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...Croat and Muslim Bosnian civilians by Serbian war criminals. How swiftly will justice be rendered against those responsible for the blanket of shame? They have humiliated their nation by the mass killings, rapes, lootings and razing of communities, actions designed to dispose of all non-Serbs. Shame on you, Serbia, from one who shares your heritage! JOHN MITOVICH Albuquerque, New Mexico...
...better in the short term than a resumption of war, it would hardly constitute justice. De facto partition would leave 49% of Bosnia under the control of the Bosnian Serbs. Partition could also lead to the eventual involuntary dismemberment of Bosnia, with each of its larger neighbors, Croatia and Serbia, annexing a portion of the country, leaving a weak, landlocked Muslim mini-state around Sarajevo. Such a result would threaten the fragile stability in southeastern Europe. At a minimum, Albania, Bulgaria, the Former Macedonian Republic of Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey would all be affected...
Nothing is more galling about the post-Dayton behavior of suspected war criminals than the way some flaunt their freedom and stolen riches. Zeljko Raznatovic, who fought under the nom de guerre Arkan, is the most notorious of Serbia's paramilitary chiefs. He personally led his 200-odd Tigers through Bosnia to rape, torture and murder. Yet he has not even been indicted, and today he shows up all over Belgrade. He lives in a luxe marble mansion that he clearly did not buy out of earnings from his cafe. He is affiliated with Belgrade's biggest soccer club...
...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...
According to Richard Goldstone, the chief prosecutor, the biggest problem for the tribunal right now is that it has no means to arrest the suspects it has indicted. ifor won't help, and Serbia refuses to hand over any of the indicted men who are on its territory, as it is legally required to do. The U.N. Security Council could try to force Serbia to comply by imposing economic sanctions, but it has not done so. "On what basis is it going to proceed into the next century," Goldstone asks, "if it sits back and allows U.N. members to ignore...