WAR IN THE BALKANS: QUOTES

"Air power can't prevent a policeman with a rifle from driving civilians from their homes"

Klaus Naumann, senior Nato general

"We are going to pin them (Serbian forces) down, close them out, take them out. We are already doing it without using ground troops"

Gen Wesley Clark, Supreme Nato chief

"We have to find a way out of the situation and Russia is looking for it"

Yevgeny Primakov, Russian PM

"Throughout the crisis we have kept the door open with Russia. Over the past two weeks Russia has shown an increased interest in coming through that door and joining us in the search for a solution"

Robin Cook