So, the next day, on February 23, Jane Perlez, based in Washington, reports in a front page article that NATO Says Milosevic Incites Violence Covertly in Kosovo. The Phoenix-like indicted war criminal, besieged in his capital, is undermining the peacekeepers. But then, Ms. Perlez manages to convey the message that perhaps Milosevic does not really need to do much for the messy situation to become messier. After a Rally by Albanians in a Kosovo City. Both Jane Perlez and Elizabeth Becker write the following day, February 24, NATO Chief Makes a Plea for More Kosovo Peacekeepers and White House Asks Allies to Bolster the Kosovo Police Force.
More help is needed to keep order.
Not Enough Troops in Kosovo, NATO says. And Carlotta Gall keeps reporting from Mitrovica that 4,000 Serbs Vow to Defend Town Sector in Kosovo. Damn, those Serbs won't let us breathe, not even for a few days. And, as a departing gift to the region, we would secure Montenegro's secession from what remains of Yugoslavia - that is nothing. As for the Macedonians, oh well, tough luck Ah, how sweet it would be if the Serbs just did not exist at all.