"Prosecution wraps up Kosovo Six Case requests General Clark appear as a witness


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The prosecution for The Hague Tribunal have requested General Wesley Clark to appear as a witness in the trial of the Kosovo Six.

"Prosecution wraps up Kosovo Six case
23 March 2007

THE HAGUE -- The prosecution formally rested at the Kosovo Six trial after calling its 111th witness.
However, the prosecutor asked for permission to call three more witnesses: Wesley Clark, Zoran Lilić, and Shaun Burns.

Military analyst Phillip Coo was the last witness to testify at the trial of the six former Serbian political, military and police officials charged with war crimes committed in Kosovo crimes.
Before Phillip Coo took the stand Wednesday, the presiding judge announced that the Trial Chamber had decided not to admit the Canadian analyst’s report into evidence.

The Trial Chamber agreed with the defense and found that the document contained a series of conclusions which should have been made by the judges, not by a witness. The only document to be admitted into evidence was his statement describing how he obtained a number of Yugoslav Army (VJ) and Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) documents related to the Kosovo events.

In his short testimony, Coo said that in March 2006, the prosecution had finally been granted full access to Serbian archives after “a difficult procedure”. The Trial Chamber will decide later which of these documents will be admitted into evidence.

The prosecution indicated that besides 111 witnesses, it would like to call three more potential witnesses. If the Trial Chambers agrees, the prosecution will call Zoran Lilić, former FRY president, Shaun Burns, head of the U.S. Embassy mission in Kosovo and Wesley Clark, former NATO commander.

As indicated by the Trial Chamber, the defense must be ready to start its case by June 15, 2007.

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U.N. Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte, who is leaving her job in September, has appealed to the European Union not to resume talks on closer ties with Serbia until it hands over Mladić and Karadžić.

Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadžić was indicted more than a decade ago by the Hague Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for his role in Bosnia's 1992-95 war.

He is believed to hiding in the Serb-run part of Bosnia or in adjacent Montenegro or Serbia. Efforts by NATO-led troops in Bosnia to capture him have failed.

A Bosnian newspaper has recently claimed that war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadžić is hiding in Russia.

The paper was citing an intelligence source, but Russian authorities denied the comments, Reuters reports.

"We got this information by wiretapping a telephone conversation abroad," an unnamed official of the State Investigation and Protection Agency told the daily Oslobođenje.

The Russian embassy in Sarajevo denied the allegation and the Federal Migration Service in Moscow said it had no information pointing to Karadžić hiding in Russia.

"We have no information to that effect," a migration spokesman told Interfax news agency. "We have not issued entry documents to Karadžić."

The other top fugitive is the Bosnian Serb wartime military leader, Gen. Ratko Mladić. The Hague prosecutors believe he is being harbored by hard-liners in Serbia, although the government in Belgrade denies that.

The U.S. government has offered a reward of up to US$ 5mn for information leading to the capture of Karadžić, Mladić or four other suspects still sought by the tribunal..

Submitted by Sybil Liberty on March 24, 2007 - 1:20am.

General Clark
...too busy to campaign for president?


...and then there were 10

Submitted by gordonsuber on March 24, 2007 - 8:54am.

General Clark was subpeoned in the Milosevic trial during the 2003/2004 campaign.

In mid-December 2003, Clark left the campaign, flew to The Hague, testified, and flew directly to Manchester, New Hampshire to resume campaigning.

I was at the news conference in Manchester the day he arrived after being cross-examined by Milosevoc, and wondered if he preferred that to questions from the American press.

Submitted by Sybil Liberty on March 24, 2007 - 11:25am.

I know he did Gordon. At his last appearance
to testify at the Hague, I had the audio
links posted at my blog at the 'old' CNN.

I wonder sometimes if those links are even still
active. Probably not.


...and then there were 10

reggiesmom's picture
Submitted by reggiesmom on March 25, 2007 - 8:15am.

is what we are currently lacking in the United States. After 8 years of the Bush administration, who is better equipped to bring that back to the table then Wes Clark?

"Trust me."- Wes Clark


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