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Topic: Milosevic trial mired in swamp of troubles
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jeff house
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posted 18 April 2004 10:11 AM
From the same story: quote: Behind Milosevic's request is almost certainly a realisation that he has lost the legal battle and a determination to fight the case on a political platform. The prosecutors appear to have proved war crimes were committed in the Balkans and that Milosevic gave the orders.
So Milosevic is insisting he MUST call 1500 witnesses. That will put off the verdict for years. In the meantime, his acolytes will claim it's SO unfair!
From: toronto | Registered: May 2001
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Cueball
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posted 19 April 2004 12:00 AM
quote: Oh Cueball, that horse you're riding is dead. Stop flogging the poor thing.
Its your horse I killed. An BTW, I didn't start flogging it again until Jeff decided to yet again blanket smear, Clarke et. al as Milsovic's 'acolytes,' which is histrionic and inaccurate. It's akin to making those who defend someone his/her co-indictees. It is an especially unfair characterization given that the defence they are using are the same ones that the US would use if the Hague ever decided to indict Henry Kissinger for example. They are in fact more or less the same ones used to save Pinochet from trial in Spain. It is the hypocrisy that is being challeged not the principal of law. Its smacks of the attempts to shut down criticims of Israel by calling it antisemetism. [ 19 April 2004: Message edited by: Cueball ]
From: Out from under the bridge and out for a stroll | Registered: Dec 2003
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