US wants me dead, says Karadzic
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic said yesterday the United States wanted him dead and accused it of reneging on a deal to shield him from trial by the UN war crimes court.
In a submission to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Karadzic said the United States' Bosnian peace negotiator Richard Holbrooke had promised he would avoid a trial if he withdrew from public life.
"Mr Holbrooke undertook on behalf of the USA that I would not be tried before this tribunal..." Karadzic said in the written submission made public by the ICTY.
Holbrooke strongly denied any such deal was struck after Karadzic, who was captured on July 21, first made the claims when he made his initial appearance before the UN tribunal on Thursday.
Karadzic said in the documents that the offer was made in 1996 to "the statesmen and ministers who were my authorised representatives".
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