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  1. Politika, 12 June 1999 and Tanjug, 11 June 1999.

  2. Politika (front page coverage), 15 June 1999

  3. Statement by Justice Louis Arbour, press release, The Hague, 27 May 1999. The five indicted are Slobodan Milosevic, federal president; Nikola Sainovic, federal deputy premier; Dragoljub Ojdanic, chief of the general staff; Milan Milutinovic, president of Serbia, and Vlajko Stojiljkovic, Serbia's interior minister.

  4. Reuters, 26 May 1999. Cited in ICG's briefing paper, Wanted for War Crimes: The Implications of the Indictment of Slobodan Milosevic and four other Yugoslav and Serbian Officials, 31 May 1999.

  5. Tanjug, 31 May 1999.

  6. Palma Plus TV, 30 May 1999.

  7. Vecernje novosti, 4 June 1999.

  8. Politika, 31 May 1999.

  9. Live broadcast, Sky News and CNN, 5 June 1999.

  10. Borba, 4 June 1999.

  11. Blic, 5 June 1999.

  12. Borba, 20-21 March 1999.

  13. Ibid.

  14. Blic, 5 June 1999. Nikolis remarks, ironically, are carried under the headline "Ujedinjene nacije stite suverenitet Jugoslavije."

  15. Nedeljni telegraf, 9 June 1999.

  16. AP, 16 June 1999.

  17. RTS, Vecernje novosti and Borba, 4 June 1999.

  18. Blic, 4 June 1999.

  19. Blic [citing reports in BETA and Dan], 15 June 1999.

  20. RTS, 10 June 1999. Bold and emphasis added.

  21. See, for example, Blic and Politika, 5-9 June 1999.

  22. RTS, BETA, and AFP, 8 June 1999.

  23. AP Kosovo Chronology, 10 June 1999.

  24. Blic, 11 June 1999.

  25. AP, 16 June 1999. Emphasis added.

  26. Blic, 5 June 1999.

  27. Blic, 5 June 1999 (citing Russia's NTV). See also BETA and Itar-Tass, 4 June 1999.

  28. CNN, Sky News and BBC World, 11 June 1999.

  29. Politika, 12 June 1999.

  30. Politika, 12 June 1999. See also Tanjug, 11 June 1999.

  31. Politika, 18 June 1999.

  32. Nedeljni telegraf, 16 June 1999.

  33. Nedeljni telegraf, 23 June 1999.

  34. The principals at the Helsinki discussions appear to have been US Secretary of Defence William Cohen for Washington and his Moscow counterpart, Igor Sergeyev. See Blic, 19 June 1999; and, BETA and Reuters, 18 June 1999.

  35. Politika, 18 June 1999.

  36. DW TV (Top Story), 22 June 1999.

  37. DW TV, 4 June 1999.

  38. Blic, 4 and 5 June 1999.

  39. V.I.P., 24 June 1999.

  40. Blic, 4 June 1999.

  41. Ibid.

  42. Ibid.

  43. BETA, 4 June 1999. See also Tanjug 4 June 1999 and Blic 5 June 1999.

  44. Blic, 15 June 1999.

  45. V.I.P., 18 June 1999.

  46. Glas javnosti, 24 June 1999.

  47. Nedeljni Telegraf, 2 June 1999. Telegraf reports on and reprints portions of an Arkan interview for London's Daily Telegraph. Arkan's wife, Ceca, is a Serbian pop music icon.

  48. Nedeljni Telegraf, 2 June 1999.

  49. Blic, 1 June 1999.

  50. NIN, 2 August 1996.

  51. See story under headline "Amerika protiv mira," Blic, 1 June 1999.

  52. Ibid.

  53. See coverage in V.I.P., 18 June 1999.

  54. FoNet 17 June 1999 and V.I.P., 18 June 1999.

  55. Cited in V.I.P., 18 June 1999.

  56. Blic, 19 June 1999.

  57. ICG Balkans Report N� 57, Sideling Slobodan: Getting Rid of Europe's Last Dictator, 15 March 1999.

  58. For full details see ICG Balkans Report N� 53, Milosevic: D�j� Vu All Over Again?, 23 December 1998.

  59. V.I.P., 22 June 1999.

  60. Ibid.

  61. During the "state of war," all published information was vetted by officials from either the Ministry of Information or the Ministry of the Interior. Therefore the actual independence of the polling or reporting is, at best, difficult to assess.

  62. Blic, 22 June 1999.

  63. An earlier poll accorded him 30%.

  64. The SPO figure represents its highest popular rating since 1990. The SRS would get about 10.5% of the vote, while Kostunica's DSS was a favourite with 5.3% of respondents. Djindjic's DS trailed well behind with the backing of 3.3% of those polled. See Blic, 22 June 1999.

  65. Sky News, 17 and 18 June 1999.

  66. Sky News, 5 June 1999.

  67. Washington Post, 24 June 1999. The Post cites a recent survey published in NIN which says an astonishing 64% of ethnic Serb respondents did not feel there were atrocities committed in Kosovo, while only 14% believed they had been committed. About 15% said they could believe parts of the atrocity reports.

  68. CNN report, 1 June 1999.

  69. See coverage of atrocities against Serbs in Blic, 24 June 1999.

  70. BBC World and CNN, 24 June 1999.

  71. Studio B TV, 24 June 1999.

  72. Nedeljni Telegraf, 2 June 1999.

  73. Ibid.

  74. Vecernje novosti, 17 June 1999.

  75. Borba, 4 June 1999.

  76. Politika, 5 June 1999.

  77. Borba, 4 June 1999.

  78. Nedeljni telegraf, 16 June 1999.

  79. Danas, 29 March 1999.

  80. Danas, 14 April 1999.

  81. Vecernje novosti, 12 April 1999.

  82. See, for example, Vecernje novosti (page 12), 10 April 1999.

  83. Vecernje novosti, 12 April 1999.

  84. Danas, 27 and 31 March 1999.

  85. Pero's exact family relationship with the general is still somewhat uncertain. According to some sources, he is the general's brother. Other sources have told this author their relationship is one of first cousins. In any event, all agree the relationship is "close."

  86. See, for example, Vreme (p. 16), 31 March 1999.

  87. Danas, 3-4 April 1999.

  88. The first usage of the Target was in the issue Borba, 30 March 1999.

  89. The term otpor means opposition or resistance.

  90. See, for example, Borba, 30 March 1999.

  91. TV Palma, commentary broadcast 5 and 6 April 1999.

  92. Politika, 18 June 1999.

  93. It may be important to note that the SRS has long advocated a unitary state, which effectively pushes out Serbia's borders by eliminating Montenegro's and Kosovo's. The question is will the Kosovo peace deal's recognition of the FRY's territorial integrity, but not Serbia's, actually play into SRS hands.

  94. V.I.P., 24 June 1999.

  95. ICG Balkans Report N� 53, Milosevic: D�j� Vu All Over Again?, 23 December 1998.

  96. V.I.P., 24 June 1999.

  97. V.I.P., 18 June 1999.

  98. Blic, 23 June 1999.

  99. On 23 June SRS leader Seselj already went on record blasting Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Voice of America (VOA) and even Studio B TV, calling them "psychological propaganda services" for the Western powers. RTS, 23 and 24 June 1999. See also Blic, Borba, Glas javnosti and Vecernje novosti, 24 June 1999.

  100. V.I.P., 24 June 1999.