'Europe's bin Laden' arrested

I receive CNN news alerts in my email. Most of their 'breaking news' stuff is celebrity titter or vapid political chit chat of the kind that suffocates cable news. Every once in a while, though, a story comes out that truly makes my jaw drop.

The man known by some as the Bin Laden of Europe, and the world's most infamous fugitive, has been arrested. Former Bosnian Serb president and indicted war criminal Radovan Karadzic was detained yesterday by Serbian authorities after almost 13 years of avoiding capture.

Additionally, the man accused of being the mastermind of the worst atrocities of the 1990s Balkans' wars has reportedly been ordered by a Serbian judge to be sent to the UN tribunal in The Hague.

According to the BBC, Karadzic was practising alternative medicine and living in Serbia's capital, Belgrade and was sporting what one Serb official called a "very convincing disguise".

Whether this is true or just an excuse for why he was free for so long, the fact remains that Karadzic's arrest is one of the most significant steps forward for the nascent international justice system, especially in the wake of the indictments recently handed out against Sudan's dictator. Just as importantly, it is vindication for Karadzic's many victims.

It is also an important step by the Serbian state that had faced years of international criticism for not aggressively pursuing Karadzic and his military commander Gen. Ratko Mladic (who remains free and an indicted war criminal). It is noteworthy that Karadzic was arrested not by UN forces but by the Serbian security forces.

It is a courageous move by Serbian president Boris Tadic, especially considering the fate of his friend and predecessor. Then-prime minister Zoran Djindic was assassinated after sending Slobodan Milosevic to the Hague Tribunal.

Serbs gone wild!

Serbian mobs in the capital Belgrade attacked embassies of the United States, Croatia and other countries that recognized the independence of the new Republic of Kosovo.

Now, Serbs are implementing a plan to sabotage Kosovo into submission.

This is the same Serbia that executed a mini-genocide in Kosovo in the late 1990s.

It's a mystery why Kosovars wouldn't want to remain part of such a beacon of civilization.