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Thread #89575   Message #1691496
Posted By: GUEST,DB
12-Mar-06 - 06:01 PM
Thread Name: BS: Milosevic found dead in cell
Subject: RE: BS: Milosevic found dead in cell
Sorry, Peter K (Fionn) - I'm not sure what point you are trying to make. The fact is that during the Yugoslav civil wars, in the 90s, many innocent men, women and children were ruthlessly slaughtered and many more displaced from their homes. Some other Yugoslav leaders, besides Milosevic, must bear some responsibility for these crimes but it was surely Milosevic who worked hardest to precipitate the bloodiest chaos?

It was the Serbian led JNA that smashed Osijek and Vukovar in Croatia.
It was the Serbian led JNA that bombarded Dubrovnik.
It was the Bosnian Serbs who besieged Sarajevo.
It was the Bosnian Serbs who committed the massacre at Srebrenica (arguing whether this was 'genocide' or not is a red herring - it was certainly mass murder and a war crime).
It was the Serbian Army who committed war crimes in Kossovo.

I would find it very surprising to find that Milosevic was not implicated, in some way, with all of these crimes. He seemed to have far too many apologists at the height of his powers - are more flocking to rehabilitate him after his death?

Wars in the Balkans always seem to lead to a situation in which agressors are excused and victims blamed. I thought that with the arrest and trial of Milosevic there might finally be a different outcome - apparently not!