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The Balkans, U.S.: Holbrooke and Karadzic

Friday, August 1st, 2008 @ 20:31 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, U.S.A., Serbia
Topics:: History, Human Rights, Law, War & Conflict, International Relations, Politics

Eric Gordy of East Ethnia explains why he believes that “that maybe Richard Holbrooke did make some promises to Radovan Karadžić.”

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