PALE MEDIA INCITE TENSION

SARAJEVO/PALE, Aug 28 (Hina) - In the wake of incidents which took place in the north-eastern Bosnian Serb towns of Brcko and Bijeljina on Thursday morning, the media controlled by Pale authorities began an open campaign against the international community and NATO in Bosnia-Herzegovina, calling them occupation forces. A radio station in Bijeljina has been broadcasting "incendiary" statements by officials of the Serb Democratic Party and the Radical Party throughout the day. Speaking to a protest gathering in front of the Interior Ministry building in Pale, Premier Gojko Klickovic called to the defense of Republika Srpska from Biljana Plavsic. Police loyal to Bosnian Serb president Plavsic this morning took control of some police stations in the northern part of the Bosnian Serb entity, but the situation in Bijeljina and Brcko remains unclear. In a broadcast from Brcko, Pale television showed crowds of people in front of a Stabilization Force station. Improvised barricades could be seen. SFOR in Sarajevo has not confirmed reports on open confrontations between civilians and NATO soldiers which Pale media continue to reiterate. (hina) ha 281617 MET aug 97