The gig is up for Slobodan Milosevic!
It was the stuff of movies: a “High Noon” stand-off, a drug-induced oblivion, a daughter – guns ablaze – crying, “Death before dishonor!” But don’t roll the credits just yet… The Yugoslav government casts a cold eye on international crime-busters in The Hague – and Slobo may never face charges of crimes against humanity. And what about the rest of the region? As Belgrade struggles to rebuild, and the Bush administration edges towards an exit – Macedonia still shudders with gunfire, and Montenegro’s on the brink.
Is it really all about one man – the shaker and breaker of Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo – the man who inspired NATO bombs and Hitler comparisons? With his arrest – the very meaning of international justice goes on trial.
Guests:
Michael Scharf, author of “Balkan Justice”
Nikola Djuric, journalist and former owner of City Radio in Nich in the former Yugoslavia
Sylvia Poggioli, NPR correspondent in Belgrade
Jean-Jacques Joris, special political advisory to Prosecuter at the War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague
Alexi Djilas, sociologist and historian in Belgrade.