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...Saturday a skirmish erupted in Sarajevo that was a microcosm of the escalating confrontation. At 4:30 a.m., two Bosnian Serbs disguised as French peacekeepers, complete with blue helmets and flak jackets, infiltrated a U.N. observation post on the Vrbanja bridge and spearheaded the Serbs' capture of the post -- and 12 French U.N. prisoners. Four hours later, a platoon of French troops responded in the first-ever combat engagement for territory between Serbian and U.N. soldiers, recapturing one end of the bridge. In the process, two French soldiers and four Bosnian Serbs were killed...
...lead-up to this showdown began with increasingly open Serb violations of a heavy-weapons exclusion zone enforced by NATO around Sarajevo. The Serbs had already been shelling the Bosnian capital from inside the zone, breaking the February 1994 agreement. Last week they made the nose thumbing official by brassily pulling three artillery pieces and a mortar out of a U.N. impoundment depot, firing them at Sarajevo and ignoring a U.N.-NATO ultimatum to hand them back. That was too much even for Yasushi Akashi, the top U.N. official in Bosnia. He had vetoed several previous requests by local...
...Calling Bosnian Serbs "outcasts and international pariahs" forshooting down an American F-16 today, President Clinton then spent much of the day closeted with his national security advisors considering what action to take next. NATO officials have launched a massive search-and-rescue mission to locate the pilot, who was downed over northern Bosnia. The plane was flying at approximately 20,000 feet on an air patrol mission enforcing the no-fly zone overBosnian Serb territorywhen it was hit by a Russian SA-6 surface-to-air missile. Only the pilot was aboard. While it is not yet known whether...
NATO officials have launched a massive search-and-rescue mission to locate the pilot of an American F-16 fighter shot down this morning over northern Bosnia near the Bosnian Serb town of Banja Luka. The plane was flying at approximately 20,000 feet on an air patrol mission enforcing the no-fly zone over Bosnian Serb territory when it was hit by a Russian SA-6 surface-to-air missile. Only the pilot was aboard. It is not yet known whether he survived the crash. The Pentagon has not yet released his identity. This is the second time...
...into Bosnia as "completely unacceptable." In the face of the withering criticism, Clinton backed away from his announcement yesterday that Marines might land if the UN requests their help in rescuing UN hostages, now saying instead that he would be "inclined" to order in the Marines if asked. Meanwhile, Bosnian Serbs defiantly upped the ante by taking another UN hostage today...