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Preface: For nearly three years, I sat in a courtroom in The
Hague, observing what was billed as "the trial of the
century." Slobodan Milošević was accused of sixty-six counts
of war crimes.
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B-129 was a courageous woman who testified against her former president: The following is my report of her testimony. Following that is her story of what happened to her after she testified. I sincerely hope other witnesses were not treated so poorly.
“Those young men died for no reason. . . .”
[Excerpted from Chapter 9: War Comes to Bosnia, pp 230-233].
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Serb Soldiers Resist; Thugs Enlisted: While the world’s eyes were on Dubrovnik, the Yugoslav Army laid siege to
another lovely old Yugoslav city for three months. Vukovar was reduced to
rubble, while Dubrovnik was mostly preserved. What happened after the siege
ended – a massacre of 264 people captured from the local hospital --
generated additional charges against Milošević.
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Lest Our Grandchildren Forget: Two
camp survivors testified back to back on 2 and 3 December 2003. Ahmet Zulic
described how difficult the experience of testifying is for survivors: “I
tried to be as brief as possible and avoid pain as much as possible because
you're taking me through the same pain, I have to relive the experience. It
is my duty [to testify].” He continued, "I can't be 100% correct because it
is very difficult when 10-11 years have elapsed. . . . Because a person who
goes through something like this loses his concentration quite quickly and
starts trembling. . . .”
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My Mama Would Never Know What Happened to Me:
B-1401 was a seventeen-year-old refugee when he and his
family were caught in the maelstrom of war, ethnic
cleansing, and mass executions that became known to the
world as "Srebrenica."
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Death on the Bench: The year 2004 turned out to be
intermission in the Milošević trial, though an eventful one. The prosecution
completed its case in February. The presiding judge fell ill, resigned, and
died in July. A replacement judge was appointed. The Trial Chamber issued
its decision that the prosecution had produced enough evidence to support
its case, including the charge of genocide.
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