81. Earlier, the Palestinians had been holding to a precondition that Israel remove its security forces from Palestinian territories before a summit could be held. 82. Efforts to create a sort of southern alliance of anti-Taliban forces from among the Pashtun tribes that dominate southern Afghanistan and southwestern Pakistan have been halting. 83. Eventually, the Nixon administration progressively withdrew United States forces from South Vietnam. 84. For one thing, the tantalizingly flat farmland separating alliance forces from the Afghan capital is deceptive. 85. For example, NATO wants a total withdrawal of Serb forces from Kosovo while the Russians are talking about a partial withdrawal. 86. Franks declined to say when security conditions in Afghanistan would allow the United States to withdraw military forces from the country. 87. German troops, as well as forces from Muslim nations, are expected to take part in the overall force. 88. Go in full force from the beginning rather than escalate yourself into a quagmire. 89. Governments had taken into account the threat this would pose to the lives of U.N. forces from the Bosnian Serbs. 90. Greece withdrew its forces from joint NATO maneuvers on Sunday after its military jets were refused permission to fly over two disputed Aegean islands. |