Nato moves in to counter looting

SARAJEVO - Muslim Croat authorities took control of the Sarajevo suburb of Ilidza from Bosnian Serbs yesterday as Nato moved …

SARAJEVO - Muslim Croat authorities took control of the Sarajevo suburb of Ilidza from Bosnian Serbs yesterday as Nato moved in extra troops to try to limit looting and burning by Serb nationalists. The streets of Ilidza and the inner city Grbavica district, which the Serbs must hand over next week, were saturated with French peacekeepers.

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