U.S. to Resume Sarajevo Flights
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WASHINGTON — The United States announced Thursday that weather permitting, it will resume relief flights to the besieged Bosnian capital of Sarajevo on Saturday.
The airlift to Sarajevo was halted Sept. 3 after an Italian relief plane was downed by a surface-to-air missile. Acting Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger said the warring parties have given “general assurances of free flight, no attack” to international mediators in the region.
Meanwhile, in northern Bosnia, the International Committee of the Red Cross mounted a massive convoy of 35 buses and ambulances to evacuate more than 1,500 prisoners released from a Serbian-run detention camp and escort them to safety in Croatia.
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