Word: pullback
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...Pullback over Sarajevo...
After stern warnings from the U.S. and nato to end the "strangulation" of Sarajevo, Bosnian Serb leaders announced a pullback from two mountain peaks over-looking the city. By Saturday, the withdrawal was almost complete and peacekeepers were patrolling the area. Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic said he would rejoin negotiations in Geneva this week -- if the Serbs stick to their agreement...
...before the alliance's strategy became clear, however. "Driving Saddam from our country is only good if we also make sure he can never come back," a Kuwaiti minister said last week. "If the Iraqis in Kuwait had been hit without mercy early on, it might have forced a pullback, and Saddam could have kept his war abilities intact. It's slower this way -- going after his capacities in Iraq before turning to the occupation forces -- but it is the best way to meet the ultimate objective...
SYRIA. Damascus' support of Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war had virtually consigned Syria to the role of regional pariah. Moscow's economic pullback from the region threatened only to deepen Syria's isolation. By honoring the U.N. embargo and casting its lot with the pan-Arab force, Syria aims to reintegrate into the Arab and international fold. President Hafez Assad has not taken a front role in the current drama, but he did issue an early condemnation of Iraq's action, warning that if other nations pursued a similar course, "the world would resemble a jungle...
...Assad, the threat is that Moscow's pullback will lead to deepening isolation. Syria, already something of a pariah among Arab states for its support of Iran in the gulf war, felt even more lonely after other Arab leaders decided to resume relations with Egypt. Last December Assad moved to break his diplomatic quarantine by agreeing to restore relations with Cairo. With a foreign debt of more than $10 billion in addition to obligations to Moscow, Assad needs the help of well-heeled Arab brethren...