AJC Welcomes Karadzic Arrest

NEW YORK, July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Jewish Committee
(AJC) welcomes news of the arrest of Radovan Karadzic in Serbia yesterday.

"This is an extremely important development," said AJC Executive Director
David A. Harris. "It sends a powerful message that suspected war criminals
involved in genocide will be pursued as long as required and brought to
justice. To be sure, Karadzic's arrest cannot restore to life the thousands of
Bosnian Muslims who were murdered in cold blood in Srebrenica and elsewhere in
the 1990s. But, at the very least, the alleged mastermind will no longer be on
the loose and able to escape the long hand of the law. The victims
posthumously will have their day in court."

AJC applauded the efforts of the new Serbian government to locate and seize
Karadzic, who had been at large since 1995.

The organization was active in the 1990s in condemning the aggression in
Bosnia. AJC, alone and in coalition, sought to mobilize public support and
urge the United States and other governments to take action to stop the
genocide, bring the perpetrators to justice, and ensure political
stabilization.

SOURCE American Jewish Committee

Kenneth Bandler, Director of Public Relations and Communications,
+1-212-891-6771, bandlerk@ajc.org, or Michael Geller, Assistant Director of
Public Relations, +1-212-891-1385, gellerm@ajc.org, both of AJC