81.  It appeared unlikely NATO would accept any deal which did not include an armed military force in Kosovo to police a peace deal and protect ethnic Albanian civilians.

82.  It made no mention of an international armed force as demanded by NATO.

83.  Israel Radio quoted Sarid as saying such a large armed force operating in such a highly concentrated civilian location must figure on causing heavy casualties.

84.  Karzai, meanwhile, cut deals with Pashtuns in Uruzgan to abandon the Taliban and then began moving southward toward Kandahar with an armed force of several thousand tribesmen.

85.  Meanwhile, armed forces chief Gen. Wiranto reiterated that the military will remain neutral no matter how the election turns out.

86.  Milosevic has in the past ruled out an armed international force to police a Kosovo peace deal, especially if it included soldiers from NATO countries.

87.  Meanwhile, the Yugoslavs were sticking by their stand against any heavily armed military force to oversee the return of refugees and maintain peace in Kosovo.

88.  NATO has insisted that the foreign peacekeepers must be the only armed force in Kosovo.

89.  NATO insists on the deployment of an armed force led by the alliance to keep the peace in Kosovo after the departure of Serb forces.

90.  NATO demands an armed force.