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Word: razek (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what a thankless task they face. They got one anyway, when two French soldiers were killed and five more injured as their convoy, carrying supplies from Belgrade, was raked by machine-gun fire near Sarajevo's airport. The U.N. commander in Sarajevo, Egyptian Brigadier General Hussein Ali Abdul-Razek, blamed the attack on "irresponsible elements" among the Bosnian government troops loyal to President Alija Izetbegovic. Abdul- Razek's deputy, French Lieut. General Philippe Morillon, called it "a clear provocation by people who are enormously upset by the possibility of peace and determined to remain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beefing Up the Bosnian Brigade | 9/21/1992 | See Source »

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