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...farfetched fear then, and may be again. But it is difficult to see any good resolution -- or even only a moderately bad resolution -- to the terrible mess that the war has become. Yeltsin has no good options, militarily or politically. He could call off the assault, withdraw Russian troops from Chechnya and begin political negotiations looking toward some expanded autonomy for the rebellious region. That is the implicit recommendation of Western governments, including the U.S., which, after weeks of embarrassed silence, are beginning to urge Yeltsin to stop the bloodbath...
...peaceful resolution," said Dudayev, looking pale and tired as he spoke to reporters near the capital, Grozny, where shelling resumed after the announcement. "Of course, we cannot physically confront such an empire as Russia." Dudayev's announcement represented a complete about-face after previous demands that Moscow withdraw its troops before a truce. Nevertheless, he demanded negotiations for Chechen autonomy and accused Russian hard-liners of fomenting civil war with the Caucasian republic as part of a conspiracy to destroy democracy in the Russian Federation...
...urge you to investigate this situation and take all steps necessary to withdraw Harvard from its involvement in this matter," the letter continues...
...Muslims could arm themselves against the Serbs' aggression. However, observers have warned that lifting the embargo would have the effect of destroying the on-again, off-again truce that currently exists and encourage the Serbs to start mass killings again. The United Nations has also said that it would withdraw peacekeeping troops -- who would become sitting ducks in the aggression -- if the U.S. lifts the embargo...
While the diplomats talked last week of strengthening the U.N. force in Bosnia, military officers on both sides of the Atlantic were working furiously on plans to pull them out. NATO estimates there is a 1-in-3 chance that the lightly armed peacekeepers will have to withdraw before spring, perhaps under very hostile conditions...