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...continuation of diplomacy by other means, what to make of Sarajevo? As the first snows fell on the nearby mountains, NATO fighter- bombers hit Bosnian Serb positions just outside the capital for the fourth time since February in retaliation for attacks on U.N. peacekeeping troops. The NATO aircraft dropped bombs and directed cannon fire against a Bosnian Serb position seven miles west of Sarajevo; they destroyed a tank. The NATO action was authorized after two French soldiers were wounded in four separate attacks. The peacekeepers had placed themselves between opposing Bosnian Serb and Bosnian government troops when heavy fighting broke...
Meanwhile, the U.N. Security Council lifted some of the sanctions leveled against Serbia after Belgrade closed its border with Bosnia. A ban on civilian air traffic will be lifted for 100 days, and the Serbs can resume international sports and cultural contacts. The council also condemned Bosnian Serbs for renewal of their ethnic-cleansing campaign in northern Bosnia, where about 3,000 Muslims have been driven from their homes...
What of Sarajevo itself? As Bosnian Serb units once again tightened their grip on a city to which they have denied water, gas and electricity since Sept. 14, TIME received the following report...
President Clinton indicated he would back off an October 15 deadline for Serbs to accept a peace plan. Clinton had so far used the stick of arming the Muslims to convince the Serbs to reverse their rejection of the internationally backed proposal. But the Bosnian Muslims, afraid the Serbs would launch a deadly offensive in anticipation of the lifting of the arms embargo, told Clinton "they may be interested in deferring any action on that for four to six months," the President said today. Russian President Boris Yeltsin, a Serb ally, added his two cents during his current visit...
...member-nations within the week. Claes hasn't made the headlines in recent years, says TIME Brussels Bureau Chief Jay Branegan. But in the coming months his mettle will be seriously tested. "Bosnia poses a major threat to NATO unity," says Branegan. Western nations have threatened to arm Bosnian Muslims by October 15, after which the region could be the scene of an all-out war. But that crisis will be the beginning of his trial-by-fire. Next up are the Eastern Europeans who are clamoring to get into the Western alliance...