Word: regionalize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...NATO dismissed the Serb offer as a nonstarter and kept on bombing. But the alliance also reiterated its own terms for a settlement: An end to the Serb offensive in Kosovo A withdrawal of Serb military, paramilitary and police units from the region The safe return of the refugees The presence of an international protection force to guarantee their security Autonomy for Kosovo within Serbia, along the lines envisaged at Rambouillet...
...Milosevic seemed to be winning, at least by his peculiar calculus. He has foisted a barbarous humanitarian crisis upon his neighbors and the European continent. The sight of thousands upon thousands of dazed, weeping refugees fleeing for their lives into the region's poorest, least stable states set off shock waves in the West. The states themselves--particularly Macedonia and Montenegro--trembled at the very real possibility that Kosovo's instability was contagious...
...failed so tragically to protect civilians. Others suggested turning the war over to a proxy army of K.L.A. fighters outfitted by the West with effective Stinger missiles and antitank rockets. But U.S. and NATO officials feared that arming one side would only widen the war and destabilize the entire region. By now it may simply be too late: on Friday Serb officials were crowing that they would finish mopping up the shattered rebel force in a couple of days...
Last week Hillary Clinton concluded a 12-day tour of North Africa. The visit, she told reporters, was intended to "increase the understanding" between Americans and Arabs. To advance this message, NOTEBOOK brings you A First Lady's Guide to the Region...
...Number of additional F-117A Stealth Fighters the Pentagon announced are being sent to the region...