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 06/24/1999 Naval
Aviators Claim the Night
06/23/1999 Serbs
Put Up Tough Fight, U.S. Commanders Say
06/23/1999 Clinton
Salutes U.S., Allied Troops
06/22/1999 300
U.S. Aircraft Heading Home
06/21/1999 Cohen
Salutes Triumph Over Tyranny
06/21/1999 NATO
Ends Air War
06/15/1999 Cohen,
Shelton Stress Need for Total Force
06/11/1999 Cohen,
Shelton Say NATO's Patience, Precision Paid Off
06/10/1999 Serb
Withdrawal Begins, NATO Suspends Bombing
06/07/1999: NATO-Yugoslav
Talks Break Down, Air Campaign Continues
WASHINGTON -- Talks broke down over the
weekend between NATO and Yugoslav military leaders in
Kumanovo, Macedonia, and NATO officials vowed to continue
and intensify the air campaign against Yugoslavia until an
agreement is reached.
06/04/1999: Serbs
Fold, U.S. Hopeful for Peace Agreement, but
Wary
WASHINGTON -- Yugoslavia has agreed to a
Kosovo peace plan, but NATO's air campaign will continue
until the alliance can verify Serb forces are pulling out of
the province, President Clinton said here June 3. While
welcoming the move toward peace, he warned of the need for
caution.
06/04/1999: Danger
Pay Set for Some Troops in Italy, Greece,
Hungary
WASHINGTON -- U.S. service members assigned
in certain areas of Italy, Greece and Hungary will receive
imminent danger pay and the tax break that accompanies it,
Pentagon officials said June 2.
06/04/1999: States
Won't Tax Military Members Serving in Combat
Zones
WASHINGTON -- All states and territories
will follow the federal government's lead and not tax
service members serving in the designated combat zones.
President Clinton's April 13 executive order details the
newest ...
06/04/1999: Serbs
Fold, U.S. Hopeful for Peace Agreement, but
Wary
WASHINGTON -- Yugoslavia has agreed to a
Kosovo peace plan, but NATO's air campaign will continue
until the alliance can verify Serb forces are pulling out of
the province, President Clinton said here June 3. While
welcoming the move toward peace, he warned of the need for
caution.
06/03/1999: National
Guard, Red Cross Seek Donations,
Volunteers
FORT DIX, N.J. -- Thanks to the New Jersey
National Guard and the American Red Cross, warehouses at
this Army Reserve post south of Trenton are filled to the
rafters with goods donated to help ethnic Albanian refugees
from Kosovo.
06/03/1999: Clinton
Pledges 7,000 Troops, Cites Duty to Stop
Killings
WASHINGTON -- President Clinton announced
7,000 U.S. service members will deploy as part of a NATO-led
international security force in Kosovo once a peace accord
is reached. Addressing the Air Force Academy graduating
class June 2 in ...
06/02/1999: Cohen
Says: No Peace, No Pause
WOODBRIDGE, Va. -- NATO will not pause its
ever-more intensive air strikes against Serb forces, Defense
Secretary William S. Cohen said here June 1. "A pause would
only serve [Yugoslav President Slobodan] ...
06/01/1999: NATO-U.S.
Resolve Steadfast in Campaign Against
Milosevic
WASHINGTON -- NATO will soon have 1,000
aircraft "coming at Serbia from all angles," Defense
Secretary William Cohen said May 28. "I am increasingly
confident Š [Yugoslav President Slobodan] Milosevic is on a
descending slope." ...
05/26/1999: Robust,
Ready Peacekeeping Force Needed Soon
WASHINGTON -- An international peacekeeping
force with NATO at its core must soon be pre-staged, ready
to rapidly enter Kosovo after a peace agreement is achieved,
according to U.S. and NATO defense officials.
05/26/1999: More
Planes, Better Weather Mean More Strikes
WASHINGTON -- More planes and better weather
have stepped up the pace of NATO's air campaign against
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's military, according
to U.S. officials here.
05/20/1999: NATO
Planners Double Kosovo Peace Force Size to
50,000
WASHINGTON -- NATO military authorities now
say a larger Kosovo peace implementation force will be
needed once a peace agreement is reached. Initially, the
force known as "KFOR" was to include about 28,000 ...
05/20/1999: NATO
Pummels Serb Military, Damage Toll High
WASHINGTON -- In the past two months, U.S.
and NATO fighters have flown more than 6,000 combat sorties
over Yugoslavia and dropped 14,200 bombs on Serb air
defenses, airfields, roads, bridges, ground forces and other
military targets.
05/20/1999: NATO
Air War Stirs Serb Dissent Against Milosevic
Regime
WASHINGTON -- NATO's air campaign is
working: Public dissent against Yugoslav President Slobodan
Milosevic's Kosovo policy is growing within Serbia,
according to senior U.S. and NATO officials.
05/19/1999: Serb
"Human Shield" Ploys Are War Crimes, U.S. Envoy
Says
WASHINGTON -- The Serbs have taken the war
crime of using human shields to new extremes in Kosovo, a
senior U.S. official told reporters May 18 at NATO
headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Yugoslav President
Slobodan Milosevic has a history of putting ...
05/18/1999: NATO,
U.S. Claim Milosevic Uses Refugees as Human
Shields
WASHINGTON -- Ethnic Albanian refugees
allegedly killed during a NATO raid in Kosovo last week may
have been deliberately put in harm's way to serve as human
shields, according to Pentagon spokesman Ken
Bacon.
05/14/1999: Clinton
Says Future Peace Rides on Kosovo Success
WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of thousands have
died in Rwanda. Trouble still bubbles in the Middle East.
Chechnya remains a Russian hotspot along with Abkhazia and
Ossetia. In Africa, Eritrea is fighting with Ethiopia.
Northern ...
05/13/1999: Cohen,
Shelton Catalog NATO Progress, Yugoslav
Hedging
WASHINGTON -- NATO warplanes delivered the
heaviest attacks yet in the air campaign against Yugoslavia,
Defense Secretary William S. Cohen said May 12 during a
Pentagon news conference. Cohen said NATO remains united
against Yugoslav President ...
05/12/1999: Serbs
Not Pulling Out; DoD Urges Passage of Spending
Bill
WASHINGTON -- NATO has seen no evidence of a
Serb-purported partial pullout of forces from Kosovo, but
even if there were evidence, "partial" isn't enough, Defense
Secretary William S. Cohen said May 11.
05/12/1999: Proud
to Be an American: Witness to Kosovars'
Arrival
Special to the American Forces Press Service
MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, N.J. -- I was on the flight line
helping escort about 325 reporters when Tower Air 747, call
sign Kosovo One, touched down May 5 at 4:18
p.m.
05/11/1999: Cohen:
Accidental Embassy Bombing Won't Halt Allied
Force
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary William S.
Cohen said NATO's Allied Force air campaign will continue
despite mistakes that led to the May 7 bombing of the
Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
05/11/1999: U.S.
Soldiers Ambushed in Macedonia, Beaten by Serb
Captors
Special to the American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON -- The three U.S. soldiers recently released by
the Serbs have confirmed they were ambushed and captured
March 31 inside Macedonia, not Yugoslavia.
05/11/1999: More
Aircraft, Personnel Set for Allied Force
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary William
Cohen signed an order deploying 176 more fighter and tanker
aircraft to support NATO's Operation Allied Forces, Pentagon
spokesman Ken Bacon said May 7.
05/05/1999: Crash
Claims First U.S. Deaths; Clinton Meets
Troops
WASHINGTON -- Two soldiers killed May 4 in
the crash of their Apache helicopter in Albania are the
first U.S. troops to die in the NATO air offensive against
Yugoslavia. President Clinton, in Spangdahlem, Germany, May
5 to visit ...
05/04/1999: General
Details Typical Combat Pilot's Day
WASHINGTON -- Flying combat in Operation
Allied Force is tough, dangerous business, said Air Force
Maj. Gen. Charles Wald, vice director for strategic plans
and policy with the Joint Staff.
04/29/1999: More
B-52s Join Allied Force Mission
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary William
Cohen and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen.
Henry Shelton announced sending 13 more Air Force planes --
including 10 B-52s -- to support Operation Allied Force
during a Pentagon news conference, April 29.
04/27/1999: President
Calls-up Reservists, AF Authorized
Stop/Loss
WASHINGTON -- Up to 33,102 reserve component
members can be called to active duty for Operation Allied
Force under a presidential selected reserve call-up signed
April 27 by President Clinton. The call-up order authorizes
the mobilization of reservists for up to 270 days.
04/27/1999: 30
Aerial Refuelers Ordered to Allied Force
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary William S.
Cohen has ordered 30 "KC-135 equivalents" for duty with
Operation Allied Force, Pentagon officials announced April
26. Allied Force planners will use the tanker aircraft to
increase ...
04/26/1999: Allied
Force Chief Cites Success
WASHINGTON -- Thirty-one days into Operation
Allied Force, NATO's operational commander praised the
service members taking part and said their efforts have
significantly degraded Yugoslavia's military and security
apparatus and infrastructure.
04/26/1999: Clinton
Calls for Vigor, Patience
WASHINGTON -- It will take vigor and
patience, but NATO's air campaign will prevail over Yugoslav
President Slobodan Milosevic's forces, President Clinton
said here April 24. "We are doing what needs to be done here
with great vigor, ...
04/26/1999: NATO
Considers Naval Blockade to Halt Milosevic's
Oil
WASHINGTON -- No fuel, no go. It's that
simple. So, NATO intends to starve Yugoslav President
Slobodan Milosevic's tanks, armored personnel carriers and
other military vehicles. As allied air strikes continue
hitting oil refineries and fuel ...
04/26/1999: Allied
Force Chief Cites Success
WASHINGTON -- Thirty-one days into Operation
Allied Force, NATO's operational commander praised the
service members taking part and said their efforts have
significantly degraded Yugoslavia's military and security
apparatus and infrastructure.
04/23/1999: Six
Airlines Lift Fare Penalties for Allied Force
Troops
WASHINGTON -- Six major airlines have agreed
to waive no-refund policies and trip-change penalties
against U.S. service members whose leave travel is affected
by Operation Allied Force, according to Air Force
officials.
04/23/1999: NATO
Cites Demands on Milosevic, Resolve to
Prevail
WASHINGTON -- Before marking NATO's birth 50
years ago, allied leaders dealt with the issue at hand --
Kosovo. NATO's anniversary summit opened April 23 with an
early morning working session focused on the Kosovo crisis,
followed by a ...
04/23/1999: NATO
Expands Target List, Reserve Call-up Near
WASHINGTON -- NATO has expanded its target
list in Yugoslavia to electric power transformers supplying
command and control centers near Belgrade, Pentagon
spokesman Ken Bacon said April 23.
04/23/1999: Air
Campaign Pounds Yugoslavs, Milosevic; Withers
Morale
WASHINGTON -- Further evidence of declining
Yugoslavian army and police morale under NATO air attacks
was released April 22 by DoD officials here. During a
Pentagon news conference, Rear Adm. Thomas Wilson,
...
04/22/1999: Clamor
Leads to U.S. Hot Line for Kosovar Relief
Drives
WASHINGTON -- A toll-free federal telephone
hot line, 1-800- USAID-RELIEF is open now to direct callers
to private humanitarian organizations providing relief to
Kosovar refugees. President Clinton announced the hot line
April 21, saying the ...
04/21/1999: Gitmo's
On Call to Support Kosovar Refugees
WASHINGTON -- By many accounts, Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has gotten a bum rap. When the United
States announced plans to house 20,000 Kosovar refugees at
"Gitmo" in a mission dubbed Operation Sustain Hope,
...
04/21/1999: Clinton
Sets Kosovo Emergency Funding at $6
Billion
WASHINGTON -- President Clinton has asked
Congress for $6 billion to finance continuing air operations
and humanitarian missions in the Balkans. DoD's share of the
package is $5.458 billion. Items include $3.6 ...
04/20/1999: Reserve
Call-up Request to Go to President
WASHINGTON -- A call-up request for U.S.
reserve forces to support Operation Allied Force in Europe
will soon go to the president, Pentagon officials said April
19. Officials also said the emergency supplemental bill to
fund ...
04/19/1999: U.S.
Military Mounts Massive Relief Drive for
Kosovars
WASHINGTON -- Television reports show the
direful situation: hundreds of thousands of Kosovar refugees
who fled their homeland living in makeshift border camps in
Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia. Defense
Department officials estimate up ...
04/16/1999: Clinton
Signs Order Declaring Yugoslavia Combat
Zone
WASHINGTON -- President Clinton signed the
executive order April 13 declaring the area around
Yugoslavia a combat zone. This gives U.S. service members
serving in Operation Allied Force some tax
breaks.
04/16/1999: NATO
Apologizes for Bombing Accident, Details
Precautions
WASHINGTON -- NATO officials admitted
responsibility for an accidental convoy bombing that
resulted in the deaths of 64 ethnic Albanian Kosovar
refugees. NATO spokesman Jamie Shea said the alliance
regrets the deaths ...
04/14/1999: NATO
Requests 300 More U.S. Aircraft for Allied
Force
WASHINGTON -- NATO's top military commander
has asked the United States for more aircraft for use in the
Operation Allied Force air campaign against Yugoslavia. U.S.
Army Gen. Wesley Clark, supreme allied commander Europe,
...
04/13/1999: USO
Responds to Military Crisis in Kosovo
Special to the American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON -- USO Centers in Europe are increasing their
services to accommodate the influx of service members
deployed for NATO's Operation Allied Force in
Yugoslavia.
04/13/1999: Red
Cross Supports POWs, Troops in Kosovo
WASHINGTON -- It was a busy day at the
American Red Cross' Armed Forces Emergency Service Center in
Falls Church, Va. Kirsten Teumer sat at a telephone station
responding to the typical array of calls that pour into the
center every day.
04/13/1999: NATO
Cracking Serb Army, Police Morale, Cohen
Says
WASHINGTON -- Eroding Serb army and police
morale is leading to more desertions as NATO continues its
air campaign in Yugoslavia, Defense Secretary William Cohen
said April 12 at a news conference at Barksdale Air Force
Base, La.
04/13/1999: Clinton
Promises Allied Force Tax Relief
WASHINGTON -- U.S. service members taking
part in Operation Allied Force will be earning tax-free pay
once President Clinton issues an executive order he promised
to sign April 12.
04/12/1999: Clinton
Says NATO Will Prevail Against Milosevic
WASHINGTON -- President Clinton told service
members gathered at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., that
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic "should be under no
illusions that we will end [the air campaign] from
weariness. We are determined to continue on ...
04/12/1999: U.S.
Sending 82 More Aircraft to Join NATO
Forces
WASHINGTON -- A total of 82 more U.S.
aircraft will join NATO's Operation Allied Force air
campaign against Yugoslavia, DoD officials announced April
10. air support aircraft, six EA-6B Prowlers, 39 KC-135
tankers, two ...
04/12/1999: Safety,
Accuracy Key to NATO Air Strikes
AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- Since NATO
launched Operation Allied Force March 24, this Italian air
base about 50 miles north of Venice has been a hub of
activity as maintenance crews, ammo loaders and other
support personnel ready steel ...
04/09/1999: Defense
Leaders Salute "Guardians of Liberty"
AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- Defense ministers,
military leaders and congressmen hailed the military men and
women here supporting NATO's Operation Allied Force as
"guardians of liberty." ...
04/09/1999: Cohen,
Congress Members Visit Airlifters
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- It takes about
four hours for a U.S. Air Force C-130 transport to fly from
here to Italy, pick up a load of supplies and carry it to
Albania. Each day, 86th Airlift Wing crews here make the
journey to help ...
04/09/1999: NATO
Holds, So Ask Milosevic When He'll Fold
WASHINGTON -- The answer to when NATO will
stop its bombing campaign against Serbia lies with Yugoslav
President Slobodan Milosevic, said Air Force Maj. Gen.
Charles Wald, vice director of strategic plans for the Joint
Staff.
04/08/1999: Progress
Made on Aerial, Refugee Fronts
WASHINGTON -- Operation Allied Force pilots
flew more than 400 sorties April 7, attacking 28 targets in
Serbia and Kosovo, NATO officials said, and the pilots had a
"major breakthrough" in attacking Serb armored vehicles in
the ...
04/07/1999: Cohen
Praises Service Members for Allied Force
Performance
WASHINGTON -- U.S. service members are doing
an outstanding job in both the military and humanitarian
missions of Operation Allied Force, said Defense Secretary
William S. Cohen.
04/07/1999: More
Power Planned for Allied Force
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- More planes. More
power. More pressure. That's what the United States and NATO
have planned for Operation Allied Force. "NATO forces are
beginning to inflict increasing damage on ...
04/07/1999: Cohen
Says NATO's Resolve Firm
WASHINGTON -- Each day the allied air
campaign against Yugoslavia's military continues, NATO's
determination to end the conflict grows stronger, according
to Defense Secretary William S. Cohen.
04/06/1999: Allied
Air Missions Showing Results
WASHINGTON -- Allied air operations in
Yugoslavia increased for the second day as pilots pounded
fuel depots, Serb command and control facilities, air
defense sites and Yugoslavian army and special police
units.
04/06/1999: Air
Ops in Yugoslavia Pick Up; Apaches to
Albania
WASHINGTON -- A night of clear skies gave
Operation Allied Force airmen the chance to hit many targets
throughout Yugoslavia, NATO and U.S. spokesmen said April 5.
Officials said all NATO planes returned safely despite a
...
04/05/1999: Pentagon
Sends in Carrier Battle Group
WASHINGTON -- Pentagon officials announced
April 3 that Defense Secretary William S. Cohen had directed
the Theodore Roosevelt battle group to remain in the
Mediterranean to support Operation Allied
Force.
04/05/1999: DoD
Airlifts Rations to Balkans
WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department is
airlifting 500,000 humanitarian daily rations to the
Balkans, and more are ready to go if needed, according to
the Pentagon's top logistician.
04/02/1999: More
U.S. Fighters Join NATO Air Campaign
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary William S.
Cohen has directed 12 more F-117 stealth fighters to join
NATO Operation Allied Force, Pentagon officials announced
here April 1.
04/02/1999: Geneva
Convention Applies to Captive Soldiers
WASHINGTON -- The Geneva Convention covers
the three U.S. soldiers now being held in Serb custody,
according to Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon. "We consider them
to be prisoners of war," Bacon said here ...
04/02/1999: Clinton,
Cohen, Clark Warn Milosevic, Salute
Troops
WASHINGTON -- "President Milosevic should
make no mistake," President Clinton warned April 1. "The
United States takes care of our own." The "dictator of
Serbia" will be held accountable for the ...
04/01/1999: Serb
Forces Abduct Three U.S. Soldiers
WASHINGTON -- Yugoslav forces abducted three
noncombatant American soldiers patrolling, March 31, on the
border of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Belgrade television displayed photos of their badly beaten
faces.
04/01/1999: U.S.
Military to Provide Refugee Aid
WASHINGTON -- The United States is gearing
up to help the international relief effort in the Balkans,
Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon said March 31. President
Clinton has allocated an additional $50 million ...
03/31/1999: No
"Knock-out Punch," Just Compelling Force
WASHINGTON -- NATO has not delivered a
"knock-out punch" to Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic,
but the 19-nation alliance has done "one hell of a lot" in
seven days, according to NATO's operational
spokesman.
03/31/1999: Serbs
Destroy Refugees' Identity Papers
WASHINGTON -- Serb border guards are
systematically confiscating and destroying Kosovar refugees'
birth certificates, marriage licenses, property deeds and
other public documents, according to NATO
officials.
03/31/1999: U.S.,
NATO Turn Thumbs Down on Milosevic Offer
WASHINGTON -- President Clinton, British
Prime Minister Tony Blair, German Chancellor Gerhard
Schroeder, French President Jacques Chirac and other NATO
leaders have rejected a March 29 Yugoslav proposal to end
the fighting ...
03/31/1999: No
Silver Bullet to Stop Serb Aggression
WASHINGTON -- NATO air forces continue to
pound the Yugoslav military despite bad weather, but there
is "no silver bullet" to stop ethnic cleansing, according to
senior U.S. defense chiefs. Although NATO has not been able
to use all its available ...
03/30/1999: Serb
Terror, Ethnic Cleansing Reach New
Heights
WASHINGTON -- A "modern-day great terror" is
sweeping Kosovo as Serb-inflicted ethnic cleansing reaches
new heights, NATO spokesman Jamie Shea said on Day 7 of
NATO's air campaign against Yugoslav military
forces.
03/30/1999: Refugee
Exodus Spurs NATO Strikes
WASHINGTON -- NATO is expanding its
around-the-clock air campaign against Yugoslav President
Slobodan Milosevic's forces in a race to stop his "murderous
ways," Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon said here March
29.
03/30/1999: U.S.
Commits More Air Power to Allied Force
WASHINGTON -- The United States is adding
more planes to its contingent of more than 250 aircraft and
7,300 service members supporting NATO Operation Allied
Force. Defense Secretary William S. Cohen has ordered five
B-1B ...
03/29/1999: NATO's
Allied Force Tightening the Noose on
Serbs
WASHINGTON -- NATO is tightening the noose
around the Serb war machine, NATO spokesman Jamie Shea said
March 29. "It's true that President [Slobodan] Milosevic is
tenacious, but so are we." Operation Allied Force is being
effective, Shea said. "The mission is ...
03/29/1999: Kosovo
Matters Because Europe Matters, Cohen and Shelton
Say
WASHINGTON -- Why is Kosovo, a small Serb
province thousands of miles away, important to America?
Defense Secretary William S. Cohen and U.S. Army Gen. Hugh
...
03/28/1999: Stealth
Pilot OK, NATO Mission Intensifies
WASHINGTON -- The American Stealth fighter
pilot shot down over Yugoslavia is in good shape and in safe
hands, NATO officials announced March 28. He is "actively
engaged in working through the events of ...
03/28/1999: Stealth
Fighter Down in Yugoslavia, Pilot Rescued
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. F-117 Stealth fighter
went down outside of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, March 27. A U.S.
combat search and rescue team picked up the pilot several
hours after the crash, and all returned safely to an
undisclosed ...
03/26/1999: Allied
Force Aircraft Continue Bombing Campaign
WASHINGTON -- Most NATO air attacks on
Yugoslavia hit the country's air defense network, but some
20 percent struck army and special police units in Kosovo,
Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon said March 25.
03/25/1999: Allied
Force Pilots Down Three Serb Fighters
WASHINGTON -- NATO forces struck more than
40 military targets and shot down three Serb fighters March
24 during the first wave of air attacks aimed at ending the
Kosovo crisis.
03/25/1999: First
NATO Strikes Aimed at Serb Air Defenses
WASHINGTON -- The first wave of NATO
Operation Allied Force primarily targeted Yugoslavia's
extensive air defense system, according to the Pentagon's
top leaders. "The air defense system in Yugoslavia is very
capable and ...
03/24/1999: NATO
Attacks Serbs to Stop Kosovo Killings
WASHINGTON -- U.S. forces along with their
NATO allies have started an air campaign against Serbia,
President Clinton announced March 24. While Clinton spoke,
correspondents in the Kosovo capital ...
03/24/1999: NATO
Orders Air Strikes to End "Humanitarian
Catastrophe"
WASHINGTON -- With the collapse of
diplomatic efforts March 23, NATO ordered its top military
commander to conduct air strikes against Yugoslav President
Slobodan Milosevic's military and special police
forces.
03/24/1999: U.S.,
NATO Pilots Face Air Defense Threat
WASHINGTON -- If NATO air strikes are
ordered, U.S. and NATO pilots will face a serious air
defense threat in Yugoslavia, Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon
said March 23. assembled in Europe, poised to launch air
strikes against ...
03/24/1999: Clinton
Makes Case for Kosovo Intervention
WASHINGTON -- "The Kosovars said yes to
peace; Serbia put 40,000 troops and 300 tanks in and around
Kosovo," and that's why the United States must be part of
the solution there, President Clinton said March
23.
03/24/1999: NATO
Air Strikes Imminent
WASHINGTON -- On the brink of what are
heralded to be swift and severe NATO air strikes, U.S.
officials say its now up to Yugoslav President Slobodan
Milosevic to avert military action.
03/22/1999: Clinton
Says NATO Must Act in Kosovo
WASHINGTON -- NATO must act now that peace
talks have failed to end the Kosovo crisis, President
Clinton said March 18 at a White House press conference. As
Serb forces continued an offensive against ethnic-Albanian
...
07/07/1998: Behind
the Crisis in Kosovo
WASHINGTON -- Kosovo is a land inhabited by
ethnic Albanians and yet regarded by Serbs as
sacred.
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