71.   Burns said the peacekeepers were unable to deliver all the assistance required by civilians trapped in Sarajevo or protect the capital from shelling.

72.   Britain and France, whose peacekeepers were held hostage, have aggressively pushed for the so-called rapid reaction force.

73.   But both France and the United States stressed that if the peacekeepers are not safe, they should be withdrawn.

74.   British peacekeepers were to guard the base while NATO considered whether to use it as part of their operations to police the Bosnia peace agreement.

75.   British spokesman Capt. Graham Dunlop stressed anew on Saturday that peacekeepers were only responsible for the military area of the airport.

76.   But he said he was certain Afghan troops and international peacekeepers were up to the job.

77.   But Chernomyrdin, whose shuttle diplomacy helped bring NATO and Yugoslavia to the verge of accord, said Tuesday that Russian peacekeepers would be under Russian command.

78.   But Col. I. Erik Ianke, of the Norwegian Supreme Defense Command, pointed out that, like King and Mother Teresa, U.N. peacekeepers were Nobel Peace laureates.

79.   But Ivanov, speaking after the meeting with Yeltsin, indicated that Moscow was worried that peacekeepers may be unable to prevent conflict in Yugoslavia from spreading.

80.   But the peacekeepers have been unable to stem frequent outbursts of violence that continue to plague the region, and often fall victim to attacks.