This was (NATO) operation that began on 1993 as the enforcement of a United Nations (UN) no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina, but NATO misused this operation to mix itself in the war. The operation included the first combat engagement in NATO's history, a 28 February 1994 air battle over Banja Luka, and in April 1994, NATO aircraft first bombed ground targets in an operation near Goražde.

It grows in clumps which are often a tangled mass. Some stems are under tension and when cut fly forcefully and dangerously apart, exploding in sharp slivers. SPLIT BAMBOO CAN BE RAZOR SHARP & CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES. The husk at the base of bamboo stems carry small stinging hairs which cause severe skin irritations.