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22. Quoted in Vickers, p. 300.

23. Quoted in International Crisis Group, p. 72.

24. Quoted in ibid., p. 30.

25. Warren Zimmerman, "The Demons of Kosovo," National

Interest 52 (Summer 1998): 10.

26. Amos Perlmutter, "Kosovo's Intractable Conflict,"

Washington Times, July 22, 1998, p. A15.

27. Steven Erlanger, "Albright Warns Serbs on Kosovo

Violence," New York Times, March 8, 1998, p. A6.

28. Anne Swardson, "West, Russia Agree on Sanctions for

Belgrade," Washington Post, March 10, 1998, p. A13.

29. Philip Shenon, "U.S. Says It Might Consider Attacking

Serbs," New York Times, March 13, 1998, p. A10.

30. Colin Soloway, "Serbia Attacks Ethnic Albanians,"

Washington Post, March 6, 1998, p. A1.

31. William Drozdiak, "NATO, Albania Discuss Kosovo,"

Washington Post, March 12, 1998, p. A19; and Jane Perlez,

"U.S. Official Asks Restraint by Albanians," New York

Times, March 17, 1998, p. A6.

32. BBC Worldwide Monitoring, April 30, 1998.

33. See, for example, Eric Witte, "Who's to Blame for the

U.S. Policy Farce in the Balkans?" Washington Times,

August 16, 1998.

34. Quoted in R. Jeffrey Smith, "Vise Closing on Kosovo,

but West Remains Silent," Washington Post, August 4, 1998,

p. A10.

35. Miles Pomper, "Lawmakers Press Clinton on Kosovo," CQ

Weekly, September 26, 1998, p. 2602.

36. Bradley Graham and Eric Planin, "Military Readiness,

Morale Show Strain," Washington Post, August 13, 1998,

p. A1.  The article further explains: "Throughout the mil-

itary, there is mounting evidence of erosion in America's

combat strength and troop morale. . . . [T]roops complain

that repeated deployments on peace operations and other

noncombat missions have undercut their combat training."