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...kill them is part of the arsenals on all sides. The fundamental objective of the war is Serbian "ethnic cleansing" -- practiced by ethnic irregulars armed and supported by the Serbian government of Slobodan Milosevic in Belgrade -- of large swaths of Bosnian territory to expel Muslims and Croats so that Serbs may move in. Croats under the harshly nationalist leadership of President Franjo Tudjman have joined in to grab their share of territory, and Bosnian Muslims, fighting at the raw level of their rivals, are likewise guilty of barbarism -- and of inflating horror stories about the Serbs to win sympathy...
...most refugees, the inducement to flee is fear of imminent death. Topcagic Muharem says he is the only Muslim survivor from the village of Koritnik. On June 20, he claims, Serb militiamen herded 57 Muslim men, women and children into a basement and tossed in hand grenades, then joked that the screams of the dying sounded "just like a mosque." Ferid Omerovic, 37, is one of 9,000 from the Bosnian city of Bosanski Novi who reached a Croatian refugee camp in a U.N. convoy. "Life turned to hell two months ago," he says. "All Muslims were fired from their...
Bosnian officials, who present the most detailed bill of particulars, claim that Serbs are running at least 105 camps, through which 260,000 people have passed since April, with 17,000 deaths. At least 130,000 remain incarcerated. How bad are the camps? A Bosnian report, possibly exaggerated, tells of the Vuk Karadzic primary school in Bratunac, where Serbs are accused of bleeding 500 Muslims to death so wounded Serbs could get transfusions; at a cafe- pension named Sonje in the town of Vogosca, a Serb group led by one Jovan Tintor was said to have hanged prisoners...
...whole has done no better. As Serbia's federal army and Serb irregulars ravage the recently independent states of Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina, both now full members of the U.N. the United Nations Secretary General and Security Council have responded with nothing but meaningless proclamations. The sparse U.N. forces in the war zone have been a laughing-stock, closing down its operations whenever mortar rounds fall too near and suffering the injury of their own soldiers without a peep...
...United Nations can find the will to repair what damage it can in the Balkans, there may still be hope. This will not be easy and it will require significant force. The Serb artillery in the hills can be silenced by air power, but pushing the Serbs out of tof Bosnia they hold can only be accomplished by ground troops. Strong action by the United Nations will save the people of Bosnia from further horrors while setting a precedent for future united world action...