Germans heading deserters' columns http://www.serbia-info.com/news/1999-04/08/10628.html Skopje, April 9, 1999 (abridged) - Announcement of possible ground attack on Yugoslavia by NATO troops stationed in Macedonia, caused uneasiness among the alliance soldiers, therefore many of them decided to desert to Greece and Bulgaria. According to reliable sources, German soldiers are heading the deserting columns. The have obviously learned the history and know that they have never returned from Serbia as the winners, of they returned at all. It is hard to establish the exact number of deserters, but the sources in the Macedonian army, diplomacy, and doctors and taxi drivers, say that a large amount of around 15,000 soldiers of the Clinton's army sought the salvation in Greece and Bulgaria. Similarly to the escape of the French soldiers from Kumanovo to Bulgaria, the Germans are fleeing Tetovo. They are buying civilian clothes, then take cabs to Greece and Bulgarian borders. The customs officers say that after massive deserting, NATO's officers took control of the border crossings. However, it happened that even the officers and non-commissioned officers in charge of preventing escape, were deserting themselves. *********************** The paper VERDENS GANG in Norway confirms reports of bodybags already arriving in the US and Germany. It says Macedonian customs officials discovered coffins with bodies of German and American servicemen during a routine check-up at a crossing point into Greece. The paper cites eyewitness reports from the area. *********************** Related link: War Resisters League ( http://www.nonviolence.org/wrl/ ) Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
