CROATIA: US TROOPS POUR INTO CROATIA IN THEIR WAY TO BOSNIA TO OVERSEA THE WITHDRAWAL OF IFOR TROOPS

Record ID: 649410

  • Title: CROATIA: US TROOPS POUR INTO CROATIA IN THEIR WAY TO BOSNIA TO OVERSEA THE WITHDRAWAL OF IFOR TROOPS
  • Date: 13th October 1996
  • Summary: NEAR SLAVONSKI BROD, CROATIA (OCTOBER 13, 1996) (RTV) GV OF FINNISH AND U.S. SOLDIERS BUILDING WOODEN FLOORS FOR TENTS 0.17 SLV TENTS BEING PUT UP 0.26 LV U.S. SOLDIERS ARRIVING IN BUSES AND TRUCKS 0.37 SCU U.S. SOLDIER FILLING TRUCK WITH PETROL 0.38 SV IFOR VEHICLES 0.51 SV U.S. OFFICER GIVING TROOPS INSTRUCTIONS 1.04 SV TRUCKS PULLING OFF (2 SHOTS) 1.16 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 28th October 1996 12:00
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  • Location: NEAR SLAVONSKI BROD, CROATIA
  • Country: Croatia
  • Topics: War / Fighting
  • Reuters ID: LVA7QEMMXOJC8FO3R9K4MYDM1WSF
  • Story Text: INTRO: More United States troops continue to pour into Croatia on their way to Bosnia to oversee the withdrawal of I-FOR troops from the war-torn country.

    Hundreds of United States (U.S.) troops arrived in Croatia on Sunday (October 13) as part of a 5,000-strong force to cover the withdrawal of IFOR troops from Bosnia in December.

    Some 510 troops arrived in Croatia en route to Bosnia. They are expected to move into Bosnia at some stage next week.

    Finnish and U.S. troops already stationed in Croatia prepared camps for the arriving soldiers. They worked side by side setting up tents and preparing vehicles for the arrival of the troops.

    One American said that he was happy to be able to assist with the withdrawal of the IFOR soldiers but they hoped that it would not unsettle the peace.

    The troops came to Croatia from Germany. They are drawn from the 1st Infantry Division and are expected to stay on in Bosnia until March 1997.

    The deployment of the protection force has caused controversy in the U.S. Congress because March 1997 would be more than two months after the mission of the current NATO-led peace force, which includes 15,800 U.S. soldiers, ends on December 20.

    The U.S. defense department has said the 5,000-strong force to be deployed is only a protective one and not part of any planned new peacekeeping effort for Bosnia.
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