Saturday, March 11, 2006
Milosevic Found Dead at the Hague in his cell
It was announced on NPR this morning that Slobodan Milosevic was found dead. Of course the first question I had was whether he committed suicide, but he was 64 years old and in bad health. So I suppose it was not an unpredictable outcome. I put a link to the BBC story.
Now he will face Gods justice. Earthly justice was so slow and would have been so inadequate.
His death surely was more peaceful and comfottable than many of the deaths he caused and ordered. Let God judge him.
one of the earlier reports
One of the earlier reports
Update* this report has a little more detail on Milosevic's death.
Update with more details about Milosevic's death
I have to say that the former East Bloc press is really buzzing with this story. One article raises the question of what will be done about his funeral. I guess the word is out that Milosevic would have prefered to be buried in Moscow. This make sense since a lot of his close family are in the Russian Federation. A state funeral would really be de riguer if Milosevic's body were to be returned to Belgrade for burial. It would be a simply untenable political mess for the current government and there's the nasty business that there's an arrest warrent out for his widow.
Now he will face Gods justice. Earthly justice was so slow and would have been so inadequate.
His death surely was more peaceful and comfottable than many of the deaths he caused and ordered. Let God judge him.
one of the earlier reports
One of the earlier reports
Update* this report has a little more detail on Milosevic's death.
Update with more details about Milosevic's death
I have to say that the former East Bloc press is really buzzing with this story. One article raises the question of what will be done about his funeral. I guess the word is out that Milosevic would have prefered to be buried in Moscow. This make sense since a lot of his close family are in the Russian Federation. A state funeral would really be de riguer if Milosevic's body were to be returned to Belgrade for burial. It would be a simply untenable political mess for the current government and there's the nasty business that there's an arrest warrent out for his widow.
# posted by Katja R. @ 6:09 AM 
