Word: kosovo
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Since the cold war's end, reserve forces have been called up for duty in the Gulf War, the southern and northern no-fly zones over Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and now, again, Iraq. "We can't have a situation where we call you, as a Guardsman or reservist, every year for three or four years," says Thomas Hall, the Pentagon's top reserve official. "You won't want to stay in the Guard and reserve, and employers might worry about employing...
...There is recent precedent for this. In 1999 the U.S. knew that Russia would veto any resolution authorizing the use of force against Slobodan Milosevic in Kosovo, and so the Security Council was skipped. But quiet negotiations with the Russians - before the first bombs fell - produced an agreement that established the U.N. as the immediate source of humanitarian aid and civil authority after the war (the Russians even agreed to be part of the peacekeeping force). And now the U.N. is quietly planning humanitarian aid for post-Saddam Iraq. There is some debate about who will manage the oil supply...
...damage. On most bombs, fuses can be set to detonate after the bomb has burrowed into its target, which can further reduce collateral damage. "War is inherently violent. People are going to die," Myers said last week. Americans should not look to the relatively antiseptic wars for Kuwait and Kosovo as a guide. If it were to come down to fighting block by block in Baghdad, the images could be brutal. "We have to be mentally prepared for that," Myers said...
...organized," says Zarko Korac, who as Deputy Prime Minister will be taking over the top job on a rotating basis with four of his colleagues until elections are held later this year. "These are not common criminals." Legija's Red Berets cut a murderous swath through the Bosnia and Kosovo wars, attacking non-Serbs and sowing terror in their wake. Under Milosevic, they were believed to be behind dozens of state-sponsored murders and kidnappings. Following the fall of the strongman, Lukovic grew restless, taking to drink and cocaine, according to several acquaintances. After several fights in nightclubs...
...pursue its goals. In the early 1990s, public sentiment was 2 to 1 against even paying dues to the U.N. But Americans have gradually become convinced that there is an advantage to going into battle as part of an international coalition, as in first the Gulf War and later Kosovo and elsewhere...