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When he first appeared he seemed almost like a school boy who knows he done wrong, diligently following the instructions of his three tribunal guards, not at all the bombastic and flamboyant Serb leader I remember from my years covering the Bosnian war.

Radovan Karadzic was looking measurably older, thinner in the face. But what ever he was thinking it didn't show on his face. He sat staring straight ahead, unflinching, unemotional as the judge read the charges. Accusations of the most heinous crimes, Genocide, extermination and murder.

The first flicker of something behind the stony façade was a half wry smile. Judge Alphons Orie asked if planned to have defense lawyer, he said "I have an invisible advisor" I don't need a lawyer. I was instantly reminded of some of his more obscure moments during the Bosnian war where he would state something so obviously full of contradictions it defied logical explanation. Read full article »

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