Word: balkanize
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...forlorn quartet of Bosnian Serb tanks abandoned in the mountains south of Sarajevo last week -- their fuel tanks parched dry and deserted by once proud Serb soldiers -- signaled critical changes on the frontlines as the Balkan war enters its third winter. The government's gains are still limited, but the string of tactical successes is sparking new reassessments about the conflict...
...plays on the home-front is not clear. At best, McCloskey's efforts on Bosnia have sapped his time for issues that appeal more to his constituents. At worst, his adventures have roused the ire of a constituency that doesn't want the U.S. becoming entangled in a Balkan quagmire...
BOSNIAN ARMS EMBARGO: Lingering doubts about the fairness of the U.N.-sponsored -- and U.S.-supported -- arms embargo in the Balkan war prompted the fourth Senate proposal since May to lift the ban on shipments of weapons to the beleaguered Bosnians. Fifty Senators voted for the measure, but the other 50 opposed it, which, in the case of an amendment to a bill, counts as a defeat of the measure. A similar bill passed in the House, 244 to 178, on June...
...their victims see that justice is being done. What is , happening today in Bosnia is the result, in large part, of ethnic violence during World War II and earlier that was never satisfactorily resolved. The international community will have to take responsibility for meting out justice in this Balkan war if it hopes to prevent the next...
BOSNIAN ARMS EMBARGO: Within half an hour on May 12, the Senate voted twice to lift the arms embargo widely believed to be handicapping the Bosnian Muslim side in the Balkan conflict. The outcomes were numerically identical -- 50 to 49 -- but the vote lineup was quite different...