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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Part of the problem for allied planners is that they are under strict orders to avoid "collateral damage"--the famous euphemism that means killing civilians or blowing up things you aren't aiming at. Much of that restraint has political roots: public opinion in NATO countries, tepid at best, could turn if the evening news starts delivering pictures of dead and maimed innocents. A TIME/CNN poll last week indicated less than massive support in the U.S., with 44% of respondents approving the air strikes. Another 40% disapproved. Asked if the U.S. has a moral imperative to stop Serb actions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into The Fire | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

...that Milosevic resolves to become the Saddam Hussein of the Balkans, riding out the air attacks and agreeing to nothing. "He may be willing to suffer for a lot longer than a couple of days," an intelligence expert says. Milosevic, an adept at propaganda, could send out pictures of civilian casualties and wait for the more hesitant members of NATO to peel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into The Fire | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

...analogue to the Viet Cong is the Kosovo Liberation Army. Kosovo is the Serbs' Vietnam, not ours. If NATO really does eventually destroy Milosevic's army from the air, as General Wesley Clark has threatened (although he hasn't explained how this can be done without inflicting extensive civilian casualties), then the K.L.A. will soon be riding into Pristina as if into Saigon. Then the remaining Serbs living in Kosovo will probably flee. Milosevic knows this. He knows such a loss is the one thing that might finally turn the fury of people in Serbia proper against him. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Adolf Hitler? | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

...tenets of community policingthat we've haven't been able to implement," saysVicky Boulrice, the civilian coordinator forcommunity policing...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Community Policing Drive Faces New Obstacles | 3/24/1999 | See Source »

...presidential race between two southerners reflected a new consensus among the generals that rescuing the country from its dolorous economic and political condition demands transferring power to a civilian southerner. Although the current military leader, General Adulsalam Abubakar, pledged a return to democracy after taking power last June, a skeptical electorate may take some convincing - after all, the military simply annulled the results of the last presidential election in 1993. Turnout was below 20 percent in some regions during last weekend's legislative poll -- and even then there were allegations of irregularities. Although Saturday's turnout was far larger, restoring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nigeria Faces a Democracy Test | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

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