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...occasion for Dole's Bosnia posturing was the Serb attack on the Muslim area of Bihac. In fact, as the French pointed out accurately, it was a counterattack. The Muslims began this round with a fierce surprise offensive in late October that won them 95 sq. mi. of Serb-controlled territory and quiet applause from the U.S. Now that the gambit has backfired and the Bosnian government is blaming everyone but itself, Dole is pushing for more NATO bombing, for lifting the arms embargo and for other forms of flailing unilateralism...
...towns of Laredo, Del Rio and McAllen, which have not been promised any additional agents or equipment. "We have not heard about this plan, and to date we have received nothing," says McAllen border agent Mario Garcia, whose area covers 280 miles of river, 19 counties and 17,000 sq. mi., are all policed by 395 agents...
...town reared up in horror. Police, state troopers, FBI agents and thousands of volunteers fanned out through the 515-sq.-mi. county, searching for the car, the kids, any clue at all. Helicopters with heat-seeking devices combed through the Uwharrie National Forest after someone reported hearing a child crying in the forest...
...course of two weeks, these new tactics have served the Bosnian government well: for the first time in 31 months of war, they are poking through the overextended lines of the Bosnian Serb army. Government forces have retaken 60 sq. mi. of territory from the Serbs near Bihac in the north, made significant gains around strategic Mount Igman overlooking the capital of Sarajevo and recaptured the town of Kupres and perhaps an additional 40 sq. mi. in central Bosnia...
...scored one of their most important military victories to date against the Bosnian Serbs with a surprise attack that pushed the Serbs from strategic positions surrounding Bihac in northwestern Bosnia. On Saturday government forces surrounded the village of Bosanska Krupa, trapping hundreds of Serb soldiers. The Bosnians captured 100 sq. mi. of territory as well as several tanks and mortars, forcing some 10,000 Bosnian Serbs to flee...