71.   U.S. President Bill Clinton earlier had called French President Jacques Chirac and other allies who share enforcement of the safe zone to notify them about the missile attacks.

72.   U.N. special envoy Yasushi Akashi requested the air strike to protect civilians in the safe zone and prevent attacks on U.N. personnel there.

73.   Yet during the territorial struggle, Bosnian Serbs defied U.N. safe zones, shut down airports receiving relief supplies and blocked U.N. convoys.

74.   France has raised the possibility of demilitarizing the safe zones and closing down check-points for heavy weapons.

75.   He reiterated UN demands that the Bosnian Serbs withdraw immediately from the Bihac safe zone in northwestern Bosnia-Hercegovina, where a ceasefire was most urgently needed.

76.   Bihac and its surrounding area are one of six UN-declared safe zones.

77.   Bihac is one of several UN-declared safe zones in Bosnia, where ethnic conflict has been going on for almost three years.

78.   Bihac, one of six UN-designated safe zones, has been surrounded by rebel Bosnian and Croatian Serbs since the beginning of the war three years ago.

79.   Both Mussa and Algabid supported calls by French President Jacques Chirac for military intervention to restore and protect safe zones.

80.   But she did not have details on the Iraqi military presence in the rest of the Kurdish safe zone.