Yugoslav army was heavy handed says British officer

Britain’s former defence attache in Belgrade told Slobodan Milosevic’s war crimes trial today that Yugoslav army units were ordered to bypass the normal military chain of command during the Kosovo conflict.

Yugoslav army was heavy handed says British officer

Britain’s former defence attache in Belgrade told Slobodan Milosevic’s war crimes trial today that Yugoslav army units were ordered to bypass the normal military chain of command during the Kosovo conflict.

They reported directly to then President Milosevic or his top aides, said retired Colonel John Crossland, who served in the Belgrade embassy in 1998 and 1999.

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