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Krajina Serb Planes Terrorized Bihac, UN Safe Haven

Russian Leaders Issue Tepid Response to Strike Foreign Minister of Russia, Mr. Kozyrev, said retaliatory NATO air strikes against Krajina Serbs were carried out because Croatia’s “Serbs have meddled in fighting in the most barbaric way, hitting Bosniak civilians.” Star-News, … Continue reading

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Bloodshed in Bihac: 11 Wounded, 7 Dead

Bloodshed in Bihac Rocks Truce Toledo Blade, p.2 16 January 1995. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — With a new escalation of fighting in northwest Bosnia, a U.N.-brokered truce seemed dangerously close to collapse yesterday without clearing the first of many hurdles. … Continue reading

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Bosnia Fighting Goes to Bihac

By Dan Stets Philadelphia Inquirer Lakeland Ledger, p.Front, 5A 19 August 1992. BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The artillery shell struck the front of the department store in the center of town, spraying shrapnel over a crowd of money changers and their … Continue reading

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Croatian Serbs Cross-Border Attack Bihac in Bosnia

Serbs from the so-called “demilitarised” zone of the self-declared Republic of Serbian Krajina in Croatia are engaging in cross-border attacks against the besieged Bosniak enclave of Bihac. Croatian President called on NATO to bomb Serbs. The top U.N. official in … Continue reading

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American-led Force Bombs Airfield Held by Serbs

Background: Croatian Serb (aka: Krajina Serb) stationed in the so called demilitarized zone of the self-declared “Republic of Serbian Krajina” have used the fighter planes from Udbina airfield to bomb the besieged Bosniak civilians in the Bihac area of Bosnia … Continue reading

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Serbs Demand Bihac Bosniaks to Surrender

Serbs Demand Surrender The Vindicator, p. Front 26 November 1994. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Rebel Serbs reached the outskirts of a U.N. safe haven in northwest Bosnia and demanded the surrender of outgunned government troops. The demand came as NATO … Continue reading

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Fikret Abdic Treason Ends in Defeat

Bosnian Army Routs Renegade Abdic Forces Fikret Abdic — Bosniak traitor who, while aligned with the Croatian Serbs waged a brutal war against his own people – fled the country in April 1992 when war erupted. He came back in … Continue reading

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Croatian Serbs Shell Bihac, Interrupt Bosnian Truce

By George Jahn The Daily Gazette, p.C7 17 June 1994. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Croatian Serbs unleashed heavy artillery fire across the Bosnian border to support rebel Bosniak forces fighting the Bosnian army, the United Nations said Thursday. In Sarajevo, … Continue reading

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The Bihac Massacre Claimed at Least 1,547 Lives

By Dzenita Dzumbur BIRN — For the past 18 years, residents of Ljutocka dolina, near the northwest city of Bihac, have been in a restless pursuit of the truth about crimes committed in that area, hoping the judicial authorities will … Continue reading

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Siege of Sarajevo: 31 Killed, 86 Wounded in Serb Attacks

Fighting Sporadic in Bosnia By Samir Krilic The Daily Gazette, p.A7 21 May 1995 SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia’s battlefields remained unusually quiet for a second day Saturday while diplomats maneuvered to nudge the warring sides closer to peace negotiations. … Continue reading

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Croatian Serbs Cluster-Bomb Bihac, 1 Killed, 4 injured

Serbs Scorn Longer Truce, Bomb Bihac The Spokesman-Review, p.A9 30 April 1995. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Serb jets dropped two cluster bombs on the embattled Bihac region of northwestern Bosnia Saturday, killing one person and wounding four, U.N. officials said. … Continue reading

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Serb Attacks Kill 2, Injure 3 in Sarajevo

The Deseret News, p.A4 25 April 1995. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Explosions and exchanges of fire rocked Sarajevo early Tuesday, a day after shells killed two civilians and wounded three in the city center. U.N. officials reported shelling in the … Continue reading

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Serb Snipers Kill 7-year-old Boy, Wound Two in Sarajevo

Snipers Keep Up Attack in Sarajevo Snipers killed one person and wounded two others Saturday, including a 7-year-old boy, and Serbs said they would halt aid convoys for a week. Lawrence Journal-World, p.4A 5 March 1995. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — … Continue reading

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Serb Snipers Ignore UN Truce, Kill Two

The Victoria Advocate, p.5B 20 March 1995. Recent developments: 1. In fighting around Mala Kladusa, forces loyal to rebel Bosniak leader Fikret Abdic had gained less than a square mile. 2. Only one convoy reached Bihac this week. It carried … Continue reading

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Bosnian Forces Lose More Ground to Serb-allied Fikret Abdic’s Terrorists

The Sunday Gazette, p. Section D 30 January 1995. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The Bosnian government’s out-gunned army lost ground to anti-government forces Sunday in a fierce assault around an embattled northwestern town, U.N. officials said. In some of the worst fighting since … Continue reading

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Napalm and Cluster Bombs Dropped on Bosnian Town

Croatian Serbs never demilitarized; they used their bases in Croatia as convenient staging points for terrorizing and killing Bosniak population in the besieged enclave of Bihac. “The United Nations has given the Serbs the green light,” Prime Minister Haris Silajdzic … Continue reading

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Croatian Serbs Never Demilitarized, They Violated UN Agreements

Croatia Wants U.N. Forces to Get Out Eugene Register-Guard, p.8A 13 January 1995. ZAGREB, Croatia — Croatia on Thursday asked U.N. peacekeepers to leave, raising the specter of renewed fighting with Serb rebels who control one-third of the former Yugoslav … Continue reading

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Serbs Threaten Civilians, 4 Killed in Bihac Attack

Star-News, p.7A 15 January 1995. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnian Serb gunmen threatened Saturday to shoot any civilians traveling on a re-opened supply route across Sarajevo airport, a move the U.N. Protection Force denounced as “outrageous” and likely to imperil a … Continue reading

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Child Killed, Two Others Hurt in Serb Attack on Bihac

New Sunday Times, p.24 15 December 1994. ZAGREB, Wed. — A four-year-old girl was killed and two other civilians wounded by a mortar bomb fired into the Bosnian town of Bihac, a UN “safe area” besieged by Serb forces, the … Continue reading

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Bosnian Army Shot Down Serbian Fighter Aircraft, 15 Injured

Serb Planes Attack Bosnia Again Williamson Daily News, p. Front 19 November 1994. ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Rebel Serb warplanes defying international outrage struck at government-held northwest Bosnia for a second day Saturday, the United Nations said. One of the … Continue reading

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Croatian Serbs Move Heavy Weapons to Bosnia

Gainesville Sun, p.8A 1 July 1994. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Serbs pulled heavy weapons out of U.N.-monitored storage in Croatia and moved some tanks into neighboring Bosnia, a U.N. official said Thursday. The report fed fears of an escalation in … Continue reading

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Five Children Killed, Battle with Serb-allied Fikret Abdic’s Terrorists

Sunday Star News, p.3A L.A. Times News Service 21 August 1994. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Two mortar rounds struck a schoolyard in northwestern Bosnia on Saturday, killing five children and wounding seven, as a yearlong battle between government forces and a … Continue reading

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UN Fails to Stop Serb Strangulation of Bosniak Enclave of Bihac

Time to go: UN fails Bosnia Wednesday, December 7, 1994 Green Left Weekly, issue 170 By Frank Enright The emperor has no clothes. The sham of the West’s so-called peacekeeping operation in Bosnia has been finally stripped bare with the … Continue reading

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Serbs Committed to Continue Genocide in Bosnia

U.N. Security Council Moves with Caution The Free Lance-Star, p.A4 6 May 1993. By Sheila Norman-Culp UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. diplomats contemplated military action against the Serbs, but the only concrete step they could agree on was a toothless … Continue reading

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Croatian Serbs Attack Bihac with Napalm and Cluster Bombs

Pressure on Serb Rebels Stepped Up Sunday Star-News, front page 20 November 1994. UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Anxious to stop Serb attacks on the “safe zone” of Bihac in northwest Bosnia, the Security Council on Saturday authorized NATO to bomb … Continue reading

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