THE COURT WHERE YOU MUST NOT MENTION THE CRIME
- a modern play from real life -
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC – four times democratically elected head
of Serbian and Yugoslav state; leader of Serbian people and its
resistance against the aggression of the worst tyranny in the history
of humankind (US/NATO); abducted from his own country, kept in illegal
detention for more than two years and put on trial by NATO illegal
tribunal
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH – NATO military commander, man who ordered
bombing of Bosnian Serbs and who took part in the bombing of Yugoslavia
JUDGE RICHARD MAY – failed politician from a NATO country promoted into
a judge; selected and paid by NATO to play a role of presiding judge in
the show-trial
PROSECUTOR GEOFFREY NICE – unscrupulous barrister from the same NATO
country, selected and paid by NATO to fabricate charges against
President Milosevic
JUDGE O-GON KWON – a judge from a country occupied by NATO, selected
and paid by NATO to play a minor role
***
The Hague, Thursday, 9 October 2003, the "court room"
[Open session]
[The accused entered court]
Upon commencing at 9.06 a.m.
JUDGE RICHARD MAY: Yes, Mr. Nice. Yes.
PROSECUTOR GEOFFREY NICE: Your Honour, the next witness is General Sir
Rupert Smith. (…)
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH: I solemnly declare that I will speak the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
PROSECUTOR GEOFFREY NICE: Your full name, please.
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH: Rupert Anthony Smith.
PROSECUTOR GEOFFREY NICE: Retired general of the British army, with a
service history from 1964 covering experience in many theatres around
the world, serving in the Gulf War, and involving yourself in the
Balkans as early as late 1992 and early 1993 when you were in London at
a desk position which gave you an overall view of the Balkans. Did you
take command of the United Nations Protection Force in
Bosnia-Herzegovina in January 1995, holding that position until
December of 1995?
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH: Yes. (…)
PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC: That, unfortunately, was discovered
subsequently. But you believe that Mladic, at the time when he was
negotiating with you, knew that somebody had killed those people [in
Srebrenica]?
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH: Yes.
PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC: On what grounds, General? Do you believe
-- you met Mladic. I assume you knew -- came to know him quite well.
You had a large number of meetings with him, didn't you?
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH: I met him. I don't believe I know him well.
PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC: Do you have any, any knowledge to the
effect that General Mladic could have ordered such a dishonourable act?
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH: I have no evidence that he ordered the act,
but he was, nevertheless, the commander, and I believe he knew what was
happening in his command.
PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC: General Smith, you were deputy NATO
commander when Yugoslavia was bombed; isn't that right?
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH: Yes.
PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC: Do you know that NATO planes bombed
refugee columns, that they bombed the Chinese Embassy, that they bombed
buses and trains?
JUDGE RICHARD MAY: Just wait a minute. We'll deal with one thing at a
time. The witness can only give evidence about the time when he was in
Sarajevo. During that time, General, were, to your knowledge, any
refugee columns bombed?
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH: When I was in Sarajevo, no.
JUDGE RICHARD MAY: The other -- no. Look, what happened later, what
happened later, which we've heard very much about in this trial, is not
for this witness. We have other witnesses who will give evidence about
what happened then. We're talking about events in 1999.
PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC: Mr. May, the witness said that Mladic
must have known because he was in command. Now, I'm asking the witness
since he was in command in 1999, whether he knew or should have known,
must have known that columns of civilians were being bombed, buses,
hospitals, the Chinese Embassy, Radio-Television Serbia, et cetera.
JUDGE RICHARD MAY:It's all totally irrelevant.He has dealt with the
matter concerning General Mladic. I in fact let him do so, although
it's doubtful if it was a question which was properly directed at him.
It's a matter that we're going to have to determine as to how much
Mladic knew about what was going on, whether he ordered it or did not.
Now, those are all matters for us. Now, peripheral issues of that sort
are not relevant.
JUDGE O-GON KWON: General, I noticed -- just a moment. I notice that
you have not answered to the question when the accused asked you what
is your base in believing Mr. Mladic should have known what had
happened in Srebrenica. Could you help us with that.
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH:He was there and he was the commander of that
army.
to be continued
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FOR FREEDOM, TRUTH AND JUSTICE
TO SAVE LIFE OF PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC
INTERNATIONAL DEMOS OF SERBIAN DIASPORA AND ALL PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE
THE HAGUE, 8 NOVEMBER 2003
14:00 – 15:00 Protest Rally at The Plein (City Center)
15:00 – 16:00 Protest March from The Plein to the Scheveningen Prison
16:00 – 17:00 Protest Rally in front of the Scheveningen Prison
---
SLOBODA urgently needs your donation.
Please find the detailed instructions at:
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/pomoc.htm
To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/ (Sloboda/Freedom association)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend Slobodan
Milosevic)
http://www.free-slobo.de/ (German section of ICDSM)
http://www.icdsm-us.org/ (US section of ICDSM)
http://www.icdsmireland.org/ (ICDSM Ireland)
http://www.wpc-in.org/ (world peace council)
http://www.geocities.com/b_antinato/ (Balkan antiNATO center)
- a modern play from real life -
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC – four times democratically elected head
of Serbian and Yugoslav state; leader of Serbian people and its
resistance against the aggression of the worst tyranny in the history
of humankind (US/NATO); abducted from his own country, kept in illegal
detention for more than two years and put on trial by NATO illegal
tribunal
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH – NATO military commander, man who ordered
bombing of Bosnian Serbs and who took part in the bombing of Yugoslavia
JUDGE RICHARD MAY – failed politician from a NATO country promoted into
a judge; selected and paid by NATO to play a role of presiding judge in
the show-trial
PROSECUTOR GEOFFREY NICE – unscrupulous barrister from the same NATO
country, selected and paid by NATO to fabricate charges against
President Milosevic
JUDGE O-GON KWON – a judge from a country occupied by NATO, selected
and paid by NATO to play a minor role
***
The Hague, Thursday, 9 October 2003, the "court room"
[Open session]
[The accused entered court]
Upon commencing at 9.06 a.m.
JUDGE RICHARD MAY: Yes, Mr. Nice. Yes.
PROSECUTOR GEOFFREY NICE: Your Honour, the next witness is General Sir
Rupert Smith. (…)
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH: I solemnly declare that I will speak the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
PROSECUTOR GEOFFREY NICE: Your full name, please.
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH: Rupert Anthony Smith.
PROSECUTOR GEOFFREY NICE: Retired general of the British army, with a
service history from 1964 covering experience in many theatres around
the world, serving in the Gulf War, and involving yourself in the
Balkans as early as late 1992 and early 1993 when you were in London at
a desk position which gave you an overall view of the Balkans. Did you
take command of the United Nations Protection Force in
Bosnia-Herzegovina in January 1995, holding that position until
December of 1995?
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH: Yes. (…)
PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC: That, unfortunately, was discovered
subsequently. But you believe that Mladic, at the time when he was
negotiating with you, knew that somebody had killed those people [in
Srebrenica]?
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH: Yes.
PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC: On what grounds, General? Do you believe
-- you met Mladic. I assume you knew -- came to know him quite well.
You had a large number of meetings with him, didn't you?
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH: I met him. I don't believe I know him well.
PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC: Do you have any, any knowledge to the
effect that General Mladic could have ordered such a dishonourable act?
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH: I have no evidence that he ordered the act,
but he was, nevertheless, the commander, and I believe he knew what was
happening in his command.
PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC: General Smith, you were deputy NATO
commander when Yugoslavia was bombed; isn't that right?
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH: Yes.
PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC: Do you know that NATO planes bombed
refugee columns, that they bombed the Chinese Embassy, that they bombed
buses and trains?
JUDGE RICHARD MAY: Just wait a minute. We'll deal with one thing at a
time. The witness can only give evidence about the time when he was in
Sarajevo. During that time, General, were, to your knowledge, any
refugee columns bombed?
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH: When I was in Sarajevo, no.
JUDGE RICHARD MAY: The other -- no. Look, what happened later, what
happened later, which we've heard very much about in this trial, is not
for this witness. We have other witnesses who will give evidence about
what happened then. We're talking about events in 1999.
PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC: Mr. May, the witness said that Mladic
must have known because he was in command. Now, I'm asking the witness
since he was in command in 1999, whether he knew or should have known,
must have known that columns of civilians were being bombed, buses,
hospitals, the Chinese Embassy, Radio-Television Serbia, et cetera.
JUDGE RICHARD MAY:It's all totally irrelevant.He has dealt with the
matter concerning General Mladic. I in fact let him do so, although
it's doubtful if it was a question which was properly directed at him.
It's a matter that we're going to have to determine as to how much
Mladic knew about what was going on, whether he ordered it or did not.
Now, those are all matters for us. Now, peripheral issues of that sort
are not relevant.
JUDGE O-GON KWON: General, I noticed -- just a moment. I notice that
you have not answered to the question when the accused asked you what
is your base in believing Mr. Mladic should have known what had
happened in Srebrenica. Could you help us with that.
GENERAL SIR RUPERT SMITH:He was there and he was the commander of that
army.
to be continued
---
FOR FREEDOM, TRUTH AND JUSTICE
TO SAVE LIFE OF PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC
INTERNATIONAL DEMOS OF SERBIAN DIASPORA AND ALL PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE
THE HAGUE, 8 NOVEMBER 2003
14:00 – 15:00 Protest Rally at The Plein (City Center)
15:00 – 16:00 Protest March from The Plein to the Scheveningen Prison
16:00 – 17:00 Protest Rally in front of the Scheveningen Prison
---
SLOBODA urgently needs your donation.
Please find the detailed instructions at:
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/pomoc.htm
To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/ (Sloboda/Freedom association)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend Slobodan
Milosevic)
http://www.free-slobo.de/ (German section of ICDSM)
http://www.icdsm-us.org/ (US section of ICDSM)
http://www.icdsmireland.org/ (ICDSM Ireland)
http://www.wpc-in.org/ (world peace council)
http://www.geocities.com/b_antinato/ (Balkan antiNATO center)