# Radovan Karadzic Arrested **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radovan-karadzic-arrested/457308 "2008-07-21T21:54:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radovan-karadzic-arrested/457308/1 "2008-07-21T21:54:03Z")
Breaking [news](http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-warcrimes-karadzic-confirmation.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin), no details yet. Still I think we can all join in a Nelson Muntz “ha ha!” Wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radovan-karadzic-arrested/457308/2 "2008-07-21T22:08:37Z")
The [BBC](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7518543.stm) are also reporting this story. Of course Ratko Mladic is still on the wanted list. Let’s hope he soon falls into the bag. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radovan-karadzic-arrested/457308/3 "2008-07-21T22:11:29Z")
Sources are saying (with no confirmation) that he was arrested in Belgrade. Really? Gee, the guy was sure hard to find… ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radovan-karadzic-arrested/457308/4 "2008-07-21T22:13:10Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] Sources are saying (with no confirmation) that he was arrested in Belgrade. Really? Gee, the guy was sure hard to find… [/QUOTE] It’s surprising what pressure from the EU will do now that Belgrade wants closer ties with the west. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radovan-karadzic-arrested/457308/5 "2008-07-21T22:20:57Z")
Are we sure that he won’t end up in exile in a nice _pension_ overlooking the Seine? ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radovan-karadzic-arrested/457308/6 "2008-07-22T01:07:54Z")
This is good news. It underlines the idea that if you do these sorts of things, some people will keep coming for you no matter how long it takes. It’s a message that could use some reinforcing. Careful travel plans, boltholes and no real rest until you’re under arrest. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radovan-karadzic-arrested/457308/7 "2008-07-22T03:57:41Z")
[Suckup Blue Meany] Argentina? [/SBM] ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radovan-karadzic-arrested/457308/8 "2008-07-22T05:48:17Z")
[QUOTE=hawthorne] This is good news. It underlines the idea that if you do these sorts of things, some people will keep coming for you no matter how long it takes. It’s a message that could use some reinforcing. [/QUOTE] Indeed. Great news. I pour myself a drink to celebrate it!! ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radovan-karadzic-arrested/457308/9 "2008-07-22T13:47:51Z")
This is what happens when you get behind on your bribes. Let that be a lesson to all of us. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radovan-karadzic-arrested/457308/10 "2008-07-22T15:10:46Z")
[QUOTE=Nawth Chucka] This is what happens when you get behind on your bribes. Let that be a lesson to all of us. [/QUOTE] I’m sure elements of the state apparatus knew where he was. The Pakistan ISI will produce OBL once it is in someone’s interest to ‘track him down’, or as you say, the bribe comes up short. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radovan-karadzic-arrested/457308/11 "2008-07-22T15:34:07Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] Are we sure that he won’t end up in exile in a nice _pension_ overlooking the Seine? [/QUOTE] No, he’ll end up in the prison of [Scheveningen](http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=52.110149,4.301963&spn=0.002471,0.004678&t=h&z=18), in the special wing for the war criminals. I think I’m one of the very few dopers on this board who can say he used to live on the same street as Slobodan Milosevic 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radovan-karadzic-arrested/457308/12 "2008-07-22T15:49:02Z")
You mean to tell me that [Dumbledore](http://image.guim.co.uk/Guardian/world/gallery/2008/jul/22/serbia/GD8113592@A-picture-taken-on-Ju-3214.jpg) is a war criminal :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radovan-karadzic-arrested/457308/13 "2008-07-22T16:41:57Z")
[QUOTE=Švejk] No, he’ll end up in the prison of [Scheveningen](http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=52.110149,4.301963&spn=0.002471,0.004678&t=h&z=18), in the special wing for the war criminals. [/QUOTE] Do you mean he’s going to ‘take a long walk off a short pier’, since it’s a beach resort (according to Wiki)? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radovan-karadzic-arrested/457308/14 "2008-07-22T19:10:48Z")
Awesome. Great, great news. Now, to find the appropriate judicial authority to oversee the proceedings. “Do you have anything to say before we find you guilty?” —Judge Roy Bean