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Hague Tribunal Convicts 2 Former Croatian Generals

   VOA News  April 15, 2011
   A man reacts as he watches a live broadcast of the verdict from the
   Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague in Zagreb, Croatia, April 15,
   2011

Photo: AP

   A man reacts as he watches a live broadcast of the verdict from the
   Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague in Zagreb, Croatia, April 15,
   2011

   The United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague has convicted two
   former Croatian generals of war crimes against ethnic Serbs during the
   1990s Balkans conflict.
   The court sentenced Ante Gotovina to 24 years in prison and Mladen
   Markac to 18 years. They were accused of aiding and abetting murder,
   deportation and persecution of Serb civilians in the aftermath of the
   August 1995 "Operation Storm," which resulted in the recapture of
   Croatia's Krajina region.
   But judges cleared the third Croatian general on trial, Ivan Cermak,
   and ordered him released from custody.
   All three generals denied any wrongdoing.
   Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor had said she expects the U.N.
   court would set the three generals free. She asked their supporters to
   refrain from any extreme reactions to the verdict.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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