DAY 3: Guilty!

Subject: UN says it "urgently" considering strike at Serbs
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 95 5:10:06 PDT

SARAJEVO, Aug 29 (Reuter) - The United Nations said on Tuesday its military commanders were "urgently" considering a strike against Bosnian Serb forces, adding that the exposure of U.N. troops to Serb retalitation had been minimized.

After a U.N. statement blaming the Serbs for Monday's bloody shelling of Sarajevo, military spokesman lieutenant-colonel Chris Vernon said the risks of Serb retaliation to a NATO strike were now at their lowest since the Bosnia mission began because peacekeeperws had moved out of Serb areas...

In a statement firmly blaming Bosnian Serbs for Monday's shelling of Sarajevo which killed 37 people, the U.N. said investigators had "concluded beyond all reasonable doubt" that Serbs fired five 120 mm mortar rounds into the captial.

"The evidence is basically overwhelming," spokesman Alexander Ivanko told reporters in Sarajevo.

"There are a number of options. One of them is the use of (NATO) air power...both the force commander, General (Bernard) Janvier and the UNPROFOR commander, General (Rupert) Smith, are in urgent consultation as we speak," he added...

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Where am I? PATH: Book of facts History of the Balkans Big powers and civil wars in Yugoslavia (How was Yugoslavia dismantled and why.) Proxies at work (Muslims, Croats and Albanians alike were only proxies of the big powers) - Croats are resurrecting Nazi Croatia - Muslims are resurrecting Turkish Empire - Kosovo Albanians are making Drug Haven The Aftermath