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War crimes suspects Martic & Mrksic depart for Hague

(15 May 2002) Belgrade, May 15 2002 1. Wide shot of airport 2. Close up of departure sign 3. Milan Martic shaking hands outside airport 4. Various Martic walking into airport surrounded by media 5. Martic walking past security surrounded by media 6. SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croatian) Milan Martic, former Croatian Serb rebel leader "And for you (the people from Krajina) I want to remember you as a proud and dignified people. I remember over the last seven years I was following the news. And I can tell you these people who are basically without jobs and didn't have anything to do, they never allowed themselves to get involved in crime. They never robbed the smallest shop. These people are proud people, and not criminals. Our professors, our engineers, are today still doing the hardest, menial jobs. But they're doing this with dignity and honour, and they are not ashamed because of this. And they were never involved in crime, and that's why I'm proud of them. You should always remember that." 7. Martic talking to media 8. Martic giving thumbs up sign as he walks away File 9. Martic voting for the referendum on union between Republika Srpska Krajina and Republika Serbska 10. Martic arriving for the meeting between Supreme Military Command of Republika Srpska Krajina and Republika Serbska STORYLINE: A former Croatian Serb rebel leader boarded a plane bound for the Netherlands on Wednesday to turn himself in to the UN war crimes tribunal. Milan Martic led rebel Serbs opposed to Croatia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. He was indicted by the tribunal in connection with the shelling of the Croatian capital of Zagreb in May 1995, which killed several civilians and injured dozens. On the same flight was another suspect, former Yugoslav army officer Mile Mrksic, who also said he would give himself up to the court. In the first years of the Croatian Serb rebellion, Milan Martic was close to Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav president now being tried by the tribunal for alleged war crimes committed by Serb forces in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. The two fell out after Milosevic - back then president of Serbia, the dominant Yugoslav republic - turned his back on Croatian Serbs and allowed Croatian forces to retake the rebel-held territories in 1995 without a serious fight. Martic then ordered the retaliatory missile attack on Zagreb. The chief war crimes prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, recently said that the indictment against Martic would soon be expanded to include specific wartime actions by his troops in Croatia where thousands were killed and tens of thousands chased from their homes between 1991 and 1995. Martic, who had been hiding in Bosnia and Serbia since 1995, is one of six Serb suspects offering to surrender voluntarily to the tribunal rather than face possible arrest and extradition. Mile Mrksic commanded a Yugoslav army unit which in 1992 besieged and relentlessly shelled for months the eastern Croatian city of Vukovar. He later commanded Croatian Serb troops under Martic. Martic has accused Mrksic of betrayal for fleeing Croatia along with his troops, and the two remain bitter enemies. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...