STOP NATO: O PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [The new spin coming out of Brussels and major NATO nations' capitals, as evidenced in the Reuters report below, is that the KLA/NLA is attempting to manipulate the major NATO powers into supporting its designs to divide Macedonia, preparatory to breaking away from Skopje altogether. George Robertson, Javier Solana and the other war criminals who did something almost identical in Kosovo in 1999, are cast in the role of trusting naifs who have been duped by the wily Albanian separatists they've worked in unison with for over three years. That this is simply preparing the groundwork for what NATO has intended all along - the military occupation of more of the Southern Balkans, the consolidation of its position of 'indispensible peacemaker/peacekeeper' - is not only indisputable, but a replay of what it did two years ago. For a keen insight into how the major NATO powers hide behind the facade of feigning to be innocent dupes of ther own creation, see the invaluable analysis by list member Jared Israel, "Washington: Parent Of The Taliban And The Colombian Death Squads," at the URL immediately below. With the necessary adaptations the same model applies to the Balkans in general, Macedonia in particular.] http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/jared/mis.htm www.tenc.net [Emperor's Clothes] WASHINGTON: PARENT OF THE TALIBAN AND COLOMBIAN DEATH SQUADS by Jared Israel [5 June 2001] June 21, 2001 West Seeks to Salvage Macedonia Peace Talks By Philippa Fletcher SKOPJE (Reuters) - Western envoys weighed in on Thursday to try salvage peace talks in Macedonia amid suspicions among diplomats that Albanian politicians may be seeking to draw in NATO to police a partition of the fragile country. NATO special envoy Peter Feith was in the capital Skopje and the European Union's Foreign Affairs chief Javier Solana decided to make a flying visit after Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski said the week-long talks were ``totally deadlocked.创 Diplomats said Macedonian and ethnic Albanian negotiators had agreed to resume talks on Thursday evening on finding a way to persuade ethnic Albanian rebels who have taken control of territory in the north of Macedonia to lay down their weapons. But despite heavy Western pressure, which continued at a dinner hosted by Trajkovski on Wednesday evening, the Albanians were sticking to demands for radical constitutional changes which diplomats said amounted to a federalization of the state. ``There is no one in the international community who thinks their position is reasonable,创 said a diplomatic source. ``If they think we are going to help them create a federal Macedonia they should think again.创 The rebels, who took up arms four months ago, say they only want to improve the rights of Macedonia's Albanian minority. But the diplomat said the Albanian politicians, by demanding a veto for the one-third minority on all key government decisions, may be trying to stall the talks beyond the end of a cease-fire due to last until next week. ALBANIANS PLAYING FOR TIME? Their aim could be to persuade NATO, which ordered preparations for a limited operation in Macedonia once a peace deal is done, to intervene to separate the two sides, knowing that it is desperate to prevent another all-out Balkan war. ``There磗 a suspicion that that磗 what they want...to play for time to get NATO in there to police the demarcation lines, and we are making it crystal clear that that is not going to happen,创 he said. ``That磗 why (NATO Secretary-General George) Robertson sent the second letter.创 The letter, sent to Trajkovski on Wednesday after NATO ambassadors in Brussels agreed the outlines of an operation involving about 3,000 troops, underlines that there must be a durable cease-fire before there can be a NATO force. ``The mandate of a possible NATO operation would be confined to the collection of weapons and the forces would deploy for a limited duration,创 it said. ``Under no circumstances will we allow the mission of this force to be expanded or altered.创 The leader of the biggest Albanian party, Arben Xhaferi, rejected allegations his side was seeking to split the country and reiterated demands for international mediation. ``I want to make it clear that we haven磘 demanded federalization of Macedonia,创 he told Zeri newspaper in the neighboring mainly Albanian Serbian province of Kosovo. 创But we demanded that, without federalization, certain mechanisms be found to defend Albanian interests, interests that were extremely marginalized in the past,创 he said. Another Albanian politician, speaking on condition of anonymity, went further, threatening to quit a new all-party government unless the international community helped persuade the Macedonians to give the Albanians more political rights. ``If we don磘 see serious engagement by the international community and if the Macedonian side continues discussions in such a frivolous way we will have no choice but to withdraw from the unity government and the Macedonian parliament.创 Trajkovski, who is under pressure from other Macedonian politicians to abandon the talks and crack down on the rebels, has so far rejected international mediation, fearing the Albanian side could exploit it to maximize its demands. (with additional reporting by Shaban Buza in Pristina) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! 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