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.'' _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------