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US Stops Enforcing Arms Embargo Against Bosnia

The U.S. decision to exempt Bosniak forces from the embargo was not wholly unexpected in the United States. The U.S. decision, effective today, means that the U.S. Navy will no longer divert ships carrying arms to Bosnia or Croatia or share … Continue reading

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UN Report Confirmed Bosnian Genocide in 1994

Published in New York Times on 10 June 1994. To the Editor: The report of a United Nations commission confirms that Bosnian Serbs have committed “crimes against humanity” and “genocide” and may be responsible for “a systematic rape policy” (news … Continue reading

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Sarajevo Must Not Fall Under Serb Control

The West Cannot Afford to Let Sarajevo Fall By Jonathan Schell Star-News, p.6A 29 July 1993. In May, the Clinton administration arrived, after long and tortuous internal debate, at its moment of decision concerning American policy toward the dismemberment by … Continue reading

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Lift the Arms Embargo and Halt the Bosnian Genocide Before it’s Too Late

“How can anyone, in good conscience, refuse to let people defend their homes and family? Is it right to let the Serbs obtain arms while refusing the Bosniaks that right?” Gainsville Sun, p.3G 30 July 1995. By Marsha A. Martin … Continue reading

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U.S. Military Judgment on Bosnia Looking Poor

Sarasota Herald Tribune, p.12A 18 July 1996. PALE, The “Republika Srpska” Driving along the winding mountain roads above Sarajevo, you can scarcely make out the ruins of the devastated Bosnian city below you. But you can see with utter clarity … Continue reading

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U.S. Should Bypass U.N., Arm Bosnian Muslims

The Daily Gazette, p.A7 16 July 1993. By Robert Burns The AP Writer WASHINGTON — The Clinton administration, unable to win allied support for ending the U.N. arms embargo against Bosnia, should bypass the United Nations and arm the overmatched … Continue reading

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Debate Over Arming Bosniaks as Stubborn as Balkan War

The Daily Gazette, p.A10 27 June 1993. By Carol J. Williams LA Times BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — Just as the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina has defied all efforts at resolution, so the issue of whether to arm the republic’s outgunned government forces … Continue reading

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Military Intervention Urged in Bosnia

Manila Standard, p.16. 19 April 1993. WASHINGTON — Tougher UN sanctions against Serbia, and a ceasefire in the besieged Muslim enclave of Srebrenica, failed to halt calls on Sunday for military intervention by the United States and its European allies … Continue reading

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President Clinton Vetoes Lifting of Bosnian Arms Embargo

“Congressional proponents of lifting the ban say it is unfair because Serb rebels have ample arms from the former Yugoslav army, while the Bosniaks have been cut off…Clinton said as he placed reducing suffering and protecting Bosnia’s sovereignty at the … Continue reading

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Jews Push U.S. to Arm Bosnian Muslims, Right to Self-Defence

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), the united voice of the organized Jewish community, was formally established in 1944 by the Council of Jewish Federations, the forerunner of the United Jewish Communities (UJC). The JCPA was known for many … Continue reading

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U.N. Denies Self-Defense to Bosnia

“It is not enough to feed us at a subsistence level, while we continue to be murdered,” Bosnian Ambassador Muhammed Sacirbey said. “If a choice is to be made between humanitarian relief and self-defence, we choose self-defence.” The Mount Airy … Continue reading

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