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DATE=4/3/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=U-S / BOSNIA ARREST (L-ONLY)
NUMBER=2-260902
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  U-S officials have welcomed the arrest of a 
former top Bosnian Serb leader on war crimes charges, 
saying his apprehension should cause sleepless nights 
for wartime leader Rodavan Karadzic.  From the State 
Department, V-O-A's Kyle King has this report.
TEXT:  U-S officials describe Monday's arrest of 
Bosnian Serb leader Momcilo Krajisnik as a positive 
step toward peace and reconciliation.
Hardline Bosnian Serb officials have condemned the 
arrest.
French troops snatched Mr. Krajisnik from his home in 
the Bosnian Serb town of Pale after setting off a pre-
dawn explosion that blew the door off his house.
He was quickly transported to the International War 
Crimes Tribunal in The Hague.  He faces charges of 
genocide, crimes against humanity, and violations of 
the laws and customs of war, including murder and 
extermination.
Mr. Krajisnik served as the speaker of the Bosnian 
Serb parliament during the three-and-one-half year war 
in Bosnia.  He is also a long time associate of 
wartime leader Radovan Karadzic, who remains at large 
despite his public indictment on war crimes charges.
State Department Spokesman James Rubin says Secretary 
of State Albright considers the arrest of Mr. 
Krajisnik good news for justice for the people of 
Bosnia.
The State Department spokesman refused to say if the 
arrest might speed the capture of Mr. Karadzic.  But 
he said it would increase pressure on the wartime 
leader and sends a message that time is against him.
            /// RUBIN ACT ///
      I think the arrest of Mr. Krajisnic should be 
      something that causes Mr. Karadzic to get even 
      less sleep than he has been getting up to now.
            /// END ACT ///
Ms. Albright's spokesman said the Secretary of State 
was telephoning French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine 
to congratulate French troops for making the arrest.
British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook called Mr. 
Krajisnik a poisonous and destructive influence in 
Bosnia.
His apprehension on a previously secret, sealed 
indictment by the War Crimes Tribunal, marks the 19th 
arrest of a Bosnian War Crimes Suspect.
A total of 28 other publicly identified suspects, 
including Mr. Karadzic and his former military chief 
Ratko Mladic, are still at large.  (Signed)
NEB/KBK/TVM/gm
03-Apr-2000 16:00 PM EDT (03-Apr-2000 2000 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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