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On 4 Jul 01, at 15:53, Rick Rozoff wrote: > STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > > --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- > Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The Guardian (Australia) > Wednesday, July 4th, 2001. > > Yugoslavia: Treason, blackmail, gangsterism > > Treason, blackmail, kidnapping and gangsterism are the > only fitting words to describe the actions of the > Federal Government of Yugoslavia in the kidnapping of > Milosevic which involved a British military plane and > bribery by the European Union and the US. > The operation was marked by the disregard of a ruling > by the High Court of Yugoslavia that suspended the > Governmentís decree authorising the extradition of > Milosevic and others. > The Government in effect tore up the Yugoslav > Constitution which specifically rules out the > extradition of Yugoslav citizens to other countries. > It then, together with British and American > authorities, organised the spiriting away of Slobodan > Milosevic from his Belgrade prison in a bread delivery > van. He was delivered to an American base from where > he was flown to The Hague in a British military plane. > All this was associated with the billion dollar bribe > of the Yugoslav Government by the European Union and > the US. > Milosevic is now to be arraigned before NATOís > kangaroo court in The Hague. > Belgrade is in turmoil following the illegal > extradition of Milosevic. Even before Mr. Milosevic > was secretly taken from his prison, huge Belgrade > crowds reacted angrily to the news that the Yugoslav > Government cabinet had issued a decree "authorising" > the extradition of Milosevic and other Yugoslav > citizens to NATO's so-called War Crimes Tribunal. > Between 100,000 to 200,000 people rallied and marched > in Republic Square in Belgrade. > Speakers were saying this is treason to the Serbian > nation. The Constitution is the highest legal > obligation of any state and by breaking the > Constitution one betrays the nation. They are saying > that all Serbian people and others loyal to Yugoslavia > must unite and take back their government and throw > out those who have betrayed the nation to Washington, > which dangles false bribes to humiliate the Serbian > people, says an urgent message from Jared Israel > (journalist of Emperor's Clothes) who was on the phone > to Belgrade as the rally went on. > At the rally people were speaking with one voice. They > said: Abolish the decree! Serbian and Yugoslav > governments should resign! > Nobody should be extradited to The Hague! Those who > adopted this illegal decree should be criminally > charged! There must be general elections on all levels > because the government has committed treason and lied > and therefore nobody any longer supports them. > The President of Yugoslavia, Vojislav Kostunica > claimed that he had found out about the transportation > of Mr Milosevic from the media [sic] and that his > deportation was illegal. > International reaction: > International reaction to the events in Belgrade was > swift and furious. Despite attempts of western media > outlets to present the case as a just and > well-deserved outcome, alternative voices hit the > Internet to express their views. Demonstrations were > organised and petitions and protests sent to Yugoslav > authorities. > Momir Bulatovic, President of the Socialist People's > Party (SNP) of Montenegro, a major party in the ruling > coalition, announced that the Prime Minister and six > Ministers would quit the federal government in > protest. > The SNP Vice President, Mr Jovanovic, told the media > that the Serbian Government's decision to hand over > Milosevic in defiance of the Federal Constitutional > Courtís ruling amounted to a coup. > "What happened is that Djindjic suspended the > constitutional system of Yugoslavia. Djindjic > introduced dictatorship, and the responsibility for > that lies on him and all others who did nothing to > prevent this." > As another official of the Yugoslav Socialist Party > said at the Belgrade rally: "The masks have fallen > from the Serbian traitors, especially [Serbian Prime > Minister] Djindjic". > Fidel Castro declared that "the sending of Milosevic > over there (to The Hague) is illegal, it does not > correspond with international laws". He said that it > was "madness to concede the right of extra-territorial > action for their penal laws and judicial authorities > to NATO and the powerful nations." > Eighty Greek parliamentary deputies from all political > parties signed a protest to be delivered to the > embassy of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in > Athens expressing their opposition to the extradition. > The Portuguese Communist Party points out in their > protest that "such an action, which on all counts is > illegal and illegitimate, can only contribute to > worsen the situation in Yugoslavia and dangerously > destabilise the whole Balkan region. The offensive of > the KLA bands in Macedonia, under the cover and > support of US and KFOR forces, can lead to a tragedy > of huge proportions." > Christians Against NATO Aggression, a UK ecumenical > group comprising Orthodox, Pentecostals, Evangelicals, > Unitarians, Quakers, Roman Catholics, Baptists, > Brethren, Anglicans, etc, sharing a common view on the > responsibility of NATO leaders for war crimes, is > planning to visit the British Ministry of Defence to > ask for the names of the pilots and air crew of the > aircraft involved in transporting Mr. Milosevic so > that their names can be included in an indictment > which will be lodged at the Crown Court on the charge > of kidnapping. > Dmitry Rogozin, head of Russia's International Affairs > Committee of the Duma said: "Transferring Milosevic to > The Hague in fact means that NATO has at last received > a cover for its aggression against Yugoslavia in 1999. > They got what they wanted. The blackmail worked in > full. This will inevitably lead to a crisis in > Yugoslavia." > Sara Flounders, National Co-Director of the US > International Action Center condemned the US-forced > deportation as ìillegal. > The objective of this step is not just, or even > primarily, Milosevic himself. The deportation of > Milosevic is another element aimed at terminating > Yugoslaviaís sovereignty once and for all. > For more than a decade the US and NATO used war, > blockades, sanctions and other means to re-balkanize > the Balkans. Today, as a result, US military bases > dominate the region - in Croatia, Bosnia, Albania, > Hungary, Macedonia, Kosovo (Serbia) - where there were > none 10 years ago. Yugoslavia's real crime was that it > resisted this re-colonisation process. > The deportation was an enormous tragedy for Yugoslavia > and the rule of law, said former US Attorney General > Ramsey Clark. > The Cambridge Campaign for Peace (CamPeace) stated in > their letter to President Kostunica: We are not > supporters of Milosevic, but we are supporters of a > better world in which the law will be adhered > to,instead of a world dominated by international > gangsters. > > CPA [Communist Party of Australia] protest > > A message sent by CPA General Secretary Peter Symon to > the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia > in Canberra before the kidnapping of Slobadan > Milosevic said: "It is outrageous that the same people > who directed the bombing of your country and brought > so much suffering and destruction are now trying to > buy your government with the promise of loans if you > obey their orders. > "No sovereign country ever tried to sell their former > leaders in such a servile way ... It is a course that > will bring disgust and condemnation for decades into > the future, just as the names of Judas and Quisling, > having passed into the language, represent the > ultimate in servility and betrayal." > > Dissolve Hague Court: > > The newspaper of the German Communist Party, Neue > Einheit, calls for the abolition of the so-called, War > Crimes Tribunal. The paper says that "by its whole > practice it covers NATO's war against Yugoslavia, a > war by several large nations against a small nation, > using massive force of arms and bombings ...This > tribunal does not prosecute all the war criminals of > the Bosnian war, but very purposefully, only certain > persons are picked out to fit into the political > concept of justifying NATO's aggression against > Yugoslavia. The NATO tribunal of The Hague which is > actually a fraud, must be dissolved." > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! 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