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Sometimes the discussions on the putting green are not so quiet. One evening in mid-July, after Serb forces overran the U.N.-protected enclave of Srebrenica and left the West's Bosnia policy a shambles, Clinton summoned several top aides, including two senior advisers from the National Security Council, to the South Lawn. As they stood by in suits, Clinton, in color-coordinated golf togs, proceeded to "blow off steam on Bosnia," according to one participant, while he moved around the green with a bag of balls, a putter and a pair of wedges. "It's hard to justify...
...believe the West, led by the U.S., does have the means and weaponry to stop Serb atrocities in the "safe areas'' without losing much human life [BOSNIA, July 31]. But it does not want to do so because that would ultimately lead to the creation of a Muslim state. The West's opposition to lifting the arms embargo on Bosnia is another proof of the hidden motives of Western powers. FAIYAZ AHMED Chetpet, India...
Nearly 200,000 Serb refugees streamed out of the Krajina region in Croatia after the territory was retaken from the Serbs by Croatian forces. As joyous Croats celebrated, bitter Serbs denounced Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, whom they faulted for not coming to their aid. Yugoslav officials, struggling to cope with the huge influx of refugees, announced plans to send thousands of them to Kosovo, a region that is 90% ethnic Albanian and that many fear will be the next Balkan powder...
...SEES SERB MASS KILLINGS
...made a "compelling case that there were wide-scale atrocities committed in the area against defenseless civilians." The photos showed large patches of freshly dug earth near Srebrenica--believed to be mass graves--that had not been there earlier. Six thousand men and boys are still missing after the Serb capture of the "safe areas" of Srebrenica and Zepa in Bosnia...