Jamie Shea Kosovo Quotations

We heard seven speeches today but only one message: They share our determination to prevail and to see this through, and they are willing to put up with the short-term inconveniences resulting from the Kosovo crisis.

God knows what we're going to find when Kosovo is open again and the international war crimes tribunal is allowed in.

It could be a mass grave but obviously it will be up to the International Tribunal in the Hague, once it's able to go into Kosovo to conduct a thorough investigation.

We know that some transporters have been heading from southern Serbia to northern Kosovo -- that's the primary equipment you would send if you were planning to withdraw.

What we are seeing is a safari operation ongoing by Serb security forces against Kosovo Albanians. First, there is a pattern of shelling into the hills, beating them out of the bush if you like. Then they are on the roads ... being moved hither and thither, particularly being mixed up with military vehicles of course on those roads. Then they are put into trains and sent to borders but sometimes when they arrive they are sent back again.

We are still at some distance from full compliance. There is clear evidence that many army and special units that are normally based outside Kosovo are still deployed in Kosovo.

The Yugoslav army and special police seem to be trying harder than ever to capture the remaining Kosovo Liberation Army strongholds and secure their lines of communication.

It's nothing that goes to the heart of NATO or U.S. policy in Kosovo at the moment, so I believe that in our relations with the Kosovar Albanians we will be able to overcome this and move on.

At this rate, the Serb security forces would have more or less emptied Kosovo (of ethnic Albanians) in 10 to 20 days from now.