that is the outcome of the standoff in srebrenica. or thighs or pink we said crimes were committed by both sides most of the muslims were shot and killed 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. or age. 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. still very bitter about the ruling 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. although read candidates was already on the wanted list up until two thousand and thirty

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 route co-manage. three thousand are used all three of my sons the moors 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 a lot of his troops but muslim troops led by enough so all the church were in control of the situation inside the town. generally the seventh is christmas for the orthodox church on t

instead of disarming the muslim formations as they had committed themselves to under the agreement on srebrenica signed by me in the general more your united nations forces turned those safe areas into terrorist and fundamentalist bases from where all villages and towns were attacked it's a ship at all it was starting from nine hundred ninety three we haven't taken a single action against threatening despite watching how the muslim side was being oh my goodness sometimes they even used helicopters to airlift weapons from iran and. the serve all may waited for the disarmament of now so rich his troops for nearly two years before wrath come laddish decided to storm trooper nixon in the summer of one nine hundred ninety five. serbian troops captured the city on july the eleventh. according to another theory the governments of bosnia and herzegovina simply gave stripper needs or away to the serbs. national divestiture would be was lost in nine hundred ninety three myself and other public figures from stripper needs met with me as president i liaise a bag of it and sarah oh so this is what he said to

atrocities during the balkans war in the ninety's including the massacre of eight thousand muslims in srebrenica as one of several ethnic serbs military officials on the hague political expert marco gas which believes the west wants serbians to feel guilty for the whole of the yugoslavia war. well we know how those trials are going to go because the script for those trials has been written in advance but i think we need to look actually take a look at the real picture here of what parish which was accused of doing because he was accused in effect of crossing. illegally declared all the borders that had been declared by the spirit by the dictates of western governments particularly germany running the e.c. at the time and subsequently by the us of eight these these governments declared that you could start in border that no longer exist i would be replaced by borders smaller of the secession so this was at the expense of yugoslavia's largest people and i think there is an effort on the part of western governments to persuade the serbian public that in some way they are guilty absolutely for every

from the door for crisis to the genocide in rwanda and the tragedy at srebrenica the organization has time and again allowed human atrocities to happen on this watch and did the un's record reflects one shocking failure after another even in the organizations earliest days the un's founders created a world body based on a noble idea standing up to aggression preserving international peace and defending human rights and other fundamental principles but it is now clear that the un simply doesn't work the most striking example of what many see as an inherent flaw of the u.n. is the lack of proportionate representation of the security council for powers most concentrated comprising five permanent members with leader writes the security council is often accused of being selective in which issues it chooses to address especially the recent votes on humanitarian intervention to paraphrase george orwell in animal farm some civilians are more equal than others additionally the newly emerging economic powers of the east and south are questioning whether the security council adequately reflects

the channel managed to obtain the interview was recorded shortly after the alleged massacre in srebrenica in ninety ninety five which is now standing trial in the hague speaking to journalists the ex army chief made serious allegations against un peacekeepers in bosnia and he said no way has the details. what was an archive of never before seen video footage of that interview before archie published it summit to weeks ago very serious claims there and really that's what makes it so shocking that the tribunals missed this what could be very important evidence in the trial archie of course will fully cooperate and hand over that video footage to help with the ongoing proceedings in the hague i just want to give you an idea of what exactly was said in that interview one of the strongest statements as we see it and i'm quoting here is instead of disarming the muslim formations as they had committed themselves to doing the united nations forces trying go safe areas into terrorist and fundamentalist bases where our villages and towns were attacked now malott it also goes on to say that he belie

abetting atrocities during the balkan war and he's including the massacre of seven thousand muslims in srebrenica he is one of many ethnic serbs military officials on trial in the hague the ex-president of serbia and slobodan milosevic died while in custody while the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia has been repeatedly criticized for jailing serbs while giving modeler sentences to bosnia officials. former executives from news international says james murdoch knew about the phone hacking which brought down the new. of the world tabloid the son of media mogul rupert murdoch runs the business and has always denied knowledge of illegal phone interception of the paper was shot in july after it emerged that the voice mails were hacked of a murdered schoolgirl war veterans and senior politicians dozens of news international employees have been arrested over the scandal while senior police have quit over collusion. now the danish royal family has arrived in russia bringing top businesspeople with them and while the brokers regal deals the monarchy is planned a busy schedule of cu

including the massacre of seven thousand muslims in srebrenica he's one of many ethnic military officials on trial in the hague the ex president of serbia and yugoslavia slobodan milosevic died while in custody balkans political expert michael gast which gives us more perspective on the relevance of that with him there are marco could see it and i know the court said no this is the first conviction for war crimes committed in bosnia and herzegovina if he was an army leader does this give us an indication of how the other high profile trials will conclude i'm thinking of bosnian serb leader radovan care of it and its army chief what's your take on it. well we know how those trials are going to go because the scripts for those trials are being written in advance but i think we need to look actually take a look at the real picture here of what was accused of doing because he was accused fates of crossing. illegally declared borders borders that had been declared by the private diktats of western governments particularly germany running the e.c. at the time and subsequently by the us of a the