| Show Gm- - - t lWTaTLl°W''ll‘l'1 ? s I 1 s - flrrmrif "' MaA'tt NationalWorld Standard Examiner CRISIS Wednesday May 5 1999 3A THE BALKANS IN Kosovo refugees fly to US and The arrive Force before tives upon arrival The group aw riving at I ort Dix today from camp in Macedonia were deemed twins refugees were expected to at nearby McGuire Air Base late this afternoon heading to Fort Dix nian-speaking mental health and trauma counselors will be available "It's been very traumatic in some cases" said Immigration and Relugee Services of America spokeswoman Gabrielle Bushman “And some of these people may not really be wanting to come to America ” Most of the 20000 refugees the United States has agreed to accept will be directly placed with sponsoring families or rela 1 The Associated Press FORT DIX NJ - The first group of Kosovo refugees were flying to the United States today leaving behind a crowded camp and a homeland ravaged by war for a New Jersey military base transformed into a sanctuary As the 453 refugees left the Balkans this morning some of the ethnic Albanians were reluctant to board the Boeing 747 “Of course I would love to come back but I'm atraid that we'll end up staying in America because of my children” said Mehmet Selimaj as he hugged his three daughters a Alba- s h tt LJjJ SUSAN A SHOWING SUPPORT: F-- t Some 2000 to 3000 refugee's are expected here in the coming weeks On Saturday another group of refugees is to arrive ip New York to await sponsor families or relatives f ' r ? a WALSHThe Associated Press President Clinton listens to a US Air Force pilot at Spangdahlem Air Base Germany home visit to Germany to show his support of 1 6s and A--1 0s flying missions in the Balkans Clinton is on a two-da- y for the NATO mission r i l 3 j at special risk First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was expected to welcome them "They’re going to be arriving from a long plane ride and they'll be exhausted" said Toby G rat' a spokeswoman for the first ladv "It will be a short welcome " i'y Tr sP"crw T'7 s' LJ & iff r n is cr -r- -' : fJzJ r r if h I ? c A UfcwS ft if 4 3 J i t w is 4 is4 s'ttxk Computing Within Easy Reads! machines Clinton rallies servicemen in Germany AIR SPANGDAHLEM Germany - An stealth fighter and two BASE F-- 17 1 F-- 6s 1 parked nearby President Clinton today rallied American military personnel entering the seventh week of a NATO air assault on Yugoslavia: "We must stand in Kosovo for the elemental principles of the common humanity of every breathing living person in this continent” Clinton’s visit which was met by the sobering news that two crew members of a US Apache helicopter were killed during a training exercise came just days after three American POWs were freed Defense Secretary William Cohen said the United States is prepared to release two captured Yugoslav soldiers "I would expect that within a relatively short period of time we could see their release” - but not as a goodwill gesture to Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic Cohen told reporters after Clinton’s four hours of military briefings at NATO headquarters m Brussels Belgium Relief convoy hit A relief convoy from the Greek branch of Doctors of the World was hit by a bomb inside Kosovo today while en route from Macedonia to Kosovo’s capital the humanitarian group said No injuries were reported but the group was shaken up by the attack Three trucks carrying medicine and a jeep to a Pristina hospital were traveling near Jankovic at about noon when the relief convoy was attacked A NATO military spokesman Maj Gen Walter Jertz denied allied forces had hit the aid convoy A representative for Doctors of the World Panagiotis Papan-astasio- u speaking from Athens Greece said "they are all fine Dje-ner- Jesse Jackson The three - Spc Steven Gonzales of Huntsville Texas Staff Sgt Andrew Ramirez of Los Angeles and Staff Sgt Christopher Stone of Smiths Creek Mich - had been captured March 31 while on patrol in Macedonia Cohen said it would be "a matter of days” before he makes a formal recommendation to Clinton on releasing the two Yugoslav prisoners being held in Germany Fie emphasized their release should not be seen as any reciprocal goodwill gesture "I don’t believe Mr Milosevic has made any goodwill overture to us He acts in accordance with what he thinks would serve his interests and no amount of gestures on his part can in any way the stench of obscure or mask evil that is emanating fiom the killing fields in Kosovo” Cohen said Clinton's meeting with Solana focused mostly on plans for an eventual NATO-le- d peacekeeping force in Kosovo said White House spokesman Joe Lockhart Solana also updated Clinton on new assessments - not yet complete - for a possible de- They arrived at the hospital in Pristina They were hit but we are not sure if they were hit from the ground or from the air” The convoy left Greece on Tuesday and entered Kosovo today The group has been supplying medical aid to Pristina in recent weeks The Associated Press Intensified strikes In a press bnefing after Clin- NATO with Javier Solana and allied commanders Gen ton met Secretary-Gener- al Wesley Clark NATO’s supreme said allied commander war- planes intensified strikes on Milosevic’s ground forces Over the past 48 hours NATO hit 10 ar- mored concentrations 1 artil- 1 lery sites three command posts and 13 groups of trucks Serb forces m Kosovo no longer have the ability to conduct “ethnic cleansing” Clark said "When they’re not in hiding they’re busy repairing what we damaged ” Spangdahlem is home to the 52nd U S Air Force Fighter and Wing whose F-- 1 6s "Nighthawk” stealth fighters are flying NATO bombing raids over Yugoslavia F-1- A-l- the weekend by Milosevic in Processor re- sponse to an appeal by the Rev 5 4 Includes: I ! 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