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...your article "Former Post-Doc Will Stand Trial" (News, Feb. 8, 1996), you tell readers that according to Dr. [Kaveh] Afrasiabi-the former post-doc in question-"[Mr. Afrasiabi's] arrest and upcoming pre-trial hearing... are the culmination of five years of feuding with Gurney Professor of History Roy P. Mottahedeh...
...towards me during these five years. In fact, this letter is the first time I have reacted to these messages, and I am doing so now only because the article contains misstatements of fact. Dr. Afrasiabi's account is also incorrect because I have no involvement whatsoever in his arrest and am still not fully aware of the details of the case against...
...four Serbs the Muslim government accuses of war crimes. Briefing American reporters in Paris, Holbrooke said at least one hoped-for result would be a further clarification of the new 'rules of the road' governing the conditions under which NATO troops would take part in tracking down and arresting suspected war criminals. "The point of these rules of the road," Holbrooke said, "is to prevent authorities from just picking up people and then seeing if the Hague tribunal has anything against them." Paris bureau chief Thomas Sancton reports that NATO for its part seems ready to take a more active...
BOSNIA, HERZEGOVINA: U.S. Chief Negotiator Richard Holbrooke announced on Monday that tensions in the Balkan hotspot should soon "abate". The delicate Dayton peace accords seemed in danger of disintegrating when Bosnian Muslims, frustrated with the slow pace of investigations, arrested Bosnian Serbs they suspected of war crimes. The Bosnian Serbs retaliated, cutting contact with NATO. Now, after Holbrooke's ministrations, two arrested Bosnian Serbs have been flown to The Hague under heavy guard for either investigation or indictment by the War Crimes Tribunal. The Bosnian Muslims have agreed to make arrests only with Tribunal authorization, only on their own territory...
...Bosnia slid closer to war, the furious Bosnian Serb Army cutting contact with NATO forces and forbidding civilians to move about freely. These actions frustrate the most important achievements of the peace processes: open lines of communication with NATO and free travel. The Bosnian Serbs are protesting the arrest of two Serb soldiers, Gen. Djordje Djukic and Col. Aleksa Krsmanovic, who are now being held by the Bosnian Muslims pending their possible indictment by the International War Crimes Tribunal. In a rare press conference, Serb Lt. General Milan Gvero accused the Muslims of "jeopardizing peace," and accused NATO...