Whatever the provenance of the soldiers here in western Bosnia, returning refugees say they are finding themselves again terrorized by local troops.

The number of refugees from western Bosnia is unknown.

Mortar explosions were also reported in eastern and western Bosnia.

The unit began as a ramshackle group of soldiers, made up largely of refugees from western Bosnia.

Two sites were in central or western Bosnia and the third was about 12 miles south of Sarajevo.

"It looks like western Bosnia when I went there in 1992."

However, the federal army yesterday launched air raids and armoured attacks in western Bosnia, which has seen some of the heaviest fighting.

He was traveling from a meeting of Bosnian Serb leaders in western Bosnia.

In western Bosnia, two British soldiers were slightly wounded by a mine explosion on Saturday.

He wants a wider corridor connecting Serbian-held land in eastern and western Bosnia.