Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- [A rush against time for the CIA's KLA assets to destroy as much of the housing stock and industrial capacity of Macedonia as possible before their NATO 'peacekeeper' protectors arrive. How is it that the ubiquitous 'Western observers' are on the scene to witness the KLA's depredations? A rhetorical question.] [R]ebels burned buildings in occupied villages after the signing of a peace accord, Western observers said Tuesday. Western observers also said that guerrillas had burned more abandoned Macedonian homes in occupied northwestern viillages, including Lesok, as well as a textile plant in Tearce. "Albanian terrorists are continuing to rob and terrorise" Macedonians remaiing in rebel-held villages on the main road northeast from Tetovo to the Kosovo frontier. Tuesday August 14 5:49 AM ET Shooting, Arson Persist After Macedonia Peace Deal SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonian tanks and artillery blasted ethnic Albanian guerrillas along a northern front and rebels burned buildings in occupied villages after the signing of a peace accord on Monday, Western observers said on Tuesday. The overnight violence underlined how difficult it will be to establish a durable cease-fire required by NATO to deploy 3,500 troops to collect weapons from the guerrillas as part of the landmark agreement on minority rights for Albanians. Government tanks and artillery bombarded the rebel-held villages of Matejce and Nikustak on Monday night following guerrilla small-arms fire earlier in the day, a Western diplomatic observer said, asking not to be identified. He said there were many exchanges of fire through the evening in the mountainous zone some 12 miles north of the capital Skopje, but that the Macedonian army's use of tanks and artillery was disproportionate. The Macedonian state news agency MIA said guerrillas in Matejce and neighboring hamlets fired at least 20 mortars at Umin Dol, where government tanks and artillery were dug in, early on Tuesday morning. Macedonian forces fired back but fighting stopped after an hour at the request of monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and European Union Monitoring Mission, according to MIA. There were no casualties, it added. Western observers also said guerrillas had burned more abandoned Macedonian homes in occupied northwestern villages, including Lesok, as well as a textile plant in Tearce. Exchanges of fire also reverberated in the northwestern village of Radusa close to the border with the ethnic Albanian-dominated Yugoslav province of Kosovo, they said. MIA said the flashpoint northwestern city of Tetovo, the largest urban concentration of ethnic Albanians, was relatively calm overnight but tense after guerrillas launched grenades into one of its suburbs, seriously wounding a Macedonian civilian. It also said ``Albanian terrorists are continuing to rob and terrorise´´ Macedonians remaining in rebel-held villages on the main road northeast from Tetovo to the Kosovo frontier. Relative calm appeared to prevail on confrontation zones after daybreak on Tuesday. A team of special NATO military advisers was due to arrive in Skopje to assess the status of the cease-fire agreed on the eve of the peace accord. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: archive@jab.org T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
