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...would foot the bill depends, of course, on who agrees to ease the arms embargo. If the Afghanistan war of the 1980s is any guide, the U.S. might lead the operation, then pass the hat. The Muslims' current smuggling operations suggest the best paymasters: oil-rich Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia and the gulf states that have already shelled out money to Bosnian Muslim businessmen, who then procure the weapons. The smuggling routes also suggest how the newly sanctioned equipment would wend its way to Muslim fighters. Arms are shipped or flown to the Croatian capital of Zagreb, then transferred...
...Secretary of State Warren Christopher was shopping around Europe last week as the U.S. sought support for a way to push the Serbs toward the peace table and end a slaughter that has taken at least 134,000 lives. The U.S. proposal is to exempt Bosnia from the U.N. embargo on arms sales and use air strikes to protect Muslim enclaves from Serb attacks until their forces are strong enough to defend themselves...
...have not honored their April 18 agreement to halt the siege of Srebrenica. The Bosnian government is also mixing its signals. It formally asked the 9,000 U.N. troops in the country to leave because their governments are using their presence as an excuse for not lifting the arms embargo...
...that, if it failed, would not damage the presidency. "We didn't want to be stuck," says a senior official. Air strikes alone did not make sense, because they could not end the war. So the White House decided to try to exempt the Bosnian government from the embargo, and hoped that might push the sides toward a cease-fire and negotiations. Meanwhile the U.S. would use air attacks to keep the Serbs from grabbing all that remained of Bosnia while the Muslims were rearming. That would aim air power at a clear goal for a limited time...
When Christopher returned to the White House on Saturday, however, he was nearly back where he had started a week earlier. Though the allies listened sympathetically, they were not convinced that either lifting the arms embargo or launching air strikes would hasten a settlement. They professed concern about a wider war and revenge attacks on their thousands of troops on peacekeeping duty in the former Yugoslavia. After Christopher reported to the President on Saturday morning, Stephanopoulos told reporters there would be more talks with the Europeans. "This is a continuing process," he said...