Informazione
Subject: [yugoslaviainfo] Medical Health Care Crisis in Yugoslavia
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 23:07:40 -0500 (CDT)
From: Predrag Tosic
To: yugoslaviainfo <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
THE HELLENIC MEDICAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
URGENT REQUEST FOR HELP
MEDICAL HEALTH CARE CRISIS IN YUGOSLAVIA
HMS DRIVE FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
The Hellenic Medical Society of New York, a
leader nationally among ethnic medical societies is
sponsoring a medical humanitarian drive in which medical
supplies and medical equipment are being sent to
hospitals in Yugoslavia where there is a serious and
escalating health care crisis.
Recently a 40 ft. medical container was sent to a
leading pediatric hospital in Belgrade the value of
which was more then US $ 150,000. We are now targeting a
hospital in Pancevo for help.
Pancevo is a highly industrialized, petrochemical
center not far from Belgrade, that was bombed repeatedly
in 1999, releasing toxic fumes and substances above and
below ground. The result is an ecological disaster for
the entire area in which there has been a 500% increase
in mortality rate since 1999 and where cancer cases have
soared from 2.000 to 10.000 new cases a year!
Pancevo hospital is a full service hospital
(Surgery, Internal medicine, Gynecology, Obstetrics,
Pediatrics, Neurology, Oncology, Dermatology,
Ophthalmology, and Dentistry). It has 750 beds and
serves an area encompassing 200.000 people of various
ethnic groups.
Since the dissolution of Yugoslavia and after 10
years of sanctions and the fall of the Milosevic's
regime - the new democratically elected government finds
itself bankrupt and unable to support the health care
system, which is in a state of collapse. And, though
humanitarian agencies and NGOs are trying to help, the
needs far outstep current demands.
BASIC NEEDS
Pancevo hospital needs everything, from blankets
and sheets to every kind of medical supplies and
equipment, including diagnostic equipment for detecting
cancer.
We are sending an URGENT REQUEST FOR MEDICAL
SUPPLIES AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT of every kind and type.
We have a collection site and will transport any
equipment or medical supplies that are donated. (ALL
DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE)
Recently, our representatives in Belgrade met
with the American ambassador, William Montgomery, who
said he fully supported the efforts of HMS and would
give us any help we needed. He agreed that the health
care system was a disaster and he was grateful for the
help HMS was offering.
If you can supply us with any kind of medical
equipment or supplies, you can be sure you are helping
to save precious human lives. You will also bring some
hope to a desperate population where individuals under
the strain of economic hardship are even selling their
kidneys in the black market in order to survive. The
average life span in Yugoslavia is now 48 years old.
As the Director of Pancevo Hospital said sadly
after a recent tour of the hospital: "We have simply
been forgotten."
Medical supplies, new or used (but in working
condition) medical equipment that is often discarded in
this rich land of America can be life saving treasures
for hospitals in crisis. For the nominal price of
transportation, HMS can send a container valued at from
US $ 100,000 to US $ 300,000 in medical help.
We would like to be able to say to the people of
Yugoslavia "You have not been forgotten"
Will you join us in our effort?
Please contact:
Anthony Vasilas, M.D.
Advisor Emeritus, Tel. (516) 627-1894; Fax: (516) 869-
1178
Representatives:
Mila Lazarevich - Nolan, Tel. (212) 570-5782; Fax: (212)
717-6088
Dusan & Djina Dragic, Tel. (914) 946-2606; Fax: 946-
4649;
E-mail: DDragic@...
Mark Milich, Tel. (516) 944-2733
Please note:
HMS is also accepting financial donations, which are
also tax deductible. This money will go toward shipping
expenses and to purchase medical supplies and equipment
to supplement our shipments.
Checks may be made payable to:
Hellenic Medical Society of New York
Attention: Dr. Anthony Vasilas
For Yugoslav medical relief
80 Gristmill Lane
Manhasset, NY 11030
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 23:07:40 -0500 (CDT)
From: Predrag Tosic
To: yugoslaviainfo <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
THE HELLENIC MEDICAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
URGENT REQUEST FOR HELP
MEDICAL HEALTH CARE CRISIS IN YUGOSLAVIA
HMS DRIVE FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
The Hellenic Medical Society of New York, a
leader nationally among ethnic medical societies is
sponsoring a medical humanitarian drive in which medical
supplies and medical equipment are being sent to
hospitals in Yugoslavia where there is a serious and
escalating health care crisis.
Recently a 40 ft. medical container was sent to a
leading pediatric hospital in Belgrade the value of
which was more then US $ 150,000. We are now targeting a
hospital in Pancevo for help.
Pancevo is a highly industrialized, petrochemical
center not far from Belgrade, that was bombed repeatedly
in 1999, releasing toxic fumes and substances above and
below ground. The result is an ecological disaster for
the entire area in which there has been a 500% increase
in mortality rate since 1999 and where cancer cases have
soared from 2.000 to 10.000 new cases a year!
Pancevo hospital is a full service hospital
(Surgery, Internal medicine, Gynecology, Obstetrics,
Pediatrics, Neurology, Oncology, Dermatology,
Ophthalmology, and Dentistry). It has 750 beds and
serves an area encompassing 200.000 people of various
ethnic groups.
Since the dissolution of Yugoslavia and after 10
years of sanctions and the fall of the Milosevic's
regime - the new democratically elected government finds
itself bankrupt and unable to support the health care
system, which is in a state of collapse. And, though
humanitarian agencies and NGOs are trying to help, the
needs far outstep current demands.
BASIC NEEDS
Pancevo hospital needs everything, from blankets
and sheets to every kind of medical supplies and
equipment, including diagnostic equipment for detecting
cancer.
We are sending an URGENT REQUEST FOR MEDICAL
SUPPLIES AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT of every kind and type.
We have a collection site and will transport any
equipment or medical supplies that are donated. (ALL
DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE)
Recently, our representatives in Belgrade met
with the American ambassador, William Montgomery, who
said he fully supported the efforts of HMS and would
give us any help we needed. He agreed that the health
care system was a disaster and he was grateful for the
help HMS was offering.
If you can supply us with any kind of medical
equipment or supplies, you can be sure you are helping
to save precious human lives. You will also bring some
hope to a desperate population where individuals under
the strain of economic hardship are even selling their
kidneys in the black market in order to survive. The
average life span in Yugoslavia is now 48 years old.
As the Director of Pancevo Hospital said sadly
after a recent tour of the hospital: "We have simply
been forgotten."
Medical supplies, new or used (but in working
condition) medical equipment that is often discarded in
this rich land of America can be life saving treasures
for hospitals in crisis. For the nominal price of
transportation, HMS can send a container valued at from
US $ 100,000 to US $ 300,000 in medical help.
We would like to be able to say to the people of
Yugoslavia "You have not been forgotten"
Will you join us in our effort?
Please contact:
Anthony Vasilas, M.D.
Advisor Emeritus, Tel. (516) 627-1894; Fax: (516) 869-
1178
Representatives:
Mila Lazarevich - Nolan, Tel. (212) 570-5782; Fax: (212)
717-6088
Dusan & Djina Dragic, Tel. (914) 946-2606; Fax: 946-
4649;
E-mail: DDragic@...
Mark Milich, Tel. (516) 944-2733
Please note:
HMS is also accepting financial donations, which are
also tax deductible. This money will go toward shipping
expenses and to purchase medical supplies and equipment
to supplement our shipments.
Checks may be made payable to:
Hellenic Medical Society of New York
Attention: Dr. Anthony Vasilas
For Yugoslav medical relief
80 Gristmill Lane
Manhasset, NY 11030
Ha avuto luogo nei giorni scorsi la visita in Serbia del
cardinale romano-cattolico Walter Casper, presidente del
"Consiglio per la promozione dell'unita' dei cristiani".
Casper ha incontrato il vice-premier serbo Zarko
Korac (alla prasenza, tra l'altro, del "Ministro per gli Affari
Religiosi", figura governativa introdotta dal nuovo regime di
destra dopo il golpe dell'ottobre 2000) ed il Ministro degli
Affari Esteri della RF di Jugoslavia, Goran Svilanovic.
Il cardinale ha espresso la soddisfazione del Vaticano per le
"riforme", i cambiamenti "democratici" e l'attenzione
alle "liberta' religiose" mostrata dalla classe dirigente attuale,
ad esempio con la introduzione dell'insegnamento della religione
nelle scuole pubbliche dell'obbligo e con la progettata riconsegna
al Vaticano delle proprieta' immobiliari nazionalizzate dallo
Stato Jugoslavo dopo la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, quando il clero
cattolico si era reso complice dei crimini commessi dai nazisti.
Come chiarito esplicitamente nelle dichiarazioni degli esponenti
governativi, il governo serbo e quello jugoslavo si aspettano il
sostegno da parte del Vaticano per l'accoglimento della RF di
Jugoslavia nelle istituzioni della UE e della NATO. Dal canto suo,
il Vaticano, oltre alla riconsegna dei patrimoni nazionalizzati,
conta di lanciare una offensiva evangelizzatrice analoga a
quella in corso in alcune delle repubbliche ex-sovietiche, contando
sullo stato di grave prostrazione economica e devastazione sociale
in cui versa la popolazione proprio a causa delle politiche del
governo ultraliberista di Djindjic oltreche' dei bombardamenti e
dell'embargo.
Nel frattempo, il quotidiano croato Jutarnji List, citando "fonti
interne al Vaticano", ha rivelato la intenzione del Papa di recarsi
in visita in Serbia subito dopo la sua ennesima visita in Croazia,
dunque a settembre prossimo. Nelle precedenti visite in Croazia, il
papa era stato ospite del leader ultranazionalista Franjo Tudjman,
"regista" della cacciata dalle Krajne di tutta la popolazione di
religione serbo-ortodossa; nel corso della visita dell'ottobre 1997,
il papa aveva beatificato l'"arcivescovo del genocidio" Stepinac,
icona del nazionalismo e del fascismo ustascia.
(a cura di I. Slavo)
===*===
Roman Catholic Cardinal Walter Casper visits Serbian government
BELGRADE, May 13 (Tanjug) - Serbian Deputy Premier Zarko Korac said
after a meeting with Roman Catholic Cardinal Walter Casper on Monday
that their one-hour meeting had focused on democratic changes in
Serbia and the issue of religious freedoms.
Stressing that legal changes had allowed for the return of religious
teaching in public schools, Korac said that Cardinal Casper had voiced
readiness to invest personal efforts to enable the country to join
European institutions.
Conveying Pope John Paul II's best wishes to the Serbian government,
Cardinal Casper welcomed the democratic changes and added that
South-East Europe and the rest of Europe would be poor without Serbia.
After the talks at the Serbian government, Cardinal Casper offered his
blessings and best wishes for the country's development and economic
progress.
The talks were attended by Roman Catholic Bishop of Belgrade Stanislav
Hocevar, Vatican's envoy to Belgrade Eugenio Sbarbaro and Serbian
Minister of Religious Affairs Vojislav Milovanovic.
Svilanovic, Cardinal Casper on situation in Yugoslavia, region
BELGRADE, May 13 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic
and Cardinal Walter Casper, envoy of Pope John Paul II and president
of the papal council for the promotion of the unity of Christians,
exchanged in Belgrade Monday opinions about the situation in FR
Yugoslavia and in the region.
Cardinal Casper is on a visit to Yugoslavia at the invitation of the
Serbian Orthodox Church.
The Yugoslav Foreign Ministry said that Cardinal Casper conveyed the
satisfaction of the Holy See with the progress of reforms in
Yugoslavia, and its full support for the integration of Yugoslavia,
as well as of the region as a whole, into European and Euro-Atlantic
structures.
The Pope's envoy informed Svilanovic about the stand of the Holy See
regarding the process of globalization and the need for developing
ecunemical dialogue and the stregthening of unity between Christians.
CARDINAL: POPE SUPPORTS SERBIA'S EFFORTS TO JOIN EUROPE
BELGRADE, May 13 (Beta) Pope John Paul II and the Holy See support
the full integration of Europe and all of Eastern Europe in European
institutions, Cardinal Walter Casper, chairman of a papal council on
improving unity among Christians, in Belgrade on May. 13.
He previously met Serbian Vice Premier Zarko Korac and Minister of
Religions Vojislav Milovanovic. Papal nuncio in Belgrade Eugenio
Sbarbaro and Stanislav Hocevar, chairman of the Bishops' Conference
of Yugoslavia, were also present at the meeting.
Cardinal Casper said afterward that he was grateful to the Serbian
authorities for enacting legislation that brought religious
instruction back to schools and would restore its ownership of
nationalized property.
The cardinal also met Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic, whom
he told, according to a news release, "of the Holy See's satisfaction
with the progress of reforms in Yugoslavia and the full support of
Pope John Paul II to the integration of Yugoslavia and the region as
a whole in European and Euro-atlantic structures."
+++ Papst-Besuch in Serbien möglich? +++
ZAGREB, 19. Mai 2002. Die kroatische Tageszeitung "Jutarnji list"
meldet unter Berufung auf "Quellen im Vatikan", dass der römische
Papst nach dem Besuch in Kroatien auch nach Serbien kommen
könnte. Dies hat die Orthodoxe Kirche bisher strengstens
abgelehnt, solange der römische Katholizismus seine aggressive
Expansion auf dem kanonischen Gebiet der Orthodoxen Kirche
fortsetzt - in der Ukraine, in Sibirien und auf dem Balkan.
STIMME KOSOVOS / AMSELFELD.COM
cardinale romano-cattolico Walter Casper, presidente del
"Consiglio per la promozione dell'unita' dei cristiani".
Casper ha incontrato il vice-premier serbo Zarko
Korac (alla prasenza, tra l'altro, del "Ministro per gli Affari
Religiosi", figura governativa introdotta dal nuovo regime di
destra dopo il golpe dell'ottobre 2000) ed il Ministro degli
Affari Esteri della RF di Jugoslavia, Goran Svilanovic.
Il cardinale ha espresso la soddisfazione del Vaticano per le
"riforme", i cambiamenti "democratici" e l'attenzione
alle "liberta' religiose" mostrata dalla classe dirigente attuale,
ad esempio con la introduzione dell'insegnamento della religione
nelle scuole pubbliche dell'obbligo e con la progettata riconsegna
al Vaticano delle proprieta' immobiliari nazionalizzate dallo
Stato Jugoslavo dopo la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, quando il clero
cattolico si era reso complice dei crimini commessi dai nazisti.
Come chiarito esplicitamente nelle dichiarazioni degli esponenti
governativi, il governo serbo e quello jugoslavo si aspettano il
sostegno da parte del Vaticano per l'accoglimento della RF di
Jugoslavia nelle istituzioni della UE e della NATO. Dal canto suo,
il Vaticano, oltre alla riconsegna dei patrimoni nazionalizzati,
conta di lanciare una offensiva evangelizzatrice analoga a
quella in corso in alcune delle repubbliche ex-sovietiche, contando
sullo stato di grave prostrazione economica e devastazione sociale
in cui versa la popolazione proprio a causa delle politiche del
governo ultraliberista di Djindjic oltreche' dei bombardamenti e
dell'embargo.
Nel frattempo, il quotidiano croato Jutarnji List, citando "fonti
interne al Vaticano", ha rivelato la intenzione del Papa di recarsi
in visita in Serbia subito dopo la sua ennesima visita in Croazia,
dunque a settembre prossimo. Nelle precedenti visite in Croazia, il
papa era stato ospite del leader ultranazionalista Franjo Tudjman,
"regista" della cacciata dalle Krajne di tutta la popolazione di
religione serbo-ortodossa; nel corso della visita dell'ottobre 1997,
il papa aveva beatificato l'"arcivescovo del genocidio" Stepinac,
icona del nazionalismo e del fascismo ustascia.
(a cura di I. Slavo)
===*===
Roman Catholic Cardinal Walter Casper visits Serbian government
BELGRADE, May 13 (Tanjug) - Serbian Deputy Premier Zarko Korac said
after a meeting with Roman Catholic Cardinal Walter Casper on Monday
that their one-hour meeting had focused on democratic changes in
Serbia and the issue of religious freedoms.
Stressing that legal changes had allowed for the return of religious
teaching in public schools, Korac said that Cardinal Casper had voiced
readiness to invest personal efforts to enable the country to join
European institutions.
Conveying Pope John Paul II's best wishes to the Serbian government,
Cardinal Casper welcomed the democratic changes and added that
South-East Europe and the rest of Europe would be poor without Serbia.
After the talks at the Serbian government, Cardinal Casper offered his
blessings and best wishes for the country's development and economic
progress.
The talks were attended by Roman Catholic Bishop of Belgrade Stanislav
Hocevar, Vatican's envoy to Belgrade Eugenio Sbarbaro and Serbian
Minister of Religious Affairs Vojislav Milovanovic.
Svilanovic, Cardinal Casper on situation in Yugoslavia, region
BELGRADE, May 13 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic
and Cardinal Walter Casper, envoy of Pope John Paul II and president
of the papal council for the promotion of the unity of Christians,
exchanged in Belgrade Monday opinions about the situation in FR
Yugoslavia and in the region.
Cardinal Casper is on a visit to Yugoslavia at the invitation of the
Serbian Orthodox Church.
The Yugoslav Foreign Ministry said that Cardinal Casper conveyed the
satisfaction of the Holy See with the progress of reforms in
Yugoslavia, and its full support for the integration of Yugoslavia,
as well as of the region as a whole, into European and Euro-Atlantic
structures.
The Pope's envoy informed Svilanovic about the stand of the Holy See
regarding the process of globalization and the need for developing
ecunemical dialogue and the stregthening of unity between Christians.
CARDINAL: POPE SUPPORTS SERBIA'S EFFORTS TO JOIN EUROPE
BELGRADE, May 13 (Beta) Pope John Paul II and the Holy See support
the full integration of Europe and all of Eastern Europe in European
institutions, Cardinal Walter Casper, chairman of a papal council on
improving unity among Christians, in Belgrade on May. 13.
He previously met Serbian Vice Premier Zarko Korac and Minister of
Religions Vojislav Milovanovic. Papal nuncio in Belgrade Eugenio
Sbarbaro and Stanislav Hocevar, chairman of the Bishops' Conference
of Yugoslavia, were also present at the meeting.
Cardinal Casper said afterward that he was grateful to the Serbian
authorities for enacting legislation that brought religious
instruction back to schools and would restore its ownership of
nationalized property.
The cardinal also met Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic, whom
he told, according to a news release, "of the Holy See's satisfaction
with the progress of reforms in Yugoslavia and the full support of
Pope John Paul II to the integration of Yugoslavia and the region as
a whole in European and Euro-atlantic structures."
+++ Papst-Besuch in Serbien möglich? +++
ZAGREB, 19. Mai 2002. Die kroatische Tageszeitung "Jutarnji list"
meldet unter Berufung auf "Quellen im Vatikan", dass der römische
Papst nach dem Besuch in Kroatien auch nach Serbien kommen
könnte. Dies hat die Orthodoxe Kirche bisher strengstens
abgelehnt, solange der römische Katholizismus seine aggressive
Expansion auf dem kanonischen Gebiet der Orthodoxen Kirche
fortsetzt - in der Ukraine, in Sibirien und auf dem Balkan.
STIMME KOSOVOS / AMSELFELD.COM
Gli Stati Uniti d'America hanno reso noti i nuovi diktat rivolti
alla Repubblica Federale di Jugoslavia. Lo hanno fatto per bocca
del senatore Biden, noto lobbyista filocroato e filoalbanese,
presente ad un recente pranzo di gala organizzato dalla "Lega
Civica Albano-Americana", l'organizzazione che fa da tramite tra
le bande degli stragisti dell'UCK ed i settori politici
statunitensi, organizzati attorno a Bob Dole e Dioguardi, che
sostengono il progetto della "Grande Albania".
Queste le condizioni cui la Jugoslavia dovra' adeguarsi:
1. Interrompere l'influenza politica esercitata sulla Repubblica
Serba di Bosnia e sul Kosovo settentrionale.
2. Rispettare le richieste e decisioni del "Tribunale ad hoc"
dell'Aia, spec. riguardo alla cattura e consegna degli
"incriminati".
3. Abbandonare al suo destino la enclave-ghetto serba di
Mitrovica, tra le ultime aree del Kosovo ancora popolate da
popolazione non albanese, oggi ancora difesa da squadre di
vigilanza e ronde create dalla popolazione locale per evitare
di subire la sorte gia' riservata alle altre aree etnicamente
"diverse".
4. Scuse ufficiali alla Croazia, alla Bosnia ed al Kosovo per
la politica "di genocidio" attuata nel corso degli anni Novanta.
Sulla figura del senatore Biden e sulla sua partecipazione al
suddetto pranzo di gala si veda:
> http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/1759
U.S. SENATOR BYDEN PAID TO LOBBY AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA,
SAYS PRESIDENT KOSTUNICA
BELGRADE, May 16 (Beta) - Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica
has said that the Belgrade authorities should neither
underestimate nor overestimate senator Joseph Byden's statement
on his view on conditions Yugoslavia should meet in order to
keep receiving aid from the U.S. "Byden's statement on what
more the U.S. should demand from Serbia ought to be treated as
a hint or warning that it might happen in October that the
law on U.S. aid, thanks to lobby group pressures, includes
further demand on our country," Kostunica wrote in an article
in the latest issue of the weekly NIN.
He said that "we should not close our eyes" to this warning
but neither should we be scared and do things we have not
been asked to.
"Of course, it would be both meaningless and irresponsible to
accept to be branded as a genocidal state and nation, which is
how Byden describes us, in order to get the second installment
of U.S. economic aid. At the same time, this does not mean that
we do not appreciate U.S. aid and their attitude towards our
involvement in international financial organizations,"
the Yugoslav president said.
Kostunica added that Byden had voiced his opinion as "a paid
lobbyist" at a charity dinner organized by an association of
American-Albanian friendship.
At the occasion, the senator said that the U.S. aid to
Yugoslavia should also depend on Belgrade quitting "negative
influences" in Kosovo and Republika Srpska, as well as on
apologies by Kostunica and Zoran Djindjic to Albanians, Croats,
and Bosnian Muslims.
+++ USA diktieren neue Bedingungen +++
WASHINGTON, BELGRAD, 10.Mai 2002. Die USA haben
heute vier neue Bedingungen diktiert ohne deren
Erfüllung Serbien keine Hilfe von den USA zu
erwarten habe:
"1. Aufgabe des negativen politischen Einflußes auf
den Norden Kosovos und die Republika Srpska.
2. Absolute Erfüllung aller Forderungen der
internationalen Gemeinschaft, insbesondere die
Verhaftung aller (angeblicher, d.Red.)
Kriegsverbrecher, insbesondere General Mladics,
sofern er sich auf dem Territorium Serbiens aufhält.
3. Aufgabe der Teilung Kosovska Mitrovicas, Rückkehr
aller Albaner in die Stadt im Austausch für das
Rückkehrrecht von Serben und Romas in den von
Albanern kontrollierten Stadtteil.
4. Öffentliche Äüßerung Kostunicas und Djindjics zur
Politik Serbiens in den neunziger Jahren und eine
Entschuldigung für den Genozid in Bosnien, Kroatien
und im Kosovo."
Der Ministerpräsident Serbiens, Zoran Djindjic
lehnte die Forderungen der USA umgehend ab und
erklärte, die neuen Regierungen Jugoslawiens und
Serbiens hätten mit der Politik der neunziger Jahre
im Gegensatz zu denen in Bosnien und Kroatien nichts
zu tun.
TANJUG / AMSELFELD.COM
alla Repubblica Federale di Jugoslavia. Lo hanno fatto per bocca
del senatore Biden, noto lobbyista filocroato e filoalbanese,
presente ad un recente pranzo di gala organizzato dalla "Lega
Civica Albano-Americana", l'organizzazione che fa da tramite tra
le bande degli stragisti dell'UCK ed i settori politici
statunitensi, organizzati attorno a Bob Dole e Dioguardi, che
sostengono il progetto della "Grande Albania".
Queste le condizioni cui la Jugoslavia dovra' adeguarsi:
1. Interrompere l'influenza politica esercitata sulla Repubblica
Serba di Bosnia e sul Kosovo settentrionale.
2. Rispettare le richieste e decisioni del "Tribunale ad hoc"
dell'Aia, spec. riguardo alla cattura e consegna degli
"incriminati".
3. Abbandonare al suo destino la enclave-ghetto serba di
Mitrovica, tra le ultime aree del Kosovo ancora popolate da
popolazione non albanese, oggi ancora difesa da squadre di
vigilanza e ronde create dalla popolazione locale per evitare
di subire la sorte gia' riservata alle altre aree etnicamente
"diverse".
4. Scuse ufficiali alla Croazia, alla Bosnia ed al Kosovo per
la politica "di genocidio" attuata nel corso degli anni Novanta.
Sulla figura del senatore Biden e sulla sua partecipazione al
suddetto pranzo di gala si veda:
> http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/1759
U.S. SENATOR BYDEN PAID TO LOBBY AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA,
SAYS PRESIDENT KOSTUNICA
BELGRADE, May 16 (Beta) - Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica
has said that the Belgrade authorities should neither
underestimate nor overestimate senator Joseph Byden's statement
on his view on conditions Yugoslavia should meet in order to
keep receiving aid from the U.S. "Byden's statement on what
more the U.S. should demand from Serbia ought to be treated as
a hint or warning that it might happen in October that the
law on U.S. aid, thanks to lobby group pressures, includes
further demand on our country," Kostunica wrote in an article
in the latest issue of the weekly NIN.
He said that "we should not close our eyes" to this warning
but neither should we be scared and do things we have not
been asked to.
"Of course, it would be both meaningless and irresponsible to
accept to be branded as a genocidal state and nation, which is
how Byden describes us, in order to get the second installment
of U.S. economic aid. At the same time, this does not mean that
we do not appreciate U.S. aid and their attitude towards our
involvement in international financial organizations,"
the Yugoslav president said.
Kostunica added that Byden had voiced his opinion as "a paid
lobbyist" at a charity dinner organized by an association of
American-Albanian friendship.
At the occasion, the senator said that the U.S. aid to
Yugoslavia should also depend on Belgrade quitting "negative
influences" in Kosovo and Republika Srpska, as well as on
apologies by Kostunica and Zoran Djindjic to Albanians, Croats,
and Bosnian Muslims.
+++ USA diktieren neue Bedingungen +++
WASHINGTON, BELGRAD, 10.Mai 2002. Die USA haben
heute vier neue Bedingungen diktiert ohne deren
Erfüllung Serbien keine Hilfe von den USA zu
erwarten habe:
"1. Aufgabe des negativen politischen Einflußes auf
den Norden Kosovos und die Republika Srpska.
2. Absolute Erfüllung aller Forderungen der
internationalen Gemeinschaft, insbesondere die
Verhaftung aller (angeblicher, d.Red.)
Kriegsverbrecher, insbesondere General Mladics,
sofern er sich auf dem Territorium Serbiens aufhält.
3. Aufgabe der Teilung Kosovska Mitrovicas, Rückkehr
aller Albaner in die Stadt im Austausch für das
Rückkehrrecht von Serben und Romas in den von
Albanern kontrollierten Stadtteil.
4. Öffentliche Äüßerung Kostunicas und Djindjics zur
Politik Serbiens in den neunziger Jahren und eine
Entschuldigung für den Genozid in Bosnien, Kroatien
und im Kosovo."
Der Ministerpräsident Serbiens, Zoran Djindjic
lehnte die Forderungen der USA umgehend ab und
erklärte, die neuen Regierungen Jugoslawiens und
Serbiens hätten mit der Politik der neunziger Jahre
im Gegensatz zu denen in Bosnien und Kroatien nichts
zu tun.
TANJUG / AMSELFELD.COM
Subject: Freedom fight in the Hague (4)
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 13:55:26 +0200
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin"
FREEDOM ASSOCIATION SPECIAL BULLETIN
No.4 - May 14, 2002
Terrorist Commander, A Civilian As Well
What is the function of a witness for the
prosecution in The Hague, perhaps was best seen
today during the cross-examination of the
witness Isuf Ljoku from the village Kotlina near
Kacanik. Except for the fact that he was not
able to say more than what he was obviously
prepared to do, he kept denying himself from a
sentence to the next. At Milosevic's question
how many soldiers he had seen entering his
village, he first replied seeing 25 of them.
After being asked were they on foot or in
vehicles, he replied seeing 13 tanks, 2 armored
vehicles and 10 trucks. While in his written
statement, given to the tribunal representatives
a year ago, he had claimed having seen several
thousands of soldiers entering his village.
When witness Ljoku kept asserting
unbelievably illogic statements, such as that
his village was abandoned by all of his
inhabitants before the military got in, and that
the military had shelled the village for four
hours before getting in. Judge May tried to help
him by warning Milosevic to be fair towards the
witness. As Judge May intervened in this way at
Milosevic insisting the witness should explain
how come the military had not found him after
"escaping to the mountain" and hiding just 50
meters away from his house, Milosevic than
"warned" May that he does not have to interpret
for him what the witness is talking about.
Although there were serious clashes
going on with the KLA in his and in the
neighboring villages, the witness Ljoku claimed
no KLA member had been to his village. At
Milosevic's question does he know that his
cousin Miljaim Ljoku was in command of the
so-called Kacanik KLA brigade and died in an
armed clash of that unit with the YA, the
witness said his cousin had died as a civilian.
Today the testimonial of Ratomir
Tanic has begun, from whom the prosecution
obviously expects quite a lot, so that their
examination of the witness today was not
finished. His face was scrambled, although he
identified himself, and his voice was heard.
Tanic has been a high official of "New
Democracy" Party at the time it was in power in
coalition with SPS and JUL. Before that he has
been one of the founders of opposition parties
like UJDI and the Civic Alliance. As he himself
stated, he was conducting some negotiations with
Albanian representatives in Kosovo on behalf of
his party. More than that, according to him, he
collaborated with officials of the State
Security Service (whom he did not want to name),
but also with the Intelligence Services of
England, Italy and Russia (from which he got
paid). From the testimonial of this witness
today anyone could assert that his role in this
trial is to help the prosecution show that it
was allegedly possible to find a political
solution for Kosovo and Metohia and that the war
was not unavoidable, in other words to justify
NATO aggression against our country.
While announced as the first "insider" witness
at this trial, he could hardly be called as
such, since he has been a minor player and never
part of the ruling SPS gear. Having been member
of "New Democracy", his role in this trial may
easily be understood, if one knows the political
"beliefs" of this party, whose leader for the
last 15 years has been in power within all
Governments, regardless it were Communist,
Socialist or "Democratic" ones. The party itself
never participated alone in the elections,
but was the first to advocate admission of
Yugoslavia to NATO. Its leader, Dusan
Mihajlovic, whose "special adviser" Mr. Tanic
was, is currently Serbian Interior Minister and
one of main responsibles for abduction of
President Milosevic and fabrication of
"refrigerator trucks" stories.
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)
===*===
Subject: Freedom fight in the Hague (5)
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 14:14:57 +0200
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin"
FREEDOM ASSOCIATION SPECIAL BULLETIN
No.5- May 15, 2002
"Protected Witness" Tanic -
Co-Author In the Writing Of The Indictment
Today's testimonial of the
(partially) protected "insider" Ratomir Tanic
speaks more about his personality and about the
role of intelligence services in the trial, than
about the very subject of the testimonial. It
appeared that these services directly, but badly
prepared Tanic's testimony. Indicative is the
today's statement of his former Party leader and
current Interior Minister in the Serbian
Government, Dusan Mihajlovic, published in
today's edition of the Belgrade daily
"Nacional", which goes: "I knew Ratomir was
crazy enough to apply for witness and testify,
but I had no vague presentiment that those ones
were stupid enough to take him as witness".
Tanic has testified about all kinds of
things, as if he has been the closest Milosevic's
associate, or high state official, for the lightness
with which he talked about things that could have been
within reach exclusively to the highest state and
military leadership. For the rest, at the very beginning
of his examination by the prosecutor, he has identified
himself as paid collaborator of British, Italian and
Russian intelligence services.
Tanic's testimonial looked more like
some kind of political analysis, by which it was
intended to show that a political solution to
the Kosovo and Metohia problem was possible,
which Milosevic never accepted, since his goal
was ethnic cleansing, i.e. the expulsion of
Albanians from the province. Tanic kept
developing this theory through an alleged
parallel civilian chain of command, introduced
by Milosevic, that by-passed the Army and Police
command structures. As sources for these
allegations he mentioned some "leading figures"
within the Army and Police, whose names he did
not want to reveal. After Milosevic and the
Court insisted on the matter, he referred to
Dusan Mihajlovic (leader of "New Democracy"
party), General Momcilo Perisic
(ex-Chief-of-staff of the YA), Jovica Stanisic
(State Security Service - SDB - chief), as well
as SDB officer Bogdan Tomas (for the events
around Djakovica).
Tanic appeared with senseless
allegations that the leadership of Yugoslavia
wished for a "little bombing" in order to
continue harassing end forcing the Albanians
into exile, as well as to reduce the strength of
the Serbian opposition. For this he recalled an
alleged conversation with the British and German
Ambassadors, in which he took part as well,
never though mentioning in what capacity. He
used the same pattern to affirm that he knows
who ordered the Racak operation, but "may not
reveal the foreign source".
Tanic insisted on proving the
existence of a military training plan called
"Horse shoe", that envisaged military operations
in Kosovo and Metohia in the case of foreign
aggression supported by the Albanian
population. He further speculated that this
"training" plan had been subsequently abused and
applied in real conditions, no matter that
'there was neither a foreign aggression nor a
rebellion of the Albanian population'.
Tanic's testimonial looks more like
a script for an action movie in which the "bad
guys" were Serbia and its leadership, and the
"good guys" were the Kosovo and Metohia
Albanians and NATO. The first ones are "guilty"
because they have not solved the problem by
political means and with selective use of force,
which by Tanic's estimates was quite possible,
while the latter are good because by bombardment
they forced a solution for the province, that
seemingly only Tanic is actually satisfied with.
In his senseless statements Tanic
even said the purpose of sending the Army to the
area of Djakovica (near the border with Albania)
during NATO bombing was to prove that NATO
committed crimes by killing Yugoslav soldiers,
as well as to clean-up the Albanian population
there.
Although Milosevic's
cross-examination of this witness has only just
started, it has been immediately clarified that
Tanic was collaborating with the British
Intelligence Service in writing The Hague
indictment against Slobodan Milosevic. Such an
obvious conclusion appears from simple
comparison of the indictment and Tanic's written
statement, as well as from his answers to the
prosecutor's questions. Besides that, on
Milosevic's question, he confessed that at
least two members of the British Intelligence
Service were present during the writing of his
statement. On the other hand, the fact his face
was scrambled on TV transmition from the
courtroom is rather indicative, meaning that
"somebody" insured his secret for-life sojourn
somewhere in the World with a false identity and
changed looks.
The cross-examination of this
'protected witness' will go on, but it is
already certain that it is going to be Tanic who
will carry, for as long as he lives, the burden
of having been the first Serb to testify against
Milosevic and against the truth, but also
against the right of his own nation to defend
its citizens and territory from terrorism,
regardless was it of Albanian or U.S./NATO kind.
This 'testimony' also exposes unbelievable low
level of the NATO political trial and of its
Hague machinery, in which as one of crucial
witnesses appears a person which never had any
official position in Yugoslavia and which admits
paid liaisons with foreign secret services.
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)
===*===
Subject: Freedom fight in the Hague (6)
Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 11:44:53 +0200
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin"
FREEDOM ASSOCIATION SPECIAL BULLETIN
No.6 - May 16, 2002
Prosecution In Trouble
All of the examinations of the witnesses to the
Prosecution so far have shown that the authors of
the Indictment against Slobodan Milosevic are in a
big trouble. This was definitely proven after
today's cross-examination of Ratomir Tanic. His
written 40-pages long statement, two days of
answering to prosecutor's questions, as well as the
issues he is covering, show that he is one of the
indictment's crown witnesses. However, his answers
on Milosevic's questions today have not only cut the
reliability of his testimonial, but have also
seriously compromited his credibility as a witness.
All participants in the trial have become aware of
that, so even Judge May himself had often to
seriously warn Tanic, something he was not
accustomed to do with the witnesses so far.
Yesterday, at the very beginning of
examination, Milosevic had proven that Tanic gave
his statement under "control" of the British
Intelligence Service with whom he co-wrote the
indictment itself. Today Tanic at one point
confessed that he made his voluminous statement in
English, finding that as an excuse why he was not
quite precise during his testimonial today.
There was practically no question where
Tanic had not denied himself. So he said that in
1997 Milosevic and his associates, having plans of
ethnic cleansing on their mind, claimed less than a
million Albanians lived in Kosovo and Metohia. When
Milosevic made him admit that at that time
preparations went on for the presidential elections
in Serbia and that a positive environment for
negotiations with the Kosovo Albanians was set
(their participation in the election was expected),
Tanic could not deny the fact that their number was
discussed within the framework of estimating the
election results, as well as keeping in mind they
had always exaggerated their number.
In his statement Tanic had also claimed
that on June 25, 1997 Milosevic in his Pristina
speech had provoked the Albanians and annulled all
preparations for a political settlement achieved
till then. However, when Milosevic quoted that
speech whose accent was on the equality of all
ethnic minorities and mutual tolerance, a confused
Tanic replied: "As long as I remember, Milosevic had
insisted on Kosovo being an integral part of
Serbia". In some totally private and intelligence
activities Tanic had supported the independence of
Kosovo, a fact visible from a document of a round
table on Kosovo held abroad, in which he took part
and practically joined the Albanian participants who
advocated independent Kosovo (that had been the very
purpose of the gathering). Tanic tried in vain to
prove that he was there on behalf of the
authorities, whose partner then was his party New
Democracy, especially after Milosevic quoted a
document of that party in which Kosovo was
considered as integral part of Serbia.
The unreliability of the witness Tanic
was visible on every question. When Milosevic asked
him to clarify the whereabouts of his presidential
office where Tanic claimed having meetings with him,
Tanic explained it was left from the entrance to the
building of the Presidency of Serbia. After
Milosevic explained his office was on the next
floor, Tanic confusedly replied that he had seen him
walking out from the ground floor hall and believed
that was his office.
Another Tanic's affirmation, that he had
been member of some New Democracy delegation (Dusan
Mihajlovic and him only, according to his written
statement) negotiating with Milosevic, was unmasked
after he now had testified it had been a quite
numerous one. After Milosevic reminded him that his
former boss stated last night (in a live broadcast
on Belgrade TV) that Tanic had been involved in
those events no more than any other citizen of
Serbia, Tanic tried to give explanations not even
clear to himself. A similar thing happened with his
claims that he had meetings with Milosevic during
receptions held in JUL headquarters. Tanic insisted
these meetings were taking place in a room of the
JUL building, while Milosevic explained that all JUL
receptions were held in that building's garden. This
was confirmed in a statement of a former JUL
official earlier today in Belgrade.
Tanic got caught in quite a lot of discrepancies,
related to differences between his written statement
and current testimonial, such as his written
allegations of being the "main negotiator" (reduced
today to "talks engine" by his own words), of
starting his collaboration with the British
Intelligence Service in l993 "during preparations
for Dayton" (Milosevic reminded him that the Dayton
negotiations were agreed only two years later), as
well as of Milosevic attempting to provoke a civil
war in Serbia in late 1996 and after that being put
under a "mild control of the Army and Police forces"
in order to stop him realizing such intentions
(which looked like a Sci-Fi plot to all who lived in
Serbia at that time).
When asked who did let him start collaborating with
the British Intelligence Service, Tanic replied -
"Both sides - Serbian and British Services".
Questioned what has been his post within New
Democracy, Tanic claimed being empowered by Dusan
Mihajlovic to negotiate with the Albanians as
"advisor to the party leader", "Member of its
Executive Board" and "Member of the Presidential
Cabinet of New Democracy". Things have become really
rough for Tanic when Milosevic proposed examining
Tanic's party application form, from which
unequivocally results that he has been just a
sympathizer, and not even an outright member of New
Democracy.
About the nature of Tanic's testimonial the quote
"Albanians should be the Piedmont of Southern
Europe" from his written statement speaks for
itself, since it can only mean the creation of a
Greater Albania by cutting parts of Montenegro,
Serbia, Macedonia and Greece. Tanic at first denied
having testified that, and after seeing the
original, simply explained it as being a print
error!
After all we have heard from Tanic these last few
days, it is more than obvious that we are dealing
with a collaborator of foreign secret services who
took part in preparing the indictment against
President Milosevic, but even more so it is obvious
that he is completely disable to play a role of
crown witness to the prosecution, as those services
had planned.
Tanic's cross-examination by Milosevic and the
"Amici Curiae" will be resumed, and most probably
over, on next Tuesday.
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)
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 13:55:26 +0200
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin"
FREEDOM ASSOCIATION SPECIAL BULLETIN
No.4 - May 14, 2002
Terrorist Commander, A Civilian As Well
What is the function of a witness for the
prosecution in The Hague, perhaps was best seen
today during the cross-examination of the
witness Isuf Ljoku from the village Kotlina near
Kacanik. Except for the fact that he was not
able to say more than what he was obviously
prepared to do, he kept denying himself from a
sentence to the next. At Milosevic's question
how many soldiers he had seen entering his
village, he first replied seeing 25 of them.
After being asked were they on foot or in
vehicles, he replied seeing 13 tanks, 2 armored
vehicles and 10 trucks. While in his written
statement, given to the tribunal representatives
a year ago, he had claimed having seen several
thousands of soldiers entering his village.
When witness Ljoku kept asserting
unbelievably illogic statements, such as that
his village was abandoned by all of his
inhabitants before the military got in, and that
the military had shelled the village for four
hours before getting in. Judge May tried to help
him by warning Milosevic to be fair towards the
witness. As Judge May intervened in this way at
Milosevic insisting the witness should explain
how come the military had not found him after
"escaping to the mountain" and hiding just 50
meters away from his house, Milosevic than
"warned" May that he does not have to interpret
for him what the witness is talking about.
Although there were serious clashes
going on with the KLA in his and in the
neighboring villages, the witness Ljoku claimed
no KLA member had been to his village. At
Milosevic's question does he know that his
cousin Miljaim Ljoku was in command of the
so-called Kacanik KLA brigade and died in an
armed clash of that unit with the YA, the
witness said his cousin had died as a civilian.
Today the testimonial of Ratomir
Tanic has begun, from whom the prosecution
obviously expects quite a lot, so that their
examination of the witness today was not
finished. His face was scrambled, although he
identified himself, and his voice was heard.
Tanic has been a high official of "New
Democracy" Party at the time it was in power in
coalition with SPS and JUL. Before that he has
been one of the founders of opposition parties
like UJDI and the Civic Alliance. As he himself
stated, he was conducting some negotiations with
Albanian representatives in Kosovo on behalf of
his party. More than that, according to him, he
collaborated with officials of the State
Security Service (whom he did not want to name),
but also with the Intelligence Services of
England, Italy and Russia (from which he got
paid). From the testimonial of this witness
today anyone could assert that his role in this
trial is to help the prosecution show that it
was allegedly possible to find a political
solution for Kosovo and Metohia and that the war
was not unavoidable, in other words to justify
NATO aggression against our country.
While announced as the first "insider" witness
at this trial, he could hardly be called as
such, since he has been a minor player and never
part of the ruling SPS gear. Having been member
of "New Democracy", his role in this trial may
easily be understood, if one knows the political
"beliefs" of this party, whose leader for the
last 15 years has been in power within all
Governments, regardless it were Communist,
Socialist or "Democratic" ones. The party itself
never participated alone in the elections,
but was the first to advocate admission of
Yugoslavia to NATO. Its leader, Dusan
Mihajlovic, whose "special adviser" Mr. Tanic
was, is currently Serbian Interior Minister and
one of main responsibles for abduction of
President Milosevic and fabrication of
"refrigerator trucks" stories.
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)
===*===
Subject: Freedom fight in the Hague (5)
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 14:14:57 +0200
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin"
FREEDOM ASSOCIATION SPECIAL BULLETIN
No.5- May 15, 2002
"Protected Witness" Tanic -
Co-Author In the Writing Of The Indictment
Today's testimonial of the
(partially) protected "insider" Ratomir Tanic
speaks more about his personality and about the
role of intelligence services in the trial, than
about the very subject of the testimonial. It
appeared that these services directly, but badly
prepared Tanic's testimony. Indicative is the
today's statement of his former Party leader and
current Interior Minister in the Serbian
Government, Dusan Mihajlovic, published in
today's edition of the Belgrade daily
"Nacional", which goes: "I knew Ratomir was
crazy enough to apply for witness and testify,
but I had no vague presentiment that those ones
were stupid enough to take him as witness".
Tanic has testified about all kinds of
things, as if he has been the closest Milosevic's
associate, or high state official, for the lightness
with which he talked about things that could have been
within reach exclusively to the highest state and
military leadership. For the rest, at the very beginning
of his examination by the prosecutor, he has identified
himself as paid collaborator of British, Italian and
Russian intelligence services.
Tanic's testimonial looked more like
some kind of political analysis, by which it was
intended to show that a political solution to
the Kosovo and Metohia problem was possible,
which Milosevic never accepted, since his goal
was ethnic cleansing, i.e. the expulsion of
Albanians from the province. Tanic kept
developing this theory through an alleged
parallel civilian chain of command, introduced
by Milosevic, that by-passed the Army and Police
command structures. As sources for these
allegations he mentioned some "leading figures"
within the Army and Police, whose names he did
not want to reveal. After Milosevic and the
Court insisted on the matter, he referred to
Dusan Mihajlovic (leader of "New Democracy"
party), General Momcilo Perisic
(ex-Chief-of-staff of the YA), Jovica Stanisic
(State Security Service - SDB - chief), as well
as SDB officer Bogdan Tomas (for the events
around Djakovica).
Tanic appeared with senseless
allegations that the leadership of Yugoslavia
wished for a "little bombing" in order to
continue harassing end forcing the Albanians
into exile, as well as to reduce the strength of
the Serbian opposition. For this he recalled an
alleged conversation with the British and German
Ambassadors, in which he took part as well,
never though mentioning in what capacity. He
used the same pattern to affirm that he knows
who ordered the Racak operation, but "may not
reveal the foreign source".
Tanic insisted on proving the
existence of a military training plan called
"Horse shoe", that envisaged military operations
in Kosovo and Metohia in the case of foreign
aggression supported by the Albanian
population. He further speculated that this
"training" plan had been subsequently abused and
applied in real conditions, no matter that
'there was neither a foreign aggression nor a
rebellion of the Albanian population'.
Tanic's testimonial looks more like
a script for an action movie in which the "bad
guys" were Serbia and its leadership, and the
"good guys" were the Kosovo and Metohia
Albanians and NATO. The first ones are "guilty"
because they have not solved the problem by
political means and with selective use of force,
which by Tanic's estimates was quite possible,
while the latter are good because by bombardment
they forced a solution for the province, that
seemingly only Tanic is actually satisfied with.
In his senseless statements Tanic
even said the purpose of sending the Army to the
area of Djakovica (near the border with Albania)
during NATO bombing was to prove that NATO
committed crimes by killing Yugoslav soldiers,
as well as to clean-up the Albanian population
there.
Although Milosevic's
cross-examination of this witness has only just
started, it has been immediately clarified that
Tanic was collaborating with the British
Intelligence Service in writing The Hague
indictment against Slobodan Milosevic. Such an
obvious conclusion appears from simple
comparison of the indictment and Tanic's written
statement, as well as from his answers to the
prosecutor's questions. Besides that, on
Milosevic's question, he confessed that at
least two members of the British Intelligence
Service were present during the writing of his
statement. On the other hand, the fact his face
was scrambled on TV transmition from the
courtroom is rather indicative, meaning that
"somebody" insured his secret for-life sojourn
somewhere in the World with a false identity and
changed looks.
The cross-examination of this
'protected witness' will go on, but it is
already certain that it is going to be Tanic who
will carry, for as long as he lives, the burden
of having been the first Serb to testify against
Milosevic and against the truth, but also
against the right of his own nation to defend
its citizens and territory from terrorism,
regardless was it of Albanian or U.S./NATO kind.
This 'testimony' also exposes unbelievable low
level of the NATO political trial and of its
Hague machinery, in which as one of crucial
witnesses appears a person which never had any
official position in Yugoslavia and which admits
paid liaisons with foreign secret services.
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)
===*===
Subject: Freedom fight in the Hague (6)
Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 11:44:53 +0200
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin"
FREEDOM ASSOCIATION SPECIAL BULLETIN
No.6 - May 16, 2002
Prosecution In Trouble
All of the examinations of the witnesses to the
Prosecution so far have shown that the authors of
the Indictment against Slobodan Milosevic are in a
big trouble. This was definitely proven after
today's cross-examination of Ratomir Tanic. His
written 40-pages long statement, two days of
answering to prosecutor's questions, as well as the
issues he is covering, show that he is one of the
indictment's crown witnesses. However, his answers
on Milosevic's questions today have not only cut the
reliability of his testimonial, but have also
seriously compromited his credibility as a witness.
All participants in the trial have become aware of
that, so even Judge May himself had often to
seriously warn Tanic, something he was not
accustomed to do with the witnesses so far.
Yesterday, at the very beginning of
examination, Milosevic had proven that Tanic gave
his statement under "control" of the British
Intelligence Service with whom he co-wrote the
indictment itself. Today Tanic at one point
confessed that he made his voluminous statement in
English, finding that as an excuse why he was not
quite precise during his testimonial today.
There was practically no question where
Tanic had not denied himself. So he said that in
1997 Milosevic and his associates, having plans of
ethnic cleansing on their mind, claimed less than a
million Albanians lived in Kosovo and Metohia. When
Milosevic made him admit that at that time
preparations went on for the presidential elections
in Serbia and that a positive environment for
negotiations with the Kosovo Albanians was set
(their participation in the election was expected),
Tanic could not deny the fact that their number was
discussed within the framework of estimating the
election results, as well as keeping in mind they
had always exaggerated their number.
In his statement Tanic had also claimed
that on June 25, 1997 Milosevic in his Pristina
speech had provoked the Albanians and annulled all
preparations for a political settlement achieved
till then. However, when Milosevic quoted that
speech whose accent was on the equality of all
ethnic minorities and mutual tolerance, a confused
Tanic replied: "As long as I remember, Milosevic had
insisted on Kosovo being an integral part of
Serbia". In some totally private and intelligence
activities Tanic had supported the independence of
Kosovo, a fact visible from a document of a round
table on Kosovo held abroad, in which he took part
and practically joined the Albanian participants who
advocated independent Kosovo (that had been the very
purpose of the gathering). Tanic tried in vain to
prove that he was there on behalf of the
authorities, whose partner then was his party New
Democracy, especially after Milosevic quoted a
document of that party in which Kosovo was
considered as integral part of Serbia.
The unreliability of the witness Tanic
was visible on every question. When Milosevic asked
him to clarify the whereabouts of his presidential
office where Tanic claimed having meetings with him,
Tanic explained it was left from the entrance to the
building of the Presidency of Serbia. After
Milosevic explained his office was on the next
floor, Tanic confusedly replied that he had seen him
walking out from the ground floor hall and believed
that was his office.
Another Tanic's affirmation, that he had
been member of some New Democracy delegation (Dusan
Mihajlovic and him only, according to his written
statement) negotiating with Milosevic, was unmasked
after he now had testified it had been a quite
numerous one. After Milosevic reminded him that his
former boss stated last night (in a live broadcast
on Belgrade TV) that Tanic had been involved in
those events no more than any other citizen of
Serbia, Tanic tried to give explanations not even
clear to himself. A similar thing happened with his
claims that he had meetings with Milosevic during
receptions held in JUL headquarters. Tanic insisted
these meetings were taking place in a room of the
JUL building, while Milosevic explained that all JUL
receptions were held in that building's garden. This
was confirmed in a statement of a former JUL
official earlier today in Belgrade.
Tanic got caught in quite a lot of discrepancies,
related to differences between his written statement
and current testimonial, such as his written
allegations of being the "main negotiator" (reduced
today to "talks engine" by his own words), of
starting his collaboration with the British
Intelligence Service in l993 "during preparations
for Dayton" (Milosevic reminded him that the Dayton
negotiations were agreed only two years later), as
well as of Milosevic attempting to provoke a civil
war in Serbia in late 1996 and after that being put
under a "mild control of the Army and Police forces"
in order to stop him realizing such intentions
(which looked like a Sci-Fi plot to all who lived in
Serbia at that time).
When asked who did let him start collaborating with
the British Intelligence Service, Tanic replied -
"Both sides - Serbian and British Services".
Questioned what has been his post within New
Democracy, Tanic claimed being empowered by Dusan
Mihajlovic to negotiate with the Albanians as
"advisor to the party leader", "Member of its
Executive Board" and "Member of the Presidential
Cabinet of New Democracy". Things have become really
rough for Tanic when Milosevic proposed examining
Tanic's party application form, from which
unequivocally results that he has been just a
sympathizer, and not even an outright member of New
Democracy.
About the nature of Tanic's testimonial the quote
"Albanians should be the Piedmont of Southern
Europe" from his written statement speaks for
itself, since it can only mean the creation of a
Greater Albania by cutting parts of Montenegro,
Serbia, Macedonia and Greece. Tanic at first denied
having testified that, and after seeing the
original, simply explained it as being a print
error!
After all we have heard from Tanic these last few
days, it is more than obvious that we are dealing
with a collaborator of foreign secret services who
took part in preparing the indictment against
President Milosevic, but even more so it is obvious
that he is completely disable to play a role of
crown witness to the prosecution, as those services
had planned.
Tanic's cross-examination by Milosevic and the
"Amici Curiae" will be resumed, and most probably
over, on next Tuesday.
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)
