Croatian army general surrenders to war crimes tribunal

A Croatian army general flew to the Netherlands today to surrender to the UN war crimes tribunal and face charges that he oversaw a wartime campaign that left dozens of Serbs slain and their homes reduced to ashes.

A Croatian army general flew to the Netherlands today to surrender to the UN war crimes tribunal and face charges that he oversaw a wartime campaign that left dozens of Serbs slain and their homes reduced to ashes.

General Rahim Ademi is the first Croat to face accusations stemming from the 1991-95 Serbo-Croat war. Wearing his military uniform decorated with medals, Ademi, his wife, Anita, and his lawyer took a regular Croatian Airlines flight to Amsterdam.

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