| Show TV "W Standard-Examine- WorfdNatlonal r CRISIS IN Thursday May 27 1999 THE BALKANS Air Force tells its no one leaves until bombing people 6000 Some pilots crews with plans to quit required to remain that some 120000 active duty Air Force TJjb Associated Press “ WASHINGTON - As NATO planes bombing and surveillance missions over Yugoslavia the Air Force is telling its pilots and support crews they probably cannot leave the service until the airstrikes end f Most of the 717 US planes in the bombardment come from the Air Force as do the pilots ground crews air traffic controllers and others r The Pentagon announced Wednesday fly round-the-cloc- In a taped message carried by Voice of America Clinton said the effort to halt violence against Kosovars will take time but its outcome is certain “The campaign of ethnic cleansing in Kosovo will end You will return” he said About 6000 Air Force personnel who already had approval to retire or leave for civilian jobs before the end of the year now must stay in the service Nearly all pilots and navigators are affected along with specialists in computer and photo analysis weather rescue missions life support and dozens of other areas The “stop-loss- ” policy - last used in the Persian Gulf War - reflects the fact officers and enlisted people - 40 percent of the service - must stay in uniform until the action ends or until President Clinton lifts the ban on departures and retirements k The ban takes effect June 15 It does not affect Navy Marine Corps or Army forces also connected to the airstrikes Clinton said today in a message to ethnic Albanians forced out of the Serbian province of Kosovo that the air campaign “is daily increasing the pressure on the Serbian leadership and on the Serbian forces in Kosovo” that the Air Force is doing the “heavy lifting” of the campaign Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon said “This is a major-theatwar for the Air Force not for the service as a whole but certainly for the Air Force” Bacon said The Air Force also is calling up more reservists than the other military will affect some branches and stop-loof those units Reservists may not leave units likely to join the campaign The reliance on the Air Force likely will increase as the number of NATO planes taking part in the campaign climbs above 1000 and clear er ss stops weather in the Balkans lets the alliance sustain attacks 24 hours a day against Milosevic’s forces in Kosovo Air Force officials said commercial airlines will be most affected by a halt m the flow of trained pilots mechanics and others The Air Force has had the authontv to impose the ban since late April when the Pentagon announced that as many as 33102 reservists might be called to active duty because of the Balkan campaign Of those some 25OtH) would be Air Force Yugoslavs dismiss indictment Po81: The Associated Press £ BELGRADE Yugoslavia -A senior Yugoslav official today dismissed as a political maneuver the indictment of President Slobodan Milosevic on war crimes and said his government did not recognize the jurisdiction of the ON tribunal charging him r Indictments against Milosevic £nd four others on war crimes Charges were announced today in The Hague Netherlands by the tribunal's chief prosecutor Louise" Arbour t'The Hague criminal court is a private court set up by Made-- ‘ ine Albright Wesley Clark and ames Rubin for all those who do hot think the way they do” said Goran Matic a minister without portfolio in the Belgrade government Albright is US secretary of Sate Clark is the supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe and Rubin is Albright’s $uef spokesman Matic said even if Yugoslavia recognized the tribunal the indictments would make no sense ecause in Belgrade’s view there no war in Kosovo only an internal rebel threat it is entitled pnder international to put down “What you have there is an Operation against terrorists” he laid £' The State Department called bn Milosevic today to surrender to the International War Crimes jTribunal for tnal It said Milosevic’s indictment by the tribunal Ihould build support among Jierbs for ending the Kosovo crisis on NATO’s terms JSpokesman James P Rubin Speaking to reporters shortly af-lthe announcement of the in- er WASHINGTON - Public approval of President Clinton’s job performance has slipped to its lowest level in almost three years in a new poll that shows the public about evenly split regarding which party should control Congress Apprehension about the Kosovo conflict has risen in the CNNUSA TodayGallup poll released Wednesday The president’s job approval declined from 60 percent earlier this month to 53 percent the lowest rating he has had in that poll since August 1 996 During the months of the Monica Lewinsky scandal and impeachment trial his approval rating consistently stayed between 60 percent and 70 percent Asked whether the country would be better off if Republicans or Democrats controlled Congress the public was divided with just over a third 36 percent choosing Republicans and about the same number 37 percent choosing Democrats Democrats had a 41 30 edge in December’s CNNUSATodayGallup poll A majority 57 percent said they were very confident or somewhat confident in the president’s ability to handle the Kosovo conflict But the number who said they were very confident in his ability to handle the conflict dropped from 27 percent in late March to 1 7 percent in late May And the number not at all confident in his ability to handle Kosovo grew from 1 3 percent to 25 percent More than half said they oppose sending ground troops if NATO a slim majority said they airstnkes are not effective In would favor sending ground troops in that circumstance And support for US involvement in the NATO action in Kosovo slipped to 49 percent the first time that support has been below 50 percent since the airstrikes began in late March Four out of five said they favored the United States and its NATO allies temporary suspending the airstrikes and trying to resolve the conflict through negotiations More than 70 percent opposed stopping all military action and making no further effort to help refugees return to Kosovo The phone survey of 1 050 adults was taken Sunday and Monday and has an error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points -- Serbia that it is their leadership that has brought this crisis upon them will help build support for ending the crisis on NATO’s terms” At another point he said the United States has never intended to negotiate NATO’s terms with Milosevic and does not intend to change that policy now Russia has been a major conduit with Milosevic The indictments overshadowed continued heavy bombing in the 65th day of NATO’s air campaign against Yugoslavia which is aimed at making Milosevic accept a Western-dictate- d peace plan for Kosovo Warplanes pounded targets in Belgrade and throughout the country with a record number of sorties the alliance said today mid-Apr- il rFREESTUFFh Voicf&mm I I FREE Leather Case! 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