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MILOSEVIC'S ARREST OCCASION FOR MORE NATO LIES AND HYPOCRISY
by Stephen Gowans (Antiwar.com)

STATEMENT OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF SERBIA
Belgrade, April 4, 2001

SPS ON MILUTINOVIC RESIGNATION
Belgrade, April 4, 2001

REMEMBER KOSOVO
Serbian Unity Congress
MARCH 24th 1999
http://serbianunity.net/index.html

OPEN LETTER TO SERBIAN CHURCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN CANADA
By Chris Soda - 23/3/2001

HOW THE NEW WORLD ORDER IS 'HELPING' SERBIA
By Aleksandar Pavic
(C) 2001 WorldNetDaily.com

'THIS DJINDJIC PEOPLE ARE BROWN SHIRTS!'
An Interview with a Serbian political activist, by Jared Israel
www.tenc.net

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WHAT THE US IS ACTUALLY AFTER IN YUGOSLAVIA?
By Tika Jankovic, 18/12/2000

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ON HATE-MONGERING AND THE GUILTY SERBS
A Case of non-Justifiable Retribution

R.K.Kent
Emeritus Professor of History
University of California at Berkeley
27 March 2001

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NATIONALISMS AND THE ABSOLUTE
CORRUPTABILITY OF IMAGINED ABSOLUTE POWER
(a slight embelishment of Lord Actons Dictum)
R.K.Kent 18 Mar 2001

MILOSEVIC, THE SERBS AND THE WEST
R.K.Kent 13 Mar 2001

AN OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR JESSE A. HELMS
R.K.Kent 24.2.2001

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QUANTO VALGONO 30 DENARI

Le recenti vicende jugoslave consentono di stimare approssimativamente
quanto varrebbero oggi i denari, valuta un tempo impiegata per le
transazioni sottobanco con il nemico - da non confondersi con i dinari
jugoslavi che valgono sempre meno grazie alle politiche devastanti
attuate dalle grandi istituzioni internazionali e dai loro servi locali
contro le popolazioni balcaniche. Poiche' l'arresto di Milosevic ha
fruttato solo 50 dei 100 milioni di dollari offerti dagli USA, un
semplice calcolo consente di fissare un tasso di cambio di 1 a 1 virgola
sei periodico milioni di dollari. (I. Slavo)

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10 marzo 2001 - Repubblica on line
BELGRADO - Tramite il loro ambasciatore in Jugoslavia, gli Stati Uniti
hanno lanciato un ultimatum al primo ministro Zoran Djindjic.
Se Milosevic non verr� arrestato entro il 31 marzo o se la Jugoslavia
non dar� altri segnali concreti di voler collaborare con il Tribunale
dell'Aia, Washington non invier� i 100 milioni di dollari (oltre 200.000
miliardi di lire) d'aiuti promessi a Belgrado, di cui la met� sar� a
fondo perduto.

31 marzo 2001 - CNN
CNN 31-3-01 -- The arrest of former Yugoslav President Slobodan
Milosevic could trigger $50 million of aid for the Balkan nation from
the United States. [...] So far, $45 million has already been allocated
to the Yugoslav government, Milan Prodic, Yugoslav ambassador to the
United States, told CNN.

2 aprile 2001 - Repubblica on line
[...] Intanto gli Stati Uniti hanno deciso di sbloccare gli aiuti
economici alla Jugoslavia. Nel prendere la decisione, il segretario di
Stato americano Colin Powell ha per� notato che "gli Stati Uniti
s'attendono pi� progressi verso la democrazia in Jugoslavia nei prossimi
mesi". Arrivano quindi a Belgrado i 50 milioni di dollari (oltre 100
miliardi di lire) come "seconda rata" di aiuti Usa per quest'anno,
nonch� un prestito di 260 milioni di dollari del Fondo monetario
internazionale, per il quale era indispensabile il voto favorevole di
Washington.

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Washington's cash injection far from enough for
Belgrade
BELGRADE, April 3 (AFP) -
The 50 million dollars in US aid approved by
Washington after Belgrade arrested Slobodan Milosevic
will be a desperately needed, but insufficient, shot
in the arm for Yugoslavia's devastated economy,
analysts said Tuesday.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell's announcement
Monday that Yugoslavia had qualified for the aid was
greeted with relief in a country trying to recover
from years of war, corruption and mismanagement.

Release of the funds was contingent upon Belgrade
cooperating with the United Nations war crimes
tribunal in The Hague.

"If Washington had given its veto, it would have been
a catastrophe," Budimir Babovic, a member of a
Belgrade foreign relations forum, told AFP.

"We need air or we won't be able to survive. Fifty
million dollars is not much, but it does open the door
to other opportunities," Babovic said.

Powell said Monday that Yugoslavia had qualified for
ongoing support by locking up the ex-leader Sunday,
hours after a deadline the United States had set for
Belgrade to either cooperate with the UN court or lose
the money.

But he added that unless Belgrade continues to work
with the court, Washington will not help convene a
donors conference for Yugoslavia.

Although the US money offers a crucial reprieve,
Belgrade is most eagerly waiting for cash infusions
from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

Yugoslav deputy prime minister Miroljub Labus said
last week that he had reached "a preliminary accord"
with the IMF for a 260 million dollar aid package. The
agreement is to be sealed in May, he said.

Belgrade rejoined the IMF in December after being
kicked out of the powerful Washington-based fund eight
years ago for its role in a series of Balkan wars.

Labus is also hoping for a pact with the Paris Club of
creditor nations to reschedule five billion dollars of
Yugoslavia's total international debt, currently at
12.2 billion dollars.

Although more aid appears to be forthcoming, Yugoslav
economist Branko Radulovic has said the country needs
2.5 billion dollars in external assistance to get the
country back on its feet.

And according to the last report by G-17, a group of
economists close to the new Belgrade government, it
will take no less than seven billion dollars to
restore the country's core infrastructure including
roads, electricity grids and the mining industry.

Nevertheless, the green light from Washington was a
crucial psychological boost for the weary Belgrade
reformers.

"Popular discontent continues to grow," Babovic said.

"Without foreign assistance, there is truly the risk
of political destabilization," he said.

Few Serbs have seen the quality of their lives improve
since Milosevic was toppled in a bloodless revolution
in October and Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica
took the reins.

Unemployment continues to hover at more than 40
percent and the gross national product, which
according to Labus fell 60 percent during Milosevic's
10 years in power, has dragged average per capita
annual income down to about 1,000 dollars.

The aid has also failed to alleviate fundamental
crises such as electricity and gas shortages in many
areas.

Belgrade is doing its best to bring order to the
chaotic public finances of Serbia, the larger of
Yugoslavia's two republics, and crack down on
widespread tax evasion.

The Serbian parliament approved a 129.4 billion dinar
(1.9 billion dollar) budget Friday that introduced an
unpopular salary freeze for public sector and state
administration workers.

Year-on-year inflation is forecast at 30 percent this
year, down from 110 percent in 2000.

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Martedi sera [27/3] sono tornato da Belgrado dopo aver partecipato alla
conferenza del Belgrade Forum a due anni dall'inizio dei bombardamenti
sulla Jugoslavia. Prima un breve resoconto della conferenza, poi le
considerazioni personali sui tre giorni e sulla situazione a Belgrado e
dintorni.

Pre- conferenza:
Mercoledi 21 ci invitano (i pochi gia' arrivati: io, Fulvio Grimaldi, i
tre russi e pochi altri) alla conferenza stampa di presentazione.
Arrivano un bel gruppetto di giornalisti, anche se non capisco di quali
giornali. Il tutto ovviamente si svolge in puro serbo ortodosso per cui
posso solo intuire quello di cui si parla, nonostante i miei sforzi
(vani) di imparare la lingua.
Il chairman della conferenza, Zivadin Jovanovic, ex ministro degli
esteri di Milosevic, tra le altre cose, ci parla di arresti
indiscriminati verso esponenti del partito socialista (il suo), di
requisizioni degli uffici, di una situazione debitoria preoccupante, di
rischi di chiusura totale, eccetera. Insomma un quadro preoccupante.

Conferenza.

Alle 9:30 ci mettiamo ad aspettare il pullman che ci deve portare alla
conferenza (a Novi Beograd). Dopo piu' di un'ora cominciamo a
preoccuparci. Viste le premesse del giorno prima abbiamo subito pensato
che la conferenza era stata cancellata, i responsabili arrestati,
deportati, e che presto sarebbe invece arrivato un cellulare a prendere
a noi e a rispedirci a casa.... invece il pullman e' semplicemente
andato a sbattere!
Insomma alle 11, piu' o meno, finalmente arriviamo e la conferenza
inizia. La lista degli interventi e' lunghissima... ci sono solo i nomi
e si capisce gia' che sara' un carnaio. Gli interventi sono di 10
minuti, invece dei 15 concoradti inizialmente, ma tutti sforano e di
conseguenza il mio inetrvento che era programmato all'1:20 slitta fino
alle 17:30 circa! Alla fine dei due giorni gli interventi saranno circa
70 (!!) e quasi tutti uguali: i corridoi, le interfenze del FMI, il
libro di Brzinski, gli imperialisti, i capitalisti, la necessita' di
creare un fronte antiimperialista, gli errori della Russia, la
situazione in Palestina e Iraq, l'UCK, il controllo dei Balcani, il
ruolo della sinistra europea, le sanzioni, i parallelismi e le diffenze
con l'America Latina, le violazioni al diritto internazionale, Solana,
la catastrofe umanitaria, ruolo della Germania, pretesto della difesa
dei diritti umani, la politica britrannica degli ultimi 100 anni
eccetera; questi piu' o meno i temi trattati.

Come avete potuto gia' capire c'e' stato poco spazio per interventi
"scientifici" o cumunque con un supporto scientifico alle spalle. Ce ne
sono stati, credo, 3.
Il primo e' stato di un certo Prof. Skaric, Macedone, che si e' preso la
briga di cniare un neologismo: Natocide per indicare tutta la tragedia
ecologica causata dai bombardamenti e per dire che con questa
aggressione la NATO si' e' votata alla propria dissoluzione e al proprio
suicidio (beato lui!). Ha parlato del DU, ma lui e' un professore di
diritto all'Univ. di Skopje, per cui ha parlato di questo aspetto. Sta
scrivendo un libro.
Il secondo e' stato di P.Simonovic, che ha parlato della
cancerogenicita' del DU e che in alcure aree si registra un aumento
della incidenza dei tumori (K.Mitrovica). Dice pure che da quando i
serbi sono usciti dal Kosovo, non si hanno piu' dati sulle popolazioni
albanesi.
Il terzo e' il mio/nostro. Per questioni di tempo e visto l'ambiente,
non ho fatto una disquisizione sull'uranio, ma ho cercato di far capire
quello che stiamo facendo in Italia come Comitato al fine di far
trapelare un po' di verita' sulla condotta dell'aggressione; del nostro
ruolo di scienzoiati contrapposti alla scienza "ufficiale" (quella per
capirci della comm Mandelli). Il testo dell'intervento, appena ho un po'
piu' di tempo lo trascrivo e ve lo faccio avere.

Oltre a questi interventi orali, hanno girato due articoli:
uno di Darko Nadic della facolta' di Scienze Politiche di Belgrado (A
socio ecological approach to investigating the environment in
Yugoslavia) che io ho e che scannerizzero' per farvelo avere.
l'altro di un tal Predrag Jaksic, che non si sa di dove sia, perche' il
suo articolo di due pagine e' comparso senza la sua presenza. Il titolo
e' molto attraente: Discovering the full truth about the use of depleted
uranium during the NATO air strikes in Kosovo and Metohia. questo tipo
avrebbe scoperto, analizzando le informazioni della NATO e le coordinate
delle localita' che sarebbero state bombardate con il DU, che delle 112
localita', 6 sono nel Mare Adriatico (!!), 14 in Albania e 14 in
Macedonia!!! Anche questo lo scannerizzo e ve lo mando appena possibile.
(...)

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(...) Il convegno del Foro di Belgrado in occasione del secondo
anniversario
dell'aggressione Nato nonchè della grande manifestazione di massa di
sabato
scorso, alla quale ho avuto il privilegio di essere invitato... Entrambe
le
iniziative sono state coronate da enorme successo e il provvedimento
preso
dal regime [il ventilato arresto di Jovanovic, principale organizzatore,
arresto
poi smentito] è chiaramente anche una vendetta contro la riuscita
dell'impresa
e, implicitamente, contro la ricomparsa in forze del Partito Socialista,
anche sulla scena internazionale. La frustrazione del regime di Zoran
Djindjic è stata poi accentuata dalla clamorosa vittoria del sindacato
autonomo della Zastava sul sindacatino giallo, altro segno che in
Jugoslavia
i tempi della ripresa si stanno accorciando. Il convegno di Belgrado, di
cui
avete potuto leggere il comunicato finale messo in rete dal Tribunale
Clark, ha visto la partecipazione di 17 paesi e 25 delegati, tra i quali
Jaret Israel, degli USA, e esponenti del vertice del Partito Comunista
Russo, tra i quali la viocepresidente della Duma, delegati britannici,
greci, argentini, tedeschi, iracheni, libici, palestinesi, italiani e
altri.
Nel corso degli interventi sono state illustrate le menzogne che hanno
accompagnato l'aggressione, la situazione nei Balcani con la nuova
offensiva
dei banditi UCK addestrati ed armati nelle basi USA e britanniche, gli
equilibri internazionali, le infiltrazioni USA e Nato nella DOS e in
particolare in Otpor. E' stato formulato anche un piano d'azione
internazionale i cui punti principali sono l'attuazione della
risoluzione
ONU 1244 suilla sovranità jugoslava sul Kosovo, il ritiro della Nato
dal
Kosovo e dai Balcani, il ritorno delle forze armate jugoslave in Kosovo,
il
disarmo e scioglimento dei pulitori etnici dell'UCK e bande associate,
il
ritorno dei profughi di ogni nazionalità in Kosovo e il loro
risarcimento,
il risarcimento per tutti i danni di guerra, la messa sotto accusa dei
leader della Nato responsabili dell'aggressione e di crimini di guerra e
contro l'umanità, la bonifica immediata, pagata dalla Nato, di tutti i
siti
contaminati, la liberazione di coloro che sono stati arbitrariamente
arrestati, a cominciare dal direttore della TV di Stato, Dragoljub
Milanovic.

(...) Con Milosevic ho avuto un incontro di due ore e mezza e una
conversazione
molto rivelatrice sui retroscena dell'aggressione, delle campagne di
diffamazione e del putsch di ottobre. Il contenuto dettagliato della
conversazione verrà pubblicato nei prossimi giorni, dopodichè mi
preoccuperò
di metterlo in rete. Intanto posso dire che ho trovato un uomo nel pieno
delle sue forze psichiche, fisiche e morali, con una lucida analisi, pur
nella debolezza dell'impianto ideologico di Milosevic, della situazione
interna ed internazionale. La determinazione a resistere alla
cospirazione
imperialista è evidente in Milosevic, il quale nutre una discreta
fiducia
nel patriottismo di Kostunica, anche se non si nasconde il fatto che il
presidente è molto isolato nell'ambito delle forze al potere. E' diffusa
tra
i dirigenti del PSS la convinzione che un colpo di mano contro Milosevic
possa portare alla guerra civile. Motivo per il quale si sta ora
cercando di
fare il vuoto intorno a lui. Lo stesso PSS mi è parso radicalmente
rinnovato. Sono andati via, passati alla controparte oppure cacciati gli
elementi della passata dirigenza compromessi con operazioni
affaristiche,
opportunistiche, speculative e il Partito si è rafforzato con l'arrivo
di
moltissimi quadri volontari giovani, fortemente motivati e dotati di
indubbio coraggio, date le difficilissime condizioni attuali.
Ho anche parlato con il leader del Nuovo Partito Comunista e della
coalizione di sei partitini comunisti che, insieme, appoggiano la
controffensiva guidata dal PSS, Kitanovic. La consistenza numerica di
questo
schieramento è minima, la sua pretesa di fungere da forza guida delle
sinistre antimperialiste un po' patetica. Ho avuto l'impressione di
personaggi un po' fuori dal tempo, incapsulati ideologicamente in
formule
astratte e di scarso rilievo per la situazione contingente,
caratterizati da
una presunzione che la loro piccolissima entità numerica rende quasi
grottesca, divisi tra posizioni titine, cominformiste, staliniste pure,
post-titine e altre. Ben venga comunque un fronte comune tra quella che
è
oggi indiscutibilmente la vera forza di massa della resistenza
patriottica e
antimperialista e tutte le formazioni di sinistra. Del resto, lo stesso
Kitanovic mi ha detto che Milosevic e il PSS rappresentano il cuore
dell'opposizione patriottica agli aggressori ed ai loro fiduciari nel
paese.
Ogni divergenza verrà affrontata una volta sciolta la contraddizione
principale. (...)

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1. Death threat for Milosevic
2. Milosevic's lawyer appeals detention decision
3. Milosevic says process against him political staged
4. US pressures on Yugoslavia could cause serious rift
5. Statement of Gennady Zyuganov
6. Yugoslav leader distances himself from arrest of predecessor
7. Milosevic arrest heightens feud

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DEATH THREAT FOR MILOSEVIC
Milosevic may choose to go to The Hague sais interior minister

VIENNA, April 2 (Reuters) - Serbia's interior minister said on Monday
that
former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic might choose to go to The
Hague to face war crimes charges in order to avoid the death penalty at
home.
Dusan Mihajlovic, in a brief interview with Austria's ORF television
after
his arrival for an official visit to Austria, added that the discomfort
of
Belgrade prisons might be a further incentive for Milosevic.
"He will certainly come to a court hearing in Belgrade and perhaps he
may
wish to be handed over to The Hague," Mihajlovic said.

When the interviewer questioned whether the former Yugoslav ruler would
really choose to go to the
international war crimes tribunal voluntarily, Mihajlovic replied:
"There
is an essential difference between The Hague and Serbia. Serbian
criminal
law envisages the death penalty. Also the prisons in Serbia are far from
being very comfortable."

Milosevic, arrested in Belgrade on Sunday after a standoff with security
forces, was indicted by the Hague Tribunal in 1999 for alleged
atrocities
against Kosovo Albanians. Justice authorities in Serbia have not so far
accused Milosevic of any offence serious enough to carry the death
penalty.
He currently faces charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy.
However,
many of his opponents have accused him of involvement in politically
motivated killings, which could in theory result in the death penalty.
The
penalty has not, though, been carried out in Serbia for many years.

Mihajlovic, speaking through an interpreter, said Milosevic had hoped to
encourage destabilisation in Serbia which could have paved the way for a
comeback. "These were just dreams of Milosevic. He hoped there would be
a
destabilisation of democratic forces in Serbia. He hoped that in the
difficult economic and social conditions there would be unrest among the
population. He hoped he would get the support of his party friends," the
minister said. "His hopes were not fulfilled. Milosevic is today in
prison
and Serbia is free."

http://www.serbianna.com/news/04_02/20.shtml

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MILOSEVIC'S LAWYER APPEALS DETENTION DECISION

BELGRADE, April 2 (Tanjug) - The lawyer of former Yugoslav president
Slobodan Milosevic, Toma Fila, said on Monday that he appealed the
decision
of Belgrade district court on the pre-trial detention of Milosevic.
Fila
told Tanjug that the appeal in question was written by Milosevic
himself,
and that he (Fila) previosuly submitted his own appeal. Fila told Tanjug
that the results of the appeal were expected within 48 hours. "We will
have
an answer most probably Tuesday morning. I think it will be a negative
one."
"We are not against the investigation, because we consider that every
citizen against whom proceedings are underway must respond to the
summons
of a judge," Fila said. It is a lie, and the former president wrote that
in
his appeal, that he refuses to be held accountable in his country, Fila
aid, stressing that Milosevic does not want to go to The Hague. Fila
said
that Milosevic is feeling very well, "as well as a person can feel when
in
prison."

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MILOSEVIC SAYS PROCESS AGAINST HIM POLITICAL STAGED

BELGRADE, April 3 (Tanjug) - Former Yugoslav president Slobodan
Milosevic
said in a complaint filed with the Belgrade District Court on Monday
against the court decision on his detention that the process against him
was politically staged. "I believe the court proceedings against me are
politically staged, at the orders of the new authorities, with the
purpose
of tarnishing and discrediting my long-term work, and, in particular,
because I opposed world power-wielders in the interests of the state and
the people," Milosevic said.
Milosevic rejected the reasons for his detention, explaining that "over
the
past six months I was accused and condemned for every possible criminal
act
in the entire press of the current regime, and yet I did not flee." "I
am
filing this complaint strictly in the interest of truth. I do not mind
any
investigation into anything I have done in my life, but I mind being
treated like a criminal for what I did for my state to the best of my
ability," Milosevic said in the complaint, adding that he was ready at
any
time to appear before the judicial organs of his country.

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US PRESSURES ON YUGOSLAVIA COULD CAUSE SERIOUS RIFT

MOSCOW, April 2 (Tanjug) - Russian Duma international relations
committee
chairman Dmitry Rogozin warned on Monday that US pressures on the
Yugoslav
leadership to extradite Slobodan Milosevic to The Hague show that the
United States is interfering in the internal affairs of the country and
threatens to provoke a serious rift in Yugoslavia. Such a rift int he
country could provoke wide-ranging conflicts in the center of Europe,
Rogozin said.
According to him, the armtwisting and issuing of ultimatums to Yugoslav
leaders, including deadlines for the extradition of the former Yugoslav
president and its linking to economic aid, constitute planned
activities,
which are strongly destabilizing the democratic forces of the country.
The
provoking of such the crisis could be extremely dangerous for the whole
of
Europe, Rogozin said.

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STATEMENT OF GENNADY ZYUGANOV
Chairman of the People's Patriotic Union of Russia

Moscow, April 2, 2001

Slobodan Milosevic, Chairman of the Serbian Socialist Party and former
President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, was arrested in
Belgrade.
All circumstances directly indicate that this action was ordered by the
United States. The intensity of pressure on the Yugoslav government was
unprecedented, and the decision to arrest Mr. Milosevic was made under
the
threat of vicious economic and political blackmail.

This represents the most deplorable interference in the internal affairs
of
a sovereign state and a fresh violation of international legal norms,
already shaken by the rogue bombings of Iraq, Libya, Sudan, and
especially
the NATO aggression against Yugoslavia in 1999.

By arresting a former head of a foreign country, the United States is
introducing a dangerous element into international relations. The
consequences of this precedent could be far-reaching for any head of
state
trying to run an independent foreign and domestic policy, including the
leaders of Russia and Belarus.

With that in mind, the deafening silence of the Russian Federation s
Foreign Ministry is simply shocking. Those forces in Yugoslavia that
favor
the preservation of the historical friendship between the Yugoslav
people
and Russia are being openly harassed. The continuance of the current
faceless policy of the Russian Foreign Ministry is bound to lead to
Russia
s removal from the Balkans altogether.

The decision of the Yugoslav regime to arrest its former head of state
for
the sake of financial "aid" is contemptible - especially since it is
obvious that the demand for Slobodan Milosevic's arrest came from the
leaders of NATO, convicted by a Yugoslav court for crimes against the
people of Yugoslavia and responsible for war damages in excess of tens
of
billions of dollars.

The People's Patriotic Union of Russia condemns the persecution of
Slobodan
Milosevic, as it will further increase tensions in Yugoslavia, contrary
to
our desires for peace and stability in that country.

Judging that the persecution of the Serbian Socialist Party leader
represents an attempt to impose the American "New World Order," the
People's Patriotic Union of Russia calls for an international campaign
to
cease political persecution of Slobodan Milosevic and support the
patriotic
forces in Yugoslavia, which continue to resist the expansion of NATO.

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YUGOSLAV LEADER DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM ARREST OF PREDECESSOR

BELGRADE, April 3 (AFP) - Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica
distanced
himself Tuesday from his predecessor Slobodan Milosevic's arrest but
stressed he has no say in whether the man wanted by a UN court for war
crimes will be transferred to The Hague.

Speaking to reporters for the first time since a weekend siege ended in
Milosevic's arrest on corruption charges, Kostunica said the police
action
had been "clumsy", uncoordinated with army guards at the residence, and
was
not reported to him until it had already bogged down in an armed
stand-off.

He insisted the arrest had nothing to do with US pressure to move
against
the ex-leader by midnight Saturday or lose millions of dollars in
badly-needed aid, which Washington on Monday freed up as promised.

Kostunica said US President George W. Bush would have signed the release
anyway based on democratic changes his reformers had carried out since
toppling Milosevic in October.
But the president's opposition to extraditing Milosevic to a UN war
crimes
court -- which he accused of only prosecuting Serb suspects -- earned
him a
rebuke from one of Europe's top rights bodies. The Council of Europe
said
he risked ruining his reputation as a reformer by refusing to hand over
Milosevic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia
(ICTY) in The Hague.

Milosevic was locked up in a Belgrade prison after his arrest early
Sunday,
as investigators probe him on charges of stealing public funds to prop
up
his authoritarian regime, which was isolated by the international
community
and then bombed by NATO over its Kosovo policies in 1999.

Serbian Interior Minister Dusan Mihajlovic said on a visit to Vienna
that
Milosevic could be tried for "serious crimes" which carry the death
penalty. "But we are talking at the moment about an enquiry, we still
need
proof," he said.

A judicial board rejected Milosevic's appeal to be released from 30 days
investigative custody. He was detained after a gun battle with police
outside his residence which left four officers injured, one of them
seriously.

The appeal, drafted and signed by Milosevic himself, claimed that he had
used the missing state money to finance Serb armies fighting in Bosnia
and
Croatia as the republics broke away from Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.

The admission increased pressure on Belgrade to cooperate with the ICTY,
but also threatened to rekindle nationalist sentiment among supporters
who
had turned away from him among mounting accusations of corruption.

As Milosevic's wife Mira Markovic visited her husband in jail, and was
booed by teenagers waiting outside, one of his key aides was being
quizzed
by investigators on the same charges as his former boss.

Former Yugoslav customs chief Mihalj Kertes was questioned for six hours
before leaving a district courthouse in Belgarde without speaking to
reporters. Kertes was briefly detained earlier this year but was
released
after citing his immunity as a member of parliament.
Two other top Milosevic aides also showed up in the courthouse but it
was
not known if they faced questioning.

And the shockwaves of Milosevic's dramatic arrest were felt in the
Socialist Party (SPS) he founded a decade ago and which he still heads.
Serbian President Milan Milutinovic, the last Milosevic ally to hold on
to
a top government post after six months of reforms, resigned from the
high-level SPS posts he held, citing "increased pressure" from the
party.
The SPS has accused Milutinovic -- who like Milosevic has been indicted
by
the ICTY for war crimes in Kosovo -- of being too close to the new
authorities. He also has, along with the Kostunica, the power to pardon
his
former boss.

Kostunica insisted Tuesday that Milosevic stand trial in Serbia,
accusing
the ICTY of practising "selective justice" in not prosecuting high-level
Bosnian, Croatian or even NATO leaders, all of whom he said bore some
responsibility for crimes committed in the Balkans in the past decade.
He
added that he had ordered a South African-style truth and reconciliation
committee to look into Yugoslavia's recent history.

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MILOSEVIC ARREST HEIGHTENS FEUD

Stratfor.com, 2345 GMT, 010330 - The apparent arrest of Former Yugoslav
President Slobodan Milosevic marks the beginning of a stand-off among
Yugoslav officials. For the past few weeks, Serbian Justice Minister
Vladan
Batic has encouraged compliance to European Union and U.S. demands to
indict Milosevic for war crimes, and see his trial in The Hague.

Batic's concern anticipated a harsh U.S. response and suspension of aid.
Batic has the full support of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic. But
Yugoslav President Kostunica has rejected the gestures of cooperation by
Djindjic and Batic, aggressively contesting the pretension. But the row
between the officials is not yet over since the arrest of Milosevic is
short of full compliance with EU and U.S. demands.

The U.S. Congress determined March 31, 2001 as the deadline for
Yugoslavia
to demonstrate good faith to the international community. If deemed an
ally, the United States would clear $100 million dollars in aid to the
new
government, formed last October when a popular uprising forced strongman
Slobodan Milosevic from office. If deemed an adversary, Washington would
suspend funding.

The ultimate decision was left to Secretary of State Colin Powell, who
decided on March 30 to delay a verdict through the weekend. Reason for
the
delay is unclear, though Powell is likely gauging the political
consequences of Milosevic's arrest.

Reports of Milosevic's arrest conflicted throughout the day March 30,
but
several news sources, including Reuters, Tass and AFP, reported
Milosevic
was taken from his home outside Belgrade and ushered to the Palace of
Justice in Belgrade by a handful of Serbia's Interior Ministry Police.

It was later reported by international news organizations and news
outlets
in Belgrade that Milosevic had returned home and appeared before
reporters
and supporters outside his home. Details of the proceedings inside the
courthouse have not been disclosed.

Milosevic is expected to stand trial in Serbia with no immediate risk of
extradition to The Hague. But the significance of the day's events are
interwoven with the move by the two Serbian ministers against President
Kostunica. Kostunica has a higher diplomatic profile than the Serb prime
minister and justice minister and even garnered support from France for
the
United States to delay its decision.

Kostunica will now have to rally against ministers Batic and Djindjic
and
their attempt to arrest Milosevic. Such a move may turn Kostunica to
rouse
fashionable, populist sentiments in defense of Yugoslavia's sovereignty.

Batic and Djindjic are attempting to isolate Kostunica and potentially
cow
him politically before the Serb public. Kostunica is appealing to Milo
supporters and conservatives to expand his popularity, according to IWPR
analyst Zeljko Cvijanovic.

Djindjic's move against Milosevic is a swift challenge, and Kostunica is
likely to invoke nationalist sentiments as a shield against his more
moderate partners. This may result in less cooperation from Yugoslavia,
and
may even flaunt the will of EU and U.S. representatives.

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