Word: bosnia
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...believe we're all passengers on the planet," Galbraith says from his temporary home in Norway. "What happened in Bosnia and Croatia does affect us all. The U.S. acted out of concern for our fellow human beings and because it's the right thing...
Galbraith was the only person on both sides to participate in all three peace agreements: the Washington Accord, signed on February 28, 1994, to create a cease-fire between the Croats and the Muslims in Bosnia; the Erdut Accord, signed on November 12, 1995, aimed to end the war in Croatia, and the Dayton Accord, signed on November 21, 1995 to end the war in Bosnia...
...read with interest your article on the crisis in the Serb region of Kosovo [WORLD, May 11]. The desire of Kosovar Albanians to seek independence is only the latest chapter in the dismemberment of the former Yugoslavia. Belgrade strongman Slobodan Milosevic has watched his country disintegrate: Croatia, Bosnia and now, apparently, Kosovo want to go it alone...
...under Smith's command, reflecting his narrow view of IFOR responsibilities, simply looked on as the thugs of Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic forcibly evicted the Serbs who wished to remain in Sarajevo and then burned their houses--a major setback to the creation of a multiethnic state in Bosnia...
What has NATO done for us lately? Serbs are slaughtering ethnic Albanians in Kosovo while the alliance shrugs off American demands to get tough with Belgrade. When Albania collapsed into chaos and automatic gunfire last year, NATO managed to do precisely nothing. In Bosnia the European allies dithered for years until the U.S. insisted on bombing the Serbs. But in Washington last week, where the Senate voted to bring three new members into NATO, supporters attributed magical qualities to the alliance, including the power to make the whole Continent peaceful and prosperous. Bill Clinton said the inclusion of the Czech...