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...flew to Belgrade to win the G.I.s' release, came home empty handed. In a classic example of wartime double-talk, Yugoslav government officials declared that "peace has been restored in Kosovo." Milosevic claimed to be "negotiating" for the Kosovars' safe return to their homes with ethnic Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova--a man who State Department officials believe is under house arrest...
...offer" came in the form of a "unilateral cease-fire" in Kosovo. On April 6 Belgrade announced a six-day halt in military and police action in Kosovo "against the terrorist organization" (the Kosovo Liberation Army). Milosevic claimed to be ready to work with moderate ethnic Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova -- once NATO's preferred negotiating partner -- toward a settlement allowing for the return of refugees with the assistance of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and the Red Cross. A temporary self-government agreement for each of Kosovo's communities would form the basis for a long-term settlement...
...throw him out. Serbs who danced in jubilation on the wreckage of a U.S. F-117A gloated a few days later at the capture of the three American soldiers. That propaganda coup was followed by another when Milosevic appeared on television in the company of moderate Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova--once rumored to be dead or in hiding. Milosevic claimed that together they were calling for a political solution, but the tape may have been old footage from some previous meeting...
NATO had originally favored the pacifist Rugova over the insurgent KLA, and began dealing with the guerrilla group only after Serb repression had propelled them to center stage. "Washington was originally suspicious of the KLA, but embraced them at Rambouillet," says Waller...
...Kosovo Liberation Army was less forgiving, with spokesman Jakub Krasniqi denouncing Rugova as a traitor. "If Rugova makes a deal with Milosevic and the Russians, that can be real trouble for NATO," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "Unlike the KLA, he's an elected leader and can legitimately claim to represent a sizable chunk of the population...