Word: yugoslavian
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...Kostunica?s election as a setback, since there was no way the international community would force them to accept rule from Belgrade while Milosevic was in power, but now that he?s out they?re more likely to follow the U.N. Security Council resolution on the territory which recognizes Yugoslavian sovereignty over an autonomous Kosovo. The U.N. administration is now expected to give Belgrade more say over the running of the territory, and with the Kosovar Albanian leadership still dead set on independence, it?s unlikely that the region will be able to make do without NATO peacekeepers any time...
...instance, the Yugoslavian air campaign is portrayed by both camps as, if anything, not aggressive enough. While Bush laments the president's decision not to use ground troops, McCain bemoans that "most Americans cannot see the connection between our security and Mr. Milosevic's crimes." Never mind that these crimes, according to a recent U.N. report, resulted in only a tiny fraction of the casulaties claimed by Secretrary of Defense William S. Cohen...
Tudjman did successfully lead Croatia to a break from Yugoslavia, holding off a much more powerful Yugoslavian Army. But in so doing, he perpetrated human rights violations on the Serbian population of Croatia, displacing many, forcing them to swear to loyalty oaths and dismissing them from jobs...
...NATO in the New Year - all nicely timed to coincide with the lead-up to the American presidential election. Wednesday's seizure of Montenegro's main airport by Milosevic's troops looks like a dry run to test Western resolve to defend the territory's pro-Western government. Although Yugoslavian forces backed down early Thursday, reopening the airport amid threats from NATO, the move may be a foretaste of a crisis to come. "Milosevic was clearly trying to test the West's commitment to defend Montenegro," says TIME Central Europe bureau reporter Dejan Anastasijevic. "His quick withdrawal suggests that...
...since Pinochet?s arrest, Britain has joined the U.S. and other NATO allies in the Kosovo war, which was based on the idea that Yugoslavian sovereignty was less important than its crimes against humanity in Kosovo. Indeed, it becomes difficult while pressing for Slobodan Milosevic to be tried in the Hague for crimes against his own citizenry to argue that the charges against Pinochet ?- whose regime murdered at least 3,000 of its political opponents ?- are a domestic matter. But even if a British Magistrate?s Court upholds Spain?s extradition request, the 83-year-old general will still have...