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Bosnian Muslim President Alija Izetbegovic flew to Washington to ask President Clinton to set a deadline for the use of force if Bosnian Serbs do not lift their siege of Sarajevo. Instead, President Clinton advised him to head back to the bargaining table with Bosnian Serbs and Croats; Clinton said the U.S. will not intervene militarily, though U.S. troops could help monitor a peace agreement, if Congress approved. Back in the Balkans, one big surprise: Bosnian Croats admitted what the Muslims have long been claiming -- that conditions for Croat-held Muslim prisoners are inhumane...
...Serb militiamen appeared to take heed. Making a show of fulfilling Karadzic's original promise to pull back, troops began to move off the mountainsides, accompanied by tanks, trucks and jeeps. As they left, they apparently set fire to several ski lodges. In the town of Trnovo, southeast of Sarajevo, hundreds of grimy soldiers lined up for tourist buses that would carry them away from the peaks they had captured after 10 days of heavy fighting. Some displayed the souvenirs of victory: a Bosnian flag, a helmet with an inscription in Arabic script, street signs from occupied towns. "We follow...
Even so, the war talk went on. Secretary of State Warren Christopher, reversing his July judgment that the U.S. was doing all it could, declared flatly, "It is in our national interest to prevent the strangulation of Sarajevo." In Brussels, the NATO allies worked out a list of Serbian military targets and completed arrangements on which air units would go into action and how the chain of command would operate. The allied air forces were waiting only for the order...
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...