Preliminary results from an autopsy on Milosevic have so far indicated the former Yugoslav leader died of a heart attack in his cell at a UN detention centre in The Hague. There has been speculation he committed suicide or was poisoned.
It looks like the death of Milosevic is set to be shrouded in mystery and controversy. Shortly after the 64 year old died in his cell his lawyer reported that Milosevic had suspected that he was being poisoned. This seems to have been confirmed now with medical reports saying that the medication he was being prescribed for high blood pressure and a heart condition had been accompanied by other 'unprescribed' drugs which may have caused his death.
Now, the mainstream media is co-operating in a counter claim by saying that Milosevic 'took wrong drugs on purpose to get to Russia'. Indeed, Milosevic had been requesting treatment for a heart condition and asking that it should happen is Moscow as his treatment in Holland didn't appear to be working.
The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed today that it had received a letter from Slobodan Milosevic complaining of inadequate treatment and asking for help in getting permission to undergo treatment in Moscow.
Spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said, "In this hand-written letter, Slobodan Milosevic speaks about an inadequate treatment conducted by doctors of the International Tribunal ... and is again asking for Russian support in getting permission for undergoing therapy at a medical facility in Moscow"
Milosevic's lawyer Zdenko Tomanovic said his client had written to Russia claiming he had been given the wrong drugs in an attempt to silence him on the issue of the war crimes committed by NATO and the US. Only a couple of weeks earlier, another person involved in the trials was found dead, apparently having committed suicide.
Now, the mainstream media is co-operating in a counter claim by saying that Milosevic 'took wrong drugs on purpose to get to Russia'. Indeed, Milosevic had been requesting treatment for a heart condition and asking that it should happen is Moscow as his treatment in Holland didn't appear to be working.
The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed today that it had received a letter from Slobodan Milosevic complaining of inadequate treatment and asking for help in getting permission to undergo treatment in Moscow.
Spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said, "In this hand-written letter, Slobodan Milosevic speaks about an inadequate treatment conducted by doctors of the International Tribunal ... and is again asking for Russian support in getting permission for undergoing therapy at a medical facility in Moscow"
Milosevic's lawyer Zdenko Tomanovic said his client had written to Russia claiming he had been given the wrong drugs in an attempt to silence him on the issue of the war crimes committed by NATO and the US. Only a couple of weeks earlier, another person involved in the trials was found dead, apparently having committed suicide.
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Whatever.
13.03.2006 23:02
the middle finger
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14.03.2006 17:02
Reality Check
Reality Check: get with the program(me)!
16.03.2006 10:26
Conspiracies are the soap operas of the socially deviant. They follow the same formulaic narrative principals as a soap:
A handful of generally flat, Dickensian characters: Bush, Blair, Cheney, Rumsfeld
A handful of acronymous covert organisations: CIA, MOSSAD, MI5/MI6, SAS, PNAC... N.B. they are almost always sharing your mother tongue (hence BND, KGB, Spetnaz, ISI etc hardly ever gain coinage in a conspiracy).
Covert organisations are the best. Because you can make whatever you like up about them and few people will be in a position to argue the point. You can also claim they are capable of absolutely anything from grafting human heads on dogs to have invented biscuits that will make you a facist.
A handful of well-trodden plot lines: coup d'etat; the march to an Orwellian society; the veiled imposition of fascism, assassination, public deception. The more coma prisons you can make to historic precedent (even if only rumoured) the better you conspiracy will be.
Throw in the old Standards (seven deadly sins) and Bob's yer uncle.
The good guys in conspiracies are equally as predictable: they are just fellow conspirators (Evangelists)... these guys are the opinion leaders who keep the whole thing eating its own tail by providing "evidence". "Evidence" is easy to find. The Internet is choked with self-recursive blogs that will follow an audit trail back to some nutty site where they have UFO stories or pictures of naked pre-teens.
"Evidence" is normally unsupported by any professional peer group. In fact, anything that is is supported by professionals will spoil the conspiracy and thus has to be disregarded.
The setting can be anywhere, but it is important you have a large supply of extras. They will play the role of the naive Great Unwashed (Sheeple).
And don't forget if you can stay in Conspiracyland as long as like by playing the Joker: just denounce anyone who isn't playing the game as a "Spook!" or a "LIAR!"
Now you have the basic rules of the game, you too can have hours of fun converting fresh news into foul smelling manure.
Now, you just have to go find as many wholly inappropriate venues to play in!
M= Big Brother