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Page 10A • Thursday, March 25, 1999
US leads NATO airstrikes on Yugosla
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Clinton acknowledges potential for American loss in national add
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Ameri
can planes and ships led an open
ing wave of airstrikes on Yu
goslavia Wednesday that included
the first-ever combat use of the Air
Force B-2 stealth bomber. “The
dangers of acting now are clearly
outweighed by the risks of failing
to act. President Clinton said.
Calling the Kosovo crisis “full
blown,” Clinton said the NATO ac
tion was aimed in part at deterring
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milo
sevic “from continuing and esca
lating his attacks on helpless civil
ians.”
Speaking from the White House
moments after a barrage of air- and
sea-launched cruise missiles struck
at Yugoslav air defenses, Clinton
acknowledged the risk of American
and allied losses. But he said those
risks were outweighed by the dan
gers of not acting resolutely in the
face of unrelenting Serb aggression
against ethnic Albanians in Koso
vo.
“Only firmness now can prevent
greater catastrophe later,” the pres
ident said. He promised a more
complete explanation of the NATO
attacks later in an Oval Office ad
dress to the American public.
Explosions rocked Pristina,
Kosovo’s capital, and air raid sirens
filled the air in the Yugoslav capital
of Belgrade. U.S. defense officials,
speaking on condition of anonymi
ty, said the NATO raids would con
tinue unabated for hours, perhaps
days, to disable what U.S. officials
call a strong Serb air defense net
work.
Defense Secretary William Co
hen told a Pentagon briefing
Wednesday afternoon that there
was air-to-air combat, but “our air
craft have safely returned” after the
first wave.
A defense official, speaking on
condition of anonymity, said at
NATO airstrikes on Yugoslavia
U.S.-led NATO forces launched airstrikes
against Yugoslavia Wednesday.
A look at the air strike:
Show determination to gain
peace in Balkans
Make Milosevic pay for
violence against ethnic
Albanians in Kosovo
Diminish Serbs’ ability to
wage war on Kosovars
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shot down.
The attacks began shortly after
darkness fell in Yugoslavia, with
Navy ships and submarines in and
around the Adriatic Sea firing
dozens of Tomahawk cruise mis
siles and Air Force B-52 long-range
bombers launching between three
dozen and four dozen AGM-86
cruise missiles after flying from a
base in Britain.
Also participating were Air
Force B-2 Spirit bombers, the first
time they have seen combat since
becoming operational in 1997. Two
B-2s flew round-trip missions from
Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo.,
armed with satellite-guided, 2,000-
pound iron bombs, according to Lt.
Col. Jay DeFrank, an Air Force
spokesman.
The B-2 is the most advanced
stealth aircraft in the world — and
the most expensive, at about $2 bil
lion apiece. The plane was de
signed during the Cold War to pen
etrate the former Soviet Union’s
heavy air defenses, and has come
under harsh attack from critics as
being too high-cost for today’s mil
itary.
The initial NATO attacks
Wednesday also included Air Force
F-117A stealth fighter-bombers, fly
ing from Aviano Air Base in Italy,
defense officials said. The F-117A
played a starring role in the 1991
Gulf War against Iraq.
Republican and Democratic
lawmakers alike expressed support
for the mission, even if some har
bored reservations about the pres
ident just four weeks after his im
peachment trial ended with an ac
quittal.
“Whatever reservations about
the president’s actions in the Balka
ns, let no one doubt that the Con
gress and the American people
stand united behind our men and
women who are bravely heeding
the call of duty,’’ said Sen. Majori
ty Leader TVent Lott, R-Miss.
Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware,
the senior Democrat on the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, said
he expected the first wave of at
tacks to last for several days — to
be followed by an even heavier
bombing campaign against other
targets. He said he did not expect a
pause between the two phases,
saying they would be seamless.
Clinton laid out three objectives
to the airstrikes:
—’’Demonstrate the seriousness
of NATO’s opposition to aggression
and its support for peace.”
—Deter Milosevic from contin
uing and escalating his attacks on
civilians by “imposing a price for
those attacks.” He said Milosevic
had chosen “aggression over
peace” and broken his promise to
“stop the brutal repression of Koso
vo.”
—Damage the Yugoslav army’s
capability to wage war against the
Kosovar Albanians.
An immediate casualty of the
NATO attacks was the alliance’s al
ready shaky relationship with Rus
sia. President Boris Yeltsin pulled
Russia out of its partnership with
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