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What seems clear is that Milosevic -- consummate tactician, political chameleon, master of the bob and weave and, for all that, the key player on the Balkan scene -- has determined that his interest now lies in distancing himself from the Bosnian Serbs and in the process apparently trying to put the genie of Serb nationalism back into the bottle from which he coaxed it in the '80s. If the sanctions are lifted, Milosevic says, he will personally lead a campaign to deliver the Bosnian Serbs to the peace table-and will bring off a comprehensive regional peace "within six months." What...
Still, Milosevic says he sees the sanctions discussion in far more than just economic terms. His argument is that the embargo constitutes the single most important obstacle to a comprehensive regional peace. "Serbia is a major factor for peace in the Balkans," he says, "but we are under sanctions; we are in prison. The international community is making a mistake in expecting us to run in our struggle for peace but do so with the chains of sanctions on our legs." Once the embargo is lifted and a comprehensive peace is in place, he says, economic and other links will...
...rest of the rescue package to arrive from other carriers and Italian bases. "That was probably good," Berndt later said. "It took the edge off us, and it got everybody focused and thinking perhaps a little bit straighter." Then came the "push"-authorization from the awacs to enter Balkan airspace-and the mission was under way. Within minutes the aircraft had reached Bosnian Serb territory. At one point, Admiral William A. Owens, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called Lake and said, "Our feet are dry," meaning they were flying over land. The sun was winking through...
...humanitarian aid. By the end of last week, that policy was in tatters, and the situation presented unavoidable choices. The peacekeepers could be removed and the Bosnians left to fight it out in what would be a bloody denouement at best, and at worst a prelude to a wider Balkan war. A withdrawal would also require a large number of troops and lots of money, and it would dishonor every country and organization involved, particularly if they left hostages behind. A second option would involve NATO's getting tougher with the genocidal, hostage-taking Serbs, but that might lead down...
...House voted 318 to 99to lift the arms embargo on Bosnia, overriding objections that the unilateral action would inevitablydraw the U.S. into the Balkan war. The Clinton Administration opposes lifting the ban for that reason. "It will put Americans right in the middle of the hottest war today," Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-Ind.) said in today's debate. But a growing number of Republicans and Democrats believe that the U.S. must side with Bosnia's Muslim government against the Serbs.TIME correspondent J.F.O. McAllistersays the resolution will likely squeak through the Senate; if so, President Clinton could stop the action only...