Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 14:29:06 +0200
To: revs@csf.colorado.edu
From: slein@e1m147.mpibpc.gwdg.de (Stephan Leineweber)
Subject: Bosnia - what's going on..?

  Now that Bosnia has been devided into two artificial parts due to the Dayton
Accord, 60,000 Ifor 'peacekeepers' struggle to keep up something, what is fare
from peace at that region.

  * ongoing strifes about suspected war criminals to be brought to trial,
  * war crime revelations turning up at trials,
  * numerous assumed or discovered mass-graves,
  * countless persons, who have lost or are missing family members,
  * Millions of refugees and displaced persons, facing uncertain fates,

 ...all that stirs up the emotions of all sides in Bosnia.

  At the same time the U.S., Turkey and other countries have launched a
multimillion-dollar arm-and-train program towards the Muslim-Croat Federation,
which is one part of the new Bosnia. A new army is created, composed of Muslims
and Croats which were opponents of the recent civil war, and are now recipients
of additional modern warfare equipment.
The other part of Bosnia, the serbian 'Republika Srpska' will maintain its own
army, assume the powers and functions of an independent state and develop
"special relations" with Serbia...
An U.N. tribunal has estimated the government of Serbia recently as being
criminal because of its protection of serbian war criminals. 

Question:

  * What will happen in Bosnia after the withdrawal of 'Ifor' troops in the
    end of year ??

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PS: (Please be patient regarding odd words or grammatical faults -- english is
    not my native tongue).