russia's president calls on the world community not to take sides in syria's say negotiation is the only way to peace the arab league has announced that damascus has agreed to open dialogue with the opposition to bring the violence to a close. and those are the headlines right now the former bosnian serb general luggage is standing trial in the hague and charges of genocide in one thousand nine hundred ninety. four in serbia however some still view him as a national hero and our special report looking into the controversies surrounding luggage up next here on alt. 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 adage 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 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 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. almost all i've been on friendly terms with branco for six years some of them i will confess garden every day but never saw them general people here are not in the habit of locking their gates and homes but sometime ago brain began doing just that we thought why do you lock the door as on branco are you hiding your brother two million the role model he simply left off my question. as in many villages. everything. and yet even neighbors did not suspect the. man was saying. was hiding here before the. place.

the international tribunal for the former. genocide. and civilians during the conflict in. the small village of. most of the houses by his close and distant relatives. thing for country folk the mountains of specially rigorous. if they want to

survive presents need to till the soil much harder than in the. course was not over that my 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 what authority of course are now on the best and was always. 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 in morocco was still a child. from then on he was the man of the house. as ho went out to hard working people who had lazy people always got a dressing down on our fields when he almost told me to pieces whenever i tried to get out of my chores 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 whatever thier that. recommend it began his career as an officer in the yugoslav army is incorporated all ethnic groups live in the balkans. after world war two to this land there was a multi-ethnic federation that was made up of states with different ethnic populations. by three of the c. of b.'s all officers of the former yugoslavia were yugoslavia as far as their convictions were concerned they became serums or surely after the breakup of yugoslavia the area that broadcom law which 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 those limbs murdering serbs they were trying to create an islamic country in an area populated by serbs with where he himself had been born.

a vicious civil war broke out in the slums republic of bosnia and ninety ninety to about half of the people here follow his around and call. 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. 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 and then 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 rap come adage. of. the war in sarajevo started when muslim terrorists attacked a 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 saw it for their goals by

staging the various terrorist. 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 just became a 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 authority humanitarian frame of mind because of his character in occupation war running a parliament a republic a search good to get that into account when it elected retcon lad it was 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 lives.

then thought in under pressure by the international community card has signed a plan to divide both me and 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 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 because 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 except the troll of my own people here i don't need to defend myself because these idiotic accusations come from places which are been churning out law is true clear 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 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 sharad it was on friendly terms with both carried it around much of the word of this drink a toast to kurdish and read. this wish them a fair trial an early release because they are not guilty of what they're charged with 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. 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 but 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 but rumors leaked to the press claim he frequented his brother in law's house in the village of loss of ever 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. 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 at the hague tribunal ruled the outcome luggage was fit to stand trial. on the estimates 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 sorry 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 of 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. simpy thirteen eighty nine supports and the fans are heroes. and radovan carriage of thoughts are they defended the serbian people on their own soil we founded organization to help protect our heroes from the slander campaign of the hague tribunal. public opinion poll more than half of the so population again strapped 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. 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 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 route co-manage. the reason i lost all three of my sons and so i lost my husband. what can i say about it just look around at all these people who are guilty of anything there they were. back in one thousand nine hundred three strober need so was a muslim enclave on the territory of

a self declared entity called republika srpska. tribune and 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 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 not so rich his 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 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 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. fifty. one of the most popular theories concerning the seizure of stripper in except i'm not it just 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. a 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 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 of villages and towns were attacked it's a ship of the world starting from nine hundred ninety three we haven't taken a single action against threatening despite watching how the muslim side 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 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. passionately this thursday when he was last in one hundred ninety three myself and other public figures from srebrenica and met with me as president i liaise a big of it in sarajevo 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 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. or for thise working course and crimes were committed by

both sides most of the muslims were shot and killed the most people are coming. 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 were 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. in two thousand and eight he was arrested by bosnian police for extortion under unlawful possession of. today the former commander feels comfortable in his home in the bosnian town of. the 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 or the

tribunals. there are also questions about the professionalism of those who believe the girls are the accused. although radko not it was already on the wanted list up until two thousand and t two no special precautions to go into hiding sylvia's government had not even stripped him of his bodyguards. in the ninety's. 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 at his closest relatives they just 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 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 syrian population was angered. 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 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 muslim and criminals they feel tensions in the balkans will die 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 remains wanted by the hague tribunal in the proceedings on how judge the last suspect on the wanted list was captured on july

the twentieth two thousand and eleven. well 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 each has paved the way for talks about a possible entry into the a you. 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 carriage it street was written on the house way lived. and after the arrest of ratko adage a growing number of images of him might be seen clearing on the streets of belgrade.

america remembers the victims of the worst terrorist atrocities in the country's history with emotional ceremonies a decade after the nine eleven attacks criticism however old the u.s. of war on terror remains with many more civilians killed since it was no interest. in afghanistan which was occupied trying to us led forces shortly after that city a talk about suicide bomb has killed two and wounded several american soldiers at a base a special report from the country has found that most i'm going to have never heard of nine eleven and therefore don't know why foreign troops invaded. the russian role as the forty three victims of the plane crash that rocked the country one of its top ice hockey teams and leaving the supporting deep with grief a brutal team full of them from other countries among the dead. russia's president calls on the world community not to take sides in syria say negotiation is the only way to peace and the i.