
Issue No 104		27 July 2001

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Milosevic's Defence: "I Was Just Issuing Orders"

Extracted from The Chaser

Disgraced former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic has brushed off against charges for war crimes against humanity and mass genocide.


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"Look, I'm not to blame. I only issued the orders. You should talk to the people who carried them out."

"If you follow the logic that I'm guilty of war crimes, then, hell, Hitler and Pol Pot would be liable as well."

Milosevic has received a court-appointed attorney who made a short statement to the press. "I will be briefing Mr Milosevic on his rights under the UN's Human Rights Charter just as soon as I've finished the drink driving case I'm working on at the moment."

Last night, Milosevic described his transferal to The Hague as "illegal and unconstitutional" unlike the deaths of the 200,000 Kosovars, Croats and Muslims he ordered.

Having handed Milosevic over, Serbia will now immediately receive $1 billion in aid.

"This is a great day for Serbia," said a government official. "Not only are we now rid of Milosevic, but we've also got rid of all those Kosovars, Croats and Muslms and we get paid a billion dollars for it!"

A representative from Serbia said they were pleased to hand Milosovic over as it would help the battle to bring all those responsible for the carnage to justice had not ended. "This means we're one step closer to having the US commanders face trial over their bombing of civilian targets."

"If only their country wasn't a recalitrant nation that refused to respect international law and hand their war criminals," he said.

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Interview: A Super Agenda
Labor's federal spokesman on superannuation Kelvin Thompson outlines the challenges a Beazley Government will face in managing the nation's savings.

E-Change: 1.4 The Shifting Sands of Ideology
Peter Lewis and Michael Gadiel conclude the first part of their study of new politics by looking for core Labor values in a post-Cold War environment.

Corporate: Locking Horns
The same names keep cropping up in the business pages as the web of corporate control stays tied to a few big players. Georgina Murray has been looking at the extent and depth of the connections.

Unions: The Workers Bank
With banks on the nose, David Whiteley looks at how unions and super funds have got together to create the real deal � the workers bank.

International: Phil Davey's Amazon Postcard
The CFMEU's Boy Wonder has downed the megaphone for three months in South America. Here's what he's been up to.

History: Faded Vision of The American Bounder
King O'Malley was an American ex-pat who dreamed of a people's bank. Neale Towart looks at what happened to his vision.

Activists: The Big Gee-Up
With the big guns of the anti-corporate movement in town, Mark Hebblewhite goes looking for a definition of globalisation.

Indonesia: Where to the Workers After Gus Dur?
At the end of a turbulent week, Jasper Goss looks at the impact of the overthrow of Wahid on Indonesian workers.

Review: Mixing Pop and Politics
'The Bank' is a new Australian film that takes a contemporary political issue and transforms it into a piece of compelling popular culture.

Satire: Milosevic's Defence: "I Was Just Issuing Orders"
Disgraced former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic has brushed off against charges for war crimes against humanity and mass genocide.

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