KARUNA SHINSHO, ASIA TONIGHT: The war crimes tribunal in The Hague has opened proceedings against a Bosnian Serb commander charged with genocide. Dragan Obrenovic pleaded not guilty Wednesday to accusations that he played a crucial role in the 1995 massacre of thousands of Bosnian Muslims from the enclave of Srebrenica. Patricia Kelly reports.</s>PATRICIA KELLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Arrested by NATO- led troops Easter Sunday, Dragan Obrenovic is accused of being involved in the Bosnian War's worst single massacre. More than 5,000 Muslim men and boys from Srebrenica, which were supposed to be a United Nations safe haven, were captured and executed by Bosnian Serb firing squads, allegedly under the command of Obrenovic. Obrenovic was in charge of the Bosnian Serb army brigade in Srebrenica in July 1995, when the ethnic cleansing operation began. Among the five counts against him, Obrenovic is charged with complicity and genocide and crimes against humanity. After the murdered Muslims were buried, it is alleged Obrenovic arranged for the bodies of the victims to be exhumed and reburied in hidden locations to throw off investigations into the massacre. Obrenovic is now in custody in The Hague until the war crimes tribunal sets the date for his trial to begin. Patricia Kelly, CNN, Brussels.
Bosnian Serb Commander Charged With Genocide At Hague Tribunal