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...NATO attack on Serbian military and communication sites yesterday hit close to home for Harvard undergraduates from the Balkans...
...iconic image of information-age combat dates from the Gulf War: the view from a smart bomb, homing in on an Iraqi bunker. But the Serbian forces in Yugoslavia have fielded a far more powerful electronic arsenal than the Iraqis did, and American military technology has been evolving since that time as well. If it comes to a fight, it will be the most sophisticated display of electronic combat the world has ever seen...
...attack on the Serbian forces would most likely proceed in two stages: first, a missile-based attempt to take out anti-aircraft defense systems, and second, intensive bombing of military infrastructure targets, including, according to the New York Times, "military bases, lines of communication, fuel supplies, and ammunition dumps." MORE...
...European diplomats brokering the talks believe they can negotiate a temporary autonomy that gives ethnic Albanians control over most governmental functions in the province. The biggest hurdle is persuading Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic to withdraw all his special police from the province and let NATO soldiers keep order there for three years while Kosovo's final status is negotiated...
...Albanians agree on little but a vow to settle for nothing less than full independence. U.S. diplomats insist that the K.L.A. rebels "will get the message" not to play the spoiler. Milosevic declares he will not negotiate with the K.L.A. "terrorists" and will never allow foreign troops to enter Serbian territory. Washington believes he "understands" the language of force and will cave...