Jamie Shea
Jamie Shea
Jamie Patrick Sheais Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium...
achieved atrocities cannot clearly forces leave situation vacuum withdrawn
Clearly there have been atrocities going on. Once we have achieved a situation where Yugoslav forces have withdrawn we cannot leave a humanitarian vacuum in Kosovo.
agreed clear nato receive refugees temporary
Clearly, we want the refugees to be able to go back quickly. Those NATO governments who have agreed to receive those refugees have made it clear that this is on a temporary basis.
less ready settle stage
At this stage we are not ready to settle for anything less than our objectives.
days ethnic forces kosovo less security
At this rate, the Serb security forces would have more or less emptied Kosovo (of ethnic Albanians) in 10 to 20 days from now.
asked change continue current government hit including military nato precaution targeting targets
The military commanders will continue to take every precaution to hit the targets accurately. No government has asked NATO to change its current strategy, including its targeting policy.
dust plenty pulling
If Milosevic is pulling them out, there will be plenty of dust on the track. We'll know it when we see it.
crystal evidence hills number particular people sources spoken taken
I want to make this crystal clear: I have no evidence of this, but there are a number of Kosovar Albanian sources that have spoken about people being taken down from the hills and being concentrated in that particular location.
damaged defense destroyed hit ministry
If you have already destroyed or severely damaged the Ministry of Defense or (special police) headquarters in Belgrade, you don't have to hit it again.
continue fraction talking
If you do a mathematical computation, you're talking about a fraction of one percent. So we continue to be accurate.
albanians badly detention prison shed suffered tear
I don't think many Kosovar Albanians will shed a tear if that prison is not being used because many of them have suffered very badly from their detention there.
bad president yesterday
By any standards, yesterday was a bad day for President Milosevic.
I don't see anything ... which suggests this was a catastrophe. It was not. It was a mistake. And no more than that.
albanians bodies dig forced graves mass refugees reported
In fact, some refugees have even reported that Kosovar Albanians have been forced to dig these mass graves and put the bodies in.
accept carry clear firm message obtain pledge president principles quite simply sure verifiable willing
I'm quite sure that if President Ahtisaari does go to Belgrade, he will carry a firm message that he's not there to negotiate, that he's there to obtain from Milosevic an unambiguous, clear and verifiable pledge that Belgrade is willing not simply to accept the principles of the G-8 but to put them into practice.