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...wonder why Russian troops are targeting the civilian population of Chechnya [Russia, Jan. 9]. If Chechnya were really part of Russia, why would that nation kill its own ``citizens''? To attack orphanages, women, children or even whole villages is to make this an operation in ethnic cleansing. Oh, poor Chechnya, you have been added to the other victims of the so-called new world order. Before the end of the cold war, the West pretended to be fighting against human-rights violations in the former Soviet Union. It is about time the world says enough is enough...
Longtime emphasis on the threat in Central Pacific Japan had created an atrophy of vigilance in the western part of the country: in Tokyo 27% of homes kept emergency supplies; in Osaka the number had shrunk to 2.6%. While Tokyo's army and civilian officials conducted yearly drills to test their coordination, military officials reluctantly admit that in the Kobe area they...
...Spokeswoman Christine Shelly charged that Moscow had violated two commitments to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe: failing to notify its partners of large- scale movements of troops, armor and artillery, as required; and violating the organization's code of conduct, which calls on members to respect civilian populations and work for peaceful solutions to disputes...
...reconcile the two points through "a peaceful solution." While until now the Administration has been reluctant to talk about human rights in public, officials say they have repeatedly raised the issue with the Russians privately. Clinton sent Yeltsin a letter asking him to find ways to hold down civilian casualties in Chechnya. But there is no inclination to denounce Yeltsin and withdraw U.S. support. The Administration believes that would only push him further into the arms of the Kremlin's hard- line generals and security men, who distrust the West anyway...
...take Grozny. "Have I been telling you about a blitzkrieg?" he asked. "This I certainly never did." On the contrary, said Grachev, rushing the campaign in Chechnya "would only lead to heavy personnel losses." Besides, he said, the President had decreed that an effort be made to limit civilian casualties, so the army was refraining from "using indiscriminately all the firepower we have...