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From: Carl Rochelle/CNN Subject: NATO Leaders Consider Latest Bosnia Violence The North Atlantic Council of NATO, meeting in Brussels today, is considering a number of options to deal with the latest violence in Bosnia. Sources at the talks tell CNN that one option could involve shutting down some media outlets there that may be inciting or encouraging local residents to attack or confront troops that are part of the so-called "stabilization forces," also known as SFOR. There were reports that a radio station encouraged the confrontation that took place Thursday at Brcko in Bosnia where mobs of Bosnian Serbs, egged on by their leaders, hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails at U.S. peacekeeping troops, injuring two soldiers. The sources say the options range from more warnings to shutting down the broadcast station completely. If a broadcast station is trying to rally people for a demonstration, encouraging them to throw rocks or commit some other violence against the stabilization forces, the sources say it is no longer considered to be a media outlet. At that point, they say, it becomes a "command and control" operation providing guidance and options. Such an operation would likely be taken off the air. The sources also said the North Atlantic Council is considering how to deal with propaganda in media outlets that are attempting to influence the outcome of the elections scheduled in Bosnia for Sept. 13-14. In Other News:Friday Aug. 29, 1997 Albright Will Visit Middle East Next Month Starr Wins A Round On Foster Notes President Clinton's Labor Day Message Clinton Names Foley As Envoy To Japan L.A. Council Member Faces Cocaine Charges Black Farmers Sue USDA Over Loans
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