YUGOSLAV EVENTS CHRONOLOGY, Sept.-Dec., 1994 Sept. 1 Kara. says Serbs will cut water, gas, power, and food to Mus./Croats unless Bel. ends its blockade; French PM says US efforts to lift arms emb. would lead to pullout of troops; Vatican affirms Pope's visit still on, but sec. concerns remain; UN reports another 149 Muslim refugees expelled from Banja Luka, sent to Zenica; 157 Serbs leave Banovci area (C. B-H) for Pale, Sokolac; Peter Kessler of UN High Commission for Refugees calls Serb expulsion campaign 'state ordained terror- ism'; French UN hel. hit by gunfire in Sara., source unknown; fighting near Grabez Plateau as Serbs try to take hill; Serbs shell Bosanski Samac overnight; US State Dept. objects to Gen. Clark's meeting with Mladic particularly photos taken of 2 men wearing each other's hats, gifts given by Mladic to Clark; Def. Dept. says Gens. were not aware of objections prior to trip Sept. 2 UN reports 700 Muslims forced out of Bijel- jina to Tuzla Sept. 3 Croats report that 500-700 refugees arrive in Travnik, and are transferred to Bugojno Sept. 4 780-900 more Muslims forced out of Bijeljina, 100 men reportedly taken to Serb labor camp in Lopare; again, Serb Maj. V. Djur- kovic named as responsible, but also reports of shootings amongst Serbs over cleansing; Vatican official in Sara. hedges on Pope's visit even as Serb snipers fire on UN forces near sight of Pope's mass; UN says Serbs have halted govt. attack and advanced near Breza after heavy art. attack within Sara. exc. zone, also shell Orasje area; Owen and Stoltenberg hold talks with Milo. in Bel. Sept. 5 Serbs fire rockets at Bihac towns of Cazin and Buzim killing 3, wounding 60 and 50 respectively; French defusing unexploded shells in Bihac; Owen and Stoltenberg meet Montenegrin pres. Bulatovic who wants sanctions eased against his republic; Izet. denies UN claim that his forces responsible for mortar attack on airport, saying this is part of Serb effort to sabotage Pope's visit Sept. 6 Pope's bulletproof vehicle sent to Sara. in preparation for his visit, but after Serbs fire 11 art. rounds within Sara. exc. zone (worst viol. since Feb.) and Akashi sends letter to Vat. warning of risks, the Pope says he will postpone Sara. part of trip since sec. can't be guaranteed for those coming to see him; heavy gunfire at air- port but UN claims this is not a factor in cancellation; Heavy fighting in Bihac where cluster bombs used for first time; UN reports 7 killed, 100+ wounded previous day; UN now puts expulsion of Muslims at 5,580 since middle of July; NATO ambs. meet in Brussels to discuss breakdown of CF; Yugo. aircraft viols. Hungarian airspace; US Dep. Sec. of State for Europe Richard Holbrooke meets with Pres. of Fed. of BH, Kresimir Zubak and Izet. to try to get fed. back on track; Rus. Dep. FM Churkin says Contact Group has agreed to recommend to UNSC to partially lift sanctions against Yugo., but Ger. FM Kinkel says Milo. must first agree to pre- sence of border monitors Sept. 7 Sara. airlift suspended due to firings on 2 planes previous day; Rose, in interview, says lifting arms emb. would not benefit govt. forces as much as govt. thinks; Bel. agrees to intl. monitors on border with Bosnia; Serb Metropolitan Bishop Vasilije of Bijeljina says of cancelled papal visit, 'as far as I am concerned, we don't need him. It doesn't please us to see him around' Sept. 8 Airlift resumes; 2 Bri. jets fired on over Bos., UN blames Serbs; Diplomats say Rus., Bri., Fra. trying to convince US not to try to lift emb.; Contact Group agrees to ease sanctions if Bel. allows monitors, Bel. apparently accepts; Bos. Serbs, pos- sibly with help of 500 Krajina Serbs with tanks, launch pincer assault on 5th Corps in Bihac; Serbs fire SAMs at 2 NATO jets but fail to hit them; Bos. Serbs possibly trying to retake land lost to govt. forces around Sara. Sept. 9 Org. of the Islamic Conf. says members may provide arms to Bos. Mus. even though this would viol. UN emb., if emb. is not lifted (decision unanimously approved at meeting); French troops in Bihac forced to pull back out of way of Serb offensive, but UN says govt. troops doing well despite Serb tanks, art.; Serbs trying to take re-supply airstrip in Cazin; Red Cross reports Serbs expelled another 500-600 Muslims from Bijeljina previous day; Albanian woman killed by random Serb police gunfire in Kosovo town of Decani Sept. 10 UN warns Serbs firing on Bihac this could bring NATO airstrikes Sept. 11 EU offers Serbs deal to cut off war supplies, allow 135 EU monitors, and sanctions will be eased (largely cultural and air traffic-re- lated), but also warn of 'incalculable con- sequences' if arms emb. lifted, and Ger. FM Kinkel says it should be a 'solution of last resort'; Estimated crowd of 800,000 attend Pope's mass in Zag.; says he feld 'deep pain' at calling off Sara. trip; Pope con- demns nation-state glorification, rejects tying rel. to nat. intolerance, tells people 'dare to forgive and welcome others'; also praises late Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac, considered by Serbs to have been Nazi col- laborator; Catholic and Serb Orthodox offi- cials meet in Assisi for gathering of world religions Sept. 12 Serbs continue assault in Bihac which Bos. radio says is being coordinated by Mladic personally; UN now says Serbs entering Bi- hac may be Bos. Serbs and that Croatian Serbs have either pulled back or were not involved; 1,000 detonations reported NE of Bihac; EU admin. of Mostar opens new bridge to temporarily replace that destroyed by Croats during fighting Sept. 13 Bos. Croat mil. authorities arrest a number of demobilized Croat Def. Council mil. po- lice for complicity in attempted assassina- tion of EU admin. Sept. 14 Izet., Tudjman in 2 days of talks agree to open up key supply route between Metkovic and Doboj, create jt. municipal authorities, begin repatriation of ref., work on creation of jt. army in Bos.; Yugo. agrees in prin- ciple to monitors; Kozyrev accuses West of dragging its feet on easing sanctions; Govt. forces fire 7 rockets into Brcko prompting Serbs to fire back at Orasje; UN says 5th Army Corps has repelled Serb assault in Bihac and recaptured some ground as well as Serb tank, art. Sept. 15 UN claims Serbs have made hundreds of hel. flights in past 10 days primarily in Sapna Thumb area near Serbian border, and suspects this is Serb resupply effort; Head of intl. observer mission, Swe. Gen. Bo Pellnas, meets with Yugo. officials to discuss his 135-man mission; Shelling in and near Bihac, Serbs attacking govt. positions near Brcko; Croats said to be upset with possible lift- ing of arms emb. thinking weapons will only go to Mus., pull out of positions supporting govt. forces around Konjic; intense fighting around Brcko, also in Konjic area (50 miles SW of Sara.) Sept. 16 NATO to extend air cover to UN peacekeepers in Bos. esp. in Bihac where Serbs have been on attack; also drawing up contingency plans for ground troop involvment to support UN forces which might come under attack if withdrawing due to lifting of arms emb.; Non-aligned states on Sec. Coun. now ap- parently supportive of idea; Bri. firm ODA providing majority of Bri. relief says it will discontinue flights after one of its planes fired on while on ground at Sara. airport; 1 5-20 UN monitors on way to border to begin work; Yugo. closes 5 of 6 border crossings to UNHCR convoys; Contact Group asks Sec. Coun. to toughen sanctions against Bos. Serbs, lighten them against Yugo. Sept. 17 Serb police tighten border monitoring with Bos.; Sara. now in 4th day without utili- ties which Serbs have cut off; heavy snip- ing and shelling kill 4, wound 15 in city; 700 more Mus. expelled from Banja Luka area Sept. 18 Heaviest shelling and gunfire in 6 months in Sara. kills 2, wounds 18; Rose warns both sides to stop and accuses govt. of starting it; critics respond that he has never issued a threat of airstrikes this quickly against Serbs who they say he favors; Fighting a- round Doboj; Serbs expel further 1,300 Mus. (total since July now over 7,000); also threaten French unit at Poljina by surrounding it with land mines, guards before pulling back; UN says Serbs fired 12 rounds from 3 120mm mortars within exc. zone; some fighting around city; Fre. DM Leotard states he is opposed to massive airstrikes against Serbs in Sara. since this could jeopardize his troops; UN reports that 12 days prior French ground forces fired on and destroyed Serb anti- aircraft gun used to fire on town of Butmir, Sara. supply road from Ilidza (1st such ac- tion by UN ground forces); Izet pledges to halt provocative atttacks Sept. 19 UN says Serbs have now driven 3,000 Mus. from homes in Bijeljina over last 2 days, estimates now 10,000 have been forced out since mid-July; 2 Mus. killed, 1 wounded while crossing front-lines; UN, Red Cross both say Bos. Serb leaderships have given their support to this campaign; Kara. tells Russians that they stand to lose their in- fluence in Balkans forever if they don't support Serbs Sept. 20 Airlift suspended again after C-130 hit by bullet at airport; UN officials confer with Bos. Serbs about restoring power to Sara. but Serbs want to link this with regaining power for Serb-held towns; UN commanders tell Serbs they must remove guns from exc. zone by next day or face airstrikes; Bos. govt. says Rose should be replaced due to pro-Serbian bias Sept. 21 UN says hundreds of hel. flights in N. Bos. originating in Serbia and could be part of resupply effort undetected by monitors; Serbs shell Mostar; US Adm. Leighton Smith, NATO comm. for southern Europe says of 18 Serb art. pieces in Sara. exc. zone they will not be tolerated; Gen. Rose delivers ultimatum to Serbs threatening airstrikes unless weapons removed, to which Serbs apparently agree; Sara. airlift begins again; Canada says it may cut UN contingent for other duties such as Haiti; EBRD extends $22 mil. loan to Croatia to rebuild its air navigation system; US del. to Contact Group meeting in Zag. says that isolating the Bos. Serb leadership should be the group's highest priority Sept. 22 NATO jets launch strike against Serb tank after Serbs fire 4 rocket-propelled gren- ades at French unit (tank not involved in attack but targeted because it is thought to be empty and will not cause loss of life; UN Protection Force comm., French Gen. Bertrand de Lapresle, calls for attack; Bos. Serbs say NATO planes hit civilian target and that they will retaliate; French soldier also wounded in leg by sniper in Sara., and 2nd French APC fired on SE of Sara. but returns fire; UN says Serbia viol. 'no-fly zone' to re-supply Bos. Serbs; Serbs claim to have removed 3 guns from exc. zone, while UN says it was ready to call for more airstrikes to force compliance after Sunday's fighting; Rose claims this was an 'agreement' not an 'ultimatum'; Christopher warns of more airstrikes; Bos. reportedly not on summit a- genda between Yeltsin and Clinton; Rus. backs NATO attack Sept. 23 UN Sec. Council votes to allow Bel. airport to reopen for some flights, and allowing sports and cultural exchanges, but also calls for freezing bank accounts of Bos. Serbs, and prevention of their leaders from travelling; Prior to voting Christopher says US wants to delay action on easing sanctions, but later switches position despite Bos. govt. protest; Serbs fire mortars at Canadian unit N. of Sara., and art. at UN APC in Zivinice, ma- chine-gun fire at French observation post in NW Bihac as Mladic threatens retaliation against UN forces Sept. 24 Bild am Sonntag reports that Rus. arms taken from Eastern Europe have been sent to Serbia; Croatian parl. unanimously votes to tell UN it has 100 days to disarm Serbs or withdraw, but govt. also set to renew mandate later in week Sept. 25 Bos. Serbs reopen gas supply lines to Sara. after 11 days in exchange for restricted flights into airport, warn they cannot guar- antee safety of flights Sept. 26 Bos. Serbs enter UN weapons compound and stage 'training exercises' with anti-air- craft weapons, UN says 'this is a direct result of the airstrike'; Serbs now trying to require UN mil. vehicles get 3-day advance clearance for movement through Serb-held terr.; Serbs promise to allow gas supplies to Sara. again, but fail to follow through; airport again shut down due to Serb threats Sept. 27 Izet drops demand that arms emb. be lifted immediately, now govt. will accept 6-month delay if UN peacekeepers remain in Bos., Serbs blockade of Sara. is lifted im- mediately, and safe havens are expanded; Slovenia joins GATT (1st former Yugo. rep. to do so) Sept. 28 Serbs restore utilities to Sara., but con- tinue to enforce closing of airport, and limit UN movements; Serbs release UN con- voy with 30 Bri. peacekeepers held for a week, allow it to proceed to Gor.; US Sec. of Def. Perry says NATO should re- spond to Serb aggression 'with compelling force', and not just tit-for-tat; sniping on increase in Sara.; Serbs shell ware- house in north killing 2; Rus. Pres. Yelt- sin says lifting arms emb. should be tabled indefinitely Sept. 29 NATO agrees to US position, and Bri. DM Malcolm Rifkind says there will be 'no more pinpricks', but this still dependent on UN calling in strikes; UN tries to ac- comodate Serbs in seeking advance clear- ance for UN vehicles, but Serbs ignore requests; Seselj arrested in Belgrade, sentenced to 30 days in jail for assault- ing another parliamentarian, followers name key figures in Milo. govt. as sup- porting Bos. Serb forces in war; Austria supports US, Bos. on lifting arms emb.; Gen. Rose states 'We cannot bomb our way to peace. Increased use of force...is not a solution at the moment.'; Serbian Radical Party leader, Vojislav Seselj jailed for 30 days for assaulting speaker of Serbian parl. on Sept. 27 Sept. 30 Kara. says Serbs willing to cede some terr. and participate in union of B-H, but there must be separate state within the state with ind. for. and eco. policies, and its own currencies; Def. Sec. Perry says 'in- complete reports' show emb. not stopping flow of war goods to Serbs; NATO FMs meet- ing in Spain say they will respond prompt- ly and without warning to Bos. Serb viols. of UN accords; Sara. airport still closed, UN convoys subject to Serb restrictions Oct. 1 Bihac refugees in Croatia riot after UN officials try to convince them to go back to Bihac; Kozyrev calls lifting of arms emb. 'suicide' as it would open up the war Oct. 2 Serbs still blocking UN convoys despite hav- ing promised day before for freer movement, UN official says this is not reneging on pledge but that word simply has not yet reached soldiers in field; US emb. First Sec. has been blocked from reaching his post for more than a week; Serbs fire 2 shells into Mostar, hundreds of shells reportedly fall on outskirt towns of Bijelo Polje, Blagaj, and Buna for 2nd straight day; Bos. govt. says they have captured Kiser Plateau in cen. Bos after 2-week offensive; French pilots on surveillance mission say a missile fired at them; UN says Serbs us- ing misinformation to disrupt Mus-Croat al- liance; Canadian peacekeeper caught in crossfire, wounded Oct. 3 UN reports 2,100 truce viols. around Sara. in 24-hr period (mostly gunfire); French peacekeepers reportedly prevent 300 Bos. govt. troops from crossing DMZ on Mt. Bjelasnica near Sara.; Def. Sec. Perry calls for pressure on Serbs through 'robust pro- gram of air strikes'; Slovenian parl. passes elec. boundary law that includes 4 Croatian villages in Slo. voting districts Oct. 4 Serbs continue to block 25 of 27 aid convoys bound for Gor. and are now demanding payment for reopening Sara. airport; 2 convoys get through to Gor.; UN blames poor communication within Serb ranks for blockades despite Serb promises Oct. 5 Bel. airport formally opens to intl. traffic, Rus. envoy Churkin arrives to mark occasion, also holds talks with Milo. and tells him remaining sanctions will be lifted with Bel. recognition of Croatia and B-H; Serbs agree to sec. guar. for Sara. airport after 6 hrs. of emer. talks with Akashi in Pale, but renege on prisoner swap by expelling 120 Mus. from Rogatica area instead of sending detainees to govt. side; Croatian parl. condemns Slo. elec. boundary law Oct. 6 French peacekeepers report finding 16 Serb soldiers and 4 nurses killed near Sara., Akashi says corpses mutilated, but Bos. VP Ejup Ganic denies any accusation; Kara. says Serbs will retaliate in manner of their own choosing; exchange of 128 Serbs, 166 Mus. in Sara., while 55 Serbs leave Gor.; Milo. apparently forces out 3 top mil. men who may have been opposed to his policy to- wards Bos. Serbs Oct. 7 UN attempts to defuse tensions by forcing govt. troops out of demilitarized area near site of previous day's killing of 20 Serbs; UN withdraws Akashi statement which accused govt. troops of mutilating dead in attack saying it was 'based on the best info. at the time'; Izet. accuses UN of slandering govt. forces; UN resumes, then suspends airlift after 2 planes found to have been hit by gunfire, possibly by both sides Oct. 8 Snipers kill 1, wound 11 in retaliatory at- tacks on Sara. streetcars for deaths of 20 Serbs, UN peacekeepers do not return fire even though 1 child is hit less than 2 yds. from peacekeeper; govt. forces shell Serb- held town of Ilijas killing 2 children; UN says it will resume airlift as Sara. has on- ly 3 days worth of food left; Izet. demands UN apologize for mutilation story but Akashi spokesman refuses; UN continues to remove govt. troops (521) from Mt. Igman Oct. 9 Yugo. Dep. PM Uros Klikovac says Bel. will not recognize authority of intl. tribunal on war atrocities, but does not rule out ties with the body since it would be in their in- terest to see that those who have committed crimes 'pay for their misdemeanors'; Rose sends letters to both sides in Sara. de- manding an end to their renewed sniper ac- tivity Oct. 10 NATO officials send UN letter requesting they be given 4 targets to hit in raids as compared to UN standard of 1, NATO calling for strikes that are 'robust and effective'; Serbs, govt. forces fighting near Doboj, near Mostar, and Bugojno (W.-Cen. Bos); Serbs give govt. 10 days to move troops out of Mt. Igman dmz; 3 Serb tanks enter Sara. weapons exc. zone; UN says Serbs have com- pleted Muslim expulsions from Borati (near Rogatica); Kara. says Serbs may tell UNPRO- FOR to leave (move said to be posturing) Oct. 11 Streetcars running again in Sara. with UN armored escorts; aid convoy with 50 tons of food reaches Gor.; UN evacuates 24 pa- tients, relatives from Srebrenica; Turkish peacekeepers help Croats rebuild Catholic church desecrated by Islamic volunteer fighters, apparently confronting them with a heavily armored patrol and forcing the 'mujahadin' to back off; gunfire exchanges near Doboj, Mostar, and Bugojno; UN confirms Serbs have expelled last Mus. from village of Borati (near Rogatica); Serb commanders threaten to push Mus. forces out of Sara. dmz unless they leave by Oct. 20 Oct. 12 Flights into Sara. airport suspended after mortar attack probably by govt. forces; 212 Mus. refugees from Banja Luka arrive in Cro.; Govt. forces move through Sara. dmz, ambush Serb unit on other side; fighting near Mostar; US Army Col. Billy Ray Fitzgerald takes over command of US forces in Mace./ Croatia Oct. 13 Bos. Serbs demand UN force govt. troops to leave Mt. Igman and Mt. Bjelasnica or they will cut ties with UN; relief flights re- sume to Sara. despite small-arms fire; Serb forces attacking on 2 fronts trying to cut govt. supply lines, also move tanks through Sara. exc. zone, but UN takes no action; Mostar Muslims declare state of war against Serbs in response to heavy shelling Oct. 14 Heavy Serb shelling of Mostar area (over 700 counted by UN); UN says this is effort to pin down govt. troops prior to new attacks around Konjic which threaten to cut govt. supply lines between Croatia and Zenica, Tuzla Oct. 15 UN says Serbs using art. within Sara. exc. zone but don't know where it is; Serbs re- capture town N. of Sara. Oct. 16 Serb forces trying to take high ground in Cemerska Planina area north of Sara. dmz (Mt. Dernak), continue attacks on Mostar, Konjic (between Mostar-Sara.), and Bihac but Serbs in Pale say reports 'completely inaccurate'; 1st nat. election held in Mace. for pres. and parl. with 1,700 candi- dates from 36 parties competing for 120 seats in parl. Oct. 17 Serbs hijack 5 trucks of med. supplies at Sara. checkpt.; UNPROFOR won't use force to get govt. troops off of Mt. Igman, reject- ing Serb demand; Govt. troops recapture some high ground at Cemerska Planina (n. of Sara.); Serbs shell town of Bihac, killing 2 civilians, also continue Mostar shelling; heavy gunfire in C. Sara. Oct. 18 15 US officers arrive in Sara. to help inte- gration of Croat and govt. forces; Serbs fire on UN convoy headed for Gor. killing 1, wounding 1; British peacekeepers ask UN for air strike but are turned down as 'there was no clearly identifiable target'; letter of protest lodged instead against Serbs; Serbs contend their previous day's hijacking was a mistake, but refuse to release sup- plies; fighting continues in Cemerske Hills as govt. forces stop Serb advance with heavy casualties on both sides; supplies in Srebrenica said to have run out; Rus. replaces special envoy Vitalii Churkin with career dip. Aleksandr Zotov (Churkin posted to Belgium where he will partially represent Rus. ints. in NATO) Oct. 19 Fighting around Sara. as govt. forces launch offensive; Govt. refuses to withdraw 500 from dmz on Mt. Igman; Clinton admin. encourages Serbia to recognize Croatia, Bos. in exchange for easing sanctions saying this is 'the highest thing on our agenda', and that Serbian blockade of border is de facto recognition of border; UN warns Serbs of extremely strong action unless UN allowed to get fuel supplies to its troops; France, Britain, and Germany all tell Kara. that no changes in map will be allowed Oct. 20 In speech, Milo. says Bos. Serbs have bene- fitted from intl. community's recognizing both the terr. and the struggle of the Serbs, and that 'the war in Bos. must stop'; Kara. says world is 'wasting its time' wait- ing for Serbs to give up terr.; Mac. an- nounces that Gligorov wins re-election with 52% of vote with 70% of eligible voters hav- ing taken part Oct. 21-22 Govt. demands Serbs pull big guns out of Sara. exc. zone; The Guardian and Serbian dailies suggest that Kara. has thwarted coup effort against him by pro-Milo. elements of army, police Oct. 22 Serbs fire 2 mortar rounds on govt. forces in Butmir (S. of Sara.); govt. forces make some gains near Doboj and Teslic in N. Bos., and near Bugojno (C. Bos.); Silajdzic pro- tests to Rus. govt. over presence of Rus. mercenaries fighting with Serbs, claims that 2-5,000 Rus. fought in first 2 yrs. of war; govt. agrees to troop withdrawal from DMZ W. of Sara. Oct. 23 UN accuses Bos. govt. of expanding front lines in viol. of agreement with Serbs; Fighting near Doboj, Maglaj, Bugojno; Tudj- man agrees to talks with Serbs and Bosnians, Akashi says plan for Croatia would involve it being federalized Oct. 24 100 Bos. govt. troops leave Mt. Igman dmz area, 400 remain, some stage commando raid on Serbs; Serbs shell Gradacac Oct. 25 Bos. govt. forces capture Serb mil. bar- racks/compound on plateau east of Bihac, routing Serbs and capturing 40 sq. miles of territory; Shell explodes in Sara. wounding 7 children; Govt. puts on trial 17 renegade soldiers for atrocities against civilians; 3 Danish Leopard tanks open fire on Serb T55 that had fired at them near Gradacac after UN forces tried to reoccupy observation post abandoned during recent sniper attacks; all 8 parties in Bos. parl. say they want Rose replaced; UN observers find mines on Croatian side of Montenegro border, ask Croatian army for help in their removal Oct. 26 Govt. forces close in on Kupres from north and east, Serbs admit that town is threaten- ed and heavy losses taken, call on UN to pressure govt. to call off offensive which is being called govt's. most successful of war; UN estimates 7,500 Serbs flee advance to Serb-held Croatia or to Bosanski Petrovac; offensive nets govt. forces 60 sq. miles east and southeast of town and large caches of weapons, tanks, and mortars; govt. says its goal is to capture at least 1 major town before winter; UN and NATO reach compromise over airstrikes allowing NATO to launch un- announced strikes when civilians are not endangered, and allow them to strike at 3-4 targets proportional to the Serb provoca- tion, joint control to be maintained over strikes; US diplomat Charles Thomas re- places Charles Redman as amb. to former Yugo. Oct. 27 UN spokesman Thant Myint-U says Serb behavior in blocking aid convoys is 'deliberate, hos- tile, and provocative'; Croatia reports that for. tourist visits were up 55% over previous year Oct. 28 Kara. calls for counteroffensive to recap- ture area in NW lost to govt. forces; Serb Gen. Dragomir Milosevic threatens to renew art. attacks on Sara. each time govt. forces mount new attacks so as to protect Serb civilians from 'Muslim fanatics', UN warns that will result in new airstrikes; US asks Sec. Coun. to lift arms emb. unless Serbs agree to intl. peace plan Oct. 29 UN accuses govt. of firing 4 rounds of art. at French observation post, threatens air- strikes if repeated; govt. denies target- ing UN forces and says shells aimed at Serbs Oct. 30 1 killed, 13 wounded in Sara. shelling (2nd day in a row); Kozyrev threatens to withdraw Rus. peacekeepers if NATO obtained the 'decisive say on the possible use of force'; Krajina Serbs said to be massing near border; 2nd round of voting in Mace. Oct. 31 Govt. forces push ahead with attacks on sup- ply routes to Sara. near Trnovo, take 12 sq. miles in advances on towns of Bosanska Krupa and Bosanski Petrovac Nov. 1 Croat militias mobilizing to fight alongside of govt. troops south of Kupres (which had been 40% Croatian before war) where heavy fighting continues as govt. troops have now taken 100 sq. miles in 7 days; 12-13,000 Serbs have fled homes in NW as govt. troops encircle Bosanska Krupa; Krajina Serbs shell Velika Kladusa, Bihac wounding 5; Govt. forces S of Sara. claim they have cut Serb supply rt. S. of Trnovo, and have taken 63 sq. miles including tanks, art. and equip.; Bel. says Bos. army has attacked Donji- Vakuf (C. Bos.) sending civilians into shelters; Mac. elec. commission says Gli- gorov's Alliance for Mac. party got a minimum of 90 seats in the 120-seat leg.; Yugo. govt. announces that with easing of sanctions they will re-admit refugees but only those with 'valid documents' (which al- lows them to ethnically cleanse Yugo.) Nov. 3 Part of Kupres falls to joint Muslim-Croat attack; Kara. admits his troops pulled back, states 'we have to crush any Mus. force to force it to accept' peace; UN reports over 3,400 explosions over last 24 hrs. along with infantry fighting in area N. of Kupres, along with shelling to the south; Yugo. FM Vladislav Jovanovic in Zag. for talks with Croatian FM Granic in 1st publicly reported meeting between these two in 4 years Nov. 5 Govt. forces fire 4 mortar shells from Sara. suburb of Hrasnica at Serb positions in Ilidza, and Serbs respond Nov. 6 NATO warplanes fly over Sara. as warning to both sides to end fighting in area, Rose also warns both sides; Serbs accuse govt. forces of crossing Mt. Igman (UN-DMZ) to to carry out attack on Trnovo; govt. troops say they are close enough to fire on the town and disrupt traffic, but Serbs claim to have recaptured some ground in area; govt. says its focus to shift to hills N. of Sara. over high ground controlling ac- cess to Tuzla; fighting NE of Bihac near Bosanska Krupa where govt. has now cap- tured 155 sq. miles Nov. 7 Govt. buses reinforcements from Bugojno (NE of Kupres) to front lines to gain more ground before winter, UN says Croat militia also mobilizing; Govt. comm. in Kupres area, Gen. Mehmed Alagic, says his 7th Corps.' morale boosted by coop. w/ Croats, capture of Serb supplies; Clinton admin. tells Bos. Serbs they will try to negotiate an arrangement more to Serbs liking once they accept peace plan; UN's Yugo. War Crimes Tribunal indicts 1st person, Bos. Serb Dragan Nikolic, comm. of Susica con. camp near Vlasenica in '92, but suspect said to be in Bos. and trib. does not permit trials in absentia, nor the death penalty; Serbs, govt. forces fire 175 art. rounds at each other at night in Sara., UN protests, NATO planes again buzz capital; Bos. Serbs break into UN-guarded weapons depot reportedly firing their weapons Nov. 8 Sniping, shrapnel fire kill 4 (including 3 children), wound 7 in Sara.; UN YWCT asks Ger. to extradite indicted Serbs; Serbs reported to have moved 2 1/2 miles against govt. forces near Bosanska Krupa Nov. 9 Bos. or Croat-Serb plane fires rocket from Croatian side into Bihac, wounding 10, but since it was still in Croatian airspace may not have violated no-fly zone; Serbs fire machine guns from hills into central Sara. wounding 5, UN returns fire; Rose refuses to call for NATO airstrike after previous day's shelling since source of fatal shell can not be determined; Bos. Serb parl. debates Kara. proposal to impose martial law Nov. 10 US unilaterally ends its naval interdiction of weapons to Bos. or Croatia (most weapons smuggled in by air); Cong. action to cut off funds was scheduled to go into effect by Nov. 15; US and Croatia also apparently agree to sign memorandum on mil. coop.; UN accuses Bos. govt. of shelling its own terr. to provoke Serb response; Serb parl. continues debate focusing on Kara./mil. proposal for parl. to give up its immunity, other rights; also considers declaring war against govt./Croat forces Nov. 11 Serbs shell Mostar, other areas in SW, kill- ing 2 children, wounding 5 others attending catechism at Catholic cath.; Kara. gets Serb parl. to give him power to act without its consent in waging war; Serbs shell western front lines (B-H 4th Corps); Serbs claim that govt. troops beseiging Serb-held towns near Mostar but no outside confirmation of this; Borba reports that Yugo. to resettle 100,000 Serbs in Kosovo Nov. 12 Bos. govt. asks Croatia, UN for help in get- ting Croatian Serbs to stop attacks on Bihac where they are reportedly advancing; Croatia demands that UN stop Serbs from attacking a- cross border; Akashi writes to Milo. to get him to apply pressure on Croatian Serbs Nov. 13 Govt. forces battle Bos. and Croatian Serbs in Bihac area; Bos. govt. Gen. Delic says his forces will attack Serb-held Croatia unless UN stops Serb attacks from there, but admits his forces have been forced to pull back from ground captured 2 weeks pre- viously; Rocket-propelled grenades, machine-gun fire hit Sara. Holiday Inn for first time in almost a year; UN soldiers, firefighters come under machine-gun attack causing French troops to fire 20mm cannons at Serb positions in Grbavica (Sara. sub.); Rus. Def. Min. denies that they have sold arms from Rus. forces in Ger. to Serbs Nov. 14 UN officials says Serbs have forced govt. troops out of about 60% of terr. they had captured in recent offensive, Serbs near- ing Jankov Vrh (hilltop 6 miles E of Bihac), and Bos. troops cross Una River heading N away from villages of Baljevac, Garevica; UN expects Serbs to open 2nd front along northern end of Bihac near Velika Kladusa; Abdic reportedly massing 6,000 troops for assault on Bihac; Serbs shell Tuzla; Milo. meets with Rus. envoy Zotov for talks Nov. 15 Fighting continues as Serbs threaten to break into Bihac 'safe zone'; Croatian govt. and NATO officials meet to discuss possible air strike against Croatian Serbs, while Bos. Serb commander in area, Gen. Manojlo Milo- vanovic, says Serbs are ready for NATO at- tacks and that 'safe areas no longer exist'; 11 killed, 26 wounded in Bihac since Mon.; fighting in Majevica hills (NE Bos.) near Serb-held TV tower, and near Mostar; Serbs shell Tuzla, killing 1, wounding 3; Croat- ian and Krajina Serb officials meet for talks in Zag. on eco. issues Nov. 16 Izet. calls on UN, NATO to declare Bihac area heavy weapons exclusion zone; heavy shelling around, but not in, Bihac area; UN reports heavy art., small-arms fire for 3 days in Grabez plateau area; UN calls on NATO for low-level warning flights after Serbs fire surface-to-air missile near UN base near Coralici; Abdic forces enter Velika Kladusa; heavy fighting outside of Kupres; 1 civilian killed, 2 wounded by Serb shelling of Tuzla for 3rd straight day Nov. 17 Clinton admin., under Cong. mandate, draws up options for arming and training Bos. govt. forces, evacuating UN troops, and unilater- ally lifting arms emb.; admin. officials warn this could cost $4 billion; Def. Dept. denies report in The European that it is sharing in- telligence with Bos. govt.; Serbs fire 3 mis- siles, other shells into Bos. Pres. building in downtown Sara. wounding 2; general alert declared in city; 4 art. shells hit suburb of Hrasnica wounding 4; shots fired into hotel room of Amer. amb.; heavy shelling of Vel. Kla., Bihac result in 12 deaths, Abdic forces reportedly surrounding Vel. Kla.; UN comments that continuation of shelling of 'safe area' could result in NATO airstrikes Nov. 18 2 Serb fighter jets flying out of former Yugo. army air base at Udbina in Croatia drop napalm, cluster bombs in center of Bihac, which do not explode; NATO Sec. Gen. Willy Claes says time has come to act against Serbs, but UN regs. prevent combat flights in Croatian air space; Serbs fire anti- tank missiles into central Sara. for 5th straight day, intensify sniper fire killing 7-yr. old body; Serbs also shell Tuzla again killing 2 Nov. 19 UN Sec. Council unanimously okays NATO air- strike in Serb-held Croatia if Serbs launch new attacks on Bihac, even as Serb jets bomb Cazin (10 miles N. of Bihac) for 2nd straight day with 1 jet crashing into apt. building, wounding 9; UN amb. Albright says UN res. allows for retaliation for previous attacks, but French disagree Nov. 20 NATO ready to bomb Udbina airfield but at- tack postponed due to weather conditions; UN forces in Bos., Cro., and Mace. placed on red alert; NATO officials in Brussels agree to let Adm. Leighton Smith launch bombing missions in Croatia if UN officials request them Nov. 21 39 NATO warplanes launch strike against Ud- bina, destroying airfield and anti-aircraft defenses (planes include US, Bri, Fre, and Dutch), but at request of comm. of UN forces in Yugo., Gen. Bertrand de Lapresle Serb planes at end of runway not attacked; UN calls for raid to protect Bihac civilians and 1,000 newly-arrived Bengali soldiers trapped in area with little food or weapons; Croatian Serb leader Milan Martic calls bombing 'insolent and vandalous act, which we have not provoked at all', Akashi tells Martic that raid was a 'necessary and pro- portionate response' to Serb attacks on Bihac; Adm. Smith explains limited attack due to need to 'limit collateral damage'; heavy sniper fire in Sara. near temp. US emb.; Serbs fire missiles at Bri. harrier jets over Bos. but do not hit them; Kra. Serb assembly rejects eco. links with Cro- atia, but calls for continuing negotiations; Serb missiles hit Sara. city hall and pres. building for 2nd time in a week Nov. 22 Serbs continue Bihac attacks with tanks and helicopters, area villages burning and 8,000 refugees flee fighting; Croatia agrees to further NATO flights over its terr.; US Def. Sec. Perry warns Serbs that further air attacks will be met with more decisive NATO strikes; Reuters says Serbian helicopter fires rockets at town of Gata Ilidza during night of 21st-22nd; Mladic sends letter to UNPROFOR saying bombing of airfield likely to intensify fighting; Danish court sen- tences Bos. Mus Refic Saric, former guard in Croat-controlled prison camp, to 8 years in prison for gross violence and torturing prisoners, some to death; Yugo. brings 2 brothers before court on charges of war crimes for commiting murder and rape (1st war crimes trial in Yugo.) Nov. 23 NATO planes carry out 2 more raids hitting Serb missile batteries at Otoka and Bosanska Krupa in Bos. and Dvor in Croatia as Serbs break into safe haven area for first time; front line reported to be only 150 yds. from hosp. in middle of town; patients getting on- ly half-cup of rice a day; Kara., in meeting with Rose, threatens war against UN personnel, Rose said to be thinning out UN personnel in high-risk areas as Serbs block peacekeepers at 9 weapons collection pts. and order UN personnel in Serb-held terr. to remain in their quarters; Akashi meets with Milo. and Martic in Bel., says 'we stand at the crossroads between war and peace' Nov. 24 Serbs push assault on Bihac while Rose, on return from Pale, states 'I have no idea what their intentions are, but it does seem extra- ordinary to me that they should be in such a flagrant and blatant viol. of the UN-designa- ted 'safe area'', also says Serbs have 'une- quivocably' crossed the line in threatening civilians; speaker of Bos. Serb parl. Kra- jisnik says his forces want to enter Bihac and disarm the 20,000 Mus. troops and 'en- sure a total defeat of the 5th Corps'; US pushes allies to endorse proposal to order all combatants out of the area and expand safe have 4 miles N., but allies do not ap- prove it; Serbs now holding 50 Canadians, and 200 French and Ukr. peacekeepers hostage at weapons collection pts. Nov. 25 NATO planes ordered to strike Serb positions after Serbs shell civilians in Bihac, but can't find their targets; Serbs continue ad- vance against Bihac, and UN says most of 5th Corps has disappeared and only 400 soldiers apparently defending Bihac; Serb gen. Milo- vanovic calls on them to surrender, pledges safety to any soldier who gives up, and Kara. declares 60,000 Mus. civilians will not be truly safe until Serbs take the town; UN says need to get food convoys into area absolute since there are no supplies left; Bos. PM Silajdzic says only a general ceasefire in all of Bos. acceptable to his govt.; UN meds. Owen and Stoltenberg meet with Tudj- man and Milo. to try to negotiate wider Balkan peace, but Akashi says these talks do not produce anything, says further airstrikes may be necessary despite threats to civil- ians; Clinton admin. orders 2,000 marines to Bos. to assist in possible evacuation of UN peacekeepers if Serbs attack them Nov. 26 Serbs shell Bihac safe haven area, fire anti- aircraft missiles at NATO planes; upwards of a quarter of Bihac area now in Serb hands; UN Sec. Council demands immediate cease-fire in area and withdrawal of Serb forces but does not specify use of force to get them out; Bos. amb. to UN Sacirbey accuses UN of not having will to stop Serb offensive; Rose says it is not UN's job to defend one side against attacks of another; PM Silajdzic criticizes Rose personally and then throws him out of meeting; govt. forces blocking streets in Bihac to halt Serb advance; UN operations in Zag. refuse to call for new airstrikes, but NATO officials also divided on how to deal with crisis; Serb plan to resettle 100,000 Serbs in Kosovo with UNHCR funds falls through when UNHCR says this would help change ethnic structure of area Nov. 27 Bos. accepts UN-proposed cease-fire for Bi- hac, but Serbs ignore call and continue of- fensive; cease-fire would make govt. troops abandon safe haven area of Bihac thereby defeating 5th Corps; Serbs shell Velika Kladusa with tank, art. fire; UN turns down NATO request to destroy 6 surface-to-air missile sites in Bihac/Croatia area due to concerns about peacekeepers' safety; US Def. Sec. Perry says further air strikes would be ineffective at this point, says that Serbs control the situation and could overrun Bihac if they choose; Sen. Dole says UNPROFOR should leave Bos., and US should begin supplying Muslims despite emb.; Serbs detain 150 primarily Bri. and Dutch peacekeepers in E. Bos. Nov. 28 US agrees to Contact Group plan which would give Serbs permission to form confederation with Serbia, as well as 49% of Bos. terr.; US agrees in order to keep allies from withdrawing troops marking a reversal of policy for Clinton admin.; Serbs continue to hold UN peacekeepers, and to advance on Bihac Nov. 29 Govt. claims that 10,000 Serb reinforcements have been brought into Bihac from Banja Luka; SAM missile sites reported to be installed a- round Bihac; Reuters says Bos. Serb TV has shown imprisoned Muslims being verbally in- sulted, forced to chant 'Bos. is Serbian, just as Mos. is Rus.' Nov. 30 Serbs refuse to meet with Boutros-Ghali in Sara. and Bos. govt. refuses to make conces- sions; Boutros-Ghali says unless sides coop- erate, he won't be able to persuade Sec. Council to keep troops in Bos., but UN offi- cials in NY say there are no serious discus- sions of withdrawal; Boutros-Ghali tells Izet. that UN troops may pack their bags and leave as in Somalia, but Izet. replies 'This is not Africa. This is Europe.'; attacks continue on Bihac with Serbs reportedly able to enter town anytime; Serbs take 7 Ukr. peace keepers captive near Bihac; UN refugee spokesman says pop. of Bihac being 'terrorized' by Serbs; 450 UN soldiers still being held; Croatian DM Gojko Susak says Croatia may have no choice but to intervene if Bihac falls, but both US and France warn them not to do so; Kosovar pol. activist Ismajl Reka dies as result of 2-day torture in Serb prison, authorities tell his wife he commited suicide by jumping out of 5th floor window; Serb police continue to arrest Alb. police who are members of Ind. Trade Unions of Kosovo (80 now imprisoned) Dec. 1 Mortar, art. fire between Croatia and Kra- jina Serbs in Limar and Vranovaca areas S. of Knin in latest of 129 viol. in area in 2 days; exchange occurs after Bos. Serb commandos conduct raid into Krajina attack- ing UN post and capturing 7 Ukrainians tak- ing them back into Bos.; attack crosses in- tl. border; UN says there is no large-scale movement of Croatian troops to indicate a new offensive, but classified report says Serbia/Mont. supplying men, ammo., fuel to Croatian Serbs in Bihac; Dec. 2 UN, NATO agree to halt flights over Bos., and entire UN leadership in Bos. goes to Pale as a gesture to Serbs to accept c-f; Serbs say they will free UN troops and stop blocking convoys, but Kara. rejects temp. c-f; Russia vetoes Sec. Coun. resolution to stop Yugo. fuel supplies reaching Bos. Serbs; Serb at- tacks on Bihac, also fire 3 anti-tank mis- siles at Bos. presidential building in Sara. as Akashi arrives for meeting Dec. 3 Serbs refuse to release UN hostages, includ- ing with a heart condition, saying he cannot be released without a replacement; UN rejects this as 'totally unacceptable'; Velika Kla- dusa, under seige by rebel Muslims, about to fall; NATO resumes overflights, but Kara. says there is no reason for these and says Serbs have right to self-def. (shooting them down); also says unless Croatia removes troops from BH, Serb forces will target Zag.; Boutros-Ghali says plans for withdraw- al are 'quite advanced'; peacekeeper dies in Bihac area Dec. 4 US Def. Sec. Perry says it would take 10,000 Amer. troops to help evacuate UN troops, says US will participate in any effort; Clinton sends letter to Bos. govt. saying US is com- mitted to preserving B-H as a single state within existing borders; Serbs release 2 con- voys of UN troops but continue to hold 329 Canadian, French, and Rus. peacekeepers, and another 29 mil. observers; Serbs allow UN mil. force convoy into Bihac with supplies for Banladeshi troops Dec. 5 UN condemns Serbs for holding hostages, says this is deliberate, and calculated insult that cannot be allowed to pass without great cost; Serbs do allow 2 civilian aid convoys access Srebrenica and Gor.; as Serbs advance in Bihac, Izet. tells CSCE meeting in Buda- pest war is being prolonged due to western incapability, hesitation, and sometimes ill- will; Yeltsin tells conf. that NATO is try- ing to split Eur. with its plans for admit- ting new members, says Eur. is in danger of falling into a 'cold peace' Dec. 6 At CSCE meeting, Rus. blocks statement con- demning aggression by Serbs in Bihac, and prevents any mention of Bos. in concluding document; Bos. Serbs refuse to release UN officer with heart problem, and take 2 more hostage who were to replace him; 3 officers reportedly forced to park their vehicles for 8 hours on Banja Luka airfield to act as hu- man shields against NATO airstrikes; Serb dep. chief of staff Gen. Milan Gvero says matter in hands of local commander Dec. 7 Fre. FM Juppe accuses US of contributing to 'total dead end in Bos.', that certain govts. 'have not lifted a little finger to put even one man on the ground', and that position of Fre. troops was untenable and plans for with- drawal had to be drawn up; Bos. Croats take Celebic which had been in Serb hands for 2 years Dec. 8 Clinton says as many as 25,000 US troops will be sent to assist in evacuation of UN forces in order that the US maintain its leadership role in NATO; Dole says Cong. only willing to go along if US troops not subject to UN com- mand; Bri. and Fre. officials in Wash. say they welcome the president's decision; Serbs release 55 Canadians, but 300 others remain hostage Dec. 9 Eur. allies back away from threats to remove troops since they now believe this would al- low US to lift arms emb.; Bri. and Fre. say they will have to offer the Serbs new con- cessions to get them to accept peace plan Dec. 10 Serb blockade has paralyzed UN mil. and aid operations, UN says; Serbs release 187 Fre, Rus., and Ukr. soldiers, but only 187 others are sent in to replace them; Croatian Serbs refuse to let Rose travel through their terr. to see Banladeshi troops in Bihac; Serbs let food convoy through to Srebrenica for first time in 6 months Dec. 11 Serbs highjack UN fuel shipment as it tries to enter Sara., also take 2 vehicles with satellite comm. equip.; UN officials refuse to call for airstrikes or overflights for fear of Serbs killing UN soldiers Dec. 12 After meeting with Perry, Fre. DM Leotard says France will not pull out its troops as this would undermine the credibility of NATO and UN; also comments that UN mission must be more credible by demonstrating that it does not operate at tolerance of Serbs, says a ground corridor from Adriatic to Sara. for delivering aid could be est., and Perry sup- ports this position; Croatian Serbs ambush Banladeshi peacekeepers in Velika Kladusa, killing 1, wounding 4; UN turns down request of Bangladeshi cdmr. for air strikes claiming poor visibility Dec. 13 Bri. DM Rifkind cool to Fre. proposal, says 'these ideas have to be analyzed and assess- ed'; NATO Sec. Gen. Claes calls Fre. plan 'very constructive', but rejects UN account that it did not call for airstrikes on prior day after Bangladeshi troops called for them was due to Serb missiles posing a threat to NATO pilots, says NATO jets on runways ready to go, but UN afraid to call for them due to Serb threats of retaliation against US troops Dec. 14 Kara. contacts former US pres. Jimmy Carter to act as mediator in talks; Carter says he may go to Bosnia for talks with Serbs, Muslims if Kara. carries out pledge to give free movement to UN peacekeeper convoys; Kara. promises unilateral c-f for Sara., reopening Sara. airport, release of Mus. prisoners under 19 yrs. of age, and guarantees for human rts.; White House skeptical of Kara. promises, but visit to be allowed; 2 shells hit Bihac ctr., fighting around Mt. Igman, and in W. Bos. as Serbs counter-attack against Croats; heavy art. and mortar fire around Bihac, also a- round Velika Kladusa; Mace. police destroy part of building in Tetovo which was to be site of proposed ind. Alb. univ., also arrest head of organizing comm., Fadil Sulejmani; heads of 3 ethnic Alb. parties meet in emer. session, 200 demonstrate out- side site of building Dec. 15 Serbs continue to fire on civilians, harass UN forces, and block aid convoys to Sara. despite promises to do otherwise; Kara. says in Belgrade mag. Telegraf that 'sovereignty is our minimum. Whether they allow it or not, our unification with Serbia is a matter of time; Eur. parl. passes res. expressing support for all ind. media in Yugo., espe- cially Borba Dec. 16 Serbs allow aid convoy into Bihac town of Cazin; heavy shelling of Velika Kladusa Dec. 17 Sniper fire kills woman walking with her son in Sara.; Vel. Kla. falls to Abdic's forces; Carter arrives in Zag., holds meetings with Tudjman and Silajdzic; Mace. police maintain heavy presence in Tetovo (Alb. nat. stronghold) to prevent opening of univ., but Alb. leaders de- clare it open anyway in hq of Party of Dem. Prosperity Dec. 18 Carter arrives in Sara. Dec. 19 Carter, Kara. hold several hours of meetings; Carter announces 'the Bos. Serb side agreed to an immediate cf and to neg. a lasting cessation of hostilities, but Kara. later says 'we can't stop our activities until we get an agreement on the cessation of hos.' and further that 'we have worked out a new interpretation of the...plan'; Serb as- saults on Bihac increased with 2 tank rds. being fired into city; Bos. govt. soldier killed, several civilians wounded by gun- fire in Sara.; Milo. travels to Greece for bilateral meetings with Greek premier Andreas Papandreou Dec. 20 Carter announces cf to go into effect within 72 hrs., says (with Kara. present) UN peace- keepers will monitor cf and that there will be free movement of aid to civilians; Carter goes to Bel. to brief Milo.; 2 Serb rockets hit Bihac, wounding 14 civilians; 1st UN aid flight in a month lands at Sara. air- port under Serb guarantees of safety; UN to send more equipment but not more troops to bolster UNPROFOR mission; Yugo. Premier Radoje Kontic and Serbian Premier Mirko Marjanovic meet with gen.-dir. of Czech Rep's main heavy eng. co., Skoda Concern Pilsen on possibility of coop. once sanc- tions are lifted Dec. 21 Carter says both sides have agreed to re- lease prisoners, but also that agreement is only a 'tentative pact' and 'the whole thing can very easily come apart'; French FM Juppe says of Contact Group plan 'we will not ac- cept any going back on the principles in the plan' and that he 'won't see Kara. until he has accepted the peace plan'; UN reports 4 (including 2 children) wounded in Cazin by shells, 2 missiles fall on Zedar; Ger. govt. says it will send as much as 26 air- craft, including fighter-bombers, to assist in NATO evac. of UN troops if necessary Dec. 22 Shells hit Sara. market place killing 2, wounding 7 Dec. 27 UN says c-f viols. increasing, as Rose pre- pares to go to Bihac; gunfire across front- line positions at Velika Kladusa which Serbs and rebel Muslims now mainly control; 4 mor- tar rounds land in Bihac, Serb sniper fire wounds woman in Sara.; UN records 10 mortar rounds near NE Posavina corridor Dec. 28 Rose meets with Fikret Abdic but gets only verbal agreement; Kara. promises to halt missile and art. attacks on Bosanska Krupa Dec. 29 Rose meets with Serb leaders in Pale trying to get them to agree to 4 month truce, freez- ing of front lines, and withdrawal of some troops; Bos. Serb assembly says it is will- ing to resume negotiations; c-f generally holding except around Velika Kladusa Dec. 31 Muslims, Serbs sign 4-month truce as Akashi shuttles back and forth between Pale, Sara.; Sara. marks 1,000 days under seige