The Serbian-led Yugoslav national army, which controls Croatian airspace, apparently made an exception to allow the plane to land, officials said.

Four months ago, local Serbs and Serbian irregular troops seized control and held the area without any support from the Yugoslav national army.

Strewn in the rubble were pieces of shells, mines and detonators bearing the markings of the Yugoslav national army.

Then, in the early morning hours of 5 March 1998, the village of Prekaz was attacked again by the large forces of Yugoslav national army and police.

A major, if unstated, component of the Slovenes' strategy appeared to be their hope of splintering the 180,000-man Yugoslav national army.

Serbs backed by units of the Yugoslav national army have opened two new fronts in the fighting since the latest Yugoslav cease-fire was signed a week ago.

The fighting increased as the Tuesday deadline approached for the withdrawal of the Serbian-controlled Yugoslav national army from Bosnia.

Armored units of the Yugoslav national army moved into the Okucani area to separate the warring sides on Saturday.

Is the Yugoslav national army willing to fight, and if so, for whom?

It wa used by Turkish caravans and merchants, later Serbian and Yugoslav army and the inhabitants of this region to link with the world.