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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Nobody is talking about putting in ground troops into a combat situation. Everybody agrees that the air campaign has to run its course until such time as those Serb forces are degraded, diminished, demoralized and on their way out.
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(The) refugees have said time and time again that they will only go back if they see NATO in that peacekeeping force. They need to know that that force is built around that NATO core (and) that that force ... is not going to crumble like a pack of cards at the first sign of a challenge.
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They do suggest that some people are beginning to look for an exit strategy, that they need a way out, and that, therefore, they have had time to recognize the reality and cooperate with the international community.
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Details are very important here. Anything that means that Belgrade moves towards those five (NATO) conditions is something that we will welcome, but at the same time we will remain cautious, because details in this business are everything.
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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.