Posted on 03/13/2006 4:16:48 PM PST by Proctor
Russia questions Milosevic autopsy findings, requests to send own doctors
www.chinaview.cn 2006-03-14 03:02:08
MOSCOW, March 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Russia did not fully trust former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's preliminary autopsy findings and requested to send his own doctors to examine the body.
Lavrov said Russia had been offended by the UN war crimes tribunal's refusal to let Milosevic receive treatment for his heart condition in Russia in December.
Russia "was ready to provide medical assistance to Milosevic and give 100-percent guarantees of his timely return to The Hague. These guarantees were considered insufficient. In fact, Russia was distrusted," the minister stressed.
"In this situation, when they did not believe us, we also have the right not to believe and not to trust those who are conducting the tests" to determine the causes of Milosevic's death, Lavrov told reporters at a briefing.
In his words, a group of Russian medics is preparing for an urgent trip to The Hague, to take part in a forensic medical examination.
"We have asked the tribunal to let our doctors participate in the autopsy or at the very least to be informed of its results," Lavrov said, adding that "a group of our doctors is preparing to depart urgently for The Hague."
U.N. war crimes tribunal spokeswoman Alexandra Milenov said on Sunday that an autopsy revealed Milosevic had died of a heart attack.
But a spokeswoman for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said it was too early to rule out poisoning as suspected by Milosevic himself days before his death.
The 64-year-old former president was found dead on Saturday morning in his cell at The Hague-based UN court.
A Dutch toxicologist confirmed on Monday that he had found traces of an unprescribed drug in a blood sample taken from Milosevic earlier this year.
Donald Uges said he found traces of rifampicin, a drug that could have reduced the effectiveness of his other medication.
On Sunday, the Russian Foreign Ministry received a letter from Slobodan Milosevic, dated March 8. "The letter expresses concern over certain methods of treatment which were affecting Milosevic's health," Lavrov noted.
Milosevic had suffered from chronic heart problems and high blood pressure. His medical condition repeatedly delayed the trial that began in five years ago. Late last month, the tribunal rejected Milosevic's request for provisional release to go to Russia for medical treatment.
The former Yugoslav president was charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes during conflicts in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo in the 1990s. Milosevic denied the charges and was defending himself. Enditem
I always wonder how strong a post cold war Russian/US relationship could have been without clinton. How else could Russia act after the clinton/allbright/wesley clark leadership? Thank goodnes for Jackson.
When she worked at the hospital in Cheboksary she found that all people who died of cancer, died of cancer caused by smoking. It didn't matter if they had never smoked a day in their lives or if they had pancreatic cancer, it was all caused by smoking. She said the death certifications came pre filled that way.
She said that one sick joke they told among themselves was if you want to die of thyroid cancer you must go to Tartarstan.
The only vampire on the scene was the late unlamented. And as for the supposed drugs in the bloodstream - don't you know that all vampires are on blood medications?
So you were the one putting vampire in the keywords? I saw you use vampire in your posts. You have a fixation? I knew if I mentioned it it would set you off.
These are refugees going looking for protection from NATO bombings.
By running right into the arms of the people they hate? You're pathetic newbie.
Probably because NATO is bombing Albanian refugee columns.
Serbs keep Albanians from leaving Kosovo - they say Serbs using Albanians as human shields.
Welcome to George Orwell's news service. Brought to you by the Pentagon's psy-ops interns at CNN.
I love that newbie car smell.
Serbs forcing refugees back to their village
The Macedonian government reported Tuesday that tens of thousands of Kosovar Albanian refugees stuck at its border were being turned back by Serbian authorities and told to return to their villages.
Humanitarian relief officials expressed concern that the refugees might be used as human shields to discourage NATO bombing or be otherwise endangered.
Who threw slobo out of his own country?
Slobo was due to be tried in his home land - that was cut short in favor of the international system - and they sold Slobo to the UN for international loan money if I remember correctly.
I assume you have hard evidence that Soros was behind removing the hard line communist from office. (something other than conspiracy sites.)
Macedonia medical personnel, where most went, say they had no injuries, that they had money with them, some of the men even had guns.
People left Afghanistan, when the U.S. bombed it to go after Osama bin Laden, and did they look in an better condition. No.
Escaping from NATO bombing?
Switching the topic? You are jumping like a flea.
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