61. Bosnian Serbs split over future of wartime leaders. 62. Bosnian Serb leaders allied with wartime leader Radovan Karadzic remained stubborn, however, warning Plavsic that her failure to comply with the court ruling would trigger chaos. 63. Bosnian Serbs have clashed with Western governments over a number of issues, including their reluctance to hand over war-crimes suspects and oust wartime leaders. 64. Bullivant blamed the Bosnian wartime leader, Radovan Karadzic, an indicted war crimes suspect, for influencing Bosnian Serb officials. 65. But Karadzic was forced to step down as wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs because of two indictments for genocide by the war crimes tribunal. 66. But allies of the wartime leader, who dominate the lawmaking body, refused to recognize the decree. 67. But the arrests are likely to increase pressure on the top war crimes suspect, wartime leader Radovan Karadzic, who remains at large. 68. But Karadzic was forced to step down as wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs because of two indictments for genocide by the war crimes tribunal in The Hague. 69. But with Bosnian Serb loyalties split between President Biljana Plasvic and wartime leader Radovan Karadzic, the elections were more likely to widen the growing rift between rival factions. 70. But U.S. wartime leaders defended the bombings as the only alternative to a bloody invasion of mainland Japan, and many Americans still hold that viewpoint. |