-Caveat Lector- fyi...nothing yet here about the downing of the Stealth fighter USIA_LISTS wrote: > TEXT: UK CHRONOLOGY OF "OPERATION ALLIED FORCE" MARCH 24-27 > > (UK Ministry of Defence and Foreign Commonwealth Office) (460) > > The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence and Foreign Commonwealth > Office released the following chronology of "Operation Allied Force" > March 27: > > (begin text) > > 24 MARCH 1999 1200Z - 25 MARCH 1999 0600Z > > -- Phase 1 of the Phased Air Operation commences > > -- Manned air strikes began and were carried out in 3 waves. > > -- All planes returned safely. > > -- Military targets were struck FRY-wide. > > -- HMS SPLENDID in concert with US naval forces contributed to the > attack with the firing of TLAMs. > > -- Emergency meeting of UNSC called at Russia's insistence. > > 25 MARCH 1999 0600Z - 26 MARCH 1999 0600Z > > -- Air and sea launched assault against targets in FRY resumed. No > Allied casualties reported. > > -- 6 RAF GR7s launched to attacks on targets in Serbia. > > -- Media representatives from NATO countries ejected from Serbia and > Kosovo > > -- Civil unrest in Macedonia and Bosnia aimed at NATO nations > diplomatic missions including British Embassy Skopje. > > -- SACEUR emphasised the unrelenting nature of the campaign unless > Serbia comes back into line. > > -- Russia tables draft UNSCR which demands an immediate end to NATO > action. > > -- Milosevic delivered a brief address on state television calling on > his people to defend the country by all means. Claimed Serbian > Parliament right to reject the Peace Plan. > > -- Violent demonstrations at the US Embassy in Skopje. US compound > breached; vehicles burnt. Embassy staff gained sanctuary in the > basement until able to effect their escape. The Macedonian police > authorities calmed the situation. > > -- Macedonian protesters moved on to UK and German embassies > (co-located in the same compound). > > -- All UK embassy staff evacuated. > > -- Minor civil unrest in Banja Luka in protest to NATO bombings. > > 26 MARCH 1999 0600Z - 27 MARCH 1999 0600Z > > -- Air and sea assault against targets in FRY continued for a third > night. > > -- 2 x MiG shot down by US F15 over eastern Bosnia. > > -- 2 x MIG shot down over FRY. > > -- Russia tabled draft UN Security Council Resolution demanding an > immediate end to NATO action. The text was put to the vote on 26 March > with 12 votes against and 3 votes in favour (Russia, China and > Namibia). > > -- Russia suspends political contacts with NATO. > > -- Western (NATO) media representatives ejected from greater Serbia as > well as Kosovo. > > -- British diplomatic premises in Skopje and Banja Luka severely > damaged by hostile crowds. > > -- VJ General Staff issued statement following NATO airstrikes which > indicates that there will be no imminent change of stance from the > Belgrade regime. > > -- Fighting continues in northern and central areas of Kosovo > including areas of Podujevo, Drenica and Decani. There is intensified > fighting around Pristina. > > -- Serbian artillery intervened along the Albanian border, in the area > of Dobrune Pass. It is thought that there were some civilian > casualties. Tension remains high. > > (end text) > > ************************************************************* > For more information regarding the latest policy statements and other > materials related to the Kosovo crisis, visit > http://www.usia.gov/regional/eur/balkans/kosovo/ > > To subscribe to KOSOVO, send the command/message > SUBSCRIBE KOSOVO Firstname Lastname > to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------->snip>---------------- Regards, -A http://www.erols.com/mack97 "The sharpest tool in the shed." -- anonymous DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
