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Ratko Mladic: Serb crusader dubbed 'epitome of evil'
Ratko Mladic, the so-called "butcher of Bosnia" who has died at the age of 84, had insisted he was chosen by "fate" to defend the Serb people from a western onslaught.
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Ratko Mladic, the so-called "butcher of Bosnia" who has died at the age of 84, had insisted he was chosen by "fate" to defend the Serb people from a western onslaught.
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Ratko Mladic: Serb crusader dubbed 'epitome of evil'
Ratko Mladic, the so-called "butcher of Bosnia" who has died at the age of 84, had insisted he was chosen by "fate" to defend the Serb people from a western onslaught.
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