Slobodan Milošević

Slobodan Milošević  ^listen (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Милошевић, pronounced [sloˈbodan miˈloʃevitɕ]; born 20 August 1941) is a former President of Serbia and of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as well as leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia. Slobodan Milosevic official portrait from http://www. ... Slobodan Milosevic official portrait from http://www. ... To play the audio file do not click on the -image. ... The Serbian language or Serb language is one of the standard versions of the Central-South Slavic diasystem, formerly (and still frequently) called Serbo-Croatian. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first letters) is an alphabet used to write six natural Slavic languages (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet is a phonetic alphabet used by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) the human vocal apparatus can produce. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Seal of the President of Serbia The President of Serbia is the head of state of the Republic of Serbia. ... Official language Serbian written in Cyrillic alphabet1 Capital Belgrade2 President3 Svetozar Marović Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 105th 102,350 km² 0. ... The Socialist Party of Serbia (Serbian: Socijalisticka partija Srbije) is a political party in Serbia. ...

Early career

Milošević was Montenegrin by origin born in Požarevac, Serbia. His father committed suicide while Slobodan was in high school; his mother hanged herself ten years later. He joined the Communist Party in 1959 and began his professional life as a banker, working for the Beogradska Banka (Belgrade Bank), at times even residing in New York as their official representative abroad. This article is about the republic in Serbia-Montenegro, Europe. ... Požarevac (Пожаревац, German Passarowitz) is a city located in Serbia and Montenegro at 44. ... Serbia and Montenegro  – Serbia    – Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    – Vojvodina  – Montenegro Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Area  – Total  – % water  88,361 km²  n/a Population  – Total (2002)     (without Kosovo)  – Density  7. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He then emerged in April 1987 as the leading force in Serbian politics. His political positions have sometimes been termed as nationalism, despite the fact that his ideology was strongly marked by socialism and other leftist viewpoints. His critics have said that his remarks in Kosovo in 1987 "nobody must beat you" - which he was heard to make whilst amid pressing crowds saying they were suffering police brutality - were nationalistic, others that, as a political representative, he was reassuring them he didn't take lightly any violation of their human rights. The word Serbian might be: an adjective, meaning: of Serbs (Serbian tradition, Serbian religion) of Serbia (Serbian government, Serbian president) both of the above (Serbian flag) a noun, meaning: a Serb a Serb from Serbia (as opposed to Serb who is not from Serbia) citizen of Serbia (regardless of nationality... Quote: -Albert Einstein Nationalism is an ethno-political ideology that sustains the concept of a nation-identity for an exclusive group of people. ...

After he was elected president of the Belgrade City Committee of the League of Communists, Milošević publicly opposed nationalism, prevented the publishing of a book of the works of Slobodan Jovanović, an distinguished Serbian philosopher, law professor and politician from the first half of the century. Milošević also advocated retaining Marxism as a school subject, and publicly lambasted Belgrade youth for their low turnout at the Communist manifestation Day of the Youth, saying they desecrated the character and work of Tito. Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... Josip Broz Tito (May 7, 1892 - May 4, 1980) was the ruler of Yugoslavia between the end of World War II and his death in 1980. ...

His mentor and godfather Ivan Stambolić was the party leader in the Serbian section of the ruling League of Communists of Yugoslavia. In September 1987, Stambolić became the President of Serbia and supported Milošević in the elections for the new leader, to the dismay of the other leaders in the party. Stambolić spent three days advocating Milošević's election and finally managed to secure him a tight victory, the tightest ever in the history of Serbian Communist Party internal elections. The Communist Party of Yugoslavia (after 1952 the League of Communists of Yugoslavia) was the ruling party of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1945 until the 1991. ... ...

Contrary to the liberal reforms of Communism in the Soviet Union at the time, Milošević quickly took a hard line against liberalism in the party and proceeded to use such a policy to eliminate his political adversaries. Glasnost (Russian: гла́сность,  listen) was one of Mikhail Gorbachevs policies introduced to the Soviet Union in 1985. ...

Dragiša Pavlović, Milošević's fairly liberal successor at the head of the Belgrade Committee of the party, opposed his policy towards the solving of the issues of the Kosovo Serbs, calling it "hastily promised speed". Milošević denounced Pavlović as being soft on Albanian radicals, contrary to advice from Stambolić. In 23 September/24th, on the subsequent eighth session of the Central Committee, one that lasted around 30 hours, and was broadcast live on the state television, Milošević had Pavlović deposed, to the utter embarrassment of Ivan Stambolić, who resigned under pressure from Milošević's supporters a few days later. Kosovo (disambiguation). ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ...

In February 1988, Stambolić was officially voted off the position and Milošević could take his place. Milošević would later be charged with ordering the murder of Stambolić. Ivan Stambolić was kidnapped in the summer of 2000; his body was found three years later. As of 2004, members of Serbian criminal gangs close to Milošević are indicted at the Belgrade court for this murder (among others). 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Milošević spent the better part of 1988 and 1989 focusing his politics around the Kosovo problem. His subordinates organized public demonstrations (so called "antibureaucratic revolution") in which they removed the elected leadership of Vojvodina (October 6, 1988), Montenegro (January 10, 1989), and finally Kosovo in February and March 1989 when the leader of the Kosovo Albanians (most of the province's population), Azem Vlasi, was arrested and when the special police intervened in the miner strike in Stari trg (causing the death of 32 people in the process). On March 28, 1989, the National Assembly of Serbia under the leadership of Slobodan Milošević amended the Constitution of SR Serbia and decreased the autonomy of the two provinces. 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Serbia and Montenegro  – Serbia    – Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    – Vojvodina  – Montenegro Official languages Serbian,Croatian, Romanian Capital Novi Sad Area  – Total  – % water  21,500 km²  n/a Population  – Total (2002)  – Density  2,031,992  94. ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). ... Serbia and Montenegro  – Serbia    – Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    – Vojvodina  – Montenegro Official language Serbian Capital Podgorica Former Royal Capital Cetinje President Filip Vujanović Prime Minister Milo Đukanović Area  – Total  – % water  13,812 km²  n/a Population  – Total (2003)  – Density  616,258  48. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Kosovo (disambiguation). ... Azem Vllasi (born ?; surname also sometimes spelled Vlasi) was a Albanian. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... National Assembly of Serbia is the Serbian parliament. ...

On June 28, Vidovdan, Milošević gave a speech in front of a large crowd on the same Kosovo Field, commemorating the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo. In the speech, Milošević said: (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... Vidovdan is a religious holiday, St. ... This page is about the Battle of Kosovo of 1389; for other battles, see Battle of Kosovo (disambiguation) The Battle of Kosovo Polje was fought on St. ...

"we are being again engaged in battles and are facing battles. They are not armed battles, although such things cannot be excluded yet."

This speech was widely interpreted to be the official beginning of a Serbian nationalist campaign, one that would be a defining element of the Yugoslav wars a few years later. The Yugoslav wars were a series of violent conflicts in the territory of the former Yugoslavia that took place between 1991-2001. ...

This interpretation, however, is wrong according to Milošević's defenders, who claim that the speech was a positive one, aimed at unity throughout all peoples in Serbia. Examples of this are:

"After all, our entire country should be set up on the basis of such principles. Yugoslavia is a multinational community and it can survive only under the conditions of full equality for all nations that live in it."

"Equal and harmonious relations among Yugoslav peoples are a necessary condition for the existence of Yugoslavia and for it to find its way out of the crisis"

Milošević closed with:

"Let the memory of Kosovo heroism live forever! Long live Serbia! Long live Yugoslavia! Long live peace and brotherhood among peoples!"

Presidency

Slobodan Milošević was first elected President of Serbia by the National Assembly in 1989. Seal of the President of Serbia The President of Serbia is the head of state of the Republic of Serbia. ... National Assembly of Serbia is the Serbian parliament. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On the 14th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in January 1990, the delegation of Serbia led by Milošević insisted on the reversal of 1974 Constitution policy that empowered the republics and rather wanted to introduce a policy of "one person, one vote", which would empower the majority population, the Serbs. This caused the Slovenian and Croatian delegations (led by Milan Kučan and Ivica Račan, resp.) to leave the Congress in protest and marked a culmination in the rift of the Yugoslav ruling party. The Communist Party of Yugoslavia (after 1952 the League of Communists of Yugoslavia) was the ruling party of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1945 until the 1991. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Milan Kučan (January 14, 1941 - ) is a Slovene politician and statesman. ... Ivica Račan, former Prime Minister of Croatia Ivica Račan (born February 24, 1944) is a Croatian left-wing politician, formerly the Prime Minister of Croatia. ...

Milošević presided over the transformation of the League of Communists of Serbia into the Socialist Party of Serbia (July 1990) and the adoption of a new Serbian constitution (September 1990) providing for the direct election of a president with increased powers. Milošević was subsequently re-elected president of the Serbian Republic in the direct elections of December 1990 and December 1992. The Socialist Party of Serbia (Serbian: Socijalisticka partija Srbije) is a political party in Serbia. ... Serbia and Montenegro  – Serbia    – Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    – Vojvodina  – Montenegro Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Area  – Total  – % water  88,361 km²  n/a Population  – Total (2002)     (without Kosovo)  – Density  7. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the first free parliamentary elections of December 1990, Milošević's Socialist Party won 80.5% of the vote. The ethnic Albanians in Kosovo largely boycotted the election, effectively eliminating even what little opposition Milošević had. Milošević himself won the presidential election with even higher percentage of the vote.

Milošević's rise to power was followed by a growth of nationalism in all the former Yugoslavian republics following the collapse of communist governments throughout eastern Europe. Notably, Slovenians elected a nationalist government under Milan Kučan, and the Croatians did the same with Franjo Tuđman. The main Bosnian politicians were also nationally oriented, only those in Macedonia didn't support any overt national agendas. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state that existed from 1945 to 1992. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Eastern Europe is, by convention, that part of Europe from the Ural and Caucasus mountains in the East to an arbitrarily chosen boundary in the West. ... Milan Kučan (January 14, 1941 - ) is a Slovene politician and statesman. ... . Franjo Tuđman (May 14, 1922 - December 10, 1999) was the first president of Croatia in the 1990s. ...

The socialist Yugoslavia was at the time governed by an eight-member Presidency where four members were inclined to support Slobodan Milošević's ideas (such as the proclamation of a state of emergency), while four were inclined to oppose it. As the critical decisions would all end in a stalemate, the head of state was rather dysfunctional. Milošević exerted considerable influence over Yugoslav generals such as the Chief of Staff Veljko Kadijević and tried to use the army presence to pressure the other four Presidency members into compliance, but ultimately failed. A state of emergency is a governmental declaration that may suspend certain normal functions of government or may work to alert citizens to alter their normal behaviors or to order government agencies to implement their emergency preparedness plans. ...

In June 1991, Slovenia and Croatia seceded from the federation, followed by the republics of Macedonia (September 1991) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (March 1992). The presence of large Serb minorities in Croatia (580,000) and Bosnia (1.6 million) led to wars in each, in which Serbs demanded the same right of self-determination given to their Croat and Muslim neighbours and demanded that their sections of Bosnia and Croatia remain in Yugoslavia. 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Serbs of Croatia started organizing their own seccessionist state as early as mid-1990, and they were supported in this by the Yugoslav government. Through 1991 and early 1992, together with the Yugoslav People's Army, they engaged in a war against the Croatian government. The first leader of Serbs in Croatia, Milan Babić, has stated that Milošević was responsible for this, whereas his successor Goran Hadžić publicly bragged about how he was "the extended hand of Slobodan Milošević". The Yugoslav Peoples Army (Jugoslavenska/Jugoslovenska narodna armija, JNA, Slovene Jugoslovanska ljudska armada, JLA) was the army of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia prior to its dissolution. ... Milan Babić (born February 26, 1956 in Kukar, Croatia) was from 1991 to 1995 the leader of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, a largely Serb-populated region which broke away from Croatia following its declaration of independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. ...

In 1992, the same thing happened in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as the Yugoslav People's Army moved the bulk of its forces in. In 1995, Milošević negotiated the Dayton Agreement in the name of the Bosnian Serbs (similar to how Tuđman did it for the Bosnian Croats). As the agreement finally brought an end to the war in Bosnia, Milošević was credited in the West with being one of the pillars of Balkan peace. 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Dayton Agreement or Dayton Accords is the name given to the agreement at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio to end the war in the former Yugoslavia that had gone on for the previous three years, in particular the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... . Franjo Tuđman (May 14, 1922 - December 10, 1999) was the first president of Croatia in the 1990s. ...

The United States government under President Clinton supported his rule during this period. In the winter of 1996, following fraud in the local elections, there were student demonstrations which lasted three months, filling the streets of Belgrade daily, and protesting Milošević's rule. The West failed, however, to support the Serbian opposition, opting instead for Milošević, and he managed to stay in power. The government of the United States, established by the United States Constitution, is a federal republic of 50 states, a few territories and some protectorates. ... Order: 42nd President Vice President: Al Gore Term of office: January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton Political party: Democratic William Jefferson Clinton (born... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Belgrade (Serbian, Београд, Beograd  listen), is the capital (2003–) of Serbia and Montenegro and Yugoslavia (1918–2003). ...

The support from the West lasted until the beginning of the uprising in Kosovo and the start of a hardline Serb crackdown on Albanian separatist and terrorist actions in 1998. Kosovo (disambiguation). ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Downfall

On 4 February 1997 Milošević recognized the opposition victories in the November 1996 elections, having contested the results for 11 weeks. However, his image was badly damaged, and despite a substantial rise in popularity after the NATO bombing in 1999, this led to his eventual downfall. February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts (a civil war followed by an international war) in the southern Serbian province called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), part of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Constitutionally limited to two terms as Serbian president, on July 23, 1997 Milošević assumed the presidency of the Yugoslav Federation (currently Serbia and Montenegro). Armed actions by Albanian separatist groups and Serbian police and military counter-action in Serbia's previously autonomous (and 90% Albanian) province of Kosovo culminated in escalating warfare in 1998, NATO air strikes against Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in March-June 1999, and Serbia's subsequent military withdrawal from the province. During the Kosovo War he was indicted on 27 May 1999 for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo, and he is currently (2005) standing trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia which it is he sees illegal. Seal of the President of Serbia The President of Serbia is the head of state of the Republic of Serbia. ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... The President of Yugoslavia was Yugoslavias head of state from 1953 to 1991 in SFR Yugoslavia, and from 1992 to 2003 in FR Yugoslavia. ... The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts (a civil war followed by an international war) in the southern Serbian province called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), part of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... Official language Serbian written in Cyrillic alphabet1 Capital Belgrade2 President3 Svetozar Marović Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 105th 102,350 km² 0. ... The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts (a civil war followed by an international war) in the southern Serbian province called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), part of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... A war crime is a punishable offense, under international law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Kosovo (disambiguation). ... . The trial of Slobodan Milošević at the ICTY has lasted for several years, almost as much as the conflict itself. ... The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is a body of the United Nations (UN) established to prosecute war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. ...

Mass demonstrations in Belgrade

The Yugoslav constitution called for a 2 round election with all but the 2 leading candidates eliminated for the second round. Official results put Kostunica ahead of Milošević but at under 50%. Opinion polls suggested that supporters of most of the minor candidates would go to Milošević as would numbers of people who abstained in the first round but would oppose an opposition supported by the NATO powers. Milošević's rejection of claims of a first-round opposition victory in new elections for the Federal presidency in September 2000 led to mass demonstrations in Belgrade on 5 October and the collapse of the regime's authority. Opposition-list leader Vojislav Koštunica took office as Yugoslav president on 6 October. Ironically, Milošević lost his grip on power by losing in elections which he scheduled prematurely (before the end of his mandate) and that he did not even need to win in order to retain power which was centered in the parliaments which his party and its associates controlled. Mass demonstrations Source: [1]. No copyright info found on that site. ... Mass demonstrations Source: [1]. No copyright info found on that site. ... The flag of NATO NATO 2002 Summit The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 1949. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... Vojislav Koštunica [pronounced voy-ees-lahf kosh-TOON-ee-tsa] (born March 24, 1944) is the Prime Minister in the Government of Serbia and a lawyer from Serbia. ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). ...

Milošević poster with mud thrown at it

Arrested on 1 April 2001 on charges of abuse of power and corruption, Milošević was illegally handed over by the Serbian government on 28 June to the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, although the Constitution explicitly prohibited extradition of Yugoslav citizens. Kostunica formally opposed the transfer. Source: [1]. Photographer: Igor Jeremić. ... Source: [1]. Photographer: Igor Jeremić. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ... The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is a body of the United Nations (UN) established to prosecute war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. ...

Trial

Following Milošević's transfer, the original charges of war crimes in Kosovo were upgraded by adding charges of genocide in Bosnia and war crimes in Croatia. On 30 January 2002 Milošević accused the war crimes tribunal of an "evil and hostile attack" against him. The trial began at The Hague on 12 February 2002 with Milošević defending himself while refusing to recognize the legality of the court's jurisdiction. Wiktionary has a definition of: Genocide Genocide has been defined as the deliberate killing of people based on their ethnicity, nationality, race, religion, or (sometimes) politics, as well as other deliberate actions leading to the physical elimination of any of the above categories. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arms of The Hague The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: Den Haag, or officially s-Gravenhage) is the administrative capital of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country, in the province South Holland of which it is also the capital. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

His popularity among the Serbs and Yugoslavs again rose sharply once the trial had begun, as his supporters see it as a travesty of justice and violation of national sovereignty. They also consider the part of the proceedings related to the Kosovo War as if it was designed to justify NATO bombing actions, which were apparent war crimes, and sponsorship of Albanian terrorist groups during the 1990s. The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts (a civil war followed by an international war) in the southern Serbian province called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), part of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ...

Milošević has a team in Belgrade that helps him, often sending him information available from the secret police files. Serbian insiders often support Milošević's point of view, while Bosnian and Croatian witnesses have offered a lot of "testimonies" supporting the indictments. Tribunal has to prove he had command responsibility in Croatia and Bosnia, at least de facto, since formally as a President of Serbia at the time he was not in charge. His influence may have gone beyond his formal duties, but there is little to no record of this, as he always preferred to deal with his subordinates confidentially and in person. A secret police (sometimes political police) force is a police organization that operates in secret to enforce state security. ... Seal of the President of Serbia The President of Serbia is the head of state of the Republic of Serbia. ...

Milošević was not considered to be a radical nationalist himself (although some of his followers were). Milošević's rhetoric never included hate speech or even war-mongering. At one point during the Yugoslav wars, Serbia had rejected further cooperation with the Croatian Serbs (the Republic of Serbian Krajina), and also with the Bosnian Serbs (the Republika Srpska, in 1993, when Serbia closed the border over the Drina river). After the Dayton Agreement in 1995, the Serbian nationalists (Vojislav Šešelj's radical party) became his sturdy opponents, up until 1998 when they joined his party in a coalition government. Quote: -Albert Einstein Nationalism is an ethno-political ideology that sustains the concept of a nation-identity for an exclusive group of people. ... Rhetoric (from Greek ρητωρ, rhêtôr, orator) is one of the three original liberal arts or trivium (the other members are dialectic and grammar). ... Hate speech - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The Yugoslav wars were a series of violent conflicts in the territory of the former Yugoslavia that took place between 1991-2001. ... The Republic of Serbian Krajina (Republika Srpska Krajina, RSK) was an internationally unrecognized Serbian republic in Croatia. ... Today, Republika Srpska is the poorer political entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ... Drina is a river on the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro. ... Vojislav Šešelj (born October 11, 1954 in Sarajevo) is a Serbian politician, the president of the Serbian Radical Party during the 1990s. ... The Serbian Radical Party (Serbian: Српска радикална странка, Srpska radikalna stranka) is a political party in Serbia. ...

While opinions about Milošević and his trial are far from being unanimous, people at least agree that the proceedings have plenty of bizarre and amusing moments. Points of particular interest include:

• the statement by William Walker, the US human rights expert and former ambassador to El Salvador during its war, that he did not remember phoning several senior US officials to say that, at Racak, he had discovered a justification for a NATO war, but did not dispute that officials who said they had received his calls were telling the truth,
• the testimony by General Wesley Clark that Milošević had come to him privately at a conference to admit to prior knowledge of the Srebrenica massacre and in the same evidence that NATO had no links to the KLA,
• the statement by Rade Marković that a written statement he had made implicating Milošević had been extracted from him by ill-treatment legally amounting to torture by named NATO officers,
• the statement by Lord Owen (author of the Vance Owen Plan) that Milošević was the only leader who had consistently supported peace and that any form of racism was personally "anathema" to him.

The prosecution took two years to present its case in the first part of the trial, where they covered the wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. Throughout the two-year period, the trial was being closely followed by the publics of the involved former Yugoslav republics as it covered various notable events from the war and included several high-profile witnesses. Several notables have been named William Walker: William Walker, U.S. Soldier and Pirate who tried to conquer Central America. ... Racak (Recak in Albanian) is a village in central Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro, located at 42°2546 N, 21°0059 E. It became notorious in January 1999 after 45 people were killed in the village during the conflict between state security forces and Albanian guerrillas. ... Wesley Clark Wesley Kanne Clark (born December 23, 1944) is a retired four-star general in the U.S. Army. ... The Srebrenica Massacre was the 1995 killing of a large number of Bosniak men and teenage boys in the region of Srebrenica by the Bosnian Serb army of general Ratko Mladić. ... The KLA insignia The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA or UÇK; Albanian: Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës) was an Albanian guerrilla group which operated in Kosovo during the late 1990s. ... David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen, PC (born July 2, 1938), is a British politician. ...

Milošević got increasingly ill during this time (high blood pressure and severe flu), which caused intermissions and prolongued the trial by at least six months. In early 2004, when he finally appeared in court in order to start presenting his defence (announcing over 1,200 witnesses), the two ICTY judges decided to appoint him two defence lawyers in accordance with the medical opinions of the resident cardiologists. This action was also opposed by Milošević himself and the pair of British lawyers appointed to him. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In October 2004, trial was resumed after being suspended for a month to allow counsel Steven Kay, who complained Milošević was not cooperating, to prepare the defense. Steven Kay has since asked to be allowed to resign from his court appointed position, complaining that of the 1200 witnesses he has only been able to get 5 to testify. Many of the other witnesses refused to testify in protest, under the misperception that the ICTY was not permitting Milošević to defend himself. This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ...

It is considered likely that, if allowed to present his case, Milošević will attempt to establish that NATO's attack on Yugoslavia was aggressive, thus being a war crime under international law and that, while supporting the KLA, were aware that they had practiced and intended to continue practicing genocide, which is a crime against humanity. If a prima facie case for either claim were established, the ICTY would be legally obliged under its terms of reference to prepare an indictment against the leaders of most of the NATO countries, even though the Prosecutor already concluded an investigation against the NATO leaders.

Nickname

In local media, Milošević is nicknamed Sloba, which is a common nickname for "Slobodan"; in Western media this nick is usually transferred as Slobo, perhaps in imitation of the vocative of "Sloba" which was chanted at various political demonstrations where he was present. The term Western world can have multiple meanings depending on its context. ... The vocative case is the case used for a noun identifying the person being addressed, found in Latin among other languages. ... A demonstration is the public display of the common opinion of a activist group, often economically, political, or socially, by gathering in a crowd, usually at a symbolic place or date, associated with that opinion. ...

A popular opposition chant was "Slobo - Sadame" comparing the Serb leader with his Iraqi counterpart, Saddam Hussein. Another popular saying by his critics was: Slobo spasi Srbiju i ubi se, meaning Sloba, save Serbia and kill yourself. A satirical song with this line as the chorus was also composed. Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Saddam Hussein Saddām Hussein ʻAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī (Often spelled Husayn or Hussain; Arabic صدام حسين عبدالمجيد التكريتي; born April 28, 1937 1) was President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. ...

External links

• Milošević's Speech Kosovo Field (http://emperors-clothes.com/milo/milosaid.html), 28 June 1989
• JURIST (University of Pittsburgh School of Law): Milošević Trial (http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/issue_milosevic.htm)
• JURIST (University of Pittsburgh School of Law): Milošević Trial Discussion (http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/issue_milo_discuss.php)
• "Emperor's Clothes" Articles on Yugoslavia, particularly regarding US & European policy towards Yugoslavia (http://emperors-clothes.com/yugo.htm)
• Court transcripts and other documentation on the trial of Slobodan Milošević (http://www.un.org/icty/milosevic/)
• Arrival of Milošević in the Nederlands, radio communication registration by Frequency Monitor Centre (http://fmc.dotnet-services.nl/arrival_milosevic.htm)
• Francisco Gil-White: Lies about Milosevic's 1989 Kosovo Speech - A Review of the Evidence (http://emperors-clothes.com/milo/gw.htm)
• International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic (http://www.icdsmireland.org/index.html)