Word: muslim
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...should send an expeditionary force to Bosnia, sources have told TIME that U.S. Special Forces are already on the ground there, although the Pentagon officially denies it. Sources say these advance troops are, for now, reconnaissance operatives, keeping Washington "incredibly well informed," and are providing intelligence to Muslim enclaves. But they are also equipped to assist in any military action Clinton may order...
...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...
...Force F-15s, British Tornadoes and French Mirages, launching from bases in Italy, join in with precision bombing of Serbian militiamen. The attacks go on night after night for months. Meanwhile allied agents supply the bedraggled Bosnian Muslim troops with new artillery and tanks, along with advisers to show how the weaponry works. Before long, the land battles among Bosnia's warring peoples become more evenly matched. At that point, perhaps, the Serbs might finally be willing to make peace with the Muslim-dominated Bosnian government...
...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...
...week's end that none of this would be necessary. At Sarajevo airport, the commanders of the rebel Serb forces and the Bosnian army signed a cease-fire agreement aimed at "a cessation of armed attacks" throughout the country on Sunday. They also agreed to demilitarize the encircled Muslim towns of Srebrenica and Zepa...