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Dates: during 1993-1993
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...flow of aid convoys into the city. Similar commitments have gone unfulfilled in the past, but this time hard-line Serb military commander General Ratko Mladic stood next to Karadzic and said, "Everything which is agreed will be carried out." The U.N. commander in Bosnia, Belgian Lieut. General Francis Briquemont, was still skeptical. Said he: "Actions speak louder than words." On Friday he and Mladic talked for six hours at Sarajevo airport without reaching agreement on handing Serb positions on the mountains over to U.N. peacekeepers. Briquemont said he and Mladic "did not have the same concept about conditions, control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blood, Threats and Fears | 8/16/1993 | See Source »

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