I hope the International Criminal Court has been building a case against Radovan Karadzic

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We wouldn't want him to die mid-way through a years long trial would we?

Karadzic — one of the world's most wanted men for his alleged role in atrocities committed during the 1990s Balkans conflict — was arrested in Belgrade after a weeks-long covert operation to track down the former leader, said proesecutor Vladimir Vukcevic…

Karadzic is accused of ordering the deadly siege of Sarajevo and some of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II — including the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica.

Serbian minister Rasim Ljajic told Tuesday's news conference that Karadzic, 63, was using false documents giving him the name of "Dragan Dabic" and a non-Serbian idenity at the time of arrest.

While it's good news that he's been caught, let's hope that the EU places heavy pressure on Serbia for extradition, and that his trial begins soon. Justice delayed is justice denied.

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  1. J.W. Hamner  •  Jul 22, 2008 @5:36 am

    I knew I could count on you to flag that the Génocidaire of the Balkans has been caught.

    I wish him a long life of rotting in The Hague.