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...occasion for Dole's Bosnia posturing was the Serb attack on the Muslim area of Bihac. In fact, as the French pointed out accurately, it was a counterattack. The Muslims began this round with a fierce surprise offensive in late October that won them 95 sq. mi. of Serb-controlled territory and quiet applause from the U.S. Now that the gambit has backfired and the Bosnian government is blaming everyone but itself, Dole is pushing for more NATO bombing, for lifting the arms embargo and for other forms of flailing unilateralism...
...fighting in Bosnia raged on, Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic snubbed the world's top diplomat, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, refusing to meet with the U.N. Secretary-General at the Sarajevo airport. Boutros-Ghali later said if the Bosnian Serbs and Muslims fail to cooperate with the U.N. protection force, the organization may find it necessary to evacuate its peacekeepers...
What a mess in Washington too. From the outset, Bill Clinton's Bosnia policy has been equal parts wishful thinking, domestic politics and bluff; now it has virtually disintegrated under the pressure of the Bosnian Serbs and quarreling presidential advisers. The Serb triumph at Bihac has brought home the extent of Washington's failure and opened a bitter debate about what to do next. "Our policy is in complete disarray," admits a senior official. The debacle on the battlefield left the White House, senior Administration officials and a leading legislator separately enunciating contradictory positions...
...code word for annexation. Our policy is to uphold certain basic principles," including Bosnia's sovereignty. Christopher called in reporters to deny any change in U.S. policy. National Security Adviser Anthony Lake delivered a speech in Princeton, New Jersey, siding with State and repudiating any notion of Serb confederation, though he admitted it was "up to the parties to agree on future constitutional arrangements." In Brussels, Christopher proposed a big international conference to work out a settlement along the lines of the old Contact Group plan in a few months. "It's fair to say this policy has limited prospects...
...Bosnian Serbs today fired rockets at a United Nations vehicle in the Bihac area, wounding four peacekeepers. The soldiers -- taken to hospitals in Zagreb, Croatia -- were part of the contingent of 1,200 poorly equipped Bangladeshis in Bihac who are completely surrounded by advancing Serb forces. Croatian Serbs sent guided missiles at the U.N. armed personnel carrier; when other U.N. troops tried to rescue the soldiers, they came under sniper fire. But as they blew hot in Bihac, Serbs allowed the first fuel shipment in weeks to reach U.N. forces in Sarajevo.Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board...