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Karadzic arrested for war crime

Serbian judge orders his extradition to UN tribunal

AP, Belgrade
Radovan Karadzic grew a long, white beard to conceal his identity and even managed to openly practice alternative medicine while in hiding, officials said yesterday in revealing details of the war crimes fugitive's capture after a decade on the run.
Karadzic, the wartime leader of Bosnian Serbs, was arrested Monday night in a Belgrade suburb. officials said. A judge has ordered his transfer to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Netherlands, to face genocide charges, war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic said.
Karadzic has three days to appeal die ruling. His lawyer. Sveta Vujacic, said he will launch the
process to fight extradition on die last day. Friday, to thwart authorities' wishes for his immediate transfer.
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Karadzic accused of masterminding the deadly wartime siege of Sarajevo and the executions oi up to 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. Europe's worst massacre since World War II had topped the tribunal’s most-wan ted list for years.
Government official Rasim Ljajic said Karadzic, once known for his distinctively coifed hairdo, was unrecognisable.
"His false identity was very con-vincing," V’ukcevic said. "Even his landlords were unaware of his identity."
Karadzic used a false name, Dragan Dabic, Ljajic said.
The editor in chief of Belgrade's "Healthy Life" magazine, Goran Kojic, said he was shocked when he saw the photo of Karadzic on TV recognising him as a regular contributor to the publication.
"It never even occurred to me that this man with a long white beard and hairwas Karadzic," Kojicsaid.
Karadzic's whereabouts had been a mystery since he went on the run in 1998, with his hideouts reportedly including monasteries and mountain caves in remote eastern Bosnia
Serbian security services found Karadzic, 63, on Monday while looking for another top war crimes suspect facing genocide charges. Bosnian Serb wartime commander Gen. Ratko Mladic, Ljajicsaid.
Karadzic “was arrested Monday evening near Belgrade while changing locations," he said. "International pressure was to arrest Mladic, and a lewhad expected that Karadzic would be captured."
A judge finished interrogating Karadzic on Tuesday and issued the order for his extradition.
Ljajic refused to reveal more details about his arrest, saying Karadzic's movements are being analysed and will be kept secret until Mladic's capture. "We are absolutely determined to finish this job." he said.
Karadzic disguised by the bushy beard and glasses managed to move freely while living in a new part of Belgrade and working at a private clinic, Ljajic said, holding up a photo of a much thinner-looking Karadzic.
Governments worldwide hailed the arrest of the man described by the tribunal as the mastermind of "scenes from hell, written on the darkest pagesofhuman history."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called it a "historic moment." "The victims need to know:
Massive human rights violations do not go unpunished." she said in
Berlin.
European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels said the arrest sets Serbia firmly on the path toward EU membership.
"We have waited for this for 13 years. Finally. Finally." said French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner . said in Brussels. "This is a very good thing for the rapprochement of Serbia with the European Union."
In Sarajevo. Bosnian Muslims rushed into thestreets Monday night to celebrate the news of Karadzic's arrest.
"This is a verv important day for the victims who nave waited for this arrest for over a decade." said the tribunal's head prosecutor. Serge Brammertz. "It clearly demonstrates that nobody is beyond the reach of the law and that sooner or later all fugitives will be brought to justice."
During the siege of Sarajevo that began in 1992. Bosnian Serb troops starved, sniped and bombarded the city centre, operating from strongholds in Pale and Vraca high above the city and controlling nearly all roads in and out.
Inhabitants were kept alive by a thin lifeline of food aid and supplies Erovided by UN donors and peace-eepers. Walking down the street to shop for groceries or driving down a main road that became known as "Sniper Alley" was a risk to their lives.
Die siege was not officially oi’er until February 1996. An estimated 10,000 people died.
The international tribunal indicted Karadzic on genocide charges in 1995. The psychiatrist and self-styled poet-turned-hardline Serbian nationalist continue to wield behind-the-scenes power over Bosnian Serbs, occasionally appearing in public before going into hiding three years later.
The worst massacre was in Srebrenica in 1995, when Serb troops led by Mladic overran the UN-protected enclave sheltering Bosnian Muslims. Mladic's troops rounded up the entire population and took the men away for execution.
Bv war's end in late 1995, an estimated 250,000 people were dead and another 1.8 million driven from their homes.
Under the UN indictment, Karadzic faces 11 countsofgenocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and other atrocities committed between 1992 to 1996.
He would be the 44 th Serb suspect sent to the tribunal in Die Hague. Die others include former President Slobodan Milosevic, who died there in 2006 whilcon trial