Word: serb
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Slowly, the Bosnian Serb forces led by Karadzic are overwhelming the Muslims who occupy the lands which they consider "Greater Serbia." The newspaper version reads like a finished piece of history. The television asks us at every moment if this is how we desire to write the history. So the real war here is to be fought over the medium, which in itself will surely determine the outcome of events. No one likes unhappy endings on television...
...consensus on those details came later and after long debate. NATO's generals and ambassadors met over the weekend and into last week in Brussels, winding up with a 13-hour marathon session that ended only at 4 a.m. Wednesday. If the Serbs showed signs of massing for a full-scale attack on Gorazde, the last safe area in eastern Bosnia, NATO planes would pre-emptively attack the Serb air defenses, troop formations, armor and artillery in the area. If the Serbs still pushed on, allied fighter-bombers would range farther, taking out ammunition and fuel dumps and Serb supply...
There must be no more U.N. veto of NATO military actions. The Serb military-industrial infrastructure in both Serbia and Serb-held Bosnia must be destroyed, which will prevent Serbia from furnishing weapons and fuel to proxies in Bosnia. The arming of Bosnia must occur, with logistical support from Western powers. To continue with empty talk just buys Serbia time to implement its fascist agenda. GORDON HAWLEY Ottawa...
...Serb forces break every "treaty" put forward as they continue on their quest for total genocide. Meanwhile, the world just stands by and watches the Serb forces wreak havoc and destruction. The U.N. has totally disgraced itself in its handling of the situation. There is too much politics involved, and no true action. MICHAEL MARKOWSKI Newark, Delaware Via E-mail...
Seldom have I read such a collection of lies and hypocritical nonsense as your interview with Serbia's President Milosevic [THE BALKANS, July 17]. The international community has a short memory. Milosevic and his allies, like Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic, are definitely war criminals, all right. But Milosevic gets the undivided attention of the world press and the willing ear of Western politicians. FREDDY SULS Vorselaar, Belgium...