Issue 247 - June 29, 1996

Compared to pre-war conditions, the difference now is that the Serbs won’t be able to vote for Karadzic since that was agreed in Dayton. The international community told them: we know you would prefer him but let’s have the second worst now, for example Biljana Plavsic

That final pressure on Karadzic is the result of months of pressure by Western governments which culminated prior to the latest agreement in Vienna on scheduling the Bosnia elections for September 14

The ruling parties are already maneuvering to bring to the key election areas the people who will vote as they wish them to; Michael Steiner told VREME this was "new ethnic engineering"

"This year and the next will be decisive. If we don’t elect the best people anything can happen"

There are no bloody noses on the demarcation line or any idyllic mood. The Americans are sticking to strict rules. Their commander is less concerned about the spirit of Dayton than the letter of Dayton

Last weekend, the media reported the Western governments’ concern about Cassese’s resignation in protest against the West’s inefficiency to force war criminals to appear in court

Lukovic and Spinja were allegedly cleaning out the cauldrons at the end of the production line of the devastating explosives hexogen or pentrit (only octogen is more powerful) which are produced in Prva Iskra

"There is definitely no doubt we do not have organized crime, because it is not linked or supported by the state bodies"