Jocic on Mladic: Expect arrest in weeks! or maybe even days!

consider these dueling stories issued May 5th - one from Reuters, and one from CBS quoting Reuters.

First, the original Reuters...

"Mladic could be arrested in days: Serb minister"

Fri May 5, 2006 7:33am ET

VIENNA (Reuters) - Genocide suspect Ratko Mladic, whose capture is a key precondition for Serbia boosting its ties with the European Union, could be under arrest by Sunday, Serbian Interior Minister Dragan Jocic said on Friday.

Asked when Mladic could be arrested, Jocic told reporters at an EU meeting in Vienna: "The question of Mladic will be solved very soon." Pressed to be more precise, he added: "I think that maybe on Sunday."

The EU on Wednesday broke off talks with Belgrade aimed at eventual EU membership for Serbia, citing its failure to hand over Mladic to the U.N. war crimes tribunal.

..and the CBS article:

"Mladic could be arrested in weeks: Serb minister"



May 5, 2006 — VIENNA (Reuters) - War crimes suspect Ratko Mladic, whose capture is a key precondition for Serbia boosting its ties with the European Union, could be arrested within weeks, Serbian Interior Minister Dragan Jocic said on Friday.

Asked when Mladic could be arrested, Jocic told reporters at an EU meeting in Vienna: "The question of Mladic will be solved very soon."

Pressed to be more precise, he added, speaking through a translator: "I cannot give you the exact time … it could be weeks."

Due to a mistranslation by an interpreter, Reuters earlier reported erroneously that the minister expected Mladic's arrest could come by Sunday.

The EU on Wednesday broke off talks with Belgrade aimed at eventual EU membership for Serbia, citing its failure to hand over Mladic to the U.N. war crimes tribunal.

Copyright 2006 Reuters News Service. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.


So who is right? Lets ask Ratko!


Mladic: "Neka bude CBS!"