11.   A UN official in Zagreb Wednesday said Croatian army forces joined with Bosnian Croats Wednesday in defending the enclave.

12.   Bosnian government forces are desperately defending the enclave against attacks from separatist Serbs in neighbouring Croatia, the Bosnian Serbs and rebel Moslems.

13.   Claes was reported to have said that the UN Protection Force had not called on NATO to defend the enclave and had not even requested close air support.

14.   The status of the men who have defended the enclave was a different matter Mielle said.

15.   Ukrainian peacekeepers in Zepa have been disarmed by Bosnian government forces desperate to defend the enclave from the advancing Serbs.

16.   UN officials would not say if the latest development would stop the peacekeepers calling in NATO airpower to defend the enclave.

17.   UN officials would not say if this move would stop the peacekeepers calling in NATO airpower to defend the enclave.

18.   Most of the refugees were anxious about what would happen to the government soldiers who had defended the enclave.

19.   On Thursday, US Defense Secretary William Perry said the United States preferred a major air campaign to defend the enclave in eastern Bosnia.

20.   On the ground, the under-equipped and under-manned blue helmets considered the idea of trying to defend the enclaves as a grim joke.