Milosevic murdered?

[cynatnite]

Non-Prescribed Drug Found in Milosevic

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A Dutch toxicologist confirmed Monday that he found traces of a non-prescribed drug in a blood sample taken from former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic earlier this year.

Donald Uges said he was asked to examine the sample after Milosevic's blood pressure failed to respond to medication given by doctors at the U.N. detention center near The Hague, where he was being held during his war crimes trial.

Uges said he found traces of rifampicin, a drug that could have reduced the effectiveness of his other medications.

Milosevic, 64, had a history of heart problems and high blood pressure, and took medications to treat those conditions.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060313/ap_on_re_eu/milosevic

[EFerrari]

1. He also seems to have expressed concern that he was

being poisoned. I barely caught that on Washington Journal.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

2. Suicide? n/t

[EFerrari]

3. I don't think so. He wrote a note to someone saying he was

afraid he was being poisoned.

?

[cynatnite]

4. An article saying he intentionally took the medication...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Blood tests showed Slobodan Milosevic took drugs to worsen his health and bolster his case for treatment in Russia, a Dutch medical expert said on Monday.

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Uges said tests he conducted two weeks ago on Milosevic's blood showed traces of rifampicin -- a drug against leprosy and tuberculosis that would have made other medicines ineffective.

"I don't think he took his medicines for suicide -- only for his trip to Moscow ... that is where his friends and family are. I think that was his last possibility to escape the Hague," Uges said. "I am so sure there is no murder."

Last month, the tribunal rejected a request by Milosevic -- branded the "Butcher of the Balkans" over the conflicts in the 1990s -- to go to Moscow for specialist medical care. His widow, brother and son all live in Russia. A verdict was expected in months.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060313/ts_nm/warcrimes_milosevic_dc

This is all very strange.

[DemExpat]

7. This seems feasible to me.

Also writing the letter to Russia right before he (unwittingly) died to discredit the court he had such utter contempt for.

DemEx

[acmavm]

5. I posted this yesterday. And what I find most interesting is

that while he thought he was being poisoned, and there are drugs in his system that would interfere with his blood pressure meds, I don't know how this will ever be sorted out. Suicide seems to me to be out of the question. But who (and why) would have the most to gain from killing him?

[global1]

6. Suicide or Suicided? That Is The Question..... n/t