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1995, Jan. 1 |
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The four-month truce went into effect. | 1 |
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Feb. 19 |
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Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic rejected a peace proposal for Bosnia. In the ensuing months, Muslims and Serbs periodically broke the truce, and Bosnian Serbs periodically harassed UN forces. | 2 |
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Aug. 1 |
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NATO threatened another air strike on the Serbs if they would not stop attacking safe zones. | 3 |
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Aug. 4 |
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Croats invaded the Serb republic of Krajina, committing many human rights violations. | 4 |
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Aug. 14 |
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The U.S. proposed a new peace plan for Bosnia, giving more territory to the Serbs than the original plan had allotted. | 5 |
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Aug. 3031 |
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NATO bombed Serb positions near Sarajevo in the biggest military action by NATO to date. | 6 |
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Sept. 8 |
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Bosnian factions agreed to the U.S. peace plan to partition the country and rid Sarajevo altogether of heavy weaponry. On Sept. 26 Serbs, Croats, and Muslims agreed to establish a collective presidency and parliament in Bosnia. On Oct. 12 the formal cease-fire went into effect in Bosnia. Peace talks began between the various leaders on Nov. 1 in the United States. On Nov. 21 the Balkan presidents finally agreed to a peace accord, with NATO acting as a peacekeeper in the split state. On Nov. 27 Pres. Clinton asked the U.S. public and Congress to allow U.S. forces to assist NATO peacekeepers. | 7 |
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Dec. 14 |
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Leaders of the Bosnian factions signed a peace treaty in Paris. | 8 |
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