He argued that the guns still surrounding Sarajevo were there to protect Serbs living in the capital's suburbs and could not be withdrawn.

There are hundreds of Bosnian Serb heavy weapons, including tanks, hidden in the hills surrounding Sarajevo.

But for the Muslims, the report said, "the very idea of dividing the area surrounding Sarajevo from the city itself is inconceivable."

But in the course of a day on the hills surrounding Sarajevo, only about 22 pieces of Serbian artillery were seen being stored or withdrawn.

Flying over the hills surrounding Sarajevo, one is struck by the seemingly infinite number of potential artillery emplacements.

The caution also seems right when it comes to air strikes against Serbian gun emplacements on the Bosnian hills surrounding Sarajevo.

The mediators slightly enlarged the province surrounding Sarajevo, insuring that it would have a Muslim majority.

For years, the Dzirlo family has spent fall Sundays hiking in the mountains surrounding Sarajevo.

For 15 months, since Serbian nationalist forces first surrounded Sarajevo, there have been warnings of disaster if the siege is not lifted.

Somehow, some way Baibakov was alive and leading terrorist operations out of the mountains surrounding Sarajevo.