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When Serbs fired two anti-tank missiles at a United Nations convoy near the Bosnian town of Velika Kladusa last Monday, Ismail Hassain had just closed the hatch on his armored personnel carrier. The blast inflicted such massive injuries to his head that the Bangladeshi peacekeeper immediately lapsed into a deep coma. Serb forces refused permission for Hassain and four of his wounded U.N. comrades to be evacuated by helicopter, so the soldiers were forced to endure an eight-hour road trip to an American medical hospital in Zagreb. Hassain, who never awoke from his coma, died the next morning...
After the crash of the American Eagle ATR-72, the Federal Aviation Administration barred ATR model planes from flying in icy weather. That forced the carrier to move other planes more suitable to cold conditions to northern cities. But late last week, American Eagle canceled all its flights at Chicago's busy O'Hare International Airport after a pilots' union complained that the replacement fleet's crews had not adequately been trained to fly during cold weather...
Some may remember the recent image of that seven-year-old boy who was hit in the face by a sniper's bullet in the middle of Sarajevo, holding on to his mother's hand as they ran past a U.N. armored personnel carrier. As the boy lay dying, his face was turned toward the asphalt, his left hand raised to his head, soaked in his blood. His name was Nermin Divovic. He wasn't killed by surprise, by a shell. He was sought out by a Serb sniper who waited, got him into his telescopic sights, looked...
...United Nations vehicle in the Bihac area, wounding four peacekeepers. The soldiers -- taken to hospitals in Zagreb, Croatia -- were part of the contingent of 1,200 poorly equipped Bangladeshis in Bihac who are completely surrounded by advancing Serb forces. Croatian Serbs sent guided missiles at the U.N. armed personnel carrier; when other U.N. troops tried to rescue the soldiers, they came under sniper fire. But as they blew hot in Bihac, Serbs allowed the first fuel shipment in weeks to reach U.N. forces in Sarajevo.Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board...
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