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7th February 01 Don't entertain him - arrest him! Javier Solano's Visit to Belgrade is an Outrage! Prof. Michel Chossudovsky, Jared Israel (editor, Emperor's Clothes) and Nico Varkevisser (President, Global Reflexion) Today several thousand Yugoslavs of varying political beliefs passionately protested against Javier Solano's visit to Belgrade. This protest, loud and spirited, was held in the center of Belgrade, on Knez Milosh Street, outside the Muinistry of Foreign Affairs. It represents a most important act of defiance, held in the face of widespread violence and intimidation following the U.S-backed coup in Belgrade, Oct. 5th. Javier Solano was head of NATO during and after NATO's 78 day bombing campaign. He was convicted of mass murder by a Yugoslav court and sentenced, in absentia, to 20 years hard labor. The court that made that decision still has jurisdiction under Kostunica, who insists that he stands for the rule of law. Yet today Solano is in Belgrade. And the Kostunica/Djindjic regime is not arresting him. Now, all the media lies that were used as a pretext to bomb Yugoslavia - from the lies about mass graves to the lies about the phony Racak massacre - have been refuted by NATO's own data as well as by official organizations such as the FBI, Europol, the OSCE, the UNHCR and Finish Forensic experts. And yet it is now, mocking Yugoslav justice, that the new Belgrade regime, backed by NATO and the International Monetary Fund, invites Solano to Belgrade. Not to arrest him, but to meet with him and to celebrate, while at the same time they are hunting down those who resisted NATO and indicting them for NATO's crimes. Solano is a criminal. He is guilty of: Crimes against humanity - Javier Solano was head of NATO when, in violation of its charter and all international law, it launched the bombing war against Yugoslavia, including the use of nuclear-sheathed weapons. It was Solano who was responsible for the destruction of the homes and lives of Kosovo residents of all nationalities. It was Solano's NATO that has put 25 million people in the Balkans at risk by bombing the area with low level nuclear weapons. Solano's NATO oversaw the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Yugoslavs from Kosovo after the bombing. Crimes against the truth - Solano was not only an organizer he was a direct apologist for the war and the subsequent violent expulsions from Kosovo. For example, after NATO bombed a group of returning Albanian refugees in the town of Korisa, Solano went on TV declaring that the Serbs were at fault for the deaths although in fact the killing was done by NATO bombs. This truly insane argument was invoked recently by Carla Del Ponte of the kangaroo-court War Crimes Tribunal, who accused Milosevich of being responsible for the deaths of 16 people when NATO bombed Serbian television. Following Del Ponte's lead, the Belgrade government has threatened to indict Dragoljub Milanovic, director of Serbian TV at that time, for the NATO bombing. Thus the Kostunica/Djindjic government invites Javier Solano, a convicted war criminal, to be wined and dined in Belgrade while trying to jail Yugoslav leaders for the bombs that NATO dropped. Many Yugoslavs voted for Vojislav Kostunica because they saw in him a hope of peace with justice. But where is the justice when murderers are entertained and the innocent are accused of their crimes? Now, when the horrors of NATO's use of depleted uranium are coming out, it is incumbent on those who supported this regime to join with all others in Yugoslavia and around the world to condemn the real criminals: Solano, Clinton, Blair, Schroeder, Chretien and all other NATO heads of state and heads of government and their Yugoslav political puppets. - February 7, 2001 Further Reading
Emperor's Clothes is trying to assist a few families of Yugoslav journalists. These journalists are among the many journalists who have literally been thrown out of work when thugs took over all TV and radio stations and newspapers during and after the Oct. 5th coup. These attacks are part of the terror in 'democratic' Serbia. We are providing some financial help; we need to provide more. It's really a privilege to be able to help these brave men and women who are trying to report 'the other side' within Yugoslavia and, through Emperor's Clothes and other media, to the outside world. Meanwhile, our own operating costs have increased. (For instance, monthly fees for the superb search engine Lexis have more than doubled. Lexis enabled us to find the two news stories posted above.) If you can make a contribution either to
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