Informazione
IO ESSERE CRANTE IMPERATORE T'ASPURCO
"Gia' negli anni Trenta, il diplomatico francese Pozzi aveva ammonito
che era un crimine costringere la civile Croazia a sottomettersi alla
Serbia, che aveva ancora tanto da imparare"
Arciduca Otto d'Asburgo, su "Globus", Croazia, 16/6/1995, pg.6
http://zagreb.matis.hr/books/blackhand/article.htm
ZIETTO FRANZ FERDINAND TI VENDICHERO'
"Capibanda come Aidid in Somalia e Milosevic in Serbia hanno la stessa
ideologia ed agiscono nello stesso modo. Se l'Occidente vince
nell'ex-Jugoslavia, sara' una vittoria non solo contro il governo
totalitario di Belgrado, ma contro tutti i banditi del mondo"
Arciduca Otto d'Asburgo, sul giornale spagnolo ABC, maggio 1994
EUROPA SONO IO, VOI SERPI ESSERE INFERIORI, JA?
"I croati, che sono nella parte civilizzata dell'Europa, non hanno
niente a che spartire con il primitivismo serbo nei Balcani. Il futuro
della Croazia risiede in una Confederazione Europea cui
l'Austria-Ungheria puo' servire come modello".
Arciduca Otto d'Asburgo, 15 agosto 1991, "Le Figaro", Francia
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"Gia' negli anni Trenta, il diplomatico francese Pozzi aveva ammonito
che era un crimine costringere la civile Croazia a sottomettersi alla
Serbia, che aveva ancora tanto da imparare"
Arciduca Otto d'Asburgo, su "Globus", Croazia, 16/6/1995, pg.6
http://zagreb.matis.hr/books/blackhand/article.htm
ZIETTO FRANZ FERDINAND TI VENDICHERO'
"Capibanda come Aidid in Somalia e Milosevic in Serbia hanno la stessa
ideologia ed agiscono nello stesso modo. Se l'Occidente vince
nell'ex-Jugoslavia, sara' una vittoria non solo contro il governo
totalitario di Belgrado, ma contro tutti i banditi del mondo"
Arciduca Otto d'Asburgo, sul giornale spagnolo ABC, maggio 1994
EUROPA SONO IO, VOI SERPI ESSERE INFERIORI, JA?
"I croati, che sono nella parte civilizzata dell'Europa, non hanno
niente a che spartire con il primitivismo serbo nei Balcani. Il futuro
della Croazia risiede in una Confederazione Europea cui
l'Austria-Ungheria puo' servire come modello".
Arciduca Otto d'Asburgo, 15 agosto 1991, "Le Figaro", Francia
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(...) Apriamo un giornale a caso, "Il Giorno" di oggi, 23 giugno.
Si tratta di un
reportage di Lorenzo Bianchi. Riportiamo testualmente dal servizio
a pagina
9:
"I bimbi albanesi di Pec hanno ricominciato a disegnare soli e
farfalle. Ma Fatimah,
kosovara 'ashaljia', di antiche radici egiziane ha visto la sua
speranza solo quando
è nata e quando è morta, sedici giorni dopo. A Pristina, nel
reparto dei prematuri
poteva andare a visitarla solo Ibush berisha, il padre albanese,
sufficientemente
chiaro di pelle. Lei, Fatimah è troppo scura. Sarebbe stata
scambiata per una
zingara e nessuno poteva giurare che sarebbe uscita incolume dalla
sala delle
incubatrici. Ibush Berisha ha 24 anni, è sempre vissuto a Obilic,
in un piccolo
villaggio di "albanesi egiziani" e di rom sedentari. Della sua
casa sono rimasti in
piedi solo i pilastri. E' stata scarnificata dalla furia degli
albanesi come tutte le
altre. Abita ora in una baraccopoli in cui si rifugiano ottocento
persone, una piccola
parte dei seimila che si erano riparati in una scuola della vicina
Kosovo Polje. Gli
italiani che li assistono dicono: "La loro sicurezza non è
garantita. Se i nostri
protetti si allontanano più di trecento metri, la loro vita non
vale più nulla".
Andreoni, 49 anni, romano, il responsabile della baraccopoli
racconta la miserabile
storia delle fognature: 'Abbiamo dovuto scavarle per
trecenetocinquanta metri,
anziché novanta, spendendo 50 milioni in più, perché gli albanesi
del vicino
villaggio, Plemetina, non volevano che i loro liquidi organici si
mescolassero con
quelli dei rom e degli egiziani'. A Plemetina, uno degli ultimi
villaggi a popolazione
mista, quindici chilometri a nord di Pristina, la scuola
elementare albanese è
proprio di fronte alla pari grado (e media) dei serbi e dei rom.
'Ma quando ci sono
le lezioni un cordone di soldati della KFOR, armati di mitra,
evita che gli alunni si
azzuffino'... All'ospedale di Pec capoluogo della Brigata
multinazionale a guida
italiana, è stato abbandonato un bimbo di pochi giorni. 'Non sarà
mica serbo',
hanno bisbigliato le puerpere albanesi. Gli amministratori
italiani hanno mangiato
subito la foglia. Il piccolo da tre mesi è stato adottato
dall'ospedale
militare....Nove proiettili sono caduti la scorsa notte vicino al
monastero di Decani,
rufugio non più sicuro di trenta serbi. Al sesto mese di
gravidanza le donne do
Gorazdevac vengono trasferite nell'ospedale di Kralijevo, in
Serbia centrale.
Partono a notte fonda, sotto pesante scorta militare.Gli autissti
rifiutano di
mettersi al volante: "Siamo reclusi.Viviamo senza diritti", si
lamenta l'anzino del
villaggio, Misha Kasratovic. Gli ultimi due serbi che lavorano
all'ospedale di Pec,
un magazziniere e un portantino, sono sepolti vivi. Non escono
mai."
(ricevuto da Voce Operaia)
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Subject: Delegación al último rincón multinacional de Kosovo
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 19:48:17 +0200
From: Jug Öster Solibeweg <joesb@...>
To: <joesb@...>
Perseguidos y expulsados por el ELK (UCK), la OTAN y Naciones Unidas
Informe de la delegación de solidaridad al último rincón multinacional
de
Kosovo
******
Fotos de Kosovska Mitrovica:
www.vorstadtzentrum.net/joesb/aktuell/210500
Tarjetas postales políticas:
www.vorstadtzentrum.net/joesb/aktuell/170500
Este reportaje se presentarà en el encuentro antiimperialista en Assisi
del
30 Julio al 6 Augusto con diapositivas: http://summercamp.cjb.net
*******
A principios de Mayo una delegación del Movimiento austro-yugoslavo de
solidaridad (JÖSB) viajó a Kosovska Mitrovica para:
a. expresar nuestra demanda de liberación de los presos políticos
encarcelados por NUMIK,
b. expresar nuestra ayuda a los no albaneses que permanecen en el
gueto de
Kosovska Mitrovica
c. investigar la situación del lugar más allá de la manipulación de
los
medios de comunicación
Huelga de hambre de los presos políticos
Según señalamos en nuestra declaración del 24 de abril de 2000
(www.vorstadtzentrum.net/joesb/aktuell/270400.shtml#esp), el
acontecimiento
que provocó la decisión de iniciar una huelga de hambre fue la puesta en
libertad del albanés Dzeljalj Ademi, que había herido a 22 civiles y 14
soldados de KFOR al atacar con granadas a unos serbios, mientras que
presos
no albaneses permanecen durante meses en espera de juicio. Los presos
exigen
que se realicen investigaciones para enjuiciarlos. El caso más evidente
es
el de un muchacho de 16 años que fue arrestado y acusado de genocidio el
verano pasado. Otro caso digno de mención es el de un serbio llamado
Jaksimovic de la vecindad de Orahovac, que fue parado por NUMIK en un
control del carretera. Un albanés que había resultado herido en la mano
en
un tiroteo y que estaba allí por la casualidad declaró que el Sr.
Jaksimovic
era la persona que lo había herido, y el Sr. Jaksimovic fue
inmediatamente
arrestado . Uno de los compañeros de viaje del Sr. Jaksimovic, que es
albanés, oyó como un transeúnte le dijo al otro albanés que señalara al
"individuo con barba" (es decir, Jaksimovic) para acusarlo.
En general las acusaciones son totalmente arbitrarias y sus motivos son
políticos. Los testigos se eligen de forma arbitraria y sus testimonios
vienen determinados fundamentalmente por su lealtad a los objetivos del
UCK,
así como el proceder de los jueces. Los pocos jueces serbios que había
dimitieron todos, porque su seguridad personal no podría ser
garantizada.
También protestaron contra el parcialidad del sistema judicial de NUMIK.
La
discriminación existente entre albaneses y no albaneses lleva a pensar
que
serbios y gitanos están siendo detenidos por razones políticas y
nacionales,
más que por la comisión de delitos concretos, por lo que deben ser
considerados como presos políticos de la UN.
Dos de los huelguistas de hambre están en estado crítico. Uno de ellos
ha
caído en coma. Sin embargo NUMIK no permite que médicos ni periodistas
visiten a los presos. Ahora también los parientes de los presos han
iniciado
una huelga de hambre. Diariamente organizan manifestaciones de protesta
delante de la prisión, a las que acuden millares de personas. El
representante de JÖSB expresó su solidaridad a la gente allí reunida.
Como delegados de la organización de ayuda Humanitas, hemos intentado
obtener permiso para ver a los presos. El comandante local del policía
de
NUMIK, Sven Erik Larsson, nos dijo que efectivamente la mayoría de las
acusaciones de los presos serbios y gitanos contra la judicatura de
NUMIK
estén justificadas. Sin embargo, no nos concedió el permiso de visita
que
pedíamos, sino que nos remitió a Pristina. En Pristina nuestra demanda
fue
rechazada por Edita Ryan, que es la oficial de enlace responsable de las
relaciones con las ONG y que declaró que Humanitas era una organización
que
operaba de forma ilegal en Kosovo.
Hacemos un llamamiento para apoyar nuestra campaña para exigir la
liberación
de los presos políticos y para intensificar la presión sobre NUMIK,
organizando otras visitas a la prisión de Kosovska Mitrovica.
Impresiones de Kosovo
En efecto, el norte de Kosovo que no esta bajo control de UCK es el
único
enclave multinacional de Kosovo -- incluso después de la guerra. Éstos
son
algunos ejemplos concretos de ello:
Kaplan Beruti en Svecan: El magistrado jefe del juzgado de Kosovska
Mitrovica, el albanés Kaplan Beruti, que ordenó el arresto arbitrario de
los serbios y los gitanos que ahora están en huelga de hambre, esta
viviendo en Svecan, al norte de Kosovska Mitrovica, una aldea
predominantemente serbia -- y él vive allí sin necesitar la protección
del
KFOR. Sus niños van a una escuela del mismo pueblo.
Refugiados Serbios en casas albanesas en Banjska: En las cercanías de
este
monasterio, en las montañas del Norte, hay varias cabañas para pasar el
fin de semana que son propiedad de albaneses. Actualmente se hallan
ocupadas por refugiados serbios del sur de la ciudad. Al preguntar por
los
propietarios, nos sorprendió oír que están viviendo en la parte Norte de
Kosovska Mitrovica y que incluso cobran alquiler por sus casas.
Albaneses en la vida cotidiana: Cuando hemos preguntado a varios serbios
acerca de los pisos y las casas albanesas en Kosovska Mitrovica que
están
bajo protección de la KFOR, nos dijeron siempre que hay una diferencia
significativa entre los pisos de seguidores del UÇK usados como bases
por
parte del UÇK, y los pisos de albaneses que son leales a Yugoslavia.
Estos
últimos pueden vivir allí sin ningún problema.
Las impresiones de la parte meridional de Kosovo son totalmente
diferentes.
Barrio gitano destruido: En la caretera de Kosovska Mitrovica a Pristina
solamente 10-20% de las casas parecen haber sido quemadas. Sin embargo,
el
barrio gitano de la parte Sur de Kosovska Mitrovica ha sido totalmente
destruido, quemado y arrasado hasta los imientos. La ideología nacional
racista del UCK ha dado allí sus frutos, evidentemente.
Un funcionario de UNMIK nos advierte del peligro mortal: Fuimos a la
oficina de UNMIK para las ONGs en Pristina para obtener un permiso de
visita a los presos de Kosovska Mitrovica. Cuando el funcionario al
cargo,
Edita Ryan, vio nuestra carta escrita en cirílico, nos dijo
inmediatamente
que no podíamos mostrar esta carta a nadie, porque podría ser nuestra
sentencia de la muerte -- y añadió que esta advertencia nos la hacía
"extraoficialmente". Incluso nos desaconsejó hacerla traducir al inglés
dentro de Kosovo.
Un taxista albanés habla en serbocroata: Debido a las muchas
advertencias
evitamos hablar en serbio con el taxista que nos llevó y nos trajo de
Mitrovica a Pristina. Pero cuando vimos que escuchaba la radio en serbio
y
maldecía en serbio, comenzamos a hablar con él en ruso. Él se sentía
totalmente cómodo hablando en serbio pero, al bajar delcoche, nos
recordó
que no dijésemos ni una sola palabra en serbio por las calles, porque
eso
es muy peligroso.
Hay un sistema detrás de la persecución de no Albaneses
La persecución nacional y política de los serbios y los gitanos por la
judicatura de la. NU es solamente el colmo del iceberg. OTAN/NU, apoyado
en
el UCK, realmente formado por un régimen que oprime y discrimina todos
que
son no Albaneses para finalmente expulsarlos y privar Yugoslavia de su
territorio legitimo.
Armamento: Mientras que UCK y su sucesor respectivo, organización TMK,
eran
desmilitarizada superficial (solamente las armas pesadas), y hay
constantemente ataques contra no Albaneses -- estos ataques llevaron más
de
1.000 vidas desde el principio del ocupación! de la OTAN -- Serbios
quedaron
por completo sin sus armas, así privando los de la autodefensa. Esto
significa una sentencia de muerte para muchos quien optaron permanecer,
y
debido a la " carencia de la capacidad " no se les concede la protección
de
KFOR. Solamente los convoyes de no Albaneses que abandonan territorio,
se
presta la protección.
Restablecimiento: Kouchner y otros representantes de la comunidad
supuestamente internacional dicen que todavía es temprano traer a los
refugiados de no Albaneses al sur de Kosovo; pero en el mismo tiempo, en
el
norte de Kosovska Mitrovica, KFOR está intentando por medio de fuerza
traer
a refugiados albaneses a sus casas. Hay pruebas que los combatientes de
UCK
también están infiltrados, traído al norte de Kosovska Mitrovica: Había
ataques del francotiradores de los tres edificios altos albaneses que
fueron
restablecidos recientemente.
Elecciones: Hay también prueba que NU/KFOR no es un mediador neutral,
solamente una fuerza muy motivada. Planean organizar las elecciones para
un
gobierno del protectorado en la base de la actual composición nacional,
para
preservar la expulsión de 300.000 no Albaneses y el establecimiento de
un
número desconocido de Albaneses del norte de Albania.
Yugoslavia es el único estado multinacional de los Balcanes
La guerra provocada por el UCK con la ayuda de Occidente, y transformada
por la OTAN en una guerra contra el conjunto de Yugoslavia, cobro un
total
de 2.108 víctimas contando ambos lados. Pero, un año apenas de
protectorado de la OTAN se ha cobrado ya las vidas de más de mil no
albaneses. A pesar de los envenenados conflictos étnicos, no había
habido
expulsiones ni "limpiezas étnicas" bajo gobierno yugoslavo en Kosovo.
Incluso cuando el UCK inició la espiral de violencia con sus ataques
terroristas en 1997, apenas había habido refugiados. Cuando cesaron los
combates, la mayoría de los refugiados pudieron volver. El "Plan
Herradura" ("Potkovica plan") resultó ser una falsedad propagada por el
servicio secreto. Solamente después del inicio de los bombardeos de la
OTAN se produjo el éxodo masivo de refugiados. Ahora, bajo el mandato
del
UCK y de la OTAN, sí que se está produciendo la "limpieza étnica
sistemática" atribuida anteriormente a las fuerzas yugoslavas. Se han
expulsado 300.000 no albaneses y los pocos que permanecen son amenazados
constantemente, y la KFOR rechaza asegurar su protección. A pesar de la
tendencia a la desintegración y de las tensiones internas, Yugoslavia
sigue siendo un estado multiétnico y, como tal, es la única forma
posible
de coexistencia pacífica de una población tan diversa nacionalmente como
la
de los Balcanes. Fue Occidente quien utilizó el "derecho de
autodeterminación étnico-territorial" como palanca contra Yugoslavia.
Esto
condujo necesariamente a una guerra civil. Los serbios eran y son el
corazón de Yugoslavia y habían abandonado sus intereses étnicos en favor
de este estado común. Y cuando los otros pueblos de Yugoslavia revocaron
esta federación, era justo que los serbios también defendieran sus
intereses nacionales. Pero la diferencia decisiva entre los serbios y
las
otras naciones es que, mientras estos últimos se convirtieron en
esclavos
del Nuevo Orden mundial, los Serbios están luchando contra la nueva
tiranía de la OTAN. Esta es la razón por la cual Kosovo tiene que seguir
siendo una parte de Yugoslavia, los refugiados tienen que volver a sus
hogares y el UCK y la OTAN tienen que desaparecer.
Viena, 15 de Mayo 2000
(Traducción por Tatiana Cacic Trifunovic a quien se lo agrdecemos
mucho.)
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PF 217, A-1040 Wien, Österreich
Tel/Fax +43 1 924 31 61
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From: David Jakovljevic <abcde@...>
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Date: Thursday, June 15, 2000 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [sorabia] Visit to the Serb and Roma Prisoners at Kosovska
Mitrovica, June 1, 2000
>g.Jankovicu!
>
>Borci za ljudska prava Vam cestitaju na Vasoj hrabrosti i zalaganju za
prava Srba na
>Kosovu.
>
>David Jakovljevic
>
>pelkinsin@... wrote:
>
>> On Thursday morning, June 1, 2000 I visited four Serb and Roma prisoners,
>> hospitalized at the City Hospital of Kosovska Mitrovica. Later in the
day, I
>> visited their unfortunate 39 brothers, the jailmates at the City Prison.
>> While the guards at the hospital let me video interview the detainees,
the
>> guards at the jail, headed by the American warden, did not.
>> First reacion at the sight of the sick prisoners was pain in the heart,
rage
>> and revulsion against the perpetrators. I was accompanied by three Serb
>> physisians, three Serb friends, two nurses and two guards: one was a
Jordan
>> policeman, the other an Argentina policeman. The prisoners were lying in
very
>> clean bedding, wearing pajamas, in a well kept and specious hospital
room.
>> Apparently, they did not lack human touch and care by the hospital staff.
I
>> talked to each prisoner-patient and doctors helped me with explanation of
>> their illnesses and the course of recovery.
>>
>> PRISONER # 1: GASI AGIM, Rome from Prizren, around 55, lean, with sad,
>> melancholic eyes, that lit up at our appearance. He was arrested on
October
>> 7, 1999
>> by German police force, along with his two brothers. An Albanian
translator
>> brought the police to the door. Since then, he lost contact with his
family
>> and the brothers. He was then turned over to the Albanian police station,
>> where the Albanian judge passed the speedy sentence down: homicide.
There, he
>> was appointed an "attorney", Hasan Redzepi, Albanian, to give the charade
of
>> the "court" a look of legality!
>> A night before, a few Albanians broke into his home, pulled the knives
and
>> cut him several times, on the hand and on the neck, and one of them hit
him
>> with the but of his gun on the head.
>> He has never seen the "judge". The first sentence of two months has
>> meticulously been extended by two months every time the previous one was
>> about to expire. About two months before, he was transported from the
>> Albanian jail in Prizren to the international detention center, City Jail
in
>> Kosovska Mitrovica, northern part, under Serb control, so to say, where
>> conditions were somewhat better.
>>
>> PRISONER # 2 : ARSENIJE VITOROVIC, plumber, Serb from Orahovac, around
55,
>> pretty stout built, paralyzed in the right side due to a stroke of 10
years
>> before. He lost the vision of the right eye as the consequence of the
stroke.
>> Now hospitalized for heart deficiency and another stroke. He was arrested
by
>> German police, led by an Albanian to his home on October 8, 1999. He was
>> taken to the Albanian court in Prizren, where judge, an Albanian, passed
the
>> sentence: multiple homicide as an Arkan's commando(!!). He was
represented in
>> the court by an Albanian "defense attorney". The first sentence of two
months
>> (for "murder'!) has been routinely extended for another two months, when
the
>> expiration of the earlier sentence was due. And so several time, since
the
>> first was passed down.
>> The Albanian thugs abducted his son on July 17, 1998, two years earlier,
>> whose whereabout has remained unknown to these days. Arsenije has been
flown
>> from Prizren jail to the Mitrovica prison by a German helicopter a couple
of
>> months earlier.
>>
>> PRISONER # 3 : VLASTIMIR ALEKSIC, Serb from Kosovska Mitrovica, South,
the
>> NATO-Albanian side of the city, around 55, exhausted, in a depressive
mood.
>> He was arrested by French police, along with his son. They
were
>> taken to the Albanian court in South Mitrovica, where was charged with
>> "GENOCIDE, Article 26". His prosecutor was an Albanian, his judge
another,
>> his "attorney" also an Albanian and the "witnesses" in the court, again
>> Albanins, unknown to Vlastimir. The sentence was passed down before the
>> trial, two months, for "genocide", with the extensions for another two
>> months, each time the current one was about to expire.
>>
>> PRISONER # 4: VLADAN VUCETIC, Srbin, 16(!), mentally retarded, from
South
>> Mitrovica. He was arrested by French policemen, led by an Albanian. He
was
>> taken to the Albanian court in South Mitrovica. The Albanian judge handed
him
>> already prepered sentence. Charges: 100 (even!) torched Albanian houses,
>> sentence for two months in prison, extensions automatically issued every
two
>> months, written on a piece of paper, with no signiture, seal, stamp, or
form.
>> His "defense attorney" was an Albanian. He is recovering in the Serb
hospital.
>>
>> Speaking of this hospital, it is worth mentioning that the French
>> legionnaires occupied the Children hospital, located in the Hospital
complex,
>> just completed prior to the NATO bombing. The French colonial Governor
for
>> the city of Mitrovica ordered ripping off the roof on the main hospital,
last
>> year, just before the rain season, on the pretext to have it fixed. The
Fall
>> outpour flooded the operation theaters, and put them out of commission
for
>> the rest of the winter. So, the building was left open and the rooms
frozen
>> throughout the winter. Meanness and evilness of the NATO governors of
Kosovo
>> have no bounds. I could tell you a string of similar stories, mopped up
on
>> the spot.
>>
>> CITY JAIL : There were 39 more prisoners in the jail, all the men, Roma
and
>> Serbs. I talked to many and heard very similar stories, such as those
>> described above. The prisoners were lacking everything: shoes, clothes,
>> underwear, towels, bed linen. They sleep in dirty cots, with soiled
blankets,
>> never washed, without bed sheets, pilowcases, pajamas, slippers. They
have a
>> very poor diet, with no fruits, meat, fresh vegetables, refreshment
drinks,
>> desert, vitamins. The Ward, an arrogant American policeman, commented on
the
>> washing machine by saying, "it would be a good idea to have one(sic)."
>> After the visit, I handed a $100.00 bill to each prisoner, a part of the
>> fund, raised at the St. Michael Archangel Church, Saratoga, California a
>> couple weeks before. I, also, made a few other humanitarian distributions
to
>> the city needy, the Hospital, the refugees from Kosovo and Krajina,
defenders
>> of the Bridge, and the others.
>> My more extensive report from the trip to Kosovo is under way.
>>
>> Tika Jankovic
>> San
Jose,.California
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Ju>g Öster Solibeweg <joesb@...>
>> >>To: <joesb@...>
>> >>Subject: Hunger strike in K Mitrovica resumed
>> >>Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 23:29:55 +0200
>> >>X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
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>> >>
>> >>Our solidarity must go on
>> >>
>> >>As reported the Serb and Romany UN prisoners had ended their political
>> >>hunger strike as the protector Kouchner promised them to meet their
demands.
>> >>
>> >>We were sure that he and the entire KFOR and UNMIK occupational forces
are
>> >>not willing to meet their demands because they are linked to the
general
>> >>fate of Kosovo Serbs and non- Albanians nationalities. The campaign to
>> >>forcibly albanise Kosovo by the KLA is in full swing, while the KFOR is
>> >>mainly targeting Serbian attempts of elementary self -defense. In order
to
>> >>fully control Kosovo the NATO is support ing "ethnic cleansing" by its
local
>> >>Albanian puppets.
>> >>
>> Therefore, we still fully support the resumed hunger strike of the
>> politico-national prisoners in Kosvska Mitrovica. (See below the petition
>> and its supporters).
>>
>> JÖSB (Yugoslav Austrian Solidarity Movement)
>>
>> BETA DAILY NEWS, June 8
>>
>> SERB PRISONERS IN KOSOVSKA MITROVICA AGAIN ON HUNGER STRIKE. A group of
>> 13Serbs imprisoned in Kosovska Mitrovica prison went on a hunger strike
again
>> on June 7, because, they said, U.N. Mission in Kosovo Chief Bernard
Kouchner
>> failed to fulfill their demands for altering judicial procedure.
>>
>> They are asking for just trials by forming international court councils,
>> transferring Serbs and Roma gypsies imprisoned in Pristina and in
Bondsteel
>> base to Kosovska Mitrovica, and out of safety reasons to authorize the
>> Mitrovica court to try non-Albanians, and to also revise court documents.
>> Until recently 40 non-Albanians staged a hunger strike in the Kosovska
>> Mitrovica prison until Kouchner promised to fulfill their demands.
>>
>> >>********
>> >>
>> >>Bernard Kouchner, UNMIK governor
>> >>Juan Ortuno, KFOR commander
>> >>Kaplan Baruti, president of the court of Kosovska Mitrovica
>> >>Sven Eric Laarsen, UNMIK police chief of Kosovska Mitrovica
>> >>
>> >>Freedom for the political prisoners in Kosovo who are in hunger strike
>> >>
>> >>We, the undersigned individuals and organisations, request the UN
>> >>protectorate authorities, UNMIK, to immediately release the thirty-six
Serbs
>> >>and Roma who are in hunger strike, as well as their five fellow
detainees in
>> >>the UN prison of Kosovska Mitrovica, if they are only being accused of
>> >>summary offences.
>> >>
>> >>Substantiation:
>> >>
>> >>1
>> >>For almost one year the non-Albanian detainees are being held without
the
>> >>prospect of trials in court. According to press statements, not even
>> >>preliminary examinations are being conducted.
>> >>
>> >>2
>> >>At the same time, assassins motivated by Albanian nationalism such as
the
>> >>recent case of Dzeljalj Ademi, who threw a hand grenade in the Serb
Ghetto
>> >>of Mitrovica, injuring 22 Serb civilians and 14 French NATO soldiers
are
>> >>released without being tried.
>> >>
>> >>3
>> >>Until now the protectorate judiciary was not at all able to dispel the
>> >>massive doubts of their impartiality.
>> >>
>> >>4
>> >>Under the given circumstances as the UÇK/KSK is still armed and still
acting
>> >>as a belligerent power in a civil war and expelled great parts of the
>> >>national minorities and political critics to own and to carry weapons,
which
>> >>is the main accusation against the detained non-Albanians, is pure
>> >>self-defence.
>> >>
>> >>To detain the non-Albanians of Kosovska Mitrovica obviously has
political
>> >>and nationalist motives and they have to be freed immediately.
>> >>
>> >>Yugoslav Austrian Solidarity Movement
>> >>(Jugoslawisch-Österreichische Solidaritätsbewegung)
>> >>Vienna, April 27th, 2000
>> >>
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> BELGRADE, June 22 (AFP) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees
>(UNHCR) is concerned about the ongoing high crime rate against Serbs
>in Kosovo, a spokeswoman for the organisation said here Thursday.
> A year after the end of the war and the retreat of Yugoslav
>security forces, "there is still a major security problem for
>non-Albanians in Kosovo," Maki Shinohara, UNHCR Belgrade bureau
>spokeswoman, told reporters.
> "The crime rate is very high, and proportions of crime are much
>higher against Serbs than other ethnic communities," Shinohara
>said.
> In recent weeks, an increasing number of attacks, including
>drive-by shootings, have left 10 Serbs dead and more than 20
>injured.
> More than 210,000 Serbs and other non-Albanians have fled Kosovo
>since the arrival of international KFOR troops and the UN mission
>UNMIK in June 1999, a UNHCR registration carried out earlier this
>year showed.
> The aid agency estimated the total figure of refugees could be
>even higher.
> Shinohara said that continuing poor security conditions for
>Serbs in Kosovo "do not offer (the) possibility for their return to
>the province at this time".
> She said the UNHCR was "looking for opportunities" for the
>return of Serbs, but could not give any concrete details.
>
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Si tratta di un
reportage di Lorenzo Bianchi. Riportiamo testualmente dal servizio
a pagina
9:
"I bimbi albanesi di Pec hanno ricominciato a disegnare soli e
farfalle. Ma Fatimah,
kosovara 'ashaljia', di antiche radici egiziane ha visto la sua
speranza solo quando
è nata e quando è morta, sedici giorni dopo. A Pristina, nel
reparto dei prematuri
poteva andare a visitarla solo Ibush berisha, il padre albanese,
sufficientemente
chiaro di pelle. Lei, Fatimah è troppo scura. Sarebbe stata
scambiata per una
zingara e nessuno poteva giurare che sarebbe uscita incolume dalla
sala delle
incubatrici. Ibush Berisha ha 24 anni, è sempre vissuto a Obilic,
in un piccolo
villaggio di "albanesi egiziani" e di rom sedentari. Della sua
casa sono rimasti in
piedi solo i pilastri. E' stata scarnificata dalla furia degli
albanesi come tutte le
altre. Abita ora in una baraccopoli in cui si rifugiano ottocento
persone, una piccola
parte dei seimila che si erano riparati in una scuola della vicina
Kosovo Polje. Gli
italiani che li assistono dicono: "La loro sicurezza non è
garantita. Se i nostri
protetti si allontanano più di trecento metri, la loro vita non
vale più nulla".
Andreoni, 49 anni, romano, il responsabile della baraccopoli
racconta la miserabile
storia delle fognature: 'Abbiamo dovuto scavarle per
trecenetocinquanta metri,
anziché novanta, spendendo 50 milioni in più, perché gli albanesi
del vicino
villaggio, Plemetina, non volevano che i loro liquidi organici si
mescolassero con
quelli dei rom e degli egiziani'. A Plemetina, uno degli ultimi
villaggi a popolazione
mista, quindici chilometri a nord di Pristina, la scuola
elementare albanese è
proprio di fronte alla pari grado (e media) dei serbi e dei rom.
'Ma quando ci sono
le lezioni un cordone di soldati della KFOR, armati di mitra,
evita che gli alunni si
azzuffino'... All'ospedale di Pec capoluogo della Brigata
multinazionale a guida
italiana, è stato abbandonato un bimbo di pochi giorni. 'Non sarà
mica serbo',
hanno bisbigliato le puerpere albanesi. Gli amministratori
italiani hanno mangiato
subito la foglia. Il piccolo da tre mesi è stato adottato
dall'ospedale
militare....Nove proiettili sono caduti la scorsa notte vicino al
monastero di Decani,
rufugio non più sicuro di trenta serbi. Al sesto mese di
gravidanza le donne do
Gorazdevac vengono trasferite nell'ospedale di Kralijevo, in
Serbia centrale.
Partono a notte fonda, sotto pesante scorta militare.Gli autissti
rifiutano di
mettersi al volante: "Siamo reclusi.Viviamo senza diritti", si
lamenta l'anzino del
villaggio, Misha Kasratovic. Gli ultimi due serbi che lavorano
all'ospedale di Pec,
un magazziniere e un portantino, sono sepolti vivi. Non escono
mai."
(ricevuto da Voce Operaia)
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Subject: Delegación al último rincón multinacional de Kosovo
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 19:48:17 +0200
From: Jug Öster Solibeweg <joesb@...>
To: <joesb@...>
Perseguidos y expulsados por el ELK (UCK), la OTAN y Naciones Unidas
Informe de la delegación de solidaridad al último rincón multinacional
de
Kosovo
******
Fotos de Kosovska Mitrovica:
www.vorstadtzentrum.net/joesb/aktuell/210500
Tarjetas postales políticas:
www.vorstadtzentrum.net/joesb/aktuell/170500
Este reportaje se presentarà en el encuentro antiimperialista en Assisi
del
30 Julio al 6 Augusto con diapositivas: http://summercamp.cjb.net
*******
A principios de Mayo una delegación del Movimiento austro-yugoslavo de
solidaridad (JÖSB) viajó a Kosovska Mitrovica para:
a. expresar nuestra demanda de liberación de los presos políticos
encarcelados por NUMIK,
b. expresar nuestra ayuda a los no albaneses que permanecen en el
gueto de
Kosovska Mitrovica
c. investigar la situación del lugar más allá de la manipulación de
los
medios de comunicación
Huelga de hambre de los presos políticos
Según señalamos en nuestra declaración del 24 de abril de 2000
(www.vorstadtzentrum.net/joesb/aktuell/270400.shtml#esp), el
acontecimiento
que provocó la decisión de iniciar una huelga de hambre fue la puesta en
libertad del albanés Dzeljalj Ademi, que había herido a 22 civiles y 14
soldados de KFOR al atacar con granadas a unos serbios, mientras que
presos
no albaneses permanecen durante meses en espera de juicio. Los presos
exigen
que se realicen investigaciones para enjuiciarlos. El caso más evidente
es
el de un muchacho de 16 años que fue arrestado y acusado de genocidio el
verano pasado. Otro caso digno de mención es el de un serbio llamado
Jaksimovic de la vecindad de Orahovac, que fue parado por NUMIK en un
control del carretera. Un albanés que había resultado herido en la mano
en
un tiroteo y que estaba allí por la casualidad declaró que el Sr.
Jaksimovic
era la persona que lo había herido, y el Sr. Jaksimovic fue
inmediatamente
arrestado . Uno de los compañeros de viaje del Sr. Jaksimovic, que es
albanés, oyó como un transeúnte le dijo al otro albanés que señalara al
"individuo con barba" (es decir, Jaksimovic) para acusarlo.
En general las acusaciones son totalmente arbitrarias y sus motivos son
políticos. Los testigos se eligen de forma arbitraria y sus testimonios
vienen determinados fundamentalmente por su lealtad a los objetivos del
UCK,
así como el proceder de los jueces. Los pocos jueces serbios que había
dimitieron todos, porque su seguridad personal no podría ser
garantizada.
También protestaron contra el parcialidad del sistema judicial de NUMIK.
La
discriminación existente entre albaneses y no albaneses lleva a pensar
que
serbios y gitanos están siendo detenidos por razones políticas y
nacionales,
más que por la comisión de delitos concretos, por lo que deben ser
considerados como presos políticos de la UN.
Dos de los huelguistas de hambre están en estado crítico. Uno de ellos
ha
caído en coma. Sin embargo NUMIK no permite que médicos ni periodistas
visiten a los presos. Ahora también los parientes de los presos han
iniciado
una huelga de hambre. Diariamente organizan manifestaciones de protesta
delante de la prisión, a las que acuden millares de personas. El
representante de JÖSB expresó su solidaridad a la gente allí reunida.
Como delegados de la organización de ayuda Humanitas, hemos intentado
obtener permiso para ver a los presos. El comandante local del policía
de
NUMIK, Sven Erik Larsson, nos dijo que efectivamente la mayoría de las
acusaciones de los presos serbios y gitanos contra la judicatura de
NUMIK
estén justificadas. Sin embargo, no nos concedió el permiso de visita
que
pedíamos, sino que nos remitió a Pristina. En Pristina nuestra demanda
fue
rechazada por Edita Ryan, que es la oficial de enlace responsable de las
relaciones con las ONG y que declaró que Humanitas era una organización
que
operaba de forma ilegal en Kosovo.
Hacemos un llamamiento para apoyar nuestra campaña para exigir la
liberación
de los presos políticos y para intensificar la presión sobre NUMIK,
organizando otras visitas a la prisión de Kosovska Mitrovica.
Impresiones de Kosovo
En efecto, el norte de Kosovo que no esta bajo control de UCK es el
único
enclave multinacional de Kosovo -- incluso después de la guerra. Éstos
son
algunos ejemplos concretos de ello:
Kaplan Beruti en Svecan: El magistrado jefe del juzgado de Kosovska
Mitrovica, el albanés Kaplan Beruti, que ordenó el arresto arbitrario de
los serbios y los gitanos que ahora están en huelga de hambre, esta
viviendo en Svecan, al norte de Kosovska Mitrovica, una aldea
predominantemente serbia -- y él vive allí sin necesitar la protección
del
KFOR. Sus niños van a una escuela del mismo pueblo.
Refugiados Serbios en casas albanesas en Banjska: En las cercanías de
este
monasterio, en las montañas del Norte, hay varias cabañas para pasar el
fin de semana que son propiedad de albaneses. Actualmente se hallan
ocupadas por refugiados serbios del sur de la ciudad. Al preguntar por
los
propietarios, nos sorprendió oír que están viviendo en la parte Norte de
Kosovska Mitrovica y que incluso cobran alquiler por sus casas.
Albaneses en la vida cotidiana: Cuando hemos preguntado a varios serbios
acerca de los pisos y las casas albanesas en Kosovska Mitrovica que
están
bajo protección de la KFOR, nos dijeron siempre que hay una diferencia
significativa entre los pisos de seguidores del UÇK usados como bases
por
parte del UÇK, y los pisos de albaneses que son leales a Yugoslavia.
Estos
últimos pueden vivir allí sin ningún problema.
Las impresiones de la parte meridional de Kosovo son totalmente
diferentes.
Barrio gitano destruido: En la caretera de Kosovska Mitrovica a Pristina
solamente 10-20% de las casas parecen haber sido quemadas. Sin embargo,
el
barrio gitano de la parte Sur de Kosovska Mitrovica ha sido totalmente
destruido, quemado y arrasado hasta los imientos. La ideología nacional
racista del UCK ha dado allí sus frutos, evidentemente.
Un funcionario de UNMIK nos advierte del peligro mortal: Fuimos a la
oficina de UNMIK para las ONGs en Pristina para obtener un permiso de
visita a los presos de Kosovska Mitrovica. Cuando el funcionario al
cargo,
Edita Ryan, vio nuestra carta escrita en cirílico, nos dijo
inmediatamente
que no podíamos mostrar esta carta a nadie, porque podría ser nuestra
sentencia de la muerte -- y añadió que esta advertencia nos la hacía
"extraoficialmente". Incluso nos desaconsejó hacerla traducir al inglés
dentro de Kosovo.
Un taxista albanés habla en serbocroata: Debido a las muchas
advertencias
evitamos hablar en serbio con el taxista que nos llevó y nos trajo de
Mitrovica a Pristina. Pero cuando vimos que escuchaba la radio en serbio
y
maldecía en serbio, comenzamos a hablar con él en ruso. Él se sentía
totalmente cómodo hablando en serbio pero, al bajar delcoche, nos
recordó
que no dijésemos ni una sola palabra en serbio por las calles, porque
eso
es muy peligroso.
Hay un sistema detrás de la persecución de no Albaneses
La persecución nacional y política de los serbios y los gitanos por la
judicatura de la. NU es solamente el colmo del iceberg. OTAN/NU, apoyado
en
el UCK, realmente formado por un régimen que oprime y discrimina todos
que
son no Albaneses para finalmente expulsarlos y privar Yugoslavia de su
territorio legitimo.
Armamento: Mientras que UCK y su sucesor respectivo, organización TMK,
eran
desmilitarizada superficial (solamente las armas pesadas), y hay
constantemente ataques contra no Albaneses -- estos ataques llevaron más
de
1.000 vidas desde el principio del ocupación! de la OTAN -- Serbios
quedaron
por completo sin sus armas, así privando los de la autodefensa. Esto
significa una sentencia de muerte para muchos quien optaron permanecer,
y
debido a la " carencia de la capacidad " no se les concede la protección
de
KFOR. Solamente los convoyes de no Albaneses que abandonan territorio,
se
presta la protección.
Restablecimiento: Kouchner y otros representantes de la comunidad
supuestamente internacional dicen que todavía es temprano traer a los
refugiados de no Albaneses al sur de Kosovo; pero en el mismo tiempo, en
el
norte de Kosovska Mitrovica, KFOR está intentando por medio de fuerza
traer
a refugiados albaneses a sus casas. Hay pruebas que los combatientes de
UCK
también están infiltrados, traído al norte de Kosovska Mitrovica: Había
ataques del francotiradores de los tres edificios altos albaneses que
fueron
restablecidos recientemente.
Elecciones: Hay también prueba que NU/KFOR no es un mediador neutral,
solamente una fuerza muy motivada. Planean organizar las elecciones para
un
gobierno del protectorado en la base de la actual composición nacional,
para
preservar la expulsión de 300.000 no Albaneses y el establecimiento de
un
número desconocido de Albaneses del norte de Albania.
Yugoslavia es el único estado multinacional de los Balcanes
La guerra provocada por el UCK con la ayuda de Occidente, y transformada
por la OTAN en una guerra contra el conjunto de Yugoslavia, cobro un
total
de 2.108 víctimas contando ambos lados. Pero, un año apenas de
protectorado de la OTAN se ha cobrado ya las vidas de más de mil no
albaneses. A pesar de los envenenados conflictos étnicos, no había
habido
expulsiones ni "limpiezas étnicas" bajo gobierno yugoslavo en Kosovo.
Incluso cuando el UCK inició la espiral de violencia con sus ataques
terroristas en 1997, apenas había habido refugiados. Cuando cesaron los
combates, la mayoría de los refugiados pudieron volver. El "Plan
Herradura" ("Potkovica plan") resultó ser una falsedad propagada por el
servicio secreto. Solamente después del inicio de los bombardeos de la
OTAN se produjo el éxodo masivo de refugiados. Ahora, bajo el mandato
del
UCK y de la OTAN, sí que se está produciendo la "limpieza étnica
sistemática" atribuida anteriormente a las fuerzas yugoslavas. Se han
expulsado 300.000 no albaneses y los pocos que permanecen son amenazados
constantemente, y la KFOR rechaza asegurar su protección. A pesar de la
tendencia a la desintegración y de las tensiones internas, Yugoslavia
sigue siendo un estado multiétnico y, como tal, es la única forma
posible
de coexistencia pacífica de una población tan diversa nacionalmente como
la
de los Balcanes. Fue Occidente quien utilizó el "derecho de
autodeterminación étnico-territorial" como palanca contra Yugoslavia.
Esto
condujo necesariamente a una guerra civil. Los serbios eran y son el
corazón de Yugoslavia y habían abandonado sus intereses étnicos en favor
de este estado común. Y cuando los otros pueblos de Yugoslavia revocaron
esta federación, era justo que los serbios también defendieran sus
intereses nacionales. Pero la diferencia decisiva entre los serbios y
las
otras naciones es que, mientras estos últimos se convirtieron en
esclavos
del Nuevo Orden mundial, los Serbios están luchando contra la nueva
tiranía de la OTAN. Esta es la razón por la cual Kosovo tiene que seguir
siendo una parte de Yugoslavia, los refugiados tienen que volver a sus
hogares y el UCK y la OTAN tienen que desaparecer.
Viena, 15 de Mayo 2000
(Traducción por Tatiana Cacic Trifunovic a quien se lo agrdecemos
mucho.)
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Jugoslawisch-Österreichische Solidaritätsbewegung (JÖSB)
PF 217, A-1040 Wien, Österreich
Tel/Fax +43 1 924 31 61
joesb@...
www.vorstadtzentrum.net/joesb
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Date: Thursday, June 15, 2000 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [sorabia] Visit to the Serb and Roma Prisoners at Kosovska
Mitrovica, June 1, 2000
>g.Jankovicu!
>
>Borci za ljudska prava Vam cestitaju na Vasoj hrabrosti i zalaganju za
prava Srba na
>Kosovu.
>
>David Jakovljevic
>
>pelkinsin@... wrote:
>
>> On Thursday morning, June 1, 2000 I visited four Serb and Roma prisoners,
>> hospitalized at the City Hospital of Kosovska Mitrovica. Later in the
day, I
>> visited their unfortunate 39 brothers, the jailmates at the City Prison.
>> While the guards at the hospital let me video interview the detainees,
the
>> guards at the jail, headed by the American warden, did not.
>> First reacion at the sight of the sick prisoners was pain in the heart,
rage
>> and revulsion against the perpetrators. I was accompanied by three Serb
>> physisians, three Serb friends, two nurses and two guards: one was a
Jordan
>> policeman, the other an Argentina policeman. The prisoners were lying in
very
>> clean bedding, wearing pajamas, in a well kept and specious hospital
room.
>> Apparently, they did not lack human touch and care by the hospital staff.
I
>> talked to each prisoner-patient and doctors helped me with explanation of
>> their illnesses and the course of recovery.
>>
>> PRISONER # 1: GASI AGIM, Rome from Prizren, around 55, lean, with sad,
>> melancholic eyes, that lit up at our appearance. He was arrested on
October
>> 7, 1999
>> by German police force, along with his two brothers. An Albanian
translator
>> brought the police to the door. Since then, he lost contact with his
family
>> and the brothers. He was then turned over to the Albanian police station,
>> where the Albanian judge passed the speedy sentence down: homicide.
There, he
>> was appointed an "attorney", Hasan Redzepi, Albanian, to give the charade
of
>> the "court" a look of legality!
>> A night before, a few Albanians broke into his home, pulled the knives
and
>> cut him several times, on the hand and on the neck, and one of them hit
him
>> with the but of his gun on the head.
>> He has never seen the "judge". The first sentence of two months has
>> meticulously been extended by two months every time the previous one was
>> about to expire. About two months before, he was transported from the
>> Albanian jail in Prizren to the international detention center, City Jail
in
>> Kosovska Mitrovica, northern part, under Serb control, so to say, where
>> conditions were somewhat better.
>>
>> PRISONER # 2 : ARSENIJE VITOROVIC, plumber, Serb from Orahovac, around
55,
>> pretty stout built, paralyzed in the right side due to a stroke of 10
years
>> before. He lost the vision of the right eye as the consequence of the
stroke.
>> Now hospitalized for heart deficiency and another stroke. He was arrested
by
>> German police, led by an Albanian to his home on October 8, 1999. He was
>> taken to the Albanian court in Prizren, where judge, an Albanian, passed
the
>> sentence: multiple homicide as an Arkan's commando(!!). He was
represented in
>> the court by an Albanian "defense attorney". The first sentence of two
months
>> (for "murder'!) has been routinely extended for another two months, when
the
>> expiration of the earlier sentence was due. And so several time, since
the
>> first was passed down.
>> The Albanian thugs abducted his son on July 17, 1998, two years earlier,
>> whose whereabout has remained unknown to these days. Arsenije has been
flown
>> from Prizren jail to the Mitrovica prison by a German helicopter a couple
of
>> months earlier.
>>
>> PRISONER # 3 : VLASTIMIR ALEKSIC, Serb from Kosovska Mitrovica, South,
the
>> NATO-Albanian side of the city, around 55, exhausted, in a depressive
mood.
>> He was arrested by French police, along with his son. They
were
>> taken to the Albanian court in South Mitrovica, where was charged with
>> "GENOCIDE, Article 26". His prosecutor was an Albanian, his judge
another,
>> his "attorney" also an Albanian and the "witnesses" in the court, again
>> Albanins, unknown to Vlastimir. The sentence was passed down before the
>> trial, two months, for "genocide", with the extensions for another two
>> months, each time the current one was about to expire.
>>
>> PRISONER # 4: VLADAN VUCETIC, Srbin, 16(!), mentally retarded, from
South
>> Mitrovica. He was arrested by French policemen, led by an Albanian. He
was
>> taken to the Albanian court in South Mitrovica. The Albanian judge handed
him
>> already prepered sentence. Charges: 100 (even!) torched Albanian houses,
>> sentence for two months in prison, extensions automatically issued every
two
>> months, written on a piece of paper, with no signiture, seal, stamp, or
form.
>> His "defense attorney" was an Albanian. He is recovering in the Serb
hospital.
>>
>> Speaking of this hospital, it is worth mentioning that the French
>> legionnaires occupied the Children hospital, located in the Hospital
complex,
>> just completed prior to the NATO bombing. The French colonial Governor
for
>> the city of Mitrovica ordered ripping off the roof on the main hospital,
last
>> year, just before the rain season, on the pretext to have it fixed. The
Fall
>> outpour flooded the operation theaters, and put them out of commission
for
>> the rest of the winter. So, the building was left open and the rooms
frozen
>> throughout the winter. Meanness and evilness of the NATO governors of
Kosovo
>> have no bounds. I could tell you a string of similar stories, mopped up
on
>> the spot.
>>
>> CITY JAIL : There were 39 more prisoners in the jail, all the men, Roma
and
>> Serbs. I talked to many and heard very similar stories, such as those
>> described above. The prisoners were lacking everything: shoes, clothes,
>> underwear, towels, bed linen. They sleep in dirty cots, with soiled
blankets,
>> never washed, without bed sheets, pilowcases, pajamas, slippers. They
have a
>> very poor diet, with no fruits, meat, fresh vegetables, refreshment
drinks,
>> desert, vitamins. The Ward, an arrogant American policeman, commented on
the
>> washing machine by saying, "it would be a good idea to have one(sic)."
>> After the visit, I handed a $100.00 bill to each prisoner, a part of the
>> fund, raised at the St. Michael Archangel Church, Saratoga, California a
>> couple weeks before. I, also, made a few other humanitarian distributions
to
>> the city needy, the Hospital, the refugees from Kosovo and Krajina,
defenders
>> of the Bridge, and the others.
>> My more extensive report from the trip to Kosovo is under way.
>>
>> Tika Jankovic
>> San
Jose,.California
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Ju>g Öster Solibeweg <joesb@...>
>> >>To: <joesb@...>
>> >>Subject: Hunger strike in K Mitrovica resumed
>> >>Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 23:29:55 +0200
>> >>X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
>> >>Importance: Normal
>> >>X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300
>> >>
>> >>Our solidarity must go on
>> >>
>> >>As reported the Serb and Romany UN prisoners had ended their political
>> >>hunger strike as the protector Kouchner promised them to meet their
demands.
>> >>
>> >>We were sure that he and the entire KFOR and UNMIK occupational forces
are
>> >>not willing to meet their demands because they are linked to the
general
>> >>fate of Kosovo Serbs and non- Albanians nationalities. The campaign to
>> >>forcibly albanise Kosovo by the KLA is in full swing, while the KFOR is
>> >>mainly targeting Serbian attempts of elementary self -defense. In order
to
>> >>fully control Kosovo the NATO is support ing "ethnic cleansing" by its
local
>> >>Albanian puppets.
>> >>
>> Therefore, we still fully support the resumed hunger strike of the
>> politico-national prisoners in Kosvska Mitrovica. (See below the petition
>> and its supporters).
>>
>> JÖSB (Yugoslav Austrian Solidarity Movement)
>>
>> BETA DAILY NEWS, June 8
>>
>> SERB PRISONERS IN KOSOVSKA MITROVICA AGAIN ON HUNGER STRIKE. A group of
>> 13Serbs imprisoned in Kosovska Mitrovica prison went on a hunger strike
again
>> on June 7, because, they said, U.N. Mission in Kosovo Chief Bernard
Kouchner
>> failed to fulfill their demands for altering judicial procedure.
>>
>> They are asking for just trials by forming international court councils,
>> transferring Serbs and Roma gypsies imprisoned in Pristina and in
Bondsteel
>> base to Kosovska Mitrovica, and out of safety reasons to authorize the
>> Mitrovica court to try non-Albanians, and to also revise court documents.
>> Until recently 40 non-Albanians staged a hunger strike in the Kosovska
>> Mitrovica prison until Kouchner promised to fulfill their demands.
>>
>> >>********
>> >>
>> >>Bernard Kouchner, UNMIK governor
>> >>Juan Ortuno, KFOR commander
>> >>Kaplan Baruti, president of the court of Kosovska Mitrovica
>> >>Sven Eric Laarsen, UNMIK police chief of Kosovska Mitrovica
>> >>
>> >>Freedom for the political prisoners in Kosovo who are in hunger strike
>> >>
>> >>We, the undersigned individuals and organisations, request the UN
>> >>protectorate authorities, UNMIK, to immediately release the thirty-six
Serbs
>> >>and Roma who are in hunger strike, as well as their five fellow
detainees in
>> >>the UN prison of Kosovska Mitrovica, if they are only being accused of
>> >>summary offences.
>> >>
>> >>Substantiation:
>> >>
>> >>1
>> >>For almost one year the non-Albanian detainees are being held without
the
>> >>prospect of trials in court. According to press statements, not even
>> >>preliminary examinations are being conducted.
>> >>
>> >>2
>> >>At the same time, assassins motivated by Albanian nationalism such as
the
>> >>recent case of Dzeljalj Ademi, who threw a hand grenade in the Serb
Ghetto
>> >>of Mitrovica, injuring 22 Serb civilians and 14 French NATO soldiers
are
>> >>released without being tried.
>> >>
>> >>3
>> >>Until now the protectorate judiciary was not at all able to dispel the
>> >>massive doubts of their impartiality.
>> >>
>> >>4
>> >>Under the given circumstances as the UÇK/KSK is still armed and still
acting
>> >>as a belligerent power in a civil war and expelled great parts of the
>> >>national minorities and political critics to own and to carry weapons,
which
>> >>is the main accusation against the detained non-Albanians, is pure
>> >>self-defence.
>> >>
>> >>To detain the non-Albanians of Kosovska Mitrovica obviously has
political
>> >>and nationalist motives and they have to be freed immediately.
>> >>
>> >>Yugoslav Austrian Solidarity Movement
>> >>(Jugoslawisch-Österreichische Solidaritätsbewegung)
>> >>Vienna, April 27th, 2000
>> >>
---
> BELGRADE, June 22 (AFP) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees
>(UNHCR) is concerned about the ongoing high crime rate against Serbs
>in Kosovo, a spokeswoman for the organisation said here Thursday.
> A year after the end of the war and the retreat of Yugoslav
>security forces, "there is still a major security problem for
>non-Albanians in Kosovo," Maki Shinohara, UNHCR Belgrade bureau
>spokeswoman, told reporters.
> "The crime rate is very high, and proportions of crime are much
>higher against Serbs than other ethnic communities," Shinohara
>said.
> In recent weeks, an increasing number of attacks, including
>drive-by shootings, have left 10 Serbs dead and more than 20
>injured.
> More than 210,000 Serbs and other non-Albanians have fled Kosovo
>since the arrival of international KFOR troops and the UN mission
>UNMIK in June 1999, a UNHCR registration carried out earlier this
>year showed.
> The aid agency estimated the total figure of refugees could be
>even higher.
> Shinohara said that continuing poor security conditions for
>Serbs in Kosovo "do not offer (the) possibility for their return to
>the province at this time".
> She said the UNHCR was "looking for opportunities" for the
>return of Serbs, but could not give any concrete details.
>
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Info * Comunicati * Articoli * Iniziative * Dibattito
Tributo a Shaka Sankofa (a.k.a. Gary Graham)
www.malcolmx.it/shaka-sankofa
======================================
[ 1 ] La Giustizia e l'Ordine Made in Usa e' guerra!
[ 2 ] Le ultime parole di Shaka Sankofa
[ 3 ] Giornate di tributo per Shaka Sankofa
__________________
[ 1 ] La "Giustizia e l'Ordine Made in Usa" e' guerra!
[Info: www.malcolmx.it/shaka-sankofa]
Edizione Speciale dedicata a Shaka Sankofa (a.k.a. Gary Graham),
assassinato
dallo Stato del Texas il 22 Giugno 2000 con una iniezione letale. Per
quanto
ci riguarda, non abbiamo nessuna intenzione di rispondere alle parole
ipocrite dei mass-media e dei politici cosiddetti "liberal all'italiana"
che
in questi giorni hanno seguito con la solita ipocrisia di sempre la
vicenda
di Shaka. Gli stessi che il 14 Marzo scorso denigrarono e infamarono
Ponchai
Kamau Wilkerson, il quale - come Shaka - lotto' fino alla fine contro le
guardie del carcere prima di essere ucciso con una iniezione letale.
Siamo
francamente stanchi di contribuire a scavare la fossa ai prigionieri. I
prigionieri li vogliamo liberi, ora! Non due ore prima della esecuzione.
E
non sulla base di una presunta colpevolezza o di una presunta innocenza.
A
noi non interessa sapere se Shaka Sankofa fosse innocente o colpevole.
Non
ci interessa sapere se Mumia Abu-Jamal sia innocente o colpevole.
Ponchai
Kamau Wilkerson aveva affermato la sua colpevolezza, eppure abbiamo
combattuto al suo fianco fino all'ultimo respiro, per la sua
liberazione.
Non ci interessa sapere se i prigionieri nel Braccio della Morte siano
innocenti o colpevoli. Non ci interessa sapere se gli oltre due milioni
dell'America Incatenata siano innocenti o colpevoli. Non ci interssa
saperlo
perche' non e' sulla base di una giustizia che soppesi l'innocenza o la
colpevolezza di una persona che si basa la giustizia criminale del
Governo
degli Stati Uniti.
Basta con le statistiche. Basta con i dati. Basta con i resoconti
annuali.
Il Governo degli Stati Uniti ha dichiarato ormai da molti decenni una
guerra
non formale contro afroamericani, latini e nativi indiani. Una guerra
che
non risulta sui bollettini stilati a fine anno dalle organizzazioni
umanitarie, eppure una guerra che ha prodotto negli anni migliaia di
morti,
centinaia di migliaia di prigionieri dietro le sbarre, milioni di
disoccupati, di poveri, di senza-tetto, di tossicodipendenti. Questa e'
la
giustizia "Made in Usa". Questo e' il prodotto del sistema di controllo
necessario al capitalismo per garantire la propria sopravvivenza. Una
sopravvivenza che oggi come nel passato continua a portare il nome di
COINTELPRO. E l'assassinio di Shaka Sankofa e' stato un vero e proprio
atto
di guerra. Un omicidio politico, che ha indubbiamente prodotto un salto
di
qualita' alla Pena di Morte, ma ha anche aperto la strada per il
linciaggio
legalizzato nei confronti di Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Prima di passare alle parole di Shaka, le ultime, vogliamo riportare
quanto
detto una volta da George Jackson:
"...quel che sta avvenendo nelle prigioni e' la guerra. Una guerra che
ha
altri fronti: nei ghetti neri, in seno all'esercito, davanti ai
tribunali.
Un tempo un militante in prigione era un soldato fuori combattimento.
Per il
potere la prigione era, dopo l'omicidio, l'arma piu' efficace contro i
suoi
avversari. Oggi, grazie ai militanti rivoluzionari imprigionati e ai
detenuti 'comuni', traformatisi in rivoluzionari nel corso stesso della
loro
detenzione, il fronte della guerra e' arrivato all'interno delle
prigioni.
E' una lotta terribilmente impari perche' le armi (lo si e' visto molto
recentemente ad Attica) sono tutte da una parte sola; cio' nonostante
questa
lotta preoccupa i dirigenti americani perche', ormai, le sentenze dei
tribunali non riescono a farla cessare. Verdetti scandalosi hanno
trasformato i detenuti in militanti; e, a sua volta, la lotta nelle
prigioni
rende derisoria la sentenza dei tribunali, qualunque essa sia. A questo
punto al potere rimane una sola risorsa: l'omicidio..."
La lotta continua!
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[ 2 ] Le ultime parole di Shaka Sankofa
[Info: www.malcolmx.it/shaka-sankofa]
Quelle che seguono sono le ultime parole, accuratamente registrate da
una
guardia carceraria (cosi' come da regolamento), pronunciate da Shaka
Sankofa
prima di morire.
Vorrei dire che non ho ucciso Bobby Lambert. Che sono un uomo Nero
innocente
che sta per essere assassinato. E' un linciaggio quello che si sta
compiendo
stanotte in America. Ci sono prove schiaccianti in mia difesa che non
sono
mai state ascoltate in nessun tribunale dell'America. Cio' che sta
accadendo
qui e' un'oltraggio per qualunque paese civile, per chiunque da
qualunque
parte si trovi guardare cio' che sta accadendo di sbagliato qui.
Ringrazio tutti coloro che hanno manifestato per la mia causa. Mi hanno
appoggiato. Dico alla famiglia del Sig. Lambert che non ho ucciso Bobby
Lambert. State perseguendo l'esecuzione di un innocente.
Voglio esprimere il mio sincero ringraziamento a tutti voi. Dobbiamo
continuare ad andare avanti e fare tutto il possibile per mettere al
bando
il linciaggio legale in America. Dobbiamo continuare ad essere risoluti
in
tutto il mondo, e le persone devono unirsi per fermare l'uccisione
sistematica della gente nera povera e innocente. Dobbiamo continuare a
lottare uniti e a chiedere una moratoria di tutte le esecuzioni. Non
dobbiamo consentire che l'assassinio/linciaggio di questa notte venga
dimenticato, miei fratelli. Dobbiamo diffonderlo a tutta la nazione.
Dobbiamo continuare ad avere fede. Dobbiamo andare avanti.
Riconosciamo che molti leader sono morti. Malcolm X, Martin Luther King
ed
altri che si sono battuti per cio' che era giusto. Noi dobbiamo, voi
dovete
fratelli, ecco perche' vi ho chiamati oggi. Dovete portare avanti quel
compito. Cio' che sta avvenendo qui e' solo un linciaggio. Ma
continueranno
a linciarci per i prossimi 100 anni se voi non porterete avanti quella
tradizione e quel periodo di resistenza.
Prevarremo. Possiamo perdere questa battaglia ma vinceremo la guerra.
Questa
morte, questo linciaggio sara' vendicato. Sara' vendicato, deve essere
vendicato. La gente deve vendicare questo omicidio. Cosi' miei fratelli
restate forti, continuate ad andare avanti.
Sappiate che vi amo. Io amo la gente, amo tutti voi per la vostra forza,
per
il vostro coraggio, per la vostra dignita', per il fatto di essere
venuti
qui stanotte, per come vi battete e tenete unita questa nazione.
Continuate
ad andare avanti, miei fratelli. la schiavitu' non ha potuto fermarci.
Il
linciaggio non ci ha fermati nel sud. Questo linciaggio non ci fermera'
stanotte. Noi andremo avanti. Il nostro destino in questo paese e' la
liberta' e la liberazione. Otterremo la nostra liberta' e la nostra
liberazione con ogni mezzo necessario. Con ogni mezzo necessario
continueremo ad andare avanti.
Ti amo, Sig. Jackson. Bianca accertati che lo stato non si prenda il mio
corpo. Fai in modo che il mio nome sia Shaka Sankofa. Il mio nome non e'
Gary Graham. Fai in modo che compaia sulla mia tomba. Shaka Sankofa.
Sono morto combattendo per cio' in cui credo. Sono morto lottando per
cio'
che era giusto. Non ho ucciso Bobby Lambert e la verita' verra' fuori.
Verra' fatta emergere.
Sig. Robert Mohammed e tutti voi, voglio che questa cosa sia portata in
un
tribunale internazionale e che ci sia un procedimento legale.
Procuratevi
tutti i video di tutti i pestaggi. Mi hanno colpito alla schiena. Mi
hanno
picchiato in quella unita'. Procuratevi tutti i video che possano
sostenere
quel procedimento legale. E denunciate al pubblico il genocidio e questa
brutalita', e fate in modo che il mondo veda cio' che sta davvero
accadendo
qui dietro le porte chiuse. Fate in modo che il mondo veda la barbarita'
e
l'ingiustizia di cio' che sta davvero accadendo qui. Dovete ottenere
quei
video. Dovete denunciare quest'ingiustizia al mondo. Dovete continuare a
chiedere una moratoria di tutte le esecuzioni. Dobbiamo andare avanti.
Ministro Robert Mohammed, Ashanti Chimurenga, vi sono grato per essere
stati
accanto a me e a mia sorella. Lei e' una Regina guerriera forte.
Continuera'
ad essere una persona su cui fare affidamento. Creda in se stessa, deve
camminare a testa alta, nello spirito di Winnie Mandela, nello spirito
di
Nelson Mandela. Dobbiamo andare avanti. Fermeremo questo linciaggio.
Reverendo Al Sharpton ti sono grato, fratello mio. Bianca Jagger, amo
tutto
di te. Continuate a lottare insieme. Reverendo Jesse Jackson sappia che
questo omicidio, questo linciaggio non sara' dimenticato. Sono grato
anche a
lei, mio fratello.
Questo e' genocidio in America. Questo e' cio' che accade agli uomini
Neri
quando lottano e protestano per cio' che e' giusto. Ci rifiutiamo di
scendere a compromessi, ci rifiutiamo di rinunciare alla dignita' per
cio'
che sappiamo e' giusto. Ma andremo avanti, siamo stati forti in passato.
Continueremo ad essere forti come popolo. Potete uccidere un
rivoluzionario
ma non potete fermare la rivoluzione. La rivoluzione continuera'. La
gente
portera' avanti la rivoluzione. Voi siete coloro che devono portare
avanti
quella rivoluzione per liberare i nostri bambini da questo genocidio e
da
cio' che sta accadendo qui questa notte. Cio' che e' accaduto negli
ultimi
100 anni in America. Questa e' la parte del genocidio, questa e' la
parte
dell'africano (incomprensibile), che noi in quanto neri abbiamo subito
in
America. Ma ce la faremo, continueremo a lottare. Continueremo,
otterremo la
nostra liberta' e la liberazione, con ogni mezzo necessario. Siate
forti.
Non possono ucciderci. Andremo avanti.
Ai miei figli, alle mie figlie, a tutti voi. Vi amo. Siete stati
meravigliosi. Tenete alta la testa. Continuate ad andare avanti. Restate
uniti. Mantenete l'amore e l'unita' nella comunita'. E la vittoria sara'
garantita. La vittoria per la gente sara' garantita. Otterremo la nostra
liberta' e la liberazione in questo paese. La otterremo e ci riusciremo
con
ogni mezzo necessario. Continueremo a lottare. Tenete alta la testa.
Continuate a lottare. Tutti voi leader. Continuate a lottare. Portate il
vostro messaggio alla gente. Predicate la moratoria di tutte le
esecuzioni.
Porremo fine alla pena di morte in questo paese. Porremo fine ad essa in
tutto il mondo. Spingete la gente. E sappiate che cio' che state facendo
e'
giusto.
Questo non e' nient'altro che un puro e semplice assassinio. Questo e'
cio'
che sta accadendo stanotte in America. Nulla di piu' che un omicidio di
stato, un linciaggio di stato, proprio qui in America e proprio qui
stanotte. Questo e' cio' che sta accadendo miei fratelli. Nulla di meno.
Sanno che sono innocente. Hanno i fatti per dimostrarlo. Sanno che sono
innocente. Ma non possono riconoscere la mia innocenza perche' farlo
sarebbe
come ammettere pubblicamente la loro colpa.
Questo e' qualcosa che questa gente razzista non fara' mai. Dobbiamo
ricordare fratelli che questo e' cio' che ci ritroviamo ad affrontare.
Dovete portare avanti questo tentativo. Dovete essere forti. Dovete
continuare a tenere alta la testa ed esserci. Ed io amo anche te
fratello
mio. Tutti voi che vi siete schierati al mio fianco. Prevarremo
...continueremo a lottare ... continuate a lottare Neri
... potere Nero
... continuate a lottare Neri
... potere Nero
... continuate a lottare Neri
... continuate a lottare Neri
... mi uccideranno stanotte
... mi uccideranno stanotte
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[ 3 ] Giornate di Tributo a Shaka Sankofa
[Info: www.malcolmx.it/shaka-sankofa]
Stiamo raccogliendo, come richiesto dal Texas Death Penalty Abolition
Movement, messaggi per le giornate di Tributo dedicate a Shaka Sankofa,
le
quali non saranno iniziative in cui si piangera' un compagno
assassinato, ma
momenti in cui verra' rilanciata la lotta a sostegno delle battaglie dei
prigionieri segregati nei campi di concentramento statunitensi, a
sostegno
della Campagna Internazionale contro l'esecuzione di Mumia Abu-Jamal,
per
l'abolizione della Pena di Morte, del Complesso Industriale Carcerario e
della Brutalita' della Polizia.
Invitiamo chiunque fosse interssato/a a far pervenire una propria
comunicazione, a scrivere a lista@...
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Mumia Abu-Jamal News 43 26.06.2000
Info * Comunicati * Articoli * Iniziative * Dibattito
Tributo a Shaka Sankofa (a.k.a. Gary Graham)
www.malcolmx.it/shaka-sankofa
======================================
[ 1 ] La Giustizia e l'Ordine Made in Usa e' guerra!
[ 2 ] Le ultime parole di Shaka Sankofa
[ 3 ] Giornate di tributo per Shaka Sankofa
__________________
[ 1 ] La "Giustizia e l'Ordine Made in Usa" e' guerra!
[Info: www.malcolmx.it/shaka-sankofa]
Edizione Speciale dedicata a Shaka Sankofa (a.k.a. Gary Graham),
assassinato
dallo Stato del Texas il 22 Giugno 2000 con una iniezione letale. Per
quanto
ci riguarda, non abbiamo nessuna intenzione di rispondere alle parole
ipocrite dei mass-media e dei politici cosiddetti "liberal all'italiana"
che
in questi giorni hanno seguito con la solita ipocrisia di sempre la
vicenda
di Shaka. Gli stessi che il 14 Marzo scorso denigrarono e infamarono
Ponchai
Kamau Wilkerson, il quale - come Shaka - lotto' fino alla fine contro le
guardie del carcere prima di essere ucciso con una iniezione letale.
Siamo
francamente stanchi di contribuire a scavare la fossa ai prigionieri. I
prigionieri li vogliamo liberi, ora! Non due ore prima della esecuzione.
E
non sulla base di una presunta colpevolezza o di una presunta innocenza.
A
noi non interessa sapere se Shaka Sankofa fosse innocente o colpevole.
Non
ci interessa sapere se Mumia Abu-Jamal sia innocente o colpevole.
Ponchai
Kamau Wilkerson aveva affermato la sua colpevolezza, eppure abbiamo
combattuto al suo fianco fino all'ultimo respiro, per la sua
liberazione.
Non ci interessa sapere se i prigionieri nel Braccio della Morte siano
innocenti o colpevoli. Non ci interessa sapere se gli oltre due milioni
dell'America Incatenata siano innocenti o colpevoli. Non ci interssa
saperlo
perche' non e' sulla base di una giustizia che soppesi l'innocenza o la
colpevolezza di una persona che si basa la giustizia criminale del
Governo
degli Stati Uniti.
Basta con le statistiche. Basta con i dati. Basta con i resoconti
annuali.
Il Governo degli Stati Uniti ha dichiarato ormai da molti decenni una
guerra
non formale contro afroamericani, latini e nativi indiani. Una guerra
che
non risulta sui bollettini stilati a fine anno dalle organizzazioni
umanitarie, eppure una guerra che ha prodotto negli anni migliaia di
morti,
centinaia di migliaia di prigionieri dietro le sbarre, milioni di
disoccupati, di poveri, di senza-tetto, di tossicodipendenti. Questa e'
la
giustizia "Made in Usa". Questo e' il prodotto del sistema di controllo
necessario al capitalismo per garantire la propria sopravvivenza. Una
sopravvivenza che oggi come nel passato continua a portare il nome di
COINTELPRO. E l'assassinio di Shaka Sankofa e' stato un vero e proprio
atto
di guerra. Un omicidio politico, che ha indubbiamente prodotto un salto
di
qualita' alla Pena di Morte, ma ha anche aperto la strada per il
linciaggio
legalizzato nei confronti di Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Prima di passare alle parole di Shaka, le ultime, vogliamo riportare
quanto
detto una volta da George Jackson:
"...quel che sta avvenendo nelle prigioni e' la guerra. Una guerra che
ha
altri fronti: nei ghetti neri, in seno all'esercito, davanti ai
tribunali.
Un tempo un militante in prigione era un soldato fuori combattimento.
Per il
potere la prigione era, dopo l'omicidio, l'arma piu' efficace contro i
suoi
avversari. Oggi, grazie ai militanti rivoluzionari imprigionati e ai
detenuti 'comuni', traformatisi in rivoluzionari nel corso stesso della
loro
detenzione, il fronte della guerra e' arrivato all'interno delle
prigioni.
E' una lotta terribilmente impari perche' le armi (lo si e' visto molto
recentemente ad Attica) sono tutte da una parte sola; cio' nonostante
questa
lotta preoccupa i dirigenti americani perche', ormai, le sentenze dei
tribunali non riescono a farla cessare. Verdetti scandalosi hanno
trasformato i detenuti in militanti; e, a sua volta, la lotta nelle
prigioni
rende derisoria la sentenza dei tribunali, qualunque essa sia. A questo
punto al potere rimane una sola risorsa: l'omicidio..."
La lotta continua!
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[ 2 ] Le ultime parole di Shaka Sankofa
[Info: www.malcolmx.it/shaka-sankofa]
Quelle che seguono sono le ultime parole, accuratamente registrate da
una
guardia carceraria (cosi' come da regolamento), pronunciate da Shaka
Sankofa
prima di morire.
Vorrei dire che non ho ucciso Bobby Lambert. Che sono un uomo Nero
innocente
che sta per essere assassinato. E' un linciaggio quello che si sta
compiendo
stanotte in America. Ci sono prove schiaccianti in mia difesa che non
sono
mai state ascoltate in nessun tribunale dell'America. Cio' che sta
accadendo
qui e' un'oltraggio per qualunque paese civile, per chiunque da
qualunque
parte si trovi guardare cio' che sta accadendo di sbagliato qui.
Ringrazio tutti coloro che hanno manifestato per la mia causa. Mi hanno
appoggiato. Dico alla famiglia del Sig. Lambert che non ho ucciso Bobby
Lambert. State perseguendo l'esecuzione di un innocente.
Voglio esprimere il mio sincero ringraziamento a tutti voi. Dobbiamo
continuare ad andare avanti e fare tutto il possibile per mettere al
bando
il linciaggio legale in America. Dobbiamo continuare ad essere risoluti
in
tutto il mondo, e le persone devono unirsi per fermare l'uccisione
sistematica della gente nera povera e innocente. Dobbiamo continuare a
lottare uniti e a chiedere una moratoria di tutte le esecuzioni. Non
dobbiamo consentire che l'assassinio/linciaggio di questa notte venga
dimenticato, miei fratelli. Dobbiamo diffonderlo a tutta la nazione.
Dobbiamo continuare ad avere fede. Dobbiamo andare avanti.
Riconosciamo che molti leader sono morti. Malcolm X, Martin Luther King
ed
altri che si sono battuti per cio' che era giusto. Noi dobbiamo, voi
dovete
fratelli, ecco perche' vi ho chiamati oggi. Dovete portare avanti quel
compito. Cio' che sta avvenendo qui e' solo un linciaggio. Ma
continueranno
a linciarci per i prossimi 100 anni se voi non porterete avanti quella
tradizione e quel periodo di resistenza.
Prevarremo. Possiamo perdere questa battaglia ma vinceremo la guerra.
Questa
morte, questo linciaggio sara' vendicato. Sara' vendicato, deve essere
vendicato. La gente deve vendicare questo omicidio. Cosi' miei fratelli
restate forti, continuate ad andare avanti.
Sappiate che vi amo. Io amo la gente, amo tutti voi per la vostra forza,
per
il vostro coraggio, per la vostra dignita', per il fatto di essere
venuti
qui stanotte, per come vi battete e tenete unita questa nazione.
Continuate
ad andare avanti, miei fratelli. la schiavitu' non ha potuto fermarci.
Il
linciaggio non ci ha fermati nel sud. Questo linciaggio non ci fermera'
stanotte. Noi andremo avanti. Il nostro destino in questo paese e' la
liberta' e la liberazione. Otterremo la nostra liberta' e la nostra
liberazione con ogni mezzo necessario. Con ogni mezzo necessario
continueremo ad andare avanti.
Ti amo, Sig. Jackson. Bianca accertati che lo stato non si prenda il mio
corpo. Fai in modo che il mio nome sia Shaka Sankofa. Il mio nome non e'
Gary Graham. Fai in modo che compaia sulla mia tomba. Shaka Sankofa.
Sono morto combattendo per cio' in cui credo. Sono morto lottando per
cio'
che era giusto. Non ho ucciso Bobby Lambert e la verita' verra' fuori.
Verra' fatta emergere.
Sig. Robert Mohammed e tutti voi, voglio che questa cosa sia portata in
un
tribunale internazionale e che ci sia un procedimento legale.
Procuratevi
tutti i video di tutti i pestaggi. Mi hanno colpito alla schiena. Mi
hanno
picchiato in quella unita'. Procuratevi tutti i video che possano
sostenere
quel procedimento legale. E denunciate al pubblico il genocidio e questa
brutalita', e fate in modo che il mondo veda cio' che sta davvero
accadendo
qui dietro le porte chiuse. Fate in modo che il mondo veda la barbarita'
e
l'ingiustizia di cio' che sta davvero accadendo qui. Dovete ottenere
quei
video. Dovete denunciare quest'ingiustizia al mondo. Dovete continuare a
chiedere una moratoria di tutte le esecuzioni. Dobbiamo andare avanti.
Ministro Robert Mohammed, Ashanti Chimurenga, vi sono grato per essere
stati
accanto a me e a mia sorella. Lei e' una Regina guerriera forte.
Continuera'
ad essere una persona su cui fare affidamento. Creda in se stessa, deve
camminare a testa alta, nello spirito di Winnie Mandela, nello spirito
di
Nelson Mandela. Dobbiamo andare avanti. Fermeremo questo linciaggio.
Reverendo Al Sharpton ti sono grato, fratello mio. Bianca Jagger, amo
tutto
di te. Continuate a lottare insieme. Reverendo Jesse Jackson sappia che
questo omicidio, questo linciaggio non sara' dimenticato. Sono grato
anche a
lei, mio fratello.
Questo e' genocidio in America. Questo e' cio' che accade agli uomini
Neri
quando lottano e protestano per cio' che e' giusto. Ci rifiutiamo di
scendere a compromessi, ci rifiutiamo di rinunciare alla dignita' per
cio'
che sappiamo e' giusto. Ma andremo avanti, siamo stati forti in passato.
Continueremo ad essere forti come popolo. Potete uccidere un
rivoluzionario
ma non potete fermare la rivoluzione. La rivoluzione continuera'. La
gente
portera' avanti la rivoluzione. Voi siete coloro che devono portare
avanti
quella rivoluzione per liberare i nostri bambini da questo genocidio e
da
cio' che sta accadendo qui questa notte. Cio' che e' accaduto negli
ultimi
100 anni in America. Questa e' la parte del genocidio, questa e' la
parte
dell'africano (incomprensibile), che noi in quanto neri abbiamo subito
in
America. Ma ce la faremo, continueremo a lottare. Continueremo,
otterremo la
nostra liberta' e la liberazione, con ogni mezzo necessario. Siate
forti.
Non possono ucciderci. Andremo avanti.
Ai miei figli, alle mie figlie, a tutti voi. Vi amo. Siete stati
meravigliosi. Tenete alta la testa. Continuate ad andare avanti. Restate
uniti. Mantenete l'amore e l'unita' nella comunita'. E la vittoria sara'
garantita. La vittoria per la gente sara' garantita. Otterremo la nostra
liberta' e la liberazione in questo paese. La otterremo e ci riusciremo
con
ogni mezzo necessario. Continueremo a lottare. Tenete alta la testa.
Continuate a lottare. Tutti voi leader. Continuate a lottare. Portate il
vostro messaggio alla gente. Predicate la moratoria di tutte le
esecuzioni.
Porremo fine alla pena di morte in questo paese. Porremo fine ad essa in
tutto il mondo. Spingete la gente. E sappiate che cio' che state facendo
e'
giusto.
Questo non e' nient'altro che un puro e semplice assassinio. Questo e'
cio'
che sta accadendo stanotte in America. Nulla di piu' che un omicidio di
stato, un linciaggio di stato, proprio qui in America e proprio qui
stanotte. Questo e' cio' che sta accadendo miei fratelli. Nulla di meno.
Sanno che sono innocente. Hanno i fatti per dimostrarlo. Sanno che sono
innocente. Ma non possono riconoscere la mia innocenza perche' farlo
sarebbe
come ammettere pubblicamente la loro colpa.
Questo e' qualcosa che questa gente razzista non fara' mai. Dobbiamo
ricordare fratelli che questo e' cio' che ci ritroviamo ad affrontare.
Dovete portare avanti questo tentativo. Dovete essere forti. Dovete
continuare a tenere alta la testa ed esserci. Ed io amo anche te
fratello
mio. Tutti voi che vi siete schierati al mio fianco. Prevarremo
...continueremo a lottare ... continuate a lottare Neri
... potere Nero
... continuate a lottare Neri
... potere Nero
... continuate a lottare Neri
... continuate a lottare Neri
... mi uccideranno stanotte
... mi uccideranno stanotte
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[ 3 ] Giornate di Tributo a Shaka Sankofa
[Info: www.malcolmx.it/shaka-sankofa]
Stiamo raccogliendo, come richiesto dal Texas Death Penalty Abolition
Movement, messaggi per le giornate di Tributo dedicate a Shaka Sankofa,
le
quali non saranno iniziative in cui si piangera' un compagno
assassinato, ma
momenti in cui verra' rilanciata la lotta a sostegno delle battaglie dei
prigionieri segregati nei campi di concentramento statunitensi, a
sostegno
della Campagna Internazionale contro l'esecuzione di Mumia Abu-Jamal,
per
l'abolizione della Pena di Morte, del Complesso Industriale Carcerario e
della Brutalita' della Polizia.
Invitiamo chiunque fosse interssato/a a far pervenire una propria
comunicazione, a scrivere a lista@...
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RIMSKI SAVEZ ZA JUGOSLAVIJU
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* La dottrina nucleare della NATO (Group Neutro, Slovenia)
* La guerra biologica degli USA (COUNTERPUNCH, USA)
* La NATO ha intenzionalmente causato una catastrofe ecologica
in Jugoslavia (Michael Chossudovsky)
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DOTTRINA NUCLEARE DELLA NATO: IL "DIRITTO" AL PRIMO COLPO
Sull'argomento segnaliamo anche un "paginone" di Liberazione dell'11
maggio 2000, con intervista a Isidoro Mortellaro, che spiegava che il
"primo colpo dissuasivo" nucleare potra' essere inferto anche a stati
non nucleari ma provvisti di armi chimiche o biologiche. Tutto questo e'
stato deciso al vertice Nato di Firenze del 24 maggio.
Auguri ...
(luca nencini, enea - casaccia)
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Subject: FYI: New NATO nuclear arms policy
Date: 15 Jun 2000 11:27:37 PDT
From: Tina.Purnat@... (Tina Purnat)
Public protest regarding the new military doctrine of the NATO alliance
A new military doctrine pf the NATO alliance took effect on May 19,
2000. The document NC-400/2 presents a new military strategy which
authorizes NATO members to use nuclear weapons ofensively. Nucelar
weapons are thus not used as a retaliation to an immediate danger or
attack, but can be used as a "preventive" measure (so-called "first
strike"). The document refers specifically to use of nuclear weapons
against countries that do not posess nuclear wepons technology. Until
now, the use of nuclear weapons was mandated by the principle of
retaliation ( so-called "strike first - die second"), which prevented a
nuclear attack toward a country that does not posess nuclear wepons.
This has now been replaced by the aforementioned "first strike"
principle.
the new doctrine was passed through a special "silent procedure"
protocol of the NATO alliance. The alliance formed a top secret
document which took effect after a specified period of time provided no
member appeals to the content of the document. Since no NATO members
filed appeals or for changes, the doctrine is now binding for all NATO
countries, as well as any future members.
The first information about hte secret document NC-400/2 was aired by
the German TV station ARD. Video clips with commentary can be found at:
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http://www.tagesschau.de/archiv/2000/05/22/sendungen/ts-1700/meldungen/nato
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http://www.tagesschau.de/archiv/2000/05/22/sendungen/ts-1700/videos/nato.ram
Existence of the document was also confirmed by the German foreign
minister Joschka Fischer, but refrained form commenting it. At the
recent meeting of the Atlantic summit of the NATO alliance in Florence,
NATO also passed a resolution to protect confidential information. This
resolution prevents "associated members" (form the "Partnership for
Peace", of which Slovenia is also a member) from accesing confidential
information of the NATO alliance. The resolution would prevent the
public from obtaining similar confidential information -- such as the
passing of the new military "first strike" doctrine.
We, the signatories of the public protest, express our disagreement with
the apparent escalation of NATO's agressive tactics. Moreover, we
disagree with the secretive nature of information pertaining to security
and external policies of individual countries. We believe the new NATO
military doctrine is unacceptable for Slovenia, since it contradicts the
124. Article of the Slovenian constitution ("National security shall be
predicated primarily on policies designed to promote peace and an ethic
of peace and nonaggression."). we thus propose that Slovenia
reconsiders its application for membership in NATO.
We propose that the Republic of Slovenia engages more actively in peace
and non-violent policies. We appeal to the Cabinet and the Parliement
of R Slovenia to agian reconsider joining the International initiative
on the use of nuclear weapons. Slovenia has refrained from signing the
initiative under pressure of NATO members.
Signatures (with full names and location) in support of this initiative
can be sent to Neutro@....
We ask for help with dissemination of the petition (it can be found at
the address http://www.ljudmila.org/neutro/protest).
The petition and the signatures will be presented to the leading media,
Parliamentary commission for foreign affairs, the President of R
Slovenia, Ministry of foreign affairs, Ministry of defence, Supreme
court of Slovenia, political parties, and interested non-profit
organizations.
Group Neutro
Krizevniska 16, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
www.ljudmila.org/neutro
neutro@...
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LA GUERRA BIOLOGICA DEGLI USA
Subject: COLOMBIA: La Guerra Biologica degli Stati Uniti
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 11:46:34 +0200
From: "Comit. Int.sta Arco Iris" <ale.ramon@...>
A seguire riproduciamo un articolo che racchiude il senso del Campo
Antimperialista che si svolgerà ad Assisi dal 30 Luglio al 6 Agosto. E'
evidente come gli Stati Uniti d'America, nel nome della scienza e del
progresso, stiano preparando lo sterminio dei popoli e della
biodiversità.
A seguire la prova.
Guerra Biologica sulle Ande: La prossima arma segreta della CIA
Ingenieria Genetica e Guerra Chimico-Biologica
Da CounterPunch (numero 11, giugno 2000)
L'"agente azzurro" avanza
All'istituto di genetica del Kazakistan, esperti sovietici della guerra
biologica stanno venendo finanziati dagli Stati Uniti e dalla Gran
Bretagna
per testare micoerbicidi, la famiglia dei "Fusarium oxysporum" che
tendono
ad infettare le piante di coca e che sono estremamente simili ad altri
miceti che attaccano le patate, prodotto principale della dieta andina.
La calamità McCaffery
Accanto alle altre scelleratezze perpetrate in nome della Guerra alla
Droga, gli Stati Uniti si stanno ora attivamente preparando per
impiegare
armi biologiche. Le armi consistono in flora patogena progettata per
attaccare la coca, la cannabis ed i papaveri da oppio.
La ricerca nel progetto ha comportato la risurrezione degli agenti
biologici sviluppati tempo fa a Fort Detrick (Maryland), il centro per
il
programma della guerra biologica chiuso dal Presidente Nixon nel 1969.
Profondamente congelati al momento della chiusura del programma, questi
stanno venendo scongelati e preparati per dare l'assalto ai paesi
produttori, nel terzo mondo. Coinvolti sono anche i veterani della
creazione della guerra biologica sovietica, ora finanziati dagli Stati
Uniti con la connivenza di un oscuro agente dell'agenzia delle Nazioni
Unite, assunto con il proposito di proteggere gli Stati Uniti dalla ben
meritata imputazione di violare la convenzione internazionale sulle armi
biologiche.
Il lavoro procede nonostante la ben certificata evidenza che le armi, se
impiegate, avranno un impatto profondo e disastroso sugli ecosistemi dei
paesi in cui verranno impiegate. Oltretutto, il Dipartimento degli Stati
Uniti per l'Agricoltura (United States Department of Agriculture, USDA)
stà
ora compiendo ricerche sull'utilizzo delle modificazioni genetiche per
accrescere la potenza di queste armi biologiche. I principali agenti che
vengono sviluppati sono i patogeni microbici.
Presso l'Istituto di Genetica del Kazakistan, gli ex esperti di guerra
biologica vengono finanziati dagli Stati Uniti per testare
funghi-micoerbicidi, in particolare la Pleospora, per uccidere i
papaveri
da oppio e le piante di marijuana.
Nelle Ande e nell'Amazzonia occidentale, gli Stati Uniti stanno
programmando di testare e diffondere l'applicazione del "fusarium
oxysporum", un fungo anti-coca. Il budget per quest'anno (Fiscal Year
2000)
contiene almeno 23 milioni di dollari (46 miliardi di lire) per questi
programmi, sebbene altri contributi verranno certamente bruciati nella
copertura dei preventivi per spese militari e di controspionaggio.
La prospettiva di ricevere un attacco biologico non sembra però
entusiasmare paesi come il Peru', la Bolivia e la Colombia. Il governo
peruviano ha già bandito la possibilità di testare o utilizzare
micoerbicidi. Il governo colombiano sembra altrettanto contrario, ma è
stato abilmente ammonito dai sostenitori del progetto del Conresso
Statunitense che se la Colombia vuole il suo pacchetto di aiuti da 1,8
miliardi di dollari (36.000 miliardi di lire), farebbe bene ad accettare
anche i funghi.
Lo scorso marzo, Il presidente del Comitato per gli Affari Esteri della
Casa Bianca, Benjamin Gilman, ha aggiunto un emendamento al disegno di
legge per l'aiuto colombiano, richiedendo al Presidente Clinton di
certificare che il governo colombiano "abbia accettato e stia
sviluppando
una strategia per eliminare tutta la produzione colombiana di coca e di
papaveri oppiacei" utilizzando, tra gli altri mezzi, "micoerbicidi
testati
ed ecologicamente sicuri". L'emendamento è ancora presente nel disegno
di
legge (che stà venendo discusso al senato) nonostante una subcommissione
di
scienziati colombiani del Tribunale Civile per l'Ambiente abbia
affermato
che l'uso di agenti micoerbicidi rappresenta "un grande pericolo sia per
gli umani che per l'ambiente e la biodiversità della Colombia".
E' facile capire perché i colombiani sono spaventati. La condizione
necessaria per questo tipo di armi sarebbe che queste dovrebbero essere
"host specific", cioè che dovrebbero attaccare solo l'obiettivo
designato e
nulla di più.
Secondo Ed Hammond del Progetto "Sunshine", che ricercava e
pubblicizzava
questa scelleratezza, i tests condotti dai ricercatori della USDA nel
1994
e 1995, utilizzando il fungo "fusarium oxysporum" (EN4), hanno dato come
risultato l'infezione di due specie di piante, diverse da quella della
coca.
Inoltre, la famiglia dei "Fusarium oxysporum", che tende ad infettare le
piante di coca, è estremamente simile ad altri miceti che attaccano le
patate, prodotto principale nella dieta andina.
Questo non è molto sorprendente perchè, come sottolinea Hammond, l'EN4 è
stato ideato per attaccare diverse specie di piante di coca ed inoltre
non
può essere interamente "host specific".
Così le rare e belle farfalle agrias potranno presto sparire
nell'ennesima
casualità della Guerra alla Droga, dal momento che le loro larve
nascono e
maturano nelle imparentate piante selvagge della coca. Una delle poche
aree
dove le agria possono essere trovate è la zona a nord della regione del
fiume Putumayo, un centro sia della attività della guerriglia che della
coltivazione della coca in Colombia ed inoltre, uno dei primi obiettivi
della campagna di fumigazione al fungo, da parte degli Stati Uniti.
Nel frattempo, tornando nei laboratori, i ricercatori dell'USDA stanno
lavorando per creare specie di funghi geneticamente modificati, compresa
la
clonazione di famiglie del fusarium che attaccano le patate, per
produrre
così qualcosa di ancora più perverso.
Tuttavia, nella loro ricerca per strumenti di ciò che ufficialmente si
conosce come "bio-controllo", i ricercatori del governo sono tornati,
così
sembra, indietro al passato.
Infatti, prima del 1949, secondo i documenti dati ad Hammond in base
all'Atto di Libertà dell'Informazione (Freedom of Information Act,
FOIA),
una squadra del Servizio di Ispezione sulle Piante e sugli Animali
dell'USDA (Animal and Plant Inspection Service, APHIS) ha trovato un
virus
in un albero Datura, importato dal Cauca (Colombia). Qualcuno, non è
ancora
chiaro chi, ha determinato che il virus potrebbe essere utile come
agente
anti-oppiacee, ed è stato quindi inviato al centro per la guerra
biologica
di Fort Detrick (Maryland), con l'etichetta D-437.
Sulla base dell'ordine di Nixon di chiudere il centro, il D-437 non è
stato
distrutto ma messo in un luogo ad alto congelamento, dimenticato da
tutti
ma non dai ricercatori che avevano lavorato così felicemente a Detrick.
Il 12 Aprile di quest'anno, Hammond ha raccolto una breve citazione del
D-437 in una pagina web dell'Esercito degli Stati Uniti, per il fatto
che
questo era stato studiato da tale Dottor Vernon Damsteegt, lui stesso
uno
dei veterani di Detrick.
Alle successive inchieste di Hammond, ogni menzione del virus e della
sua
custodia venivano rimosse dal sito, che riportava la fraudolenta
notificazione che l'ultimo aggiornamento fosse avvenuto il giorno 6
Aprile.
Il 1969 è stato l'anno in cui Richard Nixon lanciò la sua guerra alla
droga, utilizzando per questo la sua forza di polizia segreta, la DEA
(Drug
Enforcement Agency), una storia raccontata nel grande libro di Edward J.
Epstein, "l'Agenzia della Paura" (Agency of Fear).
La guerra biologica era integrale per gli Stati Uniti contro il Vietnam.
CounterPunchers ricorda l'"agente arancione", il disgustoso infuso
impiegato per defoliare la giungla.
L'"agente azzurro", lanciato sulla produzione di riso, è un po' meno
conosciuto. Lo scopo era privare il Fronte di Liberazione Nazionale
dall'approvigionamento di cibo. Le piantagioni di riso che si riteneva
servissero al nemico, venivano pesantemente irrorate e distrutte.
Il professor Matthew Meselsen ricorda come, nell'anno 1970, venne
prelevato
da un colonnello del Reparto Chimico dell'Esercito degli Stati Uniti per
sorvolare una vallata di un altopiano che era stato irrorato con
l'"agente
azzurro", alcune settimane prima. Come volarono sopra la valle
devastata,
il colonnello coraggiosamente spiegò a Meselsen che questa era stata
ovviamente una fonte di approvigionamento di cibo per l'FLN, dal momento
che non si erano viste abitazioni nella zona.
Successivamente, essi atterrarono in un vicino villaggio che scoprirono
essere popolato da rifugiati della vicina valle. I rifugiati spiegarono
di
essere scappati perché gli americani avevano appena distrutto la loro
piantagione di riso. Analizzando fotografie che aveva preso dal cielo,
Meselsen successivamente scoprì numerose case che erano rimaste
invisibili
mentre si volava sopra le stesse velocemente.
Un semplice calcolo rivelava che la quantità di riso era sufficiente
solo
per alimentare la popolazione locale, senza nessun avanzo per l'affamata
guerriglia vietnamita.
Meselsen scrisse un rapporto che forniva qualche dubbio politico sul
comando statunitense in Vietnam, nel quale si raccomandava a Washington
di
porre fine all'"agente azzurro". La raccomandazione venne fatta filtrare
dal Washington Post e fu allora che Nixon cancellò immediatamente il
programma.
Questa è una misura della barbarie della presente generazione di
guerrieri
della droga che fanno sì che Richard Nixon sembri assennato. Nonostante
l'evidenza dei pericoli dello sviluppo delle armi biologiche come il
fungo,
gli Stati Uniti sembrano determinati ad andare avanti.
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LA CATASTROFE ECOLOGICA IN JUGOSLAVIA
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NATO Willfully Triggered An Environmental Catastrophe In Yugoslavia
by Michel Chossudovsky (6-18-00)
Professor of Economics, University of Ottawa, author of "The
Globalization of Poverty, Third World Network, Penang, Zed Books,
London, 1997.
By using thermal images, NATO was able to identify which of the tanks
were still filled with toxic chemicals. If NATO's objective were to
solely disable the plant without the risk of "collateral" environmental
damage, they could have done it by smart bombing the equipment and
machinery. Why did they also need to hit with utmost accuracy the tanks
containing noxious liquids? The "smart bombs" were not dumb; they knew
where to go. NATO had singled out the containers, tanks and reservoirs,
which still contained toxic materials. According to the Pancevo plant
director, NATO did not hit a single empty container. "This was not
accidental; they chose to hit those that were full and these chemicals
spilled into the canal leading to the Danube."
The air raids on the Pancevo industrial complex located in the outskirts
of Belgrade started on April 4th 1999 and continued relentlessly until
the 7th of June. The Pancevo complex included an oil refinery facility
(built with technical support from Texaco) and a Nitrogen Processing
Plant producing fertilizer for Yugoslav agriculture. The petrochemical
plant was bombed extensively (41 bombs and 7 missile attacks). The
bombed areas of the complex were less than two hundred meters from
residential buildings.
At the outset of the "humanitarian air raids -- in a well-led public
relations stunt -- NATO had reassured World opinion " that "precise
targeting" using sophisticated weaponry was intended to avoid
"collateral damage" including environmental hazards:
"We do everything we possibly can to avoid unnecessary collateral
damage. We take it very seriously, work very hard at doing that, spend a
lot of time planning for the missions."1
At Pancevo, however, exactly the opposite occurred. "State of the art"
aerial surveillance and thermal detection systems were not only used to
disable and destroy Yugoslavia's petrochemical industry; they were
willfully applied to trigger an environmental disaster.
At the beginning of the war, workers at the plant had been actively
involved in removing toxic materials from the site, emptying several
large tanks and containers of toxic chemicals precisely to avert the
risks of "collateral damage." They did not realize NATO was watching
them through air-to-ground surveillance systems as well as satellite
images. Using thermal detection, NATO military planners knew which of
the containers had been emptied and which remained full. How does that
work? All objects including the containers of toxic chemicals in the
Pancevo plant emit infrared radiation. A thermal imager from a spy
satellite or an aircraft can detect infrared radiation and convert its
readings into a high-resolution video or snap picture.
The thermal imager can detect temperature differentials as small as 0.1
degrees centigrade which enables it to distinguish without difficulty
between full and empty containers. The thermal images can be generated
from a device installed on the fuselage of an aircraft. NATO warplanes
were equipped with various advanced imaging systems including just such
infrared/electro-optical sensors.
Moreover, multispectral thermal imaging satellite systems routinely used
during the Gulf war were also used by NATO in Yugoslavia. Thermal
satellite images were relayed to the Combined Air Operations Centre
(CAOC) in Vicenza, Italy where the bombing raids weere carefully
planned. U2 spy planes were also used: In the words of a Pentagon
spokesman, the U2 "snaps a picture from very high altitude, beams it
back in what we call a reach-back, to the States where it is very
quickly analyzed." And from there, "the right targeting data" is relayed
to the CAOC base in Vincenza which then "passes [it] on to people in the
cockpit". 2
NATO planners also had detailed information on the layout of the plant,
which had been built on contract with a US multinational engineering
company Foster Wheeler (a firm specializing in the construction of
petrochemical and polymer plants). NATO knew exactly where things were.
In a cruel irony, US investment in Yugoslavia (financed with loans from
the World Bank) was being demolished by Uncle Sam. Did the pilots
sitting in the cockpit know that they were bombing a plant which was
"Made in America?"
A large number of the containers had been emptied. By using thermal
images, NATO was able to identify which of the tanks were still filled
with toxic chemicals. Among these noxious liquids were containers of
ethylene-dichloride (EDC), ethylene, chlorine, chlorine-hydrogen,
propylene and vinyl chloride monomers (VCM). Well documented by
environmentalists, the VCM monomer used to produce plastics (eg. PVC
resin) is a dangerous cancerogenic groundwater contaminant (see photo
2). Vinyl chloride also has the potential to cause neurological and
liver damage, as well as damage to the fetus causing birth defects.
If NATO's objective were to solely disable the plant without the risk of
"collateral" environmental damage, they could have done it by smart
bombing the equipment and machinery. Why did they also need to hit with
utmost accuracy the tanks containing noxious liquids? The "smart bombs"
were not dumb; they knew where to go. NATO had singled out the
containers, tanks and reservoirs, which still contained toxic materials.
According to the Pancevo plant director, NATO did not hit a single empty
container. "This was not accidental; they chose to hit those that were
full and these chemicals spilled into the canal leading to the Danube".
The containers that contained deadly chemicals were deliberately blown
up.
When the smart bombs hit their targets at Pancevo with impressive
accuracy (see photos below), noxious fluids and fumes were released into
the atmosphere, water and soil.
According to the petrochemical plant director, the ethylene-dichloride
(EDC) spillovers had contaminated 10 hectares of land on and in the
vicinity of the plant. 3
The soil is still soaked with toxic ethylene-dichloride. According to a
report of the Regional Environment Center for Central and Eastern Europe
(REC) "more than one thousand tons of ethylene dichloride spilled from
the Pancevo petrochemical complex into the Danube [through the canal
which links the plant to the river]. Over a thousand tonnes of natrium
hydroxide were spilled from the Pancevo petrochemical complex. Nearly
1,000 tons of hydrogen chloride spilled from Pancevo into the Danube
River"4
Eight tons of mercury escaped from the petrochemical complex spilling
into the soil. The wastewater treatment plant was also bombed thereby
exacerbating the ecological impact.
NATO military strategists knew precisely what they were doing and what
would be the likely consequences. On April 4, at the neighboring oil
refinery, two NATO missiles had hit the refinery's control rooms killing
three staff members. The strikes set the plant on fire, reducing it to a
toxic wreck. The objective was not to avoid an environmental disaster
but to create one (see photos). NATO expected that by ruthlessly bombing
Pancevo among other civilian sites, they would intimidate Belgrade into
accepting the Rambouillet Agreement including the infamous Military
Appendix under which NATO would occupy all of Yugoslavia.
The Greens from Germany and experts from the United Nations
Environmental Programme (UNEP) as well as other groups visited the plant
after the War. The UNEP report minimizes the environmental impacts while
casually underscoring in its main conclusions that Pancevo was an
environmental hazard before the bombings. 5 The UNEP report is a
carefully worded cover-up. It downplays the seriousness of the
environmental catastrophe, while placing the blame (without supporting
evidence) on the Yugoslav authorities. Tacitly upholding the legitimacy
of the Western military alliance, UNEP's findings are in overt
contradiction with those of other scientific studies including that of
the Regional Environment Center for Central And Eastern Europe (REC)
prepared for the European Commission (see footnote 4). The complicity of
UNEP, a specialized agency of the UN with a track record of integrity is
yet another symptom of the ambivalent role of the United Nations system
in upholding the Western Military Alliance.
Smart bomb hit container with meticulous accuracy (Pancevo petrochemical
complex, March 2000, ©Michel Chossudovsky)
VCM tank containing toxic cancerogenic chemicals hit by NATO
(© Michel Chossudovsky, March 2000)
FOOTNOTES
Statement of General Charles Wold of the Pentagon, Department of Defense
Press Briefing, Washington, 12 April 1999.
Department of Defense Press Briefing, Washington, May 14th, 1999.
Interview conducted by the author in Pancevo, March 2000.
4. See the report of the REC entitled Assessment of the Environmental
Impact of Military Activities During the Yugoslavia Conflict at
http://www.rec.org/REC/Announcements/yugo/background.html)
5. The UNEP report entitled The Kosovo Conflict: Consequences for the
Environment & Human Settlements prepared for the European Commission can
be consulted at http://www.grid.unep.ch/btf/final/index.html
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DOTTRINA NUCLEARE DELLA NATO: IL "DIRITTO" AL PRIMO COLPO
Sull'argomento segnaliamo anche un "paginone" di Liberazione dell'11
maggio 2000, con intervista a Isidoro Mortellaro, che spiegava che il
"primo colpo dissuasivo" nucleare potra' essere inferto anche a stati
non nucleari ma provvisti di armi chimiche o biologiche. Tutto questo e'
stato deciso al vertice Nato di Firenze del 24 maggio.
Auguri ...
(luca nencini, enea - casaccia)
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Subject: FYI: New NATO nuclear arms policy
Date: 15 Jun 2000 11:27:37 PDT
From: Tina.Purnat@... (Tina Purnat)
Public protest regarding the new military doctrine of the NATO alliance
A new military doctrine pf the NATO alliance took effect on May 19,
2000. The document NC-400/2 presents a new military strategy which
authorizes NATO members to use nuclear weapons ofensively. Nucelar
weapons are thus not used as a retaliation to an immediate danger or
attack, but can be used as a "preventive" measure (so-called "first
strike"). The document refers specifically to use of nuclear weapons
against countries that do not posess nuclear wepons technology. Until
now, the use of nuclear weapons was mandated by the principle of
retaliation ( so-called "strike first - die second"), which prevented a
nuclear attack toward a country that does not posess nuclear wepons.
This has now been replaced by the aforementioned "first strike"
principle.
the new doctrine was passed through a special "silent procedure"
protocol of the NATO alliance. The alliance formed a top secret
document which took effect after a specified period of time provided no
member appeals to the content of the document. Since no NATO members
filed appeals or for changes, the doctrine is now binding for all NATO
countries, as well as any future members.
The first information about hte secret document NC-400/2 was aired by
the German TV station ARD. Video clips with commentary can be found at:
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http://www.tagesschau.de/archiv/2000/05/22/sendungen/ts-1700/meldungen/nato
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http://www.tagesschau.de/archiv/2000/05/22/sendungen/ts-1700/videos/nato.ram
Existence of the document was also confirmed by the German foreign
minister Joschka Fischer, but refrained form commenting it. At the
recent meeting of the Atlantic summit of the NATO alliance in Florence,
NATO also passed a resolution to protect confidential information. This
resolution prevents "associated members" (form the "Partnership for
Peace", of which Slovenia is also a member) from accesing confidential
information of the NATO alliance. The resolution would prevent the
public from obtaining similar confidential information -- such as the
passing of the new military "first strike" doctrine.
We, the signatories of the public protest, express our disagreement with
the apparent escalation of NATO's agressive tactics. Moreover, we
disagree with the secretive nature of information pertaining to security
and external policies of individual countries. We believe the new NATO
military doctrine is unacceptable for Slovenia, since it contradicts the
124. Article of the Slovenian constitution ("National security shall be
predicated primarily on policies designed to promote peace and an ethic
of peace and nonaggression."). we thus propose that Slovenia
reconsiders its application for membership in NATO.
We propose that the Republic of Slovenia engages more actively in peace
and non-violent policies. We appeal to the Cabinet and the Parliement
of R Slovenia to agian reconsider joining the International initiative
on the use of nuclear weapons. Slovenia has refrained from signing the
initiative under pressure of NATO members.
Signatures (with full names and location) in support of this initiative
can be sent to Neutro@....
We ask for help with dissemination of the petition (it can be found at
the address http://www.ljudmila.org/neutro/protest).
The petition and the signatures will be presented to the leading media,
Parliamentary commission for foreign affairs, the President of R
Slovenia, Ministry of foreign affairs, Ministry of defence, Supreme
court of Slovenia, political parties, and interested non-profit
organizations.
Group Neutro
Krizevniska 16, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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LA GUERRA BIOLOGICA DEGLI USA
Subject: COLOMBIA: La Guerra Biologica degli Stati Uniti
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 11:46:34 +0200
From: "Comit. Int.sta Arco Iris" <ale.ramon@...>
A seguire riproduciamo un articolo che racchiude il senso del Campo
Antimperialista che si svolgerà ad Assisi dal 30 Luglio al 6 Agosto. E'
evidente come gli Stati Uniti d'America, nel nome della scienza e del
progresso, stiano preparando lo sterminio dei popoli e della
biodiversità.
A seguire la prova.
Guerra Biologica sulle Ande: La prossima arma segreta della CIA
Ingenieria Genetica e Guerra Chimico-Biologica
Da CounterPunch (numero 11, giugno 2000)
L'"agente azzurro" avanza
All'istituto di genetica del Kazakistan, esperti sovietici della guerra
biologica stanno venendo finanziati dagli Stati Uniti e dalla Gran
Bretagna
per testare micoerbicidi, la famiglia dei "Fusarium oxysporum" che
tendono
ad infettare le piante di coca e che sono estremamente simili ad altri
miceti che attaccano le patate, prodotto principale della dieta andina.
La calamità McCaffery
Accanto alle altre scelleratezze perpetrate in nome della Guerra alla
Droga, gli Stati Uniti si stanno ora attivamente preparando per
impiegare
armi biologiche. Le armi consistono in flora patogena progettata per
attaccare la coca, la cannabis ed i papaveri da oppio.
La ricerca nel progetto ha comportato la risurrezione degli agenti
biologici sviluppati tempo fa a Fort Detrick (Maryland), il centro per
il
programma della guerra biologica chiuso dal Presidente Nixon nel 1969.
Profondamente congelati al momento della chiusura del programma, questi
stanno venendo scongelati e preparati per dare l'assalto ai paesi
produttori, nel terzo mondo. Coinvolti sono anche i veterani della
creazione della guerra biologica sovietica, ora finanziati dagli Stati
Uniti con la connivenza di un oscuro agente dell'agenzia delle Nazioni
Unite, assunto con il proposito di proteggere gli Stati Uniti dalla ben
meritata imputazione di violare la convenzione internazionale sulle armi
biologiche.
Il lavoro procede nonostante la ben certificata evidenza che le armi, se
impiegate, avranno un impatto profondo e disastroso sugli ecosistemi dei
paesi in cui verranno impiegate. Oltretutto, il Dipartimento degli Stati
Uniti per l'Agricoltura (United States Department of Agriculture, USDA)
stà
ora compiendo ricerche sull'utilizzo delle modificazioni genetiche per
accrescere la potenza di queste armi biologiche. I principali agenti che
vengono sviluppati sono i patogeni microbici.
Presso l'Istituto di Genetica del Kazakistan, gli ex esperti di guerra
biologica vengono finanziati dagli Stati Uniti per testare
funghi-micoerbicidi, in particolare la Pleospora, per uccidere i
papaveri
da oppio e le piante di marijuana.
Nelle Ande e nell'Amazzonia occidentale, gli Stati Uniti stanno
programmando di testare e diffondere l'applicazione del "fusarium
oxysporum", un fungo anti-coca. Il budget per quest'anno (Fiscal Year
2000)
contiene almeno 23 milioni di dollari (46 miliardi di lire) per questi
programmi, sebbene altri contributi verranno certamente bruciati nella
copertura dei preventivi per spese militari e di controspionaggio.
La prospettiva di ricevere un attacco biologico non sembra però
entusiasmare paesi come il Peru', la Bolivia e la Colombia. Il governo
peruviano ha già bandito la possibilità di testare o utilizzare
micoerbicidi. Il governo colombiano sembra altrettanto contrario, ma è
stato abilmente ammonito dai sostenitori del progetto del Conresso
Statunitense che se la Colombia vuole il suo pacchetto di aiuti da 1,8
miliardi di dollari (36.000 miliardi di lire), farebbe bene ad accettare
anche i funghi.
Lo scorso marzo, Il presidente del Comitato per gli Affari Esteri della
Casa Bianca, Benjamin Gilman, ha aggiunto un emendamento al disegno di
legge per l'aiuto colombiano, richiedendo al Presidente Clinton di
certificare che il governo colombiano "abbia accettato e stia
sviluppando
una strategia per eliminare tutta la produzione colombiana di coca e di
papaveri oppiacei" utilizzando, tra gli altri mezzi, "micoerbicidi
testati
ed ecologicamente sicuri". L'emendamento è ancora presente nel disegno
di
legge (che stà venendo discusso al senato) nonostante una subcommissione
di
scienziati colombiani del Tribunale Civile per l'Ambiente abbia
affermato
che l'uso di agenti micoerbicidi rappresenta "un grande pericolo sia per
gli umani che per l'ambiente e la biodiversità della Colombia".
E' facile capire perché i colombiani sono spaventati. La condizione
necessaria per questo tipo di armi sarebbe che queste dovrebbero essere
"host specific", cioè che dovrebbero attaccare solo l'obiettivo
designato e
nulla di più.
Secondo Ed Hammond del Progetto "Sunshine", che ricercava e
pubblicizzava
questa scelleratezza, i tests condotti dai ricercatori della USDA nel
1994
e 1995, utilizzando il fungo "fusarium oxysporum" (EN4), hanno dato come
risultato l'infezione di due specie di piante, diverse da quella della
coca.
Inoltre, la famiglia dei "Fusarium oxysporum", che tende ad infettare le
piante di coca, è estremamente simile ad altri miceti che attaccano le
patate, prodotto principale nella dieta andina.
Questo non è molto sorprendente perchè, come sottolinea Hammond, l'EN4 è
stato ideato per attaccare diverse specie di piante di coca ed inoltre
non
può essere interamente "host specific".
Così le rare e belle farfalle agrias potranno presto sparire
nell'ennesima
casualità della Guerra alla Droga, dal momento che le loro larve
nascono e
maturano nelle imparentate piante selvagge della coca. Una delle poche
aree
dove le agria possono essere trovate è la zona a nord della regione del
fiume Putumayo, un centro sia della attività della guerriglia che della
coltivazione della coca in Colombia ed inoltre, uno dei primi obiettivi
della campagna di fumigazione al fungo, da parte degli Stati Uniti.
Nel frattempo, tornando nei laboratori, i ricercatori dell'USDA stanno
lavorando per creare specie di funghi geneticamente modificati, compresa
la
clonazione di famiglie del fusarium che attaccano le patate, per
produrre
così qualcosa di ancora più perverso.
Tuttavia, nella loro ricerca per strumenti di ciò che ufficialmente si
conosce come "bio-controllo", i ricercatori del governo sono tornati,
così
sembra, indietro al passato.
Infatti, prima del 1949, secondo i documenti dati ad Hammond in base
all'Atto di Libertà dell'Informazione (Freedom of Information Act,
FOIA),
una squadra del Servizio di Ispezione sulle Piante e sugli Animali
dell'USDA (Animal and Plant Inspection Service, APHIS) ha trovato un
virus
in un albero Datura, importato dal Cauca (Colombia). Qualcuno, non è
ancora
chiaro chi, ha determinato che il virus potrebbe essere utile come
agente
anti-oppiacee, ed è stato quindi inviato al centro per la guerra
biologica
di Fort Detrick (Maryland), con l'etichetta D-437.
Sulla base dell'ordine di Nixon di chiudere il centro, il D-437 non è
stato
distrutto ma messo in un luogo ad alto congelamento, dimenticato da
tutti
ma non dai ricercatori che avevano lavorato così felicemente a Detrick.
Il 12 Aprile di quest'anno, Hammond ha raccolto una breve citazione del
D-437 in una pagina web dell'Esercito degli Stati Uniti, per il fatto
che
questo era stato studiato da tale Dottor Vernon Damsteegt, lui stesso
uno
dei veterani di Detrick.
Alle successive inchieste di Hammond, ogni menzione del virus e della
sua
custodia venivano rimosse dal sito, che riportava la fraudolenta
notificazione che l'ultimo aggiornamento fosse avvenuto il giorno 6
Aprile.
Il 1969 è stato l'anno in cui Richard Nixon lanciò la sua guerra alla
droga, utilizzando per questo la sua forza di polizia segreta, la DEA
(Drug
Enforcement Agency), una storia raccontata nel grande libro di Edward J.
Epstein, "l'Agenzia della Paura" (Agency of Fear).
La guerra biologica era integrale per gli Stati Uniti contro il Vietnam.
CounterPunchers ricorda l'"agente arancione", il disgustoso infuso
impiegato per defoliare la giungla.
L'"agente azzurro", lanciato sulla produzione di riso, è un po' meno
conosciuto. Lo scopo era privare il Fronte di Liberazione Nazionale
dall'approvigionamento di cibo. Le piantagioni di riso che si riteneva
servissero al nemico, venivano pesantemente irrorate e distrutte.
Il professor Matthew Meselsen ricorda come, nell'anno 1970, venne
prelevato
da un colonnello del Reparto Chimico dell'Esercito degli Stati Uniti per
sorvolare una vallata di un altopiano che era stato irrorato con
l'"agente
azzurro", alcune settimane prima. Come volarono sopra la valle
devastata,
il colonnello coraggiosamente spiegò a Meselsen che questa era stata
ovviamente una fonte di approvigionamento di cibo per l'FLN, dal momento
che non si erano viste abitazioni nella zona.
Successivamente, essi atterrarono in un vicino villaggio che scoprirono
essere popolato da rifugiati della vicina valle. I rifugiati spiegarono
di
essere scappati perché gli americani avevano appena distrutto la loro
piantagione di riso. Analizzando fotografie che aveva preso dal cielo,
Meselsen successivamente scoprì numerose case che erano rimaste
invisibili
mentre si volava sopra le stesse velocemente.
Un semplice calcolo rivelava che la quantità di riso era sufficiente
solo
per alimentare la popolazione locale, senza nessun avanzo per l'affamata
guerriglia vietnamita.
Meselsen scrisse un rapporto che forniva qualche dubbio politico sul
comando statunitense in Vietnam, nel quale si raccomandava a Washington
di
porre fine all'"agente azzurro". La raccomandazione venne fatta filtrare
dal Washington Post e fu allora che Nixon cancellò immediatamente il
programma.
Questa è una misura della barbarie della presente generazione di
guerrieri
della droga che fanno sì che Richard Nixon sembri assennato. Nonostante
l'evidenza dei pericoli dello sviluppo delle armi biologiche come il
fungo,
gli Stati Uniti sembrano determinati ad andare avanti.
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STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM
Emperor's New Clothes
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/chuss/willful.htm
NATO Willfully Triggered An Environmental Catastrophe In Yugoslavia
by Michel Chossudovsky (6-18-00)
Professor of Economics, University of Ottawa, author of "The
Globalization of Poverty, Third World Network, Penang, Zed Books,
London, 1997.
By using thermal images, NATO was able to identify which of the tanks
were still filled with toxic chemicals. If NATO's objective were to
solely disable the plant without the risk of "collateral" environmental
damage, they could have done it by smart bombing the equipment and
machinery. Why did they also need to hit with utmost accuracy the tanks
containing noxious liquids? The "smart bombs" were not dumb; they knew
where to go. NATO had singled out the containers, tanks and reservoirs,
which still contained toxic materials. According to the Pancevo plant
director, NATO did not hit a single empty container. "This was not
accidental; they chose to hit those that were full and these chemicals
spilled into the canal leading to the Danube."
The air raids on the Pancevo industrial complex located in the outskirts
of Belgrade started on April 4th 1999 and continued relentlessly until
the 7th of June. The Pancevo complex included an oil refinery facility
(built with technical support from Texaco) and a Nitrogen Processing
Plant producing fertilizer for Yugoslav agriculture. The petrochemical
plant was bombed extensively (41 bombs and 7 missile attacks). The
bombed areas of the complex were less than two hundred meters from
residential buildings.
At the outset of the "humanitarian air raids -- in a well-led public
relations stunt -- NATO had reassured World opinion " that "precise
targeting" using sophisticated weaponry was intended to avoid
"collateral damage" including environmental hazards:
"We do everything we possibly can to avoid unnecessary collateral
damage. We take it very seriously, work very hard at doing that, spend a
lot of time planning for the missions."1
At Pancevo, however, exactly the opposite occurred. "State of the art"
aerial surveillance and thermal detection systems were not only used to
disable and destroy Yugoslavia's petrochemical industry; they were
willfully applied to trigger an environmental disaster.
At the beginning of the war, workers at the plant had been actively
involved in removing toxic materials from the site, emptying several
large tanks and containers of toxic chemicals precisely to avert the
risks of "collateral damage." They did not realize NATO was watching
them through air-to-ground surveillance systems as well as satellite
images. Using thermal detection, NATO military planners knew which of
the containers had been emptied and which remained full. How does that
work? All objects including the containers of toxic chemicals in the
Pancevo plant emit infrared radiation. A thermal imager from a spy
satellite or an aircraft can detect infrared radiation and convert its
readings into a high-resolution video or snap picture.
The thermal imager can detect temperature differentials as small as 0.1
degrees centigrade which enables it to distinguish without difficulty
between full and empty containers. The thermal images can be generated
from a device installed on the fuselage of an aircraft. NATO warplanes
were equipped with various advanced imaging systems including just such
infrared/electro-optical sensors.
Moreover, multispectral thermal imaging satellite systems routinely used
during the Gulf war were also used by NATO in Yugoslavia. Thermal
satellite images were relayed to the Combined Air Operations Centre
(CAOC) in Vicenza, Italy where the bombing raids weere carefully
planned. U2 spy planes were also used: In the words of a Pentagon
spokesman, the U2 "snaps a picture from very high altitude, beams it
back in what we call a reach-back, to the States where it is very
quickly analyzed." And from there, "the right targeting data" is relayed
to the CAOC base in Vincenza which then "passes [it] on to people in the
cockpit". 2
NATO planners also had detailed information on the layout of the plant,
which had been built on contract with a US multinational engineering
company Foster Wheeler (a firm specializing in the construction of
petrochemical and polymer plants). NATO knew exactly where things were.
In a cruel irony, US investment in Yugoslavia (financed with loans from
the World Bank) was being demolished by Uncle Sam. Did the pilots
sitting in the cockpit know that they were bombing a plant which was
"Made in America?"
A large number of the containers had been emptied. By using thermal
images, NATO was able to identify which of the tanks were still filled
with toxic chemicals. Among these noxious liquids were containers of
ethylene-dichloride (EDC), ethylene, chlorine, chlorine-hydrogen,
propylene and vinyl chloride monomers (VCM). Well documented by
environmentalists, the VCM monomer used to produce plastics (eg. PVC
resin) is a dangerous cancerogenic groundwater contaminant (see photo
2). Vinyl chloride also has the potential to cause neurological and
liver damage, as well as damage to the fetus causing birth defects.
If NATO's objective were to solely disable the plant without the risk of
"collateral" environmental damage, they could have done it by smart
bombing the equipment and machinery. Why did they also need to hit with
utmost accuracy the tanks containing noxious liquids? The "smart bombs"
were not dumb; they knew where to go. NATO had singled out the
containers, tanks and reservoirs, which still contained toxic materials.
According to the Pancevo plant director, NATO did not hit a single empty
container. "This was not accidental; they chose to hit those that were
full and these chemicals spilled into the canal leading to the Danube".
The containers that contained deadly chemicals were deliberately blown
up.
When the smart bombs hit their targets at Pancevo with impressive
accuracy (see photos below), noxious fluids and fumes were released into
the atmosphere, water and soil.
According to the petrochemical plant director, the ethylene-dichloride
(EDC) spillovers had contaminated 10 hectares of land on and in the
vicinity of the plant. 3
The soil is still soaked with toxic ethylene-dichloride. According to a
report of the Regional Environment Center for Central and Eastern Europe
(REC) "more than one thousand tons of ethylene dichloride spilled from
the Pancevo petrochemical complex into the Danube [through the canal
which links the plant to the river]. Over a thousand tonnes of natrium
hydroxide were spilled from the Pancevo petrochemical complex. Nearly
1,000 tons of hydrogen chloride spilled from Pancevo into the Danube
River"4
Eight tons of mercury escaped from the petrochemical complex spilling
into the soil. The wastewater treatment plant was also bombed thereby
exacerbating the ecological impact.
NATO military strategists knew precisely what they were doing and what
would be the likely consequences. On April 4, at the neighboring oil
refinery, two NATO missiles had hit the refinery's control rooms killing
three staff members. The strikes set the plant on fire, reducing it to a
toxic wreck. The objective was not to avoid an environmental disaster
but to create one (see photos). NATO expected that by ruthlessly bombing
Pancevo among other civilian sites, they would intimidate Belgrade into
accepting the Rambouillet Agreement including the infamous Military
Appendix under which NATO would occupy all of Yugoslavia.
The Greens from Germany and experts from the United Nations
Environmental Programme (UNEP) as well as other groups visited the plant
after the War. The UNEP report minimizes the environmental impacts while
casually underscoring in its main conclusions that Pancevo was an
environmental hazard before the bombings. 5 The UNEP report is a
carefully worded cover-up. It downplays the seriousness of the
environmental catastrophe, while placing the blame (without supporting
evidence) on the Yugoslav authorities. Tacitly upholding the legitimacy
of the Western military alliance, UNEP's findings are in overt
contradiction with those of other scientific studies including that of
the Regional Environment Center for Central And Eastern Europe (REC)
prepared for the European Commission (see footnote 4). The complicity of
UNEP, a specialized agency of the UN with a track record of integrity is
yet another symptom of the ambivalent role of the United Nations system
in upholding the Western Military Alliance.
Smart bomb hit container with meticulous accuracy (Pancevo petrochemical
complex, March 2000, ©Michel Chossudovsky)
VCM tank containing toxic cancerogenic chemicals hit by NATO
(© Michel Chossudovsky, March 2000)
FOOTNOTES
Statement of General Charles Wold of the Pentagon, Department of Defense
Press Briefing, Washington, 12 April 1999.
Department of Defense Press Briefing, Washington, May 14th, 1999.
Interview conducted by the author in Pancevo, March 2000.
4. See the report of the REC entitled Assessment of the Environmental
Impact of Military Activities During the Yugoslavia Conflict at
http://www.rec.org/REC/Announcements/yugo/background.html)
5. The UNEP report entitled The Kosovo Conflict: Consequences for the
Environment & Human Settlements prepared for the European Commission can
be consulted at http://www.grid.unep.ch/btf/final/index.html
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ROMA 27/6
BARI 27/6
CAMPI DI LAVORO S.C.I. IN JUGOSLAVIA - scadenza 30/6/2000
CAMPEGGIO INTERNAZIONALISTA - una iniziativa su ECHELON
OLANDA - iniziative a luglio
SEGNALAZIONE: un libro di Franz Neumann da riproporre
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ROMA 27/6
il Convoglio di solidarieta' Internazionalista Giorgiana Masi e Radio
Citta' Aperta organizzano una cena
MARTEDI 27 GIUGNO 2000 alle 20:30
presso il Ristorante della CACCIARELLA, a Roma, via di Casalbruciato 11
(Tiburtino). La cena ha un costo di lire.25.000 che saranno destinate
alla costruzione di alcune case per i rifugiati invisibili della
Slavonia, delle Krajine e del Kosovo/Metohia che vivono in condizioni
drammatiche nella citta' di Backa Topola in Jugoslavia.
Info: 06/40801623 - 06/4393512
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BARI 27/6
Most za Beograd - un ponte per Belgrado in terra di Bari
Associazione culturale di solidarietà con la popolazione jugoslava
c/o RdB, via M. Cristina di Savoia 40, 70126 BARI
tel/fax 0805562663 - e-mail: ponte@...
martedì 27 giugno ore 18.30
Giardini di Atrebil
via Brigata Bari (accanto al Conservatorio)
assemblea annuale di Most za Beograd
bilancio dell'attività culturale e di solidarietà dell'associazione
e programma di iniziative future
-
Stiamo organizzando per l'ultima decade di luglio un "viaggio della
solidarietà e dell'amicizia"a Kragujevac e nelle principali città
jugoslave
(da Belgrado a Novi Sad).
Sarà un modo per conoscere di persona i bambini e le famiglie cui
inviamo
il sostegno, e anche per visitare un paese così vicino geograficamente e
così poco conosciuto. Molti aspetti organizzativi dipendono dal numero
di
adesioni.
Per la Jugoslavia sono necessari il passaporto e il visto.
-
ADOZIONI A DISTANZA DEI FIGLI DEI LAVORATORI DELLA ZASTAVA DI KRAGUJEVAC
BOMBARDATA DALLA NATO.
SONO 169 I BAMBINI CHE LA NOSTRA ASSOCIAZIONE ATTUALMENTE SOSTIENE.
L'INIZIATIVA CONSISTE NELL'INVIARE 50.000 LIRE AL MESE ALLE FAMIGLIE
(SELEZIONATE IN BASE AD UNA GRADUATORIA DI BISOGNI DAL SINDACATO
UNITARIO
DELLA DELLA ZASTAVA, I CUI DELEGATI, RAJKA, SRETEN, MILAN, SONO STATI
PIU'
VOLTE IN ITALIA.
Aderire al progetto è molto semplice. Basta mettersi in contatto con la
nostra associazione (conto corrente postale n. 12350724 intestato ad
Andrea Catone via F. Campione 68, 70124 Bari, indicando sul retro la
causale)
-
Attraverso la distribuzione militante sono state sinora diffuse a Bari e
in
diverse città d'Italia quasi 1150 copie del libro di "poeti dilettanti
contro la guerra"Gli assassini della tenerezza,illustrato con disegni
dei
bambini di Kragujevac e con prefazione di Fulvio Grimaldi (edizioni La
città del Sole, Napoli, 1999, L. 15.000). Tutti i costi (editoriali, di
grafica, di stampa) per la produzione del libro - promosso dalla nostra
associazione Most za Beograddi Bari e dal comitato di solidarietà con la
popolazione jugoslava di Napoli - sono stati sostenuti dall'editore
Sergio
Manes, che ha voluto così dare un consistentissimo contributo di
solidarietà agli operai della Zastava, ai quali va integralmente il
ricavato delle vendite.Una parte dell'incasso (9.030.000) è stata già
consegnata. Il rimanente verrà dato a luglio, in occasione del nostro
viaggio a Kragujevac. Ci auguriamo per quella data di raggiungere le
1500
copie vendute.
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CAMPI DI LAVORO NELLA RF DI JUGOSLAVIA
Ultimo annuncio: il 30 giugno scade la possibilita' di partecipare.
leggere ATTENTAMENTE e mandare mail a ponac@...
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Il Servizio Civile Internazionale, in collaborazione con Un Ponte per
Belgrado organizza due campi di lavoro in Jugoslavia per il mese di
Agosto.
- CAMPO DI LAVORO A KRALJEVO. DUE TURNI a AGOSTO
Il primo campo si svolgerebbe a Kraljevo. Il campo si inserisce in un
progetto che Un Ponte per Belgrado sta svolgendo da tempo. A ottobre '99
e' stato consegnato un furgone per la distribuzione del cibo e adesso
abbiamo consegnato oltre 40.000 marchi in aiuti umanitari acquistati sul
luogo (compresi piu' di 4.000 marchi raccolti dal SCI).
Riferimento locale e' la Croce rossa di Kraljevo che gestisce i vari
centri di raccolta collettivi e non dove sono ospitati oltre 20.000
profughi provenienti dal Kosovo.
Il lavoro da fare e' quello di aiutare la croce rossa nella
distribuzione di cibo e di aiuti umanitari ai profughi e di fare
animazione con i profughi stessi. Oltre a fare animazione con i bambini
si vogliono raccogliere testimonianze e parlare con i profughi per
conoscere le loro storie e le loro vicissitudini pre-durante-post
bombardamenti. L'atteggiamento dei profughi e' molto variegato e va
dalla diffidenza completa alla incazzatura per quello che hanno subito
da tutte le parti in gioco (e lo spettro e' molto ampio: sicuramente
hanno da dire molto sul governo jugoslavo, sull'UCK, sulla KFOR e molti,
specialmente quelli privenienti da Pec, delle forze italiane "di pace").
Il materiale raccolto andra' a finire in una raccolta tipo libretto o
pubblicazione o CD audio/video. In aggiunta si raccogliera' anche il
materiale da far elaborare dai bambini (7-12 anni) nelle modalita' con
cui viene raccolto il materiale per i gemellaggi scolastici gia' avviati
(disegni, lettere, oggetti vari ecc) e che andra' a finire anche questo
nella pubblicazione insieme alle testimonianze.
Date: 1° turno: 1-15 Agosto 2000; 2° turno: 16-31 Agosto 2000
N. Volontari: 4/5 + coordinatore
Requisiti per i vols: almeno due per ogni turno che conoscano il serbo,
questo per rendere piu' efficace il lavoro di raccolta del materiale.
IMPORTANTE: il campo puo' subire delle riduzioni se non siamo in grado
di garantire la presenza di un coordinatore per tutto il tempo.
Le date possono subire delle variazioni per situazioni contingenti
attualmente imprevedibili.
Riguardo il num. dei vols, questo non e' invalicabile. Se il numero
delle persone che parlano serbo dovesse essere grande (si spera tanto)
allora anche il numero dei vols potrebbe aumentare di conseguenza. La
scelta di 4/5 + 1 e' stata fatto immaginando una certa difficolta' a
trovare persone che conoscano la lingua.
Costi previsti: A carico del partecipante
iscrizione: lire 60.000 piu' tessera SCI per il 2000 (L.30.000)
viaggio fino a Kraljevo (A/R): in treno circa 350.000; in aereo
(alitalia) circa 700.000 (partenze lu, ve, sab)
vitto: un po' ci si arrangia con il cibo distribuito, un po' con
ristorantini, un po' cucinando, se l'appartamento lo consentira'.
Il costo di un pasto in Jugoslavia non supera i 5-6 marchi a pasto
(quando ci si abbuffa!); organizzando una cucina nella casa si potrebbe
ancora essere piu' economi.
alloggio: si spera di contenere il tutto nei 100 marchi a settimana a
testa.
Naturalmente il preventivo di spesa puo' subire modifiche in funzione di
vari fattori, non ultimo il tiupo di appartamento che si trova.
- CAMPO DI LAVORO A BELGRADO - ORFANOTROFIO J.JOVANOVIC ZMAJ
Il secondo campo e' un "ritorno": ho parlato con Nikola Popovic
dell'orfanotrofio Jovan Jovanovic Zmai di Belgrado e anche li' c'e' la
disponibilita' di massima per fare animazione per un paio di settimane.
anche qui l'alloggio sara' a cura dei partecipanti in un appartamento da
affittare (si spera entro i 100 marchi a settimana; vitto come per il
campo a Kraljievo). Il numero di volontari dovra' essere contenuto a 4
piu' il coordinatore. Anche in questo caso bisognerebbe reperire il
coordinatore rapidamente e selezionare i volontari accuratamente.
Date: 10-24 Agosto 2000
N. Volontari: 4/5 + coordinatore
Requisiti per i vols: conoscenza almeno dell'inglese e preferenza per
chi conosce il serbo.
IMPORTANTE: il campo puo' subire delle riduzioni se non siamo in grado
di garantire la presenza di un coordinatore per tutto il tempo. Le date
possono subire delle variazioni per situazioni contingenti attualmente
imprevedibili.
Costi previsti: A carico del partecipante
iscrizione: lire 60.000 piu' tessera SCI per il 2000 (L.30.000)
viaggio fino a Belgrado (A/R): in treno circa 350.000; in aereo
(alitalia) circa 700.000 (partenze lu, ve, sab)- a carico del
partecipante.
vitto: un po' con ristorantini, un po' cucinando, se l'appartamento lo
consentira', un po' con il vitto dell'orfanotrofio.
Il costo di un pasto in Jugoslavia non supera i 5-6 marchi a pasto
(quando ci si abbuffa!); organizzando una cucina nella casa si potrebbe
ancora essere piu' economi.
alloggio: si spera di contenere il tutto nei 100 marchi a settimana a
testa.
Naturalmente il preventivo di spesa puo' subire modifiche in funzione di
vari fattori, non ultimo il tiupo di appartamento che si trova.
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INFORMAZIONI PRATICHE:
Scadenza per adesioni:
Kraljevo 1° turno: 30 Giugno 2000
Kraljevo 2° turno: 15 luglio 2000
Belgrado: 15 luglio
l'anticipo e' dovuto al fatto che per avere il visto bisogna avere una
lettera d'invito NOMINATIVA e per il fatto che le persone interessate
saranno chiamate a un incontro di (in)formazione obbligatorio prima
della partenza e prima della selezione dei volontari che partiranno.
L'incontro potrebbe essere programmato all'inizio di luglio e a meta'
luglio per i due scaglioni principali. QUINDI: NON ATTARDATEVI.
Tutte le richieste vanno inviate a ponac@...
indicando, oltre ai vostri dati personali, il numero di passaporto
valido, una lettera di motivazione e un breve curriculum.
ciao a tutti
carlo
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ASSISI: CAMPO 2000
Assisi 30 Luglio - 6 Agosto
NO ALLA GLOBALIZZAZIONE!
Da Seattle a San Vicente,
la ribellione contro l'impero dell'ingiustizia avanza!
<< AD ASSISI IL PIU' GRANDE ESPERTO DEL
SISTEMA DI SPIONAGGIO GLOBALE (ECHELON) >>
Nicky Hager, il ricercatore neozelandese autore di "Secret Power"
(1996),
dopo aver letto l'appello del Campo Antiimperialista ed il relativo
programma, ci ha manifestato la sua disponibilità a partecipare a questa
nostra iniziativa.
Nicky Hager, vale la pena sottolinearlo, è l'autore dell'unico libro
pubblicato in tutto il pianeta, che tratti la questione del sistema di
controllo globale, noto col nome di "Echelon", attraverso testimonianze
dirette.
Hager è stato, infatti, fino ad ora l'unico ricercatore ad essere
riuscito
ad intervistare personale che abbia lavorato all'interno del progetto
Echelon. Nel suo libro "Potere Segreto, il ruolo della Nuova Zelanda
nella
Rete Internazionale di Spionaggio", Hager intervista una cinquantina di
ex
agenti segreti neozelandesi (ma non solo) che hanno abbandonato il
"Security Bureau" per motivi che restano tutt'ora oscuri e che forse
vanno
rintracciati in complessi giochi di spionaggio e diplomazia tra Stati
Uniti
e Nuova Zelanda.
ECHELON, semplificando molto, è un sistema di intercettazione orientato
su
quella ventina di satelliti Intelsat (International Telecommunications
Satellite Organisation), disposti lungo l'asse dell'equatore e che
funzionano da ponte per quasi tutte le telefonate e messaggi via fax,
e-mail, telex ecc..
Le basi principali del sistema Echelon si trovano a Sugar Grove e Yakima
(Stati Uniti), a Waihopai (Nuova Zelanda), a Geraldton (Australia), ad
Hong
Kong e a Morwenstow (Inghilterra). La potenza di elaborazione (o
“scanning
and screening”) di Echelon dichiarata dalla NSA era, nel 1992, di
2.000.000
di comunicazioni all’ora.
I primi due capitoli del libro di Hager sono riprodotti in questa pagina
internet:
http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/sp/index.html
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<< Estratto dal rapporto della Fondazione Omega
di Manchester, presentato al Parlamento Europeo
[atto PE 166.499 in data Settembre 1998] >>
All'interno dell'Europa tutte le e-mail, le chiamate telefoniche e le
comunicazioni via fax sono intercettate quotidianamente dalla National
Security Agency (NSA), quindi tutta l'informazione utile è trasferita
dall'Europa, attraverso il nodo di Londra, via satellite, a Fort Meade
(Maryland) ed attraverso il nodo cruciale di Menwith Hill (North York
Moors, Inghilterra).
Il sistema di Echelon forma parte del sistema di spionaggio degli Stati
Uniti/Gran Bretagna ma, a differenza di altri sistemi di spionaggio
sviluppati durante la guerra fredda, ECHELON è stato ideato
principalmente
per obiettivi non militari: governi, organizzazioni e questioni
commerciali
di ogni paese.
Il sistema di ECHELON lavora indicriminatamente intercettando una grande
quantità di comunicazioni ed estraendo, attraverso l'aiuto
dell'intelligenza artificiale come quella di Memex (nome di uno dei
computers utilizzati per questa funzione), informazioni sulla base di
parole chiavi.
Cinque nazioni condividono i risultati ottenuti dagli Stati Uniti, sulla
base di un accordo del 1948: Gran Bretagna, Canada, Nuova Zelanda ed
Australia....
---------------------------------
Sempre Hager intervistò i responsabili del GCHQ [Government
Communications
Headquarters] di Londra. Il GCHQ ammise l'intercettazione di tre entità
morali, comprese Amnesty International ed Christian Aid. "In qualsiasi
momento si possono verificare le loro comunicazioni, sulla base di una
semplice richiesta di informazioni".
Il Sunday Times (11 Maggio del 1998) dettaglia che presso la stazione di
Menwith Hill (stazione della NSA numero F83) nel North Yorkshire, si
diede
compito di intercettare tutte le comunicazioni ordinarie commerciali.
Gli
impiegati passarono quindi da 400 (negli anni ottanta) a più di 1400 (ai
quali vanno aggiunti 370 di altra impresa che lì lavora).
Lo stesso Sunday racconta del fatto che la Thompson-CSF, compagnia
elettronica francese, ha perso 1,4 miliardi di dollari per fornire
sistemi
radar al Brasile, dal momento che i nordamericani intercettarono i
dettagli
delle negoziazioni e passarono l'informazione alla compagnia
nordamericana
Raytheon, che vinse quindi il contratto di fornitura.
O ancora, quando nel 1990 il colosso nordamericano della telefonia, la
AT&T, concorreva ad una gara d’appalto contro la giapponese NEC, per la
fornitura di strutture di telecomunicazioni all’Indonesia. Gli USA
spiarono
le trattative e l’appalto fu vinto dalla AT&T ed oggi, così, le
centraline
telefoniche nazionali ed internazionali a Jakarta sono nordamericane.
Nicky Hager si è offerto di venire a parlare di Echelon, ma anche dei
legami tra sicurezza e potere. Nel suo più recente libro, pubblicato
l'anno
scorso (solamente a maggio di quest'anno negli USA) espone poi le
tattiche
utilizzate dalle compagnie di pubbliche relazioni (per conto delle
multinazionali) per danneggiare le campagne di pubblico interesse (e
cosa
possono fare i movimenti per contrarrestare queste tattiche).
PERCHE' HAGER POSSA ARRIVARE IN ITALIA, ABBIAMO BISOGNO DI TUTTI VOI, DI
CONTRIBUTI ECONOMICI VOLONTARI, DELLA VOSTRA PARTECIPAZIONE AL CAMPO
D'ASSISI!!!!
QUALORA CI FOSSERO REALTA' INTERESSATE AD ORGANIZZARE UNA INIZIATIVA
PROPRIA CON NICKY HAGER, VI PREGHIAMO DI CONTATTARCI IMMEDIATAMENTE.
OVVIAMENTE LE INIZIATIVE DOVRANNO ESSERE A RIDOSSO DEL CAMPO
ANTIMPERIALISTA (indicativamente dal 23 luglio fino al 14 agosto).
SE FOSTE IN GRADO DI DARE QUALCHE CONTRIBUTO ECONOMICO AL CAMPO
ANTIMPERIALISTA << NO ALLA GLOBALIZZAZIONE >>, CONTATTATECI
IMMEDIATAMENTE:
ale.ramon@..., campo2000@..., allo 0349-3650834 o ancora
allo 030-2190006
SMASCHERIAMO LA GLOBALIZZAZIONE !
! TOD@S JUNT@S !
Comitato Internazionalista Arco Iris
(parte integrante del Comitato Promotore del Campo Antimperialista)
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| Assisi 30 Luglio - 6 Agosto |
| NO ALLA GLOBALIZZAZIONE! |
| Da Seattle a San Vicente, |
| la ribellione contro l'impero dell'ingiustizia avanza! |
| info: ale.ramon@... |
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OLANDA
From: Herman de Tollenaere <hermantl@...>
To: office@...
Subject: Balkan peace actions The Netherlands
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 18:48:03 +0200
Balkan peace actions The Netherlands, July 2000:
Saturday 1 July, The Hague, buurthuis [community center] Boerenplein,
Mandelaplein, 19 u.30: public meeting of committee NATO No. Author
Michel
Collon speaks and shows his video on the bombing of Yugoslavia. One can
get
to the venue with tramway 11 or 12 from the railway station.
Thursday 6 July, 12 u.30, Amsterdam, Courthouse [Paleis van Justitie],
Prinsengracht 434: verdict in the public court case of Yugoslav war
victims
against Dutch government ministers Kok, Van Aartsen en De Grave [time
provisional; court may need more time]. The courthouse is not far from
tram
stop Leidseplein.
Thursday 6 July, 20 u., Utrecht, Oudegracht 36: meeting. Discussion and
information for public and press on why people oppose the
"Megafestatie".
This is a trade fair/exhibition aimed at young people. Main exhibitors
are
the Dutch military, aiming to get teenagers into the Dutch army,
military
police, and Marines. The propaganda slogan of the armed forces is:
"[Like]
a nanny; but differently." People killed or wounded by NATO armed forces
in
the Balkans and elsewhere might differ. So, during the whole
Megafestatie,
visitors will get counter information to the official propaganda.
Saturday 8 - Sunday 16 July Utrecht, Jaarbeurs: actions against the
Megafestatie. Starting every day at 12 o'clock.
Saturday 8 July: demonstrators will gather at Smakkelaarsveld [Central
Station side, opposite to Jaarbeurs]
Sunday 9 July: demonstrators will gather at entrance of Jaarbeurs
Monday 10 July: demonstrators will gather at Central Station exit,
escalators, Jaarbeursplein
etc.
More info on the actions at e-mail address: onkruit@...
On Tuesday 11 July in Den Bosch ['s Hertogenbosch; The Netherlands],
five
peace activists will be on trial for opposing NATO bombs during the 1999
war against Yugoslavia. They cut perimeter barbed wire of Volkel
military
air base, where F16 aircraft then took off for Kosovo. In all
probability
[the public may not know], there are also still US nuclear bombs at
Volkel
air base.
The case starts Tuesday 11 July , 13.30 o'clock at the "Gerechtshof
[court
house]", Leeghwaterlaan 8 in Den Bosch, near the back entrance of Den
Bosch
central railway station. The court case is public. So, other peace
activists are welcome.
Before the case starts, at 13 o'clock, here peace activists will gather.
More info on the case at e-mail address: onkruit@...
Please pass this info on to others.
Best wishes,
Herman de Tollenaere
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UN LIBRO DA RIPROPORRE
Subject: Urgent
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 13:42:41 PDT
From: "Dragan Pavlovic"
Dear friends,
Would you please find, retype, scan, put on the Web chapter 5 of the
book:
Franz Neumann: Behemouth, Structure and Praxis of National - Socialism
1933
- 1944, Oxford University Press, 1942; 1944.
We live in an interesting but unsecure time. The times were of course
never
secure enough, but twice in Europe insecurity reached the point of no
return. Neither social scientist and even less politicians were able to
recognize when the critical point was too close. We are not in better
position today either.
You are the people who are probably as anxious as I am that the point of
no
return may be very close and are trying, as much as you can, prevent the
worst happen.
In the forties the book was published describing international politics
of
Germany. Many of you must have read it. Those who have not, if by any
chance
read it today would think it to be of much recant date, a parody written
by
some "crazy" opponent of Western (NATO) ideology. That excellent book
is,
unfortunately, no parody, as the time we live is not. It was real and is
real.
Again:
Franz Neumann: Behemouth, Structure and Praxis of National - Socialism
1933
- 1944, Oxford University Press, 1942; 1944. It was translated later in
German, may be in French, I do not know.
If you would get it, reed it, republish it, and put it on the Web.
Particularly Chapter 5. Write an essay on it, or make your students do
it
(if you are social scientist, what I am not, and my students neither).
Help
them understand what is happening today. It may help. Please.
Dragan Pavlovic
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BARI 27/6
CAMPI DI LAVORO S.C.I. IN JUGOSLAVIA - scadenza 30/6/2000
CAMPEGGIO INTERNAZIONALISTA - una iniziativa su ECHELON
OLANDA - iniziative a luglio
SEGNALAZIONE: un libro di Franz Neumann da riproporre
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ROMA 27/6
il Convoglio di solidarieta' Internazionalista Giorgiana Masi e Radio
Citta' Aperta organizzano una cena
MARTEDI 27 GIUGNO 2000 alle 20:30
presso il Ristorante della CACCIARELLA, a Roma, via di Casalbruciato 11
(Tiburtino). La cena ha un costo di lire.25.000 che saranno destinate
alla costruzione di alcune case per i rifugiati invisibili della
Slavonia, delle Krajine e del Kosovo/Metohia che vivono in condizioni
drammatiche nella citta' di Backa Topola in Jugoslavia.
Info: 06/40801623 - 06/4393512
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BARI 27/6
Most za Beograd - un ponte per Belgrado in terra di Bari
Associazione culturale di solidarietà con la popolazione jugoslava
c/o RdB, via M. Cristina di Savoia 40, 70126 BARI
tel/fax 0805562663 - e-mail: ponte@...
martedì 27 giugno ore 18.30
Giardini di Atrebil
via Brigata Bari (accanto al Conservatorio)
assemblea annuale di Most za Beograd
bilancio dell'attività culturale e di solidarietà dell'associazione
e programma di iniziative future
-
Stiamo organizzando per l'ultima decade di luglio un "viaggio della
solidarietà e dell'amicizia"a Kragujevac e nelle principali città
jugoslave
(da Belgrado a Novi Sad).
Sarà un modo per conoscere di persona i bambini e le famiglie cui
inviamo
il sostegno, e anche per visitare un paese così vicino geograficamente e
così poco conosciuto. Molti aspetti organizzativi dipendono dal numero
di
adesioni.
Per la Jugoslavia sono necessari il passaporto e il visto.
-
ADOZIONI A DISTANZA DEI FIGLI DEI LAVORATORI DELLA ZASTAVA DI KRAGUJEVAC
BOMBARDATA DALLA NATO.
SONO 169 I BAMBINI CHE LA NOSTRA ASSOCIAZIONE ATTUALMENTE SOSTIENE.
L'INIZIATIVA CONSISTE NELL'INVIARE 50.000 LIRE AL MESE ALLE FAMIGLIE
(SELEZIONATE IN BASE AD UNA GRADUATORIA DI BISOGNI DAL SINDACATO
UNITARIO
DELLA DELLA ZASTAVA, I CUI DELEGATI, RAJKA, SRETEN, MILAN, SONO STATI
PIU'
VOLTE IN ITALIA.
Aderire al progetto è molto semplice. Basta mettersi in contatto con la
nostra associazione (conto corrente postale n. 12350724 intestato ad
Andrea Catone via F. Campione 68, 70124 Bari, indicando sul retro la
causale)
-
Attraverso la distribuzione militante sono state sinora diffuse a Bari e
in
diverse città d'Italia quasi 1150 copie del libro di "poeti dilettanti
contro la guerra"Gli assassini della tenerezza,illustrato con disegni
dei
bambini di Kragujevac e con prefazione di Fulvio Grimaldi (edizioni La
città del Sole, Napoli, 1999, L. 15.000). Tutti i costi (editoriali, di
grafica, di stampa) per la produzione del libro - promosso dalla nostra
associazione Most za Beograddi Bari e dal comitato di solidarietà con la
popolazione jugoslava di Napoli - sono stati sostenuti dall'editore
Sergio
Manes, che ha voluto così dare un consistentissimo contributo di
solidarietà agli operai della Zastava, ai quali va integralmente il
ricavato delle vendite.Una parte dell'incasso (9.030.000) è stata già
consegnata. Il rimanente verrà dato a luglio, in occasione del nostro
viaggio a Kragujevac. Ci auguriamo per quella data di raggiungere le
1500
copie vendute.
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CAMPI DI LAVORO NELLA RF DI JUGOSLAVIA
Ultimo annuncio: il 30 giugno scade la possibilita' di partecipare.
leggere ATTENTAMENTE e mandare mail a ponac@...
=====================
Il Servizio Civile Internazionale, in collaborazione con Un Ponte per
Belgrado organizza due campi di lavoro in Jugoslavia per il mese di
Agosto.
- CAMPO DI LAVORO A KRALJEVO. DUE TURNI a AGOSTO
Il primo campo si svolgerebbe a Kraljevo. Il campo si inserisce in un
progetto che Un Ponte per Belgrado sta svolgendo da tempo. A ottobre '99
e' stato consegnato un furgone per la distribuzione del cibo e adesso
abbiamo consegnato oltre 40.000 marchi in aiuti umanitari acquistati sul
luogo (compresi piu' di 4.000 marchi raccolti dal SCI).
Riferimento locale e' la Croce rossa di Kraljevo che gestisce i vari
centri di raccolta collettivi e non dove sono ospitati oltre 20.000
profughi provenienti dal Kosovo.
Il lavoro da fare e' quello di aiutare la croce rossa nella
distribuzione di cibo e di aiuti umanitari ai profughi e di fare
animazione con i profughi stessi. Oltre a fare animazione con i bambini
si vogliono raccogliere testimonianze e parlare con i profughi per
conoscere le loro storie e le loro vicissitudini pre-durante-post
bombardamenti. L'atteggiamento dei profughi e' molto variegato e va
dalla diffidenza completa alla incazzatura per quello che hanno subito
da tutte le parti in gioco (e lo spettro e' molto ampio: sicuramente
hanno da dire molto sul governo jugoslavo, sull'UCK, sulla KFOR e molti,
specialmente quelli privenienti da Pec, delle forze italiane "di pace").
Il materiale raccolto andra' a finire in una raccolta tipo libretto o
pubblicazione o CD audio/video. In aggiunta si raccogliera' anche il
materiale da far elaborare dai bambini (7-12 anni) nelle modalita' con
cui viene raccolto il materiale per i gemellaggi scolastici gia' avviati
(disegni, lettere, oggetti vari ecc) e che andra' a finire anche questo
nella pubblicazione insieme alle testimonianze.
Date: 1° turno: 1-15 Agosto 2000; 2° turno: 16-31 Agosto 2000
N. Volontari: 4/5 + coordinatore
Requisiti per i vols: almeno due per ogni turno che conoscano il serbo,
questo per rendere piu' efficace il lavoro di raccolta del materiale.
IMPORTANTE: il campo puo' subire delle riduzioni se non siamo in grado
di garantire la presenza di un coordinatore per tutto il tempo.
Le date possono subire delle variazioni per situazioni contingenti
attualmente imprevedibili.
Riguardo il num. dei vols, questo non e' invalicabile. Se il numero
delle persone che parlano serbo dovesse essere grande (si spera tanto)
allora anche il numero dei vols potrebbe aumentare di conseguenza. La
scelta di 4/5 + 1 e' stata fatto immaginando una certa difficolta' a
trovare persone che conoscano la lingua.
Costi previsti: A carico del partecipante
iscrizione: lire 60.000 piu' tessera SCI per il 2000 (L.30.000)
viaggio fino a Kraljevo (A/R): in treno circa 350.000; in aereo
(alitalia) circa 700.000 (partenze lu, ve, sab)
vitto: un po' ci si arrangia con il cibo distribuito, un po' con
ristorantini, un po' cucinando, se l'appartamento lo consentira'.
Il costo di un pasto in Jugoslavia non supera i 5-6 marchi a pasto
(quando ci si abbuffa!); organizzando una cucina nella casa si potrebbe
ancora essere piu' economi.
alloggio: si spera di contenere il tutto nei 100 marchi a settimana a
testa.
Naturalmente il preventivo di spesa puo' subire modifiche in funzione di
vari fattori, non ultimo il tiupo di appartamento che si trova.
- CAMPO DI LAVORO A BELGRADO - ORFANOTROFIO J.JOVANOVIC ZMAJ
Il secondo campo e' un "ritorno": ho parlato con Nikola Popovic
dell'orfanotrofio Jovan Jovanovic Zmai di Belgrado e anche li' c'e' la
disponibilita' di massima per fare animazione per un paio di settimane.
anche qui l'alloggio sara' a cura dei partecipanti in un appartamento da
affittare (si spera entro i 100 marchi a settimana; vitto come per il
campo a Kraljievo). Il numero di volontari dovra' essere contenuto a 4
piu' il coordinatore. Anche in questo caso bisognerebbe reperire il
coordinatore rapidamente e selezionare i volontari accuratamente.
Date: 10-24 Agosto 2000
N. Volontari: 4/5 + coordinatore
Requisiti per i vols: conoscenza almeno dell'inglese e preferenza per
chi conosce il serbo.
IMPORTANTE: il campo puo' subire delle riduzioni se non siamo in grado
di garantire la presenza di un coordinatore per tutto il tempo. Le date
possono subire delle variazioni per situazioni contingenti attualmente
imprevedibili.
Costi previsti: A carico del partecipante
iscrizione: lire 60.000 piu' tessera SCI per il 2000 (L.30.000)
viaggio fino a Belgrado (A/R): in treno circa 350.000; in aereo
(alitalia) circa 700.000 (partenze lu, ve, sab)- a carico del
partecipante.
vitto: un po' con ristorantini, un po' cucinando, se l'appartamento lo
consentira', un po' con il vitto dell'orfanotrofio.
Il costo di un pasto in Jugoslavia non supera i 5-6 marchi a pasto
(quando ci si abbuffa!); organizzando una cucina nella casa si potrebbe
ancora essere piu' economi.
alloggio: si spera di contenere il tutto nei 100 marchi a settimana a
testa.
Naturalmente il preventivo di spesa puo' subire modifiche in funzione di
vari fattori, non ultimo il tiupo di appartamento che si trova.
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INFORMAZIONI PRATICHE:
Scadenza per adesioni:
Kraljevo 1° turno: 30 Giugno 2000
Kraljevo 2° turno: 15 luglio 2000
Belgrado: 15 luglio
l'anticipo e' dovuto al fatto che per avere il visto bisogna avere una
lettera d'invito NOMINATIVA e per il fatto che le persone interessate
saranno chiamate a un incontro di (in)formazione obbligatorio prima
della partenza e prima della selezione dei volontari che partiranno.
L'incontro potrebbe essere programmato all'inizio di luglio e a meta'
luglio per i due scaglioni principali. QUINDI: NON ATTARDATEVI.
Tutte le richieste vanno inviate a ponac@...
indicando, oltre ai vostri dati personali, il numero di passaporto
valido, una lettera di motivazione e un breve curriculum.
ciao a tutti
carlo
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ASSISI: CAMPO 2000
Assisi 30 Luglio - 6 Agosto
NO ALLA GLOBALIZZAZIONE!
Da Seattle a San Vicente,
la ribellione contro l'impero dell'ingiustizia avanza!
<< AD ASSISI IL PIU' GRANDE ESPERTO DEL
SISTEMA DI SPIONAGGIO GLOBALE (ECHELON) >>
Nicky Hager, il ricercatore neozelandese autore di "Secret Power"
(1996),
dopo aver letto l'appello del Campo Antiimperialista ed il relativo
programma, ci ha manifestato la sua disponibilità a partecipare a questa
nostra iniziativa.
Nicky Hager, vale la pena sottolinearlo, è l'autore dell'unico libro
pubblicato in tutto il pianeta, che tratti la questione del sistema di
controllo globale, noto col nome di "Echelon", attraverso testimonianze
dirette.
Hager è stato, infatti, fino ad ora l'unico ricercatore ad essere
riuscito
ad intervistare personale che abbia lavorato all'interno del progetto
Echelon. Nel suo libro "Potere Segreto, il ruolo della Nuova Zelanda
nella
Rete Internazionale di Spionaggio", Hager intervista una cinquantina di
ex
agenti segreti neozelandesi (ma non solo) che hanno abbandonato il
"Security Bureau" per motivi che restano tutt'ora oscuri e che forse
vanno
rintracciati in complessi giochi di spionaggio e diplomazia tra Stati
Uniti
e Nuova Zelanda.
ECHELON, semplificando molto, è un sistema di intercettazione orientato
su
quella ventina di satelliti Intelsat (International Telecommunications
Satellite Organisation), disposti lungo l'asse dell'equatore e che
funzionano da ponte per quasi tutte le telefonate e messaggi via fax,
e-mail, telex ecc..
Le basi principali del sistema Echelon si trovano a Sugar Grove e Yakima
(Stati Uniti), a Waihopai (Nuova Zelanda), a Geraldton (Australia), ad
Hong
Kong e a Morwenstow (Inghilterra). La potenza di elaborazione (o
“scanning
and screening”) di Echelon dichiarata dalla NSA era, nel 1992, di
2.000.000
di comunicazioni all’ora.
I primi due capitoli del libro di Hager sono riprodotti in questa pagina
internet:
http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/sp/index.html
-----------------------------
<< Estratto dal rapporto della Fondazione Omega
di Manchester, presentato al Parlamento Europeo
[atto PE 166.499 in data Settembre 1998] >>
All'interno dell'Europa tutte le e-mail, le chiamate telefoniche e le
comunicazioni via fax sono intercettate quotidianamente dalla National
Security Agency (NSA), quindi tutta l'informazione utile è trasferita
dall'Europa, attraverso il nodo di Londra, via satellite, a Fort Meade
(Maryland) ed attraverso il nodo cruciale di Menwith Hill (North York
Moors, Inghilterra).
Il sistema di Echelon forma parte del sistema di spionaggio degli Stati
Uniti/Gran Bretagna ma, a differenza di altri sistemi di spionaggio
sviluppati durante la guerra fredda, ECHELON è stato ideato
principalmente
per obiettivi non militari: governi, organizzazioni e questioni
commerciali
di ogni paese.
Il sistema di ECHELON lavora indicriminatamente intercettando una grande
quantità di comunicazioni ed estraendo, attraverso l'aiuto
dell'intelligenza artificiale come quella di Memex (nome di uno dei
computers utilizzati per questa funzione), informazioni sulla base di
parole chiavi.
Cinque nazioni condividono i risultati ottenuti dagli Stati Uniti, sulla
base di un accordo del 1948: Gran Bretagna, Canada, Nuova Zelanda ed
Australia....
---------------------------------
Sempre Hager intervistò i responsabili del GCHQ [Government
Communications
Headquarters] di Londra. Il GCHQ ammise l'intercettazione di tre entità
morali, comprese Amnesty International ed Christian Aid. "In qualsiasi
momento si possono verificare le loro comunicazioni, sulla base di una
semplice richiesta di informazioni".
Il Sunday Times (11 Maggio del 1998) dettaglia che presso la stazione di
Menwith Hill (stazione della NSA numero F83) nel North Yorkshire, si
diede
compito di intercettare tutte le comunicazioni ordinarie commerciali.
Gli
impiegati passarono quindi da 400 (negli anni ottanta) a più di 1400 (ai
quali vanno aggiunti 370 di altra impresa che lì lavora).
Lo stesso Sunday racconta del fatto che la Thompson-CSF, compagnia
elettronica francese, ha perso 1,4 miliardi di dollari per fornire
sistemi
radar al Brasile, dal momento che i nordamericani intercettarono i
dettagli
delle negoziazioni e passarono l'informazione alla compagnia
nordamericana
Raytheon, che vinse quindi il contratto di fornitura.
O ancora, quando nel 1990 il colosso nordamericano della telefonia, la
AT&T, concorreva ad una gara d’appalto contro la giapponese NEC, per la
fornitura di strutture di telecomunicazioni all’Indonesia. Gli USA
spiarono
le trattative e l’appalto fu vinto dalla AT&T ed oggi, così, le
centraline
telefoniche nazionali ed internazionali a Jakarta sono nordamericane.
Nicky Hager si è offerto di venire a parlare di Echelon, ma anche dei
legami tra sicurezza e potere. Nel suo più recente libro, pubblicato
l'anno
scorso (solamente a maggio di quest'anno negli USA) espone poi le
tattiche
utilizzate dalle compagnie di pubbliche relazioni (per conto delle
multinazionali) per danneggiare le campagne di pubblico interesse (e
cosa
possono fare i movimenti per contrarrestare queste tattiche).
PERCHE' HAGER POSSA ARRIVARE IN ITALIA, ABBIAMO BISOGNO DI TUTTI VOI, DI
CONTRIBUTI ECONOMICI VOLONTARI, DELLA VOSTRA PARTECIPAZIONE AL CAMPO
D'ASSISI!!!!
QUALORA CI FOSSERO REALTA' INTERESSATE AD ORGANIZZARE UNA INIZIATIVA
PROPRIA CON NICKY HAGER, VI PREGHIAMO DI CONTATTARCI IMMEDIATAMENTE.
OVVIAMENTE LE INIZIATIVE DOVRANNO ESSERE A RIDOSSO DEL CAMPO
ANTIMPERIALISTA (indicativamente dal 23 luglio fino al 14 agosto).
SE FOSTE IN GRADO DI DARE QUALCHE CONTRIBUTO ECONOMICO AL CAMPO
ANTIMPERIALISTA << NO ALLA GLOBALIZZAZIONE >>, CONTATTATECI
IMMEDIATAMENTE:
ale.ramon@..., campo2000@..., allo 0349-3650834 o ancora
allo 030-2190006
SMASCHERIAMO LA GLOBALIZZAZIONE !
! TOD@S JUNT@S !
Comitato Internazionalista Arco Iris
(parte integrante del Comitato Promotore del Campo Antimperialista)
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| Assisi 30 Luglio - 6 Agosto |
| NO ALLA GLOBALIZZAZIONE! |
| Da Seattle a San Vicente, |
| la ribellione contro l'impero dell'ingiustizia avanza! |
| info: ale.ramon@... |
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OLANDA
From: Herman de Tollenaere <hermantl@...>
To: office@...
Subject: Balkan peace actions The Netherlands
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 18:48:03 +0200
Balkan peace actions The Netherlands, July 2000:
Saturday 1 July, The Hague, buurthuis [community center] Boerenplein,
Mandelaplein, 19 u.30: public meeting of committee NATO No. Author
Michel
Collon speaks and shows his video on the bombing of Yugoslavia. One can
get
to the venue with tramway 11 or 12 from the railway station.
Thursday 6 July, 12 u.30, Amsterdam, Courthouse [Paleis van Justitie],
Prinsengracht 434: verdict in the public court case of Yugoslav war
victims
against Dutch government ministers Kok, Van Aartsen en De Grave [time
provisional; court may need more time]. The courthouse is not far from
tram
stop Leidseplein.
Thursday 6 July, 20 u., Utrecht, Oudegracht 36: meeting. Discussion and
information for public and press on why people oppose the
"Megafestatie".
This is a trade fair/exhibition aimed at young people. Main exhibitors
are
the Dutch military, aiming to get teenagers into the Dutch army,
military
police, and Marines. The propaganda slogan of the armed forces is:
"[Like]
a nanny; but differently." People killed or wounded by NATO armed forces
in
the Balkans and elsewhere might differ. So, during the whole
Megafestatie,
visitors will get counter information to the official propaganda.
Saturday 8 - Sunday 16 July Utrecht, Jaarbeurs: actions against the
Megafestatie. Starting every day at 12 o'clock.
Saturday 8 July: demonstrators will gather at Smakkelaarsveld [Central
Station side, opposite to Jaarbeurs]
Sunday 9 July: demonstrators will gather at entrance of Jaarbeurs
Monday 10 July: demonstrators will gather at Central Station exit,
escalators, Jaarbeursplein
etc.
More info on the actions at e-mail address: onkruit@...
On Tuesday 11 July in Den Bosch ['s Hertogenbosch; The Netherlands],
five
peace activists will be on trial for opposing NATO bombs during the 1999
war against Yugoslavia. They cut perimeter barbed wire of Volkel
military
air base, where F16 aircraft then took off for Kosovo. In all
probability
[the public may not know], there are also still US nuclear bombs at
Volkel
air base.
The case starts Tuesday 11 July , 13.30 o'clock at the "Gerechtshof
[court
house]", Leeghwaterlaan 8 in Den Bosch, near the back entrance of Den
Bosch
central railway station. The court case is public. So, other peace
activists are welcome.
Before the case starts, at 13 o'clock, here peace activists will gather.
More info on the case at e-mail address: onkruit@...
Please pass this info on to others.
Best wishes,
Herman de Tollenaere
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UN LIBRO DA RIPROPORRE
Subject: Urgent
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 13:42:41 PDT
From: "Dragan Pavlovic"
Dear friends,
Would you please find, retype, scan, put on the Web chapter 5 of the
book:
Franz Neumann: Behemouth, Structure and Praxis of National - Socialism
1933
- 1944, Oxford University Press, 1942; 1944.
We live in an interesting but unsecure time. The times were of course
never
secure enough, but twice in Europe insecurity reached the point of no
return. Neither social scientist and even less politicians were able to
recognize when the critical point was too close. We are not in better
position today either.
You are the people who are probably as anxious as I am that the point of
no
return may be very close and are trying, as much as you can, prevent the
worst happen.
In the forties the book was published describing international politics
of
Germany. Many of you must have read it. Those who have not, if by any
chance
read it today would think it to be of much recant date, a parody written
by
some "crazy" opponent of Western (NATO) ideology. That excellent book
is,
unfortunately, no parody, as the time we live is not. It was real and is
real.
Again:
Franz Neumann: Behemouth, Structure and Praxis of National - Socialism
1933
- 1944, Oxford University Press, 1942; 1944. It was translated later in
German, may be in French, I do not know.
If you would get it, reed it, republish it, and put it on the Web.
Particularly Chapter 5. Write an essay on it, or make your students do
it
(if you are social scientist, what I am not, and my students neither).
Help
them understand what is happening today. It may help. Please.
Dragan Pavlovic
--------- COORDINAMENTO ROMANO PER LA JUGOSLAVIA -----------
RIMSKI SAVEZ ZA JUGOSLAVIJU
e-mail: crj@... - URL: http://marx2001.org/crj
http://www.egroups.com/group/crj-mailinglist/
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L'IGNORANZA / 2.
"La capacita' critica e' la maggiore delle necessita' umane. Sapere,
conoscere, e' il primo dei diritti e il primo dovere dell'essere umano,
verso se stesso e verso gli altri. Vivere senza sapere e' condannarsi a
essere vittima, a vivere come una paglia al vento o a commettere atroci
errori di giudizio. Dal sapere o non sapere dipende se la vita fa di noi
un eroe, un criminale o una vittima."
Filippo Gaia,
dall'introduzione a "Il Secolo Corto", Maquis editore, Milano 1994
--------- COORDINAMENTO ROMANO PER LA JUGOSLAVIA -----------
RIMSKI SAVEZ ZA JUGOSLAVIJU
e-mail: crj@... - URL: http://marx2001.org/crj
http://www.egroups.com/group/crj-mailinglist/
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"La capacita' critica e' la maggiore delle necessita' umane. Sapere,
conoscere, e' il primo dei diritti e il primo dovere dell'essere umano,
verso se stesso e verso gli altri. Vivere senza sapere e' condannarsi a
essere vittima, a vivere come una paglia al vento o a commettere atroci
errori di giudizio. Dal sapere o non sapere dipende se la vita fa di noi
un eroe, un criminale o una vittima."
Filippo Gaia,
dall'introduzione a "Il Secolo Corto", Maquis editore, Milano 1994
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* Verso un "nuovo Kosovo"... (Sabac Online)
* Armi USA per l'UCK (Tanjug / Emperors Clothes)
* 1995-1997: "preistoria" delle forniture di armi all'UCK... (BTA,
Albanian Daily News)
* Il terrorismo ceceno ha radici in Kosovo? (Albanian Daily News)
* BALKAN - ALBANIA - KOSOVO - HEROIN - JIHAD (Center for Peace in the
Balkans)
* Sui piani di stanziamento permanente USA in Kosovo (LA Times, Le
Figaro, SerbiaInfo)
* Un articolo sull'UCK da Foreign Affairs (link)
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TOWARDS A "NEW KOSOVO"
http://www.sabac.co.yu/e-zine/social_politics/txt/english/n_arvanites_towards_new_kosovo_062000.html
Text: Nick Arvanites , expert for geopolitics
© Sabac OnLine, June 2000.
It started with the "ethnic cleansing" of the Kosovo Albanians[1], but
one year after the entry of peacekeeping forces into
Kosovo, the tables have turned.
The KFOR peace force entered Kosovo on the 13th of June 1999 with the
aim of guaranteeing peace and security to all the
citizens of the Serbian southern province with the support of the UN
civil authority as well as a number of humanitarian
and non-government organizations[2]. Since then over 180,000 Serbs and
other non-Albanians have fled or have been
driven out of the province, 3,688 terrorist attacks have been
perpetrated, 739 people have been killed, 611 injured, 688
kidnapped and over 70 Serbian Orthodox churches and monasteries
destroyed or damaged. According to journalistic data
the majority of Kosovo's towns have been all but cleansed of Serbs.
About 2,500 Serbs have remained in Orahovac and Velika Hoca, while from
the village of Brecja near Kosovo Polje, across
Drenica and Metohija to the Albanian border not more than a few tens of
Serbs remain. Around a hundred Serbian families
have remained in Prizren, six old women have found shelter in the
Djakovica church, and two women in the Pec
Patriarchy. A larger number of Serbs, about 100,000 have remained in the
Kosovo basin, the Morava valley of Kosovo and
in Sririnik region of the Sar mountains.[3]
Obviously, the state of affairs in Kosovo after the arrival of
peacekeeping forces has been deteriorating constantly. Some
of the UN representatives also think that there are no positive trends
in this region. For example, the German paper,
BERLINER ZEITUNG, quotes an active UN representative in Kosmet, Tom
Kenings, who says that "the murders of
Serbs and Romas have not stopped there" and concludes that "the idea of
the creation of multiethnic Kosovo has dismally
failed".[4]
Some[5] believe that Kenings' statements contradict statements issuing
from NATO's military and political leadership,
that the Alliance is presently the only credible and effective force for
the containment of conflict anywhere in the world
especially when having in mind that, as a the result of the same NATO
policy, the Albanian authorities in the region are
caving in under the pressure from the criminal clans of Hasim Taci and
other KLA leaders who receive extra profit from
narcobusiness and the arms trade.
Four months after the bombardment of Yugoslavia, secret documents,
signed by the general secretary of NATO, Javier
Solana, were leaked. These documents analyze the manner in which the KLA
is financed and comment on its Mafia
connections and the routes by which arms reach Kosovo. All NATO members
were familiar with the contents of the
documents dated 10.02.1999[6]. However, this did not stop them from
launching the air-campaign against Yugoslavia
only 45 days later.
According to the precise, secret data in the document, the KLA received
arms and financial support from the Albanian
Diaspora and different criminal groups. Traffic in narcotics provides
the basic part of income. A significant role is played
by the Mafia from Croatia, consisting of Croats who left Kosovo from
1989 to 1990. It controls the drugs traffic in
Zagreb and gives economic support to the KLA. The routes along which
arms travel to Kosovo are the same ones used by
humanitarian organizations, and arms are hidden in the same trucks
carrying food and medicine. Besides some
internationally known humanitarian organizations, this is true of
Albanian humanitarian organizations such as "Help for
Kosovo" with central offices in Tirana. According to a further NATO
report the largest help to the KLA comes from
Europe, but also from North America and the Middle East. The arms routes
go through Bosnia, Italy, Croatia, Macedonia
and Montenegro. The countries from which the KLA has bought arms are:
Rumania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Turkey, Cyprus,
China, Israel, Bosnia, Croatia, South Africa and Switzerland. The
center of economic operations is in Switzerland and the
money is transferred further via banks. Bosnia has become the center of
arms trade due to its special position . After the
war in Croatia and Bosnia a large quantity of arms has remained there,
while SFOR "... allows smugglers freedom of
movement...". In one part, the report suggests measures to be used to
prevent the arms trade, arms delivery and financial
support to the KLA, but in the same breath it continues: "these measures
should be taken if this is the result we require".
The Kosmet "gray zone" which is more and more in the state of collapse,
due to the lack of infrastructure, political
corruption, the international community's lack of success and the loss
of legitimacy and control over certain factions, has
become the resort of criminal syndicates and terrorist groups which are
the centers of local power and money acquired
through smuggling, the development of low and middle level narcobusiness
and other illegal activities[7]. At the same
time a part of the KLA incorporates in the Albanian narcomafia[8] from
the harbor of Valona to Drac, the old training
centers of the KLA in northern Albania in Kukes, in Tropoja to the
Adriatic with transit zones through Prokletije or via
the Skadar lake channel. At the local level, former KLA structures aim
to create an ethnically cleansed Kosmet with the
forms of government of the Sicilian, Albanian or Colombian type, where
the Mafia controls local and other policies
primarily through influencing local administration and the management
of large firms, and by infiltrating the local
police and the UN and KFOR structures, primarily by means of supplying
luxury goods, drugs and prostitution[9].
More than 10,000 prostitutes are thought to be working in Kosmet,
recruited from Kosmet, Albania, Macedonia,
Bulgaria and the interior of Serbia and Montenegro with a calculated
profit of 600 to 700 million marks a year[10].
Counterfeit money and documents originating from Kosmet are also
expected to appear. It is clear that this is a highly
criminalized corner of southeast Europe, the potential victims of which
could also be the KFOR mission and the total
UN presence in Kosmet. The power of money can be used to bribe
influential individuals from the UN, OSCE, EU and
NATO administration.
According to the statements of OSCE mission co-workers in Kosovo, the
takeover of one of the largest energy
complexes, OBILIC, by the Kosmet Albanians the Thaci clan has secured
another source of riches. At this moment the
power station produces at least 700mWATTs of electrical energy, but only
150mWATTs reach the consumers. This
means that the rest of the energy is illegally exported to Macedonia,
Albania and possibly to Serbia, and the income thus
gained ends up in the pockets of the Thaci family. According to the UN
experts, this source of income is second in
importance after drugs trafficking but the present administration cannot
halt it due to an apparent lack of evidence. In the
UN and OSCE mission some believe that the UN mission chief Bernard
Koucner takes his cut of this profit, via Thaci.
Such rumors were be heard in Kosmet particularly after the release of
Thaci's brother who had been arrested at the
beginning of January this year because of illegal possession of arms and
released only a couple of hours later, following
the personal intervention of Kouchner[11].
Thus the Thaci clan and their associates can expand their influence on
political developments, the organization of local
government and the police, the distribution of humanitarian aid and the
expansion of crime while, at the same time,
carrying out terrorist acts against the non-Albanian population, thus
forcing them to flee the province. There are
additional indications that the KLA is preparing for the physical
liquidation of persons on the KLA lists[12]. Those
targeted would be politicians, journalists, members of the Yugoslav Army
and Police force, undesirable for the KLA but
also for the "underground diplomacy" of Albania and some countries of
the KFOR mission. Taci's intention seems to be to
launch terrorism within Serbia proper, everywhere where Albanians live,
primarily in Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja
where Albanians constitute a significant presence[13]. The resistance of
the Albanian village militias is also to be
expected, since they are against KLA plundering and enforcement of their
will in ethnically pure Albanian environments.
In this context the possibility of activating a part of the KLA in
Macedonia should not be excluded, and this would be
within "Brigade KLA 121"[14].
However, the Albanian "civil option" in Kosmet and other ordinary
citizens have reacted against the Thaci clan on a
number of occasions, some of them even say that "it was better at the
time of Serbs"[15], but those political players have
no room for maneuver at present. They are awaiting another phase with a
clearer form of KLA transformation and
probably a more stable picture of political actors in Belgrade who have
to understand that the solution exists only from
inside, and not outside, and that it is high time speeches about
Kosmet's and country's fate were delivered inside the
Serbian territory rather than in neighboring countries or luxurious
offices and hotels in abroad.
Nick Arvanites,
May, 2000.
© Saba c OnLine
[1] Raport mbi shkeljen e të drejtave e të lirive të njeriut në Kosovë
gjatë vitit 1999: DHUNA E TERRORI I
INSTITUCIONALIZUAR SERB MORI DIMENSIONIN E HAPUR SHFAROSËS GJENOCIDAL TË
SHQIPTARËVE
[2] Joska Fiser, Kosovo: Izazovi i Sanse, autorski tekst za BLIC,
24/3/2000- Ambassador Alexander Vershbow , European Security Post-Kosovo
,
Oxford's Konigswinter Conference 23/3/2000.
[3] Crucified Kosovo, Destroyed and Desecrated Serbian Orthodox Churches
in Kosovo and Metohia (June-October 1999), Media and Publishing
Center of Raska and Prizren Orthodox Eparchy- Zoran Andjelkovic, Days of
Terror,Center for Peace and Tolerance, Belgrade 2000-Teroristicki
Akti Albanskih Teroristickih Grupa na Kosovu i Metohiji, Dokumenta i
Dokazi 1/1/1998-10/6/1999, III&IV, SMIP, Beograd, Mart 2000- Sefko
Alomerovic, Postoje li Logori na Kosovu?, AIM, 31/3/2000- Gordana
Janicijevic, Otimaju Bebe, Zene, Starce, DUGA, No 1736Natasa Kandic, The
Lesson of Orahovac: The International Administration in KosovoEncourages
Violence Against Serbs, HLC Belgrade- Human Rights Watch, FRY:
Abuses Against Serbs and Roma in the New Kosovo, August 1999, Vol. 11,
No 10 (D)
[4] 18/1/2000
[5] N.D.A. Arvanites, Geopolitika i Balkan: Organizovani Kriminal i Novi
Svetski Poredak na Kosovu, BACL, Beograd 2000, p. 41-44
[6] IMS Assesment of UCK Arms Trafficking from Secretary General to
Permanent Representatives (Council) & Head of Mission of the Three
Invited Countries, SG (99) 0170, 10 February 1999- RIZOSPASTIS, 22
August 1999- STRATFOR Special Report, Kosovo: One Year Later,
3/3/2000- DUGA, Tajno Pismo Clanicama o Ilegalnom Naoruzavanju OVK,
No1721- N.D.A. Arvanites, Geopolitika i Balkan: Organizovani Kriminal
i Novi Svetski Poredak na Kosovu, BACL, Beograd 2000,p. 19-22, 29-32,
75-86
[7]Budimir Babovic, Iz Dosijea Interpola, Beograd 1991- Kosovo: Zona
bez Zakona, DANAS, 23/2/2000- Barry James, War Zone Turns to
Crime:Kosovo and Albania Are Cited for Lawlessness, International
Herald Tribune, 15/3/2000-Nikolaj Chavdarov, Kosovo Narco-Mafia Invading
Bulgaria, Sega, Sofia- Maggie O'Kane, Kosovo Drug Mafia Supply Heroin to
Europe, The Guardian, 13/3/2000- Imer Mushkolaj, KOSOVO DRUG
THREAT:Albanian drug dealers and traffickers are flourishing in post-war
Kosovo, IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 142, 23/5/2000
[8] Goran Draskovic, Osnovni Pravci Medjnarodnog Tranzita Opojnih Droga-
Ozivljavanje Balkanskog Puta in SPRECAVANJE ZLOUPOTREBE
DROGA, Srpsko Udruzenje Za Krivicno Pravo, 1999, p.123-131
[9] What Happened to the KLA?, International Crisis Group Reports,
3/3/2000
[10] Transfer Devojaka sa Istoka na Zapad, DANAS 18/2/2000- Mlade
Albanke Belo Roblje, GLAS, 18/3/2000- NATO Forces spur Kosovo
Prostitution Boom, AFP, 5/1/2000- Frances Kennedy, Albanians Redraw
Italy's Crime Map, The Independent, 20/2/2000-James Pringle, Sex Slave
Trade Thrives Among Kosovo Troops, The Times, 5/2/2000-Nightclub
shame,24/2/2000, TIMES- FEATURES- Imer Mushkolaj and Mentor
Shala, A Prostitutes Call: We Will Take Over Kosovo, IWPR, No 101,
10/12/1999
[11] Kosovo rebuilds among ruins of thewar that never ends, THE SUNDAY
TIMES, 19/5/2000- Kouchner and Reinhardt pronounce Thaci
untouchable, AFP, 22/1/2000- Vladimir Milovanovic, Kosovska Privreda:
Vlasnistvo Kusnera, VREME, 13/5/2000- on the field reports and
interviews in Kosovo
[12] Radivoje Petrovic, Likcidacije Medju Albanskim Teroristima,
POLITIKA, 11/5/2000- Granit Guri, Elimination of Former KLA Commanders:
"X
File", AIM , 18/5/ 2000
[13] Baton Haxhiu, Pse nuk mund te perseritet UCK-ja?: Pse dallojne
Kosova Lindore dhe Kosova. Ideja per t'i pershtaturPresheves, Bujanocit
dhe
Medvegjes variantin e Kosoves eshte aq errezikshme sa mund te kete
pasoja te renda per Kosoven dhe per politiken nderkombetare karshi ketij
problemi, Revista Klan, Nr 150- Fehim Rexhepi, Presevo, Boujanovac,
Medvedja:Moguca Tacka Sukoba?, AIM,5/2/2000- Vukasin Obradovic, Sta
se Zbiva na Jugu Srbije?, AIM, 4/3/2000- Milorad Pavlovic, Presevo i
Bujanovac ili Prica o Najavi Vrelog Proleca, DUGA, No 1737
[14]Slucaj Aracinovo: Stranskite paruznavaci predupreduvat na "proletno
scenario", START, No 53, 28/1/2000.D.A. Arvanites, Geopolitika i Balkan:
Organizovani Kriminal i Novi Svetski Poredak na Kosovu, BACL, Beograd
2000,p. 23-27, 33-36, 37-39, 45-46, 49-51
[15]Zijadin Gashi, Rugova Pridobija Birace Cuteci, Thaci obustavlja
Kritike, AIM, 30/1/2000- Lj. Staletovic, Zajednicki Zivot Uslov
Opstanka,
GLAS, 18/3/2000-Srpsko-Albanski Dijalog, Helsniski Odbor za Ljudska
Prava u Srbiji, I, Beograd 1997/ II, Beograd 1999
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ARMI USA ALL'UCK
From: http://emperors-clothes.com/indexe.htm
U.S Arms 3,500 Albanian Terrorists
By the Yugoslav press agency, Tanjug
With extensive comments by Jared Israel (05/0500)
The following is based on an article from Tanjug (pronounced tanyug),
the
press service of the Yugoslav government. Given the admittedly partisan
source some might be inclined to poo-poo the charges made here, so I
added
some quotes from pro-NATO media. These and my own analysis suggest that,
if
anything, Tanjug understates its case, sparing us some of the more
unbelievable details.
TANJUG: The US administration recently secretly armed more than 3.500
Albanian extremists who are acting under the wing of the Kosovo
Protection
Corps (KPC). The US government has continually supplied Albanian
terrorists
in Kosovo-Metohija with arms since the arrival of the UN Peace Mission
in
the southern Serbian province, in spite of verbal public condemnations
of
terrorism, and unknown to its allies in KFOR.
Jared comments: In Why is the KLA shooting at KFOR? we noted that recent
fighting between the Kosovo Liberation Army and French troops in
northern
Kosovo (Mitrovica) was really a proxy war between the US and France.
Well,
during that fighting, French troops seized a KLA ambulance stuffed with,
we
kid you not, "14 anti-tank rocket launchers, more than 180
high-explosive
grenades, and more than 3,000 cartridges for guns, (Bergen County
Record,
2-16-00) and "including a US-made 'street sweeper' grenade launcher..."
(AFP, 2-15-00)
Got that? Pretty amazing?
Here's more amazing. Gen. Shelton, boss of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
immediately held a press conference commenting on the ambulance. Why
would a
big-shot like him comment on an incident like that? But OK, did he at
least
denounce the KLA for violating the UN agreement under which NATO tries
to
justify its occupation of Kosovo? Did he chastise the KLA for planning
to
slaughter even more local people and now French troops as well? No sir,
he
talked about the difficulties of preventing arms smuggling from Serbia.
>From Serbia?
The ambulance was seized as it was being driven north towards not away
from
inner Serbia. And these were US-made weapons stashed inside, and this
was a
KLA ambulance.
So what was the point of Shelton's statement? I think the intention was
clear. By first taking the unheard of step of commenting on a minor
incident, and then pointing the finger at Yugoslavia instead of the KLA,
Shelton was affirming, at the highest level, that the US government
supported the KLA arms buildup. What reason do we have to doubt that the
US
also covertly supplies the KLA with weapons? The only question is: why
would
the US equip only 3500 terrorists? has the CIA gotten cheap?
Back to TANJUG: The Kosovo Protection Corps, officially formed Sept 20,
1999
as a civilian institution...is actually the so-called Kosovo Liberation
Army
(KLA)...an extreme grouping of Albanian separatists but repackaged in a
manner that NATO experts hope will be acceptable to the international
public, that is, in a manner that creates the illusion of respecting
Resolution 1244 of the UN Security Council.
Jared comments: The Kosovo Protection Corps is openly run by the same
thugs
who led the KLA. It's a name change. The KPC remains a racist, crazy,
terrorist-gangster organization. Just read the following mind boggling
account from the Albanian Daily News of 4-19-00. If I were editing the
Albanian Daily News, I would have called the story:
"THE RIGHT TO BEAR ROCKET LAUNCHERS.."
Forgive me but I peppered the Daily News text with comments, in
brackets.
Here's the story:
"United Nations police have detained a suspect in the murder of a
high-ranking officer of the Kosovo Protection Force (KPC), spokesman
Charlie
Johnson said Tuesday... They are also searching for another man
suspected of
involvement in the slaying in central Pristina Monday of Besim Mala, a
former commander of the separatist Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)...gunned
down in broad daylight in a restaurant in what was thought to be a
property
dispute, Johnson said.
The suspect was detained several hours later. The killing was condemned
by
the commander of the KPC, General Agim Ceku who described it as an
attack on
the "freedom and future of Kosovo."
[Jared's note: Ceku is a former (?) KLA top leader, that is, war
criminal.
He has also been charged with war crimes for his role five years ago
helping
lead the slaughter and expulsion of over 200,000 Serbian residents of
the
Krajina section of what is now Croatias. It is clear from Ceku's remark
about the murder being "an attack on the 'freedom and future of
Kosovo.'"
that this killing resulted from a leadership fight within the KPC. These
guys conduct elections in the style of Al Capone: "Bang! Youse guys is
dead.
My guys is elected!"]
The KPC is a civil emergency organization formed out of the
demilitarized
KLA. [Jared's note: Demilitarized? This is nightmare-comedy. Read on...]
Johnson said UN police had also released a man held late Monday in
connection with another attack in central Prishtina just a few hundred
meters from the restaurant where Mala was shot. The man had been
detained by
KFOR peacekeeping troops at a vehicle checkpoint for having two rocket
warheads in his car shortly after unidentified attackers fired a
rocket-propelled grenade into a building in the city center. The blast
injured two ethnic Albanians but was thought to have been targeted at a
neighboring apartment occupied by Serbian journalists, Johnson said. He
[Johnson] said the explosive had apparently been fired from a rocket
launcher from a nearby rooftop. The firing tube was found some 200
meters
from the rooftop, Johnson said.
The detainee was released after explosives experts established the
rockets
he was carrying were of a different type to the one used in the attack.
[Jared's note: Is any comment necessary?]
Back to TANJUG: Since the arrival of KFOR in Kosovo-Metohija, members of
"Kosovo Protection Corps" have brutally liquidated more than 1.000
civilians.
Jared comments: KFOR, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International,
Kosovapress, and the Internatioanl Crisis Group, who are to different
degrees either NATO or pro-NATO, have each admitted the KLA/KPC killed
hundreds of people in Kosovo. There is no question that, in NATO's
interest,
these groups have understated the numbers murdered.
The Orthodox Church, the Pristina Center for Tolerance and the Yugoslav
government have documented hundreds more deaths. Aside from that, many
have
been kidnapped and may be dead. In any case, the most important point is
not
the exact number of murders - which probably exceed 1000 - but the
situation.
Over 300,000 people have been driven from Kosovo. This includes most
Serbs,
Slavic Muslims, about 150,000 non-KLA Albanians and tens of thousands of
Roma ("Gypsies"). They did not leave out of fear of NATO bombs and they
did
not leave in order to make a political statement, to make the KLA look
bad.
They left because of the following:
"Murder, torture and extortion: these are the extraordinary charges made
against the UN's own Kosovo Protection Corps in a confidential United
Nations report written for Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
The KPC stands accused in the document, drawn up on 29 February, of
'criminal activities - killings, ill-treatment/torture, illegal
policing,
abuse of authority, intimidation, breaches of political neutrality and
hate-speech'.
The 5,000-strong corps, funded by UN members including Britain, has a
£30
million aid budget for Kosovo. It was set up to provide 'disaster
response
services'; instead, says the UN, it has been murdering and torturing
people." (From London Observer, 3/12/00 quoted in How will you plead at
the
trial, Mr.Annan?)
In other words, the cause of the huge exodus is gangsterism and racist
terror. As you may recall, NATO said it was taking over Kosovo in order
to
produce racial harmony. So what is NATo's reaction to the destruction of
multietnic life in Kosovo, to the transformation of Kosovo into a
nightmare
of fascist gangsterism? Here is the answer from the outgoing NATO
Commander
in Kosovo, Gen. Wesley Clark:
"On Monday, he visited Kosovo and said there was an 'increasing sense of
security, the indicators of recovery from strong-arm ethnic cleansing
and
even some first budding signs of willingness to tolerate ethnic
differences
and cooperate among ethnic groups.'"
TANJUG: The Corps comprises 5.000 men and is under the direct command of
the
KFOR...in keeping with the policy of the UN Secretary-General's special
envoy... Bernard Kouchner of France.
The fact that US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright recently ordered
Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, to strike leader
Hashim
Thaci (of the officially disbanded terrorist KLA) from the list of
persons
indicted for war crimes, is perhaps the best confirmation that Albanian
extremists are in fact favorites and protégés of the US administration.
Jared comments: Maybe the Thaci cover-up is the best evidence that the
murderous KLA racists are US administration proteges. But it's as we
have
seen, it is not the only evidence.
Let me close with a quote from an op ed article in the NY Times by
William
Clinton. It is inconceivable that when Clinton wrote this op ed piece
last
May he was unaware of the nature of the KLA, which US covert agencies
had
helped to create and for whom the US had been the key sponsor at least
since
the Verification Teams went to Kosovo in the Fall of 1998. He understood
the
nature of the monster the US had chosen as its proxy force; he knew the
KLA's dreams:
"He, like many KLA officers, says openly that he dreams of a Kosovo
without
Serbs." (Description of KLA death squad commander "The Teacher", Agence
France Presse, August 19, 1999, quoted in The roots of Kosovo fascism by
George Thompson.)
Knowing what the KLA was, knowing what NATO and therefore KLA domination
of
Kosovo would mean, Clinton wrote:
"Freedom, respect for minority rights, and prosperity are powerful
forces
for progress. They give people goals to work for; they elevate hope over
fear and tomorrow over yesterday." (Clinton, op-ed editorial, NY Times,
May
23, 1999)
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1995: TRAFFICI DI ARMI IN BULGARIA/FYROM
1997: FURTI DI ARMI IN ALBANIA
BTA - BULGARIAN TELEGRAPH AGENCY
BULLETIN OF NEWS FROM BULGARIA
JUNE 16, 1995
ARM DEALS
The case of the so-called "Albanian deal" will be
tried within a month, "Standart News" writes citing Military
Prosecutor Colonel Mityu Markov. The question is about a
consignment of the Bulgarian Defence Ministry that
consisted of 100 mine-throwers, 10, 000 mines and 250
sniper rifles totalling 670, 000 US dollars which disappeared
in Macedonia on its way to Albania. It is not clear how the
carrier Mario Stoichkov, who in on the Interpol wanted list,
can be made to appear in court, the paper writes. The same
paper writes that eleven days ago Ivan M., a military
intelligence officer who was in charge of was reported
missing foreign currency remittances at the department, was
reported missing.
http://www.albaniannews.com
Albanian Daily News
June 9, 2000
Over 500,000 Albanian Guns Unaccounted For
TIRANA - More than half a million guns looted during
Albania’s civil uprising in 1997 are still at large
despite the government’s efforts to retrieve them, the
Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
Minister Spartak Poci said one fifth - or 117,488 guns
- of the 650,000 plundered from army depots have been
collected over the past three years, as well as 84
million bullets from an arsenal of over 1.5 billion.
“A part of the stolen guns has left the country, but
we don’t know how much,” Poci told reporters. The bulk
is thought to have been trafficked to neighbouring
Kosovo to help ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army
guerrillas fight for independence from Belgrade in a
conflict that ended last year.
The 1997 Albanian uprising was sparked by the collapse
of corrupt pyramid investment schemes and lasted
several months. Angry mobs looted army barracks in an
effort to destroy everything related with the state.
Last month the police found in a village in the Lezha
district 19 air-to-air missiles, type P2. The missiles
were in working order and were returned to the nearby
Gjader military air base. Police said 20 missiles had
been stolen from the base in 1997. Only one has not
been found yet.
The government has recently been consistent in its
firm commitment to the disarmament process, but
despite two years of work, the number of weapons and
ammunition collected accounts for no more than 20
percent of those looted. The police has also seized 52
tonnes of TNT, only a small fraction of the explosives
looted.
The government decided earlier this year to create a
500 strong police force to deal specifically with the
disarmament process.
Disarmament campaign “Development instead of Weapons”
is being extended to several districts of Albania
following the success of the Gramsh pilot project. The
United Nations Development Programme, and other
international organisations sponsoring disarming
projects, have pledged to provide investments for the
restructuring of infrastructure and creation of jobs
in return of arms surrender.
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KOSOVO E CECENIA
http://www.albaniannews.com
Albanian Daily News
June 6, 2000
Russian General Says Terrorism in Chechnya Has Roots
in Kosovo
MOSCOW - The terrorism which Russia is fighting in
Chechnya has some roots in Kosovo, the commander of
Russia’s airborne troops General Georgy Shpak claimed
in a newspaper report published Monday.
In an interview with the daily Vremya Novostei, the
officer discussed Russia’s role in the KFOR
international peacekeeping effort in Kosovo.
“The presence of the Russians is indispensable in this
hot spot of Europe, where we have political and
economic interests and our ancient traditions,” he
said.
“Apart from that, the terrorism against which we are
fighting in Chechnya has certain roots in Kosovo,”
Shpak added, without elaborating.
Terrorism is the official Moscow terminology for the
activities of Chechen separatist fighters.
General Valery Manilov, number two in the military
hierarchy, threatened last month to withdraw Russian
forces from KFOR if Yugoslavia’s integrity was
threatened. Some 3,600 Russian troops serve with KFOR,
which has a multinational total of 40,000 under NATO
leadership.
Russian and German soldiers with KFOR came under
anti-tank, machine gun and automatic fire last week in
the latest in a series of incidents. Russian soldiers
are frequent targets of Kosovar Albanians who believe
the Russians support the Serbian ruling power in
Belgrade.
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BALKAN - ALBANIA - KOSOVO - HEROIN - JIHAD
The Centre for Peace in the Balkans
www.balkanpeace.org
scontact@...
Research Analysis
May 2000
The biggest paradox in the international war on drugs is connected to
the Balkans and the explosion of terrorist activities in that troubled
area. However, it relates less to drugs and arms and more to the major
participants in this deadly game.
Terrorist organizations at the top of America's most wanted list are
receiving tacit support in the Balkans from the Clinton administration.
The "most wanted" terrorist in the world today, Osama bin Laden, who
declared a "fatwa" against the US, is being abetted by the Clinton
doctrine. In the Balkans, we are witnessing a true paradox where several
mortal enemies - Iranian revolutionary guards, Osama bin Laden and the
CIA - are standing shoulder to shoulder while pursuing diametrically
opposite goals.
Drugs Finance Terrorism
Earlier reporting has confirmed that terrorism in the Balkans has been
primarily financed through narcotics trafficking. Heroin - worth 12
times its weight in gold - is by far the most profitable commodity on
the markets. A kilogram of heroin, worth $1,000 in Thailand, wholesales
for $110,000 in Canada with a street value of $800,000.
In fact, heroin trafficking has become so beneficial to the cause of
Albanian separatism that the predominantly Albanian-inhabited towns of
Veliki Trnovac and Blastica in Serbia, Vratnica and Gostivar in FYR
Macedonia, and Shkoder and Durres in Albania have become known as the
"new Medellins" of the Balkans. Via the Balkan Route, heroin travels
through Turkey, FYR Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania en route to western
European markets. The value of the heroin shipped is $400-billion (US) a
year. As early as 1996, the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) detailed
the Balkan Route in its annual report. In 1998, the DEA stated that
Kosovo Albanians had become the second most important traffickers on the
Balkan Route.
These predominantly Albanian drug barons from Kosovo ship heroin
exclusively from Asia's Golden Crescent, an apparently inexhaustible
source. At one end of the crescent lies Afghanistan, which in 1999
surpassed Burma as the world's largest producer of opium poppies. From
there, the heroin base passes through Iran to Turkey, where it is
refined, and then placed into the hands of the Albanians who operate out
of the lawless towns bordering FYR Macedonia, Albania, and Serbia.
According to the US State Department, four to six tons of heroin move
through Turkey every month.
"Not very much is stopped", says one official. "We get just a fraction
of the total". Not surprisingly, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) has
flourished along the route. Its dependence on the drug lords is
difficult to prove, but the evidence is impossible to overlook.
In 1998, German Federal Police froze two bank accounts belonging to the
"United Kosova" organization at a Dusseldorf bank after it was
discovered that several hundred thousand dollars had been deposited into
those accounts by a convicted Kosovo Albanian drug trafficker. According
to at least one published report, Bujar Bukoshi, Prime Minister of the
"Kosova" Government in Exile, also allegedly controlled the accounts.
In early 1999 an Italian court in Brindisi convicted an Albanian heroin
trafficker named Amarildo Vrioni, who admitted obtaining weapons for the
KLA from the Mafia in exchange for drugs.
Last February 23, Czech police arrested Princ Dobroshi, the head of an
Albanian Kosovo drug gang. While searching his apartment, they
discovered evidence that he had placed orders for light infantry weapons
and rocket systems. No one had questioned what a small-time dealer would
be doing with rockets. Only later did Czech police reveal he was
shipping them to the KLA. The Czechs extradited Dobroshi to Norway where
he had escaped from prison in 1997 while serving a 14-year sentence for
heroin trafficking.
It's therefore not surprising, say European law enforcement officials,
that the faction that ultimately seized power in Kosovo -- the KLA under
Hashim Thaci -- was the group that maintained the closest links to
traffickers.
In its report about the KLA and heroin smuggling, the Montreal Gazette
wrote: "...Michael Levine, a 25-year veteran of the DEA (US Drug
Enforcement Agency) who left in 1990, said he believes there is no
question that US intelligence knew about the KLA's drug ties. "They (the
CIA) protected them (the KLA) in every way they could. As long as the
CIA is protecting the KLA, you've got major drug pipelines protected
from any police investigation", said Levine, who teaches undercover
tactics and informer handling to US and Canadian police forces,
including the RCMP. "The evidence is irrefutable," he said, explaining
that his information comes from "sources inside the DEA".
The Albanian Medellin connection is particularly strong in Italy where
it is operating in conjunction with the "Sacra Corona Unita," or the
fourth mafia. The group controls the drug trade in the regions of
Brindisi, Lecce and Taranto.
The tentacles of the Albanian mafia stretch across Europe. According to
Interpol, Albanian-speaking drug dealers accounted for 14% of those
arrested for heroin smuggling in 1997. While the average trafficker was
apprehended with two grams of heroin, the Albanians had an average of
120 grams in their possession. Scandinavian countries claim that
Albanians control 80% of the heroin market there. Switzerland says 90%
of the drug trafficking in that country is connected to Albanians.
German law enforcement agencies claim that Albanians form the largest
group involved in heroin trafficking.
German Federal Police now say that Kosovo Albanians import 80 percent of
Europe's heroin. So dominant is the Kosovo Albanian presence in
trafficking that many European users refer to illicit drugs in general
as "Albanka", or Albanian lady.
Terrorism, Spies and Albanians
Osama bin Laden's activities in Albania are well known and documented.
The presence of his network in that country is so powerful that US
Defence Secretary William Cohen cancelled a scheduled visit last July
out of fear of being assassinated.
The Albanian national security organization SHIK confirmed that plans
exist to target US objects in Albania. SHIK is the offspring of the
notorious communist security apparatus the "Sigurimi." The former head
of the Sigurimi, Irakli Kocollari, is advisor to the current head of
SHIK, Fatos Klosi. In 1997 the CIA sent a team of experts to modernize
and reorganize SHIK. The other major patron of SHIK is the German
intelligence agency Bundensnachrichtendienst (BND) which opened one of
its largest stations in Tirana. A review of BND personnel is revealing.
While the terrorist Albanian organization Ushtria Clirimtare e Kosove -
UCK (KLA) was being formed, the BND was headed by Hansjorg Geiger whose
deputy was Rainer Kesselring, the son of the Luftwaffe general who
bombed Belgrade during the Second World War.
Mr. Kesselring was given the job of training KLA terrorists at a Turkish
base near Izmir where he was head of the BND station in 1978. French
sources confirmed that members of the German commando unit, Kommando
Spezialkrafte (KSK), participated in the KLA training program. Gen.
Klaus Neumann, the outgoing head of NATO's occupational forces in Kosovo
and Metohija, formed the German commando unit.
The relationship between the CIA and SHIK is one of master and servant.
At the CIA's "request" last year, Albania expelled three "humanitarian"
workers, two Syrians and an Iranian. Acting on another request, SHIK
arrested an Albanian national, Maksim Ciciku, for spying on the US
embassy. Ciciku was educated in Saudi Arabia. In Albania he worked for a
private security company which provided bodyguards for visiting Arabs.
He was accused of following embassy employees on behalf of Osama bin
Laden. Albania also expelled four Egyptians who were suspected of ties
to bin Laden. Two others were arrested and handed over to US agents,
along with a van full of documents and computer equipment, all of which
belonged to Osama bin Laden's organization.
At about the same time, Iran, through its embassy in Rome and it's
operative Mahmut Nuranija, began to organize an intelligence-gathering
sector in Albania. Their involvement in Albania was based on two levels:
economic-financial through the Albanian Arab Islamic Bank, and
humanitarian through organizations which have become standard covers for
subversive activities. At the beginning of 1998 Iran began the serious
consolidation of its most important European strongholds, Sarajevo and
Tirana. According to Yossef Bodansky, terrorism and unconventional
warfare analyst, Iran aided the KLA by providing military plans drawn up
by Zaim Bersa, a former colonel in the Yugoslav National Army (JNA), and
another Kosovo Albanian, Ejup Dragaj.
One of the leaders of an elite KLA unit was Muhammed al-Zawahiri, the
brother of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, a leader in an Egyptian Jihad
organization and a military commander of Osama bin Laden. Once again
Kosovo becomes a paradox where several mortal enemies - Iranian
revolutionary guards, Osama bin Laden and the CIA - are standing
shoulder to shoulder training the KLA.
It is believed that bin Laden solidified his organization in Albania in
1994 with the help of then premier Sali Berisha. Albania's ties to
Islamic terrorist blossomed during Berisha's rule when the main KLA
training base was on Berisha's property in northern Albania. During the
"honeymoon" period between the CIA and Jihad holy warriors, Fatos Klosi,
the head of SHIK, said he had reliable information that four groups of
Jihad warriors from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Algiers, Tunisia and Sudan were
in northern Albania and fighting with the KLA. Klosi recently stated
that there is an attempt to destabilize the country, alluding primarily
to former premier Sali Berisha.
Jihad and Serbia
In 1994 in Lebanon, a radical Sunni Muslim group, Takfir wal Hijra,
attempted to blow up a convoy of Serbian priests who were on their way
Koura. The priests avoided death when the suicide bomber detonated the
explosive device prematurely.
This attempt on the lives of Serbian priests preceded a more ambitious
plan. At the 18th Islamic conference, Al-Jama'ah al-Islaiyyah, held in
Pakistan (October 23-25, 1998), Albanian separatism in Kosovo and
Metohija was characterized as a Jihad. The same definition was given to
Muslim battles in India (Kashmir), Israel (Palestine) and Eritrea. By
defining armed battles as a "holy war" or Jihad, an obligation is placed
on the Muslim world to do everything in its power - economically,
politically and diplomatically - to aid the fight for freedom in
occupied Muslim territories". This gave legitimacy to terrorist acts
carried out by Allah's holy warriors. Referring to a Jihad, the
terrorist organization of Osama bin Laden announced terrorist attacks
against "infidel nations", namely Great Britain, United States, France,
Israel, Russia, India and Serbia.
The Bosnian Jihad Connection
In Bosnia-Herzegovina, the influence of the ruling Islamic party, Party
of Democratic Action (SDA), has brought out the recently born again
"true believers". Recognized by their long beards and short-legged
pants, large numbers of them participated in KLA terrorist activities in
Kosovo and Metohija. The transport of these Jihad warriors was conducted
under the patronage of the SDA which provided them with passports. Visas
were issued for a "haj," or pilgrimage, to Mecca. Dr. Nauman Balic, head
of the Kosovo SDA and now a minister in Hashim Thaci's government", was
responsible for their transit to Albania. The Bosnian Muslims were
provided with journalists' credentials and 2,000 DM for travel costs. It
is not known how many returned from Kosovo, but a number of these Jihad
warriors lost their lives in Chechnya.
The Sarajevo authorities were active in the training of terrorists. In
1993 Saudi Arabia provided $1 million to build a refugee camp for
Bosnian Muslims in Albania. One of the main political leaders of the
Muslim authorities in Sarajevo admitted to Misha Glenny that the base
was used to train saboteurs sent to Kosovo because their Serbian was
flawless.
Kosovo under NATO - A Virtual Narco-State (1)
The benefits of the drug trade are evident around Pristina -- more so
than the benefits of Western aid. "The new buildings, the better roads,
and the sophisticated weapons -- many of these have been bought with
drugs," says Michel Koutouzis, the Balkans region expert for the Global
Drugs Monitor (OGD), a Paris-based think tank. The repercussions of this
drug connection are only now emerging, and many Kosovo observers fear
that the province could be evolving into a virtual narco-state under the
noses of 49,000 peacekeeping troops.
It was the disparate structure of the KLA, Koutouzis says, that
Facilitated the drug-smuggling explosion. "It permitted a
democratization of drug trafficking where ordinary people get involved,
and everyone contributes a part of his profit to his clan leader in the
KLA," he explains. "The more illegal the activity, the more money the
clan gets from the traffickers. So it's in the interest of the clan to
promote drug trafficking".
According to Marko Nicovic, the former chief of police in Belgrade, now
an investigator who works closely with Interpol, the international
police agency, 400 to 500 Kosovo Albanians move shipments in the 20-kilo
range, while about 5,000 Kosovo Albanians are small-timers, handling
shipments of less than two kilos. At one point in 1996, he says, more
than 800 ethnic Albanians were in jail in Germany on narcotics charges.
In many places, Kosovo Albanians traffickers gained a foothold in the
Illicit drug trade through raw violence. According to a 1999 German
Federal Police report, "The ethnic Albanian gangs have been involved in
drugs, weapons trafficking blackmail, and murder. They are increasingly
prone to violence".
Tony White of the United Nations Drug Control Program agrees with this
assessment. "They are more willing to use violence than any other
group," he says. "They have confronted the established order throughout
Europe and pushed out the Lebanese, Pakistani, and Italian cartels".
Few gangs are willing to tangle with the Kosovo Albanians. Those that do
often pay the ultimate price. In January 1999, Kosovo Albanians killed
Nine people in Milan, Italy during a two-week bloodbath between rival
heroin groups.
Now free of the war and the Yugoslav police, drug traffickers have
Reopened the old Balkan Road. With the KLA in power -- and in the
spotlight - the top trafficking families have begun to seek relative
respectability without decreasing their heroin shipments. "The Kosovo
Albanians are trying to position themselves in the higher levels of
trafficking", says the U.N.'s Tony White. "They want to get away from
the violence of the streets and attract less attention. Criminals like
to move up like any other business, and the Kosovo Albanians are
becoming business leaders. They have become equal partners with the
Turks".
Italian national police discovered this new Kosovo Albanian outreach
last year when they undertook "Operation Pristina". The carabinieri
(Italian Police) uncovered a chain of connections that originated in
Kosovo and stretched through nine European countries, extending into
Central Asia, South America and the United States.
White House officials deny a whitewashing of KLA activities. "We do care
about (KLA drug trafficking)", says Agresti. "It's just that we've got
our hands full trying to bring peace there".
The DEA is equally reticent to address the issue. According to Michel
Koutouzis, the DEA's website once contained a section detailing Kosovo
Albanians trafficking, but a week before the US-led bombings began, the
section disappeared. "The DEA doesn't want to talk publicly (about the
KLA)", says OGD director Alain Labrousse. "It's embarrassing to them".
High-ranking US officials are dismayed that the KLA was installed in
power without public discussion or a thorough check of its background.
"I don't think we're doing anything there to stem the drugs", says a
senior State Department official. "It's out of control. It should be a
high priority. We've warned about it".
Even if it tried to stop the Kosovo Albanian heroin trade, the US would
be hard-pressed to do so. "Nobody's in control in Kosovo", adds the
State Department official. "They don't even have a police force".
Regardless of what it says, there's little indication that the
administration wants to do anything with the intelligence available
about its newest ally. "There is no doubt that the KLA is a major
trafficking organization", said a congressional expert who monitors the
drug trade and requested anonymity. "But we have a relationship with the
KLA, and the administration doesn't want to damage (its) reputation. We
are partners.
The attitude is: The drugs are not coming here, so let others deal with
it".
Conclusion
Indeed the biggest paradox in the world war on drugs is connected to the
Balkans and the outburst of terrorist activities in that troubled area.
What is the reason for this unusual co-relation between US policy in
Balkans, the most wanted terrorist in the world today, Osama bin y en,
and this enormous KLA drug trafficking.
As Michael Levine, a 25-year veteran of the DEA (US Drug Enforcement
Agency) stated: "They (the CIA) protected them the KLA) in every way
they could". McCoy, author of The Politics of Heroin, said the Afghan
Mujahideen rebels were one of the first US-backed rebel groups to get
into the heroin trade in a big way. The anti-Communist Mujahideen were
backed by the US in their opposition to the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan in 1979. They started exporting massive amounts of opium to
raise money, with the knowledge and protection of the CIA and Pakistani
intelligence, according to McCoy. "That produced a massive traffic in
the '80s to Europe and the U.S.," he said.
Other recipients of US support were Nicaraguan Contras, Panama's General
Noriega, Afghan Taliban, Indonesia (remember massacres by their special
units in Timor), and Burma's Khun Sa. Another US-backed rebel army, the
Nicaraguan contras, raised money for their war against the leftist
Sandinista government in the 1980s by flooding U.S. cities with crack -
all with the knowledge and assistance of the CIA and the DEA, according
to the book Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras and the Crack Cocaine
Explosion, by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb.
Webb's allegations were initially denied by the CIA, but a CIA
inspector-general's report in October 1998 revealed that 58 contras were
linked to drug allegations.
Early in 1999, as the war against Serbia raged, Congress voted to fund
the KLA's drive for independence. One tear later the US embrace of the
KLA may come as an embarrassment, but not a precedent.
Quo Vadis America?
1 - Material from "Mother Jones" Heroin Heroes, January/February 2000
used without permission, for academic and research purposes only.
The Centre for Peace in the Balkans
www.balkanpeace.org
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SUI PIANI DI STANZIAMENTO PERMANENTE USA NELLA BASE DI CAMP BONDSTEEL
U.S. in Kosovo for the Long Haul
http://www.latimes.com/news/front/20000610/t000055108.html
Saturday, June 10, 2000
U.S. in Kosovo for the Long Haul
-
http;://www.serbia-info.com/news
"Le Figaro": American base was the aim of bombing of Yugoslavia
June 13, 2000
Paris, June 12th (Tanjug) - The official French government sticks to the
explanation they offered concerning their involvement in NATO aggression
on Yugoslavia, but they can no longer deceive neither their public nor
the media about the real cause of the criminal bombing of Yugoslavia. It
turned out that Paris and other Europeans "worked" for the benefit of
Washington interests, which is stressed in the latest edition of the
Paris weekly "Le Figaro".
"Allies of the United States start to wonder whether the formation of
American base in Kosmet was real purpose of the war" led, allegedly, on
behalf of the human rights of Kosmet Albanians, and which ended a year
ago. This is the statement by which the Paris weekly announced detailed
story about the American base "Bondsteel" in southern Kosovo.
"Le Figaro" published the information already known by Yugoslav public
and described "Bondsteel" as "large base" or even "military-industrial
complex" which resembled more "a town of 10 000 inhabitants than a
temporary camp provided by the UN Security Council Resolution 1244 a
year ago by which the bombing of Yugoslavia was ended".
The base, for which the weekly said "it was no secret, but was rather
discrete", spreads over the area of 300 hectares, where everything shows
that it was created "to stay for long".
In the base, the weekly said, there were 1600 lodgings, provided with
heating and air conditioners, 24 administration buildings "which were
already constructed and other which are under construction", "two
pharaoh dining rooms" open 24 hours, as well as the infrastructure
objects, including the projection room with 800 seats, football and
other sports fields.
"Everything proves that Americans came there to stay longer. They do not
even hide it, since the officers admit in cold blood that this base is
the most important one outside the US", "Le Figaro" says.
The Paris weekly stressed that the American base position in Kosmet was
"ideally chosen", since it is a "Muslim area where European sentiments
do not exist" and it is also the region where the conflict zones cross:
the Balkans, Mediterranean and the Middle East together with its oil.
"The Crusade for human rights of ethnic Albanians could, as its first
result i.e. its purpose, have (new) arrangement of Americans in the Old
continent", which is actually the creation of mighty "Bondsteel" base,
"Le Figaro" weekly concludes in this week's edition.
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http://www.foreignaffairs.org/hedges.html/reader/reprints.html
Foreign Affairs May/Junel 1999 (volume 78, number 3)
Kosovo's Next Masters
By Chris Hedges
INSIDE THE KOSOVO LIBERATION ARMY
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* Armi USA per l'UCK (Tanjug / Emperors Clothes)
* 1995-1997: "preistoria" delle forniture di armi all'UCK... (BTA,
Albanian Daily News)
* Il terrorismo ceceno ha radici in Kosovo? (Albanian Daily News)
* BALKAN - ALBANIA - KOSOVO - HEROIN - JIHAD (Center for Peace in the
Balkans)
* Sui piani di stanziamento permanente USA in Kosovo (LA Times, Le
Figaro, SerbiaInfo)
* Un articolo sull'UCK da Foreign Affairs (link)
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TOWARDS A "NEW KOSOVO"
http://www.sabac.co.yu/e-zine/social_politics/txt/english/n_arvanites_towards_new_kosovo_062000.html
Text: Nick Arvanites , expert for geopolitics
© Sabac OnLine, June 2000.
It started with the "ethnic cleansing" of the Kosovo Albanians[1], but
one year after the entry of peacekeeping forces into
Kosovo, the tables have turned.
The KFOR peace force entered Kosovo on the 13th of June 1999 with the
aim of guaranteeing peace and security to all the
citizens of the Serbian southern province with the support of the UN
civil authority as well as a number of humanitarian
and non-government organizations[2]. Since then over 180,000 Serbs and
other non-Albanians have fled or have been
driven out of the province, 3,688 terrorist attacks have been
perpetrated, 739 people have been killed, 611 injured, 688
kidnapped and over 70 Serbian Orthodox churches and monasteries
destroyed or damaged. According to journalistic data
the majority of Kosovo's towns have been all but cleansed of Serbs.
About 2,500 Serbs have remained in Orahovac and Velika Hoca, while from
the village of Brecja near Kosovo Polje, across
Drenica and Metohija to the Albanian border not more than a few tens of
Serbs remain. Around a hundred Serbian families
have remained in Prizren, six old women have found shelter in the
Djakovica church, and two women in the Pec
Patriarchy. A larger number of Serbs, about 100,000 have remained in the
Kosovo basin, the Morava valley of Kosovo and
in Sririnik region of the Sar mountains.[3]
Obviously, the state of affairs in Kosovo after the arrival of
peacekeeping forces has been deteriorating constantly. Some
of the UN representatives also think that there are no positive trends
in this region. For example, the German paper,
BERLINER ZEITUNG, quotes an active UN representative in Kosmet, Tom
Kenings, who says that "the murders of
Serbs and Romas have not stopped there" and concludes that "the idea of
the creation of multiethnic Kosovo has dismally
failed".[4]
Some[5] believe that Kenings' statements contradict statements issuing
from NATO's military and political leadership,
that the Alliance is presently the only credible and effective force for
the containment of conflict anywhere in the world
especially when having in mind that, as a the result of the same NATO
policy, the Albanian authorities in the region are
caving in under the pressure from the criminal clans of Hasim Taci and
other KLA leaders who receive extra profit from
narcobusiness and the arms trade.
Four months after the bombardment of Yugoslavia, secret documents,
signed by the general secretary of NATO, Javier
Solana, were leaked. These documents analyze the manner in which the KLA
is financed and comment on its Mafia
connections and the routes by which arms reach Kosovo. All NATO members
were familiar with the contents of the
documents dated 10.02.1999[6]. However, this did not stop them from
launching the air-campaign against Yugoslavia
only 45 days later.
According to the precise, secret data in the document, the KLA received
arms and financial support from the Albanian
Diaspora and different criminal groups. Traffic in narcotics provides
the basic part of income. A significant role is played
by the Mafia from Croatia, consisting of Croats who left Kosovo from
1989 to 1990. It controls the drugs traffic in
Zagreb and gives economic support to the KLA. The routes along which
arms travel to Kosovo are the same ones used by
humanitarian organizations, and arms are hidden in the same trucks
carrying food and medicine. Besides some
internationally known humanitarian organizations, this is true of
Albanian humanitarian organizations such as "Help for
Kosovo" with central offices in Tirana. According to a further NATO
report the largest help to the KLA comes from
Europe, but also from North America and the Middle East. The arms routes
go through Bosnia, Italy, Croatia, Macedonia
and Montenegro. The countries from which the KLA has bought arms are:
Rumania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Turkey, Cyprus,
China, Israel, Bosnia, Croatia, South Africa and Switzerland. The
center of economic operations is in Switzerland and the
money is transferred further via banks. Bosnia has become the center of
arms trade due to its special position . After the
war in Croatia and Bosnia a large quantity of arms has remained there,
while SFOR "... allows smugglers freedom of
movement...". In one part, the report suggests measures to be used to
prevent the arms trade, arms delivery and financial
support to the KLA, but in the same breath it continues: "these measures
should be taken if this is the result we require".
The Kosmet "gray zone" which is more and more in the state of collapse,
due to the lack of infrastructure, political
corruption, the international community's lack of success and the loss
of legitimacy and control over certain factions, has
become the resort of criminal syndicates and terrorist groups which are
the centers of local power and money acquired
through smuggling, the development of low and middle level narcobusiness
and other illegal activities[7]. At the same
time a part of the KLA incorporates in the Albanian narcomafia[8] from
the harbor of Valona to Drac, the old training
centers of the KLA in northern Albania in Kukes, in Tropoja to the
Adriatic with transit zones through Prokletije or via
the Skadar lake channel. At the local level, former KLA structures aim
to create an ethnically cleansed Kosmet with the
forms of government of the Sicilian, Albanian or Colombian type, where
the Mafia controls local and other policies
primarily through influencing local administration and the management
of large firms, and by infiltrating the local
police and the UN and KFOR structures, primarily by means of supplying
luxury goods, drugs and prostitution[9].
More than 10,000 prostitutes are thought to be working in Kosmet,
recruited from Kosmet, Albania, Macedonia,
Bulgaria and the interior of Serbia and Montenegro with a calculated
profit of 600 to 700 million marks a year[10].
Counterfeit money and documents originating from Kosmet are also
expected to appear. It is clear that this is a highly
criminalized corner of southeast Europe, the potential victims of which
could also be the KFOR mission and the total
UN presence in Kosmet. The power of money can be used to bribe
influential individuals from the UN, OSCE, EU and
NATO administration.
According to the statements of OSCE mission co-workers in Kosovo, the
takeover of one of the largest energy
complexes, OBILIC, by the Kosmet Albanians the Thaci clan has secured
another source of riches. At this moment the
power station produces at least 700mWATTs of electrical energy, but only
150mWATTs reach the consumers. This
means that the rest of the energy is illegally exported to Macedonia,
Albania and possibly to Serbia, and the income thus
gained ends up in the pockets of the Thaci family. According to the UN
experts, this source of income is second in
importance after drugs trafficking but the present administration cannot
halt it due to an apparent lack of evidence. In the
UN and OSCE mission some believe that the UN mission chief Bernard
Koucner takes his cut of this profit, via Thaci.
Such rumors were be heard in Kosmet particularly after the release of
Thaci's brother who had been arrested at the
beginning of January this year because of illegal possession of arms and
released only a couple of hours later, following
the personal intervention of Kouchner[11].
Thus the Thaci clan and their associates can expand their influence on
political developments, the organization of local
government and the police, the distribution of humanitarian aid and the
expansion of crime while, at the same time,
carrying out terrorist acts against the non-Albanian population, thus
forcing them to flee the province. There are
additional indications that the KLA is preparing for the physical
liquidation of persons on the KLA lists[12]. Those
targeted would be politicians, journalists, members of the Yugoslav Army
and Police force, undesirable for the KLA but
also for the "underground diplomacy" of Albania and some countries of
the KFOR mission. Taci's intention seems to be to
launch terrorism within Serbia proper, everywhere where Albanians live,
primarily in Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja
where Albanians constitute a significant presence[13]. The resistance of
the Albanian village militias is also to be
expected, since they are against KLA plundering and enforcement of their
will in ethnically pure Albanian environments.
In this context the possibility of activating a part of the KLA in
Macedonia should not be excluded, and this would be
within "Brigade KLA 121"[14].
However, the Albanian "civil option" in Kosmet and other ordinary
citizens have reacted against the Thaci clan on a
number of occasions, some of them even say that "it was better at the
time of Serbs"[15], but those political players have
no room for maneuver at present. They are awaiting another phase with a
clearer form of KLA transformation and
probably a more stable picture of political actors in Belgrade who have
to understand that the solution exists only from
inside, and not outside, and that it is high time speeches about
Kosmet's and country's fate were delivered inside the
Serbian territory rather than in neighboring countries or luxurious
offices and hotels in abroad.
Nick Arvanites,
May, 2000.
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SHQIPTARËVE
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24/3/2000- Ambassador Alexander Vershbow , European Security Post-Kosovo
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Oxford's Konigswinter Conference 23/3/2000.
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Dokazi 1/1/1998-10/6/1999, III&IV, SMIP, Beograd, Mart 2000- Sefko
Alomerovic, Postoje li Logori na Kosovu?, AIM, 31/3/2000- Gordana
Janicijevic, Otimaju Bebe, Zene, Starce, DUGA, No 1736Natasa Kandic, The
Lesson of Orahovac: The International Administration in KosovoEncourages
Violence Against Serbs, HLC Belgrade- Human Rights Watch, FRY:
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No 10 (D)
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Svetski Poredak na Kosovu, BACL, Beograd 2000, p. 41-44
[6] IMS Assesment of UCK Arms Trafficking from Secretary General to
Permanent Representatives (Council) & Head of Mission of the Three
Invited Countries, SG (99) 0170, 10 February 1999- RIZOSPASTIS, 22
August 1999- STRATFOR Special Report, Kosovo: One Year Later,
3/3/2000- DUGA, Tajno Pismo Clanicama o Ilegalnom Naoruzavanju OVK,
No1721- N.D.A. Arvanites, Geopolitika i Balkan: Organizovani Kriminal
i Novi Svetski Poredak na Kosovu, BACL, Beograd 2000,p. 19-22, 29-32,
75-86
[7]Budimir Babovic, Iz Dosijea Interpola, Beograd 1991- Kosovo: Zona
bez Zakona, DANAS, 23/2/2000- Barry James, War Zone Turns to
Crime:Kosovo and Albania Are Cited for Lawlessness, International
Herald Tribune, 15/3/2000-Nikolaj Chavdarov, Kosovo Narco-Mafia Invading
Bulgaria, Sega, Sofia- Maggie O'Kane, Kosovo Drug Mafia Supply Heroin to
Europe, The Guardian, 13/3/2000- Imer Mushkolaj, KOSOVO DRUG
THREAT:Albanian drug dealers and traffickers are flourishing in post-war
Kosovo, IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 142, 23/5/2000
[8] Goran Draskovic, Osnovni Pravci Medjnarodnog Tranzita Opojnih Droga-
Ozivljavanje Balkanskog Puta in SPRECAVANJE ZLOUPOTREBE
DROGA, Srpsko Udruzenje Za Krivicno Pravo, 1999, p.123-131
[9] What Happened to the KLA?, International Crisis Group Reports,
3/3/2000
[10] Transfer Devojaka sa Istoka na Zapad, DANAS 18/2/2000- Mlade
Albanke Belo Roblje, GLAS, 18/3/2000- NATO Forces spur Kosovo
Prostitution Boom, AFP, 5/1/2000- Frances Kennedy, Albanians Redraw
Italy's Crime Map, The Independent, 20/2/2000-James Pringle, Sex Slave
Trade Thrives Among Kosovo Troops, The Times, 5/2/2000-Nightclub
shame,24/2/2000, TIMES- FEATURES- Imer Mushkolaj and Mentor
Shala, A Prostitutes Call: We Will Take Over Kosovo, IWPR, No 101,
10/12/1999
[11] Kosovo rebuilds among ruins of thewar that never ends, THE SUNDAY
TIMES, 19/5/2000- Kouchner and Reinhardt pronounce Thaci
untouchable, AFP, 22/1/2000- Vladimir Milovanovic, Kosovska Privreda:
Vlasnistvo Kusnera, VREME, 13/5/2000- on the field reports and
interviews in Kosovo
[12] Radivoje Petrovic, Likcidacije Medju Albanskim Teroristima,
POLITIKA, 11/5/2000- Granit Guri, Elimination of Former KLA Commanders:
"X
File", AIM , 18/5/ 2000
[13] Baton Haxhiu, Pse nuk mund te perseritet UCK-ja?: Pse dallojne
Kosova Lindore dhe Kosova. Ideja per t'i pershtaturPresheves, Bujanocit
dhe
Medvegjes variantin e Kosoves eshte aq errezikshme sa mund te kete
pasoja te renda per Kosoven dhe per politiken nderkombetare karshi ketij
problemi, Revista Klan, Nr 150- Fehim Rexhepi, Presevo, Boujanovac,
Medvedja:Moguca Tacka Sukoba?, AIM,5/2/2000- Vukasin Obradovic, Sta
se Zbiva na Jugu Srbije?, AIM, 4/3/2000- Milorad Pavlovic, Presevo i
Bujanovac ili Prica o Najavi Vrelog Proleca, DUGA, No 1737
[14]Slucaj Aracinovo: Stranskite paruznavaci predupreduvat na "proletno
scenario", START, No 53, 28/1/2000.D.A. Arvanites, Geopolitika i Balkan:
Organizovani Kriminal i Novi Svetski Poredak na Kosovu, BACL, Beograd
2000,p. 23-27, 33-36, 37-39, 45-46, 49-51
[15]Zijadin Gashi, Rugova Pridobija Birace Cuteci, Thaci obustavlja
Kritike, AIM, 30/1/2000- Lj. Staletovic, Zajednicki Zivot Uslov
Opstanka,
GLAS, 18/3/2000-Srpsko-Albanski Dijalog, Helsniski Odbor za Ljudska
Prava u Srbiji, I, Beograd 1997/ II, Beograd 1999
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ARMI USA ALL'UCK
From: http://emperors-clothes.com/indexe.htm
U.S Arms 3,500 Albanian Terrorists
By the Yugoslav press agency, Tanjug
With extensive comments by Jared Israel (05/0500)
The following is based on an article from Tanjug (pronounced tanyug),
the
press service of the Yugoslav government. Given the admittedly partisan
source some might be inclined to poo-poo the charges made here, so I
added
some quotes from pro-NATO media. These and my own analysis suggest that,
if
anything, Tanjug understates its case, sparing us some of the more
unbelievable details.
TANJUG: The US administration recently secretly armed more than 3.500
Albanian extremists who are acting under the wing of the Kosovo
Protection
Corps (KPC). The US government has continually supplied Albanian
terrorists
in Kosovo-Metohija with arms since the arrival of the UN Peace Mission
in
the southern Serbian province, in spite of verbal public condemnations
of
terrorism, and unknown to its allies in KFOR.
Jared comments: In Why is the KLA shooting at KFOR? we noted that recent
fighting between the Kosovo Liberation Army and French troops in
northern
Kosovo (Mitrovica) was really a proxy war between the US and France.
Well,
during that fighting, French troops seized a KLA ambulance stuffed with,
we
kid you not, "14 anti-tank rocket launchers, more than 180
high-explosive
grenades, and more than 3,000 cartridges for guns, (Bergen County
Record,
2-16-00) and "including a US-made 'street sweeper' grenade launcher..."
(AFP, 2-15-00)
Got that? Pretty amazing?
Here's more amazing. Gen. Shelton, boss of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
immediately held a press conference commenting on the ambulance. Why
would a
big-shot like him comment on an incident like that? But OK, did he at
least
denounce the KLA for violating the UN agreement under which NATO tries
to
justify its occupation of Kosovo? Did he chastise the KLA for planning
to
slaughter even more local people and now French troops as well? No sir,
he
talked about the difficulties of preventing arms smuggling from Serbia.
>From Serbia?
The ambulance was seized as it was being driven north towards not away
from
inner Serbia. And these were US-made weapons stashed inside, and this
was a
KLA ambulance.
So what was the point of Shelton's statement? I think the intention was
clear. By first taking the unheard of step of commenting on a minor
incident, and then pointing the finger at Yugoslavia instead of the KLA,
Shelton was affirming, at the highest level, that the US government
supported the KLA arms buildup. What reason do we have to doubt that the
US
also covertly supplies the KLA with weapons? The only question is: why
would
the US equip only 3500 terrorists? has the CIA gotten cheap?
Back to TANJUG: The Kosovo Protection Corps, officially formed Sept 20,
1999
as a civilian institution...is actually the so-called Kosovo Liberation
Army
(KLA)...an extreme grouping of Albanian separatists but repackaged in a
manner that NATO experts hope will be acceptable to the international
public, that is, in a manner that creates the illusion of respecting
Resolution 1244 of the UN Security Council.
Jared comments: The Kosovo Protection Corps is openly run by the same
thugs
who led the KLA. It's a name change. The KPC remains a racist, crazy,
terrorist-gangster organization. Just read the following mind boggling
account from the Albanian Daily News of 4-19-00. If I were editing the
Albanian Daily News, I would have called the story:
"THE RIGHT TO BEAR ROCKET LAUNCHERS.."
Forgive me but I peppered the Daily News text with comments, in
brackets.
Here's the story:
"United Nations police have detained a suspect in the murder of a
high-ranking officer of the Kosovo Protection Force (KPC), spokesman
Charlie
Johnson said Tuesday... They are also searching for another man
suspected of
involvement in the slaying in central Pristina Monday of Besim Mala, a
former commander of the separatist Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)...gunned
down in broad daylight in a restaurant in what was thought to be a
property
dispute, Johnson said.
The suspect was detained several hours later. The killing was condemned
by
the commander of the KPC, General Agim Ceku who described it as an
attack on
the "freedom and future of Kosovo."
[Jared's note: Ceku is a former (?) KLA top leader, that is, war
criminal.
He has also been charged with war crimes for his role five years ago
helping
lead the slaughter and expulsion of over 200,000 Serbian residents of
the
Krajina section of what is now Croatias. It is clear from Ceku's remark
about the murder being "an attack on the 'freedom and future of
Kosovo.'"
that this killing resulted from a leadership fight within the KPC. These
guys conduct elections in the style of Al Capone: "Bang! Youse guys is
dead.
My guys is elected!"]
The KPC is a civil emergency organization formed out of the
demilitarized
KLA. [Jared's note: Demilitarized? This is nightmare-comedy. Read on...]
Johnson said UN police had also released a man held late Monday in
connection with another attack in central Prishtina just a few hundred
meters from the restaurant where Mala was shot. The man had been
detained by
KFOR peacekeeping troops at a vehicle checkpoint for having two rocket
warheads in his car shortly after unidentified attackers fired a
rocket-propelled grenade into a building in the city center. The blast
injured two ethnic Albanians but was thought to have been targeted at a
neighboring apartment occupied by Serbian journalists, Johnson said. He
[Johnson] said the explosive had apparently been fired from a rocket
launcher from a nearby rooftop. The firing tube was found some 200
meters
from the rooftop, Johnson said.
The detainee was released after explosives experts established the
rockets
he was carrying were of a different type to the one used in the attack.
[Jared's note: Is any comment necessary?]
Back to TANJUG: Since the arrival of KFOR in Kosovo-Metohija, members of
"Kosovo Protection Corps" have brutally liquidated more than 1.000
civilians.
Jared comments: KFOR, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International,
Kosovapress, and the Internatioanl Crisis Group, who are to different
degrees either NATO or pro-NATO, have each admitted the KLA/KPC killed
hundreds of people in Kosovo. There is no question that, in NATO's
interest,
these groups have understated the numbers murdered.
The Orthodox Church, the Pristina Center for Tolerance and the Yugoslav
government have documented hundreds more deaths. Aside from that, many
have
been kidnapped and may be dead. In any case, the most important point is
not
the exact number of murders - which probably exceed 1000 - but the
situation.
Over 300,000 people have been driven from Kosovo. This includes most
Serbs,
Slavic Muslims, about 150,000 non-KLA Albanians and tens of thousands of
Roma ("Gypsies"). They did not leave out of fear of NATO bombs and they
did
not leave in order to make a political statement, to make the KLA look
bad.
They left because of the following:
"Murder, torture and extortion: these are the extraordinary charges made
against the UN's own Kosovo Protection Corps in a confidential United
Nations report written for Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
The KPC stands accused in the document, drawn up on 29 February, of
'criminal activities - killings, ill-treatment/torture, illegal
policing,
abuse of authority, intimidation, breaches of political neutrality and
hate-speech'.
The 5,000-strong corps, funded by UN members including Britain, has a
£30
million aid budget for Kosovo. It was set up to provide 'disaster
response
services'; instead, says the UN, it has been murdering and torturing
people." (From London Observer, 3/12/00 quoted in How will you plead at
the
trial, Mr.Annan?)
In other words, the cause of the huge exodus is gangsterism and racist
terror. As you may recall, NATO said it was taking over Kosovo in order
to
produce racial harmony. So what is NATo's reaction to the destruction of
multietnic life in Kosovo, to the transformation of Kosovo into a
nightmare
of fascist gangsterism? Here is the answer from the outgoing NATO
Commander
in Kosovo, Gen. Wesley Clark:
"On Monday, he visited Kosovo and said there was an 'increasing sense of
security, the indicators of recovery from strong-arm ethnic cleansing
and
even some first budding signs of willingness to tolerate ethnic
differences
and cooperate among ethnic groups.'"
TANJUG: The Corps comprises 5.000 men and is under the direct command of
the
KFOR...in keeping with the policy of the UN Secretary-General's special
envoy... Bernard Kouchner of France.
The fact that US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright recently ordered
Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, to strike leader
Hashim
Thaci (of the officially disbanded terrorist KLA) from the list of
persons
indicted for war crimes, is perhaps the best confirmation that Albanian
extremists are in fact favorites and protégés of the US administration.
Jared comments: Maybe the Thaci cover-up is the best evidence that the
murderous KLA racists are US administration proteges. But it's as we
have
seen, it is not the only evidence.
Let me close with a quote from an op ed article in the NY Times by
William
Clinton. It is inconceivable that when Clinton wrote this op ed piece
last
May he was unaware of the nature of the KLA, which US covert agencies
had
helped to create and for whom the US had been the key sponsor at least
since
the Verification Teams went to Kosovo in the Fall of 1998. He understood
the
nature of the monster the US had chosen as its proxy force; he knew the
KLA's dreams:
"He, like many KLA officers, says openly that he dreams of a Kosovo
without
Serbs." (Description of KLA death squad commander "The Teacher", Agence
France Presse, August 19, 1999, quoted in The roots of Kosovo fascism by
George Thompson.)
Knowing what the KLA was, knowing what NATO and therefore KLA domination
of
Kosovo would mean, Clinton wrote:
"Freedom, respect for minority rights, and prosperity are powerful
forces
for progress. They give people goals to work for; they elevate hope over
fear and tomorrow over yesterday." (Clinton, op-ed editorial, NY Times,
May
23, 1999)
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1995: TRAFFICI DI ARMI IN BULGARIA/FYROM
1997: FURTI DI ARMI IN ALBANIA
BTA - BULGARIAN TELEGRAPH AGENCY
BULLETIN OF NEWS FROM BULGARIA
JUNE 16, 1995
ARM DEALS
The case of the so-called "Albanian deal" will be
tried within a month, "Standart News" writes citing Military
Prosecutor Colonel Mityu Markov. The question is about a
consignment of the Bulgarian Defence Ministry that
consisted of 100 mine-throwers, 10, 000 mines and 250
sniper rifles totalling 670, 000 US dollars which disappeared
in Macedonia on its way to Albania. It is not clear how the
carrier Mario Stoichkov, who in on the Interpol wanted list,
can be made to appear in court, the paper writes. The same
paper writes that eleven days ago Ivan M., a military
intelligence officer who was in charge of was reported
missing foreign currency remittances at the department, was
reported missing.
http://www.albaniannews.com
Albanian Daily News
June 9, 2000
Over 500,000 Albanian Guns Unaccounted For
TIRANA - More than half a million guns looted during
Albania’s civil uprising in 1997 are still at large
despite the government’s efforts to retrieve them, the
Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
Minister Spartak Poci said one fifth - or 117,488 guns
- of the 650,000 plundered from army depots have been
collected over the past three years, as well as 84
million bullets from an arsenal of over 1.5 billion.
“A part of the stolen guns has left the country, but
we don’t know how much,” Poci told reporters. The bulk
is thought to have been trafficked to neighbouring
Kosovo to help ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army
guerrillas fight for independence from Belgrade in a
conflict that ended last year.
The 1997 Albanian uprising was sparked by the collapse
of corrupt pyramid investment schemes and lasted
several months. Angry mobs looted army barracks in an
effort to destroy everything related with the state.
Last month the police found in a village in the Lezha
district 19 air-to-air missiles, type P2. The missiles
were in working order and were returned to the nearby
Gjader military air base. Police said 20 missiles had
been stolen from the base in 1997. Only one has not
been found yet.
The government has recently been consistent in its
firm commitment to the disarmament process, but
despite two years of work, the number of weapons and
ammunition collected accounts for no more than 20
percent of those looted. The police has also seized 52
tonnes of TNT, only a small fraction of the explosives
looted.
The government decided earlier this year to create a
500 strong police force to deal specifically with the
disarmament process.
Disarmament campaign “Development instead of Weapons”
is being extended to several districts of Albania
following the success of the Gramsh pilot project. The
United Nations Development Programme, and other
international organisations sponsoring disarming
projects, have pledged to provide investments for the
restructuring of infrastructure and creation of jobs
in return of arms surrender.
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KOSOVO E CECENIA
http://www.albaniannews.com
Albanian Daily News
June 6, 2000
Russian General Says Terrorism in Chechnya Has Roots
in Kosovo
MOSCOW - The terrorism which Russia is fighting in
Chechnya has some roots in Kosovo, the commander of
Russia’s airborne troops General Georgy Shpak claimed
in a newspaper report published Monday.
In an interview with the daily Vremya Novostei, the
officer discussed Russia’s role in the KFOR
international peacekeeping effort in Kosovo.
“The presence of the Russians is indispensable in this
hot spot of Europe, where we have political and
economic interests and our ancient traditions,” he
said.
“Apart from that, the terrorism against which we are
fighting in Chechnya has certain roots in Kosovo,”
Shpak added, without elaborating.
Terrorism is the official Moscow terminology for the
activities of Chechen separatist fighters.
General Valery Manilov, number two in the military
hierarchy, threatened last month to withdraw Russian
forces from KFOR if Yugoslavia’s integrity was
threatened. Some 3,600 Russian troops serve with KFOR,
which has a multinational total of 40,000 under NATO
leadership.
Russian and German soldiers with KFOR came under
anti-tank, machine gun and automatic fire last week in
the latest in a series of incidents. Russian soldiers
are frequent targets of Kosovar Albanians who believe
the Russians support the Serbian ruling power in
Belgrade.
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BALKAN - ALBANIA - KOSOVO - HEROIN - JIHAD
The Centre for Peace in the Balkans
www.balkanpeace.org
scontact@...
Research Analysis
May 2000
The biggest paradox in the international war on drugs is connected to
the Balkans and the explosion of terrorist activities in that troubled
area. However, it relates less to drugs and arms and more to the major
participants in this deadly game.
Terrorist organizations at the top of America's most wanted list are
receiving tacit support in the Balkans from the Clinton administration.
The "most wanted" terrorist in the world today, Osama bin Laden, who
declared a "fatwa" against the US, is being abetted by the Clinton
doctrine. In the Balkans, we are witnessing a true paradox where several
mortal enemies - Iranian revolutionary guards, Osama bin Laden and the
CIA - are standing shoulder to shoulder while pursuing diametrically
opposite goals.
Drugs Finance Terrorism
Earlier reporting has confirmed that terrorism in the Balkans has been
primarily financed through narcotics trafficking. Heroin - worth 12
times its weight in gold - is by far the most profitable commodity on
the markets. A kilogram of heroin, worth $1,000 in Thailand, wholesales
for $110,000 in Canada with a street value of $800,000.
In fact, heroin trafficking has become so beneficial to the cause of
Albanian separatism that the predominantly Albanian-inhabited towns of
Veliki Trnovac and Blastica in Serbia, Vratnica and Gostivar in FYR
Macedonia, and Shkoder and Durres in Albania have become known as the
"new Medellins" of the Balkans. Via the Balkan Route, heroin travels
through Turkey, FYR Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania en route to western
European markets. The value of the heroin shipped is $400-billion (US) a
year. As early as 1996, the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) detailed
the Balkan Route in its annual report. In 1998, the DEA stated that
Kosovo Albanians had become the second most important traffickers on the
Balkan Route.
These predominantly Albanian drug barons from Kosovo ship heroin
exclusively from Asia's Golden Crescent, an apparently inexhaustible
source. At one end of the crescent lies Afghanistan, which in 1999
surpassed Burma as the world's largest producer of opium poppies. From
there, the heroin base passes through Iran to Turkey, where it is
refined, and then placed into the hands of the Albanians who operate out
of the lawless towns bordering FYR Macedonia, Albania, and Serbia.
According to the US State Department, four to six tons of heroin move
through Turkey every month.
"Not very much is stopped", says one official. "We get just a fraction
of the total". Not surprisingly, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) has
flourished along the route. Its dependence on the drug lords is
difficult to prove, but the evidence is impossible to overlook.
In 1998, German Federal Police froze two bank accounts belonging to the
"United Kosova" organization at a Dusseldorf bank after it was
discovered that several hundred thousand dollars had been deposited into
those accounts by a convicted Kosovo Albanian drug trafficker. According
to at least one published report, Bujar Bukoshi, Prime Minister of the
"Kosova" Government in Exile, also allegedly controlled the accounts.
In early 1999 an Italian court in Brindisi convicted an Albanian heroin
trafficker named Amarildo Vrioni, who admitted obtaining weapons for the
KLA from the Mafia in exchange for drugs.
Last February 23, Czech police arrested Princ Dobroshi, the head of an
Albanian Kosovo drug gang. While searching his apartment, they
discovered evidence that he had placed orders for light infantry weapons
and rocket systems. No one had questioned what a small-time dealer would
be doing with rockets. Only later did Czech police reveal he was
shipping them to the KLA. The Czechs extradited Dobroshi to Norway where
he had escaped from prison in 1997 while serving a 14-year sentence for
heroin trafficking.
It's therefore not surprising, say European law enforcement officials,
that the faction that ultimately seized power in Kosovo -- the KLA under
Hashim Thaci -- was the group that maintained the closest links to
traffickers.
In its report about the KLA and heroin smuggling, the Montreal Gazette
wrote: "...Michael Levine, a 25-year veteran of the DEA (US Drug
Enforcement Agency) who left in 1990, said he believes there is no
question that US intelligence knew about the KLA's drug ties. "They (the
CIA) protected them (the KLA) in every way they could. As long as the
CIA is protecting the KLA, you've got major drug pipelines protected
from any police investigation", said Levine, who teaches undercover
tactics and informer handling to US and Canadian police forces,
including the RCMP. "The evidence is irrefutable," he said, explaining
that his information comes from "sources inside the DEA".
The Albanian Medellin connection is particularly strong in Italy where
it is operating in conjunction with the "Sacra Corona Unita," or the
fourth mafia. The group controls the drug trade in the regions of
Brindisi, Lecce and Taranto.
The tentacles of the Albanian mafia stretch across Europe. According to
Interpol, Albanian-speaking drug dealers accounted for 14% of those
arrested for heroin smuggling in 1997. While the average trafficker was
apprehended with two grams of heroin, the Albanians had an average of
120 grams in their possession. Scandinavian countries claim that
Albanians control 80% of the heroin market there. Switzerland says 90%
of the drug trafficking in that country is connected to Albanians.
German law enforcement agencies claim that Albanians form the largest
group involved in heroin trafficking.
German Federal Police now say that Kosovo Albanians import 80 percent of
Europe's heroin. So dominant is the Kosovo Albanian presence in
trafficking that many European users refer to illicit drugs in general
as "Albanka", or Albanian lady.
Terrorism, Spies and Albanians
Osama bin Laden's activities in Albania are well known and documented.
The presence of his network in that country is so powerful that US
Defence Secretary William Cohen cancelled a scheduled visit last July
out of fear of being assassinated.
The Albanian national security organization SHIK confirmed that plans
exist to target US objects in Albania. SHIK is the offspring of the
notorious communist security apparatus the "Sigurimi." The former head
of the Sigurimi, Irakli Kocollari, is advisor to the current head of
SHIK, Fatos Klosi. In 1997 the CIA sent a team of experts to modernize
and reorganize SHIK. The other major patron of SHIK is the German
intelligence agency Bundensnachrichtendienst (BND) which opened one of
its largest stations in Tirana. A review of BND personnel is revealing.
While the terrorist Albanian organization Ushtria Clirimtare e Kosove -
UCK (KLA) was being formed, the BND was headed by Hansjorg Geiger whose
deputy was Rainer Kesselring, the son of the Luftwaffe general who
bombed Belgrade during the Second World War.
Mr. Kesselring was given the job of training KLA terrorists at a Turkish
base near Izmir where he was head of the BND station in 1978. French
sources confirmed that members of the German commando unit, Kommando
Spezialkrafte (KSK), participated in the KLA training program. Gen.
Klaus Neumann, the outgoing head of NATO's occupational forces in Kosovo
and Metohija, formed the German commando unit.
The relationship between the CIA and SHIK is one of master and servant.
At the CIA's "request" last year, Albania expelled three "humanitarian"
workers, two Syrians and an Iranian. Acting on another request, SHIK
arrested an Albanian national, Maksim Ciciku, for spying on the US
embassy. Ciciku was educated in Saudi Arabia. In Albania he worked for a
private security company which provided bodyguards for visiting Arabs.
He was accused of following embassy employees on behalf of Osama bin
Laden. Albania also expelled four Egyptians who were suspected of ties
to bin Laden. Two others were arrested and handed over to US agents,
along with a van full of documents and computer equipment, all of which
belonged to Osama bin Laden's organization.
At about the same time, Iran, through its embassy in Rome and it's
operative Mahmut Nuranija, began to organize an intelligence-gathering
sector in Albania. Their involvement in Albania was based on two levels:
economic-financial through the Albanian Arab Islamic Bank, and
humanitarian through organizations which have become standard covers for
subversive activities. At the beginning of 1998 Iran began the serious
consolidation of its most important European strongholds, Sarajevo and
Tirana. According to Yossef Bodansky, terrorism and unconventional
warfare analyst, Iran aided the KLA by providing military plans drawn up
by Zaim Bersa, a former colonel in the Yugoslav National Army (JNA), and
another Kosovo Albanian, Ejup Dragaj.
One of the leaders of an elite KLA unit was Muhammed al-Zawahiri, the
brother of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, a leader in an Egyptian Jihad
organization and a military commander of Osama bin Laden. Once again
Kosovo becomes a paradox where several mortal enemies - Iranian
revolutionary guards, Osama bin Laden and the CIA - are standing
shoulder to shoulder training the KLA.
It is believed that bin Laden solidified his organization in Albania in
1994 with the help of then premier Sali Berisha. Albania's ties to
Islamic terrorist blossomed during Berisha's rule when the main KLA
training base was on Berisha's property in northern Albania. During the
"honeymoon" period between the CIA and Jihad holy warriors, Fatos Klosi,
the head of SHIK, said he had reliable information that four groups of
Jihad warriors from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Algiers, Tunisia and Sudan were
in northern Albania and fighting with the KLA. Klosi recently stated
that there is an attempt to destabilize the country, alluding primarily
to former premier Sali Berisha.
Jihad and Serbia
In 1994 in Lebanon, a radical Sunni Muslim group, Takfir wal Hijra,
attempted to blow up a convoy of Serbian priests who were on their way
Koura. The priests avoided death when the suicide bomber detonated the
explosive device prematurely.
This attempt on the lives of Serbian priests preceded a more ambitious
plan. At the 18th Islamic conference, Al-Jama'ah al-Islaiyyah, held in
Pakistan (October 23-25, 1998), Albanian separatism in Kosovo and
Metohija was characterized as a Jihad. The same definition was given to
Muslim battles in India (Kashmir), Israel (Palestine) and Eritrea. By
defining armed battles as a "holy war" or Jihad, an obligation is placed
on the Muslim world to do everything in its power - economically,
politically and diplomatically - to aid the fight for freedom in
occupied Muslim territories". This gave legitimacy to terrorist acts
carried out by Allah's holy warriors. Referring to a Jihad, the
terrorist organization of Osama bin Laden announced terrorist attacks
against "infidel nations", namely Great Britain, United States, France,
Israel, Russia, India and Serbia.
The Bosnian Jihad Connection
In Bosnia-Herzegovina, the influence of the ruling Islamic party, Party
of Democratic Action (SDA), has brought out the recently born again
"true believers". Recognized by their long beards and short-legged
pants, large numbers of them participated in KLA terrorist activities in
Kosovo and Metohija. The transport of these Jihad warriors was conducted
under the patronage of the SDA which provided them with passports. Visas
were issued for a "haj," or pilgrimage, to Mecca. Dr. Nauman Balic, head
of the Kosovo SDA and now a minister in Hashim Thaci's government", was
responsible for their transit to Albania. The Bosnian Muslims were
provided with journalists' credentials and 2,000 DM for travel costs. It
is not known how many returned from Kosovo, but a number of these Jihad
warriors lost their lives in Chechnya.
The Sarajevo authorities were active in the training of terrorists. In
1993 Saudi Arabia provided $1 million to build a refugee camp for
Bosnian Muslims in Albania. One of the main political leaders of the
Muslim authorities in Sarajevo admitted to Misha Glenny that the base
was used to train saboteurs sent to Kosovo because their Serbian was
flawless.
Kosovo under NATO - A Virtual Narco-State (1)
The benefits of the drug trade are evident around Pristina -- more so
than the benefits of Western aid. "The new buildings, the better roads,
and the sophisticated weapons -- many of these have been bought with
drugs," says Michel Koutouzis, the Balkans region expert for the Global
Drugs Monitor (OGD), a Paris-based think tank. The repercussions of this
drug connection are only now emerging, and many Kosovo observers fear
that the province could be evolving into a virtual narco-state under the
noses of 49,000 peacekeeping troops.
It was the disparate structure of the KLA, Koutouzis says, that
Facilitated the drug-smuggling explosion. "It permitted a
democratization of drug trafficking where ordinary people get involved,
and everyone contributes a part of his profit to his clan leader in the
KLA," he explains. "The more illegal the activity, the more money the
clan gets from the traffickers. So it's in the interest of the clan to
promote drug trafficking".
According to Marko Nicovic, the former chief of police in Belgrade, now
an investigator who works closely with Interpol, the international
police agency, 400 to 500 Kosovo Albanians move shipments in the 20-kilo
range, while about 5,000 Kosovo Albanians are small-timers, handling
shipments of less than two kilos. At one point in 1996, he says, more
than 800 ethnic Albanians were in jail in Germany on narcotics charges.
In many places, Kosovo Albanians traffickers gained a foothold in the
Illicit drug trade through raw violence. According to a 1999 German
Federal Police report, "The ethnic Albanian gangs have been involved in
drugs, weapons trafficking blackmail, and murder. They are increasingly
prone to violence".
Tony White of the United Nations Drug Control Program agrees with this
assessment. "They are more willing to use violence than any other
group," he says. "They have confronted the established order throughout
Europe and pushed out the Lebanese, Pakistani, and Italian cartels".
Few gangs are willing to tangle with the Kosovo Albanians. Those that do
often pay the ultimate price. In January 1999, Kosovo Albanians killed
Nine people in Milan, Italy during a two-week bloodbath between rival
heroin groups.
Now free of the war and the Yugoslav police, drug traffickers have
Reopened the old Balkan Road. With the KLA in power -- and in the
spotlight - the top trafficking families have begun to seek relative
respectability without decreasing their heroin shipments. "The Kosovo
Albanians are trying to position themselves in the higher levels of
trafficking", says the U.N.'s Tony White. "They want to get away from
the violence of the streets and attract less attention. Criminals like
to move up like any other business, and the Kosovo Albanians are
becoming business leaders. They have become equal partners with the
Turks".
Italian national police discovered this new Kosovo Albanian outreach
last year when they undertook "Operation Pristina". The carabinieri
(Italian Police) uncovered a chain of connections that originated in
Kosovo and stretched through nine European countries, extending into
Central Asia, South America and the United States.
White House officials deny a whitewashing of KLA activities. "We do care
about (KLA drug trafficking)", says Agresti. "It's just that we've got
our hands full trying to bring peace there".
The DEA is equally reticent to address the issue. According to Michel
Koutouzis, the DEA's website once contained a section detailing Kosovo
Albanians trafficking, but a week before the US-led bombings began, the
section disappeared. "The DEA doesn't want to talk publicly (about the
KLA)", says OGD director Alain Labrousse. "It's embarrassing to them".
High-ranking US officials are dismayed that the KLA was installed in
power without public discussion or a thorough check of its background.
"I don't think we're doing anything there to stem the drugs", says a
senior State Department official. "It's out of control. It should be a
high priority. We've warned about it".
Even if it tried to stop the Kosovo Albanian heroin trade, the US would
be hard-pressed to do so. "Nobody's in control in Kosovo", adds the
State Department official. "They don't even have a police force".
Regardless of what it says, there's little indication that the
administration wants to do anything with the intelligence available
about its newest ally. "There is no doubt that the KLA is a major
trafficking organization", said a congressional expert who monitors the
drug trade and requested anonymity. "But we have a relationship with the
KLA, and the administration doesn't want to damage (its) reputation. We
are partners.
The attitude is: The drugs are not coming here, so let others deal with
it".
Conclusion
Indeed the biggest paradox in the world war on drugs is connected to the
Balkans and the outburst of terrorist activities in that troubled area.
What is the reason for this unusual co-relation between US policy in
Balkans, the most wanted terrorist in the world today, Osama bin y en,
and this enormous KLA drug trafficking.
As Michael Levine, a 25-year veteran of the DEA (US Drug Enforcement
Agency) stated: "They (the CIA) protected them the KLA) in every way
they could". McCoy, author of The Politics of Heroin, said the Afghan
Mujahideen rebels were one of the first US-backed rebel groups to get
into the heroin trade in a big way. The anti-Communist Mujahideen were
backed by the US in their opposition to the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan in 1979. They started exporting massive amounts of opium to
raise money, with the knowledge and protection of the CIA and Pakistani
intelligence, according to McCoy. "That produced a massive traffic in
the '80s to Europe and the U.S.," he said.
Other recipients of US support were Nicaraguan Contras, Panama's General
Noriega, Afghan Taliban, Indonesia (remember massacres by their special
units in Timor), and Burma's Khun Sa. Another US-backed rebel army, the
Nicaraguan contras, raised money for their war against the leftist
Sandinista government in the 1980s by flooding U.S. cities with crack -
all with the knowledge and assistance of the CIA and the DEA, according
to the book Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras and the Crack Cocaine
Explosion, by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb.
Webb's allegations were initially denied by the CIA, but a CIA
inspector-general's report in October 1998 revealed that 58 contras were
linked to drug allegations.
Early in 1999, as the war against Serbia raged, Congress voted to fund
the KLA's drive for independence. One tear later the US embrace of the
KLA may come as an embarrassment, but not a precedent.
Quo Vadis America?
1 - Material from "Mother Jones" Heroin Heroes, January/February 2000
used without permission, for academic and research purposes only.
The Centre for Peace in the Balkans
www.balkanpeace.org
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SUI PIANI DI STANZIAMENTO PERMANENTE USA NELLA BASE DI CAMP BONDSTEEL
U.S. in Kosovo for the Long Haul
http://www.latimes.com/news/front/20000610/t000055108.html
Saturday, June 10, 2000
U.S. in Kosovo for the Long Haul
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http;://www.serbia-info.com/news
"Le Figaro": American base was the aim of bombing of Yugoslavia
June 13, 2000
Paris, June 12th (Tanjug) - The official French government sticks to the
explanation they offered concerning their involvement in NATO aggression
on Yugoslavia, but they can no longer deceive neither their public nor
the media about the real cause of the criminal bombing of Yugoslavia. It
turned out that Paris and other Europeans "worked" for the benefit of
Washington interests, which is stressed in the latest edition of the
Paris weekly "Le Figaro".
"Allies of the United States start to wonder whether the formation of
American base in Kosmet was real purpose of the war" led, allegedly, on
behalf of the human rights of Kosmet Albanians, and which ended a year
ago. This is the statement by which the Paris weekly announced detailed
story about the American base "Bondsteel" in southern Kosovo.
"Le Figaro" published the information already known by Yugoslav public
and described "Bondsteel" as "large base" or even "military-industrial
complex" which resembled more "a town of 10 000 inhabitants than a
temporary camp provided by the UN Security Council Resolution 1244 a
year ago by which the bombing of Yugoslavia was ended".
The base, for which the weekly said "it was no secret, but was rather
discrete", spreads over the area of 300 hectares, where everything shows
that it was created "to stay for long".
In the base, the weekly said, there were 1600 lodgings, provided with
heating and air conditioners, 24 administration buildings "which were
already constructed and other which are under construction", "two
pharaoh dining rooms" open 24 hours, as well as the infrastructure
objects, including the projection room with 800 seats, football and
other sports fields.
"Everything proves that Americans came there to stay longer. They do not
even hide it, since the officers admit in cold blood that this base is
the most important one outside the US", "Le Figaro" says.
The Paris weekly stressed that the American base position in Kosmet was
"ideally chosen", since it is a "Muslim area where European sentiments
do not exist" and it is also the region where the conflict zones cross:
the Balkans, Mediterranean and the Middle East together with its oil.
"The Crusade for human rights of ethnic Albanians could, as its first
result i.e. its purpose, have (new) arrangement of Americans in the Old
continent", which is actually the creation of mighty "Bondsteel" base,
"Le Figaro" weekly concludes in this week's edition.
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http://www.foreignaffairs.org/hedges.html/reader/reprints.html
Foreign Affairs May/Junel 1999 (volume 78, number 3)
Kosovo's Next Masters
By Chris Hedges
INSIDE THE KOSOVO LIBERATION ARMY
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CAMPIONATI EUROPEI DI CALCIO:
IL DANESE SCHMEICHEL CHIEDE IL PASSAPORTO JUGOSLAVO
Subject: [STOPNATO] Danish Soccer Star Wants Yugoslav Passport
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 08:59:10 -0500 (CDT)
From: (Rick Rozoff)
To: stopnato@...
STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM
BREAKING NEWS :
SCHMEICHEL WANTS YUGOSLAV PASSPORT FROM MILOSEVIC.
Rotterdam 16.6.2000
Danish football superstar Peter Boleslaw Schmeichel shocked the world at
today's press-conference after the match with Holland. Disturbed and
disappointed after another humiliating defeat of his team at EURO 2000,
he made a short statement for the press: "I am too ambitious and too
good goalkeeper to play in such a bad team as Denmark. I'm feed up
,therefore, tonight I officially applied at the embassy of The Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia, for Yugoslavian passport. Yugoslav football
team is excellent, and it is the only team I would like to play for. I
personally asked president Slobodan Milosevic it grant me Yugoslavian
National Passport, because I highly respect him and his achievements in
the last year War against Nato-agressors."
Schmeichel still didn't get any answer from Yugoslav officials, but
Yugoslav coach Boskov said that Schmeichel is not good enough to play in
the Yugoslav team.
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E' PARTITO IL FINANZIAMENTO PER L'OLEODOTTO SUL CORRIDOIO OTTO
http://www.albaniannews.com
Albanian Daily News
June 16, 2000
Balkan AMBO Pipeline to Start Raising Funds in July
SKOPJE - The Albanian, Macedonian and Bulgarian Oil
Corporation LLC (AMBO) of Pound Ridge, New York, said
on Thursday it would start raising funds in early July
for a $1.13bn pipeline to ship crude oil from the
Black and Caspian seas to the West.
“The feasibility study gives oil companies operating
in the Caspian region a commercially compelling
proposition to invest in the project. Almost all major
companies in the world can use the pipeline,” AMBO
Executive Vice-President Gligor Taskovic told Reuters
in the Macedonian capital Skopje.
The company’s president, Ted Fergusson, had said
earlier in Sofia AMBO aimed to start work in 2001.
“Project’s sanctions and funding should be established
by the end of this year,” said Fergusson, announcing
conclusions of the project’s updated feasibility
study. An earlier estimate had put the project at
about $850m.
The underground pipeline, 913 kilometres long, is
designed to carry 750,000 barrels a day, or 35m metric
tons per year, which will represent 40 percent of the
crude oil from newly-developed oilfields to enter the
Black Sea in the next five years or 30 percent of the
new oil over the next 10 years, Fergusson said.
It will pass from Burgas, on the Black Sea coast, to
Vlora, to ship Russian, Azerbaijani, Kazakh and
Turkmenian oil from around the Black Sea to the
markets of Western Europe and North America. It will
also bypass Turkey’s heavily travelled Bosphorus
Straits.
Big tankers with 300,000 tonnes of crude can anchor at
the port of Vlora, which makes the transit journey to
the United States economic, while the biggest tankers
passing the Bosphorus could carry 150,000 tonnes, AMBO
officials said. A holding structure with three
separate companies in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania
will build the pipeline. Each country can be an equity
holder in the investment.
AMBO has letters of acceptance from the governments of
Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria for the underground
link.
Taskovic said companies including Texaco, Chevron,
Exxon Mobil, BP Amoco, Agip, Total, Elf, Fina, were
interested in the pipeline that will become
operational in 2005.
The project has also interested the US government and
European Commission, but the construction funding will
depend on whether foreign companies will find it
feasible to invest in such countries, where the
political risk is high.
The trans-Balkan pipeline is also part of the
Transport Corridor 8 plan. Corridor 8 will include a
highway, railway, oil pipeline and fibre-optic
telecommunications line as well as AMBO’s oil
pipeline.
“We will begin formal discussions with these companies
in two weeks,” Taskovic said, adding that it would
take time to raise the money needed for the project.
“This will take one or two years. We need to raise
$450m in equity funding. The rest of the money will be
loans from banks. We have talked to the EBRD, MIGA,
IFC, OPIC and EXIM. They are excited. Once we raise
the money, we will need three years for the
construction,” Taskovic said.
He was referring to the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank’s
insurance agency MIGA, its International Finance
Corporation, the US Overseas Prime Investment Corp,
and an export-import bank.
AMBO was confident that another planned pipeline
sending crude from Russia to Greece via Bulgaria would
not threaten its own project as the Caspian region was
expected to yield as much as 110 million tonnes of oil
a year from 2005, he said.
“So much oil will be flowing from the Caspian region
that there will be sufficient crude for all,” Taskovic
said. (Compiled from Reuters dispatch, archives)
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RAPPORTI BILATERALI RFJ-CINA
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Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 2:19 PM
Subject: MLL: Li Peng Delivers Speech in Belgrade
Li Peng, chairman of the Standing Committee of the
National People's Congress, said in Belgrade Monday
that peace cannot be forged out of bombings.
Referring to air strikes against Yugoslavia by a
US-led
NATO force last year, Li said the assault was a
violation of the intent of the United Nations Charter
and universally recognized norms governing
international relations. The air strikes seriously
threatened stability in Europe.
To read more, please look at:
http://web3.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200006/13/eng20000613_42856.html
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http://www.peopledaily.net/english/200006/10/eng20000610_42658.html
People's Daily
Saturday, June 10, 2000, updated at 09:37(GMT+8)
China
China: It's Time for In-depth Reflection on Kosovo
China said Friday that it is time for in-depth
reflection on Kosovo, a Yugoslav province, where the
current situation is very critical as Serbs are
suffering from deportation and persecution.
The statement came as Shen Guofang, the deputy Chinese
permanent representative to the United Nations, took
the floor at an open U.N. Security Council meeting, at
which Bernard Kouchner, head of the U.N. Interim
Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), briefed the
15-nation body on the latest developments in the
Serbian province.
"We are of the view that it is time for in-depth
reflection," he said. "The Security Council has the
political responsibility and moral obligation to face
this reality, and it should seriously seek the
resolution to the serious problems faced by Kosovo,
otherwise the credibility of the United Nations will
continue to be impaired."
"First, the international presence should respect the
sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)," he said."UNMIK should
respect the laws of FRY and seek cooperation with
FRY."
However, "some of the current administrative measures
adopted in Kosovo impair the sovereignty of FRY and it
has created a false impression that Kosovo is going to
independence."
Shen said that "any attempt to lead Kosovo to
independence is dangerous and illegal, it will deprive
the Balkan region of peace and the ultimate victim
will be the people of the Balkan region." "UNMIK can
not afford to make a slightest mistake on this very
important policy of issue," he said.
Secondly, "we are very concerned with the security of
Serbs and other minorities in Kosovo," he said.
"We firmly oppose any forms of ethnic cleansing," he
said. " The flagrant violations of basic human rights
in Kosovo, no matter when it take place and which
ethnic group it target, can not be accepted by the
international community."
"All human rights violations are crimes," he said.
"The crimes, be they big or small, can not be
tolerated."
"In the same way, it is irresponsible to use past
events as excuses to explain the way to the critical
situation," he said. " We are concerned at the ways
UNMIK and the international peacekeepers turn about
the situation."
Apart from that, he said, "What arises our particular
concern is that a large number of non-Kosovo Albanians
have entered Kosovo, and this will change the
demographic composition of Kosovo," which has a
multi-ethnic society since ancient times.
"There should a Kosovo where different ethnic groups
can have peaceful coexistence, and this should be the
target of UNMIK," he said.
"We are opposed to any attempt to create national
division and sabotage national unity," he said.
"Fundamentally, the solution to the Kosovo issue can
only be achieved within the framework of FRY through
substantial autonomy and good ethnic policy."
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YUGOSLAVIA - CHINA
CHINESE PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT LI PENG IN BELGRADE
BELGRADE, June 11 (Tanjug) - President of the Permanent Committee of the
Pan-Chinese People's Congress Li Peng arrived on Sunday on a three-day
official and friendly visit to Yugoslavia, accompanied by his wife and
aides. "I am very pleased for the opportunity to visit Yugoslavia, given
the traditional friendship between our two countries," said Li Peng upon
arrival at Belgrade airport, adding that he was confident that his trip
will help further develop the friendship between China and Yugoslavia.
The
President of Chinese Parliament was welcomed by the Presidents of both
houses of Yugoslav Parliament - Milomir Minic and Srdja Bozovic. Li Peng
was greeted by Yugoslav Deputy Premier Nikola Sainovic, Yugoslav Foreign
Minister Zivadin Jovanovic, Serbian Parliament President Dragan Tomic,
Yugoslav Parliament Upper House Vice-President Gorica Gajevic, Yugoslav
Army General Staff Chief Gen. Nebojsa Pavkovic, Yugoslav Parliament
Foreign
Policy Committee chairman Ljubisa Ristic, Yugoslav Ambassador to China
Slobodan Unkovic, and the Ambassador of PR China in Belgrade Pan Zhanlin
with Chinese Embassy personnel. Li Peng, who will stay in Yugoslavia
till
June 13, will address Yugoslav Parliament deputies on Monday, and during
his visit will be received by top Yugoslav officials.
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Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 2:35 PM
Subject: MLL: [People's Daily] " Largest Sino-Yugoslav Joint Venture
Operational"
Largest Sino-Yugoslav Joint Venture Operational
The Hemofarm Pharmaceutical Co., the largest Sino-Yugoslav
joint venture in China, went into production Thursday in
this capital of east China's Shandong Province.
The 23-million U.S. dollars company with an annual
production capacity 30 million bottles will produce a dozen
varieties of transfusion medicine in plastic and glass
bottles at the initial stage.
The Yugoslav side covers 70 percent of the investment in
the joint venture equipped with state-of-the-art production
lines imported from Germany, Italy, Sweden and Finland.
It will turn out more varieties of medicine, such as
tablets, and Vitamin pills in the second-phase with an
investment of US$5.2 million.
More than 400 people attended the inauguration ceremony,
including Yugoslav ambassador to China Slobodan Unkovic and
Yugoslavian foreign trade minister Borislav Vukovic.
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INTERVISTA ALLA TANJUG DEL MINISTRO DELLA DIFESA JUGOSLAVO
YUGOSLAV DEFENCE MINISTER OJDANIC GIVES INTERVIEW TO TANJUG
BELGRADE, June 7 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Defence Minister Dragoljub Ojdanic
on Wednesday
visited the national news agency TANJUG and gave an interview to
Director
and Editor-in-Chief Dusan Djurdjevic. General Ojdanic stressed that
timely
and true information was more powerful than any weapon, because media
war
was no less important than armed conflict. "During last year's NATO
aggression on Yugoslavia, TANJUG played a very important part in
disseminating the truth and combatting the lies that the aggressors were
spreading about our people and state. "TANJUG has shown the
international
public the true causes and effects of developments in connection with
(the
Yugoslav republic of Serbia's province of) Kosovo-Metohija", Ojdanic
said.
"The military-political situation in the region has drastically
deteriorated since NATO's armed aggression on the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia in 1999. "The aggression is not stopping, but is continuing
by
other methods and weapons, with a view to attaining the interests of the
United States both in the Balkans and wider in the world. "Most states
see
a way out as lying in creating a multipolar world, with all its
weaknesses,
to replace the unipolar one," Ojdanic said, adding however that "nearly
all
Balkan countries have embraced the concept and strategy of the so-called
new world order." Stressing that Yugoslavia's security is still in great
jeopardy, he noted that NATO is waging three parallel wars on
Yugoslavia:
one, trying to detach Kosovo-Metohija from Serbia and to create a
Greater
Albania; next, trying to fragment the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,
whose
organisation and size are an obstacle in the way of implementing a plan
for
a total subjugation of the Balkans and getting closer to the East; and,
third, waging war on "recalcitrant" Serbia which resists globalism and
global U.S. domination. He went on to speak about the non-implementation
of
U.N. Resolution 1244 on Kosovo-Metohija and the Kumanovo
Military-Technical
accord. He said the international force (KFor) and the U.N. civilian
mission (UNMIK) in Kosovo-Metohija had neither disarmed the ethnic
Albanian
Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) nor protected the local Serbian and other
non-Albanian populations. "As I see it, a way out of the crisis lies in
the
West reviving cooperation with Yugoslavia, in an appropriate number of
Yugoslav armed and security force troops returning to Kosovo-Metohija,
which necessitates a new accord that would deviate somewhat from the
Kumanovo Military-Technical accord", Ojdanic said. Speaking about
Yugoslavia's military-political experience gleaned during the NATO
aggression, he said that "we already know in a great measure how we
shall
defend ourselves in the future. "We shall formulate final answers and
solutions as we define a new defence doctrine and work out a civil
defence
doctrine", he said. He added that the conceptual phase of the army's
reorganisation had been completed and now a schedule was to be worked
out
and the programme implemented. "A new civil defence doctrine will
specifically define the place, role and job of each defence factor. Such
a
consistent defence system will open scope for reducing the size of the
army", he explained. He went on to say that more than 215 civil defence
centres had operated during the 11-week NATO aggression, and about
32,000
civil defence activists in Serbia alone, whose efforts saved 702 lives
and
who were instrumental in getting 408 people to hospital. The civil
defence
service carried out 626 interventions of clearing away debris and 539
fire-fighting operations, dislocated 1,713 tonnes of dangerous materials
and 56,768 tonnes of oil derivatives. In cooperation with the Yugoslav
army, the civil defence service organised 16 river ferries and
transported
2,145,000 people, and prepared and organised 1,171 bomb shelters for
more
than 200,000 people. Asked about the phenomenon of global terrorism,
Ojdanic said that the greatest terrorist activity was in Europe, 90
percent
of which had lately been in Yugoslavia. "America is spared terrorist
activity and has had no more than a dozen terrorist outrages since 1991,
while Europe has had thousands", Ojdanic said, noting that terrorism had
been imported into Yugoslavia. "The ethnic Albanian terrorist
organisation
had been active before, but never as active as in 1998 and 1999, or
today,
when in plain view of KFor, ethnic Albanian terrorists carry out
terrorist
operations against non-Albanians and often even against other ethnic
Albanians who hold different political opinions." He noted that murders
and
assassinations perpetrated over the past months throughout Yugoslavia
were
text-book terrorist acts instigated and organised by the U.S.
intelligence
service. "We shall have trouble eradicating terrorism, because its roots
are in other countries. But just as any other state, we also shall
combat
terrorism with all weapons at our disposal, on which a special law will
be
passed", he stressed. He went on to speak about the sub-regional arms
control treaty signed at Florence, Italy, by Yugoslavia, Croatia,
(Bosnian
Serb) Republika Srpska and the Bosnian Muslim-Croat Federation. He said
Yugoslavia had honoured the treaty and had submitted its arms for
inspection and destroyed what it had been instructed to destroy.
"Regrettably, inspection teams that visited our country were collecting
data about military and other targets to be used in NATO's aggression",
he
said. He added that Yugoslavia had responded to its suspension from
various
international activities by freezing all activities in arms control.
"When
they recognise our state and army the way accords explicitly define
them,
then only shall we unfreeze our activities", he said. Commenting on the
attention excited at the Hague-based war crimes tribunal for former
Yugoslavia by his recent visit to Russia, the defence minister said it
was
a crime not to defend one's nation, not the other way around. "As a
soldier, I am bound by all conventions stemming from international
humanitarian and war laws. During the aggression, as chief of staff, I
fought that these conventions be consistently implemented and honoured
at
all levels of command", he said. He noted that the Yugoslav army command
and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had some months
before the aggression organised a seminar in this field at all levels of
command. At the outbreak of the NATO aggression, all army units had
received manuals with excerpts from the regulations, he explained. "In
light of this, I fear no charges and shall go freely wherever I am
invited", Ojdanic stressed, adding that he had already received
invitations
from other friendly countries.
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ANCHE CIPRO OFF-LIMITS PER LA FINANZA JUGOSLAVA
ORA LA RFJ E' COMPLETAMENTE ISOLATA DAL PUNTO DI VISTA BANCARIO
Cyprus revokes Yugoslavian bank's licence-bankers
NICOSIA, June 7 (Reuters) - Cyprus's Central Bank has revoked the
licence of
Beogradska Banka, the largest Serbian commercial bank and one with close
ties
to the Yugoslavian government, senior bankers said on Wednesday.
``The licence was revoked and they (Beogradska) challenged the decision
to
revoke the licence...there will be a court hearing in 10 to 15 days,'' a
senior central bank source told Reuters.
The central bank source, who requested anonymity, declined to say why
the
licence had been revoked. Beogradska Banka officials were not
immediately
available for comment.
Greek Cypriot newspaper Alithia also reported Beogradska's licence had
been
revoked but gave no reason.
Beogradska has had a presence in Cyprus since 1988, operating as an
offshore
bank.
Earlier this year U.S. and European Union officials visited Cyprus for
consultations on sanctions against Yugoslavia.
Greek Cypriots traditionally have close ties with Serbs but Cyprus
authorities have followed the international community in imposing
sanctions
on Belgrade.
12:40 06-07-00
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DUE GUARDIE DI FRONTIERA FERITE AL CONFINE KOSOVARO-MACEDONE
http://www.albaniannews.com
Albanian Daily News
June 7, 2000
Two Macedonian Guards Wounded on Border with Kosovo
SKOPJE - Macedonia said two border guards were wounded
on Monday by a sniper firing from inside the
neighbouring Kosovo.
The incident happened at the Dolmo Blace border post
after a patrol spotted two people who had illegally
crossed some 50 metres (yards) into Macedonian
territory from Kosovo, a defence ministry statement
said.
It said the two had escaped back to Kosovo after being
warned and the Macedonian army sent another patrol of
four soldiers to set up an observation post.
“At 3:15 p.m. (1315 GMT) a sniper shot at the patrol
from the Kosovo side and two guards suffered arm and
leg injuries,” the statement said, adding their
condition was stable and that an investigation was
under way.
Monday’s incident was the second in two months on
Macedonia’s border with Kosovo.
In the previous incident, a group of Kosovo Albanians
kidnapped four Macedonian border guards. The
Macedonian authorities have demanded stricter KFOR
border controls.
The Macedonian Defence Ministry announced earlier this
year that the country’s borders are controlled by a
new border brigade and at the same time the military
readiness of the border brigade has been stepped up.
The number of border guards has been reduced in posts
on the border with Greece and Bulgaria, while their
numbers have been increased on Madedonia’s western
border with Albania and northern borders with Kosovo
and Yugoslavia, the ministry said.
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RELAZIONI BILATERALI RFJ-VIETNAM
Communist Internet
Wednesday 7th May 2000 9.30pm gmt
Vietnam, Yugoslavia Develop Co-operation
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien said that Vietnam has
constantly
consolidated and developed comprehensive co-operation with Yugoslavia
and other
traditional friends.
This was affirmed during the talks between the Vietnamese foreign
minister and his
Yugoslavian counterpart, Zivadin Jovanovic, on June 5 at the Government
Guest House.
Mr Nien expressed his pleasure at new developments in the friendly and
co-operative
relations between the two countries. He also expressed strong support
for the
Yugoslavian
people's cause of protecting national independence, sovereignty and
territorial
integrity as
well as the restoration of Yugoslavia's legal position at the United
Nations and other
international organisations.
Mr Z Jovanovic said he highly appreciated the achievements recorded by
the Vietnamese
people in the implementation of the open-door policy and integration
into the regional
and
world communities. He thanked the Vietnamese government and people for
their support
to Yugoslavia's struggle against the North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation's (NATO)
aggression. The foreign minister affirmed that Yugoslavia treasures its
traditional
ties with
Vietnam and wished that the comprehensive co-operation between the two
countries
would be further boosted, particularly in trade and economy.
The two foreign ministers discussed regional and international issues of
mutual
concern,
the situation in both countries and agreed to strengthen co-operation in
all fields.
After the talks, the two ministers signed a visa-exemption agreement for
holders of
diplomatic and official passports and...
http://www.billkath.demon.co.uk/cw/vietnamy/vietnamy.html
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YUGOSLAVIA - VIETNAM
YUGOSLAVIA AND VIETNAM HAVE TIES OF STRONG MUTUAL SUPPORT AND TRUST
HANOI, June 6 (Tanjug) - Vietnam has high respect for the
Yugoslav people's unflinching struggle against NATO's aggression and for
Yugoslavia's determination to accomplish economic reconstruction and
development, Vietnam's top official said on Tuesday. President Tran Duc
Luong was meeting in Hanoi with visiting Yugoslav Foreign Minister
Zivadin
Jovanovic. In reply to greetings from Yugoslav President Slobodan
Milosevic
conveyed by Jovanovic, Tran said he was sure Milosevic would stand firm
with his people and surmount all difficulties, defend the country and
rebuild NATO-wreaked devastation. The meeting rounded off Jovanovic's
successful contacts with ranking government and communist party
officials
in this influential Asian country, with a population of 82 million and
an
impressive annual economic growth rate of 7-8 percent over the past
decade.
Vietnam firmly supports Yugoslavia and its people, and demands a strict
and
full implementation of U.N. Resolution 1244, Tran said, adding that
Vietnam
insists that all bans and sanctions against Yugoslavia be lifted
immediately. He went on to say he was sure Jovanovic's visit would be
successful and would boost friendly bilateral relations and cooperation,
and accepted with pleasure Milosevic's invitation to visit Yugoslavia.
Jovanovic, in turn, stressed that President Milosevic, the Yugoslav
Government and people highly appreciate the solidarity and support of
Vietnam, especially at the time of last year's NATO aggression. He said
that Vietnam's support for and solidarity with Yugoslavia were all the
more
important for coming from a state and nation symbolic of the struggle
for
freedom and independence in the world. Yugoslavia highly appreciates
also
Vietnam's support for its reintegration in the United Nations, the
non-aligned movement and other international organisations. During the
meeting, strong support was given to a further strengthening of
bilateral
relations and expansion and diversification of cooperation, especially
in
the economy.
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Piu' di 10mila persone a Kumrovec
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REPUBBLICA SERBA DI BOSNIA
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The West's colonial governor of Bosnia Wolfgang Petrisch (an Austrian,
and
head of the OHR) has decided to criticise the recent appointment made by
Bosnia's multi-ethnic presidency because this man happens to be
suggesting
that Bosnia can't rush headlong into privatization. It seems that the
only
thing that the Serbs, Croats and Muslims are united on is to protect the
countries industry from the voracious apetites of the neoliberal
financial
elite! [note that the previous man who held the post was from the
Socialist
Party (SPRS)!]
Top envoy blasts Bosnia authorities over new PM
By Nedim Dervisbegovic
SARAJEVO, June 7 (Reuters) - The West's top envoy in Bosnia on Wednesday
blasted the appointment of a little known Serb professor as the
country's
next prime minister.
Parliament approved Spasoje Tusevljak, reported to have been an
economics
adviser to indicted war criminal Radovan Karadzic, as rotating chairman
of
the Council of Ministers on Tuesday.
Western envoy Wolfgang Petritsch, who has sweeping powers to implement
Bosnia's peace process, slammed the move.
``I want to express my deep dissatisfaction about the process of
selecting
the most important executive in this country,'' he said after a meeting
with
the three-man presidency that proposed Tusevljak, 48, last month.
``A candidate was selected (who) is virtually unknown in this country,''
he
told reporters, adding that the whole process of selection was
unprofessional.
Tusevljak, without party membership, must return to parliament for a
vote on
the full cabinet of six ministries, one of which will be held by him. No
date
has been set.
The chair rotates among ministers every eight months.
Bosnia, made up of the Moslem-Croat federation and the Serb republic,
has
been without central government since February, when a Constitutional
Court
ruling forced it to dissolve.
The central institutions have only a limited role. The new Council of
Ministers will oversee policy areas including foreign affairs, trade,
human
rights and the state treasury.
The international community, which is sponsoring Bosnia's recovery from
the
1992-95 war with billions of dollars, sees stronger central government
as the
key to economic revival.
Tusevljak was a pre-war resident of Sarajevo but fled to the Serb
territory
and later to Belgrade after war broke out. He now lectures in economics
at
the university in the Serb part of Sarajevo.
Sarajevo media reported last month that he was an economic adviser early
in
the conflict to Bosnian Serb wartime leader Karadzic, who is now in
hiding.
Petritsch said he would keep the presidency and the parliament
accountable
for their decisions. He criticised Tusevljak for saying on Tuesday that
Bosnia should progress slowly, calling his remarks ``simply unacceptable
to
me.''
``We need to speed up the process of the implementation, not to slow it
down,'' he said.
A previous candidate to chair the central government, former Bosnian
Serb
Deputy Prime Minister Tihomir Gligoric, lost the support of the
presidency
after Western officials complained that his Socialist party was too
close to
Belgrade.
14:03 06-07-00
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Bosnian parliament approves Serb PM, envoy unhappy
SARAJEVO, June 6 (Reuters) - Bosnia's parliament on Tuesday approved
Serb
Spasoje Tusevljak as the next rotating chairman of the restructured
central
government but the West's top envoy in the country said he was not the
right
man for the job.
Tusevljak, a relatively unknown economics professor without party
affiliation, passed the confidence motion in the 42-seat lower house
after 19
deputies voted for him, 11 voted against and two abstained. Ten were
absent.
He will return to the lower chamber for the vote on the full cabinet
which
has six ministries, one of which will be held by Tusevljak, but no date
has
been set yet. The chair rotates among ministers every eight months.
A spokeswoman for international High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch
said
after the vote that the envoy did not know ``what qualifies Mr Tusevljak
for
this position.''
``Neither the presidency nor the parliament have lived up to their
responsibility of providing Bosnia with a chair who meets criteria of
being
able to turn the Council of Ministers into an efficient common
institution,''
she said.
The international community sponsoring the Balkan country's peace
process
with billions of dollars sees the strengthening of the joint
institutions as
a cornerstone of future development.
Under the 1995 Dayton peace treaty, Bosnia is divided into a
highly-autonomous Moslem-Croat Federation and Serb Republic, each of
which
has its own military and police.
The all-Bosnian central institutions -- the parliament, the presidency
and
the government -- have a limited role.
The old Council of Ministers ceased to exist in February after the
country's
Constitutional Court ruled that it could not have two co-chairs and a
deputy.
It had three ministers.
The three-man inter-ethnic presidency nominated Tusevljak last month as
a
compromise solution, put forward by Serb member Zivko Radisic.
Previous Bosnian Serb candidate Tihomir Gligoric lost presidency support
after peace officials objected to his nomination, saying his Bosnian
Serb
Socialist Party was too close to the Yugoslav ruling party of President
Slobodan Milosevic.
13:35 06-06-00
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MONTENEGRO
Tuesday, June 6 11:30 AM SGT
Montenegro president's brother accused of wounding militant
PODGORICA, Yugoslavia, June 6 (AFP) -
The brother of Montenegro's President Milo Djukanovic took part in an
attack
on a militant of the Montenegro Liberal Alliance (LSCG) who was
seriously
injured, an LSCG official told AFP.
The opposition party's number two, Miroslav Vickovic, said Aleksandar
Djukanovic and a friend Pajo Jabucanin attacked Zoran Kljajic late
Sunday
outside a hotel in the centre of Montenegro's capital Podgorica.
Kljajic was pistol-whipped, receiving a double skull fracture and
concussion, Vickovic said. He was hospitalized and operated on early
Monday,
the LSCG official said.
Friends of Kljajic tried to halt the aggression but the president's
brother
and his friend threatened them with pistols, Vickovic said, adding that
Montenegro's deputy interior minister, Vuk Boskovic, was present.
Vickovic called on Interior Minister Vukasin Maras to act according to
the
law.
President Djukanovic's brother is a businessman who is not involved in
politics.
The LSCG, which promotes independence for Montenegro, broke off a local
alliance with the president's "Live Better" coalition in Podgorica and
Herceg Novi, a town on the Adriatic coast.
The split and the LSCG's entry into opposition caused early municipal
elections to be called in the two towns. They are to be held Sunday.
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Montenegro police prepare for conflict-Yugo army
BELGRADE, June 8 (Reuters) - The Yugoslav army on Thursday accused
Montenegro's police of setting the scene for conflict and said the
republic's
authorities had joined a Western campaign against Yugoslavia and its
armed
forces.
The accusations, in an army statement carried by the state news agency
Tanjug, coincided with tensions between the pro-Western coastal republic
and
Serb-dominated federation ahead of local elections in two Montenegro's
towns.
``The Montenegrin leadership, the authorities and police whole-heartedly
joined a Western psychological propaganda and media campaign aimed at
our
country and the Yugoslav army,'' the statement said on Thursday.
But, it added, the Montenegrins, ``aware of the historic moment and
responsibility for the future, will pull their strength together in
order to
recognise who is who in the Yugoslav reality.''
Montenegro's President Milo Djukanovic has been at odds with Yugoslav
President Slobodan Milosevic since 1997, pushing for democratic and
economic
reforms in Yugoslavia and threatening a referendum on independence if
Belgrade does not comply.
Djukanovic is facing early local polls in the capital Podgorica and in
the
costal town of Herceg-Novi after the Liberal Alliance party pulled out
of his
local coalitions in order to campaign on a pro-independence ticket.
Pro-Milosevic parties in Montenegro formed a coalition for the polls and
have
been campaigning vigorously, accusing Djukanovic of treason and of
trying to
secede from Serbia.
Last Friday, the Montenegrin Finance Minister said he saw no risk the
army
would try to overthrow his government that has edged away from the
federation
dominated by Milosevic, himself of Montenegrin origin.
``We are fully aware that top officers of the Yugoslav army are
completely
loyal to Mr Milosevic,'' Miroslav Ivanisevic told reporters in Brussels,
but
added he ``would say the Yugoslav army would not be used in Montenegro
for a
coup d'etat.''
The army has also denied it was doing anything else in Montenegro but
its
regular duties stipulated by the federal constitution and said it posed
no
threat to the republic.
But on Thursday, it listed a number of examples of what it called
``measures,
acts and preparations set to provoke incidents, conflicts and clashes
with
members of the army in order to cause the international community
condemnation and reactions.''
The statement said that Montenegrin police were arming and exercising a
reserve in the towns of Cetinje and Herceg-Novi, while in the towns of
Tivat,
Bar and Ulcinj the reserve was made up mostly of ethnic Croats and
Albanians.
``In addition, Montenegro's police have enormous forces in other
security
centres formed on the basis of political and national criteria,'' the
statement said.
15:56 06-08-00
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http://www.antiwar.com/szamuely/sz061500.html
Antiwar.com
June 15, 2000
Bribing Montenegro –- It Didn't Work
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GRANDE RACCOLTA DI LINK SUL MONTENEGRO:
http://www.usip.org/library/regions/montenegro.html
Updated: March 20 2000
United States Institute of Peace Library
Montenegro Web Links
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IL DANESE SCHMEICHEL CHIEDE IL PASSAPORTO JUGOSLAVO
Subject: [STOPNATO] Danish Soccer Star Wants Yugoslav Passport
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 08:59:10 -0500 (CDT)
From: (Rick Rozoff)
To: stopnato@...
STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM
BREAKING NEWS :
SCHMEICHEL WANTS YUGOSLAV PASSPORT FROM MILOSEVIC.
Rotterdam 16.6.2000
Danish football superstar Peter Boleslaw Schmeichel shocked the world at
today's press-conference after the match with Holland. Disturbed and
disappointed after another humiliating defeat of his team at EURO 2000,
he made a short statement for the press: "I am too ambitious and too
good goalkeeper to play in such a bad team as Denmark. I'm feed up
,therefore, tonight I officially applied at the embassy of The Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia, for Yugoslavian passport. Yugoslav football
team is excellent, and it is the only team I would like to play for. I
personally asked president Slobodan Milosevic it grant me Yugoslavian
National Passport, because I highly respect him and his achievements in
the last year War against Nato-agressors."
Schmeichel still didn't get any answer from Yugoslav officials, but
Yugoslav coach Boskov said that Schmeichel is not good enough to play in
the Yugoslav team.
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E' PARTITO IL FINANZIAMENTO PER L'OLEODOTTO SUL CORRIDOIO OTTO
http://www.albaniannews.com
Albanian Daily News
June 16, 2000
Balkan AMBO Pipeline to Start Raising Funds in July
SKOPJE - The Albanian, Macedonian and Bulgarian Oil
Corporation LLC (AMBO) of Pound Ridge, New York, said
on Thursday it would start raising funds in early July
for a $1.13bn pipeline to ship crude oil from the
Black and Caspian seas to the West.
“The feasibility study gives oil companies operating
in the Caspian region a commercially compelling
proposition to invest in the project. Almost all major
companies in the world can use the pipeline,” AMBO
Executive Vice-President Gligor Taskovic told Reuters
in the Macedonian capital Skopje.
The company’s president, Ted Fergusson, had said
earlier in Sofia AMBO aimed to start work in 2001.
“Project’s sanctions and funding should be established
by the end of this year,” said Fergusson, announcing
conclusions of the project’s updated feasibility
study. An earlier estimate had put the project at
about $850m.
The underground pipeline, 913 kilometres long, is
designed to carry 750,000 barrels a day, or 35m metric
tons per year, which will represent 40 percent of the
crude oil from newly-developed oilfields to enter the
Black Sea in the next five years or 30 percent of the
new oil over the next 10 years, Fergusson said.
It will pass from Burgas, on the Black Sea coast, to
Vlora, to ship Russian, Azerbaijani, Kazakh and
Turkmenian oil from around the Black Sea to the
markets of Western Europe and North America. It will
also bypass Turkey’s heavily travelled Bosphorus
Straits.
Big tankers with 300,000 tonnes of crude can anchor at
the port of Vlora, which makes the transit journey to
the United States economic, while the biggest tankers
passing the Bosphorus could carry 150,000 tonnes, AMBO
officials said. A holding structure with three
separate companies in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania
will build the pipeline. Each country can be an equity
holder in the investment.
AMBO has letters of acceptance from the governments of
Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria for the underground
link.
Taskovic said companies including Texaco, Chevron,
Exxon Mobil, BP Amoco, Agip, Total, Elf, Fina, were
interested in the pipeline that will become
operational in 2005.
The project has also interested the US government and
European Commission, but the construction funding will
depend on whether foreign companies will find it
feasible to invest in such countries, where the
political risk is high.
The trans-Balkan pipeline is also part of the
Transport Corridor 8 plan. Corridor 8 will include a
highway, railway, oil pipeline and fibre-optic
telecommunications line as well as AMBO’s oil
pipeline.
“We will begin formal discussions with these companies
in two weeks,” Taskovic said, adding that it would
take time to raise the money needed for the project.
“This will take one or two years. We need to raise
$450m in equity funding. The rest of the money will be
loans from banks. We have talked to the EBRD, MIGA,
IFC, OPIC and EXIM. They are excited. Once we raise
the money, we will need three years for the
construction,” Taskovic said.
He was referring to the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank’s
insurance agency MIGA, its International Finance
Corporation, the US Overseas Prime Investment Corp,
and an export-import bank.
AMBO was confident that another planned pipeline
sending crude from Russia to Greece via Bulgaria would
not threaten its own project as the Caspian region was
expected to yield as much as 110 million tonnes of oil
a year from 2005, he said.
“So much oil will be flowing from the Caspian region
that there will be sufficient crude for all,” Taskovic
said. (Compiled from Reuters dispatch, archives)
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Subject: MLL: Li Peng Delivers Speech in Belgrade
Li Peng, chairman of the Standing Committee of the
National People's Congress, said in Belgrade Monday
that peace cannot be forged out of bombings.
Referring to air strikes against Yugoslavia by a
US-led
NATO force last year, Li said the assault was a
violation of the intent of the United Nations Charter
and universally recognized norms governing
international relations. The air strikes seriously
threatened stability in Europe.
To read more, please look at:
http://web3.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200006/13/eng20000613_42856.html
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http://www.peopledaily.net/english/200006/10/eng20000610_42658.html
People's Daily
Saturday, June 10, 2000, updated at 09:37(GMT+8)
China
China: It's Time for In-depth Reflection on Kosovo
China said Friday that it is time for in-depth
reflection on Kosovo, a Yugoslav province, where the
current situation is very critical as Serbs are
suffering from deportation and persecution.
The statement came as Shen Guofang, the deputy Chinese
permanent representative to the United Nations, took
the floor at an open U.N. Security Council meeting, at
which Bernard Kouchner, head of the U.N. Interim
Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), briefed the
15-nation body on the latest developments in the
Serbian province.
"We are of the view that it is time for in-depth
reflection," he said. "The Security Council has the
political responsibility and moral obligation to face
this reality, and it should seriously seek the
resolution to the serious problems faced by Kosovo,
otherwise the credibility of the United Nations will
continue to be impaired."
"First, the international presence should respect the
sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)," he said."UNMIK should
respect the laws of FRY and seek cooperation with
FRY."
However, "some of the current administrative measures
adopted in Kosovo impair the sovereignty of FRY and it
has created a false impression that Kosovo is going to
independence."
Shen said that "any attempt to lead Kosovo to
independence is dangerous and illegal, it will deprive
the Balkan region of peace and the ultimate victim
will be the people of the Balkan region." "UNMIK can
not afford to make a slightest mistake on this very
important policy of issue," he said.
Secondly, "we are very concerned with the security of
Serbs and other minorities in Kosovo," he said.
"We firmly oppose any forms of ethnic cleansing," he
said. " The flagrant violations of basic human rights
in Kosovo, no matter when it take place and which
ethnic group it target, can not be accepted by the
international community."
"All human rights violations are crimes," he said.
"The crimes, be they big or small, can not be
tolerated."
"In the same way, it is irresponsible to use past
events as excuses to explain the way to the critical
situation," he said. " We are concerned at the ways
UNMIK and the international peacekeepers turn about
the situation."
Apart from that, he said, "What arises our particular
concern is that a large number of non-Kosovo Albanians
have entered Kosovo, and this will change the
demographic composition of Kosovo," which has a
multi-ethnic society since ancient times.
"There should a Kosovo where different ethnic groups
can have peaceful coexistence, and this should be the
target of UNMIK," he said.
"We are opposed to any attempt to create national
division and sabotage national unity," he said.
"Fundamentally, the solution to the Kosovo issue can
only be achieved within the framework of FRY through
substantial autonomy and good ethnic policy."
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YUGOSLAVIA - CHINA
CHINESE PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT LI PENG IN BELGRADE
BELGRADE, June 11 (Tanjug) - President of the Permanent Committee of the
Pan-Chinese People's Congress Li Peng arrived on Sunday on a three-day
official and friendly visit to Yugoslavia, accompanied by his wife and
aides. "I am very pleased for the opportunity to visit Yugoslavia, given
the traditional friendship between our two countries," said Li Peng upon
arrival at Belgrade airport, adding that he was confident that his trip
will help further develop the friendship between China and Yugoslavia.
The
President of Chinese Parliament was welcomed by the Presidents of both
houses of Yugoslav Parliament - Milomir Minic and Srdja Bozovic. Li Peng
was greeted by Yugoslav Deputy Premier Nikola Sainovic, Yugoslav Foreign
Minister Zivadin Jovanovic, Serbian Parliament President Dragan Tomic,
Yugoslav Parliament Upper House Vice-President Gorica Gajevic, Yugoslav
Army General Staff Chief Gen. Nebojsa Pavkovic, Yugoslav Parliament
Foreign
Policy Committee chairman Ljubisa Ristic, Yugoslav Ambassador to China
Slobodan Unkovic, and the Ambassador of PR China in Belgrade Pan Zhanlin
with Chinese Embassy personnel. Li Peng, who will stay in Yugoslavia
till
June 13, will address Yugoslav Parliament deputies on Monday, and during
his visit will be received by top Yugoslav officials.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ning Mao <mao.ning@...>
To: MLL <marxist-leninist-list@...>
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 2:35 PM
Subject: MLL: [People's Daily] " Largest Sino-Yugoslav Joint Venture
Operational"
Largest Sino-Yugoslav Joint Venture Operational
The Hemofarm Pharmaceutical Co., the largest Sino-Yugoslav
joint venture in China, went into production Thursday in
this capital of east China's Shandong Province.
The 23-million U.S. dollars company with an annual
production capacity 30 million bottles will produce a dozen
varieties of transfusion medicine in plastic and glass
bottles at the initial stage.
The Yugoslav side covers 70 percent of the investment in
the joint venture equipped with state-of-the-art production
lines imported from Germany, Italy, Sweden and Finland.
It will turn out more varieties of medicine, such as
tablets, and Vitamin pills in the second-phase with an
investment of US$5.2 million.
More than 400 people attended the inauguration ceremony,
including Yugoslav ambassador to China Slobodan Unkovic and
Yugoslavian foreign trade minister Borislav Vukovic.
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INTERVISTA ALLA TANJUG DEL MINISTRO DELLA DIFESA JUGOSLAVO
YUGOSLAV DEFENCE MINISTER OJDANIC GIVES INTERVIEW TO TANJUG
BELGRADE, June 7 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Defence Minister Dragoljub Ojdanic
on Wednesday
visited the national news agency TANJUG and gave an interview to
Director
and Editor-in-Chief Dusan Djurdjevic. General Ojdanic stressed that
timely
and true information was more powerful than any weapon, because media
war
was no less important than armed conflict. "During last year's NATO
aggression on Yugoslavia, TANJUG played a very important part in
disseminating the truth and combatting the lies that the aggressors were
spreading about our people and state. "TANJUG has shown the
international
public the true causes and effects of developments in connection with
(the
Yugoslav republic of Serbia's province of) Kosovo-Metohija", Ojdanic
said.
"The military-political situation in the region has drastically
deteriorated since NATO's armed aggression on the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia in 1999. "The aggression is not stopping, but is continuing
by
other methods and weapons, with a view to attaining the interests of the
United States both in the Balkans and wider in the world. "Most states
see
a way out as lying in creating a multipolar world, with all its
weaknesses,
to replace the unipolar one," Ojdanic said, adding however that "nearly
all
Balkan countries have embraced the concept and strategy of the so-called
new world order." Stressing that Yugoslavia's security is still in great
jeopardy, he noted that NATO is waging three parallel wars on
Yugoslavia:
one, trying to detach Kosovo-Metohija from Serbia and to create a
Greater
Albania; next, trying to fragment the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,
whose
organisation and size are an obstacle in the way of implementing a plan
for
a total subjugation of the Balkans and getting closer to the East; and,
third, waging war on "recalcitrant" Serbia which resists globalism and
global U.S. domination. He went on to speak about the non-implementation
of
U.N. Resolution 1244 on Kosovo-Metohija and the Kumanovo
Military-Technical
accord. He said the international force (KFor) and the U.N. civilian
mission (UNMIK) in Kosovo-Metohija had neither disarmed the ethnic
Albanian
Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) nor protected the local Serbian and other
non-Albanian populations. "As I see it, a way out of the crisis lies in
the
West reviving cooperation with Yugoslavia, in an appropriate number of
Yugoslav armed and security force troops returning to Kosovo-Metohija,
which necessitates a new accord that would deviate somewhat from the
Kumanovo Military-Technical accord", Ojdanic said. Speaking about
Yugoslavia's military-political experience gleaned during the NATO
aggression, he said that "we already know in a great measure how we
shall
defend ourselves in the future. "We shall formulate final answers and
solutions as we define a new defence doctrine and work out a civil
defence
doctrine", he said. He added that the conceptual phase of the army's
reorganisation had been completed and now a schedule was to be worked
out
and the programme implemented. "A new civil defence doctrine will
specifically define the place, role and job of each defence factor. Such
a
consistent defence system will open scope for reducing the size of the
army", he explained. He went on to say that more than 215 civil defence
centres had operated during the 11-week NATO aggression, and about
32,000
civil defence activists in Serbia alone, whose efforts saved 702 lives
and
who were instrumental in getting 408 people to hospital. The civil
defence
service carried out 626 interventions of clearing away debris and 539
fire-fighting operations, dislocated 1,713 tonnes of dangerous materials
and 56,768 tonnes of oil derivatives. In cooperation with the Yugoslav
army, the civil defence service organised 16 river ferries and
transported
2,145,000 people, and prepared and organised 1,171 bomb shelters for
more
than 200,000 people. Asked about the phenomenon of global terrorism,
Ojdanic said that the greatest terrorist activity was in Europe, 90
percent
of which had lately been in Yugoslavia. "America is spared terrorist
activity and has had no more than a dozen terrorist outrages since 1991,
while Europe has had thousands", Ojdanic said, noting that terrorism had
been imported into Yugoslavia. "The ethnic Albanian terrorist
organisation
had been active before, but never as active as in 1998 and 1999, or
today,
when in plain view of KFor, ethnic Albanian terrorists carry out
terrorist
operations against non-Albanians and often even against other ethnic
Albanians who hold different political opinions." He noted that murders
and
assassinations perpetrated over the past months throughout Yugoslavia
were
text-book terrorist acts instigated and organised by the U.S.
intelligence
service. "We shall have trouble eradicating terrorism, because its roots
are in other countries. But just as any other state, we also shall
combat
terrorism with all weapons at our disposal, on which a special law will
be
passed", he stressed. He went on to speak about the sub-regional arms
control treaty signed at Florence, Italy, by Yugoslavia, Croatia,
(Bosnian
Serb) Republika Srpska and the Bosnian Muslim-Croat Federation. He said
Yugoslavia had honoured the treaty and had submitted its arms for
inspection and destroyed what it had been instructed to destroy.
"Regrettably, inspection teams that visited our country were collecting
data about military and other targets to be used in NATO's aggression",
he
said. He added that Yugoslavia had responded to its suspension from
various
international activities by freezing all activities in arms control.
"When
they recognise our state and army the way accords explicitly define
them,
then only shall we unfreeze our activities", he said. Commenting on the
attention excited at the Hague-based war crimes tribunal for former
Yugoslavia by his recent visit to Russia, the defence minister said it
was
a crime not to defend one's nation, not the other way around. "As a
soldier, I am bound by all conventions stemming from international
humanitarian and war laws. During the aggression, as chief of staff, I
fought that these conventions be consistently implemented and honoured
at
all levels of command", he said. He noted that the Yugoslav army command
and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had some months
before the aggression organised a seminar in this field at all levels of
command. At the outbreak of the NATO aggression, all army units had
received manuals with excerpts from the regulations, he explained. "In
light of this, I fear no charges and shall go freely wherever I am
invited", Ojdanic stressed, adding that he had already received
invitations
from other friendly countries.
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ANCHE CIPRO OFF-LIMITS PER LA FINANZA JUGOSLAVA
ORA LA RFJ E' COMPLETAMENTE ISOLATA DAL PUNTO DI VISTA BANCARIO
Cyprus revokes Yugoslavian bank's licence-bankers
NICOSIA, June 7 (Reuters) - Cyprus's Central Bank has revoked the
licence of
Beogradska Banka, the largest Serbian commercial bank and one with close
ties
to the Yugoslavian government, senior bankers said on Wednesday.
``The licence was revoked and they (Beogradska) challenged the decision
to
revoke the licence...there will be a court hearing in 10 to 15 days,'' a
senior central bank source told Reuters.
The central bank source, who requested anonymity, declined to say why
the
licence had been revoked. Beogradska Banka officials were not
immediately
available for comment.
Greek Cypriot newspaper Alithia also reported Beogradska's licence had
been
revoked but gave no reason.
Beogradska has had a presence in Cyprus since 1988, operating as an
offshore
bank.
Earlier this year U.S. and European Union officials visited Cyprus for
consultations on sanctions against Yugoslavia.
Greek Cypriots traditionally have close ties with Serbs but Cyprus
authorities have followed the international community in imposing
sanctions
on Belgrade.
12:40 06-07-00
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DUE GUARDIE DI FRONTIERA FERITE AL CONFINE KOSOVARO-MACEDONE
http://www.albaniannews.com
Albanian Daily News
June 7, 2000
Two Macedonian Guards Wounded on Border with Kosovo
SKOPJE - Macedonia said two border guards were wounded
on Monday by a sniper firing from inside the
neighbouring Kosovo.
The incident happened at the Dolmo Blace border post
after a patrol spotted two people who had illegally
crossed some 50 metres (yards) into Macedonian
territory from Kosovo, a defence ministry statement
said.
It said the two had escaped back to Kosovo after being
warned and the Macedonian army sent another patrol of
four soldiers to set up an observation post.
“At 3:15 p.m. (1315 GMT) a sniper shot at the patrol
from the Kosovo side and two guards suffered arm and
leg injuries,” the statement said, adding their
condition was stable and that an investigation was
under way.
Monday’s incident was the second in two months on
Macedonia’s border with Kosovo.
In the previous incident, a group of Kosovo Albanians
kidnapped four Macedonian border guards. The
Macedonian authorities have demanded stricter KFOR
border controls.
The Macedonian Defence Ministry announced earlier this
year that the country’s borders are controlled by a
new border brigade and at the same time the military
readiness of the border brigade has been stepped up.
The number of border guards has been reduced in posts
on the border with Greece and Bulgaria, while their
numbers have been increased on Madedonia’s western
border with Albania and northern borders with Kosovo
and Yugoslavia, the ministry said.
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RELAZIONI BILATERALI RFJ-VIETNAM
Communist Internet
Wednesday 7th May 2000 9.30pm gmt
Vietnam, Yugoslavia Develop Co-operation
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien said that Vietnam has
constantly
consolidated and developed comprehensive co-operation with Yugoslavia
and other
traditional friends.
This was affirmed during the talks between the Vietnamese foreign
minister and his
Yugoslavian counterpart, Zivadin Jovanovic, on June 5 at the Government
Guest House.
Mr Nien expressed his pleasure at new developments in the friendly and
co-operative
relations between the two countries. He also expressed strong support
for the
Yugoslavian
people's cause of protecting national independence, sovereignty and
territorial
integrity as
well as the restoration of Yugoslavia's legal position at the United
Nations and other
international organisations.
Mr Z Jovanovic said he highly appreciated the achievements recorded by
the Vietnamese
people in the implementation of the open-door policy and integration
into the regional
and
world communities. He thanked the Vietnamese government and people for
their support
to Yugoslavia's struggle against the North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation's (NATO)
aggression. The foreign minister affirmed that Yugoslavia treasures its
traditional
ties with
Vietnam and wished that the comprehensive co-operation between the two
countries
would be further boosted, particularly in trade and economy.
The two foreign ministers discussed regional and international issues of
mutual
concern,
the situation in both countries and agreed to strengthen co-operation in
all fields.
After the talks, the two ministers signed a visa-exemption agreement for
holders of
diplomatic and official passports and...
http://www.billkath.demon.co.uk/cw/vietnamy/vietnamy.html
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YUGOSLAVIA - VIETNAM
YUGOSLAVIA AND VIETNAM HAVE TIES OF STRONG MUTUAL SUPPORT AND TRUST
HANOI, June 6 (Tanjug) - Vietnam has high respect for the
Yugoslav people's unflinching struggle against NATO's aggression and for
Yugoslavia's determination to accomplish economic reconstruction and
development, Vietnam's top official said on Tuesday. President Tran Duc
Luong was meeting in Hanoi with visiting Yugoslav Foreign Minister
Zivadin
Jovanovic. In reply to greetings from Yugoslav President Slobodan
Milosevic
conveyed by Jovanovic, Tran said he was sure Milosevic would stand firm
with his people and surmount all difficulties, defend the country and
rebuild NATO-wreaked devastation. The meeting rounded off Jovanovic's
successful contacts with ranking government and communist party
officials
in this influential Asian country, with a population of 82 million and
an
impressive annual economic growth rate of 7-8 percent over the past
decade.
Vietnam firmly supports Yugoslavia and its people, and demands a strict
and
full implementation of U.N. Resolution 1244, Tran said, adding that
Vietnam
insists that all bans and sanctions against Yugoslavia be lifted
immediately. He went on to say he was sure Jovanovic's visit would be
successful and would boost friendly bilateral relations and cooperation,
and accepted with pleasure Milosevic's invitation to visit Yugoslavia.
Jovanovic, in turn, stressed that President Milosevic, the Yugoslav
Government and people highly appreciate the solidarity and support of
Vietnam, especially at the time of last year's NATO aggression. He said
that Vietnam's support for and solidarity with Yugoslavia were all the
more
important for coming from a state and nation symbolic of the struggle
for
freedom and independence in the world. Yugoslavia highly appreciates
also
Vietnam's support for its reintegration in the United Nations, the
non-aligned movement and other international organisations. During the
meeting, strong support was given to a further strengthening of
bilateral
relations and expansion and diversification of cooperation, especially
in
the economy.
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The West's colonial governor of Bosnia Wolfgang Petrisch (an Austrian,
and
head of the OHR) has decided to criticise the recent appointment made by
Bosnia's multi-ethnic presidency because this man happens to be
suggesting
that Bosnia can't rush headlong into privatization. It seems that the
only
thing that the Serbs, Croats and Muslims are united on is to protect the
countries industry from the voracious apetites of the neoliberal
financial
elite! [note that the previous man who held the post was from the
Socialist
Party (SPRS)!]
Top envoy blasts Bosnia authorities over new PM
By Nedim Dervisbegovic
SARAJEVO, June 7 (Reuters) - The West's top envoy in Bosnia on Wednesday
blasted the appointment of a little known Serb professor as the
country's
next prime minister.
Parliament approved Spasoje Tusevljak, reported to have been an
economics
adviser to indicted war criminal Radovan Karadzic, as rotating chairman
of
the Council of Ministers on Tuesday.
Western envoy Wolfgang Petritsch, who has sweeping powers to implement
Bosnia's peace process, slammed the move.
``I want to express my deep dissatisfaction about the process of
selecting
the most important executive in this country,'' he said after a meeting
with
the three-man presidency that proposed Tusevljak, 48, last month.
``A candidate was selected (who) is virtually unknown in this country,''
he
told reporters, adding that the whole process of selection was
unprofessional.
Tusevljak, without party membership, must return to parliament for a
vote on
the full cabinet of six ministries, one of which will be held by him. No
date
has been set.
The chair rotates among ministers every eight months.
Bosnia, made up of the Moslem-Croat federation and the Serb republic,
has
been without central government since February, when a Constitutional
Court
ruling forced it to dissolve.
The central institutions have only a limited role. The new Council of
Ministers will oversee policy areas including foreign affairs, trade,
human
rights and the state treasury.
The international community, which is sponsoring Bosnia's recovery from
the
1992-95 war with billions of dollars, sees stronger central government
as the
key to economic revival.
Tusevljak was a pre-war resident of Sarajevo but fled to the Serb
territory
and later to Belgrade after war broke out. He now lectures in economics
at
the university in the Serb part of Sarajevo.
Sarajevo media reported last month that he was an economic adviser early
in
the conflict to Bosnian Serb wartime leader Karadzic, who is now in
hiding.
Petritsch said he would keep the presidency and the parliament
accountable
for their decisions. He criticised Tusevljak for saying on Tuesday that
Bosnia should progress slowly, calling his remarks ``simply unacceptable
to
me.''
``We need to speed up the process of the implementation, not to slow it
down,'' he said.
A previous candidate to chair the central government, former Bosnian
Serb
Deputy Prime Minister Tihomir Gligoric, lost the support of the
presidency
after Western officials complained that his Socialist party was too
close to
Belgrade.
14:03 06-07-00
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Bosnian parliament approves Serb PM, envoy unhappy
SARAJEVO, June 6 (Reuters) - Bosnia's parliament on Tuesday approved
Serb
Spasoje Tusevljak as the next rotating chairman of the restructured
central
government but the West's top envoy in the country said he was not the
right
man for the job.
Tusevljak, a relatively unknown economics professor without party
affiliation, passed the confidence motion in the 42-seat lower house
after 19
deputies voted for him, 11 voted against and two abstained. Ten were
absent.
He will return to the lower chamber for the vote on the full cabinet
which
has six ministries, one of which will be held by Tusevljak, but no date
has
been set yet. The chair rotates among ministers every eight months.
A spokeswoman for international High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch
said
after the vote that the envoy did not know ``what qualifies Mr Tusevljak
for
this position.''
``Neither the presidency nor the parliament have lived up to their
responsibility of providing Bosnia with a chair who meets criteria of
being
able to turn the Council of Ministers into an efficient common
institution,''
she said.
The international community sponsoring the Balkan country's peace
process
with billions of dollars sees the strengthening of the joint
institutions as
a cornerstone of future development.
Under the 1995 Dayton peace treaty, Bosnia is divided into a
highly-autonomous Moslem-Croat Federation and Serb Republic, each of
which
has its own military and police.
The all-Bosnian central institutions -- the parliament, the presidency
and
the government -- have a limited role.
The old Council of Ministers ceased to exist in February after the
country's
Constitutional Court ruled that it could not have two co-chairs and a
deputy.
It had three ministers.
The three-man inter-ethnic presidency nominated Tusevljak last month as
a
compromise solution, put forward by Serb member Zivko Radisic.
Previous Bosnian Serb candidate Tihomir Gligoric lost presidency support
after peace officials objected to his nomination, saying his Bosnian
Serb
Socialist Party was too close to the Yugoslav ruling party of President
Slobodan Milosevic.
13:35 06-06-00
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MONTENEGRO
Tuesday, June 6 11:30 AM SGT
Montenegro president's brother accused of wounding militant
PODGORICA, Yugoslavia, June 6 (AFP) -
The brother of Montenegro's President Milo Djukanovic took part in an
attack
on a militant of the Montenegro Liberal Alliance (LSCG) who was
seriously
injured, an LSCG official told AFP.
The opposition party's number two, Miroslav Vickovic, said Aleksandar
Djukanovic and a friend Pajo Jabucanin attacked Zoran Kljajic late
Sunday
outside a hotel in the centre of Montenegro's capital Podgorica.
Kljajic was pistol-whipped, receiving a double skull fracture and
concussion, Vickovic said. He was hospitalized and operated on early
Monday,
the LSCG official said.
Friends of Kljajic tried to halt the aggression but the president's
brother
and his friend threatened them with pistols, Vickovic said, adding that
Montenegro's deputy interior minister, Vuk Boskovic, was present.
Vickovic called on Interior Minister Vukasin Maras to act according to
the
law.
President Djukanovic's brother is a businessman who is not involved in
politics.
The LSCG, which promotes independence for Montenegro, broke off a local
alliance with the president's "Live Better" coalition in Podgorica and
Herceg Novi, a town on the Adriatic coast.
The split and the LSCG's entry into opposition caused early municipal
elections to be called in the two towns. They are to be held Sunday.
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Montenegro police prepare for conflict-Yugo army
BELGRADE, June 8 (Reuters) - The Yugoslav army on Thursday accused
Montenegro's police of setting the scene for conflict and said the
republic's
authorities had joined a Western campaign against Yugoslavia and its
armed
forces.
The accusations, in an army statement carried by the state news agency
Tanjug, coincided with tensions between the pro-Western coastal republic
and
Serb-dominated federation ahead of local elections in two Montenegro's
towns.
``The Montenegrin leadership, the authorities and police whole-heartedly
joined a Western psychological propaganda and media campaign aimed at
our
country and the Yugoslav army,'' the statement said on Thursday.
But, it added, the Montenegrins, ``aware of the historic moment and
responsibility for the future, will pull their strength together in
order to
recognise who is who in the Yugoslav reality.''
Montenegro's President Milo Djukanovic has been at odds with Yugoslav
President Slobodan Milosevic since 1997, pushing for democratic and
economic
reforms in Yugoslavia and threatening a referendum on independence if
Belgrade does not comply.
Djukanovic is facing early local polls in the capital Podgorica and in
the
costal town of Herceg-Novi after the Liberal Alliance party pulled out
of his
local coalitions in order to campaign on a pro-independence ticket.
Pro-Milosevic parties in Montenegro formed a coalition for the polls and
have
been campaigning vigorously, accusing Djukanovic of treason and of
trying to
secede from Serbia.
Last Friday, the Montenegrin Finance Minister said he saw no risk the
army
would try to overthrow his government that has edged away from the
federation
dominated by Milosevic, himself of Montenegrin origin.
``We are fully aware that top officers of the Yugoslav army are
completely
loyal to Mr Milosevic,'' Miroslav Ivanisevic told reporters in Brussels,
but
added he ``would say the Yugoslav army would not be used in Montenegro
for a
coup d'etat.''
The army has also denied it was doing anything else in Montenegro but
its
regular duties stipulated by the federal constitution and said it posed
no
threat to the republic.
But on Thursday, it listed a number of examples of what it called
``measures,
acts and preparations set to provoke incidents, conflicts and clashes
with
members of the army in order to cause the international community
condemnation and reactions.''
The statement said that Montenegrin police were arming and exercising a
reserve in the towns of Cetinje and Herceg-Novi, while in the towns of
Tivat,
Bar and Ulcinj the reserve was made up mostly of ethnic Croats and
Albanians.
``In addition, Montenegro's police have enormous forces in other
security
centres formed on the basis of political and national criteria,'' the
statement said.
15:56 06-08-00
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http://www.antiwar.com/szamuely/sz061500.html
Antiwar.com
June 15, 2000
Bribing Montenegro –- It Didn't Work
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GRANDE RACCOLTA DI LINK SUL MONTENEGRO:
http://www.usip.org/library/regions/montenegro.html
Updated: March 20 2000
United States Institute of Peace Library
Montenegro Web Links
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Trieste
JUGOSLAVIA 2000:
AIUTIAMO IL "POPOLO INVISIBILE"
Anche l'embargo uccide, come le bombe, come l'uranio
Come l'indifferenza
Un anno fa cessavano i bombardamenti degli aerei della NATO sulla
Repubblica Federale di Jugoslavia lasciando un Paese devastato: case,
scuole, ospedali, fabbriche, ponti, strade distrutti in nome di una
"ingerenza umanitaria" che in realtÈ era la volontÈ dell'imperialismo
americano di sottomettere un Paese e un popolo che, nel cuore
dell'Europa non vuole sottostare ai diktat dei paesi occidentali. I
bombardamenti
effettuati sulla fabbrica di automobili Zastava di Kragujevac e sul polo
industriale di Panc evo, con la contemporanea distruzione del
petrolchimico, della fabbrica di fertilizzanti e della raffineria, sono
forse i fatti piË emblematici perchÉ dimostrano senza ombra di dubbio
che
si voleva distruggere le fonti del lavoro e determinare le condizio ni
del
piË pesante carico di distruzioni ambientali che si potesse realizzare:
acqua, aria, terra avvelenati (e non solo su quel martoriato Paese!) da
una guerra che ha avuto tutti i connotati di un attacco
chimico-nucleare.
Ed É risibile e scandaloso come il Tribunale speciale dell'Aja abbia
deciso di archiviare il caso dei crimi-ni commessi dalla NATO. Ad
esempio
per quanto riguarda Pancevo si sostiene che "non risulta che la Nato
fosse
a conoscenza dei possibili danni ambi entali conseguenti ad un attacco
aereo." £ ovvio: cosa volete che ci fosse in una raffineria? Nulla di
tossico! Certamente profumi! Tutto questo a riprova della sudditanza di
istituzioni pseudo-neutrali a chi vuole essere il padrone e il gendarme
del mon do. E come se non fossero bastate le bombe la "civile" comunitÈ
dei Paesi aggressori ha deciso di mantenere e rafforzare l'embargo
contro
la Repubblica Federale di Jugoslavia, in atto giÈ da molti anni, e
che
ri-guarda tutta una serie di servizi, beni e tecno logie, a cominciare
dai
presidi sanitari piË semplici, siringhe ed aspirine, per finire con gli
strumenti necessari per le indagini sui livelli di inquinamento. Il che
vuol dire condannare il "popolo invisibile" a soffrire fame e malattie,
a
negargli il l avoro, a morire per mancanza di cure mediche; e questo
colpisce inevitabilmente i piË poveri e indifesi: i profughi, i bambini,
i
vecchi.
Chiamiamo tutte le persone, le associazioni, le forze sociali che non
accettano l'arroganza dell'imperialismo e della NATO ad esprimere tutta
la
loro solidarietÈ ai lavoratori e alle popolazioni della Repubblica
Federale di Jugoslavia.
Al fine di raccogliere aiuti la
Associazione "Internazionalismo e SolidarietÈ"
organizza per
martedÙ 27 giugno 2000
alle ore 19 e 30
presso la Casa del Popolo di Sottolongera, Via Masaccio 24
un incontro sul tema della campagna di
solidarietÈ materiale con il popolo jugoslavo
(adozioni a distanza, medicinali, denaro, cibo non deperibile,
vestiario)
SeguirÈ una serata conviviale animata dalla musica balcanica dei gruppi
Kraski Ovcarji e Balkan Babau Circus Orkestar
Per chi lo volesse sarÈ in funzione un buffet.
Medicinali per la Zastava
Abbiamo ricevuto dal Sindacato dei lavoratori della fabbrica Zastava di
Kragujevac un lungo elenco di farmaci assolutamente necessari e
introvabili a causa dell'embargo, tra i quali:
COUMADIN
SINTROM
SIRINGHE PER INSULINA U-100
SIRINGHE BD PER INSULINA-1ML
SIRINGHE NORMALI
VI INVITIAMO
a partecipare alla serata portando con voi confezioni di questi
medicinali.
---
Rossi Alma wrote:
>
> Vi segnaliamo che nel sito del coordinamento RSU coord.naz.rsu@... è
> disponibile, e scaricabile, il primo materiale relativo all'iniziativa che
> si sta organizzando per il prossimo 15 luglio a Trieste in solidarietà ai
> lavoratori della jugoslavia e contro l'embargo.
> L'iniziativa prevede la convocazione di una assemblea nazionale che punta a
> mettere assieme quanti, dopo essersi già mobilitati contro la guerra, sono
> oggi impegnati o sensibili alle iniziative di solidarietà verso i lavoratori
> della Yugoslavia ed ai contenuti della lotta per il ritiro immediato ed
> unilaterale dell'embargo.
> Dalla home page potete risalire alla pagina con queste informazioni
> (assemblea e concerto).
> E' necessario però che attorno a questa iniziativa si costruisca il massimo
> di mobilitazione, in questa fase sopratutto per la raccolta delle adesioni.
> Chiediamo alle Rsu di discutere di questo al loro interno e di costruire
> quindi la loro adesione, ma chiediamo a tutti anche di coinvolgere le loro
> strutture sindacali categoriali e territoriali, le Ammininistrazioniu
> Pubbliche (comuni e provincie) per costruire anche la loro adesione.
> Nel caso segnalateci gli indirizzi di queste Amministrazioni in modo che gli
> si possa inviare una lettera ufficiale di richiesta di adesione.
> Nel primo gruppo dei promotori segnaliamo alcune strutture sindacali (Cgil
> Lombardia, Cgil di Massa - Carrara - Cgil Brescia - Fiom di Lecco, anche la
> Cgil di Trieste ha dichiarato di condividere gli obiettivi dell'iniziativa)
> e associazioni come la sezione Italiana del tribunale Clark sui crimini di
> guerra (che interverranno anche all'assemblea per illustrare i risultati
> dell'inchiesta che come sapete si è conclusa lo scorso 10 giugno a New
> York).
> Scaricate e diffondete il materiale (materiale che sarà via via aggiornato)
> e cercate di spingere per altre adesioni sopratutto verso le vostre
> strutture sindacali locali e verso le vostre RSU.
> La riuscita dell'iniziativa di Trieste è il modo migliore di dimostrare come
> il mondo del lavoro Italiano sia schierato contro la guerra (sia come
> bombardamenti sia come embargo).
>
> Ciao ALMA
>
> Alma Rossi - email - alma@...
> indirizzo email del coordinamento RSU - coord.naz.rsu@...
> indirizzo internet del Coordinamento RSU - http://www.ecn.org/coord.rsu/
---
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PLEASE FORWARD TO THOSE YOU THINK MAY BE INTERESTED.
---------------
CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEPLETED URANIUM
Invitation and Registration Form for the
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AGAINST DEPLETED URANIUM
4-5 November, 2000 Manchester, UK
Register soon! Limited places available!
Sponsors: The Wainwright Trust, The Rowntree Reform Trust, Manchester
City
Council, Greater Manchester and District CND
Send your form (below) and payment by post to: CADU, One World Centre, 6
Mount St., Manchester, M2 5NS England
Invoiceable organisations only may:
email to: gmdcnd@...
OR fax to: 44-(0)161-834-8187
Thank You!
For more information please telephone the CADU office on:
44-(0)161-834-8301; or 834-8176 or send us an email!
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AGAINST DEPLETED URANIUM
Bringing Together Speakers and Campaigners from All Over the World
We hope this international conference will be an opportunity not only to
provide accessible information to those not familiar with the issue, but
also provide a working platform for activists, politicians and national
representatives to collaborate on key global strategies for removing the
threat of depleted uranium from all peoples, and for putting pressure on
governments to respond appropriately to this threat. The conference will
also provide a place for scientists from around the world to compare
notes
on their research thus far. The conference will begin at 9am on Saturday
4
November and conclude at 5 pm on Sunday, 5 November. The plenary
sessions
will include speakers from Iraq, Serbia, and veterans groups.
Scientists
will present the latest information on the testing programmes and
medical
effects. Workshops on the huge range of issues related to DU include:
health effects, the nuclear industry, international law and UN work,
government responses, Gulf War and Balkans veterans, clean up
operations,
practical support for those affected, the role of the World Health
Organisation and the International Atomic Energy Authority,
environmental
effects, non-violent protest actions, etc. Full conference programmes
will
be sent out with your registration pack.
Speakers Include:
High-level UN speakers have been invited, but we are still awaiting
confirmation (June 2000). Confirmed speakers thus far include
representatives from campaign groups in Puerto Rico, the Netherlands,
Italy, Serbia, and the U.S.; the International Association of Lawyers
Against Nuclear Arms; the Military Toxics Project; radiation scientists
from Iraq and Serbia; Alice Mahon, MP; Dr. Doug Rokke, US Army Radiation
Health Specialist during the Gulf War; Dr. Rosalie Bertell, who has
worked
in the field of environmental epidemiology of cancer and birth defects
for
thirty years; Karen Parker, JD, international lawyer at the UN; Dr.
Malcolm
Hooper, Chief Scientific Advisor to UK Gulf War Veterans; Damacio Lopez,
director of the International Depleted Uranium Study Team; Dr. Chris
Busby,
physical chemist and consultant to the Low Level Radiation Campaign;
and
Felicity Arbuthnot, investigative journalist.
What is Depleted Uranium?
Depleted Uranium is a waste product of the nuclear industry. It is
radioactive and chemically toxic, extremely dense, and is now used to
make
armour-piercing weapons. When it burns or explodes, a fine, breathable,
insoluble radioactive dust is released that can travel for many miles.
DU
has a half-life of 4.5 billion years. This means that, unless isolated,
it
can remain accessible to the human environment forever. About 320 tons
of
DU were fired on Iraq during the Gulf War, and about 10 tons on Kosovo
and
Serbia; a smaller, unknown amount, was used in Bosnia in 1994-95.
Veterans
and civilians in the Gulf War and the Balkans have reported ill-health,
cancers, and nerve damage, as well as cancers and genetic abnormalities
in
their children.
What is CADU?
The Campaign Against Depleted Uranium was launched in Manchester,
England,
in January 1999. Issues covered by its work include ill effects of DU on
soldiers and civilians in Iraq and the Balkans, medical effects of DU
on
soldiers and civilians, DU storage in the UK and the US, DU in scrap
metal
in the UK, use of DU in airplanes, and DU testing in New Mexico,
Scotland,
Japan and Puerto Rico. CADU, together with other groups, initiated
meetings at the Hague Appeal for Peace, May 1999. These meetings formed
the
strong international links in the campaign against DU that are enjoyed
today. CADU is a small, largely voluntary group, funded by small
grants,
affiliation fees and donations.
CADU's Aims:
-a global ban on the manufacture, export, and use of depleted uranium
weapons;
-recognition by European defence ministries that DU weapons are
connected
with illnesses among veterans and civilians from the Gulf War, the
Balkans,
and among those near DU testing, manufacturing and air crash sites;
- governments that use DU must take responsibility for environmental
decontamination of areas where it has been used;
-recognition that DU weapons are already banned under international
humanitarian law.
Manchester - A Nuclear Free City for Twenty Years
5 November 2000 marks the twentieth anniversary of Manchester's 'nuclear
free' policy. Manchester became the UK's first Nuclear Free Local
Authority
in the world in 1980. Manchester City Council is generously supporting
the
conference.
--------- COORDINAMENTO ROMANO PER LA JUGOSLAVIA -----------
RIMSKI SAVEZ ZA JUGOSLAVIJU
e-mail: crj@... - URL: http://marx2001.org/crj
http://www.egroups.com/group/crj-mailinglist/
------------------------------------------------------------
* INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AGAINST DEPLETED URANIUM
---
Associazione "Internazionalismo e SolidarietÈ"
Trieste
JUGOSLAVIA 2000:
AIUTIAMO IL "POPOLO INVISIBILE"
Anche l'embargo uccide, come le bombe, come l'uranio
Come l'indifferenza
Un anno fa cessavano i bombardamenti degli aerei della NATO sulla
Repubblica Federale di Jugoslavia lasciando un Paese devastato: case,
scuole, ospedali, fabbriche, ponti, strade distrutti in nome di una
"ingerenza umanitaria" che in realtÈ era la volontÈ dell'imperialismo
americano di sottomettere un Paese e un popolo che, nel cuore
dell'Europa non vuole sottostare ai diktat dei paesi occidentali. I
bombardamenti
effettuati sulla fabbrica di automobili Zastava di Kragujevac e sul polo
industriale di Panc evo, con la contemporanea distruzione del
petrolchimico, della fabbrica di fertilizzanti e della raffineria, sono
forse i fatti piË emblematici perchÉ dimostrano senza ombra di dubbio
che
si voleva distruggere le fonti del lavoro e determinare le condizio ni
del
piË pesante carico di distruzioni ambientali che si potesse realizzare:
acqua, aria, terra avvelenati (e non solo su quel martoriato Paese!) da
una guerra che ha avuto tutti i connotati di un attacco
chimico-nucleare.
Ed É risibile e scandaloso come il Tribunale speciale dell'Aja abbia
deciso di archiviare il caso dei crimi-ni commessi dalla NATO. Ad
esempio
per quanto riguarda Pancevo si sostiene che "non risulta che la Nato
fosse
a conoscenza dei possibili danni ambi entali conseguenti ad un attacco
aereo." £ ovvio: cosa volete che ci fosse in una raffineria? Nulla di
tossico! Certamente profumi! Tutto questo a riprova della sudditanza di
istituzioni pseudo-neutrali a chi vuole essere il padrone e il gendarme
del mon do. E come se non fossero bastate le bombe la "civile" comunitÈ
dei Paesi aggressori ha deciso di mantenere e rafforzare l'embargo
contro
la Repubblica Federale di Jugoslavia, in atto giÈ da molti anni, e
che
ri-guarda tutta una serie di servizi, beni e tecno logie, a cominciare
dai
presidi sanitari piË semplici, siringhe ed aspirine, per finire con gli
strumenti necessari per le indagini sui livelli di inquinamento. Il che
vuol dire condannare il "popolo invisibile" a soffrire fame e malattie,
a
negargli il l avoro, a morire per mancanza di cure mediche; e questo
colpisce inevitabilmente i piË poveri e indifesi: i profughi, i bambini,
i
vecchi.
Chiamiamo tutte le persone, le associazioni, le forze sociali che non
accettano l'arroganza dell'imperialismo e della NATO ad esprimere tutta
la
loro solidarietÈ ai lavoratori e alle popolazioni della Repubblica
Federale di Jugoslavia.
Al fine di raccogliere aiuti la
Associazione "Internazionalismo e SolidarietÈ"
organizza per
martedÙ 27 giugno 2000
alle ore 19 e 30
presso la Casa del Popolo di Sottolongera, Via Masaccio 24
un incontro sul tema della campagna di
solidarietÈ materiale con il popolo jugoslavo
(adozioni a distanza, medicinali, denaro, cibo non deperibile,
vestiario)
SeguirÈ una serata conviviale animata dalla musica balcanica dei gruppi
Kraski Ovcarji e Balkan Babau Circus Orkestar
Per chi lo volesse sarÈ in funzione un buffet.
Medicinali per la Zastava
Abbiamo ricevuto dal Sindacato dei lavoratori della fabbrica Zastava di
Kragujevac un lungo elenco di farmaci assolutamente necessari e
introvabili a causa dell'embargo, tra i quali:
COUMADIN
SINTROM
SIRINGHE PER INSULINA U-100
SIRINGHE BD PER INSULINA-1ML
SIRINGHE NORMALI
VI INVITIAMO
a partecipare alla serata portando con voi confezioni di questi
medicinali.
---
Rossi Alma wrote:
>
> Vi segnaliamo che nel sito del coordinamento RSU coord.naz.rsu@... è
> disponibile, e scaricabile, il primo materiale relativo all'iniziativa che
> si sta organizzando per il prossimo 15 luglio a Trieste in solidarietà ai
> lavoratori della jugoslavia e contro l'embargo.
> L'iniziativa prevede la convocazione di una assemblea nazionale che punta a
> mettere assieme quanti, dopo essersi già mobilitati contro la guerra, sono
> oggi impegnati o sensibili alle iniziative di solidarietà verso i lavoratori
> della Yugoslavia ed ai contenuti della lotta per il ritiro immediato ed
> unilaterale dell'embargo.
> Dalla home page potete risalire alla pagina con queste informazioni
> (assemblea e concerto).
> E' necessario però che attorno a questa iniziativa si costruisca il massimo
> di mobilitazione, in questa fase sopratutto per la raccolta delle adesioni.
> Chiediamo alle Rsu di discutere di questo al loro interno e di costruire
> quindi la loro adesione, ma chiediamo a tutti anche di coinvolgere le loro
> strutture sindacali categoriali e territoriali, le Ammininistrazioniu
> Pubbliche (comuni e provincie) per costruire anche la loro adesione.
> Nel caso segnalateci gli indirizzi di queste Amministrazioni in modo che gli
> si possa inviare una lettera ufficiale di richiesta di adesione.
> Nel primo gruppo dei promotori segnaliamo alcune strutture sindacali (Cgil
> Lombardia, Cgil di Massa - Carrara - Cgil Brescia - Fiom di Lecco, anche la
> Cgil di Trieste ha dichiarato di condividere gli obiettivi dell'iniziativa)
> e associazioni come la sezione Italiana del tribunale Clark sui crimini di
> guerra (che interverranno anche all'assemblea per illustrare i risultati
> dell'inchiesta che come sapete si è conclusa lo scorso 10 giugno a New
> York).
> Scaricate e diffondete il materiale (materiale che sarà via via aggiornato)
> e cercate di spingere per altre adesioni sopratutto verso le vostre
> strutture sindacali locali e verso le vostre RSU.
> La riuscita dell'iniziativa di Trieste è il modo migliore di dimostrare come
> il mondo del lavoro Italiano sia schierato contro la guerra (sia come
> bombardamenti sia come embargo).
>
> Ciao ALMA
>
> Alma Rossi - email - alma@...
> indirizzo email del coordinamento RSU - coord.naz.rsu@...
> indirizzo internet del Coordinamento RSU - http://www.ecn.org/coord.rsu/
---
TEXT-ONLY VERSION OF CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM.
PLEASE FORWARD TO THOSE YOU THINK MAY BE INTERESTED.
---------------
CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEPLETED URANIUM
Invitation and Registration Form for the
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AGAINST DEPLETED URANIUM
4-5 November, 2000 Manchester, UK
Register soon! Limited places available!
Sponsors: The Wainwright Trust, The Rowntree Reform Trust, Manchester
City
Council, Greater Manchester and District CND
Send your form (below) and payment by post to: CADU, One World Centre, 6
Mount St., Manchester, M2 5NS England
Invoiceable organisations only may:
email to: gmdcnd@...
OR fax to: 44-(0)161-834-8187
Thank You!
For more information please telephone the CADU office on:
44-(0)161-834-8301; or 834-8176 or send us an email!
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AGAINST DEPLETED URANIUM
Bringing Together Speakers and Campaigners from All Over the World
We hope this international conference will be an opportunity not only to
provide accessible information to those not familiar with the issue, but
also provide a working platform for activists, politicians and national
representatives to collaborate on key global strategies for removing the
threat of depleted uranium from all peoples, and for putting pressure on
governments to respond appropriately to this threat. The conference will
also provide a place for scientists from around the world to compare
notes
on their research thus far. The conference will begin at 9am on Saturday
4
November and conclude at 5 pm on Sunday, 5 November. The plenary
sessions
will include speakers from Iraq, Serbia, and veterans groups.
Scientists
will present the latest information on the testing programmes and
medical
effects. Workshops on the huge range of issues related to DU include:
health effects, the nuclear industry, international law and UN work,
government responses, Gulf War and Balkans veterans, clean up
operations,
practical support for those affected, the role of the World Health
Organisation and the International Atomic Energy Authority,
environmental
effects, non-violent protest actions, etc. Full conference programmes
will
be sent out with your registration pack.
Speakers Include:
High-level UN speakers have been invited, but we are still awaiting
confirmation (June 2000). Confirmed speakers thus far include
representatives from campaign groups in Puerto Rico, the Netherlands,
Italy, Serbia, and the U.S.; the International Association of Lawyers
Against Nuclear Arms; the Military Toxics Project; radiation scientists
from Iraq and Serbia; Alice Mahon, MP; Dr. Doug Rokke, US Army Radiation
Health Specialist during the Gulf War; Dr. Rosalie Bertell, who has
worked
in the field of environmental epidemiology of cancer and birth defects
for
thirty years; Karen Parker, JD, international lawyer at the UN; Dr.
Malcolm
Hooper, Chief Scientific Advisor to UK Gulf War Veterans; Damacio Lopez,
director of the International Depleted Uranium Study Team; Dr. Chris
Busby,
physical chemist and consultant to the Low Level Radiation Campaign;
and
Felicity Arbuthnot, investigative journalist.
What is Depleted Uranium?
Depleted Uranium is a waste product of the nuclear industry. It is
radioactive and chemically toxic, extremely dense, and is now used to
make
armour-piercing weapons. When it burns or explodes, a fine, breathable,
insoluble radioactive dust is released that can travel for many miles.
DU
has a half-life of 4.5 billion years. This means that, unless isolated,
it
can remain accessible to the human environment forever. About 320 tons
of
DU were fired on Iraq during the Gulf War, and about 10 tons on Kosovo
and
Serbia; a smaller, unknown amount, was used in Bosnia in 1994-95.
Veterans
and civilians in the Gulf War and the Balkans have reported ill-health,
cancers, and nerve damage, as well as cancers and genetic abnormalities
in
their children.
What is CADU?
The Campaign Against Depleted Uranium was launched in Manchester,
England,
in January 1999. Issues covered by its work include ill effects of DU on
soldiers and civilians in Iraq and the Balkans, medical effects of DU
on
soldiers and civilians, DU storage in the UK and the US, DU in scrap
metal
in the UK, use of DU in airplanes, and DU testing in New Mexico,
Scotland,
Japan and Puerto Rico. CADU, together with other groups, initiated
meetings at the Hague Appeal for Peace, May 1999. These meetings formed
the
strong international links in the campaign against DU that are enjoyed
today. CADU is a small, largely voluntary group, funded by small
grants,
affiliation fees and donations.
CADU's Aims:
-a global ban on the manufacture, export, and use of depleted uranium
weapons;
-recognition by European defence ministries that DU weapons are
connected
with illnesses among veterans and civilians from the Gulf War, the
Balkans,
and among those near DU testing, manufacturing and air crash sites;
- governments that use DU must take responsibility for environmental
decontamination of areas where it has been used;
-recognition that DU weapons are already banned under international
humanitarian law.
Manchester - A Nuclear Free City for Twenty Years
5 November 2000 marks the twentieth anniversary of Manchester's 'nuclear
free' policy. Manchester became the UK's first Nuclear Free Local
Authority
in the world in 1980. Manchester City Council is generously supporting
the
conference.
--------- COORDINAMENTO ROMANO PER LA JUGOSLAVIA -----------
RIMSKI SAVEZ ZA JUGOSLAVIJU
e-mail: crj@... - URL: http://marx2001.org/crj
http://www.egroups.com/group/crj-mailinglist/
------------------------------------------------------------
LE INCREDIBILI AVVENTURE DEL SIGNOR KOUCHNER (4)
Il capo della missione civile dell'ONU (UNMIK) in Kosmet Bernard
Kouchner e' molto tollerante verso chi commette "errori" nel processo
inarrestabile (?) di democratizzazione del suo protettorato (leggi: le
bande di assassini finanziati, addestrati ed appoggiati dalla NATO), ma
non altrettanto verso chi la pensa diversamente da lui.
Quando alla conferenza stampa tenutasi nel primo anniversario della
occupazione coloniale del Kosmet gli e' stato chiesto cosa ne pensasse
delle opinioni di Jiri Dinstbier, il suo collega dell'ONU inviato
speciale per i diritti umani nella ex-RFSJ che sostiene che
l'amministrazione Kouchner ha chiuso un occhio verso i criminali
dell'UCK compromettendo la convivenza sul territorio kosovaro, Kouchner
e' diventato furioso ed ha detto che Dinstbier non sa niente della
realta' di quel territorio, e che lui che ha speso 30 anni della sua
vita a proteggere i diritti umani non puo' essere criticato in tal senso
da nessuno.
Kouchner si rifiuta di incontrare Dinstbier, e la rabbia e' tale che non
vuole ricevere nemmeno il connazionale di Dinstbier, il presidente ceco
Havel, che pure invece non ha mai mostrato perplessita' nei confronti
delle politiche razziste dell'UNMIK in Kosmet. Per chiudere la
discussione sull'argomento, Kouchner ha urlato "Mr. Dinstbier, shut up!"
("Chiudi il becco Dinstbier!") dinanzi ai giornalisti convenuti.
Fonte:
>UN's Kouchner tells critic Shut up!
>http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/World/reuters20000612_2132.html
>PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, June 12 (Reuters)
Per le puntate precedenti si veda:
http://www.egroups.com/message/crj-mailinglist/218?
http://www.egroups.com/message/crj-mailinglist/219?&start=218
http://www.egroups.com/message/crj-mailinglist/231?&start=218
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Il capo della missione civile dell'ONU (UNMIK) in Kosmet Bernard
Kouchner e' molto tollerante verso chi commette "errori" nel processo
inarrestabile (?) di democratizzazione del suo protettorato (leggi: le
bande di assassini finanziati, addestrati ed appoggiati dalla NATO), ma
non altrettanto verso chi la pensa diversamente da lui.
Quando alla conferenza stampa tenutasi nel primo anniversario della
occupazione coloniale del Kosmet gli e' stato chiesto cosa ne pensasse
delle opinioni di Jiri Dinstbier, il suo collega dell'ONU inviato
speciale per i diritti umani nella ex-RFSJ che sostiene che
l'amministrazione Kouchner ha chiuso un occhio verso i criminali
dell'UCK compromettendo la convivenza sul territorio kosovaro, Kouchner
e' diventato furioso ed ha detto che Dinstbier non sa niente della
realta' di quel territorio, e che lui che ha speso 30 anni della sua
vita a proteggere i diritti umani non puo' essere criticato in tal senso
da nessuno.
Kouchner si rifiuta di incontrare Dinstbier, e la rabbia e' tale che non
vuole ricevere nemmeno il connazionale di Dinstbier, il presidente ceco
Havel, che pure invece non ha mai mostrato perplessita' nei confronti
delle politiche razziste dell'UNMIK in Kosmet. Per chiudere la
discussione sull'argomento, Kouchner ha urlato "Mr. Dinstbier, shut up!"
("Chiudi il becco Dinstbier!") dinanzi ai giornalisti convenuti.
Fonte:
>UN's Kouchner tells critic Shut up!
>http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/World/reuters20000612_2132.html
>PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, June 12 (Reuters)
Per le puntate precedenti si veda:
http://www.egroups.com/message/crj-mailinglist/218?
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* Uno scambio di vedute su diritto internazionale e legalita' borghese
* Amnesty International sul Tribunale "ad hoc" dell'Aia
* Carla del Ponte, criminale di guerra impunita
* Richiesta di dimissioni per Carla del Ponte
* Il governo olandese sotto processo
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DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE E LEGALITA' BORGHESE
In seguito al nostro ultimo messaggio sui crimini della NATO
(http://www.egroups.com/message/crj-mailinglist/286?&start=263)
abbiamo ricevuto da Luca il seguente commento:
> Ho letto l' articolo sulle leggi di guerra.
> A me pare pericoloso appoggiare le critiche alla guerra ed alla nato in
> particolare seguendo un approccio "legalitario".
>
> Le forze borghesi amano le cosiddette convenzioni di guerra perche' esse
> fanno parte della copertura ideologica della guerra ....Forse si
> dovrebbero mostrare le inconsistenze logiche insite negli argomenti
> legalisti. Soprattutto per quanto concerne
> i "coccodrilli " del manifesto
>
> o no?
Sicuramente! Tuttavia sottolineare queste come altre violazioni della
legalita' borghese commesse da parte della stessa borghesia ha un suo
significato. In pratica si tratta del "sovversivismo
delle classi dirigenti", lo stesso fenomeno che ci ha portato al
fascismo ed al nazismo, quando la classe dirigente rompe le leggi che
essa stessa ha formulato. Questo puo' avere due ricadute:
- o si prefigura come scontro inter-borghese (inter-imperialista);
- oppure semplicemente significa una deriva autoritaria, quando anche le
garanzie, gli spazi della democrazia borghese ci vengono sottratte;
oppure tutte e due le cose insieme. Percio' ci sembra importante
evidenziare quando questo succede. CRJ
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Subject: YUGOSLAVIA: Amnesty International's initial comments
on the review by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia of NATO's Operation Allied Force
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 09:06:13 -0400
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* News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty
International *
Amnesty International Public document
AI Index EUR 70/029/2000
News Service Nr. 116
13 June 2000
Amnesty International's initial comments on the review by the
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia of NATO's
Operation Allied Force
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has
published today the Final Report to the Prosecutor by the Committee
Established to Review the NATO Bombing Campaign Against the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia. The report examines general issues and five
specific incidents and recommends to the ICTY Prosecutor not to commence
a criminal investigation "in relation to the NATO bombing campaign or
incidents occurring during the campaign" (para 91).
Ms Carla Del Ponte, ICTY's Prosecutor, informed the United Nations'
Security Council on 2 June 2000 that she had decided to accept this
recommendation. She specifies that although some mistakes were made by
NATO, "the Prosecutor is satisfied that there was no deliberate
targeting of civilians or unlawful military targets by NATO during the
campaign".
Amnesty International has received a copy of the 45-page ICTY report and
is examining it carefully. All five incidents examined in the report by
ICTY's review committee were included in the Amnesty International
report, Collateral Damage or Unlawful Killings?, Violations of the Laws
of War by NATO during Operation Allied Force, published last week (AI
Index: EUR 70/18/00).
Amnesty International welcomes the unusual publication by the ICTY of
the reasoning behind the decision not to open an investigation related
to NATO's bombing campaign. The organization believes that this step
contributes greatly to the Tribunal's transparency, offering important
perspectives on the interpretation of the laws of war.
Amnesty International also respects the discretion enjoyed by the ICTY's
Prosecutor in deciding whether or not to open criminal investigations.
The organization understands that, as with other cases, the Prosecutor
may still decide to open an investigation into the NATO bombing should
additional relevant information become available.
Amnesty International notes that the report of the ICTY assessment
indicates that when NATO was requested "to answer specific questions
about specific incidents, the NATO reply was couched in general terms
and failed to address the specific incidents." The report also points
out that the "committee has not spoken to those involved in directing or
carrying out the bombing campaign". These facts must have contributed to
the information gaps that the committee itself acknowledges in its
report. Amnesty International also notes the following overall
conclusion of the review committee (para 90):
"NATO has admitted that mistakes did occur during the bombing campaign;
errors of judgment may also have occurred. Selection of certain
objectives for attack may be subject to legal debate. On the basis of
the information reviewed, however, the committee is of the opinion that
neither an in-depth investigation related to the bombing campaign as a
whole nor investigations related to specific incidents are justified. In
all cases, either the law is not sufficiently clear or investigations
are unlikely to result in the acquisition of sufficient evidence to
substantiate charges against high level accused or against lower accused
for particularly heinous offences."
The report does not explain what difficulties are envisaged by the
Office of the Prosecutor in gathering sufficient evidence against any
NATO or NATO member state official.
With regard to the bombing of the headquarters and studios of Serbian
state television and radio (Radio Televisija Srbije, RTS) in Belgrade on
23 April 1999, the report states (para 76):
"The committee finds that if the attack on the RTS was justified by
reference to its propaganda purpose alone, its legality might well be
questioned by some experts in the field of international humanitarian
law. It appears, however, that NATO's targeting of the RTS building for
propaganda purposes was an incidental (albeit complementary) aim of its
primary goal of disabling the Serbian military command and control
system and to destroy the nerve system and apparatus that keeps
Milosevic in power."
Earlier (para 55) the report made the following observation regarding
the role of the media in general:
"The media as such is not a traditional target category. To the extent
particular media components are part of the C3 (command, control and
communications) network they are military objectives. If media
components are not part of the C3 network then they may become military
objectives depending upon their use. As a bottom line, civilians,
civilian objects and civilian morale as such are not legitimate military
objectives. The media does have an effect on civilian morale. If that
effect is merely to foster support for the war effort, the media is not
a legitimate military objective. If the media is used to incite crimes,
as in Rwanda, it can become a legitimate military objective. If the
media is the nerve system that keeps a war-monger in power and thus
perpetuates the war effort, it may fall within the definition of a
legitimate military objective."
Amnesty International reiterates that the explanation it sought and
received by NATO regarding the attack on the RTS headquarters was that
the attack was carried out because the RTS was a propaganda organ. In a
letter to Amnesty International dated 17 May 1999 and quoted in ICTY's
report (para 73), NATO's then Secretary General Javier Solana said that
NATO made "every possible effort to avoid civilian casualties and
collateral damage by exclusively and carefully targeting the military
infrastructure of President Milocevic", adding that the RTS facilities
"are being used as radio relay stations and transmitters to support the
activities of the FRY military and special police forces, and therefore
they represented legitimate military targets". However, as also
indicated in the Amnesty International report published last week, at a
meeting with Amnesty International in Brussels on 14 February 2000 NATO
officials clarified that this reference to relay stations and
transmitters was to other attacks on RTS infrastructure and not this
particular attack on the RTS headquarters. They insisted that the attack
on the RTS headquarters was carried out because RTS was a propaganda
organ and argued that propaganda is direct support for military action.
The point relating to propaganda has been made repeatedly, most recently
by General Wesley Clark, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe at the time
of Operation Allied Force. In an address at the Brookings Institution on
8 June 2000 he is quoted as saying:
"I noticed on the news today there is criticism of the attack on the
Serb media. Well, of course, that was a controversial target. But the
Serb media engine was feeding the war. It was a crucial instrument of
Milosevic's control over the Serb population. And it exported fear,
hatred and instability into neighbouring regions. And so it was a
legitimate target of war, validated by lawyers in many countries and
validated by the International Criminal Tribunal. But it sure eased our
minds a lot to know that our elected political leaders took the
responsibility for that strike."
As explained in its report last week, Amnesty International recognizes
that disrupting government propaganda may help to undermine the morale
of the population and the armed forces. However, the organization
believes that justifying an attack on such grounds stretches the meaning
of "effective contribution to military action" and "definite military
advantage" -- essential requirements of the definition of a military
objective -- beyond the acceptable bounds of interpretation. As such,
Amnesty International takes the view that the attack on the RTS
headquarters was directed at a civilian object and points out that
"[I]ntentionally directing attacks against civilian objects" is a war
crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Amnesty International regrets the lack of full cooperation by NATO in
resposnding to ICTY's inquiries. The organization stresses that the fact
that the ICTY Prosecutor has decided not to open a criminal
investigation against NATO should not lead NATO to ignore the detailed
and nuanced contents of the ICTY report, or dismiss recommendations made
by Amnesty International and other organizations.
Amnesty International calls again on NATO and NATO member states to heed
the recommendations it made in its report published last week, including
the need for all NATO member states to ratify without reservations
Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949; ensure a common
interpretation of international humanitarian law in line with the
highest international standards; reflect these standards in NATO's rules
of engagement; and clarify NATO's chain of command, so as to ensure
clear lines of responsibility.
NATO and NATO member states should also conduct their own investigation
into reported breaches of the rules of war during Operation Allied
Force, whether or not they may amount to war crimes, so as to take
appropriate measures against anyone found responsible, provide redress,
including compensation, to victims of such violations, and learn lessons
for the future. ...
ENDS.../
Amnesty International, International Secretariat, 1 Easton Street,
WC1X 8DJ, London, United Kingdom
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The Emperor's New Clothes
Louise Arbour: Unindicted War Criminal
by Christopher Black and Edward S. Herman (6-14-00)
Among the many ironies of the NATO war against Yugoslavia was the role
of the International Criminal Tribunal and its chief prosecutor, Louise
Arbour, elevated by Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien to Canada's
highest court in 1999. It will be argued here that as Arbour and her
Tribunal played a key role in EXPEDITING war crimes, an excellent case
can be made that in a just world she would be in the dock rather than in
judicial robes.
Arbour To NATO's Rescue
In the midst of NATO's 78-day bombing campaign against Yugoslavia,
Arbour participated in an April 20 press conference with British Foreign
Secretary Robin Cook to receive from him documentation on Serb war
crimes. Then on May 27, Arbour announced the indictment of Serb
President Slobodan Milosevic and four of his associates for war crimes.
The inappropriateness of a supposedly judicial body doing this when
Germany, Russia and other powers were trying to find a diplomatic
resolution to the conflict, was staggering.
At the April 20 appearance with Cook, Arbour stated that
"It is inconceivable...that we would agree to be guided by the political
will of those who may want to advance an agenda."
But her appearance with Cook and the followup indictments fitted
perfectly the needs of the NATO leadership. There had been growing
criticism of NATO's increasingly civilian infrastructure-oriented
bombing of Serbia. Arbour's and the Tribunal's intervention declaring
the Serb leadership to be guilty of war crimes was a public relations
coup that justified the NATO policies and helped permit the bombing to
continue and escalate. This was pointed out repeatedly by NATO leaders
and propagandists: for example, Madeleine Albright noted that the
indictments
"make very clear to the world and the publics in our countries that this
[NATO policy] is justified because of the crimes committed, and I think
also will enable us to keep moving all these processes [i.e., bombing]
forward" (CNN, May 27).
Arbour herself noted that "I am mindful of the impact that this
indictment may have on the peace process," and although indicted
individuals are "entitled to the presumption of innocence until they are
convicted, the evidence upon which this indictment was confirmed raises
serious questions about their suitability to be guarantors of any deal,
let alone a peace agreement." (CNN, May 27). So Arbour not only
understood the political significance of her indictment, she suggested
that interference with diplomatic efforts was justified because the
indicted individuals, though not yet found guilty, were not suitable to
negotiate. This hugely unjudicial political judgment, along with the
convenient timing of the indictments, points up Arbour's and the
Tribunal's highly political role.
The Tribunal's Politicization
Arbour's service to NATO in indicting Milosevic was the logical outcome
of the Tribunal's de facto control and purpose. Established by the
Security Council in the early 1990s to serve the Balkan policy ends of
its dominant members, the Tribunal's funding and interlocking functional
relationship with the leading NATO powers have made it NATO's
instrument. (1)
Although Article 32 of the Tribunal's Charter declares that its expenses
shall be provided in the general budget of the United Nations, this
proviso has been regularly violated. In 1994-1995 the U.S. government
provided it with $700,000 in cash and $2.3 million in equipment, and
numerous other U.S.-based governmental and non- governmental agencies
have provided the Tribunal with resources.
Article 16 of the Tribunal's charter states that the Prosecutor shall
act independently and shall not seek or receive instruction from any
government. This section also has been systematically violated. NATO
sources have regularly made claims suggesting their authority over the
Tribunal: "We will make a decision on whether Yugoslav actions against
ethnic Albanians constitute genocide," states a USIA Fact Sheet, and
Cook asserted at his April 20 press conference with Arbour that "we are
going to focus on the war crimes being committed in Kosovo and our
determination to bring those responsible to justice, " as if he and
Arbour were a team jointly deciding on who should be charged for war
crimes.
Tribunal officials have even bragged about "the strong support of
concerned governments and dedicated individuals such as Secretary
Albright," further referred to as "mother of the Tribunal" (by Judge
Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, president of the Tribunal). In 1996 Arbour met
with the Secretary-General of NATO and its supreme commander to
"establish contacts and begin discussing modalities of cooperation and
assistance." Numerous other meetings have occurred between prosecutor
and NATO, which was given the function of Tribunal gendarme.
Arbour acknowleged (April 20) that "the real danger is whether we would
fall into [following somebody's political agenda] inadvertently by being
in the hands of information-providers who might have an agenda that we
would not be able to discern." But even an imbecile could discern that
NATO had an agenda and that simply accepting the flood of documents
offered by Cook and Albright entailed ADVERTENTLY following that agenda.
Arbour's April 20 reference to the "morality of the [NATO] enterprise"
and her remarks on Milosevic's possible lack of character disqualifying
him from negotiations, as well as her rush to help NATO with an
indictment, point to quite clearly understood political service.
The Arbour-Tribunal bias was dramatically illustrated by the disposition
of an internal Tribunal report on Operation Storm, which described war
crimes committed by the Croatian armed forces in their expulsion of more
than 200,000 Serbs from Krajina in August 1995. (6) In only four days
"at least 150 Serbs were summarily executed, and many hundreds
disappeared," totals that exceeded the 241 victims of the Serbs named in
the indictment of Milosevic. But as the United States supported the
Croat's ethnic cleansing of Serbs in Krajina, and refused to provide
requested information, no indictment of any Croat officer named in the
report, or head of state Tudjman, was ever brought by the Tribunal.
Tribunal's Kangaroo Court Processes
According to Arbour, the Tribunal was "subject to extremely stringent
rules of evidence with respect to the admissibility and the credibility
of the product that we will tender in court," thus precluding
"unsubstantiated, unverifiable, uncorroborated allegations" (April 20).
This is a gross misrepresentation of what John Laughland described in
the Times (London) as "a rogue court with rigged rules" (June 17, 1999).
The Tribunal violates virtually every standard of due process: among
others, it fails to separate prosecution and judge; witnesses can
testify anonymously; confessions are presumed free and voluntary unless
the contrary can be established by the prisoner; and "rules against
hearsay, deeply entrenched in Common Law, are not observed and the
Prosecutor's office has even suggested not calling witnesses to give
evidence but only the tribunal's own 'war crimes investigators'"
(Laughland).
As noted, Arbour presumes guilt before trial; the concept of "innocent
till convicted" is rejected, and she can declare that people linked with
Arkan "will be tainted by their association with an indicted war
criminal" (March 31). Arbour clearly does not believe in the basic rules
of Western jurisprudence. And within a month of her elevation to the
Canadian Supreme Court she joined a court majority that grafted onto
Canadian law the dangerous Tribunal practice of permitting a more
liberal use of hearsay evidence in trials. (2) The consequent corruption
of the Canadian justice system, both by her appointment and her impact,
mirrors that in the Canadian political system, whose leading members
supported the NATO war without question.
NATO's Crimes
In bombing Yugoslavia from March 24 to June 8 1999, NATO violated the UN
Charter requirement that it not use force without UN Security Council
sanction. (3) It was also guilty of aggression in attacking a sovereign
state that was not going beyond its borders. In its defense, NATO
claimed that "humanitarian" concerns demanded these actions and
justified seemingly serious law violations. (4) This reply sanctions law
violations on the basis of self-serving judgments that contradict the
rule of law, but it is also dubious on its own grounds. The NATO bombing
made "an internal humanitarian problem into a disaster" in the words of
Rollie Keith, the returned Canadian OSCE human rights monitor in Kosovo.
Furthermore, NATO refused to negotiate a settlement in Kosovo and
insisted on a violent solution; in the words of one State Department
official, NATO deliberately "raised the bar" and precluded a compromise
resolution because Serbia "needed to be bombed." These counter- facts
suggest that the alleged humanitarian basis of the law violations was a
cover for starkly political and geopolitical objectives.
NATO was also guilty of more traditional war crimes, including some that
the Tribunal had found indictable when [allegeldy] carried out by Serbs.
Thus on March 8, 1996, the Serb leader Milan Martic was indicted for
[allegeldy] launching a rocket cluster-bomb attack on military targets
in Zagreb in May 1995, on the ground that the rocket was "not designed
to hit military targets but to terrorize the civilians of Zagreb." But
the same case could be made for numerous NATO bombing raids, as in the
cluster-bombing of Nis on May 7, 1999, in which a market and hospital
far from any military target were hit in separate strikes--but no
indictment has yet been handed down against NATO.
But NATO was also guilty of bombing non-military targets as systematic
policy. On March 26, 1999, General Wesley Clark said that "We are going
to very systematically and progressively work on his military
forces...[to see] how much pain he is willing to suffer." But this focus
on "military forces" wasn't effective, so NATO quickly turned to "taking
down...the economic apparatus supporting" Serb military forces
(Clinton's words); targets were gradually extended to factories of all
kinds, electric power stations, water and sewage processing facilities,
transport, public buildings, and even schools and hospitals. In effect,
it was NATO's strategy to bring Serbia to its knees by gradually
escalating its attacks on the civil society.
But international law makes civilian targets off limits; the "wanton
destruction of cities, towns or villages or devastation not justified by
military necessity" is prohibited (Sixth Principle of Nuremberg,
formulated in 1950 by a UN-sponsored international law commission).
"Military necessity" does not allow the destruction of a civil society
to make it more difficult for the country to support its armed forces,
any more than civilians can be killed directly because they pay taxes
supporting the war machine or might some day become soldiers. Making an
entire population a hostage is a blatant violation of international law
and its implementing acts are war crimes.
In December 1999, it was finally reported that post-Arbour prosecutor
Carla Del Ponte was reviewing the conduct of NATO, at the urging of
Russia and several other "interested parties" ("U.N. Court Examines
NATO's Yugoslavia War," NYT, Dec. 29, 1999). But the news report
indicates that the focus is on the conduct of NATO pilots and their
commanders, not the NATO decision-makers who decided to target the
civilian infrastructure. It also suggests the public relations nature of
the inquiry, which would "go far in dispelling the belief...that the
tribunal is a tool used by Western leaders to escape accountability."
The report also indicates the delicate matter that the tribunal "depends
on the military alliance to arrest and hand over suspects." It also
quotes Del Ponte saying that "It's not my priority, because I have
inquiries about genocide, about bodies in mass graves." We may rest
assured that no indictments will result from this inquiry.
Beyond Orwell
NATO's leaders, frustrated in attacking the Serb military machine, quite
openly turned to smashing the civil society of Serbia as their means of
attaining the desired quick victory. Arbour and the Tribunal helped NATO
by indicting Milosevic, thereby giving NATO the moral cover needed for
escalated attacks on the hostage population.
Arbour and the Tribunal thus present us with the amazing spectacle of an
institution supposedly organized to contain, prevent, and prosecute for
war crimes actually knowingly facilitating them. Furthermore, petitions
submitted to the Tribunal during Arbour's tenure had called for
prosecution of the leaders of NATO, including Canadian Prime Minister
Jean Chretien, for the commission of war crimes. If she had been a
prosecutor in Canada, Britain or the United States, she would have been
subject to disbarment for considering and then accepting a job from a
person she had been asked to charge. But Arbour was elevated to the
Supreme Court of Canada by Chretien with hardly a mention of this
conflict of interest and immorality. **
About the authors...
Christopher Black (5) is part of the team of Canadian lawyers who have
attempted to bring war crimes charges against NATO before the War Crimes
Tribunal. At present, Mr. Black is serving as the attorney for one of
the defendant at the Rwandan war crimes hearings. He believes that
Western meddling is in large measure responsible for the horrendous
killing in Rwanda. He plans to write an article for Emperors-Clothes on
the subject.
Edward S. Herman is the author of many books including 'Real Terror
Network: Terrorism in Fact and Propaganda' (June 1998) and 'Triumph of
the Market: Essays on Economics, Politics, and the Media' (October
1995).
Further reading...
(1) See Money Talks - US Funds ICTY Public Relations at
http://emperors-clothes.com/news/press.htm
(2) Back to the dark ages by Jared Israel at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/jared/bac.htm
(3) See NATO's War & World Security by Prof. Raju G. C. Thomas at
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/analysis/security.htm
(4) See HUMANITARIAN WAR: Making the Crime Fit the Punishment by Diana
Johnstone at
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/articles/Johnstone/crime.htm
(5) See An Impartial Tribunal? Really? by Christopher Black at
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/analysis/Impartial.htm
(6)See Conditions of Serbs in Croatia, by Alice Mahon, MP at
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/articles/mahon/croatia.htm
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>
>CANA (Christians Against NATO Aggression)
>Statement from William Spring, Director
>
>CARLA DEL PONTE SHOULD RESIGN AS WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR
>
>Carla del Ponte should resign as war crimes prosecutor for the Hague
>Tribunal responsible for War Crimes in the area of the Former Yugoslavia.
>She has brought international law into disrepute by her decision announced
>to the Security Council June 2nd not to prosecute NATO leaders for war
>crimes committed by NATO forces in relation to the illegal military attack
>on Yugoslavia last year.
>
>Thomas Fuller, as quoted by the late Lord Denning, Master of the Rolls,
>said: "whoever you are the law is above you." In effect Carla del Ponte has
>put NATO civilian & military leaders beyond the law - has given them
>immunity to engage in whatever criminal action they like. A disgrace to
>the legal profession she should be replaced forthwith by the UN Secretary
>General.
>
>Her investigation into allegations made, not only by the Russian, Yugoslav
>& Chinese Governments concerning NATO war crimes, but also by ordinary
>people across the world, (in which I include CANA, as we detailed specific
>NATO atrocities in a dossier sent to her January 28th this year) was at
>best cursory; at worst her inaction can be interpreted as the frantic
>manoeuvrings of a mafia judge eager to please her mafia paymasters.
>Someone should do an investigation into the War Crimes Tribunal & her
>role, & that of of her predecessor, Ms Arbour. How is this body financed?
>Is it a legal entity? Does the UN Charter allow for new Institutions to be
>created simply on the say so of the Security Council?
>
>What has happened is a juridical nightmare; a nominally independent
>prosecutor, who in fact is leaned on, & responds to pressure from
>representatives of whatever coalition of powers happens to hold most
>influence in the Security Council at any one time.
>
>Her willingness to receive Jamie Shea, & Robin Cook, in her office at the
>Hague, while still theoretically engaged in an investigation as to whether
>NATO had committed war crimes was reprehensible, indicating collusion &
>undue influence. She should have had the courage to stand up to gangsters
>who 'fix' international Courts in the same way as Clinton fixed Congress to
>avoid impeachment.
>
>Her Office wrote to me 15th March stating "aerial warfare is a complex
>area of military international law involving difficult issues of targeting
>& execution." That may be so, but is not an excuse to duck the moral
>questions involved. The Prosecutor gets NATO off the hook by saying she is
>not satisfied there was 'intent' on the part of the NATO authorities to
>cause civilian casualties, which misses the point entirely: all deaths
>caused by those responsible for a war of aggression, whether they be
>military or civilian, are unlawful homicides, & it's not necessary to prove
>intent for every act which flowed from the decision to engage in aggressive
>war. But in the 15th March letter Gavin Ruxton said "The Prosecutor has no
>locus to consider the lawfulness or otherwise of the NATO decision to
>launch its air campaign": which means the Tribunal is disqualified from
>making any finding acquitting NATO of war crimes. (There is of course
>unambiguous evidence of NATO's intent to cause civilian casualties.)
>
>___________________________________________________________________________
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Subject: 9 June Amsterdam: report on Dutch ministers on trial for NATO
bombing
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 00:24:20 +0200
[Unofficial report, hastily written by a non-lawyer]
On Friday 9 June, at the "Paleis van Justitie" [court house] in
Amsterdam,
Dutch Government Ministers were on trial for the NATO bombing of
Yugoslavia
in 1999.
As I walk to the court house, posters of a beer brand proclaim
"Yugoslavs
like our drink". Maybe, like people in Colombia or in Sierra Leone. All
these people, however, might think one drinks more safely if there is
less
chance of dying by a bomb or other weapon made in a NATO country.
Opening
headline of the day of daily De Volkskrant: the Dutch UN representative
says
that the Netherlands armed forces should get over their Balkans trauma
by
sending a thousand soldiers to Sierra Leone. The British NATO allies
would
like that. Might the Dutch soldiers not find out too late they go there,
like to the Balkans, not really for peace; but maybe for British diamond
millionaires, fighting out their conflict with French diamond
millionaires
at the cost of lives of European soldiers and [especially] African
soldiers,
including child soldiers, and civilians? Remember racism and escalating
violence, when troops from NATO countries were supposed to bring peace
to
Somalia?
Police had not allowed a demonstration, which would have started at 10
o'clock. The case starts 11 o'clock at the "Paleis van Justitie",
Prinsengracht 434 in Amsterdam. Long before the start, people gather
outside. Pro peace leaflets change hands. A big banner goes aloft: NATO
OUT
OF THE BALKANS. It is held by a local anti war committee member, and by
a
twentyish Amsterdam university student. She is here with others of De
Socialist magazine, also present at earlier peace demonstrations.
Celine is there as well. Though more than fifty-five years ago, the Nazi
occupiers of The Netherlands put her in a camp, today she still fights
against racism and war. She is of De Anti Fascist. This is the magazine
of
the Bond van Anti Fascisten [Anti Fascist League], founded by ex members
of
the 1940-1945 resistance against German Nazi occupation. Later, younger
fighters against present day racism and other forms of discrimination
joined. The Anti Fascist League is a main source making it financially
possible to have this case: as the Yugoslav plaintiffs are very poor,
having
often lost jobs and everything by the war.
Speaking of media: a TV crew of the local [multicultural] Amsterdam TV
records the scene outside and the court case inside. Radio The
Netherlands
World Broadcasting is there; as are correspondents of De Volkskrant and
Bosnian media. Yesterday, an article in Ganashakti daily, all the way in
India, told its readers of the case.
In 1999, 29 citizens of Yugoslavia, victims of the bombs, started this
civil
court case against Ministers Kok [Prime Minister], Van Aartsen [Foreign
Affairs], and De Grave [Defense]. In May/June 1999, the judge did not
grant
their request for summary proceedings. However, he also did not throw
out
the case, as pro-war politicians might have liked. Similar court cases
are
on their way in other NATO countries; though often, in these countries
the
legal system works a little slower, or is more expensive for plaintiffs,
than in The Netherlands. In The Netherlands, there are now also cases
against the State [so, not against ministers individually, like in this
case]; other Dutch civil cases against individuals; and World Court
cases
for violation of UN Charter point 2 sub 4, against military aggression.
In a
few months' time, the case brought by surviving families of the bombed
Belgrade television studio crew members will start in The Netherlands.
Before a full big court room, Mr Van Schendel, court president, first
arranges for the media representatives' reporting. Then, he calls upon
the
bombs victims' lawyers to speak. He grants them one hour. As twenty
minutes
is usual for lawyers in civil cases, this indicates some sense of the
juridical importance of this case.
These lawyers are Mr Steijnen and Mr Olof, of Juristen voor de Vrede
[Lawyers for Peace] and the Permanente Commissie [Permanent Legal
Commission
against Dutch War Crimes]. Lawyers for Peace have a long history of
legal
challenges to the Dutch government for allowing NATO nuclear weapons in
The
Netherlands [officially, the people are not allowed to know whether the
nuclear weapons are there or not].
Mr Olof pointed out NATO's war was against the United Nations charter
and
international law. Mr Steijnen pointed out that the Dutch government,
like
NATO, claims NATO's targets were all military. The civilian victims
supposedly were "collateral damage". Really? asked Mr Steijnen. NATO
destroyed fifty churches and monasteries, over three hundred schools;
many
bridges unsuited for military vehicles; buses; passenger trains; TV
studios;
cigarette factories; 100% of chemical industry and 100% of agricultural
fertilizer industry in Yugoslavia; even apart from depleted uranium
ammunition radiation, creating enormous environmental damage. NATO used
cluster bombs.
Conservative pro NATO estimates say 1000 civilians died, 6000 were
wounded.
The MEAT report of the United States Air Force, quoted by Newsweek and
others, says all the weeks of air war destroyed 14 Yugoslav tanks, 18
armed
vehicles, 20 pieces of artillery. If we base ourselves on the
conservative
estimate of civilian victims: then, 70 civilians died for every Yugoslav
tank. Would it not be more accurate to say civilians and civilian
targets
were the real targets, and the damage against Yugoslav army vehicles and
artillery really was "collateral" damage? NATO leaders themselves
basically
admitted this [eg, when asked: why did the Yugoslav government finally
admit NATO troops in Kosovo? Eg, General Short said on BBC television
the
first target [to his regret, only destroyed later] should have been the
"rock and roll bridge" in Belgrade, where young people had concerts
against
the bombing].
Concluding, Mr Steijnen named three random examples of the plaintiffs.
One
worked as a car mechanic in Montenegro. The war started; very worried
about
his family in Belgrade, he went there, and parked his car. NATO bombs
fell
and destroyed the car. This loss meant also the loss of his mechanic's
job.
Now, he has nothing.
Another plaintiff worked in a small businessman's garage. A bomb
destroyed
the garage and the cars in it. Now, the employer is jobless and hungry.
So
is the employee.
A third example: this man used to work in a metal working factory. Bombs
totally destroyed the factory. Like its other 8000 workers, now he is
jobless.
For the ministers, Mr Houtzagers spoke. He quoted from a political
government statement, claiming NATO became involved as it worried about
stability of Albania and Macedonia [both non NATO members; and how did
the
war 'help stability' of these countries, let alone of Kosovo? Mr
Steijnen
replied]. And 'Yugoslavia had refused to negotiate seriously in
Rambouillet
[and how about NATO's proposed Appendix B, amounting to de facto
occupation
of all Yugoslavia?]'. Repeatedly interrupted by judges' critical
questions,
Mr Houtzagers talked about the legal base for the NATO attack. He
admitted
that UN Resolution 1199 was not such a legal base; nevertheless, the
government used it as justification. Mr Steijnen pointed out that only
one
member of the Dutch parliament, Mr Van Middelkoop, had known about
Resolution 1199. So, then, how about democratic control by parliament on
whether The Netherlands were at war or not [not even Prime Minister Kok
knew
when the bombing started]?
Mr Houtzagers also said the ministers could not be sued, 'as they had
acted
as organs of the State'. In reply, Mr Steijnen pointed out that at the
1945
Nuremberg trials, the court had rejected such a defense. *Individuals*
commit war crimes. The Nuremburg decisions are important in
international
law; though in its defence the Dutch government now more or less tries
to
dismiss them. They were part of the precedents claimed, by, for
instance,
the 1993 establishment of the court on Yugoslavia in The Hague. Mr
Steijnen
said: "How would a court react to General Pinochet claiming he had not
been
an individual, only '"an organ of the state"?
To the argument: "the war is over now, so the plaintiffs have no case
anymore. [Two of the plaintiffs last year complained, as the war had
made
them join the Yugoslav army as conscripts, thus putting them in danger
involuntarily]", Mr Steijnen replied the plaintiffs still were in
danger,
also if they would all continue to be civilians as at the moment; as
there
was only a cease fire, not peace. If one listens today to Dutch and
other
NATO leaders they may not yet have learned not to start a similar war
again
against Yugoslavia [or against another country].
President Van Schendel concluded the session by saying that the court
decision will, in principle, become public at 6 July, at 11.30 in the
same
court house. However, Mr Van Schendel left open the possibility that the
court would need more time for the legal complexities of the case; then,
the
verdict would be later.
Even if Lawyers for Peace lose the case in Amsterdam, they will appeal,
all
the way up to the European Court.
After the court case, Mr Houtzagers, contrary to the bombs victims'
lawyers,
refused to answer media questions. Later that day, there was a meeting.
Other Dutch ministers may also face civil cases. So may F16 pilots. So
may
pro-war Members of Parliament like Mr Blaauw of the ["Rightist Liberal"]
VVD
government party: Blaauw, during the Balkan war, talked of glorious
profit
opportunities for Dutch construction millionaires in Kosovo, after the
NATO
bombs would have done their job. Mr Blaauw is also a leader of the Press
Now
organization; officially for 'independent' [in fact, NATOish] media in
the
Balkans. Maybe, also a civil case by people hurt by the bombs, against
Mr De
Hoop Scheffer of the ["Christian Democrat"] CDA [very pro bombing,
though
officially in opposition].
And, maybe also civil damages claims against Marcel Rüter, businessman,
and
leader of the extreme Rightist Voorpost ["Vanguard"] movement, not
represented in government or parliament, which made pro bombing
propaganda.
Mr Rüter is an ex leader of the Centrumpartij'86, members of which used
to
rally for Adolf Hitler and his deputy, Rudolf Hess. Used to, *as
Centrumpartij'86 people*; because a few years ago, the courts banned
this
party for racism; after members had gone to jail for violence. In 1999
Voorpost tried a political comeback on the wave of pro-war and
anti-Serb-anti-Roma-and-anti-other-foreigner propaganda in the 'popular'
media. Maybe an opportunity for the Anti Fascist League to figuratively
"kill the two birds, of war and racism, with one stone"?
Best wishes,
Herman de Tollenaere
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http://www.counterpunch.com
CounterPunch [Originally published at Swans: http://www.swans.com]
June 4, 2000
An Impartial Tribunal, Really?
By Christopher Black
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http://www.serbianna.com/dorich/stories/00_06_09.html
The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions
By William Dorich
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* Amnesty International sul Tribunale "ad hoc" dell'Aia
* Carla del Ponte, criminale di guerra impunita
* Richiesta di dimissioni per Carla del Ponte
* Il governo olandese sotto processo
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DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE E LEGALITA' BORGHESE
In seguito al nostro ultimo messaggio sui crimini della NATO
(http://www.egroups.com/message/crj-mailinglist/286?&start=263)
abbiamo ricevuto da Luca il seguente commento:
> Ho letto l' articolo sulle leggi di guerra.
> A me pare pericoloso appoggiare le critiche alla guerra ed alla nato in
> particolare seguendo un approccio "legalitario".
>
> Le forze borghesi amano le cosiddette convenzioni di guerra perche' esse
> fanno parte della copertura ideologica della guerra ....Forse si
> dovrebbero mostrare le inconsistenze logiche insite negli argomenti
> legalisti. Soprattutto per quanto concerne
> i "coccodrilli " del manifesto
>
> o no?
Sicuramente! Tuttavia sottolineare queste come altre violazioni della
legalita' borghese commesse da parte della stessa borghesia ha un suo
significato. In pratica si tratta del "sovversivismo
delle classi dirigenti", lo stesso fenomeno che ci ha portato al
fascismo ed al nazismo, quando la classe dirigente rompe le leggi che
essa stessa ha formulato. Questo puo' avere due ricadute:
- o si prefigura come scontro inter-borghese (inter-imperialista);
- oppure semplicemente significa una deriva autoritaria, quando anche le
garanzie, gli spazi della democrazia borghese ci vengono sottratte;
oppure tutte e due le cose insieme. Percio' ci sembra importante
evidenziare quando questo succede. CRJ
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Subject: YUGOSLAVIA: Amnesty International's initial comments
on the review by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia of NATO's Operation Allied Force
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 09:06:13 -0400
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* News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty
International *
Amnesty International Public document
AI Index EUR 70/029/2000
News Service Nr. 116
13 June 2000
Amnesty International's initial comments on the review by the
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia of NATO's
Operation Allied Force
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has
published today the Final Report to the Prosecutor by the Committee
Established to Review the NATO Bombing Campaign Against the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia. The report examines general issues and five
specific incidents and recommends to the ICTY Prosecutor not to commence
a criminal investigation "in relation to the NATO bombing campaign or
incidents occurring during the campaign" (para 91).
Ms Carla Del Ponte, ICTY's Prosecutor, informed the United Nations'
Security Council on 2 June 2000 that she had decided to accept this
recommendation. She specifies that although some mistakes were made by
NATO, "the Prosecutor is satisfied that there was no deliberate
targeting of civilians or unlawful military targets by NATO during the
campaign".
Amnesty International has received a copy of the 45-page ICTY report and
is examining it carefully. All five incidents examined in the report by
ICTY's review committee were included in the Amnesty International
report, Collateral Damage or Unlawful Killings?, Violations of the Laws
of War by NATO during Operation Allied Force, published last week (AI
Index: EUR 70/18/00).
Amnesty International welcomes the unusual publication by the ICTY of
the reasoning behind the decision not to open an investigation related
to NATO's bombing campaign. The organization believes that this step
contributes greatly to the Tribunal's transparency, offering important
perspectives on the interpretation of the laws of war.
Amnesty International also respects the discretion enjoyed by the ICTY's
Prosecutor in deciding whether or not to open criminal investigations.
The organization understands that, as with other cases, the Prosecutor
may still decide to open an investigation into the NATO bombing should
additional relevant information become available.
Amnesty International notes that the report of the ICTY assessment
indicates that when NATO was requested "to answer specific questions
about specific incidents, the NATO reply was couched in general terms
and failed to address the specific incidents." The report also points
out that the "committee has not spoken to those involved in directing or
carrying out the bombing campaign". These facts must have contributed to
the information gaps that the committee itself acknowledges in its
report. Amnesty International also notes the following overall
conclusion of the review committee (para 90):
"NATO has admitted that mistakes did occur during the bombing campaign;
errors of judgment may also have occurred. Selection of certain
objectives for attack may be subject to legal debate. On the basis of
the information reviewed, however, the committee is of the opinion that
neither an in-depth investigation related to the bombing campaign as a
whole nor investigations related to specific incidents are justified. In
all cases, either the law is not sufficiently clear or investigations
are unlikely to result in the acquisition of sufficient evidence to
substantiate charges against high level accused or against lower accused
for particularly heinous offences."
The report does not explain what difficulties are envisaged by the
Office of the Prosecutor in gathering sufficient evidence against any
NATO or NATO member state official.
With regard to the bombing of the headquarters and studios of Serbian
state television and radio (Radio Televisija Srbije, RTS) in Belgrade on
23 April 1999, the report states (para 76):
"The committee finds that if the attack on the RTS was justified by
reference to its propaganda purpose alone, its legality might well be
questioned by some experts in the field of international humanitarian
law. It appears, however, that NATO's targeting of the RTS building for
propaganda purposes was an incidental (albeit complementary) aim of its
primary goal of disabling the Serbian military command and control
system and to destroy the nerve system and apparatus that keeps
Milosevic in power."
Earlier (para 55) the report made the following observation regarding
the role of the media in general:
"The media as such is not a traditional target category. To the extent
particular media components are part of the C3 (command, control and
communications) network they are military objectives. If media
components are not part of the C3 network then they may become military
objectives depending upon their use. As a bottom line, civilians,
civilian objects and civilian morale as such are not legitimate military
objectives. The media does have an effect on civilian morale. If that
effect is merely to foster support for the war effort, the media is not
a legitimate military objective. If the media is used to incite crimes,
as in Rwanda, it can become a legitimate military objective. If the
media is the nerve system that keeps a war-monger in power and thus
perpetuates the war effort, it may fall within the definition of a
legitimate military objective."
Amnesty International reiterates that the explanation it sought and
received by NATO regarding the attack on the RTS headquarters was that
the attack was carried out because the RTS was a propaganda organ. In a
letter to Amnesty International dated 17 May 1999 and quoted in ICTY's
report (para 73), NATO's then Secretary General Javier Solana said that
NATO made "every possible effort to avoid civilian casualties and
collateral damage by exclusively and carefully targeting the military
infrastructure of President Milocevic", adding that the RTS facilities
"are being used as radio relay stations and transmitters to support the
activities of the FRY military and special police forces, and therefore
they represented legitimate military targets". However, as also
indicated in the Amnesty International report published last week, at a
meeting with Amnesty International in Brussels on 14 February 2000 NATO
officials clarified that this reference to relay stations and
transmitters was to other attacks on RTS infrastructure and not this
particular attack on the RTS headquarters. They insisted that the attack
on the RTS headquarters was carried out because RTS was a propaganda
organ and argued that propaganda is direct support for military action.
The point relating to propaganda has been made repeatedly, most recently
by General Wesley Clark, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe at the time
of Operation Allied Force. In an address at the Brookings Institution on
8 June 2000 he is quoted as saying:
"I noticed on the news today there is criticism of the attack on the
Serb media. Well, of course, that was a controversial target. But the
Serb media engine was feeding the war. It was a crucial instrument of
Milosevic's control over the Serb population. And it exported fear,
hatred and instability into neighbouring regions. And so it was a
legitimate target of war, validated by lawyers in many countries and
validated by the International Criminal Tribunal. But it sure eased our
minds a lot to know that our elected political leaders took the
responsibility for that strike."
As explained in its report last week, Amnesty International recognizes
that disrupting government propaganda may help to undermine the morale
of the population and the armed forces. However, the organization
believes that justifying an attack on such grounds stretches the meaning
of "effective contribution to military action" and "definite military
advantage" -- essential requirements of the definition of a military
objective -- beyond the acceptable bounds of interpretation. As such,
Amnesty International takes the view that the attack on the RTS
headquarters was directed at a civilian object and points out that
"[I]ntentionally directing attacks against civilian objects" is a war
crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Amnesty International regrets the lack of full cooperation by NATO in
resposnding to ICTY's inquiries. The organization stresses that the fact
that the ICTY Prosecutor has decided not to open a criminal
investigation against NATO should not lead NATO to ignore the detailed
and nuanced contents of the ICTY report, or dismiss recommendations made
by Amnesty International and other organizations.
Amnesty International calls again on NATO and NATO member states to heed
the recommendations it made in its report published last week, including
the need for all NATO member states to ratify without reservations
Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949; ensure a common
interpretation of international humanitarian law in line with the
highest international standards; reflect these standards in NATO's rules
of engagement; and clarify NATO's chain of command, so as to ensure
clear lines of responsibility.
NATO and NATO member states should also conduct their own investigation
into reported breaches of the rules of war during Operation Allied
Force, whether or not they may amount to war crimes, so as to take
appropriate measures against anyone found responsible, provide redress,
including compensation, to victims of such violations, and learn lessons
for the future. ...
ENDS.../
Amnesty International, International Secretariat, 1 Easton Street,
WC1X 8DJ, London, United Kingdom
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The Emperor's New Clothes
Louise Arbour: Unindicted War Criminal
by Christopher Black and Edward S. Herman (6-14-00)
Among the many ironies of the NATO war against Yugoslavia was the role
of the International Criminal Tribunal and its chief prosecutor, Louise
Arbour, elevated by Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien to Canada's
highest court in 1999. It will be argued here that as Arbour and her
Tribunal played a key role in EXPEDITING war crimes, an excellent case
can be made that in a just world she would be in the dock rather than in
judicial robes.
Arbour To NATO's Rescue
In the midst of NATO's 78-day bombing campaign against Yugoslavia,
Arbour participated in an April 20 press conference with British Foreign
Secretary Robin Cook to receive from him documentation on Serb war
crimes. Then on May 27, Arbour announced the indictment of Serb
President Slobodan Milosevic and four of his associates for war crimes.
The inappropriateness of a supposedly judicial body doing this when
Germany, Russia and other powers were trying to find a diplomatic
resolution to the conflict, was staggering.
At the April 20 appearance with Cook, Arbour stated that
"It is inconceivable...that we would agree to be guided by the political
will of those who may want to advance an agenda."
But her appearance with Cook and the followup indictments fitted
perfectly the needs of the NATO leadership. There had been growing
criticism of NATO's increasingly civilian infrastructure-oriented
bombing of Serbia. Arbour's and the Tribunal's intervention declaring
the Serb leadership to be guilty of war crimes was a public relations
coup that justified the NATO policies and helped permit the bombing to
continue and escalate. This was pointed out repeatedly by NATO leaders
and propagandists: for example, Madeleine Albright noted that the
indictments
"make very clear to the world and the publics in our countries that this
[NATO policy] is justified because of the crimes committed, and I think
also will enable us to keep moving all these processes [i.e., bombing]
forward" (CNN, May 27).
Arbour herself noted that "I am mindful of the impact that this
indictment may have on the peace process," and although indicted
individuals are "entitled to the presumption of innocence until they are
convicted, the evidence upon which this indictment was confirmed raises
serious questions about their suitability to be guarantors of any deal,
let alone a peace agreement." (CNN, May 27). So Arbour not only
understood the political significance of her indictment, she suggested
that interference with diplomatic efforts was justified because the
indicted individuals, though not yet found guilty, were not suitable to
negotiate. This hugely unjudicial political judgment, along with the
convenient timing of the indictments, points up Arbour's and the
Tribunal's highly political role.
The Tribunal's Politicization
Arbour's service to NATO in indicting Milosevic was the logical outcome
of the Tribunal's de facto control and purpose. Established by the
Security Council in the early 1990s to serve the Balkan policy ends of
its dominant members, the Tribunal's funding and interlocking functional
relationship with the leading NATO powers have made it NATO's
instrument. (1)
Although Article 32 of the Tribunal's Charter declares that its expenses
shall be provided in the general budget of the United Nations, this
proviso has been regularly violated. In 1994-1995 the U.S. government
provided it with $700,000 in cash and $2.3 million in equipment, and
numerous other U.S.-based governmental and non- governmental agencies
have provided the Tribunal with resources.
Article 16 of the Tribunal's charter states that the Prosecutor shall
act independently and shall not seek or receive instruction from any
government. This section also has been systematically violated. NATO
sources have regularly made claims suggesting their authority over the
Tribunal: "We will make a decision on whether Yugoslav actions against
ethnic Albanians constitute genocide," states a USIA Fact Sheet, and
Cook asserted at his April 20 press conference with Arbour that "we are
going to focus on the war crimes being committed in Kosovo and our
determination to bring those responsible to justice, " as if he and
Arbour were a team jointly deciding on who should be charged for war
crimes.
Tribunal officials have even bragged about "the strong support of
concerned governments and dedicated individuals such as Secretary
Albright," further referred to as "mother of the Tribunal" (by Judge
Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, president of the Tribunal). In 1996 Arbour met
with the Secretary-General of NATO and its supreme commander to
"establish contacts and begin discussing modalities of cooperation and
assistance." Numerous other meetings have occurred between prosecutor
and NATO, which was given the function of Tribunal gendarme.
Arbour acknowleged (April 20) that "the real danger is whether we would
fall into [following somebody's political agenda] inadvertently by being
in the hands of information-providers who might have an agenda that we
would not be able to discern." But even an imbecile could discern that
NATO had an agenda and that simply accepting the flood of documents
offered by Cook and Albright entailed ADVERTENTLY following that agenda.
Arbour's April 20 reference to the "morality of the [NATO] enterprise"
and her remarks on Milosevic's possible lack of character disqualifying
him from negotiations, as well as her rush to help NATO with an
indictment, point to quite clearly understood political service.
The Arbour-Tribunal bias was dramatically illustrated by the disposition
of an internal Tribunal report on Operation Storm, which described war
crimes committed by the Croatian armed forces in their expulsion of more
than 200,000 Serbs from Krajina in August 1995. (6) In only four days
"at least 150 Serbs were summarily executed, and many hundreds
disappeared," totals that exceeded the 241 victims of the Serbs named in
the indictment of Milosevic. But as the United States supported the
Croat's ethnic cleansing of Serbs in Krajina, and refused to provide
requested information, no indictment of any Croat officer named in the
report, or head of state Tudjman, was ever brought by the Tribunal.
Tribunal's Kangaroo Court Processes
According to Arbour, the Tribunal was "subject to extremely stringent
rules of evidence with respect to the admissibility and the credibility
of the product that we will tender in court," thus precluding
"unsubstantiated, unverifiable, uncorroborated allegations" (April 20).
This is a gross misrepresentation of what John Laughland described in
the Times (London) as "a rogue court with rigged rules" (June 17, 1999).
The Tribunal violates virtually every standard of due process: among
others, it fails to separate prosecution and judge; witnesses can
testify anonymously; confessions are presumed free and voluntary unless
the contrary can be established by the prisoner; and "rules against
hearsay, deeply entrenched in Common Law, are not observed and the
Prosecutor's office has even suggested not calling witnesses to give
evidence but only the tribunal's own 'war crimes investigators'"
(Laughland).
As noted, Arbour presumes guilt before trial; the concept of "innocent
till convicted" is rejected, and she can declare that people linked with
Arkan "will be tainted by their association with an indicted war
criminal" (March 31). Arbour clearly does not believe in the basic rules
of Western jurisprudence. And within a month of her elevation to the
Canadian Supreme Court she joined a court majority that grafted onto
Canadian law the dangerous Tribunal practice of permitting a more
liberal use of hearsay evidence in trials. (2) The consequent corruption
of the Canadian justice system, both by her appointment and her impact,
mirrors that in the Canadian political system, whose leading members
supported the NATO war without question.
NATO's Crimes
In bombing Yugoslavia from March 24 to June 8 1999, NATO violated the UN
Charter requirement that it not use force without UN Security Council
sanction. (3) It was also guilty of aggression in attacking a sovereign
state that was not going beyond its borders. In its defense, NATO
claimed that "humanitarian" concerns demanded these actions and
justified seemingly serious law violations. (4) This reply sanctions law
violations on the basis of self-serving judgments that contradict the
rule of law, but it is also dubious on its own grounds. The NATO bombing
made "an internal humanitarian problem into a disaster" in the words of
Rollie Keith, the returned Canadian OSCE human rights monitor in Kosovo.
Furthermore, NATO refused to negotiate a settlement in Kosovo and
insisted on a violent solution; in the words of one State Department
official, NATO deliberately "raised the bar" and precluded a compromise
resolution because Serbia "needed to be bombed." These counter- facts
suggest that the alleged humanitarian basis of the law violations was a
cover for starkly political and geopolitical objectives.
NATO was also guilty of more traditional war crimes, including some that
the Tribunal had found indictable when [allegeldy] carried out by Serbs.
Thus on March 8, 1996, the Serb leader Milan Martic was indicted for
[allegeldy] launching a rocket cluster-bomb attack on military targets
in Zagreb in May 1995, on the ground that the rocket was "not designed
to hit military targets but to terrorize the civilians of Zagreb." But
the same case could be made for numerous NATO bombing raids, as in the
cluster-bombing of Nis on May 7, 1999, in which a market and hospital
far from any military target were hit in separate strikes--but no
indictment has yet been handed down against NATO.
But NATO was also guilty of bombing non-military targets as systematic
policy. On March 26, 1999, General Wesley Clark said that "We are going
to very systematically and progressively work on his military
forces...[to see] how much pain he is willing to suffer." But this focus
on "military forces" wasn't effective, so NATO quickly turned to "taking
down...the economic apparatus supporting" Serb military forces
(Clinton's words); targets were gradually extended to factories of all
kinds, electric power stations, water and sewage processing facilities,
transport, public buildings, and even schools and hospitals. In effect,
it was NATO's strategy to bring Serbia to its knees by gradually
escalating its attacks on the civil society.
But international law makes civilian targets off limits; the "wanton
destruction of cities, towns or villages or devastation not justified by
military necessity" is prohibited (Sixth Principle of Nuremberg,
formulated in 1950 by a UN-sponsored international law commission).
"Military necessity" does not allow the destruction of a civil society
to make it more difficult for the country to support its armed forces,
any more than civilians can be killed directly because they pay taxes
supporting the war machine or might some day become soldiers. Making an
entire population a hostage is a blatant violation of international law
and its implementing acts are war crimes.
In December 1999, it was finally reported that post-Arbour prosecutor
Carla Del Ponte was reviewing the conduct of NATO, at the urging of
Russia and several other "interested parties" ("U.N. Court Examines
NATO's Yugoslavia War," NYT, Dec. 29, 1999). But the news report
indicates that the focus is on the conduct of NATO pilots and their
commanders, not the NATO decision-makers who decided to target the
civilian infrastructure. It also suggests the public relations nature of
the inquiry, which would "go far in dispelling the belief...that the
tribunal is a tool used by Western leaders to escape accountability."
The report also indicates the delicate matter that the tribunal "depends
on the military alliance to arrest and hand over suspects." It also
quotes Del Ponte saying that "It's not my priority, because I have
inquiries about genocide, about bodies in mass graves." We may rest
assured that no indictments will result from this inquiry.
Beyond Orwell
NATO's leaders, frustrated in attacking the Serb military machine, quite
openly turned to smashing the civil society of Serbia as their means of
attaining the desired quick victory. Arbour and the Tribunal helped NATO
by indicting Milosevic, thereby giving NATO the moral cover needed for
escalated attacks on the hostage population.
Arbour and the Tribunal thus present us with the amazing spectacle of an
institution supposedly organized to contain, prevent, and prosecute for
war crimes actually knowingly facilitating them. Furthermore, petitions
submitted to the Tribunal during Arbour's tenure had called for
prosecution of the leaders of NATO, including Canadian Prime Minister
Jean Chretien, for the commission of war crimes. If she had been a
prosecutor in Canada, Britain or the United States, she would have been
subject to disbarment for considering and then accepting a job from a
person she had been asked to charge. But Arbour was elevated to the
Supreme Court of Canada by Chretien with hardly a mention of this
conflict of interest and immorality. **
About the authors...
Christopher Black (5) is part of the team of Canadian lawyers who have
attempted to bring war crimes charges against NATO before the War Crimes
Tribunal. At present, Mr. Black is serving as the attorney for one of
the defendant at the Rwandan war crimes hearings. He believes that
Western meddling is in large measure responsible for the horrendous
killing in Rwanda. He plans to write an article for Emperors-Clothes on
the subject.
Edward S. Herman is the author of many books including 'Real Terror
Network: Terrorism in Fact and Propaganda' (June 1998) and 'Triumph of
the Market: Essays on Economics, Politics, and the Media' (October
1995).
Further reading...
(1) See Money Talks - US Funds ICTY Public Relations at
http://emperors-clothes.com/news/press.htm
(2) Back to the dark ages by Jared Israel at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/jared/bac.htm
(3) See NATO's War & World Security by Prof. Raju G. C. Thomas at
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/analysis/security.htm
(4) See HUMANITARIAN WAR: Making the Crime Fit the Punishment by Diana
Johnstone at
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/articles/Johnstone/crime.htm
(5) See An Impartial Tribunal? Really? by Christopher Black at
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/analysis/Impartial.htm
(6)See Conditions of Serbs in Croatia, by Alice Mahon, MP at
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/articles/mahon/croatia.htm
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>CANA (Christians Against NATO Aggression)
>Statement from William Spring, Director
>
>CARLA DEL PONTE SHOULD RESIGN AS WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR
>
>Carla del Ponte should resign as war crimes prosecutor for the Hague
>Tribunal responsible for War Crimes in the area of the Former Yugoslavia.
>She has brought international law into disrepute by her decision announced
>to the Security Council June 2nd not to prosecute NATO leaders for war
>crimes committed by NATO forces in relation to the illegal military attack
>on Yugoslavia last year.
>
>Thomas Fuller, as quoted by the late Lord Denning, Master of the Rolls,
>said: "whoever you are the law is above you." In effect Carla del Ponte has
>put NATO civilian & military leaders beyond the law - has given them
>immunity to engage in whatever criminal action they like. A disgrace to
>the legal profession she should be replaced forthwith by the UN Secretary
>General.
>
>Her investigation into allegations made, not only by the Russian, Yugoslav
>& Chinese Governments concerning NATO war crimes, but also by ordinary
>people across the world, (in which I include CANA, as we detailed specific
>NATO atrocities in a dossier sent to her January 28th this year) was at
>best cursory; at worst her inaction can be interpreted as the frantic
>manoeuvrings of a mafia judge eager to please her mafia paymasters.
>Someone should do an investigation into the War Crimes Tribunal & her
>role, & that of of her predecessor, Ms Arbour. How is this body financed?
>Is it a legal entity? Does the UN Charter allow for new Institutions to be
>created simply on the say so of the Security Council?
>
>What has happened is a juridical nightmare; a nominally independent
>prosecutor, who in fact is leaned on, & responds to pressure from
>representatives of whatever coalition of powers happens to hold most
>influence in the Security Council at any one time.
>
>Her willingness to receive Jamie Shea, & Robin Cook, in her office at the
>Hague, while still theoretically engaged in an investigation as to whether
>NATO had committed war crimes was reprehensible, indicating collusion &
>undue influence. She should have had the courage to stand up to gangsters
>who 'fix' international Courts in the same way as Clinton fixed Congress to
>avoid impeachment.
>
>Her Office wrote to me 15th March stating "aerial warfare is a complex
>area of military international law involving difficult issues of targeting
>& execution." That may be so, but is not an excuse to duck the moral
>questions involved. The Prosecutor gets NATO off the hook by saying she is
>not satisfied there was 'intent' on the part of the NATO authorities to
>cause civilian casualties, which misses the point entirely: all deaths
>caused by those responsible for a war of aggression, whether they be
>military or civilian, are unlawful homicides, & it's not necessary to prove
>intent for every act which flowed from the decision to engage in aggressive
>war. But in the 15th March letter Gavin Ruxton said "The Prosecutor has no
>locus to consider the lawfulness or otherwise of the NATO decision to
>launch its air campaign": which means the Tribunal is disqualified from
>making any finding acquitting NATO of war crimes. (There is of course
>unambiguous evidence of NATO's intent to cause civilian casualties.)
>
>___________________________________________________________________________
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Subject: 9 June Amsterdam: report on Dutch ministers on trial for NATO
bombing
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 00:24:20 +0200
[Unofficial report, hastily written by a non-lawyer]
On Friday 9 June, at the "Paleis van Justitie" [court house] in
Amsterdam,
Dutch Government Ministers were on trial for the NATO bombing of
Yugoslavia
in 1999.
As I walk to the court house, posters of a beer brand proclaim
"Yugoslavs
like our drink". Maybe, like people in Colombia or in Sierra Leone. All
these people, however, might think one drinks more safely if there is
less
chance of dying by a bomb or other weapon made in a NATO country.
Opening
headline of the day of daily De Volkskrant: the Dutch UN representative
says
that the Netherlands armed forces should get over their Balkans trauma
by
sending a thousand soldiers to Sierra Leone. The British NATO allies
would
like that. Might the Dutch soldiers not find out too late they go there,
like to the Balkans, not really for peace; but maybe for British diamond
millionaires, fighting out their conflict with French diamond
millionaires
at the cost of lives of European soldiers and [especially] African
soldiers,
including child soldiers, and civilians? Remember racism and escalating
violence, when troops from NATO countries were supposed to bring peace
to
Somalia?
Police had not allowed a demonstration, which would have started at 10
o'clock. The case starts 11 o'clock at the "Paleis van Justitie",
Prinsengracht 434 in Amsterdam. Long before the start, people gather
outside. Pro peace leaflets change hands. A big banner goes aloft: NATO
OUT
OF THE BALKANS. It is held by a local anti war committee member, and by
a
twentyish Amsterdam university student. She is here with others of De
Socialist magazine, also present at earlier peace demonstrations.
Celine is there as well. Though more than fifty-five years ago, the Nazi
occupiers of The Netherlands put her in a camp, today she still fights
against racism and war. She is of De Anti Fascist. This is the magazine
of
the Bond van Anti Fascisten [Anti Fascist League], founded by ex members
of
the 1940-1945 resistance against German Nazi occupation. Later, younger
fighters against present day racism and other forms of discrimination
joined. The Anti Fascist League is a main source making it financially
possible to have this case: as the Yugoslav plaintiffs are very poor,
having
often lost jobs and everything by the war.
Speaking of media: a TV crew of the local [multicultural] Amsterdam TV
records the scene outside and the court case inside. Radio The
Netherlands
World Broadcasting is there; as are correspondents of De Volkskrant and
Bosnian media. Yesterday, an article in Ganashakti daily, all the way in
India, told its readers of the case.
In 1999, 29 citizens of Yugoslavia, victims of the bombs, started this
civil
court case against Ministers Kok [Prime Minister], Van Aartsen [Foreign
Affairs], and De Grave [Defense]. In May/June 1999, the judge did not
grant
their request for summary proceedings. However, he also did not throw
out
the case, as pro-war politicians might have liked. Similar court cases
are
on their way in other NATO countries; though often, in these countries
the
legal system works a little slower, or is more expensive for plaintiffs,
than in The Netherlands. In The Netherlands, there are now also cases
against the State [so, not against ministers individually, like in this
case]; other Dutch civil cases against individuals; and World Court
cases
for violation of UN Charter point 2 sub 4, against military aggression.
In a
few months' time, the case brought by surviving families of the bombed
Belgrade television studio crew members will start in The Netherlands.
Before a full big court room, Mr Van Schendel, court president, first
arranges for the media representatives' reporting. Then, he calls upon
the
bombs victims' lawyers to speak. He grants them one hour. As twenty
minutes
is usual for lawyers in civil cases, this indicates some sense of the
juridical importance of this case.
These lawyers are Mr Steijnen and Mr Olof, of Juristen voor de Vrede
[Lawyers for Peace] and the Permanente Commissie [Permanent Legal
Commission
against Dutch War Crimes]. Lawyers for Peace have a long history of
legal
challenges to the Dutch government for allowing NATO nuclear weapons in
The
Netherlands [officially, the people are not allowed to know whether the
nuclear weapons are there or not].
Mr Olof pointed out NATO's war was against the United Nations charter
and
international law. Mr Steijnen pointed out that the Dutch government,
like
NATO, claims NATO's targets were all military. The civilian victims
supposedly were "collateral damage". Really? asked Mr Steijnen. NATO
destroyed fifty churches and monasteries, over three hundred schools;
many
bridges unsuited for military vehicles; buses; passenger trains; TV
studios;
cigarette factories; 100% of chemical industry and 100% of agricultural
fertilizer industry in Yugoslavia; even apart from depleted uranium
ammunition radiation, creating enormous environmental damage. NATO used
cluster bombs.
Conservative pro NATO estimates say 1000 civilians died, 6000 were
wounded.
The MEAT report of the United States Air Force, quoted by Newsweek and
others, says all the weeks of air war destroyed 14 Yugoslav tanks, 18
armed
vehicles, 20 pieces of artillery. If we base ourselves on the
conservative
estimate of civilian victims: then, 70 civilians died for every Yugoslav
tank. Would it not be more accurate to say civilians and civilian
targets
were the real targets, and the damage against Yugoslav army vehicles and
artillery really was "collateral" damage? NATO leaders themselves
basically
admitted this [eg, when asked: why did the Yugoslav government finally
admit NATO troops in Kosovo? Eg, General Short said on BBC television
the
first target [to his regret, only destroyed later] should have been the
"rock and roll bridge" in Belgrade, where young people had concerts
against
the bombing].
Concluding, Mr Steijnen named three random examples of the plaintiffs.
One
worked as a car mechanic in Montenegro. The war started; very worried
about
his family in Belgrade, he went there, and parked his car. NATO bombs
fell
and destroyed the car. This loss meant also the loss of his mechanic's
job.
Now, he has nothing.
Another plaintiff worked in a small businessman's garage. A bomb
destroyed
the garage and the cars in it. Now, the employer is jobless and hungry.
So
is the employee.
A third example: this man used to work in a metal working factory. Bombs
totally destroyed the factory. Like its other 8000 workers, now he is
jobless.
For the ministers, Mr Houtzagers spoke. He quoted from a political
government statement, claiming NATO became involved as it worried about
stability of Albania and Macedonia [both non NATO members; and how did
the
war 'help stability' of these countries, let alone of Kosovo? Mr
Steijnen
replied]. And 'Yugoslavia had refused to negotiate seriously in
Rambouillet
[and how about NATO's proposed Appendix B, amounting to de facto
occupation
of all Yugoslavia?]'. Repeatedly interrupted by judges' critical
questions,
Mr Houtzagers talked about the legal base for the NATO attack. He
admitted
that UN Resolution 1199 was not such a legal base; nevertheless, the
government used it as justification. Mr Steijnen pointed out that only
one
member of the Dutch parliament, Mr Van Middelkoop, had known about
Resolution 1199. So, then, how about democratic control by parliament on
whether The Netherlands were at war or not [not even Prime Minister Kok
knew
when the bombing started]?
Mr Houtzagers also said the ministers could not be sued, 'as they had
acted
as organs of the State'. In reply, Mr Steijnen pointed out that at the
1945
Nuremberg trials, the court had rejected such a defense. *Individuals*
commit war crimes. The Nuremburg decisions are important in
international
law; though in its defence the Dutch government now more or less tries
to
dismiss them. They were part of the precedents claimed, by, for
instance,
the 1993 establishment of the court on Yugoslavia in The Hague. Mr
Steijnen
said: "How would a court react to General Pinochet claiming he had not
been
an individual, only '"an organ of the state"?
To the argument: "the war is over now, so the plaintiffs have no case
anymore. [Two of the plaintiffs last year complained, as the war had
made
them join the Yugoslav army as conscripts, thus putting them in danger
involuntarily]", Mr Steijnen replied the plaintiffs still were in
danger,
also if they would all continue to be civilians as at the moment; as
there
was only a cease fire, not peace. If one listens today to Dutch and
other
NATO leaders they may not yet have learned not to start a similar war
again
against Yugoslavia [or against another country].
President Van Schendel concluded the session by saying that the court
decision will, in principle, become public at 6 July, at 11.30 in the
same
court house. However, Mr Van Schendel left open the possibility that the
court would need more time for the legal complexities of the case; then,
the
verdict would be later.
Even if Lawyers for Peace lose the case in Amsterdam, they will appeal,
all
the way up to the European Court.
After the court case, Mr Houtzagers, contrary to the bombs victims'
lawyers,
refused to answer media questions. Later that day, there was a meeting.
Other Dutch ministers may also face civil cases. So may F16 pilots. So
may
pro-war Members of Parliament like Mr Blaauw of the ["Rightist Liberal"]
VVD
government party: Blaauw, during the Balkan war, talked of glorious
profit
opportunities for Dutch construction millionaires in Kosovo, after the
NATO
bombs would have done their job. Mr Blaauw is also a leader of the Press
Now
organization; officially for 'independent' [in fact, NATOish] media in
the
Balkans. Maybe, also a civil case by people hurt by the bombs, against
Mr De
Hoop Scheffer of the ["Christian Democrat"] CDA [very pro bombing,
though
officially in opposition].
And, maybe also civil damages claims against Marcel Rüter, businessman,
and
leader of the extreme Rightist Voorpost ["Vanguard"] movement, not
represented in government or parliament, which made pro bombing
propaganda.
Mr Rüter is an ex leader of the Centrumpartij'86, members of which used
to
rally for Adolf Hitler and his deputy, Rudolf Hess. Used to, *as
Centrumpartij'86 people*; because a few years ago, the courts banned
this
party for racism; after members had gone to jail for violence. In 1999
Voorpost tried a political comeback on the wave of pro-war and
anti-Serb-anti-Roma-and-anti-other-foreigner propaganda in the 'popular'
media. Maybe an opportunity for the Anti Fascist League to figuratively
"kill the two birds, of war and racism, with one stone"?
Best wishes,
Herman de Tollenaere
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http://www.counterpunch.com
CounterPunch [Originally published at Swans: http://www.swans.com]
June 4, 2000
An Impartial Tribunal, Really?
By Christopher Black
-
http://www.serbianna.com/dorich/stories/00_06_09.html
The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions
By William Dorich
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EMBARGO CONTRO IL POPOLO IRACHENO:
L'ITALIA "NON PUO' FAR NULLA"?!?
Si è svolto oggi (13/6) alla Camera dei Deputati la discussione generale
sulle mozioni per la revoca dell'embargo all'Iraq.
La petizione "per la dissocizione italiana dll'embargo" è stata
annunciata in aula e l'On Cento ha letto un intervento a
nome dei firmatari della petizione.
Gli intervenuti (il dibattito integrale si può leggere sul sito della
camera www.camera.it) si sono unanimemente espressi
per la revoca delle sanzioni all'Iraq.
Il sottosegretario Intini, invece, nella sostanza ha sostenuto che
l'Italia non può far nulla senza un preventivo consenso
europeo (cioè mai, vista la posizione inglese) e senza la integrale
applicazione delle risoluzioni Onu, rimettendosi quindi
nelle mani degli Stati Uniti. Negando così ancora una volta le
responsablità italiane.
Per ora i testi delle mozioni presentate si limitano a impegnare il
Governo ad operare per la revoca delle sanzioni e, vista
la posizione espressa da Intini, si rischia ancora di avere una
risoluzione senza conseguenze.
Invitiamo tutti a mantenere la pressione sul Parlamento inviando a
posta@... e-mail con oggetto "Cari
deputati" che saranno redirette verso tuttii deputati.
campagna Rompere l'embargo
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MILANO
Sabato 17 giugno 2000
alle ore 15
presso la libreria esoterica ecumenica Falcone
di piazza Missori, Milano
Il Prof. Marco Aurelio Rivelli
si incontrerà con il pubblico per parlare del suo libro “
L'ARCIVESCOVO DEL GENOCIDIO
sul “beato” Stepinac.
Il 28 giugno l’autore sarà in Grecia per presentare l’edizione greca di
questo libro.
Prossimamente entra in stampa il nuovo libro su Pio XII e le
responsabilità della Chiesa nei genocidi (nei vari paesi europei)
durante la Seconda guerra mondiale.
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TORINO
CENA BENEFIT PER L'OSPEDALE DI KRAGUJEVAC
23 GIUGNO 2000 ORE 20
CSOA ASKATASUNA TORINO
Il coordinamento Torinese per la Jugoslavia sta organizzando per la
serata
del 23 giugno una cena jugoslava, destinando i proventi alla raccolta di
fondi necessari per l'acquisto di medicinali destinati all'ospedale
"KBG" di
Kragujevac.
Durante la serata saranno proiettati video documentari sulla situazione
in
Jugoslavia.
Chi ha intenzione di partecipare alla serata benefit è pregato di
prenotare
telefonando a Flavio 0338 1755563 o via e-mail a
lamonaca@...
entro il 19 giugno alle ore 12.
I disoccupati e gli studenti sottoscriveranno una quota di £ 15.000,
tutti
gli altri £ 25000.
L'ospedale di Kragujevac assiste malati di tutta la regione della
Sumadia e
delle regioni intorno; oggi dopo le devastazioni criminali della NATO,
l'ospedale cura circa 2.000.000 di malati, solo per pediatria e
oncologia.
A questa popolazione si sono aggiunti circa 20.000 profughi dal Kosovo
che
vanno a sommarsi alle decine di migliaia di profughi provenienti da
Croazia
e Bosnia.
Gli effetti devastanti dei bombardamenti su obiettivi civili, sulle
industrie chimiche hanno incrementato esponenzialmente i tumori della
pelle
e i calcinomi uterini e mammellari, oltre ai disturbi psichici e
nervosi, ma
anche febbri e problemi gastro intestinali.
A questi problemi si aggiunge il criminale embargo e le sanzioni contro
la
Jugoslavia: negli ospedali mancano ormai tutti i tipi di medicinali e
soprattutto anestetici, citostatici, antibiotici e medicine per la
psichiatria e la pediatria.
Torino 12 giugno 2000
COORDINAMENTO TORINESE PER LA JUGOSLAVIA
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contenuto nel
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centro Studi P. Tresso
su cui fare il versamento per la prenotazione abbiamo omesso di indicare
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segue:
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Associazione culturale di solidarietà con la popolazione jugoslava
c/o RdB, via M. Cristina di Savoia 40, BARI. e-mail: ponte@...
mercoledì 21 giugno ore 17.00
Facoltà di Lingue
via Garruba 4 Bari
Jugoslavia 2000. Quale situazione? Quali prospettive?
Relazioni e interventi di:
Ugo Villani, ordinario di diritto internazionale - Università di Bari:
L'ONU e la crisi del Kosovo un anno dopo
Dragan Mraovic, console capo della Repubblica Federale di Jugoslavia a
Bari: La Serbia, tra ricostruzione ed embargo
Intermezzo recitato a cura dell'associazione teatrale Grammelot di
Molfetta
- Le 15 bugie di Jamie Shea
- Gott mit uns: il monologo di Wesley Clark
- Carla dei miracoli alla corte dell'Aja
Jasna Tkalec, redattrice della rivista Hrvatska Ljevica (sinistra
croata): Croazia: la pesante eredità dell'era Tudjman e le prospettive
future
Nico Perrone, docente di Storia contemporanea - Università di Bari
Giuseppe Belviso, giornalista e telecineoperatore di RAI 3
coordina Andrea Catone, dell'associazione Most za Beograd
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"Senza Censura"
Per rilanciare il dibattito su repressione e carcere
[[[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]][[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]][[[[]]]]][[[[]]]
Sommario n.2/2000:
- Mumia Abu-Jamal:
L'irragionevolezza del caso.
Dal Braccio della Morte!
Tributo ad Albert "Nuh" Washington
Dal carcere di Novara, per Mumia
- Strategia della Controrivoluzione
L'U.E. grande potenza
Adriatico: avamposto permanente per la guerra nei Balcani
Il Montenegro
Ad un anno dalla guerra
Il punto di vista della controrivoluzione
- Ristrutturazione e Controllo:
Repressione e mondo del lavoro
Ristrutturazione e processo penale
"Nuove" tecniche di controllo
Il grande fratello
Trasporti e diritto di sciopero
Legge e ordine "made in U.s.a."
- Repressione e Lotte:
Il caos come normalità (cronologia ragionata)
L'editoriale:
Questo secondo numero, uscito secondo la tabella di marcia che prevede
Senza
Censura in distribuzione ogni quattro mesi, lo presentiamo ai lettori
con
particolare soddisfazione.
Come tutte le scommesse (editoriali e non) la seconda uscita e' un po'
la
cartina di tornasole dell'intero progetto: dopo gli sforzi del primo
numero
e' qui infatti che si comincia a verificare se effettivamente il lavoro
fatto ha dei riscontri, se riesce cioe' a 'girare' al di la' dello
sforzo
volontaristico della redazione.
E a gudicare dai materiali raccolti (siamo stati costretti ad aumentare
il
numero di pagine previste) e dal lavoro di distribuzione fatto in questi
mesi, il bilancio puo' dirsi senz'altro positivo.
Molte sono state le serate di presentazione organizzate in varie citta'
italiane, ancora di piu' sono stati i momenti di confronto "informali"
tra
compagni e compagne che hanno avuto come centro di discussione la
rivista e
piu' in generale la problematica della repressione con essa trattata.
Molte, naturalmente, le critiche, i suggerimenti, i contributi.
La difficolta' maggiore e' senz'altro quella di rendere organico il
lavoro,
di fare intravedere nella successione degli articoli e degli argomenti
quella traccia, quel filo rosso che vorremmo evidenziare tra aspetti
anche
cosi' diversi della questione "repressione".
Soprattutto nel primo numero, il rischio "collage" era forte. Ancora
piu'
forte, forse, il rischio di non riuscire a collocare questo lavoro
all'interno di una chiara lettura di classe che vede la repressione non
come
un "fenomeno" oggetto di studi quasi sociologici a se' stanti, ma come
uno
strumento strategico del capitale a livello internazionale per governare
la
propria crisi, per affiancare e sostenere i tentativi di
ristrutturazione
che a livello globale vengono messi in campo per mantenere intatto il
proprio dominio sulle classi sfruttate di tutto il mondo.
E infine, ma non meno importante, per mettere una costante ipoteca sulla
possibilita' di sviluppo di qualsiasi forma di organizzazione che
all'interno di questa crisi tenta di riaffermare prospettive di
trasformazione/liberazione al di fuori delle compatibilita' stabilite
dai
vari potentati in ogni angolo del pianeta.
Del resto, in questo anno "post-bellico", proprio su questo terreno
l'Italia
ha visto una progressione repressiva degna degli anni '80, con decine di
arresti e centinaia di perquisizioni che hanno "scandagliato" le piu'
diverse esperienze dell'organizzazione di classe nel costante tentivo di
ostacolare o comunque condizionare pesantemente lo sviluppo di qualsiasi
anche minimo livello di critica politica dell'esistente.
Ci sembra comunque che un po' alla volta, anche dal lavoro della
redazione,
comincino a delinearsi alcuni terreni di approfondimento che puntano con
decisione nella direzione prefissata, trovando numerosi riscontri e
raccogliendo diversi contributi non fini a se' stessi ma che pian piano
evidenziano filoni di dibattito ben precisi da sviluppare in avanti.
In questa direzione si conferma ancora efficace la divisione della
rivista
nelle quattro sezioni individuate nel numero scorso: Strategie della
Controrivoluzione, Ristrutturazione e Controllo, Repressione delle
Lotte,
oltre alla immancabile sezione di aggiornamente sulla campagna contro
l'assassinio di Mumia Abu-Jamal, che cerca ancora una volta di fare il
punto
su una vicenda che ci vede impegnati da anni insieme a milioni di
persone in
tutto il mondo determinate a strappare questo rivoluzionario dalle mani
del
boia.
E cosi' l'analisi dei processi di ristrutturazione della Nato, con le
sue
pesanti implicazioni su tutta l'area Sud-Orientale che fanno dell'Europa
uno
scacchiere fondamentale per le strategie di controllo imperialiste a
livello
globale, ci sembra consolidarsi come un terreno importante di confronto
e di
approfondimento politico della rivista.
Come pure, sulle questioni del lavoro, la circolazione di riflessioni e
contributi tesi non solo a smascherare una chiara tendenza
antiproletaria
delle "nuove" legislazioni e delle "nuove" forme di organizzazione della
produzione ma che cominciano a riaffrontare un po' alla volta anche la
questione dell'organizzazione di classe in un settore dove da anni lo
scoramento e la mancanza di prospettive dominavano la scena, ci sembra
un
aspetto senza dubbio interessante.
Un'altra questione su cui si sta sviluppando un importante lavoro di
approfondimento che proseguira' nei prossimi numeri e' l'analisi del
complesso carcerario negli USA, un sentiero "dannato" che ci porta nei
meandri della "bestia" aiutandoci a comprendere meglio una realta'
spesso
solo intravista tra le veline dei giornali ma, nostro malgrado, specchio
premonitore di molte trasformazioni gia' riconoscibili nelle strategie
politiche dei padroni nostrani.
E in ultimo, un tentativo di rendere un po' piu' immediato e fruibile il
frammentato resoconto di notizie, buone e cattive, che per forza di cose
si
accavallano tra un numero e l'altro, proposto ora nella forma di un
"calendario" che alterna in ordine cronologico flash a piccoli articoli
piu'
approfonditi.
Non ci stancheremo mai di ripetere, prima di lasciarvi alla lettura
della
rivista, come per noi sia assolutamente fondamentale che al lavoro della
redazione si affianchi la collaborazione e il contributo di quanti,
singoli
individui o esperienze collettive, pensano di avere qualcosa da dire
sulle
molte tematiche proposte, nella convinzione che questo possa fornire un
piccolo ma importante strumento nelle mani di chi ha scelto di opporsi
alle
brutalita' e alle aberrazioni della societa' del capitale.
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(specificando: per Senza Censura)
Via del Verrocchio 12/N
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L'ITALIA "NON PUO' FAR NULLA"?!?
Si è svolto oggi (13/6) alla Camera dei Deputati la discussione generale
sulle mozioni per la revoca dell'embargo all'Iraq.
La petizione "per la dissocizione italiana dll'embargo" è stata
annunciata in aula e l'On Cento ha letto un intervento a
nome dei firmatari della petizione.
Gli intervenuti (il dibattito integrale si può leggere sul sito della
camera www.camera.it) si sono unanimemente espressi
per la revoca delle sanzioni all'Iraq.
Il sottosegretario Intini, invece, nella sostanza ha sostenuto che
l'Italia non può far nulla senza un preventivo consenso
europeo (cioè mai, vista la posizione inglese) e senza la integrale
applicazione delle risoluzioni Onu, rimettendosi quindi
nelle mani degli Stati Uniti. Negando così ancora una volta le
responsablità italiane.
Per ora i testi delle mozioni presentate si limitano a impegnare il
Governo ad operare per la revoca delle sanzioni e, vista
la posizione espressa da Intini, si rischia ancora di avere una
risoluzione senza conseguenze.
Invitiamo tutti a mantenere la pressione sul Parlamento inviando a
posta@... e-mail con oggetto "Cari
deputati" che saranno redirette verso tuttii deputati.
campagna Rompere l'embargo
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MILANO
Sabato 17 giugno 2000
alle ore 15
presso la libreria esoterica ecumenica Falcone
di piazza Missori, Milano
Il Prof. Marco Aurelio Rivelli
si incontrerà con il pubblico per parlare del suo libro “
L'ARCIVESCOVO DEL GENOCIDIO
sul “beato” Stepinac.
Il 28 giugno l’autore sarà in Grecia per presentare l’edizione greca di
questo libro.
Prossimamente entra in stampa il nuovo libro su Pio XII e le
responsabilità della Chiesa nei genocidi (nei vari paesi europei)
durante la Seconda guerra mondiale.
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TORINO
CENA BENEFIT PER L'OSPEDALE DI KRAGUJEVAC
23 GIUGNO 2000 ORE 20
CSOA ASKATASUNA TORINO
Il coordinamento Torinese per la Jugoslavia sta organizzando per la
serata
del 23 giugno una cena jugoslava, destinando i proventi alla raccolta di
fondi necessari per l'acquisto di medicinali destinati all'ospedale
"KBG" di
Kragujevac.
Durante la serata saranno proiettati video documentari sulla situazione
in
Jugoslavia.
Chi ha intenzione di partecipare alla serata benefit è pregato di
prenotare
telefonando a Flavio 0338 1755563 o via e-mail a
lamonaca@...
entro il 19 giugno alle ore 12.
I disoccupati e gli studenti sottoscriveranno una quota di £ 15.000,
tutti
gli altri £ 25000.
L'ospedale di Kragujevac assiste malati di tutta la regione della
Sumadia e
delle regioni intorno; oggi dopo le devastazioni criminali della NATO,
l'ospedale cura circa 2.000.000 di malati, solo per pediatria e
oncologia.
A questa popolazione si sono aggiunti circa 20.000 profughi dal Kosovo
che
vanno a sommarsi alle decine di migliaia di profughi provenienti da
Croazia
e Bosnia.
Gli effetti devastanti dei bombardamenti su obiettivi civili, sulle
industrie chimiche hanno incrementato esponenzialmente i tumori della
pelle
e i calcinomi uterini e mammellari, oltre ai disturbi psichici e
nervosi, ma
anche febbri e problemi gastro intestinali.
A questi problemi si aggiunge il criminale embargo e le sanzioni contro
la
Jugoslavia: negli ospedali mancano ormai tutti i tipi di medicinali e
soprattutto anestetici, citostatici, antibiotici e medicine per la
psichiatria e la pediatria.
Torino 12 giugno 2000
COORDINAMENTO TORINESE PER LA JUGOSLAVIA
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CAMPO ANTIMPERIALISTA
http://www.egroups.com/message/crj-mailinglist/281?&start=252
Piccola rettifica di ordine amministrativo
Molti compagni ci hanno inviato dei messaggi facendoci notare un errore
contenuto nel
nostro comunicato di ieri.
In effetti, indicando il conto corrente postale n.12134623 intestato al
centro Studi P. Tresso
su cui fare il versamento per la prenotazione abbiamo omesso di indicare
il recapito del C/C
stesso.
Chi effettuasse il versamento deve compilare il modulo postale come
segue:
Conto Corrente Postale n.12134623 intestato al centro Studi P.
Tresso
Casella Postale 43 - 06034 Foligno (PG)
Ce ne scusiamo coi lettori.
Il Comitato Organizzativo del Campo.
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BARI
Most za Beograd - Un ponte per Belgrado in terra di Bari
Associazione culturale di solidarietà con la popolazione jugoslava
c/o RdB, via M. Cristina di Savoia 40, BARI. e-mail: ponte@...
mercoledì 21 giugno ore 17.00
Facoltà di Lingue
via Garruba 4 Bari
Jugoslavia 2000. Quale situazione? Quali prospettive?
Relazioni e interventi di:
Ugo Villani, ordinario di diritto internazionale - Università di Bari:
L'ONU e la crisi del Kosovo un anno dopo
Dragan Mraovic, console capo della Repubblica Federale di Jugoslavia a
Bari: La Serbia, tra ricostruzione ed embargo
Intermezzo recitato a cura dell'associazione teatrale Grammelot di
Molfetta
- Le 15 bugie di Jamie Shea
- Gott mit uns: il monologo di Wesley Clark
- Carla dei miracoli alla corte dell'Aja
Jasna Tkalec, redattrice della rivista Hrvatska Ljevica (sinistra
croata): Croazia: la pesante eredità dell'era Tudjman e le prospettive
future
Nico Perrone, docente di Storia contemporanea - Università di Bari
Giuseppe Belviso, giornalista e telecineoperatore di RAI 3
coordina Andrea Catone, dell'associazione Most za Beograd
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"Senza Censura"
Per rilanciare il dibattito su repressione e carcere
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Sommario n.2/2000:
- Mumia Abu-Jamal:
L'irragionevolezza del caso.
Dal Braccio della Morte!
Tributo ad Albert "Nuh" Washington
Dal carcere di Novara, per Mumia
- Strategia della Controrivoluzione
L'U.E. grande potenza
Adriatico: avamposto permanente per la guerra nei Balcani
Il Montenegro
Ad un anno dalla guerra
Il punto di vista della controrivoluzione
- Ristrutturazione e Controllo:
Repressione e mondo del lavoro
Ristrutturazione e processo penale
"Nuove" tecniche di controllo
Il grande fratello
Trasporti e diritto di sciopero
Legge e ordine "made in U.s.a."
- Repressione e Lotte:
Il caos come normalità (cronologia ragionata)
L'editoriale:
Questo secondo numero, uscito secondo la tabella di marcia che prevede
Senza
Censura in distribuzione ogni quattro mesi, lo presentiamo ai lettori
con
particolare soddisfazione.
Come tutte le scommesse (editoriali e non) la seconda uscita e' un po'
la
cartina di tornasole dell'intero progetto: dopo gli sforzi del primo
numero
e' qui infatti che si comincia a verificare se effettivamente il lavoro
fatto ha dei riscontri, se riesce cioe' a 'girare' al di la' dello
sforzo
volontaristico della redazione.
E a gudicare dai materiali raccolti (siamo stati costretti ad aumentare
il
numero di pagine previste) e dal lavoro di distribuzione fatto in questi
mesi, il bilancio puo' dirsi senz'altro positivo.
Molte sono state le serate di presentazione organizzate in varie citta'
italiane, ancora di piu' sono stati i momenti di confronto "informali"
tra
compagni e compagne che hanno avuto come centro di discussione la
rivista e
piu' in generale la problematica della repressione con essa trattata.
Molte, naturalmente, le critiche, i suggerimenti, i contributi.
La difficolta' maggiore e' senz'altro quella di rendere organico il
lavoro,
di fare intravedere nella successione degli articoli e degli argomenti
quella traccia, quel filo rosso che vorremmo evidenziare tra aspetti
anche
cosi' diversi della questione "repressione".
Soprattutto nel primo numero, il rischio "collage" era forte. Ancora
piu'
forte, forse, il rischio di non riuscire a collocare questo lavoro
all'interno di una chiara lettura di classe che vede la repressione non
come
un "fenomeno" oggetto di studi quasi sociologici a se' stanti, ma come
uno
strumento strategico del capitale a livello internazionale per governare
la
propria crisi, per affiancare e sostenere i tentativi di
ristrutturazione
che a livello globale vengono messi in campo per mantenere intatto il
proprio dominio sulle classi sfruttate di tutto il mondo.
E infine, ma non meno importante, per mettere una costante ipoteca sulla
possibilita' di sviluppo di qualsiasi forma di organizzazione che
all'interno di questa crisi tenta di riaffermare prospettive di
trasformazione/liberazione al di fuori delle compatibilita' stabilite
dai
vari potentati in ogni angolo del pianeta.
Del resto, in questo anno "post-bellico", proprio su questo terreno
l'Italia
ha visto una progressione repressiva degna degli anni '80, con decine di
arresti e centinaia di perquisizioni che hanno "scandagliato" le piu'
diverse esperienze dell'organizzazione di classe nel costante tentivo di
ostacolare o comunque condizionare pesantemente lo sviluppo di qualsiasi
anche minimo livello di critica politica dell'esistente.
Ci sembra comunque che un po' alla volta, anche dal lavoro della
redazione,
comincino a delinearsi alcuni terreni di approfondimento che puntano con
decisione nella direzione prefissata, trovando numerosi riscontri e
raccogliendo diversi contributi non fini a se' stessi ma che pian piano
evidenziano filoni di dibattito ben precisi da sviluppare in avanti.
In questa direzione si conferma ancora efficace la divisione della
rivista
nelle quattro sezioni individuate nel numero scorso: Strategie della
Controrivoluzione, Ristrutturazione e Controllo, Repressione delle
Lotte,
oltre alla immancabile sezione di aggiornamente sulla campagna contro
l'assassinio di Mumia Abu-Jamal, che cerca ancora una volta di fare il
punto
su una vicenda che ci vede impegnati da anni insieme a milioni di
persone in
tutto il mondo determinate a strappare questo rivoluzionario dalle mani
del
boia.
E cosi' l'analisi dei processi di ristrutturazione della Nato, con le
sue
pesanti implicazioni su tutta l'area Sud-Orientale che fanno dell'Europa
uno
scacchiere fondamentale per le strategie di controllo imperialiste a
livello
globale, ci sembra consolidarsi come un terreno importante di confronto
e di
approfondimento politico della rivista.
Come pure, sulle questioni del lavoro, la circolazione di riflessioni e
contributi tesi non solo a smascherare una chiara tendenza
antiproletaria
delle "nuove" legislazioni e delle "nuove" forme di organizzazione della
produzione ma che cominciano a riaffrontare un po' alla volta anche la
questione dell'organizzazione di classe in un settore dove da anni lo
scoramento e la mancanza di prospettive dominavano la scena, ci sembra
un
aspetto senza dubbio interessante.
Un'altra questione su cui si sta sviluppando un importante lavoro di
approfondimento che proseguira' nei prossimi numeri e' l'analisi del
complesso carcerario negli USA, un sentiero "dannato" che ci porta nei
meandri della "bestia" aiutandoci a comprendere meglio una realta'
spesso
solo intravista tra le veline dei giornali ma, nostro malgrado, specchio
premonitore di molte trasformazioni gia' riconoscibili nelle strategie
politiche dei padroni nostrani.
E in ultimo, un tentativo di rendere un po' piu' immediato e fruibile il
frammentato resoconto di notizie, buone e cattive, che per forza di cose
si
accavallano tra un numero e l'altro, proposto ora nella forma di un
"calendario" che alterna in ordine cronologico flash a piccoli articoli
piu'
approfonditi.
Non ci stancheremo mai di ripetere, prima di lasciarvi alla lettura
della
rivista, come per noi sia assolutamente fondamentale che al lavoro della
redazione si affianchi la collaborazione e il contributo di quanti,
singoli
individui o esperienze collettive, pensano di avere qualcosa da dire
sulle
molte tematiche proposte, nella convinzione che questo possa fornire un
piccolo ma importante strumento nelle mani di chi ha scelto di opporsi
alle
brutalita' e alle aberrazioni della societa' del capitale.
[[[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]][[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]][[[[]]]]][[[[]]]
Per chi volesse inviarci del materiale per la
pubblicazione su "Senza Censura" deve indirizzare a:
Centro di Documentaqzione "Krupskaja"
(specificando: per Senza Censura)
Via del Verrocchio 12/N
40138 - Bologna
E-mail: senzacensura@...
[[[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]][[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]][[[[]]]]][[[[]]]
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