Slobodan Milosevic Dies in the Hague Prison

[arcos]

Slobodan Milosevic Dies in the Hague Prison

Belgrade. Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic has died in in the UN war crimes tribunal's detention center in the Hague, Radio B92 reported Saturday, cited by AFP.
"It is true," a source close to the government in Belgrade told AFP, when asked to confirm the report.
The source, who requested anonymity, refused to elaborate further.

Milosevic was standing trial at the Hague-based UN war crimes court on more than 60 counts including genocide and crimes against humanity for his role in the Balkan wars, including the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica.

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[maddezmom]

1. SKY- Former Yugoslav Leader Milosevic Die

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/11032006/140/former-yugoslav-leader-milosevic-dies.html

[MaineDem]

2. And the idiots on CNN are gushing over the new weather guy!

Those people are so annoying! The Milosevic story is only on the crawl. Jeez!

Thanks for the news.

[shadowknows69]

3. Am I a bad person?

if that headline caused me to fantasize a little bit?

[Greeby]

4. fantasize? bout what?

:shrug:

I s'pose there'll be some tinfoilhattery saying Clinton had him silenced. I'd just respond by saying if he was gonna do that, he'd have done it while he was still in office

[shadowknows69]

7. You're not getting the joke

and I can't explain it or Agent Mike will be angry.

[Delphinus]

9. But I do shadow.

And I'm right there with you. ;-)

[WinkyDink]

14. I get it. Hehhehheh.

[Jack Rabbit]

43. Agent Mike can go have carnal relations with himself

There should be a special tribunal for war crimes in Iraq and crimes against humanity arising out of the so-called war on terror.

I pledge to do nothing to shield the suspects from apprehension. Let Interpol go to the White House.

We should apologize to no one for demanding that war criminals be impeached and indicted.

This is a free speech zone . . . .



Photo from NASA via StarDome (New Zealand)

[Zhade]

74. Agreed - they should be tried, and then HUNG, for their crimes.

If stating that truth puts my neck in the noose, so be it. You have to stand up for what's right.

[mike_c]

51. yup-- I had the same thought....

Of course, I want little lord pissy pants to live a long life in his 6x10 cell.

[uppityperson]

62. Everyone dies eventually.

too bad some cause such problems before they die.

[TroubleMan]

36. He thinks bush should be locked up in the Hague and

then meet the same fate a milosevic.

At least that's how I read it.

[Mnemosyne]

24. The shadowknows and so do I! hehe! n/t

:hi:

[Kurovski]

61. Oh damn, we're all so evil. It's the first place I went to as well.

Time to call upon the power of love to heal my wickedness.

--Just as soon as I'm through imagining members of the Bush Administration sharing a fine dinner at the Hague.

[niyad]

64. I think many of us are fantasizing the same thing!!

[Carni]

20. Is Chad going over to FOX with Bill Hemmer?

Chad struck me as a big bush backer!

[bigworld]

21. CNN is too into itself

It always irritates me when the anchors banter with each other to no end. I really don't care how the hosts' weekends were, or who is hosting next. CNN tries way too hard to be personality-driven, when that's not why people are tuning in. Just give me the news, dammit!

[Jack Rabbit]

44. My solution for the MSM

Image from Kill Your Television

[leveymg]

5. Now they have room for a new resident.

Expect an even longer trial. Bush faces hundreds of counts including torture and crimes against humanity for his role in the "war against terrorism" and in Iraq, that led to the death of at least a hundred thousand people.

[Cascadian]

6. You stole my thunder.

I was going to say the same thing.


John

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[muriel_volestrangler]

19. Tribunal press officer says it was natural causes

Milosevic, 64, apparently died of natural causes, a tribunal press officer said. He was found dead in his bed at the UN detention centre.

AP via Guardian

[Brazenly Liberal]

59. heart problems

He didn't have one

[Wetzelbill]

26. oh you wish

:)

Ok, we all do. :)

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[0007]

11. Slobodan Milosevic was being tried for war crimes

His defense was that he was only protecting his county against terrorism. Our prez is saying the same thing.

I say, there is now more room at the Hague, ship all the neocons to the Hague to be tried for war crimes.

[rpannier]

12. Forgive me if I don't shed a tear

The man was a mass murderer, deserving of no one's sympathy. As someone once said, "Good riddance to bad rubbish."

[malaise]

13. BBC world has non-stop coverage n/t

[bigworld]

22. BBC World available in the US now

Discovery Communications (the same people who distribute BBC America) have signed an agreement with BBC World and is finally making it available to US cable companies. So if you're in tight with your provider, call 'em and bug 'em that you want this channel!

[Cascadian]

15. Hell has a new resident.

Bye Slobo! Give our "regards" to Hitler, Stalin, Idi Amin, and Pol Pot.


John

[Auntie Bush]

32. Someday (sooner the better) bush* is going to have them as roommates!

[nine23]

16. A sad day for murderous, genocidal sickos the world over...

Good fucking riddance. He WILL rot in hell, which makes me very, very happy...

[rpannier]

17. OMFG!!!

Your subject line is so funny.

Maybe they'll all get together and hold a candlelight vigil in his memory.

[Wetzelbill]

29. that could be the start of a great sitcom

See what happens when Saddam drinks all of Mugabe's milk!!!! I bet Dick Cheney and Ahmedenijad would be great roomies!!!!

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

40. It can only be better than "Heil Honey I'm Home!"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259776/

[leveymg]

50. Dick has the reach, but Mahmoud is a lot quicker inside

That's how wars should be fought. Just lock 'em in a cage, and let 'em duke it out with their bare hands.

Bet they'd find a negotiated settlement almost 100% of the time.

[Wetzelbill]

54. or somebody would get choked to death

which may not always be a bad thing. :)

[leveymg]

55. Beats flaming cities and internment camps, everyday in my book.

I don't think most people understand the destruction that would follow an attack on Iran. The crazy Likudites with their Arrow ABMs, the least. GOOGLE "Israel Arrow Stategy".

Even if the Arrow 2 system is 90% accurate, Iranian chem and bio warheads can still cause significant casualties inside Israel. The Israelis would nuke Iran. That would lead to a general Middle East War. No winners - I doubt if even Halliburton would be able to sucessfully capitalize after a genocidal war of unrelenting reprisals with dirty bombs and terrorist attacks.

Look at New Orleans. Nobody's rebuilt it. Think of 100 cities in ruins and global martial law.

[Vinca]

18. You know what this means, don't you?

There's a vacancy at the prison. (Hey, Georgie, how about a ride on the old mountain bike? No? I'll give you a pretzel if you follow me.:rofl: )

[Mnemosyne]

27. Put the pretzels in a line for him to follow. It's

where he belongs. :hi:

[UpInArms]

23. He can save a seat by the fire for Dimson. ... eom

[rocktivity]

25. They have an empty cell available, then...

:evilgrin:
rocknation

[bluestateguy]

28. Oh Boo Hoo Hoo!! Waaaaaaahhhh!!!!

Continue the trial. He must be punished, even if he is still dead!

[BiggJawn]

30. Boy, anything to avoid a trial...

Ta-ta, Sloby... Not feeling so powerful now, eh?

[Eugene]

31. Good riddance but...

I wish he had answered for his crimes before he died.

[Renew Deal]

39. Me too

Are there any other Yugoslavs on trial?

[Emendator]

48. Funny that nobody could convict him

after all of these years and that genocide charges had subsequently been dropped. Thus ends the life of another CFR villain. The bipartisan lies of our foreign policy are amazing.

[mike_c]

53. you've got that right....

eom

[eridani]

76. He wasn't any great prize, however--

--how come nobody ever mentions the WW II Nazis Tudjman and Itzbegovic, who were equally deserving of being tried for war crimes?

[Dulcinea]

56. Agreed.

I hope there is a Judgment Day where he will answer for everything he did. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[Vidar]

33. Frees up a cell for bush.

[Turbineguy]

34. Him dead?

Gee, that's too bad. But maybe it's a signal that the devil just finished with the new wing remodel. He'll need the space.

Since he died of natural causes, it's only natural that people piss on his grave.

[Odin2005]

35. I hope he rots in hell.

[genie_weenie]

37. Poor Slobodan

if he had been born a 100 years ago they would have called him Tito, if he had been born 500 years ago they would have called him Saint...

[Cascadian]

68. At least Tito stopped them from killing each other.

Tito was no saint but at least he never started any wars. If Tito were alive and Milosevic pulled the crap he did, Tito would of had him shot.


John

[Renew Deal]

38. And the world is slightly a better place.

But just slightly. There are plenty of other potential customers for the Hague.

[Jack Rabbit]

41. We can keep international tribunals very busy

The Frat Boy, the Cave Man, Rummy, Condi, Gonzales, Feith, Wolfowitz, Perle, Powell, General Sanchez, General Miller, Carbone . . . .

[file83]

42. Conspiracy Theorists....gather 'round....

Strap 'em on! :tinfoilhat:

"Wag the Dog" anyone?

[fujiyama]

46. Are you fuckin serious?

:eyes:

It's too bad he died of natural causes, unlike his victims.

[file83]

60. Are you fuckin cussing?

No, I'm not serious fujiyama. By the way, you forgot your tinfoil hat. :tinfoilhat: If you had remembered to strap it on your cranium, maybe you would have been able to pick up on the sarcasm. Instead you picked up on some serious negative vibe, probably eminating from somewhere up north...

[file83]

63. We'd all be curious what your source is that he died of "natural causes"

...or are you just making things up?

[fujiyama]

72. I thought I had heard that earlier

but I realize that there is no confirmation.

The autopsey should say what it was. If he was poisoned or assassinated, I will certainly be forced to eat my words.

Either way, good riddance. He was a thug. If only we could throw the gang in the WH in a cell.

[rateyes]

45. Now that there is an empty cell.......

nt

[kestrel91316]

47. Now let's work on getting another dictator in there!

[Jack Rabbit]

49. At least one more

Bush and Saddam can be cell mates.

[benburch]

52. Can you tell I am crying?

:party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party:

[Pathwalker]

57. Vaya con Satan.

You've earned it, Slobby Don.

[Endangered Specie]

58. I hope he suffered good...

I wonder what "abandon ye all hope who enter here" sounds like in his language.

[Karmakaze]

65. Americans are so funny...

If the press said the Iranians had nukes right now, most people here would be talking about propaganda and right wing lies. When the SAME press said Milosovic was murdering hundreds of thousands, even millions, everyone here seems to have believed them with out a second thought.

Crazy.

[Swede]

66. I think it was the 8000 Muslim corpses in Srbernica that convinced us.

nt

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[fedsron2us]

78. The Serb leadership

were not the only people who carried out war crimes in the Yugoslav civil war. What do you think the Croats did to the Serbs in Krajina with all those nice weapons that the Americans gave to them.

[OKNancy]

67. I've never seen the Eiffel Tower, but I'm pretty sure it's there

Some people I trust, and Richard Holbrook is one of them
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2160888

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[sofa king]

71. Another guy who's earned a porcelain tomb with a drain.

I wish I could recite Spy Magazine's ascerbic statement on the guy.

Paraphrased: if ignorant Americans could pronounce his name, he'd be as reviled as Hitler.

[MattNC]

73. i forgot his trial was still going on...

4 years...good grief

[pinniped]

75. * and his cronies can take Milosevic's place on the docket.

.

[fedsron2us]

77. Slobodan Milosevic was an opportunistic thug

but his original crime in the eyes of the west was trying to prevent Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzgovenia from leaving the Yugoslav federation. Indeed so enthusiastic have his opponents been in dismembering that particular 'Union' that they went one stage further and prised away the province of Kosovo that historically had always been a part of Serbia. Of course, once you get into the habit of thinking that you are entitled to make and break sovereign states it is kind of hard to kick so you then have to find new areas where you can indulge your vices such as Georgia, the Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran etc.