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EXAMINER (USA) Aimee Kligman 'The State Department has a record of the Karadzic/Holbrooke deal' June 13, 10:45 AM For all of its rhetoric about bringing people to justice, and instituting democratic values wherever it can through diplomacy, the State Department doesn't look good in this particular case. Karadzic, who had been arrested and extradited to the Hague for his war crimes against humanity, has been crying foul for quite some time now, pointing to a promise made to him by now Ambassador Richard Holbrooke for immunity. Mr. Holbrooke has continued to deny any such arrangement with Karadzic. However, Muhamed Sacirbey, a man described by many as 'knowing too much' is being prevented by the U.S. State Department from travelling to the Hague, to serve as a key witness for the prosecution for war crimes of Serbia’s military chief of staff General Momcilo Perisic. He is a Bosnian American, who is a valuable key witness, who can provide much needed testimony about Perisic's involvement in the Srebrenica genocide, Sarajevo's siege and war crimes committed in Croatia. But, in an interview he granted the European Courier, Sacirbey concludes with no hesitation that there was indeed a deal made between Karadzic and Holbrooke. This is was the State Department doesn't want him to say: 'What I will testify to are facts. It is clear though that the State Department not only has record of the Karadzic/Holbrooke deal, but also has continued to deny it. To state it diplomatically, US State Department officials have not been truthful regarding this deal and have continued to deceive American and Bosnian citizens, including the US Congress. The evidence is now overwhelming of the deal but also knowledge of it within the State Department and intelligence services. At least some have known of the deal from the outset, apparently recorded as early as a July 22, 1996 report from the US Embassy in Sarajevo back to the State Department in Washington." It seems that once again, the US is not walking the talk. No one is above the law, and yet we are manipulating the law and preventing international justice from proceding in a case involving genocide and crimes against humanity. Charlie Rose interviews Ambassador Sacirbey in 1996: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4560932731678475190&hl=en Serbian News Network - SNN [email protected] http://www.antic.org/
