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...response of the world community meanwhile has been misguided at best, complications at worst. The UN-imposed arms embargo on the former Yugoslavia has aided the Serbs, who possessed large stockpiles of weapons before the war. The Bosnia's still suffer from shortages of heavy weapons. Moreover, the UN troops in Bosnia have been mere pawns in the Serbian advance, able to provide relief only with Serb permission and used as hostages against any more significant help for the Muslims. These polices have largely been the result of a British and French resistance to any concerted action against the Serbs...
...been working on a plan to partition the country. Mired in their own disagreements over how to end the war, almost anything they might try seemed likely to add to the tensions. The Europeans, especially the French, are outraged at the U.S. decision to stop enforcing the international arms embargo on Bosnia, and they complained aloud over what unpleasant surprises might issue from Washington next...
...required by the same law that ended enforcement of the embargo, Pentagon and State Department officials last week briefed Congress on options that members could consider if Washington does decide to violate the embargo and effectively side with the Bosnian government. The briefings were secret, but participants said a so-called heavy option would provide Bosnia with up to $5 billion in weapons, aid and training, while a light version would involve $500 million in hardware...
Included in those briefings, Administration spokesmen said, were firm warnings to the lawmakers that a decision to ignore the embargo "would have a potential negative effect" and could wreck the peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts in Bosnia. That is an understatement. It could shatter the unity of the NATO alliance in precisely the way many Europeans feared last week...
...European Union today lifted an 8-year weapons sales embargo againstSyria-- a move that Israel immediately called a mistake. Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels voted unanimously to lift the embargo -- put in place because of Syria's activities sponsoring terrorism. Diplomats said the move reflected the EU's view that Syria no longer supported terrorists. The move is part of a larger Western effort to improve relations with Damascus: Last month, for instance, President Clinton visited Damascus promoting peace efforts. Today, however, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said the embargo should remain in place as long as Syria refuses...