Word: bosnia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. Dzemal Bijedic, 60, Premier of Yugoslavia; in a plane crash; near Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. The son of Moslem shopkeepers, Bijedic joined the Communist Youth Movement and in World War II fought the Nazis as a member of Tito's Partisans. He became a politician in his native Bosnia-Herzegovina, and was appointed Prime Minister by President Tito...
...portable radio station. They stole a truck from a mineral-water bottling plant, hoisted the red-and-white checkerboard flag of Croatia, and drove 375 miles south. The band presumably expected to find popular support among the Croats, who make up the majority of the population in western Bosnia, a Ustaše stronghold during World...
Conceivably the Ustaše hoped its foray into Bosnia would trigger a wave of sympathetic demonstrations on behalf of the accused separatists. If so, the plan misfired badly. Instead of aiding the defendants, the raid came as a windfall for the prosecution; it gave credence to Belgrade's repeated accusation that Croat "chauvinists" at home are linked with Croat extremists in exile. In fact, the timing of the incident was so convenient for the prosecution that it prompted speculation-so far unconfirmed -that the Yugoslav secret police, who have heavily infiltrated the Ustaše, may have lured...
...immediate sign that Moscow is planning an invasion. Moreover, while the Czechoslovaks declared in advance that they would not resist a Warsaw Pact invasion, the Yugoslavs have made it clear that they would fight. They have scheduled autumn maneuvers of their own in the rugged mountains of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The war games, the biggest since 1945, will stress cooperation between newly organized guerrilla bands and the regular army. The Yugoslavs are especially anxious about the possibility of a new outbreak of fighting in the Middle East. They fear that the Soviets might seize on such a situation...
...will be required to answer questions in the Assembly, and the Cabinet will have the right to resign if the ministers feel that they cannot carry out their programs. The new Premier is Djemal Bijedic, 54, a Moslem who has been assembly president of the poor southern republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina...