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...orgy of revenge; some 50,000 Burundians died in 1993 alone. It also spawned a Hutu rebellion--and a Tutsi army crackdown--which continues to this day. Though a coalition government, composed of senior politicians from both ethnic groups, was formed under international pressure in 1994, its members remain hamstrung by tribal loyalties, unable and often unwilling to stop the bloodshed. Observes a Western diplomat in Bujumbura: "There is total impunity. Everyone still thinks that they can achieve their goals by violent means...
TIME's Edward Barnes reports that special Muslim units have infiltrated Serb-held territory surrounding the town of Zepa, the so-called Muslim safe area under attack, and have temporarily hamstrung the massive Serb assault with a series of guerrilla attacks. The Serb campaign against the "safe areas," begun in earnest with the assault on Srebrenica last week, has already driven 30,000 women, children and elderly refugees from that city. But Ministry of Defense sources in Belgrade told TIME that the Bosnian army special units have become the major stumbling block to the Serb capture of Zepa, an isolated...
...that they are being neither serious nor responsible about their leadership status. On February 28, the United States Senate, with the stated goal of generational responsibility, will vote on the Balanced Budget Amendment. If this assault on the future passes, our generation will live in and lead a nation hamstrung in seeking to satisfy the most basic needs of the country--to say nothing of building a better future for our children...
...Republican leadership has promised across-the-board cuts to every program except Social Security and defense. We must ask why on earth these politicians feel compelled to throw money at fighter planes and protect this country's oldest generation while leaving its youngest hamstrung and hog-tied...
...only a cool stare from British Defense Minister Malcolm Rifkind, reflects the schizophrenia at the core of the West's response to the Balkan war. Unable to choose between mounting a more muscular response and calling off the whole show, the allies' simultaneous pursuit of both alternatives leaves them hamstrung. On one hand they fear that a more assertive approach in Bosnia is likely to entangle them more deeply in the war. Yet admitting defeat and pulling out would not only humiliate NATO but also allow the conflict to widen...