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| Bosnian TV airs 'Mladic pictures' | Bosnian TV airs 'Mladic pictures' |
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| Bosnia's Federation TV has broadcast what it says are videos of the fugitive former Bosnian Serb army chief, Ratko Mladic, filmed over the past 10 years. | Bosnia's Federation TV has broadcast what it says are videos of the fugitive former Bosnian Serb army chief, Ratko Mladic, filmed over the past 10 years. |
| One video allegedly showed Gen Mladic standing with two unidentified women during the winter of 2008. | One video allegedly showed Gen Mladic standing with two unidentified women during the winter of 2008. |
| He is wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on war crimes charges in connection with the Bosnian civil war. | He is wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on war crimes charges in connection with the Bosnian civil war. |
| Serbian officials have cast doubt on the reported age of the footage. | Serbian officials have cast doubt on the reported age of the footage. |
| "Right now, I cannot say exactly where the images are from," Dusan Ignjatovic, the director of Serbia's National Council for Co-operation with the ICTY (war-crimes tribunal), told Serbia's B92 TV. | "Right now, I cannot say exactly where the images are from," Dusan Ignjatovic, the director of Serbia's National Council for Co-operation with the ICTY (war-crimes tribunal), told Serbia's B92 TV. |
| "Regarding the video estimated to have been filmed in 2008 or even this winter, at this moment we cannot say if it's true or not, but we believe that this is not a video of 2008," he added. | "Regarding the video estimated to have been filmed in 2008 or even this winter, at this moment we cannot say if it's true or not, but we believe that this is not a video of 2008," he added. |
| CHARGES AGAINST MLADIC GenocideCrimes against humanityViolations of laws of war Profile: Ratko Mladic | CHARGES AGAINST MLADIC GenocideCrimes against humanityViolations of laws of war Profile: Ratko Mladic |
| The minister in charge of the co-operation council, Rasim Ljajic, said it was "simply impossible" that the video was from 2008. | The minister in charge of the co-operation council, Rasim Ljajic, said it was "simply impossible" that the video was from 2008. |
| EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn also said he believed the footage was not recent, telling reporters in Brussels that it was "certainly not after spring 2008 when the new [Serbian] government was formed". | EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn also said he believed the footage was not recent, telling reporters in Brussels that it was "certainly not after spring 2008 when the new [Serbian] government was formed". |
| The latest indications of his whereabouts date back to 2006 "and his presence in Belgrade dates from a previous period," he said. | The latest indications of his whereabouts date back to 2006 "and his presence in Belgrade dates from a previous period," he said. |
| Despite scepticism about the reported age of the footage, it is pretty plain that Gen Mladic has been living quite a happy life and he does not look like a man who is worried, says the BBC's Alan Little, who covered the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. | |
| Mladic is also shown surrounded by a lot of people, so clearly - while he has been on the run - a lot of people have known where he is, our correspondent says. | |
| Serbia says it recently stepped up its efforts to find Gen Mladic and the former Croatian Serb leader, Goran Hadzic, whose capture is considered a pre-condition for joining the EU. | Serbia says it recently stepped up its efforts to find Gen Mladic and the former Croatian Serb leader, Goran Hadzic, whose capture is considered a pre-condition for joining the EU. |
| The arrest in July of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic led to claims by some officials that Gen Mladic would be next. But there has since been no arrest. | The arrest in July of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic led to claims by some officials that Gen Mladic would be next. But there has since been no arrest. |
| Mr Karadzic is currently on trial at The Hague on charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. | |
| 'Not well' | 'Not well' |
| FTV said the videos showed Gen Mladic had been living freely in the Serbian capital since his indictment by the ICTY in 1995 on 15 counts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Bosnia-Hercegovina between 1992 and 1995. | FTV said the videos showed Gen Mladic had been living freely in the Serbian capital since his indictment by the ICTY in 1995 on 15 counts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Bosnia-Hercegovina between 1992 and 1995. |
| We went to soccer matches, to the police headquarters, to restaurants. Mladic moved freely around Belgrade throughout 2001 Branislav Puhalo, alleged former bodyguard of Gen Ratko Mladic | We went to soccer matches, to the police headquarters, to restaurants. Mladic moved freely around Belgrade throughout 2001 Branislav Puhalo, alleged former bodyguard of Gen Ratko Mladic |
| The footage showed him living in the Belgrade suburb of Kosutnjak, it said, as well as in the company of serving senior Serbian army officers at a barracks in the city. | The footage showed him living in the Belgrade suburb of Kosutnjak, it said, as well as in the company of serving senior Serbian army officers at a barracks in the city. |
| Gen Mladic, 67, is also allegedly shown at a wedding in September 2000 in Sarajevo's Kula district, and in the Serbian army barracks at Topcider. | Gen Mladic, 67, is also allegedly shown at a wedding in September 2000 in Sarajevo's Kula district, and in the Serbian army barracks at Topcider. |
| "The last footage shown was most possibly recorded this winter and shows that Mladic is not well," the station said on its website. | "The last footage shown was most possibly recorded this winter and shows that Mladic is not well," the station said on its website. |
| In the video, a man assumed to be the general explains he is standing with his wife and daughter-in-law at a ski resort. | In the video, a man assumed to be the general explains he is standing with his wife and daughter-in-law at a ski resort. |
| On Tuesday, one of Gen Mladic's former bodyguards testified that he had moved freely in Serbia under army protection until 2002. | On Tuesday, one of Gen Mladic's former bodyguards testified that he had moved freely in Serbia under army protection until 2002. |
| Branislav Puhalo told a UN court in Belgrade trying 10 people charged with helping the general evade justice that he was guarded by about 50 heavily armed men who lived at a barracks in Belgrade. | Branislav Puhalo told a UN court in Belgrade trying 10 people charged with helping the general evade justice that he was guarded by about 50 heavily armed men who lived at a barracks in Belgrade. |
| Mr Puhalo said the unit was set up in 1997 under orders from the former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, who died in 2006 while on trial at the ICTY on war crimes charges. | Mr Puhalo said the unit was set up in 1997 under orders from the former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, who died in 2006 while on trial at the ICTY on war crimes charges. |
| "We went to soccer matches, to the police headquarters, to restaurants," he said. "Mladic moved freely around Belgrade throughout 2001." | "We went to soccer matches, to the police headquarters, to restaurants," he said. "Mladic moved freely around Belgrade throughout 2001." |
| "It was all legal," he added. "We were tasked with protecting Mladic from criminals and bounty hunters." | "It was all legal," he added. "We were tasked with protecting Mladic from criminals and bounty hunters." |
| The protection unit was disbanded in March 2002, he said, almost a year and a half after Milosevic was ousted by democratic forces. | The protection unit was disbanded in March 2002, he said, almost a year and a half after Milosevic was ousted by democratic forces. |