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To: Bobby Yellin who wrote (21304)	10/10/1998 11:11:00 AM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116762

So Bobby you wanted a little war? Yugoslavia 'dicing with destruction', warns Nato general By Patrick Bishop in Belgrade >Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Humanitarian law violation in Kosovo - Human Rights Watch >Centuries of Serbian suffering in Kosovo and Metohia - Kosovo Servian web site >Albanian terrorism in Kosovo and Metohia - Federal Republic of Yugoslavia >United Nations documentation - Research Guide: special section on peacekeeping >Security Council - United Nations >News - United Nations >Latest news - Nato Attack is 'just days away' Kosovo Albanians reject US peace plan Germany agrees to air strikes Experts exume bodies from a mass grave in the village of Glumina, eastern Bosnia, believed to be victims of the 1992-95 war NATO'S senior general warned President Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia yesterday that he risked "the destruction of his country" as Western efforts to broker a peaceful solution in Kosovo remained deadlocked. A meeting between Richard Holbrooke, America's special envoy, and Mr Milosevic in Belgrade ended without sign of a breakthrough. Gen Wesley Clark, Nato's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, said the alliance was militarily in "a heightened state" and Mr Milosevic was dicing with destruction. He said: "The whole world is asking, 'Why would a single man want to risk the ravages of armed conflict and the destruction of his own country in order to maintain a regime of repression which has turned a political problem into a severe and growing humanitarian tragedy?'" Mr Holbrooke was accompanied by Gen Mike Short, commander of the United States 16th Air Force, based at Aviano, in north-east Italy, who will direct air raids if Nato is given the go-ahead. His presence was "intended to emphasise the gravity of the situation", an American official said. "It is he who will command the planes that will be flying over to drop the bombs." It was not clear whether Mr Holbrooke's coup de theatre had an impact on the Yugoslav president, who has resisted strong international pressure to declare a ceasefire in Kosovo, pull out his special forces and allow the refugees to return home. An afternoon session with Mr Milosevic ended apparently inconclusively. Mr Holbrooke is due to return for more talks, accompanied by Christopher Hill, the American diplomat leading the search for a long-term political solution in Kosovo. Officials hinted that Mr Holbrooke's mission was open-ended, and he could stay in Belgrade for days if he thought there was a chance of progress, but William Cohen, the American Defence Secretary, said a decision whether to use force should come soon. "This has to be resolved, certainly within a week," he said. "Some resolution has to take place because time is running out [for] the people up in the hills." Before his fourth meeting with Mr Milosevic in days, Mr Holbrooke said the situation remained extremely serious. "Nato continues intensifying and planning its preparation for action and we are continuing and intensifying diplomatic effort to see if that's going to be necessary or not." Faced with Russia's hostility, and German and Italian caution, America seems to have decided on a generous interpretation of what constitutes Belgrade's compliance with Western demands. There is confusion as to what would be deemed an acceptable troop presence for Yugoslavia to maintain in Kosovo. Reports said that Mr Holbrooke would tell Mr Milosevic he had to scale down troop levels to those that existed before he ordered an offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army. Yet an American diplomat said that as long as there was a net outflow of forces, Mr Milosevic would have satisfied that particular demand. On the political front, it appears that he has only to agree to talks with Albanian leaders, without acceptance of the American blueprint for a Kosovo settlement. Mr Holbrooke was also asked by the six-nation Contact Group directing peace efforts to demand access for relief organisations to bring aid to displaced Albanians, co-operation with an international war crimes tribunal and the removal of obstacles to the return of refugees. Meanwhile Nato ambassadors in Brussels are expected to work over the weekend on a legal basis for military action that would avoid the need for another UN Security Council resolution, which Russia might veto. telegraph.co.uk

To: Bobby Yellin who wrote (21304)	10/10/1998 11:22:00 AM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 116762

Arafat's enemy Sharon is put in charge of peace talks By Alan Philps in Jerusalem <Picture> <Picture><Picture> ARIEL Sharon, the soldier-turned-politician who spent 30 years fighting Arabs, has been appointed Israel's Foreign Minister. He will take charge of negotiations with Palestinians on a final peace settlement. Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister, who has held the foreign affairs portfolio since January, called a news conference to announce that he would be taking the retired general to Washington next week for a summit meeting to decide the next hand-over of Israeli-occupied territory to Palestinians. The appointment is designed to reassure the Right - opposed to withdrawals - that the government has not abandoned it. Some of Mr Netanyahu's Right-wing coalition partners, under pressure from West Bank settlers, have threatened to topple the government. Gen Sharon regularly denounces Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, as a mass murderer and war criminal. After rumours of his impending appointment last weekend, he said he would never shake Mr Arafat's hand. Mr Netanyahu said he was the most appropriate man for the job. "He brings a wealth of experience, creativity and a proven track record. I think he knows the damage of war and the fruits of peace." The appointment is likely to dismay Israel's neighbours, who see Gen Sharon as steeped in Arab blood. As a daring, some would say reckless, paratroop commander, he started what is now the Israeli tradition of the punitive raid, meting out destruction in Jordan, Gaza and Lebanon with no heed of repercussions. In 1982, as defence minister, he led the invasion of Lebanon. Intended to take 48 hours, it lasted three years, killed some 600 Israelis and thousands of Lebanese and Palestinians. He had to resign as defence minister in 1983 on being held indirectly responsible for hundreds of Palestinian deaths in Sabra and Shatila refugee camps, Beirut, at the hands of Israeli-allied Christian militia. Since then he has held second-rank cabinet posts and was national infrastructure minister before his comeback. For decades he opposed a Palestinian state on Israeli-held territory, believing that Jordan should be the Palestinian home. He has recently accepted that a Palestinian state is inevitable and his task will be to gain the best deal for Israeli security. Despite his reputation, he removed thousands of settlers from the town of Yamit, in Sinai, in the Seventies when Israel agreed to hand the peninsula back to Egypt. A spokesman for the settler council reacted with suspicion to the appointment, saying it was designed to silence Right-wing opposition to the proposed redeployment. "We hope Sharon will not repeat the mistakes of Yamit," he said. Washington lobbied against an earlier comeback, when Gen Sharon was angling for the job of finance minister under Mr Netanyahu. A White House spokesman said yesterday: "We will work closely with the new foreign minister." Meanwhile, violence continued on the West Bank. A 19-year-old Israeli woman corporal was stabbed to death by a Palestinian near Tomer, in the Jordan valley. Armed settlers shot and captured her attacker. In Hebron, 10 Palestinians were wounded by rubber bullets fired by Israeli soldiers during a riot after the funeral of a Palestinian killed by a rubber bullet the day before.