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he was the alleged act tect to have four-year siege at sarajevo. mladic was arrested by security force this is week after apparently living for several years in the same prosperous village. this is the same week that keith ashen was in bell grad to discuss his desire to join the e.u. here's peter marshall. >> this is ratko mladic under arrest charged with genocide. this is ratko mladic in his pomp, as commander of the serb army. these are his words, his voice, ordering troops during the siege of the city of sarajevo. [tape playing] [bombing] >> 12,000 civilians were to die in sarajevo. some were killed in the incessant shelling. others were hit by snipers who picked them off as they ran for shelter. it went on for four years. but it's mladic's conduct, his personal involvement in a northern mining town which really sets him apart. he'd reassured the muslim population they'd come to no harm. he handed the children sweets. what happened next has led to mladic -- mladic being cited as the worst war criminal since the holocaust. after 16 years as a fug
he was the alleged act tect to have four-year siege at sarajevo. mladic was arrested by security force this is week after apparently living for several years in the same prosperous village. this is the same week that keith ashen was in bell grad to discuss his desire to join the e.u. here's peter marshall. >> this is ratko mladic under arrest charged with genocide. this is ratko mladic in his pomp, as commander of the serb army. these are his words, his voice, ordering troops during the...
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first was the siege of sarajevo. it was like something out of the middle ages. in winter, mladic cut off supplies of fuel and food. in summer, he cut off water. the inhabitants had to endure almost daily sniping and regular mortar attacks. but the chief accusation against him remains a massacre, delivered and carefully planned, yet completely pointless from any conceivable military point of view. at the time, it seemed like genocide, pure and simple. >> he himself commanded the army that surrounded and invaded. he threatened the u.n. peacekeepers from holland. he knew exactly what was going on. i would be very surprised if he is not found guilty of that crime, amongst others. >> this was by far the worst series of war crimes in europe in 60 years. over time, bodies have continued to emerge from the mass graves. it was an immense embarrassment that mladic has stayed free for all these years, given the unthinkably long tally of victims. john simpson, bbc news. >> the bosnian journalist was based in sarajevo during the conflict and give us his reports. >> mladic wa
first was the siege of sarajevo. it was like something out of the middle ages. in winter, mladic cut off supplies of fuel and food. in summer, he cut off water. the inhabitants had to endure almost daily sniping and regular mortar attacks. but the chief accusation against him remains a massacre, delivered and carefully planned, yet completely pointless from any conceivable military point of view. at the time, it seemed like genocide, pure and simple. >> he himself commanded the army that...
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it was not just in sarajevo where he carried out atrocities. it was a massacre that made his name infamous. it had been under nominal u.n. control. they rounded up 8000 muslim men and boys. they were taken away and massacred. it was europe's worst atrocities since the defeat of the nazis. they had told local muslim families that they would be safe before the slaughter began. the discovery of masses of bodies forms part of the evidence which the hague tribunal will use against him. >> he was disgusting. it has taken a hell of a long time to get him. i am delighted that the hague has gotten a hold of him. >> news of today's arrest is welcome. the disbelief and anger that it took so long. >> i am not that happy. i have been disappointed so many times by the work of the hague tribunal. he enjoyed life for so long. he was supposed to be arrested years ago. >> i feel a small satisfaction in my soul. it is proof that this type of crime never gets old and the perpetrators will face justice. >> they brought the arrested general to court in belgrade toda
it was not just in sarajevo where he carried out atrocities. it was a massacre that made his name infamous. it had been under nominal u.n. control. they rounded up 8000 muslim men and boys. they were taken away and massacred. it was europe's worst atrocities since the defeat of the nazis. they had told local muslim families that they would be safe before the slaughter began. the discovery of masses of bodies forms part of the evidence which the hague tribunal will use against him. >> he...
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he survived the siege of sarajevo. listen. >> reporter: he's 36 years old and seems like a fairly typical european working and living in cosmopolitan london. but his family snapshots are far from normal. >> i mean, it was happening all over the city all the time. this random shooting. >> reporter: as the balkans war raged in the early '90s, vlad, his mom and younger brother were among the hundreds of thousands trapped in sarajevo. a city besieged by bosnian-serb forces for nearly four years. you'll never forget the day when the war came to his neighborhood. >> suddenly one day my mom was in the kitchen, and there was a shot. and someone shot through our window. the bullet went through the window in the kitchen and struck the wall through my brother's head or something. >> reporter: in the following days vlad found some of his neighbors dead in the street. he knew he'd be drafted soon, and he didn't want to join the infantry. so while still teenagers, he and his brother signed up for an anti-aircraft unit. >> this unit
he survived the siege of sarajevo. listen. >> reporter: he's 36 years old and seems like a fairly typical european working and living in cosmopolitan london. but his family snapshots are far from normal. >> i mean, it was happening all over the city all the time. this random shooting. >> reporter: as the balkans war raged in the early '90s, vlad, his mom and younger brother were among the hundreds of thousands trapped in sarajevo. a city besieged by bosnian-serb forces for...
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i covered his brutal bombardment and siege of sarajevo and other towns and villages. from the hills, mladic's forces would fire down on innocent men, women and children. peter jennings was there, too, in the aftermath of the bombing of the sarajevo marketplace. >> the worst attack since this war began. >> reporter: then came the massacre at srebrenica in the summer of 1995. serbian cameras followed mladic and his soldiers as they handed out candy to terrified children and told them not to be afraid. but there was much to fear when those cameras were turned off. the women and children were separated and the men and boys were cruelly gunned down, executed in cold blood. in the end, more than 7,000 bosnian muslim men and boys were slaughtered at srebrenica. >> and you have interviewed so many of the forces for evil and for good. what's the thing you remember most about being with him? >> reporter: you know, like so many of these types, diane, he would deny with a smiling face the atrocities, the appalling atrocities that we were witnessing throughout the '90s, in sarajev
i covered his brutal bombardment and siege of sarajevo and other towns and villages. from the hills, mladic's forces would fire down on innocent men, women and children. peter jennings was there, too, in the aftermath of the bombing of the sarajevo marketplace. >> the worst attack since this war began. >> reporter: then came the massacre at srebrenica in the summer of 1995. serbian cameras followed mladic and his soldiers as they handed out candy to terrified children and told them...
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the bosnian serb army seized the capital of sarajevo. the tribunal estimates that 11,000 people died in the siege, killed by snipers or mortar attacks. he is accused of turning the machinery of war against civilians many times. the charges against him include involvement in ethnic cleansing to read the territory of the people opposed to its independent existence. in july of 1995, thousands of bosnian muslim men and boys were rounded up. in the presence of u.n. peacekeepers, the resulting massacre of those boys has been described as an act of genocide. it was not until the bodies of the victims were found in several unidentified mass graves that the true extent of the genocide became known. soon after his indictment, the fugitive life began. there were unconfirmed reports of his appearance in various parts of europe. there was a game of hide and seek that has now come to an end. >> the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia is a united nations court that was set up in the 1990's to deal with what happened in the balkans
the bosnian serb army seized the capital of sarajevo. the tribunal estimates that 11,000 people died in the siege, killed by snipers or mortar attacks. he is accused of turning the machinery of war against civilians many times. the charges against him include involvement in ethnic cleansing to read the territory of the people opposed to its independent existence. in july of 1995, thousands of bosnian muslim men and boys were rounded up. in the presence of u.n. peacekeepers, the resulting...
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the bosnian serb army seized the capital of sarajevo. the#tribunal estimates that 11,000 people died in the siege, killed by snipers or mortar attacks. he is accused of turning the machinery of war against civilians many times. the charges against him include involvement in ethnic cleansing to read the territory of the people opposed to its independent existence. in july of 1995, tusands of bosnian muslim men and boys were rounded up. in the presence of u.n. peacekeepers, the resulting massacre of those boys has been described as an act of genocide. it was not until the bodies of the victims were found in several unidentified mass graves that the true extent of the genocide became known. soon after his indictment, the fugitive life began. there were unconfirmed reports of his appearance in various parts of europe. there was a game of hide and seek that has now come to an end. >> the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia is a united nations court that was set up in the 1990's to deal with what happened in the balka dur
the bosnian serb army seized the capital of sarajevo. the#tribunal estimates that 11,000 people died in the siege, killed by snipers or mortar attacks. he is accused of turning the machinery of war against civilians many times. the charges against him include involvement in ethnic cleansing to read the territory of the people opposed to its independent existence. in july of 1995, tusands of bosnian muslim men and boys were rounded up. in the presence of u.n. peacekeepers, the resulting massacre...
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first was the siege of sarajevo. it was like something out of the middle ages. in winter, mladic cut off supplies of food and fuel. in the summer, he cut off the water. the inhabitants had to do with daley's like it -- sniping and mortar rounds. the chief accusation remains the massacre. it was deliberate and carefully planned, and yet complete the pointless from any conceivable military point of view. at the time, it seemed like genocide pure and simple. >> he himself commanded the army that invaded. he had the peacekeepers from holland. he knew exactly what was going on. i would be very surprised if he was not found guilty of that crime amongst others. >> this was by far the worst series of war crimes in europe in 60 years. over the time, bodies have continued to emerge from mass graves. it was an embarrassment that mladic munyagishari should have -- mladic should have stayed free for so many years. >> a journalist was the first reporter to discover the mass graves. just a brief time ago, he joins me from "the new york times." thank you for joining us. what is
first was the siege of sarajevo. it was like something out of the middle ages. in winter, mladic cut off supplies of food and fuel. in the summer, he cut off the water. the inhabitants had to do with daley's like it -- sniping and mortar rounds. the chief accusation remains the massacre. it was deliberate and carefully planned, and yet complete the pointless from any conceivable military point of view. at the time, it seemed like genocide pure and simple. >> he himself commanded the army...
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he's accused of ordering the shelling of sarajevo and of targeting areas where civilian casualties were likely to be highest, like the water taps that were set up because the main water supply was cut. he was the officer whose troops overran what was supposed to be the u.n. safe haven of srebrenica, where thousands of bosnian muslims had taken refuge. it was mladic who guaranteed the safety of those present before separating the women and children from the men and then ordering the systematic slaughter of more than 7,000 of those men in the worst mass killing in europe since the nazi atrocities of the second world war. colonel bob stewart commanded nato forces in bosnia and, in ratko mladic, he says he knew he was dealing with a man who had no sense of morality or honor. >> these people have a very warped sense of what is right and what is wrong. as far as they're concerned, what is right is anything that supports their own people and what is wrong is sometimes allowing anyone that opposes them to stay alive. >> reporter: ratko mladic is more than just an indicted war criminal, he's a b
he's accused of ordering the shelling of sarajevo and of targeting areas where civilian casualties were likely to be highest, like the water taps that were set up because the main water supply was cut. he was the officer whose troops overran what was supposed to be the u.n. safe haven of srebrenica, where thousands of bosnian muslims had taken refuge. it was mladic who guaranteed the safety of those present before separating the women and children from the men and then ordering the systematic...
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beyond srebrenica he carried out the siege of sarajevo. he's the first military commander to take a professional military, take its tanks, artillery and snipers and target a city ful of civilians. no one had done that befor finally in 1995 he takes srebrenica, a promise of u.n. pro thaex's completely hollow. he promises the women there that no one will be harmed there's images of him and his bodyguards giving chocolate to young children. as he's omising this his troops are forming a cordon around srebrenica and over the next ten days mlac's troops rounded up 8,000 bosnian muslim men and boys and sysmatically executed them. >> rose: how has he been able to hide for 15 years? >> it' a good question and when i wah president tadic of serbia, i feel job well done. i kept nodding as he was saying "today we've arrested this man." because they have been under a huge amount of pressure from the international community since then to hand these people-- first radovan karadzic, who was founa few years ago, the civilian leader of and now ratko mladic--
beyond srebrenica he carried out the siege of sarajevo. he's the first military commander to take a professional military, take its tanks, artillery and snipers and target a city ful of civilians. no one had done that befor finally in 1995 he takes srebrenica, a promise of u.n. pro thaex's completely hollow. he promises the women there that no one will be harmed there's images of him and his bodyguards giving chocolate to young children. as he's omising this his troops are forming a cordon...
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the 10,000 graves in sarajevo, though, are not evidence of the actions of a hero. and the mass graves of srebrenica are a silent call for justice. at first it was thought ratko mladic would be on his way to trial in the hague within a week or so. now his health issues may delay that. justice has been on hold for 16 years now, and it seems it will have to wait a few days longer. erica? >> mark phillips in london this morning. thanks. joining us now, retired nato commander general wesley clark, who made several trips to bosnia during the war there. we'll also be speaking in a moment with vladimir petrovic, serbia's ambassador to the united states. general clark i want to begin with you. mark laid out a little bit some of the atrocities there. but they're almost unspeakable in so many ways. walk us through why mladic was, in fact, one of the most wanted men in the world. >> well, i was the commander of the serb forces that were responsible for the siege of sarajevo, and he also had an outsized personality. he seemed a rebel in this. he seemed to pursue ideological sav
the 10,000 graves in sarajevo, though, are not evidence of the actions of a hero. and the mass graves of srebrenica are a silent call for justice. at first it was thought ratko mladic would be on his way to trial in the hague within a week or so. now his health issues may delay that. justice has been on hold for 16 years now, and it seems it will have to wait a few days longer. erica? >> mark phillips in london this morning. thanks. joining us now, retired nato commander general wesley...
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not to mention in the shelling of sarajevo. >> the timing of his departure will probably now be measured in days if not hours. he was spirited out of here in the middle of the night. the general will probably be taken in the same way. an international panel of judges. >> you are watching bbc world news america. fighting for freedom. on memorial day, we remember the african americans that helped save the union during the civil war and defeat slavery. the space shuttle endeavor is heading back to earth at the end of its final mission. the shuttle docked for the very last time overnight. endeavor will be put on display at the museum as its space shuttle program retires this year. >> setting her sales one last time, departing the international space station. >> heading home to retirement. endeavor makes its final voyage back to earth. >> hugs and handshakes all around. >> a fond farewell. the space shuttle's crew had delivered a cosmic ray detector designed to help scientists study the formation of the universe. >> on behalf of the crew, we had a very successful mission working with expediti
not to mention in the shelling of sarajevo. >> the timing of his departure will probably now be measured in days if not hours. he was spirited out of here in the middle of the night. the general will probably be taken in the same way. an international panel of judges. >> you are watching bbc world news america. fighting for freedom. on memorial day, we remember the african americans that helped save the union during the civil war and defeat slavery. the space shuttle endeavor is...
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>> as sarajevo said, you bet 'ya! >> yes. >> it's the same as social security, five years ago, where republicans put up a plan, democrats don't have to put up an alternative and attack demagogue, demagogue. they should have learned their lesson. >> because they use the same strategy to block obama's health care rae reform. ryan's plan has lost momentum. >> the answer is it doesn't prove anything about ryan's acceptability or not. it has to do with davis concerni >>> issue four, gas bloat. >> in many places, gas is now more than $4 a gallon. meaning that you could be paying more than $60 to fill up your tank. $3.83 per gallon, practically 4 bucks. that's what the average national price for a gallon of gas has bloated to this week. last year, the price of gasper gallon was a dollar cheaper. today three out of four americans say high gas prices are causing their families financial hardship. about 50% of all americans say gas prices require them that make major changes in their lives, including cutting back on their annua
>> as sarajevo said, you bet 'ya! >> yes. >> it's the same as social security, five years ago, where republicans put up a plan, democrats don't have to put up an alternative and attack demagogue, demagogue. they should have learned their lesson. >> because they use the same strategy to block obama's health care rae reform. ryan's plan has lost momentum. >> the answer is it doesn't prove anything about ryan's acceptability or not. it has to do with davis concerni...
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>> as sarajevo said, you bet 'ya! >> yes. >> it's the same as social security, five years ago, where republicans put up a plan, democrats don't have to put up an alternative and attack demagogue, demagogue. they should have learned their lesson. >> because they use the same strategy to block obama's health care rae reform. ryan's plan has lost momentum. >> the answer is it doesn' provanythingabout ryan's acceptability or not. it has to do with davis concerni >>> issue four, gas bloat. >> in many places, gas is now more than $4 a gallon. meaning that you could be paying more than $60 to fill up your tank. $3.83 per gallon, practically 4 bucks. that's what the average national price for a gallon of gas has bloated to this week. last year, the price of gasper gallon was a dollar cheaper. today three out of four americans say high gas prices are causing their families financial hardship. about 50% of all americans say gas prices require them that make major changes in their lives, including cutting back on their annual va
>> as sarajevo said, you bet 'ya! >> yes. >> it's the same as social security, five years ago, where republicans put up a plan, democrats don't have to put up an alternative and attack demagogue, demagogue. they should have learned their lesson. >> because they use the same strategy to block obama's health care rae reform. ryan's plan has lost momentum. >> the answer is it doesn' provanythingabout ryan's acceptability or not. it has to do with davis concerni...
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huge fire power against mostly defenseless and civilian targets, not to mention three-year shelling of sarajevo. had doesn't require courage, just ruthlessness. >> the timing of ratko mladic's departure to the hague can probably now be measured in days it not hours. general mladic will probably be taken in the middle of the night in the operation to put him before the international panel of judges. duncan kennedy, bbc news in belgrade. >> the italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has suffered a setback in elections in milan. his party candidate for mayor was defeated by her opponent. >> in milan and naples and several other big italian cities, voters snubbed mr. berlusconi's candidates for mayor and gave the job to left-wingers. it was a disastrous result for mr. berlusconi's freedom party. the weekend poll could mark a turning point in mr. berlusconi's political fortunes, after nearly two decades in and out of power. there were noisy celebrations in milan and naples by opposition supporters after the results were declared. it means that italy is going through what looks like a slow revoluti
huge fire power against mostly defenseless and civilian targets, not to mention three-year shelling of sarajevo. had doesn't require courage, just ruthlessness. >> the timing of ratko mladic's departure to the hague can probably now be measured in days it not hours. general mladic will probably be taken in the middle of the night in the operation to put him before the international panel of judges. duncan kennedy, bbc news in belgrade. >> the italian prime minister silvio berlusconi...
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doesn't accept ratko mladic was responsible for the massacre of thousands of civilians in places like sarajevo and srebrenica. it's all politics, he said, he was only defending his people. even after he was indicted, ratko mladic was able to turn up to a wedding party. or even a soccer match. he later went aground but there is no doubt he was protected by powerful networks and the serbian president has promised a full investigation. ratko mladic's lawyers will appeal against his extradition. but the expectation is that izz some time next week he will be on a plane to the hague. gavin hewitt, bbc news, belgrade. >> nato air strikes targeted several parts of the libyan capital tripoli friday night into saturday morning. the fifth consecutive night of attacks, although it's not clear exactly what was hit. for the first time since the conflict in libya erupted, russia has joined cause for the libyan leader colonel qaddafi to step down. leaders at the g-8 summit in france also announced a multibillion dollar program to support economic and political reform in the middle east and north africa. >> a
doesn't accept ratko mladic was responsible for the massacre of thousands of civilians in places like sarajevo and srebrenica. it's all politics, he said, he was only defending his people. even after he was indicted, ratko mladic was able to turn up to a wedding party. or even a soccer match. he later went aground but there is no doubt he was protected by powerful networks and the serbian president has promised a full investigation. ratko mladic's lawyers will appeal against his extradition....
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being in sarajevo, which you'll remember the world covered when it hosted the winter olympics. and all of the sudden it turned into this slaughterhouse, this slaughterhouse where neither men nor women nor innocent children were spared. and of course journalists were part of that coverage. we were in the city. we were amongst the civilians as well, and so many journalists got killed and wounld ds includ at cnn and abc and all the other brotherhood if you like. but the moments where we confronted mladic, when we were able to interview him and saw the steely gaze of a killer, wolf. there is no other word to describe it. he had that smile. he talked to dignitaries who had come from all over the world to try to get an end to this war. and he would just sit there and smile and deny that anything other than a terrible civil war was happening. and he always denied it. i remember being in the room when president carter came the try and broke area ceasefire, an end to the war. mladic just sat there and looked him in the eye and said "it is not as you think, mr. president. the press has b
being in sarajevo, which you'll remember the world covered when it hosted the winter olympics. and all of the sudden it turned into this slaughterhouse, this slaughterhouse where neither men nor women nor innocent children were spared. and of course journalists were part of that coverage. we were in the city. we were amongst the civilians as well, and so many journalists got killed and wounld ds includ at cnn and abc and all the other brotherhood if you like. but the moments where we confronted...
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accept that ratko mladic was responsible for the massacre of thousands of civilians in places like sarajevo. it's all politics he said. he was only defending his people. even after he was indicted, ratko mladic was able to turn up to a wedding party or even a soccer match. he later went aground, but there was no doubt he was protected by powerful networks and the serbian president has promised a full investigation. ratko mladic's lawyers will appeal against his extradition, but the expectation is that sometime next week, he'll be on a plane to the hague. >> when ratko mladic is handed over to the hague, one of the gravest charges he'll face is planning the slaughter of 8,000 muslim men and boys in 1995. tens of thousands of bosnian muslims fled to the town to escape serbian troops in the northeast of the country. it was meant to be part of the u.n. safe zone, but peacekeepers found themselves powerless to stop mladic's troops. our correspondent who reported from bosnia during the war has sent this report. >> this place has come to symbolize the signature atrocity of the bosnian war. the con
accept that ratko mladic was responsible for the massacre of thousands of civilians in places like sarajevo. it's all politics he said. he was only defending his people. even after he was indicted, ratko mladic was able to turn up to a wedding party or even a soccer match. he later went aground, but there was no doubt he was protected by powerful networks and the serbian president has promised a full investigation. ratko mladic's lawyers will appeal against his extradition, but the expectation...
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doesn't accept ratko mladic was responsible for the massacre of thousands of civilians in places like sarajevo and shremember notesia. it's all politics, she said. he was defending his people. even after indicted, ratko mladic was able to turn up to a wedding party. he later went underground but there was no doubt he was protected by powerful networks and the serbian president has promised a full investigation. ratko mladic's lawyers will appeal against his extradition. but the expectation is that some time next week he will be on a plane to the hague. gavin hewitt, bbc news, belgrade. >> ratko mladic's lawyer has told the bbc his client is in no fit state to stand trial. he said mladic is having psychological and physical problems. our correspondent duncan kennedy asked milius how europe's most wanted marni is reacting to his arrest. translator: he has been badly affected by his arrest but at least he's now able to see his family and friends. so he has mixed feelings. >> you've told the court he's not healthy enough to stand trial. what do you mean? what is his health? translator: he's in ver
doesn't accept ratko mladic was responsible for the massacre of thousands of civilians in places like sarajevo and shremember notesia. it's all politics, she said. he was defending his people. even after indicted, ratko mladic was able to turn up to a wedding party. he later went underground but there was no doubt he was protected by powerful networks and the serbian president has promised a full investigation. ratko mladic's lawyers will appeal against his extradition. but the expectation is...
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would deny with a smiling face, the appalling atrocities that we were witnessing throughout the '90s in sarajevo and elsewhere. in the era of never again, he turned this town in europe into one of the worst killing grounds since world war ii.nternationali >> the international criminal tribunal has charged him with genocide. mladic is due back in court today. >>> a major milestone for 2 "endeavour" astronauts are stepping out this morning, hitting 1,000 hours of spacewalking since construction of the space station got under way. they are using the final walk of the mission to attach an extension pole to the station, officially ending construction. all future spacewalks will be performed by space station residents. >>> now, for a look at the weather around the country. stormy from atlanta to pittsburgh, and northern new england, with thunderstorms, gusty winds and hail and flash flooding. wet from jacksonville to miami. and showers from oklahoma city to des moines, minneapolis, fargo and billings. showers from seattle to northern california. and up to six inches of snow in the idaho rockies. >> 74
would deny with a smiling face, the appalling atrocities that we were witnessing throughout the '90s in sarajevo and elsewhere. in the era of never again, he turned this town in europe into one of the worst killing grounds since world war ii.nternationali >> the international criminal tribunal has charged him with genocide. mladic is due back in court today. >>> a major milestone for 2 "endeavour" astronauts are stepping out this morning, hitting 1,000 hours of...
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and luggage is believed to be behind a three year siege of sarajevo when the city were savagely shelled and many streets turned into star alleys more than ten thousand people are thought to have been killed there were native vowed to intervene in one thousand nine hundred five he promised strong resistance which was put in that we certainly would watch those planes attacking us without fighting back and would also attack the territories from which the planes had taken our. instead of a military response to the nato air raids on luggage is reported to have taken hostage some twelve hundred un observers and peacekeepers as a human shield and in july ninety ninety five. forces attacked the un and trolled and played with rubber bullets or where tens of thousands of bosnian civilians and founders. a haven from the service and seeds according to the u.n. tribunal bludge expelled thousands of muslim women and children and ordered the execution of more than seven thousand men and boys it's considered the worst massacre in post-war you're up. at the end of the bosnian war luggage went to serbia
and luggage is believed to be behind a three year siege of sarajevo when the city were savagely shelled and many streets turned into star alleys more than ten thousand people are thought to have been killed there were native vowed to intervene in one thousand nine hundred five he promised strong resistance which was put in that we certainly would watch those planes attacking us without fighting back and would also attack the territories from which the planes had taken our. instead of a military...
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in many--in many ways did more than anybody else to save the city of sarajevo, at least to keep the western attention on it. and i went to join him late in that winter, and he--i took all of his clippings with him--all of his news clippings because the times, for some unbeknown reason, hadn't been sending him his clippings. and in return he took me out as close as we could get to where princip had shot--i drove there. and--and he took a little bit of rubble off the ground and gave it to me as his way of saying thanks to me for bringing his clips, and i still have it at home. c-span: now you--you know, the--couple of articles have been written about you that you took some chance when you went over to bosnia. when did you go there the last time? >> guest: i've been there several times. i went two--i went two winters in a row, '93, '94, which were the tough winters. i don't think i took any other--any more chances than any other reporter who went. it was kind of important to go. not a lot of people wanted to go. c-span: what is it about you that makes you want to go do that? >> guest:
in many--in many ways did more than anybody else to save the city of sarajevo, at least to keep the western attention on it. and i went to join him late in that winter, and he--i took all of his clippings with him--all of his news clippings because the times, for some unbeknown reason, hadn't been sending him his clippings. and in return he took me out as close as we could get to where princip had shot--i drove there. and--and he took a little bit of rubble off the ground and gave it to me as...
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and the shelling in sarajevo so when you have so many of us that you want to prove in your case you want to call hundreds of witnesses it has to take time that's the choice that they make and that's the biggest reason why the cases take so long well thanks for your time peter robinson joining us live legal advisor to run and carnage talking to us from the hague thank you. well that brings you up to date for the moment the business news is next with kareena that's all for a short break stay with us for that. for the. we've got. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. in st petersburg oh she's available in hotels a story of a militant ambassador in a small school to kowtow to triplets return to the true school toto gold new gold and live until sunset pelvis you still dostoevsky live in a sea of polish column if you visit. now welcome to business let's take a look at the markets now or prices a low after new u.s. government reports provide fresh signs of slowing economic growth lights which is currently trading above one hundred dollars a barrel while brant
and the shelling in sarajevo so when you have so many of us that you want to prove in your case you want to call hundreds of witnesses it has to take time that's the choice that they make and that's the biggest reason why the cases take so long well thanks for your time peter robinson joining us live legal advisor to run and carnage talking to us from the hague thank you. well that brings you up to date for the moment the business news is next with kareena that's all for a short break stay with...
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i covered his brutal bombardment and siege of sarajevo and other towns and villages. from the hills, mladic's forces would fire down on innocent men, women and children. peter jennings was there, too, in the aftermath of the bombing of the sarajevo marketplace. >> the worst attack since this war began. >> reporter: then came the massacre in the summer of 1995. serbian cameras followed mladic and his soldiers as they handed out candy to terrified children and told them not to be afraid. but there was much to fear when those cameras were turned off. the women and children were separated, and the men and boys were cruelly gunned down, executed in cold blood. in the end, more than 7,000 bosnian moslem men and boys were slaughtered. like so many of these types, he would deny with a smiles face the appalling atrocities. and mladic turned bosnia into the worst killing ground since world war ii. christiane amanpour, abc news. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton paid an important visit to islamabad this morning. she addressed strained relations with the pakistanis. and of c
i covered his brutal bombardment and siege of sarajevo and other towns and villages. from the hills, mladic's forces would fire down on innocent men, women and children. peter jennings was there, too, in the aftermath of the bombing of the sarajevo marketplace. >> the worst attack since this war began. >> reporter: then came the massacre in the summer of 1995. serbian cameras followed mladic and his soldiers as they handed out candy to terrified children and told them not to be...
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the big one, he oversaw the siege of sarajevo, for one, the big one was srebrenica. and that was in 1995, when his troops went in and basically, well, literally massacred between 6,000 and 8,000 bosnian muslim men and boys. the other thing that made this worse, the srebrenica declared a u.n. safe haven. people were meant to be safe there. there was a dutch u.n. contingent there, very small, very lightly armed, and basically overrun. his men went in and butchered people. there's all kinds of evidence. there's video evidence of this happening. that's one of the videos there. it doesn't end well. >> where has he been? do they know for last 15 years? >> the thing is, there's a fringe, a nationalist fringe in serbia that supports him and thinks he was a patriot and only looking after the interests of serbia, and so he's had friends who have been looking after him all of this time. there are reports of him on ski fields, reports of him going to relatives' birthday parties and kristinings and stuff like that. it ended up he was caught in a village only 50 kilometers from th
the big one, he oversaw the siege of sarajevo, for one, the big one was srebrenica. and that was in 1995, when his troops went in and basically, well, literally massacred between 6,000 and 8,000 bosnian muslim men and boys. the other thing that made this worse, the srebrenica declared a u.n. safe haven. people were meant to be safe there. there was a dutch u.n. contingent there, very small, very lightly armed, and basically overrun. his men went in and butchered people. there's all kinds of...
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we lived and we reported the war, the siege of sarajevo, the bombardme bombardment, we saw men, women, and children who were not spared the monstrous that were rained down on them for three long years, 3 1/2 long years. i met him several times. he was a very cold man. he would smile and talk and try to be genial. but the eyes were very, very cold. and he was determined -- he believed in what he was trying to. do he believed that it was right to just kill or expel muslims from that part of boonz, that they wanted to keep it as an ethnically pure statelet so many years after world war ii. >> help us understand the chapter we're closing or hoping to close here. milosevic is dead. karadzic on trial in the hague and now mladiv apprehended. >> this is a very good month for international justice. that is what we should understand. that osama bin laden, for instance, was on the lam for nearly ten years after 9/11. he's been delivered summary justice. now ratko mladic, the architect, perpetrator of so much genocide for when which he's been indicted and crimes against humanity in europe after w
we lived and we reported the war, the siege of sarajevo, the bombardme bombardment, we saw men, women, and children who were not spared the monstrous that were rained down on them for three long years, 3 1/2 long years. i met him several times. he was a very cold man. he would smile and talk and try to be genial. but the eyes were very, very cold. and he was determined -- he believed in what he was trying to. do he believed that it was right to just kill or expel muslims from that part of...
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he led the siege of the bosnian capital sarajevo in which more than 10,000 were killed. but it was srebrenica in 1995 that mladic guaranteed his place in may. "you've nothing to worry about," the general told muslim refugees seeking protection from the u.n. then he ordered the women to be separated while men and boys were led away to their execution. almost 8,000 were systematically shot. and those who lost husbands brothers and sons today hoped that their wait for justice was finally over. >> ( translated ): they took my son and husband and brothers and many other relatives and many other friends and neighbors of mine. and all these years mladic was at large enjoying life. >> reporter: this was mladic giving orders in the bosnian war, then he gradually disappeared. only to resurface in this footage apparently shot in 2009. it showed him enjoying himself quite openly, despite being wanted for genocide. he reportedly wasn't wearing a disguise when he was arrested this morning and back in 2009 e.u. leaders were infuriated by these pictures of him frolicking in the snow. hi
he led the siege of the bosnian capital sarajevo in which more than 10,000 were killed. but it was srebrenica in 1995 that mladic guaranteed his place in may. "you've nothing to worry about," the general told muslim refugees seeking protection from the u.n. then he ordered the women to be separated while men and boys were led away to their execution. almost 8,000 were systematically shot. and those who lost husbands brothers and sons today hoped that their wait for justice was finally...
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he led the siege of the bosnian capital sarajevo in which more than 10,000 were killed. but it was srebrenica in 1995 that mladic guaranteed his place in may. "you've nothing to worry about," the general told muslim refugees seeking protection from the u.n. then he ordered the women to be separated while men and boys were led away to their execution. almost 8,000 were systematically shot. and those who lost husbands brothers and sons today hoped that their wait for justice was finally over. >> ( translated ): they took my son and husband and brothers and many other relatives and many other friends and neighbors of mine. and all these years mladic was at large enjoying life. >> reporter: this was mladic giving orders in the bosnian war, then gradually disappeared. only to resurface in this footage apparently shot in 2009. it showed him enjoying himself quite openly, despite being wanted for genocide. he reportedly wasn't wearing a disguise when he was arrested this morning and back in 2009 e.u. leaders were infuriated by these pictures of him frolicking in the snow. his a
he led the siege of the bosnian capital sarajevo in which more than 10,000 were killed. but it was srebrenica in 1995 that mladic guaranteed his place in may. "you've nothing to worry about," the general told muslim refugees seeking protection from the u.n. then he ordered the women to be separated while men and boys were led away to their execution. almost 8,000 were systematically shot. and those who lost husbands brothers and sons today hoped that their wait for justice was finally...
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at the height of his power when he was commanding the bosnian serb army and commanding the siege of sarajevo and the alleged massacre of 8,000 bosnia muslim men and boys. we've seen his wife come in and out several times. not commenting, not speaking to journalists. and apparently applying to try to see her husband who was captured in a village about an hour's drive north of the capital yesterday. christine? >> he's been on the run for 15 years. i mean, what is the public reaction in serbia? clearly there were people who were helping him while he was -- how he was out. there is relief he has been captured or is there a different sense from the serbian public? >> i think a lot of discomfort. i don't know if you heard a man walking pass, yelled ratko mladic's name. last night after midnight three young men chanting his name and clapping, some polls showing up to 40% of serbs consider him a hero, up to 70% of serbs would not turn him in, despite a reward of millions of euros offered by the serbian government. others saying that, you know, he reminds them of a shameful and dark period of serbian
at the height of his power when he was commanding the bosnian serb army and commanding the siege of sarajevo and the alleged massacre of 8,000 bosnia muslim men and boys. we've seen his wife come in and out several times. not commenting, not speaking to journalists. and apparently applying to try to see her husband who was captured in a village about an hour's drive north of the capital yesterday. christine? >> he's been on the run for 15 years. i mean, what is the public reaction in...
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he's responsible for three years of indiscriminate shelling of the city of sarajevo killing hundreds upon hundreds of people with mortars and tank rounds. he's the biggest figure out there on the wanted list for the moment. and his capture, if it certainly is him, will certainly in a way bring to a close the attempt to bring to justice those responsible for the war crimes in bosnia. he would likely go to the hague and end up at the criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia. >> he was indicted in 1995. and there have been those along the way who have said for him to live in this country, in this region for so long, he must have had help from serbian nationalists. what do we know, if anything, i guess about the complicated courts of trying to find him and bring him to justice? >> certainly we've reacted on tips over the past half a dozen years at least, belgrade, the building where he was believed to be living with his family, there was laundry drying on the line outside. the neighbors there in the apartment were incredibly hostile. he's believed to have wide sympathy among the serbi
he's responsible for three years of indiscriminate shelling of the city of sarajevo killing hundreds upon hundreds of people with mortars and tank rounds. he's the biggest figure out there on the wanted list for the moment. and his capture, if it certainly is him, will certainly in a way bring to a close the attempt to bring to justice those responsible for the war crimes in bosnia. he would likely go to the hague and end up at the criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia. >> he was...
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it was his forces under his command that stood on the hills around sarajevo for three years from the spring of 1992 until the end of the summer, 1995, barraging the city with morters and tank shells. if anything was a worse who are roar, in the summer of 1995, he and the head of the bosnian sesh army, swept into the city, rounded up more than 7,000 men and boyce, carted them off and mowed them down at gunpoint hiding the evidence in mass graves. it is a huge moment for bosnia that he has now been picked up and will go to the tribunal. it will bring some closure for some people. it will never he'll the pain of all the families that did lose loved ones. we can expect to see this serbian authorities following the letter of the law in serbia to make sure he has no comeback for his extradition to the haig, the international criminal tribunal, cautiously making sure he has no legal loopholes to get out of the charges. >>> thanks. >>> an hour and a half from now, officials in joplin, missouri, will release a list of people unaccounted for after sunday's tornado. the death toll stands at 125
it was his forces under his command that stood on the hills around sarajevo for three years from the spring of 1992 until the end of the summer, 1995, barraging the city with morters and tank shells. if anything was a worse who are roar, in the summer of 1995, he and the head of the bosnian sesh army, swept into the city, rounded up more than 7,000 men and boyce, carted them off and mowed them down at gunpoint hiding the evidence in mass graves. it is a huge moment for bosnia that he has now...
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tambiÉn se le acusa de los brutales bombardeos y el asedio que ordenÓ sobre sarajevo y otros poblados que acabaron con la vida de hombres, mujeres y niÑos. 16 aÑos tardÓ su captura. tras ser hallado escondido en una granja propiedad de un primo, la imagen de prisioneros se aleja del general. que justificaba sus actos dejen de que defendÍa a su pueblo ordenando una limpieza Étnica. compareciÓ ante una corte y enfrenta cargos por genocidio, se mostrÓ desorientado y cansado. familiares aseguran que sufre de hipertensiÓn, del corazÓn y tiene cÁlculos renales. lo hÍdrico es que el aÑo pasado su propia familia pidiÓ una corte que lo declarara muerto para poder cobrar su pensiÓn militar. expertos forenses han desenterrado las evidencias de sus presuntos crÍmenes. la comisiÓn internacional de personas desaparecidas se estableciÓ para encontrar e identificar los miles de cuerpos que sean ocultos en diversas fosas comunes al rededor del paÍs. de un aproximado de 30.000 desaparecidos se ha podido identificar dos persisten las vÍctimas. pero aÚn se buscan los restos de entre 8
tambiÉn se le acusa de los brutales bombardeos y el asedio que ordenÓ sobre sarajevo y otros poblados que acabaron con la vida de hombres, mujeres y niÑos. 16 aÑos tardÓ su captura. tras ser hallado escondido en una granja propiedad de un primo, la imagen de prisioneros se aleja del general. que justificaba sus actos dejen de que defendÍa a su pueblo ordenando una limpieza Étnica. compareciÓ ante una corte y enfrenta cargos por genocidio, se mostrÓ desorientado y cansado. familiares...