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| U.N. Tribunal Suspends Trial of Serb |
| 2006-12-03 |
| AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Judges at the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague have suspended the trial of a prominent Serb suspect, who is on a hunger strike, due to his weakening health. In other words, the hunger strike is working, precisely because the target is Europeans. Try this in Russia, Iran or Burma and see what happens. In the decision dated Friday, judges said Vojislav Seselj would likely be too weak to instruct his lawyer next week and ordered "postponement of the presentation of evidence in this case until further notice." Carla del Ponte was so-o-o-o disappointed she went to lunch. Seselj, 52, is accused of conspiring with former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and other leaders to purge non-Serbs from parts of Croatia and Bosnia to create a "Greater Serbia" during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Seselj has been on a hunger strike since Nov. 11, protesting a court-appointed legal adviser who was to step in if Seselj were stripped of his right to act as his own lawyer. He was protectively moved to a prison hospital on Nov. 29 but has so far refused any treatment. The court, which already has seen Milosevic die in detention of a heart attack and another suspect commit suicide in March - has hinted it will not allow Seselj to starve himself. "The tribunal believes that if Seselj persists with his refusal to accept food, a medical necessity will arise in the near future justifying medical intervention," the court said in a statement Thursday. You mean -- gasp! -- a feeding tube? Why, that would make you guys complicit in torture, wouldn't it? After all feeding tubes are used in Guantanamo. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 His Terry Schiavo moment cometh. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-12-03 13:48 |
| #1 Next week we'll get the news that a starving Seselj accidentally killed himself by trying to swallow a pillow whole. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-12-03 13:47 |