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HORROR SHOW At a refugee center for widows of men lost in the massacre at Srebrenica, Bosnian Muslim Fatima Begovic, whose husband and sons died there, sobs as she watches Slobodan Milosevic defend himself at his trial for crimes against humanity--the first ever for a head of state. The former Yugoslav President, accused of directing the genocide of 300,000 non-Serbs and driving millions from their homelands, scornfully blamed NATO and claimed he was the real victim. "It is all lies," he fumed. "The real crime was the killing of Yugoslavia and crucifying...
...NETEHERLANDS 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...
...trial of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic for crimes against humanity lends hope that justice may finally be served in one of the greatest tragedies of the last decade. Milosevic is accused of directing ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia on a scale not seen in Europe since the Holocaust. His trial is an important and unprecedented step towards holding heads of state accountable for atrocities committed under their leadership...
...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...
...Slobodan Milosevic picked up where he left off: giving the court a history lesson on how the Serbs have always been victims of outside aggression, with last decade's wars just the latest manifestation. Milosevic said he tried to keep the peace in Yugoslavia and his trial is an example of "the instigators of war accusing the protagonists of peace." This could only be done, said Milosevic, with the help of Western media, whose journalists very often become "killers and mercenaries." After criticizing the West's media manipulation, Milosevic then proceeded to show an unidentified 45-minute news reel more...