1. URGENT ALLERT: Milosevic health worse again despite the adjournment
(SLOBODA 23/12/02)
2. Milosevic vs. Mayor of Dubrovnik (20/12/02): SCANDALOUS!!!
3. Hague Tribunal judges complicit in torture & attempted murder (CANA
UK, 25/12/02)
=== 1 ===
Subject: URGENT ALLERT: Milosevic health worse again
despite the adjournment
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 12:50:12 +0100
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin" <vlada@...>
URGENT PRESS STATEMENT FROM SLOBODA
Sloboda/Freedom Association informs the
public that the health condition of President
Milosevic has been deteriorate again. His blood
pressure during the weekend has been up to
230/120 mmHg.
For that reason we have sent to the Tribunal
an urgent demand for the team of medical
specialists from the Military Medical Academy
(VMA) in Belgrade to go to The Hague
immediately. First request for the visit of this
medical team has been sent to the Tribunal on
November 9.
It is obvious that the Tribunal attempts by all
means to hide the truth about the medical condition
of President Milosevic and to prevent him from
getting the cure. The fact that President's health
condition is bad even now when the process is
adjourned proves that the all statements and
so-called conclusions and decisions of the
representatives of the Tribunal are an attempt to
fool the public and to hide the organized crime. But
the responsibility for that crime can not be hidden.
Sloboda/Freedom Association calls upon all
citizens and all responsible domestic and
international factors to act immediately and do
everything necessary in this dramatic situation.
Text of Sloboda fax sent to the Hague Tribunal:
Mr. Hans Holtuis, Registrar
Ms. Monica Martinez
Legal officer to the Registry
ICTY
The Hague, The Netherlands
T O P U R G E N T
c/o: Judge Claude Jorda, President
Judges Richard May, Patric Robinson,
O-Gon Kwon, Trial Chamber III
Mr. Branislav Tapuskovic, Mr. Steven
Kay, Amicus Curiae
Subject: Medical team to visit president Milosevic
(Our faxes of November 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
Dear Mr. Holtuis and Ms. Martinez,
The medical condition of President Milosevic is again in acute
worsening.
We urge you to APPROVE IMMEDIATELY the visit of the team of medical
specialists from the Military Medical Academy (VMA) in Belgrade,
requested in our November faxes.
There is no rule nor condition that could prevent responsible persons
from appropriate action to protect a human life.
The team of doctors from Belgrade is ready to go to The Hague any
minute.
We are expecting your call at +381 63 8862 301 or fax at +381 11 630
549.
Belgrade, December 23rd, 2002
On behalf of the Freedom Association
Bogoljub Bjelica, president
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)
icdsm temporary address:
http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/index.htm
for your donations:
http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/donations.htm
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Dec 20th Report from UN Tribunal -Milosevic
vs. Mayor of Dubrovnik
Jurist.com | 20. Dec 2002 | VM
Posted on 12/21/2002 6:31 AM PST by vooch
Friday December 20, 2002 at 10:43 pm
Let's go to Dubrovnik cross-examination report.
Milosevic asked Poljanic [ Mayor of Dubrovnik ] whether he's aware
that two Dubrovnik judges had investigated several dozens of cases of
the Serb houses being demolished by explosive since the summer of
1991. Poljanic answered he was not aware of that. Milosevic claimed
that more than 50 houses were demolished in the area of Cavtat
alone. Poljanic hurried with 'it's not true' answer, but then he
noticed Milosevic singled out one particular paper from the pile on
his desk, so he quickly added: "I'm not aware of that."
Milosevic said: "Very well. Here I have a statement from the
Dubrovnik District Court judge Dragan Gajic, given to this here
institution in November 2000." And he started to quote incidents of
mining, hand-grenades, mostly when houses were empty, but few
times some of the inhabitants got wounded, more than 50 Serb
houses demolished between the summer of 1991 and 1992 ... Poljanic
tried to wiggle out stating that it was impossible for judges to
investigate, while the JNA was keeping the area under occupation.
Milosevic put in: "And what are we to do about the summer?" Poljanic
then tackled differently: "Perhaps that was the case of these
unauthorized buildings?" [earlier on, Poljanic admitted he ordered
some unauthorized erections to be removed] Milosevic: "But surely
you didn't use hand-grenades to put down unauthorized erections?
This is your judge giving his statement before this here institution."
This same judge Gajic was furthermore quoted that he was ordered to
release some criminals, who subsequently joined Croatian armed
forces. Poljanic said he really didn't know about that, it's such a
large municipality... And, anyways, 'I really don't believe this is
true.'
Milosevic: "I'm only quoting the statement I've received from
the opposite side." This was the beginning.
Milosevic reminded Poljanic that he claimed in his
examination-in-chief a certain number of civilians got killed; but the
truth was most of them were in Croatian uniforms. Poljanic got
extremely upset, declared emphatically that 'not a single man got
killed in uniform; in the list we have discussed here were 2 soldiers
in civilian clothes, who came to the rescue of civilians shelled,
that's all'. Milosevic tried to calm him, saying that 'it's
unfortunate anybody got killed', and Poljanic agreed 'Sure, sure',
thinking this is where the issue will end, but then Milosevic started
to read some papers about the autopsy of 150 soldiers.
He asked whether the name of one Dr Ciganovic is familiar to the
witness. Poljanic confirmed. Milosevic said it was the autopsy
official, assisted by one Ms Damira Poljanic, police photographer, 'a
cousin of yours'. Baffled, Poljanic said: "I thought you were talking
about your autopsies." What a revealing, Freudian slip of the tongue:
he knows his forces killed many JNA soldiers, although he testified
there was but a handful of defenders surrounded within the town, with
one mortar and one cannon.
The Prosecution actually included in the documents also the
autopsy reports of the Croatian side, revealing the autopsy of
150 Croatian soldiers! So much about only 43 civilians killed in
the unprovoked shelling of the Pearl of the Adriatic. More like
it, the Croats were engaged in a full-fledged 3-month battle
against the JNA around Dubrovnik, where at least 150 of their
soldiers got killed and exactly 158 Montenegrins, as claimed by
Milosevic, who presented the list of names (most of the JNA units
consisted of the Montenegrins, being the closest). That's why the
suburbs of Dubrovnik got destroyed and the Croat units would simply
retreat within the Old Town after each clash (an English journalist
saw them, but that would be explained later on, when 2 videos are
introduced).
You know what was the comment of Poljanic to this 150 soldiers
autopsy fact? He actually said: "Ah, if only just one got killed, it's
one too many." Milosevic insisted: "This means that the JNA was
exposed to sustained attacks?" Poljanic: "Well, not all the time were
they sustained, but from time to time they were sustained."
At that moment, Nice begun his jumping-up exercise: he tried to
muddle the issue, 'explaining' this is a rather long statement that
could be important, but also could burden the quantity of documents,
and in short he is not opposed to it, but could it be tendered only a
segment of it, although this would be out of context... Basically,
Prosecution tried to ban their own document from the evidence!
But, May surprisingly decided to accept this statement as a whole,
being made by a professional. Take a note of that, this consists a
precedent over which further battles would ensue.
After this, more documents were pulled out of the stack made by the
brave Prosecution, who didn't bother to comb out the paperwork for
the undesirable traces.
The next statement was by one Mr Simonovic, a citizen of
Dubrovnik, who among other things, undoubtedly supportive to the
Prosecution's case, also claimed that the Croatian military
strongholds were deployed throughout the Old Town as well and he
named 5 locations. Furthermore, the Croatian soldiers were heavily
equipped with German rifles, Land Rovers and transporters; that they
were breaking into houses, looting, even raping a woman.
Poljanic was shocked, tried to deny everything, but Milosevic calmly
informed him these are not his info, 'I also do not know that
particular witness, but I've got all this from the opposite side
here.'
He proceeded to squeeze Poljanic: "You claim the JNA was not fired
upon from the positions within the Old Town?" Poljanic: No!
Milosevic read out from another statement by one Gajic about
'couple of dozens of shells fired on 6 Dec. early in the morning' [the
provocation on the notorious day of 'destruction']. Obviously, these
Dubrovnik characters blabbed too much in their statements. Poljanic
blew the top: "Not even a single revolver bullet was fired then. It's
a shameless lie! It was the greatest tragedy in the 2000-year long
history...." Milosevic: "Please, do not get excited that much. Here I
have yet another statement.."
Poljanic: 'Is it again some Gajic bloke?!"
Milosevic: "No, this one is from Simonovic."
Poljanic lost all his poise: "Aaaa, it means another one just like
him."
Milosevic instructed him: "This is a witness of this here institution,
just like you are, and you are free to judge the similarity between
you two."
From now on, Poljanic sat up, arms crossed, eyes tightly
squeezed, measuring up each move of Milosevic, answering by
pure instinct, not thinking anymore of the whole story, but only
how to come out from the current question.
Milosevic slammed the point even harder: "I'm just asking you the
questions on the basis of the statements of witnesses such as you
yourself are. Here is, for example, a statement from one Stipe
Jelavic, a witness for this false indictment." [at that moment, an
inspired TV frame was shown - Nice in a close-up, hurriedly reading
the same statement, heavily sighing]
This Jelavic guy stated there was a machine-gun nest on top of
the St. Anne church in Brgat and in two WW2 bunkers. Poljanic
allowed the possibility there was 'our army in Brgat' but not in the
church. Jelavic even described how these units in Brgat were visited
by a certain Croat military/paramilitary celebrity: 'Cengija came to
survey the troops and to decide who is to be killed.' Poljanic stated:
"Cengija is an honourable man."(?!)
Robinson understood the enormity of what was going on and said to
Milosevic: "These statements have a key importance for your defence
and you should summon witnesses." Milosevic pointed out that he
now speaks on behalf of the JNA, wrongfully accused here; this has
nothing to do with him or Serbia.
He proceeded to quote this Jelavic: an anti-aircraft gun was brought
to Brgat, there were 6 other guns at 6 other points in the town, he
even enclosed a drawing... Poljanic crumbled gradually: 'there was
one cannon moving on a truck', 'maybe there were soldiers at the
hotel', 'all these 6 locations are at Lapad', 'I was not in the
Military Command, 'I accept it was so, but I wasn't aware of that'...
Then, Kwon spoke to Milosevic: "Do you want all these statements to
be tendered as exhibits?"
May tried to gather some wool: "We shall hear your opinion, Mr
Nice, whether witnesses should be summoned..."
Nice again tried to muddle: "The general policy being not to admit
them as exhibits, just to perhaps enlarge the passage quoted..."
Kwon: "There are certain limitations regarding the statements given
to the Prosecution. Are these statements accurate? [enigmatic
oriental smile]
Nice: "I shall not object, if you doubt the accuracy of these
statements."
Robinson: "It seems to me that now both of you are holding the same
position regarding these statements."
Nice: "I wasn't saying anything, I just mentioned the context; I don't
mind if the Trial Chamber admits the statements, it's only the
question of the weight that is to be attributed..."
May: "We have already accepted one statement today, from a
professional, thus we considered it to be truthful. Maybe Mr Kay
might assist us after the cross-examination."
Kay indeed assisted later on, practically leaving it to the judges;
May said they will have to reconsider it;
Kwon further troubled them by asking: "Are there any hindrances to
the acceptance of these statements, particularly since they had been
taken by the investigators?", and Kay pricked Nice: "The
Prosecution, as far as I understood, is renouncing its objection."
Finally, after conferring a bit, May announced they accept Jelavic
statement as well, 'but this will not be a precedent in further
procedure'. [again?]
After finishing his pleasant reading of the Prosecution's
statements, Milosevic asked the technicians to please play two
videos. One was a medley of Dubrovnik footage and the
statements from some foreign journalists (I managed to write
down the name of one Phil Davidson from the London
Independent; there was also a former US Intelligence Service
official, whose name escaped me, who spoke into the camera
how the whole Dubrovnik story was a Croatian propaganda
scam, how they cowardly attacked the JNA within Montenegro,
then withdrew and proceeded with incursions from Dubrovnik,
all the while spreading stories about the destruction of the town
by heavy shelling. Davidson was a member of a large group of
journalists invited to visit Dubrovnik in October, after the stories
of 15,000 shells were spread by friendly Slovenian, Austrian and
German press; he personally counted 15 small mortar traces; the
town was in nearly pristine condition.
He saw heavy machine-guns and soldiers within the town coming
and going and during the night a heavy cannon was heard shooting
from the rooftop of their hotel. When this video ended, May tried to
dismiss it by asking: "What was it that we saw? We don't know who
these people are."
Silly Poljanic prevented him by saying: "Yes, I know even the day
when this was filmed, I received these people in Dubrovnik. Yes, we
made some loud noise earlier, although not a single shell fell on the
Old Town before 23 Oct., but there were thousands of them that fell
around the town; I picked up the journalists at the port myself, they
came by sea and not through Konavli; they filmed the Old Town and
sent that monstrosity to the world. Only after that the Old Town was
terribly shelled." In other words, yes we did lie at first, but then
we told the truth, please believe us.
But, see how even this presumption of telling the truth the second
time around was proven to be lie again. The second video played was
the one filmed on 25 March 1992, only few short months after the
'greatest tragedy in the 2000-year long history' of Dubrovnik. This
was made by the Professor of the Northeaster Illinois University,
one John Peter Maher (yes, Alexei, the one you've pointed out in
your post). It was a short home video, no sound, depicting the
Old Town alone, walking slowly through its streets, showing
every famous place and building - all nearly spotless, except for
few shrapnel scars in pavement slabs, rails and walls. The only
completely destroyed building, gutted by fire, was the library of
the Serbian Orthodox church.
To all that, Poljanic could only say that this gutted building is not
the library, but a private house, that he doesn't know whether the
library was actually burned down or by whom, and even if it was, he
can 'guarantee with everything it could be guaranteed with' that the
members of the ZNG (National Guard Units) didn't do it; and that an
expert in architecture is expected to testify here soon, who will
explain everything...[another one?]
He again started to throw out numbers of shells from the
'official version' of the Dubrovnik story: 1,056 on the Old Town,
53 on the Franciscan Convent... When Milosevic asked him how
come no buildings were destroyed with all those shells, Poljanic
said: "Well, you know how solidly built these houses are,
difficult to destroy, and densely packed, so they can not
fall..."(?!)
So, our brave witness finished shamefully. But, it was not over yet.
Kay started his short questioning as the amicus curiae and focused it
entirely on the first video. This was too painful a subject for
Poljanic, so he started to answer quite rudely; I'm sure nobody so far
spoke that way to Kay, not even May. [wow, rhymes & poetry!] When Kay
put to him that those journalists alleged old tyres were burnt on
purpose, in order to denigrate the Serbs and create the effect of the
town burning, Poljanic exploded against Kay: "Well, let's finally
agree and accept this truth that Dubrovnik was devastated as never
before in its history!"
Undeterred, Kay proceeded: "Were the guns placed on the rooftops,
to provoke the reaction?"
Poljanic, in a tone of impertinent biting, that could be used to
address a street thug: "I don't know what you're talking about, which
buildings, I don't understand the question, will you repeat?"
Kay asked in his suave English utterances, perfectly unimpressed:
"You've heard that journalist saying a heavy machine-gun had been
placed on top of his hotel, in order to provoke reaction?"
Poljanic: "It's nonsense, why would we do that, there's no logic...
Kay: "In order to blame the Serbs and to create provocations?"
Poljanic: "Bah, I don't understand any of this."
I sincerely doubt such display of rudeness from Poljanic helped the
Prosecution's case a bit.
Nice then got the opportunity to ask few additional questions and he
desperately sought to restore his crumbling case: "In regards the
alleged connections with Serbia, could you please state these
details?"
But it was all in vain, Poljanic was shattered, still in his
quarrelling mode, continued to answer in the same way as he did
to Kay: "Bah, all that was connected to the programme of the
Greater Serbia." [so much for details!]
Nice: "Did anybody apologize, a President, perhaps?" [hint, hint, help
the raging witness]
Poljanic, totally lost, started to quote the song that the Lilliputian
Montenegrin party sang at its rally in praise of Dubrovnik, but
collected himself enough to remember that the President of
Montenegro, noble mobster Djukanovic, indeed did apologize 'for the
destruction of Dubrovnik'.
Nice asked: "Do you remember whether he mentioned Serbia? If you
don't, I'll play the tape for you."
Poljanic: "I don't remember, but play the tape for me and then
I'll tell you."(?!)
Nice, destroyed: "Some other time. Thank you."
Then the discussion already described ensued, about the admissibility
of statements. May also said they'll reconsider whether to admit these
two tapes; 'maybe the one without sound could be accepted, and the
other one, being with the comments, maybe will not be accepted'.
Then the troika conferred, and announced to mark both videos for
identification.
I have addressed here only two segments of Milosevic's
cross-examination: witness' statements and videos; but there were
equally great lines regarding the Amnesty International reports and
war editions of Dubrovnik local paper (read the transcript). Do you
think that the Prosecution proved Dubrovnik had been devastated
without provocation as never before in its history?
Vera Martinovic
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
=== 3 ===
Subject: Hague Tribunal judges complicit in torture & attempted murder
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 00:04:22 -0000
From: "canauk" <canauk@...>
To: "Hague Tribunal" <nikiforov@...>,
"Hague Tribunal" <Jorda.icty@...>,
"Hague Tribunal" <fisk.icty@...>
To the International Criminal Court for the
Former Yugoslavia
24th December 2002
Dear Sirs
I refer to reports which I have received tonight that
the health of the former President of Yugoslavia,
Mr Milosevic is again worsening, & the Tribunal
has done nothing, despite protests from all over the
world, to ensure that the prisoner is seen by competent
specialist physicians independent of the Tribunal &
neither will the Tribunal grant bail.
I have written to the Tribunal on previous
occasions, without receiving any acknowledgement,
pointing out that the decisions of Judge May
constitute prima facie a criminal case under section
134 of the Criminal Justice Act
1988. He is complicit in torture, & not merely
complicit but the main instrument.
I have told the Law Officers that I will be lodging
as soon as convenient an Information @ Highgate
Magistrates Court with the view to the prosecution
of the said judge May.
The Information is currently being prepared but
should Mr Milosevic die I will upgrade it to a
charge of murder against both Judge May & the
other judges hearing this case.
I think the behaviour of your Court is deplorable.
Primary responsibility is on the Netherlands
Government for hosting your Court & on the
United Nation Security Council for refusing to
engage in any form of monitoring of
their own creation. We believe an enquiry should
be instituted by the Security Council & the General
Assembly into (inter alia) the illegal financing of
this Court, (the expenses of which should be met
from the normal UN budget, but @ least in part
they are met by Mr Soros. Is this not correct?)
We also blame Amnesty International, which
organisation has altogether failed in terms of
protecting the interests of prisoners of conscience.
We call on AI organisations world wide to take up
such an obvious case of
political persecution & to hear the concerns of so
many people about this farce of international
justice, the WTE, (Washington's Tribunal in
Europe).
CANA UK believes that Mr Milosevic's life is in
imminent danger, not least because of the
imminence of the pre-planned aggression on Iraq.
The American Government has taken a leaf out of
the Stalinist book. Trotsky was finally eliminated
in 1940, as the German armies were marching
through France. There is no doubt in my mind that
the object of the Tribunal, now that it has not been
able to find a case against the President, is to kill
him, in the most expeditious & least publicised
manner possible & also at the most opportune time.
Judge May's tenure @ the Hague, in his NATO-
EU role, of supreme torturer, as well as prosecutor,
judge & in all probability executioner, should go
down in history as the most obscene misapplication
of judicial power by a British judge anywhere in
the world since Judge Jeffreys & the Bloody Assize.
British judges have built up an entirely fallacious
reputation for being fair minded, when in fact as a
group, & with few exceptions, they are invariably
corrupt, as Judge May's handling of this so called
trial proves, & as do many other cases known to me.
The Law Officers consistently refuse to investigate
all the numerous instances of judicial corruption
brought to their attention every year. If they are
indolent, in their refusal to grasp this nettle, this is
not surprising, when the UK judiciary as a
collectivity believe themselves to be above the law.
The psycho-pathological problems which afflict
them as a caste are accentuated in the case of
Judge May as he is currently removed from the
jurisdiction, (although he remains an official of the
UK Government - whatever undertakings he may
have entered into with regard to this continent so
called Court, he remains bound by judicial oath to
Her Majesty).
I also paste below a copy of a letter sent to the
Guardian + copy to Geoffrey Robertson QC
which highlights a deficiency in the Court as an
institution, quite apart from its procedures.
Yours Sincerely
William Spring
To the Editor
The Guardian
Dear Sir
There is at least one colossal flaw in the logic of
Geoffrey Robertson's argument, (Guardian 19th
December) favouring the standards of supposed
international justice exemplified by the
International Criminal Tribunal for
the Former Yugoslavia. No justice can be justice if
not applied equally to all. I am not a Yugoslav
citizen. My first concern isn't with Mr Milosevic,
but with the activities of my Government, of Blair,
Cook, & Straw, for
example, all of whom I regard as war criminals.
In the case of the first two, in May 1999 I sought to
press criminal charges before Magistrates, one, for
encouraging terrorism in a foreign state contrary
to section Five of the Criminal Justice Act, and two, for
conspiracy to murder & to cause explosions in the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Magistrates
declined to issue the proceedings citing insufficient
evidence.
What I find remarkable is the Hague Court
entertaining the testimony of NATO war criminals,
when in 1999 NATO didn't even have the fig-leaf
of a United Nations resolution to legitimise military
action. How can such a Court be just, which only
hears the accusations of the victors, themselves law
breakers, & ignores the cries of the vanquished?
Don't dead or mutilated Yugoslavs, Afghans, or
Palestinians, nor those shortly to suffer in Iraq,
count for anything? Don't they deserve an
advocate? If they do, it shouldn't be Mr Robertson.
His view of justice is inexorably skewed, in favour
of wealth, power, & the ruthless use of propaganda
& military force by humanitarian warriors.
Yours sincerely
William Spring
CANA UK
Christians Against Nato Aggression UK
1 Scales Road London N17 9HB
(SLOBODA 23/12/02)
2. Milosevic vs. Mayor of Dubrovnik (20/12/02): SCANDALOUS!!!
3. Hague Tribunal judges complicit in torture & attempted murder (CANA
UK, 25/12/02)
=== 1 ===
Subject: URGENT ALLERT: Milosevic health worse again
despite the adjournment
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 12:50:12 +0100
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin" <vlada@...>
URGENT PRESS STATEMENT FROM SLOBODA
Sloboda/Freedom Association informs the
public that the health condition of President
Milosevic has been deteriorate again. His blood
pressure during the weekend has been up to
230/120 mmHg.
For that reason we have sent to the Tribunal
an urgent demand for the team of medical
specialists from the Military Medical Academy
(VMA) in Belgrade to go to The Hague
immediately. First request for the visit of this
medical team has been sent to the Tribunal on
November 9.
It is obvious that the Tribunal attempts by all
means to hide the truth about the medical condition
of President Milosevic and to prevent him from
getting the cure. The fact that President's health
condition is bad even now when the process is
adjourned proves that the all statements and
so-called conclusions and decisions of the
representatives of the Tribunal are an attempt to
fool the public and to hide the organized crime. But
the responsibility for that crime can not be hidden.
Sloboda/Freedom Association calls upon all
citizens and all responsible domestic and
international factors to act immediately and do
everything necessary in this dramatic situation.
Text of Sloboda fax sent to the Hague Tribunal:
Mr. Hans Holtuis, Registrar
Ms. Monica Martinez
Legal officer to the Registry
ICTY
The Hague, The Netherlands
T O P U R G E N T
c/o: Judge Claude Jorda, President
Judges Richard May, Patric Robinson,
O-Gon Kwon, Trial Chamber III
Mr. Branislav Tapuskovic, Mr. Steven
Kay, Amicus Curiae
Subject: Medical team to visit president Milosevic
(Our faxes of November 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
Dear Mr. Holtuis and Ms. Martinez,
The medical condition of President Milosevic is again in acute
worsening.
We urge you to APPROVE IMMEDIATELY the visit of the team of medical
specialists from the Military Medical Academy (VMA) in Belgrade,
requested in our November faxes.
There is no rule nor condition that could prevent responsible persons
from appropriate action to protect a human life.
The team of doctors from Belgrade is ready to go to The Hague any
minute.
We are expecting your call at +381 63 8862 301 or fax at +381 11 630
549.
Belgrade, December 23rd, 2002
On behalf of the Freedom Association
Bogoljub Bjelica, president
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)
icdsm temporary address:
http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/index.htm
for your donations:
http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/donations.htm
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Dec 20th Report from UN Tribunal -Milosevic
vs. Mayor of Dubrovnik
Jurist.com | 20. Dec 2002 | VM
Posted on 12/21/2002 6:31 AM PST by vooch
Friday December 20, 2002 at 10:43 pm
Let's go to Dubrovnik cross-examination report.
Milosevic asked Poljanic [ Mayor of Dubrovnik ] whether he's aware
that two Dubrovnik judges had investigated several dozens of cases of
the Serb houses being demolished by explosive since the summer of
1991. Poljanic answered he was not aware of that. Milosevic claimed
that more than 50 houses were demolished in the area of Cavtat
alone. Poljanic hurried with 'it's not true' answer, but then he
noticed Milosevic singled out one particular paper from the pile on
his desk, so he quickly added: "I'm not aware of that."
Milosevic said: "Very well. Here I have a statement from the
Dubrovnik District Court judge Dragan Gajic, given to this here
institution in November 2000." And he started to quote incidents of
mining, hand-grenades, mostly when houses were empty, but few
times some of the inhabitants got wounded, more than 50 Serb
houses demolished between the summer of 1991 and 1992 ... Poljanic
tried to wiggle out stating that it was impossible for judges to
investigate, while the JNA was keeping the area under occupation.
Milosevic put in: "And what are we to do about the summer?" Poljanic
then tackled differently: "Perhaps that was the case of these
unauthorized buildings?" [earlier on, Poljanic admitted he ordered
some unauthorized erections to be removed] Milosevic: "But surely
you didn't use hand-grenades to put down unauthorized erections?
This is your judge giving his statement before this here institution."
This same judge Gajic was furthermore quoted that he was ordered to
release some criminals, who subsequently joined Croatian armed
forces. Poljanic said he really didn't know about that, it's such a
large municipality... And, anyways, 'I really don't believe this is
true.'
Milosevic: "I'm only quoting the statement I've received from
the opposite side." This was the beginning.
Milosevic reminded Poljanic that he claimed in his
examination-in-chief a certain number of civilians got killed; but the
truth was most of them were in Croatian uniforms. Poljanic got
extremely upset, declared emphatically that 'not a single man got
killed in uniform; in the list we have discussed here were 2 soldiers
in civilian clothes, who came to the rescue of civilians shelled,
that's all'. Milosevic tried to calm him, saying that 'it's
unfortunate anybody got killed', and Poljanic agreed 'Sure, sure',
thinking this is where the issue will end, but then Milosevic started
to read some papers about the autopsy of 150 soldiers.
He asked whether the name of one Dr Ciganovic is familiar to the
witness. Poljanic confirmed. Milosevic said it was the autopsy
official, assisted by one Ms Damira Poljanic, police photographer, 'a
cousin of yours'. Baffled, Poljanic said: "I thought you were talking
about your autopsies." What a revealing, Freudian slip of the tongue:
he knows his forces killed many JNA soldiers, although he testified
there was but a handful of defenders surrounded within the town, with
one mortar and one cannon.
The Prosecution actually included in the documents also the
autopsy reports of the Croatian side, revealing the autopsy of
150 Croatian soldiers! So much about only 43 civilians killed in
the unprovoked shelling of the Pearl of the Adriatic. More like
it, the Croats were engaged in a full-fledged 3-month battle
against the JNA around Dubrovnik, where at least 150 of their
soldiers got killed and exactly 158 Montenegrins, as claimed by
Milosevic, who presented the list of names (most of the JNA units
consisted of the Montenegrins, being the closest). That's why the
suburbs of Dubrovnik got destroyed and the Croat units would simply
retreat within the Old Town after each clash (an English journalist
saw them, but that would be explained later on, when 2 videos are
introduced).
You know what was the comment of Poljanic to this 150 soldiers
autopsy fact? He actually said: "Ah, if only just one got killed, it's
one too many." Milosevic insisted: "This means that the JNA was
exposed to sustained attacks?" Poljanic: "Well, not all the time were
they sustained, but from time to time they were sustained."
At that moment, Nice begun his jumping-up exercise: he tried to
muddle the issue, 'explaining' this is a rather long statement that
could be important, but also could burden the quantity of documents,
and in short he is not opposed to it, but could it be tendered only a
segment of it, although this would be out of context... Basically,
Prosecution tried to ban their own document from the evidence!
But, May surprisingly decided to accept this statement as a whole,
being made by a professional. Take a note of that, this consists a
precedent over which further battles would ensue.
After this, more documents were pulled out of the stack made by the
brave Prosecution, who didn't bother to comb out the paperwork for
the undesirable traces.
The next statement was by one Mr Simonovic, a citizen of
Dubrovnik, who among other things, undoubtedly supportive to the
Prosecution's case, also claimed that the Croatian military
strongholds were deployed throughout the Old Town as well and he
named 5 locations. Furthermore, the Croatian soldiers were heavily
equipped with German rifles, Land Rovers and transporters; that they
were breaking into houses, looting, even raping a woman.
Poljanic was shocked, tried to deny everything, but Milosevic calmly
informed him these are not his info, 'I also do not know that
particular witness, but I've got all this from the opposite side
here.'
He proceeded to squeeze Poljanic: "You claim the JNA was not fired
upon from the positions within the Old Town?" Poljanic: No!
Milosevic read out from another statement by one Gajic about
'couple of dozens of shells fired on 6 Dec. early in the morning' [the
provocation on the notorious day of 'destruction']. Obviously, these
Dubrovnik characters blabbed too much in their statements. Poljanic
blew the top: "Not even a single revolver bullet was fired then. It's
a shameless lie! It was the greatest tragedy in the 2000-year long
history...." Milosevic: "Please, do not get excited that much. Here I
have yet another statement.."
Poljanic: 'Is it again some Gajic bloke?!"
Milosevic: "No, this one is from Simonovic."
Poljanic lost all his poise: "Aaaa, it means another one just like
him."
Milosevic instructed him: "This is a witness of this here institution,
just like you are, and you are free to judge the similarity between
you two."
From now on, Poljanic sat up, arms crossed, eyes tightly
squeezed, measuring up each move of Milosevic, answering by
pure instinct, not thinking anymore of the whole story, but only
how to come out from the current question.
Milosevic slammed the point even harder: "I'm just asking you the
questions on the basis of the statements of witnesses such as you
yourself are. Here is, for example, a statement from one Stipe
Jelavic, a witness for this false indictment." [at that moment, an
inspired TV frame was shown - Nice in a close-up, hurriedly reading
the same statement, heavily sighing]
This Jelavic guy stated there was a machine-gun nest on top of
the St. Anne church in Brgat and in two WW2 bunkers. Poljanic
allowed the possibility there was 'our army in Brgat' but not in the
church. Jelavic even described how these units in Brgat were visited
by a certain Croat military/paramilitary celebrity: 'Cengija came to
survey the troops and to decide who is to be killed.' Poljanic stated:
"Cengija is an honourable man."(?!)
Robinson understood the enormity of what was going on and said to
Milosevic: "These statements have a key importance for your defence
and you should summon witnesses." Milosevic pointed out that he
now speaks on behalf of the JNA, wrongfully accused here; this has
nothing to do with him or Serbia.
He proceeded to quote this Jelavic: an anti-aircraft gun was brought
to Brgat, there were 6 other guns at 6 other points in the town, he
even enclosed a drawing... Poljanic crumbled gradually: 'there was
one cannon moving on a truck', 'maybe there were soldiers at the
hotel', 'all these 6 locations are at Lapad', 'I was not in the
Military Command, 'I accept it was so, but I wasn't aware of that'...
Then, Kwon spoke to Milosevic: "Do you want all these statements to
be tendered as exhibits?"
May tried to gather some wool: "We shall hear your opinion, Mr
Nice, whether witnesses should be summoned..."
Nice again tried to muddle: "The general policy being not to admit
them as exhibits, just to perhaps enlarge the passage quoted..."
Kwon: "There are certain limitations regarding the statements given
to the Prosecution. Are these statements accurate? [enigmatic
oriental smile]
Nice: "I shall not object, if you doubt the accuracy of these
statements."
Robinson: "It seems to me that now both of you are holding the same
position regarding these statements."
Nice: "I wasn't saying anything, I just mentioned the context; I don't
mind if the Trial Chamber admits the statements, it's only the
question of the weight that is to be attributed..."
May: "We have already accepted one statement today, from a
professional, thus we considered it to be truthful. Maybe Mr Kay
might assist us after the cross-examination."
Kay indeed assisted later on, practically leaving it to the judges;
May said they will have to reconsider it;
Kwon further troubled them by asking: "Are there any hindrances to
the acceptance of these statements, particularly since they had been
taken by the investigators?", and Kay pricked Nice: "The
Prosecution, as far as I understood, is renouncing its objection."
Finally, after conferring a bit, May announced they accept Jelavic
statement as well, 'but this will not be a precedent in further
procedure'. [again?]
After finishing his pleasant reading of the Prosecution's
statements, Milosevic asked the technicians to please play two
videos. One was a medley of Dubrovnik footage and the
statements from some foreign journalists (I managed to write
down the name of one Phil Davidson from the London
Independent; there was also a former US Intelligence Service
official, whose name escaped me, who spoke into the camera
how the whole Dubrovnik story was a Croatian propaganda
scam, how they cowardly attacked the JNA within Montenegro,
then withdrew and proceeded with incursions from Dubrovnik,
all the while spreading stories about the destruction of the town
by heavy shelling. Davidson was a member of a large group of
journalists invited to visit Dubrovnik in October, after the stories
of 15,000 shells were spread by friendly Slovenian, Austrian and
German press; he personally counted 15 small mortar traces; the
town was in nearly pristine condition.
He saw heavy machine-guns and soldiers within the town coming
and going and during the night a heavy cannon was heard shooting
from the rooftop of their hotel. When this video ended, May tried to
dismiss it by asking: "What was it that we saw? We don't know who
these people are."
Silly Poljanic prevented him by saying: "Yes, I know even the day
when this was filmed, I received these people in Dubrovnik. Yes, we
made some loud noise earlier, although not a single shell fell on the
Old Town before 23 Oct., but there were thousands of them that fell
around the town; I picked up the journalists at the port myself, they
came by sea and not through Konavli; they filmed the Old Town and
sent that monstrosity to the world. Only after that the Old Town was
terribly shelled." In other words, yes we did lie at first, but then
we told the truth, please believe us.
But, see how even this presumption of telling the truth the second
time around was proven to be lie again. The second video played was
the one filmed on 25 March 1992, only few short months after the
'greatest tragedy in the 2000-year long history' of Dubrovnik. This
was made by the Professor of the Northeaster Illinois University,
one John Peter Maher (yes, Alexei, the one you've pointed out in
your post). It was a short home video, no sound, depicting the
Old Town alone, walking slowly through its streets, showing
every famous place and building - all nearly spotless, except for
few shrapnel scars in pavement slabs, rails and walls. The only
completely destroyed building, gutted by fire, was the library of
the Serbian Orthodox church.
To all that, Poljanic could only say that this gutted building is not
the library, but a private house, that he doesn't know whether the
library was actually burned down or by whom, and even if it was, he
can 'guarantee with everything it could be guaranteed with' that the
members of the ZNG (National Guard Units) didn't do it; and that an
expert in architecture is expected to testify here soon, who will
explain everything...[another one?]
He again started to throw out numbers of shells from the
'official version' of the Dubrovnik story: 1,056 on the Old Town,
53 on the Franciscan Convent... When Milosevic asked him how
come no buildings were destroyed with all those shells, Poljanic
said: "Well, you know how solidly built these houses are,
difficult to destroy, and densely packed, so they can not
fall..."(?!)
So, our brave witness finished shamefully. But, it was not over yet.
Kay started his short questioning as the amicus curiae and focused it
entirely on the first video. This was too painful a subject for
Poljanic, so he started to answer quite rudely; I'm sure nobody so far
spoke that way to Kay, not even May. [wow, rhymes & poetry!] When Kay
put to him that those journalists alleged old tyres were burnt on
purpose, in order to denigrate the Serbs and create the effect of the
town burning, Poljanic exploded against Kay: "Well, let's finally
agree and accept this truth that Dubrovnik was devastated as never
before in its history!"
Undeterred, Kay proceeded: "Were the guns placed on the rooftops,
to provoke the reaction?"
Poljanic, in a tone of impertinent biting, that could be used to
address a street thug: "I don't know what you're talking about, which
buildings, I don't understand the question, will you repeat?"
Kay asked in his suave English utterances, perfectly unimpressed:
"You've heard that journalist saying a heavy machine-gun had been
placed on top of his hotel, in order to provoke reaction?"
Poljanic: "It's nonsense, why would we do that, there's no logic...
Kay: "In order to blame the Serbs and to create provocations?"
Poljanic: "Bah, I don't understand any of this."
I sincerely doubt such display of rudeness from Poljanic helped the
Prosecution's case a bit.
Nice then got the opportunity to ask few additional questions and he
desperately sought to restore his crumbling case: "In regards the
alleged connections with Serbia, could you please state these
details?"
But it was all in vain, Poljanic was shattered, still in his
quarrelling mode, continued to answer in the same way as he did
to Kay: "Bah, all that was connected to the programme of the
Greater Serbia." [so much for details!]
Nice: "Did anybody apologize, a President, perhaps?" [hint, hint, help
the raging witness]
Poljanic, totally lost, started to quote the song that the Lilliputian
Montenegrin party sang at its rally in praise of Dubrovnik, but
collected himself enough to remember that the President of
Montenegro, noble mobster Djukanovic, indeed did apologize 'for the
destruction of Dubrovnik'.
Nice asked: "Do you remember whether he mentioned Serbia? If you
don't, I'll play the tape for you."
Poljanic: "I don't remember, but play the tape for me and then
I'll tell you."(?!)
Nice, destroyed: "Some other time. Thank you."
Then the discussion already described ensued, about the admissibility
of statements. May also said they'll reconsider whether to admit these
two tapes; 'maybe the one without sound could be accepted, and the
other one, being with the comments, maybe will not be accepted'.
Then the troika conferred, and announced to mark both videos for
identification.
I have addressed here only two segments of Milosevic's
cross-examination: witness' statements and videos; but there were
equally great lines regarding the Amnesty International reports and
war editions of Dubrovnik local paper (read the transcript). Do you
think that the Prosecution proved Dubrovnik had been devastated
without provocation as never before in its history?
Vera Martinovic
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
=== 3 ===
Subject: Hague Tribunal judges complicit in torture & attempted murder
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 00:04:22 -0000
From: "canauk" <canauk@...>
To: "Hague Tribunal" <nikiforov@...>,
"Hague Tribunal" <Jorda.icty@...>,
"Hague Tribunal" <fisk.icty@...>
To the International Criminal Court for the
Former Yugoslavia
24th December 2002
Dear Sirs
I refer to reports which I have received tonight that
the health of the former President of Yugoslavia,
Mr Milosevic is again worsening, & the Tribunal
has done nothing, despite protests from all over the
world, to ensure that the prisoner is seen by competent
specialist physicians independent of the Tribunal &
neither will the Tribunal grant bail.
I have written to the Tribunal on previous
occasions, without receiving any acknowledgement,
pointing out that the decisions of Judge May
constitute prima facie a criminal case under section
134 of the Criminal Justice Act
1988. He is complicit in torture, & not merely
complicit but the main instrument.
I have told the Law Officers that I will be lodging
as soon as convenient an Information @ Highgate
Magistrates Court with the view to the prosecution
of the said judge May.
The Information is currently being prepared but
should Mr Milosevic die I will upgrade it to a
charge of murder against both Judge May & the
other judges hearing this case.
I think the behaviour of your Court is deplorable.
Primary responsibility is on the Netherlands
Government for hosting your Court & on the
United Nation Security Council for refusing to
engage in any form of monitoring of
their own creation. We believe an enquiry should
be instituted by the Security Council & the General
Assembly into (inter alia) the illegal financing of
this Court, (the expenses of which should be met
from the normal UN budget, but @ least in part
they are met by Mr Soros. Is this not correct?)
We also blame Amnesty International, which
organisation has altogether failed in terms of
protecting the interests of prisoners of conscience.
We call on AI organisations world wide to take up
such an obvious case of
political persecution & to hear the concerns of so
many people about this farce of international
justice, the WTE, (Washington's Tribunal in
Europe).
CANA UK believes that Mr Milosevic's life is in
imminent danger, not least because of the
imminence of the pre-planned aggression on Iraq.
The American Government has taken a leaf out of
the Stalinist book. Trotsky was finally eliminated
in 1940, as the German armies were marching
through France. There is no doubt in my mind that
the object of the Tribunal, now that it has not been
able to find a case against the President, is to kill
him, in the most expeditious & least publicised
manner possible & also at the most opportune time.
Judge May's tenure @ the Hague, in his NATO-
EU role, of supreme torturer, as well as prosecutor,
judge & in all probability executioner, should go
down in history as the most obscene misapplication
of judicial power by a British judge anywhere in
the world since Judge Jeffreys & the Bloody Assize.
British judges have built up an entirely fallacious
reputation for being fair minded, when in fact as a
group, & with few exceptions, they are invariably
corrupt, as Judge May's handling of this so called
trial proves, & as do many other cases known to me.
The Law Officers consistently refuse to investigate
all the numerous instances of judicial corruption
brought to their attention every year. If they are
indolent, in their refusal to grasp this nettle, this is
not surprising, when the UK judiciary as a
collectivity believe themselves to be above the law.
The psycho-pathological problems which afflict
them as a caste are accentuated in the case of
Judge May as he is currently removed from the
jurisdiction, (although he remains an official of the
UK Government - whatever undertakings he may
have entered into with regard to this continent so
called Court, he remains bound by judicial oath to
Her Majesty).
I also paste below a copy of a letter sent to the
Guardian + copy to Geoffrey Robertson QC
which highlights a deficiency in the Court as an
institution, quite apart from its procedures.
Yours Sincerely
William Spring
To the Editor
The Guardian
Dear Sir
There is at least one colossal flaw in the logic of
Geoffrey Robertson's argument, (Guardian 19th
December) favouring the standards of supposed
international justice exemplified by the
International Criminal Tribunal for
the Former Yugoslavia. No justice can be justice if
not applied equally to all. I am not a Yugoslav
citizen. My first concern isn't with Mr Milosevic,
but with the activities of my Government, of Blair,
Cook, & Straw, for
example, all of whom I regard as war criminals.
In the case of the first two, in May 1999 I sought to
press criminal charges before Magistrates, one, for
encouraging terrorism in a foreign state contrary
to section Five of the Criminal Justice Act, and two, for
conspiracy to murder & to cause explosions in the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Magistrates
declined to issue the proceedings citing insufficient
evidence.
What I find remarkable is the Hague Court
entertaining the testimony of NATO war criminals,
when in 1999 NATO didn't even have the fig-leaf
of a United Nations resolution to legitimise military
action. How can such a Court be just, which only
hears the accusations of the victors, themselves law
breakers, & ignores the cries of the vanquished?
Don't dead or mutilated Yugoslavs, Afghans, or
Palestinians, nor those shortly to suffer in Iraq,
count for anything? Don't they deserve an
advocate? If they do, it shouldn't be Mr Robertson.
His view of justice is inexorably skewed, in favour
of wealth, power, & the ruthless use of propaganda
& military force by humanitarian warriors.
Yours sincerely
William Spring
CANA UK
Christians Against Nato Aggression UK
1 Scales Road London N17 9HB