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The hunt for Bosnia’s most-wanted war crimes suspect, Radovan Karadzic, is showing signs of life. Today Bosnian Serb police searched the residences of two former bodyguards less than a week after EU and NATO forces raided the homes of his wife, daughter and aide. However, given that the Bosnian Serb wartime leader has evaded capture since 1995 in an area the size of Vermont, the prospects of nabbing this man and ascertaining the status of his coif seem a bit slim.

Karadzic, for the uninitiated, is a veritable man for all seasons. A poet and psychiatrist, Karadzic is accused of genocide in connection with a slew of war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian civil war including the massacre of as many as 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebanica.

Unfortunately, he and fellow fugitive Gen. Ratko Mladić — the accused architect of much of the slaughter — are considered heroes by many Bosnian Serbs. Despite the generous bounties on their heads, these renaissance men likely will remain free for some time to come.