Milosevic Slobodan - "Kosovo, Croatia and Bosnia"

On the fifth day of his testimony at the trial of Slobodan Milosevic, Vojislav Seselj challenges the allegations made in several indictments issued by the ICTY that he "actively participated in the war propaganda and fomenting interethnic hatred:" Some of his statements were belligerent, if truth were told, but they did not constitute "institutionalized propaganda"; they merely reflected his "political style". Seselj thinks that attempts to deny that the Croat or Muslim nations exist is based on "scientific arguments" and cannot thus be considered as attempts to foment hatred

As Vojislav Seselj, who described himself as the "greatest living Serb nationalist and leading Serb nationalist ideologue" continues to testify, judges asked the prosecutor to clarify his position vis-à-vis Milosevic's views on the concept of Greater Serbia. Milosevic calls the prosecutor a "criminal" and accuses him of not knowing what he was charging Milosevic with, after three and a half years of trial

On the third day of his testimony as Slobodan Milosevic's defense witness, Vojislav Seselj testified as if he were a prosecution witness against the absent Vuk Draskovic and the late Zoran Djindjic

Judges warn Slobodan Milosevic and Vojislav Seselj, testifying as his defense witness, that general comments and claims unsubstantiated by any evidence, factual basis or sources don't do much for the defense of the accused

Based on the advice of the Dutch cardiologists, judges decide to continue the trial of Slobodan Milosevic at the current pace: four working hours a day, three days a week

In the last ten minutes of his testimony at the Milosevic trial last week, Vojislav Seselj explained to the judges the geopolitical, strategic and economic importance of Serbia which lead the Western powers, led by the USA, to "want to weaken it as much as possible as the only state-forming element in the Balkans"

At the beginning of his testimony at the trial of Slobodan Milosevic, Vojislav Seselj presented his concept of Greater Serbia, explaining that the watershed in the escalation of the Kosovo crisis was marked in 1998 when Holbrooke took off his shoes before he entered the house where he met KLA representatives

Witness Saban Fazliu claims his daughter was abducted in Kosovo because of his testifying in The Hague, but the prosecutor puts it to him she left home because she was ashamed her father was testifying in Slobodan Milosevic's defense

The second Albanian witness testifying in Milosevic's defense claims that the KLA systematically ordered Albanians to leave Kosovo in 1999, while the Yugoslav Army "protected the population and handed out chocolate to children". Saban Fazliu, former forestry worker and police collaborator, labels prosecution witnesses who testified that the opposite was the case either "KLA terrorists", "drug traffickers" or both

After the summer recess, the trial of Slobodan Milosevic continued today with the testimony of defense witness Muharem Ibraj. Former chief of the "local security" from the Djakovica area says he had no information about any crimes committed by the VJ and police against the Albanian civilians in 1999. The prosecutor notes that the witness himself has been accused of such crimes