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Let this be a warning to Mssrs Karmai, Chalabi, Trajkovski, Musharref, et al. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.... --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > In first reactions to the assassination, the > European Union (news - web sites) condemned the > killing and praised the reformist leader's efforts > to put his Balkan country on the path to EU > membership. > > > "It is a tragedy ... He was a personal friend and a > friend of Europe," said EU foreign policy chief > Javier Solana, clearly shaken by the news. > > [Isn't that striking ?] > > > > > Serbia's Reformist Premier Djindjic Assassinated > > > By Julijana Mojsilovic > > BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian Prime Minister Zoran > Djindjic, who played a key role in ousting Yugoslav > President Slobodan Milosevic (news - web sites), was > assassinated on Wednesday, gunned down outside > Belgrade's main government building. > > > > Serbia's government held an urgent meeting and said > it would ask acting President Natasa Micic to > declare a state of emergency. > > > Djindjic, 50, who took the decision to send > Milosevic to the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The > Hague (news - web sites) in 2001, narrowly escaped > injury last month when a truck swerved toward his > convoy of cars. He said then organized crime was > behind the incident. > > > "The prime minister died from his wounds at 1330 > (12:30 p.m. GMT) at Belgrade emergency center," > Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic said in > a statement. > > > A police source said Djindjic died after he was shot > in the chest by two large caliber sniper bullets > fired from a distance. Local B92 radio said he was > shot in the back and the stomach. > > > B92 said two people had been arrested in connection > with the shooting and Beta news agency reported > three people detained. There was no immediate > official confirmation of the reports. > > > All departing flights from Belgrade airport were > suspended and armed police wearing flak jackets > searched cars in central Belgrade, local media > reported. > > > Organized crime flourished during Milosevic's > turbulent rule in the 1990s and Djindjic had pledged > to stamp it out. > > > Milosevic is now facing trial for genocide and > crimes against humanity during the wars which tore > Yugoslavia apart. > > > Djindjic is the most senior politician to be killed > in a series of murders of public figures in former > Yugoslavia in the past three years in a region where > revenge killings and vendettas are often rife. > > > "ACT OF MADNESS" > > > In first reactions to the assassination, the > European Union (news - web sites) condemned the > killing and praised the reformist leader's efforts > to put his Balkan country on the path to EU > membership. > > > "It is a tragedy ... He was a personal friend and a > friend of Europe," said EU foreign policy chief > Javier Solana, clearly shaken by the news. > > > President Stjepan Mesic of Croatia, which fought > Yugoslav troops in its struggle for independence, > described the assassination as "an act of madness." > > > "This is not good for Serbia, not good for us in the > neighborhood. Serbia has been through a difficult > period ... and this assassination will slow down its > progress toward democracy," he told reporters. > > > Djindjic, married with two children, took office as > Serbian prime minister in February 2001 after > December elections, and pledged to clamp down on > corruption and organized crime. A pragmatic > modernizer dedicated to free-market reform, Djindjic > came to power under the weight of troubles left over > from the Kosovo war in 1999. > > > His premiership was tasked with tempering the > breakaway ambitions of ethnic Albanians in the > southern Serbian province of Kosovo and negotiating > the dissolution of federal Yugoslavia into a loose > union between the much-larger Serbia and the tiny, > coastal republic of Montenegro. > > > > > He also feuded with Milosevic's successor, the more > cautious former Yugoslav President Vojislav > Kostunica (news - web sites), behind the scenes over > the pace of reform, and the 18-party coalition they > co-led split after Kostunica's party left the > coalition. > > News of Djindjic's death swept across Belgrade, > shocking supporters who took to the streets with him > in anti-Milosevic protests. > > "Is he really dead? God forbid! Whatever happened to > this country. Can we feel safe?," said 65-year-old > pensioner Ljiljana. > > "This is scary, frightening. Does this mean even I > now have to watch my back?," Marjana, a 35-year-old > bank clerk, said. > > Jailed as a dissident student in the 1970s, > frustrated as a popular protest leader in the 1990s, > Djindjic rebounded in a street uprising in 2000 to > become leader-in-waiting of a new democratic Serbia. > > > A fitness enthusiast, Djindjic was born in Bosanski > Samac, in Bosnia, the son of a Yugoslav People's > Army officer. > > --------------------------- > ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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