The next Balkan war. (potential conflict over the Serb-controlled Croatian territory of Krajina)

From: National Review | Date: September 6, 1993| Author: Rosenberger, Chandler | Copyright information

The battle for control of Krajina is nothing more than an extension of the Serb objective to establish a 'Greater Serbia' out of Yugoslavia's ruins. The territory is crucial to both Serbia and Croatia in sustaining strategic positions against each other.

While the Serbian and Croatian presidents divide Bosnia between them, their forces on the ground are edging toward another Serb - Croat war, this time over the Serb-held Croatian territory of Krajina.

Serbia seized the...

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