Ratko Mladić

Also known as Ratko Mladic

Convicted war-criminal and former general of the Bosnian Serb military (1991-1996)

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Ratko Mladić was a Serbian military officer who served in the Yugoslav People's Army and the Army of Republika Srpska. Born in Božanovići in 1943, he held the rank of colonel general and general. His military career began in 1965, and he commanded the Army of Republika Srpska. He participated in the Croatian War of Independence, the Battle of the Barracks, the Siege of Sarajevo, and Operation Lukavac '93.

Mladić received the Order of the People's Army and the Order of Brotherhood and Unity. He was a citizen of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Republic of Serbian Krajina, Republika Srpska, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was convicted of war crimes.

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International ERS/ATS guidelines on definition, evaluation and treatment of severe asthma
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Regions of Strong Coupling Between Soil Moisture and Precipitation
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Effects of an interleukin-5 blocking monoclonal antibody on eosinophils, airway hyper-responsìveness, and the late asthmatic response
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THE DIET AND 15-YEAR DEATH RATE IN THE SEVEN COUNTRIES STUDY
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GLACE: The Global Land–Atmosphere Coupling Experiment. Part I: Overview
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Quotes

“Krle, Krstić, come on. Record that flag. Tear that flag down so it doesn't fly any more. Pull it down. Bravo! Towards Potočari! Towards Potočari and Bratunac! Don't stop, come on! Go in front of me the whole way, come on. Come on, boys, forward!”
“Here we are, on the eleventh of July of the year 1995, in Serbian Srebrenica. On the eve of yet another great Serb holiday we present this town as a gift to the Serb nation. The moment has finally arrived that, after the revolt against the Dahijas, we will have vengeance against the turks in this place.”
“There are so many! It is going to be a feast. There will be blood up to your knees.”
“I can not participate in a conversation if people are portraying me as somebody who is trying to establish greater Serbia. I am not Tsar [king] Dušan.”
“The generations of the past failed to unite Serbia and to establish a common Serbian state, which should include all Serbian national, ethnic and historical territories.”
“We, as the winners [of WW1 & WW2], created a common country [Yugoslavia] with our enemies [Croats & Muslims], who were on the defeated side Central Powers & Axis Powers].”

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Encyclopedic overview

Ratko Mladić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ратко Младић, pronounced [râtko mlǎːdit͡ɕ]; born 12 March 1942) is a Bosnian Serb former military officer who led the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) during the Yugoslav Wars. In 2017, he was found guilty of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). He is serving a life sentence for these crimes in The Hague.

A long-time member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, Mladić began his career in the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) in 1965. He came to prominence during the Yugoslav Wars, initially as a high-ranking officer of the JNA and subsequently as the Chief of Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska in the Bosnian War of 1992–1995. In July 1996, the Trial Chamber of the ICTY, proceeding in the absence of Mladić under the ICTY's Rule 61, confirmed all counts of the original indictments, finding there were reasonable grounds to believe he had committed the alleged crimes, and issued an international arrest warrant. The Serbian and United States' governments offered €5 million for information leading to Mladić's capture and arrest, but he remained at large for nearly sixteen years, initially sheltered by Serbian and Bosnian Serb security forces and later by family.

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