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Karadzic to Boycott Bosnia Genocide Trial

Hague tribunal will open in his absence

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(Newser) – Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader arrested last year after more than a decade in hiding, will boycott his trial for genocide and other crimes next week. The trial at the international court in The Hague will begin Monday in Karadzic's absence, an official says. Prosecutors are expecting they'll need a year to lay out all the evidence against Karadzic, whose forces massacred more than 7,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica and killed non-Serbs across Yugoslavia.

In this Aug. 29, 2008 file photo, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic enters pleas to 11 charges including genocide and crimes against humanity at the UN tribunal in the Hague, Netherlands.
In this Aug. 29, 2008 file photo, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic enters pleas to 11 charges including genocide and crimes against humanity at the UN tribunal in the Hague, Netherlands.   (AP Photo/ Valerie Kuypers, Pool, file)
In this July 31, 2008 file photo combination of images made from video, Radovan Karadzic appears for first time at the UN war crimes court at the Hague to face genocide charges.
In this July 31, 2008 file photo combination of images made from video, Radovan Karadzic appears for first time at the UN war crimes court at the Hague to face genocide charges.   (AP Photo/APTN/FILE)
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic enters the courtroom at UN's Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic enters the courtroom at UN's Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Tuesday, March 3, 2009.   (AP Photo/Jerry Lampen, Pool)
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yoeydude
Oct 22, 09 5:59 AM CDT
serbs were made to settle on the borders of the roman empire because they were a tuff , stoic grunts with a bone to pick with the turks , its in their DNA ,fanaticaly nationalistic , tribal ,brutish and forever persecuted ,..... they are like the right wingers in this country Reply
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Gooner82
Oct 22, 09 8:59 AM CDT
Be that as it may, Karadzic still murdered thousands of non-Serbs in Bosnia during the war. Reply
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