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AGLI U.S.A. NON BASTA MAI: NUOVO ULTIMATUM PER IL 31 MARZO
Il premier serbo Zoran Djindjic si e' detto ottimista sulla
possibilita' di poter sottostare all'ennesimo ricatto da
parte del Congresso USA, ed ottenere cosi' l'ambito status di
"nazione prediletta" (the most privileged nation).
Le condizioni da ottemperare stavolta sono l'arresto di tutti
i leader politici e militari che hanno difeso i serbi tra il
1991 ed oggi - in particolare Nikola Sainovic, Milan
Milutinovic (attuale Presidente della Repubblica federata di
Serbia), Dragoljub Ojdanic, Vlajko Stojilkovic, Radovan
Karadzic e Ratko Mladic - e l'interruzione di ogni
aiuto alla Repubblica Serbia di Bosnia.
Djindjic si aspetta pero' che questo nuovo ultimatum sia
l'ultimo da parte degli USA, perche' il giochetto di fissarne
uno o due ogni anno incomincia ormai a stancare anche i santi...
DJINDJIC ENTUSIASTA ALL'IDEA CHE LA SERBIA DIVENTI "NAZIONE
PRIVILEGIATA" DEGLI STATI UNITI
DJINDJIC SAYS MARCH 31 DEADLINE CONCERNING CONDITIONS
NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (Beta) - Serbian Premier Zoran Djindjic on
Feb. 3 said that he was optimistic about Serbia meeting the
conditions set by the U.S. Congress, in order to win the
status of the most privileged nation.
"When Congress is concerned, Marc 31 might be the last date
in our relations that is linked with conditions. Because if
this passes, and I expect it will, then it is hard for me
to imagine another date next year with the same role as
March 31," Djindjic said in a statement to the Voice
of America.
"Once we win the status of the most privileged nation... we
will pass from the field of policy to the field of economics,"
he added.
DJINDJIC TRANQUILLO ED OTTIMISTA SULLE CONSEGNE AL
TRIBUNALE ILLEGALE DELL'AIA
DJINDJIC COOL UNDER PRESSURE TO COOPERATE
BELGRADE,Feb6 (B92) US pressure on Yugoslavia to cooperate
with the UN International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague is
part of a "natural process," Zoran Djindjic said today.
The Serbian prime minister insisted such pressure need not be
seen as "dramatic." He again stressed the need to hand over
the remaining indictees for the sake of Serbia's future.
"I think we in this country are resolute enough not to believe
five or six people are our national destiny. If we as a nation
were their hostages for ten years, I think there's no reason
to be their hostages for the next ten," Djindjic told press
in Belgrade.
The premier confirmed he was talking of Nikola Sainovic, Milan
Milutinovic, Dragoljub Ojdanic and Vlajko Stojilkovic, all
wanted at The Hague on the same indictment as Slobodan Milosevic
for war crimes in Kosovo.
Djindjic urged them to surrender to the Tribunal. But warned that
if they chose not to, "we'll find a solution whereby they end
up in The Hague." Cooperation with The Hague must have "concrete
results," he added.
During his visit to New York this week, Djindjic met Tribunal
chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte. According to the prime minister,
Del Ponte's priority is to track down those responsible for
crimes committed in Vukovar, Srebrenica and Kosovo. "Everything
else will be subject to the local judiciary," he said.
ULTIMATUM DAL DIPARTIMENTO DI STATO USA
CONTINUATION OF FINANCIAL AID TO YUGOSLAVIA DEPENDS ON COOPERATION
WITH ICTY, SAYS STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL
BELGRADE,Feb6 (Beta)- A decision to whether to continue to provide
Yugoslavia with financial aid will be made by the U.S. president
who will decide by March 31 whether Belgrade has made progress
in cooperation with The Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal
for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), respect of the Dayton agreement
and the treatment of national minorities, said the director of the
U.S. State Department's Balkan office, Paul Jones.
In an interview with BETA, Jones said that it was necessary to
make progress in each of these areas in order to for a decision
favorable for all to be made - the continuation of financial aid
to Yugoslavia.
Jones said that cooperation with the ICTY included the issue of
documents on war crimes, archives and access to witnesses, as well
as voluntary surrender and transfer of suspects to The Hague.
"We have to see a more cooperation with the tribunal in order to
be able to inform Congress about it on March 31," said Jones and
added that cooperation with the ICTY should become a process and
not an issue which has to be discussed again every time before
Congress meets.
Jones said that cooperation with the ICTY was only one aspect of
the problem and that the U.S. was interested in supporting
credible trials of those accused of war crimes before local
courts.
Jones said that Yugoslavia had made huge progress concerning the
rights and position of national minorities, especially in southern
Serbia, but that it was necessary to release Albanian prisoners
from prisons in Serbia and to reconsider their cases.
Jones also said that the U.S. believed that a democratic Montenegro
in a democratic Yugoslavia was the best solution for people in
Serbia, Montenegro and the region.
LA RF DI JUGOSLAVIA ESEGUE: TAGLIATI GLI AIUTI ALLA DIFESA DELLA
RS DI BOSNIA
YUGOSLAVIA WITHDRAWS FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO REPUBLIKA SRPSKA DEFENSE
MINISTRY
BELGRADE, Feb 8 ( Beta) - The Yugoslav government decided on Feb. 7
to revoke its financial support to the Republika Srpska defense
ministry starting March 1, reads a statement issued after a
government meeting. The support had up to now had been the paying
of salaries to some Republika Srpska officers who were registered
with the 30th military personnel centre, reads the Yugoslav press
bureau statement. Among the conditions the American administration
had set to the Yugoslav authorities for its continued financial
support, was not only full cooperation with the Hague Tribunal,
but also the endorsement of the Dayton Peace Accords for Bosnia-
Herzegovina, that is, the withdrawal of financial support to the
Republika Srpska defense ministry.
KOSTUNICA - ANCHE EGLI INTERESSATO ALLO STATUS DI "NAZIONE
PRIVILEGIATA" - TRANQUILLIZZANTE SULL'APPOGGIO USA AL REFERENDUM
SECESSIONISTA IN MONTENEGRO
US READY TO RETURN MOST-FAVOURED NATION STATUS TO YUGOSLAVIA
BELGRADE, Feb 8 ( B92) The US has expressed support for the
idea of returning most-favoured nation status to Yugoslavia,
President Vojislav Kostunica said today on his return from
Washington. Kostunica told press at Belgrade airport that both
sides had neglected this issue over the past year but that US
officials had shown readiness to resolve the matter.
The Yugoslav president said Washington had taken much the same
stance as the European Union on the future of the Yugoslav
federation. The EU has made clear it favours a "democratic
Montenegro in a democratic Yugoslavia." Kostunica also claimed
to have received assurances that the US would redress
imbalances in aid to Montenegro and Serbia.
YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT: US SUPPORT PRESERVATION OF YUGOSLAVIA
WASHINGTON, Feb 8 ( Tanjug) - Yugoslav President
Vojislav Kostunica has said that during the meetings he
had in Washington, US ranking officials supported a
redefinition of the Yugoslav federation and the preservation
of Yugoslavia. A "two-day visit to the United States
took place at the moment when, in Brussels, Yugoslavia
had the European Union's biggest possible support for
the federation's redefinition and its preservation, and
during the the talks in Washington, an identical support
was given by the United States," Kostunica told Yugoslav
reporters in Washington late on Thursday, after he had met
with representatives of the Serbian diaspora at the Yugoslav
Embassy.
KOSTUNICA: HAIVOGLIA A SPIEGARE, TANTO A QUESTI AMERICANI NON
BASTERA' MAI...
KOSTUNICA UNFLINCHING UNDER PRESSURE OF THE DOLLAR
WASHINGTON, Feb 8 ( B92) The issue of cooperation with The
Hague Tribunal must be tackled in a "principled manner,"
Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica has told press in the
US. "There are things we must do for the sake of ourselves,"
said Kostunica, having been asked whether he believed
Belgrade would do enough in terms of cooperation to secure
US financial aid by March 31. Congress in the US late last
year conditioned future aid to Serbia on its cooperation
with the Dutch-based war crimes tribunal. But Kostunica, a
stickler for the law, insists the matter must be regulated
by domestic legislation: "Once again I reiterated the idea
that cooperation with the Tribunal should be legally
regulated," he told reporters.
The president claims that bypassing legal procedure represents
a continuation of the policy of the previous regime: "The
talk about individualization of responsibility means nothing
compared to what all those processes imply," he sad.
The US Congress also insisted Belgrade stop financing the
defense ministry in Republika Srpska, the Bosnian Serb
entity of the Bosnia-Herzegovina federation. The Yugoslav
Government ruled yesterday that this would end as of March 1.
But Kostunica raised doubts as to whether this would be
fully appreciated on Capitol Hill, saying little has changed
in the way the US administration works.
"There are always details that we need to explain. I had to
explain to many American officials the circumstances under
which the decision to cut financial aid to Republika Srpska
was taken and that it actually happened, but you can rest
assured that in several months you will still have a senator
and a congressman who will raise this issue as if it had never
been solved, not to mention the non-governmental organizations."
Kostunica said that during his two-day visit he sought to
explain the changing circumstances in Yugoslavia and to
lobby for support for the survival of the federation. "In
the talks we had, that support was displayed," he said.
...ED INFATTI: GLI USA INSODDISFATTI SULLA COOPERAZIONE
CON IL TRIBUNALE ILLEGALE DELL'AIA
US UNHAPPY WITH HAGUE COOPERATION
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 ( Fonet) The US is dissatisfied with
Belgrade's attempts to cooperate with The Hague Tribunal
and to reform the Yugoslav Army, Dragoljub Micunovic said
today. Micunovic, speaker of the lower house of the
Yugoslav parliament, told FoNet news agency that Washington
"wants the pace of reform to be stepped up - above all
cooperation with The Hague Tribunal and reform of the
army."
He claimed that during the recent visit to the US, officials
of the Bush administration had voiced readiness to resume
economic aid and political support for reform in Yugoslavia.
Micunovic predicted that "certain people" indicted by
The Hague Tribunal could find themselves in the Netherlands
before the end of this month. There is a political will in
Belgrade to establish concrete cooperation with the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia,
said Micunovic.
VIOLENTO ATTACCO DELLA DEL PONTE A KOSTUNICA
KOSTUNICA PROTECTING MLADIC, SAYS CHIEF PROSECUTOR
ROME, Feb 9 ( B92) Hague Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte
yesterday accused Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica of
protecting former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic,
indicted on charges of genocide.
"The case against Mladic is self-evident. We know were he
is, in Belgrade, we know his address and we have proof that
he is there," Del Ponte told Italian news agency ANSA.
The prosecutor alleged that Kostunica had ordered he not be
arrested due to fear of offending the army and had even
given him an eighty-man guard. "It is a totally intolerable
situation. Kostunica agreed that there must be a cooperation
law established between Belgrade and the tribunal, but this
is just a pretext: the bill that I saw makes further
cooperation even more difficult," Del Ponte added.
ANCHE PITIC D'ACCORDO: FACCIAMO TUTTO QUELLO CHE VOGLIONO LORO
PITIC: WE PROMISED US WE WOULD ADOPT LAW ON COOPERATION
WITH ICTY
BELGRADE, Feb 10 (Tanjug) - Serbian Minister for International
Economic Relations, Goran Pitic, said on Sunday that our
country had promised the US authorities it would adopt a law
on cooperation with the ICTY, and pointed out that the law
had not yet been adopted.
Pitic said that represented a serious problem in efforts
which were being made in trying to make the United States
list our country among the most privileged countries in trade
with them. Pitic told the Belgrade BK TV that our delegation
had not just taken part in the Forum, but had also used the
opportunity to meet with some US congressmen, and other
influential people, including Secretary of Trade John Evans,
and tried to get them interested in investing into our
country.
Il premier serbo Zoran Djindjic si e' detto ottimista sulla
possibilita' di poter sottostare all'ennesimo ricatto da
parte del Congresso USA, ed ottenere cosi' l'ambito status di
"nazione prediletta" (the most privileged nation).
Le condizioni da ottemperare stavolta sono l'arresto di tutti
i leader politici e militari che hanno difeso i serbi tra il
1991 ed oggi - in particolare Nikola Sainovic, Milan
Milutinovic (attuale Presidente della Repubblica federata di
Serbia), Dragoljub Ojdanic, Vlajko Stojilkovic, Radovan
Karadzic e Ratko Mladic - e l'interruzione di ogni
aiuto alla Repubblica Serbia di Bosnia.
Djindjic si aspetta pero' che questo nuovo ultimatum sia
l'ultimo da parte degli USA, perche' il giochetto di fissarne
uno o due ogni anno incomincia ormai a stancare anche i santi...
DJINDJIC ENTUSIASTA ALL'IDEA CHE LA SERBIA DIVENTI "NAZIONE
PRIVILEGIATA" DEGLI STATI UNITI
DJINDJIC SAYS MARCH 31 DEADLINE CONCERNING CONDITIONS
NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (Beta) - Serbian Premier Zoran Djindjic on
Feb. 3 said that he was optimistic about Serbia meeting the
conditions set by the U.S. Congress, in order to win the
status of the most privileged nation.
"When Congress is concerned, Marc 31 might be the last date
in our relations that is linked with conditions. Because if
this passes, and I expect it will, then it is hard for me
to imagine another date next year with the same role as
March 31," Djindjic said in a statement to the Voice
of America.
"Once we win the status of the most privileged nation... we
will pass from the field of policy to the field of economics,"
he added.
DJINDJIC TRANQUILLO ED OTTIMISTA SULLE CONSEGNE AL
TRIBUNALE ILLEGALE DELL'AIA
DJINDJIC COOL UNDER PRESSURE TO COOPERATE
BELGRADE,Feb6 (B92) US pressure on Yugoslavia to cooperate
with the UN International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague is
part of a "natural process," Zoran Djindjic said today.
The Serbian prime minister insisted such pressure need not be
seen as "dramatic." He again stressed the need to hand over
the remaining indictees for the sake of Serbia's future.
"I think we in this country are resolute enough not to believe
five or six people are our national destiny. If we as a nation
were their hostages for ten years, I think there's no reason
to be their hostages for the next ten," Djindjic told press
in Belgrade.
The premier confirmed he was talking of Nikola Sainovic, Milan
Milutinovic, Dragoljub Ojdanic and Vlajko Stojilkovic, all
wanted at The Hague on the same indictment as Slobodan Milosevic
for war crimes in Kosovo.
Djindjic urged them to surrender to the Tribunal. But warned that
if they chose not to, "we'll find a solution whereby they end
up in The Hague." Cooperation with The Hague must have "concrete
results," he added.
During his visit to New York this week, Djindjic met Tribunal
chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte. According to the prime minister,
Del Ponte's priority is to track down those responsible for
crimes committed in Vukovar, Srebrenica and Kosovo. "Everything
else will be subject to the local judiciary," he said.
ULTIMATUM DAL DIPARTIMENTO DI STATO USA
CONTINUATION OF FINANCIAL AID TO YUGOSLAVIA DEPENDS ON COOPERATION
WITH ICTY, SAYS STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL
BELGRADE,Feb6 (Beta)- A decision to whether to continue to provide
Yugoslavia with financial aid will be made by the U.S. president
who will decide by March 31 whether Belgrade has made progress
in cooperation with The Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal
for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), respect of the Dayton agreement
and the treatment of national minorities, said the director of the
U.S. State Department's Balkan office, Paul Jones.
In an interview with BETA, Jones said that it was necessary to
make progress in each of these areas in order to for a decision
favorable for all to be made - the continuation of financial aid
to Yugoslavia.
Jones said that cooperation with the ICTY included the issue of
documents on war crimes, archives and access to witnesses, as well
as voluntary surrender and transfer of suspects to The Hague.
"We have to see a more cooperation with the tribunal in order to
be able to inform Congress about it on March 31," said Jones and
added that cooperation with the ICTY should become a process and
not an issue which has to be discussed again every time before
Congress meets.
Jones said that cooperation with the ICTY was only one aspect of
the problem and that the U.S. was interested in supporting
credible trials of those accused of war crimes before local
courts.
Jones said that Yugoslavia had made huge progress concerning the
rights and position of national minorities, especially in southern
Serbia, but that it was necessary to release Albanian prisoners
from prisons in Serbia and to reconsider their cases.
Jones also said that the U.S. believed that a democratic Montenegro
in a democratic Yugoslavia was the best solution for people in
Serbia, Montenegro and the region.
LA RF DI JUGOSLAVIA ESEGUE: TAGLIATI GLI AIUTI ALLA DIFESA DELLA
RS DI BOSNIA
YUGOSLAVIA WITHDRAWS FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO REPUBLIKA SRPSKA DEFENSE
MINISTRY
BELGRADE, Feb 8 ( Beta) - The Yugoslav government decided on Feb. 7
to revoke its financial support to the Republika Srpska defense
ministry starting March 1, reads a statement issued after a
government meeting. The support had up to now had been the paying
of salaries to some Republika Srpska officers who were registered
with the 30th military personnel centre, reads the Yugoslav press
bureau statement. Among the conditions the American administration
had set to the Yugoslav authorities for its continued financial
support, was not only full cooperation with the Hague Tribunal,
but also the endorsement of the Dayton Peace Accords for Bosnia-
Herzegovina, that is, the withdrawal of financial support to the
Republika Srpska defense ministry.
KOSTUNICA - ANCHE EGLI INTERESSATO ALLO STATUS DI "NAZIONE
PRIVILEGIATA" - TRANQUILLIZZANTE SULL'APPOGGIO USA AL REFERENDUM
SECESSIONISTA IN MONTENEGRO
US READY TO RETURN MOST-FAVOURED NATION STATUS TO YUGOSLAVIA
BELGRADE, Feb 8 ( B92) The US has expressed support for the
idea of returning most-favoured nation status to Yugoslavia,
President Vojislav Kostunica said today on his return from
Washington. Kostunica told press at Belgrade airport that both
sides had neglected this issue over the past year but that US
officials had shown readiness to resolve the matter.
The Yugoslav president said Washington had taken much the same
stance as the European Union on the future of the Yugoslav
federation. The EU has made clear it favours a "democratic
Montenegro in a democratic Yugoslavia." Kostunica also claimed
to have received assurances that the US would redress
imbalances in aid to Montenegro and Serbia.
YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT: US SUPPORT PRESERVATION OF YUGOSLAVIA
WASHINGTON, Feb 8 ( Tanjug) - Yugoslav President
Vojislav Kostunica has said that during the meetings he
had in Washington, US ranking officials supported a
redefinition of the Yugoslav federation and the preservation
of Yugoslavia. A "two-day visit to the United States
took place at the moment when, in Brussels, Yugoslavia
had the European Union's biggest possible support for
the federation's redefinition and its preservation, and
during the the talks in Washington, an identical support
was given by the United States," Kostunica told Yugoslav
reporters in Washington late on Thursday, after he had met
with representatives of the Serbian diaspora at the Yugoslav
Embassy.
KOSTUNICA: HAIVOGLIA A SPIEGARE, TANTO A QUESTI AMERICANI NON
BASTERA' MAI...
KOSTUNICA UNFLINCHING UNDER PRESSURE OF THE DOLLAR
WASHINGTON, Feb 8 ( B92) The issue of cooperation with The
Hague Tribunal must be tackled in a "principled manner,"
Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica has told press in the
US. "There are things we must do for the sake of ourselves,"
said Kostunica, having been asked whether he believed
Belgrade would do enough in terms of cooperation to secure
US financial aid by March 31. Congress in the US late last
year conditioned future aid to Serbia on its cooperation
with the Dutch-based war crimes tribunal. But Kostunica, a
stickler for the law, insists the matter must be regulated
by domestic legislation: "Once again I reiterated the idea
that cooperation with the Tribunal should be legally
regulated," he told reporters.
The president claims that bypassing legal procedure represents
a continuation of the policy of the previous regime: "The
talk about individualization of responsibility means nothing
compared to what all those processes imply," he sad.
The US Congress also insisted Belgrade stop financing the
defense ministry in Republika Srpska, the Bosnian Serb
entity of the Bosnia-Herzegovina federation. The Yugoslav
Government ruled yesterday that this would end as of March 1.
But Kostunica raised doubts as to whether this would be
fully appreciated on Capitol Hill, saying little has changed
in the way the US administration works.
"There are always details that we need to explain. I had to
explain to many American officials the circumstances under
which the decision to cut financial aid to Republika Srpska
was taken and that it actually happened, but you can rest
assured that in several months you will still have a senator
and a congressman who will raise this issue as if it had never
been solved, not to mention the non-governmental organizations."
Kostunica said that during his two-day visit he sought to
explain the changing circumstances in Yugoslavia and to
lobby for support for the survival of the federation. "In
the talks we had, that support was displayed," he said.
...ED INFATTI: GLI USA INSODDISFATTI SULLA COOPERAZIONE
CON IL TRIBUNALE ILLEGALE DELL'AIA
US UNHAPPY WITH HAGUE COOPERATION
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 ( Fonet) The US is dissatisfied with
Belgrade's attempts to cooperate with The Hague Tribunal
and to reform the Yugoslav Army, Dragoljub Micunovic said
today. Micunovic, speaker of the lower house of the
Yugoslav parliament, told FoNet news agency that Washington
"wants the pace of reform to be stepped up - above all
cooperation with The Hague Tribunal and reform of the
army."
He claimed that during the recent visit to the US, officials
of the Bush administration had voiced readiness to resume
economic aid and political support for reform in Yugoslavia.
Micunovic predicted that "certain people" indicted by
The Hague Tribunal could find themselves in the Netherlands
before the end of this month. There is a political will in
Belgrade to establish concrete cooperation with the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia,
said Micunovic.
VIOLENTO ATTACCO DELLA DEL PONTE A KOSTUNICA
KOSTUNICA PROTECTING MLADIC, SAYS CHIEF PROSECUTOR
ROME, Feb 9 ( B92) Hague Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte
yesterday accused Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica of
protecting former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic,
indicted on charges of genocide.
"The case against Mladic is self-evident. We know were he
is, in Belgrade, we know his address and we have proof that
he is there," Del Ponte told Italian news agency ANSA.
The prosecutor alleged that Kostunica had ordered he not be
arrested due to fear of offending the army and had even
given him an eighty-man guard. "It is a totally intolerable
situation. Kostunica agreed that there must be a cooperation
law established between Belgrade and the tribunal, but this
is just a pretext: the bill that I saw makes further
cooperation even more difficult," Del Ponte added.
ANCHE PITIC D'ACCORDO: FACCIAMO TUTTO QUELLO CHE VOGLIONO LORO
PITIC: WE PROMISED US WE WOULD ADOPT LAW ON COOPERATION
WITH ICTY
BELGRADE, Feb 10 (Tanjug) - Serbian Minister for International
Economic Relations, Goran Pitic, said on Sunday that our
country had promised the US authorities it would adopt a law
on cooperation with the ICTY, and pointed out that the law
had not yet been adopted.
Pitic said that represented a serious problem in efforts
which were being made in trying to make the United States
list our country among the most privileged countries in trade
with them. Pitic told the Belgrade BK TV that our delegation
had not just taken part in the Forum, but had also used the
opportunity to meet with some US congressmen, and other
influential people, including Secretary of Trade John Evans,
and tried to get them interested in investing into our
country.
LE FOTOGRAFIE DELLA MANIFESTAZIONE A BELGRADO
CONTRO IL TRIBUNALE DELL'AIA:
> http://www.sps.org.yu/index-ne.htm
BEOGRAD 09. FEBRUAR 2002. GODINE
FOTOGRAFIJE SA VELIKOG NARODNOG PROTESTA
PROTIV TZV. HA©KOG TRIBUNALA
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DEMONSTRACIJE U BEOGRADU
09.02. su u Beogradu u organizaciji SPS,odrzane
demonstracije protiv Haskog tribunala.Na protestu
odrzanom na Trgu Republike bilo je prisutno vise
desetina hiljada ljudi.
Pored clanova SPS,na demonstracijama su ucestvovali i
aktivisti NKPJ,koji su nosili proleterske i
jugoslovenske zastave sa petokrakom kao i mnostvo
transparenata sa antiimperijalistckom i antidosovskom
sadrzinom,kao i vise transparenata protiv
imperijalistickog suda u Hagu.
Usledila je i protestna setnja ulicama Beograda do
Savezne skupstine,gde su predati zahtevi za
raspisivanjem novih izbora na svim nivoima zbog
katastrofalne politicke i ekonomske situacije u
zemlji.
Na demonstracijama je kategoricki zatrazeno ukidanje
Haskog tribunala.
drugarski pozdrav
Gole
THOUSANDS OF MILOSEVIC SUPPORTERS DEMAND HIS RELEASE
AFP (with additional material by AP and SPS). 9 February 2002.
BELGRADE -- More than 20,000 supporters of Slobodan Milosevic staged a
rally Saturday to demand the release of the former strongman who is due
to go on trial for war crimes next week.
The rally, held under the motto "Freedom for Slobodan," organized by
Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), also urged Belgrade to
provide guarantees to enable the former president to be released on
bail during the trial. A SPS delegation handed over the demands to the
Yugoslav parliament as A waiting crowd chanted Milosevic's nickname
"Slobo, Slobo."
The protesters were also signing petitions calling for Milosevic's
release and the abolition of the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague
where he will go on trial on Tuesday.
The peaceful protest denounced the U.N tribunal and the post-Milosevic
leadership that extradited him to the Netherlands-based court.
Calling the court a "puppet of the Western powers that have been trying
to destroy our people," former Prime Minister Mirko Marjanovic praised
the former leader for being "a true hero" and refusing to "bow to the
criminals who want to portray him as guilty for everything."
"Long Live Slobodan Milosevic," read some of the banners in the crowd
gathered on the main square of the capital.
The protesters booed the current government, which remains under
international pressure to extradite several Milosevic associates who
are also indicted on war crimes charges.
MANIFESTATION PRO-MILOSEVIC A BELGRADE
BELGRADE (AP et SPS) -- Aux cris de ''Liberté pour
Slobodan'', plus de 20.000 partisans de l'ancien
président yougoslave ont manifesté samedi dans le
centre de Belgrade, à trois jours de l'ouverture de
son procès devant le Tribunal pénal international de
La Haye pour l'ex-Yougoslavie.
La manifestation, qui s'est déroulée sans incident,
regroupait des partisans de Milosevic, à l'appel du
Parti socialiste de l'ex-président et d'anciens
collaborateurs, qui ont dénoncé le TPI de La Haye et
les autorités actuelles pour l'avoir extradé vers les
Pays-Bas.
Estimant que le tribunal pénal était ''une poupée des
puissances occidentales qui ont tenté de détruire'' le
peuple yougoslave, l'ancien Premier ministre Mirko
Marjanovic a qualifié l'ex-président de ''véritable
héros'' et a refusé de ''s'incliner devant les
criminels qui veulent le dépeindre comme coupable de
tout''.
Slobodan Milosevic, dont le procès s'ouvre mardi, est
sous le coup de 66 chefs d'accusation, dont crimes
contre l'humanité, pour son rôle dans les conflit du
Kosovo, de Croatie et de Bosnie. Comme il a refusé de
s'exprimer sur sa ligne de défense, le tribunal a
estimé qu'il plaidait innocent.
Les manifestants réunis à Belgrade ont bruyamment
exprimé leur soutien à Milosevic dont le refus de
mettre fin à la répression des albanophones au Kosovo
a entraîné l'intervention militaire de l'OTAN,
laquelle l'a ensuite contraint à céder le contrôle de
la province serbe en 1999 à l'Alliance atlantique et
aux Nations unies.
Slobodan Milosevic, a été arrêté près de cinq mois
après sa chute du pouvoir le 5 octobre 2000, et
extradé vers La Haye le 28 juin dernier.
''Longue vie à Slobodan Milosevic'', pouvait-on lire
sur certaines des banderoles brandies par la foule de
ses partisans rassemblés sur la principale place de
Belgrade. Les manifestants s'en sont pris au
gouvernement actuel, toujours soumis aux pressions
internationales pour extrader plusieurs associés de
Milosevic, également suspectés de crimes de guerre.
ODRZAN MITING PODRSKE SLOBODANU MILOSEVICU
Beograd -- Oko 20.000 gradjana okupilo se u subotu na
Trgu Republike na mitingu podrske Slobodanu
Milosevicu. Skupu, koji je organizovala Socijalisticka
partija Srbije, prisustvovali su clanovi te stranke iz
nekoliko gradova iz Srbije, kao i pristalice Srpske
radikalne stranke i Jugoslovenske levice. Na mitingu,
pod sloganom ?Sloboda za Slobodana, sloboda za
Srbiju?, Miloseviceve pristalice nosile su
transparente podrske bivsem predsedniku i upucivali
pogrdne parole na racun vlasti i glavnog tuzioca
Haskog tribunala.
Funkcioneri SPS-a na ovom skupu izneli su niz optuzbi
na racun Haskog tribunala i aktuelne vlasti. Zamenik
predsednika SPS-a, Mirko Marjanovic, obecao je da ce
ta stranka ponovo doci na vlast poverenjem gradjana.
Na pitanje da li ce najavljena izrucenja pripadnika
SPS-a Haskom tribunalu uticati na dalji rad stranke,
visoki funkcioner Branislav Ivkovic ocenio je da to
?da li ce se neko naci ponovo u poziciji da bude
izrucen od strane DOS-ovskog rezima Haskom tribunalu,
ne moze i ne sme da utice na pogorsanje, naprotiv, to
ce sigurno uticati na poboljsanje pozicije SPS-a kod
gradjana Srbije?. Na isto pitanje Ivica Dacic odgovara
da ?SPS ne zavisi od bilo kog pojedinca, jer je to
ozbiljna politicka partija koja nastavlja svoj rad i
delovanje, bez obzira na to ko je na slobodi a ko ne?,
a Zivorad Jovanovic da ?nema govora o slabljenju
SPS-a, bez obzira na sve teske uslove, pritiske i
planove da se ona pocepa?.
Ucesnici mitinga su, po njegovom okoncanju,
organizovali protestnu setnju do republickog i
saveznog parlamenta kako bi predali svoje zahteve. SPS
od republicke i savezne vlade zahteva da Milosevicu
pruze svu neohodnu pomoc tokom predstojeceg sudjenja,
zatim pokretanje sudskog postupka protiv osoba koje su
odgovorne za izrucenje Milosevica. Ukoliko se zahtevi
ne ispostuju, socijalisti su rekli da ce pozvati narod
na gradjansku neposlusnost.
MITING : "SLOBODA ZA SLOBODANA"
U beogradu je u 14:30 zavrsen miting "SLOBODA ZA
SLOBODANA - SLOBODA ZA SRBIJU"
Sa zakasnjenjem od pola casa, u 12:30 poceo je miting
"SLOBODA ZA SLOBODANA SLOBODA ZA SRBIJU?
Necu da dajem nikakve procene, ali Trg Republike je bio pun "ko oko"
(treba imati u vidu da baste INEX-a i "Konja" ne rade, nema stolova, pa
je cela povrsina trga, od "Mazestika" do Doma Armije, odnosno od
Narodnog Muzeja do Kolarceve ulice bila potpuno popunjena. Najveci
Broj govornika su bili "neki novi klinci" SPS-a, a od poznatijih
licnosti tu su bili Mirko Marjanovic, Zoran Andzelkovic i naravno
predstavnik krema beogradske inteligencije Dragos Kalajic. U veoma
nadahnutom govoru, u preopoznatljivom stilu, Kalajic je izneo svoje
poznato vidjenje NSP-a beogradske vladajuce koalicije i prezentovao
svoje vidjenje resenja problema. Na kraju je postavio zahtev da SPS SRS
i sve ostale patriotske snage stupe u koaliciju za spas srbije i
obecaju javno da ce svi protivustavni i protivnarodni zakoni koje je
usvojio DOS biti ponisteni, kao i ugovori o prodaji srpske privrede. Na
kraju mitinga Mirko Marjanovic je svecano dao obecanje u tom smislu i
pozvao okupljene gradjane da aklamacijom usvoje peticiju koju ce potom
predati Skupstini.
U peticiji se trazi da drzava da garancije da se Milosevic brani sa
slobode i da istovremeno zahteva od Ujedinjenih Nacija da se ukine
haski tribunal kao politicki sud. Po usvajanju peticije, okupljeni
gradjani su krenuli u setnju prema Skupstini. Procitani su i
pozdravni telegrami Ruske Dume, Remzi Klarka, Dzareda izraela...
Svi mediji su javili da je mitningu prisustvovalo "par hiljada" do "pet
hiljada" gradjana - ovde neko misli da smo mi ludi, izgleda? U prilogu
nekoliko fotografija s mitinga. Javljeno je i da je zbog "lancanog
sudara na niskom putu" 15-tak autobusa zakasnilo na miting.
Djordje Blagojevic
>From : http://www.japantoday.com/
SERBS STAGE PRO-MILOSEVIC RALLY
Sunday, February 10, 2002 at 18:00 JST
BELGRADE - Thousands of Serbs, many waving the red, blue and white
national flag and pictures of their former president, rallied on
Saturday in support of Slobodan Milosevic three days before the start
of his war crimes trial.
Carrying placards with slogans such as "Long Live Our Slobo" and "We
Love You Slobo," the protesters gathered in Belgrade's central
Republic Square, the scene of many anti-government demonstrations
during Milosevic's years in power.
The rally, organized by Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia, showed
the ex-president of both Serbia and Yugoslavia still has a hard core
of supporters (...)
The number of protesters peaked at around 20,000 on a march from the
square to the Yugoslav parliament, the focal point of the mass
uprising which ousted Milosevic in October 2000.
Milosevic goes on trial at the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague
on Tuesday, accused of crimes against humanity for Serb atrocities
committed in the wars in Kosovo and Croatia and facing a charge of
genocide over the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
"It is clear that this so-called trial in the so-called court in The
Hague is a trial of the entire Serbian people and the entire state,"
Ivica Dacic, a Socialist party leader, said.
"This is not about an individual, or a party, but about the entire
Serbian people," he told the crowd.
U.N. war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte insists the opposite.
"This trial is not about revenge and is also not about collective
responsibility," she told a German newspaper in an interview released
ahead of publication on Sunday.
"It's about Milosevic's personal responsibility in crimes which he is
accused of carrying out or ordering in Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina
and in Kosovo," she told Welt am Sonntag.
Speakers at the rally denounced the war crimes tribunal as a tool of
U.S. imperialism set up to punish Washington's enemies.
Through a booming sound system, organizers played a recording of a
speech Milosevic made to the tribunal two weeks ago in which he
called for his release.
The rally was entitled "Free Serbia, Free Slobodan," - a play on
words as Milosevic's first name means "free" in Serbian.
Protesters handed in a demand to parliament for Milosevic's release
and asked the Belgrade authorities for help with their campaign. That
is highly unlikely from the pro-Western reformers who ousted him and
handed him over to the tribunal last June.
Demonstrators insisted Serbs had acted in self-defense in the Balkan
wars of the past decade.
"Those who start wars should be tried in The Hague, not those who
defended themselves," Mica Miketic, 66, said.
"It's well-known who causes wars - the United States, and now they're
helped by the British and the French."
(Compiled from wire reports)
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+++ Freilassung von Milosevic gefordert +++
BELGRAD, 9. Februar 2002. Mehr als 10.000 Menschen haben am Samstag in
der jugoslawischen Hauptstadt Belgrad für die Freilassung des ehemaligen
Präsidenten Slobodan Milosevic demonstriert. Ehemalige
Regierungsmitglieder hielten Reden, in denen sie das
UN-Kriegsverbrechertribunal in Den Haag als Handlanger
des Westens verurteilten. Die Hauptverhandlung des Tribunals gegen
ehemaligen jugoslawischen Präsidenten beginnt am Dienstag.
Der ehemalige serbische Ministerpräsident und Vizepräsident
von Milosevics Sozialistischer Partei, Mirko Marjanovic, lobte
den früheren Präsidenten als einen wahren Helden. Er versicherte,
die Sozialisten würden bei den nächsten Wahlen siegen und wieder
an die Macht kommen.
INET NEWS / AMSELFELD.COM
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DISINFORMAZIONE E DIFFAMAZIONI DI FONTE ANSA SULLA
MANIFESTAZIONE A BELGRADO:
> http://www.ansa.it/balcani/jugoslavia/20020209140432131089.html
===*===
> http://www.ansa.it/balcani/jugoslavia/20020211174332132359.html
MILOSEVIC: CENTRO STAMPA DIFESA APRE DOMANI A BELGRADO
(ANSA) - BELGRADO, 11 FEB - 'Sloboda za Slobodana', ossia liberta'
per Slobo: con questo gioco di parole (Slobodan in serbo
significa appunto libero) i nostalgici di Milosevic hanno annunciato
l'apertura domani a Belgrado, in concomitanza con l'avvio all'Aja
del processo a carico dell'ex presidente jugoslavo, di un centro
stampa di informazioni sul 'processo parallelo' organizzato a Parigi
in difesa del loro eroe. Al comitato pro-Milosevic si e' unito fra
gli altri l'avvocato francese Jacques Verges gia' difensore del
criminale nazista Klaus Barbie e del terrorista internazionale Carlos.
Il Partito socialista serbo (Sps), che e' fra gli ispiratori del
movimento, ha detto all'agenzia Tanjug che una petizione contenente
le firme di 100.000 cittadini per la liberazione immediata di
Slobo sara' inviata presto all'Onu e ''al cosiddetto Tribunale penale
internazionale'' dell'Aja. La raccolta di firme era iniziata sabato
durante una manifestazione a Belgrado nella quale, al posto degli
attesi 100.000 sostenitori di Milosevic, si erano radunati poco piu'
di 5.000 cittadini, in maggioranza anziani. Le udienze dell'Aja
vengono seguite a rotazione da un membro del Sps, dopo che la corte
ha rifiutato di ammettere in blocco una delegazione del partito,
concedendo solo un posto in sala. (ANSA). OT
11/02/2002 17:43
===*===
AFP. 8 February 2002. Milosevic's lawyers to file complaint against UN
tribunal.
AMSTERDAM -- Slobodan Milosevic's legal advisors will file a complaint
in a Dutch court next week alleging that the UN war crimes tribunal has
hampered their efforts to defend the former Yugoslav president, a Dutch
lawyer said Friday.
Nico Steijnen said they would file a complaint for "arbitrary behaviour
against lawyers and legal advisors" to The Hague district court on
Tuesday just as Milosevic's war crimes trial is due to start.
"There is no free and unmonitored access to Milosevic, it depends on the
mood of the tribunal if you get any access at all," Steijnen told
journalists.
Steijnen added that he and Christopher Black, a Canadian lawyer and
leading member of the International Committee to Defend Slobodan
Milosevic, were barred from visiting Milosevic in his cell in The Hague.
"The tribunal has outmanoeuvred all legal advisers, Milosevic is
stripped from all legal advise," said the Dutch lawyer.
Steijnen said that the complaint was to compel a Dutch judge to "bring
all the parties to the table to find a solution for the deadlock".
Black, also at the press conference, said he was banned from seeing the
former Serb leader after he talked to the press about his conversations
with Milosevic.
"The tribunal is clearly afraid of Milosevic, of what he could say," he
said.
The tribunal wants to use Milosevic as a "whipping boy" and "leave him
dangling for propaganda purposes," said Black.
The lawyer added that the prosecution would have a tough time proving
the former president's command responsibility in the wars in Croatia,
Bosnia and Kosovo.
"No one ever thought of charging (former US president) Richard Nixon for
command responsibility for the actions of his men in Vietnam," said
Black.
AFP. 8 February 2002. French lawyer to set up truth commission for
Yugoslavia.
THE HAGUE -- French lawyer Jacques Verges, who is helping mount a
defense for Slobodan Milosevic, said Friday that he plans to set up a
truth commission for Yugoslavia to help clear the former Yugoslav
president of war crimes charges.
The commission to be based in Paris would hear witnesses and collect
documents to show that the accusations against Milosevic "are simply
delusions, or made in bad faith," Verges told AFP.
Verges said he would announce the composition of the commission on
Tuesday when the Milosevic trial is due to start, adding that several
"eminent professors" have agreed to take part.
Verges is vice-president of the International Committee to Defend
Slobodan Milosevic, a group comprised of about two dozen lawyers.
He is representing Milosevic in a suit before the European Court of
Human Rights in which he challenges his transfer by Serbia from Belgrade
to The Hague in June.
Meanwhile, Dragoslav Ognjanovic said Milosevic "is doing very well
considering the context and all the dirt that is being published about
him and the psychological war being waged against him in Yugoslavia and
by the international community..
He said Milosevic was receiving between 1,000 and 2,000 letters per week
from around the world, and that "99.9 percent" of them were supportive.
"His trial will be that of the Serb people, and of a man who has been
legally elected on three occasions by his people," said Ognjanovic.
"He once said to me during a visit to him in prison, 'they can lock me
up, they can convict me, but they can never break my spirit and suppress
the truth'," said the lawyer.
UN PROCES "PARALLELE" DE MILOSEVIC
POURRAIT SE TENIR A PARIS
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Alors que le procès de Slobodan
Milosevic devant le Tribunal pénal international pour
l'ex-Yougoslavie (TPIY) doit commencer le 12 février
prochain, les partisans de l'ancien président
yougoslave ont révélé comment ils comptaient assurer
sa défense, tout en contestant la légitimité du TPIY.
D'après l'un des avocats de Milosevic, des fonds sont
actuellement collectés pour permettre l'organisation,
à Paris, d'un procès "parallèle" qui se tiendrait
devant "un jury composé de figures publiques connues
et respectées" et concurrencerait le procès "officiel"
devant le TPIY à La Haye (Pays-Bas).
Par cette manoeuvre, les défenseurs de l'ancien
président yougoslave veulent prouver que le TPIY ne
respecte pas les règles du droit international et que
la juridiction de La Haye exerce une justice de
vainqueurs.
Les partisans de Slobodan Milosevic souhaitent mettre
sur pied dans la capitale française un tribunal fondé
sur les règles devant présider à la création de la
Cour pénale internationale permanente des
Nations-unies.
De son côté, Slobodan Milosevic veut appeler à
témoigner à La Haye plusieurs grands dirigeants
occidentaux qui exerçaient des responsabilités lors
des différentes guerres qui ont déchiré
l'ex-Yougoslavie dans les années 1990.
L'ancien président américain Bill Clinton, le premier
ministre britannique Tony Blair, mais aussi Jacques
Chirac et Hubert Védrine, le ministre français des
Affaires étrangères, ont été cités comme témoins
souhaitables par Zdenko Tomanovic, l'un des avocats
belgradois de Milosevic.
Cet avocat a ajouté que l'ancien président yougoslave
userait du droit qui lui est fait de s'exprimer après
le réquisitoire du procureur du TPIY.
Au cours de cette prise de parole -qui pourrait durer
une journée entière-, Slobodan Milosevic souhaite
exposer les causes des événements qu'ont subis les
Balkans pendant la dernière décennie, avec le concours
de quelques grands témoins et de tous les fichiers de
renseignement que l'armée et la police yougoslaves
pourront fournir.
Slobodan Milosevic, qui est accusé de génocide lors de
la guerre en Bosnie et de crimes contre l'humanité en
Croatie et au Kosovo, n'a jamais reconnu la légitimité
du TPIY et a jusqu'ici refusé d'organiser sa défense.
===*===
AFP. 11 February 2002. Milosevic backers to offer "exclusive" evidence
during trial.
BELGRADE -- A committee for the liberation of Slobodan Milosevic said
Monday it would offer "exclusive" information and evidence during the
trial of the former Yugoslav president due to start Monday before the UN
war crimes tribunal.
"For every evidence presented by the prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, we will
show counter-evidence," said the committee's Dragana Kuzmanovic.
Kuzmanovic told reporters the committee which groups a number of
Milosevic's political allies would open a press center where its
activists would offer "exclusive documents, like audio and video tapes
which will not be available to media following the trial."
The center would be set up so Milosevic's trial before the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague will not
become the "lie of the century" and NATO will not "be excused for its
crimes in Yugoslavia" during its 1999 bombing campaign.
The committee, founded last year by a group of left-leaning
international and Yugoslav intellectuals would also "reveal" the
identity of protected witnesses which the prosecution would call to
testify against Milosevic, she said.
"A day before they testify, we will reveal identities of protected
witnesses and offer data on these people," said Milan Vidojevic, who is
to head the press center.
He added that, among the witnesses, there would be "several people who
are on Interpol warrants -- drug dealers, those involved in human
trafficking, mercenaries from the wars in Bosnia and Croatia who have
now become credible witnesses for Carla Del Ponte."
Meanwhile, Tanjug news agency reported that an official of Milosevic's
Socialist party (SPS), due to attend the start of the trial on Tuesday,
did not get a visa for the Netherlands.
The SPS has asked for a five-member delegation to attend the trial, but
they were allowed to have only one representative, the party sources
said.
CONTRO IL TRIBUNALE DELL'AIA:
> http://www.sps.org.yu/index-ne.htm
BEOGRAD 09. FEBRUAR 2002. GODINE
FOTOGRAFIJE SA VELIKOG NARODNOG PROTESTA
PROTIV TZV. HA©KOG TRIBUNALA
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DEMONSTRACIJE U BEOGRADU
09.02. su u Beogradu u organizaciji SPS,odrzane
demonstracije protiv Haskog tribunala.Na protestu
odrzanom na Trgu Republike bilo je prisutno vise
desetina hiljada ljudi.
Pored clanova SPS,na demonstracijama su ucestvovali i
aktivisti NKPJ,koji su nosili proleterske i
jugoslovenske zastave sa petokrakom kao i mnostvo
transparenata sa antiimperijalistckom i antidosovskom
sadrzinom,kao i vise transparenata protiv
imperijalistickog suda u Hagu.
Usledila je i protestna setnja ulicama Beograda do
Savezne skupstine,gde su predati zahtevi za
raspisivanjem novih izbora na svim nivoima zbog
katastrofalne politicke i ekonomske situacije u
zemlji.
Na demonstracijama je kategoricki zatrazeno ukidanje
Haskog tribunala.
drugarski pozdrav
Gole
THOUSANDS OF MILOSEVIC SUPPORTERS DEMAND HIS RELEASE
AFP (with additional material by AP and SPS). 9 February 2002.
BELGRADE -- More than 20,000 supporters of Slobodan Milosevic staged a
rally Saturday to demand the release of the former strongman who is due
to go on trial for war crimes next week.
The rally, held under the motto "Freedom for Slobodan," organized by
Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), also urged Belgrade to
provide guarantees to enable the former president to be released on
bail during the trial. A SPS delegation handed over the demands to the
Yugoslav parliament as A waiting crowd chanted Milosevic's nickname
"Slobo, Slobo."
The protesters were also signing petitions calling for Milosevic's
release and the abolition of the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague
where he will go on trial on Tuesday.
The peaceful protest denounced the U.N tribunal and the post-Milosevic
leadership that extradited him to the Netherlands-based court.
Calling the court a "puppet of the Western powers that have been trying
to destroy our people," former Prime Minister Mirko Marjanovic praised
the former leader for being "a true hero" and refusing to "bow to the
criminals who want to portray him as guilty for everything."
"Long Live Slobodan Milosevic," read some of the banners in the crowd
gathered on the main square of the capital.
The protesters booed the current government, which remains under
international pressure to extradite several Milosevic associates who
are also indicted on war crimes charges.
MANIFESTATION PRO-MILOSEVIC A BELGRADE
BELGRADE (AP et SPS) -- Aux cris de ''Liberté pour
Slobodan'', plus de 20.000 partisans de l'ancien
président yougoslave ont manifesté samedi dans le
centre de Belgrade, à trois jours de l'ouverture de
son procès devant le Tribunal pénal international de
La Haye pour l'ex-Yougoslavie.
La manifestation, qui s'est déroulée sans incident,
regroupait des partisans de Milosevic, à l'appel du
Parti socialiste de l'ex-président et d'anciens
collaborateurs, qui ont dénoncé le TPI de La Haye et
les autorités actuelles pour l'avoir extradé vers les
Pays-Bas.
Estimant que le tribunal pénal était ''une poupée des
puissances occidentales qui ont tenté de détruire'' le
peuple yougoslave, l'ancien Premier ministre Mirko
Marjanovic a qualifié l'ex-président de ''véritable
héros'' et a refusé de ''s'incliner devant les
criminels qui veulent le dépeindre comme coupable de
tout''.
Slobodan Milosevic, dont le procès s'ouvre mardi, est
sous le coup de 66 chefs d'accusation, dont crimes
contre l'humanité, pour son rôle dans les conflit du
Kosovo, de Croatie et de Bosnie. Comme il a refusé de
s'exprimer sur sa ligne de défense, le tribunal a
estimé qu'il plaidait innocent.
Les manifestants réunis à Belgrade ont bruyamment
exprimé leur soutien à Milosevic dont le refus de
mettre fin à la répression des albanophones au Kosovo
a entraîné l'intervention militaire de l'OTAN,
laquelle l'a ensuite contraint à céder le contrôle de
la province serbe en 1999 à l'Alliance atlantique et
aux Nations unies.
Slobodan Milosevic, a été arrêté près de cinq mois
après sa chute du pouvoir le 5 octobre 2000, et
extradé vers La Haye le 28 juin dernier.
''Longue vie à Slobodan Milosevic'', pouvait-on lire
sur certaines des banderoles brandies par la foule de
ses partisans rassemblés sur la principale place de
Belgrade. Les manifestants s'en sont pris au
gouvernement actuel, toujours soumis aux pressions
internationales pour extrader plusieurs associés de
Milosevic, également suspectés de crimes de guerre.
ODRZAN MITING PODRSKE SLOBODANU MILOSEVICU
Beograd -- Oko 20.000 gradjana okupilo se u subotu na
Trgu Republike na mitingu podrske Slobodanu
Milosevicu. Skupu, koji je organizovala Socijalisticka
partija Srbije, prisustvovali su clanovi te stranke iz
nekoliko gradova iz Srbije, kao i pristalice Srpske
radikalne stranke i Jugoslovenske levice. Na mitingu,
pod sloganom ?Sloboda za Slobodana, sloboda za
Srbiju?, Miloseviceve pristalice nosile su
transparente podrske bivsem predsedniku i upucivali
pogrdne parole na racun vlasti i glavnog tuzioca
Haskog tribunala.
Funkcioneri SPS-a na ovom skupu izneli su niz optuzbi
na racun Haskog tribunala i aktuelne vlasti. Zamenik
predsednika SPS-a, Mirko Marjanovic, obecao je da ce
ta stranka ponovo doci na vlast poverenjem gradjana.
Na pitanje da li ce najavljena izrucenja pripadnika
SPS-a Haskom tribunalu uticati na dalji rad stranke,
visoki funkcioner Branislav Ivkovic ocenio je da to
?da li ce se neko naci ponovo u poziciji da bude
izrucen od strane DOS-ovskog rezima Haskom tribunalu,
ne moze i ne sme da utice na pogorsanje, naprotiv, to
ce sigurno uticati na poboljsanje pozicije SPS-a kod
gradjana Srbije?. Na isto pitanje Ivica Dacic odgovara
da ?SPS ne zavisi od bilo kog pojedinca, jer je to
ozbiljna politicka partija koja nastavlja svoj rad i
delovanje, bez obzira na to ko je na slobodi a ko ne?,
a Zivorad Jovanovic da ?nema govora o slabljenju
SPS-a, bez obzira na sve teske uslove, pritiske i
planove da se ona pocepa?.
Ucesnici mitinga su, po njegovom okoncanju,
organizovali protestnu setnju do republickog i
saveznog parlamenta kako bi predali svoje zahteve. SPS
od republicke i savezne vlade zahteva da Milosevicu
pruze svu neohodnu pomoc tokom predstojeceg sudjenja,
zatim pokretanje sudskog postupka protiv osoba koje su
odgovorne za izrucenje Milosevica. Ukoliko se zahtevi
ne ispostuju, socijalisti su rekli da ce pozvati narod
na gradjansku neposlusnost.
MITING : "SLOBODA ZA SLOBODANA"
U beogradu je u 14:30 zavrsen miting "SLOBODA ZA
SLOBODANA - SLOBODA ZA SRBIJU"
Sa zakasnjenjem od pola casa, u 12:30 poceo je miting
"SLOBODA ZA SLOBODANA SLOBODA ZA SRBIJU?
Necu da dajem nikakve procene, ali Trg Republike je bio pun "ko oko"
(treba imati u vidu da baste INEX-a i "Konja" ne rade, nema stolova, pa
je cela povrsina trga, od "Mazestika" do Doma Armije, odnosno od
Narodnog Muzeja do Kolarceve ulice bila potpuno popunjena. Najveci
Broj govornika su bili "neki novi klinci" SPS-a, a od poznatijih
licnosti tu su bili Mirko Marjanovic, Zoran Andzelkovic i naravno
predstavnik krema beogradske inteligencije Dragos Kalajic. U veoma
nadahnutom govoru, u preopoznatljivom stilu, Kalajic je izneo svoje
poznato vidjenje NSP-a beogradske vladajuce koalicije i prezentovao
svoje vidjenje resenja problema. Na kraju je postavio zahtev da SPS SRS
i sve ostale patriotske snage stupe u koaliciju za spas srbije i
obecaju javno da ce svi protivustavni i protivnarodni zakoni koje je
usvojio DOS biti ponisteni, kao i ugovori o prodaji srpske privrede. Na
kraju mitinga Mirko Marjanovic je svecano dao obecanje u tom smislu i
pozvao okupljene gradjane da aklamacijom usvoje peticiju koju ce potom
predati Skupstini.
U peticiji se trazi da drzava da garancije da se Milosevic brani sa
slobode i da istovremeno zahteva od Ujedinjenih Nacija da se ukine
haski tribunal kao politicki sud. Po usvajanju peticije, okupljeni
gradjani su krenuli u setnju prema Skupstini. Procitani su i
pozdravni telegrami Ruske Dume, Remzi Klarka, Dzareda izraela...
Svi mediji su javili da je mitningu prisustvovalo "par hiljada" do "pet
hiljada" gradjana - ovde neko misli da smo mi ludi, izgleda? U prilogu
nekoliko fotografija s mitinga. Javljeno je i da je zbog "lancanog
sudara na niskom putu" 15-tak autobusa zakasnilo na miting.
Djordje Blagojevic
>From : http://www.japantoday.com/
SERBS STAGE PRO-MILOSEVIC RALLY
Sunday, February 10, 2002 at 18:00 JST
BELGRADE - Thousands of Serbs, many waving the red, blue and white
national flag and pictures of their former president, rallied on
Saturday in support of Slobodan Milosevic three days before the start
of his war crimes trial.
Carrying placards with slogans such as "Long Live Our Slobo" and "We
Love You Slobo," the protesters gathered in Belgrade's central
Republic Square, the scene of many anti-government demonstrations
during Milosevic's years in power.
The rally, organized by Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia, showed
the ex-president of both Serbia and Yugoslavia still has a hard core
of supporters (...)
The number of protesters peaked at around 20,000 on a march from the
square to the Yugoslav parliament, the focal point of the mass
uprising which ousted Milosevic in October 2000.
Milosevic goes on trial at the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague
on Tuesday, accused of crimes against humanity for Serb atrocities
committed in the wars in Kosovo and Croatia and facing a charge of
genocide over the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
"It is clear that this so-called trial in the so-called court in The
Hague is a trial of the entire Serbian people and the entire state,"
Ivica Dacic, a Socialist party leader, said.
"This is not about an individual, or a party, but about the entire
Serbian people," he told the crowd.
U.N. war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte insists the opposite.
"This trial is not about revenge and is also not about collective
responsibility," she told a German newspaper in an interview released
ahead of publication on Sunday.
"It's about Milosevic's personal responsibility in crimes which he is
accused of carrying out or ordering in Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina
and in Kosovo," she told Welt am Sonntag.
Speakers at the rally denounced the war crimes tribunal as a tool of
U.S. imperialism set up to punish Washington's enemies.
Through a booming sound system, organizers played a recording of a
speech Milosevic made to the tribunal two weeks ago in which he
called for his release.
The rally was entitled "Free Serbia, Free Slobodan," - a play on
words as Milosevic's first name means "free" in Serbian.
Protesters handed in a demand to parliament for Milosevic's release
and asked the Belgrade authorities for help with their campaign. That
is highly unlikely from the pro-Western reformers who ousted him and
handed him over to the tribunal last June.
Demonstrators insisted Serbs had acted in self-defense in the Balkan
wars of the past decade.
"Those who start wars should be tried in The Hague, not those who
defended themselves," Mica Miketic, 66, said.
"It's well-known who causes wars - the United States, and now they're
helped by the British and the French."
(Compiled from wire reports)
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+++ Freilassung von Milosevic gefordert +++
BELGRAD, 9. Februar 2002. Mehr als 10.000 Menschen haben am Samstag in
der jugoslawischen Hauptstadt Belgrad für die Freilassung des ehemaligen
Präsidenten Slobodan Milosevic demonstriert. Ehemalige
Regierungsmitglieder hielten Reden, in denen sie das
UN-Kriegsverbrechertribunal in Den Haag als Handlanger
des Westens verurteilten. Die Hauptverhandlung des Tribunals gegen
ehemaligen jugoslawischen Präsidenten beginnt am Dienstag.
Der ehemalige serbische Ministerpräsident und Vizepräsident
von Milosevics Sozialistischer Partei, Mirko Marjanovic, lobte
den früheren Präsidenten als einen wahren Helden. Er versicherte,
die Sozialisten würden bei den nächsten Wahlen siegen und wieder
an die Macht kommen.
INET NEWS / AMSELFELD.COM
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DISINFORMAZIONE E DIFFAMAZIONI DI FONTE ANSA SULLA
MANIFESTAZIONE A BELGRADO:
> http://www.ansa.it/balcani/jugoslavia/20020209140432131089.html
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> http://www.ansa.it/balcani/jugoslavia/20020211174332132359.html
MILOSEVIC: CENTRO STAMPA DIFESA APRE DOMANI A BELGRADO
(ANSA) - BELGRADO, 11 FEB - 'Sloboda za Slobodana', ossia liberta'
per Slobo: con questo gioco di parole (Slobodan in serbo
significa appunto libero) i nostalgici di Milosevic hanno annunciato
l'apertura domani a Belgrado, in concomitanza con l'avvio all'Aja
del processo a carico dell'ex presidente jugoslavo, di un centro
stampa di informazioni sul 'processo parallelo' organizzato a Parigi
in difesa del loro eroe. Al comitato pro-Milosevic si e' unito fra
gli altri l'avvocato francese Jacques Verges gia' difensore del
criminale nazista Klaus Barbie e del terrorista internazionale Carlos.
Il Partito socialista serbo (Sps), che e' fra gli ispiratori del
movimento, ha detto all'agenzia Tanjug che una petizione contenente
le firme di 100.000 cittadini per la liberazione immediata di
Slobo sara' inviata presto all'Onu e ''al cosiddetto Tribunale penale
internazionale'' dell'Aja. La raccolta di firme era iniziata sabato
durante una manifestazione a Belgrado nella quale, al posto degli
attesi 100.000 sostenitori di Milosevic, si erano radunati poco piu'
di 5.000 cittadini, in maggioranza anziani. Le udienze dell'Aja
vengono seguite a rotazione da un membro del Sps, dopo che la corte
ha rifiutato di ammettere in blocco una delegazione del partito,
concedendo solo un posto in sala. (ANSA). OT
11/02/2002 17:43
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AFP. 8 February 2002. Milosevic's lawyers to file complaint against UN
tribunal.
AMSTERDAM -- Slobodan Milosevic's legal advisors will file a complaint
in a Dutch court next week alleging that the UN war crimes tribunal has
hampered their efforts to defend the former Yugoslav president, a Dutch
lawyer said Friday.
Nico Steijnen said they would file a complaint for "arbitrary behaviour
against lawyers and legal advisors" to The Hague district court on
Tuesday just as Milosevic's war crimes trial is due to start.
"There is no free and unmonitored access to Milosevic, it depends on the
mood of the tribunal if you get any access at all," Steijnen told
journalists.
Steijnen added that he and Christopher Black, a Canadian lawyer and
leading member of the International Committee to Defend Slobodan
Milosevic, were barred from visiting Milosevic in his cell in The Hague.
"The tribunal has outmanoeuvred all legal advisers, Milosevic is
stripped from all legal advise," said the Dutch lawyer.
Steijnen said that the complaint was to compel a Dutch judge to "bring
all the parties to the table to find a solution for the deadlock".
Black, also at the press conference, said he was banned from seeing the
former Serb leader after he talked to the press about his conversations
with Milosevic.
"The tribunal is clearly afraid of Milosevic, of what he could say," he
said.
The tribunal wants to use Milosevic as a "whipping boy" and "leave him
dangling for propaganda purposes," said Black.
The lawyer added that the prosecution would have a tough time proving
the former president's command responsibility in the wars in Croatia,
Bosnia and Kosovo.
"No one ever thought of charging (former US president) Richard Nixon for
command responsibility for the actions of his men in Vietnam," said
Black.
AFP. 8 February 2002. French lawyer to set up truth commission for
Yugoslavia.
THE HAGUE -- French lawyer Jacques Verges, who is helping mount a
defense for Slobodan Milosevic, said Friday that he plans to set up a
truth commission for Yugoslavia to help clear the former Yugoslav
president of war crimes charges.
The commission to be based in Paris would hear witnesses and collect
documents to show that the accusations against Milosevic "are simply
delusions, or made in bad faith," Verges told AFP.
Verges said he would announce the composition of the commission on
Tuesday when the Milosevic trial is due to start, adding that several
"eminent professors" have agreed to take part.
Verges is vice-president of the International Committee to Defend
Slobodan Milosevic, a group comprised of about two dozen lawyers.
He is representing Milosevic in a suit before the European Court of
Human Rights in which he challenges his transfer by Serbia from Belgrade
to The Hague in June.
Meanwhile, Dragoslav Ognjanovic said Milosevic "is doing very well
considering the context and all the dirt that is being published about
him and the psychological war being waged against him in Yugoslavia and
by the international community..
He said Milosevic was receiving between 1,000 and 2,000 letters per week
from around the world, and that "99.9 percent" of them were supportive.
"His trial will be that of the Serb people, and of a man who has been
legally elected on three occasions by his people," said Ognjanovic.
"He once said to me during a visit to him in prison, 'they can lock me
up, they can convict me, but they can never break my spirit and suppress
the truth'," said the lawyer.
UN PROCES "PARALLELE" DE MILOSEVIC
POURRAIT SE TENIR A PARIS
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Alors que le procès de Slobodan
Milosevic devant le Tribunal pénal international pour
l'ex-Yougoslavie (TPIY) doit commencer le 12 février
prochain, les partisans de l'ancien président
yougoslave ont révélé comment ils comptaient assurer
sa défense, tout en contestant la légitimité du TPIY.
D'après l'un des avocats de Milosevic, des fonds sont
actuellement collectés pour permettre l'organisation,
à Paris, d'un procès "parallèle" qui se tiendrait
devant "un jury composé de figures publiques connues
et respectées" et concurrencerait le procès "officiel"
devant le TPIY à La Haye (Pays-Bas).
Par cette manoeuvre, les défenseurs de l'ancien
président yougoslave veulent prouver que le TPIY ne
respecte pas les règles du droit international et que
la juridiction de La Haye exerce une justice de
vainqueurs.
Les partisans de Slobodan Milosevic souhaitent mettre
sur pied dans la capitale française un tribunal fondé
sur les règles devant présider à la création de la
Cour pénale internationale permanente des
Nations-unies.
De son côté, Slobodan Milosevic veut appeler à
témoigner à La Haye plusieurs grands dirigeants
occidentaux qui exerçaient des responsabilités lors
des différentes guerres qui ont déchiré
l'ex-Yougoslavie dans les années 1990.
L'ancien président américain Bill Clinton, le premier
ministre britannique Tony Blair, mais aussi Jacques
Chirac et Hubert Védrine, le ministre français des
Affaires étrangères, ont été cités comme témoins
souhaitables par Zdenko Tomanovic, l'un des avocats
belgradois de Milosevic.
Cet avocat a ajouté que l'ancien président yougoslave
userait du droit qui lui est fait de s'exprimer après
le réquisitoire du procureur du TPIY.
Au cours de cette prise de parole -qui pourrait durer
une journée entière-, Slobodan Milosevic souhaite
exposer les causes des événements qu'ont subis les
Balkans pendant la dernière décennie, avec le concours
de quelques grands témoins et de tous les fichiers de
renseignement que l'armée et la police yougoslaves
pourront fournir.
Slobodan Milosevic, qui est accusé de génocide lors de
la guerre en Bosnie et de crimes contre l'humanité en
Croatie et au Kosovo, n'a jamais reconnu la légitimité
du TPIY et a jusqu'ici refusé d'organiser sa défense.
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AFP. 11 February 2002. Milosevic backers to offer "exclusive" evidence
during trial.
BELGRADE -- A committee for the liberation of Slobodan Milosevic said
Monday it would offer "exclusive" information and evidence during the
trial of the former Yugoslav president due to start Monday before the UN
war crimes tribunal.
"For every evidence presented by the prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, we will
show counter-evidence," said the committee's Dragana Kuzmanovic.
Kuzmanovic told reporters the committee which groups a number of
Milosevic's political allies would open a press center where its
activists would offer "exclusive documents, like audio and video tapes
which will not be available to media following the trial."
The center would be set up so Milosevic's trial before the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague will not
become the "lie of the century" and NATO will not "be excused for its
crimes in Yugoslavia" during its 1999 bombing campaign.
The committee, founded last year by a group of left-leaning
international and Yugoslav intellectuals would also "reveal" the
identity of protected witnesses which the prosecution would call to
testify against Milosevic, she said.
"A day before they testify, we will reveal identities of protected
witnesses and offer data on these people," said Milan Vidojevic, who is
to head the press center.
He added that, among the witnesses, there would be "several people who
are on Interpol warrants -- drug dealers, those involved in human
trafficking, mercenaries from the wars in Bosnia and Croatia who have
now become credible witnesses for Carla Del Ponte."
Meanwhile, Tanjug news agency reported that an official of Milosevic's
Socialist party (SPS), due to attend the start of the trial on Tuesday,
did not get a visa for the Netherlands.
The SPS has asked for a five-member delegation to attend the trial, but
they were allowed to have only one representative, the party sources
said.
IL PRESIDENTE MILOSEVIC ALL'AIA
30 GENNAIO 2002
Trascrizione ufficiale
SM :
Mettendo insieme tre bugie non si ottiene una verita', ma
soltanto una bugia piu'grande. Tutte e tre queste accuse
hanno davvero un sottile filo rosso, per usare il termine
che qui ho sentito, che le unisce, e questo filo rosso e'
il crimine che perdura contro la Jugoslavia e contro il mio
popolo.
Questo qui e' indubbiamente un grande abuso di potere, allo
scopo di montare uno storico raggiro, con il quale quelli
che sono stati a favore della conservazione della
Jugoslavia vengano accusati per la sua distruzione, quelli
che hanno difeso il paese vengano accusati di crimini,
quelli che si sono adoperati per ed hanno realizzato la
secessione, appoggiando il separatismo ed il terrorismo,
vengano amnistiati - poiche' dietro a loro c'erano forze
che avevano l'obiettivo di stabilire il controllo sui
Balcani, cosicche' da questa posizione strategica potessero
estendere il loro dominio anche altrove.
Voi qui parlate di tre questioni tra loro collegate -
questo abbiamo sentito. E come arrivano gli autori di
questo cosiddetto piano, del quale parlano con tanto
autoconvincimento, a presentare accuse su Bosnia e Croazia
dopo ben dieci anni? Che sono assurde e prive di senso,
innanzitutto perche' tutta la politica serba, la Serbia ed
io personalmente, sia in Croazia sia in Bosnia, ci siamo
concentrati sulla pace e non sulla guerra, ed abbiamo usato
tutta la nostra influenza perche' si arrivasse alla pace
quanto prima.
Proprio all'inizio del conflitto in Croazia noi ci siamo
adoperati per una soluzione politica. Sulla base di questo
interessamento sono state realizzate le Aree Protette
dell'ONU e tutta la situazione si e' immediatamente
calmata. Il 24 marzo 1992 il defunto leader croato Tudjman
invio' il suo messaggio alla nazione dalla centrale Piazza
Ban Jelacic [a Zagabria], nel quale disse testualmente :
"La guerra non ci sarebbe stata se la Croazia non l'avesse
voluta, ma noi abbiamo valutato che solamente cosi' avremmo
potuto ottenere la nostra indipendenza".
E' naturale che la guerra non ci sarebbe stata se la
Croazia non l'avesse voluta. Ed a questa guerra la Serbia
non ha partecipato come parte belligerante : e' stato un
conflitto interno.
E perche' la Croazia ha voluto la guerra ? Non certo
perche' il popolo croato avrebbe cosi' usufruito del suo
diritto alla autodeterminazione ed alla secessione - ad
esempio, la Macedonia ha reclamato quel diritto e si e'
separata dalla Jugoslavia -, naturalmente non per questo,
bensi' per ottenere il suo obiettivo di cacciare circa
mezzo milione di serbi dalla Croazia, mezzo milione di
serbi delle Krajne serbe, dove per secoli hanno vissuto,
sulla propria terra e non come usurpatori.
Fino all'arrivo di questo regime croato, che voleva la
guerra e che ha dichiarato di averla voluta, la Croazia
aveva una Costituzione nella quale era scritto che essa e'
lo Stato del popolo croato, del popolo serbo e delle altre
nazionalita' che vivono in Croazia. Questa Costituzione e'
stata cambiata. I serbi hanno perso i diritti e lo status
di popolo costitutivo in Croazia, e si sono ribellati. A
quel tempo, nella stessa Serbia non esisteva coscienza del
fatto che in certe parti della Croazia vivevano i serbi.
Voi parlate del piano in base al quale, con il sostegno
della Germania, la Croazia fu prematuramente riconosciuta
gia' alla fine del 1991, senza attendere alcuna soluzione
politica, il che ha scatenato un conflitto nel quale la
Serbia - lo ripeto - ha contribuito solamente al
raggiungimento della pace quanto prima possibile.
Nemmeno la dirigenza croata ci ha mai indicato come
responsabili di quegli scontri, ed oggi io qui sento che
per quello noi avevamo un qualche piano.
In realta' c'era un piano evidente contro quello Stato di
allora che era, direi, un modello per il futuro federalismo
europeo. Quello Stato era la Jugoslavia, dove piu'
nazionalita' erano comprese in un sistema federativo che
realizzava la possibilita' di vivere con pari diritti, con
successo, con la possibilita' di prosperare, svilupparsi e,
direi, di essere d'esempio al mondo intero di come si puo'
vivere insieme.
Per tutto il tempo abbiamo lottato per la Jugoslavia, per
conservare la Jugoslavia. In fondo, tutti i fatti
comprovano soltanto quello che sto dicendo. E soltanto la
Repubblica Federale di Jugoslavia tuttora esistente ha
conservato la sua struttura dal punto di vista delle
nazionalita'. Qui non c'e' stata alcuna cacciata su base
etnica, dall'inizio e fino alla fine della crisi jugoslava.
Tutte le altre repubbliche hanno cambiato la loro
struttura. Dalla Croazia sono stati cacciati circa mezzo
milione di serbi. Quello che e' successo in Bosnia si sa,
per non parlare anche delle altre parti della Jugoslavia.
Dunque, questo e' un processo in malafede, estremamente
ostile, mirato a giustificare il crimine commesso contro il
mio paese, usando questo "tribunale" come strumento di
guerra contro il mio paese ed il mio popolo.
Guardate la Bosnia-Erzegovina. Li sin dall'inizio abbiamo
cercato di assicurare la pace. Dove e' finito il piano
Cutileiro, che tutti avevano appoggiato ? Su iniziativa
dell'ambasciatore americano [Zimmermann, marzo 1992] esso
e' stato respinto dalla parte musulmana, e poi iniziarono
gli scontri. Come poteva la Serbia essere accusata di
alcunche' in Bosnia, quando si sa benissimo che, cercando
di usare tutta la nostra influenza proprio per la pace, non
solo abbiamo appoggiato tutte le proposte di pace ma
abbiamo anche cercato di farle mettere in pratica ?
Nel 1993 si tenne ad Atene l'incontro in cui fu firmato il
piano Vance-Owen. Tutti lo sottoscrissero. Io andai a Pale
insieme a Mitsotakis [premier greco] ed all'ex presidente
jugoslavo Dobrica Cosic, e ci adoperammo affinche' questo
piano venisse accettato. Purtroppo esso fu respinto il tre
o il cinque maggio (non mi ricordo esattamente) del 1993.
Noi abbiamo allora persino decretato un embargo alla
Repubblica Serba di Bosnia, per costringere la sua
dirigenza di allora ad accettare questo piano di pace.
Questo e' stato il ruolo della Serbia : di cercare di
pervenire alla pace.
Abbiamo costantemente messo in rilievo che l'unica formula
per ottenere la pace in Bosnia e' una formula che difenda
egualmente gli interessi di tutti e tre i popoli della
Bosnia ed Erzegovina, Serbi, Musulmani e Croati. Dayton e'
riuscito perche' questa formula e' stata accettata, perche'
si cercava di difendere gli interessi di tutti e tre i
popoli allo stesso modo.
Ora sento qui che l'accordo di Dayton avrebbe dovuto
trattare anche del Kosovo. Questa e' una assurdita'. I
colloqui di Dayton sono stati organizzati per la pace in
Bosnia-Erzegovina, ed a nessuno e' venuto in mente di
aprire la questione del Kosovo, che era una questione
interna della Repubblica di Serbia, e nessuno si sarebbe
potuto sognare che qualcuno cercasse di
internazionalizzarla.
Voi non potete in alcun modo collegare ne' la Serbia ne' la
politica della Serbia ad alcun crimine ; in particolare non
potete accusare e processare dopo dieci anni per cose che
nessuno ci ha mai attribuito. Ci hanno accordato solamente
rispetto ed apprezzamento per i grandi sforzi per la pace
che proprio noi, e la Serbia tutta intera e la politica
serba, abbiamo fatto.
Parlando della Bosnia, sapete che circa 70mila rifugiati
musulmani hanno riparato in Serbia durante il conflitto
bosniaco ? Voi ritenete che qualcuno potrebbe scappare da
casa proprio verso il territorio dal quale gli verrebbe la
minaccia ? Quante vite abbiamo salvato, quanti dei vostri
ostaggi siamo andati a salvare in Bosnia - dai soldati
dell'ONU fino ai vostri piloti ? E su quanti accordi di
pace abbiamo insistito, per renderli praticabili ? In
effetti, noi siamo stati i maggiori artefici di questa
pace, ottenuta proprio grazie al successo di Dayton.
E' stata la fine completa delle ostilita', il totale
allentamento delle tensioni, e poi... Voglio dirvi come e'
cominciato tutto quanto in Kosovo. Proprio perche' esisteva
un piano di mettere sotto controllo i Balcani, il
territorio della ex Jugoslavia, sono iniziati i tentativi
di destabilizzare il Kosovo. Proprio quando diventava
chiaro che tutto si sarebbe risolto pacificamente.
Nel novembre 1997 c'e' stato un summit a Creta con tutti i
capi di Stato e di governo dell'Europa orientale. Li',
allora, proprio su nostra iniziativa abbiamo molto parlato
della eliminazione delle barriere, delle tariffe doganali,
della integrazione all'interno della Europa Sudorientale e
del miglioramento della mutua cooperazione. Io ebbi un
dialogo diretto con il premier albanese Fatos Nano. Abbiamo
parlato della normalizzazione delle relazioni, della
eliminazione dei visti e dei dazi, dello sviluppo dei
trasporti e del commercio. Fatos Nano ed io eravamo dinanzi
alle telecamere, quando lui disse, tra tutto cio' di cui
avevamo parlato, della cooperazione, dello sviluppo delle
relazioni - la questione del Kosovo e' un affare interno
della Repubblica di Serbia. Tutto questo era promettente
per la pace, per la soluzione pacifica di tutti i problemi.
Proprio questo allarmo' quelle forze che continuavano a
commettere crimini contro il mio paese, che cercavano di
destabilizzare la Jugoslavia e di intervenire, come poi
hanno anche fatto. Subito dopo, dopo un mese o due, arrivo'
la lettera di Kinkel e Vedrine in cui esprimevano la loro
preoccupazione per la situazione in Kosovo. Per dieci anni,
da quando la Serbia secondo voi avrebbe "preso il
controllo" del suo stesso territorio, non si erano
verificate uccisioni, ne' espulsioni, ne' razzie, o
distruzioni, e nessun arresto in Kosovo. In Jugoslavia non
avevamo nemmeno un prigioniero politico, neanche uno. In
Kosovo uscivano 20 quotidiani ed altre pubblicazioni
albanesi, in lingua albanese, che potevate acquistare in
ogni edicola. Mai neanche un numero, nemmeno una sola copia
e' stata vietata. I partiti politici albanesi, persino
quelli separatisti, lavoravano liberamente. Qualcuno qui ha
detto che eravamo tolleranti verso di loro. No, noi
ritenevamo che tutto e' lecito, tranne la violenza.
Dopodiche' le potenze che perseguivano tenacemente la
distruzione della Jugoslavia e la sua occupazione hanno
chiamato a raccolta i criminali in giro per l'Europa
occidentale e li hanno spediti giu', per organizzare il
terrorismo. Hanno iniziato le azioni terroristiche nella
primavera del 1998. E poi sono stati sbaragliati. Gia'
nell'autunno del 1998 essi erano stati completamente
eliminati, e restituivano sui trattori le armi che avevano
illegalmente sottratto alla polizia.
Durante quell'anno, costoro uccisero soprattutto albanesi.
Io qui non ho dati precisi da esibire al pubblico, perche'
non sapevo che avrei avuto l'occasione di parlare oggi.
Solo ieri sono stato avvertito che oggi mi sarei dovuto
presentare qui. Nemmeno sapevo di che cosa si sarebbe
parlato. . Percio' non ho dati da esporre, ma vi dico
quello che so. Due volte e mezzo...
CLAUDE JORDA :
Signor Milosevic, mi consenta...
SM :
...piu' albanesi che non serbi sono stati uccisi dai
terroristi nel 1998. Ammazzavano quegli albanesi che
lavoravano come poliziotti, come postini, che erano guardie
forestali, che erano pensionati - e solamente perche'
andavano a riscuotere la pensione statale. Cercavano di
incutere il terrore tra gli albanesi, e di ammazzare quanti
piu' serbi possibile. Noi abbiamo difeso i nostri
cittadini, sia i serbi che gli albanesi, dal terrorismo, e
questa operazione e' stata portata a termine con successo
entro l'autunno del 1998. Dopodiche' Holbrooke [inviato
USA] e' arrivato per chiedere una "missione di verifica",
per creare il pretesto all'attacco contro la Jugoslavia. Ed
io devo dirvi...
CLAUDE JORDA :
Signor Milosevic, mi conceda solamente un minuto. Per
piacere, solo un minuto. Io non le togliero' il tempo che
e' a sua disposizione, glielo concedero' sicuramente. Anche
questo Tribunale internazionale, la cui legalita' lei
contesta, le da' naturalmente la facolta' di esprimersi
fino in fondo. A me sembra, innanzitutto, che lei e'
d'accordo che si incominci subito il processo, oggi stesso,
mi pare... Naturalmente questo le fa onore. Lei e' pronto.
Pero' io devo forse ricondurla a cio' che lei... La prego,
cerchi di non dimenticare del tutto il merito della
questione. Noi non siamo la corte che condurra' il suo
processo. Noi abbiamo capito bene che la sua idea centrale
e' completamente opposta - cioe' che si tratta della
legittimazione del suo paese. Lo abbiamo capito e compreso.
Ma sarebbe bene, signor Milosevic, che lei non si
sbagliasse riguardo alla corte che conduce il processo. Lei
ha gia' usufruito, lei ha a disposizione un tempo pari a
quello della pubblica accusa. Io come presidente di questa
corte le garantisco questo tempo. La prego dunque di non
perdere di vista il tema del quale parliamo.
Lei dunque ha una sua tesi, che cerca di difendere, e ne ha
il diritto - ed avra' questo diritto. Pero', io le devo
ricordare che questa e' la Corte d'Appello, che deve
affrontare un importante problema procedurale. Forse non
per lei, ma per noi e' importante, poiche' noi in effetti
dobbiamo garantire il rispetto di una procedura giusta ed
imparziale. Noi in effetti vorremmo sapere se lei vuole che
il processo contro di lei si conduca come processo per il
Kosovo, separatamente dal processo per la Bosnia e la
Croazia, oppure se preferisce che essi vengano riunificati.
Io comprendo naturalmente che lei potra' rispondere in modo
indiretto. Ovviamente le concedero' di parlare. Lei e' un
imputato in buona salute mentale e chiarezza di pensiero.
Percio' la prego di cercare di rispondere a questa domanda.
La ringrazio sin d'ora. Adesso ha di nuovo la parola.
SM :
Innanzitutto, questa e' la prima volta che non vengo
interrotto, la prima in cui posso dire qualcosa, ed io
usero' ogni occasione che avro' di rivolgermi al pubblico
in relazione al crimine che si sta attuando contro il mio
paese, e questo non lo faccio a causa della procedura,
perche' la procedura non mi interessa, ma per rispondere
all'attacco che si sta attuando contro il mio paese, il mio
popolo, ed al crimine che ancora perdura. Voglio che il
pubblico sappia che dopo la aggressione..
CLAUDE JORDA :
Aspetti signor Milosevic. Lei ha capito bene che ha tutto
il tempo a disposizione, ma che avra' ancora piu' tempo
quando iniziera' il processo. Naturalmente questo non e'
l'oggetto del nostro dibattimento odierno. Lei ha il
diritto di continuare a parlare di cio' di cui sta
parlando. Ma lei adesso in verita' si rivolge alla gente al
di fuori del Tribunale. Signor Milosevic, io devo ripetere
che lei avra' il diritto di rivolgersi al pubblico. La
comunita' internazionale ha istituito questo processo ed io
certamente desidero che tutto quanto si svolge qui, e le
regole di procedura che valgono per lei e per la accusa, ed
anche per la civilta', siano rispettate come si deve. Il
dibattito di oggi riguarda come il processo dovrebbe
avvenire presso un'altra corte. Io non ho intenzione di
interromperla e faro' recuperare il tempo che le ho
sottratto con le interruzioni. Adesso puo' continuare a
parlare.
SM :
Voglio sottolineare che il crimine contro il mio paese
perdura tuttora. L'ultimo serbo ucciso in Kosovo del quale
ho notizia e' stato ucciso a Natale [prob. ortodosso] di
quest'anno. Circa 350mila sono i profughi dal Kosovo,
scacciati sotto la copertura delle Nazioni Unite, mentre le
attivita' dei terroristi albanesi sono avvenute con la
copertura delle Nazioni Unite. Dall'arrivo delle cosiddette
Forze di protezione delle Nazioni Unite, che in base alla
Risoluzione 1244 dovevano garantire ad ogni cittadino del
Kosovo la sicurezza personale e dei beni materiali, i
terroristi albanesi hanno scacciato 350mila persone, hanno
dato alle fiamme decine di migliaia di case. Talvolta 50,
60, qualche volta tutte le case serbe dei villaggi, il
tutto sotto gli occhi di truppe che sono a tutti gli
effetti truppe di occupazione e sono venute li' sotto la
bandiera delle Nazioni Unite, solo per trasformarsi
l'indomani in truppe di occupazione ed alleati dei
terroristi, gli stessi terroristi che uccidevano,
mutilavano e massacravano un sacco di gente, ed
incendiavano. E continuano a farlo tuttora. E dicono che
supponevano che cio' non sarebbe potuto avvenire.
Puo' qualcuno credere che decine di migliaia di case
vengano bruciate, e che le forze che si trovano li' non
vedano che cosa sta succedendo ? Puo' qualcuno danneggiare
e distruggere... Da quando le truppe delle Nazioni Unite
sono arrivate, 107 chiese serbe sono state distrutte. Puo'
qualcuno distruggere una chiesa intera e darle fuoco senza
che le truppe ONU ne vengano a conoscenza ?
Questa e' una "impresa criminale congiunta" - delle forze
che hanno commesso crimini contro la Jugoslavia insieme
alla narcomafia ed ai terroristi albanesi in Kosovo e
Metohija, per crimini diretti non soltanto contro i serbi
ma contro tutti i non albanesi, e persino contro gli
albanesi cattolici, persino contro gli albanesi che in
qualche modo - ad esempio andando a riscuotere gli assegni
della loro pensione - hanno dimostrato fedelta' alla
Repubblica di Serbia come loro Stato.
Con cio' che sta avvenendo li' si sta in pratica
riabilitando la politica del periodo nazista, di Hitler e
Mussolini. Questo grande parlare di "Grande Serbia", di
questa presunta idea che non e' mai esistita, non serve
altro che a mascherare la creazione di una "Grande Albania"
- quella stessa che crearono Hitler e Mussolini durante la
Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Guardate soltanto quello schema, e
guardate che cosa si sta facendo adesso, quello che
vogliono sottrarre alla Serbia, al Montenegro ed alla
Macedonia - e un domani forse anche alla Grecia del Nord,
quando le relazioni greco-turche saranno messe alla prova
di nuovo per ordine del comune padrone, ed anche quella
sara' per loro una questione da risolvere.
E' evidente che e' in questione il crimine, ed e' evidente
che il filo rosso e' il crimine contro la Jugoslavia. Ma io
voglio far notare che falsificare i fatti storici non e'
comunque semplice. Non e' semplice nemmeno se questi fatti
sono noti solamente ad un ristretto gruppo di persone, ed
e' impossibile falsificarli se l'intero popolo di un paese
li conosce, cioe' milioni di persone. Senza offesa per
nessuno, i giudici di questo processo, secondo i ruoli
assegnati, sono quelli - non voi che indossate i mantelli -
ma quelli che hanno deciso di ammazzare i bambini del mio
paese, che hanno lanciato la aggressione della NATO e
scaricato 25 milioni di tonnellate di bombe in 78 giorni,
ed ucciso prevalentemente vecchi, bambini e donne. Essi
vogliono partecipare alla distribuzione dei ruoli. Ma
nemmeno loro riusciranno ad essere giudici.
Qui giudice e' il popolo - non soltanto il popolo della
Jugoslavia, ma i popoli di tutti i paesi ai quali sta a
cuore la liberta' e l'eguaglianza. Non per niente si dice
"giudizio del popolo, giudizio di Dio". Tutti noi siamo
davanti a questo giudizio, non soltanto io, che qui vengo
preso a responsabile per qualcosa, laddove mi dovrebbe
invece essere riconosciuta, ma anche voi, ed i vostri
datori di lavoro, in particolare quelli che hanno commesso
crimini contro il mio paese.
Siccome voi ritenere che io debba chiedere qualcosa a voi,
allora vi chiedo di lasciarmi in liberta'. Perche' credo
che a voi, ed a tutto il mondo, sia chiaro che io non mi
sottrarro' da questa battaglia che si sta conducendo contro
il mio paese ed il mio popolo. Non ho intenzione di
scappare. Non fa onore a questa istituzione tenermi qui
imprigionato, in condizioni svantaggiate, per privarmi di
eque condizioni per esporre i miei argomenti - nemmeno se
questa istituzione fosse legale, e voi sapete benissimo che
non lo e'.
Perche', se non aveste questo dubbio - non mi riferisco a
voi personalmente, ma alla istituzione - allora
accettereste la richiesta dei vostri "amici curiae" [sorta
di avvocati d'ufficio], di chiedere un parere giudiziale
alla Corte Internazionale di Giustizia sulla legalita' di
questo Tribunale. Voi questo non lo fate, perche' chiunque
potrebbe prevederne facilmente l'esito.
In fondo, ritengo che questa attitudine, direi criminale,
di cercare di far passare la vittima da colpevole, e si
tratta del mio popolo e del mio paese oltreche' di me
stesso, non sia stata storicamente ancora mai menzionata.
Percio' ritengo logico ed anche giusto che mi lasciate
subito in liberta', visto che io non scapperei e mi
presenterei ad ogni dibattimento, in quanto questa e' una
battaglia alla quale io non posso proprio sottrarmi.
30 GENNAIO 2002
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SM :
Mettendo insieme tre bugie non si ottiene una verita', ma
soltanto una bugia piu'grande. Tutte e tre queste accuse
hanno davvero un sottile filo rosso, per usare il termine
che qui ho sentito, che le unisce, e questo filo rosso e'
il crimine che perdura contro la Jugoslavia e contro il mio
popolo.
Questo qui e' indubbiamente un grande abuso di potere, allo
scopo di montare uno storico raggiro, con il quale quelli
che sono stati a favore della conservazione della
Jugoslavia vengano accusati per la sua distruzione, quelli
che hanno difeso il paese vengano accusati di crimini,
quelli che si sono adoperati per ed hanno realizzato la
secessione, appoggiando il separatismo ed il terrorismo,
vengano amnistiati - poiche' dietro a loro c'erano forze
che avevano l'obiettivo di stabilire il controllo sui
Balcani, cosicche' da questa posizione strategica potessero
estendere il loro dominio anche altrove.
Voi qui parlate di tre questioni tra loro collegate -
questo abbiamo sentito. E come arrivano gli autori di
questo cosiddetto piano, del quale parlano con tanto
autoconvincimento, a presentare accuse su Bosnia e Croazia
dopo ben dieci anni? Che sono assurde e prive di senso,
innanzitutto perche' tutta la politica serba, la Serbia ed
io personalmente, sia in Croazia sia in Bosnia, ci siamo
concentrati sulla pace e non sulla guerra, ed abbiamo usato
tutta la nostra influenza perche' si arrivasse alla pace
quanto prima.
Proprio all'inizio del conflitto in Croazia noi ci siamo
adoperati per una soluzione politica. Sulla base di questo
interessamento sono state realizzate le Aree Protette
dell'ONU e tutta la situazione si e' immediatamente
calmata. Il 24 marzo 1992 il defunto leader croato Tudjman
invio' il suo messaggio alla nazione dalla centrale Piazza
Ban Jelacic [a Zagabria], nel quale disse testualmente :
"La guerra non ci sarebbe stata se la Croazia non l'avesse
voluta, ma noi abbiamo valutato che solamente cosi' avremmo
potuto ottenere la nostra indipendenza".
E' naturale che la guerra non ci sarebbe stata se la
Croazia non l'avesse voluta. Ed a questa guerra la Serbia
non ha partecipato come parte belligerante : e' stato un
conflitto interno.
E perche' la Croazia ha voluto la guerra ? Non certo
perche' il popolo croato avrebbe cosi' usufruito del suo
diritto alla autodeterminazione ed alla secessione - ad
esempio, la Macedonia ha reclamato quel diritto e si e'
separata dalla Jugoslavia -, naturalmente non per questo,
bensi' per ottenere il suo obiettivo di cacciare circa
mezzo milione di serbi dalla Croazia, mezzo milione di
serbi delle Krajne serbe, dove per secoli hanno vissuto,
sulla propria terra e non come usurpatori.
Fino all'arrivo di questo regime croato, che voleva la
guerra e che ha dichiarato di averla voluta, la Croazia
aveva una Costituzione nella quale era scritto che essa e'
lo Stato del popolo croato, del popolo serbo e delle altre
nazionalita' che vivono in Croazia. Questa Costituzione e'
stata cambiata. I serbi hanno perso i diritti e lo status
di popolo costitutivo in Croazia, e si sono ribellati. A
quel tempo, nella stessa Serbia non esisteva coscienza del
fatto che in certe parti della Croazia vivevano i serbi.
Voi parlate del piano in base al quale, con il sostegno
della Germania, la Croazia fu prematuramente riconosciuta
gia' alla fine del 1991, senza attendere alcuna soluzione
politica, il che ha scatenato un conflitto nel quale la
Serbia - lo ripeto - ha contribuito solamente al
raggiungimento della pace quanto prima possibile.
Nemmeno la dirigenza croata ci ha mai indicato come
responsabili di quegli scontri, ed oggi io qui sento che
per quello noi avevamo un qualche piano.
In realta' c'era un piano evidente contro quello Stato di
allora che era, direi, un modello per il futuro federalismo
europeo. Quello Stato era la Jugoslavia, dove piu'
nazionalita' erano comprese in un sistema federativo che
realizzava la possibilita' di vivere con pari diritti, con
successo, con la possibilita' di prosperare, svilupparsi e,
direi, di essere d'esempio al mondo intero di come si puo'
vivere insieme.
Per tutto il tempo abbiamo lottato per la Jugoslavia, per
conservare la Jugoslavia. In fondo, tutti i fatti
comprovano soltanto quello che sto dicendo. E soltanto la
Repubblica Federale di Jugoslavia tuttora esistente ha
conservato la sua struttura dal punto di vista delle
nazionalita'. Qui non c'e' stata alcuna cacciata su base
etnica, dall'inizio e fino alla fine della crisi jugoslava.
Tutte le altre repubbliche hanno cambiato la loro
struttura. Dalla Croazia sono stati cacciati circa mezzo
milione di serbi. Quello che e' successo in Bosnia si sa,
per non parlare anche delle altre parti della Jugoslavia.
Dunque, questo e' un processo in malafede, estremamente
ostile, mirato a giustificare il crimine commesso contro il
mio paese, usando questo "tribunale" come strumento di
guerra contro il mio paese ed il mio popolo.
Guardate la Bosnia-Erzegovina. Li sin dall'inizio abbiamo
cercato di assicurare la pace. Dove e' finito il piano
Cutileiro, che tutti avevano appoggiato ? Su iniziativa
dell'ambasciatore americano [Zimmermann, marzo 1992] esso
e' stato respinto dalla parte musulmana, e poi iniziarono
gli scontri. Come poteva la Serbia essere accusata di
alcunche' in Bosnia, quando si sa benissimo che, cercando
di usare tutta la nostra influenza proprio per la pace, non
solo abbiamo appoggiato tutte le proposte di pace ma
abbiamo anche cercato di farle mettere in pratica ?
Nel 1993 si tenne ad Atene l'incontro in cui fu firmato il
piano Vance-Owen. Tutti lo sottoscrissero. Io andai a Pale
insieme a Mitsotakis [premier greco] ed all'ex presidente
jugoslavo Dobrica Cosic, e ci adoperammo affinche' questo
piano venisse accettato. Purtroppo esso fu respinto il tre
o il cinque maggio (non mi ricordo esattamente) del 1993.
Noi abbiamo allora persino decretato un embargo alla
Repubblica Serba di Bosnia, per costringere la sua
dirigenza di allora ad accettare questo piano di pace.
Questo e' stato il ruolo della Serbia : di cercare di
pervenire alla pace.
Abbiamo costantemente messo in rilievo che l'unica formula
per ottenere la pace in Bosnia e' una formula che difenda
egualmente gli interessi di tutti e tre i popoli della
Bosnia ed Erzegovina, Serbi, Musulmani e Croati. Dayton e'
riuscito perche' questa formula e' stata accettata, perche'
si cercava di difendere gli interessi di tutti e tre i
popoli allo stesso modo.
Ora sento qui che l'accordo di Dayton avrebbe dovuto
trattare anche del Kosovo. Questa e' una assurdita'. I
colloqui di Dayton sono stati organizzati per la pace in
Bosnia-Erzegovina, ed a nessuno e' venuto in mente di
aprire la questione del Kosovo, che era una questione
interna della Repubblica di Serbia, e nessuno si sarebbe
potuto sognare che qualcuno cercasse di
internazionalizzarla.
Voi non potete in alcun modo collegare ne' la Serbia ne' la
politica della Serbia ad alcun crimine ; in particolare non
potete accusare e processare dopo dieci anni per cose che
nessuno ci ha mai attribuito. Ci hanno accordato solamente
rispetto ed apprezzamento per i grandi sforzi per la pace
che proprio noi, e la Serbia tutta intera e la politica
serba, abbiamo fatto.
Parlando della Bosnia, sapete che circa 70mila rifugiati
musulmani hanno riparato in Serbia durante il conflitto
bosniaco ? Voi ritenete che qualcuno potrebbe scappare da
casa proprio verso il territorio dal quale gli verrebbe la
minaccia ? Quante vite abbiamo salvato, quanti dei vostri
ostaggi siamo andati a salvare in Bosnia - dai soldati
dell'ONU fino ai vostri piloti ? E su quanti accordi di
pace abbiamo insistito, per renderli praticabili ? In
effetti, noi siamo stati i maggiori artefici di questa
pace, ottenuta proprio grazie al successo di Dayton.
E' stata la fine completa delle ostilita', il totale
allentamento delle tensioni, e poi... Voglio dirvi come e'
cominciato tutto quanto in Kosovo. Proprio perche' esisteva
un piano di mettere sotto controllo i Balcani, il
territorio della ex Jugoslavia, sono iniziati i tentativi
di destabilizzare il Kosovo. Proprio quando diventava
chiaro che tutto si sarebbe risolto pacificamente.
Nel novembre 1997 c'e' stato un summit a Creta con tutti i
capi di Stato e di governo dell'Europa orientale. Li',
allora, proprio su nostra iniziativa abbiamo molto parlato
della eliminazione delle barriere, delle tariffe doganali,
della integrazione all'interno della Europa Sudorientale e
del miglioramento della mutua cooperazione. Io ebbi un
dialogo diretto con il premier albanese Fatos Nano. Abbiamo
parlato della normalizzazione delle relazioni, della
eliminazione dei visti e dei dazi, dello sviluppo dei
trasporti e del commercio. Fatos Nano ed io eravamo dinanzi
alle telecamere, quando lui disse, tra tutto cio' di cui
avevamo parlato, della cooperazione, dello sviluppo delle
relazioni - la questione del Kosovo e' un affare interno
della Repubblica di Serbia. Tutto questo era promettente
per la pace, per la soluzione pacifica di tutti i problemi.
Proprio questo allarmo' quelle forze che continuavano a
commettere crimini contro il mio paese, che cercavano di
destabilizzare la Jugoslavia e di intervenire, come poi
hanno anche fatto. Subito dopo, dopo un mese o due, arrivo'
la lettera di Kinkel e Vedrine in cui esprimevano la loro
preoccupazione per la situazione in Kosovo. Per dieci anni,
da quando la Serbia secondo voi avrebbe "preso il
controllo" del suo stesso territorio, non si erano
verificate uccisioni, ne' espulsioni, ne' razzie, o
distruzioni, e nessun arresto in Kosovo. In Jugoslavia non
avevamo nemmeno un prigioniero politico, neanche uno. In
Kosovo uscivano 20 quotidiani ed altre pubblicazioni
albanesi, in lingua albanese, che potevate acquistare in
ogni edicola. Mai neanche un numero, nemmeno una sola copia
e' stata vietata. I partiti politici albanesi, persino
quelli separatisti, lavoravano liberamente. Qualcuno qui ha
detto che eravamo tolleranti verso di loro. No, noi
ritenevamo che tutto e' lecito, tranne la violenza.
Dopodiche' le potenze che perseguivano tenacemente la
distruzione della Jugoslavia e la sua occupazione hanno
chiamato a raccolta i criminali in giro per l'Europa
occidentale e li hanno spediti giu', per organizzare il
terrorismo. Hanno iniziato le azioni terroristiche nella
primavera del 1998. E poi sono stati sbaragliati. Gia'
nell'autunno del 1998 essi erano stati completamente
eliminati, e restituivano sui trattori le armi che avevano
illegalmente sottratto alla polizia.
Durante quell'anno, costoro uccisero soprattutto albanesi.
Io qui non ho dati precisi da esibire al pubblico, perche'
non sapevo che avrei avuto l'occasione di parlare oggi.
Solo ieri sono stato avvertito che oggi mi sarei dovuto
presentare qui. Nemmeno sapevo di che cosa si sarebbe
parlato. . Percio' non ho dati da esporre, ma vi dico
quello che so. Due volte e mezzo...
CLAUDE JORDA :
Signor Milosevic, mi consenta...
SM :
...piu' albanesi che non serbi sono stati uccisi dai
terroristi nel 1998. Ammazzavano quegli albanesi che
lavoravano come poliziotti, come postini, che erano guardie
forestali, che erano pensionati - e solamente perche'
andavano a riscuotere la pensione statale. Cercavano di
incutere il terrore tra gli albanesi, e di ammazzare quanti
piu' serbi possibile. Noi abbiamo difeso i nostri
cittadini, sia i serbi che gli albanesi, dal terrorismo, e
questa operazione e' stata portata a termine con successo
entro l'autunno del 1998. Dopodiche' Holbrooke [inviato
USA] e' arrivato per chiedere una "missione di verifica",
per creare il pretesto all'attacco contro la Jugoslavia. Ed
io devo dirvi...
CLAUDE JORDA :
Signor Milosevic, mi conceda solamente un minuto. Per
piacere, solo un minuto. Io non le togliero' il tempo che
e' a sua disposizione, glielo concedero' sicuramente. Anche
questo Tribunale internazionale, la cui legalita' lei
contesta, le da' naturalmente la facolta' di esprimersi
fino in fondo. A me sembra, innanzitutto, che lei e'
d'accordo che si incominci subito il processo, oggi stesso,
mi pare... Naturalmente questo le fa onore. Lei e' pronto.
Pero' io devo forse ricondurla a cio' che lei... La prego,
cerchi di non dimenticare del tutto il merito della
questione. Noi non siamo la corte che condurra' il suo
processo. Noi abbiamo capito bene che la sua idea centrale
e' completamente opposta - cioe' che si tratta della
legittimazione del suo paese. Lo abbiamo capito e compreso.
Ma sarebbe bene, signor Milosevic, che lei non si
sbagliasse riguardo alla corte che conduce il processo. Lei
ha gia' usufruito, lei ha a disposizione un tempo pari a
quello della pubblica accusa. Io come presidente di questa
corte le garantisco questo tempo. La prego dunque di non
perdere di vista il tema del quale parliamo.
Lei dunque ha una sua tesi, che cerca di difendere, e ne ha
il diritto - ed avra' questo diritto. Pero', io le devo
ricordare che questa e' la Corte d'Appello, che deve
affrontare un importante problema procedurale. Forse non
per lei, ma per noi e' importante, poiche' noi in effetti
dobbiamo garantire il rispetto di una procedura giusta ed
imparziale. Noi in effetti vorremmo sapere se lei vuole che
il processo contro di lei si conduca come processo per il
Kosovo, separatamente dal processo per la Bosnia e la
Croazia, oppure se preferisce che essi vengano riunificati.
Io comprendo naturalmente che lei potra' rispondere in modo
indiretto. Ovviamente le concedero' di parlare. Lei e' un
imputato in buona salute mentale e chiarezza di pensiero.
Percio' la prego di cercare di rispondere a questa domanda.
La ringrazio sin d'ora. Adesso ha di nuovo la parola.
SM :
Innanzitutto, questa e' la prima volta che non vengo
interrotto, la prima in cui posso dire qualcosa, ed io
usero' ogni occasione che avro' di rivolgermi al pubblico
in relazione al crimine che si sta attuando contro il mio
paese, e questo non lo faccio a causa della procedura,
perche' la procedura non mi interessa, ma per rispondere
all'attacco che si sta attuando contro il mio paese, il mio
popolo, ed al crimine che ancora perdura. Voglio che il
pubblico sappia che dopo la aggressione..
CLAUDE JORDA :
Aspetti signor Milosevic. Lei ha capito bene che ha tutto
il tempo a disposizione, ma che avra' ancora piu' tempo
quando iniziera' il processo. Naturalmente questo non e'
l'oggetto del nostro dibattimento odierno. Lei ha il
diritto di continuare a parlare di cio' di cui sta
parlando. Ma lei adesso in verita' si rivolge alla gente al
di fuori del Tribunale. Signor Milosevic, io devo ripetere
che lei avra' il diritto di rivolgersi al pubblico. La
comunita' internazionale ha istituito questo processo ed io
certamente desidero che tutto quanto si svolge qui, e le
regole di procedura che valgono per lei e per la accusa, ed
anche per la civilta', siano rispettate come si deve. Il
dibattito di oggi riguarda come il processo dovrebbe
avvenire presso un'altra corte. Io non ho intenzione di
interromperla e faro' recuperare il tempo che le ho
sottratto con le interruzioni. Adesso puo' continuare a
parlare.
SM :
Voglio sottolineare che il crimine contro il mio paese
perdura tuttora. L'ultimo serbo ucciso in Kosovo del quale
ho notizia e' stato ucciso a Natale [prob. ortodosso] di
quest'anno. Circa 350mila sono i profughi dal Kosovo,
scacciati sotto la copertura delle Nazioni Unite, mentre le
attivita' dei terroristi albanesi sono avvenute con la
copertura delle Nazioni Unite. Dall'arrivo delle cosiddette
Forze di protezione delle Nazioni Unite, che in base alla
Risoluzione 1244 dovevano garantire ad ogni cittadino del
Kosovo la sicurezza personale e dei beni materiali, i
terroristi albanesi hanno scacciato 350mila persone, hanno
dato alle fiamme decine di migliaia di case. Talvolta 50,
60, qualche volta tutte le case serbe dei villaggi, il
tutto sotto gli occhi di truppe che sono a tutti gli
effetti truppe di occupazione e sono venute li' sotto la
bandiera delle Nazioni Unite, solo per trasformarsi
l'indomani in truppe di occupazione ed alleati dei
terroristi, gli stessi terroristi che uccidevano,
mutilavano e massacravano un sacco di gente, ed
incendiavano. E continuano a farlo tuttora. E dicono che
supponevano che cio' non sarebbe potuto avvenire.
Puo' qualcuno credere che decine di migliaia di case
vengano bruciate, e che le forze che si trovano li' non
vedano che cosa sta succedendo ? Puo' qualcuno danneggiare
e distruggere... Da quando le truppe delle Nazioni Unite
sono arrivate, 107 chiese serbe sono state distrutte. Puo'
qualcuno distruggere una chiesa intera e darle fuoco senza
che le truppe ONU ne vengano a conoscenza ?
Questa e' una "impresa criminale congiunta" - delle forze
che hanno commesso crimini contro la Jugoslavia insieme
alla narcomafia ed ai terroristi albanesi in Kosovo e
Metohija, per crimini diretti non soltanto contro i serbi
ma contro tutti i non albanesi, e persino contro gli
albanesi cattolici, persino contro gli albanesi che in
qualche modo - ad esempio andando a riscuotere gli assegni
della loro pensione - hanno dimostrato fedelta' alla
Repubblica di Serbia come loro Stato.
Con cio' che sta avvenendo li' si sta in pratica
riabilitando la politica del periodo nazista, di Hitler e
Mussolini. Questo grande parlare di "Grande Serbia", di
questa presunta idea che non e' mai esistita, non serve
altro che a mascherare la creazione di una "Grande Albania"
- quella stessa che crearono Hitler e Mussolini durante la
Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Guardate soltanto quello schema, e
guardate che cosa si sta facendo adesso, quello che
vogliono sottrarre alla Serbia, al Montenegro ed alla
Macedonia - e un domani forse anche alla Grecia del Nord,
quando le relazioni greco-turche saranno messe alla prova
di nuovo per ordine del comune padrone, ed anche quella
sara' per loro una questione da risolvere.
E' evidente che e' in questione il crimine, ed e' evidente
che il filo rosso e' il crimine contro la Jugoslavia. Ma io
voglio far notare che falsificare i fatti storici non e'
comunque semplice. Non e' semplice nemmeno se questi fatti
sono noti solamente ad un ristretto gruppo di persone, ed
e' impossibile falsificarli se l'intero popolo di un paese
li conosce, cioe' milioni di persone. Senza offesa per
nessuno, i giudici di questo processo, secondo i ruoli
assegnati, sono quelli - non voi che indossate i mantelli -
ma quelli che hanno deciso di ammazzare i bambini del mio
paese, che hanno lanciato la aggressione della NATO e
scaricato 25 milioni di tonnellate di bombe in 78 giorni,
ed ucciso prevalentemente vecchi, bambini e donne. Essi
vogliono partecipare alla distribuzione dei ruoli. Ma
nemmeno loro riusciranno ad essere giudici.
Qui giudice e' il popolo - non soltanto il popolo della
Jugoslavia, ma i popoli di tutti i paesi ai quali sta a
cuore la liberta' e l'eguaglianza. Non per niente si dice
"giudizio del popolo, giudizio di Dio". Tutti noi siamo
davanti a questo giudizio, non soltanto io, che qui vengo
preso a responsabile per qualcosa, laddove mi dovrebbe
invece essere riconosciuta, ma anche voi, ed i vostri
datori di lavoro, in particolare quelli che hanno commesso
crimini contro il mio paese.
Siccome voi ritenere che io debba chiedere qualcosa a voi,
allora vi chiedo di lasciarmi in liberta'. Perche' credo
che a voi, ed a tutto il mondo, sia chiaro che io non mi
sottrarro' da questa battaglia che si sta conducendo contro
il mio paese ed il mio popolo. Non ho intenzione di
scappare. Non fa onore a questa istituzione tenermi qui
imprigionato, in condizioni svantaggiate, per privarmi di
eque condizioni per esporre i miei argomenti - nemmeno se
questa istituzione fosse legale, e voi sapete benissimo che
non lo e'.
Perche', se non aveste questo dubbio - non mi riferisco a
voi personalmente, ma alla istituzione - allora
accettereste la richiesta dei vostri "amici curiae" [sorta
di avvocati d'ufficio], di chiedere un parere giudiziale
alla Corte Internazionale di Giustizia sulla legalita' di
questo Tribunale. Voi questo non lo fate, perche' chiunque
potrebbe prevederne facilmente l'esito.
In fondo, ritengo che questa attitudine, direi criminale,
di cercare di far passare la vittima da colpevole, e si
tratta del mio popolo e del mio paese oltreche' di me
stesso, non sia stata storicamente ancora mai menzionata.
Percio' ritengo logico ed anche giusto che mi lasciate
subito in liberta', visto che io non scapperei e mi
presenterei ad ogni dibattimento, in quanto questa e' una
battaglia alla quale io non posso proprio sottrarmi.
http://www.njegos.net/en/studies/index.html?=tnnstudies.html
THE SERBIAN ORIGINS OF THE MONTENEGRINS
by Petar Vlahovic
Petar Vlahovic is Professor of Ethnology of the Yugoslav Peoples and
Ethnogenesis, and of Ethnic and Biophysical Anthropology at the Faculty
of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. He is the member of the Serbian
Academy of Sciences and Arts. The paper The Serbian Origin of the
Montenegrins was published in The Serbian Question in the Balkans,
Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, 1995, pages 157-168.
Translated into English by Dusanka Hadzi-Jovancic.
THE NJEGOS NETWORK
> http://www.njegos.net
THE SERBIAN ORIGINS OF THE MONTENEGRINS
by Petar Vlahovic
Petar Vlahovic is Professor of Ethnology of the Yugoslav Peoples and
Ethnogenesis, and of Ethnic and Biophysical Anthropology at the Faculty
of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. He is the member of the Serbian
Academy of Sciences and Arts. The paper The Serbian Origin of the
Montenegrins was published in The Serbian Question in the Balkans,
Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, 1995, pages 157-168.
Translated into English by Dusanka Hadzi-Jovancic.
THE NJEGOS NETWORK
> http://www.njegos.net
SOLIDARIETA' ED APPOGGIO AGLI OPERAI DELLA DITTA "PARTIZAN"
IN SCIOPERO DELLA FAME CONTRO LE POLITICHE LIBERISTE !
Ci giunge notizia della protesta iniziata il 4/2/2002
da circa 170 operai della ditta "Partizan" di Kragujevac,
specializzata nella concia delle pelli per produrre cuoio.
Gli operai della ditta, che e' di proprieta' statale, si
oppongono alle privatizzazioni e chiedono al governo un
incremento di capitale per rilanciare la produzione.
La notizia ci e' stata confermata da Rajka Veljovic, il
cui sindacato - quello maggioritario tra gli operai della
ditta automobilistica Zastava, oggi a loro volta sotto
attacco in vista della liquidazione e privatizzazione del
gruppo - ha a sua volta espresso la sua solidarieta' operaia.
Per esprimere sostegno alla loro protesta:
<partizan@...>
---
Since 04.02.2002. in city Kragujevac, Serbia, 250 workers from
'Partizan' factory which try to defend their factory and their jobs are
at hunger strike! Send your protest to nearest Yugoslavian embassy, to
Serbian government, or directly to strikers at partizan@....
---
Od 04.02.2002. u Kragujevcu, Srbija, 250 radnika fabrike 'Partizan' koji
pokusavaju da odbrane svoju fabriku i svoje poslove je u strajku gladju!
Potrebna im je bilo kakva vrsta pomoci. Posaljite im barem mjel podrske
na partizan@....
IN SCIOPERO DELLA FAME CONTRO LE POLITICHE LIBERISTE !
Ci giunge notizia della protesta iniziata il 4/2/2002
da circa 170 operai della ditta "Partizan" di Kragujevac,
specializzata nella concia delle pelli per produrre cuoio.
Gli operai della ditta, che e' di proprieta' statale, si
oppongono alle privatizzazioni e chiedono al governo un
incremento di capitale per rilanciare la produzione.
La notizia ci e' stata confermata da Rajka Veljovic, il
cui sindacato - quello maggioritario tra gli operai della
ditta automobilistica Zastava, oggi a loro volta sotto
attacco in vista della liquidazione e privatizzazione del
gruppo - ha a sua volta espresso la sua solidarieta' operaia.
Per esprimere sostegno alla loro protesta:
<partizan@...>
---
Since 04.02.2002. in city Kragujevac, Serbia, 250 workers from
'Partizan' factory which try to defend their factory and their jobs are
at hunger strike! Send your protest to nearest Yugoslavian embassy, to
Serbian government, or directly to strikers at partizan@....
---
Od 04.02.2002. u Kragujevcu, Srbija, 250 radnika fabrike 'Partizan' koji
pokusavaju da odbrane svoju fabriku i svoje poslove je u strajku gladju!
Potrebna im je bilo kakva vrsta pomoci. Posaljite im barem mjel podrske
na partizan@....
CHIESTA LA SOSTITUZIONE DELL'AMBASCIATORE DELLA FYROM IN SVIZZERA
Berna, 8 febbraio - Il governo svizzero ha chiesto al
governo macedone l'allontanamento dell'Ambasciatore a Berna,
l'albanese-macedone Alajdin Demirij, nella cui macchina
e' stata trovata una quantita' di armi e di droga.
+++ Schweiz verlangt Abzug des Botschafters +++
BERN, 08. Februar 2002. Die Schweizer Regierung verlangt von
Makedonien den Rückzug ihres ethnisch-albanischen Botschafters,
Alajdin Demirij, aus Bern. In seinem Wagen wurde, bei einer
Durchsuchung, eine größere Menge von Drogen und Waffen gefunden.
INET.NEWS / AMSELFELD.COM
Berna, 8 febbraio - Il governo svizzero ha chiesto al
governo macedone l'allontanamento dell'Ambasciatore a Berna,
l'albanese-macedone Alajdin Demirij, nella cui macchina
e' stata trovata una quantita' di armi e di droga.
+++ Schweiz verlangt Abzug des Botschafters +++
BERN, 08. Februar 2002. Die Schweizer Regierung verlangt von
Makedonien den Rückzug ihres ethnisch-albanischen Botschafters,
Alajdin Demirij, aus Bern. In seinem Wagen wurde, bei einer
Durchsuchung, eine größere Menge von Drogen und Waffen gefunden.
INET.NEWS / AMSELFELD.COM
PONTE DI VARVARIN, SERBIA:
DIECI MORTI E PIU' DI TRENTA FERITI
L'avvocato di Berlino Ulrich Dost ha intentato causa contro
la Repubblica Federale Tedesca per conto delle vittime del
bombardamento compiuto da aerei della NATO sul ponte della
piccola citta' serba di Varvarin. L'attacco, attuato contro
una struttura di nessun interesse dal punto di vista militare o
strategico, il 30 maggio del 1999 causo' dieci morti e piu' di
trenta feriti.
Per le spese processuali, l'Unione dei giuristi democratici della
Germania ha aperto, presso la Sparkasse (BLZ 100 500 00), il conto
numero 33522014. Causale: "Schadenersatz für Nato-Kriegsopfer".
Ulteriori informazioni al sito:
> http://www.nato-tribunal.de/varvarin
Sulla azione penale intentata in Germania per il
bombardamento del ponte di Varvarin si veda anche:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/1485
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/1524
(inklusiv Presseinformationen zu der Zivilrechtsklage)
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GEPLANNTE FERNSEHSENDUNG UEBER VARVARIN:
ARD "Europamagazin" - 23.2.02 um 16.30
===*===
http://europe.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/01/17/germany.kosovo/index.html
CNN News
January 17, 2002
Kosovo bombing victims sue Germany
BERLIN, Germany --Victims of a NATO bombing raid
during the 1999 Kosovo war are seeking $3.6 million
compensation, their lawyer said on Thursday.
Ulrich Dost said those who had been wounded and
relatives who lost family members in the bridge attack
are looking for damages from the German government.
The lawsuit has been filed against Germany as it is a
member of the 19-nation NATO, even though its planes
were not used in the attack on Varvarin on May 30,
1999.
The families say the attack was deliberately directed
against civilians and violated the Geneva Conventions.
Ten people were killed and more than 30 injured, 17 of
them seriously, in the strikes which were part of the
78-day bombing campaign that forced the end of a
crackdown on ethnic Albanians by then Yugoslav
President Slobodan Milosevic.
NATO officials insisted at the time that the bridge
was a legitimate military target and denied targeting
civilians.
Dost said on Thursday: "The goal of the suit is to
investigate and ascertain whether NATO countries broke
the rules of war and to get help for the victims."
Vesna Milenkovic, whose 15-year-old daughter Sanja was
killed in the attack, said the suit was about more
than financial compensation.
"We hope the suit will fulfill all our expectations --
determining responsibility and the bringing of
justice."
The relatives are seeking about 100,000 euros
($90,000) compensation for each person wounded and
relatives of those killed, he added.
When the suit was filed on December 24, the German
Defence Ministry said the military campaign had
complied with the Geneva Conventions, and added that
international law does not allow for individual
victims or their relatives to claim compensation from
warring parties.
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> http://www.workers.org/ww/2002/varvarin0214.php
Germany sued over NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
By John Catalinotto
Sometimes it is possible for a small, determined
group of people to keep an important issue alive,
creating a forum that can pave the way for a future
struggle.
Attorney Ulrich Dost, working with only a small
committee of supporters in Berlin and Hamburg,
Germany, and the cooperation of the people of
Varvarin in Serbia, has brought a suit against the
German government on behalf of those wounded
and the surviving family members of those killed in a
NATO bombing attack on the village on May 30,
1999. The suit is asking for about $90,000 in damages
for each person.
After over a year of painstaking work gathering
evidence and doing the necessary legal submissions,
Dost has been able to file the Varvarin victims'
claim for damages.
Dost argues that whatever nation's planes carried
out the assault on Varvarin, Germany is guilty of
illegally causing damages to the population by
virtue of its membership in NATO and its go-ahead for
all the bombing raids.
For the first time since the work was begun, the
establishment media in Germany and also CNN and
the BBC have begun to publicize the Varvarin
case.
This publicity comes as the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) meeting in
The Hague is about to open a war-crimes trial
against former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic
on Feb. 12. Stories have begun to come out that
the ICTY prosecutors fear they have insufficient
evidence to prove their charges.
Dost, on the other hand, believes more than
enough evidence exists to prove the civil case against the
German regime. On Jan. 13 Workers World asked
Dost, who had just returned from an exhausting
weeklong tour of Yugoslavia, to explain the facts
of the case for a U.S. audience.
"Varvarin, with its 4,000 inhabitants," said Dost,
"lies about 125 miles south of Belgrade and another
125 miles from the border of Kosovo. It is in a
mostly agricultural region with no significant industry,
no military bases, and in 1999 military transports
were never sent through the center of the town.
People there did not think of their town as a war
target.
"Even on Whitsunday, May 30, 1999, the Sunday
market where farmers sold their goods was open. At
1:25 p.m. three NATO warplanes appeared over
Var varin. One separated from the formation, flew
toward the bridge and fired its rocket, which hit the
bridge's central support column. Its collapse
dumped the bridge and all the people and
vehicles on it into the small Morava River.
"Panic broke out among the hundreds of people in
the market. Some of them ran to the bridge's
wreckage and began to reach toward the victims.
"After they fired the first round of rockets, the
warplanes turned around. The rescue work had just
begun," Dost said angrily. "One of the planes
attacked from the other side, firing two additional rockets
at the already destroyed bridge.
"There were further dead and wounded. Altogether
from this air attack 10 people lost their lives and
another 16 people were gravely wounded. The
youngest fatal casualty of this attack was a 15-year-old
student, Sanja Milenkovic.
"There was no military excuse for the attack. It was
directed at civilians. This is a crime," argued Dost.
Asked why there were not more cases of such
suits around Yugoslavia, which was bombed so heavily,
Dost apologized for not having the human and
material resources to handle more cases.
"It would be easy--if attorneys and funds were
available--to bring similar cases from all different
regions of Yugoslavia, including Kosovo, and with
victims of all ethnic origins. Right now, though, I and
some other volunteer workers have our hands full
with the Varvarin case.
"We have to raise another 150,000 Euros
[$135,000] to pay the legal costs of finishing this case," he
said. "There is no support from the new Yugoslav
regime, which is trying to stay on good terms with
Germany."
Conditions inside Yugoslavia
WW asked Dost, who had just seen much of
Yugoslavia while traveling and speaking about Varvarin,
what conditions were like there now.
"The unemployment must be over 50 percent," he
said. "In some areas there doesn't seem to be a
money economy. People are only surviving
through the help of their families. It reminds me of what I
heard about conditions in Germany just after World
War II."
Dost also brought up the time after reunification of
Germany in 1990. "As many East Germans did
during reunification, many Yugoslavs had great
hopes that removing Milosevic and making peace with
the NATO powers would bring prosperity back.
Now even the pro-Western [Serbian Prime Minister
Zoran] Djindjic is complaining that none of the
promised aid is coming through.
"In Eastern Germany, too, people soon lost their
jobs and their whole way of life. The difference is that
under the ample West German social security
guarantees--which have decreased in the past
years--people were able to maintain at least a
minimum livelihood. In Yugoslavia they have only their
family's support.
"There are polls that predict that in an election the
Socialist Party of Serbia [Milosevic's party] would
come in first. So the European Union people have
advised Belgrade to postpone the elections."
For more information or to give support, contact
Hkampffmeyer@....
- END -
DIECI MORTI E PIU' DI TRENTA FERITI
L'avvocato di Berlino Ulrich Dost ha intentato causa contro
la Repubblica Federale Tedesca per conto delle vittime del
bombardamento compiuto da aerei della NATO sul ponte della
piccola citta' serba di Varvarin. L'attacco, attuato contro
una struttura di nessun interesse dal punto di vista militare o
strategico, il 30 maggio del 1999 causo' dieci morti e piu' di
trenta feriti.
Per le spese processuali, l'Unione dei giuristi democratici della
Germania ha aperto, presso la Sparkasse (BLZ 100 500 00), il conto
numero 33522014. Causale: "Schadenersatz für Nato-Kriegsopfer".
Ulteriori informazioni al sito:
> http://www.nato-tribunal.de/varvarin
Sulla azione penale intentata in Germania per il
bombardamento del ponte di Varvarin si veda anche:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/1485
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/1524
(inklusiv Presseinformationen zu der Zivilrechtsklage)
===*===
GEPLANNTE FERNSEHSENDUNG UEBER VARVARIN:
ARD "Europamagazin" - 23.2.02 um 16.30
===*===
http://europe.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/01/17/germany.kosovo/index.html
CNN News
January 17, 2002
Kosovo bombing victims sue Germany
BERLIN, Germany --Victims of a NATO bombing raid
during the 1999 Kosovo war are seeking $3.6 million
compensation, their lawyer said on Thursday.
Ulrich Dost said those who had been wounded and
relatives who lost family members in the bridge attack
are looking for damages from the German government.
The lawsuit has been filed against Germany as it is a
member of the 19-nation NATO, even though its planes
were not used in the attack on Varvarin on May 30,
1999.
The families say the attack was deliberately directed
against civilians and violated the Geneva Conventions.
Ten people were killed and more than 30 injured, 17 of
them seriously, in the strikes which were part of the
78-day bombing campaign that forced the end of a
crackdown on ethnic Albanians by then Yugoslav
President Slobodan Milosevic.
NATO officials insisted at the time that the bridge
was a legitimate military target and denied targeting
civilians.
Dost said on Thursday: "The goal of the suit is to
investigate and ascertain whether NATO countries broke
the rules of war and to get help for the victims."
Vesna Milenkovic, whose 15-year-old daughter Sanja was
killed in the attack, said the suit was about more
than financial compensation.
"We hope the suit will fulfill all our expectations --
determining responsibility and the bringing of
justice."
The relatives are seeking about 100,000 euros
($90,000) compensation for each person wounded and
relatives of those killed, he added.
When the suit was filed on December 24, the German
Defence Ministry said the military campaign had
complied with the Geneva Conventions, and added that
international law does not allow for individual
victims or their relatives to claim compensation from
warring parties.
===*===
> http://www.workers.org/ww/2002/varvarin0214.php
Germany sued over NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
By John Catalinotto
Sometimes it is possible for a small, determined
group of people to keep an important issue alive,
creating a forum that can pave the way for a future
struggle.
Attorney Ulrich Dost, working with only a small
committee of supporters in Berlin and Hamburg,
Germany, and the cooperation of the people of
Varvarin in Serbia, has brought a suit against the
German government on behalf of those wounded
and the surviving family members of those killed in a
NATO bombing attack on the village on May 30,
1999. The suit is asking for about $90,000 in damages
for each person.
After over a year of painstaking work gathering
evidence and doing the necessary legal submissions,
Dost has been able to file the Varvarin victims'
claim for damages.
Dost argues that whatever nation's planes carried
out the assault on Varvarin, Germany is guilty of
illegally causing damages to the population by
virtue of its membership in NATO and its go-ahead for
all the bombing raids.
For the first time since the work was begun, the
establishment media in Germany and also CNN and
the BBC have begun to publicize the Varvarin
case.
This publicity comes as the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) meeting in
The Hague is about to open a war-crimes trial
against former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic
on Feb. 12. Stories have begun to come out that
the ICTY prosecutors fear they have insufficient
evidence to prove their charges.
Dost, on the other hand, believes more than
enough evidence exists to prove the civil case against the
German regime. On Jan. 13 Workers World asked
Dost, who had just returned from an exhausting
weeklong tour of Yugoslavia, to explain the facts
of the case for a U.S. audience.
"Varvarin, with its 4,000 inhabitants," said Dost,
"lies about 125 miles south of Belgrade and another
125 miles from the border of Kosovo. It is in a
mostly agricultural region with no significant industry,
no military bases, and in 1999 military transports
were never sent through the center of the town.
People there did not think of their town as a war
target.
"Even on Whitsunday, May 30, 1999, the Sunday
market where farmers sold their goods was open. At
1:25 p.m. three NATO warplanes appeared over
Var varin. One separated from the formation, flew
toward the bridge and fired its rocket, which hit the
bridge's central support column. Its collapse
dumped the bridge and all the people and
vehicles on it into the small Morava River.
"Panic broke out among the hundreds of people in
the market. Some of them ran to the bridge's
wreckage and began to reach toward the victims.
"After they fired the first round of rockets, the
warplanes turned around. The rescue work had just
begun," Dost said angrily. "One of the planes
attacked from the other side, firing two additional rockets
at the already destroyed bridge.
"There were further dead and wounded. Altogether
from this air attack 10 people lost their lives and
another 16 people were gravely wounded. The
youngest fatal casualty of this attack was a 15-year-old
student, Sanja Milenkovic.
"There was no military excuse for the attack. It was
directed at civilians. This is a crime," argued Dost.
Asked why there were not more cases of such
suits around Yugoslavia, which was bombed so heavily,
Dost apologized for not having the human and
material resources to handle more cases.
"It would be easy--if attorneys and funds were
available--to bring similar cases from all different
regions of Yugoslavia, including Kosovo, and with
victims of all ethnic origins. Right now, though, I and
some other volunteer workers have our hands full
with the Varvarin case.
"We have to raise another 150,000 Euros
[$135,000] to pay the legal costs of finishing this case," he
said. "There is no support from the new Yugoslav
regime, which is trying to stay on good terms with
Germany."
Conditions inside Yugoslavia
WW asked Dost, who had just seen much of
Yugoslavia while traveling and speaking about Varvarin,
what conditions were like there now.
"The unemployment must be over 50 percent," he
said. "In some areas there doesn't seem to be a
money economy. People are only surviving
through the help of their families. It reminds me of what I
heard about conditions in Germany just after World
War II."
Dost also brought up the time after reunification of
Germany in 1990. "As many East Germans did
during reunification, many Yugoslavs had great
hopes that removing Milosevic and making peace with
the NATO powers would bring prosperity back.
Now even the pro-Western [Serbian Prime Minister
Zoran] Djindjic is complaining that none of the
promised aid is coming through.
"In Eastern Germany, too, people soon lost their
jobs and their whole way of life. The difference is that
under the ample West German social security
guarantees--which have decreased in the past
years--people were able to maintain at least a
minimum livelihood. In Yugoslavia they have only their
family's support.
"There are polls that predict that in an election the
Socialist Party of Serbia [Milosevic's party] would
come in first. So the European Union people have
advised Belgrade to postpone the elections."
For more information or to give support, contact
Hkampffmeyer@....
- END -
KOSTUNICA BUSSA A TUTTE LE PORTE
Nel corso del suo piu' recente viaggio a Washington, dove
ha partecipato ad un ulteriore banchetto con l'Imperatore,
il presidente jugoslavo Vojslav Kostunica ha "bussato a
tutte le porte" implorando che il suo paese non venga
ulteriormente diviso - stavolta tra Serbia e Montenegro.
Allo scopo, Kostunica si e' detto disposto a tutto: in
particolare, disposto ad abbracciare la causa del Tribunale
"ad hoc" dell'Aia.
Il suo grido di dolore ha sicuramente fatto breccia nel
cuore dell'establishment statunitense,etablishment che e'
gia' entrato a pieno titolo nei libri di Storia per i
grandi sforzi compiuti in favore dello... squartamento
della Jugoslavia, e per il massacro dei suoi abitanti.
(I. Slavo)
KOSTUNICA TRAVELS TO WASHINGTON
BELGRADE, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav President Vojislav
Kostunica travels Tuesday evening to Washington, where
he will attend the traditional prayers breakfast, with
US President George Bush.
During a two-day visit to the United States, the Yugoslav
president will have a number of meetings with US congressmen
- members of the House of Representatives and of the Senate
- and give a lecture at the Woodrow Wilson Center on the
prospects of federalism in the Balkans.
The prayers breakfast, traditionally hosted by members of
Congress for the domestic political elite and guests from
the whole world, will also attend Yugoslav lower house
president Dragoljub Micunovic, who is already on a visit
to the United States at the invitation of a Congress
committee.
KOSTUNICA IN WASHINGTON: BELGRADE TRYING TO FIND WAY TO
PRESERVE YUGOSLAVIA
WASHINGTON,Feb6 (Beta)-Yugoslav president Vojislav
Kostunica said in Washington on Feb.6 that Belgrade
was trying to work out a new model for the federal
state, which will serve as the basis for a fourth
sustainable Yugoslavia.
At a talk on federalism at the Wilson Center, Kostunica
said that due to a "federal order that was either unsound
or was not implemented consistently enough" the first and
second Yugoslavias collapsed, and that the present, third
Yugoslavia has not found an adequate solution to this
problem.
"We are therefore doing our best to work out a viable,
in many ways completely new solution for the federal state,
which might serve as the foundation of a fourth, sustainable
Yugoslavia - the newly preserved or, if you will, newly
reordered joint state of Serbia and Montenegro," the
Yugoslav President said.
Kostunica arrived in Washington to attend the traditional
prayer breakfast on Feb. 7. A press release from President
Kostunica's office said he was scheduled to meet with
congressmen and senators.
PRESIDENT KOSTUNICA ATTENDS WASHINGTON PRAYER BREAKFAST
WASHINGTON, Feb 8 ( Beta) Yugoslav President Vojislav
Kostunica attended on Feb. 7 the traditional Prayer-
Breakfast in Washington, organized by Congress and the
U.S. president.
After the breakfast, attended by some 30 heads of states
from around the globe, Kostunica met with U.S. senator
George Vojnovic.
BETA learned at the Yugoslav embassy in Washington that
Kostunica had separate meetings in Congress and the Senate
during the day.
Kostunica told Voice of America on Feb. 7 that there were
many doors to knock on in Washington and that the he would
attempt to raise support in the U.S. for the preservation
of Yugoslavia.
"When I ran in elections in September 2000, I said in a
public address, which many still remember well, that there
was not a door that I would not knock on. There are many
doors here to be knocked on for the sake of the our country,
the stability of Yugoslavia, the preservation of the
Yugoslav federation," Kostunica said.
KOSTUNICA SAYS VISIT AIMED AT GETTING GREATER SUPPORT
TO FEDERATION
WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav President Vojislav
Kostunica has said that one of the goals of his visit to
the United States is to step up support to the survival
and reorganization of the Yugoslav federation, which has
already been received from the European Union.
Kostunica said that for him the visit to the United States
was an opportunity to meet a large number of congressmen
and to address US media.
Kostunica said that over the past few years, "our country
occasionally had more problems with individuals at the
Congress, than with the Administration, president or his
authorities" and voiced satisfaction with the fact he
would have the opportunity to meet many of them during
his two-day visit to Washington.
As for cooperation with the White House, the Yugoslav
president said that the stands on Yugoslavia's cooperation
with the Hague war crimes tribunal had in no way changed
since his meeting with US President George Bush last year.
"I think that at this moment we will get back to something
I stressed in talks with President Bush and State Secretary
Collin Powel a year ago," Kostunica said and added that
"we have to get closer to a solution in which the interest
of the state and state's relations will simply be formulated
through a special law on cooperation with the Hague tribunal."
YUGOSLAVIA MUST COOPERATE WITH WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL
WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav President Vojislav
Kostunica said in Washington on Wednesday that Yugoslavia
had to cooperate with the international war crimes tribunal,
but that this cooperation had to be put on a legal basis.
Kostunica was responding to questions asked by the audience
at the Woodrow Wilson Centre, after a lecture on the future
of federalism in Yugoslavia.
Asked whether he would support the extradition to the
tribunal of former Bosnian Serb leaders Radovan Karadzic
and Ratko Mladic if they are in Yugoslavia, Kostunica
said that as far as he knew Mladic was not in Yugoslavia.
As for Karadzic, his name was never mentioned in this
context - international authorities and international
troops controlling Bosnia-Herzegovina have no idea
about his whereabouts, Kostunica said.
Nel corso del suo piu' recente viaggio a Washington, dove
ha partecipato ad un ulteriore banchetto con l'Imperatore,
il presidente jugoslavo Vojslav Kostunica ha "bussato a
tutte le porte" implorando che il suo paese non venga
ulteriormente diviso - stavolta tra Serbia e Montenegro.
Allo scopo, Kostunica si e' detto disposto a tutto: in
particolare, disposto ad abbracciare la causa del Tribunale
"ad hoc" dell'Aia.
Il suo grido di dolore ha sicuramente fatto breccia nel
cuore dell'establishment statunitense,etablishment che e'
gia' entrato a pieno titolo nei libri di Storia per i
grandi sforzi compiuti in favore dello... squartamento
della Jugoslavia, e per il massacro dei suoi abitanti.
(I. Slavo)
KOSTUNICA TRAVELS TO WASHINGTON
BELGRADE, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav President Vojislav
Kostunica travels Tuesday evening to Washington, where
he will attend the traditional prayers breakfast, with
US President George Bush.
During a two-day visit to the United States, the Yugoslav
president will have a number of meetings with US congressmen
- members of the House of Representatives and of the Senate
- and give a lecture at the Woodrow Wilson Center on the
prospects of federalism in the Balkans.
The prayers breakfast, traditionally hosted by members of
Congress for the domestic political elite and guests from
the whole world, will also attend Yugoslav lower house
president Dragoljub Micunovic, who is already on a visit
to the United States at the invitation of a Congress
committee.
KOSTUNICA IN WASHINGTON: BELGRADE TRYING TO FIND WAY TO
PRESERVE YUGOSLAVIA
WASHINGTON,Feb6 (Beta)-Yugoslav president Vojislav
Kostunica said in Washington on Feb.6 that Belgrade
was trying to work out a new model for the federal
state, which will serve as the basis for a fourth
sustainable Yugoslavia.
At a talk on federalism at the Wilson Center, Kostunica
said that due to a "federal order that was either unsound
or was not implemented consistently enough" the first and
second Yugoslavias collapsed, and that the present, third
Yugoslavia has not found an adequate solution to this
problem.
"We are therefore doing our best to work out a viable,
in many ways completely new solution for the federal state,
which might serve as the foundation of a fourth, sustainable
Yugoslavia - the newly preserved or, if you will, newly
reordered joint state of Serbia and Montenegro," the
Yugoslav President said.
Kostunica arrived in Washington to attend the traditional
prayer breakfast on Feb. 7. A press release from President
Kostunica's office said he was scheduled to meet with
congressmen and senators.
PRESIDENT KOSTUNICA ATTENDS WASHINGTON PRAYER BREAKFAST
WASHINGTON, Feb 8 ( Beta) Yugoslav President Vojislav
Kostunica attended on Feb. 7 the traditional Prayer-
Breakfast in Washington, organized by Congress and the
U.S. president.
After the breakfast, attended by some 30 heads of states
from around the globe, Kostunica met with U.S. senator
George Vojnovic.
BETA learned at the Yugoslav embassy in Washington that
Kostunica had separate meetings in Congress and the Senate
during the day.
Kostunica told Voice of America on Feb. 7 that there were
many doors to knock on in Washington and that the he would
attempt to raise support in the U.S. for the preservation
of Yugoslavia.
"When I ran in elections in September 2000, I said in a
public address, which many still remember well, that there
was not a door that I would not knock on. There are many
doors here to be knocked on for the sake of the our country,
the stability of Yugoslavia, the preservation of the
Yugoslav federation," Kostunica said.
KOSTUNICA SAYS VISIT AIMED AT GETTING GREATER SUPPORT
TO FEDERATION
WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav President Vojislav
Kostunica has said that one of the goals of his visit to
the United States is to step up support to the survival
and reorganization of the Yugoslav federation, which has
already been received from the European Union.
Kostunica said that for him the visit to the United States
was an opportunity to meet a large number of congressmen
and to address US media.
Kostunica said that over the past few years, "our country
occasionally had more problems with individuals at the
Congress, than with the Administration, president or his
authorities" and voiced satisfaction with the fact he
would have the opportunity to meet many of them during
his two-day visit to Washington.
As for cooperation with the White House, the Yugoslav
president said that the stands on Yugoslavia's cooperation
with the Hague war crimes tribunal had in no way changed
since his meeting with US President George Bush last year.
"I think that at this moment we will get back to something
I stressed in talks with President Bush and State Secretary
Collin Powel a year ago," Kostunica said and added that
"we have to get closer to a solution in which the interest
of the state and state's relations will simply be formulated
through a special law on cooperation with the Hague tribunal."
YUGOSLAVIA MUST COOPERATE WITH WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL
WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav President Vojislav
Kostunica said in Washington on Wednesday that Yugoslavia
had to cooperate with the international war crimes tribunal,
but that this cooperation had to be put on a legal basis.
Kostunica was responding to questions asked by the audience
at the Woodrow Wilson Centre, after a lecture on the future
of federalism in Yugoslavia.
Asked whether he would support the extradition to the
tribunal of former Bosnian Serb leaders Radovan Karadzic
and Ratko Mladic if they are in Yugoslavia, Kostunica
said that as far as he knew Mladic was not in Yugoslavia.
As for Karadzic, his name was never mentioned in this
context - international authorities and international
troops controlling Bosnia-Herzegovina have no idea
about his whereabouts, Kostunica said.
* I Quaderni di SOS Yugoslavia
* Sito RESISTENZE - http://www.resistenze.org/
* Aggiornamento sito Forum D.A.C. - http://www.romacivica.net/forumdac
* 17/02 Carpi (MO): pranzo di solidarieta'
* CD Murales
===*===
Associazione "S.O.S. Yugoslavia"
V. S. Anselmo 13 - 10155 Torino
338/1755563 - 328/7366501
Disponibile il "QUADERNO YUGOSLAVIA N. 1"
Informiamo che a cura dell'Associazione "S.O.S. Yugoslavia"
è stato prodotto un fascicolo contenente la raccolta di
documenti sull'aggressione alla Repubblica Federale Jugoslava
(1999-2001).
Si tratta di una raccolta di materiali utilizzati ed in parte
diffusi nell'ambito delle attività dell'Associazione durante
il conflitto del Kosovo.
L'Associazione torinese, costituita nella primavera del 99
sulla spinta solidaristica di un gruppo di persone sensibili
alle vicende patite dai popoli jugoslavi, con una parte della
comunità slava di Torino, ha sviluppato un progetto d'aiuto
concreto che si è concretizzato nell'invio di materiali umanitari
là dove il soccorso internazionale era quasi assente, Voivodina,
area di Kragujevac e Belgrado. Il lavoro solidaristico si è
sviluppato efficacemente ed è tuttora in corso, validamente
impegnato nella campagna di adozioni a distanza.
La natura particolare del recente conflitto balcanico, la
cosiddetta "guerra umanitaria", mobilitava le coscienze e
costringeva a scelte di carattere morale, tali scelte, però,
avvenivano nel frastuono di un martellamento mediatico finalizzato
a giustificare i bombardamenti che sistematicamente colpivano
le infrastrutture civili dell'intera Repubblica Federale Jugoslava:
fabbriche, centrali energetiche, ponti, ferrovie (treni e passeggeri
inclusi), abitazioni civili, ambasciate, il palazzo della televisione
(operatori inclusi), autobus, profughi. Questo strano umanitarismo
costellato di "errori" ed "effetti collaterali" era sostenuto da un
sistema informativo troppo contraddittorio e fazioso per celare la
sua vera natura di autentica propaganda di guerra. La tragica
situazione imponeva lo sforzo di oltrepassare la versione
superficiale dei fatti per andare al di là dell'immagine del
nemico mostruoso e crudele, sicché per tutto il corso del conflitto
e anche dopo, parallelamente all'opera solidaristica umanitaria,
l'associazione raccoglieva una ricca documentazione sugli
aspetti più gravi delle vicende in cui erano coinvolti i civili
jugoslavi; la campagna di demonizzazione del popolo serbo già
avviata durante il conflitto in Bosnia, la strumentalizzazione
della questione profughi, il ruolo dell'UCK e la pericolosità delle
armi all'uranio impoverito. Questi argomenti sono stati trattati
avendo cura di citare le fonti e di fornire un quadro preciso sulla
base di documenti oggettivi, perché lo scopo era quello di superare
i pregiudizi e capire quanto accadeva senza lasciarci trasportare
da facili odi verso il nemico di turno, in una parola, per
promuovere finalmente una solidarietà cosciente, indispensabile
oggi più che mai dato il contesto internazionale, attraverso un
lavoro di informazione, puntuale, corretta e documentata.
L'isolamento in cui si è condotta l'attività dell'associazione,
così come l'ostilità da parte di certe aree del movimento pacifista
durante la guerra, sono oggi controbilanciate dalla verità venuta
infine a galla; i tormentoni che per mesi hanno alimentato il mito
della "guerra giusta" sono scomparsi, inghiottiti da nuove campagne
mediatiche che contraddicevano o sorvolavano disinvoltamente le
precedenti (i soldati italiani intossicati dall'uranio impoverito
e subito dopo la "mucca pazza"), travolti dalla disinformazione
(le fosse comuni non esistevano o le poche ritrovate contenevano
tanto serbi che albanesi), cancellati dall'indifferenza dei media
verso la "pulizia etnica" condotta dall'UCK, e dimenticati,
semplicemente caduti nell'oblio generale.
Quanto al dopo, conclusosi il conflitto calava il sipario, eppure
le conseguenze del profondo cambiamento portato nella società di
quei popoli è causa di sofferenze la cui portata si coglie soltanto
se si conosce direttamente. Ora che il "bene" ha vinto sul "male"
la nostra solidarietà continua, concreta e cosciente come prima,
consentendoci di affermare senza dubbi che quella guerra nulla
ha avuto di giusto, molto di neocoloniale, moltissimo di falso e
propagandistico, proprio come la pubblicità.
Riteniamo utile mettere il materiale di documentazione raccolto in
questi anni a disposizione di quanti fossero interessarti, a questo
scopo stiamo curando la pubblicazione di alcuni dossier tematici che
abbiamo chiamato "Quaderni Jugoslavia". Il numero uno è disponibile
prendendo contatto con l'associazione, altri ne seguiranno fino ad
esaurimento dell'archivio.
Per contatti: i numeri sopra indicati, oppure per email:
posta@...
===*===
http://www.resistenze.org/
Resistenza significa soprattutto
stare fermi, saldi e dal greco
antistatis vuole etimologicamente
dire stare contro. Per resistere
infatti, bisogna soprattutto
individuare bene coloro contro
cui stiamo, e poi organizzarci
bene per stare contro. Prima di
proporre, infatti, occorre che
siano maturate le condizioni
storiche, economiche, politiche
e culturali perché ciò che si
propone abbia un minimo di
possibilità di realizzazione.
Prima di questo, è necessario
che passi l'idea per cui bisogna
innanzi tutto resistere, cioè
essere saldi e essere contro.
Oggi lo spazio pubblico della
resistenza si configura
immediatamente come resistenza
alla doppia dittatura
dell'economia e del
politicamente corretto.
CENTRO DI CULTURA E DOCUMENTAZIONE POPOLARE
Via S.Anselmo 13
10155 Torino
tel. 3393204016
posta@...
http://www.resistenze.org/
===*===
SITO D.A.C. AGGIORNATO
In allegato segnalo l'avvenuta riorganizzazione del nostro sito DAC:
http://www.romacivica.net/forumdac.
Saluti, Enrico Giardino <forumdac@...>
Alle persone sensibili al tema dei diritti comunicativi
Come forse sapete, il Forum DAC - associazione apartitica nata a
Roma nel 1990 - si batte per i diritti comunicativi dei popoli,
dei cittadini-utenti e dei lavoratori della comunicazione.
Non ha mai ricevuto contributi istituzionali o partitici, è
ospite della rete di civica di Roma - unica associazione "no profit"
della voce "comunicazioni".
In questi giorni, il nostro sito WEB è stato completamente
riorganizzato e ristrutturato: nell?area DOCUMENTI troverete una
articolazione per "argomenti" commentati, nonché una sintesi dei
documenti più significativi prodotti, in gran parte propositivi e
progettuali.
Riferimenti principali del nostro impegno sono: le lotte contro il
cosiddetto "neoliberismo" ed i suoi slogan; Il principio del
Diritto A Comunicare (UNESCO); la nostra Costituzione.
L?approccio è scientifico, di matrice sociale: partendo dai diritti
di conoscenza, informazione e comunicazione di massa, si proietta
sull?organizzazione statuale delle società moderne (ad. es. con
l?idea della comunicazione di massa come 4^ funzione costituzionale
di sovranità popolare).
Molte delle soluzioni proposte riguardano l?attualità politica
(la RAI, la riorganizzazione del sistema comunicativo, le "guerre",
i sistemi elettorali, la comunicazione politica, ecc. ).
La vastità e la complessità dei temi che solleviamo eccedono
largamente le nostre forze, ma essi sono parte decisiva dell?agenda
politica e culturale di tutti i movimenti detti "no global".
Vi chiedo perciò di visitare il nostro sito e, se credete, di
inviarci commenti, critiche, proposte.
Potremo così attivare una specifica rete di comunicazione e di
mobilitazione su questioni di reciproco interesse (anche con link
telematici).
Nei prossimi giorni, il sito DAC sarà completato con brevi
documenti video - spot dei nostri documentari - e con brevi
inserti audio.
Grazie per la sensibilità e la collaborazione,
Enrico Giardino (Forum DAC) - Roma
===*===
Subject: 17/02 Carpi (MO): PRANZO DI SOLIDARIETA'
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 19:34:29 +0100
From: Antonia Mascioli
To: balcani@...
COMITATO CARPI CONTRO LA GUERRA
Domenica 17 Febbraio 2002
ore 12,30
presso il Circolo ARCI ARCOBALENO
Via Giliberti n.1 S.Croce (Carpi)
PRANZO DI SOLIDARIETA'
(cucina locale, assaggio di cibi balcanici e dolci fatti in casa)
a favore dei ragazzi dell'orfanatrofio di
BANJA KOVILIACA
(località sul fiume Drina, al confine tra la Bosnia e la Jugoslavia
settentrionale)
gli stessi ragazzi che, l'estate scorsa,
sono stati ospiti a Guastalla e, per un giorno, a Carpi.
menù a prezzo fisso: 15,00 euro
(7,00 euro per i bambini)
dopo il pranzo
immagini, racconti, giochi, eventi, ...
insieme ai compagni dell' Associazione Un Bambino per Amico di
Guastalla,
a volontari ICS e agli amici del Circo Abusivo di Como
la prenotazione è obbligatoria!
telefonare a uno dei seguenti numeri:
Circolo ARCI Arcobaleno, tel. (059) 664589.
Comitato Carpi contro la guerra, tel. (059) 680672.
Associazione Un bambino per amico, tel. (0522) 838778;
cell. 339-3098128.
per informazioni: cell. 347-1487450
===*===
Subject: murales
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 15:00:02 +0100
From: campomarzo editrice
To: jugocoord@...
La musica è viva e lotta insieme a noi, a volte,
quando se lo ricorda.....
il CD "Murales", contenente "Canzone di Guerra", manifesto di
protesta contro la NATO in Serbia.
il CD "Murales" i cui ricavi di vendita finanzieranno progetti di
solidarieta' in Serbia realizzati dal Gruppo Volontariato Civile
(GVC) di Bologna, per la risoluzione non-violenta dei conflitti, la
tutela dei diritti umani e ambientali.
Per richieste:
tel. 349-6100407
e-mail: murales2OO1@...
* Sito RESISTENZE - http://www.resistenze.org/
* Aggiornamento sito Forum D.A.C. - http://www.romacivica.net/forumdac
* 17/02 Carpi (MO): pranzo di solidarieta'
* CD Murales
===*===
Associazione "S.O.S. Yugoslavia"
V. S. Anselmo 13 - 10155 Torino
338/1755563 - 328/7366501
Disponibile il "QUADERNO YUGOSLAVIA N. 1"
Informiamo che a cura dell'Associazione "S.O.S. Yugoslavia"
è stato prodotto un fascicolo contenente la raccolta di
documenti sull'aggressione alla Repubblica Federale Jugoslava
(1999-2001).
Si tratta di una raccolta di materiali utilizzati ed in parte
diffusi nell'ambito delle attività dell'Associazione durante
il conflitto del Kosovo.
L'Associazione torinese, costituita nella primavera del 99
sulla spinta solidaristica di un gruppo di persone sensibili
alle vicende patite dai popoli jugoslavi, con una parte della
comunità slava di Torino, ha sviluppato un progetto d'aiuto
concreto che si è concretizzato nell'invio di materiali umanitari
là dove il soccorso internazionale era quasi assente, Voivodina,
area di Kragujevac e Belgrado. Il lavoro solidaristico si è
sviluppato efficacemente ed è tuttora in corso, validamente
impegnato nella campagna di adozioni a distanza.
La natura particolare del recente conflitto balcanico, la
cosiddetta "guerra umanitaria", mobilitava le coscienze e
costringeva a scelte di carattere morale, tali scelte, però,
avvenivano nel frastuono di un martellamento mediatico finalizzato
a giustificare i bombardamenti che sistematicamente colpivano
le infrastrutture civili dell'intera Repubblica Federale Jugoslava:
fabbriche, centrali energetiche, ponti, ferrovie (treni e passeggeri
inclusi), abitazioni civili, ambasciate, il palazzo della televisione
(operatori inclusi), autobus, profughi. Questo strano umanitarismo
costellato di "errori" ed "effetti collaterali" era sostenuto da un
sistema informativo troppo contraddittorio e fazioso per celare la
sua vera natura di autentica propaganda di guerra. La tragica
situazione imponeva lo sforzo di oltrepassare la versione
superficiale dei fatti per andare al di là dell'immagine del
nemico mostruoso e crudele, sicché per tutto il corso del conflitto
e anche dopo, parallelamente all'opera solidaristica umanitaria,
l'associazione raccoglieva una ricca documentazione sugli
aspetti più gravi delle vicende in cui erano coinvolti i civili
jugoslavi; la campagna di demonizzazione del popolo serbo già
avviata durante il conflitto in Bosnia, la strumentalizzazione
della questione profughi, il ruolo dell'UCK e la pericolosità delle
armi all'uranio impoverito. Questi argomenti sono stati trattati
avendo cura di citare le fonti e di fornire un quadro preciso sulla
base di documenti oggettivi, perché lo scopo era quello di superare
i pregiudizi e capire quanto accadeva senza lasciarci trasportare
da facili odi verso il nemico di turno, in una parola, per
promuovere finalmente una solidarietà cosciente, indispensabile
oggi più che mai dato il contesto internazionale, attraverso un
lavoro di informazione, puntuale, corretta e documentata.
L'isolamento in cui si è condotta l'attività dell'associazione,
così come l'ostilità da parte di certe aree del movimento pacifista
durante la guerra, sono oggi controbilanciate dalla verità venuta
infine a galla; i tormentoni che per mesi hanno alimentato il mito
della "guerra giusta" sono scomparsi, inghiottiti da nuove campagne
mediatiche che contraddicevano o sorvolavano disinvoltamente le
precedenti (i soldati italiani intossicati dall'uranio impoverito
e subito dopo la "mucca pazza"), travolti dalla disinformazione
(le fosse comuni non esistevano o le poche ritrovate contenevano
tanto serbi che albanesi), cancellati dall'indifferenza dei media
verso la "pulizia etnica" condotta dall'UCK, e dimenticati,
semplicemente caduti nell'oblio generale.
Quanto al dopo, conclusosi il conflitto calava il sipario, eppure
le conseguenze del profondo cambiamento portato nella società di
quei popoli è causa di sofferenze la cui portata si coglie soltanto
se si conosce direttamente. Ora che il "bene" ha vinto sul "male"
la nostra solidarietà continua, concreta e cosciente come prima,
consentendoci di affermare senza dubbi che quella guerra nulla
ha avuto di giusto, molto di neocoloniale, moltissimo di falso e
propagandistico, proprio come la pubblicità.
Riteniamo utile mettere il materiale di documentazione raccolto in
questi anni a disposizione di quanti fossero interessarti, a questo
scopo stiamo curando la pubblicazione di alcuni dossier tematici che
abbiamo chiamato "Quaderni Jugoslavia". Il numero uno è disponibile
prendendo contatto con l'associazione, altri ne seguiranno fino ad
esaurimento dell'archivio.
Per contatti: i numeri sopra indicati, oppure per email:
posta@...
===*===
http://www.resistenze.org/
Resistenza significa soprattutto
stare fermi, saldi e dal greco
antistatis vuole etimologicamente
dire stare contro. Per resistere
infatti, bisogna soprattutto
individuare bene coloro contro
cui stiamo, e poi organizzarci
bene per stare contro. Prima di
proporre, infatti, occorre che
siano maturate le condizioni
storiche, economiche, politiche
e culturali perché ciò che si
propone abbia un minimo di
possibilità di realizzazione.
Prima di questo, è necessario
che passi l'idea per cui bisogna
innanzi tutto resistere, cioè
essere saldi e essere contro.
Oggi lo spazio pubblico della
resistenza si configura
immediatamente come resistenza
alla doppia dittatura
dell'economia e del
politicamente corretto.
CENTRO DI CULTURA E DOCUMENTAZIONE POPOLARE
Via S.Anselmo 13
10155 Torino
tel. 3393204016
posta@...
http://www.resistenze.org/
===*===
SITO D.A.C. AGGIORNATO
In allegato segnalo l'avvenuta riorganizzazione del nostro sito DAC:
http://www.romacivica.net/forumdac.
Saluti, Enrico Giardino <forumdac@...>
Alle persone sensibili al tema dei diritti comunicativi
Come forse sapete, il Forum DAC - associazione apartitica nata a
Roma nel 1990 - si batte per i diritti comunicativi dei popoli,
dei cittadini-utenti e dei lavoratori della comunicazione.
Non ha mai ricevuto contributi istituzionali o partitici, è
ospite della rete di civica di Roma - unica associazione "no profit"
della voce "comunicazioni".
In questi giorni, il nostro sito WEB è stato completamente
riorganizzato e ristrutturato: nell?area DOCUMENTI troverete una
articolazione per "argomenti" commentati, nonché una sintesi dei
documenti più significativi prodotti, in gran parte propositivi e
progettuali.
Riferimenti principali del nostro impegno sono: le lotte contro il
cosiddetto "neoliberismo" ed i suoi slogan; Il principio del
Diritto A Comunicare (UNESCO); la nostra Costituzione.
L?approccio è scientifico, di matrice sociale: partendo dai diritti
di conoscenza, informazione e comunicazione di massa, si proietta
sull?organizzazione statuale delle società moderne (ad. es. con
l?idea della comunicazione di massa come 4^ funzione costituzionale
di sovranità popolare).
Molte delle soluzioni proposte riguardano l?attualità politica
(la RAI, la riorganizzazione del sistema comunicativo, le "guerre",
i sistemi elettorali, la comunicazione politica, ecc. ).
La vastità e la complessità dei temi che solleviamo eccedono
largamente le nostre forze, ma essi sono parte decisiva dell?agenda
politica e culturale di tutti i movimenti detti "no global".
Vi chiedo perciò di visitare il nostro sito e, se credete, di
inviarci commenti, critiche, proposte.
Potremo così attivare una specifica rete di comunicazione e di
mobilitazione su questioni di reciproco interesse (anche con link
telematici).
Nei prossimi giorni, il sito DAC sarà completato con brevi
documenti video - spot dei nostri documentari - e con brevi
inserti audio.
Grazie per la sensibilità e la collaborazione,
Enrico Giardino (Forum DAC) - Roma
===*===
Subject: 17/02 Carpi (MO): PRANZO DI SOLIDARIETA'
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 19:34:29 +0100
From: Antonia Mascioli
To: balcani@...
COMITATO CARPI CONTRO LA GUERRA
Domenica 17 Febbraio 2002
ore 12,30
presso il Circolo ARCI ARCOBALENO
Via Giliberti n.1 S.Croce (Carpi)
PRANZO DI SOLIDARIETA'
(cucina locale, assaggio di cibi balcanici e dolci fatti in casa)
a favore dei ragazzi dell'orfanatrofio di
BANJA KOVILIACA
(località sul fiume Drina, al confine tra la Bosnia e la Jugoslavia
settentrionale)
gli stessi ragazzi che, l'estate scorsa,
sono stati ospiti a Guastalla e, per un giorno, a Carpi.
menù a prezzo fisso: 15,00 euro
(7,00 euro per i bambini)
dopo il pranzo
immagini, racconti, giochi, eventi, ...
insieme ai compagni dell' Associazione Un Bambino per Amico di
Guastalla,
a volontari ICS e agli amici del Circo Abusivo di Como
la prenotazione è obbligatoria!
telefonare a uno dei seguenti numeri:
Circolo ARCI Arcobaleno, tel. (059) 664589.
Comitato Carpi contro la guerra, tel. (059) 680672.
Associazione Un bambino per amico, tel. (0522) 838778;
cell. 339-3098128.
per informazioni: cell. 347-1487450
===*===
Subject: murales
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 15:00:02 +0100
From: campomarzo editrice
To: jugocoord@...
La musica è viva e lotta insieme a noi, a volte,
quando se lo ricorda.....
il CD "Murales", contenente "Canzone di Guerra", manifesto di
protesta contro la NATO in Serbia.
il CD "Murales" i cui ricavi di vendita finanzieranno progetti di
solidarieta' in Serbia realizzati dal Gruppo Volontariato Civile
(GVC) di Bologna, per la risoluzione non-violenta dei conflitti, la
tutela dei diritti umani e ambientali.
Per richieste:
tel. 349-6100407
e-mail: murales2OO1@...
* Il mondo dopo Manhattan. I comunisti di fronte alla guerra
* Quando scelsi il posto dove sarei nato... (A. Di Meo)
* Review of International Affairs / Medjunarodna politika
===*===
IL MONDO DOPO MANHATTAN
I comunisti di fronte alla guerra
Atti del convegno, Napoli 20-21 ottobre 2001
A cura di Sergio Manes
La Citta' del Sole
Napoli 2002
ISBN 88-8292-156-5
Euro 9.50
Presentazione
Sergio Manes:
Unirsi sulla base del leninismo
Raffaele Picarelli:
Capitale monetario, sovrapproduzione, indebitamento e
guerra nel versante USA della crisi
Sergio Cararo:
Union Sacree "contro il terrorismo" o nuova forma delle
contraddizioni interimperialistiche?
Raffaella Coletti:
L'Ottavo corridoio e la scacchiera eurasiatica
Salvatore d'Albergo:
La crisi del diritto e delle istituzioni nella fase
dell'imperialismo transnazionale
Andrea Catone:
Il Mondo dopo Manhattan. Discontinuita' e mutamenti
nei rapporti mondiali
Gianfranco Pala:
Tutto sara' come prima. La lunga crisi: il crollo
dell'economia mondiale prima del crollo delle Torri
Osvaldo Coggiola:
Economia politica della crisi latino-americana
Andrea Martocchia:
L'espansione della NATO ad Est. Il caso dei Balcani
Stefano Azzara':
Il movimento "no global" di fronte alla guerra. Un
pericolo ed una chance
Orietta Lunghi:
Il Mondo dopo Manhattan. I comunisti di fronte alla guerra
Claudio Moffa:
11 settembre, Palestina radice della guerra. La co-regia
israeliana dello "scontro fra civilta'"
Domenico Losurdo:
Dinanzi al processo di globalizzazione. Marxismo o populismo?
Giuseppe Amata:
Le lotte di classe all'inizio del XXI secolo
Massimiliano Desiante:
La guerra di Bush. Strategie e forme di lotta dei comunisti
Ferdinando Dubla:
Tutto e di piu' e' come prima. La guerra imperialista
di lunga durata e il "miracoloso talismano"
Carla Francone:
Guerra alla guerra imperialista
Giovanni Fresu:
La "sinistra critica" e le nuove utopie sociali
Stefano Garroni (intervento)
Alexander Hoebel:
I comunisti e la New War di Bush Jr. Strategie e
forme di lotta nella nuova fase
Fausto Sorini:
Globalizzazione imperialista e lotta per la pace.
Da dove nasce il pericolo della guerra nel XXI secolo?
Fulvio Grimaldi:
Tute e guerre
Angelo Ruggeri:
Marxismo, fondamentalismo e guerre
===*===
QUANDO SCELSI IL POSTO DOVE SAREI NATO...
<<Ne ho conosciuti molti, che sceglievano il loro
paese dove nascere. E' stata una bella opportunita'
data a noi, anime perse nell'universo. Ma ognuno di
noi, alla fine, ha scelto con il cuore e non per
convenienza. Ognuno aveva una terra da raggiungere,
un fiore da cogliere. I piu' fortunati ce l'hanno fatta,
altri no. Molti sono rimasti a meta', hanno raggiunto la
loro terra ma non hanno potuto o saputo cogliere il
fiore, intrappolati da improvvise e terrificanti macerie,
da eterne marce verso un orizzonte sempre ostile e
sconosciuto, da solitudini e abbandoni. Intrappolati
dalla perdita di memoria e di coscienza di chi, pur
sapendo, preferi' voltarsi di lato e non guardare,
continuando ad innaffiare gerani ed ortensie su
improbabili balconi, avvilenti e isterici compromessi
coi desideri dei giardini d'infanzia...>>
Alessandro Di Meo vive e lavora a Roma. Si occupa di
volontariato nell'ambito della associazione "Un Ponte per..."
Ci ha sottoposto questa sua pubblicazione, dal titolo
"Quando scelsi il posto dove sarei nato..." (racconti
clandestini), che consta di un centinaio di pagine. Trenta
racconti, appunto, clandestini. Parlano di emarginati, di oblio,
di dimenticati. Sono soprattutto impressioni di incontri,
colme di umanita', di dolori e di amara ma splendida ironia.
I diritti d'autore (e anche qualcosa in più...) vanno a una
campagna di sostegno a distanza in Jugoslavia, di cui l'autore
si occupa con "Un Ponte per...". Si chiama "Svetlost", che in
serbocroato significa luce. "Luce sui bambini dimenticati,
quelli che non ci hanno fatto vedere perchè, forse, sarebbe
stato difficile giustificare l'attacco umanitario", ci scrive
Di Meo. "Bambini rimasti orfani di guerra o in situazioni
davvero difficili. E quando uno li conosce, e li guarda negli
occhi, poi trova la faccia tosta di chiedere una mano a qualcuno.
Credo conosciate bene la cosa."
Alessandro Di Meo
QUANDO SCELSI IL POSTO DOVE SAREI NATO...
(racconti clandestini)
Centopagine narrativa
Multimage, Associazione Editoriale
Roma 2001, L. 15000
ISBN 88_86762_33_x
Alessandro Di Meo <dimeo@...>
Multimage <multimage@...>
===*===
REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
All 1999 and 2000 issues (before the coup) of the (Yugoslav)
Review of International Affairs (Medjunarodna politika) in
Serbian, ENGLISH, FRENCH and SPANISH (!) is still available
on the same address:
> http://www.inaffairs.org.yu/
There is big amount of valuable papers on NATO aggression
of the prominent authors from all over the world, as well as
texts of (that time) Yugoslav foreign policy and generaly
on international relations. Particularly important is the
documentation section of each issue with many important
historical documents.
Hurry, download and save before the natoits remove it!
(V. Krsljanin)
* Quando scelsi il posto dove sarei nato... (A. Di Meo)
* Review of International Affairs / Medjunarodna politika
===*===
IL MONDO DOPO MANHATTAN
I comunisti di fronte alla guerra
Atti del convegno, Napoli 20-21 ottobre 2001
A cura di Sergio Manes
La Citta' del Sole
Napoli 2002
ISBN 88-8292-156-5
Euro 9.50
Presentazione
Sergio Manes:
Unirsi sulla base del leninismo
Raffaele Picarelli:
Capitale monetario, sovrapproduzione, indebitamento e
guerra nel versante USA della crisi
Sergio Cararo:
Union Sacree "contro il terrorismo" o nuova forma delle
contraddizioni interimperialistiche?
Raffaella Coletti:
L'Ottavo corridoio e la scacchiera eurasiatica
Salvatore d'Albergo:
La crisi del diritto e delle istituzioni nella fase
dell'imperialismo transnazionale
Andrea Catone:
Il Mondo dopo Manhattan. Discontinuita' e mutamenti
nei rapporti mondiali
Gianfranco Pala:
Tutto sara' come prima. La lunga crisi: il crollo
dell'economia mondiale prima del crollo delle Torri
Osvaldo Coggiola:
Economia politica della crisi latino-americana
Andrea Martocchia:
L'espansione della NATO ad Est. Il caso dei Balcani
Stefano Azzara':
Il movimento "no global" di fronte alla guerra. Un
pericolo ed una chance
Orietta Lunghi:
Il Mondo dopo Manhattan. I comunisti di fronte alla guerra
Claudio Moffa:
11 settembre, Palestina radice della guerra. La co-regia
israeliana dello "scontro fra civilta'"
Domenico Losurdo:
Dinanzi al processo di globalizzazione. Marxismo o populismo?
Giuseppe Amata:
Le lotte di classe all'inizio del XXI secolo
Massimiliano Desiante:
La guerra di Bush. Strategie e forme di lotta dei comunisti
Ferdinando Dubla:
Tutto e di piu' e' come prima. La guerra imperialista
di lunga durata e il "miracoloso talismano"
Carla Francone:
Guerra alla guerra imperialista
Giovanni Fresu:
La "sinistra critica" e le nuove utopie sociali
Stefano Garroni (intervento)
Alexander Hoebel:
I comunisti e la New War di Bush Jr. Strategie e
forme di lotta nella nuova fase
Fausto Sorini:
Globalizzazione imperialista e lotta per la pace.
Da dove nasce il pericolo della guerra nel XXI secolo?
Fulvio Grimaldi:
Tute e guerre
Angelo Ruggeri:
Marxismo, fondamentalismo e guerre
===*===
QUANDO SCELSI IL POSTO DOVE SAREI NATO...
<<Ne ho conosciuti molti, che sceglievano il loro
paese dove nascere. E' stata una bella opportunita'
data a noi, anime perse nell'universo. Ma ognuno di
noi, alla fine, ha scelto con il cuore e non per
convenienza. Ognuno aveva una terra da raggiungere,
un fiore da cogliere. I piu' fortunati ce l'hanno fatta,
altri no. Molti sono rimasti a meta', hanno raggiunto la
loro terra ma non hanno potuto o saputo cogliere il
fiore, intrappolati da improvvise e terrificanti macerie,
da eterne marce verso un orizzonte sempre ostile e
sconosciuto, da solitudini e abbandoni. Intrappolati
dalla perdita di memoria e di coscienza di chi, pur
sapendo, preferi' voltarsi di lato e non guardare,
continuando ad innaffiare gerani ed ortensie su
improbabili balconi, avvilenti e isterici compromessi
coi desideri dei giardini d'infanzia...>>
Alessandro Di Meo vive e lavora a Roma. Si occupa di
volontariato nell'ambito della associazione "Un Ponte per..."
Ci ha sottoposto questa sua pubblicazione, dal titolo
"Quando scelsi il posto dove sarei nato..." (racconti
clandestini), che consta di un centinaio di pagine. Trenta
racconti, appunto, clandestini. Parlano di emarginati, di oblio,
di dimenticati. Sono soprattutto impressioni di incontri,
colme di umanita', di dolori e di amara ma splendida ironia.
I diritti d'autore (e anche qualcosa in più...) vanno a una
campagna di sostegno a distanza in Jugoslavia, di cui l'autore
si occupa con "Un Ponte per...". Si chiama "Svetlost", che in
serbocroato significa luce. "Luce sui bambini dimenticati,
quelli che non ci hanno fatto vedere perchè, forse, sarebbe
stato difficile giustificare l'attacco umanitario", ci scrive
Di Meo. "Bambini rimasti orfani di guerra o in situazioni
davvero difficili. E quando uno li conosce, e li guarda negli
occhi, poi trova la faccia tosta di chiedere una mano a qualcuno.
Credo conosciate bene la cosa."
Alessandro Di Meo
QUANDO SCELSI IL POSTO DOVE SAREI NATO...
(racconti clandestini)
Centopagine narrativa
Multimage, Associazione Editoriale
Roma 2001, L. 15000
ISBN 88_86762_33_x
Alessandro Di Meo <dimeo@...>
Multimage <multimage@...>
===*===
REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
All 1999 and 2000 issues (before the coup) of the (Yugoslav)
Review of International Affairs (Medjunarodna politika) in
Serbian, ENGLISH, FRENCH and SPANISH (!) is still available
on the same address:
> http://www.inaffairs.org.yu/
There is big amount of valuable papers on NATO aggression
of the prominent authors from all over the world, as well as
texts of (that time) Yugoslav foreign policy and generaly
on international relations. Particularly important is the
documentation section of each issue with many important
historical documents.
Hurry, download and save before the natoits remove it!
(V. Krsljanin)
* HE WILL NOT BE SILENCED - A public meeting in Amsterdam, 11/02/02
* 12 febbraio, L'Aja, inizia processo a Milosevic (LimesOnLine)
* Milosevic in top form ahead of trial, laywer says (AFP)
* WE'VE BEEN LIED TO ONCE AGAIN - THIS TIME ABOUT MILOSEVIC
AND THE SERBIAN PEOPLE
by Jared Israel [30 January 2002]
* DECISION FINALE DE LA COUR CONSTITUTIONNELLE YOUGOSLAVE :
LE TRANSFERT DE MILOSEVIC AU TPI EST BIEN UN KIDNAPING
ILLEGAL !
===*===
International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM)
www.icdsm.org
HE WILL NOT BE SILENCED
On February 12, the ICTY will start the so-called trial against
President Slobodan Milosevic. This takes place after many years
during which President Milosevic and the Serbian people have been
demonized on a scale of magnitude and intensity never seen before.
After being kidnapped by NATO, with the support of the present Yugoslav
government, President Milosevic has been subjected to humiliation and
violations of human rights. In particular, he has been denied the right
to meet and communicate with advisors of his choice including attorneys
who are legally challenging his kidnapping. He has been forbidden the
basic right to communicate with the press although the so-called
prosecution routinely spreads lies about him through the mass media.
President Milosevic has become the archtypical political prisoner of the
New World Order.
Why can't President Milosevic speak to the media and communicate with
the outside world? Because NATO-leaders and the functionaries of the
puppet Tribunal are afraid of this leader whom they have caged, and the
vast forces he inspires and represents.
On the one hand NATO needs this trial to justify their aggression
against Yugoslavia, to intimidate other leaders and ordinary people from
defending national sovereignty and social justice, and to convict the
Serbian people for the wars in Yugoslavia. Then they can impose
billions in phony war reparations, crushing the Serbian people under an
impossible debt.
But on the other hand, NATO fears Milosevic. He is not playing his
prescribed role, accepting a guilt he does not own and pleading for
mercy. Instead he tells the truth: that NATO used Ustashe, Islamist and
Albanian terrorists - the same people Hitler used in World War II - to
attack Yugoslavia so they could subjugate the Balkans.
Milosevic's marvelous dignity, his refusal to be an obedient slave, and
his honest words are NATO's nightmare.
The International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM),
composed of thousands of persons from all over the world, aims to inform
public opinion about the real events surrounding the breakup Yugoslavia
and the nature of the puppet Hague 'Tribunal.'
To this end, the ICDSM calls a meeting, Monday, February 11, in
Amsterdam
Location: Krasnapolski, St Johnsrooml II, Dam 9, Amsterdam
Time: 20.00 uur - 22.00 hour
Entrance 3.00 euro
With participation of:
* Jaime Ballesteros, OSPAAAL, Spain
* Prof. Dr. Aldo Bernardini, professor of international law, Italy
* Christopher Black, attorney, Canada
* Jared Israel, Editor, The Emperor's New Clothes, USA
* Vladimir Krsljanin, international secretary SPS, Yugoslavia
* Nico Steijnen, attorney, The Netherlands
* Jacques Verges, attorney, France
* Nico Varkevisser, editor in chief of TARGETS monthly paper
* Tiphaine Dickson, attorney, Canada
The language of the meeting will be English
'By adding three lies, one does not get the truth - only a bigger lie'
- Slobodan Milosevic, January 30, 2002
HE WILL NOT BE SILENCED
Amsterdam, February 8, 2002.
International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic
www.icdsm.org
Contact in The Netherlands: office@...
Sloterkade 20 - 1058 HE Amsterdam - The Netherlands
Ph. ++ 31 20 615 1122 - Fax: ++ 31 20 615 1120
THE ICDSM RELIES ON CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SUPPORTERS TO PAY EXPENSES
You may support the work of the ICDSM with a contribution by credit card
by calling in Amsterdam 31 20 6151122 or in the U.S. 1 617 916-1705
Or mail a check to:
ICDSM
831 Beacon St., #295
Newton Centre, MA 02459 (USA)
===*===
12 febbraio L'Aja, inizia processo a Milosevic
Dopo le schermaglie procedurali, inizia il processo a Slobodan
Milosevic presso il Tribunale penale internazionale per l'ex
Jugoslavia. L'ex premier serbo e presidente jugoslavo è accusato
di crimini di guerra e contro l'umanità in Kosovo, Bosnia
e Croazia. Il processo è asimmetrico. Infatti l'accusa, condotta
dal magistrato svizzero Carla Del Ponte, e il tribunale
devono fare i conti con enormi problemi dal punto di vista del
diritto, che condizionano le loro azioni. E' in discussione
infatti il ruolo stesso del tribunale che si muove in un settore
nuovo e controverso del diritto internazionale. Dall'altra parte
invece Milosevic persegue uno scopo meramente politico, come ha
già dimostrato nelle fasi procedurali. Non riconosce la
legittimità del tribunale (e sa che sarà probabilmente condannato)
e punta invece a coinvolgere l'intera politica del suo
paese negli anni delle guerre balcaniche e vorrebbe chiamare alla
barra dei testimoni tutti i leader internazionali
dell'epoca, da Clinton a Chirac. Milosevic si rivolge in particolare
all'opinione pubblica serba in un momento difficile per
la politica di Belgrado. La coalizione politica che sconfisse
Milosevic e che poi lo scorso giugno lo ha consegnato al tribunale,
è ora profondamente divisa tra i due principali leader: il presidente
jugoslavo Kostunica (il simbolo del nuovo corso serbo) e il premier
serbo Djindjic (che per motivi costituzionali ha le principali redini
del potere). Il partito socialista di Milosevic ha intanto indetto
una manifestazione a Belgrado, a sostegno dell'ex presidente.
(a.desiderio - 8 febbraio 2002)
Tratto da LIMES ON LINE
http://www.limesonline.com/doc/navigation/Agenda%20Geopolitica/8261.htm
===*===
AFP. 8 February 2002. Milosevic in top form ahead of trial, laywer says.
THE HAGUE -- Slobodan Milosevic is in top form and ready to face trial
before the international tribunal beginning Tuesday, one of his lawyers
told AFP Friday after paying a visit to the former Yugoslav president.
Dragoslav Ognjanovic said his client is also gearing up to "fight for
the truth, the full truth" when he answers charges of war crimes, crimes
against humanity and genocide in the Balkans.
"He is in top form. His morale is good. He is ready to confront
everything that awaits him," said Ognjanovic after meeting with
Milosevic in the Scheveningen detention center.
Ognjanovic reiterated that Milosevic does not recognize the jurisdiction
and activities of the tribunal set up in 1993 by the UN Security Council
to prosecute war crimes.
But the former president will speak during the trial as his own defense.
"He will address himself to international public opinion and will fight
for the truth, the full truth," said Ognjanovic.
Milosevic "is doing very well considering the context and all the dirt
that is being published about him and the psychological war being waged
against him in Yugoslavia and by the international community," said
Ognjanovic.
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SERBIA ON TRIAL - NATO GUILTY
The 'Trial' Of Slobodan Milosevic
Public Meeting - Friday 1st Feb. 7 PM
Conway Hall - Red Lion Square, London W1 (Holborn)
[Posted 30 January 2002]
COMMENTS BY Jared Israel, below
=======================================
HEAR:
Christopher Black, Chair of Milosevic's Legal Defense Group and Editor
of Emperor's Clothes.
Misha Gavrilovic of the British-Serbian Alliance has had over 800 media
appearances in the past decade relating to Yugoslavia.
***
WE'VE BEEN LIED TO ONCE AGAIN - THIS TIME ABOUT MILOSEVIC AND THE
SERBIAN
PEOPLE
by Jared Israel
[30 January 2002]
I am writing this two days before the London meeting concerning the
'trial' of Yugoslav Ex-President Slobodan Milosevic at NATO's 'Tribunal'
in The Hague.
Writing about the 'trial,' one is forced into an excess of quotation
marks because this NATO 'court' is entirely discredited. Just read
'Illegal Tribunal - Illegal Indictment' by Dr. Hans Koechler, the highly
respected UN consultant. (He also wrote the official UN report on the
Lockerbie trial.) (1)
During the illegal NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, U.S. Secretary of State
Madeline Albright openly demanded that 'Tribunal' 'Prosecutor' Louise
Arbour indict Milosevic. The purpose: to criminalize the Yugoslav
leader, thus heading off any possibility that wavering NATO governments
would meet with him. (2)
During the NATO bombing, NATO spokesman Jamie Shea boasted that the
'Tribunal' would never indict NATO leaders because NATO controls it
financially. (3)
Although the Milosevic 'trial' is slated to start on 12 February, in
fact Milosevic has been on trial continuously in the Western media for
fourteen years. Undoubtedly many of our readers have been persuaded by
this media campaign and the supporting chorus - including some left wing
intellectuals - that Milosevic is guilty.
The only thing wrong with this trial-by-media is that the defense never
got to speak and the prosecution lies.
Perhaps you are wondering how come the editors of Emperor's Clothes, who
meticulously document everything we write about Afghanistan and 9/11,
are unanimous in saying: the media has convicted Milosevic based on
lies. It's because we've carefully studied the sources and - as with
Afghanistan and 9/11 - have found the media has not told the true story
about Yugoslavia.
And unlike Afghanistan and 9/11, in the case of Yugoslavia for years few
people challenged the lies; so they sank in. Worse respected critics of
U.S. foreign policy uncritically accepted the basic premises of Western
policy. It is unfortunate, but it is true.
Starting in 1987, when Milosevic led the campaign to throw pro-NATO
elements out of the Yugoslav League of Communists, Washington pegged him
as a "bad Indian." Politicians and the media attacked relentlessly,
accusing him of fomenting Fascist deeds by spouting racist demagoguery.
This race-hate charge is the key. Because if Milosevic had in fact
organized the Serbs the way Hitler organized the Germans, he would have
had to do it publicly. You can't promote hatred without promoting
hatred.
Therefore we can check the accuracy of the anti-Serb, anti-Milosevic
campaign by reading what Milosevic wrote. That is, by first reading what
he wrote and then, to check the accuracy, reading what politicians and
the media say he wrote.
I want to ask you to try a little experiment. Below is an excerpt from
Milosevic's most famous speech, delivered in 1989 at Kosovo Field. Now
before you go and read it, please make a few predictions. He's going to
talk about nationalism and about the relations between Serbs and other
groups in Serbia.
Kosovo was/is legally a province of Serbia, so that includes ethnic
Albanians. What is he going to say?
Here's Milosevic:
"Serbia has never had only Serbs living in it. Today, more than in the
past, members of other peoples and nationalities also live in it. This
is not a disadvantage for Serbia. I am truly convinced that it is its
advantage. National composition of almost all countries in the world
today, particularly developed ones, has also been changing in this
direction. Citizens of different nationalities, religions, and races
have been living together more and more frequently and more and more
successfully.
"Socialism in particular, being a progressive and just democratic
society, should not allow people to be divided in the national and
religious respect. The only differences one can and should allow in
socialism are between hard working people and idlers and between honest
people and dishonest people. Therefore, all people in Serbia who live
from their own work, honestly, respecting other people and other
nations, are in their own republic.
"DRAMATIC NATIONAL DIVISIONS
"After all, our entire country should be set up on the basis of such
principles. Yugoslavia is a multinational community and it can survive
only under the conditions of full equality for all nations that live in
it.
"The crisis that hit Yugoslavia has brought about national divisions,
but also social, cultural, religious and many other less important ones.
Among all these divisions, nationalist ones have shown themselves to be
the most dramatic. Resolving them will make it easier to remove other
divisions and mitigate the consequences they have created.
"For as long as multinational communities have existed, their weak point
has always been the relations between different nations. The threat is
that the question of one nation being endangered by the others can be
posed one day -- and this can then start a wave of suspicions,
accusations, and intolerance, a wave that invariably grows and is
difficult to stop. This threat has been hanging like a sword over our
heads all the time. Internal and external enemies of multi-national
communities are aware of this and therefore they organize their activity
against multinational societies mostly by fomenting national conflicts.
At this moment, we in Yugoslavia are behaving as if we have never had
such an experience and as if in our recent and distant past we have
never experienced the worst tragedy of national conflicts that a society
can experience and still survive."
[From Milosevic's Speech at Kosovo Field, 28 June 1989. Emperor's
Clothes has posted two Western translations. This is the one made by the
U.S. government.
The other was made by the BBC. We shall soon scan and post the actual
microfilm copy of one or both these translations.]
These words of Milosevic are never quoted. Would you like to test the
accuracy of that assertion? Go to www.google.com and enter the phrase:
"allow in socialism are between hard working people and idlers and
between honest people and dishonest people."
Make sure to keep the "quotation marks."
You will get two citations. One of them is Emperor's Clothes. The other
is the Orlando Sentinel, which took it from the text we had posted
through email.
Western politicians and the media have either a) lied about Milosevic or
b) parroted those lies through naiveté, servility or corruption.
Here is Robin Cooke, 'commenting' on (supposedly) that speech. I cannot
say whether Cooke is a liar or a parrot.
"Milosevic used this important anniversary not to give a message of hope
and reform. Instead, he threatened force to deal with Yugoslavia's
internal political difficulties. Doing so thereby launched his personal
agenda of power and ethnic hatred under the cloak of nationalism. All
the peoples of the region have suffered grievously ever since." (Cooke
can be read in full at http://www.fco.gov.uk/news/newstext.asp?2597
until they take it down...)
Isn't that amazing? The man simply, brazenly lies. But it works - it
works because nobody - nobody! - reading his words had ever seen the
speech. It's not in books. We searched Lexis and found - a BBC
translation from 1989 and the Orlando Sentinel. When we first hunted for
it, we didn't have Lexis, so it took days to find it on microfilm in the
library.
If you had read Cooke without reading Milosevic, wouldn't you have
thought, "Maybe Cooke is exaggerating but there must be some truth to
it." But in fact it was just a lie told to justify the destruction of
Yugoslavia. There are now a million refugees living in Serbia, victims
of that lie.
Or consider the following excerpt. Here Milosevic talks about the famous
Kosovo battle of 1389 which marked the onset of the long Ottoman
occupation of his nation. We have been told that Milosevic and the Serbs
treat this battle with a Hitlerian folk-mystique. You know, super-macho,
worship blood and gore. Or else with brooding self-pity, hatred and a
lust for ethnic revenge. You can just picture Hitler all pumped up and
spouting "We are the master race! We always win!" or "VENGEANCE!" And so
on.
Here is Milosevic:
"Today, it is difficult to say what is the historical truth about the
Battle of Kosovo and what is legend. Today this is no longer important.
Oppressed by pain and filled with hope, the people used to remember and
to forget, as, after all, all people in the world do, and it was ashamed
of treachery and glorified heroism. Therefore it is difficult to say
today whether the Battle of Kosovo was a defeat or a victory for the
Serbian people, whether thanks to it we fell into slavery or [whether
thanks to it] we survived in this slavery. The answers to those
questions will be constantly sought by science and the people. What has
been certain through all the centuries until our time today is that
disharmony struck Kosovo 600 years ago. If we lost the battle, then this
was not only the result of social superiority and the armed
advantage of the Ottoman Empire but also of the tragic disunity in the
leadership of the Serbian state at that time. In that distant 1389, the
Ottoman Empire was not only stronger than that of the Serbs but it was
also more fortunate than the Serbian kingdom.
"The lack of unity and betrayal in Kosovo will continue to follow the
Serbian people like an evil fate through the whole of its history. Even
in the last war, this lack of unity and betrayal led the Serbian people
and Serbia into agony, the consequences of which in the historical and
moral sense exceeded fascist aggression."
Not only is this not fascistic, it is downright thoughtful. No; more; it
is lyrical. It has, for want of a better word, soul. It has that depth
of feeling you sometimes find among people who have suffered greatly.
The Irish in Ireland have it. My grandparents, who were East European
Jews, had it. Black people in the U.S. have it. The Hutus in Africa have
it. And sometimes, just sometimes, even the leaders of oppressed people
have it. Lumumba had it. Martin Luther King had it. By the end of the
U.S. Civil War, Abe Lincoln had it.
But can you imagine George Bush saying anything as moving as,
"Oppressed by pain and filled with hope, the people used to remember and
to forget, as, after all, all people in the world do, and it was ashamed
of treachery and glorified heroism. Therefore it is difficult to say
today whether the Battle of Kosovo was a defeat or a victory for the
Serbian people, whether thanks to it we fell into slavery or [whether
thanks to it] we survived in this slavery."
"As after all, all people in the world do." There is even a certain
generosity of spirit here.
And this is the man whom crude liars like Bush and Clinton have
caricatured; perhaps they were just looking in the mirror and casting
him in their own true image.
If you live in London, go to the meeting and hear Misha Gavrilovic and
Chris Black.
Misha is a Serb. So some might say, "Of course he defends Milosevic."
But you will see, Misha is an honest man.
And what about Chris? He's no Serb - his parents are London Cockneys. He
has no personal stake and he's not even paid for his legal work.
Milosevic is as poor as a church mouse. Chris and the rest of us in the
Committee to Defend Milosevic have had to field expenses from our own
hollow pockets. This must change - but I bring up this point because I
wish to stress that Chris and the rest of us in the Committee to Defend
Milosevic are not like NATO flunkey intellectuals, bought and paid for.
We are fiercely independent. We say only what we believe is right. And
we do our homework.
Milosevic and the Serbian people have been ruthlessly - and once you
know the truth, outrageously - lied about. The meeting on February 1st
is at 7 PM at:
Conway Hall - Red Lion Square, London W1 (Holborn)
Organised by the Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic
CDSM, PO Box 18598, London E11 2XB Tel 07786 853565
***
==========================
FURTHER READING
==========================
1) 'Illegal Tribunal - Illegal Indictment,' by Dr. Hans Koechler at
http://emperors-clothes.com/docs/prog2.htm
2) How Madeline Albright Ordered The Hague 'Tribunal' To 'Indict'
Milosevic at
http://www.icdsm.org/more/lovie.htm
3) Official Statements Prove Hague 'Tribunal' Belongs to NATO
by Jared Israel at
http://www.icdsm.org/more/belongs.htm
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DECISION FINALE DE LA COUR CONSTITUTIONNELLE YOUGOSLAVE :
LE TRANSFERT DE MILOSEVIC AU TPI EST BIEN UN KIDNAPING
ILLEGAL !
Cherchez bien dans notre vertueuse presse occidentale,
prostituée à Washington et à l'OTAN ! Nulle part vous
n'avez lu cette information bien dérangeante ...
Ce 6 novembre 2001, la Cour Conqstitutionnelle
Yougoslave a rendu sa décision finale concernant le
recour du Président Milosevic contre son transfert au
TPI. Le décret pris par le gouvernement pro-américain
de Djindjic est bien anti-constitutionnel et illégal.
Ce décret avait déjà été suspendu par la même Cour le
28 juin dernier. Passant outre, Djindjic avait livré
Milosevic au TPI. La plus haute juridiction yougoslave
précise donc que le transfert du président Milosevic à
La Haye est bien un kidnaping, effectué sans aucune
base légale par l'OTAN (qui a fourni Hélicoptère,
avion et nervis), le soit-disant TPI et Djindjic. La
Cour constitutionnelle yougoslave confirme ainsi que
le TPI a violé les lois yougoslaves, serbes et
internationales et que Milosevic se trouve séquestré à
La Haye au mépris de celles-ci.
Enfin, cette décision rend passible l'OTAN, le TPI et
le gouvernement serbe de Djindjic de poursuites
criminelles !
Vous comprendrez pourquoi vous n'avez lu cette
information nulle part. Attention, les medias de l'OTAN
vous mentent ...
(R. Romain)
YUGOSLAV CONSTITUTIONAL COURT:
DECREE UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND ILLEGAL! (final decision)
BELGRADE, November 6, 2001
Decree of the Federal Government on extradition of
Yugoslav citizens to the so-called Hague Tribunal
(ICTY), has been today finally declared
unconstitutional and illegal by the Federal
Constitutional Court.
The same Court originally suspended the Decree on St.
Vitus Day (June 28) in the morning and prohibited any
action by anyone which could be performed on the basis
of the Decree. Same day, abduction of President
Milosevic and his delivery to the Hague without any
legal procedure was done by Prime Minister of Serbia
Zoran Djindjic and ICTY/NATO officials. Today's
decision of the Federal Constitutional Court implies
Djindjic/ ICTY/ NATO action criminal.
(From SPS)
FROM YUGOSLAV MEDIA (TANJUG) :
"DECREE ON COOPERATION WITH THE HAGUE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL, ILLEGAL"
BELGRADE (Tanjug, November 6, 2001) - Yugoslav
Constitutional Court declared Tuesday the decree on
cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal
as unconstitutional and illegal.
The Yugoslav Information Secretariat said that the
Yugoslav Constitutional Court made the decision that
the decree was not in agreement with the constitution
of Yugoslavia and the law on criminal proceedings, by
a majority of votes.
* 12 febbraio, L'Aja, inizia processo a Milosevic (LimesOnLine)
* Milosevic in top form ahead of trial, laywer says (AFP)
* WE'VE BEEN LIED TO ONCE AGAIN - THIS TIME ABOUT MILOSEVIC
AND THE SERBIAN PEOPLE
by Jared Israel [30 January 2002]
* DECISION FINALE DE LA COUR CONSTITUTIONNELLE YOUGOSLAVE :
LE TRANSFERT DE MILOSEVIC AU TPI EST BIEN UN KIDNAPING
ILLEGAL !
===*===
International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM)
www.icdsm.org
HE WILL NOT BE SILENCED
On February 12, the ICTY will start the so-called trial against
President Slobodan Milosevic. This takes place after many years
during which President Milosevic and the Serbian people have been
demonized on a scale of magnitude and intensity never seen before.
After being kidnapped by NATO, with the support of the present Yugoslav
government, President Milosevic has been subjected to humiliation and
violations of human rights. In particular, he has been denied the right
to meet and communicate with advisors of his choice including attorneys
who are legally challenging his kidnapping. He has been forbidden the
basic right to communicate with the press although the so-called
prosecution routinely spreads lies about him through the mass media.
President Milosevic has become the archtypical political prisoner of the
New World Order.
Why can't President Milosevic speak to the media and communicate with
the outside world? Because NATO-leaders and the functionaries of the
puppet Tribunal are afraid of this leader whom they have caged, and the
vast forces he inspires and represents.
On the one hand NATO needs this trial to justify their aggression
against Yugoslavia, to intimidate other leaders and ordinary people from
defending national sovereignty and social justice, and to convict the
Serbian people for the wars in Yugoslavia. Then they can impose
billions in phony war reparations, crushing the Serbian people under an
impossible debt.
But on the other hand, NATO fears Milosevic. He is not playing his
prescribed role, accepting a guilt he does not own and pleading for
mercy. Instead he tells the truth: that NATO used Ustashe, Islamist and
Albanian terrorists - the same people Hitler used in World War II - to
attack Yugoslavia so they could subjugate the Balkans.
Milosevic's marvelous dignity, his refusal to be an obedient slave, and
his honest words are NATO's nightmare.
The International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM),
composed of thousands of persons from all over the world, aims to inform
public opinion about the real events surrounding the breakup Yugoslavia
and the nature of the puppet Hague 'Tribunal.'
To this end, the ICDSM calls a meeting, Monday, February 11, in
Amsterdam
Location: Krasnapolski, St Johnsrooml II, Dam 9, Amsterdam
Time: 20.00 uur - 22.00 hour
Entrance 3.00 euro
With participation of:
* Jaime Ballesteros, OSPAAAL, Spain
* Prof. Dr. Aldo Bernardini, professor of international law, Italy
* Christopher Black, attorney, Canada
* Jared Israel, Editor, The Emperor's New Clothes, USA
* Vladimir Krsljanin, international secretary SPS, Yugoslavia
* Nico Steijnen, attorney, The Netherlands
* Jacques Verges, attorney, France
* Nico Varkevisser, editor in chief of TARGETS monthly paper
* Tiphaine Dickson, attorney, Canada
The language of the meeting will be English
'By adding three lies, one does not get the truth - only a bigger lie'
- Slobodan Milosevic, January 30, 2002
HE WILL NOT BE SILENCED
Amsterdam, February 8, 2002.
International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic
www.icdsm.org
Contact in The Netherlands: office@...
Sloterkade 20 - 1058 HE Amsterdam - The Netherlands
Ph. ++ 31 20 615 1122 - Fax: ++ 31 20 615 1120
THE ICDSM RELIES ON CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SUPPORTERS TO PAY EXPENSES
You may support the work of the ICDSM with a contribution by credit card
by calling in Amsterdam 31 20 6151122 or in the U.S. 1 617 916-1705
Or mail a check to:
ICDSM
831 Beacon St., #295
Newton Centre, MA 02459 (USA)
===*===
12 febbraio L'Aja, inizia processo a Milosevic
Dopo le schermaglie procedurali, inizia il processo a Slobodan
Milosevic presso il Tribunale penale internazionale per l'ex
Jugoslavia. L'ex premier serbo e presidente jugoslavo è accusato
di crimini di guerra e contro l'umanità in Kosovo, Bosnia
e Croazia. Il processo è asimmetrico. Infatti l'accusa, condotta
dal magistrato svizzero Carla Del Ponte, e il tribunale
devono fare i conti con enormi problemi dal punto di vista del
diritto, che condizionano le loro azioni. E' in discussione
infatti il ruolo stesso del tribunale che si muove in un settore
nuovo e controverso del diritto internazionale. Dall'altra parte
invece Milosevic persegue uno scopo meramente politico, come ha
già dimostrato nelle fasi procedurali. Non riconosce la
legittimità del tribunale (e sa che sarà probabilmente condannato)
e punta invece a coinvolgere l'intera politica del suo
paese negli anni delle guerre balcaniche e vorrebbe chiamare alla
barra dei testimoni tutti i leader internazionali
dell'epoca, da Clinton a Chirac. Milosevic si rivolge in particolare
all'opinione pubblica serba in un momento difficile per
la politica di Belgrado. La coalizione politica che sconfisse
Milosevic e che poi lo scorso giugno lo ha consegnato al tribunale,
è ora profondamente divisa tra i due principali leader: il presidente
jugoslavo Kostunica (il simbolo del nuovo corso serbo) e il premier
serbo Djindjic (che per motivi costituzionali ha le principali redini
del potere). Il partito socialista di Milosevic ha intanto indetto
una manifestazione a Belgrado, a sostegno dell'ex presidente.
(a.desiderio - 8 febbraio 2002)
Tratto da LIMES ON LINE
http://www.limesonline.com/doc/navigation/Agenda%20Geopolitica/8261.htm
===*===
AFP. 8 February 2002. Milosevic in top form ahead of trial, laywer says.
THE HAGUE -- Slobodan Milosevic is in top form and ready to face trial
before the international tribunal beginning Tuesday, one of his lawyers
told AFP Friday after paying a visit to the former Yugoslav president.
Dragoslav Ognjanovic said his client is also gearing up to "fight for
the truth, the full truth" when he answers charges of war crimes, crimes
against humanity and genocide in the Balkans.
"He is in top form. His morale is good. He is ready to confront
everything that awaits him," said Ognjanovic after meeting with
Milosevic in the Scheveningen detention center.
Ognjanovic reiterated that Milosevic does not recognize the jurisdiction
and activities of the tribunal set up in 1993 by the UN Security Council
to prosecute war crimes.
But the former president will speak during the trial as his own defense.
"He will address himself to international public opinion and will fight
for the truth, the full truth," said Ognjanovic.
Milosevic "is doing very well considering the context and all the dirt
that is being published about him and the psychological war being waged
against him in Yugoslavia and by the international community," said
Ognjanovic.
===*===
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SERBIA ON TRIAL - NATO GUILTY
The 'Trial' Of Slobodan Milosevic
Public Meeting - Friday 1st Feb. 7 PM
Conway Hall - Red Lion Square, London W1 (Holborn)
[Posted 30 January 2002]
COMMENTS BY Jared Israel, below
=======================================
HEAR:
Christopher Black, Chair of Milosevic's Legal Defense Group and Editor
of Emperor's Clothes.
Misha Gavrilovic of the British-Serbian Alliance has had over 800 media
appearances in the past decade relating to Yugoslavia.
***
WE'VE BEEN LIED TO ONCE AGAIN - THIS TIME ABOUT MILOSEVIC AND THE
SERBIAN
PEOPLE
by Jared Israel
[30 January 2002]
I am writing this two days before the London meeting concerning the
'trial' of Yugoslav Ex-President Slobodan Milosevic at NATO's 'Tribunal'
in The Hague.
Writing about the 'trial,' one is forced into an excess of quotation
marks because this NATO 'court' is entirely discredited. Just read
'Illegal Tribunal - Illegal Indictment' by Dr. Hans Koechler, the highly
respected UN consultant. (He also wrote the official UN report on the
Lockerbie trial.) (1)
During the illegal NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, U.S. Secretary of State
Madeline Albright openly demanded that 'Tribunal' 'Prosecutor' Louise
Arbour indict Milosevic. The purpose: to criminalize the Yugoslav
leader, thus heading off any possibility that wavering NATO governments
would meet with him. (2)
During the NATO bombing, NATO spokesman Jamie Shea boasted that the
'Tribunal' would never indict NATO leaders because NATO controls it
financially. (3)
Although the Milosevic 'trial' is slated to start on 12 February, in
fact Milosevic has been on trial continuously in the Western media for
fourteen years. Undoubtedly many of our readers have been persuaded by
this media campaign and the supporting chorus - including some left wing
intellectuals - that Milosevic is guilty.
The only thing wrong with this trial-by-media is that the defense never
got to speak and the prosecution lies.
Perhaps you are wondering how come the editors of Emperor's Clothes, who
meticulously document everything we write about Afghanistan and 9/11,
are unanimous in saying: the media has convicted Milosevic based on
lies. It's because we've carefully studied the sources and - as with
Afghanistan and 9/11 - have found the media has not told the true story
about Yugoslavia.
And unlike Afghanistan and 9/11, in the case of Yugoslavia for years few
people challenged the lies; so they sank in. Worse respected critics of
U.S. foreign policy uncritically accepted the basic premises of Western
policy. It is unfortunate, but it is true.
Starting in 1987, when Milosevic led the campaign to throw pro-NATO
elements out of the Yugoslav League of Communists, Washington pegged him
as a "bad Indian." Politicians and the media attacked relentlessly,
accusing him of fomenting Fascist deeds by spouting racist demagoguery.
This race-hate charge is the key. Because if Milosevic had in fact
organized the Serbs the way Hitler organized the Germans, he would have
had to do it publicly. You can't promote hatred without promoting
hatred.
Therefore we can check the accuracy of the anti-Serb, anti-Milosevic
campaign by reading what Milosevic wrote. That is, by first reading what
he wrote and then, to check the accuracy, reading what politicians and
the media say he wrote.
I want to ask you to try a little experiment. Below is an excerpt from
Milosevic's most famous speech, delivered in 1989 at Kosovo Field. Now
before you go and read it, please make a few predictions. He's going to
talk about nationalism and about the relations between Serbs and other
groups in Serbia.
Kosovo was/is legally a province of Serbia, so that includes ethnic
Albanians. What is he going to say?
Here's Milosevic:
"Serbia has never had only Serbs living in it. Today, more than in the
past, members of other peoples and nationalities also live in it. This
is not a disadvantage for Serbia. I am truly convinced that it is its
advantage. National composition of almost all countries in the world
today, particularly developed ones, has also been changing in this
direction. Citizens of different nationalities, religions, and races
have been living together more and more frequently and more and more
successfully.
"Socialism in particular, being a progressive and just democratic
society, should not allow people to be divided in the national and
religious respect. The only differences one can and should allow in
socialism are between hard working people and idlers and between honest
people and dishonest people. Therefore, all people in Serbia who live
from their own work, honestly, respecting other people and other
nations, are in their own republic.
"DRAMATIC NATIONAL DIVISIONS
"After all, our entire country should be set up on the basis of such
principles. Yugoslavia is a multinational community and it can survive
only under the conditions of full equality for all nations that live in
it.
"The crisis that hit Yugoslavia has brought about national divisions,
but also social, cultural, religious and many other less important ones.
Among all these divisions, nationalist ones have shown themselves to be
the most dramatic. Resolving them will make it easier to remove other
divisions and mitigate the consequences they have created.
"For as long as multinational communities have existed, their weak point
has always been the relations between different nations. The threat is
that the question of one nation being endangered by the others can be
posed one day -- and this can then start a wave of suspicions,
accusations, and intolerance, a wave that invariably grows and is
difficult to stop. This threat has been hanging like a sword over our
heads all the time. Internal and external enemies of multi-national
communities are aware of this and therefore they organize their activity
against multinational societies mostly by fomenting national conflicts.
At this moment, we in Yugoslavia are behaving as if we have never had
such an experience and as if in our recent and distant past we have
never experienced the worst tragedy of national conflicts that a society
can experience and still survive."
[From Milosevic's Speech at Kosovo Field, 28 June 1989. Emperor's
Clothes has posted two Western translations. This is the one made by the
U.S. government.
The other was made by the BBC. We shall soon scan and post the actual
microfilm copy of one or both these translations.]
These words of Milosevic are never quoted. Would you like to test the
accuracy of that assertion? Go to www.google.com and enter the phrase:
"allow in socialism are between hard working people and idlers and
between honest people and dishonest people."
Make sure to keep the "quotation marks."
You will get two citations. One of them is Emperor's Clothes. The other
is the Orlando Sentinel, which took it from the text we had posted
through email.
Western politicians and the media have either a) lied about Milosevic or
b) parroted those lies through naiveté, servility or corruption.
Here is Robin Cooke, 'commenting' on (supposedly) that speech. I cannot
say whether Cooke is a liar or a parrot.
"Milosevic used this important anniversary not to give a message of hope
and reform. Instead, he threatened force to deal with Yugoslavia's
internal political difficulties. Doing so thereby launched his personal
agenda of power and ethnic hatred under the cloak of nationalism. All
the peoples of the region have suffered grievously ever since." (Cooke
can be read in full at http://www.fco.gov.uk/news/newstext.asp?2597
until they take it down...)
Isn't that amazing? The man simply, brazenly lies. But it works - it
works because nobody - nobody! - reading his words had ever seen the
speech. It's not in books. We searched Lexis and found - a BBC
translation from 1989 and the Orlando Sentinel. When we first hunted for
it, we didn't have Lexis, so it took days to find it on microfilm in the
library.
If you had read Cooke without reading Milosevic, wouldn't you have
thought, "Maybe Cooke is exaggerating but there must be some truth to
it." But in fact it was just a lie told to justify the destruction of
Yugoslavia. There are now a million refugees living in Serbia, victims
of that lie.
Or consider the following excerpt. Here Milosevic talks about the famous
Kosovo battle of 1389 which marked the onset of the long Ottoman
occupation of his nation. We have been told that Milosevic and the Serbs
treat this battle with a Hitlerian folk-mystique. You know, super-macho,
worship blood and gore. Or else with brooding self-pity, hatred and a
lust for ethnic revenge. You can just picture Hitler all pumped up and
spouting "We are the master race! We always win!" or "VENGEANCE!" And so
on.
Here is Milosevic:
"Today, it is difficult to say what is the historical truth about the
Battle of Kosovo and what is legend. Today this is no longer important.
Oppressed by pain and filled with hope, the people used to remember and
to forget, as, after all, all people in the world do, and it was ashamed
of treachery and glorified heroism. Therefore it is difficult to say
today whether the Battle of Kosovo was a defeat or a victory for the
Serbian people, whether thanks to it we fell into slavery or [whether
thanks to it] we survived in this slavery. The answers to those
questions will be constantly sought by science and the people. What has
been certain through all the centuries until our time today is that
disharmony struck Kosovo 600 years ago. If we lost the battle, then this
was not only the result of social superiority and the armed
advantage of the Ottoman Empire but also of the tragic disunity in the
leadership of the Serbian state at that time. In that distant 1389, the
Ottoman Empire was not only stronger than that of the Serbs but it was
also more fortunate than the Serbian kingdom.
"The lack of unity and betrayal in Kosovo will continue to follow the
Serbian people like an evil fate through the whole of its history. Even
in the last war, this lack of unity and betrayal led the Serbian people
and Serbia into agony, the consequences of which in the historical and
moral sense exceeded fascist aggression."
Not only is this not fascistic, it is downright thoughtful. No; more; it
is lyrical. It has, for want of a better word, soul. It has that depth
of feeling you sometimes find among people who have suffered greatly.
The Irish in Ireland have it. My grandparents, who were East European
Jews, had it. Black people in the U.S. have it. The Hutus in Africa have
it. And sometimes, just sometimes, even the leaders of oppressed people
have it. Lumumba had it. Martin Luther King had it. By the end of the
U.S. Civil War, Abe Lincoln had it.
But can you imagine George Bush saying anything as moving as,
"Oppressed by pain and filled with hope, the people used to remember and
to forget, as, after all, all people in the world do, and it was ashamed
of treachery and glorified heroism. Therefore it is difficult to say
today whether the Battle of Kosovo was a defeat or a victory for the
Serbian people, whether thanks to it we fell into slavery or [whether
thanks to it] we survived in this slavery."
"As after all, all people in the world do." There is even a certain
generosity of spirit here.
And this is the man whom crude liars like Bush and Clinton have
caricatured; perhaps they were just looking in the mirror and casting
him in their own true image.
If you live in London, go to the meeting and hear Misha Gavrilovic and
Chris Black.
Misha is a Serb. So some might say, "Of course he defends Milosevic."
But you will see, Misha is an honest man.
And what about Chris? He's no Serb - his parents are London Cockneys. He
has no personal stake and he's not even paid for his legal work.
Milosevic is as poor as a church mouse. Chris and the rest of us in the
Committee to Defend Milosevic have had to field expenses from our own
hollow pockets. This must change - but I bring up this point because I
wish to stress that Chris and the rest of us in the Committee to Defend
Milosevic are not like NATO flunkey intellectuals, bought and paid for.
We are fiercely independent. We say only what we believe is right. And
we do our homework.
Milosevic and the Serbian people have been ruthlessly - and once you
know the truth, outrageously - lied about. The meeting on February 1st
is at 7 PM at:
Conway Hall - Red Lion Square, London W1 (Holborn)
Organised by the Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic
CDSM, PO Box 18598, London E11 2XB Tel 07786 853565
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FURTHER READING
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1) 'Illegal Tribunal - Illegal Indictment,' by Dr. Hans Koechler at
http://emperors-clothes.com/docs/prog2.htm
2) How Madeline Albright Ordered The Hague 'Tribunal' To 'Indict'
Milosevic at
http://www.icdsm.org/more/lovie.htm
3) Official Statements Prove Hague 'Tribunal' Belongs to NATO
by Jared Israel at
http://www.icdsm.org/more/belongs.htm
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www.emperors-clothes.com or
www.tenc.net
[Emperor's Clothes]
This Website is mirrored at http://emperor.vwh.net/ and at
http://globalresistance.com
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DECISION FINALE DE LA COUR CONSTITUTIONNELLE YOUGOSLAVE :
LE TRANSFERT DE MILOSEVIC AU TPI EST BIEN UN KIDNAPING
ILLEGAL !
Cherchez bien dans notre vertueuse presse occidentale,
prostituée à Washington et à l'OTAN ! Nulle part vous
n'avez lu cette information bien dérangeante ...
Ce 6 novembre 2001, la Cour Conqstitutionnelle
Yougoslave a rendu sa décision finale concernant le
recour du Président Milosevic contre son transfert au
TPI. Le décret pris par le gouvernement pro-américain
de Djindjic est bien anti-constitutionnel et illégal.
Ce décret avait déjà été suspendu par la même Cour le
28 juin dernier. Passant outre, Djindjic avait livré
Milosevic au TPI. La plus haute juridiction yougoslave
précise donc que le transfert du président Milosevic à
La Haye est bien un kidnaping, effectué sans aucune
base légale par l'OTAN (qui a fourni Hélicoptère,
avion et nervis), le soit-disant TPI et Djindjic. La
Cour constitutionnelle yougoslave confirme ainsi que
le TPI a violé les lois yougoslaves, serbes et
internationales et que Milosevic se trouve séquestré à
La Haye au mépris de celles-ci.
Enfin, cette décision rend passible l'OTAN, le TPI et
le gouvernement serbe de Djindjic de poursuites
criminelles !
Vous comprendrez pourquoi vous n'avez lu cette
information nulle part. Attention, les medias de l'OTAN
vous mentent ...
(R. Romain)
YUGOSLAV CONSTITUTIONAL COURT:
DECREE UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND ILLEGAL! (final decision)
BELGRADE, November 6, 2001
Decree of the Federal Government on extradition of
Yugoslav citizens to the so-called Hague Tribunal
(ICTY), has been today finally declared
unconstitutional and illegal by the Federal
Constitutional Court.
The same Court originally suspended the Decree on St.
Vitus Day (June 28) in the morning and prohibited any
action by anyone which could be performed on the basis
of the Decree. Same day, abduction of President
Milosevic and his delivery to the Hague without any
legal procedure was done by Prime Minister of Serbia
Zoran Djindjic and ICTY/NATO officials. Today's
decision of the Federal Constitutional Court implies
Djindjic/ ICTY/ NATO action criminal.
(From SPS)
FROM YUGOSLAV MEDIA (TANJUG) :
"DECREE ON COOPERATION WITH THE HAGUE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL, ILLEGAL"
BELGRADE (Tanjug, November 6, 2001) - Yugoslav
Constitutional Court declared Tuesday the decree on
cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal
as unconstitutional and illegal.
The Yugoslav Information Secretariat said that the
Yugoslav Constitutional Court made the decision that
the decree was not in agreement with the constitution
of Yugoslavia and the law on criminal proceedings, by
a majority of votes.
* Press conference concerning Pres. Milosevic in Amsterdam
Appendix: MR. MILOSEVIC UNDERTAKES LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST THE ICTY AND THE NETHERLANDS
* Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic - Britain
TOWARDS FEBRUARY 12TH IN THE HAAG
* Internationales Komitee für die Verteidigung von Slobodan Milosevic:
HAAGER "TRIBUNAL" AUF SCHLINGERKURS -
UNTERSTÜTZERFRONT FÜR MILOSEVIC WIRD BREITER
* »Tribunal« auf Schlingerkurs
Haager Anklage gegen Slobodan Milosevic steht auf tönernen Füßen
Klaus Hartmann/Rainer Raussendorff ("Junge Welt" 1/2/2002)
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Subject: Press conference concerning Pres. Milosevic
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 15:10:38 +0100
From: TARGETS <redactie@...>
To: office@...
International Committee to Defend
Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM)
www.icdsm.org
PRESS RELEASE
Regarding the upcoming so-called trial
of former Yugoslav President
Slobodan Milosevic, the ICDSM will
hold a press conference Friday
February 8th about the following matters:
1. President Slobodan Milosevic's case
against the Dutch State and the ICTY
which is coming up before the District
Court of The Hague. We are charging
that the ICTY and the Dutch State have
conspired to obstruct Slobodan
Milosevic's lawyers from preparing his
case before the European Court of
Human Rights. On this see Appendix I;
2. The Dutch government's attempt to
prevent the ICDSM from holding
meetings to inform public opinion and
the press; the refusal of the
so-called Hague Tribunal to allow
former President Slobodan Milosevic to
meet with delegations from the
Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and
the Yugoslav NGO, Freedom Association;
3. The ICDSM press conference Tuesday,
February 12th in The Hague;
4. A letter from the ICDSM which has
been sent to all Heads of State in the
world;
5. Open Letter to the people of The
Netherlands;
6. A public meeting of the ICDSM
Monday, February 11 in Amsterdam,
Krasnapolski, St Johnsrooml II, Dam 9,
Amsterdam
The February 8th press conference will
be held at:
LINX International
Sloterkade 20 Amsterdam.
Time: 14.00 hour
Present at the press conference will be:
· Mr. Christopher Black, head of the
team of legal advisers of President
Milosevic
· Mr. Nico Steijnen, lawyer of
President Milosevic in his cases
against the
Dutch state and the European Court
· Nico Varkevisser, spokesperson of
the ICDSM
APPENDIX I - MR. MILOSEVIC UNDERTAKES
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ICTY
AND THE NETHERLANDS
By order of President Slobodan Milosevic,
on December 20, 2001, a 140-page
provisional application was filed at
the European Court of Human Rights by
a team of lawyers: Mr. N.M.P.
Steijnen, the Netherlands, Mr. Chr.
Black, Canada, Prof. Mr. A. Bernardini,
Italy, Mr. Z. Tomanovic, Yugoslavia, Prof.
Mr. M.N. Kouzenetzov, Russia, Mr. Jaq.
Verges, France, Mr. D.M. Ognjanovic,
Yugoslavia.
This provisional application, which we
have had to formulate under
conditions that violated all human
rights guarantees with respect to
normal communication between lawyers and
client, must be further implemented.
In this delicate phase of the European
Court procedure the puppet-tribunal
has further intensified its interference.
It has banned Mr. Christopher
Black from any communication with
President Slobodan Milosevic and has,
without explanation, refused Mr. N.
Steijnen further access to President
Milosevic. Other members of President
Milosevic's team of legal advisers
are limited to very rare contacts,
depending on the humour of the
'tribunal,' which never permits free
and unmonitored communication and free
exchange of documents with President
Milosevic. Mail between members of the
legal team and President Milosevic is
intercepted and opened, whether it is
confidential not, and often simply
vanishes.
Under these conditions how can
attorneys conduct legal work?
President Milosevic's team of lawyers
has officially informed the European
Court that since our work has been
blocked by the puppet tribunal's
interference, therefore we are forced
to suspend work until the puppet
tribunal ends its violations of our
client's human right to an unfettered
defence.
The puppet tribunal's human rights
abuses, in defiance of the European
Court of Human Rights, has caused this
deadlock. To break this deadlock,
President Milosevic has ordered legal
action. To that end, a summary
injunction procedure has already been
filed at the District Court of The
Hague against the relevant parties:
the ICTY itself and the State of the
Netherlands.
The demand to all parties is: uphold
your responsibility to safeguard human
rights. Present a solution that will
end these severe human rights
violations in the field of defence
rights. The State of the Netherlands
is specifically summoned to take the
initiative.
Place: District Court of The Hague
Date: 12 February 2002
Time: 13.30 h.
Amsterdam, February 7th 2002
International Committee to Defend
Slobodan Milosevic
www.icdsm.org
Contact in The Netherlands:
office@...
Sloterkade 20 - 1058 HE Amsterdam -
The Netherlands
Ph. ++ 31 20 615 1122 - Fax: ++ 31 20
615 1120
THE ICDSM RELIES ON CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
SUPPORTERS TO PAY EXPENSES
You may support the work of the ICDSM
with a contribution by credit card by
calling in Amsterdam 31 20 6151122 or
in the U.S. 1 617 916-1705
Or mail a check to:
ICDSM
831 Beacon St., #295
Newton Centre, MA 02459 (USA)
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----- Original Message -----
From: CDSM
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 3:43 AM
Subject: CDSM - ISSUES
6th February 2002
Dear friends,
1) Email address
2) Feb 1 Meeting
3) Feb 12 in La Hague
4) Finance
1) Email address: Please note that our new email address is
cdsm_b@...
Also, our address is CDSM P.O.Box 18598, London E11 2XB.
The leaflet had the p.o.box in error as 19598
Telephone number is 07786 853565 (mobile)
2) Feb 1 Meeting: The meeting on Friday 1st February was a resounding
success and also an eye-opener to what we can achieve. Our function as
a committee is to educate the public and refocus its energy towrds the
political process Are aims are to defend Slobo, abolish the tribunal and
educate the public on the whole background.
The meeting attracted an audience about twice as big as we anticipated.
Almost 100 people attended. This was not a passive audience. There were
many points during the two speeches and during the discussion when
people burst into applause or called out their opinions. Another true
sign of the involvement was the fact that £800 was collected for the
campaign. We now have an additional 40 names on our mailing list,
including 20 email addresses. All this bodes very well for future
actions.
3) Feb 12 in La Hague: President Milosevic goes back to the court next
Tuesday, on February 12th to face the charges on Kosovo, now part of the
'unified' list (if this date is held to by the court). He has determined
that it will be the court, not him, that will be on trial and that the
judges will be humanity and history, not the fake panel sitting in The
Hague. The International Committee (ICDSM) are organising events on
February 12th and have asked for our participation. I refer here to an
email we have received from Jared Israel of the ICDSM
"URGENT - please if you can, raise money at this meeting. We
desperately need it for activities around Feb. 12th. All who would like
to come to The Netherlands on Feb. 12th are invited - we will have
activities if possible at The Hague and certainly in Amsterdam. At the
press conference in The Hague a line of people will stand in silence
with pictures of the devastation of Yugoslavia while Vergess and Black
et al speak to the press."
So, at the minimum there will be a public street protest and a press
conference. If you are interested to attend please contact me.
4) Finance: We did very well at the meeting but there are many finance
needs. We NEED to begin an international legal defence fund for
Milosevic. We NEED to get people to La Hague and other future actions.
We NEED to plan further events in this country and to support the
national committee's work here. If you or your friends have access to
any MONEY, we would like it. This is a cause worth supporting. And we
know that many people have financial obligations of a personal nature
and that many families in the region are depending on those of us in the
diaspora. Nevertheless, this is one of the best investments we can make
for the future of the region.
We will be holding a committee meeting very soon and will be planning an
enlarged 'advisery' meeting following that. We will also plan our second
public meeting to be held during the initial stages of the trial. You
will be kept informed of every move.
Best wishes and . . . congratulations. We are born!
Paul Davidson (CDSM -B)
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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Klaus von Raussendorff
Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 30. Januar 2002 16:07
An: Klaus von Raussendorff
Betreff: Haager "Tribunal" auf Schlingerkurs -
Unterstützerfront für Milosevic wird breiter
PRESSE-MITTEILUNG 02/2002(siehe Anhang)
Internationales Komitee für die Verteidigung von Slobodan Milosevic
(ICDSM)
- Deutsche Sektion -
30.01.2002
HAAGER "TRIBUNAL" AUF SCHLINGERKURS -
UNTERSTÜTZERFRONT FÜR MILOSEVIC WIRD BREITER
Den Haag: Anklage in Nöten - Paris: Staranwalt Vergès unterstützt
Milosevic - London: In-ternationale Konferenz zur Milosevic-
Verteidigung am
Freitag - Berlin: Kolloquium über Sinn und Missbrauch internationaler
Strafgerichtsbarkeit angekündigt
c/o Klaus Hartmann
Sprecher der Deutschen Sektion (ICDSM)
Schillstraße 7
D-63067 Offenbach am Main
T/F: -69 - 83 58 50
e-mail: vorstand@...
Internet: www.free-slobo.de
www.icdsm.org
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»Tribunal« auf Schlingerkurs
Haager Anklage gegen Slobodan Milosevic steht auf tönernen Füßen
Klaus Hartmann/Rainer Raussendorff
Am Mittwoch führte das Haager »Tribunal« eine »Berufungsverhandlung«
durch - die »Chefanklägerin« Carla Del Ponte war unzufrieden mit der
Entscheidung, am 12. Februar 2002 mit einem gesonderten »Kosovo-
Prozeß« starten zu müssen. Bereits im November letzten Jahres hatte
sie beantragt, ihre Anklagen gegen den früheren jugoslawischen
Präsidenten Slobodan Milosevic wegen »Kriegsverbrechen«
und »Verbrechen gegen die Menschheit« in Kosovo, in Kroatien und in
Bosnien in einem Prozeß zusammenzuführen und gemeinsam zu verhandeln.
In der Anhörung vom vergangenen Dezember, der vierten Vorverhandlung,
akzeptierten die »Richter« die Zusammenfassung der Kroatien- und
Bosnien-Anklage, bestanden aber auf einem gesonderten Prozeß zum
Kosovo.
Was sich wie ein belangloses Gezerre um trockene Verfahrensfragen
anhört, birgt bei genauerer Betrachtung erheblichen Sprengstoff.
Slobodan Milosevic analysierte am 10.12.01 messerscharf: »Die Gründe
für den Versuch der ?Klagenhäufung? sind ganz und gar pragmatisch und
darauf abgestellt, jene zu decken, die Verbrechen gegen mein Land
begangen haben, und keineswegs, wie man behauptet, im Interesse eines
zügigen Verfahrens.« Denn: »Diese beiden ?Anklagen? wegen Kroatien
und Bosnien wurden ausdrücklich nur aus einem einzigen Grund erhoben,
nämlich, um die ?Anklage? wegen Kosovo in der Versenkung verschwinden
zu lassen, weil über Kosovo zu reden die ganze Frage des Terrorismus
aufwerfen würde, konkret die Zusammenarbeit der Clinton-
Administration mit den Terroristen im Kosovo, einschließlich der
Organisation bin Ladens.«
Aus diesem Grund konnte Del Ponte es bei der Ablehnung der
Prozeßbündelung auch nicht bewenden lassen und hatte dagegen Berufung
eingelegt. Begründung: Nur in einem umfassenden Verfahren gegen
Milosevic könne »die Gesamtheit seines kriminellen Verhaltens«
ausreichend dargestellt werden. Konkret heißt dies wohl, die Kosovo-
»Anklage« ist nicht ausreichend.
Frau Del Ponte versucht mit ihrer Berufung nicht weniger, als ihre
eigene Anklage zu retten und dem Tribunal seine größte Blamage zu
ersparen. In der ihm eigenen Art kommentierte Slobodan Milosevic
diesen Versuch am Mittwoch mit den Worten: »Wenn man drei Lügen
zusammenzählt, wird noch keine Wahrheit daraus.« Ob Haag seine
Anklägerin in letzter Minute vor dem Gesichtsverlust in Sachen Kosovo-
»Anklage« bewahren will, ist jedoch noch offen.
Daß die Anklage auf tönernen Füßen steht, belegen sich in den letzten
Tagen häufende Indizien. Der in London erscheinenden Independent
meldete am kürzlich, der »Milosevic-Prozeß steht vor dem
Zusammenbruch«. Aufgrund des Durcheinanders seien Ermittler
der »Anklage« nach Belgrad gereist, aber mit leeren Händen
zurückgekommen. Der »fundamentale Schwachpunkt« der Anklage sei, daß
sie sich ausschließlich auf Zeugenaussagen westlicher Offizieller und
ethnischer Albaner stütze. »Die Glaubwürdigkeit einiger Zeugen ist
zweifelhaft, da sie von (westlichen) Geheimdienst-Mitarbeitern
gesammelt wurden und nicht durch tribunaleigenes
Untersuchungspersonal.«
Auch der Spiegel beklagt »wacklige Zeugen«. Danach will das Gericht
etwa 20 Personen vorführen, ehemals enge Milosevic-Mitarbeiter, die
ihren Chef belasten sollten. Doch »für sie hat in ihrer Heimat ein
Spießrutenlaufen begonnen, weil viele Unbelehrbare ihnen Verrat
vorwerfen. Grund genug für viele Aussagewillige, ihre Reise nach Den
Haag zu überdenken.«
Den Artikel finden Sie unter:
http://www.jungewelt.de/2002/02-01/002.php
(c) Junge Welt 2002
http://www.jungewelt.de
Appendix: MR. MILOSEVIC UNDERTAKES LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST THE ICTY AND THE NETHERLANDS
* Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic - Britain
TOWARDS FEBRUARY 12TH IN THE HAAG
* Internationales Komitee für die Verteidigung von Slobodan Milosevic:
HAAGER "TRIBUNAL" AUF SCHLINGERKURS -
UNTERSTÜTZERFRONT FÜR MILOSEVIC WIRD BREITER
* »Tribunal« auf Schlingerkurs
Haager Anklage gegen Slobodan Milosevic steht auf tönernen Füßen
Klaus Hartmann/Rainer Raussendorff ("Junge Welt" 1/2/2002)
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Subject: Press conference concerning Pres. Milosevic
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 15:10:38 +0100
From: TARGETS <redactie@...>
To: office@...
International Committee to Defend
Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM)
www.icdsm.org
PRESS RELEASE
Regarding the upcoming so-called trial
of former Yugoslav President
Slobodan Milosevic, the ICDSM will
hold a press conference Friday
February 8th about the following matters:
1. President Slobodan Milosevic's case
against the Dutch State and the ICTY
which is coming up before the District
Court of The Hague. We are charging
that the ICTY and the Dutch State have
conspired to obstruct Slobodan
Milosevic's lawyers from preparing his
case before the European Court of
Human Rights. On this see Appendix I;
2. The Dutch government's attempt to
prevent the ICDSM from holding
meetings to inform public opinion and
the press; the refusal of the
so-called Hague Tribunal to allow
former President Slobodan Milosevic to
meet with delegations from the
Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and
the Yugoslav NGO, Freedom Association;
3. The ICDSM press conference Tuesday,
February 12th in The Hague;
4. A letter from the ICDSM which has
been sent to all Heads of State in the
world;
5. Open Letter to the people of The
Netherlands;
6. A public meeting of the ICDSM
Monday, February 11 in Amsterdam,
Krasnapolski, St Johnsrooml II, Dam 9,
Amsterdam
The February 8th press conference will
be held at:
LINX International
Sloterkade 20 Amsterdam.
Time: 14.00 hour
Present at the press conference will be:
· Mr. Christopher Black, head of the
team of legal advisers of President
Milosevic
· Mr. Nico Steijnen, lawyer of
President Milosevic in his cases
against the
Dutch state and the European Court
· Nico Varkevisser, spokesperson of
the ICDSM
APPENDIX I - MR. MILOSEVIC UNDERTAKES
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ICTY
AND THE NETHERLANDS
By order of President Slobodan Milosevic,
on December 20, 2001, a 140-page
provisional application was filed at
the European Court of Human Rights by
a team of lawyers: Mr. N.M.P.
Steijnen, the Netherlands, Mr. Chr.
Black, Canada, Prof. Mr. A. Bernardini,
Italy, Mr. Z. Tomanovic, Yugoslavia, Prof.
Mr. M.N. Kouzenetzov, Russia, Mr. Jaq.
Verges, France, Mr. D.M. Ognjanovic,
Yugoslavia.
This provisional application, which we
have had to formulate under
conditions that violated all human
rights guarantees with respect to
normal communication between lawyers and
client, must be further implemented.
In this delicate phase of the European
Court procedure the puppet-tribunal
has further intensified its interference.
It has banned Mr. Christopher
Black from any communication with
President Slobodan Milosevic and has,
without explanation, refused Mr. N.
Steijnen further access to President
Milosevic. Other members of President
Milosevic's team of legal advisers
are limited to very rare contacts,
depending on the humour of the
'tribunal,' which never permits free
and unmonitored communication and free
exchange of documents with President
Milosevic. Mail between members of the
legal team and President Milosevic is
intercepted and opened, whether it is
confidential not, and often simply
vanishes.
Under these conditions how can
attorneys conduct legal work?
President Milosevic's team of lawyers
has officially informed the European
Court that since our work has been
blocked by the puppet tribunal's
interference, therefore we are forced
to suspend work until the puppet
tribunal ends its violations of our
client's human right to an unfettered
defence.
The puppet tribunal's human rights
abuses, in defiance of the European
Court of Human Rights, has caused this
deadlock. To break this deadlock,
President Milosevic has ordered legal
action. To that end, a summary
injunction procedure has already been
filed at the District Court of The
Hague against the relevant parties:
the ICTY itself and the State of the
Netherlands.
The demand to all parties is: uphold
your responsibility to safeguard human
rights. Present a solution that will
end these severe human rights
violations in the field of defence
rights. The State of the Netherlands
is specifically summoned to take the
initiative.
Place: District Court of The Hague
Date: 12 February 2002
Time: 13.30 h.
Amsterdam, February 7th 2002
International Committee to Defend
Slobodan Milosevic
www.icdsm.org
Contact in The Netherlands:
office@...
Sloterkade 20 - 1058 HE Amsterdam -
The Netherlands
Ph. ++ 31 20 615 1122 - Fax: ++ 31 20
615 1120
THE ICDSM RELIES ON CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
SUPPORTERS TO PAY EXPENSES
You may support the work of the ICDSM
with a contribution by credit card by
calling in Amsterdam 31 20 6151122 or
in the U.S. 1 617 916-1705
Or mail a check to:
ICDSM
831 Beacon St., #295
Newton Centre, MA 02459 (USA)
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----- Original Message -----
From: CDSM
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 3:43 AM
Subject: CDSM - ISSUES
6th February 2002
Dear friends,
1) Email address
2) Feb 1 Meeting
3) Feb 12 in La Hague
4) Finance
1) Email address: Please note that our new email address is
cdsm_b@...
Also, our address is CDSM P.O.Box 18598, London E11 2XB.
The leaflet had the p.o.box in error as 19598
Telephone number is 07786 853565 (mobile)
2) Feb 1 Meeting: The meeting on Friday 1st February was a resounding
success and also an eye-opener to what we can achieve. Our function as
a committee is to educate the public and refocus its energy towrds the
political process Are aims are to defend Slobo, abolish the tribunal and
educate the public on the whole background.
The meeting attracted an audience about twice as big as we anticipated.
Almost 100 people attended. This was not a passive audience. There were
many points during the two speeches and during the discussion when
people burst into applause or called out their opinions. Another true
sign of the involvement was the fact that £800 was collected for the
campaign. We now have an additional 40 names on our mailing list,
including 20 email addresses. All this bodes very well for future
actions.
3) Feb 12 in La Hague: President Milosevic goes back to the court next
Tuesday, on February 12th to face the charges on Kosovo, now part of the
'unified' list (if this date is held to by the court). He has determined
that it will be the court, not him, that will be on trial and that the
judges will be humanity and history, not the fake panel sitting in The
Hague. The International Committee (ICDSM) are organising events on
February 12th and have asked for our participation. I refer here to an
email we have received from Jared Israel of the ICDSM
"URGENT - please if you can, raise money at this meeting. We
desperately need it for activities around Feb. 12th. All who would like
to come to The Netherlands on Feb. 12th are invited - we will have
activities if possible at The Hague and certainly in Amsterdam. At the
press conference in The Hague a line of people will stand in silence
with pictures of the devastation of Yugoslavia while Vergess and Black
et al speak to the press."
So, at the minimum there will be a public street protest and a press
conference. If you are interested to attend please contact me.
4) Finance: We did very well at the meeting but there are many finance
needs. We NEED to begin an international legal defence fund for
Milosevic. We NEED to get people to La Hague and other future actions.
We NEED to plan further events in this country and to support the
national committee's work here. If you or your friends have access to
any MONEY, we would like it. This is a cause worth supporting. And we
know that many people have financial obligations of a personal nature
and that many families in the region are depending on those of us in the
diaspora. Nevertheless, this is one of the best investments we can make
for the future of the region.
We will be holding a committee meeting very soon and will be planning an
enlarged 'advisery' meeting following that. We will also plan our second
public meeting to be held during the initial stages of the trial. You
will be kept informed of every move.
Best wishes and . . . congratulations. We are born!
Paul Davidson (CDSM -B)
===*===
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Klaus von Raussendorff
Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 30. Januar 2002 16:07
An: Klaus von Raussendorff
Betreff: Haager "Tribunal" auf Schlingerkurs -
Unterstützerfront für Milosevic wird breiter
PRESSE-MITTEILUNG 02/2002(siehe Anhang)
Internationales Komitee für die Verteidigung von Slobodan Milosevic
(ICDSM)
- Deutsche Sektion -
30.01.2002
HAAGER "TRIBUNAL" AUF SCHLINGERKURS -
UNTERSTÜTZERFRONT FÜR MILOSEVIC WIRD BREITER
Den Haag: Anklage in Nöten - Paris: Staranwalt Vergès unterstützt
Milosevic - London: In-ternationale Konferenz zur Milosevic-
Verteidigung am
Freitag - Berlin: Kolloquium über Sinn und Missbrauch internationaler
Strafgerichtsbarkeit angekündigt
c/o Klaus Hartmann
Sprecher der Deutschen Sektion (ICDSM)
Schillstraße 7
D-63067 Offenbach am Main
T/F: -69 - 83 58 50
e-mail: vorstand@...
Internet: www.free-slobo.de
www.icdsm.org
===*===
»Tribunal« auf Schlingerkurs
Haager Anklage gegen Slobodan Milosevic steht auf tönernen Füßen
Klaus Hartmann/Rainer Raussendorff
Am Mittwoch führte das Haager »Tribunal« eine »Berufungsverhandlung«
durch - die »Chefanklägerin« Carla Del Ponte war unzufrieden mit der
Entscheidung, am 12. Februar 2002 mit einem gesonderten »Kosovo-
Prozeß« starten zu müssen. Bereits im November letzten Jahres hatte
sie beantragt, ihre Anklagen gegen den früheren jugoslawischen
Präsidenten Slobodan Milosevic wegen »Kriegsverbrechen«
und »Verbrechen gegen die Menschheit« in Kosovo, in Kroatien und in
Bosnien in einem Prozeß zusammenzuführen und gemeinsam zu verhandeln.
In der Anhörung vom vergangenen Dezember, der vierten Vorverhandlung,
akzeptierten die »Richter« die Zusammenfassung der Kroatien- und
Bosnien-Anklage, bestanden aber auf einem gesonderten Prozeß zum
Kosovo.
Was sich wie ein belangloses Gezerre um trockene Verfahrensfragen
anhört, birgt bei genauerer Betrachtung erheblichen Sprengstoff.
Slobodan Milosevic analysierte am 10.12.01 messerscharf: »Die Gründe
für den Versuch der ?Klagenhäufung? sind ganz und gar pragmatisch und
darauf abgestellt, jene zu decken, die Verbrechen gegen mein Land
begangen haben, und keineswegs, wie man behauptet, im Interesse eines
zügigen Verfahrens.« Denn: »Diese beiden ?Anklagen? wegen Kroatien
und Bosnien wurden ausdrücklich nur aus einem einzigen Grund erhoben,
nämlich, um die ?Anklage? wegen Kosovo in der Versenkung verschwinden
zu lassen, weil über Kosovo zu reden die ganze Frage des Terrorismus
aufwerfen würde, konkret die Zusammenarbeit der Clinton-
Administration mit den Terroristen im Kosovo, einschließlich der
Organisation bin Ladens.«
Aus diesem Grund konnte Del Ponte es bei der Ablehnung der
Prozeßbündelung auch nicht bewenden lassen und hatte dagegen Berufung
eingelegt. Begründung: Nur in einem umfassenden Verfahren gegen
Milosevic könne »die Gesamtheit seines kriminellen Verhaltens«
ausreichend dargestellt werden. Konkret heißt dies wohl, die Kosovo-
»Anklage« ist nicht ausreichend.
Frau Del Ponte versucht mit ihrer Berufung nicht weniger, als ihre
eigene Anklage zu retten und dem Tribunal seine größte Blamage zu
ersparen. In der ihm eigenen Art kommentierte Slobodan Milosevic
diesen Versuch am Mittwoch mit den Worten: »Wenn man drei Lügen
zusammenzählt, wird noch keine Wahrheit daraus.« Ob Haag seine
Anklägerin in letzter Minute vor dem Gesichtsverlust in Sachen Kosovo-
»Anklage« bewahren will, ist jedoch noch offen.
Daß die Anklage auf tönernen Füßen steht, belegen sich in den letzten
Tagen häufende Indizien. Der in London erscheinenden Independent
meldete am kürzlich, der »Milosevic-Prozeß steht vor dem
Zusammenbruch«. Aufgrund des Durcheinanders seien Ermittler
der »Anklage« nach Belgrad gereist, aber mit leeren Händen
zurückgekommen. Der »fundamentale Schwachpunkt« der Anklage sei, daß
sie sich ausschließlich auf Zeugenaussagen westlicher Offizieller und
ethnischer Albaner stütze. »Die Glaubwürdigkeit einiger Zeugen ist
zweifelhaft, da sie von (westlichen) Geheimdienst-Mitarbeitern
gesammelt wurden und nicht durch tribunaleigenes
Untersuchungspersonal.«
Auch der Spiegel beklagt »wacklige Zeugen«. Danach will das Gericht
etwa 20 Personen vorführen, ehemals enge Milosevic-Mitarbeiter, die
ihren Chef belasten sollten. Doch »für sie hat in ihrer Heimat ein
Spießrutenlaufen begonnen, weil viele Unbelehrbare ihnen Verrat
vorwerfen. Grund genug für viele Aussagewillige, ihre Reise nach Den
Haag zu überdenken.«
Den Artikel finden Sie unter:
http://www.jungewelt.de/2002/02-01/002.php
(c) Junge Welt 2002
http://www.jungewelt.de
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