Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 26, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free july a9 bosnian serb Leader follows his own logic by Donald Forbes Reuter Yugoslavia by All Radovan Karadzic is a diplomats worst Nightmare self evasive and the Man who has said no for a year to the Blandishments of a world desperate for his signature on a Bosnia peace plan follows his own the bosnian serb Leader says he believes that the West has never wanted the serbs to lose the it is probable he is equally certain that although lie has been charged with War crimes by the United the outcome of the conflict will ensure he never appears in any his military commander Ratko and 22 other bosnian and croatian serbs Are the first men to face such indictment since the second world War leaders of Germany and the charges announced yesterday by a in tribunal in the Hague allege genocide and other crimes against humanity Aris ing from serb conduct during the three year old they Range from ethnic cleansing of bosnian muslims and croats to the Slaugh Ter of civilians in towns under artillery siege by the bosnian serb International condemnation has never swayed Karadzic in his conviction that however much his methods outrage the his Side will it is a message he has preached to sus Tain his people under blockade from for Mer allies in Serbia and the threat of air attack by the form of outside intervention most feared by with his trademark mass of Wavy Grey was a Hospital psychiatrist in prewar a Dabbler in the cultural life of the cosmopolitan bosnian he was known As a poet and a medical officer to the local soccer like Many others who have become prominent in the he is not a native the Karadzic family comes from he entered politics As nationalist fault lines began to presage the disintegration of old Yugoslavia and quickly Shook off any figurehead status among bosnian serbs to assert himself As a durable War his command of English made him a Nat ural spokesman for the bosnian serbs in the Early Days when they were courted at peace talks in new London and he proved to be a wily Neotia Well Able to survive the Pitfalls of inter National although his relations with Mladic Are often said to be the two men have been an effective double act in dealings with in and International Karadzic has endlessly soothed his Visi tors with promises of cooperation that Sladics army has promptly in the bullring of bosnian serb he took care to obtain consent in referendums for major such As the rejection last summer of an International peace armed with popular he has withstood constant pressure to com Promise from both where presi Dent Slobodan Milosevic backs the and the major the bosnian serbs have continued to refuse the peace thwart in efforts to curb their Defiance of the Security coun cil and to add to the 70 per cent of Bosnia they on the Day the United nations charged him with War Karadzic and his army were celebrating the capture of another unsafe area from their mus Lim nationalism from fam Fate his father by Tower commands a serb army that has captured about 70 per cent of Bosnia since the War started in april 1992 and has persistently shelled Sarajevo and other family married and had daughter who committed Sui cide last year in Belgrade Martic age Early career started professional life As police inspector in heartland of the serb minority in Power Leader of Croatia rebel Martic led an armed rebellion against croat is secession from family married father of muslims flee into Woods serbs capture in area Reuters Pap Sarajevo bosnian serb forces have taken their Sec Ond unsafe area in two and talks were held on evacuating tens of thousands of civilians from the latest town to serb troops swept into Zepa yesterday after More than a week of and some Muslim women and children ran into surrounding the serbs overran neighbouring Srebrenick two weeks Leav ing Gorade As the last bosnian held Safe area in Eastern up Rotor in Protection Force confirms from a in pres ence on the ground in Zepa that bosnian government army troops no longer appear to be in the in spokesman Chris ver non said in bosnian serb soldiers Are mov ing through Zepa with the bosnian government army confirmed its soldiers had abandoned the but said its troops were taking up positions in the nearby bosnian state radio a Large part of the free Territo two Safe havens Down in has four left to guard Reuter after the fall of Zepa and four of the six Safe havens the United nations set up in Bosnia in 1993 they Are Sarajevo Bosnia inhabitants and in troops separatist serbs Shell it almost daily from surrounding closing Airport and roads to food convoys and claiming numer Ous casualties in Bihac Northwest residents and in troops croatian separatist serbs Aid bosnian backed by anti government Muslim Tula Northern Sec Ond largest government in troops and about refugees from seized enclave of Srebrenick under frequent serb Gorade Eastern residents and 300 in troops serbs have been threatened 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