War crimes court jails ex-Croatian general Ante Gotovina for 24 yrs



the independent

REUTERS

Friday, 15 April 2011

A UN war crimes tribunal convicted a former Croatian general of orchestrating a campaign of murder and plunder to drive around 200,000 Serbs from a rebel enclave of Croatia, sentencing him to 24 years in prison.

Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said her government would "use all legal means to fight" today's ruling, which identified Ante Gotovina - along with the late Croatian President Franjo Tudjman - as part of a criminal enterprise dedicated to expelling Serb residents of the country's Krajina region. ...more...
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