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ICDSM
STATEMENT Amsterdam,
July 26, 2002 The Hague 'tribunal' held a pre-trail conference yesterday to deal with the 'indictment' of Slobodan Milosevic on Bosnia and Croatia. The proceedings demonstrated that this 'court' is, as Milosevic said, "a weapon of retaliation against resistance to the 'New World order.' 'Judge' May said: RICHARD
MAY: "We
have received a doctors' report which in its conclusion states that the accused
is a man exposed to a serious cardiovascular risk which requires careful health
monitoring in the future. The authors of the report advise a reduction in the
workload of this trial and advise further treatment by a
cardiologist." The
ICDSM published expert findings on Slobodan Milosevic's health a year ago,
confirming he had heart disease. Since his abduction to The Hague we continually
demanded a medical exam. This was
refused. What
is the possible justification for taking one year to allow this kidnapped Head
of State to be seen by heart specialists? The
threat to Milosevic's health is the endless stream of petty "witnesses" spouting
fictions the 'prosecutors' cook up. President Milosevic must cross- examine
each, or their lies would stand. He has done so with courage, intelligence and
honesty - despite being denied visitors, a work area or research facilities,
other than a pay phone. That is why TV transmission of the hearings has been
stopped. NATO,
whose spokesperson, Jamie Shea, admitted it runs the 'tribunal,' ' fears
Slobodan Milosevic's affect, especially on citizens of the former socialist
states. These nations have been
impoverished and degraded by the New World Order. NATO fears that Milosevic's
words, televised to millions, would spark rebellion. His
health is endangered by living in a tiny cell, working under great pressure day
in and day out. 'Prosecutor'
Jeffrey Nice proposed two solutions.
First that Slobodan Milosevic only cross-examine some of the 'witnesses.'
The others could submit written lies, never having to appear and Milosevic could
get ill watching anti-Serb slanders go unanswered. Second,
Nice proposed that Milosevic appoint council to represent him. Why? Because by refusing to appoint council,
that is, by refusing to compromise with this show trial, even if compromise
would help him personally, President Milosevic has shown it is possible for a
Head of State to put the people above himself. Mr. Nice tried to lure Milosevic
into abandoning this stand, to "save yourself," as Nice put it. And N ice
implied that the court might impose a lawyer, irrelevant of Milosevic's
wishes. The
hypocrisy of the court's 'concern' was manifest in the following:
SLOBODAN
MILOSEVIC: I
have received from you almost 90 thousand pages on Bosnia and Croatia and about
500 videotapes. To read 90 thousand pages one needs at least 180 thousand
minutes. So if I read 500 minutes per day, I'd need 360 days…
(...)What
is going on is completely clear, since this whole process is a farce and a
retaliation and it is unbelievable how someone... (Microphone cut) RICHARD
MAY: You
cannot misuse this trial in this way…we are not going to listen while you abuse
these proceedings. PRESIDENT
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC: It
seems that in this place inversion is a rule. I think that I am the one being
abused here, not the abuser. Particularly when we consider that you are staging
this "trial" 10 years after the events in Croatia. For 10 years you haven't had
this…(microphone cut
again) And
so: 90,000 pages to read (he will have four weeks to do it); and he can relax
with the 500 videotapes. And when
he tries to speak, his microphone is cut off. After all, he has a heart
condition, so we must use special care… Slobodan
Milosevic told the Court yesterday: I ask you for nothing. We
who care about his well-being demand: if this farce of a trial is to continue,
eliminate 90% of the 'witnesses'; have the proceedings only every other
day And we demand: Free President Slobodan Milosevic - The Prisoner of the New World Order! TARGETS
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