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According to statistics collected by the UN criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia at The Hague

Then find a link to the ICTY source of this information.

Shouldn't be too hard, right?

Take the 328 or so listed here, add to the UNMIK's tally of murders since it started keeping records (the two sources overlap, mind you), and if you assume all the deaths on the UNMIK list are Serbs, you still get 328 + 454 (1999) + 246 (2000) + 136 (2001) + 68 (2002) + 37 (first half 2003 only) = 1201.

Happily, UNMIK keeps track of the ethnicities of the victims, so the corrected tally goes 328 + 155 + 55 + 30 + 6 + 37 (% Serb unk.) = 611.

In short, you continue to perpetuate the Milosevic era modus operandi of spreading misinformation and outright lies rather than facing up to the facts and the consequences of Serbian nationalism.

As to my take on the trial vs. yours, you better get your "It was a kangaroo court and the verdict was decided beforehand" posts ready, 'cause by ignoring the damning testimony that has been heard against Milosevic in your oh so objective analysis, that's going to be your only realistic course of action come Slobo's judgement day.

"Since the deployment of KFOR and UNMIK in Kosovo and Metohija on June 10, 1999 to August 9 of this year, Albanian terrorists have carried out 6,535 attacks, resulting in the deaths of 1,201 persons, the wounding of 1,328 persons and the abduction of 1,146 persons." Serbian ministry of internal affairs.

You may have different numbers, but they are still numbers, which speak for themselves and clearly prove that Kosovo is still a failure .

SINCE ARRIVAL OF KFOR, 1,201 PERSON KILLED IN KOSOVO

BELGRADE, August 19 (Tanjug) - Since the arrival of KFOR and UNMIK in Kosovo-Metohija on June 10, 1999, Albanian terrorists have carried out 6,535 attacks killing 1,201, injuring 1,328 and kidnapping 1,146 persons, Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) has announced.

Of the total number of attacks, 6,468 were on civilians (5,932 on Serbs and Montenegrins, 201 on Albanians and 335 on other nationalities), 57 on MUP officers, and 10 on Army personnel.

In those attacks, 1,173 civilians were killed, 24 MUP members and four soldiers, while the injured include 15 policemen. Out of 1,146 kidnapped persons, 1,107 were civilians, 29 policemen and 10 Army personnel.

Among the 1,173 killed civilians, 991 were Serbs and Montenegrins, 109 Albanians and 73 were of other nationalities. Of the total 1,107 kidnapped civilians, 960 were Serbs and Montenegrins, 73 Albanians and 74 other nationalities.

The fate of 846 civilians is unknown, 160 were killed, 12 managed to escape (9 Serbs and three persons of other nationality), while 89 civilians were released, the Serbian MUP figures show.

The fate of 15 kidnapped policemen and nine soldiers is also unknown. Six kidnapped policemen were killed, six were released, while two policemen managed to escape.

To add, I consider the outcome of the trial almost irrelevant as it is obvious. I hope that you watch the daily proceedings and not just read the analysis of the CIJ or the IWPR. And my opinion was only strengthened after General Clark's joke appearance. You may not like that the trial is a political one, but I can't help on you on that.

According to UNMIK police figures, a total of 271 Serbs were killed and 650 went missing during, and shortly after, the Kosovo war - Belgrade claims the latter figure is closer to 1,300. Attacks on the minority are still a daily occurrence in the protectorate. To date, three war crimes processes have begun against Kosovo Albanians - two in local courts and one at the Hague tribunal. All three are for crimes allegedly committed by Albanians against their own people - civilians suspected of collaborating with the Milosevic regime. November 13, 2003, IWPR

So it's a disagreement on numbers between the two sides.