FOLKS:
Below is an extract from YAHOO news site about the Extradition of MORON
MELOSEVIC of Yugoslavia, MORON JAMMEH'S counterpart; I hope it will be of
interest to all of you. And more fundamentally, it should serve as a warning
to the Moron that he can hide behind his INDEMNITY RESOLUTION, but he cannot
escape PEOPLE JUSTICE. He MUST PAY for his crimes some day. Guys, have a
wonderful (TGIF): THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY.

ANSUMANA.

Saturday June 23 11:54 AM ET
Milosevic Extradition Decree Adopted
By KATARINA KRATOVAC, Associated Press Writer

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - The Yugoslav government adopted a decree
Saturday that clears the way for Slobodan Milosevic (news - web sites)'s
extradition to the U.N. war crimes tribunal - a key condition for billions
of dollars in Western aid.

The 59-year-old ousted president and other indicted war crimes suspects in
Serbia could be sent very soon to the court in The Hague (news - web sites),
Netherlands, said Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister Miroljub Labus.

The decree takes effect Sunday and after that ``it will be a matter of
days,'' Labus said. ``There is no dilemma about the indictments that are out
there. Those people have to go to The Hague.''

Milosevic would be the first former head of state to be brought before the
court, established in 1993 to prosecute crimes against humanity committed
during the bloody breakup of the former Yugoslavia.

``Yugoslavia's international obligation as a U.N. member state is to
cooperate with The Hague tribunal,'' Nebojsa Covic, a Serb pro-democracy
leader, said earlier Saturday. ``We must no longer allow ourselves to be
Milosevic's hostages.''

At a meeting boycotted by Montenegrin ministers who opposed the measure, the
Cabinet adopted a decree that ``includes extradition'' to the U.N. tribunal,
Information Minister Slobodan Orlic said.

The decree was intended to provide a legal basis for cooperation with the
U.N. court. It will allow for the extradition of Yugoslav citizens, which is
prohibited under existing legislation.

The measure was designed to give the prime minister and his Cabinet from
Serbia or Montenegro - depending on which republic the defendant is from -
final authority to decide on extradition. Milosevic is from Serbia, and
Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic strongly supports his extradition.
Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica (news - web sites) backs the
extradition efforts as well.

Milosevic has been in Belgrade's central prison since April 1 while an
investigation is under way into allegations of corruption and abuse of power
during his 13-year rule.

But the U.N. tribunal wants Milosevic - and four subordinates indicted along
with him - tried in The Hague for alleged war crimes against ethnic
Albanians in Kosovo. Milosevic's crackdown on Kosovo's ethnic Albanians led
to a 1999 NATO (news - web sites) bombing campaign that ultimately forced
Yugoslav troops out of the southern province.

The decision on extraditing war crimes suspects such as Milosevic has become
increasingly urgent ahead of a key donors conference Friday in Brussels,
Belgium. The United States and other Western countries say that if Milosevic
does not face justice at the tribunal, Yugoslavia will risk losing billions
of dollars in desperately needed financial assistance.

Ministers from Serbia's pro-democracy coalition drafted the decree Friday
after abandoning efforts to push a bill on cooperation with the tribunal
through the Yugoslav parliament, where they lack a majority. They did have
enough votes in the federal Cabinet to pass the decree without ministers
from Montenegro, the smaller Yugoslav republic.

Montenegrin ministers who were once allied with Milosevic remained resolute
in their opposition to the decree, claiming the court is biased. They
boycotted the meeting and offered to resign from the Cabinet - a move that
could lead to early elections.

The resignations - if approved by the Montenegrins' political party - could
force the Serbian pro-democracy ministers to run the country with a minority
government, or ultimately lead to a government collapse and call for new
federal elections.

The Montenegrins' adamant stand has led to speculation they still hold some
loyalties to the former president, even though they officially switched
sides after his ouster last October.

Pro-democracy officials in Montenegro, who have been pushing for
independence from Serbia, boycotted the last federal elections and are not
part of the Yugoslav government.

About two dozen Milosevic supporters gathered outside the federal
administration building to protest the Cabinet meeting, chanting ``down with
the NATO government'' and ``treason.''

Veselin Cerovic, one of Milosevic's attorneys, said his client is convinced
no one will dare surrender him to the U.N. tribunal. He quoted Milosevic as
saying he feels ``proud to have led the nation against the horrible NATO
aggression against the territorial integrity and sovereignty of our
country.''




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