The following was published in Soldier Of Fortune (September 1995):

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This story is the last front-line dispatch from Colonel Robert MacKenzie. 

Soldier, gentleman and patron of worthy military campaigns, Col. 

MacKenzie was KIA in Sierra Leone last February by "Revolutionary United 

Front" terrorists ( see "Death of a Warrior," July '95). Prior to 

accepting the position as trainer of a newly formed Sierra Leone commando 

unit, MacKenzie served with the HVO under Brigadier Zeljko Glasnovic in 

Bosnia. This dispatch was prepared posthumously from his notes.

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The situation at Bihac, the embattled town 100 miles to our north, bore 

heavily on the minds of all ranks in the First Guards Brigade of the HVO 

( the Bosnian Croat army in Bosnia). One in the Byzantine array of 

combatants and allegiences in this most Balkan wars, the HVO is stationed 

in central Bosnia. They are allied with the predominantly Bosnian Muslim 

government army (BiH).



Setting aside historical differences, these allies have conducted 

successful joint operations against the Bosnian Serb forces: It is 

expected that at some point the BiH and HVO will amalgamate into one 

army, and such a union would probably last as long as they have a common 

enemy in the Serbs.



On the other side, The Bosnian Serbs have proclaimed a Serb Republic in 

Bosnia and Herzegovina, which they would like to expand and consolidate. 

Until quite recently they have gotten much logistical and other support 

from Serbia. These Serbs in Bosnia, commonly called "Chetniks," are 

srtong in heavy weapons; the BiH is strong in infantry, and the HVO 

strongest in terms of leadership.



We were all concerned with the implications of the heavy fighting around 

Bihac, and whether we would be drawn into it. On 28 October our 

commander, Brigadier Zeljko Glasnovic, answered that question with a 

warning order for an assault on the Serbs' southern lines, which had been 

left vulnerable by their concentration of forces to the north.



First Guards' barracks became the site of frantic activity as we shifted 

from "peacetime" training to preparation for combat operations. The 

infantry companies drew small arms, ammunition and grenades, filled 

magazines, inspected individual equipment and speculated on what for most 

would be their first experience in real combat. Our armor contingent 

loaded their T-55s and BMPs; artillery men checked their guns and our 

anti0tank company tested their Saggers, Faggots (known as Spiggots in the 

U.S. Army) and other wire guided missiles. Almost unbelievably, the 

brigade was ready on time and we deployed to our assembly areas. As 

commander of the brigade commander's reconnaissance team, I 

was leading six foreigners, all of whom had a great deal of military 

experience. In addition we had two English-speaking HVO soldiers as 

interpreters. We were looking forward to seeing some action. The brigade 

also had a recon platoon comprised of local troops, but they were 

assigned to other tasks in the opening phases of the operation.



H-hour was supposed to be 0430 on 1 November. several other HVO 

formations were also involved in the attack, and for various reasons 

H-hour was delayed several hours.



Meanwhile, in the freezing darkness, First Guards Brigade moved to the 

start line with two battalions up and one in reserve. Our anti-tank 

detachments were moving with the infantry companies and our T-55s were in 

overwatch. Our artillery fire plan called for initial preparatory 

bombardment to begin just prior to H-hour, with targets on call 

thereafter. Finally at 0730 our leading companies crossed the start line.



Amazingly, we caught the Serbs by surprise and resistance was light, with 

the Serbs fleeing in the face of our artillery and tank fire. Several 

pockets of resitance were neutralized by a commbination of 120mm mortars, 

107mm and 122mm rockets, and the 100mm guns on our T-55s. By 1430 enemy 

resistance was crumbling all along our front and three Serbian tanks on 

the right flank were spotted pulling out of their positions and speeding 

away from the front.



A Faggot wire-guided missile accounted for one of them. For the rest of 

the afternoon our infantry advanced through the thickly wooded hills, and 

just before evening the Serbian forces on our right broke and the reserve 

battalion was committed to exploit the breach. By nightfall all of our 

units were well past their initial objectives. Since neither side does 

much fighting at night, we stopped and dug in while the Serbs continued 

to withdraw.



On the second day of the operation my group, which had been at brigade HQ 

in reserve, was tasked with recooaissance of a road on our right flank. 

The nine of us set out into thick fog shortly after first light. Moving 

slowly through the fog across a couple of kilometers of open ground, we 

paused often to listen for enemy activity and were relieved to enter the 

forest before the fog lifted. Proceeding cautiously through the woods 

parallel to the road, we reached the place where a Serbian tank had been 

hit by a misslie the day before. A few pieces of metal, a good deal of 

blackened earth and the body of a Serbian tanker were all that remained- 

the tank had apparently been recovered during the night.



Continuing our reconnaissance up the road we started coming upon 

well-built Serbian log bunkers. Fortunately they were empty. When we were 

about 7 kilometers in front of our lines we were told to stop and wait 

for the infantry to catch up. By the time they reached us it was after 

lunch and since their instructions were to proceed no further, we went 

forward another kilometer and found a small ridge from which we could 

watch Serbs abondoning their positions in front of us. We watched for the 

rest of the afternoon and then returned to HQ. Along the rest of the 

brigade front the advance was disappointingly slow in the face of light 

or no opposition other than a few land mines.



D+2 saw us in reconnaissance again, this time moving through forested 

hills trying to get around the enemy's flanks and into position where we 

could observe their HQ in a village called Rilic. The rest of the 

battlefield echoed with the sounds of artillery fire as Serbian positions 

were shelled. About 1100 my team got into position overlooking Rilic. HVO 

intelligence sources had told us that Rilic would be heavily defended by 

hundreds of troops with armor and artillery support, so we were surprised 

when our first glimpse indicated no activity.



Creeping through the woods into the outskirts of town, we confirmed that 

Rilic had in fact been evacuated. There was not a soldier to be seen, but 

there were mess tins, gas masks, overcoats and blankets strewn all over 

the place. Radioing the news back to HQ, we moved into a secure ruin and  

waited imaptiently for the brigade to catch up, since nine men are a bit 

sparse to hold an entire town. The lead elements finally arrived at about 

1330, and brigade HQ and the rest of the brigade followed, so that by 

nightfall we were firmly in possession.



Countering A Counterattack



Morning came with rumors of a Serb counterattack. To preempt any such 

action the brigade commander ordered artillery fire on likely enemy 

assembly areas and no attack materialized. In fact, that day the Serb 

resistance was completely shattered, and our tanks and troops rapidly 

advanced 11 kilometers to the town of Kupres, which the Chetniks had 

hurriedly abandoned. When we arrived in Kupres we found that the 

predominantly Muslim Bosnian army was also pressing the Serbs, and we 

linked up with them on our right flank. At this stage our advance 

stalled, and we only managed another 2 kilometers before encountering 

serious resistance from entrenched enemy infantry and armor.



Another reason for the slowdown of our advance was the fact that both of 

our flanks were dominated by Serb-held mountains, and efforts to dislodge 

them were not going well. HVO commanders decided to secure KUpres, a town 

formerly of some 8,000 Croatian residents, which had been fought over several

times in the past and finally taken by the Serbs in 1992. The recapture 

of Kupres by the HVO was of considerable emotional importance, and many 

vows were sworn never to let it fall into enemy hands again.



Both sides then continued consolidating their positions and for the next 

several weeks trench systems reminiscent of Worl War I were dug, creating 

a no-man's land varying from 1 to 4 kilometers in depth. Part of this 

area was comprised of a deserted town and buildings from which my team 

conducted numerous operations to harass the Serbs.





Since no-man's land consisted of open fields interspersed with ruined 

buildings, and the enemy had positions on high ground overlooking the 

entire area, we usually had to sneak out at 0300 under cover of darkness, 

occupy our positions, and remain there until nightfall allowed us to 

creep back to our own lines. Sometimes we were sniping with .50 caliber 

or .300 Winchester Magnum sniping rifles, other times we had a 90mm 

recoilless rifle and 60mm or 82mm mortars. From ranges of 600-1,500 

metres, we used these weapons to harass the Serbian bunkers and trench 

lines. On these operations I also had a radio link to brigade artillery 

and did some good fire control, scoring direct hits with 120mm mortars. 

Our effectiveness was confirmed by Serbian radio tarffic and their 

repeated, but fortunately futile, attempts to kill us.



On one such occasion, the brigade commander became aware of an impending 

attack by armor and infantry on the cluster of houses from which we were 

firing the recoilless rifle. He warned me on the radio that enemy action 

was imminent, but because the clump of buildings was surrounded by 

several hunderd meters of flat, open ground, we couldn't withdraw. 

Glasnovic ordered a couple of our own tanks into overwatch position and 

organized a salvo of 130mm artillery rounds onto the likely enemy 

approach route. We reduced our activities and waited until dark before 

sneaking away.



On another mission, we were in the same general area with an 82mm mortar 

to complement our sniping rifles when, in an obviously organized counter, 

Chetnicks from widely disparate positions opened fire on us. In the space 

of a few minutes we took a dozens of 82mm mortar fire- many of which were 

close enough to rain shrapnel on us; someone from a different part of the 

battlefielf flew a wire-guided Sagger missile at us, and a T-84 tank 

popped out of cover, fired two quick rounds and dsiappeared again. After 

recovering from our initial alarm, and making note of the peculiar 

clattering noise a wire-guided missile makes as it flies by, we resumed 

fire with our own mortar and sniping rifles. Of course, all of our 

missions in no-man's land included gathering combat intelligence, and we 

were able to add some useful information to the commander's maps.



As the weeks dargged on, neither side showed serious inclination  to 

advance, and we varied the type and location of our missions so as not to 

set a pattern. Other brigade activities during the period mostly 

consisted of using our artillery against Chetnik rear areas. There was 

also some patrol activity on our part, probing their defenses. From the 

enemy's side came some return artillery and tank fire, but no patrols. As 

Christmas approached, hostilities diminished while the snow fall 

increased. As of this writing it is uncertain whether anything else will 

happen during the winter months, especially since yet another cease-fire, 

leading no doubt to peace in our time, has been signed in Bosnia.



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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CD4P3262
Date: 09/04/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
          Time: 08:54pm \/To: ALL                               
                 (Read 4 times) Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

N.A.T.O. issued an ultimatum to the Bosnian Serbs yesterday to
move heavy weapons at least 20 km from Sarajevo by 11 p.m. local
time Tuesday or face renewed airstrikes. Also, all attacks
against Gorazde, Tuzla, Bihac, and Sarajevo must cease, and the
Sarajevo Airport, largely closed since April, must reopen.

The U.N. yesterday opened a road across Sarajevo Airport
yesterday. The move was largely symbolic, but important in that
it was a unilateral action. Previously, the U.N. has insisted on
the assent of both the Bosnian Government and the Bosnian Serbs
before acting.

The five E.U. monitors, which Bosnian Serbs first said were
killed but then said were being held, were released yesterday
and went to Serbia. (Roger Cohen/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CD5L1360 Date: 09/05/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 05:22pm
/\To: ALL                                                 (Read 3 times)
Subj: EXERCISE PEACEFUL EAGLE 95

Approimately 150 U.S. and 150 Albanian soldiers will participate in a
combined peacekeeping exercise September 11 - 21, near Durres, Albania.
The U.S. Army's 82nd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division,
Bamberg, Germany, and the Albanian Army's Shijaku Division, Shijaku, will
conduct the ten day long Exercise Peaceful Eagle 95 under N.A.T.O.'s
Partnership for Peace. Soldiers will train in escorting humanitarian
convoys, establishing and operating a checkpoint, establishing and
operating observation posts, route security, establishing and operating a
combined mobile checkpoint, and securing a fixed site. COL M. Stephen
Rhoades, U.S. Army, and COL Spiro Proko, Albanian Army, will be the joint
commanders. (DoD)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CD5M0305 Date: 09/05/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 06:05pm
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 0 times)
Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

Following the N.A.T.O. ultimatum to Bosnian Serbs on Sunday, a handful of
artillery and at least one M.B.T. from Lukavica were moved outside the 20
km radius from Sarajevo yesterday. Bosnian Serb political leaders
reportedly agreed to the ultimatum, but the military leader, GEN Ratko
Mladic, refused to issue orders to move the weapons. (Roger Cohen/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CD5L3378 Date: 09/05/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 05:56pm
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 0 times)
Subj: GREECE AND MACEDONIA IN AGREEMENT

The U.S. announced yesterday that the Foreign Ministers of Greece and
Macedonia will sign an accord next week in New York, ending a four year
dispute. Greece imposed sanctions on Macedonia 19 months ago out of anger
that it had taken the name of a Greek region (Macedonia was formerly part
of the Yugoslav Republic) and used a 16 pointed star on its flag, a
cherished Greek symbol. In addition, the Macedonian Constitution says that
the republic will protect Macedonians everywhere, which Greece said shows
that Macedonia has designs on the Macedonian area of Greece.

Details are being worked out, but Greece will likely end the sanctions and
allow Macedonia to join international organizations. Macedonia was
crippled as imports of raw materials and fuel came via Salonika, Greece.
As a result, Macedonia was forced to become a trading partner with Serbia.
(Steven Greenhouse/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDAL1502 Date: 09/06/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 05:25pm
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 7 times)
Subj: OPERATION DELIBERATE FORCE UPDATE

N.A.T.O. resumed airstrikes yesterday, saying that Bosnian Serbs had not
complied with its ultimatum. Targets included sites in Lukavica, Vogosca,
Zunovica, and Sarajevo. Bosnian Serbs said that three civilians were
wounded and one killed in airstrikes in Hrasa, and the R.R.F. fired
artillery at a factory in Hadzici after it was hit by aircraft launched
attacks. An important communications relay, linking telephones in Pale and
Belgrade, was destroyed in the Majevica hills near Tuzla; the relay was
the objected of a failed Bosnian Government offensive last March that
ended a four month cease-fire.

Late yesterday, about ten shells landed in Sarajevo, wounding at least two
people, according to the U.N. (Roger Cohen/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDCE3519 Date: 09/08/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 10:58am
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 14 times)
Subj: OPERATION DENY FLIGHT UPDATE

     Operation Deny Flight update as of September 6, 1995:

Mission:

     Enforcement of U.N. Security Council Resolutions 816 ("no-fly zone")
and 836, 958, and 981 (close air support for U.N. peacekeepers) and
airstrikes against designated targets threatening the U.N. declared "safe
areas". All operations are over Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Command Structure:

     The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) delegated command to
Commander-in Chief, Southern Command (CINCSOUTH), ADM Leighton W. Smith
Jr., U.S. Navy, Naples, Italy. He delegates command to Commander, Allied
Air Forces Southern Europe (COMAIRSOUTH) LT GEN Michael E. Ryan, U.S. Air
Force, Naples. Operational control of day-to-day mission tasking is
delegated to Commander, 5th Allied Tatical Air Force, LT GEN Andrea
Fornasiero, Italian Air Force, Vincenza A.B., Italy. Coordination between
N.A.T.O. and the U.N. is provided by an exchange of representatives of the
5th A.T.A.F. and the UNPROFOR Headquarters in Zagreb, Croatia, and
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Aircraft and vessels operating:

Note: All bases are located in Italy unless noted.

French Air Force:
     5 Mirage F1 CR at Istrana A.B.
     6 (3 on recall) Mirage 2000 C at Cierva A.B.
     6 (1 on recall) Jaguar A at Istrana A.B.
     6 (3 on recall) Mirage 2000 D at Cierva A.B.
     3 on recall Mirage F1 CT of 13th Fighter Wing, Meyenheim A.B., France,
          at Istrana A.B.
     1 C-135FR of 1st Air Refueling Squadron (Aunis), 93rd Air Refueling
          Wing, Le Tube A.B., France
     1 E-3F SDA of 36th Airborne Early Warning Squadron, Avord A.B.,
          France
French Navy:
     Clemenceau-class Aircraft Carrier F.S. Foch (R 99) (as available) from
          the Naval Action Force, Toulon
German Air Force:
     14 Tornado IDS and ECR at Sam Damiano A.B.
Italian Air Force:
     8 Tornado IDS of 6th Wing, Ghedi A.B.
N.A.T.O.:
     8 E-3A Sentries, Geilenkirchen, Germany; at Geilenkirchen, Birgi A.B.,
          and Preveza, Greece
Royal Netherlands Air Force:
     6 F-16A Fighting Falcons at Villafranca A.B., fighter
     7 F-16A Fighting Falcons at Villafranca A.B., attack
     5 F-16A Fighting Falcons of 306 Squadron, Volkel, the Netherlands, at
          Villafranca A.B., reconnaisance
Spanish Air Force:
     1 T.12 B Aviocar at Dal Molin Military Airport, Vicenza
     8 C.15 at Aviano A.B.
     2 TK.10 of Transport Group 31, Zaragoza-Valenzuela, Spain, at Aviano
          A.B.
Turkish Air Force:
     16 (2 on recall) F-16C Fighting Falcons at Ghedi A.B.
Royal Air Force:
     6  Tornado F Mk 3 of No. 11 Group, Stanmore, Middlesex, U.K., at Gioia
          del Colle A.B.
     10 Harrier GR Mk 7 at Gioia del Colle A.B., attack
     2  Harrier GR Mk 7 at Gioia del Colle A.B., reconnaisance
     2  Tristar K Mk 1 of No. 216 Squadron, No. 38 Group, R.A.F. Brize
          Norton, Oxon, U.K., at Palermo, Sicily
     2  E-3D Sentry A.E.W. Mk 1 of No. 8 Squadron, No. 11 Group, R.A.F.
          Waddington, Lincs, U.K., operating from Aviano A.B.
Royal Navy:
     lead ship of H.M.S. Invincible (R 05)-class Aircraft Carrier from
          Portsmouth
U.S. Air Force:
     8  F-15E Eagles at Aviano A.B.
     20 F-16C/D Fighting Falcons at Aviano A.B.
     12 OA-10A Thunderbolt IIs at Aviano A.B.
     4  (1 on recall) EC-130E Hercules of 7th Airborne Command and Control
          Squadron, 23rd Wing, 9th Air Force, Keesler A.F.B., MS, at Aviano
          A.B., command and control
     3  EC-130H Hercules of 355th Wing, 12th Air Force, Davis-Monthan
          A.F.B., AZ, at Aviano A.B., electronic warfare
     4  AC-130 series Specters of 16th Special Operations Squadron, 16th
          Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, FL, at Brindisi A.B.
     14 KC-135R Stratotanker at San Giusto A.B. and Le Tube A.B., France
     6  EF-111A Ravens of 27th Fighter Wing, 8th Air Force, Cannon A.F.B.,
          NM, at Aviano A.B.
     5  KC-10A Extenders at Genoa
     2  C-21A at Capodichino Airport, Naples
U.S. Marine Corps:
     12 F/A-18D Hornets of Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533,
          Marine Air Group 31, 2nd Marine Air Wing, Fleet Marine Force
          Atlantic, M.C.A.S. Beaufort, SC, at Aviano A.B.
U.S. Navy:
     10 EA-6B Prowlers at Aviano A.B.
     Nimitz-class Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Theodore
          Roosevelt (CVN 71) (as available) from Atlantic Fleet
Statistics: Number of days since operation began: 881 Number of "no-fly
zone" sorties flown: 21,917 Number of close air support and air strike
sorties flown: 23,107 Number of A.E.W., refueling, reconnaissance, and
support sorties flown: 24,704

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDCE3585 Date: 09/08/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 10:59am
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 13 times)
Subj: OPERATION SHARP GUARD UPDATE

     Operation Sharp Guard update as of September 6, 1995:

Mission:

     To enforce compliance with U.N. Security Council Resolutions 713, 757,
787, 820, and 943 (preventing all unauthorized vessels from entering the
waters of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia [Serbia and Montenegro] and
all arms from entering the former Yugoslavia by ship).

Command Structure: ADM Mario Angeli, Italian Navy, Commander, C.T.F. 440
                    (and Commander, Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe)
                   RADM Gianfranco Coviello, Italian Navy, Deputy
                    Commander, C.T.F. 440
                   RADM Alexandre Rodrigues, Portuguese Navy, Commander,
                    C.T.G. One
                   RADM Franco D'Agostino, Italian Navy, Commander, C.T.G.
                    Two
                   Commodore Frank Ropers, German Navy, Commander, C.T.G.
                    Three
                   RADM John R. Ryan, U.S. Navy, Commander, C.T.F. 431

    responsible for the operations of the group, C.T.F. 440,
assisted by Coviello. The group is further divided into three C.T.G.s: One
and Two conduct actual operations, Three conducts training and port visits.
C.T.F. 431 is under operational control of C.T.F. 440 and operates maritime
patrol aircraft from Sigonella, Sicily, and Elmas, Sardinia, Italy.)

Aircraft and vessels operating:

Canadian Maritime Command:
     Halifax-class Frigate H.M.C.S. Ville De Quebec (FFH 332)
Royal Danish Navy:
     lead ship of H.M.D.S. Nils Juel (F 354)-class Corvette from Korsor
French Air Force:
     1 E-3F SDA of 36th Airborne Early Warning Squadron, Avord A.B.,
          France, at Avord or Birgi A.B., Italy
French Navy:
     Cassard-class Guided-Missile Destroyer F.S. Jean Bart (D 615)
     D'Estienne d'Orves-class Corvette F.S. Commandant Blaison (F 793)
     Atlantic or Atlantique aircraft
German Navy:
     Bremen-class Frigates F.G.S. Rheinland-Pfalz (F 209) and F.G.S. Emden
          (F 210) from 6th Frigate Squadron
     Atlantic aircraft of 3 Naval Wing, "Graf Zeppelin," Nordholz A.B.
Greek Navy:
     lead ship of H.S. Elli (F 450)-class Frigate
Italian Air Force:
     8 Tornado IDS of 156th All-Weather Fighter-Bomber Conventional
          Squadron, 36th Wing, Gioia del Colle A.B.
     Atlantic aircraft
Italian Navy:
     lead ship of I.T.S. Luigi Durand de la Penne (D 560)-class
          Guided-Missile Destroyer
     Maestrale-class Frigate I.T.S. Euro (F 575)
     Minerva-class Corvette I.T.S. Fenice (F 557)
N.A.T.O.:
     8 E-3A Sentries, Geilenkirchen, Germany, at Geilenkirchen, Birgi A.B.,
          Italy, and Preveza, Greece
Royal Netherlands Navy:
     lead ship of H.N.L.M.S. Jacob Van Heemskerck (F 812)-class
          Guided-Missile Frigate
     Kortenaer-class Frigates H.N.L.M.S. Jan Van Brakel (F 825) and
          H.N.L.M.S. Pieter Florisz (F 826)
     P-3C Orion Update II aircraft from Maritime Patrol Group, Valkenburg
Portuguese Navy:
     Vasco da Gama-class Frigate N.R.P. Alvares Cabral (F 331)
     P-3P Orion aircraft of Maritime Patrol Squadron 601, Montijo A.B.
Spanish Air Force:
     P.3 aircraft of Squadron 221, Patrol Wing 22, Moron de la Fontera A.B.
Spanish Navy:
     Santa Maria-class Frigate S.P.S. Numancia (F 83) from 41st Escort
          Squadron, Rota, Straits Zone
     Baleares-class Frigate S.P.S. Estremadura (F 75) from 31st Escort
          Squadron, Ferrol Arsenal, Cantabrian Zone
Turkish Navy:
     Muavenet-class Frigate T.C.G. Ege (F 256)
Royal Air Force:
     Nimrod MR Mk 2P aircraft of No. 18 Group, R.A.F. Northwood, Isle of
          Wight
     2 E-3D Sentry A.E.W. Mk 1 of No. 8 Squadron, No. 11 Group, R.A.F.
     Waddington, operating from Aviano A.B., and Birgi A.B.
Royal Fleet Auxiliary:
     Appleleaf-class Transport Oiler R.F.A. Orangeleaf (A 110)
Royal Navy:
     Sheffield-class Guided-Missile Destroyer H.M.S. Glasgow (D 88) from
          Portsmouth
     Broadsword-class Frigate H.M.S. Battleaxe (F 89) from 2nd Frig>> More? ([Y]
ate
          Squadron, Devonport
U.S. Navy:
     Ticonderoga-class Guided-Missile Cruiser U.S.S. Monterey (CG 61) from
          Pacific Fleet
     Oliver Hazard Perry-class Guided-Missile Frigates U.S.S. Nicholas (FFG
          47) and U.S.S. Kauffman (FFG 59) from Atlantic Fleet
     P-3C Orions

Statistics: Vessels challenged: 59,109 Vessels boarded and inspected at
sea: 4,545 Vessels diverted and inspected in port: 2,062 Ship days spent at
sea: 10,600 Maritime patrol aircraft sorties: 7,481 Airborne Early Warning
aircraft sorties: 5,384

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDCJ2583
Date: 09/08/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
          Time: 03:43pm /\To: ALL                               
                 (Read 14 times) Subj: OPERATION DELIBERATE
FORCE UPDATE

Airstrikes reportedly seriously damaged or destroyed half of the
25 targets struck last week. Renewed airstrikes will hit targets
missed or not damaged before, as well as repaired targets,
numbering in total from 50 - 70.

On Tuesday night, an aircraft tracking radar was activated and
patrolling aircraft fired an AGM-88 HARM. The radar was shut off
before the missile hit and the HARM missed. (Stephen
Engelberg/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDCK1866
Date: 09/08/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
          Time: 04:31pm \/To: ALL                               
                 (Read 13 times) Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

Airstrikes resumed yesterday. Bosnian Serb television said that
15 civilians including 4 children were killed in Doboj. (N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDDI0364
Date: 09/09/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
          Time: 02:06pm \/To: ALL                               
                 (Read 13 times) Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

Representatives of Bosnia, Croatia, and Yugoslavia, meeting in
Geneva, Switzerland, yesterday, agreed to an accord, a first
step toward peace negotiations. Under the agreement, Bosnia will
exist with its present borders but with two entities - a Muslim
and Croatian Bosnian federation and a new Serb republic. 51% of
Bosnia will go to the Muslim/Croatian group, and 49% to the Serb
republic. Unresolved is exact division of land- including
Sarajevo and the Muslim held town of Gorazde which is surrounded
by the Servs. Also, the relation between the Serb republic and
Yugoslavia needs to be worked out.

Also agreed to in the accord, in principal is: the appointment
of a Commission for Displaced Persons to enforce the obligations
of both to enable displaced persons to reclaim their homes or
receive compensation; the formation of a Human Rights Commission
to enforce human rights obligations, which both will adhere to;
the appointment of a Commission to Preserve National Monuments;
and the design of a system of arbitration for resolution of
disputes.

N.A.T.O. said yesterday that the most recent airstrikes
destroyed or left ineffective about two thirds of the 35 targets
on an inital list. 25 targets in the northwest, near Banja Luka,
have been located, and strikes against them could begin in a few
days.

Bosnian Serbs fired an SA-7 at a N.A.T.O. aircraft yesterday.
The missile missed, and R.R.F. target the position and fired 40
shells. Near Tuzla, an SA-6 was launched. It also missed, and
the aircraft returned fire, with unknown results.

The U.N. yesterday accused Croatia of failing to halt killings,
looting, and burning of homes in the area that was the Krajina.
More than 100 bodies have been found. (A.P., Reuters, and Chris
Hedges/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDEI1894
Date: 09/10/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
          Time: 02:31pm \/To: ALL                               
                 (Read 5 times) Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

Bosnian Serbs said yesterday that artillery from the R.R.F.
killed 10 people and wounded 22 at a hospital in a suburb of
Sarajevo on Friday. The U.N. said that the R.R.F. fired at a
target ed yards from the hospital after a missile was fired at a
N.A.T.O. aircraft. U.N. officials in Zagreb said that they would
not accept responsibility until they had examined the hospital,
but that they would be ready to accept the consequences if it
was an R.R.F. shell. Bosnian Serbs have so far not allowed U.N.
personnel near the hospital. Among the dead was a patient and
several visitors, and four nurses were among those wounded. A
hospital spokesman said that a newborn infant in need of
advanced medical care died yesterday after a bridge was
destroyed by an airstrike, cutting the only road to a larger
hospital where the infant was to be transferred. The hospital is
in Ilidza, where the U.N. says that Bosnian Serb weapons have
fired on the Mt. Igman road. The U.N. claims that weapons are
hidden in civilian buildings, and that it has refrained from
attacks to avoid civilian casualties. Bosnian Serb military
officers said yesterday that there were no weapons located near
the hospital, but the medical director, Dr. Milan Pejic, said
that there is sometimes outgoing fire in the vicinity of the
hospital, although none on Friday. Dr. Milodran Lazic, a
thoracic surgeon, blamed the R.R.F. for the attack, but said
that the shelling must have been a mistake. "Officers from the
French battalion come here every week to talk to us to see what
he need," he said. "At least 90 percent of our equipment was
given to us by the French military. They are our friends." 
N.A.T.O. did claim responsibility for the destruction of the
bridge, over which the infant was to have travelled to Belgrade.
The account of the infant's death could not be confirmed; the
infant's mother was under sedation according to hospital staff.
A bypass around the bridge was completed by mid-morning.

Despite a policy of "zero tollerence" for collateral damage,
N.A.T.O. airstrikes have damaged at least one civilian area.
Three of four bridges in Foca have been destroyed, and local
authorities say 15 civilians have been wounded. At least one
bomb, apparently aimed at the fourth bridge, hit a few feet from
a row of apartment buildings, destroying one and seriously
damaging another. The fourth bridge shows signs of use by
tracked vehicles. The largest bridge in Foca was hit several
times and destroyed Thursday. Most of the roadway, 40 feet wide
and half a mile long, was blasted from support pillars and now
dangles into the Drina River. The town hall, a block away, was
damaged by concussions and flying debris. The other bridges
included a smaller roadway and a rail bridge. Some 35 people,
possibly more, have taken refuge in a nearby forest.

A special session of the lower house of Russian Parliament was
called yesterday to consider Russian policy regarding Bosnia, in
the wake of N.A.T.O. airstrikes against Bosnian Serbs over
Russia's objections. By 258 to 2, the legislators passed a
nonbinding resolution that called for Russia to suspend the
cooperation agreement with N.A.T.O. and demanded the dismissal
of Foreign Minister Andrei V. Kozyrev. Most of the more liberal
politcians in the 450 member house boycotted. The resolution
also called for a unilateral lifting of the trade embargo
against Serbia and a meeting of the U.N. Security Council. With
parliamentary elections in December, several legislators took
the session as an opportunity to apportion blame for Russia's
loss of international influence and establish nationalist
credentials. Gennadi Zyuganov, leader of the Communist party,
called the situation in the former Yugoslavia "an obvious
failure of Russian foreign policy" and called Kozyrev the
"minister of national disgrace". Zyuganov also called for the
Russian military to be given the right to fight voluntarily with
the Serbs. In anticpation of the debate, President Boris N.
Yeltsin in the last few days has used increasingly harsh
language to criticize N.A.T.O. Yeltsin criticized the Foreign
Ministry's performance under Kozyrev, and said that eastward
N.A.T.O. expansion in Europe could bring "a conflagration of war
throughout Europe". (Mike O'Connor and Richard W.
Stevenson/N.Y.T.)



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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDFJ1280 Date: 09/11/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 03:21pm
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 3 times)
Subj: N.A.T.O. EXERCISE IN ROMANIA

The first N.A.T.O. exercise in Romania began yesterday, with 440 troops
from member states Germany, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the
U.S. and Partnership for Peace members Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and
Slovakia. The five day exercise, near Sibiu, will concentrate on
peacekeeping and humanitarian operations. (Michael Sahfir, OMRI, Inc.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDFJ3574 Date: 09/11/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 03:59pm
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 3 times)
Subj: OPERATION DELIBERATE FORCE UPDATE

N.A.T.O. yesterday shifted its concentration of strikes from the southeast
to the northwest, and employed cruise missiles for the first time. The
U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class Guided-Missile Cruiser U.S.S. Normandy (CG
60), in the Adriatic Sea, fired 13 BGM-109 series Tomahawks at about 10
communication relay sites at the Lisina area near Banja Luka. U.S. Air
Force F-15E Eagles and U.S. Navy F/A-18 series Hornets hit the same
targets with about a dozen guided bombs, and F-16 series Fighting Falcons
attacked with AGM-65 series Maverick missiles. Bosnian Serbs said that the
attacks killed and wounded many civilians and struck water supplies and
power plants.

The Tomahawks were to originally have been launched Saturday, but the
delay was needed to inform all N.A.T.O. representatives.

Bosnian Serbs fired 11 shells yesterday at the U.N. facility at the
airport in Tuzla. One peacekeeper was slightly injured. The shelling
followed at Bosnian Government offensive against forces on Mt. Orzen.
N.A.T.O. aircraft hit the artillery there, and attacked sites around Han
Pjesak.

Bosnian Serbs said Saturday that a brother and sister were killed by a
N.A.T.O. bomb.

U.N. officials were to begin investigating today the shelling of a
hospital Friday that reportedly killed 10 and injured 22. Bosnian Serbs
say that the shell was one of 39 from the R.R.F. The investigation was to
have begun yesterday, but officials refused to enter the area until
Bosnian Serb military leaders guaranteed their safety. (Eric
Schmitt/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDGN0917 Date: 09/12/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 07:15pm
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 10 times)
Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

Gunfire hit a bus in Sarajevo yesterday, wounding eight people.

The U.S. sent ground crews to Aviano A.B., Italy, last weekend to prepare
for the arrival of six F-117A Nighthawks, which were to be used in
airstrikes. However, Italy balked, apparently because the country was not
invited to the peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland. Negotiations continue
for basing the aircraft in Italy.

The effectiveness of the 13 BGM-109C (Block III) Tomahawks fired on Sunday
was reportedly mixed. A figure of 11 of 13 missiles hitting their targets
has been circulating, but this has not been officially confirmed. N.A.T.O.
and the U.S. Navy have been upbeat about their performance, while the U.S.
Air Force has understandably been less so. This was the first combat
employment of the Block III. (Kit R. Roane and Eric Schmitt/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDHJ3568
Date: 09/13/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
          Time: 03:59pm \/To: ALL                               
                 (Read 8 times) Subj: U.N. BORROWING FROM
PEACEKEEPING BUDGET

The U.N. has run out of money to pay regular operating expenses
and is borrowing money from the peacekeeping budget. The regular
budget ran out in mid-August, and $98 million has been borrowed
from peacekeeping since then, according to Joseph E. Connor,
Under Secretary General for Administration and Management. If
countries in arrears do not begin to pay their debts, the
diversion will rise to $200 million by the end of October and
$300 million by the end of November.

U.N. members are about $3.7 billion in arrears. The U.S. owes
the largest amount, $1.18 billion.

The situation has been caused by several factors, including war
crimes tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia; the loss
of money in currency exchanges because of the depressed value of
the dollar; and fears that the U.S. will delay payments.

Connor says that $900 million is owed to countries that provided
peacekeepers, and at the current rate, the number is expected to
rise to $1.2 billion by the end of the year. The U.N. has
ordered a freeze on recruitment, limits on staff overtime and
travel, delays in payments to vendors and the issuing of monthly
rather than semimonthly paychecks. Further measures are planned.
(Barbara Crossette/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDHK1247
Date: 09/13/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
          Time: 04:20pm \/To: ALL                               
                 (Read 8 times) Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

In attacks over the last several days, Bosnian Government forces
have retaken small parcels of land from Bosnian Serbs. Bosnian
Government forces retook a route to Tuzla and launched small
operations, some with Bosnian Croats, in central and western
Bosnia. The road connecting Zenica and Tuzla was the focus of a
similar but unsuccessful operation last summer that caused the
death of hundreds. Forces are also attempting to regain a road
to Donji Vakuf, which would open the way for a push to Jajce,
site of an important power plant. Bosnian Croats were reported
moving yesterday near Titov Drvar, possibly in an attempt to
link up with Bosnian Government troops in Bihac.

N.A.T.O. airstrikes continue. A large ammunition depot in
Vogosca, the target of several previous attacks, was destroyed
yesterday.

Reports say that the U.S. is proposing large sums of foreign
aid, in the billions of dollars, be used in Bosnia following the
cessation of armed conflict. Members of Congress have been
contacted about the possibility of a $500 million "first
installment". (Kit R. Roane/N.Y.T.)





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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDIP2093 Date: 09/14/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 08:34pm
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 5 times)
Subj: GREECE, MACEDONIA SIGN AGREEMENT

Greece agreed yesterday to take steps to lift its embargo against
Macedonia, in return for concessions from Macedonia that include scrapping
the current national flag.

Greek Foreign Minister Karolos Papoulias and Macedonian Foreign Minister
Stevo Crvenkovski signed an accord at the U.N. yesterday afternoon.
Macedonia pledged that nothing in its Constitution will be interpreted as
constituting a claim to territory beyond its current borders. Diplomatic
relations will be established and the border confirmed. The accord will be
implemented over the next few weeks and it takes effect 29 days from
today.

The accord was preceeded by two days of last minute negotiation. At first,
the two Foreign Ministers stayed in different hotels while mediator Cyrus
R. Vance shuttled between them. There are reports that the United States
engaged in arm-twisting to get Greece to settle the dispute.

Still unresolved is the use of the name Macedonia. (Christoper S.
Wren/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDJK2607 Date: 09/15/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 04:43pm
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 1 times)
Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

Bosnian Serbs have agreed to withdraw their heavy weapons out of firing
range of Sarajevo. Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and military
commander GEN Ratko Mladic signed the agreement yesterday. They have six
days to wuthdraw the approximately 300 weapons. N.A.T.O. has suspended
airstrikes for three days, and will extend the suspension if it believes
weapons are being moved. The U.S. is seeking assurances from the Bosnian
Government that forces would be restrained from any offensive aimed at
land vacated by Bosnian Serbs and is seeking to allow Bosnian heavy
weapons to be monitored by U.N. troops. The Bosnian Serbs must also reopen
the airport and allow improved access to roads. The timeline for the
agreement begins when it is formally announced. The threat of the
resumption of air strikes is being made to keep Bosnian Serb weapons
outside a 20 km radius of Sarajevo, after they have been moved.

The I.C.R.C. said yesterday that 8,000 Muslims are missing from
Srebrenica, the first of two U.N. "safe areas" to fall in July.

An estimated 50,000 Bosnian Serb refugees continue heading towards Banja
Luka. The first aid convoy, with 340 tons of food in 16 trucks, was to
arrive today or tomorrow. The Bosnian Government/Bosnian Croat offensive
in western Bosnia has captured about 770 square miles of land. Bosnian
radio reported troops were advancing toward Doboj, Bosanski Petrovac,
Kljuc, Mrkonjic, and Banja Luka. Donji Vakuf has reportedly been captured,
and Bosanski Petrovac is threatened by the Bosnian Army's VII Corps to the
north and a Croatian Army and Bosnian Croat force to the south. Relief
officials are trying to divert Bosnian Serb refugees towards Prijedor.
Banja Luka has Bosnian Serbs as well as refugees from the Krajina, and
overcrowding and lack of supplies may occur. (A.P., Roger Cohen, and Mike
O'Connor/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDKJ0024 Date: 09/16/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 03:00pm
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 9 times)
Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

The airport in Sarajevo reopened yesterday, and aircraft bringing supplies
began to land. Roads are reopening, and convoys are being given free
passage. Bosnian Serbs have been reported as moving weapons outside the
exclusion zone, though to what extent still needs to be seen. In response
to the apparent beginning of the lifting of the siege of Sarajevo, the
United States has withdrawn a request to base six F-117A Nighthawks at
Avaiano A.B., Italy.

Fighting continues elsewhere. Bosnian Serbs fired two S.A.M.s at N.A.T.O.
aircraft near Gorazde. The missiles missed and there was no retaliation.
Bosnian Government and Croatian troops continue their advance, and
Bosanski Petrovac has fallen.

One transport aircraft landed at Sarajevo yesterday, and two convoys
reached the city. 11 relief flights are scheduled to land today. (Elaine
Sciolino/N.Y.T.)

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		"Despite the new optimism, Sarajevo still has its 

	skeptics, who recall how Western guarantees to protect them from

	Serbian shelling were not acted upon in the past. 

		Throughout the city, memorials and shell holes mark the 

	sites of personal loss and death and many people doubted that

	these tributes to Sarajevo's dead would be the last."







NYTimes

September 16, 1995



Euphoria in Sarajevo Streets as Supply Lines Open



By KIT R. ROANE 



   SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Friday afternoon, Sabin Dzako
heard a roar

like thunder that shook the windows and brought tears to her
eyes. 



   Outside, from the clear blue sky, the first of what she hopes
will be a

long line of cargo jets hit the tarmac of Sarajevo airport,
bringing a

long-awaited shipment of food and the first installment of
psychological

relief citizens of the besieged city have known in months. 



   ``We all hope that we will be able to sleep peacefully now
and have water

and power like we used to,'' the 52-year-old woman said. ``I was
so happy, I

cried when I saw the plane. It means the shooting has stopped
and we are now

free.'' 



   The opening of the airport was the fulfillment of the first
part of a

broad agreement with the Bosnian Serbs, who also opened the land
routes into

the city to aid convoys and, in the final hours of the day,
began to remove

their heavy weapons from the hills around the city. 



   In the neighborhoods around the airport - some of the
worst-hit areas of

the city - many citizens were euphoric. 



   Medzed Muzaferija, a local businessman, danced in the street
as the second

plane touched down. Then he spotted some of his company's trucks
coming

around the bend off the Mount Igman road, which has only
recently opened to

commercial traffic. Jumping in his Volkswagen Golf, Muzaferija
popped a Roy

Orbison tape into the tape-deck and cranked up the volume. 



   ``I feel great,'' he shouted above the music. ``This is the
end of the

war, definitely. It's over and there's no turning back.'' 



   Few people cared that the agreement signed by the Bosnian
Serbs did not

meet the original NATO ultimatum to pull all of their heavy
weapons from the

area, or that it was the Bosnian Serbs who would be listing just
what they

had and what they were willing to move. 



   Dobrinja, a suburb of Sarajevo off a long corridor of sniper
territory,

has grown weary of war, and the NATO air strikes have proved to
them that the

world has finally become weary, too. 



   ``Who cares about those Serbs guns now, the U.S.A. has
arrived and they

are afraid to use them,'' added Muzaferija, pointing to the
United Nations

cargo plane about half-a-mile away. ``This means the end of the
Serbs.'' 



   Two aid convoys drove through Serb-held territory unimpeded
Friday,

carrying more than 350 tons of wheat flour and other food, while
two planes

reached the airport, one carrying aid, the other supplies for
the U.N.

forces. 



   Mans Nyberg, spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for
Refugees, said

that Friday was the first time convoys had passed Bosnian Serb
checkpoints

without being harassed. 



   He added that eight planeloads of aid were slated to arrive
Saturday and

that, if access continues September would be the first month in
five that

Sarajevans received the 6,000 tons of food per month promised by
the United

Nations. 



   He said he hoped that the shipments would also allow aid
organizations to

begin filling their vacant warehouses for the bitter cold months
to follow. 



   ``This will amount to the end of the blockade,'' he said.
``It is the end

of this Serb weapon against the citizens of Sarajevo.'' 



   ``And they stopped,'' he added, ``for no other reason than
the NATO

bombing.'' 



   The NATO air strikes, which began Aug. 30 in response to a
Bosnian Serb

mortar attack on a crowded market area in Sarajevo, opened the
city to

commerce several days ago. Food prices have plummeted, and
shelling and

sniping incidents have reached a year low. 



   In the markets, people recalled how at the height of the
41-month-old

siege one egg cost $2. Now Sarajevans purchase a box of 24 eggs
for about

$10. The cost of bananas and potatoes had also reached record
lows, and even

alcohol was now becoming affordable. 



   About the only hold-out has been the price of cigarettes,
which some

tobacco hawkers attributed to hoarding. That would break, they
said, at the

first sign of a Marlboro truck in town. 



   Despite the new optimism, Sarajevo still has its skeptics,
who recall how

Western guarantees to protect them from Serbian shelling were
not acted upon

in the past. 



   Throughout the city, memorials and shell holes mark the sites
of personal

loss and death and many people doubted that these tributes to
Sarajevo's dead

would be the last. 



   ``I don't trust the Serbs and I don't care what they say,''
said Edina

Hadzic, an 18-year-old student as she sat with her friends in
one of the

city's shaded squares. ``I still feel under siege and getting
cheaper food

will change that. They are still on the hills and can create a
massacre any

time they want.''





Copyright 1995 The New York Times





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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDLI0020 Date: 09/17/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 02:00pm
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 1 times)
Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

Bosnian Serbs blocked a U.N. aid convoy from entering Sarajevo yesterday.
They were objecting to the use of the R.R.F. force sent to secure the
Hadzici road. Another convoy was rerouted after a report that angry
Serbian civilians would be waiting in Hadzici. It went through Kiseljak
instead.

There are unconfirmed reports that Serbian forces killed Muslim villagers
in the Donji Vakuf area as they retreated, and that advancing Bosnian
Government forces had killed Serbian civilians. Bosnian police prevented
British Army soldiers from investigating the reports.

A U.S. Air Force C-130 series Hercules landed at Sarajevo Airport
yesterday with relief supplies.

40 - 50 heavy weapons have been moved outside the exclusion zone around
Sarajevo, of an estimated 200 that are to be removed. The Bosnian Serbs
have until 3:00 p.m. Milwaukee time today to remove the rest. (Chris
Hedges/N.Y.T.)

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