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00:00...engulf the region.
00:02And later, when unbridled patriotism once more
00:05sparked ethnic fears and hatreds,
00:07Europe found itself at war again.
00:12Such bitter memories,
00:13combined with Serbia's refusal in Paris
00:15to make peace in Kosovo,
00:17and a new campaign of terror,
00:19are what prompted NATO to act.
00:21If we and our allies were to allow this war
00:24to continue with no response,
00:26President Milosevic would read our hesitation
00:28as a license to kill.
00:31There would be many more massacres,
00:33tens of thousands more refugees,
00:35more victims crying out for revenge.
00:38NATO insists its decision to strike
00:40is designed to end Serb aggression in the Balkans,
00:43not interfere with its internal politics.
00:46I'd like to emphasize that
00:47we have no quarrel with the people of Yugoslavia.
00:53Our action is directed against the repressive policies
00:56of the Yugoslav government,
00:59which is refusing to respect
01:01the civilized normal behavior
01:04in this Europe
01:06at the end of the 20th century.
01:09U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
01:11places the blame solely on the Yugoslav president.
01:14She dismisses any argument
01:15that NATO has no right to intervene
01:18in a sovereign state's domestic affairs.
01:20It all started with his attacks on Slovenia.
01:24He has, we all know his record in Croatia and Bosnia.
01:28He has no regard for international borders.
01:33And I think that his pleading
01:36that he is a sovereign country
01:39is very much like the child who killed his parents
01:43and pleaded that he was an orphan.
01:45The fear of war spreading beyond Kosovo
01:48is what drives the Allies.
01:50Neighboring Macedonia seems at greatest risk.
01:53It's home to both Serb and ethnic Albanian minorities
01:56and thousands of Kosovo refugees.
01:59It is also a base for more than 10,000 NATO troops,
02:03making them possible targets for Serb revenge.
02:06Albright, a refugee herself during World War II,
02:10again makes the case for action.
02:11We have an opportunity to learn
02:14from the mistakes that our predecessors made,
02:17the slowness of responding,
02:19of not dealing with wars or problems
02:22when they were small.
02:24And coming in, I think, you know,
02:26I am somebody who was liberated by Americans,
02:28but I think that if things had been done earlier,
02:33not so many lives would have been lost.
02:37But the moralized and underfunded military
02:39is in no real position to back up rhetoric with force,
02:42even though it does feel bound to support
02:45its traditional Serbian allies.
02:47Russia is also feeling increasingly isolated.
02:51Only two weeks ago,
02:52three of its former Warsaw Pact allies
02:54actually joined NATO.
02:57And a former Russian Republic, Azerbaijan,
03:00seized six Russian fighter jets on its territory,
03:03believing they were bound for Yugoslavia.
03:05Russia is now being described
03:09as a battle against genocide.
03:11But the continued brutality and repression
03:13of the Serb forces
03:14further underscores the need for NATO to persevere.
03:19I strongly support Secretary-General Solano's
03:22decision yesterday
03:23to move to a new phase in our planned air campaign,
03:27with a broader range of targets,
03:29including air defences,
03:31military and security targets,
03:32and forces in the field.
03:35These pictures show the situation
03:37inside Kosovo itself.
03:39The NATO airstrikes
03:40are causing widespread damage here,
03:42but it's the Yugoslav forces
03:44who still seem to be inflicting the most pain.
03:4850,000 ethnic Albanians
03:50have fled their homes
03:51in the past few days alone.
03:53The reports of massacres by Serb troops
03:56are widespread.
03:57Whether we like it or not,
03:59we have to recognize
04:00that we are on the brink
04:01of a major humanitarian disaster
04:03in Kosovo,
04:06the likes of which
04:08have not been seen in Europe
04:09since the closing stages
04:10of World War II.
04:15Britain's stake in the NATO campaign
04:17has now more than doubled.
04:19Four more Harrier jets
04:21left their base
04:21at RAF Wittering
04:22in Cambridgeshire this afternoon
04:24to join eight already in Italy.
04:27Their missions were being planned
04:31even before they touched down
04:33at their new base.
04:34Eight RAF Tornado GR1s
04:36are also being sent
04:37to bolster NATO's air power.
04:40We are confronting...
04:41...return safely
04:42from a bombing mission
04:43to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
04:45The first plane touches down
04:46at Europe's longest military runway,
04:49its braking parachute
04:50strewn out behind.
04:52For many of the crews,
04:53combat is a new experience.
04:55firing air-launched cruise missiles
04:57at targets throughout Serbia.
04:59You can feel when the aircraft...
05:01...when a weapon is released
05:02from the aircraft.
05:03And any time you fly an airplane,
05:05it's inherently dangerous.
05:07The nice thing about the B-52
05:08is that it brings a combination
05:10of between the weapons payload
05:12that we can carry
05:13and the range and speed
05:15of the aircraft,
05:16especially with...
05:17...when you're talking about
05:18launching missiles,
05:19we can launch them
05:20from an area that puts us
05:22at less risk
05:23than some other platforms.
05:25The planes had been in the air
05:26a little under nine hours,
05:28beginning the mission
05:29for the first time in darkness.
05:31Ground crews,
05:32who've travelled with the bombers
05:33from their base in Louisiana,
05:35working round the clock
05:36to keep the B-52s
05:37fuelled and armed.
05:39We bring enough assets
05:40with us, supplies,
05:41to pretty much fix
05:42any difficulty we have
05:44on the aircraft,
05:45and we have all the
05:46maintenance personnel
05:47pretty much we need
05:48to complete that tasking.
05:53And tonight,
05:54another mission
05:55is in progress.
05:56A flight of B-52s
05:58loaded with cruise missiles
06:00soared into the night sky
06:01before heading east
06:03towards the Balkans.
06:04The US air force
06:05has been given approval
06:06to bring even more B-52s here,
06:09supplementing the nine
06:10already in place.
06:11It signals...
06:12...in Italy
06:12and heading purposefully
06:14towards Serbia.
06:15A demonstration,
06:17if one were needed,
06:18that NATO is undeterred
06:19by its first loss
06:20of an aircraft
06:21and unimpressed
06:22by Serb defiance.
06:24Here, the government
06:25announced it was
06:26sending extra aircraft,
06:28turning up the military pressure
06:29as well as the rhetoric.
06:32These additional aircraft
06:33and the wider action
06:34we are now planning
06:35will hit heavily
06:37at Milosevic's ability
06:38to pursue his murderous
06:40campaign in Kosovo.
06:43I don't use the term
06:44murderous,
06:45lightly.
06:46We are confronting
06:47a regime
06:48which is intent
06:50on genocide.
06:52The RAF is sending
06:5313 more planes,
06:55including eight
06:56Tornado GR1s
06:57from their base
06:58in Germany.
06:59Part of NATO's effort
07:00to stop what it calls
07:01the humanitarian disaster
07:03in Kosovo.
07:05Whether we like it or not,
07:07we have to recognise
07:08that we are on the brink
07:10of a major humanitarian disaster
07:12in Kosovo,
07:14the likes of which
07:16have not been seen
07:17in Europe
07:17since the closing stages
07:19of World War II.
07:21It's estimated
07:22more than half a million
07:24ethnic Albanians
07:25have been displaced,
07:26a quarter of Kosovo's
07:28entire population.
07:29For the thousands
07:30streaming across the border
07:32into Montenegro,
07:33NATO's promise
07:34of more robust action
07:35may have come
07:36too late.
07:38George Robertson
07:39will tomorrow
07:40visit the RAF pilots
07:41who may now be asked
07:42to fly even
07:43riskier missions,
07:45low-level attacks
07:46on mobile
07:46and well-armed
07:48Serb units.
07:49Kevin Dunn,
07:50ITN,
07:51at the Ministry of Defence.
07:53Nine of the extra
07:54British planes
07:55deployed to the NATO action
07:57will arrive in Italy
07:58shortly.
07:59Another four Harriers
08:00ordered their touchdown
08:01earlier this evening.
08:02They'll join
08:03number one squadron
08:04near Bari
08:04from where ITN's
08:06Tom Bradby reports.
08:08Events in Kosovo
08:09have forced Britain's hand.
08:11This afternoon
08:11these four Harriers
08:12were on their way
08:13to join the nine
08:14already in place
08:15in southern Italy,
08:17here air-to-air
08:18refuelling en route.
08:20The pilots
08:21had been on standby.
08:22Today they were in transit,
08:24tomorrow they could be
08:25in combat.
08:27Their arrival here
08:29gives the detachment commander
08:30a little more flexibility.
08:32The strike force
08:35could now be flying
08:36sorties day and night.
08:38These men arrive here
08:39not knowing how long
08:40this is going to go on
08:41or exactly what missions
08:42they'll have to fly.
08:44But phase two
08:44of this campaign
08:45may well include
08:46low-level flying
08:47perhaps even during
08:48daylight hours
08:49and that carries
08:50greater risks.
08:54It's not clear
08:55if the new pilots
08:56have flown in combat
08:57before.
08:58Certainly for those
08:59already here
08:59the last few days
09:00have been a baptism
09:01of fire.
09:03They admitted privately
09:04today it was sobering
09:05to see the first plane
09:06go down
09:06but they said
09:07it was hugely
09:08encouraging
09:09that the pilot
09:10had been so efficiently
09:11and quickly rescued.
09:13We don't underestimate
09:13the threat
09:14it merely
09:14underlines the threat.
09:16We don't know
09:16actually how the aircraft
09:18came down at this stage
09:19but it's actually
09:20very reassuring
09:20that the pilot
09:21got out safely
09:22very quickly
09:22so that's been
09:23very reassuring
09:24to our people.
09:27It wasn't just
09:28Harriers that came
09:28in today
09:29the Hercules
09:30transport plane
09:31brought in more
09:32equipment
09:32but other than that
09:34it's been a quiet
09:34weekend.
09:35The last mission
09:36was on Friday night
09:37and that's not good
09:38for the pilots.
09:39They said today
09:40too much waiting
09:41around means
09:42too much time
09:43to think.
09:44Tom Bradby
09:44ITN
09:45Southern Italy.
09:47In the mountains
09:49Serb soldiers
09:50emerge from cover
09:51along the Kosovo
09:52border
09:53their positions
09:54now being strengthened
09:55and reinforced
09:56each day.
09:58They've also
09:58brought forward
09:59more armour
10:00to within a few
10:00score metres
10:01of the frontier.
10:04Hidden in the
10:04trees covering
10:05the border crossing
10:06another Serb tank
10:07on the road
10:08from Pristina
10:09below
10:09movement
10:10is mostly
10:11arriving
10:11Serb military.
10:13These are
10:14Serb sappers
10:14checking minefields
10:16laid along the
10:16border
10:16within the last
10:17few days.
10:18One exploded
10:19during the night.
10:20Against the
10:21Geneva Convention
10:22the minefields
10:22are unmarked
10:23and appear to
10:24cover the length
10:25of the border
10:25here with Macedonia.
10:27The positions
10:27that we've seen
10:28the Serbs take up
10:29today would seem
10:30to be of a
10:30defensive nature
10:31but that in itself
10:32suggests that they
10:33are prepared to
10:34resist any NATO
10:35advance.
10:37And every once
10:38in a while
10:38a little convoy
10:39of civilians
10:40travelling
10:41on a well-worn
10:41trail of misery.
10:43A quarter of
10:44Kosovos' Albanian
10:45population has been
10:46displaced
10:46the numbers
10:47increasing daily.
10:48Many have
10:49crossed the mountains
10:50into Albania
10:50whatever they bring
10:52with them
10:52is outweighed
10:53by everlasting fear.
10:55It'll take some time
10:56before they realise
10:57they are the lucky ones
10:58who've escaped
10:59what now seems
11:00to be a programme
11:01of removal
11:02and sometimes
11:03extermination.
11:04And the young men
11:05and husbands
11:06are mostly missing.
11:09NATO's border patrol
11:11seem more frequent
11:12now but it's not
11:13the Serbs
11:14who are coming
11:14it's the people
11:15this operation
11:16was mounted
11:17to protect.
11:18Colin Baker
11:18ITN
11:19on the Macedonia
11:20Kosovo border.
11:23Launcher rocket grenade
11:24moments later
11:25a dramatic shootout
11:26with police
11:27on a busy
11:27city centre street
11:28all captured
11:29on amateur video.
11:31No one was hurt
11:31but several bullets
11:33hit the embassy.
11:35A further four aircraft
11:37and we know
11:37as you're saying
11:37that they've already
11:38arrived.
11:39In addition
11:40there's two
11:41TriStar tankers
11:42out there
11:42a third on its way
11:43which took
11:43those aircraft out
11:44and then
11:45we've also got
11:47eight Tornado GR1s
11:49coming from Germany
11:50from RF Bruggen
11:51and there are going
11:52to be three AWACS
11:53aircrafts
11:54still out there.
11:54Now that's quite a force
11:55we've rather crowded
11:56that picture there
11:57to demonstrate
11:58that there is quite
11:59a commitment
11:59now from the British.
12:01We tend to look at it
12:02and say
12:02well we're the poor relation
12:03the Royal Air Force
12:04is doing a lot
12:05because remember
12:05there's a squadron
12:06in Kuwait
12:07there's a reinforced
12:07squadron in Saudi Arabia
12:09there are aircraft
12:09in Inchilic
12:10in Turkey
12:11all doing the
12:11no-fly zone
12:12in Iraq
12:13and Britain has
12:14other commitments
12:15around the world
12:15in places like
12:16the Falkland Islands
12:17so a lot of commitment
12:18that's going on
12:19now from the British.
12:21As it came in today
12:22this is the
12:23four aircraft
12:24Harriers
12:25going out
12:25they left RAF
12:26Wittering this morning
12:27there's the
12:27TriStar tanker
12:29the TriStars
12:30can also carry
12:30all their equipment out
12:31this is a really
12:32difficult activity
12:33actually in-flight
12:35refuelling
12:35that long probe
12:36there
12:36and to the right
12:37you can see
12:38the nozzle
12:39which connects
12:40the fuel
12:40the moment it makes
12:41contact
12:42the fuel flows
12:42when it breaks
12:43the fuel stops
12:44and after a long
12:45flight
12:46these pilots
12:47are having to work
12:48quite hard
12:48and doing navigation
12:49and other duties
12:51when they're going down
12:52and having to then
12:53refuel in flight
12:54probably twice
12:54I would imagine
12:55but it's a nice view
12:56there to see
12:57the aircraft together
12:58you don't often get
12:59that opportunity
13:00to see that many aircraft
13:01sadly this is
13:02in a war situation
13:03that we're seeing them
13:04but the Harrier
13:05and you can see
13:06a beautiful view
13:06of the nose there
13:07and those bumps
13:08on the nose
13:09are all its new
13:10night vision equipment
13:11and there's
13:12the flight deck
13:12of the TriStar tanker
13:14and there's
13:15one of the pilots
13:16of the Harriers
13:17going out
13:18so clearly
13:21they
13:22part of the job
13:24drilled into pilots
13:25until its reflex
13:26what happens
13:28the first few minutes
13:28after a pilot
13:29goes down
13:30in hostile territory
13:31fills a long way
13:32towards deciding
13:33his fate
13:33upon getting
13:35on the ground
13:35they try to get
13:37away from the aircraft
13:38and then
13:40they look for
13:41hide sites
13:42and basically
13:43as the name
13:44would imply
13:44escape and evade
13:45now's the time
13:46to gather your thoughts
13:47recall your training
13:49your briefings
13:50and your evasion
13:51plan of action
13:52or EPA
13:53it's military training
13:55like this
13:56that helped
13:56Scott O'Grady
13:57evade capture
13:57for six days
13:58after being shot
13:59down over Bosnia
14:00in 1995
14:01jumped into a quick
14:02hold up point
14:03and then
14:03must have been
14:04geez
14:05just a couple of minutes
14:06to where I could hear
14:06where people were at
14:07at the parachute
14:08followed by
14:09just a few brief minutes
14:10after that
14:11people were walking
14:11right by me
14:12training
14:12luck and wits
14:13kept O'Grady alive
14:14ingredients
14:15every NATO pilot
14:16in trouble will need
14:17the Geneva Convention
14:18is designed
14:19to protect downed pilots
14:20but the Pentagon
14:21is prepared
14:22for the worst
14:22we have
14:23significant assets
14:25repositioned in the theater
14:27for getting pilots back
14:28and obviously
14:30our first effort
14:31would be along the lines
14:33of what we did
14:33to get
14:34Scott O'Grady back
14:35the effort's a sophisticated one
14:37it begins in earnest
14:38once a pilot's been located
14:39and his position confirmed
14:41through a radio beacon
14:42all NATO pilots carry
14:44that's when
14:45specially trained rescue teams
14:46are dispatched
14:47and assault helicopters
14:48like this
14:48CH-53 super stallion
14:50that went in
14:51to get O'Grady out
14:52they can fly
14:53day or night
14:54they fly very low
14:56to the ground
14:56they have extended range
14:59on them
14:59they carry extra fuel bags
15:01so they can go further
15:02for the Pentagon
15:03the goal is a scene
15:04like this one
15:04a pilot safe
15:06and surrounded by loved ones
15:07for a pilot
15:08the trick is never having
15:09to deal with this
15:10at all
15:11Jonathan Akin
15:12for CNN
15:13Washington
15:14they show a series
15:18of explosions there
15:19in line with NATO's
15:20declared intention
15:22of pounding
15:22Serb ground forces
15:24said to be conducting
15:25a genocidal campaign
15:27against ethnic Albanians
15:29a major reference
15:30whatever measures
15:31are necessary
15:32even reluctantly
15:34introducing
15:35ground forces
15:36if that is the only way
15:38to accomplish it
15:39others say
15:40not yet
15:40it's only been five days
15:42now I know there are
15:42terrible things happening
15:43in Kosovo
15:44there are a lot of people
15:45talking about ground forces
15:47let's continue
15:48the air assault
15:50President Clinton
15:53is still selling
15:54his Kosovo policy
15:55to a skeptical
15:56American public
15:57any attempt
15:58to introduce
15:58US ground forces
15:59into the troubled region
16:00could be a hard sell
16:02Gene
16:03Chris
16:03off for souvenirs
16:05the pilot was rescued
16:07by American search teams
16:08NATO today
16:10admitted that
16:10a plane had crashed
16:11but didn't say why
16:13Sky's diplomatic correspondent
16:14Tim Marshall
16:15reports from Belgrade
16:16a moment of triumph
16:22for the civilians
16:23of Budyanovsi village
16:25they are sure
16:26the American stealth jet
16:28was shot down
16:29whatever the circumstances
16:30there's only one
16:31explanation here
16:32this man said
16:35he saw the plane hit
16:36then there was a flash
16:37and an explosion
16:38another man described
16:42seeing the aircraft
16:42going down
16:43he ran towards the wreckage
16:45but the army arrived
16:46and told him to keep away
16:47today Serbian television
16:49is showing pictures
16:50of the wreckage burning
16:51shortly after the plane
16:52came down
16:52the rest of the fuselage
16:54was found about
16:55four kilometers away
16:56one local said
16:57they'd found the pilot's
16:59weapons
16:59but not him
17:00one villager told us
17:01the plane was traveling
17:02from west to east
17:04above the village
17:04it burst into flames
17:06did a U-turn
17:07and then crashed in the fields
17:08the wreckage is spread
17:09over a large area
17:11the authorities will try
17:12and gather as much as possible
17:13and then examine it in detail
17:15in Belgrade
17:21there was an anti-war demonstration
17:22with up to 10,000 people attending
17:24the population
17:26pro or anti
17:27the Yugoslav government
17:28is deeply angry
17:29about the bombing
17:30the vast majority blame
17:32President Clinton
17:33back out in the countryside
17:35villagers were tearing
17:36strips off the plane
17:37as souvenirs
17:38its black plastic-like material
17:40and lightweight
17:41honeycombed interior
17:42fascinating them
17:43a boy too young
17:45to understand irony
17:46stood on the wing
17:48of this broken symbol
17:49of American power
17:50wearing a Chicago Bears hat
17:52his mother tried to persuade him
17:54to give the three-fingered
17:55Serbian victory salute
17:56Tim Marshall
17:58Sky News
17:59Budjanovsi
18:00Yugoslavia
18:01related to a new level
18:04of violence
18:05Jill Doherty
18:06is in the Russian capital
18:07there were about
18:12a thousand
18:13anti-NATO protesters
18:14outside the U.S. embassy
18:15a smaller crowd
18:17than usual
18:18suddenly
18:21a white car drove up
18:23I just happened
18:27to be looking
18:27at this white car
18:28standing here
18:29when a man
18:30in camouflage
18:30gets out
18:31and I said
18:32look
18:32he's gonna start firing
18:33the man
18:35in camouflage clothing
18:37raised a rocket
18:38propelled grenade launcher
18:39to fire at the embassy
18:40police say
18:41the launcher
18:41apparently malfunctioned
18:43witnesses say
18:44the man grabbed
18:45another launcher
18:46police opened fire
18:47with pistols
18:48the man jumped
18:49into the car
18:49and fired back
18:50with an automatic weapon
18:51seven or eight bullets
18:55hit the embassy
18:56U.S. officials said
18:57no one was hurt
18:58the car sped away
19:00police recovered
19:01two grenade launchers
19:02left behind
19:03by the shooter
19:03police
19:04federal security
19:05service troops
19:06and police special forces
19:08were beefed up
19:09you can see
19:11that we push
19:11most of the people
19:12away from the embassy
19:13people are now
19:14located a good distance away
19:16and the police
19:17are guarding the embassy
19:18anti-NATO demonstrations
19:21have been taking place
19:22day and night
19:23in front of the U.S. embassy
19:24in Moscow
19:25they have turned violent
19:27with ultra-nationalists
19:28and young skinheads
19:30fueled by alcohol
19:31breaking windows
19:32throwing bottles
19:33eggs and ink
19:34at the building
19:35located on one of Moscow's
19:37busiest thoroughfares
19:38this is not the first time
19:40the U.S. embassy
19:41has been fired on
19:42in September 1995
19:44a rocket propelled grenade
19:46was fired
19:47destroying an office
19:48no one was injured
19:49that attack
19:50came after the Kremlin
19:51accused NATO
19:52of genocide
19:53against the Bosnian Serbs
19:55Russia's interior minister
19:58says police
19:59prevented a most dangerous
20:00political provocation
20:02the consequences
20:03of which could
20:04have been irreversible
20:05the Russian foreign ministry
20:07apologized to the United States
20:08for the attack
20:09President Boris Yeltsin
20:11ordered an investigation
20:12Jill Doherty
20:14CNN
20:14Moscow
20:14in Moscow
20:15secondly
20:18all of our F-117s
20:20have a pilot's name
20:21on the canopy rail
20:22that does not mean
20:24that that pilot
20:25is the only individual
20:26that flies that airplane
20:27that's the one
20:28that's assigned
20:28kind of his baby
20:29to look after
20:31when it's back here
20:32at home station
20:32and is separate
20:34and distinct
20:35from who would fly that
20:36during a particular mission
20:38obviously we don't go up
20:39and paint the airplane
20:40with a new name on it
20:41every time a different pilot
20:42gets in it
20:43General Channel 9
20:45El Paso
20:46were the search and rescue
20:48personnel carried out
20:49the rescue
20:50or any of them
20:50from Holloman
20:51as you might recall
20:55our search and rescue forces
20:57have departed Holloman
20:58we don't have any more
20:59assigned to Holloman
21:00at this time
21:02I do not have the names
21:03or the particular unit
21:04that accomplished
21:06the rescue
21:07if I look back
21:09at the experience
21:10and the proficiency
21:11and the talent
21:11and the skill
21:12of the 48th rescue squadron
21:13and when they were here
21:14I'd certainly say
21:16there's probably
21:16a good chance
21:17that they could have
21:18pulled that off
21:18but I don't have
21:20an answer for that
21:20right now
21:21It is day 5
21:23of Operation Allied Force
21:25and airstrikes
21:26against Yugoslavia
21:27are intensifying
21:28NATO launched
21:29more than 50 warplanes
21:31from the base
21:31at Aviano, Italy
21:32this afternoon
21:33they are going
21:34after Serb forces
21:35who are carrying out
21:36what one NATO official
21:37calls genocide
21:39against Kosovo Albanians
21:41the pilot
21:42of a downed
21:43U.S. warplane
21:43is returned safely
21:45to Allied territory
21:46with only cuts
21:47and bruises
21:47and as all this
21:49is happening
21:49three Russian politicians
21:51including a former
21:52prime minister
21:53have arrived in Belgrade
21:54on what they say
21:55is a peace mission
21:57On the ground
21:58in Kosovo
21:59Serbian troops
21:59are reported
22:00to be routing
22:01ethnic Albanians
22:02from villages
22:02and now cities
22:03sending a flood
22:05of refugees
22:05across the borders
22:06into neighboring
22:07Albania
22:08Montenegro
22:08and Macedonia
22:10the NATO bombing
22:11was intended
22:12to prevent
22:12a humanitarian
22:13catastrophe
22:14but as Alan Pizzi
22:15reports
22:15it may have
22:16at least
22:17for the time being
22:17worsened it
22:18this is what
22:21NATO bombing
22:21has won so far
22:23a long dismal
22:24line of refugees
22:25driven from their
22:26homes by the Serbs
22:27over the weekend
22:28alone
22:2914,000
22:30ethnic Albanians
22:31fled Kosovo
22:32according to the
22:33UN refugee agency
22:34they took all the men
22:38and killed them
22:39this woman says
22:39they put pistols
22:41on people's throats
22:42and said
22:42we will not allow
22:43your children
22:44to see Kosovo
22:45we will kill you all
22:46the Serbs appear
22:47to be ethnic cleansing
22:48on a monumental scale
22:50reliable reports
22:51from Prishtin
22:52say leaflets
22:53signed by the Serb
22:54prefect of Kosovo
22:55order all ethnic
22:56Albanians
22:57to leave for Macedonia
22:58there are also
22:59credible reports
23:00that ethnic Albanian
23:01men who worked
23:02for humanitarian
23:02relief agencies
23:03and the international
23:04monitors
23:05are being hunted down
23:07refugees crossing
23:09the Macedonian border
23:10today had hidden
23:11for days before
23:12taking the chance
23:13of making a run
23:14for it
23:14even safely
23:16across the border
23:16they were afraid
23:17to be identified
23:18what sort of things
23:20happened?
23:21they are collecting
23:22people during the night
23:23killing them
23:24slaughtering them
23:25only NATO ground troops
23:30he says
23:30can save Kosovo
23:31and if no troops
23:33come
23:33what will happen?
23:36only mighty God
23:37knows that
23:37what do you think?
23:42they will kill
23:43plenty of beings
23:44there
23:44and NATO bombings
23:46haven't stopped
23:47the Serb offensive
23:47against Kosovo
23:48Liberation Army
23:49guerrillas
23:50according to a spokesman
23:51reached by
23:52satellite telephone
23:53we are still
23:54fighting
23:54we have ammunition
23:56but
23:56we don't have
23:57enough
23:58to take them
23:59back
24:00to break them
24:01refugees have
24:04so little left
24:05they are reliant
24:06on charity
24:07for food
24:07but that's still
24:08better than
24:09being trapped
24:09in Kosovo
24:10Alan Pizzi
24:11CBS News
24:12Skopje
24:13airstrikes
24:14against Yugoslavia
24:15are in what
24:16NATO is calling
24:16phase 2
24:17now targeting
24:18Yugoslav tanks
24:19troops
24:20and weapons
24:20on the last day
24:21of phase 1
24:22and yesterday
24:23the Serbs scored
24:24a propaganda coup
24:25when a high-tech
24:25American stealth
24:26fighter went down
24:27David Martin
24:28at the Pentagon
24:29reports
24:30the celebrating
24:31may be short-lived
24:32F-117 stealth
24:35fighters took off
24:36again from Italy
24:37this evening
24:37as NATO launched
24:38a fifth night
24:39of strikes
24:40which NATO
24:40officials vowed
24:41would do serious
24:42damage to the
24:43Serb army
24:44we are increasingly
24:45switching our
24:46attention to the
24:46military thugs
24:48who are causing
24:49such misery
24:50and suffering
24:51directly at
24:52Milosevic's
24:53orders
24:54and let them
24:56get this message
24:57because we are
24:58going to hit them
24:59hard
25:00the stealth fighter
25:01that went down
25:02last night
25:02appears to have
25:03been hit by a
25:03Serb anti-aircraft
25:05missile
25:05it was the first
25:06stealth aircraft
25:07ever lost in combat
25:08but the pilot
25:09was rescued
25:10he's in great shape
25:11he's back in a NATO
25:12facility right now
25:13and continue to
25:14carry on with his
25:15military duties
25:16the primary military
25:17duty is to keep up
25:18the bombing until
25:19Serb president
25:20Milosevic cries
25:21uncle
25:21we intend to
25:22continue
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