In the words of the presiding judge, radko mladic was responsible for the most heinous of crimes known to mankind. It was his orders that led to the slaughter in srebrenica of 8000 men and boys, whod been separated from women, taken away in buses or marched off to be shot. It was the worst atrocity in europe since world war ii. Mladic, known as the butcher of bosnia, tried to shout down the judge as the verdict was read today. In his absence he was declared guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity, extermination, deportation, forcible transfer, and the taking of hostages. The 74 year old will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Heres our special correspondent allan little from the hague. Mr mladic, sit. It has been the most emotionally charged of all the trials this court has heard. Meradic, if you. Mladic demanded a halt to the hearing because of his high blood pressure. When thejudge refused, mladic was led out yelling obscenities. Curtains down, mr mladic will be removed from
Commander radko mladic has been jailed for life. He was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity during the bosnian war of the 1990s. This was mr mladic during the war, when he was nicknamed the butcher of bosnia. In the town of srebrenica in the east of bosnia and herzogovina he oversaw the massacre of more than 7,000 bosniak men and boys. It was the worst atrocity in europe since the second world war. He was also found guilty of deliberate attacks on civilians in the countrys capital of sarajevo. This decision was handed down in the dutch city of the hague, where the un had set up a criminal tribunal to investigate crimes committed during the bosnian war. This was radko mladics reaction as the judge read out the verdict. Translation mr mladic, if you continue like this. We have seen theres quite a few times during the trial. Its been common for him to interruptjudges in the un criminal tribunalfor the former yugoslavia. Today he was eventually removed and thejudge carried
President ial scandals. This a good day to have a former highlevel National Security official to give you some perspective. President trump has only been in office, like, 2 1 2 years. Hes now looking for his fourth National Security adviser who i think if he finds that person will actually be the fifth person to whom he has offered the job. But today was, like, a banner day for all of them all at once. Start with the first one. President trumps first National Security adviser mike flynn, he spent today in federal court where he learned of his new probable sentencing date. The date on which he will find out if hes going to jail after he pled guilty to a felony for lying to federal investigators about his secret contacts with the russian government. Now, today was sort of a good news bad news day for mike flynn. Starting with the bad news, it just maybe this is just me, it does seem to me kind of ominous that the likely sentencing date he got today in court is december 18th. If that in f
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