The Washington Post
February 24, 1993
SARAJEVO – For the past 10 months, Bosnia’s embattled Muslim-led government has tried in vain to persuade the world powers to stand up to Serb aggression in the republic and say simply, “enough is enough.”
Now, with the Clinton administration ...
The Washington Post
February 22, 1993
SARAJEVO, Feb. 21 – U.N. military and humanitarian aid officials disagreed today about the wisdom of proposed American airdrops to starving Bosnian civilians, but they concurred that such an operation could entail significant risks to the cargo planes and aircrews ...
The Washington Post
February 21, 1993
SARAJEVO, Feb. 20 – Under international pressure, the Bosnian government called on the Sarajevo city council today to lift its controversial boycott of humanitarian aid and declared a unilateral cease-fire to facilitate aid shipments.
The government’s turnabout ...
The Washington Post
February 9, 1993
BUDAPEST – An international proposal to end the three-sided Bosnian war has sparked a new round of “ethnic cleansing” in which Serb and Croat nationalist forces are trying to solidify their control over areas of the republic populated by Slavic ...
The Washington Post
January 24, 1993
SARAJEVO – Sgt. Richard Roth is a stealth soldier.
While the Pentagon and White House have fretted about sending armed forces into Bosnia, Roth, a blunt-talking, Marlboro-smoking sergeant from Maquoketa, Iowa, slipped into Sarajevo as part of the U.N. peace-keeping ...
The Washington Post
January 17, 1993
ROGATICA, Bosnia – The Serb commander with a double-pump shotgun and a crooked moustache did not waste his breath when asked how many reporters could accompany a U.N. relief convoy to the trapped Muslim town of Zepa.
“None,” he barked.
Commander ...
The Washington Post
January 16, 1993
SARAJEVO – Shivering as her life went up in smoke, Elza Vukmanovic, 65, wept while she fed the pages of a book into her tiny stove. She was trying to stay warm.
Her husband, Branko, 72, was out on the apartment balcony, doing what he does every day — ...
The Washington Post
January 13, 1993
SARAJEVO – Through the static of a shortwave radio, Fadil Heljic made a frantic plea from hell.
“The town is like a big cemetery,” he shouted from the Muslim-held town of Zepa, which is surrounded by Serb forces and has had no food deliveries since ...
The Washington Post
January 12, 1993
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The Washington Post
January 11, 1993
SARAJEVO – A British relief worker, seeing an old woman sob as she was being evacuated from her freezing nursing home near Sarajevo’s front line, spoke a few magic words into her ear: “Don’t cry, darling, you’re leaving.”
Nearby, ...
