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Milosevic’s role in the Balkan tragedy can hardly be underestimated. He used a surge of Serbian nationalism in late 1980s to assume power and lead the Serbs into four bloody wars, producing hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of refugees. At home, Milosevic’s regime bred widespread corruption, as an oligarchy of his closest allies became immensely rich at the expense of the state and the people. Meanwhile, during his 13-year rule, Milosevic clung to power by any means necessary: he rigged elections, crushed popular unrest and persecuted and killed independent journalists, opposition...
...secession will be considerable. "If Montenegro goes, Serbia would effectively become a new country," Kostunica says. Elections might precipitate the breakup of the ruling coalition and, as President of a nonexistent Yugoslavia, Kostunica would be out of a job - though he would likely stay on, perhaps as the next Serbian President...
...Crimson staff published a very interesting editorial on the topic of extradition for former Serbian president and nefarious war criminal Slobodan Milosevic (“Extradite Milosevic,” April 10). The Crimson ought to be lauded for its commitment to the principles of international justice and human rights. Nevertheless, calls for American strong-arm tactics to coerce compliance with international law are misguided...
...potential consequences of extraditing Milosevic for the nascent democratic movement in Serbia. Milosevic should be brought to justice and should pay the price for all the crimes he has committed, but it would be in the best interest of all involved for us to cooperate with the Serbian government. Regardless of the America’s status as the world’s only hegemonic power, it is wrong for us to hold other nations to legal standards to which we would not hold ourselves. I sincerely hope that the government of Serbia decides to cooperate with the Criminal Tribunal...
...through Kertes, investigators say, that as much as $4 billion in levies collected at Serbia's borders was diverted to Milosevic. Now, say Milosevic's lawyers, Kertes is telling all. To defend himself from that testimony, Milosevic said the stolen funds were not for personal gain but to arm Serbian rebels in Croatia and Bosnia. But that admission, the first ever, was welcomed by U.N. war-crimes prosecutors trying to document Belgrade's role in fomenting the Bosnian war. Kertes is under heavy police guard in an undisclosed location and reportedly near nervous collapse for fear that...