(26 May 2011) SHOTLIST
1. Various of members of the Mothers of Srebrenica Association sitting at table, discussing the arrest of General Ratko Mladic, Europe's most wanted war crimes fugitive
2. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Sabaheta Fejzic, Member of Mothers of Srebrenica Association:
"I am not that happy. I was disappointed so many times by the work of the Hague Tribunal and because Serbia protected him for so long and because he enjoyed the life and the goods of this world for so long and because he was supposed to be arrested years ago to sit in jail by now for all the crimes he has committed. That is a monster and criminal who finally has to go to The Hague and stand trial for his crimes."
3. Close of books on the the slaughter of some eight-thousand Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica
4. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Kada Hotic, Member of Mothers of Srebrenica Association:
"When I saw Mladic in Potocari when he ordered his Serbs: 'Here is your chance. Use it You won't get another one like this.' Because of this one chance my son, my child, my husband, my brothers and many of our people ended up under ground. And who knows how much they suffered. For all those years this monster was hidden by Serbia and they knew where he was. Now they are handing him over to justice. Well, at least now. But I'm afraid of another trial without a verdict as it happened before."
5. Pan of women
6. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Zumra Sahomeriovic, Member of Mothers of Srebrenica Association:
"Believe me, I'm not happy. I feel a small satisfaction in my soul, probably those who thought he was dead are happier. Now they will find out he is alive. But still this is a proof that this type of crime never gets old and that the perpetrators will face justice."
7. Close of books
8. Women in their office
STORYLINE
News of Europe's most wanted war crimes fugitive General Ratko Mladic's capture has been greeted with a measure of relief and grief on Thursday by the lobbying group, "Mothers of Srebrenica".
The "Mothers of Srebrenica" are an organisation of women who lost their sons, husbands and brothers in the massacre in the eastern Bosnian town.
Mladic has been on the run since 1995 when he was indicted by the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, for genocide in the slaughter of some eight-thousand Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica and other crimes committed by his troops during Bosnia's 1992-95 war.
Sabaheta Fejzic, one of the members of the group, said she had waited too long for the arrest.
"He enjoyed the life and the goods of this world for so long ... he was supposed to be arrested years ago to sit in jail by now for all the crimes he has committed," she said.
Kada Hotic, another member of the group, recalled the ordeal her family went through during the 1992-95 war.
"I saw Mladic in Potocari when he ordered his Serbs: 'here is your chance. Use it You won't get another one like this.' Because of this one chance my son, my child, my husband, my brothers and many of our people ended up under ground. And who knows how much they suffered," she said.
Zumra Sahomeriovic, however, welcomed the news saying "this is a proof that this type of crime never gets old and that the perpetrators will face justice."
On Thursday, Serbian President Boris Tadic announced the news, saying the arrest was made by the Serbian Security Intelligence Agency.
Mladic will be extradited to the United Nations war crimes tribunal, he said.
He did not specify when, but said "an extradition process is under way."
Prosecutors have said they believed he was hiding in Serbia under the protection of hardliners who consider him a hero.
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