1. Threats against detained peacekeepers thwarted a third NATO air attack during the Bosnian Serb advance on Srebrenica. 2. Q. What about trying to rescue the detained peacekeepers? 3. A high-level U.N. mission left Sarajevo in apparent failure Saturday as Serbs held onto detained peacekeepers and fighting surged again in northwest Bosnia. 4. A U.N. source in Sarajevo, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it appeared that the release of some detained U.N. peacekeepers was underway. 5. A U.N. source in Sarajevo, speaking on condition of anonymity, also said it appeared that the release of some detained U.N. peacekeepers was proceeding. 6. About half the detained peacekeepers have been released in the past week. 7. Akashi later said Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic had promised to release hundreds of detained peacekeepers and allow free movement of aid convoys. 8. And the German daily Die Welt reported without any sourcing that Britain, France, the United States and Canada were preparing commando style raids to rescue detained peacekeepers. 9. Bosnian Serb leaders promised Friday to release hundreds of detained peacekeepers and allow free movement of certain U.N. convoys, the chief U.N. envoy announced. 10. Bosnian Serb promised Friday to release hundreds of detained UN peacekeepers. |