全球首要通缉犯之一卡拉季奇落网

卡拉季奇是全球因战争罪而受到通缉的头号逃犯之一，他星期一被逮捕，从而结束了对这名在二战以来欧洲最凶残的暴行中发挥了重要作用的人的搜捕行动。

Karadzic was the leader of the Bosnian Serbs during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. He was indicted in 1995 by the Hague war crimes tribunal for his role in the killing of civilians during the 43-month siege of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo. He was also charged with genocide for masterminding the slaughter of some eight thousand Muslim men and boys at what had been the United Nations safe area of Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia. Karadzic went underground in 1997 and had been on the run ever since.

卡拉季奇是1992至1995年波黑战争期间波斯尼亚塞族领导人。海牙战争罪法庭1995年就他在波斯尼亚首府萨拉热窝被围困43个月期间屠杀平民行动中所起的作用提出起诉。卡拉季奇还被控策划了在波斯尼亚东部联合国划定的安全区斯雷布雷尼察屠杀大约8千名穆斯林男子和男孩的行动。1997年，卡拉季奇藏匿起来，逃亡至今。

Political analyst Ivan Vejvoda heads the Balkans Trust for Democracy in Belgrade. He says the arrest of Karadzic is good news for the Balkans and for the world and offers solace to the victims of the ex-Yugoslav wars of the 1990s.

"It also shows very importantly that the new government in Belgrade has demonstrated in practice what it said rhetorically, that it has the political will to move forward and make the arrests of the remaining [war crimes] indictees a priority of its government," he said.

Karadzic is 63 years old. He was born of Serbian parents in the former Yugoslav republic of Montenegro. Trained as a psychiatrist, he at one time was a physician for a soccer team. He also published a book of poetry before becoming active in politics.

卡拉季奇现年63岁，出生在前南斯拉夫黑山共和国，父母是塞尔维亚人。他的专业是精神病学，曾经是一支足球队的队医。他投身政治之前，还出版过一本诗集。

In 1989 he cofounded the Serbian Democratic Party in Bosnia-Hertzegovina. He was adamantly opposed to Bosnia becoming an independent state and warned that the territory's Muslim majority would be unable to defend itself in the event of civil war. In 1992 he declared the Serbian part of Bosnia independent and designated himself as president.

1989年，卡拉季奇和其他人共同创建了波黑塞尔维亚民主党。他坚决反对波斯尼亚独立，并警告说，一旦发生战争，占波斯尼亚人口多数的穆斯林没有能力保卫自己。1992年，卡拉季奇宣布波斯尼亚的塞尔维亚部分独立，并自任总统。

Karadzic's principal collaborator in the Bosnian war was General Ratko Mladic, who is also accused of genocide for his role in the Srebrenica massacre and the siege of Sarajevo. Mladic also has been on the run and it has been rumored for years that both men had found sanctuary in Serbia.

卡拉季奇在波斯尼亚战争中的主要同党是拉特科.姆拉迪奇将军。姆拉迪奇也因为在斯雷布雷尼察大屠杀和围困塞拉热窝行动中所起的作用而被控犯有族群灭绝罪。姆拉迪奇同样在逃。多年来，一直有传闻说，卡拉季奇和姆拉迪奇躲藏在塞尔维亚。

Vejvoda says it will not be long before Mladic is arrested as well.

巴尔干民主基金会负责人韦沃达认为，姆拉迪奇被逮捕归案的日子也不会太久了。

"It was an expectation that when this new pro-western, pro-European government came in [earlier this month, in Belgrade] that in fact it might probably be Mladic who would be the first to be arrested," he said. "So this is a surprise for everyone [that it was Karadzic first], of course, because there was a lot of talk that Karadzic may be hiding in Bosnia or between Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro."

他说：“人们曾经预测，一旦这个亲西方、亲欧洲的新政府开始在贝尔格莱德主政，第一个被逮捕的很可能就是姆拉迪奇。所以，卡拉季奇首先落网，出乎所有人的意料，因为一直有很多人说卡拉季奇可能藏在波斯尼亚或者在波斯尼亚、塞尔维亚和黑山中间的某个地方。”

European Union officials call the arrest of Karadzic a milestone. The chief prosecutor of the war crimes tribunal says the date of Karadzic's transfer to the Hague will be determined in due course. Ivan Vejvoda in Belgrade expects Karadzic will be sent to the Hague within days.

欧盟官员称逮捕卡拉季奇是一个里程碑。战争罪行法庭首席检察官说，将在适当的时候决定把卡拉季奇递解到海牙的日期。韦沃达预计，卡拉季奇可能在几天内就被送往海牙。