>
>
> O V E R V I E W
>of terrorist and other acts of violence and of certain violations of
>Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) in the Province of Kosovo and
>Metohija since the arrival of KFOR and UNMIK in the period from 12 June
>1999 to 27 February 2000
>
>
>(1) Number of terrorist attacks: 4,354
>
>Out of which 4,121 were committed against Serbs and Montenegrins, 96
>against Albanians and 137 against Roma, Muslims, Goranci, Turks and
>members
>of other nationalities.
>
>(2) Number of killed persons: 910
>
>Out of whom 811 were Serbs and Montenegrins, 71 were Albanians and 28
>members of other nationalities in Kosovo and Metohija.
>
>(3) Number of abducted and missing persons: 821
>
>Out of whom 757 were Serbs and Montenegrins, 37 Albanians and 27 members
>of
>other nationalities.
>The fate of 716 persons is still unknown; 76 abducted persons were
>killed,
>4 persons escaped while 25 were released.
>
>(4) The latest brutal crimes: shelling of Serbian village Goracevac
>(7
>January); brutal murder of the Skenderis, a four member Muslim family,
>in
>Prizren (11 January 2000); murder of three Serb refugees in the village
>of
>Pasjane (16 January); rape and killing of an 11-year old Albanian girl
>by a
>KFOR member near Vitina (11 January 2000); RPG attack on an UNHCR bus (2
>
>February) killing two and wounding several Serbs; hand-grenade attack on
>
>"Belami" cafe in Kosovska Mitrovica (3 February), wounding 30 Serbs,
>several seriously; attack on the building of the Committe on Human
>Rights
>in downtown Obilic (3 February), armed attacks on villages Banje,
>Svinjare
>and Suvo Grlo (5 February), Lipljan and Bresje (7 February); destruction
>of
>a monument to the Serb hero Milos Obilic in the town under the same name
>(7
>February); terrorist attack on a police patrol in the vicinity of
>Konculj
>village near Bujanovac, killing one and wounding three police officers;
>killing Dr. Josif Vasic who was a member of the Serb National Council in
>
>the centre of Gnjilane (26 February).
>
>(5) New forms of terror against Serbs and other non-Albanian population:
>
>KFOR's security actions against Serbian and other non-Albanian
>population
>increasingly demonstrate force, harassment, physical violence, including
>
>causing damage to Serb property. Drastic incidents occurred in Kosovska
>Mitrovica (on 20-25 February) as well as in the villages of Mogila (on
>25
>February), in which Serbian houses were searched by using the method of
>most brutal physical violence, Draganovac (Gnjilane municipality) and
>Miolice (Leposavic municipality). The seraches were conducted by KFOR
>jointly with the terrorists of the so-called KLA, who wore international
>
>security forces uniforms, thus proving the co-ordination between KFOR
>and
>Albanian terrorists.
>
>(6) Situation in Kosovska Mitrovica:
>
>Since KFOR and UNMIK were deployed in Kosovo and Metohija, the security
>situation is particularly serious in and around Kosovska Mitrovica,
>characterized by:
>
>- the looting and destruction of 2,365 homes belonging to Serbs,
>Montengrins and other non-Albanians (1,200 in Kosovska Mitrovica; 1,060
>in
>Vucitrn; and 105 in Srbica);
>- 700 Serbian families being thrown out of their flats (500 in Kosovska
>Mitrovica; 150 in Vucitrn; and 50 in Srbica);
>- the looting and destruction of the property of the following
>companies:
>
> 1. In Kosovska Mitrovica: Socially-owned companies
>"Kosovo-Sirovina", DP
>"Betonjerka", "Lux", "AMD", "Kosmet-Prevoz", "Trans-Kosovo", Duvanska,
>Minel, Zemljoradnicka zadruga (cooperative), Hortikultura, Mitrov~anka,
>DES, "Ibar-Rozaje" warehouse, the utility company "Vodovod" (water), the
>
>printing company "Progres", the public company "Elektro-Kosovo", PTT and
>a
>larger number of bars and cafes owned by non-Albanian residents.
> 2. In Vucitrn: Socially-owned companies "Sartid",
>"Vucitrn-Prevoz",
>"Ratar", the local cooperative, the paints and coatings factory
>"Ekstra",
>the cponstruction company "Kosovo", the utility company "Sitnica", the
>private company "Cicavica", the Labour Exchange, the local community
>centre, the municipal authorities of Vucitrn, the Building Land Fund,
>the
>local department store, the Auditing Office building, Jugobanka, primary
>
>and secondary schools, Jugopetrol, Beopetrol, the public company
>"Elekro-Kosovo", PTT.
>
> 3. In Srbica: Hunting munitions factory, plastics factory, the
>socially-owned company "Budu}nost", local cooperative, the public
>utility
>company, the socially-owned company "Dijamant-produkt", the local
>community
>centre, the local self-managing community of intrest, the socially-owned
>
>company "Zitopromet" and its silos.
>
>(7) Prison and labour camps run by the so-called "KLA" for abucted
>Serbs:
>
>The abducted Serb civilians are detained by the so-called "KLA" in the
>labour camps located in the village of Mati~ane and in the wider area of
>
>Prizren and in Drenica.
>The prisons run by the so-called "KLA" for Serbs, Montenegrin and other
>residents who are not supportive of Albanian terrorists are also
>situated
>around the village of Brod, Dragas municipality, and along the Djakovica
>
>road towards the village of Junik, Decani municipality.
>
>(8) Number of arbitrarily arrested persons by KFOR and UNMIK: 185
>
>Arrested Serbs are detained in prisons in Pri?tina, Prizren, Sojevo near
>
>Uro?evac, Kosovska Mitrovica, Gnjilane, Lipljan and Kolokot Banja.
>
>They have been arrested without any explanation or charges, only on the
>ground of information provided by the Albanians, most frequently by the
>members of the terrorist so-called "KLA".
>
>(9) Recent killings of Albanians loyal to the FR of Yugoslavia:
>
>The terrorist so-called "KLA" has stepped up execution of Albanians who
>do
>not back it, in particular in the areas of Pri{tina, Podujevo and Pec.
>The
>most drastic examples are: the murder of Hejdi Sejdiu, a member of the
>Serbian Socialist Party Committee in the province, in his hometown of
>Urosevac in front of his wife and three children (on 10 February), the
>killing of Danus Januzi in Vitina (on 10 February); the massacre of
>Tahir
>Bekim, who was abducted and later killed by the terrorists of the
>so-called
>"KLA" (parts of his mutilated body were found on 24 February).
>Besides Serbs, the terrorist so-called "KLA" also round up Albanians
>loyal
>to the State of the FR of Yugoslavia and bring them to their prison
>camps
>(around the village of Brod, Dragas municipality)
>
>(10) Number of wounded persons: 802
>751 Serbs and Montenegrins, 20 Albanians and 31 persons of other
>nationalities.
>
>(11) Reported cases of physical assault, harassment and inflicted
>grave
>bodily harm: 424
>
>
>(12) Registered cases of serious threats in Pristina: 356
>
>
>(13) Registered number of private dwellings broken into and forcibly
>taken
>occupancy of: 776 in Pristina, over 700 in Kosovska Mitrovica, 190 in
>Gnjilane, 124 in Orahovac, a large number in Kosovo Polje and Lipljan.
>
>(14) Ethnic cleansing: In the campaign of ethnic cleansing following
>the
>deployment of KFOR and UNMIK over 350 000 Serbs, Montenegrins, Roma,
>Muslims, Goranci, Turks and other non-Albanians were expelled from
>Kosovo
>and Metohija, of whom 270 000 are Serbs.
>
>The following towns and villages are ethnically cleansed of Serbs, Roma,
>
>Muslims, Goranci and other non-Albanians:
>
>Pristina (all Serbs have been driven from its largest surburbs of
>Ulpijana,
>Suncani Breg, Dardanija, Univerzitetsko Naselje), Gnjilane, Uro{evac,
>Prizren (only 100 Serbian families remained), Djakovica, Pec, Srbica,
>Podujevo, Vucitrn, Glogovac, as well as the the wider areas of Kosovska
>
>Mitrovica, Lipljan, Kosovo Polje, from which 80 per cent of Serb
>residents
>were expelled (their homes are burned, looted and property is seized
>from
>the owners of cafes and shops, while Albanian terrorists brutalize and
>mistreat those Serbs who refuse to sell their homes and leave Kosovo and
>
>Metohija, in the presence of KFOR), the villages in the municipality of
>Istok; Djakovo, Osojane, Tucepom, Koc, Zac, Belica, Krnjine, Maticane,
>Kacanik, Stimlje, Kmetovacka Vrbica, the surroundings of Urosevac,
>Slivovo,
>Nedakovac, Nevoljane, Vrpica, Ljestar, Cegra (municipality of Gnjilane),
>
>Citnje, Pozaranje, Grmovo, Drobec, Kabac and Binac (municipality of
>Vitina), the area of Kosovska Kamenica (villages of Bratilovce, Fireceja
>
>and others), the area around Vitina and Kosovsko Pomoravlja, as well as
>the
>villages of Toplicane, Rujice, Magure, Slovinja, Staro Gracko, Klobukar
>-
>Novo Brdo. (All Serb houses have been burned down and all its owners
>forced
>to leave.)
>
>Members of the terrorist "KLA" exercise particularly strong pressure on
>the
>region of Gora populated by an indigenous ethnic group - Goranci, who
>are
>not allowed to use their mother tongue, i.e. the Serbian language, in
>schools and in everyday life, in an attempt to misrepresent this ethnic
>group as members of Albanian nationality.
>
>In the area of Istok municipality, expulsion of the Muslim ethnic
>community, who are loyal citizens of the FR of Yugoslavia, has been
>particularly intensified.
>
>(15) Destruction of churches, monasteries and cultural monuments:
>
> About 84 churches, monasteries and other cultural monuments were
>burned
>down, demolished or seriously damaged including the following: the
>Church
>of Assumption of Our Lady in Dolac, monastery of St. Marco in Kori?a
>from
>1467, monastery of Prophets Kosmo and Damien in Zociste from 14th
>century,
>the church in Kijevo from the 14th century, the Holy Trinity monastery
>from
>the 14th century near Musuti?te, monastery Devic built in 1440, Church
>of
>St. Paraskeva in Drenik from the 16th century, Church of St. Dimitri
>near
>Pe?, the Orthodox church in Grmovo near Vitina, Church of St. Ilija in
>?egra near Gnjilane, church of Holy Mother in Mu?uti?te from 1315,
>Church
>of St. Prophet Ilija in Bistri`in, Church of Apostles Peter and Paul in
>Suva Reka, monastery of St. Uros in Nerodimlje, monastery of St.
>Archangel
>Gabriel from the 14th century in Bina~, Church of the Holy Virgin from
>the
>16th century in Belo Polje, Church of St. John the Baptist in Peca
>Banja,
>churches in the villages of Naklo, Vucitrn, Petrovac, Urosevac,
>Podgorce,
>Djurakovac, Kru{evo, Osojane, Samodreca, Dresna near Klina, Rekovac,
>Petric, monastery Binac near Vitina, Holy Trinity Cathedral in
>Djakovica,
>St. Nicholas' Church in Gnjilane.
>
>Clergy, monks were terrorized and persecuted. More than 150 parish
>residences were destroyed or damaged. Over 10,000 icons and other sacred
>
>objects, most of which are cultural monuments and landmarks under the
>special protection of the State, were stolen or destroyed.
>
>Assaults on members of the Catholic religious community by the
>terrorists
>of the so-called "KLA" have become more and more frequent in Prizren and
>
>Pec, particularly assaults on clergymen (The homes of two Franciscan
>priests were burned down.).
>
>The following cultural monuments were damaged and demolished:
>
>- monuments in memory of the giants of Serbian and Montenegrin
>literature
>Vuk Karadzic and Petar Petrovic Njegos in the very centre of Pri?tina;
>
>- monuments in memory of King Uros in Urosevac and King Dusan in
>Prizren;
>
>- memorial to Prince Lazar in Gnjilane and the memorial to Serbian
>rulers
>from the Nemanjic dynasty in the village of Gornje Nerodimlje.
>
>- memorial to Milos Obilic which was the symbol of the town of Obilic.
>
>Many of destroyed monuments are outstanding examples of the Serbian
>cultural heritage and are on the list of the monuments of exceptional
>cultural value under the protection of UNESCO.
>
>(16) Forced and illegal taking over of public institutions:
>
>- Forcible and illegal take-overs of premises and buildings of post
>offices, banks, medical institutions, water and power supply systems,
>university, elementary and secondary schools, municipal and other
>authorities of local administration, local communes, buildings of the
>Ministry of the Interior and the Army of Yugoslavia, factories,
>enterprises, cooperatives, etc. in Pri?tina (premises of the Clinical
>centre "Pristina" and the health station, the Federal Customs
>Administration, the Public Housing Company, Institute for Urban
>Planning,
>the public enterprise "Vodovod", thermal power plant "Kosovo B", depots
>and
>petrol stations of "Jugopetrol", the shareholding companies
>"Kosmet-Pristina", "Kosovo-Trans", the public enterprise "Energoinvest",
>
>the public enterprise "Autopristina", the Car shock absorbers factory,
>"Jugotrans", etc.) as well as in Prizren, Dragas, Podujevo, Lipljan,
>?trpci, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo Polje (with the assistance of KFOR),
>Djakovica (with the assistance of KFOR).
>
>- By forced and illegal taking over of public enterprises and
>institutions
>over 20,000 employed Serbs, Montenegrins, Roma, Muslims, Goranci, Turks
>and
>other non-Albanians were sacked and left with no means to support
>themselves.
>
>(17) Registered armed attacks on villages: Slovinj, Maticane, Orahovac,
>Konjuh, Berivojce, Gornja Brnjica, the villages around Kosovska
>Kamenica:
>Grncar, Magila, Ajvalija, all the villages of the Istok-Klina region,
>Gorazdevac near Pec, Svinjare, Klokot, Novo Brdo, Zjum, Donja and Gornja
>
>Gu{terica, Susica, Badavac, Bresje, Vrbovac, Vitina, Cernice,
>(municipality
>of Gnjilane), Dobruca, Veliko Ropotovo (municipality of Kosovska
>Kamenica),
>Partec, Podgrdje, Mali{evo and Pasjane (municipality of Gnjilane),
>Ljestar,
>Budriga, Dobrotin (municipality of Lipljan), Grn~ar, Binac, Ranilug,
>[ilovo, Odovce, Rajanovce, Bosce, Caglavica, Paravolo, Lebane, Gojbulja,
>
>Suvo Grlo and Banje (municipality of Srbica), in the following villages
>in
>the area covered by the municipality of Gora: Brodosavce, Belobrod,
>Kukavce
>- frequent attacks against the houses of Goranci, Muslims and Albanians
>who
>are loyal to the FR of Yugoslavia.
>
>All Serb houses in the villages of Donji Livoc, Kmetova Vrbica, Lipovica
>
>and Cernice in the municipality of Gnjilane, and in the villages of
>Vaganes, Gradjenik and Orahovica in the municipality of Kosovska
>Kamenica,
>all forming part of Kosovsko Pomoravlje, were set on fire and destroyed
>by
>mortars or explosives.
>
>All this runs counter to assertions by KFOR and UNMIK that the terrorist
>
>"KLA" has been disarmed.
>
>(18) Sieges of towns and villages: Gadnje, Orahovac and Velika Hoca,
>Koretin, villages around Gnjilane, Priluzje, Gornja Srbica, Gora`devac.
>About 3,500 Serb residents of Orahovac have been living for more than
>eight
>months since the deployment of KFOR and UNMIK in the first concentration
>
>camp in Europe after the Second World War, besieged by the terrorist
>"KLA".
>
>(19) Armed threats against villages and terror committed on a daily
>basis
>against non-Albanian population: Ugljari, Srpski Babus, [timlje, Novo
>Selo,
>Bresje, Obilic, the area around Kosovo Polje, Milosevo (against which
>the
>armed attack was carried out), village of Zebnice (dramatic humanitarian
>
>situation), the majority of the mainly Catholic Croatian population who
>lived in the villages of Letinice, Vrnez, Vrnavo Kolo and Csare have
>moved
>out, Drenovac (50 Serbs massacred), village of Cernice (a series of
>incidents in which US KFOR soldiers maltreated Serbs), Pozaranje,
>Gotovuza, Gatnje, Zubin Potok, Veliki Ala{, Vrelo and Radevo, Plemetin
>and
>Slatina (municipality of Vucitrn), Crkolez (municipality of Istok),
>Ogo{e -
>municipality of Kosovska Kamenica (where almost all Roma families have
>been
>driven out).
>
>(20) The looted Serb villages from which the residents were forced out:
>Muzicani, Slivovo, Orlovic, Dragas, the area around Kosovo Polje,
>Livadice, Mirovac, Sirinicka Zupa, Medregovac, Grace, Zociste, Sofalija,
>
>Dragoljevac, Tomance, Koretin, Lestar, Donja Cipacnica.
>
>(21) Serb neighbourhoods set on fire: Istok, Klina, Donja Lapa{tica,
>Obrandza, Velika Reka, Perane, Lause, the villages around Podujevo,
>Grace,
>Donja Dubica, Zociste, Orahovac, Naklo, Vitomirice, Belo Polje,
>Kojlovice,
>Alos-Toplicane, Krajiste, Rudnik, Donji Strmac, Goles (municipality of
>Lipljan), Orlovic (municipality of Pristina), Krpimej and Lausa
>(municipality of Podujevo), Muzicane (all Serbian houses burned down),
>Zaimovo, Denovac, Lesjane, Gornje and Donje Nerodimlje (all Serbian
>houses
>looted and then burned down), Sinaje (municipality of Istok), Balovac,
>Mali
>Talinovac, Ljubi`da, Klobuka (municipality of Kosovska Kamenica), Zaskok
>
>and Novi Miros (municipality of Urosevac).
>
>(22) Registered number of homes burned down: About 50,000 houses of
>Serbs,
>Roma, Muslims, Goranci and other non-Albanians were burned down in
>Kosovo
>and Metohija.
>
>(23) Registered number of illegal entries of foreign citizens into
>the FR
>of Yugoslavia (Kosovo and Metohija) without the necessary papers (visas
>and
>registration of stay with the competent authorities): 748
>
>Over 200,000 foreigners have illegally entered into the Province with
>the
>consent of UNMIK and KFOR. The Government of the FR of Yugoslavia has
>officially requested their expulsion on several occasions. These
>requests
>have not been met, although those persons are international terrorists,
>criminals, mafia members, women and child traders, organizers of
>brothels
>and other forms of international crime.
>
>(24) Registered number of stolen vehicles: over 12,000
>
>As a result of open borders with Macedonia and Albania 250,000 vehicles
>were brought into Kosovo and Metohija without the payment of customs
>duties
>and most of these vehicles were stolen.
>
>(25) Registered number of cases of violation of the ground security
>zone by
>KFOR: 266
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>REVIEW OF TERRORIST AND OTHER ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND OF CERTAIN VIOLATIONS
>OF
>SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1244 (1999) IN THE PROVINCE OF KOSOVO AND
>METOHIJA SINCE THE DEPLOYMENT OF KFOR AND UNMIK IN THE PERIOD FROM 12
>JUNE
>1999 TO 27 FEBRUARY 2000
>
>
>Terrorism of Albanian separatists
>
>Total number of terrorist attacks 4,354
>- Serbs and Montenegrins 4,121
>- Albanians 96
>- members of other nationalities 137
>
>A. Killed 910
>- Serbs and Montenegrins 811
>- Albanians 71
>- members of other nationalities 28
>
>B. Wounded 802
>- Serbs and Montenegrins 751
>- Albanians 20
>- members of other nationalities 31
>
>
>C. Kidnapped and missing 821
>- Serbs and Montenegrins 757
>- Albanians 37
>- members of other nationalities 27
>
>
>Fate of kidnapped and missing
>1. Killed 76
>2. Escaped 4
>3. Unaccounted-for 716
>4. Released 25
>
>
>
>


FONTE: Min. Affari Esteri RF di Jugoslavia
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La Unita' e la Fratellanza tra i popoli in generale, e balcanici in
particolare, sono molto care alla Comunita' Internazionale ed alle
strutture NATO soprattutto: e' noto infatti che per difendere quei
valori contro il nazionalismo e le pulizie etniche costoro hanno
sostenuto, finanziato e riconosciuto formalmente tutte le secessioni su
base etnica nello spazio della RFSJ. Adesso tocca al Kosovo - anzi:
"alla Kosova", al femminile, in omaggio ai diritti della donne - e
allora, oltre ad armare ed addestrare gli irredentisti pan-albanesi e'
necessario anche compiere degli atti simbolici inequivocabili. E' per
questo che alla fine della scorsa estate una esplosione ha gravemente
danneggiato il monumento alla Unita' ed alla Fratellanza al centro di
Pristina, mentre lo scorso gennaio un incendio e' stato appiccato nel
Palazzo dello Sport, sempre a Pristina, intitolato a "Boro e Ramiz" -
dal nome di due ragazzi kosovari (uno slavo, l'altro schipetaro) uccisi
insieme dai nazisti... un po' come lo scorso anno le bombe della NATO
uccidevano insieme passeggeri serbi ed albanesi sugli autobus di linea.


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Il comitato Scienziate e Scienziati contro la guerra,
in collaborazione con il Politecnico di Torino, organizza il convegno

CULTURA, SCIENZA e INFORMAZIONE DI FRONTE ALLE NUOVE GUERRE

- I lavori si svolgeranno presso il Politecnico di Torino nei giorni
22-23 giugno 2000, con il supporto logistico di Alternativa Sindacale
Piemonte.

- Scopo del convegno è favorire uno scambio tra esperte ed esperti di
discipline diverse intorno ai temi della guerra, nella consapevolezza
che, nonostante taluni scienziati abbiano spesso collaborato in modo
determinante alla realizzazione di strumenti di distruzione e di
morte,
l'impegno di chi opera nei campi della ricerca, dell'educazione e
dell'informazione può contribuire a prevenire l'insorgere di nuove
guerre.

- Allo stesso tempo questa iniziativa vuole essere una occasione di
incontro e comunicazione tra scienziate/i e società, con l'auspicio
che
l'interazione di diverse componenti dia origine a una cooperazione
fattiva e concreta per il perseguimento di obiettivi comuni. Pertanto,
ampi spazi saranno riservati al dibattito aperto ai contributi di
tutte/i.

- Al termine dei lavori avrà luogo la riunione nazionale del Comitato
Scienziate e Scienziati contro la guerra; chi è interessato a
partecipare a questo incontro potrà formalizzare la propria adesione
al
Comitato nel corso del Convegno.


TEMI DEL CONVEGNO

Sezione 1 - Informazione e disinformazione: cultura, scienza e guerre

Gestione della comunicazione, accesso all'informazione, costruzione del
consenso. Responsabilità della scienza e degli scienziati, accesso al
sapere. Nonviolenza, prevenzione dei conflitti.


Sezione 2 - Conseguenze ecologiche e sanitarie delle guerre

Effetti delle nuove armi, nuovi (e vecchi) inquinamenti, con particolare
riguardo alle conseguenze ambientali dovute alla guerra del Golfo ed
alle guerre nei Balcani.


Sezione 3 - Questioni strategico-militari; diritto internazionale e
ingerenza umanitaria

Scenari strategici, crisi politiche e ambientali; gestione dei
conflitti; negoziati UN. Industria bellica; vecchie e nuove armi,
militarizzazione del territorio.


COMITATO SCIENTIFICO

Angelo Baracca, Giulia Barone, Chiara Cavallaro, Mauro Cristaldi,
Alberto Di Fazio, Elisabetta Donini, Anna Gigli, Andrea Martocchia,
Angelo Raffaele Meo, Franco Nebbia, Carlo Pona, Giovanni Salio, Massimo
Zucchetti.

COMITATO ORGANIZZATORE

Luisella Caire, Valeria Chiado' Piat, Marina Clerico, Rino Lamonaca,
Angelo Raffaele Meo, Massimo Zucchetti, del Politecnico di Torino; Hisao
Fujita Yashima, Margherita Roggero, dell'Università di Torino.

CONTRIBUTI

Le conferenze generali sono ad invito.

Brevi comunicazioni sono benvenute, previa sottomissione di un riassunto
(massimo 1 pagina), che verrà esaminato dal Comitato Scientifico.

I riassunti dovranno essere inviati per posta elettronica in due copie a
ciascuno dei due seguenti indirizzi:

luisella@... zucchetti@...

IL TERMINE PER L'INVIO DEI RIASSUNTI è IL 25 APRILE 2000.


INFORMAZIONI

Ulteriori informazioni sul convegno possono essere richieste a
Margherita Roggero (Università di Torino) all'indirizzo:

roggero@...

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DICHIARAZIONE COMUNE
DEI COMITATI EUROPEO E STATUNITENSE DEL
TRIBUNALE INTERNAZIONALE SULLA GUERRA DELLA NATO CONTRO LA JUGOSLAVIA


Common Declaration of
The European and the US American Preparatory Committees for the
International
Tribunals concerning the NATO War against Yugoslavia
March 24, 2000 marks the first anniversary of the day the US-led North
Atlantic
Treaty Organization, with the participation of 18 member states,
treacherously
and brutally attacked the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, in violation
of the
Charter of the United Nations and all basic norms of international law.
Under the
pretext of protecting human rights, the aggressors placed the lives of
millions
of inhabitants in danger and disregarded their fundamental human rights.
Seventy-eight days and nights the gigantic NATO aerial armada bombarded
cities
and villages. These bombings killed and maimed thousands of women, men
and
children, destroyed a large part of the Yugoslavian infrastructure as
well as its
industrial foundation, poisoned the environment and set the country back
many
years in its development.
With the terror attacks against civilian targets, hospitals, schools,
residential
areas, television studios and transmitters, against the chemical
industry, the
electrical works and heating factories as well as with the deployment of
internationally banned weapons such as 156 containers with approx.
35,000 cluster
bombs as well as with munition using radioactive depleted uranium, the
NATO
committed a flagrant violation even of the laws of war.
All assertions that NATO waged this war for humanitarian reasons have
been
disproved by the aggression, that had been planned long in advance and
prepared
down to the minutest detail, by the barbaric way of waging the war as
well as by
the developments in Kosovo and Metohija subsequent to this aggression:
This
includes the harassment, murder and the expulsion of the non-Albanian
population
as well as of those Albanians, who do not adhere to the objectives of
the KLA,
before the eyes of the KFOR NATO units. The objective of that war was
the war
itself, as a means of rendering the UN Security Council powerless, of
replacing
the equality of states in international law with the law of the jungle
and of
testing out and establishing the new NATO doctrine, which threatens
world peace.

The war of aggression and the war crimes of NATO must not be allowed to
go
unpunished - for the sake of preventing new wars, for the sake of peace.
These
are the objectives of the International Tribunals that will be convened
June 2nd
and 3rd in Berlin and June 10th 2000 in New York. We want to contribute
to the
dissemination of the truth about the war and to having those liable
civilian and
military leaders of the USA, Germany, Great Britain, and the other NATO
states
brought to justice. The truth cannot be allowed to be hidden, nor the
guilty to
go with impunity.
NATO wreaked immense sorrow, suffering and destitution on the people of
Yugoslavia. Through the destruction of industry and other economic
assets alone,
600,000 people lost their work places and another 2.5 million their
means of
subsistence. As a result of the expulsions from Kosovo the number of
refugees in
Serbia - with its population of 10 million - has been raised to 1
million. The
aged, the chronically ill and those traumatized by the war - including
more than
300,000 children - are suffering particularly due to an enormous deficit
in
medicines and medical equipment created by sanctions and war
devastation. The
mortality rate has rapidly risen. Today, as a result of this war, in the
heart of
Europe, the population of a country, known for its heroic, costly and
victorious
struggle against the German Wehrmacht in the Second World War is being
forced to
struggle for its life.
Rather than offering at least immediate humanitarian aide - let alone
paying
damages, and reparations - the NATO leaders, who claimed to be human
rights
warriors during the aggression, are maintaining the strangling sanctions
against
an entire people. Even worse: by demanding the overthrow of the present
government - a demand in blatant violation of international law, and an
unprecedented interference in the domestic affairs of a sovereign state
not seen
in Europe since 1945 - as prerequisite for the loosening of sanctions,
an entire
people is being held hostage and all considerations of fraternity and
humanism
disregarded. New conflicts are being provoked and Yugoslavia's
territorial
integrity is being further threatened.
In light of these and other obscured forms of the continued war against
the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, we emphatically demand that the NATO
states
immediately lift the illegal and inhumane sanctions against Yugoslavia,
cease the
interference in her domestic affairs, cease the discrimination against
Yugoslavia
in international relations, respect her sovereignty and territorial
integrity,
put a stop to the harassment and banishment of the non-Albanian
population of
Kosovo and Metohija, grant the whole of Yugoslavia rapid assistance in
overcoming
the sequels of the NATO aggression as well as the initiation of payment
of
comprehensive war damages.
The debt that the governments of the USA and its allies owe Yugoslavia
grow with
each passing day in which these fundamental demands are disregarded. But
the day
will come where these governments will be brought to justice. We appeal
to all
people of good will, regardless of their political, ideological,
religious views
to contribute to the advent of that day, and to help in the further
preparation
and support these tribunals concerning the NATO War against Yugoslavia.

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VIENNA

Yesterday about 1500 people, mainly Yugoslavs, demonstrated against the
ongoing NATO aggression against Yugoslavia on the occasion of the first
anniversary of the NATO war.

The opening meeting was hold in front of the parliament and was centered
around following questions:

No to any military pact, no to WEU and NATO!

No social cuts for armament!

Keep neutraliy!

The final ralley in front of the opera had as its motto:

Stop the displacements by UCK/KLA and NATO!

NATO out of Kosovo!

Stop the blockade against Yugoslavia!

It is worth to note that both the Vienna branch of Draskovic's SPO as
well
as the Serbian-Orthodox church called to boycott the demonstration.
Therefore the organisers of the Yugoslav-Austrian Solidarity Movement
(JÖSB)
regard the strength of the mobilisation as a success which was also
proven
by the combative morale of the demonstrators.

International Leninist Current (ILC)
Corriente Leninista Internacional (CLI)
PF 23, A-1040 Wien, Austria
Tel & Fax +43 1 504 00 10
ilc@...

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Von der Presse verschwiegen - dennoch ein Erfolg
(rkl, 25.3.00)

Gestern demonstrierten in Wien rund 1.500 Menschen, überwiegend
jugoslawischer Herkunft, anläßlich des ersten Jahrestages des
Nato-Krieges
gegen Jugoslawien gegen die andauernde Aggression.

Bei der Auftaktundgebung vor dem Parlament standen österreichische
Fragen im
Vordergrund

Nein zu Beistandspflicht, WEU und NATO!

Kein Sozialabbau für Aufrüstung!

Erhalt der Neutralität!

während die Abschlußveranstaltung bei der Oper zum Motto hatte:

Stoppt die Vertreibungen durch UCK und NATO!

NATO raus aus dem Kosovo!

Schluss mit der Blockade gegen Jugoslawien!

Hinzuweisen ist darauf, dass der Wiener Ableger der SPO Draskovics zum
Boykott der Demonstration aufgerufen hatte und diese als "kommunistisch
vereinnahmt" bezeichnete. Das ist angesichts der breiten Beteiligung
sowohl
von regierungstreuen, als auch regierungskritischen jugoslawischen
Kräften,
die beide keineswegs als kommunistisch zu bezeichnen sind, völlig aus
der
Luft gegriffen, um so mehr als die übergroße Mehrheit der Wiener Serben
politisch nicht organisiert sind. Dass bei den österreichischen
Unterstützern verschiedene kommunistische Kräfte überwogen, ist
zweifellos
richtig -- doch es liegt in der Natur des Konfliktes, dass sich vor
allem
Kommunisten gegen die konkrete Politik des kapitalistischen Imperiums,
dessen Teil Österreich ist, stellen. Die Organisatoren von der
"Jugoslawisch-Österreischen Solidaritätsbewegung" JÖSB jedenfalls
verstehen
sich auf der Basis des Antiimperialismus als strikt überparteilich!

Weiters hat auch die serbisch-orthodoxe Kirche zum gleichen Zeitpunkt
eine
Gedenkveranstaltung abgehalten, um so die Teilnahme an der Demonstration
zu
schwächen.

Die Veranstalter von der JÖSB sehen die Mobilisierungen deswegen als
Erfolg
an. Nach wie vor manifestiert sich ein starker Haß auf die NATO und den
Westen, der trotz der schwierigen Lage noch nicht in Resignation
umgeschlagen ist -- daher auch die gute Beteiligung.

Dennoch waren die politischen Spannungen innerhalb serbischen Gemeinde
stark
zu spüren.

Obwohl jedem kritischen Menschen bekannt, wollen wir dennoch auf den
totalen
Medienboykott hinweisen. Während von mikroskopischen Manifestationen in
aller Welt, die dem neoliberalen Einheitsdenken ins Konzuept passen,
ausgiebig berichtet wird, ist diese außerordentliche Mobilisierung den
"freien Medien" keine Zeile wert. Während in aller Welt die Kritik an
der
kriegstreiberischen Rolle der Medien immer lauter wird, entblödet sich
der
öffentlich-rechtliche Rundfunk ORF im Mittagsjournal vom 24.3.00 nicht,
als
einzige Kritik am Nato-Krieg das öffentliche Ausschließen eines
Einsatzes
von Bodentruppen zu nennen!

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GERMANIA: VERITA' E MENZOGNE SULLA GUERRA

Betreff: Hamburger Abendblatt: Das späte Eingeständnis -
Verteidigungsminister Scharping unter Druck

http://www.abendblatt.de/contents/ha/news/politik/html/220300/22AUFMA1.HTM

Datum: Mittwoch, 22. März 2000 20:44
Betreff: Hamburger Abendblatt: Was Scharping nicht wusste



http://www.abendblatt.de/contents/ha/news/politik/html/220300/BUWEHR15.HTM











Der NATO-Angriffskrieg

NATO-Anspruch und Wirklichkeit

(von Rainer Rupp)

Die Bundesregierung und die NATO beriefen sich als Rechtfertigung ihres
Angriffskrieges auf
eine angeblich ungeschriebene Fortbildung der Menschenrechte.

Fakt ist, daß sie mit dem Angriff eklatant so gut wie gegen alle
geschriebenen internationalen
Verträge verstoßen haben: gegen die Charta der Vereinten Nationen, gegen
die Schlußakte von
Helsinki, gegen die Genfer Konvention zum Schutz von Zivilpersonen im
Krieg und gegen viele
andere internationale Abkommen und Rechtsnormen der zivilisierten Welt
verstoßen, ja sogar
gegen Artikel 1 der eigenen NATO-Charta. Darüber hinaus hat speziell die
Bundesregierung
gegen das Grundgesetz und den 2+4 Vertrag verstoßen.

Die NATO und vornweg Bundesverteidigungsminister Rudolf Scharping führen
zur Rechtfertigung
des Angriffs die Existenz von serbischen Konzentrationslager und den
Genozid an ethnischen
Albanern im Kosovo an, der mit allen Mitteln hätte gestoppt werden
müssen. Die NATO sprach
erst von Hunderttausenden, später - als sie ins Kosovo einmarschierte -
jedoch nur noch von
zehn Tausend Ermordeten.

Fakt ist, daß im Kosovo kein Genozid statt gefunden hat. Dies belegen
die Untersuchungen des
Internationalen Gerichtshofs für Kriegsverbrechen im ehemaligen
Jugoslawien (ITCY). Im
November letzten Jahres präsentierte das Tribunal dem UNO-Sicherheitsrat
das vorläufige
Endergebnis der Untersuchungen von 200 angeblichen Massengräbern im
Kosovo. Trotz
intensiver Unterstützung durch die NATO wurden insgesamt 2018 Tote
gefunden, exhumiert und
gerichtsmedizinisch untersucht. Die Information, ob es sich bei den
Opfern um Kriegstote oder
Opfer von Exekutionen handelt, oder um Albaner oder Serben, wird vom
Tribunal ohne Angabe von
Gründen als geheim eingestuft. Nach Aussagen des NATO-Sprechers ist die
NATO ein Freund
des Tribunals, das hauptsächlich von der NATO finanziert wird.

Die NATO und die Bundesregierung behaupten, durch ihren Angriffskrieg
sei die Vertreibung der
Kosovo-Albaner gestoppt und die Rückkehr der Vertriebenen erst
ermöglicht worden.

Fakt ist, daß die große Flüchtlingswelle aus dem Kosovo überhaupt erst
durch den NATO-Angriff
provoziert wurde. Das UNO-Flüchtlingshilfswerk hatte unmittelbar vor dem
NATO-Angriff etwa
14.500 Flüchtlinge aus dem Kosovo in den angrenzenden Ländern
registriert. Am Ende des
NATO-Angriffs sollen es zwischen 700.000 und 800.000 gewesen sein. Nach
Aussagen von
General Clark, NATO-Oberbefehlshabers Europa, (gegenüber der New York
Times am 27.3.99
und Newsweek am 12.4.99) hatte die NATO als Reaktion auf ihre
Luftangriffe mit großen
Flüchtlingsströmen aus dem Kosovo gerechnet ( Clark: this was "entirely
predictable"), zumal zu
erwarte war, daß sich unter dem NATO-Bombenhagel auch die ethnischen
Probleme zwischen
Albanern und Serben zuspitzen würden. Eine seltsame Art der humanitären
NATO-Hilfe, die die
NATO den Menschen im Kosovo da gebracht hat!

Die Bundesregierung und die NATO behaupten, sie hätten keinen Krieg
gegen das serbische Volk
geführt.

Fakt ist, daß NATO-Bomben etwa 2000 Zivilisten zerfetzt oder verbrannt
haben, zum größten
Teil Frauen und Kinder. Viele Tausende wurden schwer verletzt und werden
für Lebzeiten - ohne
Entschädigung durch die NATO - verkrüppelt bleiben. Die jugoslawische
Bundesarmee blieb
durch die NATO-Angriffe so gut wie unberührt. Zu den Opfern, die die
Bundesregierung und die
NATO auf dem Gewissen hat, muß auch die ständig wachsende Zahl der
Kinder gerechnet
werden, die von den Blindgängern der von der NATO völkerrechtswidrig
eingesetzten Cluster
Bomben zerrissen werden.

Die Bundesrepublik und die NATO behaupten, die weitgehende Zerstörung
der jugoslawischen
Wirtschaft, der zivile Infrastruktur, der Krankenhäuser, Wohnkomplexe,
Kindergärten und
Altenheime sei ein Ergebnis von nicht beabsichtigtem sogenannten
Kollateralschaden. Die
Bundesregierung und die NATO bestreiten, absichtlich zivile Ziele
angegriffen zu haben.

Fakt ist, daß der Stabschef der britischen Streitkräfte, General Sir
Charles Guthrie, im britischen
Fernsehen (BBC) unumwunden zuzugeben, daß die Bombenangriffe der NATO
auf zivile Ziele in
Jugoslawien beabsichtigt und Teil der militärischen NATO-Strategie
gewesen sind. Nach seinen
Worten waren "Angriffe auf beide Zielgruppen (militärische und zivile,
Anm.RR) notwendig" den
die Luftangriffe allein auf militärische Ziele hätten der NATO nicht den
gewünschten Sieg
gebracht hätten.





Die Bundesregierung und die NATO behaupten, im Kosovo sei mit dem
Einmarsch der NATO der
Frieden eingekehrt.

Fakt ist, daß seit dem Einmarsch der NATO im Kosovo die
durchschnittliche Zahl der monatlich
registrierten, ethnisch motivierten Morde im Vergleich zur Zeit vor dem
NATO Angriff nicht
zurück gegangen ist; über 500 Menschen wurden seit Juli 1999 ermordet.
Der Unterschied zu
früher liegt darin, daß es sich diesmal fast ausschließlich um Opfer der
kosovo-albanischen
Terrorgruppe UCK handelt. In den Jahren vor dem NATO-Überfall, bis zum
24.März 1999 waren
im Kosovo insgesamt fast 2.000 Menschen den ethnischen Unruhen zum Opfer
gefallen. Etwa die
Hälfte waren Serben und serben-loyal eingestufte Albaner, die von der
sezessionistischen UCK
umgebracht worden waren. Die andere Hälfte setzte sich teils aus
UCK-Terroristen zusammen,
teils aus unschuldigen Menschen, die den serbischen Gegenmaßnahmen zum
Opfer fielen.



Die Bundesregierung und die NATO haben nach eigenen Angaben den Krieg
geführt, um im
Kosovo die angeblichen ethnischen "Säuberungen" zu unterbinden und
behaupten, nun im Kosovo
mit Hilfe der K-FOR und UNMIK eine multi-ethnische demokratische
Gesellschaft aufzubauen.

Fakt ist, daß die unter den Augen der K-FOR und mit deren
stillschweigender Duldung die
ethnische Vertreibung von Serben, Roma, Juden und anderen
nicht-albanischen Minderheiten aus
dem Kosovo eingesetzt hat. Das Kosovo ist heute so gut wie "serbenrein".

Die Bundesregierung und die NATO behaupten, die UCK existiere nicht mehr
und ihre
Nachfolgeorganisation, das Kosovo Schutz Korps, sei demilitarisiert und
habe lediglich den
Katastrophenschutz zur Aufgabe.

Fakt ist, daß ein UNO-Bericht vom 29.2. dem von K-FOR und UNMIK
gegründeten Kosovo
Schutz Korps (KSK) vorwirft, statt bei Katastrophen zu helfen, Menschen
zu ermorden und zu
foltern. Zugleich warnt der Bericht, daß die ungezügelten Aktivitäten
des kriminellen KSK drohen,
das Kosovo ins Chaos zu stürzen.

Bundesregierung und NATO behaupten, im Kosovo die Herrschaft des Rechtes
zu etablieren.

Fakt ist, daß Amnesty International (AI) in ihrem jüngsten Bericht der
K-FOR und UNMIK
vorwirft, sich im Kosovo nicht einmal an die von ihnen selbst gesetzten
Standards zu halten. AI
beschuldigt in dem Bericht sowohl K-FOR als auch UNMIK grober
Menschenrechtsverletzungen
im Kosovo.



Die Bundesregierung und die NATO behaupten, sie hätten alle
diplomatischen Verhandlungswege
erschöpft und es hätte keine Alternative mehr zum Krieg gegeben.

Fakt ist, daß weder die USA noch die NATO überhaupt ein
Verhandlungsergebnis gewollt haben.
Die angeblichen "Friedensverhandlungen" von Rambouillet waren nichts
anders als ein
erpresserischer Versuch, mit Hilfe von Gewaltandrohung die mißliebige
jugoslawische Regierung
dazu zu zwingen, ihre Souveränität aufzugeben. Der Anhang II zum
Rambouillet "Vertrag", zu
dessen Annahme die NATO die jugoslawische Regierung mit dem Ultimatum
der Luftangriffe
zwingen wollte, verlangte von der Regierung in Belgrad, ihre
Souveränität nicht nur über das
Kosovo sondern auch über den Rest Jugoslawiens aufzugeben. Im Anhang II
forderte die NATO
für ihre Truppen freien Zugang zu allen Regionen und Anlagen in ganz
Jugoslawien. Wie auch
Abgeordnete von "Bündnis 90/Die Grünen" später eingestehen mußten: Keine
Regierung der Welt
hätte einen solche Vertrag unterzeichnen können. Die
"Friedensverhandlungen" waren von vor
herein darauf angelegt zu scheitern. Der Krieg war gewollt.

Die Bundesregierung und die NATO behaupteten, daß es im Kosovo um die
"Verteidigung der
Menschenrechte" gegangen sei.

Fakt ist, daß viele Menschen, die in gutem Glauben einen Völkermord zu
verhindern, den
NATO-Angriff unterstützt haben, nichts anderes taten als der NATO zu
erlauben, ohne
demokratische Diskussion zum ersten Mal ihr Neues Strategisches Konzept
in die Tat
umzusetzen. Ohne auch nur in den nationalen Parlamente debattiert worden
zu sein, ist es der
NATO-Führung auf diese Weise gelungen, das ursprüngliche Bündnis zur
Verteidigung der
territorialen Grenzen der NATO-Mitgliedsländer in eine Allianz zu
verwandeln, die in Zukunft ihre
politischen, wirtschaftlichen und geo-strategischen
Sicherheitsinteressen offensiv und weltweit
"verteidigen" will, einschließlich in des Zugangs zu den ölreichen
Regionen am Golf und am
Kaspischen Meer. Darüber hinaus ging es bei dem Krieg auch innerhalb der
NATO sowohl um ein
transatlantisches als auch um ein innereuropäisches Gerangel um
Positionen und Macht bei der
Neuordnung Europas. Mit anderen Worten: es war der erste
Neuordnungskrieg in Europa nach
dem Zerfall der Sowjetunion.

Die Bundesregierung und die NATO werden nicht müde, sich öffentlich zum
erfolgreichen
Angriffskrieg zu gratulieren, den sie als die "vornehmste Stunde der
Allianz" feiern.

Fakt ist, daß immer mehr Menschen beginnen, die "humanitäre" Propaganda
Lügen der NATO zu
entlarven. Das zeigen zunehmend kritische Medienberichte, auch in
konservativen Blättern der
NATO-Länder. Die Tatsache daß sogar ein Abgeordneter des amerikanischen
Kongresses, der
Republikaner Ron Paul aus Texas, kürzlich in einem im Internet
veröffentlichten Schreiben
(http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2000/tst031300.htm) die NATO-Lügen mit
denen des
NAZI-Propagandachefs Josef Goebbels gleich setzt, gibt Hoffnung, daß die
Wahrheit auf Dauer
nicht unterdrückt werden kann. Die Tatsache, daß die NATO außerdem im
Kosovo vor dem
Scherbenhaufen ihrer Kriegspolitik steht, läßt hoffen, daß Menschen in
Deutschland und den
anderen NATO-Ländern sich in Zukunft nicht wieder vor den Karren
"humanitärer"
NATO-Kriege spannen lassen.

SBR. den 21.3.00

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L'ANNIVERSARIO DELLA VERGOGNA

http://www.antiwar.com/justin/pf/p-j032200.html

ANTIWAR, Wednesday, March 22, 2000

Behind the Headlines
by Justin Raimondo
Antiwar.com

ANNIVERSARY OF SHAME

This Friday it will be exactly one year since the mightiest military
power on earth decided to pulverize one of the smallest and weakest -
all in the name of "humanitarianism." And what has been the result of
this mission of mercy? It's time to take stock.

NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE . . .

What do the NATO-crats have to say for themselves? "A year ago, NATO
launched its airpower to end the repression in Kosovo," says NATO
Secretary General George Robertson, "and succeeded. In the blizzard of
words that has followed it is easy to overlook that simple fact." A
blizzard not only of words, but of casualties - over 800 Serbs
slaughtered by the Kosovo Liberation Army fanatics since the NATO
"liberation," and 150,000-plus driven out of the region - right under
the noses of the so-called peacekeepers. This, to the NATO-crats, is
success.

NO ILLUSIONS - AND NO SERBS

But we shouldn't rest on our laurels. "However there should be no
illusions," avers the evil Robertson, "the task remaining is
formidable." Yeah, I hear there are still a few Serbs left in Mitrovica.
But we needn't worry about that - the "peacekeepers" are being kept busy
"escorting" Albanians into the last remaining Serb neighborhood.

COSA NATO

"Liberated" Kosovo, one year later, is - in the words of Kiri
Dienstbier, the UN's special human rights investigator for the former
Yugoslavia - "a paradise for different mafias." "There are very
different private structures of power...It is a paradise for different
mafias which not only control certain regions and villages, they even
fight each other." What he doesn't say is that all these little mafias
are operating under the protection of the Biggest Mafia of Them All,
headquartered in Brussels, and known by its acronym: NATO.

IN THE CROSSFIRE

So, the Albanian Kosovars are "even fighting among themselves" - what a
surprise! For centuries, the rural northern Ghegs - who were heavily
recruited into the Skanderberg Division of the Nazi SS during World War
II - have been fighting the southern Tosks, who live in the plains area
and were big supporters of Enver Hoxha, the Albanian Stalin. The Kosovo
war forged a temporary unity, but now the long-running feud between the
Albanian version of the Hatfields and the McCoys is on again - with NATO
caught in the crossfire.

TURNING POINT

The London Guardian reports that military planners are already preparing
for the inevitable showdown with the KLA, and headlined the story:
"Pentagon braced for bloodshed after raids on guerrillas." The Pentagon
has "formally alerted" US troops in the field that they will no doubt be
facing their former "allies." A year after State Department spokesman
Jamie Rubin praised the KLA as "freedom-fighters," they are getting
ready to start shooting at us - now that's what I call gratitude,
Albanian style. A recent raid on the arm caches built up by the 800-man
Liberation Army of Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac (UCPMB) - named after
the three Albanian-inhabited towns in southern Serbia's Presevo valley -
is the first major action in what will be an ongoing conflict. "We have
now fired the first shot at the Albanian insurgents - and insurgents
have a tendency to carry a grudge," says one Pentagon official. "If they
come to see us as an enemy then [the raid] will be seen as a turning
point."

KOSOVO, THE SEQUEL

Oh, but not to worry, says the KLA's man in the State Department: Rubin,
just back from a trip to Kosovo, said: "We do not believe we are
drifting towards a conflict with Kosovo Albanian insurgents." Why, those
Albanian pussycats would never harm a hair on an American head due to
the "deep reservoir of respect, thanks and goodwill towards the United
States." Would he care to go over there himself, and go on patrol with
American troops? Perhaps his lovely wife, KLA propagandist Christiane
Amanpour, would like to accompany him: together they could do a CNN
documentary, "Return to Kosovo," where they could confront - and perhaps
even answer for - the results of their handiwork, a land that, as
Dienstbier put it, is "a paradise of mafias."

OOOPS!

But Dienstbier is either unbelievably naïve or else utterly disingenuous
when he avers: "I see that what is happening in Kosovo now is the result
of a mistake of policy of the international community... bombing
Yugoslavia without knowing what will be next. Meanwhile, Kosovo
Liberation Army weapons came and they took over control and are now
cleansing non-Albanians." Mistake? He can't be serious. Here is a
sophisticated man, the former Czech foreign minister, who believes (or
pretends to believe) that the bombing, the murder and ethnic cleansing
of Serbs, the rising dictatorship of the KLA, the continued provocations
aimed at destabilizing what is left of Yugoslavia - it was all an
accident, a terrible "mistake." Is this what the UN has to say about an
action endorsed by its Security Council and personally approved by the
Secretary General: "Ooops!"? Gee, I tried to call The Hague to report a
war crime - but the line seem always to be busy.

REMEMBER NAPALM?

To call what happened to Kosovo a "mistake" would be laughable, but only
to someone given to the blackest humor. This is especially true in light
of the recent confirmation that the US used radioactive bullets against
the Serbs. According to a letter from the UN task force on Kosovo war
damage to Secretary General Kofi Annan, areas hit by radioactive
ammunition - used during approximately 100 bombing missions - are
dangerously contaminated. With a half-life of 4.5 billion years, twice
as dense as lead, depleted uranium is radioactive and ultra-toxic. The
San Francisco Examiner, which broke the story, informs us that "depleted
uranium burns when it hits a target, contaminating the tank and the
surrounding area." Depleted uranium - the napalm of America's
post-millennial Vietnam.

WHAT, ME WORRY?

As the Examiner story goes on, it all has a very familiar ring to it:
"The Pentagon has tried to downplay the risks of exposure to depleted
uranium dust and debris since the 1991 Persian Gulf War, when it was
used for the first time in combat." I wonder how many vets of that war
are now wandering the streets, irreparably damaged, inevitably homeless,
and invariably hopeless - and all because of the Pentagon's
"downplaying"? And how many more on the way? "However," the article
continues, "independent scientists say the substance has been linked to
skin, kidney and respiratory disorders, and can damage any part of the
body in which it is stored, including the lungs, lymph nodes, liver,
kidneys, muscle and bone." Ah, but not too worry, says the UN panel in
their letter to Annan, this "should not be a cause of widespread alarm"!
Unless you happen to live in Kosovo, of course - or if you happen to be
an American soldier on patrol.

THE COVEN

Was it stupidity or evil that poisoned the very land the NATO-crats
claimed to be "liberating"? Is this, too, a "mistake"? I don't think so.
Do you? What we are dealing with, in the current leaders of the Western
world, is not a gang of Keystone Kops, but a coven of sadistic
assassins, the kind who like to torture their victims before they put
them out of their misery. This is precisely what they are doing in
Kosovo, and throughout the former Yugoslavia. An example must be made:
the great enemy, nationalism, must be finally humbled and wiped out, so
that the "European spirit" can wash over the land, cleansing it of any
and all undesirable elements. Kosovo was no mistake, from the
NATO-cratic point of view, but a model of the wars of the future. For
Kosovo is only the first item on the pan-European agenda. Montenegro is
next, and then Vojivodina, and then eastward, to Macedonia, and on to
the Ukraine. Soon we will be at the very gates of Moscow.

TO ELBA

The ambition of the NATO-crats is positively Napoleonic: we can only
hope that it meets a similar fate. In which case more than a few of them
will be exiled to Elba, or some similarly desolate isle, where they will
be free to write their memoirs and brood on the enormity of their
crimes. It is something to look forward to, anyway.


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