61. The United States says it wants the peacekeepers to have increased authority to use force when attacked or when defending the safe areas. 62. They also wanted to create fear and show that the peacekeepers have less control over the city than the Indonesians did, Richards said. 63. U.N. peacekeepers had to abandon two observation posts in the area when five artillery shells landed nearby. 64. Ukranian peacekeepers had to withdraw from three observation posts as the Serbs advanced. 65. Twice this week, American peacekeepers have had to break up clashes between Muslims trying to enter their former territory and Serbs now in control of it. 66. Ukranian peacekeepers had to withdraw from three observation posts, he said. 67. Ukrainian peacekeepers had to withdraw from three observation posts, Gunness said. 68. U.N. peacekeepers have had a checkered record in the region. 69. While the government remains sovereign in Kosovo, NATO spokesman Maj. Ole Irgens said NATO-led peacekeepers have authority over its airspace. 70. While the streets around the Centennial Pavilion were packed with thousands of Liberians listening to the speeches on portable radios, African peacekeepers had little trouble containing the crowds. |