Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06SANTIAGO576
2006-03-20 20:54:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Santiago
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION - MILOSEVIC DEATH
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UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000576
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR R/MR, I/PP, WHA/BSC, WHA/PDA, INR/IAA, PM, INL, INR/R/MR (FOR
ANLAYST IRENE MARR)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR KPAO OPRC CI SR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - MILOSEVIC DEATH
On March 20, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El
Mercurio" (circ. 116,000) ran an editorial entitled, "Milosevic's
Death." Quote:
"The death of former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic has
revived some controversies and created others concerning the
operation of international peacekeeping and security systems. Aside
from the strange circumstances surrounding it...Milosevic's death
has again led to debate about the international community's
responsibility for delaying their intervention to prevent these
crimes. It has also raised questions about the efficiency of the
International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia.... But the
frustration arises not only from (Milosevic's) death, which allowed
him to elude justice, but from the incompetence of the special
tribunal and the inefficiency of the United Nations, whose more
timely military intervention would have saved thousands of lives."
KELLY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR R/MR, I/PP, WHA/BSC, WHA/PDA, INR/IAA, PM, INL, INR/R/MR (FOR
ANLAYST IRENE MARR)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR KPAO OPRC CI SR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - MILOSEVIC DEATH
On March 20, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El
Mercurio" (circ. 116,000) ran an editorial entitled, "Milosevic's
Death." Quote:
"The death of former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic has
revived some controversies and created others concerning the
operation of international peacekeeping and security systems. Aside
from the strange circumstances surrounding it...Milosevic's death
has again led to debate about the international community's
responsibility for delaying their intervention to prevent these
crimes. It has also raised questions about the efficiency of the
International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia.... But the
frustration arises not only from (Milosevic's) death, which allowed
him to elude justice, but from the incompetence of the special
tribunal and the inefficiency of the United Nations, whose more
timely military intervention would have saved thousands of lives."
KELLY