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Milan
live-fire exercise |
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Manjaca - The MILAN anti-tank platoon
from A Company, the Second Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal
Regiment, based at Mrkonjic Grad prepares to destroy the T-55 tank
discovered hidden at a farmhouse near the town of Prnjavor, RS,
last December.
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JMA
oversees Armed Forces in BiH |
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Camp Butmir - The Armed Forces
in BiH currently have about 34,000 professional soldiers. Even after
having reduced its personnel by 30 percent, still more downsizing
must be done to make the force affordable for the country.
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PIFWC
arrested |
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On 15 April 01, SFOR detained Dragan
Obrenovic, who is indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal
Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY). He was transferred to The
Hague the same day.
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Still
waiting for the kill |
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Drvar - Tracks left by a tank prove
how lucky the crew once was, millimetres from certain death. Now,
more than six years later, the killer still waits. And it would
keep on waiting if it had not been for the few professionals who
dare challenge them.
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Monitoring
danger |
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Lukavica - Patiently and with utter
care, the VRS (Army of Republika Srpska) de-miner cuts vegetation
away before he prods a few centimetres farther into the minefield.
It is a quiet morning on a beautiful landscape. Alas, also a deadly
one.
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1,000,000
reasons to watch your step |
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Sarajevo - One of the greatest
dangers in Bosnia and Herzegovina is mines. Few other places in
the world are more contaminated, and they still kill and injure
regardless of entity. Just over two weeks ago a French SFOR de-miner
was killed.
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Women
are making a difference |
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Bosanski Novi/Novi Grad - Two businesswomen
in Bos. Novi/Novi Grad are now employing six returnees at their
women's garment manufacturing shop. DFID has invested 12,900 KM
(convertible marks) into the business.
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Spanish
CIMIC in Ljubinje |
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Ljubinje - The Spanish Battle Group's
CIMIC Team handed out school supplies and toys from various Spanish
institutions to the 480 pupils of Ljubinje Primary School in a ceremony
April 2.
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A
safe and secure environment |
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In accordance with its mandate,
as stated in GFAP, Annex 1 A, SFOR's mission is to provide a safe
and secure environment. The events that took place during the last
10 days all over the country remind SFOR of its core.
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SFOR
supports HR's actions on Hercegovacka Banka |
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Sarajevo - A joint operation by
OHR (Office of the High Representative), IPTF (International Police
Task Force), Federation Financial Police and SFOR was carried out
April 6 to take over the head office and branches of the Hercegovacka
Banka.
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MND-N,
Orasje, distinguishes |
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Orasje - About 100 SFOR soldiers
deployed April 6 in the centre town of Orasje to enter the local
agency of the Hercegovacka Banka (HB). The operation was done on
request from the Federation government and the Office of the High
Representative (OHR).
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The
operation in MND-SE |
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Mostar - A major part of the activity
and nearly all the violent response against the April 6 operation
of OHR, IPTF and SFOR personnel took place in Multinational Division
- Southeast area of responsibility (AOR).
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All
quiet in MND-SW |
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BiH Southwest - The operation launched
by the Office of the High representative (OHR), on May 06 to carry
out a search of Hercegovacka Banka head office and agencies went
off without incidents in the Multinational division Southwest.
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Weapons
Site Consolidated |
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Busovaca - Multinational Division
- Southwest (MND-SW) assisted the VF-H April 6, in Vitez and Busovaca,
where two weapon storage sites were not guarded to SFOR's standard.
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COMSFOR,
High representative address Mostar, Grude unrest |
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Sarajevo - Top officials from the
international organisations responded to a demonstration by approximately
1,000 disgruntled protesters that resulted in total chaos and disarray
on the streets of Mostar and other areas April 6.
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Italian
Battle Group offers helping hand |
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Sokolac - Members of the Italian
Battle Group delivered a load of much-needed medical supplies to
a medical treatment facility in Sokolac March 27. Italian Lt. Col.
Giuseppe Bisogni, Sanitary Service director, spearheaded this humanitarian
effort.
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Belgian
Shepherds, German soldiers |
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Rajlovac - An Albanian company
carries out security tasks in Rajlovac. But even though three Albanian
soldiers guard the entrance of the German Battle Group's camp, they
are not alone in this responsibility. The German Dog Unit is also
present.
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International
community to hand over BiH air space |
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Sarajevo - SFOR has been in charge
of BiH air space since 1996, in accordance with the General Framework
Agreement for Peace (GFAP). Implementation of a specific plan that
outlines the transition process is now underway.
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The
guns of Glamoc |
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One hundred and fifty-six men and
women from the Nordpol Battle Group (NPBG) were deployed in Glamoc
April 1-6 for the Baltic Resolve exercise. A live-fire exercise
concluded the week on April 5. Indisputably, the Leopards were the
stars.
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Soldiers
in the Spotlight |
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Alexander and Vassili Soshenko,
both master sergeants, start their second tour in Bosnia and Herzegovina
with the 1st Peacekeeping Russian Separate Airborne Brigade (PRSAB)
in Ugljevik.
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