Satisfaction for Srebrenica victims

In the Srebrenica trial a UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague convicted two of the seven defendants of genocide on Thursday. The Bosnian Serbs Vujadin Popovic und Ljubisa Beara were sentenced to life imprisonment. The victims will no doubt be satisfied with the judgement, the left-liberal Berliner Zeitung comments: "Back in March the Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić had the audacity to describe the massacre as a myth. His name is now included in the judgement against the high-ranking officers. The court is firmly convinced that they acted under the direct orders of the supreme command. A March 1995 directive bears Karadžić's signature. For the first time the direct chain of command is becoming visible which reached from the political leadership to the military staff to the perpetrators on location. The tribunal has made further progress towards incontrovertibly proving that Karadzic was the brains behind the bloody deed."

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