US presses for partition of Bosnia
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SINCE THE NATO bombings, and partly because of it, there has been a change in the Bosnian war. Although the Bosnians still face an arms embargo and a massive imbalance of heavy weapons, Government forces have taken the initiative and Serbian forces are suffering serious losses.
The aim of the US backed bombings was to force the ethnic division of the country rather than to fuel a Bosnia offensive. It did serious damage to the military infrastructure of the Serbian forces at exactly army was in any case going "The result of was massive military gains in North ment" of the war West Bosnia for the ioint Bosnian and Croat offensive Wale mas now natel just short of Banja Luka. Serbian forces have counter attacked. Arkan and regular unis or te r uxostay anny have been sent into the region by Milosevic. However, gains have not been reversed.
Having got an unexUnO USA. pected outcome from the ombing wester govern. ments, principly the US. launched a major diplomatic offensive. This established a shaky ceasefire. Now they are pressing achieve a permanent "settlePartition At the end of October they will meet the presidents or Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia and hope to start the process toward a solution which will, one way or fight or do a deal. ethnic lines. The meeting Certainly the idea that a Patterson Air Force base in a central Government would have jurisdiction Whether partition is over a Serbian entity conlikely is impossible to pre- trolled by Karadzic can be achieved through such negolargely on the Bosnian Gov- tiations is excluded. Realistiernment: whether it accepts cally there are only two some kind of partition or possible variants: the Boscontinues the war to maxi- nian Government liberates mise the territory it can lib- all of its territory; or there crate. There are clear will be ethnic partition undivisions in the Bosnian der what ever name it is Government on whether to given.
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