Perception

The United Nations tribunal has indicted Slobodan Milosevic for war crimes committed by his "regime." This is the first standing leader of a country to be indicted for war crimes while in office.

The Truth:

CLINTON SENDING 90,000 GROUND TROOPS TO YUGOSLAVIA
Hague Indictment of Milosevic a Cover for the Real Story (credits at end)

Today's London Times reported that the U.S. is deep in the throes of planning a full-scale ground war in Yugoslavia. Under the headline "Clinton to Order 90,000 Troops to Kosovo," the Times reported, "[T]here is a growing feeling in Washington and London that the
alliance must prepare itself for a much bigger operation, involving 150,000-160,000 troops."

"This is the real story behind the so-called `war crimes' indictments against Yugoslav President Milosevic," said Sara Flounders of the Emergency Mobilization to Stop the War. "The charges are to justify a massive bombing campaign. The Hague indictment is the newest tactic to justify a ground war. All of it is intended to break up Yugoslavia for
takeover by Wall Street.

"The war planners didn't count on the fierce determination of the Yugoslav people to resist NATO occupation troops," Flounders said. "After 65 days of bombing, with their plans frustrated, the architects of this war are desperate. They are driven to take actions which can't help but fuel the growing anti-war sentiment now leading to the June 5
National March on the Pentagon.

"NATO's massive, unrestricted bombardment of major cities, the destruction of water and electricity for the whole population, the bombing of chemical plants, the use of radioactive depleted uranium weapons - all of these are war crimes, specifically prohibited by
International Law. The International War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague is a creation by the Western powers.  It is not part of the World Court or in the UN Charter.  The NATO war makers act as investigator, prosecutor, judge, jury and executioner.

"The real story is that, once again, the U.S. will be sending poor people to kill and be killed for corporate profits. The only thing that can stop them is a peoples' anti-war movement here and in all NATO countries, in solidarity with the people of Yugoslavia, that demands an immediate end to the bombing, and money for jobs, education and healthcare - not war."

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Webmaster's note: The leader of Croatia, Franjo Tudjman, has committed atrocities and attempted genocide of the Serbs where 250,000-500,000 are believed dead. All historians consider him a fascist whose army goose-steps and uses Hitler's Sieg Heil salute.

A dozen other current leaders of the world are also guilty of proportions far greater than the estimated 2,000 Albanians, Serbs, Rom, and many other ethnicities that have died at the hands of the Serbs AND THE KLA during a year and a half of fighting. (KLA has killed non-violent ethnic Albanians.)

Our history shows, if you are a West-friendly dictator you will be just fine. Milosevic refused to allow the West into Yugoslavia to protect the national interest of the Caspian Sea oil fields. That is his biggest crime.