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.
ability attacks began beginning far focus impact last night principal reduce staging sustain sustained troops
The principal impact we've had so far is to reduce their ability to sustain themselves, to reduce their supplies. We are now beginning to focus more on the troops on the ground. That began last night with sustained attacks on their staging areas.
agreed attack troops
The KLA has already agreed not to attack the Serb troops as they're leaving.
attack easier
It will be much easier to attack them.
albanians attack continue focus forces
These are the forces that are being used to attack the Kosovar Albanians in Kosovo, and we will continue to focus on those targets.
along artillery attacking easy kosovo last majority nato percent perhaps planes relatively several targeting weeks
The massed artillery is relatively easy for NATO planes to target. And we have been targeting that, and have now, we believe, removed the majority of the artillery in Kosovo -- perhaps as much as 90 percent of the artillery in Kosovo in the last several weeks -- by attacking massed artillery along the borders.
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.