War Criminal Radovan Karadzic

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By libra

Radovan Karadzic

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Radovan Karadzic and Genocide

Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect, has been caught.

Atrocities know no boundaries.

In July 1995 Radovan Karadzic ran a campaign to terrorise and demoralise the Bosnian Muslim and Bosnian Croat population. His forces killed about 8,000 Muslim men and boys from Srebrenica. That's a conservative estimate.

He disappeared in 1996 and had since been on the run.

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Ally of Slobodan Milosevic

He was closely allied to President Slobodan Milosevic, the former president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Milosevic was extradicted to the Hague Tribunal in 2001. He died in 2006 just before a verdict was to be delivered in his trial. He was charged with crimes against humanity and genocide during the wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo.

Disguise

While on the run, Karadzic worked in a medical clinic. He used false documents with the false name of Dragan Dabic and grew a long-flowing beard and long hair to disguise himself. He also wore glasses. His appearance was much different from his well-known image as Serb leader.

He conducted himself as a doctor of alternative medicine. It is believed that at one stage he had also disguised and passed himself off as a monk.

Arrest

He was arrested in Belgrade on the night of 21 July 2008.

His arrest signals a positive move by the Serbian government, and may well prove to be a major factor for Serbia's move to join the European Union. There is widespread belief that he was shielded from justice with the help of powerful allies and supporters in Belgrade.

Karadzic was a poet and psychiatrist. In 1974-75 he spent a year undergoing medical training at Columbia University.

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exinco 3 years ago

bring him to justice

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libra Hub Author 3 years ago

Sadly enough, he still has his supporters. It's reported that some dozens of people protested against his arrest outside the war crimes court in Belgrade, chanting "Karadzic hero!"

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