He also recommended air strikes against Serbian positions.
Most nights, commando teams attack Serbian positions in the hope of capturing weapons and ammunition.
In theory, the mortars delivered today could be used to fire back at those Serbian positions.
If you bomb Serbian mortar positions, what good will that do?
There are enormous difficulties with the Serbian position.
The alliance's military authorities have long been planning two separate waves of air strikes aimed at forcing a change in the Serbian position.
They can escalate the conflict by attacking Serbian positions elsewhere, inviting wider war on the ground and air.
Sometimes they have sent a plane soaring over Serbian positions with other allied planes flying close behind.
Officials close to the general say he has been pushed toward greater sympathy for the Serbian position by a number of experiences.
It's already launched numerous air strikes against Serbian positions outside of Sarajevo.
