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24 UN G2, Sector SW, Special Report, February 19, 1995. Quoted in O’Shea, Crisis
At Bihac, p. 194.
25 See Branka Kostovska, “Croatia Forms Military Alliance with Bosnian Federation,”
Associated Press, March 6, 1995; Snjezana Vukic, “Armies of Croatia, Bosnian
Federation Agree on Joint Command,” Associated Press, March 6, 1995;
Julian Borger, “Pact increases Balkan tension,” The Guardian, March 7, 1995;
Alan Cowell, “New Croat-Bosnian Link Worries U.N.,” New York Times, March
8, 1995; and Tony Barber, “Anti-Serb alliance raises war fears,” The Independent,
March 8, 1995.
26 See James Bone and Tom Rhodes, “Croats back down over threat to expel UN
troops,” The Times, March 10, 1995; Emma Daley, “UN deal averts threat of
Croatian war,” The Independent, March 13, 1995; Barbara Crossette, “Croatian
Leader Agrees to Continuation of U.N. Force,” New York Times, March 13, 1995.
27 “Bosnian President Izetbegovic warns of war,” Deutsche Presse-Agentur, March
16, 1995; “Izetbegovic says Bosnia has no plans for offensive,” Deutsche Presse-
Agentur, March 17, 1995.
28 Emma Daley, “Truce crumbles as Bosnian factions gear up for war,” The Independent,
March 18, 1995; Julian Borger, “Bosnians launch new offensives,” The
Guardian, March 21, 1995; Roger Cohen, “Bosnian Army On the Attack, Breaking
Truce,” New York Times, March 21, 1995; David Crary, “Bosnian Government
Surges On Battlefield, Opens New Diplomatic Front,” Associated Press,
March 24, 1995.
29 O’Shea, Crisis At Bihac, p. 184.
30 Quoted in “Convoy reaches Bosnian enclave - Moslem general criticises U.N.,”
Deutsche Presse-Agentur, March 17, 1995. DPA adds that in his Oslobodjenje
interview, General Delic complained that instead of helping the Bosnian Muslims
achieve full sovereignty, UNPROFOR was merely “preserving the status quo
along the frontlines….Whenever we launch certain offensives, international mediators
pop up and demand an immediate ceasefire.” This, Delic believed, made
UNPROFOR a “millstone” around the Muslims’ necks. “Even when we are trying
to bring about a turning point in this war, we have to ask for permission.” Also
see O’Shea, Crisis At Bihac: Bosnia’s Bloody Battlefield, p. 188.
31 In the English-language news media, this crucial April 1995 assembly of Bosnian
Serbs passed virtually unreported. The sole contemporaneous print media report
that mentioned the assembly was a brief, 120-word item by Laura Silber in
the April 18, 1995 Financial Times which bore the all-too-characteristic title,
“Bosnian Serb leader threatens new offensive.” .
32 “Serbs will fight on until ‘the final victory’ if peace impossible,” Agence France
Presse, April 17, 1995.
33 O’Shea, Crisis At Bihac, pp. 192-193.
34 Roger Cohen, “Tribunal To Cite Bosnian Serb Chief as War Criminal,” New York
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