Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- ...Macedonians fear that the deployment could lead to a freeze on territorial positions already seized by the rebel National Liberation Army. Macedonian Protesters Block Skopje-Blace Rail Line SKOPJE, Aug 22, 2001 -- (Agence France Presse) A group of Macedonian demonstrators blocked a railway line used by NATO late Tuesday in protest at the alliance's plans to send more soldiers to the troubled Balkan country, Macedonian military sources said. The sources said an unknown number of protesters had placed objects across the rails of the line near the border post at Blace, which links it to the capital Skopje. The railway line is an important link between NATO troops in neighboring Kosovo and one of the alliance's bases in Macedonia. It is also a major commercial line. The protesters rallied at Blace in response to a call by the Macedonian world congress, a body grouping non-governmental organizations and a committee representing Macedonians forced from their homes by the ethnic Albanian insurgency. Other similar protests have taken place on the same line since August 18. It came after NATO decided earlier on Tuesday to deploy some 3,500 more troops in Macedonia if no alliance member state objected by 1000 GMT on Wednesday. Some Macedonians fear the deployment could lead to a freeze on territorial positions already seized by the rebel National Liberation Army. ((c) 2001 Agence France Presse) __________________________________________________ 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 ==^================================================================
