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PARIS: Richard Holbrooke Thursday tried to lower expectations that the weekend summit of Balkan presidents in Rome might produce any dramatic results. U.S. and NATO negotiators are trying to lower tensions sent sky high after the detaining of four Serbs the Muslim government accuses of war crimes. Briefing American reporters in Paris, Holbrooke said at least one hoped-for result would be a further clarification of the new 'rules of the road' governing the conditions under which NATO troops would take part in tracking down and arresting suspected war criminals. "The point of these rules of the road," Holbrooke said...
...being unfairly singled out for war crimes violations. Stung by the capture and extradition to The Hague of two Serb army officers accused of war crimes, Bosnian Serb leaders have broken off all contact with the NATO peacekeeping force and have warned all Serbs not to cross into Muslim-held areas of Sarajevo. Bosnia's Muslim government is still holding out for more Serbs accused of war crimes, and in retaliation, Serbs have reportedly arrested three Muslims suspected of killing Serb civilians. Mounting suspicions on all sides have translated into more restrictions and controls for people crossing supposedly open borders...
MORE ARMS AND TRAINING FOR THE Bosnian Muslims [WORLD, Jan. 15] increase the likelihood that war will resume once NATO troops depart. The nominally federated Muslims and Croats of Bosnia may be tempted to resolve their seemingly irreconcilable differences at the expense of the Bosnian Serbs. The spoils from a joint military campaign to expel the Bosnian Serb nation would be allocated mainly to a Muslim entity, which would then accept its lot as a satellite of Greater Croatia. There is a precedent for what amounts to "benign ethnic cleansing." Croatia, with Washington's blessing, invaded the U.N.-protected Krajina...
...holy days of Ramadan end next week. Bahrani officials accused the Shiite Iranian government of sponsoring the bombing and encouraging terrorism, but the Iranians denied the charge. The attack is part of the Front's campaign against the Al Khalifa royal family which represents the emirate's ruling Sunni muslim minority. Tens of thousands of the oil-rich emirate's Shiite majority are poor and unemployed, and demand restoration of the suspended parliament, freedom of speech, job opportunities and the release of political prisoners...
SARAJEVO: Holbrooke has his hands full, with tensions between Serbs and Muslims escalating rapidly. The Serb army refuses to conduct high level talks with NATO officers while Bosnian Muslims detain Serb officers. "We will not tolerate the kind of threats coming out of the Bosnian Serbs," Holbrooke told reporters at a stop in Budapest, Hungary. Violence is growing in Sarajevo with both Serbs and Muslims reporting attacks. Four Muslim truck drivers were allegedly beaten by armed Serbs, according to hospital officials. SRNA, the Bosnian Serb news agency, claimed a Serb had been beaten by Muslims in the Bosnian Muslim section...