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...Sharif claim victory in Kashmir? After all, Slobodan Milosevic called his ignominious exit from Kosovo a victory, too. And, sorry Mr. Sharif, but it looks like you'll have as hard a time as the Serb leader in convincing your electorate that they have anything to celebrate in the withdrawal of their forces from the Indian side of Kashmir agreed to by Pakistan on Sunday. Pakistan?s prime objective in occupying strategic peaks in Indian territory, says Nawaz, was to "internationalize" its claim on the disputed territory. It was also a way for Nawaz to shore up support...
...guerrilla incursion into Indian territory, and the determination of his countrymen ?- and military ?- to fight on against their traditional enemy. Nawaz drew fire from religious, political and military leaders Monday after returning empty-handed from an emergency July 4 meeting with President Clinton. In Washington, Nawaz had promised to withdraw Pakistani-backed infiltrators from Indian territory after Washington had earlier threatened to cut off financial aid to the impoverished country. "Pakistan was clearly at fault here, but there may also be a significant shift under way in U.S. strategic thinking," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "Pakistan...
Making peace with Syria may be a prerequisite for fulfilling Barak's most concrete campaign pledge: to withdraw within a year Israel's occupation forces from south Lebanon, where they are fighting a costly, no-win war with the Hizballah militia. Barak wants an agreement from Lebanon that its army will disarm Hizballah and protect northern Israel from infiltration and rocket fire. Lebanon won't make that deal without the approval of Syria, which doesn't want to release Israel from its Lebanon quagmire without a reward...
...prospect of a ground invasion by NATO that forced the Serb leader?s turnabout. But the question is about a lot more than apportioning credit: Conventional wisdom holds that bombing alone is generally an insufficient means of achieving a strategic objective, such as forcing a hostile army to withdraw. Some military analysts fear that institutionalizing the "Clinton Doctrine" could actually tie their hands in future wars...
...evidently worried about the fate of Kosovar Serbs, had rumbled into Pristina, Kosovo's capital, despite an earlier understanding that they would not enter until agreement had been reached with NATO on command of the peacekeepers. On Saturday, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov apologized and said the troops would withdraw, but as the day wore on, they stayed put, effectively in charge of the airport...