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--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 21:29:52 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: 'Western Civilization' at The Hague, by George Szamuely > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is being sent on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > as part of the mailing list that you joined. > List: ICDSM > URL: http://www.icdsm.org > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic www.icdsm.org > > The URL for this article is: http://www.icdsm.org/more/westernciv.htm > > Subscribe to the ICDSM email list at > http://www.icdsm.org/maillist.htm Receive no more than one article > per day. > > ======================================= > 'Western Civilization' at The Hague > by George Szamuely > Reprinted from NY Press > [Posted 6 March 2002] > ======================================= > > Gandhi was once asked what he thought of Western civilization. He > responded: "I think it would be a good idea." Western civilization in > all its triumphalist, moth-eaten glory is currently on display at the > show trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic at the > Hague. The elected leader of a European country is being forced to > defend himself against ludicrous charges manufactured by the > intelligence agencies of the very same countries that waged > aggressive war against his nation. The man who tried to keep > multinational Yugoslavia together in the face of Western-sponsored > nationalist secession is the one accused of rabid nationalism. > > Milosevic has refused to recognize Carla del Ponte's little circus as > an independent and impartial tribunal of justice and has elected to > represent himself. Therefore he is not permitted to meet any > attorneys or indeed anyone who might offer him legal advice. Whenever > he sees anyone-and he is allowed to see very few people-a tribunal > official is always in attendance. He is kept under 24-hour video > surveillance. All his meetings are videotaped and transcribed. He is > permitted to see his wife once a month, and even during those > meetings an official is always in attendance. When she comes to the > Hague there are severe restrictions on her movements. She can stay at > her hotel or visit the prison. That's it. > > The other day the Dutch authorities even denied her a visa, citing > some nonsense about not having been given adequate notice of her > visit. The Dutch like to raise visa problems. It's their little > contribution to the Alliance effort and Western civilization. The > Dutch, as Gen. Michael Short so eloquently explained to Congress in > October 1999, "are small dogs but they want to have a seat at the > table." Short has a knack for blurting out such truths. At the height > of the 1999 bombing he revealed NATO strategy: "If you wake up in the > morning and you have no power to your house and no gas to your stove > and the bridge you take to work is down and will be lying in the > Danube for the next 20 years, I think you begin to ask, 'Hey, Slobo, > what's this all about? How much more of this do we have to > withstand?''' Sounds awfully like a war crime confession to me. > > Milosevic is being denied bail even though there is no likelihood > whatsoever of his fleeing. Moreover, the International Covenant on > Civil and Political Rights is quite explicit that if you have not > been convicted of anything there has to be a damn good reason why you > should be in custody. Being in custody means Milosevic is unable to > prepare properly for trial. He is not permitted Internet access. His > only means of communication with the outside world is a public > payphone. All of his telephone calls are monitored and transcribed. > The prison authorities can pass this material on to the prosecutors. > Any books or articles that are sent to him can be withheld and > confiscated by the prison authorities. But then the tribunal is > notorious for all sorts of fascinating legal innovations that must > make any prosecutor drool. It was bad enough that Milosevic was > extradited even though the Yugoslav constitutional court had ruled > his extradition to be illegal. The prosecutors then piled ! > on a whole lot of additional nonsensical charges, thereby violating > yet another international law according to which a defendant can only > be tried for the crimes he was specifically charged with in the > extradition request. Prosecutors can also appeal an acquittal and > insist on continued detention during the appeal. Hearsay evidence can > be introduced without a complaint from the judge. The court has the > power to demand the arrest and indefinite detention of defendants, > yet has no power to subpoena defense witnesses. One of the witnesses > against Milosevic was an employee of the tribunal-someone in the pay > of the prosecutors. > > Yet the organizations that are normally so vociferous in their > indignation about human rights violations have been remarkably > silent. Fraudulent NGOs that are really agencies of Western > governments, like the George Soros-financed Human Rights Watch, have > been positively gleeful at the treatment meted out to a former head > of state. Amnesty International anguishes about the plight of Al > Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo, yet stays silent about this abuse of a > political prisoner. > > Extraordinarily, even with all these handicaps Milosevic has easily > been getting the better of the prosecutors. Kosovo Albanians troop > into the courtroom recounting absurd scripted tales of babies being > knived, paralyzed women being burned to death and children being > roasted. The moment Milosevic mentions the KLA, they all declare they > know nothing about the organization. The prosecution is already > demanding that the court clamp down on Milosevic's lengthy > cross-examinations lest they "deter future witnesses from testifying > against him." > > The tribunal is under orders to find Milosevic guilty. It won't be > hard for it to do so. According to its notion of "command > responsibility" a leader is responsible for any atrocity by anyone > unless he had taken active steps to stop it. This means Lyndon > Johnson was personally responsible for the massacre at My Lai, George > Bush the Elder for the slaughter of retreating Iraqis at the end of > the Gulf War and George Bush the Younger for the butchery at > Mazar-e-Sharif. Western civilization really would be a good idea. > > Reprinted for Fair Use Only from NY Press at > http://www.nypress.com/15/10/taki/2.cfm > > ========================== > FURTHER READING > ========================== > > 1) "Szamuely's List or 22 Reasons Why I Don't Want to be Imprisoned > by the Hague 'Tribunal'" Can be read at > http://www.icdsm.org/more/szam.htm > > 2) 'Expert on Psychology of Ethnic Conflict Changes his Mind about > Yugoslavia.' Can be read at > http://www.icdsm.org/more/gw.htm > Francisco Gil-White, a Professor who studies ethnic conflict, has > changed his mind about Yugoslavia. In this brilliant text he shows > how the media and supposed scholars have misrepresented what Slobodan > Milosevic said at Kosovo Field in 1989. > > 3) Slobodan Milosevic on the illegitimacy of the Hague Tribunal and > the crude Imperialism it is meant to disguise. Can be read at > http://www.icdsm.org/more/aug30.htm > > 4) 'Why is NATO Decimating the Balkans and Trying to Force Milosevic > to Surrender?' > By Jared Israel and Nico Varkevisser > > 5) 'Illegal Tribunal - Illegal Indictment,' by Dr. Hans Koechler at > http://emperors-clothes.com/docs/prog2.htm > > 6) How Madeline Albright Ordered The Hague 'Tribunal' To 'Indict' > Milosevic at > http://www.icdsm.org/more/lovie.htm > > 7) Official Statements Prove Hague 'Tribunal' Belongs to NATO > by Jared Israel at > http://www.icdsm.org/more/belongs.htm > > > Subscribe to the ICDSM email list at > http://www.icdsm.org/maillist.htm Receive a few articles a week. > > Click here to send the link to this article to a friend. > > The Defense of Milosevic - and the Truth - Needs Your Help! > > NATO has billions of dollars and the media to spread lies. We have > the truth, supported by hundreds of millions of people. 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