Draga Srbska deco svih uzrasta. Ima jedna stara poslovica koja glasi. KO PO NOCI PUTUJE A PO DANU DREMA KO CIFUTU VERUJE TAJ PAMETI NEMA. Pozdrav svima od cffcmk ----- Original Message ----- From: "ANTIC.org-SNN" <[email protected]> To: "'Balkan News'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "Serbia" <[email protected]>; "'SerbianNewsNetwork'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "'YUGO'" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:33 PM Subject: [SNN] Telegraph: Holbrooke 'did' offer Karadzic immunity
> This story gets a satisfyingly big splash in the Daily Telegraph: > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5039381/US- > envoy-Richard-Holbrooke-did-offer-Radovan-Karadzic-immunity.html > > US envoy Richard Holbrooke 'did' offer Radovan Karadzic immunity > Former US officials have supported claims that Richard Holbrooke, one > of America's most senior diplomats, offered Radovan Karadzic immunity > from prosecution during 1996 peace negotiations in Bosnia. > > > By Bruno Waterfield in Brussels > Last Updated: 8:11PM GMT 23 Mar 2009 > Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is pictured before > appearing in court at the International Criminal Tribunal. > Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is pictured before > appearing in court at the International Criminal Tribunal. Photo: AFP/ > Getty Images > > Mr Holbrooke, who is now playing a key role in negotiating President > Barack Obama's exit strategy from Afghanistan, has been dogged by > claims that he gave the former Bosnian Serb leader an immunity deal > during Clinton-era talks to bring peace to the former Yugoslavia. > > He strenuously denies that any alleged agreement with Mr Karadzic. > > But the allegation and a demand that Mr Holbrooke be called as a > witness will be rehearsed once again as part of Mr Karadzic's defence > against genocide and war crimes charges at UN tribunal hearings in > The Hague next week. > > Retired senior US state department officials confirmed that in July > 1996 Mr Holbrooke, who served as President Bill Clinton's Balkans > envoy, promised Mr Karadzic that he would not be prosecuted as part > of wider peace deal requiring him to give up power. > > "Holbrooke did the right thing and got the job done," said one. > > The claim by unnamed diplomats is made in a new study of the war in > the former Yugoslavia published by Purdue University in Indiana. > > Mr Karadzic has insisted that Mr Holbrooke's promise means he is > exempt from prosecution since his arrest, after more than a decade in > hiding, last summer. > > UN war crimes investigators have written to Washington asking for > clarification in a move that could embarrass the new US administration. > > Mr Holbrooke said in a statement: "No one in the US government ever > promised anything, nor made a deal of any sort with Karadzic. In > subsequent meetings, as a private citizen, I repeatedly urged > officials in both the Clinton and Bush administrations to capture > Karadzic." > > A "status hearing" on Mr Karadzic's appeal and case will be heard in > The Hague on April 2. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BalkanNews/ > > <*> Your email settings: > Individual Email | Traditional > > <*> To change settings online go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BalkanNews/join > (Yahoo! ID required) > > <*> To change settings via email: > mailto:[email protected] > mailto:[email protected] > > <*> 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/ > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "serbia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/serbia -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
