General Momcilo Perisic sentenced to 27 years in prison
September 6, 2011, The Hague
As the remaining trials of alleged war criminals approach the finishing line, another former general was sentenced to a long prison term today. General Momcilo Perisic was sentenced to 27 years for providing ammunition and logistical support to rebel Serbs in Bosnia and Croatia.
Again this writer is struck by the hypocrisy of the West. It is quite happy to supply the rebels in Libya with weapons and munitions but never sees that such steps can lead by the wrong sort of example.
September 6, 2011, The Hague
As the remaining trials of alleged war criminals approach the finishing line, another former general was sentenced to a long prison term today. General Momcilo Perisic was sentenced to 27 years for providing ammunition and logistical support to rebel Serbs in Bosnia and Croatia.
Again this writer is struck by the hypocrisy of the West. It is quite happy to supply the rebels in Libya with weapons and munitions but never sees that such steps can lead by the wrong sort of example.
Perhaps the difference here is that this General offered help to fighting forces held responsible for the Srebrenica massacre and deadly four-year campaign of shelling and sniping in Sarajevo. The forces he aided are deemed to have been responible for terrible atrociticies. However it is still a case of twisting the truth and words to suit our own ends. Justice for the people of Bosnia and Croatia.
The judges accquitted the General on charges of being diretcly responsible for any war crimes. The General is aged 67 and if he serves the whole of his sentence will probably die in prison. If not he will be an old man by the time he is freed.
The judges accquitted the General on charges of being diretcly responsible for any war crimes. The General is aged 67 and if he serves the whole of his sentence will probably die in prison. If not he will be an old man by the time he is freed.
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