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ALBANIA/MACEDONIA: NATO TROOPS PREPARE TO ENTER KOSOVO

(10 Jun 1999) English/Nat American troops left their base in the Albanian capital of Tirana on Thursday, bound for the Macedonia-Kosovo border. The U-S troops will make up part of the NATO peacekeeping force due to head into the war-torn region to implement the recently signed peace plan. The Americans will account for seven thousand of the 50-thousand strong international force. Eleven U-S Apache helicopters landed at the Petrovac airport near the Macedonian city of Skopje on Thursday. They were followed by eight Blackhawk choppers and two Chinook helicopters laden with heavy artillery. Tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles were also flown in. The U-S troops say now that they're in Macedonia they're simply awaiting their orders to move into Kosovo. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Once we have our initial forces here that will be coming over in the next few days, we will get an order from Allied Rapid Reaction Commanders (ARRC) and we will act on their orders." SUPER CAPTION: Major Mark Ballesteros, Task Force Hawk Meanwhile NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana says the withdrawal of Yugoslav security forces from Kosovo is taking place in accordance with the peace implementation deal. He said the first peacekeeping troops could deploy by Friday if everything goes according to plan. That deployment will depend on the U-N Security Council approving a resolution on Thursday to send in the troops. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...