yugoslavia delayed the process. the counterclaim was laid by 2010. 20,000 were killed in the croatian war from 1991 to 1995. kim vinnel reports. >> the battle for the croatian town was relentless. serb forces were well equipped and by november 1991 the tank rolled in. the town fell to the serbs, and bodies mounted in the streets. croat surrendered. serb forces had a much wider campaign one of ethnic cleansing. that month hundreds of prisoners were taken to a farm and executed. croatia says all adds up to genocide. >> an entire town was destroyed. everything from cultural to natural sites to people. everything was destroyed. and if that is not genocide. >> croatia wanted yugoslavia responsible. in 1998 that was not the case. 16 years late. republic consigned to history. the hearing began. serbia says croatia has to answer too. in 2010 it launched a counterlawsuit. accusing crow aira of speaking to serbs during opposition storm. it's known exactly how many were killed. 200,000 see their homes. >> translation: they exp

for decades, croatia and serbia along to the single state of yugoslavia. but in 1991, the republic began to collapse. around 20,000 people were killed in the resulting war with croatia. i serbia has welcomed the courts ruling. >> unthinking such a decision is going to start a blank and much better page in our bilateral relations between serbia and croatia. >> but the croatian side were less satisfied with the decision. >> if you speak about this part of our history it is duty of everyone to prosecute and investigate all war crimes. we expect these proceedings will go on and serbia as well. >> the decision is final and an appeal is not possible. >> britain's parliament has voted to allow a groundbreaking in venture -- in vitro fertilization technique that lets scientists create babies with dna from three people. >> the technique is called mitochondrial donation and it's supposed to prevent the transmission of genetically inherited diseases. >> the legislation is controversial. as divided campaigners against religious leaders. >> 382, the nose to the left, 1

the other peoples in yugoslavia, croats, slovenes, bosnians, macedonians all felt that yugoslavia was a giant conspiracy to somehow enshrine serb domination. after all they have the capital, basically the basically the army, the secret police. they kind of ran the place. they all had some justification that they were kind of behind everything and wanted to get out. meanwhile, they had a view that yugoslavia was a giant contraption to keep down there aspirations. after all, the france have friends, the germans, the germans of germany. we have won eight of this little thing. the net of all of this, especially in bosnia miserable, hideous wars where they essentially control the army, was a bit cynically succumbed did people from the yugoslav army to something called the bosnian serb army. army. we are talking about velcro insignia on the shoulders where suddenly people would emerge as generals in the bosnian serb army. and so the dynamic of that war -- and most of its new fully well that was going on. if on. if you want to kick some muslims out of an area in that terrible expression ethn

these partisans decimated hitler's troops in yugoslavia. this is what we have now. vietnam is another example. the viet cong came out of the woodwork. you can not fight a war against these people. you can spend all the money and send all the troops but you , cannot solve the problem. host: what should be done? caller: everybody criticized our president. it is a difficult situation. who has a solution? no one. host: jennifer daskal, your thoughts. guest: george is right. we are fighting and nonstate we -- a nonstate actor. we have been fighting a nonstate actor since 2001. a nonstate actor that morphs hides in the shadows. this is difficult. no one is suggesting that this is easy. i think george is right. there is a risk that a lethal strategy, a strategy that puts fighting first, would backfire. at the same time, there is also a need for lethal strikes and warfare. i do not purport to have answers. we do not historically have a great track record, the united states nor any other nation in the world. that said, al qaeda core, the group that attacked us in 2011 has be

in 2008, court ruled serbia as a successor to yugoslavia. >> president barack obama's policy of opening up a relationship with cuba, cuba's president raul castro says he will not consider reestablishing ties until president obama withdraws from guantanamo. >>> the u.k. house of commons is considering whether babies can be born with genetic material from three people. the proposal still has to be approved by the house of lords before it becomes law. >>> five paintings from the painter claude monet are going under the auction hammer. >>> the winners of an international music competition for young people performed at new york'snew york's carnegie hall on monday. the most remarkable honor came from a young syrian musician. kristin saloomey has the story. >> 18 months since his first piano lesson. to be one of 50 children chosen to perform here. his family fled syria's civil war. >> there's been a lot of kids like me, maybe dying or because of cold, or because of bombs, i don't know. and i am not very happy for that. i'm sad for that. be i hope this will end soon. >> reporter: he knows he's

in fact in regard to former yugoslavia, we had the situation where the various leaders were still at, and yet the process of prosecution was initiated, so we're cog that sent of the possibilities. >> its was a very, very long process, and the fact that the syrian war is still ongoing, i'm assuming the special court to try syrian war crimes would also involve a very long process. >> indeed. and that's one of the best reasons for having the commission inquire, to document cases with a view to prosecution at some stage, even though it may take a long time. i would add also we have proposed other entry points in addition. we have also been inviting countries to use their national laws against their nationals when they perpetrate crimes in syria. for example, the issue of foreign fighters. >> very interesting. there is a consideration too -- and this is part of the recommendation a consideration of publishing a list of people involved in these war crimes that you have found. what would be the implications of making such a list public? >> firstly we have prepared four confidential lists. t

war, and the invasions of iraq and afghanistan, but failed to pass authorisation for the war in yugoslavia, and the u.s. fought it. for a look at long hist require of declaring and -- history of declaring and not declaring wore, we are joined by the chair of leadership and global affairs in austin and author of liberties surest guardian rebuilding nations after war from the founders to obama. let's go to the founders was there built into the constitution a tension between congress's article one powers and the president's article 2 powers. >> absolutely. the founding fathers wanted the president to go to congress and get the consent of american people before sending soldiers into armed way. >> was there meant to be a consolidation, were they trying to prevent a situation where the president takes the country to war on his own? >> no the founding fathers envisaged the president using powers for police action. george washington did that during a number of small rebellions, but didn't expect the president to send forces for an extensive period far away without congress's approval. at what poin

. >> what happened is former yugoslavia then a union of six republics dissolved. it was ruled that serbia as the successor can be held accountable for claims broughtly croatia. >> president obama's policy to open a relationship with cuba is causing a rift with congress. raul castro said he will no formalise ties until obama reconsiders the trade embargo. u.s. congress is not likely to support the move and is expected to hold a hearing later on stage. >> the u.k. house of commence is set to vote in a medical posterior, allowing a baby to be born. the procedure is to stop mothers passing on a faulty gene which can cause a range of bebill tating disease. it has to be approved before it becomes law >>> five monet paintings are going under the ladder in london for $5 million. the most coveted is "ley grand canal" which monet declared was. >> beautiful to be pointed >>> a winner of international music competition to be performed at carnegie hall. the winner from a young syrian refugee. >> reporter: carnegie hall. most spend years practicing before getting a chance to ma

the falklands, yugoslavia somalia, including every decade. >> tel a viv was created by sadness, sadness beyond works. >> reporter: he wrenlt he was risking his life along the way. >> we saw a jeep in the distance, an iraqi army jeep and they took us away. >> reporter: during the opening days of the first gulf in 1991. simon and three members were taken prisoner by the iraqi military and held as p.o.w.s in iraqi prisons for 40 days. >> has this changed you? >> yeah. >> how? >> i don't know. too early to tell. >> reporter: simon joined "60 minutes" in 1996. this was his 19th season on the broadcast, reporting last week on "selma." he won 40 emmy awards including this one about poor members who constructed their instruments out of trash. >> just look and listen. ♪ >> reporter: this is the recycled orchestra. >>> "60 minutes" producer jeff prager praised his friend. >> he loved what he does. a body of work that i think is difficult to match. >> bob simon was 73. kris van cleave, cbs news new york. >>> reaction to simon's death is pouring in from journalists who remember him for his lifetime

international court or to refer cases to an ad hoc tribunal along the line of what has happened to yugoslaviaa and so on. we have proposed other entry points in addition to refer to an international criminal court and inviting countries to use their national laws against their nationals when they perpetrate crimes in syria. >>> the u.s. military commanders are preparing iraqi and kurdish forces to try to recapture the city of mosul from isil fighters. washington, d.c. says the operation is planned for april or may. the u.s. lust provide training and air support. mosul is iraq's second largest city and home to more than a million people. isil captured it last june. >>> imran khan has more now on what could be a street by street battle for mosul. >> reporter: for the last month or so the ground has been prepared for an all-out assault against mosul city itself coalition air strikes have cut off a major supply route. and kurdish peshmerga forces have taken key bridge heads in preparation for the assault. however, getting 25,000 troops for this assault up in place will take a little while. also t

he built a career in war zones, itself falklands, yugoslavia, somalia and nearly every other conflict in between spending decades covering the middle east from tel aviv. >> tel aviv's largest square was invaded by sadness. >> reporter: he went where the news was risking his life along the way. during the first gulf war in 1991, simon and his cbs news crew were taken prisoner by the iraqi military and held as pows in iraqi prisons for 40 days. he talked about it with ed bradley. >> reporter: has it changed you? >> yes. >> reporter: how? [ inaudible ] >> reporter: this was his 19th season on "60 minutes." jeff fager worked with simon on hundreds of stories. >> he stood out that way, he always did. his observations, what he noticed, what he picked up on and his ability to articulate it in a story was really rare. >> reporter: colleagues say simon's life changed three years ago after the birth of his beloved grandson. >> so i'm teaching jack about motor psyche cams because -- motor cycles because it's about time. you can't start too early. >> reporter: his final story will air on sunday o

and who bombed yugoslavia? who dropped bombs on libya in violation of the un security council resolution. such unilateral action can have the kind of result that we are witnessing in the middle east right now. it is not important to us whether nato is a model security organization. it should be an equal part of partner in the dialogue to ensure security and stability, so what is wrong with that? everyone wants to accept the primacy of nato and the united states. i don't think it is in the interests of global security and stability. the u.s. president short while ago said the u.s. acted as a broker in the position of power in ukraine. that is an interesting way of putting it. we know what actually happened we know who discussed what over the phone and who suggested candidates for ministerial posts in ukraine. as for the protest, we did not have any military experts there but we know who did. , we hope that the ukrainian nation will restore unity but it must be done on a national dialogue. so ukraine suggested su

>> croatia wanted yugoslavia held responsible. 16 years later, with the republic consigned to history and serbia its legal successor the hearing finally began. serbia said croatia had a case to answer, too. in 2010, it launch add counter lawsuit, accusing croatia of seek to go ethnically cleanse series in the area during operation storm. that's where croatian forces advanced to take back territory under serb control. it's not known exactly how many were killed, but 200,000 series were forced to flee their homes. >> they expelled us series and now claim they are not criminals and we are. we ran away. give me a break. >> after a long legal process the international court of justice ruled that even though both sides committed many crimes, neither case amounted to genocide. 20,000 people were killed during the croatian war of independence. no ruling, both countries say could wipe the stain of those four brutal years. al jazeera. >> we have more now from the hague. >> this ruling now is final. there is no appeal possible. there is a certain legal possibility of revision of the proceedings,

>> croatia wanted yugoslavia held responsible. 16 years later, and serbia it's legal successor, the hearing finally began. but serbia said they had a case to answer too it launch add counter lawsuit. accusing croatia ethnically cleansing serves during operation storm. it is not know how many were with killed but 200,000 were forced to flee their homes. >> now their claim they are not criminals i cannot say we are crazy, but they regard us as crazy. we ran away, give me a break. >> after a long legal process the international court of justice ruled that even though both sides committed many crimes neither case amounted to genocide. >> 20,000 people were killed during the croatian war of independent, no ruling both countries say could way the stain of those four brutal years. british politician have voted -- designed to prevent mothers from passing on deadly diseases to their children. it will become the first place in the world to use the dna from three people to produce a baby. simon mcgregor wood reports. >> passed on a disease to her daughter lily. she died after heart failure when she wa

charges against each other and relate to the conflict that began after croatia broke away from yugoslaviae 90s and this is the international criminal court and so far said serb forces committed widespread crimes in croatia but they did not amount to genocide and that is when croatia liberated to controlled parts of the east and let's talk to jeffrey, the chief prosecutor in the serbia president and is live now from london and thank you for talking to us. so they have both been cleared of charges of genocide but that doesn't mean that atrocities were not committed. >> no not at all. genocide is a very particular crime which requires a very particular intent the intent to destroy a part of another group simply because of the nature of that group or because of the ethnicity of that group and in each case one side said to the other that crimes were committed without particular intent and the court said these crimes might have qualified if the intention had been improved and of course the intent has to be proofed against the state because this is a state, state case it's not an individual case

. >> croatia wanted yugoslavia held responsible. 16 years later with the republic consigned to history and serbia it's legal successor the hearing final ligand. but serbia said croatia had a case to answer, too. in 2010 it had a counter lawsuit stating that croatia ethnically cleansed areas. it's not known how many were killed but 200,000 serbs were forced to flee their homes. >> they exposed us and said they are not criminals but we are. they regard us as crazy. we ran away, give me a break. >> after a long process the process ruled that even though both sides committed many crimes neither case amounted to genocide. 20,000 people were killed during the croatian war of independence independence. no ruling, both countries say can wipe the stains from those four brutal years. >> let's find out how that judgment has been received from our correspondents in croatia and serbia. >> serbia is not satisfied with the international court of justice, who reject its genocide lawsuit against croatia. in a statement it is said that the court did not recognize that the crimes against serbian populati

and who bombed yugoslavia? who dropped bombs on libya in violation of the un security council resolution. such unilateral action can have the kind of result that we are witnessing in the middle east right now. it is not important to us whether nato is a model security organization. it should be an equal partner in the dialogue to ensure security and stability, so what is wrong with that? everyone wants to accept the primacy of nato and the united states. i don't think it is in the interests of global security and stability. the u.s. president short while ago said the u.s. acted as a broker in the position of power in ukraine. that is an interesting way of putting it. we know what actually happened we know who discussed what over the phone and who suggested candidates for ministerial posts in ukraine. as for the protest, we did not have any military experts there, but we know who did. we hope that the ukrainian nation will restore unity but it must be done on a national dialogue. so ukraine suggested suggested n

the justice heard arguments from both sides during the war to breakaway from yugoslavia. our correspondents have been following the reaction to that decision in both countries. >> political leadership of the countries are not satisfied with the effect that croatian war against the serbiaens was dismissed. but on the other hand there are the serbian claim against croatia during which croatia liberated occupied parts of the country. this adjustment was considered that croatia was not founded on the basis of war crimes. political leaders said that there are still a lot of open questions, open issues between two countries but they also considered that this judgment will not harm relationships between serbia and croatia. >> in a joint statement of president and government of serbia it is said that the court did not recognize the crimes against serbiaen population were committed in 1993 especially in villages that. the clear example of genocide against serbs in croatia besides that serbia is satisfied that the court rejected croatian lawsuit, and recognized that mass killings o

ago, where nato's most peaceful alliance is happening now, and who bombs you -- and who bombed yugoslavia? such unilateral action can have the kind of result that we are witnessing in the middle east right now. it is not important to us whether nato is a model security organization. it is an equal partner in the dialogue to ensure security and stability, so what is wrong with that? everyone wants to accept the primacy of the united states and i don't think it is in the interests of global security and stability. a short while ago, i heard that the u.s. acted as a broker in the position of power in it ukraine, and that is an interesting way of putting it. we know what actually happened we know who discussed what over the phone and who suggested candidates for prime ministerial posts in ukraine. as for the protest, we did not have any military exports there, but we know who did. we hope that the ukrainian nation will understand that it must be done on a national dialogue. so ukraine suggested [indiscernible] a rebel army and how can those qualities be -- holidays be celebrated in the easter

. >> croatia wanted yugoslavia held responsible. 16 years later with the republic consigned to history and serbia its legal successor the hearing finally began. serbia said croatia had a case to answer, too. in 2010, it launched a counter lawsuit, accusing croatia of seeking to ethnickically cleanse series during operation storm. croatia forces advanced to take territory under serb control. it is not known how many were killed but 200,000 series were forced to flee their homes. >> they expelled us series and claim they are not criminals but we are. i cannot say they are crazy but they reward us as crazy. we ran away. give us a break. >> the international court of justice ruled that even though both sides committed many crimes neither case amounted to genocide. 20,000 people were killed during the croatian war of independence. no ruling, both countries say could wipe the stain of those four brutal years. al jazeera. >> we can talk to our correspondent kathleen, who is there at the hague. disappointment then, from both sides as to this ruling. >> yes, we can say at least partially disapp

ukraine is not yugoslavia. the whole nature of the security in europe, the relationship with russia and russia's place in that contest. i don't want to think that anyone is taking this lightly. this is not a matter of academic discourse or policy decan baits here. >> i think a full understanding of what we may be contemplate contemplateing. one of the reasons -- [inaudible] just because we want to sell booked but that hasn't necessarily been the purpose of the brookings -- [inaudible] the purpose for writing this book is we are in a very difficult situation. we have not been in this kind of crisis in our relationship with russia -- [inaudible] this is now the anniversary of perestroika. not likely to think in the way gorbachev did in terms of figuring out -- it was really gosh chofer who put -- gorbachev who put the end to the red scare. >> we're running towards the end of the time, but we did want to give you an opportunity to ask any questions or try to steer the conversation in a direction that might be more

it willple in the things they believe anyway, which is with everybody in yugoslavia. everybody else was guilty we were not guilty. that's what most people believe. as i said i think now there will be some people a few people who will say that -- 3.8 million euros on this. they don't have the money to waste on it. it was done for political reasons and were idiotic. >> thank you for joining us. >>> other news now, we take you to china. the air quality in 90% of the largest cities failed to meet the government's basic standards. the most polluted region is north of beijing. china says measures to improve pollution levels are working. >>> cuban state media released photographs of former president fidel castro. it put an end to rumors his health is failing. they are the first of the cuban revolution leader to be published in six months. you can see there, he's 88 years olds with a leader of a students union. >>> japan's national football coach has been sacked of allegations he was involved in match fixing. they made the decision to avoid the team's chances at qualifying fo

it is important to understand that europe was never at peace. 100,000 people died in yugoslavia but the europeans would say they were in to the european union so it doesn't count. i think they would say that. what is happening here is the country's that face russia, the baltics poland romania they face them alone. the other europeans aren't part of it. it is as if world war ii when the pacific seemed to be at risk. really wasn't involved. that is the reality of europe. the nation's state represents a shared fate, shared history, shared culture, love of one's coin. the thing the european tried to do was not abolish the law of one's own but redefine its the you have two love, your country and europe. that is what they tried to do in virginia at the revolution. it is hard to have two loves. don't try it at home. this is the underlying crisis of europe today. which is increasingly the institutions that held europe together between 1992 and 2008 are collapsing, meetings are held, votes are taken but the fundamental innards of the system isn't working coin. before that period, before the amer

it is very important to understand that europe is never at peace. 100,000 people died in yugoslavia. but the europeans with a doing the europeans so it doesn't count. they did say that. but what is happening here is that the countries that face russia, the baltics poland, romania, they face them alone. the other europeans are part of it. during world war ii, on the pacific seemed to be at risk iowa really wasn't involved. that is the real reality of europe. the nationstate represents the shared fate a shared history, a shared culture, a love of one's own. and one of the things the european union tried to do was not abolished the love of one's own there we define it so you have two loves you for your country in europe. this is the recess today. between 1992 and 2008 are collapsing. meetings are held both are taken, but the fundamental inner of the system isn't working. before that period, before the american and russian occupation, europe was a nightmare. my life wouldn't be what it is if it hadn't been 31 years of horror. so there is one fundamental question. is it possible this time

the falklands, yugoslavia, somalia and nearly every conflict in between spending decades covering the middle east from tel aviv. >> tel aviv's largest square was invaded by sadness, sadness beyond words. >> reporter: he went where the news was risking his life along the way. >> and we saw -- [indiscernible] it was annual iraqi army jeep. they took us away. >> reporter: during the opening days of the first gulf war in 1991, simon and three members of his cbs news crew were taken prisoner by the iraqi military and held as p.o.w.s in iraqi prisons for 40 days. >> just changed you. >> reporter: simon joined 60 minutes in 1996. this was his 19th season on the broadcast reporting last week on the movie "selma." "60 minutes" producer jeff fager praised his friend. >> he loved what he did. that was from the moment he started at cbs news, a long and brilliant career and a body of work that i think is really difficult to match. >> reporter: bob simon was 73. kris van cleave, cbs news, new york. >> you watched his reports, you learned. you learned how this job is supposed to be done. >> so intel

these partisans decimated hitler's troops in yugoslavia. this is what we have now. yet not is another example. the viet cong came out of the workodwork. you can send all the troops and spent all the money and you will never solve the problem. host: what should be done, george? caller: there is no solution to this problem. everybody criticizes our president. it is a difficult situation. who has a solution? no one. host: jennifer, your thoughts? guest: this is we are fighting and nonstate we have been fighting a nonstate actors since 2001. a nonstate actor that morphs hides in the shadows. this is difficult. no one is suggesting that this is easy. i think george is right. there is a risk that a lethal strategy, strategy to put fighting first, would backfire. at the same time, there is also a place and a need for lethal strikes and and warfare. i do not

with allied with yugoslavia a communist country against soviets, we allied with china against soviets. we narrowed our enemies and therefore put more strength on our side. i think what's important about what obama is doing, he's trying to keep our enemies narrow. we are going to need top ally with people who may call themselves islamists in order to defeat isis maybe people who call themselves jihadists, whatever that means, just as we allied with communists against soviet union. we didn't fight all fass issues didn't have war on franco's spain. while important, shouldn't be what drives american policy. >> the point i'm making is to deny that they are from this enormously diverse and contradictly islam, that's where they find their legitimacy the discourse and rhetoric they use would be false. to take peter's point we certainly did not fight communism per se or fascism per se. the point i'm making not knowing what communism is naziism is that's more like the position that we're in right now. knowing the ideology allows us to separate and address things one by one. >> peter, if they ar

and it's very important to understand that europe was never at peace. 100,000 people died in yugoslavia. but the europeans have said that with the european union it doesn't count. but what has happened here is that the countries that face russia, the baltics poland and romania we face them alone. the other europeans are not part of it. as if world war ii in the pacific seemed to be at risk and iowa wasn't really involved. and that is the real reality of europe. and so the nationstate represents a shared fate and shared history and shared culture. in one of the things the european union tried to do was not abolished the love of one's own but redefine it so that there were two loves, your country and also europe. it's pretty much what they tried to do in virginia at the revolution. it was very hard those few months. and this is the underlying crisis of europe today, which is increasingly the institutions that have held europe together between 1992 and 2008 that are collapsing. meetings are held, votes are taken, but the fundamental innards are not continued. before that. map of time befor

denmark wasn't originally, but after placing yugoslavia they finished as champions of europe. >> equatoriala is called the national thunder. the question is will lightning strike twice? >> while some of those players in the africa cup of nations are amongst the highest paid sports people in the world. go to our website, there's a great feature where you can compare your own salary with the pay of top futbolers. type in your salary and select a futboler from the list. you can then find out how quickly your favorite player own earns your yearly salary. just a few minutes, in most cases, and how long it would take you to earn their annual salary. a few hundred years, in my case. that's at bbc.com/worldnews, quite fun. log on and have a go. >>> a bit of a twitter storm. she needs badly investment for argentina's struggling economy. she was meeting with her president, presidentshe tried to mimic a chinese accent. a few minutes later, another tweet appeared with an apology, saying the levels of ridiculousness and absurdity were so high they could only be digested with humor. there has not been an

russian-backed rebels who have turned the country into the bloodiest european battleground since the former yugoslavia apart. massive explosion at a chemical plant last night near a separatist stronghold heavy shelling all day. european leaders including ukraine's president and russia's president are hoping to meet on wednesday for cease-fire talks. president obama who will not be attending said again today the diplomacy and economic sanctions against russia should be given a chance to work but other steps should be considered as well. >> now, it is true that if in fact diplomacy fails, what i've asked my team to do is look at all options. what other means can we put in place to change mr. putin's calculus calculus. and the possibility of lethal defensive weapons is one of those options that's being examined. >> bottom line the leaders exchanging words are one thing. two powerful forces exchanging heavy fire something else entirely. we have the report from the front line. >> reporter: the roads to a town victim to this war is lined with separatists armed with artillery, tanks. there are two state-back

he built a career around the world, faulkland yugoslavia and somalia, and spending decade covering the middle east from tell a he vee. >> tel aviv's largest square was invaded by satans, sadness behind ward. >> reporter: he went where the news was. risking his life along the way. >> we saw in the keep blue distance, and it was an iraqi army jeep and he took us away report report during opening day of the first gulf war in 1991 simon and three members of his cbs news crew were taken prisoner by iraqi military and held as pow's in iraqi prisons for 40 days. >> has it changed you. >> yes. >> how. >> i don't know, too early to tell. >> reporter: simon joined 60 minutes in 1996. this was his 19th season on the broadcast, reporting last week on the movie sell a man. sixty minutes executive producer jeff fagger praised his friend. >> he loved what he did and that was from the moment he started at cbs news long and brilliant career anded about i of work that is difficult to match. >> bob simon was 73 years old. >> bob worked with his daughter at 60 minutes survived by her, his wave and pea lov

in 1999, as the fighting in the former yugoslavia entered a new phase in kosovo, bob looked at what happened of more than 8,000 muslim civilians in that bosnian town. it was the serbs who did the killing, but the shame of srebrenica also fell on a group of soldiers from another country-- the dutch, sent to the town as u.n. peacekeepers; the dutch, who had such high ideals when they volunteered for the most dangerous job in bosnia only to see those ideals shattered by what they saw, what they did, and what they didn't do. here's how bob reported that story. >> simon: it took only days after the massacre in 1995 for u.s. spy planes to photograph freshly plowed fields near srebrenica, and it wasn't the season for planting. the truth on the ground was even more gruesome. a thin veil of earth concealed the biggest mass graves dug in europe since world war ii. work was still continuing last fall, three and a half years after the massacre. and still more graves will be uncovered next spring, graves that tell the story of a well- planned job carried out systematically and methodically, a job of geno

yugoslavia rwanda and sierra leone. the perpetrators of mass atrocities, war crimes, no matter who committed the crime. and hopefully, these individuals will be brought to justice. again, i want to thank you for doing this hearing with our subcommittees. >> the ranking member of mr. smith's committee is not here i would like to recognize miss frankel and mr. boyle to share those five minutes however you would like to divide them. >> thank you, mad dam chairman. i thank you you and ranking member for this hearing which is very important and i want to share your sentiments or sorrow for the loss of kayla mueller. we have heard from the administration obviously in the past several months, why we should train and arm syrian rebels. we now have a request for authorization for the use of military force so i am very pleased that you're here to talk about, it's a little change of pace, let's put it that way. this is what i'm particularly interested in. not only the type of human humanitarian assistance and ansing some of the qu

it was a pattern we had in yugoslavia rwanda, and independent court in sierra leone. the tribunal would perpetrate those, and hopefully those would be brought to justice. i want to thank you for doing this hearing. you are an extraordinary leadership. >> a powerful statement. because mr. smith's committee is -- the ranking member of mr. smith's committee is not here i , would like to recognize ms. frankel to share those five minutes however you would like to divide them. ms. frankel is recognized. >> i thank you for this hearing, which i believe is important. i want to share your sentiments for the loss of kayla mueller. we have heard from the administration, obviously over the past several months why we , should train and arm syrian rebels. we have a request for authorization for the use of military force. i am pleased you are here to talk about it. it is a change of pace. this is what i am particularly interested in. not only the type of humanitarian assistance in answering some questions about whether we are effectively getting it to those who are suffering, but i

it's not ethnic cleansing like we saw in the balkans in yugoslavia in the 1990s.tually major combat. so when i was there the ukrainians told me. i was there in november during the period when we had u.s. elections, i was in ukraine. as they explained, this is real combat. we've lost more soldiers in six weeks in fighting in ukraine than you americans lost in six years in iraq. and that intensive combat continues today in ukraine. >> do you think the ukraine forces can hold off this insurgency? >> well it's not an insurgency it is it's a calculated battle with russian direction, support and russian troops involved. maybe 8,000 to 9,000 troops russian troops organized in battalion level combat teams with russian artillery. russian direction. russian unmanned aerial vehicles and on the outside of ukraine, a big package of russian air power waiting to come in. so this is going to be a fight that ukraine probably cannot succeed in without getting some support from western allies. there would be another way to solve this if the piece paes process that was initiated in a

. >> in vietnam he was on one of the last helicopters out of vietnam, then came yugoslavia and the gulf war. in 1991 he was captured by iraqi forces imprisoned for 40 days. >> they didn't feed us at these interrogations they terrorized us. after you've been beaten a couple of times, it's extremely unpleasant and it hurts like hell but after a while it stops. >> his spirit and talent endures, as will his legacy. bob simon represented the best of journalism. may he rest in peace. >> indeed. >> that's sad i always loved watching him on "60 minutes," he had such a great voice and presence and story-telling, after being in the most dangerous battle zones of the world -- >> who knew that a livery cab in new york city would be where he would find his ultimate demise. >> survived by a wife and a daughter and it's interesting at a time when we're examining journalism this is a guy who is proof of how the job is supposed to be done. yes, he had the telegenic qualities, but he put himself in hard situations so you would understand them better for 50 years. our best to his family and to the cbs fam