BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: U.N ANNOUNCES NATO AIRSTRIKES AGAINST BOSNIAN SERB ARMY, FOLLOWING SERB ATTACKS ON "SAFE AREAS".

Record ID: 342106

  • Title: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: U.N ANNOUNCES NATO AIRSTRIKES AGAINST BOSNIAN SERB ARMY, FOLLOWING SERB ATTACKS ON "SAFE AREAS".
  • Date: 26th March 1995
  • Summary: SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (MARCH 26 AND 27, 1995) (AGENCY POOL - ACCESS ALL) SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (MARCH 26, 1995) 1. GV NIGHT VIEW OF FIGHTING IN JEWISH CEMETERY 0.16 SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (MARCH 27, 1995) 2. W.A OF MEDIA BRIEFING 0.19 3. CU MAP WITH NEW LINES OF BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT CONTROL BEING DRAWN IN/ZOOM-OUT (2 SHOTS) 0.29 4. SV UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE (UNPROFOR) SPOKESMAN COLUM MURPHY SPERAKING (ENGLISH) 1.20 5. SV/PAN REPORTERS 1.27 6. GV/ZOOM-IN OF PEOPLE RUNNING ALONG STREET NEAR JEWISH CEMETERY 1.43 6. SLV PANS TO FRENCH UNPROFOR SOLDIERS 1.50 7. SLV MAN RUNNING DOWN STREET 1.57 8. SV FRENCH UNPROFOR SOLDIERS NEAR ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER, UNPROFOR SOLDIERS LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS 2.03 9. SLV PANS MAN RUNNING ALONG STREET/UNPROFOR SOLDIERS BY APC (2 SHOTS) 2.22 SEQUENCE 4 : TRANSCRIPT: MURPHY: "ATTACKS WHICH COME FROM OUTSIDE A SAFE AREA AND WHICH DELIBERATELY TARGET CIVILIANS WILL MEET A RESOLUTE RESPONSE FROM US INCLUDING THE USE OF AIR POWER IF NECESSARY AGAINST THE APPROPRIATE WEAPON ASSISTANCE. WE WILL NOT SHRINK FROM THAT RESPONSIBILITY AT ANY TIME, IT MUST BE FACED. AS EVENTS SLIDE TOWARDS MORE GENERAL WAR AND TENSION MOUNTS - WE HAVE A GREAT THINKING ON THE SUBJECT AND SUCH DELIBERATE TARGETING ON CIVILIANS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED WITHOUT RESPONSE ON OUR PART." Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 10th April 1995 13:00
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  • Location: SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
  • Reuters ID: LVAEDU3FCXYBUUHUP9M04LL4MNSE
  • Story Text: The United Nations (U.N.) said on Monday (March 27) it was ready to ask for NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) air strikes against Bosnian Serb artillery which has targeted civilians inside "safe areas".

    The statement, signalling a major change in policy in Bosnia-Herzegovina, was made after recent Serb attacks on the Bosnian "safe areas" of Sarajevo, Bihac, Tuzla and Goradze.

    The latest clash between government and Serb forces took place in the Jewish cemetery area of Sarajevo on Sunday. Several detonations and the sound of gunfire were heard.

    "Attacks which come from outside a safe area and which deliberately target civilians will meet a resolute response from us including the use of air power," said Colum Murphy, a spokesman for Lieutenant-General Rupert Smith, the United Nations (U.N.) commander in Bosnia.

    Recent Bosnian government gains in the south-west and north-east of Bosnia could not be confirmed by the U.N. Protection Forces (UNPROFOR) as access to these areas is limited, but UNPROFOR believe the Bosnian Serb Army have made gains of some 50 square kilometres (30 square miles) in the Travnik and Tuzla areas.

    There was still tension in Sarajevo on Monday as people ran along Sniper Alley, close to the Jewish cemetery.


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