YUGOSLAVIA EVENTS CHRONOLOGY JAN.-APRIL 1996 Jan. 1, 1996 More veh. crossing into Bos.; Croat police fire at car from other side of city killing 18-yr. old Mus. man; Serb police detain AP reporter and photographer because their car had Cro. plates, but release them later unharmed Jan. 2 Smith says on Bos. Serb tv finding missing persons, freedom of movement not IFOR's re- sponsibility but police units yet to be formed; opposition party member, Goran Granic of Cro. Soc. Lib. Party elected mayor of Zag. after HDZ legs. end boycott in council Jan. 3 Sec. of Def. Perry visits US troops in Bos., tells them they will be dealing w/ one prob- lem after another; Perry tells Izet. that NATO forces (IFOR) will provide temp. help until separate intl. police force est., but that NATO is not there to deal w/ policing; US calls for release of 16 civs. detained by Serbs since before Christmas; Izet. says he is 'uncomfortable' watching Sarajevans celebrating New Years w/ behavior and sym- bols 'strange to our people' (Christmas trees, ornaments, drinking) Jan. 4 UN suspends relief convoys to c. Bos. after Bos. Croats begin taxing trucks carrying aid; Ital. soldier shot by sniper near Sara. sub. of Vogosca, NATO forces return fire (1st case of this), say Serbs probably to blame; Serbs release 16 prisoners, some say they were beaten, others robbed; 3 more seized on same day; Croats gunfire in Mostar wounds 2 Mus. policemen; Tudj, Izet. sign coop. agreement in Sara. Perry says IFOR not to act as police force but that NATO 'will do what it can to assist' Jan. 5 2 Mus. police wounded by Cro. gunfire in Mostar; UNHCR to renew their aid after Her. Croats agree not to tax UNHCR vehicles; Sides agree to set up mil. liaisons at each other mil. hqs within 10 days Jan. 6 Shots from Mus. section of Mostar kill Cro. policeman, NATO steps up patrols in area as response; Snipers near Sanski Most fire at Bri. bunker 20 times in 5 minutes causing Bri. pks to return heavier fire; Fre. pk wounded by landmine (7th sol. wounded since Dec. 20) in Sara. sub.; Kara. appears in Pale on Orth. Christmas Eve, says Serbs must regain their 'ancient homes in Sara.' 'by a long and uncertain political struggle'; Ger. Int. Ministers decide to begin return of 320,000 refs. by mid-1996; Gligorov makes first appear- rance since ass. attempt by going to Christ- mas mass Jan. 7 US sec. teams at Tuzla airport say sec. on track for Clinton's visit later in week; Fre. mil. plane targetted by small arms fire as it tries to land in Sara.; US officials say complete US force won't be in place until Feb. (2 months after beginning of 1 yr. timetable), also that Serbs will meet Jan. 19 pull-back deadline Jan. 8 Bildt comments that if IFOR units 'in the course of normal ops., encounter indicted war criminals' they can be apprehended; Bri. troops attacked in C. Bos.; Bri. comm. Lt. Gen. Michael Walker says NATO lacks troops to ensure free movement of civs. a- cross ethnic front lines; Cro. DM Susak gives support to Mus.-Cro. fed.; Hol. says he has asked Milo. to allow off. US presence in Pristina Jan. 9 Serb-fired grenade (fired from Grbavica) hits tram in Sniper Alley killing 1, wound- ing 19, Ganic calls for 'swift and signifi- cant reaction' from NATO while Serbs deny responsibility and claim it was govt.; Croats fire rocket-propelled grenades into govt. army camp in Mostar with some shell- ing afterward; UN, aid officials mark end of airlift w/ final flight of Fre. plane carrying food, supplies; Pale parl. speaker Momcilo Krajisnik writes to Bildt to ask for postponement until Sept.15 of transfer of Serb-held suburbs; Milo. sends 'best wishes' to Bos. Serbs on 'national day' of Republika Srpska, says he hopes for a 'successful eco. and cul. recovery'; 60% of IFOR now in place with 31,000 in Bos., 4,000 in Cro. and Hun. (logistical support) Jan. 10 NATO rejects govt. call for response to streetcar attack saying it was isolated in- cident w/ no rebel backing, Bos. Serbs deny responsibility; Smith says Milo. promises to help prevent future attacks, that it won't go unpunished; Croats fire at least 6 mor rds. at Mus. side of Mostar, EU admin. Koschnick condemns attack; Bildt chairs 1st meeting in 4 yrs. of civ. reps. of Serbs, govt.; 2 US soldiers injured when fuel tanker overturns s. of T uzla; Open-pit mine at Ljubija thought to be where Serbs are reburying massacre, execution victims, NATO forces not approaching and comm. of Bri. forces says 'our job is to separate forces, not look for mass graves...it would be a diversion of soldiers from our main goal'; Croats, Mus. agree on Izudin Kapetanovic as new PM for fed. (Tuzla, DPA); Tudj. re- fuses to confirm opposition leader Granic as mayor of Zag.; Cro. FM Granic makes first trip by high level official to Bel. since 91 Jan. 11 Krajisnik warns that 'there could be new clashes' if transfer of Serb-held districts not postponed until Sept. 15, also that 'a certain number of Serbs will leave Sara... those who stay might organize armed resis- tance'; some homes reported to be burning in Grbavica, Hotonj; NATO spokesman says of at- tack on tram 'we believe he was shooting to create terror, but not aiming at the street- car'; Cro. DM Susak offers police for Mos., NATO comm. Walker says after meeting w/ EU admin. in Mos. that NATO not 'a force for law and order'; Tudj. again blocks Granic as mayor of Zag. Jan. 12 Perry announces that troops will provide sec. for investigators of war crimes trib. (WCT), says 'if the wct wants to go to Sreb. and dig up some graves, we'll provide the sec. that allows them to do that'; Milo. and other Serb leaders tell Sara. Serbs not to leave city; 100 Rus. pks arrive at Tuzla to join NATO contingent Jan. 13 Clinton arrives at Tuzla air base for short- ened 4-hr. visit w/ US troops, tells them 'the Bos. people have chosen peace, but they cannot do it alone. They are exhausted by war, and they require your strength'; Clin- ton also meets w/ Izet., Ganic, and members of all 3 sides including head of Bos. Serb Orthodox Church; Pres. comments earlier that recent shootings jeopardize Dayton agree- ments; flies to Zag. for airport meeting w/ Tudj.; Art. fire between Croats and govt. forces in Usora valley after govt. troops try to enter villages claimed by govt. under accord; 250 mujahadeen refuse to cross Cro. from Bihac on way out of Bos. when heavily armed Cro. force meets them as escort Jan. 14 Perry says US ready to begin training of Bos. troops, price tag unofficially put at $100 mil. for training, $400 mil. for wea- ponry; IFOR says Bri. have been supplying fuel to Serbs; IFOR defusing tensions be- tween Croats, govt. forces near Doboj; Serbs free 3 civs. but 2 still in custody; mayor of Cro. part of Mos. says he will resist reunification Jan. 15 Bos. govt. cancels prisoner release saying Serbs have not provided info. on 24,742 missing Mus., Croats thought to be executed or taken prisoner; NATO says 75-80% of zone of separation now empty; UN says BL, Prijedor cts. have ruled 15 Mus. families expelled from homes be allowed to return; Govt. says it will grant amnesty to Serb soldiers and will broadcast on TV announcements that only those indicted by wct will be charged with criminal actions; Irishman Thomas Fitzgerald named to head UN police force in Bos.; UN agrees on 5,000 man force for E. Sla., civ. transitional auth. Jan. 17 Sacirbey says govt. will not meet POW release deadline unless Serbs free nearly 1,000 held in secret 'slave labor' camp, demands imme- diate unconditional access to suspected mass grave sites, also criticizes NATO, ICRC for accepting Serb lists of prisoners at face value; Bos. Serbs boycott meeting on future of Sara., EU neg. says talks will go on 'whether the Serbs are there or not' and that Bos. Serb leaders are preventing local Serbs from participating; Amer. reporters confirm mass grave in Glogova area; IFOR seizes secret govt. airbase at Visoko (20 km. from Sara.) used for smuggling weapons; 250 tons of food aid arrives for Serbs in Trebinje from Mont.; Bos. 7th Corps disbanded, units to be joined to 5th and 3rd Corps Jan. 18 Ger. arrests suspected Bos. Serb war crim. D. Novislav; NATO Gen. Walker says its not clear all foreign forces will have left country by 19th deadline; US army sol. dies of heart attack in Hun.; Hol. says there will be no modifications to Dayton accords over prisoner exchanges; new mass graves re- ported near Sanski Most, Vozuca of Mus. Jan. 19 CSM reports two mass graves discovered near Glogova (nw of Sreb.); wct sends warrants, info. on indicted crims. to IFOR, Joulwan only promises assistance 'within our capa- bilities...to provide a secure env. for the investigators', says 'we will not be in the position of guarding (massacre) sites'; Bri. IFOR troops surround 100 for. mujahideen in Bihac after incident w/ Can. troops; Withdrawal of govt., Cro. and Serb forces achieved by midnight dead- line, but only 217 prisoners released while Smith contends 318 remain in Bos., 151 in Serbia, and 177 in Cro. Jan. 21 Silajdzic to resign, be replaced by Min. for Rels. with IFOR, Dr. Hasan Muratovic, Silaj. possibly to form new party in oppo- sition to governing party; Asst. Sec. of State Shattuck given free access by Serbs to visit war crimes site at Glogova along w/ war crimes investigators, says evidence to be handed over toe wct, commends Serbs as 'model of coop.' but that 'mass killings' occurred at Kravice (near Sreb.) while Bos. Serb PM Kasagic says on radio that his govt. has no info. on Ljubija mine, rejects claims of mass killings in Sreb., Prijedor Jan. 22 US patrol, in Cro. village, fired on for first time by elderly, drunken Cro., pks do not return fire; Goldstone calls on IFOR for assistance in protecting war crimes sites, Adm. Smith says 'we will not guard grave sites, but we will provide a sec. env. for the investigators'; Smith, Milo. separately agree on efforts to locate and unearth war crimes sites; Chris. warns Bos. govt. to comply w/ pris. exchange or lose funding; Delic approves signing of agreement w/ Turkey on training of BH army Jan. 23 US sec. tightened after intel. reports of potential threats from militant Mus. against Amer. targets for conviction in US of Mus. leader Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman; Izet. prom- ises under threat of suspension of US aid to release all POWs; BBC says Serbs may have used poison gas at Sreb.; Major says Bri. troops to conduct foot patrols, air surveys to prevent destruction of evidence of atro- cities; NATO certifies Serb compliance w/ withdrawal of forces, Kasagic says he can't understand why sanctions haven't been lifted Jan. 24 Exp. in stadium for NATO troops kills 1 Ital., 2 Port. soldiers, wounds 7, NATO says it was not a bomb or 'aggressive ac- tion'; Bos. PM meets w/ Serb PM-designate Rajko Kasagic, PM-des. for fed., Izudin Kapetanovic in govt.-controlled Sara.; Bos. Croats say they will gradually transfer auth. to Mus.-Cro. fed.; World Bank to pro- vide $150 mil. in emer. aid to Bos. for reconstruction; UN says main Bel-Zag. high- way to reopen on 25th but only to UN, NATO mil. traffic; Kara. says 'Republika Srpska' to try its own war criminals including one against Izet.; Bishop Komarica of BL pro- tests to IFOR Cro.-HVO transfer of 500 Croats from Majdan to Glamoc; Jozo Rados of Cro. Social-Liberal Party (cand. of 7 opposition parties) elected mayor of Zag., 33-15-2 Jan. 25 HVO head Gen. Zivko Budimir says Croats to have their own nat. units in fed. army so as to maintain 'their nat. identity'; mine exp. injures 4 Dan. pks; Goldstone said to be 'completely satisfied' w/ Wash. coop.; Smith comments that there are 200-300 mass graves in Bos. and that they will be secured when they are under investigation; UN says lifting of sanctions can occur after Feb. 3 withdrawal of Serbs into new terr.; EU admin. for Mos. Koschnick says EU-Mus.-Cro. police force to be formed for city Jan. 26 Serb gov. of Kosovo Aleksa Jokic tells US State Dept. del. that Albanians will not be granted ind., says he was not informed of opening of USIA office in Pristina Jan. 27 Croats, Mus. release total of 380 prisoners at Sara. airport; 350 exchanged in Sanski Most, Red Cross investigating to see if this was voluntary or an expulsion Jan. 28 4 NATO sol. killed (3 Bri. by by land mine in Mrkonjic Grad, 1 Swe. by car sliding off road), 1 Amer. lightly wounded by sniper fire in Ilidza; 74 released by Serbs, 8 by Bos. govt. near airport, another 74 reported released outside of Sara., Bos. Croats said to be still holding 50 for war crimes investigations Jan. 29 Mus. families attack Red Cross, UN offices in Tuzla over questions of missing relatives, 2 injured, Red Cross blames govt. for 'aggressive and irresponsible statements'; Cro. govt. says 30,000 expected to repatriate to Cro. and 900,000 to BH in 1996; Bel. an- nounces it will est. dip. rels. w/ Mac. Jan. 30 Bos. Serb Borislav Herak convicted by Bos. govt. for war crimes recants confession; 30 govt. troops w/ large arsenal enter zone controlled by Span. troops s. of Mos. refus- ing to leave until 2 A-10s are called in; ICRC contends all sides still hold at least 103 registered prisoners w/ 40 of these covered by Dayton accords; Bos. parl. elects 1st post-war govt. w/ Muratovic as PM, Croat Jadranko Prlic as FM, Serb Dragoljub Stojanov as min. w/out port., 4 others; Yugo. asks that overseas assets be unfrozen Jan. 31 2 sniper attacks on IFOR vehicles wounding 1 Bri. sol., NATO sec. gen. Solana says 'its not for us to point a finger at anybody'; NATO also contends last mujahi- deen have left country; UN authorizes de- ployment of 100 mil. observers to E. Sla. for 6 months to join 5,000 pks, oversee demilitarization; UN Peace Force closes Zag. office (213 UN sol. killed, 1,485 wounded in 4 yrs.), and Boutros-Ghali re- commends that UN Mac. force become ind. reporting directly to UN in NY Feb. 1 UN investigator Manfred Nowak visits mass grave site near Glogova, says he will be allowed full access by Serb mayor of Sreb.; IFOR agrees to help refs. return to Sreb., but says it can't compel Serbs to allow it; 2 US sold. wounded by land mine in Hadizici (10 miles se of Tuzla), Fre. pks kill 1 gun- man, disarm 2nd in response to sniping at troops in Ilidza; grave to be excavated near Jajce at village of Carevo Polje; Women refs. in Tuzla agree to suspend protests af- ter talks w/ ICRC, Tuzla officials; Fed. of BH gets its first govt. w/ Izudin Kape- tanovic as PM, 12 mins., deps. balanced be- tween Croats, Mus.; Cro. dep. PM says sus- pected war criminal Gen. Tihomir Blaskic to be extradited to Hague; Serb leaders in E. Sla. refusing to accept that the region is to revert to Cro. within 2 yrs., en- couraging Serbs to settle in area; Police in Bel. prevent 114 members of 5 opp. parties from meeting as 'shadow govt.' Feb. 2 Nowak visits Cro. officials, grave sites near Jajce; several hundred Mus. women in Tuzla storm govt. building demanding info. about missing loved ones while 50 others go to Sara. to confront Izet.; ICRC finds 88 unregistered Serb prisoners in govt. prison in Tuzla, that Bos. Serbs still hold 20 prisoners against accords Feb. 3 Christopher in Bos., speaks w/ US troops; Izet. promises to send home remaining for. mercenaries, release remaining prisoners; Bos. Serb forces withdraw from Sara. sub- urbs; US sol. reported killed after step- ping on land mine 25 miles from Tuzla (9th IFOR sol. killed since Dec.); Bildt an- nounces that Bos. Serb police to remain in Sara. subs. until March 19; NATO reports that neutral zones around country had been violated 40 times but were results of 'mis- understandings' Feb. 4 Milo., in meeting w/ Chris., Hol. agrees to allow intl. warcrimes investigators to open office in Bel., and for USIA to open office in Kosovo; NYTimes says US sol. killed pre- vious day did not step on mine; NATO in- creases patrols in Sara. subs. to calm Bos. govt. over presence of Serb police in govt. controlled neighborhoods; Goldstone says Kara., Mladic getting closer to being ex- tradited to Hague Feb. 5 Bos. govt. says it has detained 8 Serbs over past 3 wks. on suspicion of war crimes in- cluding Gen. Djordje Djukic and Col. Aleksa Krsmanovic who took wrong turn into Bos. govt. terr. on Jan. 30; Bos. Serb officials tell UN envoy Eliz. Rehn that missing Sreb. men killed in battle; Krajisnik says Pale doesn't recognize new Bos. rep. govt. since Pale wasn't party to its formation; Serbs returning to Mrkonjic Grad area; Serb radio station in E. Sla. reportedly urging Serbs to move into Cro. homes in region; IFOR deploys more troops in Sara. subs. to reassure Serbs since only 214 of 2,000 UN policemen are on duty; Shattuck takes Smith on tour of 2 Serb prison sites now Serb barracks, but Smith says that seeking out war criminals is not in IFOR mandate Feb. 6 Bos. Serbs suspend contacts w/ Bos. govt., say they will retaliate unless 8 men re- leased; Bri. Brig. Andrew Cumming, spokes- man for NATO, calls arrests 'provocative and inflammatory' and says Serbs have not been indicted by wct; Mladic threatens to cut ties w/ NATO; Yugo. premier Kontic says Bel. has no control over actions of Kara., Mladic, sanctions must not be linked to war crimes and extradition; UN human rts. official Rehn meets in Pale w/ Koljevic, Krajisnik, and Kagasic who she says have granted her full freedom to conduct her work; Krajisnik says Hague trials unfairly slanted against Serbs; US announces increase in aid to Bos. to $200 mil. for remainder of fiscal year Feb. 7 ICRC official says for first time that 3,000 Mus. in Sreb. may have been killed; Mostar rioting by 2,000 Croats requires Fre. NATO forces to protect EU admin. Koshnick who had been trapped in his car for 1 hr. by crowd; Croats say he favors Mus., and they are severing all rels. w/ EU; Ger. govt. immediately complains to Tudj.; US said it is 'concerned' about govt. detention of Serbs suspected of war crimes; US envoy Robert Galucci denied meeting w/ BL mayor due to pressure from Pale leadership; Rus. DM Grachev in Bos., meets w/ Joulwan; Kara. in Bel. for meeting w/ Milo. Feb. 8 Bos. Serb mil. suspends all contact w/ IFOR until 8 sols. released, and Mladic threatens to halt all contacts w/ NATO, Chris. sends Hol. to prevent Serbs from disrupting peace plan; Bos. govt. brings wct investigators to interview captured officers; US State Dept. defends Bos. govt. actions but says they have caused a problem due to Dayton Accords protection for freedom of movement; Kara., in Prijedor, begins campaign for his Serb. Dem. Party, states 'at no cost must we allow the degree of our autonomy to be reduced' Feb. 9 Grachev meets w/ Milo. in Bel.; Shalikashvili says that threats against IFOR will be dealt with harshly Feb. 10 Serbs restore ties w/ NATO hours before Hol. arrives for talks (Bos. Serb statement reportedly prepared by Milo.); Hol. says Adm. Smith 'is authorized to use whatever is necessary to carry through the implem. of Dayton'; Izet. in Tuzla meets angry crowd of 1,500 demanding answers about Sreb., ref. status, promises to find war criminals; Bos. govt. announces that 4 Serbs detained under suspicion of war crimes have been released but 2 officers remain in Sara. prison; Ger. FM Kinkel says wct should issue arrest war- rants for Kara., Mladic for genocide Feb. 11 Kara. says that he gave strict orders at be- ginning of conflict to protect human rts. and that there were no mass killings and that 'had there been I would have known about it'; Kagasic says Mladic order to break off con- tacts w/ IFOR is 'invalid' and that Kara. told Mladic 'he was not in a position to take such a decision'; Tudj. aide says Cro. govt. to assist in reunification of Mos., mayor of Cro. side says he is prepared for new neg. but that Koschnik plan will not be basis; Hol. meets w/ Milo. who tells Hol. 'the Dayton process must continue - it must not slow down'; Bos. govt. VP Ganic says Hol. applied no pressure to release 2 prisoners; explosions occur at ref. camps at Vucitrn, Kosovska Mitrovica, Pec, Pristina, and Suva Reka all in Kos. Feb. 12 2 Bos. Serb officers extradited to Hague un- der tight sec. on NATO C-130, still haven't been charged; contacts w/ Bos. Serbs de- scribed as 'patchy' but improving; NATO spokesman says wct has provided poor quality photos of suspected war criminals, and that it is not NATO's job to hunt them down after reports that Kara. and entourage had passed through Amer. IFOR lines several times; Bos. Serb Int. Min. accuses arrested Bos. photo- grapher Hidajet Delic w/ war crimes; Solana and Joulwan visit Mos. and Koschnick, Solana also meets w/ Zubak and Ganic and mayors of both sides of city; Koschnik says he will not resign Feb. 13 Zoran Lilic, pres. of Yugo., denounces ex- tradition, says there will probably be a backlash by Bos. Serbs; NATO shuts down liaison office in Pale so as not to take chances, but Sacirbey says their questioning 'will show that the source of the war is in Bel.'; Ger. FM Kinkel in Zag. fails to get Cro. help in unifying Mostar, even af- ter warning of rels. being damaged w/ Ger.; Slo. pres. Kucan visits Sara. to bolster eco. ties; Pres. Coun of Cro. Comm of Herceg- Bosna meets in Mos., agrees to transform it- self from quasi-state into pol. org., votes to resume contacts to EU; UN Sec. Coun. ap- proves making UNPREDEP forces (Mac.) ind. by appointing separate force commander, and to send additional 50 troops to join 1,100 there Feb. 14 Gunmen fire on bus in Ilidza wounding 2 after UN establishes new service between sections of city; Serbs arrest 3 Mus. s. of Sara. ac- cusing them of war crimes, NATO says senior Serbs still refusing contacts w/ NATO, govt., boycotting meetings on upcoming elections; NATO says rocket-propelled grenade hits roof of NATO hq in Ilidza several nights before; Cro. Jour. Assoc. protests Cro. govt. silence over Dep. PM Borislav Skegro's pulling of a gun on Novi List reporter Feb. 15 NATO forces detain 11, including at least 5 Iranians, w. of Sara., along w/ large cache of weapons, ammo., and explosives; NATO says group had been planning to attack NATO installations; Bos. Serb leader Nikola Koljevic warns that arrest of 2 Serb officers has put peace agreement into crisis; US sum- mons Milo., Tudj., and Izet. to Rome for emer. mtg., Hol. suggests Bos. Serbs could face NATO attacks if they defy accord; Bos. FM Sacirbey says Bos. Fed. has not come to life, and there is no freedom of movement within it Feb. 16 NATO sols. seize terrorist training camp 20 miles w. of Sara., arrest 11, 5 of whom are Iranians including 1 with dip. passport who is released, NATO says there were direct ties between Bos. govt. and camp, and that attacks were planned against NATO facilities and to capture Serb officers; Izet. says camp was no longer in use and those arrested were closing it down; Cro. DM Susak says war criminals should be tried by local auth. and not by wct, but that Cro. con. might be amended to allow extradition within several weeks of accused Croats Feb. 17 US, EU, Rus. hold conf. w/ Izet., Tudj., Milo. in Rome on saving Dayton process due to Serb, Cro. resistance to arresting sus- pected war criminals, govt. refusal to ex- pel for. mercenaries; 800 familes of Serb sols. in Sara. subs. leaving for Serb-held areas; US troops threaten Serbs w/ immediate airstrikes unless they give NATO access to wea. depot outside of capital; 1st contin- gent of US troops rotated out of Tuzla back to Italy; Group called Kos. Liberation Army claims responsibility for bombing of ref. camp Feb. 18 After 25 hrs. of negs. in Rome 3 leaders promise to abide by accords, agree to unified govt. for Mos., new procedures for extradition of suspected war criminals; Bos. Serbs agree to resume contacts w/ NATO; Joul- wan says NATO to provide intel. on war crimes to wct, pictures to NATO troops; Milo. says in interview that Serbs have no reason to leave Sara. Feb. 19 Bos. Serb gen. Zdravko Tolimir fails to show up for trilateral meeting on US air craft carrier as promised, but agrees later to meeting w/ Gen. Walker; head of intl. civ. police force says govt. police to move into Vogosca weeks earlier than expected; Fre. IFOR troops seize Serb arms near Sara. hidden in human. ctr.; NATO issues wanted poster of 17 pictures, descriptions of 35 others Feb. 20 Tudj. again blocks Zag. mayoral candidate Jozo Rados saying it is 'unthinkable' that Zag. 'the heart of the nation' be controlled by opposition; Joint police force created in Mos.; Serb gen. Tolimir says he didn't at- tend meeting on aircraft carrier due to bad weather and insufficient notice; Bos. govt. deports 3 Iranians caught in previous week's raid; EU says donor nations not de- livering promised $700 mil. reconstruction aid, only $62.5 mil. has arrived so far; Yugo. restores dip. ties w/ Vatican; Swe. Brig.-Gen. Bo Lennart Wranker named commander of UN Preventive Deployment Force in Mac. (UNPREDEP) Feb. 21 UN accuses Pale leadership of inciting Serbs to leave Sara. as thousands continue to flee; 1st formal govt. statement on TV encourages Serbs to stay; Bos. Serbs reestablish coop. w/ intl. community but continues to protest detaining of 3 Serb officers; Smith certi- fies all parties to be in general compliance w/ Dayton which will allow lifting sanctions; Yugo. govt. proposes leg. granting amnesty to those who avoided mil. service; Novi List says 14,000 Kra. Serbs have appealed to Zag. to return home and that 2,000 have already been approved, w/ Croats also returning to w. Sla.; Orth. Bishop of nw Bos., Hrizostom, rejects Pale leadership's attempts to settle Serbs in former Cro./Mus. homes, says 'this is the moment when we decide whether we will be the beggars of this world, or whether we will return to our homes as intl. accords and conventions foresee'; Bel. applies for IMF Feb. 22 US sols. put on alert after report that Mladic has issued orders to capture US, NATO troops; Smith asks UN not to lift sanctions against Bos. Serbs until they resume contacts w/ IFOR; Izet. rushed to hosp. w/ heart trouble; BBC reports 20,000 Serbs have left Sara. subs. Feb. 23 Govt. forces arrive in Vogosca, take control of police station, provoke anger from some due to wearing of govt. insignia instead of Mus.-Cro. fed.; fleeing Serbs setting houses buildings on fire, stripping them; Contacts between Bos. Serbs, IFOR resume; Sides agree on rules for upcoming elections including allowing refs. vote from where they lived in '91; Slo. companies begin reestablishing trade w/ Yugo.; Rus. unilaterally lifts sanc- tions on Bos. Serbs Feb. 24 NATO agrees to let Serb army send trucks to take civs. out of Sara. subs.; Cro. DM Susak accuses Bos. army of uncontrolled wea. build- up, warns that Cro. will protect Croats; Koschnick says he will not stay on in Mostar under any conditions; Soros Foundation banned in Serbia; Tudj. tells HDZ cong. that party 'created Cro.' and opposition will not be allowed to turn 'dem. into anarchy', while Susak says that Cro. army may be used to pro- tect Cro. ints. due to uncontrolled arming of Bos. army Feb. 25 40 Serb army trucks allowed into subs. to help in evacuation; UN criticizes Mus.-Cro police for 'insensitivity' in handling Serb residents Feb. 26 NATO head Solana confirms to UN that Bos. Serbs have withdrawn from zones of sep.; UN charges Serbs w/ looting subs. as they pull back; Cro., Bos. sign agreements on air traffic, investments, other concerns, citi- zens no longer required to have visas as of March Feb. 27 UN, Serbia lift sanctions against Bos. Serbs, but EU keeps them in place and US warns Bel. sanctions will remain in place if it continues crackdown on media, hum. orgs.; PMs of 3 parts of Bos. meet w/ Bildt, discuss infrastructure issues, Serb Kasagic says there will be common customs based on German mark as ref. currency; WCT concludes hearings on Kra. leader Martic; IFOR says Kara. was in BL at same time as some of Smith's aides but could not arrest him Feb. 28 Ilijas reverts to govt. control, seige of Sara. officially declared over as land rts. opened up for first time since 1992; reports continue of Mus. stoning fleeing Serbs, po- lice stopping motorcades; Mus. photographer reported still being held after 3 wks by Serbs in Pale; Bos. PM Muratovic says evi- dence being collected against Can. Gen. McKenzie for participation in war crimes due to rapes, operations of brothels Feb. 29 Intl. monitors formally end observations of Yugo. border activities w/ lifting of sanc- tions; Bos. Serbs resume arms control neg.; Guardian publishes info. linking suspected war crim. Djukic as officer in Yugo., not Bos. army; Blockade of Sara. formally ends w/ reopening of land rt. from Sara. to Zenica to Tuzla; Abdic registers his Dem. People's Com. in Mostar; Serbs reported to still be using Mus. for forced labor in w. Bos, while ICRC says govt. still holds 129 Serbs pris.; Bomb destroys Mus.-owned bank in Cro. part of Mos.; World Bank approves $45 mil. in emer. reconstruction aid for Sara. March 1 Gen. Djukic indicted by wct for shelling at- tacks on Sara. which killed 10,000 after he refuses to testify against other Serb lead- ers; Goldstone says first indictments a- gainst Mus. expected within weeks; Bos. govt. auth. confirm that sols. have been sent to Iran for training; Soros Foun. says it will continue to work in Yugo. March 2 Milo. reelected leader of Soc. Party of Serbia, 1,799-4, ultra-nationalists purged from 185-member CC; 20,000 protest Milo.'s auth. in rally in Kragujevac; Fre. police briefly arrest, release Bos. Serb VP Kol- jevic in Paris on basis of intl. warrant issued in Sara. in '92; Tudj. appoints Marina Matulovic-Dropulic as mayor of Zag. but city coun. says it won't confirm; Serb police in Novi Sad arrest Radislav Kremenovic and Drazen Erdemovic, sus- pected of taking part in Sreb. massacre March 3 Bos. Serb mil. leaders boycott 3 of 5 meet- ings w/ NATO in response to indictment of Djukic March 4 Bos. Croats say they are backing out of joint agreement on governance of Sara. by fed.; UN reports over 160 incidents of fleeing Serbs forcing Mus., Croats out of homes in Serb-held areas in past 2 wks.; Serbs reported to be blocking Mus. from regaining homes, property near Doboj; Cro. govt. accuses Bel. of holding back info. on 1,700 missing in '91 war; NYT reports Bos. sol. being sent to Iran for training March 5 Mac. pres. Gligorov meets w/ Kosovo shad- ow state pres. Rugova in Skopje March 6 90 force of govt. police (70 Mus., 15 Serbs, 5 Croats reflecting pre-war pop.) takes up duties in Hadzici; IFOR willing to guard ind. war crimes sites March 7 OSCE rep. in charge of organizing elec., Robert Frowick, says elec. may be delayed due to lack of good faith, says there is absence of pluralistic parties and war crims. hamper process; Council of Europe is told by comm. pres. that Cro. applica- tion should be put on hold for year due to Tudj.'s undemocratic actions; US State Dept. calls on Milo. to extradite suspect- ed war crims. Erdemovic and Radoslav to WCT for suspicion of killings in Sreb. March 8 WCT issues arrest warrant for Martic for '95 bombing of Zag. and targetting of civs. March 9 50,000 reported to demonstrate in Bel. on anniv. of '91 rally of 100,000 demanding Milo's resignation March 11 Looting, firing of houses continues as Serbs flee Ilidza, Smith calls exodus 'frustrating', 'tragic'; Guardian reports Bos. Serb Milan Lukic responsible for 100s of Mus. murders in Visegrad in '92; EU to take over control of Mostar central district until new auth. and mayor can be appointed, but mayor of Cro. side, Mijo Brajkovic, says Croats have not agreed to this; Dep. pros. from Hague arrives in Bel. to gain extradition of 2 Croat witnesses to Sreb. massacres; Cro., Yugo. sign memos on open- ing Adriatic pipeline, other areas in nor- malization of rel.; US, Mac. hold first joint manuevers; Sara. auth. est. Sara. canton despite HDZ refusal to participate, but Sara. mayor Tarik Kuposovic says he cannot accept this March 12 Thousands of Mus. move into Ilidza w/ UN reporting 60 complaints of Mus. looting homes, intimidating Serbs; US, NATO offi- cials criticize all 3 leaderships for viol. of spirit of accords; AFP says Bos. Serb TV claims NATO used low intensity nuclear weapons in attacks on Serb positions last year; NATO says Mus., Croats setting up checkpts. in cen. Bos. like in '93, Smith reported to have 'read out the riot act' to Zubak, Ganic and tells them to defuse tensions; Dep. comm. of Bos. Serb Army ac- cuses Kara. of trying to undermine army command structure; US war crimes investi- gator Shattuck meets w/ Croat war crims. held by Serb police March 13 Fed. police turn Croat police away from Ilidza due to their wearing blue uniforms of Cro. forces instead of Bos. green; Dole says US may suspend aid to Bos. un- less Iranians evicted from country, Clin. admin. says that equip. will not be trans- ferred to Bos. army unless 'all the for. fighters have left Bos.'; UN monitors re- ceive more than 100 complaints of harass- ment of Serbs overnight; civ. police force said to be too small to stop violence March 14 First 34 of 200 retired US police officers arrive in Sara. as part of intl. force to eventually consist of 1,721 (all must speak Eng. and be able to drive; US officers to be paid $75,000 a year by US, $120 a day by UN; Ban on sales of light weapons to former Yugo. reps. lifted despite Yugo., Fre. complaints; OSCE says Yugo. readmission dependent on sit. in Kosovo, while Yugo. eases travel restrictions w/ Albania March 15 UN says Bos. govt. tolerating looting, pillaging of Ilidza; Bos. govt. bows to US pressure, dismisses Bakir Alispahic as head of new secret service due to his ties to Iran; US sol. wounded by armed intruder at Camp Linda near Olovo (40 miles s. of Tuzla); Conf. on arming and training Bos. opens in Ankara under US, Turk. spon- sorship March 17 Croats end blockade of Mus. trying to visit graves in Cro. terr.; 'Train and Equip' Donors Conf. in Ankara ends w/ only US, Turk pledging money ($100 and $2 mil. respectively); 3 suspected war crims. arrested in Ger., Aus. March 18 Cro., Serbia promise to send 3 senior mil. officers accused of war crimes to Hague in- cluding Cro. Gen. Tihomir Blaskic, and Serbs Drazen Erdemovic and Ratislav Kremenovic both accused of ordering mass- acres in Sreb.; deal reached after neg. w/ Christopher; Serbs set more buildings afire in Grbavica, intl. monitors pick up 12 for looting, arson giving them to Serb police but they are almost immediately released; Bos. Serb police officer stopped from rap- ing Serb woman at gunpt. by IFOR troops, is turned over to Serb auth. who release him; Izet. criticizes Mus. violence against Serbs in letter to Int. Min.; Milo. calls for elec. in BH as soon as possible; Joint Mus.-Cro. patrols suspended, resumed within hours in Mostar due to arrests in city March 19 Bos. Serbs in Dobrinja arrest 3 Mus. males; 52 Bos. govt. police arrive in Grbavica to take control of last Serb-held sub., thou- sands of cit. arrive behind them, 1,500 remain in sub.; IFOR says govt. troops have pulled out of Marshal Tito barracks as required, but Bri. pks prevent govt., Cro. troops from entering jointly claimed barracks; Pentagon publicizes report delivered to Sen. on Feb. 22 by int. analyst Lt. Gen. Patrick Hughes which says that without aid to rebuild eco. and pol. inst. Bos. will probably fragment when NATO leaves; Aus. to upgrade rel. w/ Yugo. when rel. w/ Mac. normalized; Pol. Comm. of CofE proposes Cro. be admitted as member at end of April (vote is 25-3-4) March 20 Cro. DM Susak undergoes lung surgery in US; IFOR troops enter Dobrinja due to gunfire in town; Serb troops enter region around Sipovo, Mrkonjic Grad as govt. troops pull back, IFOR monitoring Serb forces; Arkan reported to have purchased Bel. 'Radio Pingvin' station; Milo. postpones visit to Mac.; WCT begins hearings against 3 Serb officers accused of ordering killings of 261 patients in Vukovar hos. in '91; wct opens offices in Bel., Serb-held terr. in BH March 21 US UN amb. Albright's motorcade stoned by Serbs in trip to Vukovar; suspected mass grave found in cave in nw Bos. near Serb death camp Omarska, officials say probably 120 bodies inside covered w/ animal remains; NATO says removed mines being stored by all parties in case of renewal of hostilities; Tudj. blocks 3rd nominee for Zag. mayor March 22 WCT issues first indictments against 3 Bos. Mus., 1 Cro. for atrocities commited against Serbs; indicted include comm. of First Tacti- cal Group of Bos. Mus. forces, Zejnil Delalic who had auth. over govt. camp at Celebici (Konjik, c. Bos.), and camp staff Zdravko Mucic, Hazim Delic, and Esad Landzo; Serb leader Koljevic calls this sign that tribunal wants to appear impartial; Albright visits site of mass grave at Bran- jevo near Zvornik where possibly 1,000 are buried, later says in Sara. speech that 'we will not rest until Kara. and Mladic stand trial'; UN human rts. comm. Rehn says evidence in Sreb. area points to slaughter of 8,000 Mus. by Serbs around Sreb. March 23 Bos. govt. releases 109 Serb prisoners before midnight deadline; NATO sets new 8-day dead- line for release of remaining prisoners March 24 Kara. supporters toss tear gas grenade into meeting of Soc. Party of Republika Srpska (allied w/ Milo.) in town of Blatnica (sw of Doboj) injuring several March 25 Hillary Clinton visits US troops in Tuzla, pledges $25 mil. in aid for rebuilding; Albright in Mac.; EU endorses Spain's Ricardo Perez Casado to replace Kosch- nick as admin. for Mostar; 8 members of accused war crim. Seselj's Serbian Radical Party of Mont. take seats in Mont. leg. March 26 Bos. Serb VP Koljevic says Kara. may run in upcoming elec. March 27 Mus.-Cro. police force refusing to let intl. mons. watch them work in Ilidza, detain Bos. Serb interpreter working for them; Izet. says his govt. violated accords w/ presence of Iranian fighters, that 'we have to have America on our side', says 50-60 former Iranian sols. remain but they are civs.; Head of US DIA, Lt. Gen. Patrick Hughes, says prospects for peace are not good once NATO troops leave; Joulwan says IFOR to join in civ. projects as well as mil. jobs; Krajisnik, Zubak agree to release all of each other's prisoners within 2 days; Ger. govt. cancels planned meeting between Mus., Croats in Bonn due to disagreements; Serbian Supreme Court releases 24 Mus. con- victed of plotting to overthrow govt. in '94 (all members of Party for Dem. Action) March 28 Mus., Croat, Serb lawyers meet in Sara. to est. human rts. comm.; UN amb. Sacirbey contends that US withholding evidence on Serb participation in war crimes; US pro- tests against Cro. plans to rebury Cro. WWII sol. at Jasenovac concentration camp; WCT prosecutor Clint Williamson calls Bel. 'criminal' regime for refusing to hand over suspecte war crims.; Bos. Serbs dig up 28 bodies from mass grave in Mrkon- jic Grad in presence of intl. observers; Bos. Serb ct. in BL sentences Cro. to death for war crimes involving death of 80 Serbs in Posavina region; First Mac. Stock Ex- change opens in Skopje March 29 Bos. Serbs in Grbavica throw grenades at Mus.-Cro. police as they try to arrest 4 looters; Intl. police find 5 mass graves Hadzici with at least 20 bodies; WCT hears evidence that '91 war in Cro. planned in Bel.; Perry says IFOR to take action a- gainst checkpts.; Cro. parl. passes law which allows prosecutor to indict those slandering pres., parl. speaker, pm, or pres. of cts., another which allows pro- secution of those 'revealing state se- crets' March 30 Kara. appears near Pale, Ganic says IFOR should arrest him; Cro. Helsinki Comm. con- demns 'plundering and mining' of Serbs' homes in Kra. region, says Int. Min. in- volved; Grenade thrown at mosque in Bel. March 31 Kara. tells Serb parl. in Pale that he will continue to work for uni. of Serb lands w/ Serbia and Mont. 30-100 US soldiers from 1st Arm. Div. to provide sec. for UN war crimes investigators near Sreb., Def. Sec. Perry supports idea, also says pks will be out by end of year; Cro-Mus. officials sign agreement to jointly collect customs duties, agree on green-white- and red flag, and formation of local govs. April 1 Indicted war crimes suspect Bos. Cro. Gen. Tihomir Blaskic surrenders voluntarily to wct at Hague April 2 Bildt says pks can leave in Dec. without jeopardizing peace, but that re-construc- tion costs will require $1.2 bil. from Jap. and other nations; mass grave site near Sreb. tampered with; US mil. officials say Amer. sol. in Bos. raped by 2 Czech sols.; US envoy to former Yugo. John Korn- blum asks Milo. to extradite wc suspects to Hague April 3 US Sec. of Commerce Ron Brown, 34 others killed in mil. plane crash while landing in bad weather at Dub. airport, Cro. govt. orders flags flown at half staff; 6 UN investigators begin inspection of mass graves at Sahinici (near Sreb.) but w/ little means to prevent trespassing; JCS chair John Shalikashvili says he is 'comfortable' w/ 1-yr. mandate of US troops, and US will not hunt for war crimes suspects but instead responsibility of Milo.; US Cong. passes motion criticizing Bel. for suppression of ind. media, hum. groups April 4 WCT says it regards Yugo. as 'criminal' due to its refusal to hand over 3 war crimes suspects; Blaskic pleads not guilty at Hague; WCT returns Bos. Serb Col. Aleksa Krsmanovic to Sara. to stand trial for crimes against humanity; IFOR says no more fixed checkpts. exist; Cro. FM Mate Granic says Cro. does not want part in any reg/Balkan grouping, but instead sees basic strategic goal in joining Euro-Atlantic pol. and sec. associations; Cro. Int. Min. arrests 4 armed Bosnians in Adriatic town of Senj on suspicion of terrorism, says they may have been on mission to assassi- nate Abdic April 5 Govt. frees 18, Croats 28; White House says it followed 'letter of the law' in allowing secret Iranian arms shipments to Mus. side during war, Dole allows 4 committees in Sen. to investigate, Gingrich spokesman calls policy 'reckless'; Kara. turns down offer of asylum in Serb. Orth. monastery on Mt. Athos, says he is going to open private mental health hos. April 8 6 Mus. men suspected dead in Sreb. turn up in Tuzla after months in hiding; Yugo., Mac. est. dip. rel., Greece ex- presses dissatisfaction due to use of name 'Rep. of Mac.' April 9 Serb pathologists say 102 of 181 bodies found in Mrkonjic Grad mass grave show evidence of being beaten to death; Cro. govt. puts new pressure on ind. press by saying they owe taxes; IFOR warns all 3 sides that they are not complying w/ rules on storage of air def. systems; Bos. Serbs free 3 of 20 prisoners they hold, while Aus. turns over Cro. prison camp commander Zdravko Mucic to WCT; FMs of Iran, Egypt, Morocco, Malaysia, Pak., Senegal, SA, and Turk. hold meeting in Sara. to discuss eco. aid; Bri. says it will recognize Yugo., upgrade rel. to amb. level April 10 Cro. indicts 6 Bos. Mus. for planning to murder Abdic in Rijeka (2 employed by Bihac police, 1 by Bos. sec. dept.), Bos. amb. claims they are really Abdic people trying to sabotage Bos.-Cro. rel.; 8 Cro. civs. on trial in Zag. for killing 18 elderly Serbs after Kra. victory; Bildt refuses Bos. Serb request to send del. separate from Bos. govt. to intl. aid conf.; Reps. of Islamic countries close aid conf. in Sara., but only Turk. ($80 mil.) and Iran ($50 mil.) pledge aid (10 other countries do not send del.) April 11 Serbs release 211 Mus. from Sreb. held as prisoners inside Yugo. but continue to de- tain 13 more, UNHCR protests; Novi List decides to pay $2.5 mil. fine for back taxes charge but considers this attempt by govt. to close it by bankrupting it April 12 US envoy Mack McLarty goes to Mideast to seek aid to fund armament of Bos. mil.; Nadzib Sacirbey (father of UN amb.) says there are no Iranians in country, but '40 or fewer Islamic fighters' who are unarmed; EU-World Bank sponsored aid conf. opens in Brussels; Swe., Nor. give full dip. recognition to Yugo.; Intl. Helsinki Fed. for Human Rts. says Serbia 'utterly at variance' w/ Eur./OSCE standards in repressing Alb. in Kosovo; Gligorov meets w/ Tudj. in Zag. April 13 Aid conf. in Brussels ends w/ promises of $1.2 bil. in reconstruction aid; Bildt again calls for Kara. arrest; Izet. makes public appearance since heart attack April 14 First on-site inquiries by investigators made at Tuzla into atrocities April 15 Slo. pledges $3.5 mil. to repair homes of 18,000 ref. in Slo. provided they return home, while Cro. pledges $20 mil. through 1999 to rebuild port of Ploce, reconstruct Sava bridge at Orasje, dev. waterworks; US tells Kos. shadow state PM Bujar Bu- koshi that it will not recognize Yugo. until Dayton agreement realized, say that Kosovo 'is very high on our agenda' April 16 Interpol issues arrest warrants for Kara., Mladic; Saudi Arabia signs agreement for $3 mil. to repair Bos. railways Hol. says Dayton Accord doomed if Kar., Mla. not removed in months ahead, but says he has hope for process; Bos. govt. issues bank books to note how much sol., families of sol. are/were due for service; Abdic starts new Dem. People's Community (DNZ) party; Bos. Serb VP Koljevic says 'boundaries no longer matter' between Bos. Serb terr. and Yugo.; Aus. recognizes Yugo.; Bomb attack on Bel.'s Bajrakli mos- que (3rd since '92) April 17 McLarty gets Arab pledges of $100 mil. from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and UAE for Bos. army but study finds Bos. govt. will need $800 mil. to achieve parity w/ Serbs; Tudj. makes 4th veto of opposition candidate for mayor of Zag.; Bos. VP Ganic urges Croats to stay in Bos., says there is no alternative to their alliance; Ger. govt. says it it ready to recognize Yugo. but proposal tying rec. to Yugo. agreeing to take back 120,000 refs. is rejected April 18 Cro. Hel. Comm. for Human Rts. says govt. too lenient on accused war crims., allow- ing them freedom of movement; midnight deadline for demobilization, return to peacetime barracks passes without full compliance; Ger. police raid VW hq in Wolfsburg Ger. due to allegations that co. had been shipping product illegally to Yugo. during embargo, co. says this result of theft from former plant in Sara. April 19 NATO forces seize 56 anti-aircraft mis- siles from Serbs near Doboj, weapons to be destroyed; NATO says disengagement going well despite expiration of D-120 deadline (midnt. on 18th) April 20 Kara. aide tells Bri. pks that they did not have permission to move their hq from Gornji Vakuf to BL, Bri. reply they have rt. to go where they want; Bos. govt. re- leases group of prisoners for lack of evidence of them as war crims. April 21 US helicopters buzz confrontation area between Mus. and Serbs as Mus. try to go into Doboj to visit homes, cemetaries, crowd disperses; Goran Hadzic named new 'interim pres.' of E. Sla. Serbs; Kara. calls for inquiry into who approved Bri. pk hq move to BL April 22 Sacirbey says some Europeans using pros- pect of Iranian fighters to disrupt US- Bos. rel., says there are 60-70 mujahe- deen left who have settled in C. Bos. but are closely monitored; OSCE issues 12-page booklet on elec. rules, Bos. govt. unhappy w/ provision that refs. vote in their new place of residence rather than in original homes; Fin. recognizes Yugo. April 23 Bel. police arrest 2 suspects in '92 bomb- ing of Bel. central mosque; 10,000 women gather to protest death of Alb. student killed over weekend; Tudj. calls for balanced historical view of all major personalities, movements in modern Cro. history, condemns Pavelic although notes he met pop. demand for ind. Cro., calls Tito most successful mod. Cro. politician, and that it is time to bring back to Cro. remains of Tito, Pavelic, and Macek (Pea- sant Party in 30s); Slo. parl. rejects bill permitting foreigners to purchase land in Slo. April 24 WCT presiding judge (1 of 2) Claude Jorda orders release of suspected war criminal Serb Gen. Djordje Djukic for health rea- sons due to his having pancreatic cancer, says he may return to his family in Bel.; Western dips. say Bos. using commandos to assassinate or capture suspected war crims. after 5 caught in Cro. trying to kill Abdic, group tied to Bos. govt. intel. service, Bos. Agency for Investigation and Documentation; US House Speaker Gin- grich says he will name select subcom. to investigate '94 Clinton decision to allow Iran to ship arms to Bos., White House says it has no objection to inquiry; 5 Serbs killed in weekend violence in Kos. after death of Alb. student, police arrest 80 April 25 Cro. joins CofE as 40th member w/ 5 seats in Euro. Parl.; Perry says Gen. Joulwan has requested US forces stay in Bos. at full capacity through Dec., Perry says he would consider extending mission to 'deter a war [but not] to unify the country'; Bos. PM Muratovic denies Cro. charges that 6 arrested Bos. were trained by Iran; Croats, Mus. agree at Petersberg (Ger.) to disband half of their police force, have the remainder wear neutral gray uniforms after Ger. FM Kinkel threa- tens them w/ sanctions April 26 Pres. of WCT says Serbia, Bos. Serbs should have sanctions renewed unless they coop. w/ court, extradite wc suspects; Alb. ac- tivists call for mass protests in Kos., Alb. pres. Sali Berisha calls for calm and measures to deal w/ ethnic tensions April 28 NATO troops block access of Mus. refs. to former homes in Kalesija and along 12-mile long road from Tuzla to Mahala; 3 Serbs convicted in Vojvodina for '93 murders of 4 Croats; child killed in bomb blast in Kos., Serb police say it was an accident April 29 Serbs w/ sticks, shovels attack buses of Mus. trying to reach Trnovo, 2 killed, 7 wounded by Serb guns, mines when trying to cross mine-field near NATO checkpoint at Doboj; Slo. govt. decides to repatriate 18,500 refs. from BH beginning July 1 '96 and end in '97; Dutch paper says Bri. comm. has ordered Dutch IFOR troops not to arrest suspected Serb war crims.; Bos. PM Muratovic says IFOR dumping hazardous wastes, those responsible should leave country; Yugo. rep. to WCT, Rodoljub Etinski says Yugo. had nothing to do w/ Bos. war, that Bos. illegally seceded and violated rts. of Serbs there, and that Trib. should drop the case; Yugo. Fin. Min. cancels meeting in NY w/ London Club reps. over distribution of Yugo. assets among successor states April 30 Adm. Smith says those responsible for sign- ing Dayton Accords should arrest war crims. not IFOR troops; Cro. govt. dissolves Zag. municipal council claiming budget submitted by it was illegal, appoints commissioner to run city for 60 days until new elec.