The Hague court has convicted many Bosnian Muslim and Croats for war crimes as well. The thing with Karadzic was that he had a high profile. All sides committed atrocities, the only reason the Serbs get more of the blame is that they had a stronger army so did more atrocities.

N Khan, London, UK

To Viktor, Kosova had everything even before to be a independent state, serbians occupied us during the 2 world war by killing most of the man in kosova and on other hand proclamed to the world creation of free YU state (read history when and how serbs settled in KS).

Arben, Ferizaj, Kosova

Don't you think this guy looks just like Father Ted Crilley, fom Craggy Island?

Clive Spiteri, fuengirola,

Everybody knows where Tony Blair is and he is probably responsible for vastly more deaths than Karadzic.

When does he get his day at the Hague?

Jim Laflin, Bicknoller,

Radovan Karadzic is the architect of the worst war crimes that have been perpetrated in Europe since the Nazis.
He makes Saddam look like a saint.

The Times (esp) & other media have been so tame in portrayal, words and reporting on this occassion. Why so? Only prefer demonising arabs?

ish, Bristol, England

Izetbegovic said that choosing between Tudjman and Milosevic was like choosing between leukimeia and a brain tumour. There were atrocities on all sides but the Serbs started them, and commited the worst (and most) crimes.

Bush and Blair have never ordered the massacre of civilians.

Ben, York,

Mark, London, UK
Because Serbs did it first to Muslim and Croat villages. After that it all went in accordance with: Eye for eye, tooth for tooth. It was just that Serbs were the first to attack.

Igor, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Serbs would not have any problems with the extradition of Karadzic - if the Hague Tribunal did his job honestly and fairly in the past. But it didn't. It failed to punish the direct perpetrators of massacres against Serbs like Naser Oric, Ramush Haradinay, Hashim Tachi and Agim Cheku. Simple as that.

Danijel, Subotica, Serbia

Mark of London - why don'y you provide your evidence that 8200 men & boys did not die at Srebenica to Wikipedia? They can then inform the Hague that their judges got it wrong and put the Missing Persons commision straight. And the mothers, sisters & widows will feel so much better.

diana, derby,

Good. I'm sure there are a few Croatians, Albanians and Bosnians floating around too. Take note.

rach, reading, UK

Alexey, Moscow

...Naser Orić was convicted to two years imprisonment for failing to prevent the deaths of five and the mistreatment of eleven Bosnian Serb detainees.

A terrible crime, but a drop in the ocean compared to the brutality of the Bosnian Serbs.

Eddie, Stockholm,

Oric was acquitted on the other charges of causing damage to civilian infrastructure in the villages of Kravica, Siljkovići, Bjelovac, Fakovići and Sikirić because the Serb forces used artillery in the fighting in those villages. In the case of the village of Bjelovac, Serbs even used warplanes.

Eddie, Stockholm,

Judging by outfit and appearance, Dr Karadzic is now even further into his role of spell maker and false prophet. It is amazing how many people still believe in this man. For belief is the basis of his philosophy. Nationalism is a twisting of spiritual beliefs. A destructive act of the imagination.

Colin, Carmarthen, United Kingdom

Very impresive and even more interesting is the Netherland's atittude towards Srebrenica Case. Is their goverment trying to save the face of incapable and incompetent Duch comander and his troups, who were responsible for the safety of the residens. Where is THEIR RESPONSIBILITY ?

Nick, Novi Sad, Serbia

"Can someone tell me why only Serbs are being blamed" Because the west and America in particular has to divide everything into blocks of goodies and badies- a hangover from WW2. The late president of Croatia was as bad as anyone in the balkans but a word is never said about him.

Philip, London,

to BM Cook
I really don't think you can match off genocide with a bit of alternative healing. There is a great deal of "my enemy is worse than yours" on this board, but surely we can all agree that the sort of crimes against humanity instigated by Karadic must be prosecuted and punished

E Cook, Rochester, UK

I would send Georgy Bush and Tony Blair to trial instead. Their war crimes and the concequences thereof are much more appaling.

It would be a humiliation for the Serbs to extradite Karadzic.

Andrew, Cambridge, UK

oh hum, a textual war is always better than the real thing, futile(,war is,) but with less damage

francis, stradbroke,

Mark of London
I did 2 tours of duty with British Army in Bosnia and i assure you the brutality of the Bosnian Serbs is all around, destroyed Villages, houses with RPG hits, mass graves, orphans, i acknowledge that in war ALL sides commit inhumane acts, but by god, the Serbs were brutal !!

philip, oxford, England UK

Can someone tell me why only Serbs are being blamed it takes to to tango. Why did muslims destroyed all the villages around srebrenica that serbs lived in, no one is talkin about that. Thats the reason serbs attacked srebrenica. Also 8 000 people havent been killed thats a lie check it out.

Mark, London, UK

Well Margo dublini think u need to have more information about Serbian goverments what did , so it is only serbs who sarted wars in ax yougoslavia not any other country, also Carla del ponte book ,has been investigations but nothing was found, so before you make any comment have some more inform p

Doni, London, Uk

To Shkurte, PRISHTINA

ALBANIAN people already have one country - it is called Albania amusingly enough. What next? Partition of Macedonia, Greece, Germany and Switzerland to please more albanians?

John, London, UK

Yet again we see the double standards applied through the Hague tribunal, but what can we do? That institution is very subjective, unjustifiably expensive and long-outdated. It needs to be closed down, and the sooner, the better!

Simon Bull, LA, USA

BM Cook - he was hiding, in disguise.

If he wanted to expiate his sins he would give himself up. Don't make me laugh

banchang, dublin,

BM Cook, so he was a doctor for a few years, so was harold shipman, so was mengala, does that mean the evil they commited should be to some extent negated?
Nick Pisa- because its not about religion, in bosnia they where the victims, in 9/11 they were the perpetrators and financiers of the atrosity

will, grimsby, uk

I suggest that he serves some prison time, as a guest of the Americans in Guantanamo Bay prison camp...

Sam, Dallas, USA

Brave Europian community! You create moslim enclave in the mids of Europe and reliable basement for terrorism. Mr. Karadzic tryid to protect you but you handed him to hangmen from Hagua tribunal. We will only wait until your friends moslims settle account with you.

Boris, Surgut, Russia

What about arresting the muslims who massacred the Christians during this conflict?

Ellie, London, UK

If he had murdered Christians, he would still be a free man.

Steve, Leeds, UK

FOr many of us, he is a hero. I hope he gets a medal.

Violetta, Merg, Croazia

reading readers comments such as the above, helps me understand how easy it is, actually, for "leaders" to get the populous behind their delusions.

robert, vancouver, bc

This is hypocritical on sooo many levels. What about Naser Oric, the notorious Muslim warlord who razed and pillaged every Serbian village around Srebrenica? He used to kill babies in front of their mothers, record it on video and later boast these records as "Oric's greatest hits". And he's free.

Alexey, Moscow, Russia

its only a piece of justice that will 'satisfy' all those mothers of Bosnia who suffered from this horrible man. All this criminals suddenly became 'very peacefully' in Serbia by even 'healing the wounds' by alternative medicine. Serbia is full of criminals waiting to be departed to Hague Tribunal.

Arton, Dardanë, Kosova

A terrible person agreed, right up there with the people that spayed the Laotians and Cambodians with chemical weapons, Perhaps even as bad as the people responsible for the death of tens of thousands of Iraqis and Palestinians.

Winston, Toronto, Canada

What about Ramus Haradinay and Naser Oric who were released from Hague without even getting sentence,what do you think,they didn't kill Serbs in Kosovo and BiH.Only the Serbs are guilty.Is that justice?And Nick from Pisa,Americans want their own country in the Europe,thats why they like Albanians.

Viktor Volkov, Belgrade, Serbia

And Ferizaj Arben from fake country "KOSOVA"..Where do you live now?In a country called Kosova that was once part of Serbia.And where are Serbs from Kosovo now if you're victims?What happened to them?What about Ramus Haradinay?He is a hero for you,but for me he is a monster..

Viktor Volkov, Belgrade, Serbia

Interesting that how all of a sudden the criminals are being located; when it serves to bolster the politcal aims of the countries current leaders and will remove one of the sticking points to Serbian EU membership.

A L, NYC, USA

Well, whatever his motive, he has spent the last years doing good, and while I doubt if the numbers will add up (so many helped / comforted to so many slain / traumatised) at least he has made some step towards expiating his sins. I hope his contemnors will consider this.

B.M. Cook, Portsmouth, England

I am happy a monster like RK got caught, to bad nothing will change in the former Yugo region. The Croatians still thing they did nothing wrong and the Bosnians are still only victims. What about the stupid and ignorant American politicians. Who made sure that the Serbs could work freely in.

David , Houthalen, Belgium

How sad it is, to see the hypocrisy in all those who allowed to
get east european muslim murdered, and allowed this evil
Radonvan Karadzik, nd his sidekicks, who are free and no one
could touch them?

Why some muderers can getaway with crime against human?

Cllr Ken Tiwari (Independent), Oxford , United Kingdom

Radovan Karadzic is arrested and will be bring to court, but what about others?! What do you have to say about Serbs that were killed in Kosovo and during the war in Bosnia and Croatia? You forgot them, and they killers. WHY?
Thank you Margo for your comment, you didn't forget victims!

Nena, Belgrade, Serbia

This shows clearly that the Hague's war crime tribunal is just a ridiculous circus: Karadzic is arrested and judged whilst other much bigger war criminals like Blair and Bush are free, despite having ilegally invaded Iraq and started a civil war resulting in hundreds of thousands of deads.

John, Brighton,

The architect of the ethnic cleansing a man called "Dr Karadzic" dr of killings must be known that still remains a hero to most of the serbians, a nation which as reported used even their serbian Orthodox monasteries to hide their admired monster.

Arben, Ferizaj, Kosova

It's ironic that RK will be tried for war crimes in the Hague since it was Dutch troops, operating under the UN flag, who failed to protect the Bosnians from being massacred at Srebrenice. Perhaps the UN should be in the dock as well.

Stepan, Glasgow, UK

Why the Americans like muslims in Balkans and not in Iraq and Aghanistan?

Nick, Pisa,

The Serbs are sufferers,not killers.The Albanians WERE killing Serbian civillians.What about the book Carla del Ponte wrote?And if they bring Karadzic to court, why not bring those who killed the Irish on Bloody Sunday of 1971,by the way?Hague has double standards, punishing only Serbs.

Margo, Dublin, Ireland

Obviously this is very ironic. From warlord and butcher of Bosnia to new age doctor in Belgrade.....Seems like this guy needed one last massacre to achieve peace.

Marin, Korcula, Croatia

As advanced weapons are easy to obtain, it was already difficult to isolate a developing small war like in Yugoslavia. Moreover there was not enough political will from the United Nations to gather money for a UN-army in Bosnia and put an end to the adventurism of men such as Milosevic and Karadzic.

Jaap den Haan, Namen,

Bosnian muslims have killed 300 bosnian women and children in one day around Srebrenica . Bosnian Serbs have asked for those responsible for that crime to be surrended and since it was refused and then Srebrenica happened. No one in media speaks about it cause muslims can be perect victims.

Iain, Dublin, Ireland

Are we sure they haven't got the Archbishop of Canterbury?
He's probably been looking for a quick way out of his recent messes.
Never trust people who hide behind vast amounts of hair.

james allen, manchester, england

When I first heard the news one name came into my mind, Mugabe. Why the Bushes and the Blairs do not overthrow him is beyond my understanding. I guess, in this crazy world we live in, one has to wonder about the meaning of truth and how is presented to the masses.

Polis, southsea, UK

This could provide a powerful corrective to the many fallacies of alternative medicine.

Hugh Riddle, Littlestone, UK

Stephen Agim Ceku fought in the army against the Serbian army who massacred civilians.
You cannot deny the ALBANIAN people the right to defend our country against SERBS who invaded our country.
The ignorance of some Europeans posting here is not funny but TRAGIC, this IGNORANCE helped SERBS kill.

Shkurte, PRISHTINA, Republic of Kosova

Most amusing when people compare rulers like Mugabe and RK to Blair. Something tells me that these people need a reality check and should stop being quite so self-righteous. Your banal indignation beggars belief.

James Cullup, Oxford,

"The leaders/presidents of Iran, Syria and North Korea should be due for a visit to The Hague very soon.

God bless the West"

And what about Bush and Tony Blair, should they join the que as well PeterPaker?

Tim, Oxford,

What is this business of blaming coalition forces for killings by Islamic terrorists?

James, Monteria, Colombia

"Far from hiding in remote areas like other fugitives such as Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, Dr Karadzic appears to have established himself in the heart of the Serbian capital,..."
How do we know Osama bin Laden is not living in London and drawing incapacity benefit and social security?

Charan Muzaya, London, UK

Firing squad should be applied to perpetrators of genocide, like the Nuremburg trials. Otherwise you will just give the guy a platform to promote himself, outwit you and prove you idiots, like Milosevic did with Lord Ashdown. He so relished the opportunity he chose to be his own attorney!

Charan Muzaya, London, UK

The leaders/presidents of Iran, Syria and North Korea should be due for a visit to The Hague very soon.

God bless the West.

PeterParker, Gotham,

1 million +, dont be so stupid, firstly its more like 100,000 that have died in iraq,and more importantly our soldiers have killed probably 1/5 of those that the terrorists have killed, and our soldiers have only killed civillians accidentally.
where karadic exterminated civllians.

will, grimsby, uk

What ever he has done cannot be undone now, the question is what will law do to a 63 year old man.

Amit , New Delhi, India

Andrew - I think you have completely misrepresnted Stephen's comment. He is entirely correct. Ther eis no point pretending that Kosovan independence is universally popular, whether or not you agree with it. You are also correct, of course, that that slaughter was revolting and must be addressed.

Danny Reynolds, London,

As for me, firstly it is necessary to determine what the war crime is. Is any difference between the victim of the ethnic cleansing and the victim of the bombing Belgrad by NATO, except the first one was killed by bad boys and the second one by good men.

Vitaly, Russia,

Kept him in a room for three days and blindfolded. At least his captors had the common decency to keep him alive. Which is more than can be said for the eight thousand men and boys he had murdered in Srebrenica.

May he get what's coming to him.

Neil, Midlands, England

Dr Karadzic. Another old cold-war warhorse. Caught at last. Mugabe is from the same dark era, although in an African context. Both these men should face trial in the Hague for their crimes. Marxist/fascists. Many of them are now dead but all of the remainder should be brought to account.

Colin, Carmarthen, United Kingdom

This will only be another long drawn out fiasco in the Hague. The UN war crimes tribunal is nothing short of a joke, Milosevic had them all dancing like puppets and nothing was acheived. Give this animal to the community he tried to wipe out and let them deal with him.

Viv, London, England

I hope the next arrest for La Hague will be Tony Blair and his acolytes, Berlusconi and Bush. It is about time that one realises, that these 3 figures in particular, are the source of years of massacre, and civil death all over the middle east.

Lauren, London, UK

About time! Criminals and mass murderers can run and hide but eventually they will have to pay the price for their crimes

Abid, Shipley, UK

It's a shame when someone who lacks any knowledge of the area or history there makes remarks such as yours Stephen, Glasgow. 8,000 unarmed men in 3 days dead and endless children killed. It's people with your logic that are a thorn in any country.

Andrew, Oxford,

geez looking at him i thought he had been disguised as the welsh labour guy, seperated at birth or what?

megz, glasgow,

Radovan Karadzic is a mere amateur compared to bush and blair who have netted a million+ between them.

Chris Bovey, Totnes, UK

Was Radovan Karadzic any worse than Agim Ceku?

Kosovo will become a very large thorn in the side of the European Union, and then history will begin repeating.

stephen, glasgow,

No doubt he'll do a Pinochet or Guiness trial jobby and say he's got dementia and is unfit for trial.

Mikko Takala, Drumnadrochit, Scotland