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October, 1992: UN Investigator Says Bosnian Muslims Are ‘Threatened with Extermination’

The Bosnian Serbs have the upper hand in their war with the Bosnian Muslims and Croats. A UN human rights investigator warns that the Bosnian Muslims are “virtually threatened with extermination” unless they are helped by outside forces. But a UN weapons embargo is still in place. [Los Angeles Times, 4/5/1996]