On the Scene: The Next Balkan War

Zadar, Croatia WHILE the Serbian and Croatian presidents divide Bosnia between them, their forces on the ground are edging toward another Serb-Croat war, this time over the Serb-held Croatian territory of Krajina.

Serbia seized the Krajina when war broke out in 1991. claiming that Croatia was threatening the ethnic Serbs who live there. Although the area remained peaceful for much of 1992. the Croats have tried twice this year to reclaim control of it. In January. they launched a surprise offensive that drove Serb troops back from the coastal cities they had been bombing. And in July, despite opposition from the Serbs and from the United Nations, Creation President Franjo Tudjman reopened a bridge and airport near the city of Zadar, re-establishing ties between the northern capital of Zagreb and the southern Dalmation coast.

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Zadar, Croatia WHILE the Serbian and Croatian presidents divide Bosnia between them, their forces on the ground are edging toward another Serb-Croat war, this time over the Serb-held Croatian territory of Krajina.

Serbia seized the Krajina when war broke out in 1991. claiming that Croatia was threatening the ethnic Serbs who live there. Although the area remained peaceful for much of 1992. the Croats have tried twice this year to reclaim control of it. In January. they launched a surprise offensive that drove Serb troops back from the coastal cities they had been bombing. And in July, despite opposition from the Serbs and from the United Nations, Creation President Franjo Tudjman reopened a bridge and airport near the city of Zadar, re-establishing ties between the northern capital of Zagreb and the southern Dalmation coast.