Posted on 08/06/2008 12:39:39 PM PDT by nuconvert
Karadzic demands Holbrooke, Albright appear in court
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic demanded on Wednesday that former U.S. peace mediator Richard Holbrooke and ex-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright appear at the U.N. war crimes tribunal to back his claims of an immunity offer from the United States.
Karadzic, who was transferred to the Hague's International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia last week to face war crimes and genocide charges after 11 years on the run, challenged the legality of the case against him, a filing released by the tribunal showed.
In the document, Karadzic repeated his claims that in 1996 Holbrooke had offered him immunity from the tribunal if he disappeared from public life.
Karadzic argued that when Holbrooke realized he could not persuade the court's chief prosecutor to drop the indictment he decided to "liquidate" him instead.
He said several attempts had been made to locate and assassinate him, and that he feared "the long arm of Mr. Holbrooke or Mrs. Albright" could reach him even in jail.
"It is because of this and because of the fact that an agreement between the USA and me has been breached that I wish to challenge the legality of the proceedings in their entirety and as well as any individual step thereof," Karadzic said in the four-page filing,
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Hahaha! YES!
That too rich LOL!
They can go voluntarily if they choose (they won’t) but I’m completely against any attempt to obligate current or former United States officials to testify in front of any united nations court.
http://www.apfn.org/THEWINDS/1998/04/world_court.html
Maddie has long been a supporter of turning over power to international courts. Now it’s her turn.
Did Karazsick lose his “get out of jail free” card somewhere along the line? Very careless of him.
He said several attempts had been made to locate and assassinate him, and that he feared "the long arm of Mr. Holbrooke or Mrs. Albright" could reach him even in jail.
So Holbrooke and Albright have/had a murder contract on Karadzic?
Maybe Halfbright will squat 400 lbs. for him.
Why stop there? Why not Wes Clark and BJ Clinton?
If those people made a agreement with him, then they should be compelled to be there.
Clinton Legacy continues to thrive.
Hague Judge Silences Bin Laden Bosnia Testimony, as NATO’s Claims Questioned
www.balkanalysis.com ^ | 8 February 06
Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 2:28:20 AM by tgambill
http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1575113/posts
Judge Patrick Robinson immediately shut down a Western journalist on the Hague Tribunal witness stand last week, when she disclosed having seen Osama bin Laden waltz into the office of late Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic in November 1994.
Se #4: Sept. 10, 2002
Cumberland, Md.: Where you aware of the KLA and Bosnian Muslims’ ties to Osama bin Laden at the time you were negotiating with them?
Richard C. Holbrooke: Yes. In fact, we were so concerned about this issue that we wrote into the Dayton Peace Agreements a clause requiring the withdrawal of all “foreign elements” within a short time after the agreement took force. When we found elements that had remained behind,
we launched raids against them. Not all of these people were removed,
and the effort is still continuing. Without the peace in Bosnia, there is a real chance that bin Laden would have been able to set up in the
Balkans what he did in Afghanistan with far greater danger to the West...
yes, I know about the bin Laden/Bosnia connection.
And your point is?
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