Croatian General Brought in front of the Hague

The New York Times reports the start of the trial against General Gotovina and his two co-defendants, Gens. Ivan Cermak and Mladen Markac, for war crimes and crimes against humanity:

Mr. Tieger, the prosecutor, detailed brutalities that he said were inflicted by the Croatian military and the police on Serbian villagers. He said they burned hundreds of homes, killed elderly people who could not leave, killed livestock and poisoned wells to make sure no Serb refugees returned. The operation left “a scarred wasteland of destroyed homes and villages,” he said.

The prosecutor also cited comments from General Gotovina who, in the days after the operation, referred to his troops as “spoiled children” and “barbarians.”

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