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Brilliant article... Miroslav Antic wrote: > > Mr Worthington; > > I have just finished reading your column, "Even a thug > deserves a fair trial". When I saw the title of your > article, I thought you were going to demonstrate > journalistic integrity by having written to advocate a > trial for the friends and co-plotters of 19 > terrorists; not the Muslim fundamentalists, but the > leaders of NATO on March 24, 1999. > > Sadly, Mr Worthington, while I have admired many of > your past musings in print, this time around you have > joined the ranks of Eric Margolis and the rest of the > similar-type scandalists of the journalistic > community. Your current article, while accurate on > some points, is often vile, hyperbolic, and worst of > all slanderous in the portrayal (and betrayal) of one > of the few legitimate heroes of my generation- none > other than President Milosevic himself. > > You and I exchanged more than a few e-mails in the > past regarding 'journalistic integrity' as it > pertained to Canadian mainstream press, including > nearly half a dozen concerning the events at Racak Jan > 15/99. You read some of what I had written at > YugoslaviaInfo and elsewhere and remarked to the > effect that you liked what you saw. One of those > e-mails concerned the re-burying (with full KLA > military honours) of many of what we are all still > told were 'civilian victims' of 'Serb atrocities' on > that date. > > Why, then, are you referring to President Milosevic as > a 'thug'? On what incontrovertible evidence to you > allegate and then conclude this? (such a charge > against a thrice-elected representative of his nation > should be factually and incontrovertibly demonstrated, > rather than allegated. I thought you were above such > tripe, Mr Worthington) > > While you should be lauded for writing about the lack > of fairness and justice in the kangaroo/circus > presently playing itself out at the Hague, it is > inconsistent to say the least to CAST DOUBT ON THE > MOTIVES of the (so-called) prosecutors (you and I both > know 'persecutors' would be a more apt title) without > at the same time CASTING THE SAME DOUBTS AS TO THEIR > 'EVIDENCE'- and if you are not basing your allegations > against President Milosevic on their evidence, who(m) > are you relying on for your position in this regard? > > For my position- that President Milosevic has neither > ordered, aided, nor abetted any moral or judicial > crimes of any sort- I rely on both the > incontrovertible evidence in this regard and the > statements of neutral observers 'on the scene'. For > example Roland Keith, a fellow Canadian with more than > 30 years of military service to his country, > explicitly > denies that he or any member of his team, saw > 'atrocities', 'genocide', 'ethnic cleansing' etc > levelled against ordinary civilians. > > Keith was 'right in the thick of it'( Pristina area) > just before those NATO air murders began. If you are > looking 'thug' you need look no further than Chretien, > Clinton, Blair, and their support staff; do you think > for a minute that dropping a bomb from 15,000 feet in > the middle of Belgrade is being done for the purpose > of only (if at all) targeting military infrastructure? > > Please, Mr Worthington, even a precursory and > objective look at what was hit in Yugoslavia-and with > what weapons- will lead you onto the chase of the real > criminals and thugs in Yugoslavia. This point I hope > has not been lost on you as well: when does an > organization, guilty of thuggery and many of the same > allegations being directed towards President > Milosevic, qualify to be our 'friends' when just weeks > earlier they were labelled a 'terrorist organization' > themselves by another of our 'friends'. (I refer to > the US designation of the KLA) > > Now, how much of Mr Worthington's conclusion of > 'thuggery' is based on > KLA-acquired/dispensed/allegated evidence?? > > Again I ask: on what information are you concluding > that President Milosevic is a thug? > > Do you really think that the German High Court knows > not what they are doing (in ruling that there existed > no evidence of atrocities by the Yugoslav government) > and do you think that hundreds of thousands of Kosovo > civilians of Albanian descent knew not what they were > doing (running TOWARDS Belgrade, not away from it, > during the NATO bombings) and do you think Dr. Anthony > Daniels from Britain, who visited refugee camps during > the NATO bombings and said explicitly that he saw more > injuries on a Saturday night in a typical London city > than he saw in those camps, knows not what he is > saying? > > Let's get with it, Mr Worthington. Facts are facts. I > could sit here and type a list of similar witnesses > who would laugh and shake their heads at the ignorance > of your suppositions. You know better and you should > have written more honestly. There is no need to soften > your blows levelled at the sick joke at the Hague and > and the same time to appeal to Canadian nationalism by > referring to lies. > > I will give you one example (again, I could sit here > and type for hours to extend these examples) of this > 'evidence' you so quickly and unashamedly cite: > > Professor Patrick Ball recently testified at the > Hague, citing his paper, "Policy or Panic" to claim on > the stand that he and his research team had evidence > that President Milosevic had 'ethnically cleansed' > large areas of Kosovo during the 1999 NATO bombings. > Ball's testimony parrots the nonsense of most > mainstream writers in this regard. Now, Ball makes a > continuing point that his evidence is > 'incontrovertible' and, paraphrasing, used 'recognized > and accurate methods' to acquire his information and > draw the conclusions he listed. > > Here now is an article on from Patrick Ball, recorded > the same month his "Policy or Panic" was released. > Please note the quotes of Ball: > > > They hand-fed the documents page by page > into two Cannon flatbed scanners, used for > reliability, but soon found an eager > volunteer in their landlord's 17-year-old > son. "He was so hungry for the technology, he > was willing to sit in this sweltering > apartment scanning for six hours, just so > he could push a mouse," Dr Ball said. The > boy just wanted to "touch the computer". > > > Mr. Worthington, would you trust your future to the > whims and inexperience of a 17-year-old who just wants > to 'push a mouse'? Is that 'evidence' to you, Mr > Worthington? Is that 'an accepted method' of handling > sensitive information, Mr Worthington? Is this the > best incontrovertible and ironclad information being > used by the so-called prosecutors (themselves > nationals of, and paid by, countries who bomb > civilians with impunity) and heard by the so-called > judges? (themselves nationals of, and paid by, > countries who bomb civilians with impunity) Here is > the URL from which I am quoting: > > http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:GmZxR0140ZAC:www.underground-book.com/a > > rticles/TheIndependent-2000-05-15-Kosovo.php3+%22Dr+Patrick+Ball%22+serbs&hl > > =en > > > > It doesn't get better now, Mr Worthington- it gets > worse. Patrick Ball and the pro(per)secutors at the > Hague will have you and I believe that the information > acquired to produce "Policy or Panic" was done in an > even-handed and objective manner. Ball's report came > out in May/2000. He claims that he began his work on > this nine months earlier from the release date of the > report- which would put the beginning of his study > somewhere around the fall of 1999. > > Do you want to know what our 'esteemed' Professor Ball > was saying in the fall of 1999- publicly? Here it is: > > > "The Serbs know how to play this game" he said. "They > were not going to leave any bodies around as evidence" > > The URL for the above quote: > > http://www.nydailynews.com/1999-10-24/News_and_Views/Opinion/a-44867.asp > > > > > This statement of pre-bias is attributed to Patrick > Ball, Mr Worthington, right around the time he was > beginning his so-called 'objective, independent study. > > Bullshit. > > The man began his search already knowing what he was > going to find- one way or the other, and very > publicly. Of course 'his numbers added up"- to what he > wanted them to. Nazis used the same 'recognized and > accurate methods' to discredit and kill Jews and > Serbs. > > Evidence at the Hague...evidence for Mr Worthington... > > ...I never thought I would be using those two terms in > the same sentence... > > So where is Mr Worthington's article on 17-year-olds > playing Nintendo games, and Patrick Ball playing smug > and sinister games....with someone's life? > > Has it ever occurred to you that these 'evidence > players' make a career from beneath the same rocks > from which they cannot find anything of substance, but > have to scrape the slime off their own amateurism and > re-invent it as 'proof'. > > Has it ever occurred to you that if 'so much evidence' > was available, there would have been no need to > fabricate an atrocity at Racak? Has it ever occurred > to you that the Nazis had 'evidence' as well? > > What is the difference between the pseudo-science of > the Nazis and the pseudo-science of Patrick Ball being > parlayed around at the Hague now as substantial proof? > > Honestly, Mr Worthington, you could have put the name > of either 'Eric Margolis' or 'Haroon Siddiqui' as the > author of your article, and it would have been equally > biased and slanderous- but it would have been far less > surprising. > > > Now I commend you for writing that 'the verdict is > already in' re President Milosevic, but I'm wondering > that perhaps your verdict- that President Milosevic is > a thug- is also 'already in'. It took a lot of guts to > write that an 'open court' is needed in which NATO can > be called upon to defend and explain it's actions in > 1999; why do you heap NATO treachery and Yugoslav > honour in the same shit-pile?? > > Thanks for your time, Mr Worthington. It is puzzling > to see you cast doubt on many of the allegations being > publicly levelled against President Milosevic while > simultaneously levelling some of your own. > > Sincerely, > > Chris Soda > > URL for M Worthington's article: > > http://www.canoe.ca/Columnists/worthington.html > > > --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
