WAR IN THE BALKANS: QUOTES

"With the situation on the ground, it is impossible to engage in... negotiations"

Javier Solana Nato Secretary-General

"What is now happening is a reflection of unimaginably outrageous behaviour on the part of the Serbian forces"

Clare Short

"They put a knife in his mouth and cut out his eyes. Then they cut open his stomach"

A refugee mother,

about her son

"We're beginning to see evidence of potential genocide"

Joe Lockhart

White House spokesman

"I've seen them [Serbian forces] shooting men in the head at close range"

Ismail Luta

Ethnic Albanian refugee

"It's a total blockade. Everything is empty in Pristina"

Sabri Hajzeri

Kosovo Albanian refugee