Navy Reserve engineer details life in besieged Sarajevo
Cmdr. David Tucker, 46, from Marcellus, served with UNHCR in Bosnia and Croatia from December to late May. He describes daily peril, convoy moves, mortar and sniper fire, and his diary entries detailing refugee camps, evacuations, and observations of both Serb and Muslim areas amid ongoing conflict.
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Clinton narrows conditions for U.S. troops in Bosnia
President Clinton, in a radio address, sharply limits when U.S. ground forces would aid U.N. peacekeepers in Bosnia, saying troops would be used only if NATO allies are stranded and require an emergency extraction in a particular location.
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HATO forms strike force to protect peacekeepers
Allied defense chiefs in Paris on Saturday agreed to create a rapid reaction force to back U N peacekeepers in Bosnia. The force would be a multinational unit of 3,000 to 4,000 French British and Dutch soldiers under U N command, plus a British air-mobile contingent of 4,000 to 5,000. U S forces will not join the rapid reaction unit but will provide air support and navigation gear.
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Bosnia
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William Perry
Serbian Ultra nationalist Seselj arrested in Kosovo crackdown
Belgrade Yugoslavia Independent TV reports Serbian ultranationalist opposition figure Vojislav Seselj was arrested Saturday in Kosovo after attempting to rally against Milosevic. He has a history of anti Milosevic activity including a three month jail term last year and opposes moves toward recognition of Bosnia and other former Yugoslav republics.
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Serbs tie hostages fate to airstrikes in Bosnia
Bosnian Serbs demand NATO renounce air strikes before releasing remaining U.N. hostages, as NATO searches for a downed American pilot. With skies quiet over Sarajevo, the UN mission limps along amid shelling, outages, and dwindling supplies.
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Questioning Bosnia Mission Spurs Western Reassessment
Britain France and other nations rethink their Bosnia role as hostage releases, reinforcements, and a rapid response force shift rhetoric from a broad mission to a narrow mandate. Public support wanes amid casualties hostage events and calls to avert genocide. The NATO effort faces the dilemma of neutrality versus protection and possible withdrawal debates continue.
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