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...each day passed, the designation of Gorazde as a U.N.-sanctioned "safe area" seemed increasingly like a cruel joke. Two rounds of NATO air strikes early in the week had done little to ease the Serbs' tightening vise around the besieged Muslim enclave on the Drina River. By Friday, Serb forces had moved artillery and armored vehicles into the surrounding hills and pounded away at the city of 65,000 civilians with howitzers, mortars and tank cannons. On Saturday afternoon, as Bosnian radio reported fretfully that tanks were rolling through Gorazde and firing into residential areas, NATO dispatched six planes...
...darkness settled on Gorazde, neither scenario came to pass. Instead, Yasushi Akashi, the U.N.'s chief civilian representative in Bosnia, suddenly announced that he was close to signing a pact with the Serbs. According to Akashi, the U.N. would stop combat air patrols above Gorazde if the Serbs agreed to a cease-fire and released U.N. personnel held across Bosnia beginning last Monday. The Serbs must also withdraw to the outskirts of Gorazde and allow a multinational U.N. protection force to police the front lines around the city. The deal, brokered with the help of Russian mediator Vitali Churkin, offered...
...town is under seige by Serb forces who show all intentions of overruning the city and terrorizing its 65,000 inhabitants, many of whom are already refugees. In recent days, the Serbs have escalated from shelling to actual forays into the city. On Saturday, Serb tanks advanced into the city and shelled the hospital...
...really serious about stopping the atrocities, there is now only one option. The Serbs must be taught a lesson. NATO must either protect Gorazde through heavy air attacks, or if that is no longer possible, punish Serb forces by attacking command center, weapons depots, artillery and supply links between Serbia and Bosnia...
...cautiously raised the possibility of using air power to enforce peace in eastern Bosnia, the Muslim enclave of Gorazde, once designated a "safe area" by the U.N., shuddered under continued attack by Serb troops. The U.S. urged the U.N. to offer some protection to the besieged city's 65,000 inhabitants by rushing more peacekeeping forces into the area. On Saturday, Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali instructed U.N. troops to use "all available means" to reverse Serb gains there...