Milosevic seeks subpoena for Clinton to testify (Reuters)

[Up2Late]

(He wants retired General Clark to testify too!)

Milosevic seeks subpoena for Clinton to testify

Tue Feb 28, 2006 02:11 PM ET

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Lawyers representing Slobodan Milosevic have asked the U.N. war crimes tribunal to issue a subpoena to force former U.S. President Bill Clinton to testify at his trial, documents showed on Tuesday. "In his position as former president of the United States, Mr Clinton had a continuous role and unique knowledge of events relevant to the indictment," the lawyers said in a written request filed last week but only made public on Tuesday.

Lawyers Steven Kay and Gillian Higgins said his evidence was needed to make sure the trial was "informed and fair." They said Milosevic had written a personal letter to Clinton asking him to testify but had not received a response. They added the U.S. embassy in The Hague had written to them last year explaining the opposition of the U.S. government to the request.

Milosevic, who has argued that he was a peacemaker in the 1999 Kosovo conflict and that the West committed war crimes, has also asked the court to subpoena retired U.S. general Wesley Clark to appear as a witness in his defense.

Clark directed NATO's bombing of Kosovo in an 11-week campaign led by Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair to halt Serbian repression in the region.

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[Texacrat]

1. I don't know, I think Clark and Clinton should go

But I have mixed feelings on this.

[Greeby]

2. I think Clark did testify for the prosecution

And as it was during the 2004 primary campaign, Bushco ordered a complete news blackout in the US of the event

[stepnw1f]

3. Sure... First Bush Then Bill

Since one has broken more laws within his own tenure than any other Administration.

[Renew Deal]

4. Clinton and Clark would eviscerate him.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. They already did.