Ken Bacon
Ken Bacon
abide delivery geneva medical plan promise prompt soldier terms visitation
This soldier got prompt visitation from the ICRC as well as prompt medical care. So we have yet to see any delivery on the Serb promise that they plan to abide by the terms of the Geneva Conventions,
damaged operation
This operation will continue. Nothing has damaged our resolve.
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This offer may be one sign he is rattled, but we are going to continue to rattle him until he makes an offer that meets our conditions, and he's far away from that right now.
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We think that the Operation Southern Watch and Northern Watch have been able to debilitate Saddam Hussein's air defenses quite a lot ... For one thing, we think that he's largely afraid to use his top of the line air defense systems, for fear of losing them to our patrolling airplanes.
days five forces iraqi last violations zone
There have been no violations of the no-fly zone by the Iraqi forces for the last five days or so,
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The train has pretty much left the station ... We believe this will be painful for the Serbs. We hope that relatively quickly ... the Serbs will realize they have made a mistake.
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Weeks have gone by with no coordination whatsoever, which has made it very difficult for the humanitarian relief organizations to get organized, to figure out exactly what they should be doing to maximum humanitarian advantage,
believe facility
we believe there were bunkers in this facility and in many other facilities.
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We're watching it very carefully. We have certainly seen signs that (Saddam Hussein is) attempting to reconstruct his air defense abilities north of the 32nd parallel.
air attempting certainly defense hussein north seen signs watching
We're watching it very carefully, ... We have certainly seen signs that (Saddam Hussein is) attempting to reconstruct his air defense abilities north of the 32nd parallel.
aircraft bring fighters number stealth total
That will bring our total of stealth fighters up to 24 in the theater, and our total number of aircraft up to about 220.
material properly sold
Material that should have been demilitarized has not been properly demilitarized and is sold when it shouldn't have been.
act brutality difficult
I think right now it is -- it is difficult to say that we have prevented one act of brutality at this stage.
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We have taken a lot of steps not only to arrest the decline in military spending, but in fact to reverse it.