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Monday, July 02, 2007 - From Cicero's Songs

Pauline Neville Jones - An Apology

During one of the darkest episodes in British History in the early 1990s the then British Government sat on its hands while tens of thousands of civilians were slaughtered by Serbian death squads in Bosnia. Douglas Hurd, advised by his then Security Chief, Pauline Neville Jones, (pic. recent picture of OAP Pauline) campaigned tirelessly to ensure that the legal government of Bosnia Herzegovina could not defend itself against Serbian murderers.

He called this disgraceful policy "ensuring a level playing field".Tens of thousands of women were raped, tens of thousands were killed, and the population of such cities as Sarajevo and Dubrovnik were besieged by the Serbs in a medieval display of barbarity. 90% of the casualties were on one side- an interesting version of a level playing fieldVery shortly after they left office, "Dame Pauline" and "Lord Hurd" as they became, joined Nat West Markets as senior advisers and directors.

Three months after that Nat West Markets gained privatisation mandates from the Milosovic government in Belgrade to sell Telecom Srbije. ** The mandates in addition to making Nat West, Lord Hurd and Dame Pauline millions of Pounds also allowed Milosovic to raise tens of millions and continue the policy of violence and oppression that ultimately led to British Forces going into action to defend the civilian population of Kosova against renewed Serbian atrocities.

Some would consider therefore that Dame Pauline has a rather questionable reputation.

The Conservatives are more forgiving- they just made her a peer of the realm in the latest reshuffle.

Silly me- I thought that integrity and honesty were values that had universal respect. In fact dishonesty, greed and double dealing seem more highly prized by Mr. Cameron's "Cavaliers".

I am sure that the war victims of Bosnia and Croatia will welcome this appointment with great delight.

PS. Cicero does not appear to be an admirer of Bonker's Boris either - his crooked friend and ex-jailbird, fraudster, wannabe jewel thief , and gold smuggler Darius Guppy (Earl Spencer's one time sparring partner) or it appears Jeffrey Archer.

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Since 2003, Telekom Srbija a.d. has been owned by two shareholders: PE PTT Traffic „Srbija“ and OTE Greece. PE PTT Traffic „Srbija“, i.e. the Republic of Serbia as the founder, has retained the “Golden Share” on the basis of which it has the right to veto on all strategic decisions of the Managing Board.