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Article: Closing in; Serbia and Ratko Mladic.(Rumours of a general's arrest)(war criminal)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- February 25, 2006
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Mladic in his pomp
Why General Ratko Mladic seems likely to go to The Hague
SOME years ago a television station in the Serb bit of Bosnia reported that Alija Izetbegovic, the wartime leader of the Bosnian Muslims, was dead. It was a scoop--except that Mr Izetbegovic was alive at the time. On February 21st the same station reported that Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb wartime general, had been arrested. Within hours this was international news--but nobody could confirm it.
The instant headlines reflect the fact that Mr Mladic and Radovan Karadzic, the wartime Bosnian Serb president, are now the most wanted men in Europe. In 1995 Mr Mladic was ...