SERB AND ABDIC'S FORCES LAUNCH FRESH ATTACKS IN WESTERN BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, March 8 (Hina) - Fierce clashes in western Bosnia were still raging in the surroundings of Velika Kladusa where the troops loyal to the local warlord, Moslem separatist Fikret Abdic, and Serb rebels from occupied Croatian areas were carrying out new infantry attacks on the positions of the Bosnian Army. Abdic's troops and Serb forces were trying to break through the Bosnian Army's 5th Corps' defence lines toward Mala Kladusa. UNPROFOR officials were not allowed to move in the crisis area, but UNPROFOR sources in Sarajevo today said no considerable changes of the front lines had occurred on the battlefield. The commander of the UN peace keepers in western Bosnia, Canadian Brigadier Lemieux, was still blocked in the base of the Bangladeshi UN battalion in Velika Kladusa. Brigadier Lemieux was prevented by Abdic's followers from returning to the headquarters in Coralici under the pretext that his passage would be insecure because of the severe fighting. A supply convoy for the 'blue helmets' had been returned toward the Maljevac crossing point under the same pretext. The Bihac battlefront was rather calm where UN military observers recorded just one detonation and sporadic small arms fire in the last 24 hours. (hina) mar mms 081434 MET mar 95