Sunday, November 16, 2003
Clark to testify against Milosevic
One of the interesting things to emerge from Gen Clark's appearance on Meet the Press was his decision to take a break from campaigning and testify at the trial of Slobodan Milosevic at the Hague.
Retired Gen. Wesley K. Clark agreed to take a brief hiatus from his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination to go to the Netherlands and testify at the U.N. war crimes trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic. "Because of the historic importance of this proceeding -- the first trial of a head of state before a war crimes tribunal -- I have agreed to appear," Clark said in a statement. He said the U.S. government had authorized his participation, and lawyers from the State Department and the Pentagon would accompany him. His planned appearance at The Hague raises the possibility that questions might arise about a 1994 meeting between Clark and Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic, who was later indicted for war crimes.
Retired Gen. Wesley K. Clark agreed to take a brief hiatus from his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination to go to the Netherlands and testify at the U.N. war crimes trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic. "Because of the historic importance of this proceeding -- the first trial of a head of state before a war crimes tribunal -- I have agreed to appear," Clark said in a statement. He said the U.S. government had authorized his participation, and lawyers from the State Department and the Pentagon would accompany him. His planned appearance at The Hague raises the possibility that questions might arise about a 1994 meeting between Clark and Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic, who was later indicted for war crimes.
