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PARIS — An international court has indicted a fifth suspect in the 2005 killing of Rafik Hariri, the former Lebanon prime minister, describing the suspect, like the other four indictees, as a member of Hezbollah.
But it is not unreasonable, for the time being, for Mr. Kostunica to show the world that he can make Mr. Milosevic answer to the rule of law by prosecuting him at home on domestic charges, while arresting as many of the other indictees as possible.
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There are other indictees at issue, as well, but the more important question raised by the outside world is this: Will the Serbs as a nation face their responsibility (collective guilt is what many mean but don't like to say) for the various crimes committed by their forces or in their name in Bosnia and Kosovo?
Earlier this year the US leaked telephone intercepts in which Mr Milosevic's armed forces chief of staff and main lieutenant in Kosovo, Nikola Sainovic - one of the indictees - was quoted as ordering Serb security forces to 'go in heavy' in the village of Recak, where 41 ethnic Albanian villagers were massacred in January.
"The fact that certain indictees are not present cannot be considered as justification for unlimited extensions," he said.
Kenya, which as an ICC signatory is obliged to help arrest all court indictees, welcomed Sudan's leader to Nairobi, its capital, last year.
Boosting indictees' electoral chances was not on that list.
All 39 indictees are African, including two serving presidents.
The Americans are also growing tired of pressing Serbia to hand over indictees to The Hague.
"The indictees may be stupid, but you, the voters, are not stupid.
Two indictees remain at large, Mladic and Goran Hadzic – a former Croatian Serb leader.
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