31. There were fears, however, that this would merely give the JNA time to regroup around the towns of Vukovar and Vinkovci. 32. The raids were centred on the towns of Nablus, Ramallah and El-Bireh, all of which had been placed under curfew beforehand. 33. Fighting was concentrated around the towns of Bosanski Brod in the north and Neum in the south. 34. There were clashes between troops and demonstrators in the towns of Cizre, Nusaybin, Yuksekova, Van and Sirnak. 35. Fighting at this stage centred around Mostar and the eastern towns of Visegrad and Foca. 36. Serb forces took the towns of Zvornik, Srebrenica and Bratunac near Sarajevo, and two districts of Sarajevo itself. 37. Flights were authorized only to the towns of Nasir, Wau and Akobo. 38. Airlifts were also planned for the towns of Hoddur and Baidera. 39. Journalists were refused entry to the towns of Curkurca and Dargecit where the pro-Kurdish newspaper Yeni Ulke accused the army of carrying out similar operations. 40. Croatian and Bosnian forces turned against each other in mid-October, and the towns of Vitez and Novi Travnik were taken by Croatian forces. |