-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! MONDAY MARCH 19 2001 US soldiers in firing line for first time FROM MICHAEL EVANS IN TANUSEVCI WITH artillery fire booming up the mountainside from Macedonian gunners seeking out rebel Albanian fighters, American airborne rangers are now regularly placing themselves in harm’s way for the first time since entering Kosovo as part of the Nato-led peacekeeping force. Up in these 4,000ft, thickly wooded hills that criss-cross the Kosovo and Macedonia border, the Americans, who used to spend their peacekeeping shifts hemmed into armoured personnel carriers guarding street corners, are looking out for Albanian gunmen along tracks which are a natural haven for guerrillas. About 30 miles away lies Camp Bondsteel, the American fortress barracks that offers every type of comfort from gyms to cinemas. However, for these troops from the 82nd Airborne Division, the previously risk-free military mission has changed over the past 48 hours dramatically and put them directly in the firing line. On patrol yesterday, 3 Squad from Charlie Company 1st 325 Airborne Infantry Regiment reached Tanusevci, the scene of gunfire exchanges with Albanian “terrorists” two weeks ago, after an hour’s hard hike from Debelde. Once over the rise, the Americans are so close to Macedonia that it makes no difference. Uncomfortably aware of a Macedonian sniper nearby, Captain Marcus Evans from Georgia walks into Macedonia to meet his counterparts guarding the same mountain from the same enemy. A Macedonian major shakes the American’s hand and thanks him for helping to protect his country from the rebels. These few words say everything about the new relationship that has suddenly developed in these treacherous border areas. The United States and the rest of Nato owe a debt of honour to the Macedonians for allowing the alliance to park its troops and tanks on their territory for the Kosovo peacekeeping operation and Skopje has now made it clear it’s pay-back time. Nato officially says it has no mandate to operate in Macedonia but, in the eyes of the major, this is precisely what the Americans are now doing. The expansion of the American role began on March 8 when Charlie Company and Bravo Company set up home in the schoolhouse at Tanusevci. Now cooperation and consultation with the Macedonians occur on a daily basis. The Macedonian major tells Captain Evans of an Albanian “terrorist cell” which is known to be holed up not far away in a place called Two Graves. It’s in Kosovo, he says, hinting that his new friends in the US airborne forces should get over there and sort them out. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
