Ken Bacon
Ken Bacon
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These are the forces that are being used to attack the Kosovar Albanians in Kosovo, and we will continue to focus on those targets.
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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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We have not yet seen signs that Serbian troops or special police forces or paramilitary are moving out, but we've certainly seen preparations for moving out.
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My understanding is that they (the government in Jakarta) have provided a battalion of forces from outside of East Timor, ... And that they were able to turn back an assault by militia groups against the U.N. people last night.
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My expectation is that based on the amount of chemical weapons in the pit and then what we've been told about wind patterns on that day and the disposition of forces ... there could be a very large number of troops included in a possible cloud area.
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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.
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We're going to need a larger KFOR, and we want it deployed to Macedonia as quickly as possible. Should there be a peace agreement quickly, as we hope, we need a force that's ready to go in and help the refugees get back as the Serb forces pull out.
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In the past, under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization status of forces agreement, we have not agreed to local jurisdiction. But, as I said, this case is still under review.
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The forces are clearly more wary of being hit. They've had to disperse more and are having a harder time operating in large, coherent units.
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The Iraqis move forces back and forth on sort of an unpredictable basis from time to time; they do appear to be moving some missiles and other forces into the southern no-fly zone.
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We're doing all that. We think it's good that Governor Bush wants to continue these programs.
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It would be an absolute victory for terrorists ... if we stopped doing our job in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world,
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These soldiers from the First Infantry Division first went to Macedonia to participate in a United Nations mission called UNPREDP, the U.N. Preventative Deployment, which was protecting Macedonia.
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These men should be freed. They should not have been captured in the first place. And to the extent they're still there, that's regrettable.