TARGET YUGOSLAVIA:  NATO's WAR OF AGGRESSION / Thursday, May 6 1999
 

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TARGET YUGOSLAVIA:  NATO's WAR OF AGGRESSION
Thursday, 6 May 1999

Radio Havana Cuba presents its coverage of the ongoing U.S.-
led NATO aggression against Yugoslavia.

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BOMBINGS CONTINUE, DESPITE POSSIBLE PEACE PROPOSAL

The U.S.-led NATO bombing campaign continued Thursday,
pounding fuel depots for several hours in Nis, Yugoslavia's
third largest city.  A Greek humanitarian convoy was also hit
by missiles; two vehicles were destroyed, but no casualties
were reported.

In Bonn, the foreign ministers of the Group of 7 plus Russia
(G-8) announced a proposal formula for peace in Kosovo.  The
proposal outlines the deployment in the Yugoslav province of
what they are calling "an international civil and security
presence" that will be presented to the United Nations for
"authorization" in the form of a U.N. resolution.

The foreign ministers of the United States, Britain, Italy,
France, Canada, Japan, Germany and Russia described the eight
items included in the G-8 plan for a settlement of the Kosovo
crisis.  The points call for the withdrawal of Serbian
military, paramilitary and police forces, the deployment of
the so-called international civil and security presence, the
establishment of a provisional civil-political administration
coordinated by the United Nations, the return of refugees and
the disarmament of the Kosovo Liberation Army.

NATO sources were quoted as saying that even if a peace
agreement is reached and Serb forces begin to pull out of
Kosovo, U.S.-led attacks against Yugoslavia would continue.

Observers are unclear about the type of "security presence"
that will be called for or if this proposal will be agreed to
by Belgrade.  The plan, say analysts, is the result of an
agreement reached between Washington and Moscow just hours
before the G-8 meeting began.

In related news, Albanian Kosovar leader Ibrahim Rugova is
currently with his family in Rome, where he held talks
Wednesday with Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema and
Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini.  According to Italian press
sources, Rugova is seeking to promote negotiations for a
cessation of hostilities in Kosovo.  The sources also noted
that Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's decision to
authorize Rugova's travel to Italy is a sign of his
willingness to negotiate.

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