Karadzic protected by US until he broke 'deal': Belgrade report

Karadzic protected by US until he broke 'deal': Belgrade report

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BELGRADE (AFP) — Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic was protected by the United States until a CIA phone bug caught him breaking the terms of his "deal", the Serb newspaper Blic reported Saturday, quoting a US intelligence source.

The newspaper claims Karadzic was secretly granted immunity in return for keeping a low profile.

"Karadzic, indicted for genocide and war crimes, was under US protection until 2000, when the CIA intercepted his telephone conversation that clearly proved he personally chaired a meeting of his old political party," the daily quoted a "well-informed US intelligence source" as saying.

That view partly echoed what Karadzic himself told the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in his opening written submission this week. He told The Hague-based court that US peace negotiator in Bosnia, Richard Holbrooke, had promised he would avoid trial if he withdrew from public life.

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[edit on 2-8-2008 by UFOpsychiczebra]

Not surprising really is it. So, exactly when are people going to realise that this kind of thing happens with all world leaders and global criminals?

The US were happy to help a mass murderer go free... again, as long as it serves their political interest that is.

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[edit on 2-8-2008 by UFOpsychiczebra]

Interesting. Any idea what benefit the U.S. got out of the deal?

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That would be interesting to know. Maybe it will come out at the trial. Unfortunately he may be using that accusation as a threat to get them to cut a deal with him and so the rest might not come out. Maybe they were worried about information coming out about their involvement in atrocities and they knew he would spill the beans? Now they are having to settle for plausible deniability, always one of their fallbacks.

I am guessing they would have preferred he stayed missing. It is of course possible he is making it up but history tells that is unlikely.

Already posted: www.abovetopsecret.com...

We should stick to the first thread