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To: Rande Is who wrote (4982)	4/4/1999 11:09:00 PM
From: Rande Is	Respond to of 57584

U.S. CONGRESS BACKS GROUND TROOPS OPTION Sunday April 4 4:50 PM ET By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Amid questions about the success of NATO's airstrikes against Yugoslavia, lawmakers from both parties said Sunday that President Clinton no longer should foreclose use of ground troops as a military option in Kosovo. Still, administration officials insisted there were no plans to send combat forces into the province. ''We do not believe an invasion force ... is in the national interest,'' said Sandy Berger, the national security adviser. But ruling out ground troops only emboldens Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic into pressing his attack against ethnic Albanians, lawmakers said. ''The diplomacy won't start until our president stops saying no ground troops,'' said Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Democratic Sens. Charles Robb of Virginia and Joe Biden of Delaware, also appearing on the Sunday talk shows, urged the president to abandon the no-ground-troops stand. By ruling out such an option ''you immediately convince Milosevic that we're not really serious that we're not ready to stay the course,'' Robb said on ABC's ''This Week.'' ''To say no ground troops is a mistake,'' Biden said on CNN's ''Late Edition.'' The debate over ground forces intensified as the Clinton administration said it would send Apache helicopter gunships to the region as well as troops to support the helicopters. Berger and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright emphasized that these troops would be in support of the air campaign - ''not ground forces to go into Serbia or into Kosovo,'' Berger said on CBS' ''Face the Nation.'' Other lawmakers pressing for ground troops as an option included Republican Sens. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, John McCain of Arizona, Richard Shelby of Alabama and Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., and other said that if ground troops are committed, Congress should first give its approval. ''The Constitution requires Congress to make that decision,'' agreed Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., also appearing on ''Fox News Sunday.'' McCain said it was time for Congress to begin to debate the option and consider a vote on use of U.S. ground troops. ''We certainly have to make preparations for it,'' said McCain on CBS. Shelby said if ground forces are needed Clinton must make the case clearly to Congress. ''If he does ... the Congress and the American people will follow,'' he said on CBS. But Sen. John Ashcroft, R-Mo., on CNN's ''Late Edition,'' said the air war should be intensified. He could not ''conceive of a situation where we ... ought to be using ground troops.''

To: Rande Is who wrote (4982)	4/4/1999 11:19:00 PM
From: Rande Is	Respond to of 57584

RELATED NEWS: Religious Violence Flares in Indonesia AMBON, Indonesia -- Christians and Muslims armed with swords, spears and homemade bombs battled and burned places of worship yesterday in an escalation of deadly religious fighting in eastern Indonesia. Three people were killed and at least four were seriously injured in the district of Kei Besar, Muslim leader Akar Roroa said by telephone. A church, a mosque and several houses were set afire. The unrest had spread from nearby Tual, a city in the troubled province of Maluku, which has been hit by chronic rioting since January. Until now, the center of the violence has been in the provincial capital, Ambon, where at least 200 people have died. But the conflict shifted this week to Tual and outlying areas such as Kei Besar. As many as 31 people have died since March 31,including 24 in Tual, said the city's top official, Regent Hussein Rahayan. Clinton Urged to Mention New Party to Zhu BEIJING -- A member of a banned Chinese opposition party has written to President Clinton urging him to mention the beleaguered party's plight when he meets with China's premier in Washington. Gao Hongmin asked Clinton to encourage Premier Zhu Rongji to back human rights improvements that would give Chinese the freedom to voice their opinions and form opposition parties. Zhu is scheduled to leave Tuesday for a trip to the United States and Canada. Gao is among Chinese activists who have continued to try to set up the China Democracy Party despite a government crackdown late last year that led to the imprisonment of three leading members.

To: Rande Is who wrote (4982)	4/4/1999 11:21:00 PM
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RUSSIA DENOUNCES U.S. SANCTIONS MOSCOW -- Russian Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev condemned a U.S. decision to sanction three Russian companies for supplying antitank weapons to Syria, Russian news agencies reported yesterday. U.S. State Department spokesman James P. Rubin said Friday that Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright had determined that the Russian government was involved in the weapons transfer, but waived sanctions on that front, preserving $90 million in U.S. aid to Moscow which otherwise would have been jeopardized. Washington accuses Syria of sponsoring terrorism. Rubin identified the three firms facing sanctions as Tula Design Bureau, Volsky Mechanical Plant and Tzniitochmash. The new sanctions come at a time when NATO airstrikes against Yugoslavia have created serious tension between Moscow and Washington.