Ratko Mladic, architect of Bosnian genocide, dies in prison

Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general notorious as the "Butcher of Bosnia" for orchestrating Europe's worst massacre since World War II, has died at age 84. He passed away while serving a life sentence in a prison in The Hague, Netherlands.

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Hundreds of thousands of non-Serb citizens were expelled from their homes in a brutal campaign aimed at creating a pure Serb state in Bosnia and Croatia.

Mladic was convicted in 2017 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on 10 of 11 charges, including genocide. His crimes during the Balkan Wars (1992-1995) included the murder of over 8,000 Bosniak men and boys in Srebrenica. The court found him responsible for a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing against Bosniak Muslims and Croats, aiming to create a pure Serb state.

Despite the gravity of his convictions, Mladic remains a controversial figure. A significant portion of the Bosnian Serb population continues to regard him as a hero and a patriot. This enduring division three decades after the conflict underscores the region's ongoing struggle for full reconciliation among ethnic groups.

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Burn their brains!

Before his death, Mladic's lawyers had sought his release on humanitarian grounds, citing his deteriorating health. He was reportedly bedridden and required a wheelchair for mobility. Mladic evaded justice for 15 years before his capture, driven by a fervent Serbian nationalism that he viewed as a means to avenge perceived centuries of Turkish Muslim occupation.

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Let them be bombed until they go crazy!