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Historian Backs Karadzic's Immunity Claim

A new book backs former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic's claim that was promised immunity by Ambassador Richard Holbrooke if he stepped down from politics. Purdue University professor Charles Ingrao, co-editor of the book Confronting the Yugoslav Controversies: A Scholars' Initiative, says the offer was made because Western officials knew that Karadzic would not be be arrested.
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