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...Yugoslav President grudgingly reduces his troops in Kosovo, SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC is taking it out at home on foes and friends alike, closing a radio station and five newspapers and purging Belgrade University of professors. But in a big surprise last week, he sacked his ruthless spymaster, JOVICA STANISIC, whose loyalists fear he may be blamed by Milosevic for the "ethnic cleansing" of much of Bosnia. That explains why, after the ouster, Stanisic said Milosevic bore primary responsibility for the work of the secret police. Why did Milosevic dump a man who may finger him for war crimes? Internal reasons: Milosevic...
...Minister Hubert Vedrine insisted Wednesday that the actions of Pierre Bunel, a senior French officer arrested for passing NATO secrets to the Serbs, are "in no way linked to our policies." That's a relief, since Bunel is suspected of informing the Serbs of NATO's planned targets in Kosovo -- which would have put NATO pilots (including Frenchmen) at risk...
Along with improved military interaction, Burns believes the U.S. needs to cooperate with Greece to keep peace in Europe. Burns asked for Greek assistance in dealing with the current Kosovo situation. Combating Greek terrorism intended for U.S. targets within Greece was another of Burns' initiatives...
...reason Clinton comes to mind is that the structure is both what it is and what it no longer is. One watches the President these days as if he were a man wearing a Bill Clinton Halloween mask. The mask says: Save education, save Social Security, Kosovo, the Middle East. The man slumps in a chair in a corner of his house and wonders who is going to save him and if he is going to make it through another hour...
...exploit that division to isolate Washington from its Gulf War allies. Russia and pro-Western Arab states will likely be even more strongly opposed to military action than they were last February, while Saddam will have drawn courage from NATO's obvious reluctance to take military action in Kosovo. The policy makers meeting in Washington will be aware that if air strikes could alter the political equation at all, it would probably be in Saddam's favor. And tough sanctions have already been in place for almost eight years. That doesn't leave President Clinton a whole lot of face...