Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Serbs Mad About Mladic Arrest

Latest related: Back to the Balkans

Maybe they should be a little sore.

"Clashes erupt in Belgrade to protest Mladic arrest" by Jovana Gec, Associated Press / May 29, 2011

BELGRADE, Serbia—Protesters throwing stones and bottles clashed with baton-wielding riot police Sunday in Belgrade after several thousand Serbian nationalist supporters of jailed war-crimes suspect Ratko Mladic rallied outside the parliament building to demand his release.

By the time the crowds broke up by late evening, about 100 people were arrested and 16 minor injuries were reported. That amounted to a victory for the pro-Western government, which arrested Mladic on Thursday, risking the wrath of the nationalist old guard in a country with a history of much larger and more virulent protests.

Rioters overturned garbage containers, broke traffic lights and set off firecrackers as they rampaged through downtown. Cordons of riot police blocked their advances, and skirmishes took place in several locations in the center of the capital....

The clashes began after a rally that drew at least 7,000 demonstrators, many singing nationalist songs and carrying banners honoring Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military commander. Some chanted right-wing slogans and a few gave Nazi salutes.  

Then they are either idiots, provocateur plants, or Croats. 

What, you think we don't know history out here? 

The Serbs made the top 3?

How many mass graves claimed to be Jews have Serbs in them?  

Related: The Mass Graves of Germans

Huh? What do you mean you never heard of those?

Supporters of the extreme nationalist Serbian Radical Party were bused in to attend the rally.

Right-wing extremists and hooligan groups also urged followers to appear in large numbers....

I guess I would also be angry after the AmeriKan media hatchet job.

More than 3,000 riot police were deployed around government buildings and Western embassies, fearing that the demonstration could turn violent. Riot police tried to block small groups of extremists from reaching the rally.

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Also see: Serbia presses case to join EU fold 

That's why they nabbed him.