Milosevic : 7 Troubling Questions

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Milosevic and the Media : 7 Troubling Questions
MICHEL COLLON

Why do they continue to hide these things from you:

LET HIM DIE!
« It would be better if Milosevic died in the dock, because if the trial
ran its course he might be sentenced for only relatively minor charges »
James Gow, "an expert on war crimes" and supporter of The Hague Tribunal,
in an interview with Channel 4, 2004.
<http://www.icdsm.org/more/Laughland1007.htm>http://www.icdsm.org/more/Laughland1007.htm

KUSTURICA
« I am a victim of a propaganda war », sang Emir Kusturica, the famous
filmmaker who was born in Sarajevo, with his rock group. His film Life Is a
Miracle ridicules Western media coverage on Bosnia. But even in his
interviews, he also made people understand that it was impossible to tell
the truth.

PINTER
Harold Pinter, Nobel Prize in Literature 2005 :
« The US/NATO court trying Slobodan Milosevic was always totally
illegitimate. It could never be taken seriously as a court of justice.
Milosevic's defense is powerful, convincing, persuasive and impossible to
dismiss. »

SERBIAN CRIMES
« Gen. Farkas said that when Milosevic learned of crimes committed by
reserve policemen who had associated with Slobodan Medic "Boca," he became
extremely angry. He demanded an explanation of how the Skorpions commander
could have been active in Kosovo, then he demanded that the perpetrators be
prosecuted and that nothing like that be permitted to happen in the future.
»
General Farkas, chief of the Security Dept. of the Yugoslav Army in 1999,
testimony given in The Hague.

MITTERRAND - SARAJEVO
« Mr. Boutros Ghali advised me a few days ago that the projectile that
struck the Markale market place in Sarajevo was an act of provocation by
the Bosnian Muslims. »
<http://www.fantompowa.net/Flame/bosnia_sarajevo.htm>http://www.fantompowa.net/Flame/bosnia_sarajevo.htm

BEN LADEN AND IZETBEGOVIC
"In November 1994, while she was waiting in Izetbegovic's foyer both she,
and a journalist from Der Speigel, saw Osama bin Laden being escorted into
Izetbegovic's office. Yes *that* Osama bin Laden -- the same Osama bin
Laden who masterminded the 9/11 terrorist attacks."
Eve-Ann Prentice, journalist writing for the Guardian and the Times (UK),
Balkans specialist. Judge Robinson immediately cut off her testimony, and
declared it to be "irrelevant".
<http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg020306.htm>http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg020306.htm

OPERATION HORSE SHOE :
Scharping, German Defense Minister, 1999 "(We fear that) a slackening of
support by the media, warnings of a reversal of public opinion in favor of
a halt to Nato's bombing campaign and a return to negotiations. It is a
catastrophe that my colleague Joshka Fischer would like to avoid at all
cost."
It was time to announce a new sensational news story : for several days
they had been preparing written proof that Milosevic had planned for the
spring a vast crime against humanity in Kosovo, providing a posteriori
justification for preventive intervention by the Bundeswehr. «We finally
have the proof that plans for the systematic expulsion and ethnic cleansing
of Kosovo Albanians have been in place since December 1998, detailed proof
that names all the Yugoslav units that were going to participate in it. The
analysis provides a clear image of what was going to happen. I decided that
Operation Horseshoe should be made public».

Two years later, on February 8, 2001, the ARD network broadcast an
exclusive documentary : « In the Beginning Was the Lie ». That night, one
million German television viewers were stupefied to learn that what a few
well informed people had known all along : the Serbs never had a plan
called Operation Horse Shoe, and that the massacres had been completely
fabricated. They also heard the former NATO spokesman during the Kosovo
War, the Briton Jamie Shea, address a stirring (but heavily compromising)
homage for the eminent contribution made by German leaders : « Not only
Minister Scharping, but also Chancellor Schröder and Minister Fischer were
a grandiose example of political leaders who did not align themselves with
public opinion but who know how to shape it. Despite the troublesome
collateral damage and despite the length of the bombardments, they knew how
to stay the course. If we had lost the support of German public opinion, we
also would have lost that of our partners. ».

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Here are just a few of many examples of media lies.
Crimes had been committed by all three sides during the civil war.
Milosevic can be reproached for certain things. But the important thing
here is not what the media says. It's what the media doesn't say.
If you think that the media brought manipulated reports on Iraq, Israel,
Vietnam, and several other wars, but that Yugoslavia was an exception, and
that in this case they told you the truth without any manipulation, then
don't bother looking any further, and sleep well !
On the other hand, if you have noticed that each war waged by the Great
Powers has always been accompanied by war propaganda and disinformation,
then, find out what they have been hiding from you. Try to formulate your
own opinion, without taboos.
Of course, do not believe us just like that. Why not ask to your favorite
journalist if he knows about this, and if he will inform his audience ?

MICHEL COLLON
March 12, 2006

You can find numerous facts that have been concealed with the search engine
on my site (only in French up to now) :
<http://www.michelcollon.info>:

BOOKS AND FILMS
- Liar's Poker : The Great Powers, Yugoslavia and the Wars of the Future.
Of course, I have been censured and calumnied for having shown that the
media manipulated us during this war. But the late Paul-Marie de la Gorce,
a columnist with Monde Diplomatique and one of the outstanding experts in
the U.S.A.'s secret strategies in the Balkans, rated this as one of the
three best books that appeared in 1998. Gilles Perrault, Jean Ziegler,
Samir Amin and plenty of others thought the same and they welcomed the
research. But a one-way media has made all of this vanish by sleight of
hand.
INFO : nessa.kovic at skynet.be
- Monopoly - NATO in Search of World Conquest.
How that war prepared the one against Iraq and the next others...
INFO : nessa.kovic at skynet.be
- The Damned of Kosovo
This documentary film shows the catastrophic situation of all of the
minorities who are living today under NATO occupation. And the gigantic
military base built by the U.S. on the projected route of a future U.S. oil
pipeline.
Now also available on DVD.
INFO : nessa.kovic at skynet.be
- Beneath NATO's Bombs - 15 Belgians in Yugoslavia
A documentary on the crimes of NATO, which bombed civilian targets and
numerous companies, in fact, it was privatization by bombardment.
INFO : nessa.kovic at skynet.be