Word: germanic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...profited more from the killing frenzy than Arkan. Since the paramilitaries from Serbia were paid mainly in what they could steal, theft provoked many atrocities. Arkan reportedly had a price list for "liberating" a town: say, 2 million to 3 million German marks ($1 million to $2 million), plus all the loot from the police station and bank, plus right of passage for 30 cars, plus everything his men could carry. The Tigers' plunder attracted "weekend warriors" from Belgrade's underworld who would pillage for profit. Arkan brags he does not consider himself a war criminal. An indictment...
...HAGUE, Netherlands: The Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal began its first case Tuesday with the trial of Bosnian Serb Dusan Tadic. The former bar owner is accused of murder and torture in Serb-run camps in Bosnia in 1992. His case is the first international war crimes trial since German and Japanese leaders were judged after World War II. Of the 57 alleged war criminals formally charged -->