Bosnian Croat war criminal dies after taking poison in UN courtroom
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017...obodan-praljak
A former Bosnian Croat general has died after drinking a phial of poison while standing in the dock at a UN tribunal in The Hague, where his war crimes sentence of 20 years was upheld.
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I was just reading his Wikipedia entry...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slobod...CTY_indictment
He'd been in jail clear since 2004. So even with his upheld 20-year sentence, he'd already served most of his time, and didn't have that far left to go.Praljak was among six accused by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), in relation to the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.[1] On 5 April 2004 he surrendered and was transferred to the ICTY. In his indictment it was alleged that Praljak as a senior military official commanded, directly and indirectly, the Herceg-Bosna/HVO armed forces which committed mass war crimes against Bosnian Muslim population in around 30 municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In his role as a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Defense, he was closely involved in all aspects of not only the Herceg-Bosna/HVO military planning and operations but the actions of the Herceg-Bosna/HVO civilian police too.[1]
Guess he just wanted to go out in a blaze of glory and make a political statement against the legitimacy of the Court, to "have the last laugh" as it were.
The recent history of that region is pretty ugly, especially the decades leading up to the collapse of the former communist Yugoslavia. Western intelligence agencies (namely the CIA and German BND) were really working hard behind the scenes, stoking up racial and ethnic tensions, so that when Yugoslavia finally tore itself apart there was a lot of "bad blood" (to put it mildly.)
Last edited by LAGC; 11-30-2017 at 01:04 AM.
"That tyranny has all the vices both of democracy and oligarchy is evident. As of oligarchy so of tyranny, the end is wealth; (for by wealth only can the tyrant maintain either his guard or his luxury). Both mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms." -- Aristotle, Book V, 350 B.C.E
It was Christians against Muslims. The USA backed the wrong side ... again!
I'd say your right I heard he had a history of drama and everyone there thought it was another stunt so didn't take it too seriouslyOriginally Posted by LAGC
From your link:
Praljak was also a theater director in theaters in Zagreb....He directed television dramas .....documentaries......and film
Yeah no kidding I worked with some Serbians when that was going on
They would get news from back home that shed some different light on things
Now it looks like we're bailing on the Kurds thanks to rules Obama had in place with his buddies
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Agreed. They were sick of the muslim hoards doing what they do.
yep. they were settling scores hundreds of years in the making.
Gotta wonder why the world is cow towing to islam at this point.
Trump needs to change that. the Kurds not only are deserving of their own state, but fought hard with us. One of the few allies in the region. It will be a crime to desert them now.
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