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A look at the most wanted U.N. war crimes suspects still at large
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RADOVAN KARADZIC
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been indicted by the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague for crimes against humanity and violating the customs of war during the Bosnian conflict.
In 1995, he was additionally charged with genocide for masterminding the slaughter of more than 6,000 Muslims in the U.N.-protected Srebrenica enclave in northeastern Bosnia.
During the 1992-95 war, Karadzic served as the first Bosnian Serb president. He was replaced by his deputy, Biljana Plavsic, in 1996 and was last seen in public that September.
Afterward he fled his stronghold village of Pale, east of Sarajevo, and is believed to be hiding in the French-controlled southeastern zone of Bosnia.
NATO-led peacekeepers in Bosnia have been reluctant to go after him because he is reportedly heavily protected by armed personal security guards. Belgrade sources close to Karadzic say he has lost weight and is restive in his virtual captivity.
Before the war, Karadzic was a practicing psychiatrist in Sarajevo and an amateur poet.
If arrested, Karadzic could heavily implicate autocratic Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, who is widely blamed for instigating the Croatian and Bosnian wars.
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RATKO MLADIC
Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic has also been indicted by the U.N. tribunal for crimes against humanity, violating the customs of war and genocide during the Bosnian war.
In 1991 he led Yugoslav troops in Knin, Croatia, and one year later assumed command of the forces of the Yugoslav Army's 2nd Military District, which effectively became the Bosnian Serb army.
Mladic led the Bosnian Serb military for the duration of the war under Karadzic, with whom he shares an indictment for genocide linked to the massacre at Srebrenica.
He was ousted from his post in December 1996 and remains at large. Mladic has frequently been seen in Serbia, most recently last Tuesday, when he showed up at a Yugoslavia vs. China soccer game flanked by eight bodyguards.
It is widely believed that Mladic lives in Belgrade's Dedinje district, where Milosevic also has his home.Copyright 2000 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.