The Washington Post
December 26, 1992
SARAJEVO, Dec. 25 – The commander of U.N. relief forces in Bosnia, in a glum Christmas discussion of prospects for peace in this war-torn republic, said today that his quarters were shelled twice in the past 24 hours and that only a ...
The Washington Post
December 25, 1992
SARAJEVO, Dec. 24 – In a city shivering under a winter siege, Christmas hymns drowned out the sound of gunfire at St. Anthony’s Church today.
It was supposed to be a midnight Mass, but it was held at four in the afternoon to beat ...
The Washington Post
November 16, 1992
TRAVNIK, Bosnia – Commander Fahro Alihadzik cradled an AK-47 assault rifle in his lap and kept a sharp lookout on the cafe entrance the other day as he sipped a soft drink and explained how he maintains discipline among his Muslim ...
The Washington Post
November 12, 1992
TRAVNIK, Bosnia – All of a sudden, a land of sanctuary for Bosnia’s Muslims has turned into a land of fear.
Until a few weeks ago, Muslim leaders thought central Bosnia would escape Serb domination and remain a rugged haven ...
The Washington Post
November 7, 1992
VITEZ, Bosnia – When British soldiers rolled into this central Bosnian town on behalf of the United Nations the other day, they asked to use an empty school as a base for their relief operations. They expected simply to be handed ...
The Washington Post
November 7, 1992
VITEZ, Bosnia – Where others have failed, Lt. Col. Robert Stewart believes he can succeed.
Freshly arrived in central Bosnia, Stewart and his 800-strong British military detachment are supposed to escort U.N. relief shipments for ...
The Washington Post
November 3, 1992
KARLOVAC, Croatia – It started off, Ibrahim recalled, as the usual nighttime brutality, but it ended up as a beating to end all beatings.
Ibrahim, a Slavic Muslim who was freed after being held for two months at a Bosnian Serb prison ...
The Washington Post
November 2, 1992
TRAVNIK, Bosnia – It was on the home stretch to safety that the wrath of Serb gunners caught up with housewife Nijaza Dizdar.
After a harrowing 35-mile journey from the Serb-captured city of Jajce, Dizdar and her Muslim family were ...
The Washington Post
November 1, 1992
KARAULA, Bosnia – In an epic scene reminiscent of World War II, more than 30,000 Muslims and Croats are streaming out of the fallen city of Jajce. Some are leaving in cars, but most are walking or riding in wooden hay wagons, forming ...
The Washington Post
October 31, 1992
TRAVNIK, Bosnia, Oct. 30 – Limping and bleeding, thousands of Muslims and Croats arrived here today after dodging Serb artillery fire as they fled on foot from a fallen city that they say is burning behind them.
The first escapees ...
