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Article: Hunkering down for a long, long war
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 2, 1995
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As the Bosnian ceasefire expires and fighting erupts in
Croatia, Michael Sheridan and Christopher Bellamy
see precious few options left for the UN peace-makers
The crescendo of gunfire around Sarajevo yesterday and a
simultaneous armoured thrust by Croatian forces against their
Serbian foes marked more than the breakdown of yet another Balkan
ceasefire. These twin events may signify the transformation of the
Yugoslav conflict into another of the 20th century's long wars.
Diplomats from a dozen countries and an array of UN officials
were at hand yesterday with their usual chorus of futility. But the
UN's failure to extend the threadbare cessation of hostilities in
Bosnia means that to all ...