Did the US promise Karadzic lifetime immunity in exchange for Karadzic dropping out of politics?
Some newspapers in Serbia suggest it is true.
ETA: Holbrooke says it isn't so.
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If I believed what Serbian newspapers said, then I would be the biggest fool that has ever walked this earth.
Hey, you might check Ian Williams blog, here:
http://www.deadlinepundit.blogspot.com/
Also, I found one excellent video site with academically focused content (lots of good stuff with regards to international justice + my next post on my Blog will include some really cool stuff and a link to that site), I know you will like it:
http://www.fora.tv
I hope this isn't true, because if it is I'm going to not only be pissed at Holbrooke, but lose whatever little respect I had for the Clinton Administration's policy towards Bosnia.
I dont see this just as rumours from Serbian newspapers.
This story has been doing the rounds for years although until now a document wasnt produced.
The wider point. You know one is pretty familiar with the reasons why Serbia has not extradited Mladic or at least we know he was recently in Serbia and so on...
With Karadzic nobody can deny that the situation has been very fishy or dubious. There were some attempts to say that he was in Serbia to draw attention away from the fact that he wasnt being arrested in Bosnia but these have been dropped.
The question thus remains why hasnt Karadzic been arrested by the internationals after all these years. Either there is some behind the scenes deal (as most of us suspect or worry about) or he has the skills of Houdini.
I never really had much respect for Holbrooke so I wont be disapointed or surprised if this is true. In fact I actually have more respect for Clinton.
I hope it isn't true either.
But one doesn't need to be paranoid or a conspiracy buff, or even believe the worst allegation to be somewhat "questioning" of the International Community commitment to capture Karadzic; especially given the first few years where Karadzic was seen in public; but still allowed to roam free.
Washington. The State Department on Friday denied the existence of a US document reportedly guaranteeing safety for indicted Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in exchange for his withdrawal from public life, AFP news Agency reports.
The Republika also published what they said was a copy of the June 1996 agreement apparently bearing the signatures of Karadzic and Richard Holbrooke, the former US envoy to the Balkans.
The document is "absolutely false," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack on Friday.
"We continue to call for (Karadzic) being handed over to The Hague so that he faces justice for the crimes that he has committed."
Is this authentic Holbrooke signature? Take a look:
http://bosnjaci.net/
aktuelnosti.php?id=4907&polje=aktuelno
Daniel, thanks for the newsbrief.
Andras, thanks for the analysis.
I think the point about the fear of possible American, NATO troop casualties is well taken; and if a deal was made between Holbrooke and K&M than that was probably the reasoning behind such a deal.
The Balkans is no longer on the political radar (if it was ever there in the first place) of most Americans, including those in government. If a deal was made, and if news of said deal is confirmed; beyond some protests and noise made from human rights groups, and from various political factions (probably more out of their own political/ideological interest rather than any genuine concern about Bosnia or international justice); news of the deal would have no political consequences or cause much of a PR incident.
Now, perhaps if news of the deal (if one was made of course) was made public in 1996, there would be a greater chance of public outrage and as a result, greater poltical consequences for making a deal with Karadzic and Mladic; but in 2007? Capturing Karadzic and Mladic is not an important issue for the US.
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