan Milosevic's defense proved the Kosovo
indictment false and alleged evidence
fabricated. Indictments issued by Bosnia and
Croatia will be also grounded on false
evidence. But I am confident Slobodan Milosevic
will win out over The Hague Tribunal."

In Goran Matic's view, The Hague Tribunal deals
with forging history, rather than with justice.
"Slobodan Milosevic has faced the court and
managed to 'smash' the Kosovo indictment.
However, the court will meet with an even
bigger fiasco when it comes to indictments
issued by Bosnia and Croatia. This will ruin
the decade-long campaign against genocidal
Serbs and provide grounds for creation of the
FRY's internal policy," said Matic.

To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sps.org.yu/ (official SPS website)
http://www.belgrade-forum.org/ (forum for the world of
equals)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to
defend Slobodan Milosevic)
http://www.jutarnje.co.yu/ ('morning news' the only
Serbian newspaper advocating liberation)

=== 3 ===

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Reuters (with additional material by BBC). 28 August 2002. Milosevic
attacks BBC 'bias.'

THE HAGUE -- Slobodan Milosevic crossed swords on Wednesday with a
British reporter, disputing the objectivity of the BBC as the
journalist cast doubt on Serbian assertions that NATO bombs killed
inmates of a Kosovo prison.
The British Broadcasting Corporation's former Belgrade correspondent,
Jacky Rowland, told of two visits she paid to Dubrava Prison in May
1999, where she saw dead bodies and was told they were victims of the
NATO raids launched in response to a Serb crackdown on the majority-
Albanian Serbian province of Kosovo.
"I have strong doubts that all those prisoners were killed as a
direct result of the NATO bombing," Rowland told the U.N.
International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia.
Serb authorities claimed inmates had been killed by NATO bombs, but
she reported at the time that it was unclear how the prisoners had
died.
Milosevic implied that the NATO bombing of the prison was a war
crime.
Journalists are divided over giving evidence at war crimes trials,
with some arguing it casts doubts on their independence. A host of
international news organizations have backed ex-Washington Post
reporter Jonathan Randal's earlier challenge against the Hague
tribunal compelling him to testify in another case.
"They (journalists) are not tools of the prosecution or investigative
arm of government or courts and it is important to honor that
distinction," lawyers representing Randal said in a submission to the
court this month.
Rowland stressed the BBC's objectivity and impartiality, saying she
spoke to people from all walks of life for her work and she had
conducted "balanced, impartial, fair reporting."
But Milosevic challenged the BBC's overall objectivity, saying with a
wry smile: "A Serbian proverb says 'One swallow does not make a
spring', so please do not generalize regarding this one objective
report about the reporting of the BBC in general."
Milosevic later read out the text of a BBC report that questioned
allegations by NATO that the Serb authorities were holding tens of
thousands of refugees.

--

AFP. 28 August 2002. Milosevic again told to rest.

THE HAGUE -- A heart specialist has recommended that Slobodan
Milosevic take frequent breaks in order to rest up during his war
crimes trial, which resumed this week after a month-long recess,
judicial sources said Wednesday.
The former Yugoslav president should be given four consecutive days
off after every two weeks of hearings, the cardiologist told
presiding judge Richard May of the UN tribunal here.
Milosevic's health became a key factor in his trial when a medical
exam in July revealed he was at risk of a heart attack due to
pressure from his trial.
Underway since February 12, the trial has taxed the 61-year-old ex-
leader's health since he has refused outside counsel and is defending
himself against some 60 charges of crimes against humanity, war
crimes and genocide for his participation in wars in Kosovo, Bosnia
and Croatia.
He is said to spend evenings and nights in his cell reading through
voluminous documents, pouring over evidence and witness statements
and preparing for the next day's session.
The first of part of his trial, which focused on the Kosovo war, ends
next month. The tribunal will begin hearing testimony on Milosevic's
responsibility in the Bosnia and Croatia wars on September 30.

--- End forwarded message ---

Subject: ATTENTION: Press Conference of People's Unity - Watch it
On-Line
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 18:12:01 +0200
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin"

REPRESENTATIVES OF PATRIOTIC FORCES TOGETHER ON A
PRESS CONFERENCE TO DEMAND RELEASE OF SLOBODAN
MILOSEVIC!
Bogoljub Bjelica, SPS, Acting President
Dr Vojislav Seselj, SRS, President
Goran Matic, JUL, Vice-President
Dr Ivica Stojanovic, Patriotic Alliance of Yugoslavia, Vice-President
Dr Branko Rakic, SLOBODA / Freedom Association, Board Member

HEADS OF LEADING PATRIOTIC PARTIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
WILL DEMONSTRATE THEIR SUPPORT TO THE KEY
POLITICAL FACTOR OF THE FREE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY -
TO PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
AND TO HIS POLICY OF PEOPLE'S UNITY
AS A VIVID PEOPLE'S OPPOSITION TO THE OCCUPATION,
SALE AND DESTRUCTION OF SERBIA AND YUGOSLAVIA.

FOLLOW OR TAKE PART IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 10:00 a.m.
CET USING THE FOLLOWING LINK:

http://www.yumediacenter.com/english/online/logine.asp?ID=486

Online conference in Media Center

Friday, September 13, 10:00
Press conference by the "Sloboda" Yugoslav National Committee for the
Defense of Slobodan Milosevic
Bogoljub Bjelica, deputy president of the Socialist Party of Serbia
(SPS)
and president of the Yugoslav National Committee for the Defense of
Slobodan Milosevic, Vojislav Seselj, president of the Serbian Radical
Party (SRS), Goran Matic, vice president of the Yugoslav Left (JUL),
Ivica Stojanovic, vice president of the Patriotic Union of Yugoslavia,
and
Branko Rakic, member of the Yugoslav National Committee for the
Defense of Slobodan Milosevic, to speak about the collapse of the Kosovo
indictment.

Live broadcast: english, serbian

===*===

ARTEL GEOPOLITIKA by www.artel.co.yu
office@...
Date:12 September 2002

THE BELGRADE FORUM: MILOSEVIC TRIAL - STATEMENT /3/

THE BELGRADE FORUM FOR THE WORLD OF EQUALS
THE MILOSEVIC TRIAL - STATEMENT /3/
Done in Belgrade on 12 September 2002

In its two previous statements The Belgrade
Forum for the World of Equals /Forum/ expressed
its concern about the conduct of the trial of
Mr. Slobodan Milosevic before the International
Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
/ICTY/ in the Hague. The Forum also called upon
all human rights organisations to appoint their
observers at the trial in order to ensure the
right to a fair trial is fully observed.
Further to these statements, several members of
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe made a motion before this body for the
observers to be appointed at the trial. The
result of this initiative remains to be seen in
the near future.
In the meantime, The Forum notes the following
irregularities:

- on 14 June the cross-examination of the NATO
retired general Klaus Naumann / the man who
authorised the bombardment of targets in
downtown Belgrade/ by one of the amicus curiae
Mr. Tapuskovic, was abruptly cut short by Judge
May with an explanation that "the witness had a
plane to catch";
- on June 11 nothing but a legally scandalous
situation occurred when the witness Mr. Avdiju
claimed to have survived a firing squad
followed by a four hour period in open flames
in a house in Mala Krusa. Witness then claimed
that his surname was not Avdiju, but changed
into Krasniqi, and he also admited that some of
the four signatures at the end of the witness
statement were not his. Although Judge Kwon did
try to throw some light on this issue, it is
rather regretable that the Chamber never
requested the witness to lodge his signature
with it on the spot;
- witness K12 who had refused to testify
claiming to have been exposed to "a
psychological processing" by the prosecution
was held by the Chamber to be in contempt of
court. The Forum wonders why the unfortunate
K12 was not helped by the Chamber and releaved
of the psychological pressures he was exposed
to and notes that no other witness was
penalised in this way, in spite of the fact
that many testimonies were rather incredible;
- witness Mr. Ali Djogaj, a grave-digger from
Kosovo, claimed on 3 July to have loaded a
refrigerator lorry with bodies from a mass
grave in Kosovo and categoricaly contended this
had happened in April 2000. There were no
Yugoslav Army and police in Kosovo at the time.
Judge May personally acknowledged the date.
However, the following morning the Chamber
allowed the witness to reappear before it and
to change his testimony. The relevant date was
not April 2000 anymore, but "April 1999". When
Mr. Milosevic protested, Judge May said that
the transcript had to be looked into.

The Forum recalls that in its first statement
it called upon the Chamber to take penal
measures against the witnesses whose
testimonies were obviously incredible and the
Forum then noted that great many witnesses from
Kosovo claimed not to have even heard of the
KLA. On August 30, however, Mr. Gani Boqaj,
sentenced for the criminal act of terrorism,
testified that every single man in his village
was a KLA member! And the Office of the
Prosecution, in the final stages of its Kosovo
case, made sure to bring as many KLA members to
testify as possible. One of these witnesses
even claimed "to have killed as many Serbs as
he took aim at". The Forum notes that the
credibility of these witnesses, who are openly
hostile to the Yugoslav state and Mr.
Milosevic, is non-existent.
The Forum also notes that it is not only the
witnesses from Kosovo whose testimonies are
deprived of credibility. For instance, Mr. Ian
Hendry, a police detective from Britain,
reappeared before the Chamber in order to
"persuade" it that on two, more or less,
identical photographs of the same deceased from
Racak, blood could be visible on one of the
photos and not on the another. Gen. Klaus
Naumann, who might have also authorised the
bombing of Mr. Milosevic`s residence and his
daughters TV station "Kosava", continued his
hostile campaign before the ICTY with some
outrageous claims. The Forum considers it
utterly unacceptable that the testimony of the
witness who might have comitted war crimes and
the crime of attempted murder of Mr. Milosevic
and his family can be treated as impartial
before the ICTY.
The Forum calls upon:

- the Federal Government of the FRY to take
concrete steps in order to implement the
decision of the Yugoslav Federal Constitutional
Court pertaining to an illegal deportation of
Mr. Milosevic to the Hague;
- the President of the FRY Mr. Kostunica to
personally address all heads of states and ask
for their engagement in granting Mr. Milosevic
a provisional release - defence as a free man
from the Hague;
- the Governments of the FRY and Serbia to
address all parliaments in the world and
request their support for the release of Mr.
Milosevic.

The Forum considers that the prosecution has
failed to link Mr. Milosevic with the alleged
crimes in Kosovo and the proof for this is the
obvious attempt of the Prosecutor to link the
Yugoslav security forces and Mr. Milosevic with
the estabilished NATO crimes, such as the
bombing of the "Dubrava" prison and Albanian
refugees in Bistrezin and Meia. In order to try
to exculpate NATO in this way, the prosecution
has called many false witnesses, such as Musa
Krasniqi and Gani Baqaj, both sentenced for the
criminal act of terrorism; this is obviously an
abuse of power by the prosecution and the
reason for mistrial to be declared. For the
aforementioned reasons The Forum considers that
the Kosovo case should be immediately dismissed
by the Chamber. Another reason for the
dismissal is a total lack of equality of arms
between Mr. Milosevic and the prosecution.
Finally, the Forum remains concerned not only
about the conduct of the trial, but also about
the health of Mr. Milosevic whose recent blood
pressure was 200/120 due to the trial effort.
The Forum repeats its call to all human rights
organisations and other relevant bodies to
appoint their observers in the next phase of
the trial and it calls upon the trial Chamber
to put a stop on the Prosecutor`s practice to
call sentenced, indicted or suspected criminals
as witnesses, witnesses who are employees of
the Office of the Prosecutor, as well as those
who testify from the second hand. There have
been to many witnesses of this kind and The
Forum remainds the Presiding Judge May that
hear-say testimonies are not admissible before
the courts of law in his own country. The
aforementioned witnesses cannot help the
Chamber, but only expose Mr. Milosevic to an
undue exhaustion.

President of the Forum Vladislav Jovanovic
____

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Date : Thu, 12 Sep 2002 16:15:38 +0200
Subject : [JUGOINFO] Juergen Elsaesser: "Crimini di guerra" -
PRESENTAZIONE A JESI

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> Introduce MARCO PIGLIAPOCO - Portavoce PUNTO ROSSO-JESI
> Presentazione del libro del giornalista tedesco Juergen Elsaesser,
> "MENZOGNE DI GUERRA - le menzogne della NATO e le loro vittime
> nel conflitto per il Kosovo", Ed. La CITTA' DEL SOLE, Napoli, 2002
> Prof. Andrea CATONE dell'Associazione MOST ZA BEOGRAD
>
> Ore 19.30
> Recital di poesie "GLI ASSASSINI DELLA TENEREZZA"
> Prof.Giancarlo GIACCANI
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> a distanza" dei figli dei lavoratori della Zastava di Kragujevac
> bombardata
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>
> Jürgen Elsässer:
>
> "MENZOGNE DI GUERRA
> Le bugie della NATO e le loro vittime nel conflitto per
> il Kosovo"
>
> Traduzione di Mara Oneta
> Prefazione di Andrea Catone
> Collana "Frontiere del presente"
> Ed. La Citta' del Sole, Napoli 2002
> ISBN 88-8292-183-2; prezzo 11 euro
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> L'AUTORE SARA' IN ITALIA PER UN GIRO DI PRESENTAZIONI:

ROMA 25/9/2002 ore 11:00
Associazione della Stampa Estera, Sala Soci, Via dell'Umilta' 83/c

> NAPOLI 25/9/2002 ore 17:30
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>
> BOLOGNA 27/9/2002 ore 20:30
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Venezia)

Nota: seguiranno comunicazioni su di una presentazione da tenersi a
Lugano il 30/9; la presentazione di Torino e' stata invece rimandata ad
altra occasione.

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A DIFFERENZA DI CHI LI GOVERNA,
GLI ITALIANI SONO CONTRARI ALLE GUERRE

Come nel 1991, in occasione del primo attacco contro l'Iraq, e come pure
in occasione di tutti gli episodi di partecipazione italiana alle guerre
di secessione jugoslave e di coinvolgimento del nostro paese nelle
aggressioni contro altri paesi, nonostante le scelte della sua classe
dirigente e benche' non venga mai interpellata in merito l'opinione
pubblica italiana ripudia la guerra come strumento di risoluzione delle
controversie internazionali.

Subject: [info-unponteper] nuovo sondaggio - gli italiani sono
contro la guerra
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 19:06:18 +0200
From: "un ponte per ..." <posta@...>
To: "info-unponteper"
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Dopo Repubblica, anche Porta a Porta.
E' confermato da due sondaggi differenti che gli
italiani non vogliono la guerra e non vogliono il ogni
caso il coinvolgimento italiano.
Ricordiamolo ai deputati che si apprestano a discutere
della guerra.

Dal 16 al 20 settembre CALL-IN contro la guerra -
telefona al tuo deputato.
Tutte le istruzioni su
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Ecco i dati:


IRAQ: MAGGIORANZA ITALIANI CONTRO ATTACCO, SONDAGGIO
SECONDO STUDIO PER 'PORTA A PORTA' SOLO IL 21 %
E'FAVOREVOLE (ANSA) - ROMA, 11 SET - Il 58% degli
italiano è contrario ad un attacco all' Iraq, il 37 %
ritiene che in ogni caso l' Italia debba mantenersi
completamente estranea la conflitto ed altrettanti
ritengono opportuno affiancare gli Usa senza
partecipazione diretta alla guerra. Sono alcuni dei
dati emersi da un sondaggio condotto dall' Ispo di
Renato Mannheimer per la puntata della trasmissione
"Porta a porta" che sarà trasmessa questa sera.
Dal sondaggio, secondo l'anticipazione diffusa alle
agenzie di stampa, emerge anche che è cresciuta la
quota degli italiani (il 32% contro il 30%
dell'ottobre 2001) diffidenti nei confronti degli
immigrati arabi.
Per quanto riguarda l'Iraq, gli italiani favorevoli
all' ipotesi di un attacco sono il 21% e altrettanti
lo sarebbero se venissero fornite nuove prove contro
il regime iracheno.
Favorevole ad un coinvolgimento militare italiano si è
detto solo il 17% degli intervistati. (ANSA).

BON
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