Milan Martić sentenced to 35 years

Hard to take a court seriously when not one US politician or military figure will ever stand trial for war crimes in Iraq. Thousands have died, and yet, they justify it. What Bush and his henchmen have done in Iraq is ten times worse than anything that happened in Croatia.

Remember what Albright once said when asked "The sanctions on Iraq have contributed to the deaths of over 500,000 civilians... was it worth it?" And her answer was "Yes, it was worth it."

And yet, you'll never see her stand trial either.

So how can anyone take this court and it's verdicts seriously? These courts are created by the Western powers, the same western powers that are spilling blood all over the middle east for their own selfish needs. To me this verdict is a joke. Had the court been unbiased and completely, and I mean COMPLETELY neutral (in other words, they also indict Americans for war crimes) then I would gladly accept it and say it was legit. But I can't. I'm not suggesting he is innocent. I'm suggesting that when a court is unwilling to indict those who have destroyed a country like Iraq, well... how seriously can you take it?

If the Hague has the power to indict suspects posthumously, as in the case with Arkan, then surely they should indict Tudjman and Izetbegovic.

Martic sentence is a sham when the man behind the Operation Storm cleansing died in bed without an indictment.

Martic 35years.... Naser Oric... walks free. Justice? I think not.

Blacky, article is not about Iraq and whats done in Iraq has nothing to do with Martic.

But regarding your point which is valid to some extent, just because Americans have not been indicted doesnt make finding and putting on trial other war criminals wrong. Better that some are locked up than none. Cant have a perfect world but something is better than nothing and Martic is where he deserves to be, like all that have committed crimes.

If anything, ICJ and ICTY have lost more credibility because they allowed documents which implicate serbia as the aggressor in the 90's war hidden.

His actions were totally acceptable, considering what the Croats were doing at the time.

Justice maybe wasnt served in Oric's case, however it was in Martic's. As for Tudjman, Izetbegovic... the trial wasnt completed for Milosevic and Karadzic or Mladic will only be handed over when they are either dead or near death so there are some injustices on all sides. However justice on some is better than none.

As for Operation Storm, it was legit which noone doubts. Not even Carla Del Ponte. People in hague are for crimes committed during and after the operation not for the Operation Storm itself.

And Anthony, while serbs like to think that Operation Storm was ethnic cleansing, its a bit different ethnically cleansing people by removing them physically from homes and having ur own prime minister order an evacuation serveral days before the operation. And this is a fact backed up by documents/tv announcements/ Babic testimony. Either way, they should be returned, however the 100's of thousands of serbs in Krajina were not physically removed from their homes. In fact the serb army left before civilians. great courage.

According to the ICTY judges, reprisals are lawful and legal when they constitute an answer against an act of aggression, such at it was the case in the 1992 Serbian war against its peaceful neighbour.

Serbia is the one who attacked Croatia, and destroyed his cities, and killed its citizens.

Read this excerpt from Martic's judgement.

«In the law of armed conflict, belligerent reprisals are acts which would otherwise be unlawful, but which are rendered lawful by the fact that they are taken in response to a violation of that law committed by another belligerent. As a drastic and exceptional measure, reprisals are subject to strict conditions, which are well-established in customary law.

Reprisals may be used only as a last resort and only when all other means have proven to be ineffective. They may only be undertaken when a prior and formal warning has been given, which has failed to put an end to the violations committed by the adversary.

Blacky, article is not about Iraq and whats done in Iraq has nothing to do with Martic.

But regarding your point which is valid to some extent, just because Americans have not been indicted doesnt make finding and putting on trial other war criminals wrong. Better that some are locked up than none. Cant have a perfect world but something is better than nothing and Martic is where he deserves to be, like all that have committed crimes.

If anything, ICJ and ICTY have lost more credibility because they allowed documents which implicate serbia as the aggressor in the 90's war hidden.

Hard to take a court seriously when not one US politician or military figure will ever stand trial for war crimes in Iraq. Thousands have died, and yet, they justify it. What Bush and his henchmen have done in Iraq is ten times worse than anything that happened in Croatia.

Remember what Albright once said when asked "The sanctions on Iraq have contributed to the deaths of over 500,000 civilians... was it worth it?" And her answer was "Yes, it was worth it."

And yet, you'll never see her stand trial either.

So how can anyone take this court and it's verdicts seriously? These courts are created by the Western powers, the same western powers that are spilling blood all over the middle east for their own selfish needs. To me this verdict is a joke. Had the court been unbiased and completely, and I mean COMPLETELY neutral (in other words, they also indict Americans for war crimes) then I would gladly accept it and say it was legit. But I can't. I'm not suggesting he is innocent. I'm suggesting that when a court is unwilling to indict those who have destroyed a country like Iraq, well... how seriously can you take it?

If the Hague has the power to indict suspects posthumously, as in the case with Arkan, then surely they should indict Tudjman and Izetbegovic.

Martic sentence is a sham when the man behind the Operation Storm cleansing died in bed without an indictment.

Martic 35years.... Naser Oric... walks free. Justice? I think not.

His actions were totally acceptable, considering what the Croats were doing at the time.

Justice maybe wasnt served in Oric's case, however it was in Martic's. As for Tudjman, Izetbegovic... the trial wasnt completed for Milosevic and Karadzic or Mladic will only be handed over when they are either dead or near death so there are some injustices on all sides. However justice on some is better than none.

As for Operation Storm, it was legit which noone doubts. Not even Carla Del Ponte. People in hague are for crimes committed during and after the operation not for the Operation Storm itself.

And Anthony, while serbs like to think that Operation Storm was ethnic cleansing, its a bit different ethnically cleansing people by removing them physically from homes and having ur own prime minister order an evacuation serveral days before the operation. And this is a fact backed up by documents/tv announcements/ Babic testimony. Either way, they should be returned, however the 100's of thousands of serbs in Krajina were not physically removed from their homes. In fact the serb army left before civilians. great courage.

According to the ICTY judges, reprisals are lawful and legal when they constitute an answer against an act of aggression, such at it was the case in the 1992 Serbian war against its peaceful neighbour.

Serbia is the one who attacked Croatia, and destroyed his cities, and killed its citizens.

Read this excerpt from Martic's judgement.

«In the law of armed conflict, belligerent reprisals are acts which would otherwise be unlawful, but which are rendered lawful by the fact that they are taken in response to a violation of that law committed by another belligerent. As a drastic and exceptional measure, reprisals are subject to strict conditions, which are well-established in customary law.

Reprisals may be used only as a last resort and only when all other means have proven to be ineffective. They may only be undertaken when a prior and formal warning has been given, which has failed to put an end to the violations committed by the adversary.