Jamie Shea
Jamie Shea
Jamie Patrick Sheais Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium...
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We are starting to hit Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic very hard indeed in Kosovo, and it's going to get harder and harder in the days ahead.
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Despite the bad weather, we were still able to successfully hit a number of ground targets in Kosovo.
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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.
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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.
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We expect the Yugoslav military representatives to accept the terms that will be put to them by Gen. Jackson, and we expect them to have the authority not only to agree but also to order the immediate implementation of what is agreed.
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It would be very pleasant to be there, but we're not there yet.
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The women and children are then expelled from their homes and then sent toward the border. After they have left the villages, the homes are looted and then systematically torched.
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The Russian incident, while colorful, is really a minor one.
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Operation Allied Force will continue until those conditions have been fulfilled and fulfilled in full.
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We are going to demonstrate ... the determination of the allies to see this through to the end no matter how long it takes. Our values and security will suffer if Milosevic is allowed to continue.
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Even though it took 72 days to get to this point, we -- within 72 hours -- are determined to seize the momentum of peace.
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Based on our experience in Bosnia, where a number of mass graves were uncovered, the form looks quite similar.
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We are still at some distance from full compliance. There is clear evidence that many army and special units that are normally based outside Kosovo are still deployed in Kosovo.
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We do know from the reports that we receive that the Yugoslav army is hurting now because of a lack of oil, both of supplies and the ability to distribute it.