is this fishy??? Serbian suicide 3-7 + now Milosovich dies 3-11

[bobbieinok]

http://browse.guardian.co.uk/search?search=babic+suicide

(links on page to the articles)

Milosevic dies in his prison cell
Guardian Unlimited, Saturday March 11 2006
Associated Press
Slobodan Milosevic, the former Serbian leader indicted for war crimes for orchestrating the Balkan wars of the 1990s, was found dead in his prison cell near The Hague today, the UN tribunal said. Milosevic, 64, was found dead in his bed at a UN prison near The Hague, the tribunal said in a statement. He appeared to have died of natural causes, a tribunal press officer said. (...)

(...) in Belgrade that operated behind the scenes. Babic, who was serving a 13-year prison sentence, committed suicide. Milosevic's death will be a crushing (...)

Closure perhaps, but no justice
Guardian Unlimited, Saturday March 11 2006
Sheila Pulham and agencies
While Slobodan Milosevic's death in custody may have brought a modicum of short-term relief to those who suffered under his regime, the overwhelming reaction to his demise was frustration that the Serbian strongman can now not be judged for the horrendous crimes of which he stood accused. Officials from former Yugoslav countries that suffered at Milosevic's hands expressed (...)

(...) large. Last week the tribunal was embarrassed by the suicide in jail of Milan Babic, a convicted former Croatian Serb leader. An inquiry (...)

Serbian war criminal kills himself in Hague prison
Guardian, Tuesday March 7 2006
Ian Traynor in Vienna
A central figure in the early stages of the Serbian wars against the rest of Yugoslavia killed himself at the weekend while detained at the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Milan Babic, who was serving a 13-year jail term for crimes against humanity, committed suicide on Sunday, a tribunal statement said yesterday. Babic, 50, was the leader of the Serbian insurgency in (...)

(...) tribunal in The Hague. Milan Babic, who was serving a 13-year jail term for crimes against humanity, committed suicide on Sunday, a tribunal (...)

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1. good catch. Two Serbian war criminals die in Hague prison in one week.

Did I get that right?

[bobbieinok]

2. the radio report I heard about the suicide said he was the ONLY

Serbian leader to say he was wrong.....and that he and his family were viciously attacked b/c he said that

2 in one week really looks...well....odd, don't you think???...there was apparently some European discussion about 'how could a suicide happen in the guarded UN court headquarters at the Hague????'