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Monday, March 29, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 7
Conflict in Kosovo
Milosevic rejects NATO peace plan
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"We have to recognize that we are now on the brink of a major humanitarian disaster ... the likes of which we have not seen in Europe since the closing days of World War II," said NATO spokesman Jamie Shea.
Shea said more than 500,000 ethnic Albanians, a quarter of the population of Kosovo, had been driven from their homes, 50,000 of them in just the past few days.
British Defense Secretary
George Robertson said four additional Harrier jets would join eight already involved in the NATO mission. He also said Britain would prepare eight Tornado GR1 bombers for action.
In NATO's first confirmed combat loss of the campaign, a U.S. F-117A stealth fighter jet went down Saturday night about 30 miles northwest of Belgrade. A combat rescue team retrieved the pilot and brought him to safety. The pilot, whose name has not
"We are going to move into a wider array of targets including not only those dealing with command-and-control structures, ammunition dumps, but also start to go after the forces in the field as such," U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen said on NBC's Meet the Press.
That is not enough for some leaders close to the battle front. Albanian President Rexhep Meidani said NATO ground troops must deploy in Kosovo to stop the carnage, a scenario rejected so far by Western leaders.
been released, was in good shape and brought to the NATO base at Aviano, officials said.
The NATO raids are intended to force Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic to agree to a peace deal that calls for NATO troops to be based in Kosovo to enforce the accord. The deal has already been accepted by the province's ethnic Albanian majority.
But Milosevic, through an official government statement issued Saturday, again rejected the plan.
Bombings denounced worldwide
Protesters attack U.S. sites in Russia, Australia, France
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — Gunmen with rocket launchers and an assault rifle opened fire Sunday on the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, the site of three days of protests against NATO airstrikes on Yugoslavia.
Police firing pistols drove the attackers away from the embassy, which was hit by several bullets but suffered minimal damage. No one was injured.
Russia fiercely opposes the NATO bombings, and rallies have been held at the U.S. Embassy since Thursday.
News agencies in Russia cited police sources as saying three people had been arrested in the attack, but police officials would not confirm any arrests.
A white jeep pulled up in front of the embassy
and two of the occupants aimed rocket launchers at the building.
at the building.
One gunman in a ski mask and camouflage fatigues, who had climbed out of the jeep to aim a launcher, jumped back in the vehicle when police opened fire. One attacker then opened fire from inside the jeep with a semi-automatic rifle, sending police and bystanders diving for cover.
The government condemned Sunday's attack. President Boris Yeltsin's spokesman Dmitry Yakushkin said the shooting "throws a shadow on Russia, which is now making titanic efforts to mediate the crisis in Yugoslavia."
mediate threat of death.
Scores of police and troops with automatic weapons ringed the embassy after the attack. A few hundred protesters also remained.
In other demonstrations protests Sunday:
In other demonstrations process today — In Sydney, Australia, about 7,000 protesters attacked the U.S. Consulate. Some hurried broken pieces of concrete through windows of a shop and restaurant in the building where the U.S. dinlo-
matic area is, and many compared President Clinton to Adolf Hitler.
One protester scaled two floors of the building and ripped down a U.S. flag, which was later burned by youths standing atop a bus shelter. Demonstrations also occurred in Melbourne and Canberra.
in Salzburg, Austria, about 3,500 people carried banners denouncing the NATO airstrikes, waved Yugoslav flags and declared their support for Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, the Austria Press Agency reported.
Press Agency report
■ French riot police used tear gas to disperse about 300 Serb supporters who threw rocks and toppled security barriers in a demonstration in front of the U.S. Embassy in Paris.
In Albania, however, 10,000 people gathered in support of the NATO airstrikes. They marched to the Yugoslav embassy, some holding signs that read "Gratitude to America," and "Kosovo will win."
Some view downed fighter as Serbian victory
The Associated Press
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — Hundreds of jubilant Serbs made their way to a wheat field Sunday to rummage through the wreckage of a high-tech U.S. fighter jet and celebrate what they saw as a victory over NATO.
■ Uniquely angled shape significantly contributes to its "stealthiness".
■ Designed to "scatter" radar signatures rather than reflect them back.
■ Used by the Lockheed Skunk Works under the name "Have Blue"
"Long live our side," crowed a kerchiefed, elderly peasant woman, swinging a brandy bottle as she stood next to the wing section of the F-117A stealth fighter.
The downed U.S. fighter jet near the village of Budjanovac, about 30 miles northwest of Belgrade, was one of the first events Serbs could interpret as a sign of success against the NATO bombardment that began Wednesday.
■ There are more than 50 operational Nighthawks stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. ___
Pro-government papers equated the crash with overwhelming success. The daily Expres wrote of stealth fighters falling "like overripe pears."
That was hours before a senior U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there were strong indications the fighter was downed by a surface-to-air missile.
No matter that the jet pilot was rescued, and that NATO intends to broaden its attacks aimed at forcing President Slobodan Milosevic to accept a peace plan for the province of Kosovo.
Source: http://www.flightjournal.com/f-117a.html
Even with sirens wailing throughout the day in Belgrade, signaling more attacks, and loud booms sounding west of the capital, it was a day of celebration for many Serbs.
Costa Kristie said he saw the plane fall from the sky Saturday night.
head again, and it was hit."
"It was crisscrossing back and
forth," he said. "Then it came over
The jet crash was clearly on the minds of some fans at a rock music festival in Belgrade, who shrugged off airsight warnings to attend the anti-NATO protest organized by
Other neighbors said Bora Bozie, the owner of the field, planned to sue NATO for scattering debris on his property.
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"Sorry, we didn't know it was invisible," read one sign. Others said "NATO—New American Terrorist Organization," and "Clinton: Serbia is not Monica."
The 15,000 fans, who ranged in age from early 20s to mid-60s, chanted and sang along with local rock groups.
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