Word: serb
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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ALLIED LEADERS WERE DISCUSSING INTERVENTION in Bosnia last week when the commanders of the rebel Serb forces and the Bosnian army unexpectedly signed a cease-fire, to take effect on May 9. Suddenly, there was hope that the intervention no one really wants would not be necessary. But would the truce hold? Many such agreements have been made and broken during the past year. Only a week ago, Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic had signed the Vance- Owen peace plan. Just as Secretary of State Warren Christopher switched gears in Europe, from lobbying allies on a plan to bomb...
Suddenly, sniper bullets spit into the dirt along the top of the trench. Down below the ridge, plum orchards in spring bloom conceal the Muslim lines. Exploding artillery shells trigger small avalanches along the rain-loosened earth walls. A young Serb slides into the trench, out of breath from his dash across a meadow of buttercups pocked by mortar craters. He has a question to ask that is important enough to risk his life. "Why does the world want to destroy us?" he wants to know. "We are victims...
...administration said this week that any decision on military action in Bosnia would come after the results of the Bosnian Serb referendum and that the U.S. delay was largely due to hesitation on the part of European governments...
Much has been broken in Bosnia over the last year: broken cease-fires, broken promises and broken lives. So it should have come as no surprise that the Bosnian Serb parliament shattered hopes by again rejecting peace last week. This after their leader, Radovan Karadzic, had signaled his willingness to support the Vance-Owen peace plan, a proposal that has already been accepted by both the Croats and the Bosnian Muslims...
Since the Serbs have almost no air defenses, attacking planes could easily bomb bridges, rail lines or supply depots. Taking out mobile heavy artillery around besieged enclaves would be far more difficult. The main problem: What if air strikes alone don't stop Serb aggression...