the former bosnian serb. currently on trial. 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 luggage this is the place where it happened. 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 of. something 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 lauzon ever a situation in central serbia a repair shop and a couple of cafes or a one and a church a cemetery and a school or of the other the village looks like many others in serbia. brad cohen lederach the general of the serbian army spent the last few days before his arrest hiding here in the house of his brother in law branco. friendly terms with branco for six years. but never saw the general. habit of. homes but some time ago. why do you lock the

door. are you hiding your brother. he simply laughed off my question. as in many villages. 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 was hiding here before the. place they'd never been found he. commanded the army of bosnian serbs during the civil war in the ninety's. 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.

the small village of. luggage was born is situated on a mountain pass in. most of the houses a shed by his close and distant relatives. was born in this house i was born here myself a little later we lived together until i moved into a house on. holidays are not a common thing for country folk the mountains of servia are especially rigorous. if they want to survive peasants need to till the soil much harder than in the lower limbs. close is not always first cut grass with red hair when i was eight years old one may know he was the best moa here and i learned the skills from him with authority of course and now on the best and. in accordance with the patriarchal traditions of peasant families the oldest male is

supposed to care for the family. rocklin lad it was born in one nine hundred forty three during world war two his father died in battle when rocco was still a child. from then on he was the man of the house. is now went out to hold working people do but lazy people always got a dressing down or a feels when he almost told me to pieces whenever i tried to get out of my shorts and in the interim 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 him what i would get that. recommend it began his career as an officer in the yugoslav army it incorporated all ethnic groups live in the balkans. after world war two there was a multi-ethnic federation that was made up of states with different ethnic populations. by three of the seated b.s.a.

were all officers of the former yugoslavia and were a yugoslav as far as their convictions were concerned they became serum software only after the breakup of yugoslavia the area that broadcom loved 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 all slums murdering serbs they were trying to create an islamic country in an area populated by serbs with worship him self had been born. a vicious civil war broke out to the slavs republic of bosnia and nine hundred ninety two about half of the people here follow his around and call him so. muslims a little more than a third catholic croatians should first supported the serbs but ultimately sided with 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 for days. traces of the siege can still be found on the streets of syria. many locals lost relatives here. i was away at work on october the tenth ninety four point zero one hundred twenty five millimeters shell hit my house my son and daughter were critically wounded twenty eight days later they died in hospital. me greatly to see this suffering i really wish they had died right there in their hands when you they wouldn't have suffered so much. 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 at age.

two the war in sarajevo started when muslim terrorists attacked the serbian waiting even started to boil when muslim terrorists attacked a column of the former yugoslav people's. 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 that they saw it for their goals by staging the various terrorist acts. that he did. during the war bosnia was divided into two countries. the muslims called their part the republic of bosnia and herzegovina while the serbs called public service. rather than courage 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.

red encouraged didn't have the right skills to command troops he had authority humanitarian frame of mind because of his character in occupation war in a parliamentary public service good took that into account when it elected retcon lad it's the army's chief of staff. the president and the chief of staff for public service had an uneasy relationship the two men played according to their own rules. then thought in under pressure by the international community card has signed a plan to divide both mia between muslims and serbs america and europe had 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 with lewis was divided in that way in the payment as a result parliament refused to ratify the plan it turned 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 luggage to resign. in july of ninety ninety five the hague tribunal indicted both from 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 my people would be first to stop i would. i don't recognize any troilus except the trial of my own people here i don't need to defend myself because these idiotic accusations come from places which are being churning out law is true keo publicly.

in one nine hundred ninety six nato demanded that carrot it should be handed over to the hague tribunal. that same year both bosnian 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 which he grew long hair and more thick rimmed glasses as a disguise. current openly appeared on the streets and even found employment. often went shopping and frequented the cafe near his house spend time sitting among pictures of himself and. the freedom for a camel image. today serbian patriots regard this cafe as a veritable mecca. here young people are taken on

a going to tour. the cafes owner me sharad it was on friendly terms with both carried it around nottage. drink a toast to kurdish and run courage let's wish them a fair trial an early release because they are not guilty of what their shots will i hope that they can join us here soon as possible and we can bring together. rather than carrot it was on a wanted list for twelve years before he was arrested in extradited to the hague in two thousand and eight. not it was in hiding for fifteen years serbian police arrested him on may twenty sixth two thousand and eleven. 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 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. 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 many times. was in the room behind the second window he saw in her arrival of the police 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 times over but i didn't do it because you're not guilty of anything. laddish was extradited to the hague in early june two thousand and eleven but 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. july fourth two thousand and eleven sarajevo the capital of the muslim republic of bosnia and herzegovina this rally has gathered on a square to watch a live broadcast from the trial at the hague more than anyone else these people blame. for the deaths of their husbands brothers and children. the same day the s. and p. thirteen eighty nine news movement held one of its regular protest actions in serbia's capital belgrade. some still going for consider we are not out to vandalize buildings or the city this is

a political act that would be normal anywhere else out there for the s.n.p. thirteen eighty nine supports and the fans are heroes of radical moderates and radovan carriage was the arts and they defended the serbian people on their own soil 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 rap kind 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 from luggage. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. culture is that so much of the

taxpayers' money i mean when i say you have a real measuring stick time to write the obituary 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 quiet 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 villages around. the town has a predominantly muslim population. but 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 were either killed or went missing. the main blame for the killings is on route comb adage. three sniper used all three of my sons and so i lost my husband. what can i say about it i just look around at all these people who are guilty of anything there they were. back in ninety ninety three. was a muslim enclave on the territory of a self declared entity called republika srpska. trowbridge so was surrounded by i'm not a just troops but muslim troops led by now so although each were in control of the situation inside the town. january the seventh is christmas for the orthodox church on that day in one thousand nine hundred three storage his troops launched

a massive attack on nearby serbian villages. the village of cravats is fifteen kilometers from. cristo story on of each a serb has lived here with his family since his birth. on january the seventh one thousand nine hundred three he was on the front line in the afternoon he and fellow soldiers were told that the muslims had captured cravats after attacking it from. the serbs were ordered to or treat. so then this it i can you don't have to cry it's only after troops liberated the village seventy two days after there was a very stingy 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 nassau riches troops during the war more than one hundred. the names of three thousand two hundred sixty two casualties have now been 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 worked at the institute for forensic studies during 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 his eyes had been cut out moreover it was clear that his eyes were moved when he was still alive. many of the bodies bore signs of

a very cruel method of murder we informed the hague tribunal about it and supplied it with all of a level records vested in fifty. one of the most popular theories concerning the seizure of stripper need not to choose troops is that it was an act of revenge against muslims. nine hundred ninety three un resolution called on peacekeeping forces to just song the combat formations that had entrenched themselves and strengthen it so the muslim enclave was declared a demilitarized zone. the dutch battalion of blue berets was dispatched to monitor the cease fire. well most of those not even in the us where instead of disarming the muslim formations as they had committed themselves to under the agreement on srebrenica signed by mean and 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 with all the starting from nine hundred ninety three we haven't taken a single action against threatening despite watching how the muslims saw it was being honest but sometimes they even used helicopters to airlift weapons from iraq . to serve ami waited for the disarmament of nasa all riches troops for nearly two years before wrath come let it decided to storm strip in the summer of one thousand nine hundred five. serbian troops captured the city on july the eleventh. according to another theory the government of bosnia and herzegovina simply gave strober needs or away to the serbs. passion of this virtually was lost in nine hundred ninety three myself and other public figures from srebrenica met with me as president i liaise a bag of it. so this is what he said to us if the serbs into trouble and something

like five thousand muslims died that would create a good excuse for an a to invasion nato forces would then stop bombarding serbian units. of. 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 were being questioned crimes were committed by both sides most of the muslims were shot and killed the last people are. 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 before. they were simply murdered in cold blood or their heads or chopped off. with. 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 orange. in two thousand and eight he was arrested by bosnian police for extortion and unlawful possession of. today the former commander feels comfortable in his home in the bosnian town of. the people in my country serbia still very bitter about the rulings of the hague tribunal simply because there reflect double standards the pertinent question is whether the expertise or the tribunals. there are also questions about the professionalism of those who have been little the gills of. although red candidates was already on the wanted list up until two thousand and t two no special precautions to go into hiding. his government had not even stripped him of his bodyguards.

in the ninety's lived in belgrade and the house where his son now has an office for his small firm. from two thousand on woods serbian police began regular round ups and searches in the homes of not it his closest relatives it is still unclear where the 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 didn't see my father after his arrest but i am not allowed to talk with the media about anything relating to the hague tribunal that us on the part. of the syrian population was angered by

his arrest there were actions in support of the many cities and. demonstrators demanded to 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 a lot it's to be handed over to the hague tribunal and reads are yours 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 activities on the streets of belgrade to support the movement. these young people make no distinction between muslims and criminals they feel tensions in the balkans

died down once all those wanted by the hague tribunal brought to justice. country in the territory of the former yugoslavia has its own version of history each of them has its own. heroes and criminals this is a very bad situation it is a breeding ground for future conflict. with. the serbian government has now handed over all the names serbs wanted by the hague tribunal in the proceedings in the quran hagit the last suspect on the wanted list was captured on july the twentieth two thousand and eleven. european union want serbia to me quite a few conditions before it can become an e.u. member but so far we have been unable to comply with all of them so the arrest of carriage and how to church has paved the way for talks of possible entry into the a year. serbian society is split over the prospect of

merging with great to europe more than half of serbs polled distrust the new. war rather than carrot it was still in hiding from the police the phrase rather than courage it straight was written on the house ways lived. and after the rest of ratko adage a growing number of images of him might be seen clearing on the streets of belgrade. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers.

this is our team from moscow in our breaking news tonight on russia's worst sporting tragedy a jet carrying the triple champion russian i saw the team lokomotiv euro slav all

crushed earlier on the saving in flames near the runway of the home city two hundred seventy kilometers northeast of moscow it's understood there are only two survivors tonight for among the forty five people who were on board that plane at the time he's innocent now is near the crash site for us in this a very good evening choose again we've been over the past few hours starting to hear from people who witnessed this catastrophe unfolding what have they been saying. well basically there are different versions as to how this all happened some of the people we've spoken to said it was very clear that something was wrong with the plane some people say it was leaning very much to the right others to the left but all agree that there was a loud bang and they flew into some kind of antenna and then ended up in the river we had a chance to speak to some witnesses and also found these hockey players most who were killed obviously it. was wiped out in this tragedy low.