The real nightmare scenario began when the bombing started and chaos broke out across Kosovo. One way or another, it is likely that the West will be dragged in on the ground. As for Milosevic, his only goal is probably to remain in control of Serbia, even
In the hours before the onset of the NATO attacks Kosovo collapsed into a state of fear. This was a time for survival, and Albanians were trying to find shelter against the inevitable reprisals.
The start of the second round of talks in Paris was marked by a sudden escalation in violence in Kosovo, with bombs in two busy Kosovo towns and a major influx of Serbian forces.
Belgrade's attack on the media in Serbia has been successful. No opposition views are possible, and Serbia now speaks with one voice, that of Slobodan Milosevic.
The long-running fight between the pro- and anti-Belgrade blocs in Montenegro has a new partisan, the Yugoslav Army, which has sided against the current Western-oriented leadership.
Senior KLA sources in Albania say the KLA leader finally signed the peace-keeping deal in a secret ceremony in Kosovo.
The prospect of a sudden agreement is all but unimaginable and Kosovo Albanians are trying to adjust psychologically and practically to a radical shift from war to peace.
As the high-stakes effort to get agreement from Belgrade and the KLA continued, so did the war.
