Former Croatian general Ante Gotovina went on trial for war crimes Tuesday, accused of unleashing a "nightmare" of persecution and murder on Croatian Serbs during the 1990s Balkan wars.
"This trial arises from the forcible elimination of Krajina Serbs from Croatia and the destruction of their community in August 1995," prosecutor Alan Tieger said at the opening of the trial in The Hague.
Gotovina, 52, and two other Croatian generals, Ivan Cermak and Mladen Markac, face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity including persecution, murder and plunder during what was dubbed "Operation Storm". more ...
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