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Did NATO Allies Demand To Occupy Yugoslavia?|NATO
War Crimes
Tanker, New York I-90 July 1994
NATO War Crimes
(North Atlantic
Terrorist Organization)
By : Peter Blake
Alexander Lykourezos, born in Athens in 1934, is a prominent,
well
known criminal lawyer whose name, in Greece, is practically
synonymous
with the legal profession.
After studying law at the University of Athens, Lykourezos pursued
graduate studies in law at the University of Heidelberg. In
1961,
Lykourezos, following in the foot steps of his father and grandfather,
both
lawyers, commenced his legal practice in Athens. In July
of 1967,
Lykourezos was forced into exile by the Greek military junta
who
successfully staged a coup in April 1967 and subsequently
arrested
Lykourezos’ father.
Following the demise of the Greek military junta’s seven year
reign, Lykourezos returned to Athens and in September of 1974,
he filed the first criminal complaint for treason against the
military colonels who had lead the junta. His criminal complaint was
followed by others and resulted in a life sentence for the colonels.
Lykourezos law firm, first established in 1910 by Lykourezos’
grandfather, has handled a bevy of high profile criminal cases,
including the criminal defense of banking tycoon George Koskotas
whose financial scandal in the late 1980’s implicated prominent
officials of the then Greek Government as well as much publicized
white collar crime cases and criminal cases involving the press
with political ramifications. In addition to his active law
practice, Lykourezos is an activist and an outspoken critic on many political,
national and cultural issues.
He has been characterized by the NY Times as Greece’s “most
prominent and flamboyant lawyer,” by the Washington Post
as “Athens’ flashiest criminal lawyer,” by the Economist as
“Greece’s best known criminal lawyer,” by the Guardian as “the
country’s leading criminal lawyer,” by the Independent as “a
celebrity in Greece” with “a reputation for taking on challenging
clients,” by Liberation as “grand avocat
grec,” and by Corriere della Sera as “il principle del Foro.”
This Is A Copy In It's Entirety From Alexander Lykourezos
SENDER : Mr. Alexander Lykourezos
FAX No: 0031-70-4165358
TO : Prosecutor Louise Arbour
DATE : 18-5-99
CC:
Mr. Pieter Kruger
Mr. Graham T. Blewitt
Mr. Gavin Ruxton
Mr. William Fenrick
URGENT
Dear Madame Prosecutor,
The recent NATO announcements regarding escalation of the bombing
raids on Yugoslavia, the widening of
target selection to include facilities devoid of military significance
which are vital to the noncombatant populace,
including power and water supplies, and NATO’s increasing readiness
to use indiscriminate weaponry has
sharply enhanced the likelihood of civilian casualties and unnecessary
suffering to noncombatants in Yugoslavia.
International law prohibits the waging of war on noncombatants
and this rings particularly true when such war is
allegedly waged for humanitarian purposes.
If the ICT is to preserve its claim that it acts independently
and impartially, it would behoove the Court to
admonish NATO’s political and military leadership and its personnel
that their conduct is not exempt from the
Court’s scrutiny and that they may be called to account for
their actions in Yugoslavia. A public announcement
that the Prosecutor’s office intends to investigate allegations
of war crimes perpetrated by NATO’s political and
military leadership and personnel in Yugoslavia will act as
the much needed impetus for reason to once again
prevail in the Balkans. It will confirm that military might
and political clout does not exempt actors from the
principles of international law and justice. A simple announcement
today will go far to save the lives of more
innocent civilians and avert unnecessary human suffering. It
will also affirm the credibility of your office and
evidence your resolve to see justice served.
Sincerely,
Alexander Lykourezos
AL/an
FROM ALEXANDER LYKOUREZOS
THE FIRST COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA IN HAGUE
Firstly: A brief overview of the history of Kosovo and the facts
leading up to the conflict
Secondly: Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Tribunal
for the Former Yugoslavia
Thirdly: Illegality of the NATO Air Strikes - Violation of the
UN Charter- Violation of the
NATO Charter - Absence of a humanitarian exception recognized
by International Law
for the threat or use of force
Fourthly: Charges - Offenses - The willful killing of civilians and the
willful infliction of great suffering and serious injury to the body and
health of civilians. (Violation of Article 2 of the ICT Statute). This
subheading includes indicative lists of civilian casualties. - Wanton
destruction of property not justified by military necessity and the wanton
destruction of cities, towns and villages and devastation not justified
by military necessity. (Violations of Article 2 and 3 of the ICT Statute).
This subheading includes an analytical listing of the various facilities,
industries and businesses that have been destroyed or sustained substantial
damages as a result of the NATO bombing. - Employment of poisonous weapons
and weapons calculated to cause unnecessary suffering (Violations
of Article 3 of the ICT Statute). In particular: - Use of Prohibited Cluster
Bombs - Use of Depleted Uranium Ammunition - Bombing of the Pancevo Petrochemical
and Fertilizer Plant - Systematic Destruction of the Environment - Destruction
and Willful Damage of Institutions dedicated to religion, charity, education,
the arts and sciences, historical monuments and works of art and science
(violation of Article 3 of the ICT Statute) This sub heading includes a
listing of cultural and religious monuments that have been damaged by the
NATO air strikes.
Fifthly: Responsibility of the Prosecutor and the International
Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
The Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
at the Hague provides that the Prosecutor shall be independent in
the exercise of his/her duties. As such, the Prosecutor’s Office must extend
its publicly announced and currently underway investigation of possible
crimes perpetrated by Serbs in Kosovo so as to include war crimes committed
by the political and military leadership of NATO and its responsible personnel
during the recent bombing. The above people have committed the aforementioned
offenses willfully and wantonly, and consequently, an investigation must
be initiated to determine and detail the criminal responsibility of each
respective individual involved.
Did allies demand right to occupy all of
Yugoslavia?
By : Richard P. Murray
WASHINGTON -- New questions are emerging about the actual terms
of the Rambouillet
accords prior to the initiation of NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia.
When NATO spokesman Jamie Shea appeared at the National Press
Club in Washington
yesterday, a representative of the Institute for Public Accuracy
asked him to clarify provisions in
the Rambouillet text that some analysts say allowed for the
military occupation of all of
Yugoslavia by NATO troops.
Although Shea replied that "there was no intention whatsoever
of having any kind of NATO
occupation regime in Yugoslavia itself," Appendix (B) of the
Rambouillet accords included the
following provisions:
7. NATO personnel shall be immune from any form of arrest,
investigation, or detention by the
authorities in the FRY [Federal Republic of Yugoslavia].
8. NATO personnel shall enjoy... free and unrestricted
passage and unimpeded access
throughout the FRY including associated airspace and territorial
waters.
11. NATO is granted the use of airports, roads, rails and ports
without payment...
15. [NATO shall have] the right to use all of the electromagnetic
spectrum...
Robert Hayden, director of the Center for Russian and East European
Studies at the
University of Pittsburgh, says that a close reading of the Rambouillet
accords shows that the
text, rejected by Milosevic just before the bombing began, "provided
for the independence of
Kosovo in all but name and the military occupation by NATO of
all of Yugoslavia -- not just
Kosovo."
NATO
(North Atlantic
Terrorist Orginization)
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