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War crimes in Bosnia

Blaskic found guilty on all 20 counts, jailed for 45 yrs
THE HAGUE. Mar 3: The UN war' crimes tribunal sentenced former Bosnian Croat General Tihomir Blaskic today to 45 years in prison for orchestrating bloody ethnic cleansing against Moslems during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war. reports Reuters.
The sentence against Blaskic. the most senior figure to be tried by the UN court, was the heaviest it has handed down.
He was found guilty on all 20 counts covering grave breaches of the Geneva Convention, violations of the laws or customs of war and crimes against humanity. One count on the shelling of Zelenica had been dropped by the prosecution.
Blaskic's wife Ratka collapsed and was carried sobbing out of the court after hearing the sentence. Blaskic appeared calm.
The crimes you committed General Tihomir Blaskic. are extremely serious. The acts of war ... the villages reduced to rubble, the houses and stables set on fire and destroyed, the people forced to abandon their homes, the lost and broken lives are unacceptable, presiding Judge Claude Jorda said.
The verdict ended a 25-month trial in which 158 witnesses produced more than 3,000 pages of evidence. It was only the eighth in the sevenyear life of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Blaskic, 39. was a commander of the Bosnian Croat HVO forces. He played a key role in a notorious incident in the Lasva Valley, when Bosnian Croat forces murdered more than 100 villagers in Ahmici in April 1993 before torching their homes.
While not charged with killing a Moslem by his own hand. Blaskic was guilty of failing to prevent the crimes and punish the perpetrators, the court said. "As a commander, you failed to take the necessary and reasonable measures which would have prevented the commission of those crimes or the punishment thereof." Jorda said.
Defence counsel Russel Hayman said he was "surprised and disappointed" at the ruling and announced that Blaskic intended to appeal. "This is not a just verdict. I hope the appeals chamber will affect justice." he told reporters.
Prosecution spokesman Paul Risley said the verdict marked a new powerful phase for I he Tribunal.
We'will no longer be forced to concentrate on the small fish who carried out the crimes. We can focus on the most senior individuals who orchestrated the crimes, commanded units or attempted to cover the crimes committed. This is a remarkable day for the Tribunal." he said.
Three senior former Bosnian Serb military figures. General Radislav Krstic. Clief of Staff Momlr Talic and General Stanislav Galic, are due to stand trial in the next six months.