Paul Sims of the New Humanist blog on the capture of Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted war criminals, after 13 years on the lam:
We were interested to learn that genocidal fugitive-turned-prisoner Radovan Karadzic has been practising alternative medicine in Belgrade under the alias Dragan Dabic (and sporting a rather impressive beard).
You have to feel sorry for his patients – it's bad enough that they were probably handing over their hard-earned cash for something that doesn't work, without them finding out that they were getting their healing herbs or "positive energy" from the world's most wanted war criminal.
"Dr. Dabic" even lectured on meditation, according to a news story cited by Eric Gordy at East Ethnia.
Jasmina Tešanović recalls her Belgrade neighbor.
Karadzic may be a mass-murdering, snake oil salesman, but I have a tiny soft spot in my heart for him as my hair morphs into an exact copy of the bouffant '90s era Karadzic do if I don't get it cut.
Posted by: cfrost | July 23, 2008 at 09:44 AM