Post by Mr. Nnamdi on May 26, 2011 17:43:52 GMT -5
Yep, you heard right:
www.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/world/europe/27ratko-mladic.html?_r=1&hp
Rest of story continued in above link.
Well, if this is as it seems, my faith in humanity might have been bolstered* a tiny bit.
Edit: *I mean boosted, not bolstered.
www.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/world/europe/27ratko-mladic.html?_r=1&hp
Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general accused of war crimes including masterminding the massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995, has been captured in Serbia after more than 15 years as one of the world’s most wanted fugitives.
President Boris Tadic of Serbia announced the arrest in Belgrade on Thursday, giving few details. Televised images showed Mr. Mladic from behind, shuffling unsteadily into a Belgrade courtroom.
Serbian news reports said that Mr. Mladic, now 68, had been living under the name of Milorad Komadic and that he was captured in the small farming town of Lazarevo in Vojvodina, the Serbian province north of Belgrade, after authorities received a tip that the man known as Komadic resembled Mr. Mladic and had identification documents with that name. Witnesses said he was not wearing a beard or any disguise, but had aged considerably, appearing older and thinner than the stout, self-assured professional soldier last seen in public in 2006.
While close associates of Mr. Mladic had long said that he would sooner kill himself than face capture, Serbian media reported that he was alone at the time of his arrest and had two pistols that he made no attempt to use. The police said he was very cooperative.
According to the independent Serb broadcasting company B92, residents in Lazarevo said they were unaware that Mr. Mladic was living among them, but spotted police officers early Thursday morning at a house reportedly belonging to his relatives. Serbian analysts said Lazarevo had had a large population of Bosnian Serbs dating back to World War II , some of whom would have been sympathetic to Mr. Mladic or regarded him as a patriot. They said he had lived in the village for the past two months.
President Tadic said that Mr. Mladic would be turned over to the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague within seven days. “Extradition is happening,” he said. “This is the end of the search for Mladic. It’s not the end of the search for all those who helped Mladic and others to hide and whether people from the government were involved.”
President Obama commended the Tadic government for its “determined efforts to ensure that Mladic was found and that he faces justice.” In a statement, he recalled the American efforts to halt the Balkans bloodshed, saying, “Today is an important day for the families of Mladic’s many victims, for Serbia, for Bosnia, for the United States, and for international justice.”
President Boris Tadic of Serbia announced the arrest in Belgrade on Thursday, giving few details. Televised images showed Mr. Mladic from behind, shuffling unsteadily into a Belgrade courtroom.
Serbian news reports said that Mr. Mladic, now 68, had been living under the name of Milorad Komadic and that he was captured in the small farming town of Lazarevo in Vojvodina, the Serbian province north of Belgrade, after authorities received a tip that the man known as Komadic resembled Mr. Mladic and had identification documents with that name. Witnesses said he was not wearing a beard or any disguise, but had aged considerably, appearing older and thinner than the stout, self-assured professional soldier last seen in public in 2006.
While close associates of Mr. Mladic had long said that he would sooner kill himself than face capture, Serbian media reported that he was alone at the time of his arrest and had two pistols that he made no attempt to use. The police said he was very cooperative.
According to the independent Serb broadcasting company B92, residents in Lazarevo said they were unaware that Mr. Mladic was living among them, but spotted police officers early Thursday morning at a house reportedly belonging to his relatives. Serbian analysts said Lazarevo had had a large population of Bosnian Serbs dating back to World War II , some of whom would have been sympathetic to Mr. Mladic or regarded him as a patriot. They said he had lived in the village for the past two months.
President Tadic said that Mr. Mladic would be turned over to the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague within seven days. “Extradition is happening,” he said. “This is the end of the search for Mladic. It’s not the end of the search for all those who helped Mladic and others to hide and whether people from the government were involved.”
President Obama commended the Tadic government for its “determined efforts to ensure that Mladic was found and that he faces justice.” In a statement, he recalled the American efforts to halt the Balkans bloodshed, saying, “Today is an important day for the families of Mladic’s many victims, for Serbia, for Bosnia, for the United States, and for international justice.”
Rest of story continued in above link.
Well, if this is as it seems, my faith in humanity might have been bolstered* a tiny bit.
Edit: *I mean boosted, not bolstered.
