Karadzic Case Offers Court a Chance to Repair Its Image

Hague Tribunal Stumbled In Prosecution of Milosevic Karadzic Caught After 13 Years Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's top war crimes fugitives, was arrested on Monday evening, July 21, 2008 in a sweep by Serbian security forces. By Kevin Sullivan and Peter Finn Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, July 24, 2008; Page A12 THE HAGUE, July 23 -- The arrest of Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader accused of genocide and crimes against humanity, offers a major test -- and, some say, a shot at redemption -- for the huge and costly international court that will try him. Its last big-name defendant, former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, at times seemed to be in control of his own trial, turning normally somber proceedings into a freewheeling forum in order to air his many political grievances.... [read full story]