Word: nato
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...real world is unlikely to offer up the denouement of a handcuffed Milosevic unraveling in a war-crimes courtroom ?- at least not any time soon. Even if Milosevic has been given no secret guarantees regarding his status as an indicted war criminal, the odds are slim that NATO would risk trying to arrest him. "Western countries were reluctant to allow their troops in Bosnia to act as the Hague Tribunal?s police force, and it?s unlikely that anybody will send commandos to arrest Milosevic," says TIME Central Europe reporter Dejan Anastasijevic. Indicted war criminals Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic...
...also unlikely to be handed over by the Serbs, despite the NATO members' vow to deny all economic assistance to Yugoslavia until Milosevic is ousted from power. "The vast majority of Serbs regard the Hague Tribunal as just another vehicle of NATO," says Anastasijevic. "Even the most liberal elements on the Serbian political scene think indicting Milosevic was a bad idea, because it gives him further incentive to use any means available to stay in power." In Hollywood, of course, that?s a perfect setup for a sequel...
...that once a deal is in place, the alliance loses its prime leverage over Milosevic -? its bombing campaign. Washington fears, with good reason, that Milosevic will have ample opportunity to subvert any undertakings to which he has signed on, while the U.S. will be unlikely to win agreement within NATO to resume the bombing in response. But even while the U.S. is looking to stiffen the peace terms for Milosevic, it may be even less willing to consider the unhappy ?- and divisive -? alternatives of simply continuing its air campaign or contemplating a ground war. "Plainly at this point everybody wants...
...careful of what you wish for. Now that NATO member Turkey has Kurdish guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan where it wants him -- captive and pleading for his life -- it faces unanticipated political dangers. "Capturing Ocalan and putting him on trial has had the unintended consequence of focusing international attention on Turkey's human rights record and its treatment of the Kurds," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "NATO's Kosovo campaign also increases pressure on Turkey to conform to the standards of an alliance that is taking military action in defense of human rights...
...second day with Ocalan urging his supporters to lay down their arms and warning of a bloodbath if he's executed. Ocalan's comments confirm suggestions that he is bargaining for his life in court rather than facing a trial in the sense that any of Turkey's NATO allies might use the term. Ocalan's lawyers complain that they've had no unfettered access to their client, and human rights organizations have questioned the credentials of a court in which one of the judges is a military appointee. Although the charges against Ocalan carry a mandatory death penalty...