Word: serb
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...center of this web of conspiracy turns out to be the United Nations. Which U.N. are they talking about, you might ask? Is this the U.N. that turns and runs before Mohammed Aidid? Or is this the U.N. that stands by wringing its hands as the Bosnian Serb artillery launches rockets into the U.N. head-quarters...
Some 27,000 Muslims fled the U.N. designated "safe area" of Srebrenica after it was captured bythe Bosnian Serb army. Despite numerous threats,NATO bombing runs, and an attempt by 400 Dutch peacekeepers to protect the city's southern edge, the U.N. could not keep the Serbs at bay. Seeking protection, some 2,000 civilians have assembled at the tiny U.N. outpost at Potocari, north of the city, and the Dutch troops are attempting to regroup around the area. There was no word on the fate of 30 Dutch hostages taken by Serb forces over the weekend. Srebrenica...
Communications breakdowns led to last month's downing of Captain Scott O'Grady's F-16 over Bosnia, according to a Pentagon report. The report says intelligence photos revealed four hours before the plane was hit that Serb SA-6 missile battery had moved into the flyover area. Just minutes before impact, an American U-2 plane detected a brief burst of radar from the battery, revealing its position. But a command plane lacking crucial communications gear was unable to relay the message to O'Grady. Pentagon officials will present the report to Congress tomorrow...
Threatened with retaliatory airstrikes if they attacked Dutch peacekeepers outside the Bosnian "safe area" of Srebrenica,Bosnian Serb forceshalted their advance toward Dutch lines on the southern edge of town. Fighting between Serb and government forces intensified elsewhere around the city, as Serb forces reportedly set fire to homes in outlying areas. Despite a U.N. demand that they be released, the Serbian army continued to hold 30 Dutch soldiers hostage as insurance againstNATO bombings...
...want of it more keen. Last Wednesday afternoon about 50 people were on the street in the suburb of Dobrinja. The day was sunny, and many were digging in the makeshift vegetable gardens that Sarajevans have taken to cultivating in whatever scrap of dirt they can find. Suddenly, a Serb shell lanced in, killing six people. "The Serbs always like to catch us at such moments," said Nenad Tupajic, 26, a soldier who was patrolling the Dobrinja line. "That's their way of taking revenge...