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Most agree with U.S. policy makers that whatever happens, it is important to keep Kosovo a part of Yugoslavia...
...recent conflict began last March when President of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevic deployed Serbian troops to crush ethnic Albanian rebels fighting for the Kosovo Liberation Army...
Holbrooke was trying to squeeze Milosevic into agreeing to stop uprooting Kosovars from their homes, negotiate with them, restore the political autonomy they lost in 1989, and accept some kind of monitoring force from outside Yugoslavia. Albright told a meeting of foreign ministers in London that any agreement must be verified on the ground because Milosevic "is a congenital liar...
...fact, all the horrors of the past decade in places like the former Yugoslavia would have been treated as good news during the cold war. Any trouble in the Evil Empire was good news for us. If there was a thorn in the side of the Kremlin, we were on the side of the thorn in the side. While the cold war was going on, we actually rooted for droughts, so long as they were behind the Iron Curtain. A drought causes food shortages that could divert military spending or even destabilize the government. I personally drew the line...
...International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague is set to try those accused of war crimes in the former Yugoslavia, but it may run out of suspects. Earlier this month, SLOBODAN MILJKOVIC, known as Lugar, was shot by a man with whom he had been brawling. The recipient of a hero's funeral, Lugar was wanted for ordering the execution of 16 civilians in May 1992 and killing two others himself. While the murder of Lugar seems ordinary, his lawyer, TATOMIR LEKOVIC, claims Lugar was assassinated because he knew too much about the roles top Serbian officials played in the Bosnian...