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...will air strikes or Serb compliance with the ultimatum actually do much to end the war and stop the killing? The Pentagon is dubious that NATO planes can do much damage. In the face of past threats, the Serbs have proved adept at backing down just enough to keep things quiet for a while, then stepping up the fighting again. There is also a fear that the ultimatum and air strikes are a mere facade behind which the U.S. will help pressure Bosnia's beleaguered Muslims into settling the war on terms amounting to a surrender to Serb aggression...
...perils are very real. NATO flyers bombing and strafing Serb gun positions could be shot down and killed, or captured and paraded on TV as hostages, a la Iran or Somalia. The air strikes could be ineffective: finding and destroying well-hidden artillery pieces, especially mortars that can be moved quickly, is no cinch. The Serbs could step up their offensives far from Sarajevo, intensifying the killing in other vulnerable towns like Srebrenica and Tuzla. The Serbs could take prisoner or even kill civilian aid workers who distribute food and other humanitarian assistance. Result: whipsawing pressures on Clinton either...
...ideal result of this combined strategy would be quick Serb decision to agree to a palatable settlement that leaves a viable Bosnian state. And if the Serbs do decide to fight, the Bosnians will have the ability to fight back...
...marketplace massacre was one of those grotesque blunders of war. A cease-fire had gone into effect at 9 that morning in order to let a convoy of refugees leave the city. To minimize the risk of casualties, the convoy was split in two. Three buses had passed the Serb checkpoint and three were being loaded near the marketplace when the attack was launched. Observers speculated that Serb gunmen, seeing the first buses pass, assumed that the cease-fire was over and simply aimed at the biggest crowd they could see. To minimize casualties in the future, the Bosnian Interior...
...FRESH, WHITE SNOW DREW THEM OUTside. A group of laughing children, the youngest 4 and the oldest 14, trooped out of their Sarajevo apartment building to play. It seemed safe enough; the Serb artillery batteries lining the hilltops around the city had been quiet for several days. Besides, the children were inside a U.N.-declared safe zone. As the Muslim boys and girls shouted and rode their sled, 120-mm mortar shells landed with a roar. The children dropped to the ground and then, when more explosions followed, ran for the beckoning safety of their building. Inside, fearful families rushed...