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Fri Jun 24 23:31:07 CEST 2005

It's not "too amazing to be true", it is true.

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> Let's see the occident open source MOTHER FUCKERS dish out some of those
> hard earned money from eastern europe and extra `third world` regions
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> Come on MOTHER FUCKERS, chill on the drugs one night, and spend the money
you stole
> on something real
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> *Four years ago* former President of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevic was
kidnapped
>  in Belgrade and brought to The
> Hague to stand trial for war crimes and genocide in the wars leading to
the brea
> k-up of Yugoslavia.* By
> charging the president of Yugoslavia, the U.S. and the NATO military
alliance wa
> s charging Yugoslavia and, in
> particular the people of Serbia with total responsibility* for all of the
wars a
> nd destruction
> that laid waste to a once prosperous and peaceful region. The media
announced th
> at this was to be "the
> trial of the century."
>
> But once President Milosevic announced his intention to rebut his accusers
by ch
> arging them with conspiracy
> and war crimes--the cameras and newspapers fell silent. The trial of
Slobodan Mi
> losevic dragged on for
> two years--*in silence and neglect *as the NATO-appointed prosecution
presented
> their case. Again
> and again, defense motions were overruled and struck down.
>
> Finally on August 31, 2004 President Milosevic was able to present the
rebuttal
> to the prosecution's
> charges and put forward Yugoslavia's defense. He challenged the status and
legal
> ity of the
> International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia. His clear,
documented, we
> ll-reasoned two-day opening
> talk in the defense portion of the trial is *a presentation of historic
importan
> ce*.
>
> Have you read one news article summarizing his rebuttal? Have you ever
seen it q
> uoted? Do you know
> how President Milosevic defended the Serbian people and all the people of
the Ba
> lkans? Have you or anyone
> you know read his stinging expose of NATO's role? If you believe in free
speech,
>  don't you think President
> Milosevic's defense of Serbia should be available in every library and
widely av
> ailable on the internet and
> to journalists internationally?
>
> *Unfortunately free speech isn't free.* This historic speech, its defense
of Ser
> bia and the expose of NATO
> criminal conspiracy will only be known if we take active steps to make it
widely
>  available. We feel that
> it is a moral imperative to insure that the powers that bombed, sanctioned
and p
> rofited from the war are
> not the only forces who write the history of this war.
>
>
> We are proud to announce that the International Action Center this summer
will p
> ublish President Milosevic's
> rebuttal in a 150-page book entitled *The Defense Speaks - for History and
the F
> uture*. A great deal of
> preparation has gone into this book already. We felt that it was essential
to go
>  back to President
> Milosevic's speech which was given in Serbian and correct the rather
awkward, st
> ilted English version
> made by Croatian and Bosnian translators employed by the Hague Tribunal
with a m
> ore accurate and readable
> translation. Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark is preparing a
lengthy in
> troduction that reviews the
> political nature of the Tribunal established by the U.S.
>
> The International Action Center has published *four other major books
exposing t
> he U.S. role in the wars,*
> sanctions and devastation of the region. In 1998 we published and twice
reprinte
> d NATO in the Balkans and
> in 1999 we published, War, Lies and Videotape: How Media Monopoly Stifles
Truth.
>  In 2002 we were proud to
> publish Hidden Agenda: U.S./NATO Takeover of Yugoslavia and the English
translat
> ion of Michel
> Collon's Liar's Poker: The Great Powers, Yugoslavia and the Wars of the
Future.
> Now IPG, a major national
> academic distributor, has made these well-researched and documented books
availa
> ble in libraries,
> bookstores and university courses.
>
> These four books are a unique contribution to  understanding the censored
and su
> ppressed history of
> the past fifteen years. *Each book was possible because people of
conscience gav
> e donations that covered all
> of the publication costs.*
>
> Today the whole world knows that the U.S. war in Iraq was based on a U.S.
lie ab
> out Iraq's weapons of mass
> destruction. The bombing of Yugoslavia was also based on a lie about mass
graves
> . Just as the weapons of
> mass destruction were never found in Iraq, the mass graves in Kosovo were
never
> found. U.S. occupation in
> both regions continues. Both wars based on outrageous lies and wild
propaganda m
> ust be opposed.
>
> You have an opportunity to help to bring the facts to a wider audience. We
hope
> that you will give serious
> attention to this appeal to help us publish: *The Defense Speaks - for
History a
> nd the Future* <http://www.iacenter.org/iacdonate.htm>*.* Unless
> you help, U.S. and NATO forces will have succeeded in silencing the
Defense. The
> ir version of history will
> be the only words heard.
>
> *We ask for your help in publishing this historic book.* There will be a
*specia
> l acknowledgements section* in
> the book where donors' names can be listed. Please go online
<http://www.iacente
> r.org/iacdonate.htm> to make your donation and/or pre-order books at
>
>
> http://www.iacenter.org/iacdonate.htm
>
> Or  fill out the section below and mail it with your check to the address
provid
> ed.
>
> And help pass the word of this book and the importance of supporting it on
to yo
> ur friends, and family.
>
> Thank you for your continuing support.
>
> Yours in solidarity,
>
> Ramsey Clark
> Former U.S. Attorney General
>
> Sara Flounders
> International Action Center
>
> Barry Lituchy
> Professor and defense witness at ICTY
>
> Jovana Ruzicic
> IAC Intern and translator
>
> Milos Raickovich
> Composer and anti-war activist
>
> Milo Yelesiyevich
> Serbian Classics Press
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> *We need your help! Funds are needed to publish _The Defense Speaks-for
History
> and the Future_*
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> Help get this enlightening book into the hands of students, activists, and
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