Thursday, October 9, 2014

Karadzic’s Conviction

A foregone conclusion:

"Former Bosnian Serb leader denies link to wartime atrocities" Associated Press   October 02, 2014

THE HAGUE — Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic insisted Wednesday that UN prosecutors do not have ‘‘a shred of evidence’’ linking him to atrocities throughout the Bosnian war and accused them of putting the Serb people on trial.

In an 874-page defense summary, Karadzic said he should not be convicted by the United Nation’s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal. Still, he acknowledged that as wartime leader of the breakaway Serb entity in Bosnia, he ‘‘bears moral responsibility for any crimes committed by citizens and forces.’’

Karadzic is charged with crimes including genocide and persecution committed by Bosnian Serb forces during the 1992-95 war that left 100,000 dead. Prosecutors say he should be sentenced to life.

In court, the 69-year-old said his 11-count indictment is based on the contention he was a key member of a criminal plot to rid Serb-dominated areas in Bosnia of Muslims and Croats.

Without that theory, ‘‘the only thing that would remain would be my good deeds toward my people and the other two peoples,’’ he told judges.

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Related: Remembering Srebrenica

Are we clear now? 

So when do Bush and Bliar stand before the bar?