Louis,
You are right that the article does not provide
much evidence of thievery by Milosevic personally.
But it certainly provides quite a bit of it regarding
his cronies. To say that most of those millions
abroad were strictly for getting around the embargo
is naivete at the worst.
The issue of corrupt privatizations by his cronies
was discussed at length. One of the more bizarre
remarks you made in connection with all this was your
complaint about "illegal" seizures by workers of enterprises
in Serbia. Once again, most of those were to undo the
corrupt privatizations carried out by Milosevic's cronies.
The reporting of this has been extensive.
Barkley Rosser
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From: "Louis Proyect" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 8:40 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:9726] Re: Once again history is stranger than fiction
> >http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/serbia/article/0,2479,464930,00.html
> >Ian Traynor in Belgrade
> >Thursday March 29, 2001
> >The Guardian
> >
> >Search for the missing millions
>
> If you read this article carefully, you will find that there is not a
shred
> of hard evidence that Milosevic was a thief. In order to work around a
> strangling embargo, the Yugoslav government concealed money in foreign
> banks to buy manufactured goods. Big deal. I am sure that Cuba does the
> same thing.
>
> Louis Proyect
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