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Article: Milosevic Faces War Crimes Charges
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MIKE CORDER, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
05-27-1999
Milosevic Faces War Crimes Charges
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Armed with evidence of atrocities ``on a massive scale'' in Kosovo, a U.N. tribunal preparing to indict Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic says it is building a strong war crimes case against him and his brutal regime.
U.S. officials in Washington confirmed late Wednesday that the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal was ready to publicly charge Milosevic. The U.N. court said its chief prosecutor, Louise Arbour, would make ``an important announcement'' today in The Hague.
``The decision has been made,'' one U.S. official said on condition of anonymity.
In fact, Milosevic ...