Solana order: Drop the bombs
NATO takes responsibility for peace in Kosovo
SOLANA ORDER:
DROP
THE BOMBS
According to diplomats, the air bombardments, which will be massive through the use of missiles, could begin during the night of Tuesday, during the night of Wednesday, or during the night of Wednesday going into Thursday.
Fighter jets that will be used during the attack
NATO's goal: Avoiding a humanitarian catastrophe
The NATO Secretary General, Javier Solana (REUTERS)
NATO's goal: Avoiding a humanitarian catastrophe
BRUSSELS - The NATO Secretary General, Javier Solana, announced in the evening that he had received the order for limited air strikes against Yugoslavia on Tuesday evening.
"I have given the order for air operations in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia," Solana declared, underlining that the purpose of this operation in the evening against Yugoslavia, announced on Monday, was to stop the "severe humanitarian catastrophe" in Kosovo.
BRUSSELS - At least one of the three air-naval groups, made up of a cruiser, six destroyers and frigates, and a submarine, will be in Otranto (Italy) launched on Tuesday as the advance force to take part in a military effort against Serbian forces in Kosovo, military sources of the alliance said.
According to the concentrated sources on the Yugoslav side, there are three air-naval groups composed of units and Tomahawk missiles, but this number may increase. The Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, General Wesley Clark, said that the operational movement of the missiles in the Adriatic Sea was carried out on Monday evening. Thousands of troops from the fleet and various counterforces have received orders to take part in the first wave of attacks, the failed ones, there remains no participation of Serbian Kosovo in the political document drafted before the fighting and Kosovo will be subjected with a weakening of their government’s proximity to resolve the Kosovo issue, he added, "thus focusing Solana as well."
NATO Secretary General Javier Solana
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Fighter jets that will be used during the attack