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Perry and Peres have also agreed to develop a missile defense system to protect Israel from weapons of mass destruction. In a joint project financed by $300 million from Israel and $200 million from the U.S., the two countries will share research and technology in an effort to establish a missile defense system within five years. Perry said the deal would "permit Israel to continue to take the risks of peace required to negotiate a just, comprehensive and lasting peace." Mark Thompson predicts the partnership won't be controversial. "While some will say such a system doesn't address terrorism...
...peace enforcers serving under NATO command, the French, British, American and other members of the 60,000-strong international implementation force--32 countries in all are definitely participating in Operation Joint Endeavor--will carry heavy weapons and be authorized to shoot not only if they come under fire but even if they are just threatened. American G.I.s specifically can fire if anyone points a gun at them in a menacing fashion. And the order to fire need not come down any chain of command. It can be given by a sergeant on the spot...
...some suspected mine clusters can be spotted from the air by Apache helicopters. Explosive-sniffing dogs and tank-mounted rakes and rollers can help clear a path through a minefield, but many mines will have to be dug out by hand. Says General John Shalikashvili, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff: "That's why an awful lot of soldiers have been spending a lot of time on their hands and knees learning the old-fashioned way" during training exercises in Germany. The difficulties of clearing mines are immensely multiplied if roads and fields are covered by deep snow...
...minimizing the dangers of carrying out even the limited military tasks of the mission, however. To blunt those dangers, American planners are relying heavily on surveillance equipment and training. Two J-STARS (for Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System) planes will keep watch over Bosnia while flying eight miles above either the Adriatic Sea or Hungary. Their computers can distinguish personnel and troop movements, even though they cannot, unaided, tell a tank from a car. According to plans, the locations of all concentrations of Balkan armor will be entered into the computer memory banks so the j-stars can track...
...stand before you with one overriding commitment," Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres told a joint session of Congress today, "to yield to no threat, to stop at no obstacle in negotiating the hurdles ahead, in seeking security for our people, peace for our land, tranquility for our region." The next step in the Middle East peace process: Syria, where negotiations over the control of the Golan Heights remain deadlocked. After a six month absence while working on the Bosnia peace plan, Secretary of State Warren Christopher will return his attention to the Middle East, departing Thursday for Damascus, Jerusalem, Egypt...