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Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appeared before judges at the Yugoslav war crimes Tribunal and refused to plead to the 11 charges against him, just as he had four weeks ago in his first appearance at the Hague court...
...Karadzic's radical rejection of the court's legitimacy echoes that of his one-time ally, former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, who died in 2006 before his four-year trial could produce a verdict. But there are important differences between the two men. For one, Karadzic is healthy, so the numerous delays and light court schedule that plagued Milosevic's trial shouldn't apply. While Karadzic also defies the court, he's far less aggressive than Milosevic. And more respectful. He stands when the judges enter the court; he wears his translation headphones, something Milosevic never deigned to do. Although...
...Yugoslav naval base at Tivat on the coast of Montenegro is a derelict place. Colossal jetties stretch out from an abandoned work yard piled with crumbling concrete, twisted metal rods and broken glass. In one corner, a Cold War-era submarine, its giant propeller exposed to the summer winds, is being slowly dismantled by a local crew in flip-flops. The berths are fouled with paint chips and rusted metal, and until a recent scavenging operation, explosives lay on the seabed...
While Mladic is thought to have sympathizers among circles connected with the former Yugoslav army, there is no reason to think he has any better protection among nationalists in the government or security services than Karadzic had. And his presence in Belgrade has been established at least twice: once in 2000, when he attended a football match, and again in 2003, when he underwent minor surgery in a Belgrade military hospital. Ljajic vows that Mladic is next: "We have just proved we're serious about war-crimes issues," he says. "We intend to finish...
...just for Serbia. When the wars of the Yugoslav succession began in June 1991, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jacques Poos, with an eye to resolving them, famously declared: "This is the hour of Europe." It wasn't, of course. The brutal force of the combatants, especially those led by Karadzic and Mladic, made a mockery of feckless attempts by Europeans to broker peace. The circumstances of Karadzic's arrest, however tragically late, demonstrate far better the kind of benevolent power the E.U. can exert. Even if formal enlargement of the Union appears blocked for now, Karadzic's detention shows that...