Posted on 03/19/2003 8:43:29 AM PST by Destro
AP World - General News
Report: Before assassination, Serb leader complained that West neglected him
Thu Mar 13, 6:38 AM ET
ROME - Assassinated Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic complained in an interview conducted a few weeks before his death that the West was neglecting the problem of Kosovo and that he had received little credit for taking major steps against accused war criminals.
Djindjic, a pro-Western leader who made enemies by pushing for the arrest of mobsters and war crimes suspects, was shot Wednesday in downtown Belgrade. Italy's leading Corriere della Sera newspaper on Thursday published the interview, conducted Feb. 22 in Frankfurt.
"If negotiations to stabilize the Kosovo region do not begin as soon as possible, the extremists will be strengthened," the newspaper quoted him as saying. "It is incredible that up till now, there hasn't been any offer from the international community to talk about future planning in the region. The theme is taboo. It is necessary to get the discussions started now because within one or two years it will be even more difficult."
Djindjic said he had tried to pressure Western leaders to discuss Kosovo, but that this was rejected by EU foreign policy representative Javier Solana and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites).
Djindjic added that the government had no information on the location of former Bosnian Serb military commander Gen. Ratko Mladic, a war-crimes suspect believed to be hiding in Serbia. He noted that his police had little enthusiasm for hunting such suspects amid considerable public opposition.
"Notwithstanding the very unstable situation, with so many political and economic problems to resolve, we have taken very unpopular actions," he said. "But this is not considered sufficient in the West."
On Thursday, police arrested several members of a shadowy underworld network accused of assassinating Djindjic. Djindjic had many enemies because of his pro-reformist and Western stands and his crackdown on organized crime.
I don't think any Serb PM will pressure the NATO alliance any time soon on Kosovo:
HOW THE SAS WAS GOING TO ASSASSINATE MILOSEVIC (Did SAS hit squad take out Serbia's Zoran Djindjic?)
No. They'll be too busy dealing with that legacy of Milosevic's rule: Serbia's organized crime problem.
Yeah, only about a couple of weeks ago did he say anything, what the hell was he doing up until then about Kosovo? Absolutely nothing.
Quit being stupid - you cannot transpose the cause and the effect.
Majority of those individuals were liquidated before sanstions started in May 1992. (Gishka, Beli...)
Milosevic created mob from the members of State Security and their families as captains and common criminals as foot soldiers.
That was one of the intended goals of the sanctions. Criminal enterprise enabled Banker Milosevic to regularly service Serbian loans to his buddies at Wall Street
Your comment is classic Hoplite diet - low on fact and moral fiber :-)
My statement stands.
Your statement, on the other hand:
Criminal enterprise enabled Banker Milosevic to regularly service Serbian loans to his buddies at Wall Street
is merely more Serb nationalist stupidity designed for stupid Serb nationalists looking to get the blame off of their stupid Serb nationalist shoulders - or do you have something by way of proof to back your assertion?
What loans?
In the end, no action was taken by MI6.
to:
NATO has been fostering contacts with these mob elements and training them in the arts of assasination.
How does that work?
Again, how do you justify your assertion that NATO was training the Serbian mob?
The loans Communist Yugoslavia under Croatian Tito took in the 1970's from American Banks. In May 1992 U.N. sanctions prohibited all financial transactions with Yugoslavia, thus made repayment of the loans impossiblethrough regular financial channels.
Banker Milosevic set up a scheme in motion how to rob local population of foreign currency savings(Ponzi schemes - Dafiment, Yugoscandic etc.) and use it in convoluted schemes (purchase of loan for 5 cents on dollar value etc.)
That's why he was a good guy in Dayton, "guarantor of peace" etc.
When in doubt, follow the money.
The loans Communist Yugoslavia under Croatian Tito took in the 1970's from American Banks. In May 1992 U.N. sanctions prohibited all financial transactions with Yugoslavia, thus made repayment of the loans impossiblethrough regular financial channels.
Banker Milosevic set up a scheme in motion how to rob local population of foreign currency savings(Ponzi schemes - Dafiment, Yugoscandic etc.) and use it in convoluted schemes (purchase of loan for 5 cents on dollar value etc.)
That's why he was a good guy in Dayton, "guarantor of peace" etc.
When in doubt, follow the money.
Are you high on drugs?
He used that money to enrich himself and his friends and pay for his wars in neighboring Republics - he screwed everybody.
You are mostly right. he scr$$$d Almost everybody. He did not cross IMF and the bankers. If he did, he would be dead like Ceaucescu and other two bit dictators who dared attempt it.
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