KARADZIC THREATENS GORAZDE'S MOSLEMS MUST LAY DOWN ARMS

ZAGREB, Apr 16 (Hina) - During his visit to the city of Banja Luka (under Serb control, northwestern Bosnia-Herzegovina) Bosnian Serbs' leader Radovan Karadzic said that Serb forces had not penetrated Gorazde (eastern Bosnia-Herzegovina), but they held almost all strategic positions around the town, broadcast the Belgrade radio on Saturday evening. Karadzic also said that he believed airstrikes on Bosnian Serbs' positions would be still carried out. According to Karadzic, there were some 15,000 Moslem soldiers in Gorazde. He stressed that for Bosnian Serbs Gorazde was not a safe haven, but a military stronghold. He demanded that Moslems should hand over their arms to the UN adding "If they do not hand over them to the UN, we will force them to give them to us." 162118 MET apr 94