KK-Forum,
idag har jeg lest både på NRK Tekst-TV og i Stavanger Aftenblad
(papirutgaven, ikke nettutgaven), at "Kostunica vedgår folkemord".
Jfr. denne NTB-melding med samme overskrift
http://no.news.yahoo.com/001024/1/3pk8.html
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Tirsdag 24. oktober 2000, 5.13
Kostunica vedgår folkemord
New York (NTB-Reuters): Jugoslavias nyvalgte president Vojislav Kostunica
vedgikk i går at landets styrker begikk folkemord i Kosovo-provinsen.
Presidenten sa i et intervju med den amerikanske fjernsynskanalen CBS at
han var villig til å ta ansvaret for sin forgjenger Slobodan Milosevics
forbrytelser. Intervjuet blir sendt i programmet "60 Minutes II" i dag.
På spørsmål om det var tvil om at den jugoslaviske hæren og politiet gjorde
seg skyldig i folkemord i Kosovo-provinsen, sa han:
-Dette er forbrytelsene, og folket som ble drept er ofrene. Jeg må også si
at det er en rekke forbrytelser på den andre siden, og at serberne har
blitt drept.
-Jeg er villig til - hvordan skal jeg si det - å ta ansvar for alle disse
menneskene som er drept, sa han.
-For det Milosevic har gjort, og som serber, vil jeg ta ansvar for mange av
disse forbrytelsene, sa Kostunica.
På spørsmål om Milosevic bør stilles for retten, svarte Kostunica bekreftende.
-Ja, ett eller annet sted, sa han.
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Jeg kan ikke finne den opprinnelige Reuters melding. men her er APs melding
om samme sak.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20001024/wl/yugoslavia_123.html
Her innrømmer Kostunica " that Yugoslav army and police forces committed
widespread killings in Kosovo".
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Tuesday October 24 7:45 AM ET
Kostunica Acknowledges War Killings
By KATARINA KRATOVAC, Associated Press Writer
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - Yugoslavia's new president has admitted for the
first time in a television interview that Yugoslav army and police forces
committed widespread killings in Kosovo last year.
Vojislav Kostunica (news - web sites)'s remarks marked the first time any
Yugoslav leader accepted responsibility and expressed remorse for any of
the conflicts in the last decade in the Balkans.
Former president Slobodan Milosevic (news - web sites) steadfastly blamed
the West for fomenting violence in the region, and never admitting
wrongdoing in Kosovo.
``I am ready to ... accept the guilt for all those people who have been
killed,'' Kostunica told CBS News' ''60 Minutes II,'' according to a
transcript. ``For what Milosevic had done, and as a Serb, I will take
responsibility for many of these, these crimes.''
Asked whether Yugoslav forces were guilty of genocide in the southern
province of Kosovo, Kostunica admitted that crimes had occurred, but that
both Serbs and ethnic Albanians were killed. The interview was to be aired
Tuesday night.
``Those are the crimes and the people that have been killed are victims,''
Kostunica said, adding ``there are a lot of crimes on the other side and
the Serbs have been killed.''
Under Milosevic, Yugoslav forces launched a massive crackdown on ethnic
Albanian separatists in Kosovo in 1998. Thousands of ethnic Albanian
civilians were killed and tens of thousands of others forced to flee their
homes.
Milosevic depicted the crackdown as a heroic attempt to save Serbia's
medieval heartland from independence-minded ethnic Albanian extremists. He
and four of his officials were charged by the U.N. war crimes tribunal last
year for atrocities committed in Kosovo.
Since taking power after a popular revolt, Kostunica has moved to bring
about democratic changes and has shown willingness to cooperate with the
tribunal. He has not yet moved to arrest Milosevic, saying the tribunal was
a political entity created by the West and that his country doesn't
recognize it.
Asked by CBS whether he thought Milosevic would ever stand trial, Kostunica
replied, ``somewhere, yes.''
Milosevic's party still holds a significant amount of power, which has
prevented Kostunica's camp from pushing through much needed democratic
reforms. The pro-democracy forces, however, have been struggling to create
a transitional government in Yugoslavia's main republic that will open the
way for their leadership.
On Monday, Serbia's parliament postponed approval of the interim government
and new elections Dec. 23 in Yugoslavia's main republic after Radical Party
members accused Kostunica's camp of staging a ``coup'' by forcing changes
in the republican administration.
The Radicals, which hold 82 seats in the 250-seat assembly, filibustered
for seven hours, forcing parliament to adjourn its session without a vote
on the reorganization plan. The assembly was to meet again early Tuesday,
but the session was delayed after Radicals walked out to protest a decision
by state television not to broadcast the event.
Approval was expected after Milosevic's party, which holds 110 of the 250
parliament seats, bowed to pro-democracy demands on the makeup of the new
administration.
Yugoslavia is a federation made up of Serbia and smaller Montenegro - each
with their own elected governments.
Kosovo is a province of Serbia, but the United Nations (news - web sites)
and NATO (news - web sites) took over the province in June 1999 following
NATO's 78-day bombing of Yugoslavia.
Kosovo Serbs, the minority in the province, now commonly complain of being
the target of attacks. A rocket-propelled grenade exploded Monday at a
neighborhood where most remaining Serbs in Kosovo's capital of Pristina
live. It blew a hole in one of the buildings.
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Earlier Stories
Radicals Stall OK of Serbia Gov't (October 23)
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Alliance Warns Milosevic Backers (October 22)
Yugoslav Power-sharing Deal Delayed (October 21)
Serbian Parliament Session Delayed (October 21)
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Og endelig, her er CBS egen rapport
http://kktv.cbsnow.com/now/story/0,1597,243586-227,00.shtml
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An Admission Of Serb War Crimes
Kostunica's Statements Mark First Claim Of Responsibility
New Yugoslav President Says Milosevic Will Stand Trial 'Somewhere'
Albania Ready To Accept Apology; Wants Milosevic Trial
NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2000
Tuesday, October 24, 2000 - 11:39 AM ET
... (billedtekst tatt vekk av)
(CBS) Yugoslavia's new president has admitted to CBS News' 60 Minutes II
that Yugoslav army and police forces committed widespread killings in
Kosovo last year.
Vojislav Kostunica's remarks marked the first time any Yugoslav leader
accepted responsibility and expressed remorse for any of the conflicts in
the last decade in the Balkans. Former President Slobodan Milosevic
steadfastly blamed the West for fomenting violence in the region, and never
admitting wrongdoing in Kosovo.
"I am ready to...accept the guilt for all those people who have been
killed," Kostunica told 60 Minutes II Correspondent Scott Pelley.
"For what Milosevic had done, and as a Serb, I will take responsibility for
many of these, these crimes," he said on the news program to be aired in
the United States Tuesday night.
Asked whether Yugoslav forces were guilty of genocide in the southern
province of Kosovo, Kostunica admitted that crimes had occurred, but that
both Serbs and ethnic Albanians were killed.
"Those are the crimes and the people that have been killed are victims,"
the 56-year-old lawyer and legal scholar said, adding "there are a lot of
crimes on the other side and the Serbs have been killed."
Under Milosevic, Yugoslav forces launched a massive crackdown on ethnic
Albanian separatists in Kosovo in 1998. Thousands of ethnic Albanian
civilians were killed and tens of thousands of others forced to flee their
homes.
Milosevic depicted the crackdown as a heroic attempt to save Serbia's
medieval heartland from independence-minded ethnic Albanian extremists. He
and four of his officials were charged by the U.N. war crimes tribunal last
year for atrocities committed in Kosovo.
Since taking power after a popular revolt, Kostunica has moved to bring
about democratic changes and has shown willingness to cooperate with the
tribunal. He has not yet moved to arrest Milosevic, saying the tribunal was
a political entity created by the West and that his country doesn't
recognize it.
Asked by CBS News whether he thought Milosevic would ever stand trial,
Kostunica replied, "Somewhere, yes."
But he also said that the new government has not ordered an arrest for
Milosevic because there are "too many things to be done at this moment, too
many priorities."
Milosevic's party still holds a significant amount of power, which has
prevented Kostunica's camp from pushing through much needed democratic
reforms. The pro-democracy forces have been struggling to create a
transitional government in Yugoslavia's main republic that will open the
way for their leadership.
On Monday, Serbia's parliament postponed approval of the interim government
and new elections Dec. 23 in Yugoslavia's main republic after Radical Party
members accused Kostunica's camp of staging a "coup" by forcing changes in
the republican administration.
The Radicals, who hold 82 seats in the 250-seat assembly, filibustered for
seven hours, forcing parliament to adjourn its session without a vote on
the reorganization plan.
The assembly was to meet again early Tuesday, but the session was delayed
by several hours after Radicals walked out to protest a decision by state
television not to broadcast the event. It was unclear when the meeting
would resume.
Approval was expected after Milosevic's party, which holds 110 of the 250
parliament seats, bowed to pro-democracy demands on the makeup of the new
administration.
Albania's parliament has asked Serbia late Monday to apologize publicly for
the crimes of its forces in Kosovo and said Milosevic should face trial for
war crimes.
It passed a motion welcoming democratic developments in Yugoslavia, but
added, however, that an apology for what is widely seen as "ethnic
cleansing" of ethnic Albanians before and during the 1999 NATO bombing
campaign would help to improve neighbourly relations and increase stability
in the Balkans.
"The state of Serbia should make a public apology for the monstrous crimes
of its military and police structures in Bosnia and Kosovo," the motion said.
It added that Milosevic and other military and civilian leaders guilty of
crimes against humanity should face trial at an international war crimes
tribunal in The Hague.
Yugoslavia is a federation made up of Serbia and smaller Montenegro - each
with their own elected governments.
Kosovo is a province of Serbia, but the United Nations and NATO took over
the province in June 1999 following NATO's 78-day bombing of Yugoslavia.
Kosovo Serbs, the minority in the province, now commonly complain of being
the target of attacks. A rocket-propelled grenade exploded Monday at a
neighborhood where most remaining Serbs in Kosovo's capital of Pristina
live. It blew a hole in one of the buildings.
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Reuters Limited and contributed to this report.
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Konklusjon:
Jeg kan ikke se at det er noen som helst dekning for overskriften til
NTB-journalisten om at Kostunica sensasjonelt skulle ha gått god for at
Jugoslavia bedrev 'folkemord' i Kosovo. Det er fri fantasi fra NTB
journalistens side og dette kolporterer NRK og deler av pressen. Alltid går
'feilen' i en bestemt retning.
Er det Kjell Arild Nilsen som er ute i private ærend igjen?
Jfr tidligere hans tidligere meritter vedrørende Kosovo-krigen:
http://home.online.no/~knrognes/Tvilsomhistorieskriving.html
http://home.online.no/~knrognes/NATOogNilsen.html
http://home.online.no/~knrognes/JoschkaFisherstrelogneromRambouillet.html
http://home.online.no/~knrognes/JoschkaFischerlies.html
Knut Rognes
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