December 29, 2003

The "q" word

Anyone care to guess how long before one of the Naive Nine point the finger at Clark for policy failures in Serbia?

Ultranationalists win in Serbia's parliament

Belgrade -- Serbia's road to economic and political reform looked that much longer Sunday night, as ultranationalists appeared to have won the largest number of seats in parliamentary elections.

Early results showed that the party of Vojislav Seselj, who is currently on trial for war crimes at the international criminal tribunal in The Hague, had won the largest number of seats in the 250-member assembly.

A sample of more than 54 percent of votes cast, taken by the Center for Free Elections and Democracy, an independent polling organization, showed that Seselj's Radical Party had won 82 seats. The Serbian Democratic Party, led by the former Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica, was some way behind with 53 seats.

Four parties placed candidates indicted by The Hague on their electoral lists, and two appear to have been elected, Seselj and former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. Because they are in custody in The Hague, however, they will be unable to take office.

BTW-how long have our troops been in Serbia, Bosnia and Kosovo? 5yrs? 8? Can you say Balkan quagmire? I knew you could.

Posted by feste at December 29, 2003 11:08 AM | TrackBack
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