After years as Yugoslavia’s strongman, Slobodan Milosevic is now reviled and lucky to be facing a trial in his own country. International prosecutors in The Hague want him sent there, where a nastier fate might well await him.

His successor as Yugoslav president, Vojislav Kostunica, has been widely praised for his determination to bring Milosevic to court, although the emphasis has been on his alleged corruption rather than the super-sensi