Word: bosnian
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MPRI is ready. "The Bosnians need training at the company level, putting battalion staff together, that sort of thing," says retired Army Lieut. General Harry Soyster. "It can be done pretty quickly." Formerly the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Soyster, MPRI's operations chief, is the only official who speaks publicly for the company. For the past year, MPRI has had 15 men in Croatia, a group headed by retired two-star General Richard Griffitts. They have been teaching the Croats to run a military force in a democracy, and recently signed a second contract to reorganize Croatia...
...secret, just finished report that cost $400,000 to prepare, the Pentagon has determined the Bosnians' military needs. The study concludes that the Bosnian Serbs' advantage could be erased by giving the Muslim-Croat Federation about 50 tanks plus similar numbers of artillery and armored vehicles, say Pentagon officials familiar with the findings. The Muslims also need antitank and antimortar weapons, light arms and basics like boots and bullets. In an indication of how important MPRI's role would be, the report contends that the forces need more training than arming, especially in tactics for midsize units involving hundreds...
...pastries, Milosevic told them that Americans "are looking for trouble," says Republican Representative Jim Ramstad of Minnesota. Milosevic, widely blamed for igniting the Balkan wars, has some unexpected allies. Retired top U.S. military officers who until recently were responsible for the Balkans say the plan may embolden the Bosnians to seize land now held by the Bosnian Serbs. Boyd suggests it would be better to leave well enough alone, saying both sides are war weary and that a rough military stability already exists. Retired General David Maddox, the chief U.S. Army officer in Europe until last year, also criticizes...
...BOSNIAN AULD LANG SYNE...
...singer BONO spent New Year's Eve in Sarajevo. The self-proclaimed "first tourist" to the city danced one night away with Bosnian Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey, then joined locals for an impromptu show the next. "I can't understand why more of our colleagues have not come," said Bono. Maybe the war had something to do with...