Word: nato
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Indeed, despite Jackson's mission and quieter diplomatic peace overtures by the Russians, there was no letup in NATO's air war. Last week the Pentagon announced that 10 additional B-52 heavy bombers would join several others launching attacks against Yugoslavia. The additional bombers will add 500-lb. iron bombs for attacks on troop concentrations, as well as precision-guided, Israeli-made missiles that carry 1,000-lb. warheads. Meanwhile, about 12 hours before word of the release reached Washington, Clinton imposed a U.S. trade embargo on the Yugoslav republic of Serbia, intent on choking off the supply...
...Friday, Washington had summarily dismissed a Milosevic feeler. In an interview with United Press International, the Yugoslav President, while insisting he would "never surrender" to allied demands for a NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo, set forth terms for ending the conflict, including his willingness to accept lightly armed U.N. monitors. But he would not abide a military peacekeeping force made up of his country's attackers, even if holding out means more air strikes. "One day [of bombing] is too much," Milosevic said. "But what choice do we have if NATO insists on occupying Yugoslavia? To that we will...
...gesture, and we'll see what happens. We can't guarantee anything, but maybe, just maybe something will happen.'" They also appealed to Milosevic's media savvy: a prisoner release, they said, would be a smart move, "since you're very deeply concerned about your image." Jackson reiterated NATO conditions for peace, and Milosevic argued the terms of those demands, pointing out the difference between an international "presence" and an international "force." After three hours, Jackson and Milosevic talked one-on-one for 20 minutes. Says Campbell: "Those were very valuable 20 minutes...
Mild-mannered DENNY HASTERT was never going to be like his outspoken predecessor NEWT GINGRICH. But last week, in the House's first big vote since impeachment--on a resolution to support the NATO air campaign against Yugoslavia--Hastert's leadership was nonexistent. At a meeting with other lawmakers in the White House the morning before the vote, Hastert told PRESIDENT CLINTON that enough Republicans would vote yes on the resolution to ensure its passage. Just hours before the vote, Hastert's chief of staff, SCOTT PALMER, advised the Democrats' chief tallyman, Representative DAVID BONIOR, that about 90 Republicans would...
...good an opportunity for Slobodan Milosevic to resist. With NATO under mounting pressure from China, Russia and even some of its own members to stop bombing Yugoslavia, the Serbian leader announced Monday that he'd ordered some of his troops out of Kosovo and offered to reduce his forces to "peacetime levels" if NATO halts its air campaign. Milosevic is unlikely to withdraw all his forces -- many are involved in daily skirmishes with the Kosovo Liberation Army along the Albanian border -- but any significant retreat will sharply raise pressure on NATO to call off the bombers. "Last week President Clinton...