1. Some links to interesting articles and documents
2. Media Center Belgrade, Reports, 09/13/2002: COLLAPSE OF KOSOVO
INDICTMENT
3. Milosevic attacks BBC bias/Milosevic again told to rest
=== 1 ===
ALL "TRIAL" TRASCRIPTS / AUDIO FILES:
> http://hague.bard.edu/
AN INTERESTING FORUM:
> http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/issue_milosevic.htm
A Reader Asks: "WHICH INTERNATIONAL 'COURT' IS TRYING MILOSEVIC?"
> http://emperors-clothes.com/letters/schmitz.htm
Milosevic: A Farce Trial in the Hague? (by Larry Leonard)
> http://oregonmag.com/MoronMedia.htm
The Milosevic Trial: Key prosecution witness backs deposed Yugoslav
president (by K. Lee & P. Mitchell)
> http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/sep2002/hagu-s11_prn.shtml
Milosevic proves a slippery customer
(By Tim Franks, BBC Europe correspondent, The Hague)
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/2248647.stm
Anatomy of propaganda: How Slobodan Milosevic was framed (by Francisco
J. Gil-White)
> http://www.psych.upenn.edu/~fjgil/Trucks.htm
Anatomy of propaganda
How Slobodan Milosevic was framed
by Francisco J. Gil-White
http://www.psych.upenn.edu/~fjgil/
Introduction
In April 2001, a story broke making the following allegations: (1) the
Yugoslav army had massacred Albanian civilians; (2) their bodies were
driven away in a refrigerator truck which was then supposedly dumped
into the Danube, deep inside Serbia. In short notice this story became
an enormous international ?scandal,? and the allegations evolved and
multiplied until we were talking about whole convoys of trucks, all of
them supposedly full of massacred Albanian victims, and supposedly
spirited out of Kosovo and hidden in Serbia, out of the view of The
Hague tribunal investigators.
The hysteria in the Western (and some of the Serbian) media surrounding
these allegations was responsible for building support among the public
for the illegal abduction of Slobodan Milosevic and his subsequent
shipping to The Hague. Given the important role it played, it is
remarkable that there is absolutely no substance to the story.
In this piece I promise to do the following:
1) Give you a synopsis of what the story became, and an analysis of its
surface plausibility, just on its own terms.
2) Give you a blow-by-blow chronology of how the story evolved in the
media, and how it grew and grew in spite of the fact that no evidence
was ever added to the original ?evidence,? which turns out to be no
evidence at all, as I will show.
3) Demonstrate that, not only is there no substance to the accusations
against Slobodan Milosevic, but that these accusations have been part of
an organized plot to frame Milosevic for war crimes in order to send him
to The Hague in time to get a billion dollars from the United States and
also to neutralize the pro-Milosevic opposition that has been a nuisance
to the new government in Belgrade, which government the United States
helped install with considerable effort and expenditure.
I will be happy to hear from anybody who does not find my refutations
sufficiently convincing. (...)
=== 2 ===
Subject: Rebirth of People's Unity in Belgrade: Free Milosevic!
Free Balkans!
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 18:38:24 +0200
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin"
Media Center Belgrade, Reports, 09/13/2002
COLLAPSE OF KOSOVO INDICTMENT
Press conference by the Yugoslav National Committee To
Defend Slobodan Milosevic "Freedom." The conference
topic "Collapse of the Kosovo Indictment" was addressed
by Bogoljub Bjelica, deputy president of the Socialist
Party of Serbia (SPS) and president of the Committee,
dr Vojislav Seselj, president of the Serbian Radical
Party (SRS), Goran Matic, vice-president of the
Yugoslav Left (JUL), Radisa Z. Kovacevic, member of the
Presidency of the Patriotic Alliance of Yugoslavia, and
dr Branko Rakic, member of the Committee.
"These days we witness the collapse of the
Kosovo indictment against our people and peace
in the Balkans. In the name of our national
being, we demand Slobodan Milosevic's immediate
release. What members of the SPS and citizens
want is a policy of national unity and its
implementation," said Bjelica.
"Each day of the trial to Slobodan Milosevic
makes his triumph more convincing. Since Serbia
and the Serbs are in the dock in The Hague, it
is Slobodan Milosevic that defends both Serbia
and the Serbs," said Seselj and added,
"Slobodan Milosevic's defense proved the Kosovo
indictment false and alleged evidence
fabricated. Indictments issued by Bosnia and
Croatia will be also grounded on false
evidence. But I am confident Slobodan Milosevic
will win out over The Hague Tribunal."
In Goran Matic's view, The Hague Tribunal deals
with forging history, rather than with justice.
"Slobodan Milosevic has faced the court and
managed to 'smash' the Kosovo indictment.
However, the court will meet with an even
bigger fiasco when it comes to indictments
issued by Bosnia and Croatia. This will ruin
the decade-long campaign against genocidal
Serbs and provide grounds for creation of the
FRY's internal policy," said Matic.
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)
=== 3 ===
--- In Ova adresa el. pošte je zaštićena od spambotova. Omogućite JavaScript da biste je videli., "sodommer" wrote:
Reuters (with additional material by BBC). 28 August 2002. Milosevic
attacks BBC 'bias.'
THE HAGUE -- Slobodan Milosevic crossed swords on Wednesday with a
British reporter, disputing the objectivity of the BBC as the
journalist cast doubt on Serbian assertions that NATO bombs killed
inmates of a Kosovo prison.
The British Broadcasting Corporation's former Belgrade correspondent,
Jacky Rowland, told of two visits she paid to Dubrava Prison in May
1999, where she saw dead bodies and was told they were victims of the
NATO raids launched in response to a Serb crackdown on the majority-
Albanian Serbian province of Kosovo.
"I have strong doubts that all those prisoners were killed as a
direct result of the NATO bombing," Rowland told the U.N.
International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia.
Serb authorities claimed inmates had been killed by NATO bombs, but
she reported at the time that it was unclear how the prisoners had
died.
Milosevic implied that the NATO bombing of the prison was a war
crime.
Journalists are divided over giving evidence at war crimes trials,
with some arguing it casts doubts on their independence. A host of
international news organizations have backed ex-Washington Post
reporter Jonathan Randal's earlier challenge against the Hague
tribunal compelling him to testify in another case.
"They (journalists) are not tools of the prosecution or investigative
arm of government or courts and it is important to honor that
distinction," lawyers representing Randal said in a submission to the
court this month.
Rowland stressed the BBC's objectivity and impartiality, saying she
spoke to people from all walks of life for her work and she had
conducted "balanced, impartial, fair reporting."
But Milosevic challenged the BBC's overall objectivity, saying with a
wry smile: "A Serbian proverb says 'One swallow does not make a
spring', so please do not generalize regarding this one objective
report about the reporting of the BBC in general."
Milosevic later read out the text of a BBC report that questioned
allegations by NATO that the Serb authorities were holding tens of
thousands of refugees.
--
AFP. 28 August 2002. Milosevic again told to rest.
THE HAGUE -- A heart specialist has recommended that Slobodan
Milosevic take frequent breaks in order to rest up during his war
crimes trial, which resumed this week after a month-long recess,
judicial sources said Wednesday.
The former Yugoslav president should be given four consecutive days
off after every two weeks of hearings, the cardiologist told
presiding judge Richard May of the UN tribunal here.
Milosevic's health became a key factor in his trial when a medical
exam in July revealed he was at risk of a heart attack due to
pressure from his trial.
Underway since February 12, the trial has taxed the 61-year-old ex-
leader's health since he has refused outside counsel and is defending
himself against some 60 charges of crimes against humanity, war
crimes and genocide for his participation in wars in Kosovo, Bosnia
and Croatia.
He is said to spend evenings and nights in his cell reading through
voluminous documents, pouring over evidence and witness statements
and preparing for the next day's session.
The first of part of his trial, which focused on the Kosovo war, ends
next month. The tribunal will begin hearing testimony on Milosevic's
responsibility in the Bosnia and Croatia wars on September 30.
--- End forwarded message ---
2. Media Center Belgrade, Reports, 09/13/2002: COLLAPSE OF KOSOVO
INDICTMENT
3. Milosevic attacks BBC bias/Milosevic again told to rest
=== 1 ===
ALL "TRIAL" TRASCRIPTS / AUDIO FILES:
> http://hague.bard.edu/
AN INTERESTING FORUM:
> http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/issue_milosevic.htm
A Reader Asks: "WHICH INTERNATIONAL 'COURT' IS TRYING MILOSEVIC?"
> http://emperors-clothes.com/letters/schmitz.htm
Milosevic: A Farce Trial in the Hague? (by Larry Leonard)
> http://oregonmag.com/MoronMedia.htm
The Milosevic Trial: Key prosecution witness backs deposed Yugoslav
president (by K. Lee & P. Mitchell)
> http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/sep2002/hagu-s11_prn.shtml
Milosevic proves a slippery customer
(By Tim Franks, BBC Europe correspondent, The Hague)
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/2248647.stm
Anatomy of propaganda: How Slobodan Milosevic was framed (by Francisco
J. Gil-White)
> http://www.psych.upenn.edu/~fjgil/Trucks.htm
Anatomy of propaganda
How Slobodan Milosevic was framed
by Francisco J. Gil-White
http://www.psych.upenn.edu/~fjgil/
Introduction
In April 2001, a story broke making the following allegations: (1) the
Yugoslav army had massacred Albanian civilians; (2) their bodies were
driven away in a refrigerator truck which was then supposedly dumped
into the Danube, deep inside Serbia. In short notice this story became
an enormous international ?scandal,? and the allegations evolved and
multiplied until we were talking about whole convoys of trucks, all of
them supposedly full of massacred Albanian victims, and supposedly
spirited out of Kosovo and hidden in Serbia, out of the view of The
Hague tribunal investigators.
The hysteria in the Western (and some of the Serbian) media surrounding
these allegations was responsible for building support among the public
for the illegal abduction of Slobodan Milosevic and his subsequent
shipping to The Hague. Given the important role it played, it is
remarkable that there is absolutely no substance to the story.
In this piece I promise to do the following:
1) Give you a synopsis of what the story became, and an analysis of its
surface plausibility, just on its own terms.
2) Give you a blow-by-blow chronology of how the story evolved in the
media, and how it grew and grew in spite of the fact that no evidence
was ever added to the original ?evidence,? which turns out to be no
evidence at all, as I will show.
3) Demonstrate that, not only is there no substance to the accusations
against Slobodan Milosevic, but that these accusations have been part of
an organized plot to frame Milosevic for war crimes in order to send him
to The Hague in time to get a billion dollars from the United States and
also to neutralize the pro-Milosevic opposition that has been a nuisance
to the new government in Belgrade, which government the United States
helped install with considerable effort and expenditure.
I will be happy to hear from anybody who does not find my refutations
sufficiently convincing. (...)
=== 2 ===
Subject: Rebirth of People's Unity in Belgrade: Free Milosevic!
Free Balkans!
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 18:38:24 +0200
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin"
Media Center Belgrade, Reports, 09/13/2002
COLLAPSE OF KOSOVO INDICTMENT
Press conference by the Yugoslav National Committee To
Defend Slobodan Milosevic "Freedom." The conference
topic "Collapse of the Kosovo Indictment" was addressed
by Bogoljub Bjelica, deputy president of the Socialist
Party of Serbia (SPS) and president of the Committee,
dr Vojislav Seselj, president of the Serbian Radical
Party (SRS), Goran Matic, vice-president of the
Yugoslav Left (JUL), Radisa Z. Kovacevic, member of the
Presidency of the Patriotic Alliance of Yugoslavia, and
dr Branko Rakic, member of the Committee.
"These days we witness the collapse of the
Kosovo indictment against our people and peace
in the Balkans. In the name of our national
being, we demand Slobodan Milosevic's immediate
release. What members of the SPS and citizens
want is a policy of national unity and its
implementation," said Bjelica.
"Each day of the trial to Slobodan Milosevic
makes his triumph more convincing. Since Serbia
and the Serbs are in the dock in The Hague, it
is Slobodan Milosevic that defends both Serbia
and the Serbs," said Seselj and added,
"Slobodan Milosevic's defense proved the Kosovo
indictment false and alleged evidence
fabricated. Indictments issued by Bosnia and
Croatia will be also grounded on false
evidence. But I am confident Slobodan Milosevic
will win out over The Hague Tribunal."
In Goran Matic's view, The Hague Tribunal deals
with forging history, rather than with justice.
"Slobodan Milosevic has faced the court and
managed to 'smash' the Kosovo indictment.
However, the court will meet with an even
bigger fiasco when it comes to indictments
issued by Bosnia and Croatia. This will ruin
the decade-long campaign against genocidal
Serbs and provide grounds for creation of the
FRY's internal policy," said Matic.
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)
=== 3 ===
--- In Ova adresa el. pošte je zaštićena od spambotova. Omogućite JavaScript da biste je videli., "sodommer" wrote:
Reuters (with additional material by BBC). 28 August 2002. Milosevic
attacks BBC 'bias.'
THE HAGUE -- Slobodan Milosevic crossed swords on Wednesday with a
British reporter, disputing the objectivity of the BBC as the
journalist cast doubt on Serbian assertions that NATO bombs killed
inmates of a Kosovo prison.
The British Broadcasting Corporation's former Belgrade correspondent,
Jacky Rowland, told of two visits she paid to Dubrava Prison in May
1999, where she saw dead bodies and was told they were victims of the
NATO raids launched in response to a Serb crackdown on the majority-
Albanian Serbian province of Kosovo.
"I have strong doubts that all those prisoners were killed as a
direct result of the NATO bombing," Rowland told the U.N.
International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia.
Serb authorities claimed inmates had been killed by NATO bombs, but
she reported at the time that it was unclear how the prisoners had
died.
Milosevic implied that the NATO bombing of the prison was a war
crime.
Journalists are divided over giving evidence at war crimes trials,
with some arguing it casts doubts on their independence. A host of
international news organizations have backed ex-Washington Post
reporter Jonathan Randal's earlier challenge against the Hague
tribunal compelling him to testify in another case.
"They (journalists) are not tools of the prosecution or investigative
arm of government or courts and it is important to honor that
distinction," lawyers representing Randal said in a submission to the
court this month.
Rowland stressed the BBC's objectivity and impartiality, saying she
spoke to people from all walks of life for her work and she had
conducted "balanced, impartial, fair reporting."
But Milosevic challenged the BBC's overall objectivity, saying with a
wry smile: "A Serbian proverb says 'One swallow does not make a
spring', so please do not generalize regarding this one objective
report about the reporting of the BBC in general."
Milosevic later read out the text of a BBC report that questioned
allegations by NATO that the Serb authorities were holding tens of
thousands of refugees.
--
AFP. 28 August 2002. Milosevic again told to rest.
THE HAGUE -- A heart specialist has recommended that Slobodan
Milosevic take frequent breaks in order to rest up during his war
crimes trial, which resumed this week after a month-long recess,
judicial sources said Wednesday.
The former Yugoslav president should be given four consecutive days
off after every two weeks of hearings, the cardiologist told
presiding judge Richard May of the UN tribunal here.
Milosevic's health became a key factor in his trial when a medical
exam in July revealed he was at risk of a heart attack due to
pressure from his trial.
Underway since February 12, the trial has taxed the 61-year-old ex-
leader's health since he has refused outside counsel and is defending
himself against some 60 charges of crimes against humanity, war
crimes and genocide for his participation in wars in Kosovo, Bosnia
and Croatia.
He is said to spend evenings and nights in his cell reading through
voluminous documents, pouring over evidence and witness statements
and preparing for the next day's session.
The first of part of his trial, which focused on the Kosovo war, ends
next month. The tribunal will begin hearing testimony on Milosevic's
responsibility in the Bosnia and Croatia wars on September 30.
--- End forwarded message ---