31.   Serbs, backed by renegade Muslim forces, attacked government troops across northwestern Bosnia today in defiance of the threat of NATO airstrikes.

32.   The government-held enclave, which borders Serb-held Croatia and has been under attack from Croatian and Bosnian Serbs and renegade Muslim forces since last fall.

33.   The operation appears designed to pound the renegade forces while surrounding them with ground troops in a bid to prevent the fighters from escaping.

34.   Williams blamed the attack either on Croatian Serbs or on allied renegade Muslim forces who are fighting Bosnian government forces in northwest Bosnia.

35.   Williams said the Bangladeshis were attacked by Croatian Serbs or allied renegade Muslim forces fighting Bosnian government forces in northwest Bosnia.

36.   Bhagat said neither the BSF nor the army had created the renegade force.

37.   Santic commands the HVO militia fighting Serb and renegade Moslem forces in the southwest of the Bihac pocket.