Croats, Army Block Relief Convoy From Entering Vukovar
A European Community-led relief convoy turned back Monday from the outskirts of the besieged Croatian city of Vukovar after bickering between regional Croatian and federal army leaders blocked its entry.
“The two sides didn’t want any relief or food in Vukovar,” said Michel Robert, head of the EC team bringing a 50-truck convoy with food and medicine.
The team finally reached Vukovar on Sunday after battle delays and dangerous transit through no-man’s-land. It was housed in the federal army barracks and planned to enter the city Monday.
But the Croats refused to defuse minefields and other defenses erected between the barracks and city center, said EC monitor Hank van der Gaag.
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