Bosnian Croats and Serbs waved and cheered as the Americans made their way south.
The leader of the Bosnian Croats says that his forces will advance into rebel territory until the Serbs agree to peace.
About 30, 000 Croatian Serbs are in the Serb part of Bosnia and 70, 000 Bosnian Croats are in Croatia, according to United Nations figures.
Virtually all Bosnian Croats, who account for perhaps 14% of the population, hold Croatian citizenship, as do many others who can claim a Croatian link.
He helped forge an uneasy federation between Bosnian Muslims and Croats, to offset the Serb onslaught.
Elsewhere in the war-riddled region, the joint offensive by the predominantly Muslim Bosnian government and Croats continues to refrain from attacking the Serb stronghold, Banja Luka.
The Dayton accords, which ended the Bosnian war, formalised the division of the country into two parts: a Serb entity and a federation of Croats and Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims).
The Bosnian war claimed about 200, 000 lives, and many Bosnian Muslims, Serbs and Croats see NATO troops as a guarantee that the conflict will not erupt again.
Last year the pair formed a shadow Bosnian cabinet with three Serbs, three Muslims and two Croats.
Jorda admitted that most of the indicted suspects were Serbs but said the court had never been asked to pursue an equal number of Serbs, Croats and Moslems for crimes committed during the Bosnian war and more recently, in Kosovo.
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And it has successfully prosecuted both Croats and Muslims, as well as Serbs, for crimes in the earlier, Bosnian war.
Last week British troops snatched two Bosnian Serbs, who between them had run a network of prison camps in which Muslims and Croats were tortured and murdered.
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