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Still Hunting the World's Most Wanted Man

12 years later, architect of Bosnian massacre remains at large

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 2, 2007 4:56 PM CST
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(Newser) – He ordered mass murders, used gang-rape as a military weapon, and coined the term "ethnic cleansing" in the Balkans War, but a dozen years later Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic still roams the hills where he once wrought havoc. With Karadzic still a fugitive from international justice, the Guardian traveled to rural Bosnia to discover why the West has failed so completely to capture him.

The Guardian's correspondent discovers virulent racism and deep-seated suspicion of outsiders; one man runs him out of town. Karadzic has been spotted here, and a statue commemorates the "war of liberation" that the rest of the world thinks of as genocide. As for Srebrenica, site of the ethnic cleansing of 8,000 men and boys in 5 days, that town's name has become a pro-Serbian football chant.

European Union forces and NATO troops searched the homes of the family members of Bosnia's most wanted war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic on Friday, Nov 23, 2007, in Pale, Bosnia, looking for leads that may reveal his whereabouts, officials said. Troops begun the search at 5 a.m. simultaneously at...
European Union forces and NATO troops searched the homes of the family members of Bosnia's most wanted war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic on Friday, Nov 23, 2007, in Pale, Bosnia, looking for leads that...   (Associated Press)
Italian troops secure the area, as part of the European Union and NATO force which are searching the homes of family members of Bosnia's most wanted war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic on Friday, Nov 23, 2007, in Pale, Bosnia Herzegovina. Troops began the search at 5 a.m. simultaneously at...
Italian troops secure the area, as part of the European Union and NATO force which are searching the homes of family members of Bosnia's most wanted war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic on Friday, Nov...   (Associated Press)
Chief UN war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, front, arrives in Serbian Parliament in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Oct. 26. 2007. Serbian officials have denied claims by Del Ponte about people wanted for alleged war crimes, saying the security services have so far been unable to locate Mladic, who was reportedly...
Chief UN war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, front, arrives in Serbian Parliament in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Oct. 26. 2007. Serbian officials have denied claims by Del Ponte about people wanted for...   (Associated Press)
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, left, and Gen. Ratko Mladic attend an assembly session in Pale, near Sarajevo, Bosnia, in this undated file photo. Serbian authorities have offered $1.4 million reward for information leading to the capture of war crimes fugitive Gen. Ratko Mladic, an official said Friday. (AP...
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, left, and Gen. Ratko Mladic attend an assembly session in Pale, near Sarajevo, Bosnia, in this undated file photo. Serbian authorities have offered $1.4 million reward...   (Associated Press)
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