YUGOSLAV ARMY CHIEF TRIAL OPENS IN THE HAGUE

The former chief of the Yugoslav army Momcilo Perisic listened stoically while prosecutor Mark Harmon described him as one of the major architects of a Greater Serbia to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Thursday.

As part of the Serb leaders’ drive to create a Greater Serbia, large parts of Bosnia and Croatia had to ethnically cleansed, Harmon said. In his opening statement Harmon cited secret military documents and repeatedly asked the court to go into closed session so he could quote from them. read more (nrc.nl)

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October 6, 2008