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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...
...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 and European Union defense...
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...
...Muslim-led Bosnian government traded thousands of artillery shells with Bosnian Serbs in a two-day battle. The fighting was the worst in 15 months. Meanwhile, in its latest desperate effort to brake the slide toward all-out war in Bosnia, the U.S. presented Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic with an offer of relief from international sanctions if Serbia recognizes Bosnia's borders. Milosevic offered no response...
Hardly surprising, since the Bosnian Serbs and their reluctant patron in Belgrade, Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, are masters at exploiting great power differences. The Russians tend to favor the Serbs, their historic allies; the Americans tend to favor the Muslims, who they feel are the clear victims; and the French are masterfully temporizing, which infuriates the Russians and the Americans. "I think there's a willingness to declare the Contact Group dead, but the alternative is so bleak that no one wants to face it," says a U.S. official...