Kostunica's New Secret Service Chief Was Suspect in Djindjic Assassination

AP ^ | Mar. 6, 2004

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Kostunica's New Secret Service Chief Was Suspect in Djindjic Assassination

Mar 6, 2004

The Associated Press

BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro (AP) - Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica on Saturday appointed a close aide as his new secret service chief, despite his arrest as a suspect in the assassination of a chief of government. Rade Bulatovic was a security adviser while Kostunica was president of Yugoslavia, the predecessor state to Serbia-Montenegro.

He also was among dozens of suspects that the police said were part of the plot to kill former Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic. He was arrested March 12 and held for several weeks, accused by police of aiding assassins by promising that the army - then controlled by President Kostunica - would not intervene.

Bulatovic was never charged, and Kostunica has called his detention a "political" move by his rivals. In his new post, he replaces Misa Milicevic, according to a government statement.

The appointment came only days after Kostunica and his Cabinet took office, replacing the pro-Western government of former Prime Minister Zoran Zivkovic.

Kostunica took part in a pro-Western coalition that ousted President Slobodan Milosevic, now on trial in The Hague, Netherlands, for war crimes.

But Kostunica fell out with other pro-democracy leaders and has been criticized for seeking parliamentary support for his government from Milosevic's Socialists.

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"Bulatovic was never charged, and Kostunica has called his detention a "political" move by his rivals."

That's right....nothing to see here.... move along.....

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>"Bulatovic was never charged, and Kostunica has called his detention a "political" move by his rivals"

So, if Kerry wins
he can pick Lyndon LaRouche
for CIA chief . . .

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It's getting worse over there than the Sopranos.