tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post111783086584115322..comments2023-06-05T12:15:30.783+01:00Comments on East Ethnia: Mladić arrest imminent?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1139591918012402082006-02-10T17:18:00.000+00:002006-02-10T17:18:00.000+00:00Just a quick aside, you can also stop byinterior ...Just a quick aside, you can also stop by<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.interiordesign-info.com" REL="nofollow">interior kitchen design</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1117877251691160082005-06-04T10:27:00.000+01:002005-06-04T10:27:00.000+01:00Thanks, AR, for putting things in context and fill...Thanks, AR, for putting things in context and filling in some blanks. One quick update: in an interview with Swiss TV on Friday night, Carla Del Ponte confirmed that the video had been in the prosecution's possession for "several months" but that they needed an opportunity to show it, which came with Stevanovic's testimony. She also mentioned that her office had more footage along similar lines.T K Vogelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443120115121415471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1117845606743786812005-06-04T01:40:00.000+01:002005-06-04T01:40:00.000+01:00p.s. -- In case you're still wondering "why Trnovo...p.s. -- In case you're still wondering "why Trnovo," remember that Trnovo was one of the most fought-over sectors of the front line near Sarajevo. It changed hands five times during the war. In June 1995, it was also one of the sectors where the Bosnian army tried to break the siege of Sarajevo. See the map at<BR/>http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/balkan_battlegrounds/sarajevo_june_1995.jpg<BR/><BR/><BR/>By this time the Bosnian Serb army had also gotten so desperately short of manpower, that they had to rely on Serbian police in Belgrade to round up and press-gang Krajina Serb and Bosnian Serb refugees for service as cannon fodder in Bosnia. Which may help explain what those Serbian MUP troops were doing on the slopes near Trnovo in July 1995.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1117845232576894662005-06-04T01:33:00.000+01:002005-06-04T01:33:00.000+01:00Thanks, Teekay for manning the fort in Eric's abse...Thanks, Teekay for manning the fort in Eric's absence. And, yes, EG: I knew it was a good idea! :) And thanks "anonymous" for persistently fascinating commentary.<BR/><BR/>I do share the Reuters opinion that this is a shock to the polity that will prepare for an extradition of Mladic -- if there is not a suicide that intervenes; which I believe to be a strong possibility with both the general and Karadzic. In fact, I think it may happen sooner rather than later, before the sok wears off... But I also share Teekay's view that there is much still to shine a spotlight upon in these machinations...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1117838076067057232005-06-03T23:34:00.000+01:002005-06-03T23:34:00.000+01:00B92 reports that, according to the Serbian state w...B92 reports that, according to the Serbian state war crimes prosecutor's office, all six victims shown being tortured and executed on the video have been identified by name. All of them were Muslims from Srebrenica. Four of the six were just boys, below the age 18, two were young men under the age of 30. It seems very unlikely that they were in any way "special" prisoners. The fact that they have been identified is not surprising, given that there are lists of names and photos of all known victims of the massacres (the latest such compilation being the annex to the RS Srebrenica Commission's report). <BR/><BR/>As you say, the question is why they were brought all the way to the slopes of Jahorina mountain, near Sarajevo to be killed. My macabre guess is that this was supposed to be a treat, to help the guest fighters from the Serbian MUP to join in the celebration of the good news of the "liberation" of Srebrenica. <BR/><BR/>Some other foreign fighters, such as the Greek volunteers who were invited to take part in the capture of Srebrenica by Mladic's special request, were also singled out for various kinds of honors. It was a jolly time in Pale:<BR/>http://www.domovina.net/srebrenica/page_012g.php<BR/><BR/>As with the other 8,000 men and boys killed, there did not have to be any individual reason for killing the six people seen on this video - they weren't picked out as individuals; being a male Muslim from Srebrenica was reason enough to be a candidate for execution. <BR/><BR/>In fact, much of the killing took place at considerable distances from Srebrenica. There were mass executions north of Zvornik, more than 30 km from Srebrenica, while trucks and buses from as far away as Pale and Sokolac were requisitioned for transport of those to be executed; some may have been sent back with a special load. I vaguely recall having read about other transports of Srebrenica prisoners being shipped south to the Pale area before being killed.<BR/><BR/>ARAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com