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The usual NATOite propaganda, mixed with a bad bout of historical amnesia; evidently a western delicatessen. Interestingly enough, if he substituted every use of the words "Serb" or "Serbian" with the word Albanian and vice-versa, he'd provide an almost pinpoint description of the situation prior to the constitutional changes agreed upon by all of the (now former) republics. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Nancy Hey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: hate mail [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] Date sent: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 21:16:07 -0400 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > Then, he submitted this one: > > Posted by Indy (139.134.64.153) on September 19, 2002 at 18:29:47: > > In Reply to: Another article about Kosovo posted by Nancy Hey on September 17, 2002 >at 18:52:00: > > Explain to me why Kosovo never had its own government, and was directly controlled >from Belgrade? > > - and why was everything Serbian controlled? > - Why the schools Serbian run, and why the Kosovan Albanian language was not taught >there? > -and why was the police force there exclusively Serbian? > - infact why were all positions of power controlled by Serbs, all the media was >controlled? > > this despite the fact the Serbs were about a 10% minority. Everything it seems was >Serb dominated. > Except for poverty, which of > course was Kosavan exclusive. > > You NATO haters are really blurring the lines of what actually has been occurring in >these regions > of the world, long before > NATO has been involved there. > > In the Kosovan case, it was complete Serbian hegemony and a denial of basic human >rights to the > Kosovan Albanians, at the > benefit of the Serbs which has caused resentment against them. > The Serbs, not so much for who they are, but for how they treated the Kosovans have >therefore felt > the brunt of the KLA. I do > not endorse the violence, however, it is a Liberation Army borne out of their dire >and never > improving situation, under the > Milosevic controlled (our friend again) Yugoslavia. > > > : HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > : --------------------------- > : > : Rosbalt, 13/09/2002, 10:09 > > : Kosovo: The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Going... > > : The Russians are Coming! Today, in Kosovo, this is said in a number of ways. > : The Albanians, for instance, say it with cautious hatred while the Serbs yell it >delightedly. > : The northern part of Kosovo is among very few remaining places in the troubled > : land where Serbs still can have their enclaves. Yet they never cease fearing for >their future > and > : have no money whatever. Yet they live. Early in the morning, groups of >schoolchildren move > toward schools > : in an organised manner, a mailman delivers morning papers and infrequent letters >on his old > bicycle, > : housewives do their laundry in backyards. At noon, people flock to cafes where >they stay till > : night, drinking beer. This life continues against the background of tanks and >armoured personne l > carriers, > : peacemakers armed with submachine guns patrolling the streets and tonnes upon >tonnes of rubble > in > : place of the houses of Slavic residents that not so long still stood here. > > : No one here talks politics any more. Not since Serbia, busy extraditing > : Slobodan Milosevic and dividing Yugoslavia, more or less completely gave up >controlling the > situation > : and upholding law and order in Kosovo. And not since practically all Serbian field >commanders > still > : opposing the Albanian siege of this long-suffering land were arrested. And not >since the Slavs > lost > : all hope to ever return to Pristina. The only topic the young and the old, who >spend most their > time in > : cafes for lack of work, keep discussing is help from Russia. The name Russia has >become a part > of the > : local dialect as the symbol of hope which was once associated with but betrayed by >Serbia. To > these > : people, Russian peacemakers are liberators, and there is a lot of truth in this. > > : In Kosovo, the so-called Russian Battalion or 'Rusbat' controls the hardest > : and the most dangerous spots. Besides fighting skills, that requires a lot of >psychological > : preparedness. One such spot is the administrative border with Serbia near the >Preshev Valley. > Both Russian > : peacemakers and the Serbs have long since called it the valley of death. This is >where up to 40 > : well-organised groups of Albanian terrorists from the Kosovo Liberation Army are >active. There > is evidence that > : the training camps in the Preshev Valley attract scores of extremists, including >Arabs. > : > : 'I do not know the exact numbers', Radomir Dragoslavic, formerly a major in > : the Yugoslavian army, now the head of the Slavic Association of Kosovo, said, 'but >there are > enough > : extremists there to take on not just Russian peacemakers but the whole KFOR >contingent'. > Nevertheless, > : Russian peacemakers from the 13th tactical group headed by lieutenant colonel Oleg >Redkin have > : been successfully opposing all attempts of the militants to break through into >Serbia. Having > : found a common language with the locals, the Russians have so far been able to >learn the > militants' > : plans ahead of time. > > : The military experience of ex-major Dragoslavic is extensive. More than once > : he stole into the Preshev Valley and photographed the militants' stations. His >wife and two > grown > : children died in 1999 when those Albanian militants killed everyone who had >anything at all to > do with > : the Yugoslavian army. His elderly mother-in-law was hidden by neighbours in their >basement and > was the > : solo survivor. Under the pressure from international community, the remains of the >Yugoslavian > army > : were forced to leave Kosovo. Dragoslavic had left the service, put together a >group of > volunteers > : and defended their village until Russian peacemakers came. Now he says, 'Indeed, >the 13th > tactical group > : brought peace here'. > > : The locals think he is either the last Serb or the first Russian among them. > : 'First', he continues, 'the regular patrolling of the border was resumed. Then >Russian > peacemakers cleaned > : several vital roads of mines, opening the way for assistance from Serbia'. > : Yet the greatest of everything that the Russian Battalion did was escorting > : children to school without incidents. 'When the Americans did this', 27-year-old >Anna Jordanic, > the > : mother of four, says, 'we lived in constant fear for our schoolchildren. Albanian >provocateurs > often would > : throw rocks and empty bottles or even shoot at them. The Americans had the latest >technologies > and > : weapons and could not do anything. Only the Russians managed to stop that'. > > : The commanders of the American peacemaking contingent in Kosovo note certain > : animosity toward their soldiers on the part of the Serbs. And Americans believe >that their job > : in Kosovo would have been much harder without their Russian colleagues. Speaking >at a press > : conference in Pristina, General Marcel Valentine, the commander of the KFOR >contingent in > Kosovo, said, > : 'Russian peacemakers most definitely are highly respected by their Western >colleagues. They are > : real soldiers with a lot of spirit and can stand toll in any situation without >compromising the > principles > : of democracy'. > > : At this time, there are a little more than 1,500 Russian peacemakers in > : Kosovo. Of this number, 500 are supposed to be withdrawn according to the >agreement between > Moscow and the > : European Union. One of them, sergeant Vladimir Romanov said, 'I'd like to believe >that our > : service here has not been in vain and peace in Kosovo will not be compromised by >new > provocations'. > > : Back in March this year, Nikolai Mirny, the deputy commander of the Russian > : peacemaking contingent, said that after the number of Russia's peacemakers in the >region > : is cut, the way they perform their service would inevitably change. Because there >will be fewer > : stations, the role of mobile patrolling would grow. And of course, as usual, the >Albanians and > Serbs > : reacted differently to the news. The Albanians rejoiced because Russian >peacemakers do not allo w > them to > : blow up Christian Orthodox Churches and throw fragmentation grenades into Slavs' >backyards and > : cafes. Serbs see the withdrawal of even a part of the Russians as the next tragedy. > > : In the few remaining Serbian enclaves, graffiti on walls and fences reads, > : 'Russians, please do not go or we will die.' No one here believes that American, >French or > German peacemakers > : can protect the Serbs. > > : Dimitry Babic, Rosbalt news agency, > : Pristina - Belgrade > > --------------------------- > ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST > > --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
