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Karadzic Caught Discussing Genocide on Wiretap

Prosecutors reveal tape as Bosnian leader's trial goes on without him

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(Newser) – Radovan Karadzic was caught on tape ordering the slaughter at Zepa and Srebenica, prosecutors revealed today at the war crimes trial of the former Bosnian Serb leader. “It will be a black cauldron,” Karadzic says on the tape, “where 300,000 Muslims will die.” But prosecutor Alan Tieger was forced to make his accusations before several rows of empty desks, because Karadzic and his defense team made good on their promise to boycott the trial.

It was the second day Karadzic skipped court, and the judge decided to press on without him, warning that if the boycott continued, he'd forcibly appoint a representative for Karadzic. Tieger began his case by describing the wiretap evidence, which caught Karadzic signing the attack order and laughing off international pressure. “Europe will be told to go fuck itself,” he quoted Karadzic saying, “and not to come back until the job is finished.”

A Finnish forensic expert places a number next to the skull of a Srebrenica victim found in the hills above the village of Kravice, in this July 5, 1996 file photo.
A Finnish forensic expert places a number next to the skull of a Srebrenica victim found in the hills above the village of Kravice, in this July 5, 1996 file photo.   (AP Photo/Staton R. Winter, File)
Radovan Karadzic is seen in the courtroom at the UN Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the Hague in August of last year.
Radovan Karadzic is seen in the courtroom at the UN Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the Hague in August of last year.   (AP Photo/ Valerie Kuypers/file)
The empty seat where Radovan Karadzic was supposed to sit for the first day of his trial at the War Crimes Tribunal is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday Oct. 26, 2009.
The empty seat where Radovan Karadzic was supposed to sit for the first day of his trial at the War Crimes Tribunal is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday Oct. 26, 2009.   (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, POOL)
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drlarrymitchell
Oct 27, 09 1:14 PM CDT
I wish we had our shit together like Bosnia and PROSECUTED our leaders when you fly off the deep end. Reply
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Gooner82
Oct 27, 09 1:32 PM CDT
Bush would be f'd
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tonytonytony
Oct 27, 09 2:18 PM CDT
Word.
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rajanKazhmin
Oct 27, 09 2:18 PM CDT
To see Cheney get what's coming to him would be sublime.
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reasonator
Oct 27, 09 4:18 PM CDT
You're off the deep end. War in Iraq: A bad decision? Yes. Genocide? No. War crime? no. Bad intelligence? Yes. A lie propagated for Bush's devious reasons? no. To compare Bush to an actual genocidal racist maniac is ignorant, and you're letting your emotion get the best of your reason.
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