July 27, 1995:
Reactions from the British and French, including President Clinton, with regards to the Senate decision to unilaterally lift the international arms embargo against Bosnia. Brit Hume reports on President Clinton's commentary featured in a news conference with visiting President Kim. President Clinton commented that the Senate vote is not a defeat of his policy; he made clear that UNPROFOR can still succeed in Bosnia, and discussed the lessons that the UN should draw from Bosnia. Tadeusz Mazowiecki, the UN human rights envoy to the former Yugoslavia, has quit in protest of the United Nations and the Western Allies' hypocrisy.
Ron Allen's report features Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic addressing the Bosnian Muslim refugees on their way out of Zepa. Mladic states in a press conference that all parties to the Bosnia conflict does more common sense, instead of weaponry. It is only women and children that are granted a safe passage out of Zepa. Mladic dismissed the charges that his men have raped and executed fleeing refugees as propaganda, adding that he is the man who defends his people. With a few exceptions, only women and children are granted safe passage out of Zepa. He talks about the Muslim men of fighting age, who are still hiding in the hills surrounding Zepa, and who are at an impasse, with the Serbs still insisting those men should surrender. A few of the wounded men, two of whom give statements, have been taken to a hospital in Sarajevo. A statement by a wounded Bosnian man is included. Footage of Zepa refugees traveling towards Sarajevo, women and children refugees, Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic and his soldiers, and two wounded young men from Zepa, is included.
"Person of the Week" features Justice Richard Goldstone, UN Chief Prosecutor at the War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The report details Goldstone's accomplishments in his native South Africa, and his current efforts in the Yugoslav and Rwandan Tribunal. An excerpt from an interview with Radovan Karadzic by David Frost is featured. Other footage includes archival footage of WWII concentration camps and the Nuremberg trials, Sarajevo, Manjaca camp, Radovan Karadzic and General Ratko Mladic together, the Tribunal investigators in Sarajevo, the Tribunal courtroom in the Hague, residents in Sarajevo running from sniper fire, several Rwanda massacres, and South African soldiers.
July 31, 1995:
Ron Allen reports on Croatian forces, well-equipped with a man power of 50–60,000, preparing to regain Knin. Lt. Col. Andrew Lesli, UN Military Spokesman, comments on the mood among the civilians in the region. Alexander Ivanko, UN spokesman comments on the possibility of a Croatian attack. Bosnian Serbs have warned that Croats will pay for their assault. Footage includes Croatian troops backed by tanks and artillery, Serb refugees fleeing ahead of Croatian troops, Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic in the field, Franjo Tudjman attending a Croatian military parade in May, and destroyed civilian houses. A coalition of 27 human rights, humanitarian, and religious organizations declared that the Western powers must use force to stop the genocide because, in their words, nothing else has worked.
August 1, 1995:
John Cochran reports on the implications of the House vote to lift the arms embargo against the Bosnian Muslim government. Excerpts from the debate in the House, featuring Representative Ike Skelton, Representative Larry Combest, Minority Leader Richard Gephart, and Representative Gerald Solomon, are included. Other footage includes Bosnian government soldiers and UN forces in Bosnia. The NATO military alliance has issued a broader threat to the Bosnian Serbs, which applies not only to Gorazde, but also to Sarajevo, Tuzla, and Bihac.
August 3, 1995:
Ron Allen reports from the Croatian town of Gospic, located a few miles from the frontline, as the Croatian offensive to regain the Serbian Krajina develops. Gospic is the target of the Serb retaliation for the offensive. Brief statements by two civilians from Gospic, Mile Damjanovic and Jasna Malinkovic, and a soldier and civilian from Knin, are featured. Footage includes a Croat military parade, street life in Gospic and Knin.
August 4, 1995:
Two American navy planes launched missiles at a Serbian missile site near Knin, after a Serbian radar locked onto them. A Ron Allen report from Split, Croatia, discusses the progress of the Croatian offensive in Knin. A statement by a Serb leader from Knin is featured. Croatian President Tudjman broadcast a message saying that he was forced to attack what he called "Croatia's occupied territories" because four years of talks have failed. A brief statement by Yasushi Akashi, UN Envoy, is featured. Footage: bombardment of Knin, houses and cars aflame; Serbian TV: wounded children in a hospital, tank aflame, Croatian fighter plane allegedly shot down; panorama of Zagreb during air raid sirens, and Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.
August 5, 1995:
Ron Allen reports from Zagreb, Croatia, on the fall of Petrinja, an industrial center in the North, to Croatian forces. The UN was frustrated at its efforts to monitor the expulsion of tens of thousands of Serb refugees. The UN troops have not only been held back by Croat forces, but many have been endangered and used as human shields. A brief statement by UN Spokesperson Chris Guinness included. In Bosnia, infighting among the Bosnian Serbs continued, resulting in Karadzic taking command of the Army. Mladic claimed the move was illegal. A brief statement by Karadzic is featured. Footage includes the Croatian army entering Petrinja, the Serbs fleeing Croatia, UN soldiers in Croatia, Mladic surrounded by his soldiers, and Croatia's President Franjo Tudjman raising Croatia's flag.