1. The UNHCR says the Muslim-led Bosnian government and leaders of the Serbs had already agreed a ceasefire to let the convoy pass. 2. And only now can the convoy pass. 3. As the Falintil convoy passed, a few people with brooms were starting to sweep away the ashes. 4. At the corner of an avenue called Liberty, Shipi Koshie turned to watch the convoy pass and the Serb soldiers making three-finger, Serbian nationalist salutes. 5. In a departure from the previous stances of both sides, the Yugoslav government and NATO agreed last week to permit the convoys to pass safely into Kosovo. 6. On Mondays, both sides dig up their mines to let a food convoy pass, and charge it steep tolls. 7. One refugee convoy passed row on row of white conical hats set atop fence posts. 8. Ritually, the soldiers say that their commander, whom they will not name, has said nothing to that effect, so the convoy cannot pass. 9. The convoy passed him. 10. Those convoys also pass through Bosnian territory controlled by a renegade Muslim group which frequently refuses to allow them to pass. |
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