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Nga Lufta ne Kosove
bombardimet e NATO ne serbi
lajmet e Shteteve Perendimore
bombardimet e NATO ne serbi
lajmet e Shteteve Perendimore
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00:00A lot of the camps are within only a few kilometers of the border
00:02with DakoviÄia, he had problems there with the convoys
00:06This one here is the biggest camp we have around here, which is at Kukesh
00:09There's a number of sites, there's one at the Italian camp
00:12there's one at the Greek camp and one at the UAE
00:14and we have a small signals debt, which is down here
00:17which do all our comms and give us weather actuals at Kukesh
00:19Back out on the airfield, Wing Commander Cook
00:23has another situation to deal with
00:25Two Royal Navy Sea Kings from the aircraft carrier Invincible have flown in
00:30on a reconnaissance mission for a ministerial visit
00:33Yet despite the many and various disruptions
00:38John Cook's primary role of getting the aid to those who need it
00:42is, he says, being fulfilled
00:44Most of the aircrew are flying four hours a day
00:48which is generally two loads in the morning and two loads in the afternoon
00:51I've calculated on a very rough figure
00:56that we are moving something in the region of between 160 and 200 tons a day
01:03and at the moment, places like Kukesh are getting full
01:07You know, people are not starving up there
01:10Whilst John Cook had to start from scratch here in Albania
01:14flight coordination in the Balkans is not new to him
01:18He commanded a helicopter detachment in Bosnia
01:21Wing Commander Cook's brief is only to run this airfield
01:26until the aid organisations can do it all themselves
01:29When that will be, of course, is anyone's guess
01:32So until then, the RAF will ensure that aid comes into
01:36and out of this airfield with military...
01:39...regret for the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
01:42Expressions have resolved to continue the strike against Yugoslavia as well
01:46Our coverage begins with CNN's Carl Rochelle, who is at the US Pentagon
01:50A breakdown in intelligence appears to be responsible for NATO's attack on the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
01:58The building was intentionally targeted
02:00NATO didn't know that it was the Chinese embassy
02:03It believed it was something else
02:04So there was a clear failure of intelligence
02:07Military sources say the pilot who dropped the precision-guided munitions on the Chinese embassy
02:13hit the target he was aiming at
02:15The problem apparently came when the building was incorrectly identified as one being used by Yugoslav forces
02:22We had the information that this headquarter, the Federal Directorate for Supply and Procurement, was in this building
02:29I can tell you this, the Chinese embassy was not a target
02:34And anybody that would sit down and look at this and say this is a Chinese embassy would have said forget it, that's not a target
02:39Officials expressed regret at hitting the embassy
02:42They also suggested the incident was one of the misfortunes of war
02:46There's no such thing as clean combat
02:48We have the best pilots in the world, we have the best weapons in the world, we have the best planned missions, we have the best trained forces
02:56But there is no way to avoid collateral damage or unintended consequences
03:01When weapons are employed to solve what might have been solved diplomatically
03:06There have been a number of incidents of collateral damage
03:09A train carrying civilians struck as it was crossing a bridge
03:12A civilian bus also struck as it was crossing a bridge
03:15And Saturday morning, a hospital at Nish
03:19Even as it was expressing regret, NATO was promising more airstrikes on Yugoslavia
03:24And pointing to its latest efforts
03:26Like this hit on a MiG-29 base at the Belgrade airport
03:29And the Yugoslav hotel
03:31NATO says the hotel was the headquarters of Arkans Tigers
03:35...policy into action
03:37Finally, the decks were cleared for a real military response, not some piece of garbage
03:47A real bombing campaign, not a pinprick, not just a campaign, not just a bomb or two
03:52Not just a day or two, not just a day or two, but as much as it took
04:07I must say that I enjoyed it
04:36I must say that
04:38Because those who killed so many defenceless people
04:42Those who aimed baby hospitals
04:46Those who aimed children while playing
04:49Could finally feel what it means to be targeted, to be defenceless
04:57And they deserved it
05:00The NATO planes destroyed the Bosnian Serbs infrastructure
05:16They couldn't even make a telephone call
05:18The night before last night
05:20First you will remember one of the targets we struck
05:24Was the residence of President Milosevic
05:26Which actually housed a command and control bunker
05:30Here are both the pre- and post-strike photos showing the significant damage to the side
05:38The second image shows the Ivanica satellite communications facility
05:48Which was an important command and control communications node as you know
05:52Serbian air defenses were light to show you a picture
05:58Apache helicopter gives NATO planners a low-flying well-armed aircraft to use against Serb ground forces
06:04It's designed as a tank killer
06:06It carries 16 of the Hellfire missiles
06:10Which are specifically designed for taking on heavy armored targets
06:16In addition to Hellfire laser-guided missiles
06:18The Apache is armed with a 30-millimeter cannon
06:21Capable of firing more than 600 rounds per minute
06:24The Apache cruises at 189 miles an hour
06:28Apaches debuted in 1989 during U.S. military action in Panama
06:32They attacked Iraqi radar sites during the first wave of Operation Desert Storm
06:36Apaches have also been used during NATO peacekeeping operations in Bosnia
06:40Their use in Kosovo brings the Apaches close to the terrain they were built for
06:44Apaches were designed during the Cold War
06:47For possible use in Eastern Europe against Soviet forces and the Warsaw Pact
06:51The rugged mountainous terrain of Yugoslavia is, as I say, ideal
06:56Because they're designed to fly and hide in certain nooks and crannies or various areas
07:02Wherever they can get in a little valley
07:04The Apache's biggest advantage? Its ability to fly in most kinds of weather and at night
07:09Pilots choose infrared and night vision equipment to navigate and target
07:13But it's an advantage that's been known to backfire
07:15During Desert Storm, Apaches were involved in several friendly fire incidents
07:20They misidentified some targets
07:22When you're operating, when you're using FLIR or night vision goggles and these kinds of sight equipment
07:29Essentially you can't, you're never 100% sure whether or not what you're seeing is a friend or foe
07:35Built by McDonnell Douglas, now a part of Boeing, each Apache costs just under $15 million
07:41Despite their comparatively low price tag, Apaches are high-maintenance aircraft
07:45They go through spare parts quickly and require lots of routine care and ground support
07:50Tailor-made for assaults on ground forces, the low-flying Apache is also vulnerable to ground fire
07:55If the enemy knows they're coming, if they lose the advantage of sneaking up on the enemy, well, then they could be in a lot of trouble
08:01For Science and Technology Week, I'm Jonathan Akin
08:04Just as his continuing bombing campaign is showing signs of wearing down Slobodan Milosevic
08:09The international community, whose help is so crucial if a peaceful end to this conflict is to be found
08:14Is looking increasingly weary of NATO's handling of this war
08:18Mark Connolly, BBC News
08:20Find and target Serbian military units in the field
08:31This Serb Patrol will no longer be operating within Kosovo
08:35The second video also shows the absolutely outstanding and professional job
08:49Our NATO air crews are doing
08:53This attack, like many, was at night against a defended target
08:59The target is a bridge near Kubrija
09:02The coordination and accuracy of this flight of NATO aircraft is self-evident
09:09As I have stressed, lines of communication are essential to the Serbian military operations against the Kosovo
09:18Military supplies will not pass over this bridge for quite some time
09:23Again, cutting into the mobility and sustainability of the forces in the field
09:29Ordinary Kosovo Albanians, which have been demolished, burned, or in some of these shots you can still see them burning
09:41These, ladies and gentlemen, are the results of Serbian military and special police attacks against civilians
09:50None of these targets were legitimate military targets
09:55And without doubt, none of the damage was caused by NATO attacks
09:59The news reached most in Serbia on the main evening state TV bulletin
10:08The newscast are giving only the brief statement issued earlier by Tanjuk, the official agency
10:14It's said that since 10pm on Sunday parts of some army and police units had been ordered to begin withdrawing from Kosovo
10:21No details have been given of the size or timing of the pullback
10:25However, the announcement did offer the prospect of a further military scale down
10:32Providing agreement was reached on the size and make-up of a UN presence in Kosovo
10:35It's said Yugoslav forces there would return to their pre-conflict level
10:50Against the Kosovo Liberation Army were over and raised the prospect of further withdrawals to peacetime levels
11:00If agreement being brokered by Moscow's Special Envoy Viktor Chernomirdin for a United Nations mission to Kosovo was reached
11:08With NATO planes targeting President Milosevic's forces on the ground in Kosovo
11:14It's difficult to say how the army and police could safely withdraw without risking further attacks
11:20To Slobodan Milosevic, they're fighting to keep Kosovo part of Yugoslavia
11:25Serbian troops, police and paramilitaries
11:28NATO estimates Serbian forces in Kosovo at 40,000
11:32Around 10,000 more than before NATO started its air campaign
11:36Milosevic's military command now says some of them are being withdrawn
11:40If you put yourself in his position, then it makes sense for him to announce the withdrawal
11:46And then to proceed with it
11:48The goal, of course, would be to achieve a halt in the bombing campaign
11:52International observers are agreed that the Serbian forces in Kosovo
11:59Are systematically trying to expel the majority ethnic Albanian population
12:04Refugee aliens from the Serbian forces
12:06Its ultimate aim is independence for Kosovo
12:10There are an estimated 5,000 KLA fighters against the heavily armed Serb units
12:15An unequal struggle
12:16The Yugoslav military statement says the order to withdraw some army and police units
12:21Went into effect on Sunday evening because the KLA has been defeated
12:25The G8 demanded that President Milosevic verifiably withdraw Serbian troops and paramilitaries from Kosovo
12:33Such a withdrawal, the agreement says, would be the first step towards halting NATO airstrikes
12:39But further details of any timetable to peace are hazy
12:43What the proposal does include is allowing all Kosovo Albanian refugees to return to their homes
12:50And permitting relief organisations into the troubled province
12:54Its most sensitive point is the provision for what it calls an international civilian and security presence in Kosovo
13:03The exact make-up of the force is still uncertain
13:07But it would be sent by the UN Security Council and operate under a UN mandate
13:13The force would also prevent separatist Kosovo Liberation Army guerillas
13:19From filling the power vacuum in Kosovo after the Serbian troops depart
13:24Any security force?
13:26And so far rejects any limits on the forces equipment or mission
13:31Draws from Kosovo and the administration says a partial pullout is hardly enough to end the NATO strikes
13:37Maybe he's taken one step or half
13:40Yugoslavia's announcement of a partial withdrawal of its military forces from Kosovo was immediately rejected as inadequate by NATO
13:48Which promised the Allied bombing will continue to intensify
13:52NATO's five conditions for an end to its air operations are crystal clear
13:58No troop movements in Kosovo that would indicate Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is actually pulling out any forces
14:06We have seen no evidence at all of any troop withdrawal
14:11Bad weather forced the cancellation of some bombing runs in recent days
14:15But NATO says its planes were still able to hit Serb forces in the field
14:19We were able to strike tanks, armored personnel carriers, trucks, and troops
14:26Pentagon says NATO has already eliminated more than one-third of the Yugoslav Army's artillery and armored personnel carriers
14:33And if the troops do try to leave Kosovo they will be subject to bombing on their way out
14:38The USS Clear Sarge is the lead ship of three which make up an amphibious ready group in the Adriatic
14:44On board are more than 2,000 Marines and an array of helicopters
14:49From troop carriers to Cobra gunships
14:52As well as the Marines and helicopters on board the USS Clear Sarge
15:06There are also six Harrier jets
15:08Two have just returned from a cluster bombing mission over Serbia
15:12So far the Harrier sorties have been trouble free
15:17But pilots say there is a constant need for vigilance
15:20The dangerous thing is that we have not observed actually any fire yet
15:24Of course and that's always the most dangerous part
15:27Is when you let your guard down because you don't think it's out there
15:30It is and it's a pretty formidable threat
15:32We haven't seen any actually fired against us yet
15:35But that doesn't mean it hasn't been
15:36Could it just mean we didn't see it?
15:38If a pilot is shot down then the Kear Sarge is geared to respond
15:42On board a platoon of Marines
15:45Their equipment permanently ready to launch a rescue
15:48Each member of the TRAP team as it's called
15:51Continually trains even at sea
15:54Basically we use our imagination
15:56We go downstairs and use the marksmanship simulation trainer
16:00We can do first aid and communication training right here in the hangar bay
16:03We can work with our climbing gear right here in the hangar bay
16:07We can do fast roping like we would do out of a helicopter right here in the hangar bay
16:12But life on board can get tedious for Marines who are trained to fight
16:17Many admit they would relish a ground war
16:20Oh definitely, we're anxious, we train for it year round
16:23That's what we're here for
16:24When we get the call, like I said, we're more than ready
16:28The ultimate thing I'm working for here is to lead Marines into combat
16:31This will be my opportunity to prove myself
16:34If the call does come then commanders say it'll be a seamless switch of roles
16:39If you look at what we're doing right now
16:41We've got people that are involved in the humanitarian assistance mission
16:45And at the drop of a hat we're on a 60 minute alert to send troops in to recover pilots
16:51I'm sure you've walked around and seen their gear on the ramp there
16:55Combat troops ready to go into combat
16:58You know, it's just a phone call away
17:01The Marines here on the USS Kearsarge describe themselves as a floating kick in the Dwarf Force
17:07First into any combat situation
17:10And they're able to sustain themselves for anything up to 15 days
17:14For now though, the only shooting they can do is make believe in the onboard simulator
17:20But when and if the call comes to go in, all insist they will be ready
17:25David Bowden Sky News on board the USS Kearsarge in the Adriatic
17:30It was one of the heaviest yet
17:31With Alliance aircraft completing over 600 sorties yesterday
17:35Helped by clear weather, NATO says strikes were launched on airfields, bridges, military radio sites
17:42And Yugoslav forces in
17:44The tech
18:02You can see this great success
18:12I have one more post-strike photograph of a recent target
18:19This is of Opfra airfield where we destroyed taxiways and created the runway
18:25Albania is also alone in fully embracing NATO's humanitarian and military operations on its territory
18:35Its sudden rise as the West's new best friend is the chance of a lifetime
18:41Today ITN obtained these exclusive pictures from a front line 5km inside Kosovo
18:48They were taken by a Kosovo cameraman who spent a week with the KLA
18:53Fighting has intensified in recent days
18:59Although the KLA are hopelessly outgunned
19:02They claim NATO's bombing raids have enabled them to push back demoralized units of the Yugoslav army
19:07They say many of the mortars they are firing have been seized from the Serbs
19:14And the pictures also show Serb positions and uniforms allegedly captured during this assault
19:22For these men any success by the KLA is cause for celebration
19:27But other pictures from the Drenica region of Kosovo show the Serb assault on ethnic Albanian villages goes on
19:34The Serbs say they are trying to flush out KLA fighters they brand as terrorists
19:40But despite six weeks of NATO bombing raids Serb tanks are still clearly on the move
19:46And the result is that in nearby villages entire communities are fleeing for their lives
19:55We've seen them streaming across Kosovo's borders
19:58But these pictures show the beginning of the long and dangerous trek to Albania and Macedonia
20:03If Kosovo is not yet empty of its ethnic Albanian population it soon will be
20:09Although KLA leaders say talk of a partial Serb withdrawal is a fraud
20:14They do believe NATO's bombing is so degrading Serb forces that they will pull out of Kosovo within a matter of weeks
20:21And again today NATO jets were pounding Serb positions just across the border here
20:26The bombers swooped down on what are believed to be Serb artillery sites and troop concentrations high in the hills
20:34And from the Albanian side of the border could be seen the results of their work
20:39Mark Austin ITN on the comments abroad like the air reconnaissance missions above Kosovo play an ever greater role
20:47This tendency is growing because of NATO's new strategy
20:52Consequently rapid reaction forces of the Bundeswehr will soon increase from 50 to 60,000 troops
20:59What kind of army is suitable these days?
21:02So far the Bundeswehr has relied on conscription
21:05Young men must do military service in a bid to integrate the armed forces into society
21:11Most other NATO countries already have a volunteer army
21:14Which explains why Germans are also debating the future of conscription
21:18How many troops will be needed in the future?
21:21The number of personnel has diminished since the end of the Cold War
21:24Around 330,000 soldiers are serving at present
21:28But there's already talk of reducing this number to 260,000
21:32What kind of structure will the Bundeswehr need in the 21st century?
21:36The Navy, the Air Force and the Army currently work independent of one another
21:40More integration however is planned to shorten the chain of command
21:44What kinds of equipment will be necessary to accomplish future missions?
21:50Many military planes like the Transaal are too old
21:54The military's air transport capacity over long distances is thus endangered
21:58And in urgent need of modernization
22:00Night and day of airstrikes is a smoking evidence
22:03That despite the announcement of a partial troop withdrawal from Kosovo
22:07Serb President Milosevic has not cajoled NATO into a bombing pause
22:11Number one, we have seen no evidence
22:13Fortifications along likely invasion routes
22:16NATO has 12,000 troops in Macedonia
22:19A 5,000 man American task force in Albania
22:22And marines offshore
22:24But no plans for an invade by...
22:26Who...
22:27But inside Kosovo today, NATO planes continue to pound Serb positions
22:45The smoke clearly visible across the border in Albania
22:49Suspending airstrikes is not a price NATO is willing to pay
22:53Not when its intelligence suggests Serb military activity in Kosovo
22:57Is if anything, intensifying
23:00General Wesley Clark commanding NATO's operation against Kosovo
23:06Visits the air crews spearheading the assault
23:08He may lead the most powerful military alliance in history
23:11But he's also heavily constrained by having to reconcile the wishes and worries of 19 nations
23:17But after a slow start, the military results he reads about are looking better
23:22The sunshine that greets him at Gioia del Colli Air Base is one key reason
23:26Better weather means more missions and air crews can find more of the hardest targets
23:34Over 350 Serb military vehicles in Kosovo have now been destroyed, with more today
23:40We went out and looked and I found three armoured personnel carriers
23:44They were trying to hide
23:46And who had probably been up to no good in the previous days
23:48And they were going to be up to no good tonight
23:50But we found them and we attacked them with our free-fall weapons and destroyed them
23:55NATO's attacks are mainly focused in two areas
23:58The strategically vital north, where they believe the Serbs may seek a partition
24:02In some kind of compromise deal
24:04And the south-west, where the Serbs are trying to cut off the supply corridor
24:08For the Kosovo Liberation Army
24:10We are continuing the pressure
24:12Forcing them to concentrate on hiding from our attacks
24:15And leaving them less time to continue their offensive operations
24:22What air crews aren't seeing is any sign of a pull-out
24:25Instead commanders say they seem to be digging in for a long war
24:28While attack aircraft like the RAF's Harriers try to stop them building defensive lines
24:33Increasingly effective strikes are causing immense damage to the Serb army
24:38But the issue is, will it force President Milosevic to back down?
24:42NATO believes it's only military pressure that's made President Milosevic talk
24:46Of withdrawing troops and diplomatic solutions
24:49So they say their best policy is not to slow down
24:52But speed up their bombing campaign
24:54Which is now benefiting from better weather, more experience and more aircraft
24:59Mark Leyte, BBC News, Gioia del Colle
25:02...encircle Yugoslavia with warplanes by moving both attack and support aircraft
25:07To newly approved NATO bases
25:09U.S. officials say F-18s and A-10s will move to bases in Hungary
25:14While F-15s and F-16s will go to bases in western Turkey
25:18With permission to fly through the airspace of Romania and...
25:21With permission to fly through the airspace of Romania and...
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