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To: maceng2 who wrote (20225)	2/28/2002 8:10:14 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Nato troops have Bosnian war's most wanted man surrounded Nato troops have laid siege to a eastern Bosnian village where it is believed Radovan Karadzic is hiding. He is at the top of the UN war crimes tribunal wanted list. All routes into the village have been blocked, said police. Karadzic, was charged on November 16, 1995, with genocide for killing of up to 6,000 Muslims in Srebrenica in July 1995. He was also charged separately on July 24, 1995, for the siege of Sarajevo and the use of UN peacekeeping soldiers as hostages. Karadzic is president of the Serbian Democratic Party of Bosnia-Herzogovina. There have been reports from Bosnia in recent weeks that US special forces had been flown into the country with one order: Catch Karadzic. Captain Daryl Morrell, a spokesman for the NATO-lead peacekeeping operation in Bosnia, confirmed an "ongoing operation" in the area but offered no details. Bosnian Serb TV reported explosions and gunfire near the village of Celebici, 45 miles southeast of Sarajevo, adding two Nato helicopters had landed nearby. It also said that peacekeepers were entering schools and homes in the area. Roads toward Celebici were blocked in a radius of 25 miles and the local population was told not to leave their homes. Local phone lines were cut, said reporters approaching the region ananova.com