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Beware Of Serb Plans To Colonize Kosova Piter Rogel Trans. M.M. March 4 (Koha Ditore) There are many reactions in Kosova concerning the latest Serbian movements inside and outside Kosova (establishment of Municipalities' Union, and Djindjic's initiatives), which aim to establish two 'entities' under the Serbian sovereignty in Kosova. However, the Albanians should not aside the concrete steps in this direction, which are more dangerous for Kosova fate than the previous declarations of Serbian politicians. This has to do with the Serbian demographic projects, and it is indispensable to prepare effective counter-measures to defeat this threat. EXAMPLES OF COLONIZATION AND...

Part 2 of 2 Milosevic revealed to the Captain that he was listed by the Prosecution 'as the protected witness B-073', which he never required himself and which triggered a lengthy discussion among the judges and amici as a practice of making a rule out of the exception and actually forcing the protected witness status onto the witnesses. Dragan also refused to sign a statement to the effect that what was said during the investigation or testimony can not be used against him. He confirmed to have received some EUR 4,000 towards his travelling expenses and the hotel accommodation, but...

The story of Dragan Vasiljkovic, alias Captain Dragan, is a very simple one: he went twice to Krajina, first time in April 1991 when he was under the command of the Krajina Police; in August he was expelled by Babic. The second time he went there after the Croats attacked UNPA zones (Miljevac Plateau), in a car with two other men and they put themselves at the disposal of the Krajina Army, because he 'couldn't calmly walk about the Belgrade streets while all that was happening'. His mission both times was to help train volunteers and to participate in combat...

After the flat-voiced, obviously under-duress witness C-013, and the scam with the no-show threatened witness, the Prosecution came up with one Charles Kirudja, a former UNPROFOR civil official in CRO and B&H and he took almost 3 days. His mealy-mouthed talk may deceive into believing he speaks the truth, but such an impression quickly fades away. He describes something that resembles to be positive for Milosevic or the JNA or the Serbs, and then twists and turns it upside down, leaving ugly hints. One example: When asked in the examination-in-chief what were his observations based on his meetings with Milosevic,...

In the spring of 2002 photojournalist Lucian Read documented a group of Roma refugees from the war in Kosovo who had been forced to take up residence in the ruins of a retirement home on the outskirts of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Driven from their homes in 1999 by the returning Albanian majority and the KLA (under the protection of NATO) this group and some 150,000 other Kosovar Gypsies now live in tenuous exile across the Balkans and Western Europe. Without documentation or help, Kosovo’s Roma are now forced to survive as best they can on the edge of the crippled societies...

In the spring of 2002 photojournalist Lucian Read documented a group of Roma refugees from the war in Kosovo who had been forced to take up residence in the ruins of a retirement home on the outskirts of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Driven from their homes in 1999 by the Albanian majority and the KLA (under the protection of NATO) this group and some 150,000 other Kosovar Gypsies now live in tenuous exile across the Balkans and Western Europe. Without documentation or help, Kosovo’s Roma are now forced to survive as best they can on the edge of the crippled societies of...

Protests in Pristina PRISTINA -- More than a thousand Pristina residents protested last night over the murder of Tahir Zemaj and another two Kosovo Albanians. Tahir Zemaj, his son Enis and their cousin Hasan Zemaj were killed on Saturday in Pec. Zemaj’s murder is the last in a series of attacks on Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova’s associates, supporters and friends, report the Belgrade media explaining that Zemaj was a supporter of Rugova’s Democratic League of Kosovo. Zemaj was one of the key witnesses in the trial of five former KLA and Kosovo Protection Corps members, known as the Dukadjini group,...

Former rebel commander and two others killed in Kosovo shooting PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) Gunmen killed three people, including a well-known former rebel commander, in a drive-by shooting Saturday in the western part of Kosovo. The three were slain in the town of Pec, 50 miles west of provincial capital, Pristina, said Christian Lindmeier, a spokesman for the U.N. mission in Kosovo. Lindmeier said one of those killed was Tahir Zemaj, a former ethnic Albanian rebel leader. The other two were identified by local media as Zemaj's 20-year-old son, Enis, and a relative, Hasan Zemaj. Tahir Zemaj headed a rebel faction...

Friday December 20, 2002 at 10:43 pm Let's go to Dubrovnik cross-examination report. Milosevic asked Poljanic [ Mayor of Dubrovnik ] whether he's aware that two Dubrovnik judges had investigated several dozens of cases of the Serb houses being demolished by explosive since the summer of 1991. Poljanic answered he was not aware of that. Milosevic claimed that more than 50 houses were demolished in the area of Cavtat alone. Poljanic hurried with 'it's not true' answer, but then he noticed Milosevic singled out one particular paper from the pile on his desk, so he quickly added: "I'm not aware...

Thursday December 12, 2002 at 2:03 am Jeri Laber, the woman of the human rights, was this obnoxious combination of ignorance and arrogance which could be noticed in all these NGO warriors. One of our columnists coined a suitable name for them: anti-war profiteers (as opposed to simple, more honest, merely money-oriented war profiteers). This lot is downright dirty-handed and dirty-minded. By penning their worthless 'reports', full of cheap politicking, ridiculous mistakes and vague generalizations, pretending they're defending the human rights of some abused people (without even deigning to put the facts right), they play into the hands of the...

There was another witness, who testified yesterday and today: C-025. This was another protected Serb from CRO, a former policeman, but from a region first time introduced - Baranja. For those unfamiliar, it's a rich flat triangle between rivers Drava and Danube, almost at the far east of CRO, not far from Vukovar. What is interesting about this particular piece of Serb-inhabited territory, it didn't exactly have too many clashes, actually hardly any. Thus, any potential witness living there has very little to testify, and C-025 couldn't and didn't meet the Prosecution's needs. Why they called him to the stand...

To get the idea of the flimsiness of Babic's testimony (or better, the enormity of the Prosecution's despair), see what they consider as valid evidence. One of the accusations made by Babic (and gladly used and exploited by the Prosecution) was the alleged existence of a sinister plan of Milosevic to use the human material of the Krajina refugees to people Kosmet with the Serbs. A bolder version of this accusation was that he let Krajina perish precisely for that purpose. In order to give meat to that ghost, the Prosecution instructed Babic to dwell endlessly upon the 1995 exodus,...

It's not polite to gloat, but let me just say - I told you so. C-061 is Milan Babic. He decided to act brave and remove the protection, but alas - only the last day of his testimony, after hampering the cross-examination by closed sessions for days. Though all transcripts are to become public now, we heard at the very end that the Trial Chamber is to deliberate whether to keep some of the investigation tapes secret after all. What is this? Those tapes are crucial (according to both Milosevic and Tapuskovic) in proving Babic guilty of perjury. Will the...

This trial is chaotic by design. There are hundreds of witnesses, where 10 consistent, real ones would suffice; few hundreds of thousands garbled pages instead of few hundred to-the-point; deliberate skipping, jumping and superficially back-and-forth touching of issues where systematic covering of one issue after another is required. Quality is being replaced by quantity, orderliness by chaos. But, of course, the opposite approach would reveal the utter non-existence of the Prosecution's case. Why, the Tribunal's spokespersons openly stated that it's not their task to properly investigate anything. That's how you get absurd sentences, like the Krstic one, where the Chamber...

What a ridiculous day in court. (By the way, was C-061 originally coded as C-036? This number was announced before Milosevic's last bout of ill health, this number was to be accompanied by the lawyer Mueller and judging by the pre-trial note, C-061 is testifying identically. Is it the same person? Why the double protection? Why the protection at all - everybody have already guessed who he is.) The slip-ups with his name continued: after Milosevic allegedly mentioned his surname the other day, today even May did the same! Luckily, they have half an hour delay in the transmission, so...

International Committee to Defend Slobodan MilosevicThe Url for this article is http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/more/house.htmSubscribe to the ICDSM email list at http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/maillist.htm Receive articles posted at www.icdsm.org Note: The ICDSM Website is temorarily down. The backup Website is at www.emperor.vwh.net/icdsm Send the link to this text to a friend! Or, if you are receiving this article via e-mail, please forward the text to your friends.===================================As ICDSM Delegation Prepares to Embark for The Hague...Yugoslav Upper House Votes to Bring Slobodan Home!14 November 2002 ===================================Based on Article 77 Paragraph 1 and Article 78 points 4 and 5 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic...

Milosevic Rejects Appointed Lawyer THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Slobodan Milosevic on Monday rejected prosecutors' demands that the War Crimes tribunal appoint him a lawyer, saying he would keep defending himself despite his failing health. Milosevic, 61, suffers heart problems and high blood pressure. His poor health has already delayed proceedings by several months since he was brought to The Hague in June 2001. Milosevic said the proposal by ``the other side,'' as he calls the prosecution, was ``completely illegal, absurd and evil-minded.'' Chief U.N. prosecutor Carla Del Ponte asked the court Friday to appoint him defense lawyer after Presiding...

THE HAGUE, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Slobodan Milosevic's trial ground to a halt on Friday after he complained of exhaustion with judges concerned about the impact of his ailing health on Europe's biggest war crimes hearing since World War Two. The 61-year-old ex-Yugoslav leader, who has been advised by doctors to rest regularly because of high blood pressure, has been defending himself at The Hague since February against charges of ethnic cleansing in the Balkans in the 1990s. Judges at the U.N. court adjourned Friday's hearing within a matter of minutes after announcing Milosevic would not be taking his seat...

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Kosovo Investment Conference October 18, 2002, 08:30 - 18:00 October 19, 2002, 09:30 - 12:30 On October 18-19th, 2002 the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government will sponsor the Kosovo Investment Conference (KICO) at the New York Hilton Hotel. KICO will bring together officials from Kosovo and interested members of the U.S. business community, particularly Kosovo-Albanian non-residents, to explore possibilities in investment and privatization in Kosovo. The conference will feature senior UNMIK officials; Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi; Mr. Behxhet Brajshori, Minister of Youth, Sports & Non-Residential Affairs; Mr. Ali Sadriu, Minister of Economy and Finance; and Mr. Ali Jakupi, Minister of Trade...