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NATO forces uncovt
evidence of atrocitii
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) —
Ducking at the sound of gunfire,
patrolling cautiously to avoid the
ire of Serbs, thousands of NATO
peacekeepers spread out Monday
across Kosovo. Some uncovered
grim evidence of atrocities as they
tightened their control of the
province.
Serb forces complying with the
pullout ordered by NATO to end the
78-day air war mixed in with civil
ians fleeing in columns up to 500
vehicles long. Some ethnic Alban
ian homes were set ablaze by Serb
troops leaving Kosovo.
Aiming to bring a measure of
stability to the province shattered
by war and a long history of ethnic
hatred, NATO and U.S. forces
sought to downplay the impasse
over about 200 Russian soldiers oc
cupying the Pristina airfield where
the allies planned to establish
headquarters.
NATO lead commander Lt. Gen.
Michael Jackson insisted the air
field was not crucial to occupying
forces, although the White House
said Defense Secretary William Co
hen and Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright will meet their
Russian counterparts in Helsinki,
Finland, within days.
Kosovo’s Serbs fear the majori
ty of ethnic Albanians will take
bloody revenge on them for years
of oppression and for reported
atrocities. The West, meanwhile,
fears a Russian zone will lead to the
partition of Kosovo.
Refugees, who began streaming
out of Kosovo after the NATO
bombing campaign began March
24, told of Serb slaughter and the
massacre of innocent victims.
The accounts could not be inde
pendently confirmed at the time,
and one of the peacekeepers’ gru
eling tasks will be to investigate
what happened. On Monday, they
gingerly probed the town cemetery
Standoff raises questioi
about Russian intentio;
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Kosovo airport standoff between
NATO and Russia is more than a
turf war.
To the Western allies, a main
worry is that Russian troops inde
pendent of NATO could lead to a
split in Kosovo, drawing the mi
nority Serb population to a Russ
ian-controlled zone and excluding
the ethnic Albanians.
To the Russians it is a foot in
the door, a means of asserting
themselves in a part of the world
where they held great influence
before the collapse of the Soviet
empire. It is a matter of national
pride — and perhaps political sol
idarity with Slobodan Milosevic
— that Russian troops in Kosovo
not fall under NATO control.
Partitioning of Kosovo could
throw a wrench into then
lions yet to come oval
political future — thea
self-government thep/tij
allowed and what
have with Serbia.
Moscow and Belgrade
placed on one side
United States and NATtl
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control of Europe.”
in Kacanik, where the stench of de
cayed flesh hung heavy over a
mass grave believed to contain 81
bodies.
British Capt. Andy Reeds said
war-crimes investigators would be
called in to examine the site, 30
miles south of Pristina.
Peacekeepers continued to pour
into the battered Serbian province
from neighboring Macedonia and
Albania, and officials said about
15,000 allied troops had entered
Kosovo by Monday.
A convoy of 1,200 U.S. Marines
began crossing just south of Ka
canik at first light, and U.S. forces
took over the area, including the
site of the graves, from the British
troops.
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