TARGET YUGOSLAVIA:  NATO's WAR OF AGGRESSION / Monday, 17 May 1999
 

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TARGET YUGOSLAVIA:  NATO's WAR OF AGGRESSION
Monday, 17 May 1999

Radio Havana Cuba presents its coverage of the ongoing U.S.-
led NATO aggression against Yugoslavia.
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MILITARY ADVISORS RECOMMEND USE OF GROUND TROOPS

The Pentagon now believes that time is running out for NATO
in Kosovo and that only ground troops can win the war,
according to the latest edition of Newsweek magazine.

Newsweek reported that several weeks ago, the U.S. Joint
Chiefs of Staff sent a letter to Defense Secretary William
Cohen expressing this position.  According to the magazine,
the U.S. top brass believes that in order for the ground
operations to begin in August -- before the beginning of
winter -- ground troops will have to begin deployment in early
June.

The report coincides with similar statements to U.S.
television reporters by retired Army General Colin Powell, who
led U.S. forces during the Gulf War.  Powell said that the
exclusive use of air power had given Yugoslav President
Slobodan Milosevic the decision as to when the Kosovo conflict
would be ended.


OOPS!  OH WELL... NOBODY'S PERFECT!

In a joint editorial in Sunday's edition of The Washington Post,
British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook and U.S.
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright warned that more
civilian casualties could result from the NATO campaign --
with the justification that "perfection is unattainable."
The warning comes in the wake of the bombing of a village in
Yugoslavia in which 80 Kosovo Albanian civilians were killed.


TENS OF THOUSANDS TAKE TO THE STREETS IN ITALY

In central Italy on Sunday, some 80,000 people took part in a
march to protest NATO operations, condemning the large number
of civilian casualties.  Organizers also pointed to the bombs
that NATO aircraft are dumping into the Adriatic Sea, warning
that war is knocking on Italy's door.

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