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To: Yaacov who wrote (8561)	5/15/1999 4:17:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Yaacov, I think that that is a reprehensible charge. As you said, Jews argue, especially over life and death issues. That doesn't make him responsible...Also, I don't think that you are correct, it seems to me that opinion is about evenly divided. How do you think Bibi won? And why do you think that even Labor has to make concessions to religious parties to form a government?

To: Yaacov who wrote (8561)	5/16/1999 2:51:00 AM
From: JBL	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 17770

Yaacov, I know you had high hopes for the Apaches, but it looks like they won't be used unless troops are on the ground : _______________________________________________________ Report: Pentagon blocks Apache attacks Sunday, 16 May 1999 5:51 (GMT) (UPI Focus) Report: Pentagon blocks Apache attacks WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) - The New York Times reports that top U.S. military leaders are resisting a plan by NATO commander Gen. Wesley Clark to send U.S. Apache attack helicopters to fight in Kosovo. Pentagon and NATO sources tell the Times that Clark wants to use the 24 Apaches currently stationed in Albania in combat across the border, but Defense Secretary William Cohen, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Henry Shelton and others have blocked the move. The Times quotes an unidentified senior U.S. official as saying "The issue is that Clark is being aggressive, and there is some resistance to doing what he wants to do." The Clinton administration agreed to send the Apaches, which are designed for attacking armored units, under the condition that the president would have to authorize their use in combat. The helicopters fly low in order to be effective against tanks, which leaves them vulnerable to anti-aircraft fire from the ground. A unidentified Pentagon official told the Times: "The Army's concern is that this is a very dangerous mission. The avenues into Kosovo are limited, and the opportunity for shoulder-held weapons is very real. We have to really have all our act together. No one thinks the mission can't be done, but in an age when the American people believe we're in a zero-defects war, there's real apprehension we're going to bring solders back in body bags." The 24 Apaches are part of a force of about 5,000 troops stationed in Albania, many of whom are support staff for the helicopters. Clark recently briefed NATO diplomats at a closed-door meeting about the helicopters, the Times says, and several asked him why they haven't been used in Kosovo yet. Two crew members of an Apache stationed in Albania died on May 5 when their helicopter crashed. --