so that the snow. would result in much of any closer to home the current riviera beach only syndrome. one thirty pm in moscow these iraqi headlines germany's high court has issued a much anticipated ruling on the legality of ballots upholding berlin's participation in euro zone rescue funds this is anger at austerity plans spilled on spills onto the streets of italy and spain with their governments preparing to tighten belts even further. at least ten people have been killed more than sixty injured by a bomb blast near the high court in new delhi india preliminary reports suggest the explosives were left in the suitcase near the building. a number of khadafi loyalists including his security chief leave libya for neighboring the share with

the whereabouts of the colonel himself still a known this has concerns grow over what kind of regime would replace it. and next up next a look at the controversial figure of rocco melodic the former bosnian serb military leader currently on trial in the hague. in late may two thousand and eleven the small serbian village of lhasa live a shot to fame leading newspapers in many countries splashed its name across the front pages it was here the serbian police arrested general ratko rich this is the place where it happened and. the worldwide manhunt for him lasted fifteen years serbia had promised a one million euro ward for his capture. the general's arrests triggered acts of

protest in many serbian towns. some of the serbian people are worried because the hague and international media are smearing our hero is. something not it is a war criminal others believe he's a victim many events of his life especially in recent years are still shrouded in mystery. the small village of laos it ever is situation in central serbia a repair shop and a couple of cafes or a one and a church a symmetry and a school or of the other the village looks like many others in serbia. graphic comb lederach a general of the serbian army spent the last few days before his arrest hiding here in the house of his brother in law bronco. almost there we're more often on

friendly terms with branco for six years and one of them i work in his garden every tool but never saw the general people here are not in the habit of walking in there katie holmes but some time ago brain called began doing just that we thought why do you lock the door as on frank or are you hiding your breath. he simply laughed off my question it. has in many villages over people in the last forever know one another everything is out in the open here and yet even neighbors did not suspect that an internationally wanted man was saying in a nearby house. i didn't know that's not it was hiding here before the media broke the news otherwise i would have invited him to my place they'd never been found here. read come let it commanded the army of bosnian serbs during the civil war in the ninety's when the slavia. the international

tribunal for the former yugoslavia at the hague charged with genocide and the murder of both prisoners of war and civilians during the conflict in july the year try. the small village of push on of ichi when luggage was born is situated on a mountain pass in bosnia. most of the house is a shared by his close and distant relatives who work with you through your rocker was born in this house i was born here myself a little later with a not we lived together until i moved into a house i built on my own now one of our relatives lives here. holidays are not a common thing for country folk the mountains of serbia are especially rigorous. if they want to survive peasants need to till the soil much harder than in the lowlands. oh i first cut grass with roger when i was eight years old

when i know he was the best moa here and i learned the skills from important story of course and now on the best it was a place of birth really. in accordance with the k. truckle traditions of present families the oldest male is supposed to care for the family. rocklin that it was born in one nine hundred forty three during world war two his father died in battle when rucker was still a child. from then on he was the man of the house. subcommittee knew as how went out hard working people who were lazy people always got a dressing down one of the of the almost wholly to pieces whenever i tried to get out of my chores here than any other work in the field and school very seriously he always was at the top of his class in military school and we were all very proud of and loyal that. recommend its began his career as an officer in the yugoslav army is infiltrated all ethnic groups limbo comes. after world war

two to this land there was a multi-ethnic federation it was made up of states with different ethnic populations. bus near fifty these they were all officers of the former yugoslavia worry yugoslavs as far as their convictions were concerned they became serum software only after the breakup of yugoslavia would be earlier than rudd come light each was one of those who believed in yugoslavia he believed there was still a chance so for evolving it but he changed his views in one thousand nine hundred ninety three after seeing northlands murder and it serves they were trying to create an islamic country even in areas populated by serbs with morsi himself had been born. a vicious civil war broke out in the slums republic of bosnia in nineteen inch to about half of the people here follow islam called. sells poles and muslims a little more than a third of the catholic croatians butchered first

a quarter of the serbs but ultimately sided with bosnian muslims. in april ninety ninety two the serbs surrounded the bosnian capital sarajevo muslims made up the majority of the city's population. the siege of sarajevo lasted four years. traces of the siege can still be found on the streets of sarajevo many locals lost relatives here. i'm your daughter for me i was away at work on october the tenth ninety four point zero one hundred twenty five millimeter shell hit my house my son and daughter were critically wounded twenty eight days later they died in hospital . me greatly to see their suffering i really wish they had died right there in their family they wouldn't have suffered so much. damage.

according to the hague tribunal the siege of sarajevo resulted in more than ten thousand deaths. approximately fifty thousand people were wounded. these figures were cited and one of the greatest indictments of rock come luggage. or rather to the war in sarajevo started when muslim terrorists attacked a serbian wedding and started to boil when muslims harris attacked a column of the former yugoslav peoples. of ologist street where muslim terrorists were shooting at unarmed civilians and soldiers the muslims did everything to involve the world community especially the nato pact here but avoid all of their sorry for their goals by staging the various terrorist attack. during the war bosnia was divided into two countries. the muslims call their part the republic of iran it's

a convener well the serbs called the republics are. proud of encourage previously a practicing psychiatry first became leader of the serbs as well as president he was also formally known as the commander in chief. of the. right of encouraged didn't have the right skills to command troops he had a thoroughly humanitarian frame of mind because of his character in occupation running a parliament a republican search good to get that into account when it elected retcon lad it's the army's chief of staff. the president and the chief of staff of republic soaps have been on the easy relationship. played according to their own country. then for been under pressure by the international community card has signed a plan to divide both here between muslims and serbs america and europe have guaranteed peace and all sides involved had promised to lay down their arms if the

plan was signed but not it showed a map to members of parliament making clear what the serbs would lose if i was divided in that way in a pretty minimal as a result parliament refused to ratify the plan it turn it down as it were courage had to renounce his signature. by the end of the war tensions between the president and the chief of staff had reached an all time high rather than courage signed a decree forcing laddish to resign. in july of ninety ninety five the hague tribunal indicted both on some of the charges crimes against humanity and genocide. delusional some have heard those accusations of the hague tribunal against me just as i am a person who belongs to my people halt just like my ancestors my people with the first stop. i don't recognize any troilus except the trial of my own people here

those who don't need to defend myself because these idiotic accusations come from places which have been churning out law is true keo publicly asian people are going to. be nine hundred ninety six nato demanded that carrot it should not it should be handed over to the hague tribunal. that same year both bosnian serb leaders disappeared from bosnia. when the carriage which was on the wanted list he had no contact with any of his relatives he rented a flat in belgrade posing as dr dragon davidge. long hair and beard and more thick rimmed glasses as a to skies. current it openly appeared on the streets and even found employment. he often went shopping and frequented the loser culture cafe near his house where he spent time sitting amongst pictures of himself and wrote come

a lot. of freedom for a courage. today serbian patriots regard this cafe as a veritable mecca. ok young people are taken on a going to tour. the cafes owner meesha redditch was on friendly terms with both carried it down. the road of distributors to kurdish and record law which tells the world this wish them a fair trial an early release because they are not guilty of what it shows with my hope that they can join us here soon as possible and we can bring together. rather than carrots was on a wanted list for twelve years before he was arrested and extradited to the hague in two thousand and eight. refco nottage was in hiding for fifteen years serbian police arrested him on may twenty sixth two thousand and eleven. redken lightish

could have stayed in hiding much longer had he not used a cell phone and had he not been in touch with relatives even distant ones because when you're cut off from all sources of financing you have to turn to people you know given you the trouble though is that they may already be under surveillance that's how you get costs this is what the. police are in no hurry to disclose the details of how he was able to evade arrest for fifteen years. to the press claim he frequented his brother in law's house in the village of loss of ever many times. while she was in the room behind the second window he saw and heard the rival of the police asked me told me what i was supposed to do during his arrest he added she was carrying two pistols and. this is what he said to them that i could have killed you i mean the time is over but i didn't do it because you're not guilty of anything but. come laddish was extradited to the hague in early

june two thousand and eleven according to his lawyer the former general had suffered three strokes and a heart attack while he was on the run for the hague tribunal ruled the outcome luggage was fit to stand trial. for said i am not on the estimating you in any way i hear better in my left ear and my head is cold let me put my cap on. my body is not functioning fourth. july fourth two thousand and eleven sorry the capital of the muslim republic of bosnia and herzegovina this rally has gathered on the square to watch a live broadcast from the trial of russia can manage the hague more than anyone else these people blame ratko nottage for the deaths of their husbands brothers and children.

the same day the s. and p. thirty nine t. know news movement held one of its regular protest actions in serbia's capital belgrade. some still important here we are not allowed to vandalize buildings or the city this is a political act that would be normal anywhere else out there but the growth of this impede thirteen eighty nine supports and the fans are heroes of radical marriage and rather than carriage was the odds are better fend of the serbian people on their own soil out of it so we founded our organization to help protect our heroes from the slander campaign of the hague tribunal. according to a public opinion poll more than half of the serb population were against traffic of knowledge being handed over to the hague tribunal. but nearly a quarter of the country's population accuse the government of deliberately dragging their feet of the search some of which.

cultures that so much taxpayers' money i mean i would like to see a real train the time to write a new picture where for the euro as the single currency reels from one crisis to the next europe's politicians appear to be powerless in the face of. the world's. bringing you the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've got the future covered. the client provincial town of srebrenica is one of many in bosnia only the walls of several buildings pockmarked with bullets and shells serve as

a reminder of the bitter fighting between serbs and muslims. even though there are many serbian diligent around. the town has a predominantly muslim population. who was later called a massacre took place here in one nine hundred ninety five according to different sources anywhere between two thousand and eight thousand people wave it killed or went missing. the main blame for the killings is on radical knowledge. you know our very finest all three of my sons northern and silenced my husband. what can i say about it just look around zero zero zero this people really do try anything never was. back in one thousand nine hundred three trowbridge need so was a muslim enclave on the territory of a self declared entity called republika srpska. troubridge that was surrounded by

him not to choose troops but muslim troops led by a nice old age who are in control of the situation inside the town. january the seventh this christmas for the orthodox church on that day in one thousand nine hundred three storage his troops were launched a massive attack on nearby serbian villages. the village of cravats is fifteen kilometers from stripper. christian story on of each a serve has lived here with his family since his birth. on january the seventh one thousand nine hundred three he was on the front line and the afternoon he and fellow soldiers were told that the muslims had captured cravats after attacking it from st bernard. the serbs were ordered to retreat. so then this if it was i could be there to crowd somewhere to troops numerated the village zone for two

days after there was a hairy stranger of burnt flash in the village i found the body of my father and a hundred meters from the house. had been stabbed in the gut. had backed out his face. this footage filmed by police shows serbs massacred in villages around. various estimates put the number of serbian villages ruined by not so rich his troops during the war more than one hundred. the names of three thousand two hundred sixty two casualties have now being established. post-mortem reports make it clear the most of the people were tortured before they were killed . service minister for public health zoran stankovic works at the institute for forensic study history in the war he witnessed the inquest into the deaths of the serbs and examinations from mass

graves in bosnia. we saw the bodies of captives military men with their heads chopped off one served for example had been hit on the head with a blunt object and designs have been cut out or over it was clear that his eyes were removed when he was still alive many of the bodies for signs of a very cruel method of murder they informed the hague tribunal about it and supplied it with all of their level records with the theft of. one of the most popular theories concerning the seizure of trippin except i'm not it's just troops is that it was an act of revenge against muslims. in one thousand nine hundred three u.n. resolution called on peacekeeping forces to disarm the combat formations of entrenched themselves and strengthen it so the muslim enclave was declared a demilitarized zone. a dutch for talent of group the race was dispatched to monitor the cease fire. most of those not unionise where instead of dissolving the

muslim formations as they had committed themselves to under the agreement on srebrenica signed by i mean in general more your united nations forces turned those safe areas into terrorist and fundamentalist bases from where the villages and towns were attacked it's a ship a little bit good starting from one hundred ninety three we haven't taken a single action against repartee just by watching how the muslims oil was being own business but sometimes they even used helicopters to airlift weapons from iran. to serve on they waited for the disarmament of national riches troops for nearly two years before wrath come luggage decided to stormtrooper in the summer of one nine hundred ninety five. serbian troops captured the city on july the eleventh. according to another theory the government of bosnia and herzegovina simply caister

bernice or away to the serbs. national divestiture when he was lost in one nine hundred ninety three myself and other public figures from serbia needs met with me as president i liaise a big of it and sarajevo so this is what he said to us if the serbs and to travel it and something like four thousand muslims died that would create a good excuse for nato invasion and they say forces would then stop bombarding serbian units. simply is not good. thousands of dead bodies on both sides. mothers without children wives without husbands. distrust and hatred between those who wants neighbors. that is the outcome of the standoff intrapreneur. or for ties working with the crimes were committed by both sides most of the muslims were shot and killed we must work and. listing tests

shows that they were killed from a distance with me this may mean that some of them died in battle and most of the crimes against serbs were not perpetrated with firearms they were simply murdered in cold blood or their heads were chopped off. with orange the hague tribunal gave the commander of the group of muslim troops in a storage two years in prison but after a second trial he was acquitted and four in orange york. in two thousand and eight he was arrested by bosnian police for extortion and unlawful possession of alms today the former commander feels comfortable in his home in the bosnian town of. the both people in my country serbia feel very bitter about the rulings of the hague tribunal simply because there reflect double standards the pertinent question is whether the expertise of the

tribunals was high enough there are also questions about the professionalism of those who deliver all the bills of the accused boy for the world gone. mad colonel it was already on the wanted list up until two thousand and three to no special precautions to go into hiding. his government had not even stripped him of his bodyguards. in the ninety's would not come let it slip in belgrade from the house where his son now has an office for his small firm. from two thousand on woods serbian police began regular round up some searches in the homes of not it's his closest relatives it is still unclear whether general was at that time. i don't think i need to talk about my father's life even today it is the subject of too much speculation i will not say when i saw him last before his arrest i can only say that we stayed here

together during the one nine hundred ninety nine bombardment of belgrade i did see my father after his arrest but i am not allowed to talk with the media about anything relating to the hague tribunal that has been the pitch. the seven population was angered by recommended she's arrest there were actions in support of the general in many cities and serbia. demonstrations demanded that the government resign because they felt it was betraying the nation's heroes. in belgrade one such protest resulted in a clash with the police. this is a poster from a demonstration we held several years ago calling from large to be handed over to the hague tribunal it reads our years are not for wasting a lot of to the hague activists from the serbian youth organization want all people

who committed crimes in the former yugoslavia to be handed over to the hague tribunal this petition campaign is just one example of the free contract of the teens on the streets of belgrade to support the movement. these young people make no distinction between muslim and criminals they feel tensions in the balkans will die down one soul was wanted by the hague tribunal brought to justice. each country in the territory of the former yugoslavia has its own version of history reformat each of them has its own heroes and criminals if you think this is a very bad situation it is a breeding ground for future conflicts and yet war past is enough right with. the serbian government has now handed over all the main serbs wanted by the hague tribunal in the proceedings in the run how judge the last suspect on the wanted list was captured on july the twentieth two thousand and eleven. the european union

wants serbia to me quite a few conditionals before it can become an e.u. member but so far we have been on able to comply with all of them so the arrest of carriage milady action how to teach as pave the way for talks about all possible entry into the year of the. serbian society is split over the prospects of merging with greater europe more than half of serbs told distrust the new. all round of encourage each was still in hiding from the police the phrase rather than courage it street was written on the house ways lived. and after the arrest of ratko knowledge a growing number of images of him might be seen appearing on the streets of belgrade.

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