Karadzic takes stand to deny war crimes

The former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, has blamed Bosnian Muslims for the war in Yugoslavia. He told the war crimes tribunal in The Hague on the 1 March 2010 that the Muslims wanted to dominate the whole country.

Mr Karadzic told the ICTY that the Serb cause in the Bosnian war was 'just and holy' at the opening of his trial for war crimes. Karadzic suspended his previous boycott of the hearings to present his defense before the court in The Hague.

ESO: Background information: Karadzic appears in court http://www.europeansources.info/record/karadzic-appears-in-court/

BBC News, 1.3.10: Karadzic defends Bosnian Serb 'holy' cause at trial http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8542297.stm

ICTY: Press: Events: Karadžić Trial - 1 and 2 March 2010 http://www.icty.org/sid/10230

Deutsche Welle, 1.3.10: Karadzic defends "just and holy" Bosnian war http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5299886,00.html

France24, 1.3.10: Karadzic calls Serb cause in Bosnian war 'just and holy' http://www.france24.com/en/20100301-radovan-karadzic-genocide-trial-set-resume-bosnia-war-crimes

BBC News, 2.3.10: Karadzic: Sarajevo and Srebrenica crimes are myths http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8545188.stm

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