Word: bosnian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...transports, clattered to landing zones aboard Chinook helicopters and roared over the countryside in Bradley fighting vehicles. Their exercises, code-named Mountain Shield, were tightly coordinated with the U.S. 1st Armored Division and 3rd Infantry Division, which subsequently conducted operation Mountain Eagle 95 with 10,000 troops earmarked for Bosnian peacekeeping duty...
...provisions of the peace agreement now being discussed would give NATO's military peace force a license to throw its weight around throughout Bosnia. They could also involve the I-FOR in a fire fight the first time it crashes a Serb roadblock or seizes artillery pieces from the Bosnian army. Once the peace is shattered and American forces begin taking casualties, voices will be raised in the U.S., loudly demanding answers: What makes Bosnia worth dying for? What vital national interest is involved? In fact, the questioning has already begun, as Congress sends signals to Clinton that it will...
...Bosnia, but they have not been doing a particularly good job of it. Clinton wrote to Congress last week, "If we do not do our part in a NATO mission, we would weaken the alliance and jeopardize American leadership in Europe." Secretary of State Warren Christopher warns that the Bosnian conflict might spread, but it remains unclear what danger the Albanian army poses. Meanwhile, William Perry, the Secretary of Defense, testified to Congress last month that the peacekeeping mission in Bosnia "affects the vital national security interests of the U.S. by maintaining the strength and credibility of NATO and, most...
Though the Clinton Administration is happy about the Bosnian Serbs signing on to the Balkan peace accord, TIME's Doug Waller reports that the Pentagon is concerned about the long term ability of Milosevic or Karadzic to maintain the peace. "Milosevic can deliver the votes from the senior leaders, but the question is whether they can deliver all the troops," says Waller. "There are a lot of Bosnian Serb soldiers under a very loose command structure. There are freelancers and plenty of just plain armed thugs. And that's a worry to the Pentagon." The other worry, Waller reports...
...Much will depend on how satisfied the parties are with the details and whether or not they felt pushed into this," reports James Graff. Under the terms of the peace, Bosnia will remain a single state divided into two parts, a Serb republic and a Muslim-Croat federation. The Bosnian state encompassing these two parts will have a central government, a presidency and a parliament. The government will be elected by voters throughout the bifurcated state, under international election supervision. No indicted war criminals may hold office. The city of Sarajevo, the besieged Bosnian capitol that became a symbol...