Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, 64, died in The Hague Saturday, Netherlands, just months before his war crimes trial before the U.N. international war crimes tribunal was expected to end, according to CNN. Below are reactions to his death: Widow Mirjana Milosevic: "The tribunal has killed my husband." Borislav Milosevic, brother: "All responsibility for what has happened rests with" the tribunal. Serbian President Boris Tadic: Tadic expressed his condolences to the Milosevic's family and to the Socialist Party, according to RTS (Radio TV of Serbia). Serbia-Montenegro Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic: "Milosevic organized many, many assassinations of people of my party, of people of my family ... He ordered, a few times, assassination attempts against my life. "What can I say? I can say it's a pity he didn't face justice in Belgrade." Former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Paddy Ashdown: Milosevic was "a leader who led his people, the great nation of Serbs, into catastrophe and shame."
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