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By SALLY JACOBSEN; Associated Press Writer
 Thursday, February 10, 1994 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 1A QUICK WORDS: LIFT SIEGE OR BE BOMBED 





BRUSSELS, Belgium -- After months of indecision, NATO allies on Wednesday
warned the Bosnian Serbs to lift their murderous siege of Sarajevo or face air
raids. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The allies' ultimatum gives the Serbs 10 days beginning midnight tonight
Greenwich Mean Time (7 p.m. EST) to withdraw their heavy guns from around the
beleaguered city. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Serbs, apparently seeking to head off NATO air strikes, earlier
arranged a quick cease-fire with the United Nations, pledged to withdraw their
artillery from around the besieged city and put the guns under U.N.
monitoring. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The Serbs have more than 500 heavy guns ringing the Bosnian capital, which
they have been pounding for nearly two years. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 In Washington, President Clinton warned that the NATO ultimatum was no idle
threat. "No one should doubt NATO's resolve," he said. "NATO is now set to
act." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 NATO nations are Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany,
Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain,
Turkey and the United States. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 NATO Secretary-General Manfred Woerner underscored the readiness of the
alliance to act, noting in Brussels that NATO had agreed that no extensions of
the deadline would be given. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "We are not looking to use force," he said. "We prefer negotiated solutions
agreed to by all parties. But we will not hesitate to use force if we have
to." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization warned the Serbs that if they fail
to comply with the deadline, their heavy weapons will "be subject to NATO air
strikes." The deadline ends at midnight GMT (7 p.m. EST) Feb. 20. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 If launched, the NATO air strikes would be the alliance's first offensive
military action in 44 years. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The allies pledged in a statement to carry out raids "against artillery or
mortar positions in and around Sarajevo ... which are determined by (U.N.
peacekeepers) to be responsible for attacks against civilian targets." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Diplomats said Woerner had immediately informed U.N. chief Boutros
Boutros-Ghali of the decision. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Boutros-Ghali had requested authority to call NATO air strikes after a
mortar slammed into a crowded market in Sarajevo last Saturday, killing 68
people and wounding 200. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 In their statement, the allies said the "Bosnian Serbs bear the main
responsibility for the tragic loss of civilian life" as a result of the siege
of Sarajevo. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The U.S.-French plan for an ultimatum had met with some opposition. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Canada, which has some 2,000 peacekeepers in the region, was worried that
any air strikes would invite reprisals from the Serbs and hinder the delivery
of desperately needed humanitarian aid to the war's victims. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 But Canada dropped its opposition "to protect the civilians in Sarajevo and
not to see the repetition of that massacre of the last weekend," Prime
Minister Jean Chretien said in Ottawa. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Greece, which is fearful of the spread of fighting and traditionally
sympathetic toward Serbs, refused to back the statement. Earlier, its
diplomats said they opposed any air strikes in the region, but would not veto
the allies' decision. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Russia, while not a NATO member, has longstanding ties with the Serbs and
opposes air strikes against them. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 To carry out any bombing runs, the alliance may use 70 warplanes from
France, the Netherlands, Turkey, Britain and the United States. Based at
southern European air bases, they now enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The French Defense Ministry said the aircraft carrier Foch, now in Toulon,
has been put on alert to steam to the Adriatic Sea if needed to assist NATO
allies. France is not a member of NATO's integrated command. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader, warned against any air raids. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "We will shoot down every plane we can" if attacked, he said. "In case of
an attack, we cannot guarantee safety to any foreigner who finds himself on
our territory." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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