Jamie Shea
Jamie Shea
Jamie Patrick Sheais Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium...
involved reports simply soldiers
We have reports that soldiers were also involved in the casualties, not simply civilians.
benefit ensure help homes months organized rebuild refugee return secure summer until
We want them to have the benefit of summer months to help to rebuild their homes and lives. But obviously, we want them not to go back until there is a secure presence, to ensure that the refugee return can be done in an organized way.
aircraft indication involved
We have no indication at all that our aircraft were involved in that incident.
means night particular struck targets
We have not struck at targets in Belgrade by any means on every night of this operation. I would not read into that any particular significance.
feet head last night point
The point we made last night is that we will go for the head as much as the feet in this operation.
avoid bus continue eliminate kinds pilot released weapon
The pilot released the weapon, and only after he released the weapon did the bus come on the bridge. We will continue to do everything we can to try and avoid those kinds of incidents. We can't eliminate them altogether.
sure
When we are sure what happened, we will tell you what happened.
case next normal note rotation summer
We note the Pentagon stresses this is normal rotation and in any case next summer would have been the normal time.
caused collateral life loss minimize policy regret remains
We regret any loss of life that this may have caused because our policy remains to minimize collateral damage.
almost random scientific systematic
This suggests that this is not random but is being done on an almost scientific and systematic basis.
area exclude fight introduce months option reason several simple simply weeks
We still exclude that option for the simple reason that they would take many weeks, if not months, to assemble, to introduce into the area and to fight their way in. We simply don't have several weeks or months at our disposal.
acting convinced
We are acting in a just cause. We are convinced of that.