NATO May Withdraw Troops Next Year
From Times Wire Reports
Bosnia-Herzegovina could be stable enough for NATO forces to withdraw next year, the alliance’s supreme military commander said.
Marine Gen. James L. Jones said final decisions had not been made about ending the eight-year mission in Bosnia, which was devastated by civil war in the early 1990s. The European Union has offered to take over the peacekeeping.
The NATO force in Bosnia numbers about 12,000 troops, of which 1,500 are from the U.S. National Guard.
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