1. He did not have troops to defend the enclaves in eastern Bosnia. 2. And criticism that air strikes should have been used earlier to defend the enclave was misplaced, he maintained. 3. And he reiterated that the U.N. Security Council was primarily to blame for not providing enough troops to defend the enclave in eastern Bosnia. 4. Bosnian radio said that government troops had left the small village of Zepa for the woods and high ground around it, in an attempt to defend the enclave. 5. But Gen. Bernard Janvier, the U.N. commander, appeared to rule out any immediate use of allied airstrikes to defend the enclave. 6. Croatian army commander Gen. Zvonimir Cervenko vowed Friday to help the Muslim-led Bosnian government army defend the enclave. 7. Dutch officials said the troops were not in Srebrenica to defend the enclave but hoped by their presence to deter aggression. 8. France has advocated sending thousands of French troops to defend Muslim enclaves. 9. Most of the Ukrainians have been disarmed by government forces, desperate to defend the enclave. 10. Most of the Zepa Ukrainians have been disarmed by government forces, desperate to defend the enclave. |