Why Milosevic won't get to the Hague

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On http://www.transnational.org from October 11, 2000

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By Jan Oberg, TFF director


"Western politicians insist that Slobodan Milosevic must be brought to the
Hague Tribunal and stand trial as a war criminal. Media and commentators
raise the issue time and again, presumably without having read the
indictment text. But there are reasons to believe that this is
make-believe. The indictment of Milosevic leaves much to be explained - for
instance, why he is indicted only for crimes committed in 1999 but not
before - and certain Western countries would hardly want him to be on
record in the Hague with a few things that he may know about them. The West
would therefore do wise to drop this issue now and let Yugoslavia deal with
Milosevic."

These are the main headings in this PressInfo.

- Limited indictment and dubious facts
- Who else could be indicted - and what about comparable crimes?
- Karadzic and Mladic also unlikely to end up in the Hague
- Milosevic should be handled by Yugoslavia


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PressInfo # 101 will analyze the changed conflict formation in the Balkans.
The West made Milosevic the main factor. With him gone, its policies are
likely to become even more counterproductive.



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