Ken Bacon
Ken Bacon
ammunition army army-and-navy attack attacked central cleansing dump ethnic involved kosovo major unit
We did attack a Yugoslav army unit in central Kosovo that's been involved in some of the ethnic cleansing activities. We also attacked a major ammunition dump in Kosovo.
army army-and-navy bring crucial governance joint local people providing role setting talk together
In Bosnia, for instance, they play a crucial role in setting up these joint commissions that bring Army people and local people together to talk about governance issues, providing humanitarian aid.
adds army balkans bosnia deployed people percentage relatively small
If you look at our deployments today, under 5,000 people in Bosnia and about 5,000 people, under 6,000 people in Kosovo, it adds up to about 11,000 people, 10,000 or 11,000 people deployed in the Balkans out of an Army that's, what, 480,000, 485,000 people. It's a relatively small percentage
army army-and-navy job obviously performs terms
In terms of NEO (non-combatant evacuation operations), obviously if the Indonesian army performs its job then there shouldn't be need for an evacuation,
army army-and-navy five kosovo liberation seven succeeded wipe
The Yugoslavs thought that they could wipe out the Kosovo Liberation Army in five to seven days. They have not succeeded in doing that,
affairs army army-and-navy assets civil exist likely
Also, some of the Army assets going into Macedonia and Albania likely would come from the reserves. There are specialties such as civil affairs that only exist in the reserves.
along artillery border bridges built heavy kosovo lines positions roads tank
There are heavy concentrations of artillery along the border between Kosovo and Macedonia. There are only 14 roads into Kosovo -- two from Macedonia. These roads are mined. The bridges are mined. There are built in ... tank and artillery positions along lines of communication.
humans
What kind of person would use humans as shields?
believe meeting problem time
we don't believe that there'll be any problem with meeting the time lines.
basically effective forces help job nato noose
This will basically help NATO tighten the noose around Milosevic's neck, ... do a more effective job at eliminating or neutralizing the forces on the ground.
days weather
There have been some down days (during which patrols were not conducted) because of weather and other reasons, but we are still patrolling the no-fly zones, particularly in the south, aggressively.
knew punch seventh
There has not been a knockout punch. We knew a knockout punch would not come quickly, ... We're now in the seventh day. I think it will take much longer.
certainly displaced food kosovo nato people priority thousands trying within
trying to get food to the hundreds of thousands of displaced people within Kosovo is a priority for NATO and certainly for the non-government organizations.
absolutely air answer expansion ground pure question simple step toward troops
The question you all will have is, 'Isn't this a step toward the deployment of ground troops in Kosovo?' ... The answer is, absolutely not. This is pure and simple an expansion of the air operation.