The Arrest of Radovan Karadzic The Bosnia Butcher
July 21, 2008
Belgrade
BELGRADE, Serbia - Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic, accused architect of massacres and the politician considered most responsible for the deadly siege of Sarajevo, was arrested Monday evening in a Serbian police raid ending his 13 years as the world's most-wanted war crimes fugitive.
Karadzic has been twice indicted for genocide. He is accused of playing a key role in the 43-month siege of Sarajevo, which claimed 12,000 lives, and of orchestrating the 1995 massacre of some 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica, the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.
http://www.friendsofbosnia.org/index.html
Radovan Karadzic, Architect of Bosnian Genocide, Arrested Today in Belgrade
CBD Commends Serbia for Their Role in the Arrest
Monday, July 21, 2008
Radovan Karadzic, leader of the Bosnian Serbs during the 1992-95 war and genocide in Bosnia, was arrested Monday by Serbian authorities.
The office of Serbian President Boris Tadic announced Monday that he was arrested by Serbia security officers and "brought to the investigative judge of the War Crimes Court in Belgrade, in accordance with the law on cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)"
Since 1995, the Center has advocated for his arrest and has conducted numerous campaigns to pressure the international community to carry out what the Serbian authorities finally did today. Until today, it was generally thought that Karadzic was hiding out in Bosnia or in Montenegro, where he was born. Just recently, his family home in Pale, Bosnia, was searched by international forces.
CBD commends Boris Tadic for taking this bold, necessary, and unprecedented step. CBD recognizes that that this will not be popular with many Serbs who still consider Karadzic and his war-time partner, Ratko Mladic, heroes.
CBD calls on Serbia and the international community to complete the closure of this tragic period in Balkan history and arrest Ratko Mladic, who is thought to be hiding in Serbia and protected by renegade Serbian security forces. Mladic was the Bosnian Serb war-time military leader and most responsible for the massacre at Srebrenica just over 13 years ago when 8,000 Bosnian men and boys were killed in a period of a few days.
CBD thanks the tens of thousands of supporters who have signed petitions and supported us in various ways during the thirteen years that we have been advocating for the arrests of Karadzic and Mladic.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7518607.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7518543.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/21/serb.arrest/index.html
(CNN) -- Former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic, accused of masterminding "ethnic cleansing" deportations and killings of Bosnian Muslims and Croats, has been arrested after more than a decade in hiding, a U.N. war crimes tribunal said Monday.
Radovan Karadzic, shown here in 1995, is charged with war crimes relating to the 1992-1995 Bosnia conflict.
Radovan Karadzic, shown here in 1995, is charged with war crimes relating to the 1992-1995 Bosnia conflict.
Karadzic, 63, is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the law of war.
Last seen in public in 1996, Karadzic was the Bosnian Serb political leader during the 1992-1995 war that followed Bosnia-Herzegovina's secession from Yugoslavia.
The conflict included the Srebrenica massacre of thousands of Bosnian Muslims and a deadly, 44-month siege of Sarajevo.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4377240.ece
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4375437.ece
THE BALKANS
Covering Karadzic
The rise and fall of a genocidal leader
http://www.newsweek.com/id/148110
http://www.france24.com/en/
http://www.france24.com/en/20080722-karadzic-end-myth-analysis-serbia-war-crimes
Karadzic’s walls came crashing down when the security service he thought provided his protection carried out his arrest – on a tip, apparently, from a foreign intelligence source. Take that with a grain of salt. If anyone has known these past thirteen years where Karadzic and Mladic have been hiding, it is the Serbian security services.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/25/radovankaradzic.serbia
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,567485,00.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgUrnFvdqgg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaVXcguzzSw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-vY2spwAzw&feature=related
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/07/2008726135215472557.html
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1216208045782&pagename=Zone-English-News%2FNWELayout
http://news.aol.com/article/top-war-crimes-suspect-captured/92904?icid=100214839x1206002457x1200314734
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=9027926&ch=4226714&src=news
PRO-KARADZIC: Supporters held up pictures of ex-Bosnian-Serb leader Radovan Karadzic during a protest in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday.
Ultranationalists were gathering for a massive pro-Radovan Karadzic rally Tuesday, amid reports that Mr. Karadzic's appeal against his extradition to the United Nations war-crimes tribunal hasn't arrived at a Serbian court.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121728037759691043.html
Belgrade
BELGRADE, Serbia - Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic, accused architect of massacres and the politician considered most responsible for the deadly siege of Sarajevo, was arrested Monday evening in a Serbian police raid ending his 13 years as the world's most-wanted war crimes fugitive.
Karadzic has been twice indicted for genocide. He is accused of playing a key role in the 43-month siege of Sarajevo, which claimed 12,000 lives, and of orchestrating the 1995 massacre of some 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica, the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.
http://www.friendsofbosnia.org/index.html
Radovan Karadzic, Architect of Bosnian Genocide, Arrested Today in Belgrade
CBD Commends Serbia for Their Role in the Arrest
Monday, July 21, 2008
Radovan Karadzic, leader of the Bosnian Serbs during the 1992-95 war and genocide in Bosnia, was arrested Monday by Serbian authorities.
The office of Serbian President Boris Tadic announced Monday that he was arrested by Serbia security officers and "brought to the investigative judge of the War Crimes Court in Belgrade, in accordance with the law on cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)"
Since 1995, the Center has advocated for his arrest and has conducted numerous campaigns to pressure the international community to carry out what the Serbian authorities finally did today. Until today, it was generally thought that Karadzic was hiding out in Bosnia or in Montenegro, where he was born. Just recently, his family home in Pale, Bosnia, was searched by international forces.
CBD commends Boris Tadic for taking this bold, necessary, and unprecedented step. CBD recognizes that that this will not be popular with many Serbs who still consider Karadzic and his war-time partner, Ratko Mladic, heroes.
CBD calls on Serbia and the international community to complete the closure of this tragic period in Balkan history and arrest Ratko Mladic, who is thought to be hiding in Serbia and protected by renegade Serbian security forces. Mladic was the Bosnian Serb war-time military leader and most responsible for the massacre at Srebrenica just over 13 years ago when 8,000 Bosnian men and boys were killed in a period of a few days.
CBD thanks the tens of thousands of supporters who have signed petitions and supported us in various ways during the thirteen years that we have been advocating for the arrests of Karadzic and Mladic.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7518607.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7518543.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/21/serb.arrest/index.html
(CNN) -- Former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic, accused of masterminding "ethnic cleansing" deportations and killings of Bosnian Muslims and Croats, has been arrested after more than a decade in hiding, a U.N. war crimes tribunal said Monday.
Radovan Karadzic, shown here in 1995, is charged with war crimes relating to the 1992-1995 Bosnia conflict.
Radovan Karadzic, shown here in 1995, is charged with war crimes relating to the 1992-1995 Bosnia conflict.
Karadzic, 63, is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the law of war.
Last seen in public in 1996, Karadzic was the Bosnian Serb political leader during the 1992-1995 war that followed Bosnia-Herzegovina's secession from Yugoslavia.
The conflict included the Srebrenica massacre of thousands of Bosnian Muslims and a deadly, 44-month siege of Sarajevo.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4377240.ece
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4375437.ece
THE BALKANS
Covering Karadzic
The rise and fall of a genocidal leader
http://www.newsweek.com/id/148110
http://www.france24.com/en/
http://www.france24.com/en/20080722-karadzic-end-myth-analysis-serbia-war-crimes
Karadzic’s walls came crashing down when the security service he thought provided his protection carried out his arrest – on a tip, apparently, from a foreign intelligence source. Take that with a grain of salt. If anyone has known these past thirteen years where Karadzic and Mladic have been hiding, it is the Serbian security services.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/25/radovankaradzic.serbia
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,567485,00.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgUrnFvdqgg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaVXcguzzSw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-vY2spwAzw&feature=related
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/07/2008726135215472557.html
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1216208045782&pagename=Zone-English-News%2FNWELayout
http://news.aol.com/article/top-war-crimes-suspect-captured/92904?icid=100214839x1206002457x1200314734
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=9027926&ch=4226714&src=news
PRO-KARADZIC: Supporters held up pictures of ex-Bosnian-Serb leader Radovan Karadzic during a protest in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday.
Ultranationalists were gathering for a massive pro-Radovan Karadzic rally Tuesday, amid reports that Mr. Karadzic's appeal against his extradition to the United Nations war-crimes tribunal hasn't arrived at a Serbian court.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121728037759691043.html
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