1. The statement said the people of Srebrenica appealed to the presidents of the United States and France to help halt the offensive. 2. As the air campaign got under way, however, the administration shifted to a goal of forcing the Yugoslav Army to halt its offensive in Kosovo. 3. But the government also said it would halt an offensive against Bemba that began last month. 4. Senior U.N. officials met with the commander of the Bosnian V Corps, Gen. Atis Dudakovic, Friday in an effort to halt the offensive. 5. They have called on NATO forces to carry out air strikes against the Bosnian army to halt the offensive. 6. They said much of their reluctance to halt their offensive was due to their failure to take this objective. 7. A requested NATO raid on Serb positions around Bihac had to be aborted late Friday night, and negotiations to halt the offensive appeared stalled. 8. Albanian politicians called on the United States and the European Union to intervene with the Yugoslav government to halt the offensive. 9. Bush called on Israel to halt its offensive into the Palestinian territories and to withdraw from the towns and cities it has occupied during the past week. 10. But on Monday, Yeltsin declared it was time to halt the offensive. |