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exceptional of the treaties for developing fuel business in russia will come to the similar regions for more information log on to the west and some more of the. welcome back you're watching our team let's start with some breaking news first a jet carrying three time russian arms hockey chad. has crashed near the russian town of yet a slav all killing at least thirty six it caught fire on takeoff from the city's airport two hundred seventy kilometers east of moscow. and germany's highest score the rules of the country's bailout billions for struggling nations are legal but once angle of our poll she'll have to ask permission that's time she wants to run to the rescue. a deadly blast rocks india's capital ten a people are dead and dozens injured in the city's worst attack in nearly three
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years. and moscow appeals of the global community not to repeat history's mistakes by leaving libya and syria in shambles. i'll do stay with r.t. as we get more details of the plane tragedy in not a sagal but in the meantime we profile the controversial balkan war figure out the former bosnian serb military leader currently on trial at the hague that's next. in late may two thousand and eleven the small serbian village of law as it ever shot to fame leading newspapers in many countries splashed its name across the front pages it was here the serbian police arrested general ratko marriage oh no this is the police were happening. the worldwide manhunt for him lasted fifteen years serbia had promised
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a one million euro award 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 of. something is a war criminal others believe he's a victim many events of his life especially in recent years a still shrouded in mystery. the small village of laos it ever is situation in central serbia a repair shop and a couple of cafes are one and the church the symmetry and a school or the other the village looks like many others in serbia. brad cohen lederach a general of the serbian on the spent the last few days before his arrest hiding
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here in the house of his brother in law bronco. i've been on friendly terms with branco for six years of his garden every tree but never saw the general people here are not in the habit of locking their gates and homes but some time ago break or began doing just that we thought why do you lock the door as on prank or are you hiding your brother. he simply laughed off and i question it. as in many villages people in last or ever 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 because i didn't know it was not it was hiding here before the media broke the news otherwise i would have invited him to stay by place but never been found here. retcon lad it commanded the army of bosnian
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serbs during the civil war in the ninety's in yugoslavia 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 this year try. the small village of the john of the chief when luggage was born is situated on a mountain pass in bosnia. most of the house is a shed by his close and distant relatives who work with you through your record was born in this house i was born here myself a little later we lived together until i moved into a house i built on my arms and now one of our relatives lives here fish fish fish fish fish fish fish 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 lower
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limbs. this is not over that my first cut grass with roger when i was eight years old when i know he was the best mower here and i learned the skills from him what i thought it worth and now on the best it was a trace. of the three of you. in accordance with the patriarchal traditions of peasant families the oldest male is supposed to care for the family. claim 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 who is now wants out hardworking people but was lazy people always got a dressing down on a field we almost told me to pieces whenever i try to get out of my chores here's a nature work in the field and school very seriously who is was at the top of his class in military school and we were all very proud of him with water with that.
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recommend his began his career as an officer in the u. the slovenly is incorporated all ethnic groups limbo comes. after world war two to this land there was a multi-ethnic federation that was made up of states with different ethnic populations. three of the b.s.a. were all officers of the former yugoslavia and were yugoslav as far as their convictions were concerned they became syrian software only after the breakup of yugoslavia the area that iraq can love 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 nine hundred ninety three after seeing those lines murdering it serves there or they were trying to create an islamic country in an area populated by serbs with worse he himself had been born. a vicious civil war broke out and it was large republic of bosnia and ninety ninety two about half of the people here follow his call. cells post muslims
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a little more than a third of catholic croatians butchered for support of the serbs but ultimately sign it before muslims. in april ninety ninety two the serbs surrounded the capital sarajevo muslims made up the jar to the city's population. the siege of sarajevo lasted for years. traces of the siege can still be found on the streets of syria over many locals lost relatives. i mean obviously you know i was away at work on october the tenth not in ninety four point one hundred twenty five millimeter shell hit my house my son and daughter were critically wounded twenty eight days later they died in hospital and you know it pained me greatly to see their suffering i really wish they had died right there and then they wouldn't have suffered so much. damage.
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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 in one of the gray vist indictments of red come at age. two the war in sarajevo started when muslim terrorists attacked a serbian wedding. when muslim terrorists attacked a column of the former yugoslav peoples. of ologist street where muslim terrorists were shooting at civilians and soldiers the muslims did everything to involve the world community especially the nato pact to fight on their side for their goals by staging various terrorist that he says. he did. during the war bosnia was divided into two countries. the muslims called their part the
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republican bosnia and herzegovina all the serbs called republic serbska rather than courage previously a practicing psychiatry became leader of the serbs as well as president he was also formally known as the commander in chief. of. red encouraged didn't have the right skills to command troops he had authority humanitarian frame of mind because of his character in occupation running a parliament a republican search good took that into account when it elected right can lead it's the army's chief of staff. the president and the chief of staff for public soaps has an on the easy relationship the two men played according to their own lives and. then thought in under pressure by the international community card has signed a plan to divide those near between muslims and serbs america and europe had guaranteed
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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 with lewis if it was divided in that way in the payment as a result parliament refused to ratify the plan it turn it down as it were kurdish 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 luggage to resign. in july of ninety ninety five the hague tribunal indicted both on similar charges crimes against humanity and genocide. but i have heard those accusations of the hague tribunal against me yes i am a person who belongs to my people. just like my ancestors people with the
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first to stop. bush i don't recognize any trolls except the troll of my own people here course who don't need to defend myself because these idiotic ickes ations come from places which have been churning out law is true cleo publicly. in one nine hundred ninety six nato demanded that courage it should manage the handed over to the hague tribunal. that same year both bosnian serb leaders disappeared from bosnia. when the carriage 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 he grew long hair and beard and more thick rimmed glasses as a disguise. courage openly appeared on the streets and even found employment. he often went shopping and frequented the new the cool cafe near his house where he
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spent time sitting amongst pictures of himself and wrote come luggage. full of freedom for a courage. today serving patriots regarded as cafe as a veritable mecca. to young people are taken on a going to tour. the cafes owner and he sure read it was on friendly terms with both courage which sounded much. distributors to kurdish and record low bitch of all this wish them a fair trial early release because they're not guilty of what their shows with israel i hope they can join us here soon as possible and we can drink together. rather than carry this was on a wanted list for twelve years before he was arrested and extradited to the hague in two thousand and eight. nottage was in hiding for fifteen years serbian police arrested him on may twenty sixth two thousand and eleven. redken lightish could
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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 but 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 caught this is. the police are in no hurry to disclose the details of how he was able to evade arrest for fifteen years as leaks the press claim he frequented his brother in law's house in the village of loss of ever many times. mileage was in the room behind a certain window he saw and heard the rumble of the police custody told me what i was supposed to do during his arrest he was carrying two pistols and. this is what he said to them i could have killed you in your times over but i didn't do it because you're not guilty of anything. come laddish was extradited to
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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 at the hague tribunal ruled the outcome luggage was fit to stand trial. on the estimates in 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 was. 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 rotc and luggage at the hague more than anyone else these people blame radko not rich for the deaths of their husbands brothers on children.
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the same day the s. and p. thirty nine thousand knowing some movement held one of its regular protest actions in serbia's capital belgrade. some still not of importance you know you're not allowed to vandalize buildings or the city this is a political act so it would be normal anywhere else out there for the s.n.p. thirteen eighty nine supports them to fans are heroes reckless and rather than carriage with the odds are better fans of the serbian people on their home soil out of that so we founded our organization to help protect our heroes from the slander campaign of the hague tribunal. according to public opinion poll more than half of the so population were against refco knowledge being handed over to the hague tribunal. but nearly a quarter of the country's population accuse the government of deliberately drunkenness feet of the search some of which.
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the quiet provincial town of cerebrally is one of many and posner 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 villages around. the town has a predominantly muslim population. but was later called a massacre took place here in one thousand nine hundred five according to different sources anywhere between two thousand and eight thousand people were either killed or went missing the main blame for the killings is on right colette h. three finalists all three of my sons the northern and silenced my husband. what can i say about it just look around. oh this people really do try for anything
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never was. back in one thousand nine hundred three trowbridge so was a muslim enclave on the territory of the sofa claire entity called republican soap scum. that was surrounded by him not to just troops but muslim troops led by not so orange who are in control of the situation inside the town. gender is a servant for this christmas for the orthodox church on that day in one thousand nine hundred three enough storage his troops launched a massive attack on nearby serbian villages. the village of cravats is fifteen kilometers from the. cristo story on of each a serb has lived here with his family since his birth. on january the seventh one nine hundred ninety 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
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street burning. the serbs were all the true or treat. so then this if. i could be there to crowd somewhere to troops lunar at 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 bet 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 a more than one hundred. the names of three thousand two hundred sixty two casualties of the now being established. post mortem reports make it clear the most of the people were tortured before they were killed.
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service minister for public health zoran strength of each 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 had been cut out or over was clear that his eyes were moved when he was still alive many of the bodies or signs of a very cruel method of murder they informed the hague tribunal about it and supplied it with all of a little records of the stuff in. one of the most popular theories concerning the seizure of tribune except i'm not it's his 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 just samba combat formations that
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entrenched themselves and strengthen it so the muslim enclave was to clear the demilitarized zone. of judge patel and of group the race was dispatched to monitor the cease fire. well most of those not units but 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 oh ok ledges and towns were attacked it's a ship although it was starting from nine hundred ninety three we haven't taken a single action against rep really just by watching how the muslims saw it was being oh my goodness but sometimes they even used helicopters to airlift weapons from iran to. the serve ami waited for the disarmament of nasty ulrich his troops for nearly two years before wrath come luggage decided to storm for a printed circuit in the summer of one thousand nine hundred five. serbian troops
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captured the city on july the eleventh. according to another theory the government of bosnia and herzegovina simply gave stripper needs or away to the serbs. national divestiture or there was a law in one thousand nine hundred three myself and other public figures from serbia needs met with bosnia as president i liaise a bag of it and sarajevo so this is what he said to us if the serbs are in trouble it and something like four thousand muslims die that would create a good excuse for a nato invasion and they say forces would then stop bombarding serbian units. is not. 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.
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or surprise which increases crimes were committed by both sides of the muslims were shot and killed and the muslims were killed. listed tests shows that they were killed from a distance this may mean that some of them died in battle most of the crimes against serbs were not perpetrated with foreigners 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. two years in prison but after a second trial he was acquitted and or each kill came in two thousand and eight he was arrested by bosnian police for extortion and unlawful possession of arms today the former commander feels comfortable in his home in the bosnian town of. if the both people in my country serbia
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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 gills of the keys is worth worth the world. although right candidates was already on the wanted list up until two thousand and three to no structural precautions to go into hiding sylvia's government had not even stripped him of his bodyguards. in the ninety's rudham let it slip in belgrade in 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 they still unclear whether the general was at that time. i don't think i need to talk
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about my father's life even today it is the subject of too much speculation or no so i will not say when i saw him last before his arrest i can only say that we stayed here together during the one thousand nine hundred ninety 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 got us from the perch. the suman population was angered by rep come not to choose unrest there were actions in support of the general in many cities in 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 lights to be handed over to
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the hague tribunal it reads our years are not for wasting 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 frequent type of ities 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 once all was wanted by the hague tribunal a brought to justice. the. country in the territory of the former yugoslavia has its own version of history reformat each of them has its own heroes and criminal if you think this is a very bad situation it is a breeding ground for future conflicts. with. the serbian
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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 conditions before it can become an e.u. member but so far we have been an able to comply with all of them for the rest of carriage and how to church has paved the way for talks about our possible entry into the a year. serbian society is split over the prospect of merging with greater europe more than half of serbs polled distrust the new. all round of encourage a truce still in hiding from the police the phrase rather than carriage it street was written on the house ways lived. and after the rest of radko luggage a growing number of images of him might be seen clearing on the streets of belgrade
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