Subject: MILOSEVIC: THE SECOND ACT OF THE CRIME AGAINST SERBIAN PEOPLE
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 23:46:27 +0100
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin"
THE SECOND ACT OF THE CRIME AGAINST SERBIAN PEOPLE
(full transcript of Milosevic's "J'accuse," delivered in the Hague)
The Hague, 30th October 2001
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC:
I demand that you disqualify the prosecutor for obvious reasons, and I
will mention only two. First, we heard her yesterday, loud and clear,
reading the indictment concerning Kosovo, which only deals with events
from the 24th of March until the end of first week of June, when,
second, the whole planet knows that it is exactly from the 24th March
until the first week of June, inclusive, that NATO committed its
criminal aggression against Yugoslavia.
The indictment and what we have heard implies that NATO did not commit
aggression against Yugoslavia, but rather that Yugoslavia committed
aggression against itself and therefore the consequences of
seventy-eight days and seventy-eight nights of bombing Yugoslavia, in
which 22,000 tons of bombs were delivered causing huge number of victims
- these are not effects of any NATO aggression, but instead are the
effects of the aggression Yugoslavia committed against itself.
This is not simple partiality. Partiality is too mild a word. What we
have heard surpasses even what we used to hear from the enemy side,
i.e., from the NATO spokesman. Thus, it is obviously a case of what you
would call total partiality. IF the court is able to remain blind to the
fact that from the 24th of March to the first week of June aggression
was committed, that the number of victims was huge, that 22,000 tons of
bombs was delivered and that an attempt is being made to blame all this
on Yugoslavia as if it committed these crimes against itself and to
absolve NATO - and I think that even such an illegal court must take
into account these facts - if the court does not want to take into
account these facts, then it is obvious this is not a court, but only a
part of the machinery for the execution of crimes against my country and
my people.
If the latter is the case, if the court s would not take into account
even such flagrant bias and would disregard such a crucial matter as the
aggression, so as not to disqualify the prosecutor for impudent
presentation of untruth and for siding with the aggressor if that is the
case, and therefore, the court is part of the machinery, then, please,
read the verdicts you have been instructed to reach and stop bothering
me - making me listen for hours to texts written at the level of a
seven-years old child; to put it more precisely - a retarded seven-year
old child. Do not bother me, read your verdicts. I think all of this up
to now has been a farce. If what we heard yesterday is accepted, that
Yugoslavia committed aggression against itself and that there are no
consequences of the NATO aggression as far as the prosecution is
concerned, all that follows would be a circus. That's why I am
suggesting that you reach the verdicts immediately
so as to avoid all the procedural problems you are facing.
Second I wish to tell you something and to warn you. I wish to warn you
that these trials have a direct influence on inducing terrorism in the
south of Serbia. I wish to warn you that these days, these weeks and
months Albanian terrorists at the south of Serbia are cutting throats,
setting the fires, raping, beating up, plundering and doing everything
else they used to do in Kosovo and Metohia. They were given wings
because in distinction to the current American administration that has
declared an antagonistic position regarding terrorism, the previous
administration was in alliance with terrorism. They knew that Osama bin
Laden was in Albania two years after he demolished their embassies. They
even commented on that fact when meeting with me and my associates. So,
please do not induce terrorism in the south of Serbia because people
there are suffering too much. You should also
bear in mind that because of such terror and under the Untied Nations
auspices 330,000 persons were driven from Kosovo and Metohia. 330,000
mainly Serbs under the auspices of the United Nations.
JUDGE MAY:
We have heard that and we would be very glad to hear what you have to
say, whether there is something you wish to say regarding your physical
and mental state. [Note this is an English retranslation from the
Serbian.]
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC:
So, now I have to limit my comments only to that, is that it? OK.
Then I wish to request of the court, since I have heard that the
opposite side insists that I have no 'privileges' in regard to an
expeditious trial, so that I understood your plan is to have the trial
last some three years, let me at least not be discriminated against in
respect of treatment.
Therefore I request that cameras be removed from my prison cell, and
that you cease to have your officials present when my family visits. The
Explanations for cameras in the cell are senseless. It is explained that
cameras are needed to prevent me from committing suicide. I wish to
declare here in front of this court that I would never commit suicide
because first of all I do not want to do that to my children and my
family, to make them children of one who committed suicide.
Secondly. I would never commit suicide because I have to fight here, to
destroy this court and this mockery of a trial and it's employers who
are using this court against persons fighting for freedom in the world.
Thus, kindly remove the cameras and the officials, because the rule,
that cameras could be installed for one month is being abused for 4
months now without any reason, misusing the one month rule because you
have the power to do it.
That is what I am requesting, not to be privileged, but not to be
further discriminated against, at least in that respect. As far as
monitoring of other meetings, taping of telephone conversations, etc.,
that you ordered, that's your problem, you may continue to do that.
After all, when my family is here your officials don't have to be
present - you may eavesdrop, even without their presence, so I would ask
you to free me of this unpleasantness as much as possible.
The Hague, 29th October 2001, Afternoon
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC (after the reading of the "Kosovo indictment" ):
What we have just heard shows by itself that the indictment is false and
it is also the proof that Mr. Robinson asked for in relation to the bias
of that false indictment and of the prosecutor. And that is for two
reasons.
First, there is a total intention to completely switch the roles played
by the two sides in the conflict... (At this point the microphone was
turned off)
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC (after the reading of the "Croatia indictment"):
This indictment is the second act of the crime committed against my
people, because it proclaims the victim to be the culprit in order to
protect the real culprits for the crime against Yugoslavia. It is absurd
to accuse Serbia and the Serbs for the armed secession of Croatia that
caused civil war, conflicts and sufferings for the civilian population.
The indictment even attempts to refute the late Croatian boss Franjo
Tudjman who in his message to the Croat people said... (The mike was cut
here)
To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sps.org.yu/ (official SPS website)
http://www.belgrade-forum.org/ (forum for the world of equals)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend Slobodan
Milosevic)
http://www.jutarnje.co.yu/ ('morning news' the only Serbian newspaper
advocating liberation)
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Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 23:46:27 +0100
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin"
THE SECOND ACT OF THE CRIME AGAINST SERBIAN PEOPLE
(full transcript of Milosevic's "J'accuse," delivered in the Hague)
The Hague, 30th October 2001
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC:
I demand that you disqualify the prosecutor for obvious reasons, and I
will mention only two. First, we heard her yesterday, loud and clear,
reading the indictment concerning Kosovo, which only deals with events
from the 24th of March until the end of first week of June, when,
second, the whole planet knows that it is exactly from the 24th March
until the first week of June, inclusive, that NATO committed its
criminal aggression against Yugoslavia.
The indictment and what we have heard implies that NATO did not commit
aggression against Yugoslavia, but rather that Yugoslavia committed
aggression against itself and therefore the consequences of
seventy-eight days and seventy-eight nights of bombing Yugoslavia, in
which 22,000 tons of bombs were delivered causing huge number of victims
- these are not effects of any NATO aggression, but instead are the
effects of the aggression Yugoslavia committed against itself.
This is not simple partiality. Partiality is too mild a word. What we
have heard surpasses even what we used to hear from the enemy side,
i.e., from the NATO spokesman. Thus, it is obviously a case of what you
would call total partiality. IF the court is able to remain blind to the
fact that from the 24th of March to the first week of June aggression
was committed, that the number of victims was huge, that 22,000 tons of
bombs was delivered and that an attempt is being made to blame all this
on Yugoslavia as if it committed these crimes against itself and to
absolve NATO - and I think that even such an illegal court must take
into account these facts - if the court does not want to take into
account these facts, then it is obvious this is not a court, but only a
part of the machinery for the execution of crimes against my country and
my people.
If the latter is the case, if the court s would not take into account
even such flagrant bias and would disregard such a crucial matter as the
aggression, so as not to disqualify the prosecutor for impudent
presentation of untruth and for siding with the aggressor if that is the
case, and therefore, the court is part of the machinery, then, please,
read the verdicts you have been instructed to reach and stop bothering
me - making me listen for hours to texts written at the level of a
seven-years old child; to put it more precisely - a retarded seven-year
old child. Do not bother me, read your verdicts. I think all of this up
to now has been a farce. If what we heard yesterday is accepted, that
Yugoslavia committed aggression against itself and that there are no
consequences of the NATO aggression as far as the prosecution is
concerned, all that follows would be a circus. That's why I am
suggesting that you reach the verdicts immediately
so as to avoid all the procedural problems you are facing.
Second I wish to tell you something and to warn you. I wish to warn you
that these trials have a direct influence on inducing terrorism in the
south of Serbia. I wish to warn you that these days, these weeks and
months Albanian terrorists at the south of Serbia are cutting throats,
setting the fires, raping, beating up, plundering and doing everything
else they used to do in Kosovo and Metohia. They were given wings
because in distinction to the current American administration that has
declared an antagonistic position regarding terrorism, the previous
administration was in alliance with terrorism. They knew that Osama bin
Laden was in Albania two years after he demolished their embassies. They
even commented on that fact when meeting with me and my associates. So,
please do not induce terrorism in the south of Serbia because people
there are suffering too much. You should also
bear in mind that because of such terror and under the Untied Nations
auspices 330,000 persons were driven from Kosovo and Metohia. 330,000
mainly Serbs under the auspices of the United Nations.
JUDGE MAY:
We have heard that and we would be very glad to hear what you have to
say, whether there is something you wish to say regarding your physical
and mental state. [Note this is an English retranslation from the
Serbian.]
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC:
So, now I have to limit my comments only to that, is that it? OK.
Then I wish to request of the court, since I have heard that the
opposite side insists that I have no 'privileges' in regard to an
expeditious trial, so that I understood your plan is to have the trial
last some three years, let me at least not be discriminated against in
respect of treatment.
Therefore I request that cameras be removed from my prison cell, and
that you cease to have your officials present when my family visits. The
Explanations for cameras in the cell are senseless. It is explained that
cameras are needed to prevent me from committing suicide. I wish to
declare here in front of this court that I would never commit suicide
because first of all I do not want to do that to my children and my
family, to make them children of one who committed suicide.
Secondly. I would never commit suicide because I have to fight here, to
destroy this court and this mockery of a trial and it's employers who
are using this court against persons fighting for freedom in the world.
Thus, kindly remove the cameras and the officials, because the rule,
that cameras could be installed for one month is being abused for 4
months now without any reason, misusing the one month rule because you
have the power to do it.
That is what I am requesting, not to be privileged, but not to be
further discriminated against, at least in that respect. As far as
monitoring of other meetings, taping of telephone conversations, etc.,
that you ordered, that's your problem, you may continue to do that.
After all, when my family is here your officials don't have to be
present - you may eavesdrop, even without their presence, so I would ask
you to free me of this unpleasantness as much as possible.
The Hague, 29th October 2001, Afternoon
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC (after the reading of the "Kosovo indictment" ):
What we have just heard shows by itself that the indictment is false and
it is also the proof that Mr. Robinson asked for in relation to the bias
of that false indictment and of the prosecutor. And that is for two
reasons.
First, there is a total intention to completely switch the roles played
by the two sides in the conflict... (At this point the microphone was
turned off)
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC (after the reading of the "Croatia indictment"):
This indictment is the second act of the crime committed against my
people, because it proclaims the victim to be the culprit in order to
protect the real culprits for the crime against Yugoslavia. It is absurd
to accuse Serbia and the Serbs for the armed secession of Croatia that
caused civil war, conflicts and sufferings for the civilian population.
The indictment even attempts to refute the late Croatian boss Franjo
Tudjman who in his message to the Croat people said... (The mike was cut
here)
To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sps.org.yu/ (official SPS website)
http://www.belgrade-forum.org/ (forum for the world of equals)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend Slobodan
Milosevic)
http://www.jutarnje.co.yu/ ('morning news' the only Serbian newspaper
advocating liberation)
---
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