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UN War Crimes Trial Resumes in Srebrenica Massacre
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?r=279&ctl=1395E1C:A6F02AD83191E160284B4DF1190BD8389574F7DCC14957C0 Chief Prosecutor
Carla Del Ponte says Serbia government's failure to arrest war crimes
suspect Ratko Mladic is 'inexcusable' The U.N. war crimes tribunal in
The Hague has resumed the trial of seven former Bosnian Serb military
and police officers charged for their alleged role in the 1995
Srebrenica massacre.

Several of those on trial Tuesday face charges of genocide.





Carla Del Ponte



Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte used her opening statement today to
criticize Serbia's government for failing to arrest and extradite
fugitive war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic. She said it is "inexcusable"
that the former top commander of Serb forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina has
not been detained.

Mladic is thought to be hiding in Serbia. The Hague tribunal indicted
him for his role in attacks on civilians during the Balkan conflict of
the 1990s, including the Srebrenica massacre.

Serb forces killed about 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys after
capturing the town, which the United Nations had declared a Muslim
safe haven.

Five of the former officers, Ljubisa Beara, Ljubomir Borovcanin, Vinko
Pandurevic, Drago Nikolic and Vujadin Popovic, face various charges,
including genocide and extermination. Two others, Radivoje Miletic and
Milan Gvero, are charged with such crimes as murder and persecution.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP and AP.


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