Milosevic launches trial defence

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has said accusations that he masterminded the 1990s wars in the Balkans were 'unscrupulous lies'. Mr Milosevic, who is representing himself, was making his opening defence statement at his trial in The Hague, 31 August 2004..

• Primary Source

UN: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; Press Release, No.886 (25.8.04) http://www.un.org/icty/pressreal/2004/p886-e.htm

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