Former Bosnian senior official "detained then released"

Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said that Ganić was released because of logistical reasons.

“The Serbian Interpol Bureau called for an official explanation because of it,” Dačić said.

It seems like serbian warrants are not valid anymore. Don't understand why serbia is embarrasing itself over and over again with these pathetic warrants!

Ejup is a friend of the west so his indiscretions can be overlooked and any murders he may have committed were done in a style acceptable to the US/EU i.e. democratically. Next time a criminal from the UK arrives in Serbia let him or her go free. That should fix things up.

Pathetic or sympathetic warrants...what we need is that Ganić, Haradinaj and rest of Kosovo terrorists team, that we look for, do the wrong actually right step in the wrong actually right country which do comply with international laws and then we will be having our hand of justice on them.
No rush, we are patient and having just plenty of time. Warrants do have a certain lifetime value.

Locks like Mr. Southern Serbia's Province-USA is getting anxious himself?

Indeed, Serbian Interpol warrants don't seem to be well respected, but some of the suspects bear scrutiny, and Ganic is one of them.

Unfortunately for Serbs seeking justice for the crimes committed against them in BiH, the arrest of a former Muslim politician seems highly unlikely. The Muslims have been accused of some horrible atrocities, but because of their successful campaign to garner international sympathy during the war, they are usually viewed by outsiders as relatively innocent victims of a Serbian aggression.

The reality, of course, is not that simple. Muslims, led by the likes of Naser Oric in Srebrenica and Atif Dudakovic in northwest Bosnia, are believed to have murdered thousands of civilians. Ejup Ganic is regarded by some as largely responsible for Muslim atrocities committed in around Sarajevo, including mortar attacks on his own people which he would blame on Serbs, numerous violations of the weapons TEZ and firing on UN aircraft. Ganic has also been accused of being utterly uncooperative in peace negotiations.

And then we have this heinous crime in particular for which he has been indicted by Belgrade.

Such Interpol warrants are by no means ridiculous, and raising the profile of Muslim crimes through the trial of a senior Muslim leader such as Ganic could ultimately prove valuable in promoting long-term reconciliation to peoples of ex-Yu. Too little is known about the crimes of non-Serbs in the 90s wars, and even less about prior conflicts -- mainly the Second World War -- that made so much of the nationalist revival of the 80s possible.

This is not to say, however, that Serbs were justified in carrying out major wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo (and a much lesser campaign in Slovenia, which was likely more of a true JNA action than anything else). While there can be little doubt that Serbs in Croatia, for example, were made to feel most unwelcome by unfortunate individuals such as Franjo Tudjman, we must ask ourselves: did the Serbian politicians of the day -- Slobodan Milosevic, Milan Babic, Radovan Karadzic, etc -- truly make a sincere and earnest effort to avert war? Did Serbs in Croatia and Bosnia truly have to pick up arms to defend their civil rights? Could the leaders of the former Yugoslav republics not have spent just a little more time on trying to settle their differences in a peaceful fashion?

I would strongly argue that they could have, but sadly, were far too concerned with their own personal gain to consider the utterly senseless horror that they were about to unleash on millions of innocent lives.

If there had been a genuine need for Serbs to go to war to protect their kind in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo, they could have resorted to that unfortunate option after waiting to see how events played out over the course of 2-4 years. They could have waited to see what Franjo Tudjman and Alija Izetbegovic would do in Croatia and Bosnia. In Kosovo, they could sat down with Ibrahim Rugova to discuss restoration of some kind of autonomy.

When we consider the events of the early 1990s, it is hard to question why the Serbian image abroad quickly became tarnished, and why it is today that suspected war criminals like Ejup Ganic and Ramush Haradinaj aren't regarded the same way as their Serbian counterparts.

Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said that Ganić was released because of logistical reasons.

“The Serbian Interpol Bureau called for an official explanation because of it,” Dačić said.

It seems like serbian warrants are not valid anymore. Don't understand why serbia is embarrasing itself over and over again with these pathetic warrants!

Indeed, Serbian Interpol warrants don't seem to be well respected, but some of the suspects bear scrutiny, and Ganic is one of them.

Unfortunately for Serbs seeking justice for the crimes committed against them in BiH, the arrest of a former Muslim politician seems highly unlikely. The Muslims have been accused of some horrible atrocities, but because of their successful campaign to garner international sympathy during the war, they are usually viewed by outsiders as relatively innocent victims of a Serbian aggression.

The reality, of course, is not that simple. Muslims, led by the likes of Naser Oric in Srebrenica and Atif Dudakovic in northwest Bosnia, are believed to have murdered thousands of civilians. Ejup Ganic is regarded by some as largely responsible for Muslim atrocities committed in around Sarajevo, including mortar attacks on his own people which he would blame on Serbs, numerous violations of the weapons TEZ and firing on UN aircraft. Ganic has also been accused of being utterly uncooperative in peace negotiations.

And then we have this heinous crime in particular for which he has been indicted by Belgrade.

Such Interpol warrants are by no means ridiculous, and raising the profile of Muslim crimes through the trial of a senior Muslim leader such as Ganic could ultimately prove valuable in promoting long-term reconciliation to peoples of ex-Yu. Too little is known about the crimes of non-Serbs in the 90s wars, and even less about prior conflicts -- mainly the Second World War -- that made so much of the nationalist revival of the 80s possible.

This is not to say, however, that Serbs were justified in carrying out major wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo (and a much lesser campaign in Slovenia, which was likely more of a true JNA action than anything else). While there can be little doubt that Serbs in Croatia, for example, were made to feel most unwelcome by unfortunate individuals such as Franjo Tudjman, we must ask ourselves: did the Serbian politicians of the day -- Slobodan Milosevic, Milan Babic, Radovan Karadzic, etc -- truly make a sincere and earnest effort to avert war? Did Serbs in Croatia and Bosnia truly have to pick up arms to defend their civil rights? Could the leaders of the former Yugoslav republics not have spent just a little more time on trying to settle their differences in a peaceful fashion?

I would strongly argue that they could have, but sadly, were far too concerned with their own personal gain to consider the utterly senseless horror that they were about to unleash on millions of innocent lives.

If there had been a genuine need for Serbs to go to war to protect their kind in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo, they could have resorted to that unfortunate option after waiting to see how events played out over the course of 2-4 years. They could have waited to see what Franjo Tudjman and Alija Izetbegovic would do in Croatia and Bosnia. In Kosovo, they could sat down with Ibrahim Rugova to discuss restoration of some kind of autonomy.

When we consider the events of the early 1990s, it is hard to question why the Serbian image abroad quickly became tarnished, and why it is today that suspected war criminals like Ejup Ganic and Ramush Haradinaj aren't regarded the same way as their Serbian counterparts.

Pathetic or sympathetic warrants...what we need is that Ganić, Haradinaj and rest of Kosovo terrorists team, that we look for, do the wrong actually right step in the wrong actually right country which do comply with international laws and then we will be having our hand of justice on them.
No rush, we are patient and having just plenty of time. Warrants do have a certain lifetime value.

Locks like Mr. Southern Serbia's Province-USA is getting anxious himself?

Ejup is a friend of the west so his indiscretions can be overlooked and any murders he may have committed were done in a style acceptable to the US/EU i.e. democratically. Next time a criminal from the UK arrives in Serbia let him or her go free. That should fix things up.