U.S. Adopts 'Contras Policy' In Belarus [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK - [Whatever one thinks of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, for the record he is neither a communist nor, having been elected in elections deemed free by everyone and being well ahead in current polls for the upcoming one, a dictator in any standard sense of the word. He has in fact pursued an independent course both in foreign and domestic economic policies, and as such incurred the displeasure - the homicidal rage evidently - of the governing elite in Washington. The following presents the starkest case study of how the New World Order operates that one is likely to read.] THE TIMES (London) MONDAY SEPTEMBER 03 2001 US adopts 'Contras policy' in communist Belarus FROM ALICE LAGNADO IN MOSCOW THE US Embassy in Belarus has admitted that it is pursuing a policy similar to that in 1980s Nicaragua, in which anti-government Contra rebels were funded and supported. President Lukashenko, a dictatorial Communist, is heading for victory in presidential elections on Sunday. In an unusual admission, Michael Kozak, the US Ambassador to Belarus, said in a letter to a British newspaper that Americas objective and to some degree methodology are the same in Belarus as in Nicaragua, where the US backed the Contras against the left-wing Sandinista Government in a war that claimed at least 30,000 lives. Mr Kozak was not available for comment. Washington said recently that allegations of state-sanctioned death squads operating in Belarus, Europes last bastion of communism, were credible. Two former state prosecutors, who have been granted political asylum in America, have said that victims were murdered with a special pistol and buried in a cemetery in Minsk. The ambassadors disclosure has coincided with moves by the Bush Administration to gain increased political influence in Eastern Europe and the Balkans and with reports in several European newspapers, which said that former US servicemen believed to be working for the CIA were escorted with Albanian guerrillas from a village in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia earlier this year. Earlier in his career, Mr Kozak served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs under Presidents Reagan and Bush, working in Panama, Nicaragua and El Salvador, and was Ambassador to Cuba. While Mr Kozak was serving in Nicaragua, Mr Reagan famously compared the Contras to the French Resistance fighters. President Lukashenko is popular and most Belarussians fear that a new, pro-Western leader would bring the poverty experienced by many Russians and Ukrainians after the transition to a market economy. A spokesman for the US Embassy in Minsk told The Times that the embassy helped to fund 300 non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including non-state media, but did not fund political parties, since that is banned by law. He admitted that some of the NGOs were linked to those who were seeking political change. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.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 ==^
FYROM: Rebels Have 30 Times Weapons Collected: Intelligence Report [WWW.STOPNATO
Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK - The Herald (Scotland) September 3, 2001 [The last few paragraphs can be ignored] Rebels stockpile up to 30 times the weapons collected by Nato IAN BRUCE THE Albanian rebel army which last week handed over more than 3000 weapons to British and French soldiers in Macedonia still has 30 times that amount of firepower stashed in hidden caches, and could resume hostilities within days if the fragile ceasefire breaks down. A secret Nato intelligence report claims that the self-styled National Liberation Army still has up to 8000 modern assault rifles, 25,000 second world war-vintage firearms, 55,000 pistols, more than 200 heavy machine-guns, 200 sniper rifles, about 50 anti-aircraft missiles, and 300 anti-tank missiles. It also has 200 mortars and a stock of 5000 landmines. Most are concealed in mountain caves or buried in cellars or under manure piles in remote villages. The report tallies almost exactly with the Macedonian government's own intelligence estimate of the NLA's 90,000 available arms, and supports the accusation that the collection of hardware is a token gesture at best. The NLA claims that it could field six brigades numbering about 16,000 fighters. Nato sources say the total is closer to 2500, although in an emergency, substantial reinforcements from the former Kosovo Liberation Army would infiltrate from the neighbouring province. Nato troops on the mountainous border detained almost 200 suspected guerrillas crossing into Kosovo from Macedonia last week as Operation Essential Harvest got under way. There are also at least 2000-3000 second echelon members of the NLA, non-combatants who carry out reconnaissance, supply, and communications jobs, and do not wear uniform. A source said: These volunteers are not front-line guerrillas, but most of them possess weapons. There was a gun culture in the Balkans before the Americans enshrined the right to bear arms in their constitution in 1776. Every Albanian male and most Slavs own rifles. When Albania's government collapsed in 1997, upwards of 500,000 military-grade rifles and machine-guns were looted from army barracks. These are now scattered all over the region. Many were used to oppose Serb forces in Kosovo in 1999. On the other side, when the ethnic Albanian uprising started six months ago, a panicked Macedonian government handed out hundreds of assault rifles to Slav civilians, ostensibly to allow them to defend themselves. In practice, it allowed certain groups of hardliners to form paramilitary units whose only purpose is to terrorise their ethnic Albanian fellow-countrymen if the opportunity arises. The NLA is not, however, alone in retaining its capacity for further conflict. Macedonia has sent helicopter crews to Ukraine to be trained to fly and fight Hind-D helicopter gunships. The five Hinds bought from Ukraine this year have been manned by Ukrainian volunteers during the periodic government offensives against rebel enclaves north of Tetovo, the country's second city. This ageing but still highly effective aircraft was nicknamed The Devil's Cross, because of its shape, by Afghan mujahideen during their guerrilla campaign against Russian occupation in the 1980s. The mujahideen learned to fear the Hind more than any other weapon because of its ferocious array of rockets, cannon, machine-guns, and grenade launchers. Helicopter gunships are specifically designed for counter-insurgency. Meanwhile, Macedonia's parliament will today resume a key debate necessary to move along the peace effort with the Albanian rebels, putting the process back on track after a day in limbo when speaker Stojan Andov suspended discussion. Andov had insisted on a presidential guarantee that everyone who fled fighting could return home safely. Up to 120,000 people remain displaced by the fighting. - Sept 3rd __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.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 ==^
Bosnia refuses Russian 100 mln $ loan [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
Title: Message Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK - 2001-09-03 07:47 MSK - Bosnia refuses Russian 100 mln $ loan SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Bosnia has refused a Russian offer of a non-monetary loan worth dlrs 100 million, the Sarajevo daily Oslobodjenje reported Sunday, citing Russia's ambassador to Bosnia. Speaking during a panel-discussion Saturday in Sarajevo, Aleksandar Griscenko said his government offered Bosnian authorities the loan of goods some three months ago. "We offered dlrs 100 million but they didn't want to take it," Griscenko said without giving details of what the goods were or why Bosnia declined the loan. The loan had been meant to be shared equally by Bosnia's two entities- the Muslim-Croat federation and the Serb republic. The Bosnian 1992-1995 war, in which 200,000 people died, almost completely destroyed Bosnia's economy, leaving it with an unemployment rate of up to 70 percent. The country now largely depends on international aid and loans. It has received dlrs 5 billion in donations from the international community since 1995. A group of Russian business representatives interested in lumber and hide-tanning industries is set to come to Bosnia soon, Griscenko told the paper. "There is no more ideology. The only important thing is business," Griscenko was quoted as saying. Bosnian officials were not available on Sunday to comment. -AP www.russiajournal.ru - 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 ==^
MACEDONIA-ANL-COMMANDER [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
Title: Message Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK - ANL SELCE, MACEDONIA : Albanian National Liberation commander Puci displays a rocket launcher at his headquarter in the mountain village of Selce, above Tetovo, Saturday, 01 September 2001. Selce is held by rebel forces and surrounded by Macedonian troops since March this year. - 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 ==^
RAYMOND K.KENT: THE BALKANS, BLOWBACK AND BODYBAGS [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
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RAYMOND K.KENT: THE BALKANS, BLOWBACK AND
BODYBAGS
"Blowback" is the CIA-coined term for an unpleasant reality: foreign
mercenaries, trained to fight America's wars so as to minimize or eliminate U.S.
casualties, have a tendency to turn against the United States as political
situations change. Afghanistan is often cited as the classic example of this
reality, and this experience has started to dominate the thinking about the
Albanian "bastard army" created by the CIA and the Pentagon for the ground
invasion of Serbia under Milosevic. This invasion did not materialize -- the
Serb Third Army and police left Kosovo to NATO troops and a United Nations
Administration without any real ground combat. One of the basic provisions built
into the Serb pullout was the total and effective disarmament of the so-called
Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). It was not implemented. NATO's
"Wathchful Eye" The KLA "reprisals" against Serb civilians in
Kosovo were defined as "justifiable retribution" by the top UN Officer, Bernard
Kouchner. Through America's diplomatic intervention at Rambouillet and an air
war against the Serbs, Kosovos moderate Albanians were completely marginalized
in favor of the KLA. This has made any future cohabitation impossible and the
KLA proved it via the ethnic cleansing of all non-Albanians from Kosovo, some
300,000 all told, right under the "watchful eye" of the 40,000 NATO troops
suffering from self-induced myopia. Over 1,000 Serbs were abducted in a
relatively short time and never found (but for one large mass grave). Kosovo
became a paradise for white slavers, drug dealers and all sorts of illegal
activities. The UN response was to draft the KLA fighters into its constabulary
-- the bastard army was still around, and very much in-charge of Kosovo.
99-year Lease Because the American people are
overwhelmingly against U.S. entry into foreign shooting conflicts, nothing
frightens the occupants of the White House more than the sudden arrival home of
body bags containing GIs. The Albanian militants are keenly aware of this major
US fear. The CIA in Kosovo and the commanders at Camp Bondsteel readily perceive
this awareness. After making more than just perfunctory noises during the
presidential race about disengagement from Kosovo, President Bush has made a
volte face. Bondsteel has a new lease of 99 years. It's been decided that the
only way to avoid bodybags for American GIs is to help create a Greater Albania
without seeming to be doing so. Witness
Macedonia did not have a Milosevic. It did not attempt to expel its
Albanian minority. But the Orwellian slogan of "Human Rights" (for Albanians who
are denying them to all others in Kosovo) has predominated recently at two
secret meetings in Prizren and Piskopelica. This is where American KFOR
specialists laid out plans for all Albanian "liberation" armies to start
terrorist activities inside Serbia, to follow this up in Montenegro in September
and somewhat later in Greece as well. These meetings were uncovered by a
reporter from the Serb paper Svedok ("Witness"), who apparently had direct
Albanian contacts. Great Albania To avoid the
body bags, locally destabilizing and shortsighted CIA-Pentagon field-operations
are already on the way. For Serbia, under some DOS leaders that are totally
subservient to the U.S., there is a new Orwellian "Partnership for Peace." Under
its cover, demands have been made to cashier the top Serb Third Army generals
familiar with Albanian tactics from Kosovo. One way or another, Albanians will
have their Greater Albania. Peacefully where possible, violently where necessary
but a combination of the two. NATO will piously mediate.
Imperial Graveyard In order to impose its will
and punish defiance, the Clinton administration weakened a legitimate state
fighting an internal threat. No sane person could argue that it was necessary to
destroy Serbias infrastructure, poison its soil, water and air, kill some 3,000
Serb civilians and maim three times that number in order to turn Kosovo over to
to the KLA. The net result is that America's current leaders are afraid of
Albanians and are prepared to compound the Clintonite lunacy. The lesser evil
would be to have the fortitude to remove all U.S. troops from Kosovo, close
Bondsteel down and save billions of dollars -- despite European complaints about
the unilateral exit. American involvement in the Balkans has already exposed the
U.S. government as an imperial state. It could turn out in the long run that
another empire will find its graveyard in the Balkans if interventionist hawks
prevail in Washington. Raymond K.Kent
http://english.pravda.ru/yougoslavia/2001/09/03/14022.htmlAntiwar.com
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Demonstration before U.S. tank drill ground [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK - [Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] [Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] . .Demonstration before U.S. tank drill ground Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- South Korean people held a fierce demonstration for more than an hour at the entrance to the U.S. tank drill ground in Jangpha-ri, Phaphyong-myon, Phaju city, Kyonggi Province, blocking the tank movement, on August 28, according to the South Korean newspaper Hangyore. They strongly demanded the U.S. military make an open apology for announcing on august 16 the U.S. troops will not be responsible for killing people by tanks and take a measure for preventing damage caused by noise. - 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 ==^
U.S. attempt to set up new military bloc assailed [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK - [Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] [Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] . . U.S. attempt to set up new military bloc assailed Pyongyang, September 2 (KCNA) -- The United States is pushing forward with its moves to establish a new security organization of military bloc type while strengthening close military cooperation with its allies. in this regard Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary says: It is the U.S. strategic attempt to set up a new security organization of NATO type in the Asia-Pacific region and put Asia under its military control with the organization as a lever. By tightening a military nexus with Japan and South Korea and staging joint military exercises with them the U.S. seeks to strengthen a triangular military alliance and rally other Asian countries around it and thus organize NATO of Asian version. All U.S. military actions, its moves for the military nexus and bilateral and multilateral joint military exercises in areas around the Korean peninsula and in the Asia-Pacific region are prompted by its strategy of aggression and domination to establish its hegemonism in the region. The U.S. had once organized a military bloc for aggression in Asia only to dismantle it in face of strong protest and denunciation by Asian countries against it. The trend of the present times is peace, progress and prosperity, not confrontation and aggravation of tensions. Anyone who goes against this trend is bound to be forsaken by history. The U.S. tries to set up a new military bloc in the Asia-Pacific region and put the region under its control with military strength. But it is as foolhardy as trying to revert the trend of history. What is more powerful and mightier than weapon is the strength of the popular masses advancing the history. The Asian people will never allow the U.S. to frame up a structure of confrontation in the vast Asian continent advancing toward a bright future and bring a black cloud of war to it. - 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 ==^
Warmongers hit for projected war huddle [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK - [Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] [Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] . .Warmongers hit for projected war huddle Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today comments on the Japan-U.S. security consultative committee meeting to be held in New York in September. The meeting of the Brasshats of the U.S. and Japan is supposed to make public a report what they call cooperation program based on the Japan-U.S. guidelines for defense cooperation. The updated guidelines published in 1997 is a document for war that legalised the U.S.-Japan joint military actions beyond the territory of Japan. The news analyst says: The projected meeting is designed to tighten the military ties of the U.S. and Japan keen to take the road of confrontation and war against peace and detente in Asia and the report is a dangerous war scenario. A joint war scenario the U.S. and Japanese reactionaries are to make public is targeted against the DPRK, the primary object. The Korean peninsula is in the areas covered by the guidelines. The U.S. imperialists consider it the top priority of their Asia strategy to stifle the DPRK by force by mobilizing the Japan Self-Defence Forces under the cooperation program based on the guidelines and establish military domination over the Korean peninsula. The Japanese reactionaries adopted laws related to the updated guidelines in 1999 to retake the right to participate in war and the right of belligerency. As a result, they are able to conduct military operations in any area of the world under the pretext of aid to the U.S. forces. Japan's war preparations have been rounded off economically and militarily and in terms of laws. The dispatch of the SDF overseas is the last phase for the realisation of Japan's wild ambition for reinvasion. The Bush administration that emerged in January worked out a new military strategy to provoke the second Korean war. Availing themselves of this opportunity, the Japanese reactionaries the U.S. and the Japanese reactionaries' plan to convene the are watching for a chance to invade the DPRK. Security consultative committee meeting and make public a war plan is to attain this purpose. Their dangerous war moves compel the DPRK to strengthen its countermeasure with high vigilance against them. If they ignite the second Korean war, the DPRK will mercilessly destroy the aggressors with the mobilization of all its efforts. They are well advised to bear in mind that the Korean war of aggression will lead them to self-destruction. - 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 ==^
Communists of Greece on Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.
Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK - [Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] [Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] . . - Original Message - From: SolidNet [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 10:13 AM Subject: CP of Greece, Statement by the PB of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece [KKE] regarding the developments in FYROM http://www.solidnet.org News, documents and calls for action from communist and workers' parties. The items are the responsibility of the authors. Join the mailing list: info/subscribe/unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] . == == CP of Greece, Statement by the PB of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece [KKE] regarding the developments in FYROM From: Communist Party of Greece, 21.08.2001 http://www.kke.gr , mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] == == STATEMENT by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece [KKE] Regarding the developments in FYROM The situation created in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) of ''divide and rule'' by the NATO and the European Union (E.U.) still remains a dangerous one. Despite the ''peace agreement'' signed by the parties of the Albanian minority and the Slavomacedonians, there are no signs for the reversal of the destabilisation. In the case of F.Y.R.O.M. it may even lead to its dismantling with unforeseeable consequences for the entire Balkans and especially for our country, to which new responsibilities have been assigned by the NATO UCK's disarmament, which constitutes a condition of the treaty, is doubtful whether it can be realised without taking measures that would force them to do it. Today it is becoming even more obvious that the whole operation for the support of UCK and the reassurance of the ability to act even outside Kossovo, only happened for NATO to legitimise its presence in FYROM not caring less about the consequences of these operations. If NATO and EU indeed wanted peace in the region and the normalisation of the situation in the Balkans, they would apply the decision for UCK's disarmament in Kossovo and they wouldn't allow their military bases operations, from where they launched their attacks to Southern Serbia and FYROM. Even today, if there was any intention of taking measures for the dissolution of UCK's military bases in Kossovo, and the deployment of the Serbian troops in the borders between Kossovo and FYROM, as stated in the U.N. resolution number 1244, the normalisation of the country's situation could have started. NATO forces deployment, for as long as UCK keep their weaponry, will in effect divide the country in two, de facto separating it in two national zones, reversing the already decided before even beginning to be applied. The Greek government, faithfully implementing the policy of the «New World Order», continues to support these intervening actions of the NATO and EU, practically turning the Greek Third Army Force into a NATO part and participating in the NATO forces in FYROM by sending initially 350 troops. This policy only serves the imperialistic interests, plutocracy and not our people's interests. Under these circumstances the Communist Party of Greece calls the Greek people, all those who worrying about the continuation of the policy of interventions in the frame of the «New World Order» in the Balkan region and who have from the very beginning expressed in various ways their opposition, to continue under united initiatives their multiple action, by strengthening the antimilitary, anti imperialistic and democratic movement of the country. It calls the communists, the young men and women communists to get in the front line of our people's struggle through the mass organisations. · For non-participation of Greek troops in operations outside the country's borders · For the return of our troops from Bosnia and Kossovo · In support of the all-Balkans international people's movement against NATO and the ''stabilisation pact for S.E. Europe''! · For NATO's retreat from the Balkans Athens 21.8.2001 The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the C.P.G. *End* - 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 --
China, North Korea Get Their Act Together [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK - [Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] [Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] . .President Jiang Gets Warm Welcome in DPRK Chinese President Jiang Zemin http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/jiangzemin.shtml started a three-day visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/dprk.html ) on Monday, spurring hopes of progress on the Korean peninsula a day after Pyongyang said it would resume talks with Seoul. Jiang arrived in the capital of DPRK accompanied by Vice Premier Qian Qichen http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/qianqichen.shtml , and Zeng Qinghong, the head of the Communist Party's organisation department. President Jiang was warmly greeted by DPRK leader Kim Jong-il and crowds of workers who lined the route from the airport to the city centre, Korea Central News Agency said. Jiang's visit to DPRK, the first by a Chinese president since 1992, has been hailed in South Korea as a shot in the arm for the faltering Korean reconciliation process. President Jiang Gets Warm Welcome in DPRK Seoul hopes that Jiang will encourage Kim to make good on his pledge to visit South Korea. Jiang's visit follows two trips to China by Kim since last year. A trip to China in May 2000 paved the way for his historic summit with South Korean President Kim Dae-jung in Pyongyang the next month. He made his second visit to China in January and toured Shanghai http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/province/Shanghai.html 's stock market. However some analysts said the focus of President Jiang's visit was still likely on bilateral issues including a planned railway link to Russia http://www.peopledaily.com.cn/english/data/russia.html , and plans to provide aid and electricity to DPRK. It clearly is a heavyweight visit, said one Western diplomat. Relations between the two Koreas thawed last year, raising high hopes for reconciliation after half a century of enmity since the 1950-53 Korean War. But the process then ground to a standstill by Washington's decision to brand DPRK a rogue state and to put US-North Korean ties on hold. Tokyo-based news agency Radiopress quoted DPRK newspaper Rodong Shinmun as saying Jiang's visit was important in strengthening and developing ties between the Chinese and the North Korean people and also for establishing a better environment for peace on the Korean peninsula and in Asia. Jiang was also expected to encourage his hosts to launch economic reforms after Kim witnessed the results of Beijing http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/province/beijing.html achievements of reform and opening-up on his trips to China. Jiang's entourage also included Guo Boxiong, member of the Central Military Commission and deputy chief of the People's Liberation Army General Staff, and Wang Gang, director of the Communist Party's General Office. Chinese, DPRK Leaders Begin Talks in Pyongyang. Visiting Chinese President Jiang Zemin started talks on Monday with Kim Jong Il, general- secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee and chairman of the National Defense Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). The two leaders are expected to exchange views on the further development of China-DPRK relations in the new century and major international and regional issues of common concern. Jiang, who is also general-secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, arrived in Pyongyang Monday noon for a three-day official visit to the DPRK at the invitation of Kim. Jiang Says Visit to DPRK Bound to Further Bilateral Ties. Chinese President Jiang Zemin expressed his conviction Monday in Pyongyang that his visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is bound to further the traditional friendship between the two ruling parties, countries and peoples. In a speech made upon his arrival here, Jiang also expressed his belief that the visit will help promote the common prosperity and development of the two countries and make contributions to safeguarding peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula and the region as a whole. Jiang was here to start a three-day official goodwill visit at the invitation of Kim Jong Il, general-secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee and chairman of the National Defense Commission. Saying he brought with him the Chinese people's deep friendship, Jiang, also general-secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, expressed his greetings and best wishes to the Korean people. Under the firm leadership of the WPK in the past half a century and more, Jiang said, the brave and diligent Korean people have set up the people's government, gained the victory of the liberation of the Fatherland and made notable accomplishments in the socialist construction. In the past
Bush Courts Unions, Addresses Economy [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK - [??] Even though people are hurting today - and I know they are - I'm confident with the basic underpinnings of the economy. I'm confident we can recover,'' Bush told several hundred unionized carpenters as he sought to make inroads with a traditionally Democratic voting bloc. A HREF=aol://4344:3167.laborday.21070240.683837958 AOL News: Bush Courts Unions, Addresses Economy/A Bush Courts Unions, Addresses Economy By SANDRA SOBIERAJ .c The Associated Press KAUKAUNA, Wis. (Sept. 3) - President Bush said Monday there are ''some problems on the horizon'' for the economy, but promised American workers during a Labor Day trip to union country that better times lie ahead. ''Even though people are hurting today - and I know they are - I'm confident with the basic underpinnings of the economy. I'm confident we can recover,'' Bush told several hundred unionized carpenters as he sought to make inroads with a traditionally Democratic voting bloc. He said the economy is not ''clicking on all cylinders.'' The eight-hour trip to Detroit and this blue-collar Green Bay suburb reflected a new strategy to help Bush weather the political effects of an economic slowdown. He will travel to several key states this month to express sympathy with hard-bitten workers while using the budget showdown in Washington to frame his economic message. Bush's father, former President Bush, lost his 1992 re-election bid after then-Arkansas Bill Clinton portrayed the incumbent as out of touch with middle-class workers struggling with a sour economy. Determined to avoid his father's plight, Bush used the word concerned at least three times. Twice, he said he was worried about laid-off workers and their families. His message: I care. ''We've got some problems on the horizon. One of my jobs is not to shrink from the problems but to deal with them,'' Bush said. ''On this Labor Day, I've got to tell you, I'm concerned about working families. I'm concerned about our economy. It's not as strong as it should be.'' He said the economy has grown by a 1 percent in the past year. ''That's not good enough for America,'' Bush told a friendly crowd at the Northern Wisconsin Council of Carpenters before heading to Detroit to attend a Teamsters picnic, where the reception was less enthusiastic. Some White House aides say they are concerned that using the bully pulpit to express sympathy with troubled workers could exaggerate the economic situation, lower consumer confidence, reduce consumer spending and further damage the economy. The president and his political advisers determined this summer that he could not afford politically to play down the economic woes, aides said. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Bush believes he has struck the right balance in expressing both sympathy and confidence. Bush is courting organized labor and rank-and-file union members, hoping to drive wedges wherever possible in a key Democratic voting bloc. His schedulers carefully chose the friendliest possible audiences; the carpenter's union broke away from the Democratic-leaning AFL-CIO last year and the Teamsters have a history of supporting GOP candidates. ''It's no secret. This isn't an administration we're going to agree with all the time,'' said Douglas McCarron, president of the carpenters' union. ''But, Mr. President, we didn't agree with the last administration all the time, either.'' The Wisconsin crowd was filled with union members who cheered wildly for the president, shouted his name and thrust union hats at him to sign. One man threw a hard hat several feet in the air for Bush to catch. A Secret Service agent lunged forward, arms extended, but Bush beat him to the catch with a two-handed grab. The president gave the agent a wink, then started to put the helmet on the agent before thinking better of it. At the Detroit picnic, some Teamsters joined with members of other unions to protest Bush's appearance. They carried pre-printed placards accusing Bush of hurting Social Security. Hand-lettered posters took aim at Bush's strategy of courting unions. ''We're being used,'' read one. A second said: ''This is divide and conquer.'' Bush told the crowd that some parents are having trouble feeding their children because of the bad economy. ''People are hurting,'' he said. ''People are suffering.'' The Teamsters delayed their endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore in 2000 while Bush courted union President James P. Hoffa, who was honored at a GOP convention reception. With the help of building trades unions, the Teamsters helped Bush pass his energy package in the House on the belief that the plan will produce jobs. Still, the two part ways on several issues, including the president's push to give Mexican trucks broad access to U.S. roads. In both cities, Bush
RE: Why Russia Didn't Veto the ICTY [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK - Dear Jacques, I agree with you on every point you make. There may some wisdom at the moment in focusing our attention on the Western/NATO policy makers who are creating and exacerbating conflicts around the world, but we can't afford to forget the betrayal of the Yeltsin clique, which the Putin government seems to be continuing, of not only Yugoslavia, but Russia itself as well as other peoples and regions. Just yesterday Vladimir Putin laid a wreath on the grave of Mannerheim in Finland, Hitler's ally in World War II in the invasion of the then USSR. A distinction should always be made, as you've done, between Russia as a nation and the Russians as a people - who have consistently demonstrated solidarity with the people of Yugoslavia and the Balkans in general and firm opposition to NATO expansion and aggression, and whichever particular person (lately with Western bribes and 'election assistance') is head of state. Leaders come and go, mass sentiment lasts. Defending Yugoslavia in 1999 - with all means at its disposal - was the best way of Russia also defending itself. Those who abandoned Yugoslavia then are complicit in the drive of NATO to encircle Russia. I trust the Russian people to know how to deal with such behavior. --- Jacques Protic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK - K, Many of us have been lead to accept the explanation as you have outlined, having said this I feel this is a feeble excuse on the part of Russians to justify their inactions. (the fact is that the overwhelming majority of Russian popular opinion and certainly amongst armed forces has always been and still is very pro - Yugoslav). Unfortunately for Yugoslavia, I believe the behind the scenes politics between the two (Moscow / Washington), has resulted in my opinion in the Russian fudge which deserted Yugoslavia (not Milosevic) at the perhaps most crucial point in their history. Even our Chinese friends who purport to be Yugoslav friends have chosen to remain neutral by abstaining from key UN votes. Jacques PS - I would like to know, why the state of the art Russian anti - aircraft weapons have not been provided prior and during the bombing (sorry I must have forgot the UN embargo that Russians have supported)! What happened to the Russian satellite and other forms of intelligence when Croatia attacked Slavoinia with massive US logistic and other support particularly after the US have downgraded Bosnian - Serb military communications! by pre-emptive and timely bombing If I was cynical I would assume Russians have been bought of and ignoring the public posturing on Star wars etc we may even see Russia as a full NATO member, sooner than later! Finally, Yeltsin is history, look out for Putin deeds on the same issues. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday September 03 2001 18:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Why Russia Didn't Veto the ICTY [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK - Dear Party of Citizens, the Russian position in the Balkans is complex, but was definately colored by animosity between the Yeltsin clan and Milosevic, b/c this last one suported the hardliner coup in late August 1991 and also supported the forces of the parliament during the October 1993 standoff where Yeltsin order tanks to supress Russian communists and nationalists who were opposing his policies. Russia failed to use its veto on a number of key occasions especially during the Bosnian war. cheers! Kole - This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down - This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.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 ==^
Human Rights, Open Society, Rule Of Law In NATO Stronghold [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK - And self-determination Tuesday September 4, 9:18 AM Catholic pupils face gauntlet of hate in N.Ireland BELFAST, Sept 4 (AFP) - Catholic children Tuesday feared another gauntlet of hate during their journey to school, a day after violent sectarian protests terrified pupils walking to lessons through a Protestant area of Belfast. The governors of Holy Cross Primary School urged parents to take their children to lessons by an alternative route in order to avoid more disturbances which Monday saw a mother and 15 police officers injured by missiles. The Red Hand Defenders, a loyalist paramilitary group, warned Catholic parents to stay away from the main route to the school. Pupils aged four to 11 were left in tears after they were subjected to torrents of abuse as they walked through a gauntlet of Protestant demonstrators as they returned to classes after summer holidays. Police used screens and riot shields to open a pathway for the youngsters and their parents. Local loyalists see Catholics' use of the main route to the school as an encroachment into a Protestant area. On Monday evening tensions escalated as rival gangs of Catholics and Protestants hurled petrol bombs, bricks and bottles at each other in the Ardoyne Road area, and several shots were fired. It was the latest episode in a stream of sectarian unrest that has plagued the north of the city throughout the summer. A police spokesman said several officers had been injured by stones during attempts to quell the rioting. None of the injuries was believed to be serious. Nationalists and loyalists blamed each other for starting the latest violence. Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), put the blame on the largest loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Defence Association (UDA). The UDA has in the past used the Red Hand Defenders as a cover name. Meanwhile, Nigel Dodds, a parliamentary deputy of the Democratic Unionist Party, said he saw petrol bombs and blast bombs being thrown by nationalist mobs into the loyalist White City Estate. A police spokeswoman confirmed that a pipe bomb had exploded in the garden of a house. Sinn Fein's chief negotiator Martin McGuinness said UDA attacks on the Catholic community were designed to provoke the IRA into retaliation. The governors of Holy Cross School urged parents to take their children by an alternative route Tuesday morning in a bid to avoid more violence. The chairman of governors, Aidan Troy, said: If tomorrow morning a little girl was hit with a bottle ... and somebody said to me 'Did you not say anything?', I don't think I could hold my head up. The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), the province's police force, came under fire from loyalists who claimed heavy-handed policing had exacerbated the situation, while Catholics said police had not provided enough protection for parents and pupils. But RUC Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan brushed aside the complaints, vowing that his officers would be on hand Tuesday to do everything possible to ensure that the children get to school. Standing amid the broken glass which littered the school gates, Holy Cross Principal Anne Tanney had described the protesters as sick. A lot of the children were too traumatised to stay here and that's the worst thing that could have happened to them, she said. No child should have to endure that. Monday's unrest came at a delicate stage in Northern Ireland's troubled peace process, coinciding with the latest meeting between Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble and his hardline Democratic Unionist Party counterpart Reverend Ian Paisley on police reforms proposed by the British government, a key issue in the peace process. The primarily Catholic republicans and nationalists want to unite Northern Ireland with the Irish Republic, while mostly Protestant loyalists and unionists back continued rule by Britain over the province. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.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 ==^
