July 23, 2008 7:32 AM
THE HAGUE, Netherlands-Radovan Karadzic's lawyer says the former Bosnian
Serb leader wants to defend himself against U.N. war crimes charges.
That has set up the prospect of Karadzic using the courtroom in The
Hague as a soapbox to preach his Serb nationalism and seeking to rewrite
the history of the Balkan wars in the same way his one-time ally Slobodan
Milosevic did during his ill-fated trial.
Prosecutors oppose defendants representing themselves in court because
their cases are so complex.
Spokeswoman Olga Karvan said Wednesday the court's prosecutors "believe
the interests of justice will be best served if the accused are assisted
by qualified counsel."
Karadzic was arrested Monday and is in a Belgrade cell awaiting extradition
to The Hague.
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