Informed Sources: May 31, 1993

World War III in Miniature

U.S. intelligence sources say the three main factions involved in the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina have hired nearly 20,000 foreign mercenaries since 1991 -- including some Americans. The marauding Bosnian Serbs have hired technical experts from Romania and Greece as well as fighting Russian cossacks; the Croat forces have recruited Canadian and American soldiers of fortune; and the Muslim forces have brought in mercenaries, not surprisingly, from Islamic countries -- Iran, Pakistan and Turkey.

The Pyongyang-Jerusalem Connection

According to Israeli sources, Israel and impoverished, still communist North Korea have discussed the possibility of an...

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