Word: serbia
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...continues up the mountain to his hilltop compound. Sitting on the cushioned floor of his house, sipping thick Turkish coffee, Celiku, a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army's "general headquarters," says there's only one way to end the war in the secessionist southern Serbian province. "Serbia has to be defeated militarily," he says. "Otherwise they will not withdraw...
Although Kavazovic said he is pleased by NATO's actions because of their potential aid in the peace process, he said he feels for the civilians affected by the attacks. "The people of Serbia don't really have anything to do with anything," he said...
...shouting, pleading diplomacy at Dayton, Ohio, and 20,000 U.S. troops to help enforce the peace. Now will the U.S. have to pay the same to end the killing in Kosovo? The Clinton Administration has long winced at the idea of going that far into the quicksand of Serbia's Kosovo province. But in defiance of the U.S.-brokered October cease-fire, the Serbs continue to massacre ethnic Albanians, and the implacable rebels keep smuggling in weaponry to pick off Serb forces, as both sides ready for a spring onslaught. So, last week the Clinton Administration and its NATO allies...
...hard-line guerrillas of the Kosovo Liberation Army (K.L.A.), are also on notice that they must do the same, though NATO is vague about how they will be punished if they don't. If the plan works, Kosovo would end up with a large degree of self-rule inside Serbia--and NATO would put in troops, including Americans, to secure...
...warring parties do not show up at the bargaining table, or if they fail to agree, NATO swears it will bomb. But for how long, and where? Milosevic might assume the role of Saddam of Serbia, gritting through attacks on his security forces and emerging to claim a victim's victory. Or this could be an out for Milosevic. Although the insurrection is nothing but trouble for his sanction-strapped country, he can't just hand Kosovo over. But he may welcome the chance to be forcibly shorn of it and blame NATO. If the Albanians unilaterally block a deal...