Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Serbs' UN Harassment Fuels Showdown Fears

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnian Serb rebels intensifiedtheir menacing of United Nations forces throughout Bosnia onThursday, stirring fears that nationalist hard-liners are trying toprovoke a showdown.

Jets from NATO countries flew low over the capital city in whatappeared to be an attempt to intimidate the rebels who havekidnapped, physically threatened or restricted the movement of almost5,000 UN personnel in anger over recent UN-ordered air strikes.

Rebel gunmen crept into a weapons containment site before dawn,captured 17 peacekeepers at gunpoint and presumably recovered theheavy artillery the soldiers had been guarding.

The latest UN personnel …

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