ction database that exists…It’s a pattern that we’ve seen in other conflicts that Milosevic was involved in”. In Belgrade, Yugoslavia May 19th, NATO bombings caused great damage and the deaths of four people in Serbia. “Stop the Bombings and make a pause”. NATO is demanding that Milosevic withdraw his estimated 40,000 troops and special police from Kosovo. NATO demands that the 800,000 or more ethnic Albanian refugees be permitted back to their homes and is allowed the deployment of an international peacekeeping force. NATO approved plans in Brussels, Belgium to bring in a heavily armed peacekeeping force of about 50,000 soldiers in Kosovo. The U.S. is expected to provide 7,000 soldiers well armed NATO forces to serve as the core of the force, while some non-NATO nations are being asked to provide forces. “This is what I call the Teddy Roosevelt force.” “It is a force that we are designing to speak softly and carry a big stick”. It has now been ten weeks of NATO’s bombing campaign in Yugoslavia. “It would be a bad idea to have a pause in bombing because it would let the Serbs regroup and continue attacks on Albanian Kosovars”. Unlike the U.S. and Britain, Russia opposes NATO’s bombing campaign. On Monday, June 1st, Belgrade has been said to accept five peace principles drawn up by the group of eight, which is the top industrial powers plus Russia. The G8 principles consist of an immediate end of violence in Kosovo, withdrawal of all military and other security forces, as well as others. “We will not settle for less”. “If this is not accepted and is not verifiable, then I do not think it will be possible for the alliance to come to an agreement on the suspension of bombing”. NATO vowed it would keep bombing until Serb forces pull out of Kosovo. “This alliance will not be shaken, we will not stop and we will...
