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(3 Mar 1995) Natural Sound
As Croatian president Franjo Tudjman's deadline approaches for the withdrawal of U-N peacekeepers, fears have been mounting of a renewed conflict in the Balkans.
Serb troops in the self-proclaimed "Republic of Krajina" in Croatia have been digging fortifications in preparation for a Croatian offensive.
Failing a last-minute change of heart from President Tudjman, peacekeepers will have to begin leaving Croatia when their mandate expires at the end of this month.
U-N troops have managed to hold together a shaky truce between Serbian and Croat forces since the end of a six-month war in 1991.
But Tudjman is angry that the blue berets have failed to disarm the Serbian fighters controlling a large swathe of Croatian territory.
Serbian soldiers fear that once the peacekeepers are out of the way Tudjman will send his army against their enclave.
Such a move is viewed as high risk. The Serbs have taken advantage of the truce to arm themselves and there are fears it could spark a full-scale Balkan war.
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