31.   When the SLA withdrew from Jezzine in June after a series of battlefield losses, many deserters apparently expected pardons in return for their surrender.

32.   Delegates voted for their dismissal on Sunday after blaming them for heavy Serb battlefield losses in Bosnian Croat and Moslem offensives in western and northwestern Bosnia.

33.   Defence ministry officials said Thursday that the militiamen had attacked civilians as an act of frustation also aimed at avenging their battlefield losses.

34.   Serb capitulation in September and subsequent battlefield losses to combined Moslem and Croat forces created a long-awaited opportunity to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict.

35.   The officers were held responsible for recent stunning Serb battlefield losses in the face of a Bosnian Moslem and Croat offensive in the west and northwest.