51. Besides removing the weapons ringing the city the Serbs had been also told to lift their restrictions on movement of peacekeepers into and out of the besieged city. 52. Coaches and other Bosnian civilian traffic must pass through Ilidza in order to reach government territory beyond the areas under Serb control ringing the city. 53. Conditions in Sarajevo have improved markedly since NATO airstrikes this month successfully pressured the Bosnian Serbs to withdraw their heavy guns ringing the city. 54. Eighty thousand troops were deployed Tuesday, some in Rio but most in the shantytowns that ring this city. 55. Even the rebel Bosnian Serbs whose forces ringed the city benefited, receiving around one-third of the aid delivered. 56. Travel through Serb-held areas ringing the city has been possible since Serb checkpoints were removed by the NATO-led peace Implementation Force. 57. Travel through Serb-held areas ringing the city has been possible since Serb checkpoints were removed by NATO-led peace Implementation Force troops. 58. Many parents refused let their children outside to play because of the risks of shell attacks and sniping from Bosnian Serbs in the hills ringing the city. 59. Plans are afoot however, to run the first Bosnian civilian buses travelling under UN escort through Serb held areas ringing the city. 60. SFOR said it responded Sunday with checkpoints ringing the city to check cars for weapons, and with a swoop on illegal roadblocks. |