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MANY ARE CALLED, BUT KOSTUNICA WAS CHOSEN
Below are excerpts from an article that appeared in the German
publication,
'Der Spiegel,' on 9 October 2000. The article can be read in German at
http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,97117,00.html . The excerpts were
kindly
translated for Emperor's Clothes by George Pumphrey, an American writer
living in Germany. The question of how Mr. Kostunica was chosen to run
for
President of Yugoslavia is of heightened interest given his leading role
in
the campaign to extradite Slobodan Milosevic to The Hague (1), a
campaign
which culminated in the kidnapping of Mr. Milosevic on 28 June, a very
special day for Serbian people. (2)
"Helping the Revolution"
'Der Spiegel' 41/2000 (9.10.2000)
"December 17 last year, [German Minister of Foreign Affairs]Fischer and
[US
Secretary of State] Albright met the most well known Yugoslav opposition
figures in a windowless room of the Interconti Hotel on Budapest St. in
Berlin on the fringes of the G-8 meeting. Among the participants was
Zoran
Djindjic and Vuk Draskovic, both Milosevic opponents who had never been
able
to unite for any length of time. A participant of the meeting says now,
'the
opposition was given a thorough balling out.'
"The Milosevic opponents who were really willing to cooperate agreed on
Kostunica, until then largely unknown, as the presidential candidate.
The
discussion group withdrew any support for the unpredictable populist
Draskovic." (From the text below)
"For months the federal government of Germany has discretely and
purposefully
supported the Serbian opposition against Milosevic."
(...) "Massive political and material support from Berlin - as well as
other
western capitals - contributed to the fact that opposition groups and
parties
could develop the strength to force Milosevic to give up and take the
government themselves."
(...) "December 17 last year, [German Minister of Foreign
Affairs]Fischer and
[US Secretary of State] Albright met the most well known Yugoslav
opposition
figures in a windowless room of the Interconti Hotel on Budapest St. in
Berlin on the fringes of the G-8 meeting. Among the participants was
Zoran
Djindjic and Vuk Draskovic, both Milosevic opponents who had never been
able
to unite for any length of time. A participant of the meeting says now,
'the
opposition was given a thourough balling out.'
"The Milosevic opponents who were really willing to cooperate agreed on
Kostunica, until then largely unknown, as the presidential candidate.The
discussion group withdrew any support for the unpredictable populist
Draskovic."
(...) "On election day the opposition was so well equipped and organized
that
it was in a better position to supervise the results than Milosevic.
Election
helpers monitored the counting of the votes in 180 of approximately
9,200
polling stations and sent the results over their own radio network to
the
head office of the opposition." (2)
"Approximately $30 million, predominantly from America, were channeled
into
the country via an office in Budapest, in order to equip the opposition
for
the election campaign with computers, telephones and office materials.
Hundreds of election helpers were trained abroad for these tasks." (3)
(4)
"On a large scale and "very very clandestinely" according to
[BalkanStability
Pact director] Bodo Hombach, the oppositional media was also supported.
Journals were given paper so that they could even be published. Smaller
publications were even furnished a new printing press in the publishing
houses. Radio and TV stations were furnished modern broadcasting
equipment.
(...)
"Officially the aid to the media was carried by the Deutsche Welle, the
Zweite Deutsche Fernsehen (Channel 2) and the Bayrische
Rundfunk(Bavarian
Broadcasting). The financial aid was furnished mostly from the Federal
Press
Office in Berlin. Approx. 4 million DM has been given by Germany since
the
end of last year for outfitting the oppositional and independent [sic!]
media
in Yugoslavia. The Deutsche Welle invested another 10 million DM alone
in
1999 in order to further enhance their program in the local Yugoslav
languages. (...)" (5)
***
Further reading:
1) The mass media has been virtually unanimous in telling us that Mr.
Kostunica was uninvolved in kidnapping President Milosevic, indeed, that
he
was opposed. Not so, says the public record, inconveniently recalled in
'The
treason of Vojislav Kostunica,' at
http://emperors-clothes.com/analysis/treas.htm
2) Petar Makara says it was quite significant that the 'international
community' set its so-called Donors Conference for 28 June and that they
and
the DOS leaders kidnapped Slobodan Milosevic on that day, which has
great
significance for Serbian people. See, "The Theft of the Serbs' Only
Treasure"
at http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/makara/disgust.htm
3) The 'monitoring' of the Sept. 23 Yugoslav Presidential elections was
a
large-scale operation administered by US agencies operating out of
Bulgaria.
The goal was to create the impression that a grass-roots citizens'
campaign
was standing up to fraud by the Milosevic government and thus portray
Kostunica as the champion of clean government. Three articles deal with
this
U.S. operation:
* 'Bulgaria Meddles in Yugoslav Vote.' From the Bulgarian newspaper,
'Monitor.' Translated by Blagovesta Doncheva, at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/doncheva/bulgmed.htm
* 'Election Day' In which Ms. Doncheva discussed the significance of the
'Monitor' article, at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/doncheva/electionday.htm
* 'The Election Story They Pulled' by Max Sinclair at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/sinclair/andnow.htm
4) Otpor was one of the groups most active in backing Kostunica's
candidacy.
In 'Otpor is an American Tragedy,' Jared Israel argued that Otpor was a
group
financed and manipulated by Washington. This view was attacked in some
quarters. (Mr. Israel's article can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/jared/otpor.htm )
But recently the National Endowment for Democracy, a U.S. government
organization set up to finance and control pro-U.S. groups in other
countries, boasted that it had funded Otpor since the summer of 1999.
See George' Szamuely's report, 'Eviscerating Democracy' at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/szamuely/neda2.htm
5) Mr. Kostunica has a remarkable facility for recovering from
outrageous
admissions. During the September Presidential elections in Yugoslavia he
admitted that 'some' people involved in his campaign took who took lots
of
U.S. cash might be furthering U.S. Imperial goals; yet everyone
continued to
salute Kostunica's unblemished record.
See 'Kostunica: some backers 'work for American Imperial goals'' at
http://emperors-clothes.com/news/erlang.htm
URGENT APPEAL! 10 JULY
TO THOSE WHO HAVE DONATED TO OUR FUNDRAISING APPEAL - THANK YOU!
BUT EMPEROR'S CLOTHES STILL URGENTLY NEEDS HELP!
The George Soros Foundation does not fund Emperor's Clothes. Our only
source
of money is people like you. All contributions help.
Our work has expanded but our income has not kept pace. We are now
several
months behind on long distance and international phone bills, and other
expenses as well.
All but local service has been turned off.
We have other big bills too, including for Lexis, our key research tool,
and
we are presently too strapped for cash to pay for things we need, such
as a
good laptop computer and some graphics software.
We use long distance and overseas calls for interviews (if we need a
translator, this involves a three-way call) to consult with writers, to
check
the accuracy of information and sometimes to discuss articles being
translated. We also use international calls to help write and edit
articles
for media besides Emperor's Clothes.
Using international long distance, we were able to stay in constant
touch
with the unarmed witnesses guarding Mr. Miloshevich's house when it was
attacked March 28th and 29th. That is why you could read accurate news
on
Emperor's Clothes - the only honest reports available anywhere.
After the attack, by using international phone calls we were able to
talk
directly with people involved in the negotiations between Mr.
Miloshevich and
the current Serbian authorities. So we knew first hand that the 'NY
Times'
report that Mr. Miloshevich was suicidal during the talks was a lie.
Because we need to use the phone so much, our bills are well over a
thousand
dollars a month. Now our long distance and international service has
been
turned off because we owe almost $5000. We are in danger of losing phone
service altogether. In addition, we owe over $1500 to Lexis, a key
research
tool, which allows us to check the accuracy of newspaper excerpts and
quotes
over the past 20 years.
If everyone who cares about Emperor's Clothes chips in, we'll be out of
trouble in no time.
If everyone chips in - $20, $50, $100 or $1000 - we'll be out of danger
in no
time.
Here's how you can help...
1 - The easiest and most reliable way - Call us any time at (USA)
617-916-1705 and we will take your credit card information over the
phone.
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MANY ARE CALLED, BUT KOSTUNICA WAS CHOSEN
Below are excerpts from an article that appeared in the German
publication,
'Der Spiegel,' on 9 October 2000. The article can be read in German at
http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,97117,00.html . The excerpts were
kindly
translated for Emperor's Clothes by George Pumphrey, an American writer
living in Germany. The question of how Mr. Kostunica was chosen to run
for
President of Yugoslavia is of heightened interest given his leading role
in
the campaign to extradite Slobodan Milosevic to The Hague (1), a
campaign
which culminated in the kidnapping of Mr. Milosevic on 28 June, a very
special day for Serbian people. (2)
"Helping the Revolution"
'Der Spiegel' 41/2000 (9.10.2000)
"December 17 last year, [German Minister of Foreign Affairs]Fischer and
[US
Secretary of State] Albright met the most well known Yugoslav opposition
figures in a windowless room of the Interconti Hotel on Budapest St. in
Berlin on the fringes of the G-8 meeting. Among the participants was
Zoran
Djindjic and Vuk Draskovic, both Milosevic opponents who had never been
able
to unite for any length of time. A participant of the meeting says now,
'the
opposition was given a thorough balling out.'
"The Milosevic opponents who were really willing to cooperate agreed on
Kostunica, until then largely unknown, as the presidential candidate.
The
discussion group withdrew any support for the unpredictable populist
Draskovic." (From the text below)
"For months the federal government of Germany has discretely and
purposefully
supported the Serbian opposition against Milosevic."
(...) "Massive political and material support from Berlin - as well as
other
western capitals - contributed to the fact that opposition groups and
parties
could develop the strength to force Milosevic to give up and take the
government themselves."
(...) "December 17 last year, [German Minister of Foreign
Affairs]Fischer and
[US Secretary of State] Albright met the most well known Yugoslav
opposition
figures in a windowless room of the Interconti Hotel on Budapest St. in
Berlin on the fringes of the G-8 meeting. Among the participants was
Zoran
Djindjic and Vuk Draskovic, both Milosevic opponents who had never been
able
to unite for any length of time. A participant of the meeting says now,
'the
opposition was given a thourough balling out.'
"The Milosevic opponents who were really willing to cooperate agreed on
Kostunica, until then largely unknown, as the presidential candidate.The
discussion group withdrew any support for the unpredictable populist
Draskovic."
(...) "On election day the opposition was so well equipped and organized
that
it was in a better position to supervise the results than Milosevic.
Election
helpers monitored the counting of the votes in 180 of approximately
9,200
polling stations and sent the results over their own radio network to
the
head office of the opposition." (2)
"Approximately $30 million, predominantly from America, were channeled
into
the country via an office in Budapest, in order to equip the opposition
for
the election campaign with computers, telephones and office materials.
Hundreds of election helpers were trained abroad for these tasks." (3)
(4)
"On a large scale and "very very clandestinely" according to
[BalkanStability
Pact director] Bodo Hombach, the oppositional media was also supported.
Journals were given paper so that they could even be published. Smaller
publications were even furnished a new printing press in the publishing
houses. Radio and TV stations were furnished modern broadcasting
equipment.
(...)
"Officially the aid to the media was carried by the Deutsche Welle, the
Zweite Deutsche Fernsehen (Channel 2) and the Bayrische
Rundfunk(Bavarian
Broadcasting). The financial aid was furnished mostly from the Federal
Press
Office in Berlin. Approx. 4 million DM has been given by Germany since
the
end of last year for outfitting the oppositional and independent [sic!]
media
in Yugoslavia. The Deutsche Welle invested another 10 million DM alone
in
1999 in order to further enhance their program in the local Yugoslav
languages. (...)" (5)
***
Further reading:
1) The mass media has been virtually unanimous in telling us that Mr.
Kostunica was uninvolved in kidnapping President Milosevic, indeed, that
he
was opposed. Not so, says the public record, inconveniently recalled in
'The
treason of Vojislav Kostunica,' at
http://emperors-clothes.com/analysis/treas.htm
2) Petar Makara says it was quite significant that the 'international
community' set its so-called Donors Conference for 28 June and that they
and
the DOS leaders kidnapped Slobodan Milosevic on that day, which has
great
significance for Serbian people. See, "The Theft of the Serbs' Only
Treasure"
at http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/makara/disgust.htm
3) The 'monitoring' of the Sept. 23 Yugoslav Presidential elections was
a
large-scale operation administered by US agencies operating out of
Bulgaria.
The goal was to create the impression that a grass-roots citizens'
campaign
was standing up to fraud by the Milosevic government and thus portray
Kostunica as the champion of clean government. Three articles deal with
this
U.S. operation:
* 'Bulgaria Meddles in Yugoslav Vote.' From the Bulgarian newspaper,
'Monitor.' Translated by Blagovesta Doncheva, at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/doncheva/bulgmed.htm
* 'Election Day' In which Ms. Doncheva discussed the significance of the
'Monitor' article, at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/doncheva/electionday.htm
* 'The Election Story They Pulled' by Max Sinclair at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/sinclair/andnow.htm
4) Otpor was one of the groups most active in backing Kostunica's
candidacy.
In 'Otpor is an American Tragedy,' Jared Israel argued that Otpor was a
group
financed and manipulated by Washington. This view was attacked in some
quarters. (Mr. Israel's article can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/jared/otpor.htm )
But recently the National Endowment for Democracy, a U.S. government
organization set up to finance and control pro-U.S. groups in other
countries, boasted that it had funded Otpor since the summer of 1999.
See George' Szamuely's report, 'Eviscerating Democracy' at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/szamuely/neda2.htm
5) Mr. Kostunica has a remarkable facility for recovering from
outrageous
admissions. During the September Presidential elections in Yugoslavia he
admitted that 'some' people involved in his campaign took who took lots
of
U.S. cash might be furthering U.S. Imperial goals; yet everyone
continued to
salute Kostunica's unblemished record.
See 'Kostunica: some backers 'work for American Imperial goals'' at
http://emperors-clothes.com/news/erlang.htm
URGENT APPEAL! 10 JULY
TO THOSE WHO HAVE DONATED TO OUR FUNDRAISING APPEAL - THANK YOU!
BUT EMPEROR'S CLOTHES STILL URGENTLY NEEDS HELP!
The George Soros Foundation does not fund Emperor's Clothes. Our only
source
of money is people like you. All contributions help.
Our work has expanded but our income has not kept pace. We are now
several
months behind on long distance and international phone bills, and other
expenses as well.
All but local service has been turned off.
We have other big bills too, including for Lexis, our key research tool,
and
we are presently too strapped for cash to pay for things we need, such
as a
good laptop computer and some graphics software.
We use long distance and overseas calls for interviews (if we need a
translator, this involves a three-way call) to consult with writers, to
check
the accuracy of information and sometimes to discuss articles being
translated. We also use international calls to help write and edit
articles
for media besides Emperor's Clothes.
Using international long distance, we were able to stay in constant
touch
with the unarmed witnesses guarding Mr. Miloshevich's house when it was
attacked March 28th and 29th. That is why you could read accurate news
on
Emperor's Clothes - the only honest reports available anywhere.
After the attack, by using international phone calls we were able to
talk
directly with people involved in the negotiations between Mr.
Miloshevich and
the current Serbian authorities. So we knew first hand that the 'NY
Times'
report that Mr. Miloshevich was suicidal during the talks was a lie.
Because we need to use the phone so much, our bills are well over a
thousand
dollars a month. Now our long distance and international service has
been
turned off because we owe almost $5000. We are in danger of losing phone
service altogether. In addition, we owe over $1500 to Lexis, a key
research
tool, which allows us to check the accuracy of newspaper excerpts and
quotes
over the past 20 years.
If everyone who cares about Emperor's Clothes chips in, we'll be out of
trouble in no time.
If everyone chips in - $20, $50, $100 or $1000 - we'll be out of danger
in no
time.
Here's how you can help...
1 - The easiest and most reliable way - Call us any time at (USA)
617-916-1705 and we will take your credit card information over the
phone.
2 - OR use our secure server at
http://emperors-clothes.com/howyour.html#donate
3 - Or mail us a check - to Emperor's Clothes, P.O. Box 610-321, Newton,
MA
02461-0321. (USA)
If you mail a donation or make one by secure server, please let us know
by
email at emperors1000@..., just to make sure we get it. Thanks!
Thank you for reading Emperor's Clothes.
To browse articles from the Website, click here.
www.tenc.net
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