Word: radovan
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...years in prison for his role as second-in-command of the Bosnian Serb forces that massacred almost 8,000 Muslim men and boys in a town that had been declared a safe haven under U.N. protection. His superiors, General Ratko Mladic and Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic remain at large, probably somewhere in the Bosnian Serb republic. But the deportation of Slobodan Milosevic to the Hague means that Serbia-proper is no longer a safe haven for Karadzic and Mladic, and they will, therefore, sooner or later, be apprehended by NATO troops and brought to the Hague...
...cooperation with the Hague tribunal. And that success will spur the efforts of those seeking redress for crimes committed all over the world by those whose access to the corridors of power appeared to buy them immunity. Among those least likely to have slept much on Thursday night are Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, the Serb leaders most wanted for atrocities committed in Bosnia, who had eluded justice in no small part because of Milosevic's patronage. The two men are thought to be hiding out in Bosnia, and now that the Serb authorities have acted to deliver Milosevic, NATO...
...Berets, or "Frenki's boys," as they came to be known, were remarkably successful: they helped invent the 1990s version of "ethnic cleansing" and went on to become the most feared paramilitary unit of the Balkan wars. Without such units, politicians like Milosevic and Radovan Karadzic would never have had the means to carry out their radical ethnic policies. When the war expanded to Bosnia in 1992, Frenki moved with it and later went on to Kosovo. Word that Frenki's boys were in the neighborhood was enough to drive tens of thousands of Kosovars from their homes and across...
...options were very limited in this case. Plavsic's problem is that she's not particularly popular at home, and it's difficult to imagine her hiding in small villages in the hills like Radovan Karadzic does, and she can't really seek refuge in Serbia because she's not really popular there, either. It's also possible that the Hague prosecutors have made some sort of deal, and that she will be treated differently because she has surrendered voluntarily and possibly agreed to cooperate with the tribunal. So it was the best she could do under the circumstances. Also...
...What implications does her surrender have for Radovan Karadzic and even Slobodan Milosevic...