Tuesday, July 22, 2008

It seems they found another suspected Serbian war crime fugitive living out in the open with a changed identity and look.

This reminded me of Samantha Power's A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, where Power writes on the policy of nonconfrontation in Bosnia and refusal of the Clinton administration to make arrests of these criminals. It wasn't until the organization Arrest Now! published "the suspects' home and work addresses, as well as the places they liked to drink coffee, take walks, or work out." (493)

The late Senator Jesse Helms compounded the situation by sending a letter to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (after the State Department offered a $5 million award for info leading to the arrest of leading Serb culprits) saying, "I have the information that you are looking for:"

Mr. Milosevic and Mr. Mladic both are residing in Belgrade. Mr. Milosevic recently laid a wreath at the Grace of the Unknown Soldier on Mount Avala (to mark the first anniversary of the NATA bombing of Serbia). His address is: Presidential Palace, 15 Uzicka Street, Dedinje district, Belgrade.

Mr. Mladic is apparently unaware that he should be in hiding - he took a leisurely afternoon stroll down Knez MIhailova Street on Friday, March 24, waving at Belgraders as he walked along, and was spotted just this weekend at the Belgrade stadium taking in a soccer match.

Mr. Karadiz (who they just found according to the link above) remains in the Pale area of Bosnia - living in the midst of thousands of NATA peacekeepers - where he has been seen regularly in public in recent months.

Reward payment should be made to Rev. Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse, a well-known and highly respected charitable organization in North Carolina.

Kindest regards.
Sincerely,
Jesse Helms
(493)

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