91. The United Nations earlier had authorized NATO warplanes to protect safe zones in Bosnia but not in Croatia, where the Serb planes sought refuge following their attacks. 92. There is a no-fly zone, there is the safe zone. 93. Unconfirmed reports have persisted in Croatia for the last week that Mladic was either seriously wounded or killed in the operations around Bihac, a UN-declared safe zone. 94. Many others have been reported to have fled to the southwest of the country, where France has established a safe zone. 95. Moslems for their part were accused of the using the safe zones to prepare or launch attacks. 96. NATO warplanes struck Serb targets around the embattled Moslem enclave of Bihac Wednesday amid reports that Serb forces had penetrated a UN-declared safe zone in the area. 97. Nevertheless, Stoltenberg also urged the world body to consider better protection for the inhabitants of UN-declared safe zones. 98. Mussa supported calls by French President Jacques Chirac for military intervention to restore and protect UN-designated safe zones for Moslems in Bosnia that have come under Serb attack. 99. NATO warplanes struck Serb targets around the enclave on Wednesday, coinciding with reports that Serb forces had penetrated a UN-declared safe zone in the area. 100. Paris said Friday it did not want the Hutu government present in its southern Rwandan military base, as the safe zone was set up to help ordinary refugees. |