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Cohen in Europe for NATO summit

Serbian government
Cohen and a congressional delegation board a plane bound for Belgium to discuss further plans for Kosovo

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April 7, 1999
Web posted at: 4:13 a.m. EDT (0813 GMT)


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Carrier Roosevelt ready for Balkan action

Civilians hit because 'bomb fell short'

'Diminishing and degrading' Yugoslavia

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WASHINGTON (CNN)-- Defense Secretary William Cohen arrived Wednesday in Brussels for meetings with NATO Secretary-General and Gen. Wesley Clark, NATO's supreme commander, and defense officials from other countries, according to the Pentagon.

Cohen plans to visit U.S. and allied forces Thursday in Aviano, Italy, which have bombed Yugoslavia during the past 14 days.

As he returns to the United States, Cohen may tour Ramstein Air Base in Germany, which is coordinating much of the assistance for hundreds of thousands of Kosovar Albanian refugees who have fled into Macedonia and Albania.

Carrier Roosevelt ready for Balkan action

Having detoured from a planned tour of the Persian Gulf, a U.S. aircraft carrier with 50 warplanes has reached the Adriatic Sea, a Pentagon official said at the Tuesday news conference.

"The (USS Theodore) Roosevelt is in place and ready to do air operations as we speak," said Maj. Gen. Charles Wald, an air force representative on the Joint Staff.

The ship's arrival brings the number of NATO aircraft in the region up to 600, Wald said.

Civilians hit because 'bomb fell short'

Pentagon officials assessed damage caused by recent NATO attacks around Pristina and Belgrade.

Discussing an apartment complex reportedly damaged Monday night in a missile attack, Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon said, "It appears a bomb fell short of its target."

The U.S. military is investigating the cause of the mishap in a small Serbian town that killed a number of civilians. A cloud could have misdirected a laser-guided tracking device on a 500-pound (230-kilogram) bomb, Bacon said.

'Diminishing and degrading' Yugoslavia

NATO is continuing to 'diminish and degrade" Yugoslavian military capabilities by cutting off supply lines for ammunition, fuel and food to troops, Pentagon officials said.

"I think we've struck them at the core," said the Joint Staff's Rear Adm. Thomas R. Wilson, who outlined NATO attacks on Yugoslavian army and special police forces.

NATO will continue to target bridge and road, command and control, air defense and oil facility targets, he said.


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RELATED SITES:
Extensive list of Kosovo-related sites
  • Kosovo

Yugoslavia:
  • Federal Republic of Yugoslavia official site
      • Kesovo and Metohija facts
  • Serbia Ministry of Information
  • Serbia Now! News

Kosovo:
  • Kosova Crisis Center
  • Kosova Liberation Peace Movement
  • Kosovo - from Albanian.com

Military:
  • F-117s arrive at Aviano to support possible NATO operations
  • NATO official site
  • BosniaLINK - U.S. Dept. of Defense
  • U.S. Navy images from Operation Allied Force
  • U.K. Ministry of Defence - Kosovo news
  • U.K. Royal Air Force - Kosovo news
  • Jane's Defence - Kosovo Crisis


Relief:
  • Doctors of the World
  • InterAction
  • International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  • International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Kosovo Humanitarian Disaster Forces Hundreds of Thousands from their Homes
  • Catholic Relief Services
  • Kosovo Relief
  • ReliefWeb: Home page


Media:
  • Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
  • Independent Yugoslav radio stations B92
  • Institute for War and Peace Reporting
  • United States Information Agency - Kosovo Crisis

Other:
  • Expanded list of related sites on Kosovo
  • 1997 view of Kosovo from space - Eurimage
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