<P> The Bosnian government lobbied to have the arms embargo lifted , but that was opposed by the United Kingdom , France and Russia . U.S. proposals to pursue this policy were known as lift and strike . The US congress passed two resolutions calling for the embargo to be lifted but both were vetoed by President Bill Clinton for fear of creating a rift between the US and the aforementioned countries . Nonetheless , the United States used both `` black '' C - 130 transports and back channels , including Islamist groups , to smuggle weapons to Bosnian - Muslim forces , as well as allowed Iranian - supplied arms to transit through Croatia to Bosnia . However , in light of widespread NATO opposition to American ( and possibly Turkish ) endeavors in coordinating the `` black flights of Tuzla '' , the United Kingdom and Norway expressed disapproval of these measures and their counterproductive effects on NATO enforcement of the arms embargo . </P>
<P> The Bosnian government lobbied to have the arms embargo lifted , but that was opposed by the United Kingdom , France and Russia . U.S. proposals to pursue this policy were known as lift and strike . The US congress passed two resolutions calling for the embargo to be lifted but both were vetoed by President Bill Clinton for fear of creating a rift between the US and the aforementioned countries . Nonetheless , the United States used both `` black '' C - 130 transports and back channels , including Islamist groups , to smuggle weapons to Bosnian - Muslim forces , as well as allowed Iranian - supplied arms to transit through Croatia to Bosnia . However , in light of widespread NATO opposition to American ( and possibly Turkish ) endeavors in coordinating the `` black flights of Tuzla '' , the United Kingdom and Norway expressed disapproval of these measures and their counterproductive effects on NATO enforcement of the arms embargo . </P>
who did the us support in the bosnian war
who did the us support in the bosnian war
Bosnian - Muslim forces
Bosnian - Muslim forces