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Table 6.6 Western Government Assignment of
Blame in Press Releases and Statements: January 1,
1998–March 23, 1999
Options: 1—Blame Albanians
3—No Blame or Both Sides Blamed
Week Beginning
2
0
0
1
January 4
0
0
0
January 11
0
0
0
January 18
January 25
1
0
0
0
February 1
0
0
0
February 8
0
0
0
0
0
February 15
0
February 22
3
1
3
3
March 1
0
5
5
0
March 8
0
0
March 15
0
0
2
March 22
3
March 29
0
0
0
0
0
0
April 5 2—Blame Serbs 1 Options 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total
April 12 0 0 0 0
April 19 0 0 1 1
April 26 0 0 2 2
May 3 0 0 2 2
May 10 0 0 2 2
May 17 0 0 2 2
May 24 0 1 2 3
May 31 0 0 1 1
June 7 0 4 2 6
June 14 0 2 0 2
June 21 0 0 3 3
June 28 0 1 1 2
July 5 0 1 1 2
July 12 0 1 1 2
July 19 0 0 1 1
July 26 0 0 1 1
August 2 0 0 0 0
August 9 0 4 0 4
August 16 0 0 0 0
August 23 0 1 0 1
August 30 0 0 1 1
September 6 0 0 0 0
September 13 0 0 0 0
Continued