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Friday, September 23, 1994
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NATO strikes back at Serbs
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina
— NATO Jets struck at a Serb tank near Sanjevco yesterday in retaliation for a Serb attack on U.N. peacekeepers.
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It was the fourth NATO airstrike against Bosnian Serb positions in Bosnia's 29-month war, and it reflected international exasperation with violations of a weapons-free zone around the Bosnian capital.
Brig. Gen. Andre Soubirou, U.N. commander of Sarajevo, told reporters that new attacks on U.N. personnel "will be met with the appropriate and proportional military force."
The attack followed a Bosnian Serb assault on an armored personnel carrier manned by French peacekeepers in a northeastern district of the capital and two other attacks on French soldiers. One French soldier was seriously wounded in the attack on the carrier.
In Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher praised the NATO action. "I think it's a very positive thing that NATO has responded. They've always been ready to respond ... and the response was quick and determined."
U. S. and British planes attacked the Serb tank at sunset about seven miles west of Sarajevo, NATO officials said. It had violated an agreement to keep heavy weapons out of a 12.5-mile exclusion zone around the
Two British Jaguars each dropped a 1,000-pound bomb on the target, and a U.S. A-10 fired a 30mm cannon, NATO representatives in Naples, Italy, said on condition of anonymity. They said the object of the attack — an unmanned tank — was destroyed.
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Gen. Bertrand de Lapresse, commander of U.N. troops in Bosnia and other former Yugoslav republics, told Cable News Network that an empty tank was purposely targeted so as not to cause loss of life.
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Bosnian Serb TV,monitored in
Sarjavej, claimed the NATO planes attacked a civilian target in the village of Dobrosević. The report mentioned no casualties but said Bosnian Serb soldiers would retaliate by attacking U.N. personnel.
U. N. commanders asked for the strike after Bosnian Serbs fired at the French carrier a projectile from an 82mm anti-tank recoilless gun, Soubriou said.
The peacekeepers were observing fighting between Muslim-led government troops and Serbs in the area of Sedenrik, just northeast of Sarajevo.
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United States and N. Korea to discuss removal of nuclear arms
"We're hopeful we can make some more progress," chief U.S. negotiator Robert Gallucci said on arrival in Geneva. Gallucci said the talks, at the U.S. mission to the United Nations' European headquarters, could last a week or more, though no time limit was set.
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our experts assert that the communist nation already has produced at least one nuclear weapon. North Korea maintains its nuclear program is peaceful.
GENEVA — The United States and North Korea resume high-level talks today aimed at removing the nuclear weapons threat from the Korean peninsula.
The discussions, which began 1 1/2 years ago, have spread to issues such as opening diplomatic relations and technical cooperation. But they remain focused on whether North Korea will open its nuclear reactors and labs to