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? ? {{B}}Milosevic’ s Death{{/B}} ? ?Former Yugoslav leader
Slobodan Milosevic was found dead last Saturday in his cell at the Hague-based
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The 64-year-old had
been on trial there since February 2002. ? ?Born in provincial
Pozarevac in 1941, he was the second son of a priest and a school teacher. Both
of his parents died when he was still a young adult. The young Milosevic was
"untypical", says Slavoljub Djukic, his unofficial biographer. He was "not
interested in sports, avoided excursions and used to come to school dressed in
the old-fashioned way - white shirt and tie." One of his old friends said, he
could "imagine him as a station-master or punctilious civil servant". ?
?Indeed that is exactly what he might have become, had he not married Mira.
She was widely believed to be his driving force. ? ?At university
and beyond he did well. He worked for various firms and was a communist party
member. By 1986 he was head of Serbia’s Central Committer. But still he had not
yet really been noticed. ? ?It was Kosovo that gave him his chance.
An autonomous province of Serbia, Kosovo was home to an Albanian majority and a
Serbian minority. In 1989, he was sent there to calm fears of Serbians who felt
they were discriminated against. But instead he played the nationalist card and
became their champion. In so doing, he changed into a ruthless and determined
man. At home with Mira he plotted the downfall of his political enemies.
Conspiring with the director of Serbian TV, he mounted a modern media campaign
which aimed to get him the most power in the country. ? ?He was
elected Serbian president in 1990. In 1997, he became president of Yugoslavia.
The rest of the story is well-known: his nationalist card caused Yugoslavia’s
other ethnic groups to fight for their own rights, power and lands. Yugoslavia
broke up when four of the six republics declared independence in 1991. War
started and lasted for years and millions died. Then Western countries
intervened. NATO bombed Yugoslavia, and he eventually stepped down as state
leader in 2000. ? ?Soon after this, Serbia’s new government, led by
Zoran Djindjic, arrested him and sent him to face justice at the Yugoslav war
crimes tribunal in the Hague.
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? ? {{B}}Milosevic’ s Death{{/B}} ? ?Former Yugoslav leader
Slobodan Milosevic was found dead last Saturday in his cell at the Hague-based
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The 64-year-old had
been on trial there since February 2002. ? ?Born in provincial
Pozarevac in 1941, he was the second son of a priest and a school teacher. Both
of his parents died when he was still a young adult. The young Milosevic was
"untypical", says Slavoljub Djukic, his unofficial biographer. He was "not
interested in sports, avoided excursions and used to come to school dressed in
the old-fashioned way - white shirt and tie." One of his old friends said, he
could "imagine him as a station-master or punctilious civil servant". ?
?Indeed that is exactly what he might have become, had he not married Mira.
She was widely believed to be his driving force. ? ?At university
and beyond he did well. He worked for various firms and was a communist party
member. By 1986 he was head of Serbia’s Central Committer. But still he had not
yet really been noticed. ? ?It was Kosovo that gave him his chance.
An autonomous province of Serbia, Kosovo was home to an Albanian majority and a
Serbian minority. In 1989, he was sent there to calm fears of Serbians who felt
they were discriminated against. But instead he played the nationalist card and
became their champion. In so doing, he changed into a ruthless and determined
man. At home with Mira he plotted the downfall of his political enemies.
Conspiring with the director of Serbian TV, he mounted a modern media campaign
which aimed to get him the most power in the country. ? ?He was
elected Serbian president in 1990. In 1997, he became president of Yugoslavia.
The rest of the story is well-known: his nationalist card caused Yugoslavia’s
other ethnic groups to fight for their own rights, power and lands. Yugoslavia
broke up when four of the six republics declared independence in 1991. War
started and lasted for years and millions died. Then Western countries
intervened. NATO bombed Yugoslavia, and he eventually stepped down as state
leader in 2000. ? ?Soon after this, Serbia’s new government, led by
Zoran Djindjic, arrested him and sent him to face justice at the Yugoslav war
crimes tribunal in the Hague.
Why was Milosevic sent to Kosovo in 1989?
A.To handle economic issues. B.To drive Albanians back to their own country. C.To remove the Serbians’ fears that they were discriminated against. D.To launch an attack against his political enemies.
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