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...tactics caught the Bosnian Serbs, who had come to discount the Muslims' fighting ability, by surprise. Bosnian Serb soldiers have been demoralized by Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic's decision last August to close his border with Bosnia, cutting off fuel and spare parts for the Bosnian ! Serb army. Its longstanding edge in mobility and firepower -- a heavy-weapons arsenal 10 times as big as the Bosnian government's -- is diminishing as fuel and supplies dwindle. Less fuel also means fewer rotations back home, hurting morale...
...People who are not capable of being tolerant are not healthy. People who are filled with hate are more sick than anybody else," said Slobodan Lang, a professor of public health from the University of Zagreb, addressing one of the plenary sessions...
American jets flying a NATO mission attacked Bosnian Serb targets near Sarajevo after a group of Bosnian Serbs broke into a U.N. compound and stole heavy weapons that were placed under U.N. control in February. The Bosnian Serbs' raid came one day after Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic cut economic and political ties to punish the Bosnian Serbs for their third rejection of a Western-brokered peace settlement. Although he has been their primary sponsor in the 28-month war, Milosevic appears to be fearful that continuing to support the Bosnian Serbs would lead to tightened trade sanctions against Serbia, thus...
...place reflected not only the Serbs' defiance but also their desperation at recent battlefield advances made by their enemies the Bosnian Muslims, who have been helped by a new arms pipeline through Croatia. Even worse, the Bosnian Serbs appeared to have been abandoned by one of their staunchest allies -- Slobodan Milosevic, President of Serbia. On Thursday, Milosevic severed all political and economic ties with the Bosnian Serbs, accusing them of "insane political ambitions." Milosevic's move was ostensibly in retaliation for the Bosnian Serbs' refusal to sign the latest U.N.-brokered peace plan. But his action stems less from...
...Bosnian Serbs apparently learned their lesson after the NATO strike and agreed to return the weapons they took. The latest attack represents a tightening of the noose around the Bosnian Serbs, who have few friends left. According to TIME's Central Europe bureau chief James L. Graff, Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic today enforced a day-old border blockade by turning away hundreds of trucks bound for Bosnia. Even the Russians, who were expected to complain, remained quiet. "The stars were right for this kind of strike," says Graff...