Tanks Deployed Near Kosovo Border

The Yugoslav army sent tanks and reinforcements near the NATO-patrolled boundary with Kosovo, a day before Yugoslavia’s deadline for the Western alliance to crack down on ethnic Albanian militants whose attacks have inflamed the region. Yugoslav authorities have threatened to launch counterattacks after the deadline passes this afternoon. Many residents in Kosovo, which is a province of Serbia, Yugoslavia’s main republic, want full independence. The crisis erupted last week when militants killed four Serbian policemen and seized key positions just across the boundary from the NATO-patrolled province.