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Thursday, August 19, 1999
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Witness to a War
Almost five months ago, on March 23, NATO airplanes dropped their first bomb on Kosovo. A few days after that, thousands of Kosovar Albanians began to be expelled from their homes by Serb forces and paramilitary troops; others were jailed or massacred. With all international humanitarian observers and journalists expelled from Kosovo, there were few witnesses to these crimes.
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Belgrade Prepares for Major Anti-Milosevic Protest
Belgrade is preparing today for the largest anti-Milosevic protest in two years, and the first one since the NATO bombings. Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic faces a major public outcry against his leadership and calls to step down, despite his attempts at derailing the rally with a string of obstacles.
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By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
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