Post by CHORNYVOLK on Jul 3, 2008 11:22:10 GMT -5
Hague, The New Inquisition for Serbs
news.serbianunity.net/2008/07/03/8147/
“I was Tried by the Inquisitionâ€
“I was tried by the inquisition, and not by the court of justiceâ€, former leader of the Republic of Srpska Krajina in Croatia, Milan Martic, said at the beginning of his address to the Hague tribunal’s appellation board headed by Fausto Pocar.
“It was hard to figure out who was the prosecutor and who were the judgesâ€, Martic said.
Judge Bakone Moloto shocked everyone by saying Croatia Serbs should have collectively moved out of Krajina in Croatia, leaving their homes, property and land they have inhabited for centuries, to spare Croats the trouble of having to ethnically cleanse them. He asked Martic: “Why didn’t you move out to Serbia on your own? They would have recognized you there as a nation and in that way you would have spared both the Croats and yourselves the troubleâ€, to which Martic responded in disbelief that both Croat fuhrer Pavelic and his successor Franjo Tudjman would have envied this “judgeâ€.
Martic said he expected the just trial, but that he was terribly wrong, since the council of judges that tried him “took the page from Dante’s Divine Comedy and applied the principle ‘Abandon all hope, ye who enter here’â€. He said he believed that tribunal will determine the truth that Croat Serbs were not “aggressorsâ€, but were only defending themselves. Instead, the tribunal had placed on trial his persecuted and expelled people.
The indication of this perversion of justice epitomized by the Hague tribunal, where the victim is treated as a culprit, while the pogrom perpetrators receive understanding and compassion, came early on, during purging of Croatia, which is now an ethnically pure state.
“After the aggression on Maslenica ended, when Croat army killed some 500 Serbs, destroyed dozens of villages and expelled the survivors, I pointed to the information that Germany and France have given the green light to Croat leadership to attack us, that the UN Security Council reacted in favor of Croatia, instead of condemning these acts, while the media launched a propaganda assault, claiming that Serbs are the ‘aggressors’. Taumberie (sp?) [deputy of the UN peacekeeping forces in Croatia] responded that he can’t pretend that the international community is objective when it comes to the events in Croatiaâ€, Martic said.
Pure Fascist State in the Heart of Europe
He emphasized that only on the territory of Republic of Srpska Krajina during the UN mandate, 7,000 Serbs were killed and that the RSK government was trying to protect the Serbian Krajina population. He also reminded the council that during two of the Croat state pogroms — operations “Flash†and “Storm†— more than 300,000 Serbs were expelled from Croatia.
“During the UN [peacekeeping] mandate, Croat state carried out five classical pogroms, all of which have the characteristics of genocide: planning, intention and execution. This is how, aided by the international community, a pure fascist state was created in the heart of Europe. The Serbs had their property stolen, destroyed and plundered. Even 50 of the returnees were killed, crimes for which no one has ever faced justice in Croatia,†Martic said.
He noted the terrifying fact that both Hague’s prosecution and defense in the trial against Tudjman’s generals Gotovina, Markaca and Cermak, agree that the “Storm†was “a legitimate actionâ€, even though it was clearly, in all the aspects, a genocidal operation.
When Martic said that the main “cultural event†in Croatia today are the concerts of Croat neo-Nazi Marko Perkovic Thompson who glorifies Ustasha horrors, where the Croat leaders and government members are regular guests, he was interrupted by Pocar and told that his ten minutes are out.
“Fine, but that same Croatia is now at the doorsteps of the European Union. May you be happy together!â€, Martic ended his testimony.
news.serbianunity.net/2008/07/03/8147/
“I was Tried by the Inquisitionâ€
“I was tried by the inquisition, and not by the court of justiceâ€, former leader of the Republic of Srpska Krajina in Croatia, Milan Martic, said at the beginning of his address to the Hague tribunal’s appellation board headed by Fausto Pocar.
“It was hard to figure out who was the prosecutor and who were the judgesâ€, Martic said.
Judge Bakone Moloto shocked everyone by saying Croatia Serbs should have collectively moved out of Krajina in Croatia, leaving their homes, property and land they have inhabited for centuries, to spare Croats the trouble of having to ethnically cleanse them. He asked Martic: “Why didn’t you move out to Serbia on your own? They would have recognized you there as a nation and in that way you would have spared both the Croats and yourselves the troubleâ€, to which Martic responded in disbelief that both Croat fuhrer Pavelic and his successor Franjo Tudjman would have envied this “judgeâ€.
Martic said he expected the just trial, but that he was terribly wrong, since the council of judges that tried him “took the page from Dante’s Divine Comedy and applied the principle ‘Abandon all hope, ye who enter here’â€. He said he believed that tribunal will determine the truth that Croat Serbs were not “aggressorsâ€, but were only defending themselves. Instead, the tribunal had placed on trial his persecuted and expelled people.
The indication of this perversion of justice epitomized by the Hague tribunal, where the victim is treated as a culprit, while the pogrom perpetrators receive understanding and compassion, came early on, during purging of Croatia, which is now an ethnically pure state.
“After the aggression on Maslenica ended, when Croat army killed some 500 Serbs, destroyed dozens of villages and expelled the survivors, I pointed to the information that Germany and France have given the green light to Croat leadership to attack us, that the UN Security Council reacted in favor of Croatia, instead of condemning these acts, while the media launched a propaganda assault, claiming that Serbs are the ‘aggressors’. Taumberie (sp?) [deputy of the UN peacekeeping forces in Croatia] responded that he can’t pretend that the international community is objective when it comes to the events in Croatiaâ€, Martic said.
Pure Fascist State in the Heart of Europe
He emphasized that only on the territory of Republic of Srpska Krajina during the UN mandate, 7,000 Serbs were killed and that the RSK government was trying to protect the Serbian Krajina population. He also reminded the council that during two of the Croat state pogroms — operations “Flash†and “Storm†— more than 300,000 Serbs were expelled from Croatia.
“During the UN [peacekeeping] mandate, Croat state carried out five classical pogroms, all of which have the characteristics of genocide: planning, intention and execution. This is how, aided by the international community, a pure fascist state was created in the heart of Europe. The Serbs had their property stolen, destroyed and plundered. Even 50 of the returnees were killed, crimes for which no one has ever faced justice in Croatia,†Martic said.
He noted the terrifying fact that both Hague’s prosecution and defense in the trial against Tudjman’s generals Gotovina, Markaca and Cermak, agree that the “Storm†was “a legitimate actionâ€, even though it was clearly, in all the aspects, a genocidal operation.
When Martic said that the main “cultural event†in Croatia today are the concerts of Croat neo-Nazi Marko Perkovic Thompson who glorifies Ustasha horrors, where the Croat leaders and government members are regular guests, he was interrupted by Pocar and told that his ten minutes are out.
“Fine, but that same Croatia is now at the doorsteps of the European Union. May you be happy together!â€, Martic ended his testimony.
