currently on trial at 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 luggage on it this is the place where it happened and. the worldwide manhunt for him lasted fifteen years serbia had promised a one million euro ward but 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 laos it ever is situation in central serbia a repair shop and a couple of cafes are one and the church a cemetery and a school or of the other the village looks like many others in serbia. brad cohen 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 branco. for more than year more often on friendly terms with branco for six years some of them i worked in his garden every day but never saw the general people here are not in the habit of walking the arcades in homes but some time ago brain called began doing just that we thought

why do you lock the door of us on branco are you hiding your brother two million the role model he simply left 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. commanded the army of. the international tribunal for the former yugoslavia at the hague charged with genocide and the murder of both prisoners and civilians during the conflict in.

the small village of. 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 in myself a little later we lived together until i moved into a house. 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 lowlands. close was not over that 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 has a place. in accordance with the patriarchal traditions of peasant 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 rocco was still a child. from then on he was the man of the house. is how i went out to hard working people but lazy people always got a dressing down on our fields when he almost told me to pieces whenever i try to get out of my chores here's an idiot i 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 with what our theater. recommended began his career as an officer in the yugoslav army is incorporated all the listening 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. of the sea of b.s.a.

with all officers of the former yugoslavia were yugoslavia as far as their convictions were concerned they became serum sorcery and only after the breakup of yugoslavia the area that broadcom loved each was one of those who believed in yugoslavia he believed there were still a chance so for evolving it but he changed his views in one thousand nine hundred ninety three after seeing those lands 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 of the slums republican boston area nine hundred ninety two about half of the people here follow his around and call. muslims a little more than a third catholic croatians which would 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 four years. 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 millimeter shell hit my house my son and daughter were critically wounded twenty eight days later they died in hospital. and me greatly to see their suffering i really wish they had died right there and 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 in one of the gray vist indictments of russia come at it. to the war in

sarajevo started when muslim terrorists attacked the serbian wedding 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 all of the for their goals by staging various terrorist acts. during the war bosnia was divided into two countries. the muslims called their part the republic of bosnia and herzegovina. the serbs called the republic serbska 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.

rather than courage didn't have the right skills to command troops he had a thoroughly humanitarian frame of mind because of his character in occupation war running a parliamentary public service good took that into account when it elected retcon luggage 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 louis was divided in that way in the pretty madam 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 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 my people with the first to stop. i don't recognize any trolls that except the troll of my own people here i don't need to defend myself because these idiotic accusations come from places which have been churning out law is true clio publicly.

in one nine hundred ninety six nato demanded that current 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 davidge he grew long hair and beard and more thick rimmed glasses as a disguise. current it openly appeared on the streets and even found employment. often went shopping and frequented the cafe near his house where he spent time sitting amongst pictures of himself and. the freedom for a girl image. today serbian patriots regard this cafe as a veritable mecca. young people are taken on the going to tour. the cafes

owner me sure read it was on friendly terms with both carried it around nottage the word of this drink a toast to kurdish and red come alive which 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 drink together. rather than carrot it was on a wanted list for twelve years before he was arrested and extradited to the hague in two thousand and eight. was in hiding for fifteen years serbian police arrested him on may twenty sixth two thousand and eleven. redken ladish 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 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 a 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 in your time it's over but i didn't do it because you're not guilty of anything. 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 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 cool 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. thirty nine t. know 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 marriage and radovan carriage was the odds are they defended the serbian people on their own soil 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 so population were again strapped 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 surge from luggage. cultures that so much of the taxpayers' money i mean when i says yes i am a real mystery is it 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. what was later called a massacre took place here in one nine hundred ninety five the cooling 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 rock co-manage. three thousand 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 one thousand nine hundred 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. gender in the seventh is christmas for the orthodox church on that day in one thousand nine hundred three now storage is 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 retreat. so then this if. i could be there to cry it's only after troops liberated the village seventy two days after there was a very strange 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 who 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 for 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 for signs of

a very cruel method of murder we informed the hague tribunal about it and supplied it with all of a level records this is. one of the most popular theories concerning the seizure of stripper in except i'm not it's his troops is that it was an act of revenge against muslims. nine hundred ninety three un resolution called on peacekeeping forces to just samba combat formations that had entrenched themselves and strengthen it so the muslim enclave was declared a demilitarized zone. the dutch battalion of brutal race was dispatched to monitor the cease fire. well most of those not unionise here instead of disarming the muslim formations here 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 reverend despite watching how the muslims saw it and what was being done in this but sometimes they even used helicopters to airlift weapons from iraq. to serve ami waited for the disarmament of nasty ulrich his troops for nearly two years before wrath come luggage 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 thursday when he was last in one hundred ninety three myself and other public figures from srebrenica met with me as president i liaise a bag of it in sarajevo so this is what he said to us if the serbs enter tributes

and something like five thousand muslims died that would create a good excuse for an aide 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 or pink we said crimes were committed by both sides most of the muslims were shot and killed in the mosque before and. tests shows that they were killed from a distance 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 after a second trial he was acquitted and orange looked guilty 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 town of. people in my country. 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. there also questions about the professionalism of those who belittled the gills of the. although read candidates was already on the wanted list up until two thousand and two no special precautions to go into hiding. his

government had not even stripped him of his bodyguards. in the ninety's rudham 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 ups and searches in the homes of not it to his closest relatives they did 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 can only say that we stayed here together during the one thousand nine hundred ninety 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 on the part. of the seven population was anger. and rest 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 it reads our years are not for wasting to the hague. activists from the serbian. 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 muslim 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 criminal if you think this is a very bad situation it is a breeding ground for future conflict. 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 unable to comply with all of them so the arrest of carriage and had to change has paved the way for talks about 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. wall rather than carriage it was still in hiding from the police the phrase rather than courage it street was written on the house ways lived. and after the rest of rap. a growing number of images of him might be seen clearing on the streets of belgrade .

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michael welcome stuff like the song stuff going to medical condition. all the tragedy touched not only russia but also all the nations the whole scene was made from a lineup of international players on their way to better the smart thing for. all the stories on our t.v. this morning here in moscow a libyan rebels claim they detected moammar gadhafi as whereabouts with the help of hijackers but as they try to figure out the countries have to expose to extremist groups potentially an even bigger. and germany's haikus of the billions of euros given by other countries aiding the quantum easy to go it also says the next time the government have to ask for permission first to the european statement and other direction meanwhile the italian said after proof of the latest fifty four billion euro will start package.