Karadzic had his first appearance before ICTY today. Aside from asserting irregularities in his arrest, Karadzic reiterated allegations - published last year - that American diplomat (and chief architect of the Dayton accords) Richard Holbrooke had cut a deal with him to give him money and security in return for his forgoing participation in Bosnian Serb politics.

Holbrooke, for his part, gave an interview with Foreign Policy last week where he argued that it was the NATO command's fault Karadzic hadn't been captured immediately. He has consistently denied that there was any deal between him and Karadzic to let the genocidaire escape.