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...special Muslim units have infiltrated Serb-held territory surrounding the town of Zepa, the so-called Muslim safe area under attack, and have temporarily hamstrung the massive Serb assault with a series of guerrilla attacks. The Serb campaign against the "safe areas," begun in earnest with the assault on Srebrenica last week, has already driven 30,000 women, children and elderly refugees from that city. But Ministry of Defense sources in Belgrade told TIME that the Bosnian army special units have become the major stumbling block to the Serb capture of Zepa, an isolated mountain town whose fall would force...
About 4,000 more Muslim men among at least 15,000 thought to have been captured in the fall of Srebrenica reached friendly territory in Tuzla after eluding rebel Serbs on a hazardous six-day, 60-mile trek through forests and over mountains. (A Bosnian army spokesman said some received help from the special army units.) "It was a desperate run, but we knew we would be killed or worse, otherwise," Azem Alkanovic, a 38-year-old policeman, told the Associated Press. "There were dozens and dozens of dead bodies on my trail. If you found a wounded...
Just days after conquering Srebrenica, theBosnian Serb armyshelled the town of Zepa, ten miles to the southwest, one of the last Muslim areas left in eastern Bosnia. French President Jacques Chirac called for immediate armed intervention to retake and protect the safe areas, saying "It is essential that we put a stop to this." But TIME'S Massimo Calabresi reports from Bosnia that theU.N. appears ready to abandon two other safe areas as well. "The end is in sight" says one highly-placed source. "If they want to take Zepa, they can and we can't stop them...
...Security Council demanded that the Bosnian Serb army relinquish control of the "safe area" of Srebrenica. But U.N. officials conceded that there was little likelihood that peacekeepers would take offensive action to retake the area. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali said he doubted that the U.N. could protect the remaining safe areas from capture by Serb troops. Security Council members are divided on how torespond to Serb aggression. France strongly advocates a military solution, using the new rapid reaction force to retake Srebrenica. But Russia is equally adamant that the U.N. should seek a diplomatic resolution, andTIME's Bruce Nelansays...
Some 27,000 Muslims fled the U.N. designated "safe area" of Srebrenica after it was captured bythe Bosnian Serb army. Despite numerous threats,NATO bombing runs, and an attempt by 400 Dutch peacekeepers to protect the city's southern edge, the U.N. could not keep the Serbs at bay. Seeking protection, some 2,000 civilians have assembled at the tiny U.N. outpost at Potocari, north of the city, and the Dutch troops are attempting to regroup around the area. There was no word on the fate of 30 Dutch hostages taken by Serb forces over the weekend. Srebrenica...