Once again, it's okay if THEY do it, but always suspect if the SERBS do it....why does nothing have an ulterior motive until Serbia tries it?

US warns against exploiting new warcrime claims in ex-Yugoslavia
Wed Aug 16, 6:10 PM ET
The United States warned against attempts to politically exploit newly surfaced allegations of warcrimes committed against Serbs in the former Yugoslavia.
The allegations relate to amateur video footage that emerged this month purportedly showing Bosnian Muslim and Croatian forces killing or harassing Serbs in August and September 1995.
Serb and Bosnian Serb leaders have demanded action against Bosnian Muslims and Croatians allegedly involved in atrocities committed during "Operation Storm", an offensive aimed at regaining territory held by Serb rebels during the 1992-1995 war.
The United States, which has been critical of Serbia for failing to hand over key Serb warcrimes suspects, welcomed the fact that Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian prosecutors had met last week to discuss the latest allegations.
"The United States condemns all war crimes committed during the wars in the former Yugoslavia, regardless of the ethnic or religious identity of the victim or perpetrator," a State Department spokesman said Wednesday.
"Atrocities were committed by all sides of the conflicts with varying levels of planning and organization, and we condemn any attempts to exploit these tragedies for political advantage," said the spokesman, Gonzalo Gallegos.
"Holding individuals accountable for these crimes, and moving beyond collectivization of guilt of entire groups, is vital to ensuring stability, security and reconciliation in the region," he said.
One of the videos, which surfaced last week, allegedly showed Atif Dudakovic, the former commander of the Bosnian Muslim army's 5th Corps, telling his troops to "torch" Serb villages in September 1995.
A separate video released days earlier allegedly depicts members of the Croatian army's Black Mamba unit and Bosnian Muslim forces killing and harassing Serb refugees in August 1995.
Dudakovic denied the allegations and Croatian President Stipe Mesic accused the Serbian government of exploiting the footage to deflect attention from war crimes committed by Serbs and its failure to track down the two top fugitives, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and his military chief, Ratko Mladic.
The emergence of the videos, Mesic said, was Belgrade's "attempt, probably for the Serbian public, to share the guilt and crimes".
Sulejman Tihic, the current holder of Bosnia's rotating presidency, also accused Serb leaders of seeking political gain from the issue.
"If they are truly committed to processing war criminals, let them prove so by arresting Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, because they have been hiding and financing them for 11 years," said Tihic.
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