Home>News Center>World
         
 

Ex-Yugoslav leader Milosevic dies in cell
(AP/Reuters)
Updated: 2006-03-12 08:55

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Former Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic was found dead in his prison cell Saturday, abruptly ending his four-year U.N. war crimes trial for orchestrating a decade of conflict that killed 250,000 people and tore the Yugoslav federation asunder. He was 64.

A leader of beguiling charm and cunning ruthlessness, the man reviled by the United States as "the butcher of the Balkans" was a hero to many Serbs despite losing four wars and impoverishing his people in the 1990s while trying to create a "Greater Serbia" linking Serbia with Serb-dominated areas of Croatia and Bosnia.

A supporter of Slobodan Milosevic looks at a giant poster of the late Yugoslav leader in the headquarters of pro-Milosevic support group "Freedom" in Belgrade March 11, 2006.
A supporter of Slobodan Milosevic looks at a giant poster of the late Yugoslav leader in the headquarters of pro-Milosevic support group "Freedom" in Belgrade March 11, 2006. [Reuters]
Milosevic apparently died of natural causes, according to the U.N. tribunal that was trying him on 66 counts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. His chronic heart ailments and high blood pressure had caused numerous long recesses.

His death came nearly five years after he was arrested by Serb authorities and extradited to The Hague as the first sitting head of state ever to be indicted for war crimes.

It meant there would be no judicial verdict for the leader accused of ethnic massacres and other atrocities in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo and was sure to increase criticism of the tribunal for what has been a long, expensive and ultimately wasted proceeding.

The trial, which began in February 2002, will be terminated, tribunal spokeswoman Alexandra Milenov said.

The chief U.N. war crimes prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, expressed regret, saying she believed she would have won a conviction.

"I also regret it for the victims, the thousands of victims, who have been waiting for justice," Del Ponte told Swiss Television DRS while visiting her native Switzerland.

Former President Clinton, whose administration confronted Milosevic's regime, also lamented that no verdict would be reached.

"I am sorry that his trial will not be completed, and that he did not acknowledge and apologize for his crimes before his death. Nevertheless, his capture and trial will serve as a reminder that egregious crimes against humanity will not be tolerated," Clinton said in a statement released by his office in New York.

Milosevic was accused of being behind a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing against non-Serbs during the wars that erupted as the Yugoslav federation began breaking apart in 1991, and his death was cheered by many in the Balkans.

"Finally, we have some reason to smile. God is fair," said Hajra Catic, who heads an association of women who lost loved ones when ethnic Serb troops slaughtered 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the eastern enclave of Srebrenica in 1995.

In Serbia, where many people praised Milosevic for trying to preserve Serb dominance, supporters declared his death a "huge loss."

The tribunal said a guard at the U.N. jail in suburban Scheveningen found Milosevic's body between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Saturday. The timing of his death was not released. An autopsy will be conducted Sunday by Dutch officials 錕斤拷 with a pathologist from Serbia-Montenegro in attendance.

Milosevic's older brother, Borislav, said the family did not trust the tribunal to carry out an impartial autopsy.

He also blamed the tribunal for his brother's death because it rejected his request to get medical treatment in Russia, which offered assurances that Milosevic would be returned to finish his trial.

"All responsibility for this lies on the shoulders of the international tribunal. He asked for treatment several months ago, they knew this," Borislav Milosevic told The Associated Press in Moscow, where he lives. "They drove him to this as they didn't want to let him out alive."
Page: 123



Terror bombings kill at least 20 in India
Bush signs Patriot Act renewal
Bomb blast kills at least 21 in India
 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

Death penalty cases to be heard in open court

 

   
 

China growth a good thing: Australian FM

 

   
 

Hu calls for stepping up army building

 

   
 

Bush urges Americans to reject protectionism

 

   
 

Ex-Yugoslav leader Milosevic dies in cell

 

   
 

China shifts focus to poor with 'New Deal'

 

   
  Spain observes 2nd Madrid bombings anniv.
   
  US hostage Tom Fox killed in Iraq
   
  India, China hold talks to resolve border dispute
   
  Pakistan rejects U.S. report on human rights
   
  30 militants killed in Pakistani assault
   
  Facing protectionism, Bush defends China trade
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
Milosevic wants Blair, Clinton as witnesses
   
Kostunica: No Milosevic power in Serbia
   
Milosevic denied two years' freedom to prepare case
   
Former Milosevic aide pleads guilty
   
Hague court names lawyers to help Milosevic trial
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 成人影院久久久久久影院| 男生gay私视频洗澡| 国产综合精品一区二区| 一本一道dvd在线观看免费视频| 日韩午夜伦y4480私人影院| 亚洲成aⅴ人片| 激情影院在线观看十分钟| 十七岁免费完整版bd| 色视频色露露永久免费观看| 国产成人综合在线视频| 18禁男女爽爽爽午夜网站免费| 欧美最猛黑人xxxx黑人猛交| 全部免费毛片免费播放| 一区两区三不卡| 天堂avtt迅雷看看| 三上悠亚ssni_229在线播放| 日日夜夜狠狠操| 久久夜色精品国产亚洲| 最新更新国内自拍视频| 亚洲欧美日韩久久精品第一区| 荡公乱妇hd在线| 国产成人亚洲欧美激情| free哆啪啪免费永久| 国产精彩视频在线观看免费蜜芽| 99精品久久99久久久久久| 婷婷激情综合网| 久草免费资源站| 欧美亚洲一区二区三区四 | 99在线精品免费视频| 女人扒下裤让男人桶到爽| 丁香花免费高清视频完整版 | 成人欧美一区二区三区在线观看| 久久人爽人人爽人人片av| 激情综合色五月六月婷婷| 全彩漫画口工令人垂延三尺| 精品爆乳一区二区三区无码av| 国产欧美日韩成人| jizzjizzjizz国产| 小泽玛利亚在线观看国产| 中文国产成人精品久久不卡| 扒下胸罩揉她的乳尖调教|