Original sentence: In July 1990, the Serb-dominated Vukovar Municipal Assembly came into conflict with the seceding Croatian national government when it refused to endorse the controversial new Constitution of Croatia, which downgraded the political status of the country's Serb minority.Militant propaganda from both Belgrade and Zagreb added to the tension, radicalising many of the local population and encouraging each side to view the other in the worst possible light.Milošević sought to support the efforts of the rebel Serb communities to secede from an independent Croatia and associate with a Serb-dominated Yugoslavia.Tensions were further inflamed by the actions of hardline members of the ruling HDZ who carried out attacks against Serb civilians and property.The assembly was dominated by the League of Communists of Croatia
Edited sentence: In July 1990, the Serb-dominated Vukovar Municipal Assembly provoked conflict with the seceding Croatian national government, counting on the support of the Serb dominated JNA.Militant propaganda from Belgrade raised the tensions on both sides and neighbours turned against each other.Milošević sought to support the efforts of the rebel Serb communities to secede from an independent Croatia and associate with a Serb-dominated Yugoslavia to form Greater Serbia