1.   At the Croatian border last week, a customs official beamed with excitement at the visit of an American journalist.

2.   Bihac, a U.N.-declared safe area, is near the Croatian border, and Croatian Serbs had supported the Bosnian Serb effort to seize it.

3.   A second rocket overshot the area and exploded over the Croatian border.

4.   I flew to Budapest, Hungary, and drove four hours to the Croatian border.

5.   I had reached the Croatian border.

6.   In Bihac, which is in northwestern Bosnia near the Croatian border, both Bosnian and Croatian Serbs have been battling for six days against Muslim forces.

7.   It was unclear how the Croatian victory would affect the fighting in Bosnia, especially the Bihac area on the Croatian border.

8.   NATO also damaged another Danube River bridge at Backa Palanka, near the Croatian border.

9.   The Bihac enclave, a U.N.-declared safe area, is near the Croatian border, and Croatian Serbs had supported the Bosnian Serb effort to seize it.

10.   The Bosnian Croats have promised to pay duties applied at the Croatian border into federation accounts.