View Single Post
  #18 (permalink)  
Old 19th August 2009
Thac0man's Avatar
Thac0man Thac0man is offline
Politics.ie Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,966
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Breadan O'Connor View Post
You are incorrect to imply that the story of Serbs being butcherd for their organs is not being taken seriously. The eminent lawyer Carla Del Ponte who headed investigations in Yugoslavia and Rwanda has given credence to the claims

Currently the council of Europe has sent Dick Marty, a Swiss investigator to Albania to investigate the claims. The Associated Press: EU probing alleged Balkan organ trafficking

Media reports indicate the Albanians are desperately stonewalling the investigation.


The organs of 300 to 500 people would have been worth in excess of $100m on the black market.
Carla Del Ponte said in her book that she found no proof of the alledged crimes, but thought there was something to the story - again based on her hunch as opposed to actual proof. She was roundly comdemned for making such a wreckless statement.

And Dick Marty is going to find proof how? By talking to the government making claims and government assused. What will that add to the zero proof that exists? Zero. It is and remains an allegation. It would not be the first time Serbias economy with the truth has wasted resources. One of the main cases against Anton Gotovina, a Croatian General, fell apart on the witness stand in the Hague. Years of work down the pan because UN eye witnesses, where basing their evidance not on what they "witnessed with their own eyes" (!?!?!) but on Serbian hearsay and claims from Knin.

All war crime allegations in the Balkans should perhaps be investigated publically and by figures whose careers will suffer if the truth is not transparent. Then the liers as well as the true victims will be exposed. Dick Marty will not be eager to see his reputation and credability take a knock like Del Ponte gifted herself.

Last edited by Thac0man; 19th August 2009 at 03:09 PM.
Reply With Quote