But when the U.N. asked for NATO air strikes to help the mission, our men and planes took part.

The United Nations has threatened NATO air strikes to protect its troops in Krajina but no such raids were mounted today.

The sharp deterioration in relations between the Serbs and the United Nations appears to be linked to more than the NATO air strikes last week.

Canadian and Dutch artillery and NATO air strikes killed at least 51 suspected Taliban militants.

According to some reports, Mr. Bildt opposed NATO air strikes to save Srebrenica.

The attack on Korisa killed perhaps more Albanian civilians than any other in the two-month-old NATO air campaign, which has been criticized for its fatal mistakes.

Mr. Kozyrev said that "nothing new" had been decided on using the threat of NATO air strikes to enforce the plan.

He added that the "logical conclusion" was that there would be no NATO air strikes tonight.

In exchange for an active diplomatic role, the Europeans agreed to allow NATO air strikes to enforce the ultimatum despite the risk to their troops.

Is it not possible that Mr. Milosevic figured out some time ago the value of provoking NATO air attacks on Yugoslavia?