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Title: Karadzic arrested
Post by: bijou on July 21, 2008, 04:44:47 PM: Quote
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) â€” Top war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic has been arrested

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hDN-CfGY3szC6ylS1zL87_tRXoSwD922G0FG5

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Title: Re: Karadzic arrested
Post by: jinxmchue on July 23, 2008, 11:20:03 AM: I saw footage of him after his arrest. I thought they had arrested Jerry Garcia!
Title: Re: Karadzic arrested
Post by: Miss Mia on July 23, 2008, 11:30:37 AM: Quote
Karadzic to defend himself, mirroring Milosevic (http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jPTMfVpfaGiUcVDAWS90THpxBUVw)

BELGRADE (AFP) â€” Captured Bosnian Serb genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic is to defend himself before the UN war crimes court, his lawyer said Wednesday, raising memories of the trial of his late ally, Slobodan Milosevic.

Karadzic, who stands indicted for genocide and crimes against humanity, was arrested in Belgrade on Monday, having evaded capture for more than a decade partly thanks to a fake identity as an alternative health guru.

The Bosnian Serb political leader during the 1990s Bosnian war was a close ally of then Yugoslav president Milosevic, who was also indicted for war crimes and had chosen to defend himself before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

Milosevic's manipulation of the role was blamed for making his trial one of the longest in international legal history at more than four years. The Serbian strongman died in custody in The Hague in 2006 before a verdict was delivered.

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Title: Re: Karadzic arrested
Post by: Tess Anderson on July 23, 2008, 01:17:09 PM: Well, they finally got him. I wonder if he'll have a massive heart attack in jail as well?

Quote from: jinxmchue on July 23, 2008, 11:20:03 AM
I saw footage of him after his arrest. I thought they had arrested Jerry Garcia!

LOL, that's what I thought - there's an uncanny resemblence between the two.
Title: Re: Karadzic arrested
Post by: DixieBelle on July 23, 2008, 01:54:21 PM: Yes, I was wondering if he'll die in custody too.
Title: Re: Karadzic arrested
Post by: JohnnyReb on July 23, 2008, 03:02:20 PM: Apply the golden rule, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you". He was killing Muslims, was he not? Then turn him loose, treat him like a hero and put him in for the Nobel Peace prize. It is, after all, what the Muslims would do.
Title: Re: Karadzic arrested
Post by: Thor on July 23, 2008, 08:24:38 PM: Milosovic & Karadzik both saw the Muslim threat and took care of it. Both have been branded "war criminals". To what end ?? Who legitimized that war ?? The US & UN had NO reason to get involved. Talk about "illegal wars"........ :whatever:

.... and yet, the genocide in Darfur & Rwanda has gone unaddressed...... **** the UN.
Title: Re: Karadzic arrested
Post by: Chris_ on July 23, 2008, 08:31:54 PM: Quote from: Thor on July 23, 2008, 08:24:38 PM
Milosovic & Karadzik both saw the Muslim threat and took care of it. Both have been branded "war criminals". To what end ?? Who legitimized that war ?? The US & UN had NO reason to get involved. Talk about "illegal wars"........ :whatever:

.... and yet, the genocide in Darfur & Rwanda has gone unaddressed...... **** the UN.

(http://www.cpva-surrey.com/UN_helmet-small.jpg)