Publication Date:
Mon, 2010-03-01 15:37
Karadzic gave his opening statement at the UN war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He was arrested in Belgrade 19 months ago after 13 years as a fugitive and faces charges of genocide and war crimes.
Karadzic told the tribunal Monday his cause “is just and holy” and that he has a good case.
He traced the origins of the 1992-95 Bosnian war to the rejection by Bosnia's Muslim leadership of all power-sharing proposals.
Karadzic is accused of orchestrating a campaign to destroy the Muslim and Croat communities in eastern Bosnia to create an ethnically pure Serbian state.
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