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Biography of Radovan KaradzicName: Radovan KaradzicBirth Date: 1945 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Yugoslavia Nationality: Serbian Gender: Male Occupations: politician, nationalist, psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic Radovan Karadzic (born 1945), the leader of the Bosnian Serbs, pursued a course of "ethnic cleansing" as he struggled to gain independence from the Muslim-controlled Bosnian government in the former Yugoslavia. He has been indicted by the World Court in The Hague for his actions.Radovan Karadzic, leader of the Bosnian Serb faction in the war-torn former Yugoslavia, has been called a man guilty of war crimes, the "Butcher of Bosnia," and a world-class terrorist. His political opponents have called him a "black-shirt Fascist," and compared him to former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. His program of "ethnic cleansing," which has resulted in the death of more than 200,000 Muslim opponents and the displacement of an estimated one million more--in addition to the systematic rapes of thousands of Muslim women by Serb troops--has sickened world observers. The New York Times has claimed that he is "surely one of Europe's most endangered …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…ABC for billion1995: U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown killed in Croatian plane crash Further Reading further readingBoston Globe, April 25, 1992, p. 2.Christian Science Monitor, March 27, 1995, p. 6.Detroit Free Press, April 24, 1995. p. 5A; April 27, 1995, p. 5A.Los Angeles Times, May 17, 1993, p. A1; March 3, 1994, p. A11.New Perspectives Quarterly, fall 1992, p. 47.New Statesman & Society, June 2, 1995, pp. 14-16.New Yorker, December 26, 1994/January 2, 1995 (double issue), p. 7.New York Times, May 17, 1992, Sec. 4, p. 7; February 3, 1993, p. A8; March 5, 1993, p. A8; March 24, 1993, p. A3; May 19, 1993, p. A10; October 29, 1993, p. A8; November 14, 1993, p. 1; July 22, 1994, p. A3; August 11, 1994, p. A10; December 1, 1994, p. 1; February 3, 1995, p. A12; April 13, 1995, p. 1; November 3, 1995, pp. A1, A12; June 3, 1996, pp. A1, A4.U.S. News & World Report, July 24, 1995, p. 26.Washington Post, November 10, 1992, p. A24; August 19, 1993, p. A24.CNN Interactive June 25, 1997, "http://cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9707/24/RB002732.reut.html."Additional information for this profile was obtained from the New York Times Web site, May 17, 1996, and May 21, 1996. |