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>Finnish pathologist Helena Ranta has expressed lack of comprehension
>regarding the work of the UN's Hague tribunal in the case of the so-called
>massacre of Racak.
>
>
>Berliner Zeitung, Saturday, January 17, 2004
>No interest in fallen Serbs
>
>The German original is at
>http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/politik/308862.html
>
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>Berliner Zeitung, Saturday, January 17, 2004
>
>No interest in fallen Serbs


interest in serbs as educated. healthy [all thanks to communism] + affordable labor
interest in serbs' natural resources
interest in serb customers

interest in serbs so long as they do as .de + .us + other fascist countries wish


interest in nn ...


hiding a country != as feasible






>Work of the Hague tribunal in Racak case criticized
>
>SARAJEVO/HELSINKI, January - Finnish pathologist Helena Ranta has expressed
>lack of comprehension regarding the work of the UN's Hague tribunal in the
>case of the so-called massacre of Racak. In an interview with "Berliner
>Zeitung", the head of the forensic team sent by the EU to investigate
>occurrences in the Kosovo village of Racak in January, 1999, criticized that
>indications of serious fighting between Serbian soldiers and Albanian
>fighters on the night of 15th to 16th of January, 1999, in the Racak area
>had been inadequately pursued.
>
>The tragedy in the Kosovo village exactly five years ago in which more than
>40 Albanians died was used by Western politicians to convince the public of
>the necessity of the approaching NATO attack on Yugoslavia. U.S. diplomat
>William Walker played a central role.
>
>The chief of OSCE's Kosovo mission immediately accused the Serbs of having
>summarily executed 45 unarmed Albanian civilians in Racak. The Serbian side
>rejected this view and spoke about UCK fighters fallen in battle.
>
>Photos not published
>
>Ranta said she knows that "KLA fighters were buried near to Racak" at that
>time. "I had already gotten information proving that there several Serbian
>soldiers were also shot. Unfortunately, we will probably never find out the
>exact number of the Serbs that fell on that night." The question needs to be
>asked "why the Tribunal is not interested in this number."
>
>Ranta criticized that the indictment against the Yugoslav ex-president
>Milosevic in the Racak case largely follows the version of events put
>forward by Walker. "If ambassador Walker says that there has been a massacre
>in Racak, that statement has no legal effect. Even at that time I expressed
>that the OSCE observers had forgotten all the steps one usually expects by
>way of protection of the scene: its isolation, the exclusion of unauthorized
>persons as well as gathering of evidence."
>
>Ranta demanded the publishing of the pictures of two other photographers in
>addition to the OSCE photos of the scene which were also taken a few hours
>before the arrival of the OSCE observers. The pictures showed "that at least
>one of the bodies was later moved. This body did not appear in the OSCE
>pictures."
>
>Left in a lurch
>
>During the days before beginning of the NATO attacks on Yugoslavia it was
>clear "that a whole series of governments had an interest in a version of
>Racak events which held only the Serbian side responsible," said Ranta.
>"However, I could not provide them with this version."
>
>She had gotten her instructions from the German diplomat, Ambassador Paul,
>the representative of the German EU presidency of that time, who asked her
>to prepare a written statement. "Afterwards I had to show this individual
>statement to William Walker, who was obviously far from enthusiastic when he
>read it." Nevertheless, she agreed to participate in the important news
>conference on March 17, 1999. "On that occasion, I sat together with the
>German ambassador in Belgrade, Gruber, and a Finnish diplomat on the stage.
>I hoped that both men would support me." Unfortunately, that was not the
>case. "Instead, I had the feeling of having been left in a lurch," said
>Ranta.
>
>As a the result of this news conference dominated by Walker, most media
>considered the version of a Serbian massacre over Albanian civilians
>confirmed. Few days later the NATO air attacks on Yugoslavia began.