1. Innocent Afghan civilians have paid a higher price, including those killed in mistaken American attacks. 2. It was the deadliest mistaken attack on American forces since the Vietnam war. 3. The mistaken attack against the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade and a handful of errant bombs received enormous attention by the media. 4. The mistaken attack on the Chinese Embassy in Kosovo also pressed the need for more accuracy in urban warfare. 5. The mistaken Djakovica attacks bears no equivalence to the deliberate massacres that have been perpetrated by the Serbs. 6. A Kosovo Albanian rebel leader is urging NATO to intensify the air bombardment of Yugoslavia despite a mistaken attack on a guerrilla base in Kosovo. 7. Clinton blamed Milosevic for the mistaken attack, saying the bombings would have ended long ago if the Yugoslav leader had ended his campaign against ethnic Albanians. 8. In Washington, Pentagon leaders expressed regret Thursday that civilians were killed in a mistaken allied attack on an ethnic-Albanian refugee convoy in southern Kosovo. 9. NATO has expressed regret for the mistaken attack but pledged to pursue the bombing campaign until Yugoslavia accepts a plan to end the Kosovo crisis. 10. President Clinton has apologized for the mistaken attack, which was blamed on faulty intelligence. |