1. In subsequent fighting between Yugoslav federal troops and Slovenian soldiers Defence Minister Fasslabend alleged repeated violations of Austrian airspace by Yugoslav federal military aircraft. 2. Although the area around the rescue site was teeming with heavily armed Yugoslav troops, the rescue mission took no enemy fire. 3. Amid fears that the civilians might be used as human shields, the Pentagon said the refugees could complicate attacks on Yugoslav troops and tanks. 4. And a peace agreement is in the works that would require the Yugoslav troops to withdraw within days, making the fight for a supply corridor seem irrelevant. 5. As peacekeepers go in, their first task will be clear land mines and booby traps left by Yugoslav troops. 6. According to White House officials, the withdrawal of Yugoslav troops remained a requirement of the peace process. 7. After shelling by Yugoslav troops, the Serb police entered the village later in the morning and began conducting house-to-house searches. 8. Allied warplanes braved bad weather Sunday night to step up attacks on Yugoslav troops while NATO officials repeatedly accused Serbian forces of large-scale atrocities in Kosovo. 9. Allied bombers also hit Yugoslav troop positions and, elsewhere in the province, they bombed reinforced military shelters, armored vehicles, trucks and a command post. 10. But Britain insists that NATO must act now to prepare for a possible ground attack against battered Yugoslav troops, an environment military analysts call semi-permissive. |