In Belgrade yesterday, far-right Serbian nationalists held signs in parliament calling Vice President Joe Biden a “fascist” and a “Nazi.”

A classic case of projection.

BELGRADE (AFP) — Serb ultra-nationalist lawmakers held up insulting signs in parliament Wednesday as US Vice President Joe Biden, considered a strong backer of Kosovo independence, arrived in Belgrade.

“Biden, you Nazi scum, go home,” said the posters brandished by opposition Radical Party deputies during the live national broadcast of a parliament sitting which coincided with the start of Biden’s visit.

The Radicals, who occupy around a fifth of places in the 250-seat assembly, then pasted the signs which also labelled Biden a “fascist” on a notice board and hallway.

They all appeared in parliament dressed in T-shirts bearing the image of the party’s president, Vojislav Seselj, who is currently on trial for war crimes before a UN tribunal in The Hague.

UPDATE at 5/21/09 10:45:05 am:

More information on the leader of this lovely group, Vojislav Seselj:

Seselj famously boasted in June 1991, shortly before Serbia went to war against Slovenia and Croatia with the aim of suppressing their secession from Yugoslavia, that his paramilitary forces would not kill Croats with knives, but would gouge out their eyes with rusty spoons so that they would die of tetanus.[5] He made this remark in a broadcast, available for viewing on YouTube. When journalists ask him about this remark, he regularly replies that it was only a joke.