CNN WorldView - 1999-06-05

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[0:07] Commanders from NATO and Yugoslavia meet

[0:09] to plan the withdrawal of Serb forces

[0:11] from Kosovo. But until the troops pull

[0:13] out, NATO says the bombing will

[0:16] continue.

[0:18] From the CNN Center in Atlanta, this is

[0:20] World View.

[0:22] Hello and welcome. I'm Brian Nelson.

[0:24] NATO says that the faster Serb troops

[0:26] withdraw from Kosovo, the sooner its

[0:28] roundthe-clock bombing campaign will

[0:30] end. While the end did not come today

[0:33] Lou Waters reports from Blatz in

[0:35] Macedonia, where a highle meeting was

[0:37] held Saturday between NATO commanders

[0:39] and Yugoslav generals.

[0:42] NATO security was tight at the small

[0:44] cafe near the Bl border crossing when

[0:46] General Mike Jackson, commander of NATO

[0:48] forces in Macedonia, arrived. he had

[0:50] waited 3 hours for his scheduled meeting

[0:52] with the Yugoslavian delegation. The

[0:54] Serbs failed to show at the appointed

[0:57] time.

[0:58] >> It is unfortunate because it would seem

[1:00] that this is not being taken quite as

[1:02] seriously on the Yugoslav side as it

[1:04] might be on our side.

[1:06] >> When the representatives of the

[1:08] Yugoslavian general staff and interior

[1:10] ministry finally did arrive, they

[1:12] immediately sat down to hear General

[1:13] Jackson tell them what now must be done

[1:16] to end the bombing of Yugoslavia.

[1:18] At one point, a Serb officer stepped out

[1:20] of the meeting, communicated by radio,

[1:23] and then crossed back into Yugoslavia,

[1:26] but he returned in 30 minutes and the

[1:28] meeting resumed. After more than 5

[1:30] hours, the Yugoslavian delegation

[1:32] emerged and headed back across the

[1:34] border. It appeared the meeting had

[1:36] ended. It had not. All that is required

[1:39] now is for one or two small points of

[1:42] detail that the Yugoslav uh delegation

[1:46] wish to consult back with to Belgrade.

[1:50] They have gone off to go and do that. We

[1:52] expect them back here within 1 hour.

[1:55] >> 1 hour stretched into almost three.

[1:58] General Jackson, who'd been waiting for

[2:00] the Serbs to return, called it a day.

[2:02] The meeting was over. And one final

[2:05] announcement from NATO.

[2:07] The delegation has asked for more time

[2:10] to consult with their higher authorities

[2:13] in in Belgrade over the content of the

[2:17] military technical agreement.

[2:20] We have in the interest of seeking a

[2:22] swift resolution to this agreed and so

[2:25] the world waits. The refugees of Kosovo

[2:29] wait and the NATO air war continues for

[2:32] another day. Blue Waters, CNN Blotce on

[2:35] the Macedonia Yugoslavian border.

[2:38] >> NATO spokesman says that the Blatz talks

[2:40] are not a time for negotiating. He says

[2:42] the aim of the meeting is to make the

[2:43] Yugoslav generals aware of the peace

[2:45] plan's fine print. CNN's Walter Rogers

[2:48] is in Belgrade and he tells us how the

[2:49] NATO agreement is being viewed there.

[2:54] A Yugoslav woman laughs aloud at a

[2:57] headline in a government newspaper that

[2:59] reads, "Courageous and wise move by

[3:01] Belgrade." Efforts to put the best face

[3:04] on the government's acceptance of the

[3:06] big powers terms for ending the war have

[3:08] met a sardonic public response.

[3:11] >> 90% of ordinary people absolutely aware

[3:14] of what happened. This was capitulation.

[3:16] We lost Kosovo and we should stay on

[3:19] power. The political grumbling has

[3:21] already begun. Serbia's ultraist party,

[3:24] the radicals, met to denounce the

[3:26] agreement for ending the war imposed on

[3:28] Yugoslav President Sloban Mallovich by

[3:31] the European Union, Russia, and the

[3:33] United States.

[3:38] The Serbian Radical Party will never

[3:40] accept complete withdrawal of our forces

[3:42] from Kosovo. We insist on maintaining

[3:45] 15,000 soldiers there and 10,000 police.

[3:49] Still, President Mallosvich appears to

[3:51] retain his grip on power despite a

[3:53] dubious war. He has in recent years

[3:56] skillfully marginalized the political

[3:58] opposition here, and political grumbling

[4:00] does not translate into a change of

[4:02] government. Anxiety seems the dominant

[4:05] public mood.

[4:09] >> We need peace, that's for sure. But

[4:11] under these conditions, what will peace

[4:13] mean? It is unclear what, if any, part

[4:16] the Yugoslav army will have in reshaping

[4:19] this country. Traditionally, they've

[4:21] played a subordinate role to a civilian

[4:23] government. But having withstood NATO

[4:26] bombing, they now return home with no

[4:28] barracks to sleep in and little money to

[4:30] pay them.

[4:34] >> We have to ask the question of

[4:35] responsibility for this devastation, for

[4:38] the people who have been killed. Who's

[4:40] responsible for the misfortune that has

[4:42] taken place regarding this wrong

[4:44] political decision?

[4:46] >> Still, the greatest political pressure

[4:48] on President Mallosvich seems to be

[4:50] coming from outside the country. Several

[4:53] Western leaders have said if Yugoslavia

[4:55] is to receive any reconstruction money,

[4:57] there has to be a change of government

[4:59] here. Walter Rogers, CNN Bgrade.

[5:02] >> And this reminder, CNN's reporting from

[5:04] Yugoslavia is subject to restrictions

[5:06] that are set by Yugoslav authorities.

[5:08] CNN must seek permission to videotape

[5:10] news events and unrestricted travel

[5:11] outside of Belgrade is not permitted.

[5:13] And joining me now on the phone is

[5:15] journalist Paul Restall. He is a

[5:17] journalist who is traveling with the KLA

[5:19] fighters inside central Kosovo. Uh Paul

[5:22] Restall, are you there? Can you hear me?

[5:24] And what what are you observing at this

[5:26] moment?

[5:27] >> Uh yes, Brian, I can hear you. Um well,

[5:31] I am in an area now in central Kosovo

[5:33] close to the city of Malashva. And this

[5:36] area has been hit by a very strong

[5:38] Serbian offensive for the last 8 days.

[5:41] Actually, today was very heavy shelling

[5:44] in this area. Apparently, the Serbs were

[5:47] taking advantage of less uh less NATO

[5:50] air activity because they were bringing

[5:53] in rocket launchers and uh artillery

[5:57] pieces into this area.

[5:59] >> Are the KA fighters continuing to mount

[6:01] offensive against Serb troops?

[6:04] Can you repeat that question, please?

[6:06] >> The question is, are the KLA fighters

[6:08] continuing to mount offensives against

[6:10] the Serb troops?

[6:12] >> Well, the offensive the Ka are launching

[6:15] are not in this area. That's in the

[6:17] border area towards Albania. Uh, in this

[6:20] area, the KA is just trying to defend

[6:23] the the the little piece of land they

[6:25] have here. But effectively there does

[6:27] not seem to be any kind of not

[6:30] disarmament but a halt to the fighting

[6:32] on the word that there may be a peace

[6:33] plan.

[6:35] You're not seeing any halt in the

[6:37] fighting.

[6:39] >> Uh can you repeat the last bit?

[6:41] >> You're not you're not seeing any halt in

[6:43] the fighting yet?

[6:45] >> No no no not at all. Uh actually today

[6:48] was the shelling was much heavier than

[6:50] the last week and uh they will they were

[6:53] also hitting civilian areas uh today and

[6:57] uh yesterday the only thing we have seen

[6:59] less of is NATO air activity.

[7:03] >> All right, thank you for talking to us.

[7:04] Paul Revtol. He's a journalist traveling

[7:06] with the KLA inside central Kosovo.

[7:10] US Vice President Al Gore is telling CNN

[7:12] that while he's hopeful that peace will

[7:14] prevail in Kosovo, the watch word at

[7:16] this point is caution. He says

[7:17] Washington and its allies will maintain

[7:19] what he calls a realistic and hard-nosed

[7:21] approach toward Yugoslavia. CNN's Carl

[7:24] Roshelle has more now from the Pentagon.

[7:26] >> Even though there is no agreement yet

[7:28] between Yugoslavia and NATO, the United

[7:31] States is already moving forces into

[7:33] position to help manage a peace

[7:34] agreement. The Pentagon says the 26th

[7:37] Marine Expeditionary Unit with about

[7:39] 2,000 Marines now on ships in the Aian

[7:43] will land this weekend at the great port

[7:45] of Thessalonica and travel by land to

[7:47] Scopia in Macedonia to await the go-ahad

[7:50] from NATO.

[7:51] >> These Marines uh would not necessarily

[7:53] be the first to go in. They would be the

[7:54] first Americans to go in. It's likely

[7:57] that uh British or French forces may be

[7:59] among the first. Bacon says he

[8:01] anticipates peace time Kosovo will be

[8:03] divided into five sectors with the US,

[8:06] Britain, Germany, Italy, and France,

[8:08] each overseeing a sector. 44 of the

[8:11] 48,000 peacekeepers are expected to be

[8:14] from NATO countries. What, if any, role

[8:16] Russia will play in keeping the peace is

[8:18] not yet clear. Bacon says he does not

[8:21] expect problems from the Kosovo

[8:22] Liberation Army, the KLA. But he says

[8:25] given what has taken place in Kosovo,

[8:27] there may be Serb citizens who want to

[8:30] leave. He said NATO will ensure they can

[8:32] stay if they wish. NATO is going to

[8:35] protect everybody's rights to live in

[8:37] Kosovo. If people want to leave, they'll

[8:39] be allowed to leave. They will not be

[8:41] forced out the way the Serbs forced out

[8:43] Kosovo Albanians. They can stay if they

[8:46] want to stay. We are getting reports

[8:47] that many will want to leave. If that's

[8:50] true, they can leave. But the first day

[8:53] of talks ended with no agreement and the

[8:55] Pentagon says it has seen no movement of

[8:57] Serb troops out of the area. What that

[9:00] means is another day of waiting for the

[9:02] Kosvar refugees and for the Yugoslavs,

[9:05] another day of bombing. I'm Carl

[9:07] Roshelle, CNN at the Pentagon.

[9:10] >> And for more on what role the military

[9:11] will likely play in managing a peace

[9:13] agreement in Kosovo, we turn to CNN's

[9:14] military analyst, retired Lieutenant

[9:16] General Dan Benton. He supervised the

[9:19] planning efforts for US forces that were

[9:21] deployed in neighboring Bosnia. And he

[9:22] joins us here in Atlanta.

[9:23] >> Hi, Brian.

[9:24] >> General, um, the moment peace is

[9:26] declared, the NATO troops start going

[9:27] across into Kosovo. Where do they go?

[9:30] What countries get to do what?

[9:32] >> Well, NATO intends to follow the same

[9:34] model they used in Bosnia. As you

[9:36] recall, they divided Bosnia. They

[9:38] petitioned Bosnia into three sectors. An

[9:40] American sector, a British sector, and a

[9:41] French sector. NATO has announced the

[9:43] intent to partition Kosovo into five

[9:45] sectors. a US sector, a British sector,

[9:48] an Italian, German, and French sectors.

[9:50] Uh, and there's actually quite a bit of

[9:52] thought that's put into how these

[9:53] sectors are actually divided. The

[9:55] British sector, as an example, is going

[9:57] to go in the center around Pristina. And

[9:59] that's predominantly because the British

[10:01] are the framework nation for the uh Arc

[10:04] headquarters. Arc being the Allied uh

[10:06] rapid reaction core.

[10:07] >> Okay. The other sector that's very

[10:09] interesting is the most dangerous sector

[10:11] is really the east because that's the

[10:13] sector along the border between Kosovo

[10:15] and Serbia. That's the sector where if

[10:18] you will there still is going to be

[10:20] contact with the Serb forces. Uh there

[10:23] is a requirement for a lot of patrolling

[10:25] that is a long border. So the nation

[10:28] that has the capabilities to provide

[10:30] this this uh bordering with air uh

[10:33] assets, helicopter assets and more

[10:35] importantly the nation that has the

[10:37] intelligence assets to look deep across

[10:38] this border is the United States. The US

[10:41] is really the only nation that brings a

[10:43] lot to the table as far as that. So the

[10:45] US is going to get the eastern section

[10:47] it appears and then the French, the

[10:49] Germans and the Italians will have the

[10:50] northwest, the west and the southern

[10:52] sectors. All right. Now, knowing your

[10:54] experience in Bosnia, how is this this

[10:56] withdrawal of Serb forces and the

[10:58] introduction of NATO forces going to be

[10:59] orchestrated? Is that really a very

[11:01] difficult procedure?

[11:02] >> Well, this is a very difficult time and

[11:04] it's a time for intense coordination and

[11:06] cooperation between the NATO

[11:08] headquarters and the Yugoslav

[11:09] headquarters. My guess is that Sir Mike

[11:12] Jackson is probably going to want to

[11:13] establish a combined headquarters with

[11:16] decision makers and communicators from

[11:18] the Yugoslav command of the Third Serb

[11:21] army in Kosovo to to be sitting right in

[11:24] his own headquarters. So if something

[11:26] happens, they can jump on it right away.

[11:28] They will establish uh pre-specified,

[11:31] very detailed routes of march that the

[11:34] Serb forces must use. They'll probably

[11:36] have checkpoints along the way so the

[11:38] progress of units as they move along the

[11:40] the routes of march can be monitored and

[11:43] then they'll have a release point

[11:44] somewhere on the other side of the

[11:45] border after which the Serb forces can

[11:48] go ahead and and go fall off

[11:50] >> fall off and go on back to their to

[11:51] their home stations. But this must be

[11:53] very very closely controlled and

[11:55] monitored from the air.

[11:56] >> Yeah. What about the moment when NATO

[11:58] decides it's going to stop bombing? What

[12:00] kind of a sign do they look for?

[12:03] Well, they're going to look at how many

[12:04] troops have to leave before they declare

[12:06] that to be

[12:06] >> Well, I think what NATO is going to be

[12:07] looking for is the fact that the the

[12:09] Serbs in fact are withdrawing. They're

[12:11] going to want to see the Serbs following

[12:13] the the the details and the timets that

[12:16] that General Jackson is laying out. He

[12:18] is not going in and negotiating with the

[12:20] Serbs. He is going in and telling them

[12:21] what he expects to be done. He is going

[12:24] in Precisely. That's right. And he's a

[12:26] he's a tough guy. I know Mike Jackson,

[12:28] >> he's had a lot of experience in

[12:30] peacekeeping. He's an intelligence

[12:31] officer by training with specialized

[12:34] training in in in Russian affairs, but

[12:36] he's had a lot of peacekeeping in

[12:37] Northern Ireland. He spent over 5 years

[12:39] in Northern Ireland uh commanding forces

[12:42] between waring factions. He spent two

[12:44] years in Berlin, a divided city, and he

[12:46] was also the British division commander

[12:48] in Bosnia. So, he's been around that the

[12:50] peacekeeping missions.

[12:51] >> Now, while all this is going on, how

[12:52] does NATO deal with the KLA fighters

[12:54] who's still in the area and may want to

[12:56] um exact some revenge on the withdrawing

[12:58] Serb forces?

[12:59] >> That's a tough question. The big

[13:00] question is the same question we had

[13:02] before Rambuay. Who's in charge? Who is

[13:04] in charge of the KLA? There's been

[13:06] people today speaking for the Ka saying

[13:08] that they fully intend to follow through

[13:10] with the Rambuay Accords and and

[13:12] disarming. But as we heard on the uh the

[13:15] reporter on the telephone just a few

[13:16] minutes ago, that word has not filtered

[13:19] down to all the elements of the KA. So

[13:21] NATO very easily could wind up uh having

[13:24] more difficulties with the KLA in this

[13:26] peacekeep peacekeeping mission than they

[13:28] have with the Serb forces.

[13:30] >> Now do you think they'll also have some

[13:31] difficulties in keeping the uh exiled

[13:33] ethnic Albanians who are in those camps

[13:36] across the border from storming across

[13:38] at the first hint of NATO troops in in

[13:40] Kosovo

[13:41] >> uh you know trying to get back to their

[13:42] homes.

[13:43] >> They are going to have to uh monitor and

[13:45] allow these people back into across into

[13:47] Kosovo uh when when it's safe for them

[13:49] to do that. There's a lot of mines. The

[13:50] Serbs have laid thousands of mines.

[13:52] Bridges are out, roads are out. There's

[13:54] a lot of damage in the villages. Uh they

[13:56] just can't open the borders and let the

[13:57] people go back. They are probably going

[13:58] to have to send them back, maybe even

[14:01] within certain villages within Kosovo

[14:03] when the time is right.

[14:04] >> The irony here is that NATO could end up

[14:06] detaining the very people it wants to

[14:08] send home.

[14:08] >> Precisely. That's right.

[14:09] >> Oh my god. Well, okay. Thank you for

[14:11] taking time to talk to us, General

[14:12] Benton.

[14:12] >> My pleasure.

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[21:58] terrorist Osama bin Laden to its list of

[22:00] 10 most wanted fugitives. Bin Laden is

[22:02] suspected of masterminding the bombings

[22:04] of two US embassies in Africa last year.

[22:06] Also added to that list is James Cop.

[22:09] He's suspected of killing a doctor who

[22:11] performed abortions. US soldiers and

[22:13] veterans reenacted the Allied landing at

[22:15] Omaha Beach in France. The reenactment

[22:18] took place one day before the 55th

[22:20] anniversary of D-Day. The reenactment

[22:22] was followed by a memorial service. The

[22:24] space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to

[22:26] touch down at Cape Canaveral in about 8

[22:28] hours from now. Discovery astronauts

[22:30] finished a final shore early Saturday.

[22:32] The launch of a mirrored satellite that

[22:34] is part of a global school science

[22:36] project. The 10-day mission was one of

[22:38] repair and supply to the International

[22:40] Space Station. Earlier Saturday, mission

[22:42] control informed the crew that poor

[22:44] weather could delay their return an

[22:46] extra day. But CNN will provide live

[22:48] coverage of the expected landing

[22:50] scheduled for Sunday just after 2 p.m.

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[24:50] domestic viewers. And here now is Howard

[24:52] Curts who has a preview.

[24:54] Coming up, who's really getting most of

[24:56] the media attention at the White House

[24:57] these days? One hint, it's not the guy

[25:00] in the Oval Office. And as a final peace

[25:02] deal seems imminent in Yugoslavia, will

[25:04] the media call off their own attacks?

[25:07] That plus a look at checkbook journalism

[25:09] next on reliable sources.

[25:11] >> And later on the world today, when it

[25:13] comes to reaching the top rung on the

[25:15] corporate ladder, is EQ more important

[25:18] than IQ?

[25:20] Well, here's the news. Charismatic lost

[25:22] a bid to win horse racing's vaunted

[25:24] triple crown a short time ago. 20 to1

[25:28] Lemon Drop Kids sprinted to victory by a

[25:30] neck. Charismatic finished third in the

[25:33] 131st running of New York's Belmont

[25:35] Stakes. Charismatic faded in the final

[25:37] stretch, pulling up after crossing the

[25:39] finish line. The Chestnut Cold may have

[25:41] fractured an ankle. The last horse to

[25:44] win all three races of the triple crown

[25:46] was affirmed. That was back in 1978.

[25:49] German tennis star Stephie Graph won her

[25:51] sixth French Open today, then bid Ovar

[25:54] to the Paris Clay Court. Graph scored a

[25:57] 4675 6-2 victory over Switzerland's

[26:00] Martina Hingas. After the match, Graph

[26:02] announced that this was her last French

[26:04] Open, but she wouldn't say if this is

[26:06] her last year on the professional tennis

[26:08] tour. Graph lost her number one world

[26:10] ranking to Hingas two years ago. Now,

[26:12] it's time at um 26 minutes past the

[26:15] hour. We took a look at the weather and

[26:16] Jill Brown standing by with some severe

[26:18] weather and some tornado warnings. Jill,

[26:20] >> that's right, Brian. It looks like it's

[26:21] going to be another rough day here in

[26:22] the Plains. We have the threat of severe

[26:24] thunderstorms, a high risk area, meaning

[26:26] the possibility of tornadoes. One of the

[26:29] things that forecasters look for when

[26:30] they're uh checking out the threat of

[26:32] severe weather is a shift in winds. At

[26:34] the surface, they're coming from the

[26:35] south, but in the upper levels of the

[26:37] atmosphere, they're coming from the

[26:38] southwest. So, the wind shear is there.

[26:40] We also have an area of low pressure in

[26:42] front moving into a very warm and moist

[26:44] air mass. And this gives us our threat

[26:46] zone, our high risk zone. And we now

[26:49] have four tornado watches that are in

[26:51] effect uh through Minneapolis area. uh

[26:54] Sou Falls, South Dakota, you're in the

[26:56] watch zone and stretching back into

[26:58] Wyoming. We do have some tornado

[27:00] warnings that are in effect right now.

[27:02] And with these cells that are coming

[27:04] into northeastern Nebraska and up into

[27:07] South Dakota, we've had a number of

[27:10] warnings now. And we have had

[27:11] confirmation of tornadoes on the ground.

[27:14] So in Iowa, it's Plymouth and Sue

[27:16] counties. And with these thunderstorms

[27:17] here, we've had reports that they're

[27:19] moving at 40 to 50 miles per hour. So

[27:21] moving very quickly. when you get that

[27:23] warning, take cover quickly as well.

[27:25] Also into Nebraska, Cedar, and Wayne

[27:27] counties right now have severe

[27:28] thunderstorm warnings. Earlier, we had a

[27:30] report of a possible tornado south of

[27:32] Minneapolis. No confirmation of a

[27:34] tornado touchdown there, but it looks

[27:36] like it is going to be a very stormy

[27:37] night ahead and one that you want to be

[27:39] prepared to take action and take it

[27:41] quickly if necessary. Now, back to

[27:43] Brian.

[27:44] >> All right, thank you, Jill. Now, the

[27:45] latest on our top story. NATO military

[27:48] officials have detailed the marching

[27:49] orders for a Serb troop withdrawal from

[27:51] Kosovo. The officials met their Yugoslav

[27:54] counterparts near the Yugoslav

[27:55] Macedonian border on Saturday. A NATO

[27:57] spokesman said the Yugoslav delegation

[27:59] had requested time to consult

[28:01] authorities in Belgrade. Both sides are

[28:03] planning to meet again Sunday near the

[28:05] Macedonian capital of Scopia. NATO jets,

[28:07] meanwhile, struck targets throughout

[28:09] Yugoslavia late Saturday. The alliance

[28:11] says it will continue to bomb until

[28:13] Bgrade proves that its forces are in

[28:16] fact leaving.

[28:18] And scores of ethnic Albanian men who

[28:20] say they were released from a Serb

[28:22] prison entered Albania Saturday,

[28:24] staggering and bruised. Some said that

[28:26] Serb soldiers had beat them as they

[28:28] walked to the border.

[28:30] And that is it for this edition of

[28:31] Worldview. Thank you for joining us.

[28:33] Reliable Sources is up next for our

[28:34] domestic viewers. Bye for now.

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