Fra Kosovo til Kosova - BA Forlag

Here is a hit on a straight flush radar associated with SA6 to the west of Belgrade. The second
clip shows a similar attack against an SA6 command vehicle in the same area. Strategic targets
were also engaged, as indicated on this map. Podgorica Airfield in Montenegro was extensively
targeted as the aircraft on that base posed an increasing threat on NATO forces building up in
Albania. Attacks also continued against petroleum
facilities supply routes and army and special police headquarters. There were attacks against an
ammunition plant in Paracin, a corps command post in Rakovica and a tactical reporting post near
Subotika.
The video shows an attack against a MiG 21 which took place yesterday at Pristina Airfield. There
was no evidence of Yugoslav aircraft activity.
Air-to-air artillery and a variety of surface-to-air missiles were fired against NATO aircraft. None
of these attacks were successful.
On the ground in Kosovo, Yugoslav Army and Special Police activity continued in the areas
shown on this map. The main area of activity continues to be in the west, near the Albanian
border. Once again there was cross-border artillery action in the region of Tropoje and Kukes.
NATO military forces continue intensified air strikes against forces in Kosovo, as well as against
strategic targets, fixed installations and fielded forces in a systematic well planned manner
designed to degrade the FRY forces' capability to carry out their scorched earth tactics. All of our
aircraft have returned safely.
NATO is resolved to continue operations until our key objectives have been achieved.
JAMIE SHEA: OK General, thank you very much indeed. Ladies and gentlemen, as General
Marani has made abundantly clear, the mission continues.
Yesterday I expressed NATO's regret for the tragic accident that occurred on Wednesday, but
NATO puts its set-backs behind it and this is what we have done and are going to continue to do.
We are not going to be blown off course. We are keeping our eye on the main issue which is that
Milosevic has to be stopped. NATO of course is not a perfect organisation, but that doesn't make
it any less necessary to persevere until such time as
we have managed to bring peace to Kosovo.
You saw on your television screens yesterday evening a large number of interviews with Kosovar
Albanian refugees and Kosovar Albanian leaders, all making it clear that despite Wednesday's
accident they want NATO to continue, and of course we are going to do exactly that. As we say
in football terms, we are keeping our eye on the ball.
As General Marani also said, last night we had some notable successes, in fact it was one of the
best nights thus far in our campaign. He has listed the radars, the control vehicles, the numbers
of tanks and artillery, the MiG 21s at Pristina Airfield, the heavy damage to surface-to-air missile
sites, to radars and to an ammunition depot in Pristina that we were able to inflict.
At the same time, it is clear that life is becoming increasingly unpleasant for the Serb forces
inside Kosovo. Not only do they have to contend with an increased momentum of NATO attacks
in which they are now starting to sustain serious losses, but they are also being harassed in a way
that they probably did not expect by the Kosovo Liberation Army. Like a phoenix which rises from
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