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...Kosovo, like Korea, is starting to shape up as a permanent military mission for the U.S. and its allies. Tuesday's outbreak of violence in the divided city of Mitrovice, in which four French peacekeepers and a number of Serb and Albanian civilians were wounded in a series of grenade attacks, underlines the fact that stability remains elusive even eight months after the NATO-led peacekeepers first arrived. The violence in the city close to the Serbian border came a day after the U.N. administrator for the province, Bernard Kouchner, urged the Security Council to provide more money...
...Belgrade, of course, has hardly given up its claim on Kosovo, and is believed to be arming and organizing the Serbs of Mitrovice in their clashes with local ethnic Albanians. "Milosevic may also be gambling that NATO will eventually tire of its financial and military obligations in Kosovo, and seek a quick exit," says Dowell. "Already it's clear that a lot of the money that was promised for rebuilding Kosovo at the height of last year's conflict has simply not been delivered." Kouchner and his supporters argue that unless money is plowed into infrastructure and government institutions, such...
...Mack") McLarty, who had the Latin America portfolio, Colombia has been off the White House's radar screen. From February to June of last year, a period during which the Colombian crisis worsened, the top aide for Latin America on the National Security Council was detached to deal with Kosovo. With Republicans threatening last summer to ram through their own billion-dollar aid package, McCaffrey began lobbying the White House for a plan...
...would be remarkable for Albright to cap her career by seeking the top post in a country from which she and her family escaped twice, once from the Nazis, a second time from the communists, it would also be extremely difficult. Czech polls show that the war in Kosovo, often dubbed Madeleine's War, was opposed by 75% of the Czech people. Also, Havel's term is not up until January 2003. He has been weakened by an operation for lung cancer and has no strong political base, so his approval would not help her politically...
...minorities, the future could be even dimmer. The Yugoslavs would not like to become another protectorate in the region, with elected presidents sacked at will as in Bosnia last year and with the possibility of losing further territory and rights. A particular aspect of this fear presently relates to Kosovo, which the international community recognizes as a part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia while not recognizing Yugoslavia itself...