Ratko Mladic at The Hague: body language for a history lesson

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After what seemed like delaying tactics, the former general now looks eager to give the court his version of Serb history

 Peter Beaumont

guardian.co.uk, Friday 3 June 2011 21.00 BST

The first words that Ratko Mladic spoke to the court were significant ones. Asked to confirm his name, he was deliberate: "Ja sam General Ratko Mladic." "I am General Ratko Mladic." Not a simple assent. Not even his given name, but The General.
As the hearing began he toyed with some stalling tactics, complaining he was gravely ill and short of time to read the three folders containing the charges and indictment against him. But by the time it had concluded it was clear that, confronted with the reality of the court, he was thinking in different terms about his defence than the "too frail to be tried" narrative being presented by his family and legal team.....more...

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