Word: bakaly
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...Testimony Begins Week two of the trial of Slobodan Milosevic moved into high gear with the first five witnesses called to testify that the former President was responsible for the deportation of 800,000 ethnic Albanians from Kosovo and the murder of hundreds more. Kosovo Albanian political leader Mahmut Bakali, who had meetings with Milosevic, said that Serbs imposed an "apartheid" state on ethnic Albanians after Milosevic became leader. But it was those furthest removed from power who gave the most striking testimony: the first Kosovo Albanian victims testified against - and were questioned by - the man they hold most responsible...
...have hired a lawyer, but Slobodan Milosevic is acting as his own defense attorney in court. In an aggressive cross-examination that sought to discredit the prosecution's first witness, he questioned Kosovo Albanian political leader for almost four hours, twice as long as prosecutors. Bakali testified Monday about the "apartheid state" Serb leaders imposed on Kosovo's ethnic Albanians after Slobodan Milosevic's rise to power. He also testified that during his meetings with the former president, he informed Milosevic that Serb forces were committing crimes against ethnic Albanians, particularly the 1998 massacre of the Jashari family. Mahmut Bakali...
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