Bosnia’s Serbs Threaten ‘All-Out War’
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BIJELJINA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnian Serb leaders threatened Monday to unleash “all-out war” against the Muslim-led government if coming peace talks end without agreement.
“This round of negotiations will mark a definite turning point,” Radovan Karadzic, leader of the self-proclaimed Serbian state in Bosnia-Herzegovina, told a Serbian assembly.
“If it becomes clear there will be no peace, we shall have to prepare for all-out war,” said Karadzic, adding that the Serbs would launch an offensive to capture about 20% of the land now held by the government.
The heavily armed Serbs currently hold 70% of Bosnia after 21 months of war, while the government holds about 15% and Croats hold the rest.
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