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Bosnian Serbs launch 'Hague or Hell' campaign ISN SECURITY WATCH (23/03/05) - Bosnian Serb authorities have for the first time initiated a public campaign urging citizens in the country's Serb-dominated entity to help locate war crimes suspects wanted by the UN tribunal. The "It's Us or Them" campaign, carries a less-than-subtle slogan: "Either they go to The Hague or we go to hell." Officials have said they would put up billboards throughout the country's Republika Srpska entity, listing the names of fugitive war crimes suspects and a hotline telephone number to call with any information as to their whereabouts. Bosnian Serb authorities said the campaign also includes a plan to broadcast advertisements on local television that portray the most-wanted war crimes suspects, particularly wartime Bosnian Serb leaders Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic. The move is a significant one given the fact that many still view Karadzic and Mladic as war heroes. Jovan Spajic, the director of Republika Srpska's Bureau for cooperation with the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY), told a press conference that the campaign was meant to inform the public about the necessity for Bosnian Serbs to fulfill their obligations to the UN court. He also said the local authorities fully expected the citizens to assist in informing on war crimes suspects. Bosnian Serbs are under immense international pressure to hand over all war crimes suspects believed to be hiding in the entity. The failure to fully cooperate by next month could lead to Bosnia's third rejection for its bid to join NATO's Partnership for Peace program. In April, NATO will again consider Bosnia's application for the program, which is a first step towards joining the alliance. A third rejection could signal the end of Bosnia's NATO bid. The EU has set the same conditions for Bosnia to begin membership negotiations. The international community's high representative to Bosnia, Paddy Ashdown, has threatened further sanctions against Bosnian Serbs if NATO rejects its bid for a third time. Ashdown has used his sweeping powers to fire scores of high-ranking officials and freeze the assets of those suspected of supporting war crimes fugitives. Bosnian Serb authorities have so far failed to arrest a single war crimes suspect, and has managed to use financial incentives to persuade only four to surrender voluntarily. The entity's "surrender program" offers �25'000 to war crimes suspects who voluntarily surrender, as well as additional financial assistance to suspects' families. (By Anes ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
