11. A woman outside a perfume shop asked why there was no similar retaliation when Croatian forces recently attacked and recaptured Krajina region from Serb separatists. 12. As soon as Zagreb announced the victory of its lightning assault on Serb separatists Monday, the UN set about organising its withdrawal from Croatia. 13. Breakaway Croatian Serbs on Friday shelled several Croatian cities following a Croatian offensive against the Serb separatists in the Krajina region, Croatian radio reported. 14. Croatia holds Serbia responsible for backing and arming Serb separatists who have seized about a quarter of its territory. 15. Croatian troops began a withdrawal Monday in the first major lessening of military tension since they launched an offensive against Serb separatists a week ago. 16. Croatian forces retook the Serb-held territory in early August having driven out Serb separatists from another region in May. 17. Croatian refugees forced to flee areas occupied by Serb separatists Thursday blockaded the Zagreb headquarters of the UN Protection Force and demanded to return to their homes. 18. Croatia accused the Serb separatists of attempting to take hundreds of heavy weapons into neighbouring Bosnia, in contravention of the accord agreed just hours earlier. 19. Croatian army forces launched a broad offensive early Friday against Serb separatists with artillery and air attacks targetting towns in the Serb-held Krajina. 20. Fifty people were hospitalized here early Tuesday after a bombardment of Zagreb, by shells or rockets, by suspected Serb separatists, police said. |