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Article: Milosevic the martyr is history
- Article from:
- Scotland on Sunday
- Article date:
- February 10, 2002
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THE trial of Slobodan Milosevic is being touted as among the most
sensational in history. To many Yugoslavs, however, Milosevic is just
history.
The run-up to the hearing, scheduled to begin on Tuesday, has been
tantalising. Milosevic plans to call Bill Clinton and Tony Blair to
testify. He will also try to prove that the United States colluded
with Islamist rebels in Bosnia and Kosovo.
The Belgrade media are racing each other to anticipate which
former insider is going to testify against Milosevic. Many Serbs,
though, are greeting all this with little more than a yawn.
Even though 8,000 Milosevic supporters demonstrated in Belgrade