Thursday, July 14, 2005

More reflections on Srebrenica from the Christian Science Monitor:
Now 10 years later, many witnesses and survivors are eager to remind the world that Srebrenica was not, as it is sometimes presented, an isolated horror conducted by a clutch of crazy hillbillies - nor simply the worst slaughter in Europe in 50 years.
Rather, they see it as an extension of a racial superiority campaign, and sparked by sophisticated Serb hate propaganda in Belgrade that acted like a blowtorch on a bale of hay in the Balkans.
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The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was established by the UN Security Council in 1993. Former president Slobodan Milosevic's trial is ongoing, but 10 key suspects remain at large.
The ICTY has successfully handled dozens of cases. The maximum sentence that can be imposed is life imprisonment.
Tribunal Indictments to date: 162
Judgments rendered: 55
Sentenced: 37
Acquitted: 2
Not Guilty: 3
Appealing: 13
Recused: 2
Source: ICTY
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/csm/20050714/wl_csm/ojusticex_1

Because, in the end, it's all about one bankrupt nation extracting money from another bankrupt nation while nations with money watch:
Bosnia-Herzegovina does not have enough money to lead a case against Serbia-Montenegro in front of the International Court of Law in The Hague.
http://www.seeurope.net/en/Story.php?StoryID=56031&LangID=1

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