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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDMK3381 Date: 09/18/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 04:56pm
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 4 times)
Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

Saying that Bosnian Serbs had made "substantial progress" in withdrawing
heavy weapons, the United Nations and N.A.T.O. said yesterday that the
suspension of airstrikes would be extended another 72 hours.

Bosnian Government forces were reported yesterday as within 25 miles of
Banja Luka. Backed by Croatia, the force has seized 1,600 square miles
from the Bosnian Serbs in the last week. Tens of thousands of Serbian
refugees have fled the advance. Officials said yesterday that Bosnian Serb
forces were building barricades and trenches to defend Banja Luka, while
Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic told ITAR-Tass that his
force were taking "heavy losses". The United States reportedly has
strongly discouraged the Bosnian Government from attacking Banja Luka,
saying it may prompt Yugoslav Army troops to cross the border into Bosnia.

The Bosnian Serb commander of troops around Sarajevo, GEN Dragomir
Milosevic, said yesterday that half of the approximately 300 heavy weapons
thought to be around the city had been moved outside the exclusion zone.
The United Nations says that 60 pieces of artillery, including 9 105 mm
howitzers, 25 120 mm mortars, and 5 122 mm artillery pieces, have been
moved, along with M.B.T.s, anti-aircraft artillery, and rocket launchers.
The "heavy weapons" originally covered all artillery more than 100 mm and
mortars more than 82 mm, but Bosnian Serbs agreed yesterday to remove 100
mm artillery and 82 mm mortars as well.

Several hundred people marched outside the U.S. Embassy in Moscow
yesterday to protest N.A.T.O.'s airstrikes. The crowd waved red flags of
the former Soviet Union and black, white, and gold Russian nationalist
banners. Some shouted, "Yankee, go home!" or carried signs reading. "We
Will Bury You, America". (A.P. and Chris Hedges/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDNP1852 Date: 09/19/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 08:30pm
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 12 times)
Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

Bosnian Serb military leaders said yesterday that they would fight for
Banja Luka, and had begun setting up defenses. Everyone in the area has
been ordered to stay and fight. But refugees continue to leave. Aid
workers reported a 44 mile long line of 50,000 refugees on the open road,
east of Banja Luka. Bosnian Serbs say that many elderly had died in the
exodus, and in Doboj, wounded patients were lying without treatment or
medicine on hospital floors.

Bosnian Serbs reported infantry combat yesterday in Sanski Most, and that
Croatian artillery was shelling Bosanska Gradiska, Bosanska Dubica, and
Novi Grad. Air raids sirens sounded twice in Banja Luka yesterday, and
officials said Croatian aircraft were flying over positions 40 miles away.
Bosnian Government, Bosnian Croats, and Croatian forces are reportedly
moving to seize Gradacac and Prijedor. There are conflicting reports that
Sanski Most and Mrkonjic Grad have fallen.

U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali told the Security Council
yesterday that it should end the U.N. peacekeeping operation in Bosnia and
replace it with a multinational force, whether or not current efforts
produce a peace agreement. A letter to the Security Council did not name
N.A.T.O., but it was clear that he was recommending that N.A.T.O. take
more responsibility. (Chris Hedges and Mike O'Connor/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDPK2241 Date: 09/20/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 04:37pm
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 11 times)
Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

The Bosnian and Croatian Governments said yesterday that they would not
attack Banja Luka. Fighting continued nearby, however. Bosnian Serb forces
reportedly artillery attacks near Gradiska and Dubica and fighting near
Sanski Most and Kljuj. Heavy fighting was reported six miles from Novi
Grad, and Bosnian Serb forces appeared to be digging in.

GEN Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb military commander, has been
hospitalized in Belgrade with what is reported as kidney stones for
several days. A U.N. official said yesterday that his hospitalization may
be more political than medical. The official said, "Since he's gone to the
hospital, everything has started to happen. The heavy weapons are being
pulled away from Sarajevo, the transit routes are being opened, planes are
coming in, and serious fighting on the ground has practically stopped.
That isn't just a coincidence."

Zeljko Raznatovic, better known as Arkan, was seen in a bar Monday night
in Banja Luka with several uniformed and heavily armed men. He has also
been seen in Prijedor recently. Diplomats in Belgrade say he is under the
protection, if not guidance, of President Slobodan Milosevic, although
this is denied. Raznatovic said he had come to Banja Luka at the
invitation of the Bosnian Serb police department, and so his forces
couldn't be considered a paramilitary group but rather invited
specialists. He also said that the Bosnian Serb army has proved itself
unworthy to fight the enemy. If Raznatovic, a warlord that has taken on an
almost legendary image, is indeed under control of Milosevic, it may be a
sign of the desparate situation of Bosnian Serb forces and the first clear
sign that Milosevic is worred. (Mike O'Connor and Stephen Kinzer/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDQN1380 Date: 09/21/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 07:23pm
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 0 times)
Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

N.A.T.O., satisfied that Bosnian Serbs removed their heavy weapons from
around Sarajevo, will not resume airstrikes.

Serbian forces fired two S.A.M.s at N.A.T.O. aircraft yesterday. Both
missed.

The Bosnian Government fired four mortars yesterday from positions in
Sarajevo at Bosnian Serbs on nearby hills. The U.N. condemned the act.

Hajrudin Jusufovic, 33, was killed by snipers in Sarajevo Monday. The
Bosnian Government lists him as the 10,608th civilian victim of the 41
month siege. (A.P. and Stephen Kinzer/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDRK0678
Date: 09/22/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 04:11pm /\To: ALL                               
					  (Read 19 times) Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

It was announced yesterday that N.A.T.O. launched three missions
to rescue two French Air Force airmen show down near Pale last
month, but all efforts failed. Helicopters went in September 5,
6, and 7, after the Mirage 2000 D was shot down August 30. On at
least one mission, a helicopter was hit by small arms fire and
had to return to base. NBC News reported last night that two
U.S. soldiers were wounded in the last of the attempts after a
landing near Pale. France belives that they are held by Bosnian
Serbs, while unofficial reports from Pale say that they were
captured and one suffered a broken leg.

Bosnian Serbs appeared to stiffen their defenses yesterday.
Croatian forces halted their advance from the north and
retreated back into Croatia from areas around Banja Luka.
Bosnian Serb aircraft reportedly caused heavy casualties. A
statement said Croatia will not take further action in western
Bosnia that could lead to a confrontation in Banja Luka. Bosnian
Government forces continued to advance towards Doboj, and 500
explosions were reported yesterday. Bosnian Serbs have
reportedly been expelling Muslims from Doboj and nearby towns. A
U.N.H.C.R. spokesman said that Muslims were told to bring their
belongings to a football stadium in Doboj, where their
belongings were looted. They were then placed on five buses and
were taken to the front lines. Refugees then walked 10 miles to
Bosnia. At least three people died during the trek.

For a second day in a row, Bosnian Government forces fired
mortars from positions in Sarajevo, and again drew a sharp
rebuke from the United Nations.

About 10,000 people staged a protest in Belgrade yesterday,
denouncing Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, saying that be
betrayed fellow Serbs in Bosnia and Croatia.

Bosnian Serbs will apparently allow the restoration of utilities
in Sarajevo. The U.N. says gas will be on by next week,
electricity in 10 days to two weeks, and water after that.

Bosnian Serbs yesterday accused Croatian troops of killing 47
civilians in a refugee convoy near Bosanski Novi. They said the
attack was Monday, 1,400 yards from the center of town. A
Reuters Television crew filmed 18 bodies in that area, including
children. (Reuters and Stephen Kinzer/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDSJ1494
Date: 09/23/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 03:24pm /\To: ALL                               
					  (Read 17 times) Subj: MORE ON EFFORTS TO RESCUE
CREW

More information has become available on the attempts to rescue
two French Air Force personnel, whose Mirage 2000 D was shot
down near Pale August 30.

In early September, a German Air Force Tornado ECR photographed
near Pale what appeared to be a "3" with the outline of Mirage,
then another "3", then the letters "E", "B", and something else
that was not able to be identified. The call sign of the
aircraft shot down was EBRO - 33. There was a person standing
near the site, which was an area that had been cleared out next
to a small road. The person was pointing to the outlines in the
clearing. A photograph interpreter spotted this an reported it.

About 1 a.m. local time Sept. 6, LT GEN Michael E. Ryan, U.S.
Air Force, Commander, Allied Air Forces Southern Europe,
telephoned ADM Leighton W. Smith Jr., U.S. Navy,
Commander-in-Chief, Southern Command. Ryan told Smith of the
photograph, and the decision was made to launch a reconnaissance
mission. Smith called GEN George Joulwan, Supreme Allied
Commander Europe, and got permission for the mission.

Early Sept. 6, two HH-60H helicopters were launched from the
U.S. Navy Nimitz-class Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier U.S.S.
Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Adriatic Sea. They were
backed by several other carrier and land based aircraft. The two
did not reach the photographed area because of poor weather, but
were fired on. One helicopter was hit, and they returned to
Theodore Roosevelt with no injuries to the crew.

On Sept. 7, another mission left Brindisi A.B., Italy, using the
Joint Special Operations Task Force. The mission involved U.S.
Air Force MH-53J Pave Low IIIs and several C-130 series Hercules
variants, backed by a second group of MH-53Js. The helicopters
made it to the site, but very dense ground fog forced them to
call off the mission. Small arms were fired at the helicopters
but none were hit.

Early Sept. 8, the third mission was launched. The mission
involved the same aircraft as the day before. They spent about
30 minutes in the area. One aircraft was hit by small arms on
the way to the site, but the mission continued. As they left the
area, they came under heavy fire. Fixed-wing aircraft, including
AC-130 series Specters, OA/A-10A Thunderbolt IIs, and F/A-18
series Hornets attacked the firing positions.

As the aircraft were leaving the area, one of the helicopters
was hit, and two U.S. personnel were injured. One had a grazing
wound to the knee, and the other had a piece of shrapnel
embedded in his thigh. They have both returned to the United
States. One has returned to duty, the other is convalescent
leave. (Franco Veltri, N.A.T.O./W.E.U. Executive Secretariat)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDTH3493
Date: 09/24/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 01:58pm \/To: ALL                               
					  (Read 18 times) Subj: EGYPTIAN MILITANT
ARRESTED IN CROATIA

Egypt said yesterday that a senior leader of a militant Muslim
group seeking to overthrow the Egyptian Government was arrested
this month in Croatia. Al Ahram, the largest Government owned
newspaper, said that Talaat Kassem was arrested in Zagreb on
charges of illegal entry, and that he was headed to
Bosnia-Herzegovina. He has been sentenced to death in Egypt for
organizing several killings of army, police, and Government
officials, several intellectuals, and leading secular figures.

Kassem's wife, Amani Farouk, told the London-based newspaper Al
Hayat from Denmark that her husband was arrested a day after his
arrival and that his whereabouts are unknown. She said Kassem
traveled to Croatia Sept. 12 and was going to Bosnia to write a
book on the Bosnian Muslims.

She also said that Croatian officials said that he was released
six days after his arrest and banned from entering Croatia for a
year.

Kassem was granted political asylum in Denmark in 1992 and has
emerged as the official spokesman for the Islamic Group. He is
believed to be a key strategist and a financial officer. The
group has been implicated in the assassination of Egyptian
President Anwar el-Sadat in 1981 and is suspected of being
behind two failed attempts to kill President Hosni Mubarak.

In London, a group affiliated with the Islamic Group sent faxes
to Arab news organizations saying that Croatia's action put it
"in direct line for revenge by Islamic groups." (Youssef M.
Ibrahim/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDTI0662
Date: 09/24/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 02:11pm /\To: ALL                               
					  (Read 18 times) Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

Bosnian Serb forces have retaken Sanski Most. Croatian forces
were pushed back from Bosanski Novi on Friday, but the town was
not captured. Bosnian Government forces and Croatian forces
continue to sporadically shell Bosnian Serbs in the Banja Luka
area but have not launched any attacks. The Bosnian Serbs are
believed to be undertaking limited counterattacks aimed at major
population points along the front line. (Reuters/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDUJ2128
Date: 09/25/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 03:35pm /\To: ALL                               
					  (Read 17 times) Subj: RUSSIAN/U.S. EXERCISE
PLANS SUSPENDED

Russia has suspended "for an indefinite period" preparations for
a joint peacekeeping exercise with the United States that was to
be held next month in Kansas. Russia had previously postponed
planning because of renewed N.A.T.O. airstrikes against Bosnian
Serbs. (Interfax, Dog Clarke, OMRI, Inc.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDUK0313
Date: 09/25/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 04:05pm /\To: ALL                               
					  (Read 17 times) Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

Croatia announced yesterday it was withdrawing refugee status
from 100,000 Bosnians and that it would send them back to their
homes in areas of Bosnia retaken from Bosnian Serbs.

Bosnia said yesterday it has found mass graves near Banja Luka.
One is in a cave, the other in ground nearby. Bones were
reportedly seen sticking through the surface, and several glass
bottles were found around the site. The bottles reportedly
contained acid to quicken decomposition.

Bosnian Government forces captured nine Bosnian Serb soldiers on
the road to Bihac yesterday. A group of Serbs gunned down a
family in a car outside of Bihac, stole the car, and fled.
(Reuters, Chris Hedges, and Kit R. Roane/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDWL0661
Date: 09/27/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 05:11pm /\To: ALL                               
					  (Read 18 times) Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

Bosnia, Croatia, and the Yugoslav Federation agreed yesterday to
the structure of what is hoped will be a unified Government for
Bosnia. The two-page statement calls for a group presidency, a
Parliament, and a Constitutional Court. The Parliament, filled
by "free and democratic elections", would be two thirds from the
Bosnian-Croat federation and one-third from the Serbian
republic. The group presidency would be similiarly divided. It
should be noted that a collective presidency is what existed in
1992 when the Serbs walked out, rejected an independent Bosnian
state, and set-up a rebel government.

Also agreed to:

Freedom of movement, the right of displaced people to repossess
their property or receive compensation, freedom of speech and
the press, protection of all internationally recognized human
rights, parliamentary actions by majority vote provided the
majority includes at least one third of the votes from each
entity, presidency decisions by majority rule excep that if one
third or more disagree it can be taken to the parliament (if
parliament confirms the dissenting position by two thirds, the
challengeed decision does not take effect), and a cabinet.

In a brief filed with the Federal appeals court in New York last
week, the United States supported the right of two women to sue
Radovan Karadzic for suffering caused by what they claim is his
participation in war crimes, torture, and genocide. A lower
court ruled a civil lawsuit could not be brought, while the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which is reviewing it,
has a history of favoring such lawsuits. One plaintiff says she
was raped and mutilated by Bosnian Serb soldiers and the second
says she witnessed the rape and murder of her mother by Bosnian
Serbs. Karadzic is represented by Ramsey F. Clark, a former U.S.
Attorney General. The Second Circuit has ruled that people may
be sued in Federal courts for acts that ocurred abroad and that
a judgement may be enforced if the subjects come to the United
States or their assets here are located. Karadzic was served
with papers as he walked outside his hotel room when he came to
the United Nations in February, 1993. Beth Stephens, an attorney
for the Center for Constitutional Rights, represents the
plaintiffs.

34 Muslim and Serbian P.O.W.s were exchanged yesterday at
Sarajevo Airport. The 17 Muslim and 17 Serb soldier exchange was
overseen by the U.N. It was the first exchange in the city in
six months. (A.P./M.J.S.; Neil A. Lewis and Elaine
Sciolino/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDYL0357
Date: 09/29/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 05:05pm /\To: ALL                               
					  (Read 17 times) Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

Bosnian Government forces, including artillery and M.B.T.s,
fired at Bosnian Serb positions yesterday around Mrkonjic Grad.
Bosnian troops said that Bosnian Serb MiG-21 series Fishbeds
fired on Bosnian forces and Bosnian Croat militias. Bosnian
Serbs also fired VBR multiple rockets as they retreated, which
hit a forest on a nearby hill.

Bosnian Serbs fired Luna and Orka rockets Wednesday on Bosnian
Government positions. Some hit Travnik, killing 2 and wounding
25. Bosnian Government and Croatian troops were bombed twice
Wednesday on the southern front by three Bosnian Serb aircraft.

GEN Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb military commander, has
arrested officers he blames for recent battlefield losses in
northwest Bosnia. They are suspected of working for the Yugoslav
Federation. (Reuters and Chris Hedges/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CDZJ2699
Date: 09/30/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 03:44pm /\To: ALL                               
					  (Read 19 times) Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

N.A.T.O. decided yesterday that a heavily armed, United States
led peacekeeping force should replace United Nations
peacekeepers in Bosnia for a year after a peace settlement is
reached. N.A.T.O. officials will draw up plans by mid-October
for a new force that would leave aid, resettlement,
reconstruction, and the organization of elections to the U.N.
and others. Preliminary estimates include 50,000 - 60,000
personnel on the ground for extracting many of the 22,500 now
there and then take up positions as buffers between former
combatants. The largest single contingent would be from the
United States, at about 25,000, followed by France and the U.K.
at 15,000 each. Plans are to incorporate non-N.A.T.O. troops,
including Russians and soldiers from predominently Muslim
countries, in their operations. (N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CE1J2278
Date: 10/01/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 03:37pm /\To: ALL                               
					  (Read 18 times) Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

A European Union and United Nations report yesterday says that
two months after Croatia captured the Krajina, Serbian villages
continue to be burned and an average of four to six Serbian
civilians are found dead each day. Croatia is thought to be
attempting to drive out the 3,500 Serbs remaining and keep
others from returning. However, Croatia has invited Serbs to
return, says it has arrested 370 people for looting, and is
postponing putting a confiscation law in effect until December.
An internal E.U. report says that of 18,232 houses in 240
villages, more than 13,600 have been partly or completely
destroyed. The United States yesterday condemned Croatian
actions in Krajina. (Reuters and Chris Hedges/N.Y.T.)

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Army Times
2 Oct 95

	On Sept. 11 President Clinton awarded the Soldier's Medal to Lt.  Col.  
Daniel M. Gerstein.  According to the citation, Gerstein distinguished 
himself by exceptional heroism Aug. 19 in Central Bosnia as a member of 
the Bosnia Peace Negotiating Team. Gerstein was riding in a French armored 
personnel carrier descending toward Sarajevo along the Mount Igman road 
when the shoulder of the road gave way, causing the vehicle to tumble 500 
vertical meters down the mountain side. 

	During its descent, the vehicle fell and rolled repeatedly, making 
between 20 and 40 revolutions and was totally destroyed.  Upon finally 
coming to rest, the vehicle caught fire. Gerstein suffered multiple 
injuries to his head and arms in the descent.  Despite his injuries, he 
forced open the top hatch, pulled himself out, and then assisted another 
injured American to exit the vehicle.  Gerstein and another passenger went 
back to the burning vehicle to extract a third member of the delegation 
as the vehicle fire began to spread.  They pulled another passenger from 
the vehicle as live ammunition began to ignite. As they were preparing to 
reenter the vehicle, an antitank round exploded inside completely 
destroying all hope of recovering the remaining personnel.
	  
	Gerstein and the two other passengers were evacuated by personnel of 
the French and Bosnian Armed Forces.

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Army Times
2 Oct 95

AMERICANS WOUNDED DURING SEARCH

By Katherine McIntire Peters
Times staff writer

	WASHINGTON - Two American airmen were wounded Sept. 8 during an attempt 
to find two French airmen shot down Aug. 30 by Bosnian Serbs in the
former Yugoslavia.
	 
	The injured airmen were aboard an Air Force MH-53J special operations 
aircraft when it sustained heavy fire, apparently from Bosnian Serbs.

	Their injuries were not serious.  One suffered a knee injury, the other 
received shrapnel wounds to the thigh area, said Adm. Leighton Smith Sept.
22. Smith is commander in chief of Allied Forces, Southern Europe.

	The two airmen, who military officials declined to identify, were 
members of the 20th Special Operations Squadron, the only Air Force unit 
to fly the MH-53J Pave Low search and rescue helicopters.
	 
	The airmen were returned to the United States.  One has returned to 
duty and the other is on convalescent leave, Smith said.

Incident on third rescue try

	The incident occurred during the last of three attempts to rescue the 
French airmen, who were shot down near Pale, a Bosnian Serb stronghold 
near Sarajajevo.
	 
	"We are extraordinarily proud of what these young men did in all 
three of these missions," Smith said.  "I would clearly not classify 
these as failures.  These were reconnaissance missions.  They were
done professionally, and they did exactly what they set out to do.  
Unfortunately we did not locate the French pilots and the search 
continues."
	 
	Military officials discussed the three reconnaissance missions 
Sept. 22 after Reuters news service reported the attempts.

Details of attempts

	The first attempt to locate the airmen was launched from the Navy 
carrier Theodore Roosevelt in the Adriatic Sea about 1 a.m., Sept. 6.
	 
	It was aborted when the combat search and rescue team sustained heavy
fire and was unable to reach the objective area said Rear Adm William 
Fallon, commander of the battle group responsible for the first mission.
	 
	That attempt was conducted by two HH-60 helicopters from the Roosevelt,
backed up by aircraft from the Joint Special Operations Task Force, Fallon
said.
	 
	"It was a very dangerous mission. They were over hostile territory and
they did receive hostile fire," Faflon said. "None of our people was 
injured, but we did sustain slight damage to one of the helicopters. 

	"It took a lot of guts," he said.
	 
	The second and third attempts to locate the downed pilots were 
conducted by the Joint Special Operations Task Force, Fallon said.
	 
	The second attempt was hampered by dense ground fog early Sept. 7.
	 
	The third mission, begun "late the 7th [of September], early the 8th," 
encountered small arms fire early into the mission.
	 
	One French airman and about 15 Air Force and Army special operations
troops were aboard each of two MH-53J helicopters used in the mission.  
The crews continued the search despite taking fire.
	 
	The two airmen were injured during subsequent heavy ground fire, Smith
said. An Air Force A-10 and an AC-130 Spectre guriship provided close air 
support while the helicopter evacuated. 

Missions will continue
	 
	The three search and rescue missions were ordered after NATO found 
"convincing evidence" that the French airmen were alive.

	The evidence included a photo taken by a German reconnaissance team,
Smith said.

	The French pilots were not located during any of the rescue attempts, 
he said. While some press reports have indicated the pilots were captured 
by Serb forces, Smith said he has seen no evidence of that.
	 
	"We have no information on the French pilots at this point.  We will 
continue to conduct missions until we have convincing evidence to the 
contrary," Smith said.
	 
	"The French are tenacious.  If there's any way for anyone to survive 
this, the French can," he said.

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CE2K0239
Date: 10/02/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 04:03pm \/To: ALL                               
					  (Read 19 times) Subj: RUSSIA GETTING U.S. ARMS
FROM SERBS?

Russia has been given two BGM-109C Block III Tomahawks and
electronic equipment from a downed Predator by Bosnian Serbs,
Ekho Moskvy said Friday, citing an officer "from one of the
special services." The two missiles were part of three that did
failed to hit targets. (Doug Clarke, OMRI, Inc.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CE4J1572
Date: 10/04/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 03:26pm /\To: ALL                               
					  (Read 16 times) Subj: GREECE, TURKEY IN NAVAL
EXERCISE

Vessels from Greece and Turkey took part in an exercise in the
Aegean Sea Monday for the first time since 1974. A Royal
Netherlands Navy and a U.S. Navy vessel were also involved in
the "technical exercise." The exercise was on the sidelines of a
N.A.T.O. Partnership for Peace exercise in the Black Sea.

Greece previously boycotted N.A.T.O. exercises in the Aegean in
protest of the Turkish occupation of Cyprus in 1974 and because
of disputes over the delineation of territorial waters. (A.F.P.,
Stefan Krause, OMRI, Inc.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CE4J2961
Date: 10/04/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 03:49pm /\To: ALL                               
					  (Read 17 times) Subj: MACEDONIA PRESIDENT
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov was seriously wounded
yesterday in a car-bomb attack that killed his driver. Gligorov
was struck in the head by three pieces of shrapnel and was
suffering from a fractured skull and heavy internal bleeding.
There are reports he may have lost sight in one eye.

The explosion took place on a central street in Skopje as
Gligorov drove to his office in the National Parliament in a
four door Mercedes-Benz sedan. The bomb was in a parked car 250
yards from the building, triggered by remote control. Gligorov's
driver was killed and three bystanders wounded.

Macedonian police sealed the borders and arrested two men who
tried to flee the scene in a car.

Gligorov was scheduled to address the U.N. General Assembly
later this week. (Chris Hedges/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CE5M2270
Date: 10/05/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 06:37pm /\To: ALL                               
					  (Read 15 times) Subj: MACEDONIA UPDATE

In accordance with the Constitution, the Speaker of Parliament,
Stojan Andov, was named as interim President yesterday, after
Parliament determined that Kiro Gligorov was incapable of
carrying out his duties.

Diplomats said yesterday it is unlikely that Gligorov will ever
work again. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The U.K. is sending agents from Scotland Yard and the United
States is sending officials from the B.A.T.F. and the F.B.I. to
aid the investigation.

The assassination was described as "very professional", leading
to speculation that the attackers were trained outside
Macedonia. Two people seen fleeing the scene remain in custody,
and the owner of the car used for concealing the bomb has been
identified.

Several theories have been floated as explanations. One diplomat
suspects Bulgarian extremists, as Bulgaria has not recognized
that Macedonians are a separate ethnic group, saying that they
are Bulgarians. Another possible group is extreme Macedonian
nationalists, angry because Gligorov agreed to change the
country's flag and Constitution to settle a dispute with Greece.
Another suspected group are extremist Albanians living in
western Macedonia, who have been campaigning for more cultural
autonomy and others for secession. (Raymond Bonner/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CE5M2879
Date: 10/05/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 06:47pm /\To: ALL                               
					  (Read 16 times) Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

N.A.T.O. aircraft bombed three Bosnian Serb SA-6 surface-to-air
missile sites yesterday, after the aircraft were locked onto by
radar. An AGM-88 HARM was fired at the sites in each incident,
two in the morning and one in the afternoon. Two sites were in
central or western Bosnia and the other 12 miles south of
Sarajevo. U.S. Navy or Marine Corps EA-6B Prowlers were involved.

Bosnian Government forces pressed an offensive on the outskirts
of Sarajevo yesterday aimed at opening roads into the city.

Nine Serbs, aged 75 to 82, were found dead in Varivode last week
by relatives, apparently killed by Croatian Army personnel.
United Nations officials who visited the area Sept. 11 said the
17 Serbs there were alive and in good health. During a visit
Monday, the U.N. found the names of nine residents of Varivode
on fresh graves in Knin. Who buried them is unknown, but
families were not told they were buried. Eight houses were found
"spotted with blood" in Varivode. Croatian police say that they
are investigating, and are holding a witness, said to be an
elderly Serbian woman. Three other residents of Varivode are
missing and two are in a Knin hospital. Only one man, a 74 year
old Serb, remains in the town. He said that he heard about 20
minutes of gunfire around sunset the day the people were said to
have been killed. (Chris Hedges/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CEAL3268
Date: 10/06/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 05:54pm /\To: ALL                               
					  (Read 14 times) Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

A cease-fire was agreed to yesterday, to be followed by
negotiations in the United States later this month that will be
intended to lead to a full-scale international peace conference.
The cease-fire between Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia will begin at
12:01 a.m. Tuesday, providing that full gas and electrical
service to Sarajevo is restored. If the utilities are not in
place by then, the cease-fire will begin at 12:01 a.m. the day
after service is restored. As soon as it takes effect, Bosnian
Serbs must provide free passage on two roads leading from
Sarajevo to Gorazde. P.O.W.s will be exchanged. The meeting in
the United States is set for Oct. 25. The cease-fire is set for
60 days or until completion of Proximity Peace Talks and a peace
conference, whichever is later.

The United Nations said yesterday it would begin the withdrawl
of almost a third of its troops this month. The forces will go
from 30,000 to 21,000 personnel. Among those leaving are about
3,000 British Army soldiers of the 24th Air Mobile Brigade. The
other 4,000 are from Bangladesh, Canada, the Netherlands,
Pakistan, and the U.K. Units from Malaysia, the Nordic
countries, Pakistan, Spain, and Turkey would cut back to a totl
of 2,000 troops. The 3,000 members of the 24th will return to
the U.K. but will be on alert to return on a week's notice. They
will leave their heavy weapons in Bosnia. France has 4,000
troops on standby and the Netherlands has 400 on standby.
(Barbara Crossette and Alison Mitchell/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CEBI1339
Date: 10/07/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 02:22pm /\To: ALL                               
					  (Read 10 times) Subj: HEAD OF N.A.T.O. FACES
TRIAL

The Belgian Supreme Court yesterday asked the Belgian Parliament
to approve putting N.A.T.O. Secretary General Willy Claes on
trial on charges of corruption while in the Belgian Government.
Claes is suspected of taking a $1.72 million bribe in order for
an Italian firm to win a contract for helicopters. Claes
approved the contract as Economics Minister at the time.
(A.P./N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CEBI2850
Date: 10/07/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 02:47pm /\To: ALL                               
					  (Read 10 times) Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

N.A.T.O. ministers yesterday endorsed the broad outlines of a
force to supervise a peace deal, and the United States said the
first of as many as 25,000 U.S. troops could be in Bosnia by
Thanksgiving. The tentative plan is for British troops to patrol
western Bosnia, the United States in central Bosnia (Sarajevo to
Tuzla), and the French the southern part (Sarajevo to the
Adriatic Sea). The force would not remain past the end of 1996,
and the United States's involvement would cost $1 - 2 billion.

Fighting in northwestern and central Bosnia has increased since
the cease-fire announcement Thursday. The Bosnian Army, the
Croatian Army, and the Bosnian Serbs are deploying several
thousands troops in a last minute effort to take or hold large
areas of disputed land. The United Nations said yesterday that
some 400 Croatian troops had crossed into Bosnia to assist
Government forces. It is believed that the heavy weapons the
Bosnian Serbs have withdrawn from around Sarajevo have been
redeployed in the northwest and central areas. (Mike O'Connor
and Eric Schmitt/N.Y.T.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CECI0680
Date: 10/08/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
			 Time: 02:11pm /\To: ALL                               
					  (Read 6 times) Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

Efforts to provide Sarajevo with gas and electricity have
encountered snags. Russia did not send gas through a pipeline
that passes through Hungary yesterday as scheduled. And United
Nations engineers were unable to reach Kokoska where three
pylons and severed cables lie in a field mined by Bosnian
Croats. Even so, the cease-fire is still planned to take effect
at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.

The last minute land grabs in central and northwestern Bosnia
continue. Bosnian Government forces were said to have captured
20 square miles in the Mount Orzen area yesterday and were
advancing on Doboj. With Croatian Army heavy weapons, Bosnian
Government forces have reportedly halted Bosnian Serb efforts to
take Bosanska Krupa and Kljuc. Bosnian and Croatian troops
appear intent on making a line from Kljuc along the Sana River
north to Sanski Most and Prijedor, then west to Bosanski Novi.
Two Croatian artillery battalions have crossed the border into
the Bihac area in recent days. Croatia also hopes to control the
east bank of the Una River near Bosanski Novi. (Chris
Hedges/N.Y.T.)

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Army Times
9 Oct 95

U.S. FUMING OVER FRENCH RESCUE

	WASHINGTON - Senior U.S. and NATO officials are fuming over the 
possibility the French may have known their two downed fliers were in
Bosnian Serb hands even before three failed search-and-rescue attempts 
were launched, Navy Times reports in its Oct. 9 issue.
	  
	If true, the French would have withheld critical intelligence to 
planners and allowed the U.S.-led rescue efforts to fly into a tempest of
Serb resistance.  In the first attempt, a Navy helicopter carrying SEALs 
was damaged.  In the third, two U.S. Air Force members were injured
by heavy anti-aircraft fire.
	  
	In a letter delivered Sept. 28 to the senior NATO officer in charge of 
the air campaign into Bosnia,  French defense chief Gen.  Jean Philippe
Douin told Adm.  Leighton Smith, commander in chief of Allied Forces 
Southern Europe, that the two crewmen had been captured by the Serbs 
after ejecting from their Mirage 2000 jet.
	  
	Said NATO spokesman Navy Capt.  Mark Van Dyke, that letter prompted 
Smith to call off ongoing reconnaissance flights for the two fliers
that had continued nonstop since the two were downed.  He said, however, 
that NATO was prepared to resume its efforts at any time.
	  
	French officials had been hinting publicly they knew more than they 
were telling. But what has troubled NATO officials is that privately 
there has been little communication from the French as to exactly how 
much they knew of the fliers' condition.  "That's the way they do 
business," said one senior NATO source.  "There's even a disconnect 
between the French military and the French government."
	  
	In the letter, the source said, "the French said their air crew 
'were' in the hands of the Bosnian Serbs.  That's past tense -- even now 
they aren't saying all they know."

	What has incensed NATO leaders most, however, is the possibility the 
French allowed the three U.S.-led search-and-rescue attempts to take
place, knowing the fliers had already been captured.
	 
	"If that's true," said one senior U.S. source involved in one of the 
rescue attempts, "it would be absolutely infuriating. I will be 
absolutely livid -- they would have put a lot of lives at risk."

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Army Times
9 Oct 95

CONGRESS' GRIP ON MONEY CLOUDS FUNDING OF A BOSNIAN MISSION

By William Matthews
Times staff writer

	WASHINGTON - As the Defense Department plans to send troops to Bosnia 
to help enforce peace, an important question has yet to be answered --
how to pay for the operataon.

	Early estimates at the Pentagon are that "peace implementation" in 
Bosnia could cost $1 billion or more.  That is nearly twice as much money 
as Congress has agreed to put into a contingency fund to pay for military 
operations.
  
	And the fund, worth $640 million, is only enough to cover about half 
the cost of operations that are already going on, such as Southern Watch, 
which enforces a no-flight zone over southern Iraq, and Provide Comfort 
which cares for Kurdtsh refugees in northern Iraq, and the peacekeeping 
mission in Haiti.
  
	"We will absolutely need a special appropriation" from Congress to 
undertake peacekeeping in Bosnia, said Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon.
  
	But Repubhcans, who control Congress, indicate will not make it easy 
for the Democratic administration to launch a military mission to Bosnia.
  
	Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-Kan.), who hopes to replace 
President Clinton in the White House, warned in a letter to the president 
that the Senate intends to "carefully evaluate this matter."

Dole has questions

	Dole said the administration must answer question issues ranging from 
the role Russian troops may play in peacekeeping to rules of engagement
and an exit strategy.
  
	The likelihood that the administration will attempt to send troops to 
Bosnia increased Sept. 26 when the foreign ministers of Bosnia, Croatia 
and the Bosnia Serbs agreed to the basics of a government in which the
three parties could share power.

	But U.S. officials warned there is still much diplomatic work to be   
done before there is a cease fire and a peace for U.S. and NATO troops
to enforce.
	 
	Controlling the money available for operations like peacekeeping in 
Bosnia is the primary leverage Congress exercises over presidents' use of 
the military.  For that reason, lawmakers have refused to give the Defense 
Department the contingency fund it has sought to pay for unexpected 
operations.

Diversion of funds hurts
	
	The Defense Department asked Congress to set up such a fund so it could 
avoid paying for unexpected operations by diverting money from operations 
and maintenance accounts.
					
	In 1994, unexpected operations in Rwanda, Haiti and elsewhere drained 
operations and maintenance accounts and forced the services to let 
readiness decline.
		
	As late as Sept. 21, the day before Congress put most of the final 
touches on the 1996 defense appropriations bill, Gen. John Shahkashvili, 
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned that having too little money 
available for contingencies could mean "setting ourselves up for readiness
degradation."

	"Contingency funding is at the top of the list for any additional 
funding provided by Congress," he said in response to questions from the 
Senate Armed Services Committee.





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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CEDJ1577 Date: 10/09/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 03:26pm
/\To: ALL                                                 (Read 10 times)
Subj: RUSSIA TO TAKE PART IN U.S. EXERCISE

Russia will participate in the joint military peacekeeping exercise that
begins later this month in the U.S. Russian Defense Minister GEN Pavel S.
Grachev agreed on Russian participation at a meeting yesterday in Geneva,
Switzerland, with U.S. Secretary of Defense William J. Perry. Last month,
Russia suspended preparations for the exercise after N.A.T.O. airstrikes o
Bosnian Serb locations. (ITAR-Tass, Doug Clarke, OMRI, Inc.)

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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CEDJ3086 Date: 10/09/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 03:51pm
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 10 times)
Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

Bosnian Serbs attacked a refugee camp for Bosnian Muslims yesterday,
killing six civilians and wounding at least 30 others. Bosnian television
said that Serbian aircraft had also bombed Tesanjka, killing at least two
people and wounding more than 50. Croatia yesterday said that Serbian
aircraft bombed villages in the Usora River valley, causing dozens of
civilian casualties.

In response to the attack on the camp, which killed two women and four
children, N.A.T.O. ordered airstrikes but they were called off because of
bad weather. Twenty of the wounded were children. The attack was at a camp
at Zivinice, south of Tuzla. A cluster bomb was used, although its
delivery method is not clear.

Land mines were being cleared yesterday by Bosnian Serb forces around a
hill in Kokoska, where main lines to Sarajevo are damaged. It may
take two more days to secure the area, then another two to three days for
repairs. The United Nations is also clearing land mines, on the road from
Sarajevo to Gorazde.

Fighting continues elsewhere, particularily around Kljuc and Bosanska
Krupa. The United Nations said yesterday that Bosnian Serbs in recent days
had expelled 630 Muslims from their homes near Banja Luka. Most arrived in
Zenica yesterday.

Shells landed yesterday near the Tuzla airport and a U.N. post. (Chris
Hedges/N.Y.T.)
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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CEEL2138 Date: 10/10/95
From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                                Time: 05:35pm
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 11 times)
Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

The war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia opened its first trial
yesterday, but without the defendant, Dragan Nikolic. He is charged with
murdering and torturing prison inmates at a Bosnian Serb camp, Susica.
Nikolic is believed to be in Serb-held Bosnia. Nikolic reportedly killed
eight inmates, tortured 10, and illegally detained and mistreated 500 of
the estimated 8,000 Bosnian Muslims at Susica from April to September,
1992. Much of the evidence is from a former Bosnian Serb guard at Susica.

Six N.A.T.O. F-16 series Fighting Falcons dropped 10 laser-guided bombs
and four rockets on a Bosnian Serb command and control facility near Tuzla
yesterday. The bunker, which was destroyed, directed shell fire that
killed a Royal Norwegian Army peaceekeeper and killed two civilians and
wounded 10 others in Zivinice.

The United Nations revised the casualty figures yesterday from shelling
Sunday. 10 people, including four children, were killed and 34 wounded in
Zivinice. One person was killed and six wounded in Tuzla, and two were
killed and 50 wounded in Tesanjka.

Bosnian Serbs said yesterday that Bosnian Government and Croatian forces
were attacking Bosnian Serb positions around Sanski Most, Kljuc, and
Mrkonjic Grad. (A.P. and Chris Hedges/N.Y.T.)
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TODAY'S ISSUES==> TOPIC: MILITARY & ARMS      Ref: CEFK3151
Date: 10/11/95 From: STEVE SCHULTZ (Leader)                     
          Time: 04:52pm \/To: ALL                               
                 (Read 10 times) Subj: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA UPDATE

The United Nations said yesterday that Secretary General Boutros
Boutros-Ghali is recalling his special representative in the
area and replacing him temporarily with the oicial now response
for all U.N. peacekeeping operations. Undersecretary General
Kofi Annan, 57, will also become special envoy to N.A.T.O. A
Ghanaian who is widely respected, Annan has been mentioned as a
candidate for Secretary General in elections next year. Yasushi
Akashi, who is being recalled, had asked for the transfer. He
was an Undersecretary General for Public Information before
selected in 1992 to run the mission in Cambodia. He then went to
the Balkans. A diplomat suggested that Akashi, a 64 year old
former Japanese diplomat, had lost credability as a negotiator
and Boutros-Ghali, with his consent, was looking for a chance to
move him out. Annan's position will be taken by Ismat Kittani,
an Iraqi Kurd who is also an Undersecretary General, bit with no
peacekeeping experience. He has been criticized by some for his
handling of the Women's Conference in Beijing last month. Akashi
will take Kattani's current job as senior advisor to
Boutros-Ghali. The changes are effective November 1.

The cease-fire scheduled for yesterday has been delayed.

Bosnian Serbs reportedly have expelled 10,000 Muslims and Croats
from around Bosanski Novi, Sanski Most, and Prijedor. Men were
separated and taken away. Others went to Zenica. 5,000 men are
missing and 9,000 refugees are expected to arrive in Zenica
shortly. The most brutal expulsions are occurring around Sanski
Most. Units commanded by Arkan (Zeljko Raznatovic) arrived there
Sept. 21 in buses with Vukovar license plates. All Muslims were
taken to Sehovci for 11 days, two without food. Draft age men
were reportedly taken to Keramika-Gornji, Kamen Grad, the
Betonirka cement plant, the Stari Hotel, Sekovaca and Dosci. One
draft age man was permitted to go to Zenica by paying a soldier
800 German marks. OF 218 Muslims driven from Kijevo, 14 draft
age men were found when Arkan arrived. Four were killed and 10
are missing. The first buses left the area Oct. 6, with ten from
Bosanski Most, six from Prijedor, two from Banja Luka, and five
from Sanski Most. On Oct. 7, nine left Prijedor, and six buses
and two trailers left Sanski Most. On Oct. 8, four buses left
Bosanski Novi. They were taken to front lines and forces to ford
the Sana River to Bosnian Government land. At least one drowned.
13 buses with 700 will arrive soon.

Bosnian Government and Croatian forces have captured Mrkonjic
Grad.

Croatia said that two people were killed and dozens wounded on
Monday after Bosnian Serbs shelled Croatian towns just over the
Bosnian border. (Chris Hedges and Christopher S. Wren/N.Y.T.)



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