August 12
The tribunal was not in session.

August 13
Prosecutors presented witnesses who claimed that Dusko Tadic was in Bosnian Serb prison camps dressed to kill.

That is, Tadic was dressed like other special police and prison guards -- in camouflage shirt and solid color pants -- talking with other camp officials and watching Muslims file into death chambers.

These witnesses did not testify that they saw Tadic beating, torturing or killing Muslims. Prosecutors are apparently using this testimony to establish that Tadic had a substantial role in the vast effort by Serbs to eradicate Bosnia's Muslim population.

Witness S, whose identity is being protected by the court, testified that for decades he was Tadic's next door neighbor. "Look at me," he said to Tadic when asked to identify the defendant. "We know each other very well," he told the court.

S, a 56-year-old retired baker, was born in Kozarak and served in the army from 1958 to 1960 in Sarajevo and Montenegro. He was taken prisoner after Kozarak was attacked in May 1992 and tormented by a man who threatened to behead him.

At the Keraterm camp, he was interrogated twice. The second time, he was beaten until his jaw broke and his teeth fell out. S did not implicate Tadic in the beating or killing. But he did see Tadic arrive in a squad car and dressed in uniform.

Emud Velic, a 24-year-old Muslim from a village near Kozarac, frequented Tadic's bar. He became a prisoner at the Omarska camp, where he was crowded into a small detention area and starved. He was forced to clean human skin, hair and blood from his cell walls and ordered to tell journalists that he had been there no more than 15 days, that there were no beatings, and that he ate four times a week. These were all lies, he said.

Velic claimed that he saw Tadic enter a hanger. He said he heard the name "Jasmin Hrnic" called out and then saw Tadic and Hrnic leave the area. Then he heard horrible screams. This alleged beating relates to counts 5-11 of Tadic's indictment, the most serious of which is the sexual mutilation of a prisoner.

On cross-examination, defense attorney Steven Kay pointed out inconsistencies in Velic's testimony compared with statements he gave police. In the earlier account, Velic said he hear another prisoner's name called while at the hanger. Kay suggested that Velic heard stories about the sexual mutilation and killing and made up his own story to implicate Tadic.

August 14
The day's proceedings were held behind closed doors to protect the identity of Witness L, who is expected to be the prosecution's final witness. Witness L was a guard at the Trnopolje camp and he was convicted of "serious crimes" by a court in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

August 15
After 47 days of testimony from 75 witnesses, the prosecution rested its case against Dusko Tadic.

The prosecution ended its case with a final attempt to show that Tadic played a major role in Serbian politics. They introduced documents showing that Tadic was the party representative of the Kozarac region for the SDS. Another document showed "a decision on the relocation of residents of the local Kozarac commune," dated August 1992 and signed by Tadic.

The prosecution will argue Tadic was an important figure in local Serb politics, and most likely that the relocation of the Kozarac commune referred to the relocation of Muslims. The defense concedes Tadic dabbled in politics. But the defense contends he did not participate in ethnic cleansing, and being active in local politics, does not make him a murderer.

Grant McIntosh, an investigator for the prosecution, testified about a trip to Prijedor last week. While there, he took photographs of a building and a basketball court at the Trnopolje prison camp. He also went to the Omarska camp and photographed parts of the hanger building. McIntosh testified that things seemed much closer in real life than they do in videotapes of the camps.

The prosecution then introduced the documents that German police seized from Tadic's house in Germany when he was arrested in 1994. The document include Tadic's statements to German police. In the statement, Tadic claimed he "never set foot" in Omarska.

The tribunal will be in recess until September 10.

In the meantime, the defense will be in Bosnia getting witnesses for its case. The defense's biggest hurdle may be getting witnesses to testify. They say the people in Bosnia are terrified of the tribunal and believe they will be arrested if they come to The Hague to testify. The defense is awaiting a ruling by the judges on protective measures they can take for their witnesses.