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Just before dawn last Saturday, a convoy of three buses and an ambulance rumbled out of Bosnia and into the Serbian university town of Novi Sad. Out climbed 121 U.N. soldiers -- mostly Canadian, British and French -- who had been held hostage by Bosnian Serbs for six days. They were tired and grimy but in good shape, except for six who had been injured in a road accident. Sitting on a bed in a hotel in Belgrade, a 21-year-old from the Royal Welch Fusiliers said, "All I want now is sex, but I can't say that...
...Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic promptly took credit for the release, announcing that the Bosnian Serbs had accepted his appeal as a sign of readiness to start "resolving the crisis." But the crisis was far from over. On Friday a U.S. Air Force F-16 had been shot down over the Bosnian Serb stronghold of Banja Luka. Serb commander Ratko Mladic reportedly claimed to have found the pilot, but there was no immediate confirmation. A senior official in Washington said Saturday he hoped that it was true and that the Serbs would release him promptly...
...with U.N. and NATO forces, downing a U.S. F-16 on routine patrol; Bosnian Serb forces said the jet's lone pilot survived and was in their custody, an assertion the U.S. was unable to confirm. At the same time, the Bosnian Serbs -- under pressure from their erstwhile patron, Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic -- released 121 of the more than 370 U.N. peacekeepers they had been holding hostage. U.S. envoy Robert Frasure met with Milosevic to discuss possibly suspending economic sanctions against Serbia in return for the release of the other hostages and Serbian recognition of Bosnia's borders. NATO...
...escalate the war," said White House spokesman Mike McCurry. The Administration believes that lifting the embargo would anger France, Britain and other countries with peacekeeping troops in the region, andtrigger a commitment of 25,000 American troopsto helpevacuate the peacekeepersand protect the Muslims from a predicted new Serbian assault. (If European peacekeepers withdraw, however, McCurry said, "it may well be that lifting the arms embargo proves unavoidable as a last resort.") A bipartisan chorus of senators, meanwhile, predicted that the full Senate would nonetheless follow the House lead. Said Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.): "At least Bosnians...
...Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic said in a statement today that he had persuaded the Bosnian Serbs torelease the 256 UN peacekeepers still held hostage. The statement does not say when the hostages will be set free. Milosevic has sent an aide to the Bosnian Serb stronghold of Pale to join the Greek foreign and defense ministers who are thereto try to negotiate a quick release. Despite Milosevic's assurances, the Bosnian Serbs appear to be digging in their heels, saying they won't release any more hostages without a UN pledge to halt air strikes. In Sarajevo, theBosnian Serb troops...