The Washington Post
The bombs were dropped, but what happens next?
Michael DOBBS
During a private visit to the White House with President Clinton this month, the Italian Prime Minister expressed the view that a NATO bombing campaign against Yugoslavia could lead to the spread of the conflict in the Balkans. What Massimo D’Alema asked Clinton was how the United States would react if President Slobodan Millosheviç refused to change course and instead continued his military offensive against the Kosovo Albanians?
According to Italian sources, Clinton seemed unprepared for the question, “What happens next?” Rather than answering, he turned to his national security adviser, Samuel R. “Sandy” Berger. After a brief hesitation, according to the sources, Berger replied: “We will continue the bombing.” As NATO prepares to carry out its first attack on an independent country that has been an ally throughout its 50-year history, the reservations of members such as Italy and Germany appear to have faded. But the problems raised by the Italian Prime Minister remain central to the success of the U.S. strategy.
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SPORTS LOTTERY 29 March
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TIRANA
I am sending you
ITALY in
HERE ARE THE TARGETS HIT LAST NIGHT BY NATO
North of Belgrade - military depot / Pancevo - military airport / Kragujevac - Zastava motor vehicle factory / Radovë - airport near Podgorica in Montenegro / Podgorica / Prishtinë - Slavinë airport / Danilovgrad / Uziçe / Kërsumlije / Novi Sad / Nish - military airport / Gjakova / Samobar - airport in Vojvodina / Ulqin, Montenegro / Several Yugoslav MiG-19 aircraft have been shot down, one of them in Malishevë
AGM-86C CALCM
(Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile)
ITALY
SERBIA
KOSOVO
ALBANIA
MACEDONIA
Adriatic Sea
Ionian Sea
Tirana
Podgorica
Prishtina
Belgrade
Sarajevo
HUNGARY
CROATIA
ROMANIA
BOSNIA
SERBIA
KOSOVO
ALBANIA
MACEDONIA
GREECE
200 km
100 km
Source: NATO, U.S. Air Force and Defense / Jane’s Information Group
7:58 p.m.: 100 NATO missiles attack Yugoslavia
8:10 p.m.: Allied bombers over Shkodër and Kukës
9:20 p.m.: Moscow threatens World War III
10:00 p.m.: Majko: We are ready to pay the price of peace
From 11:30 p.m.: Bombing of Prishtinë resumes
NOTICE
All former political prisoners who deposited securities with Sh.p.k. “FABIONA”, Vorë, are hereby notified to gather at the Association of Former Political Prisoners, Tirana branch, Rruga e Elbasanit, No. 7, on 31 March 1999 at 10:00.
The Creditors’ Committee