Serbia extradites Ratko Mladic to The Hague

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Source: BBC

Ratko Mladic is being flown from Belgrade to a UN tribunal in The Hague, after a Serbian court rejected an appeal against his transfer.

Serbia's justice minister said she had signed the extradition order. After the hearing, the former Bosnian Serb army chief was taken to the airport.

He faces genocide charges over the Bosnian conflict in the 1990s.

His lawyer had argued he was too ill to be tried. But doctors said he was fit enough to be extradited.

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1. We have a few walking around loose in this country who need a visit to the Hague.

George, Richard, Rush, Karl, Donald...

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2. Bosnian Serb Ex-Military Commander Ratko Mladic Headed to The Hague

Source: ABC News

By DRAGANA JOVANOVIC
BELGRADE, Serbia May 31, 2011

Serbian judges today rejected an appeal by accused war criminal Ratko Mladic and the former Serbian military commander was put aboard a plane headed for the The Hague to face charges of genocide.

His lawyer Milos Saljic visited Mladic in jail earlier today and said the ex-general was crying and very emotional during what he called a farewell visit by his wife and sister. They brought him a big suitcase with clothing he will need in The Hague, Saljic said.

Prosecutors in The Hague say they are currently thinking whether to merge the trialsof Mladic with that of former Serb commander-in-chief Radovan Karadzic who is already imprisoned in the Hague. The two men face the same indictment, but Karadzic's trial began in October 2009.

The list of charges against Mladic includes genocide, complicity in genocide, crimes against humanity, violations of the laws and customs of war.



Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/ratko-mladic-extradited-court-hague-face-genocide-war/story?id=13724650

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When will it be George W Bush's turn? Once in the docket, I'm pretty certain he'd turn on everybody around him, PDQ.

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