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The Devil in the UN dock? (Insider Report).(United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia consider cases again Bill Clinton and members of his administration)(Brief Article)

The New American

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"I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake," explains St. Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons, a dramatization of More's martyrdom. The principle contained in that statement applies to the proposal that Bill Clinton and several of his erstwhile subordinates be indicted for "war crimes" by the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY).

The July 8th Washington Times reported that the ICTY is considering charges against Clinton, as well as Samuel Berger, Anthony Lake, Richard Holbrooke, and Peter Galbraith. The former U.S. officials have been accused of "aiding and abetting indicted Croatian Gen. Ante Gotovina in a 1995 Croatian military operation known as 'Operation Storm.'" That offensive, green-lighted by Galbraith (at the time U.S. ambassador to Croatia), was carried out in conjunction with NATO attacks on Serb positions. Croatian forces also receive material and tactical assistance from Military Professional Resources Incorporated ...

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