Sunday, May 29, 2011

Mladic: Called "Hero" by Serbs, "Butcher" by Muslims; 10,000 Serbs Protest in Belgrade to Support Him

The Euro News website reports today (May 29, 2011) that a candlelit vigil has been held for Ratko Mladic in the village of Lazarevo in Serbia. The Bosnian Serb wartime general -- indicted for the massacre of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica during the Bosnian War -- was found at a house in the village on May 26. For the people living there, Mladic is a hero who fought for Serbia.

Tomorrow, Mladic's lawyer plans to appeal against plans to extradite his client to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Holland. Milos Saljic says Mladic's health is deteriorating -- he has had several strokes.

Mladic, 69 -- who has been nicknamed "the Butcher of the Balkans" -- is being charged with war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia.

About 10,000 protesters -- Serbian nationalists in support of Mladic -- attacked police in Belgrade today, and demanded that Serbian President Boris Tadic and his government quit because of Mladic's arrest.

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