Posted on 12/02/2005 11:59:25 AM PST by montyspython
War crimes general 'fled country'
By a Correspondent
A former Croatian general, wanted by The Hague on war crimes charges, has fled his homeland and could be hiding in Africa or South America, the country’s leader said yesterday.
President Mesic said that a hunt for Ante Gotovina, accused of atrocities against Serb civilians in 1995, had led the Croatian authorities to conclude that he was no longer in the country.
“He would be a very naive person to seek refuge in Croatia. We have no reason to protect anyone wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal,” Mr Mesic told The Times on a visit to London.
Croatia was invited in October to begin talks on joining the EU on the understanding that Mr Gotovina would eventually stand trial. But Mr Mesic suggested that the matter was out of his hands. The former general has been on the run since his indictment in 2001 and was last reported to be hiding in a Franciscan monastery in Croatia.
International justice is certainly speedy. By the time he's convicted, he'll be entering his prison cell on an aluminum walker.
They'll never catch him, he's too well protected.
He can run...hide like a rat in a cave..how far they fall...
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