NATO ne Kosove - Operazioni i forcave aleate. (26) - video Dailymotion

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Nga Lufta ne Kosove bombardimet e NATO ne serbi lajmet e Shteteve Perendimore

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00:00...vehikus, but what we cannot tell you is how many people are associated with them.

00:08And this image shows concentrations of displaced persons without shelters,

00:15but numbers, again, are difficult to assess.

00:23Yesterday we also discussed the challenge of proving what damage has been caused by CERB forces.

00:28I think it was in the context of the Pristina collateral damage.

00:34And this here, this image shows damaged buildings which have not been subject of any NATO action.

00:47I missed it on the picture. I have the answer for you in a second.

00:51Two shots. The first one would be of the bridge at Novi Sad across the Danube River,

00:59then also a barracks which was struck by F-16s.

01:05This, the video as demonstrated here at the Pentagon a short while ago during the Daily Pentagon briefing.

01:12Also, a SAM site was struck in some of the pictures which we have seen here today.

01:17All of this action, according to General Walt, having taken place two days ago.

01:23One other element much discussed here today is the movement to put the Apache helicopters

01:30into a base being set up for them at the airport in Tirana in Albania.

01:35This is a substantial operation, which in addition to sending in the Apache helicopters,

01:4124 of them, which would take place in the low-level strikes against Serbian targets,

01:46requires sending in an estimated 150 C-17 loads.

01:50That's a large cargo plane full of equipment to operate.

01:55This is not like sending them to a NATO base.

01:57They're moving into Albania where there are no U.S. forces.

02:00They expect to have about 20 of those flights in today,

02:04and they will have set up the security initially, including Bradley Armored Fighting Vehicles.

02:09And in the end, about 25 to 2,700 Americans will be involved.

02:14Members of Congress in Macedonia assessing firsthand the situation and U.S. policy.

02:20Other members fresh back from the airbase in Aviano, Italy and other stops in Europe

02:24have already made some judgments, firing off a letter urging President Clinton

02:29to plan for the use of ground forces in Kosovo.

02:32America, wake up. Europe is at war, and we are in it.

02:37Signing the letter, a mix of Republicans and Democrats.

02:41Yet another indication that when it comes to Kosovo, congressional opinion is all a jumble.

02:46Some traditionally dovish Democrats who opposed military action in the Gulf War

02:51are backing their president.

02:53I'm supportive of the operation and supportive of keeping our options open as to what the next steps are.

02:58One possible next step, ground troops.

03:01Some Republicans say yes.

03:03We have to put all military options on the table and use all of them.

03:07Including ground troops?

03:08Including ground troops.

03:09But other members of the GOP say deploying ground troops would be a disaster.

03:13Putting ground troops in on top of these other situations that have occurred is, I think, a mistake

03:19and would just aggravate a bad situation, take a bad situation and make it horrific.

03:23Almost every Republican, and some Democrats, are critical of the administration's actions for one reason or another.

03:30Some say...

03:31Britain are reinforcing the NATO forces ranged against Yugoslavia.

03:35The Pentagon said 82 extra warplanes will join Operation Allied Force.

03:40And the British are sending the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible to the Adriatic.

03:44In the last few hours, Serb forces are reported to have exchanged gunfire with Kosovo-Albanian separatists near the Albanian border.

03:52Yugoslav media is reporting a new wave of NATO airstrikes.

03:59Frustrated by bad weather, NATO wants to step up a gear in its air campaign against Belgrade.

04:05Another 82 aircraft will soon be on their way, bringing the Air Armada to nearly 700 planes.

04:11The addition of these aircraft will, of course, allow us to do two things.

04:17Expand the number of strikes over any 24-hour-a-day period,

04:23and two, give us more deep strike capacity as necessary.

04:29So, basically, it will allow us to increase the intensity of the air campaign over Kosovo and Yugoslavia.

04:37NATO showed these pictures of a television transmitter under missile attack,

04:43but Belgium...

04:44These pictures were taken by a stealth fighter

04:55as it bombed a bridge over the Danube at Novi Sad in Serbia.

04:59The Pentagon said that though it showed people on the bridge at the time,

05:03they were unhurt, and Army barracks was also on the hit list.

05:08America is sending 82 more warplanes to add to the Blitz.

05:12The addition of these aircraft will, of course, allow us to do two things.

05:17Expand the number of strikes over any 24-hour-a-day period,

05:23and two, give us more deep strike capacity.

05:27HMS Invincible is being diverted to the Adriatic with up to 24 aircraft,

05:33including Sea Harriers to protect the fleet,

05:36while its ground-attack Harriers bombed Kosovo.

05:39The deployment will free American planes from defensive duties.

05:43Provide the punch as NATO intensifies its round-the-clock attack on Yugoslav targets.

05:49We believe we've gained what we call tactical maneuverability,

05:52which is the ability to fly when we need to, where we need to, with acceptable risk.

05:58The additional 24 F-16s, four more A-10 tank killers,

06:03six EA-6B prowlers, 39 KC-135 tankers,

06:09two KC-10s, also tankers,

06:11and seven C-130 cargo planes,

06:1482 more in all will bring the U.S. component of the NATO force to nearly 500 planes.

06:20As U.S. and Canadian defense chiefs met at the Pentagon,

06:23other NATO countries were expected to expand their forces as well.

06:27It's important that we remain focused on this air campaign.

06:32It is reaching our objectives.

06:34The Pentagon showed how one objective,

06:37the bridge over the Danube at Novi Sad,

06:39was targeted two days ago by an F-117,

06:43and a barracks in southern Serbia by F-16s.

06:47Weather hindered Saturday operations.

06:49Only four target areas, once again,

06:52more than one impact point in those areas,

06:55primarily fuel for sustainability,

06:57and their command and control for both execution of operations

07:01and the integrated air defense systems were hit.

07:03In Albania, U.S. humanitarian missions have begun sharing Tirana's airport

07:07with the advanced elements of the Apache helicopter force headed there.

07:11Two dozen Apache gunships will add a close-to-the-ground attack capability

07:14and put some 2,500 Army troops on the ground in Kosovo's neighboring state.

07:20Bradley fighting vehicles to provide the unit's security were among the first to arrive.

07:25They're intending to get the mission running as soon as they possibly can,

07:28integrated into the air campaign.

07:29Pentagon officials say, given the green light,

07:32the Apaches could be flying missions in seven to ten days.

07:35Two and a half weeks into the Allied air campaign,

07:40NATO officials are assessing a shift in Belgrade's strategy

07:43and some fortunate breaks in their own.

07:46...against Yugoslavia.

07:48NATO says there's been a noticeable reduction in Serbian activity in Kosovo

07:53as the Orthodox Church celebrates Easter,

07:55but residents have faced another night of bombing.

08:00These planes took off from the Aviano Air Base in Italy on Saturday night,

08:05marking the start of another wave of airstrikes against Yugoslav targets.

08:11NATO is continuing its military action into the Orthodox Easter weekend

08:15and has even vowed to intensify the strikes.

08:21At a news conference on Saturday,

08:23NATO spokesman Jamie Shea said the raids were going according to plan.

08:28He said the Alliance had now destroyed a total of 150 targets in Yugoslavia,

08:32causing, quote, a hell of a lot of damage.

08:36The Alliance also showed slides of a refugee's trek.

08:39The Alliance's military analysts believe these are the people

08:42who were turned away from the Macedonian border earlier this week.

08:47Meanwhile, the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr,

08:50showed aerial images of Kosovo taken by their unmanned reconnaissance drones,

08:55revealing destroyed houses.

08:57These are seen as proof of the Serb policy of expelling Kosovo Albanians from their homes

09:01and setting the buildings alight.

09:03It's a policy used by the Serbs in the Bosnian War between 1992 and 1995.

09:09The images are also being seen as proof that this damage was caused by the Serb military

09:13and not, as Belgrade claims, by the NATO airstrikes.

09:18NATO plans to step up military activities to target ground troops

09:21in order to put a stop to Milosevic's expulsion policies.

09:26The United States is also sending 24 Apache helicopters to the Balkans.

09:31NATO's commander-in-chief has said this is not a preliminary to the dispatch of ground troops.

09:36That decision has yet to be taken.

09:41The U.S. military base at Illesheim, Germany, is home to the 11th Aviation Regiment.

09:47Troops specially trained for combat and supported by Apache attack helicopters.

09:53Some units from Illesheim are already headed for Albania.

09:56From there, the Apaches could be used against Serb tank units in Yugoslavia.

10:00The 11th Aviation Regiment can bring deadly force to bear on the Yugoslavian ground forces in Kosovo

10:08and they can do it quickly, accurately and continually.

10:14Each helicopter is armed with 16 laser-guided Hellfire rockets

10:18designed to destroy tanks and other armoured vehicles.

10:21The Apaches are built to work close to the ground, in daylight, at night, and in bad weather.

10:27We utilise the same terrain features as a tank, an armour unit, or an infantry unit would.

10:35We operate in the ground regime.

10:38The Army says the Apache's main advantage is its ability to get close to the action on the ground.

10:44But that also increases the risk of the enemy shooting it down.

10:47That's why the Apaches are always deployed in conjunction with ground artillery units

10:52that provide covering fire.

10:54It's not yet clear whether any of the Apaches will be used as part of NATO's air attacks on Yugoslavia.

10:59...and shows some tanks that we damaged as a result.

11:03I have also some videos, and they show an attack against buildings on Cynica airfield

11:18taken from two separate aircraft in the formation.

11:22In both cases, the lead aircraft weapons impact first.

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22:11Genet se rashenës for the several thousand refugese

22:14who made it into this volatile part of Albania.

22:18Serbian warnings to Albania about cross-border incursions

22:22raises the level of tension here,

22:24adding to NATO's concerns about the spillover effect

22:28of the fighting in Kosovo.

22:30Catherine Bond, CNN.

22:32I am Suri, Albania.

22:33An inquiry following the March 27th downing of the jet,

22:37Serb spotters may have caught enough glimpses of the fighter

22:41to intercept it with a surface-to-air missile near Belgrade.

22:44The stealth is supposed to fly undetected at night.

22:48It's air strikes on Orthodox Easter,

22:51leaving Belgrade off the target list,

22:53but hitting repeatedly at supply lines and communication links in Kosovo province.

22:58Operations continued yesterday evening and during the night.

23:01The concentration was on targets in Kosovo itself,

23:05with particularly an assembly area,

23:08petroleum, oil and lubricant facilities at Pristina,

23:14and there was some cruise missile attacks against two radio relay stations.

23:20I stress, as always, that these were strictly military targets.

23:24Videotape released Sunday showed NATO attacks on an airstrip at Pristina.

23:29NATO says weather hampered reconnaissance from overnight raids

23:32and also reduced the number of bombs and missiles NATO was able to deliver.

23:36Despite problems, NATO generals insist the air campaign is working.

23:41It's a very dynamic process.

23:44We've proven to be quite flexible and adept in the way we've changed

23:49what was the original pattern of air activities

23:52into something that's now very focused on the battlefield.

23:56The overall NATO strategy continues to be criticized

23:59because it did not pose the threat of ground forces from the start.

24:04A strategy...

24:05The late addition of U.S. Apache ground attack helicopters

24:08are not signs of bad planning,

24:10but evidence NATO commanders are flexible

24:12in adapting to the fluid situation on the ground.

24:16...order with Ukraine.

24:17Authorities say they found eight fuel tankers and armored vehicles

24:21in addition to the food and medical supplies.

24:24The Russians say they need that fuel to get the convoy,

24:26all 73 trucks, to relief centers in Montenegro.

24:29The Hungarians argue they don't need all of it.

24:34...being moved from Aviano Air Base in northern Italy to southern Italy,

24:38that to make room for several F-16 CJs.

24:41Also on the way are 39 KC-135s,

24:45which can refuel fighter jets in the air.

24:47One group of aircraft already flying combat missions

24:50are the German Tornado fighter bombers,

24:53and CNN's Jim Bitterman has that story.

24:57At an air base lost in the Italian countryside,

25:01the German Air Force, the Luftwaffe,

25:03has gone on the attack for the first time in more than half a century.

25:07Given Germany's history,

25:09it is a fact that could prove sensitive both domestically and internationally.

25:14But the German Airmen and their 14 Tornado fighter bombers

25:16are nonetheless flying combat missions,

25:18which include the active destruction of radar sites

25:21that threaten other NATO aircraft.

25:24Luftwaffe spokesmen discreetly refuse to confirm

25:26that their pilots have attacked hostile targets on the ground,

25:29but plane after plane takes off,

25:31loaded with missiles meant to destroy ground radars,

25:34and return without them.

25:36The Luftwaffe handles its pilots just as discreetly.

25:40None have been named or interviewed.

25:42All are free to seek counseling

25:44should they have difficulties with going into combat.

25:47While German airmen have been flying missions over Bosnia

25:49for more than three years now,

25:51for the air campaign against Yugoslavia,

25:53a psychologist has been added to the base medical team,

25:57not only to be on hand for the airmen should they need him,

25:59but also to study the way they are reacting

26:02to Germany's role in the air attacks.

26:04What's more, the pilots are in almost daily contact

26:07with German political and military leaders

26:09who reinforce their support for the mission against Yugoslavia.

26:13Support that included a personal visit

26:15by the German commanding general,

26:17who told his pilots and newsmen

26:19that there are no doubts about the role

26:21of the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr,

26:23in the NATO mission.

26:24There's a big conviction all over the Bundeswehr

26:28that it makes a lot of sense what we are doing here.

26:32Even with all the backup the pilots are getting,

26:34they, along with others in the Luftwaffe here,

26:36are beginning to sense fatigue setting in

26:38from tense and dangerous air operations

26:40which no one has experienced before

26:43and which will soon go into their third week.

26:46You can feel that that's it.

26:47That's the point is we are not there so far

26:51into this theater that we have to swap

26:53on the cruise, but you feel it.

26:57And it can be felt here too

26:58that taking the Luftwaffe into combat

27:00for the first time since World War II

27:02is something that's being done dutifully,

27:05but reluctantly.

27:07Jim Bitterman, CNN, Piacenza, Italy.

27:10From the alliance that it has the will

27:12and the firepower to wear Slobodan Milosevic down.

27:17NATO has begun to hint that it detects some signs

27:19that Serb morale may be wavering,

27:22but the overall impression remains

27:23that both sides are prepared for this

27:25to be a long haul.

27:27Kevin Connolly, BBC News.

27:29The agency, Tanyuj, say that it's an oil refinery

27:33which was hit in a district...

27:35is a forceful pan in that situation in the way.

27:40For this reason, a social care who has started

27:43has been fighting back on my side.

27:45That's why I made a state of Mariah

27:46that is an oil refinery.

27:47And I can tell you,

27:48the air force of the 일본

27:50is going to be a source of the air force

27:51because I'm in a siloed ship.

27:53And I'm in a city.

27:55I'm in a city that has been a cave

27:55that has been one of my friends.

27:57And I'm in a site of the country

27:58where I am in America.

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