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publishes interesting and revealing articles about the situation in
the Balkans and the related western-imperialist moves.
We believe this comment by N. Malic has to be read as a highly
paradoxical text to seriously think about. We agree with the author if
the word "Democracy" is read as "western democracy". On the other
hand, our opinion is that a different, more profound conception of
democracy as "distributing power to the common, working people" should
be used, in a positive sense. CNJ
Please refer to the original URL for the many useful links:
http://www.antiwar.com/malic/m-col.html%5d
"Balkan Express" by Nebojsa Malic
May 1, 2003
After 'Liberation,' Democracy
A False and Violent Religion
As any survivor of Imperial "liberation" can
attest, it is usually followed by the mass
conversion to the conquerors' religion,
Democracy. As with most religions, it means
different things to different people. Its
definition is kept deliberately vague to preclude
criticism, and even when offered, frequently
changes for the same reason. Because of its
asserted and perceived planetary primacy of
lethal force, the Empire reserves the right to
define Democracy any which way it pleases at
any given time, and trump any other definition
- by force, if so desired.
Democracy's sinister nature has been
addressed in this space before, as was its
futility. The best scholarly dissection of the
false religion is undoubtedly Hans-Herman
Hoppe's Democracy: the God that Failed.
Also well-documented is the distaste of
America's founders for the damnable
delusion, which unfortunately did not prevent
their Republic from becoming the Democratic
Empire.
Misconceptions of the beguiled masses aside,
Democracy clearly destroys freedom, and its
fundamental disrespect of property rights is
unquestionably opposite to prosperity. To
quote what is attributed to Ben Franklin,
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting
on what to have for lunch." Put that way, it
seems humorous - but it is also lethal, more
so because most people still believe in it.
The Empire's greatest victory was convincing
the world Democracy was good. Now even
those who oppose Imperial conquest do so
claiming they fight for the "real" Democracy,
which is why their resistance remains a losing
proposition.
The Enemy of Peace
Last April, this column advanced the
argument that Democracy was at the root of
the Bosnian War:
Bosnia went to war because of democracy.
Ethnic parties that came to power in Bosnia
after the 1990 election all had "democratic"
in their names: Croat Democratic Union
(HDZ), Serb Democratic Party (SDS), and
the Muslims' Party of Democratic Action
(SDA). Together, they took democracy to its
most extreme: the will of their voters led to
forcible relocations, combined with property
seizures and murder on a large scale.
Ethnicity and party membership became
synonyms, voting mirrored census results, and
politics transcended taxes and plunder to
become a game of life and death.
Apparently, what happened in Bosnia was not
an exception, but rather the rule. According to
attorney and noted libertarian scholar, James
Ostrowski, not only logic, but also "empirical
evidence indicates that democracy promotes
ethnic and religious conflict."
Noting that 23 of 29 recent intrastate conflicts
have occurred under democratic governments,
Ostrowski argues that in democracies, "people
tend to vote along ethnic and religious lines. It
is inherent in the nature of democracy. [?]
Thus, ethnic voting is a rational response to
the problem of rational ignorance about
candidates and issues. Ethnic identity provides
valuable information at very low cost. Given its
efficiency, it always has been and likely always
will be a major factor in elections." (original
emphasis)
Given this, Ostrowski argues not only that
"democracy, inherently, contains the seeds of
ethnic conflict," (original emphasis) but also
that "conflict created by democracy necessarily
worsens over time," (original emphasis) as
government power grows and with it the
discontent of the groups that are in the ethnic
and political minority.
Bosnia Demystified
Bosnia bears proof that Ostrowski's thesis is
entirely accurate. Even after seven years of
occupation, tyranny and social engineering of
the most extreme kind, its inhabitants still
vote along ethnic lines.
Worse yet, the Imperial occupiers continue to
insist on creating a unified state. "We still do
not have a truly functioning democratic
government in Bosnia Herzegovina, one that
exercises a unitary sovereignty recognized by
all factions," retired General Montgomery
Meigs, former commander of NATO
occupying forces in Bosnia, recently wrote.
Never mind that this is expressly opposed by
over half of Bosnia's population, as the very
issue over which the war was fought, and that
this "unitary sovereignty" will never be
voluntarily recognized by all factions.
Because of this, and keeping in mind
Ostrowski's thesis about ethnic conflict
inherent in democracy and worsening over
time, it becomes clear that Democracy and
Bosnia are mutually exclusive. Only if most of
Bosnia's non-Muslims somehow disappear
can that state continue to exist in the form
now envisioned.
The refusal to understand this obvious truth is
at the root of the opposition
Social-Democrats' failure to challenge the
status quo. Their recently announced policy,
advocating a unified citizen republic where
ethnic and religious affiliations will be
politically irrelevant, indicates that wishful
thinking is definitely interfering with sound
judgment.
Meanwhile, the prevailing atmosphere of
despair has predictably created an impetus to
leave. A recent poll showed that 30% of
Bosnia's inhabitants wish to leave the country
permanently, another 44% would live abroad
for a while but eventually return, and only 25%
would stay no matter what. Ironically, these
figures are one of the rare things that do
transcend ethnic lines.
Croatia, Kosovo and Macedonia: Further
Examples
Bosnia has three major ethnic groups and no
clear majority, so its case may be a bit
extreme. But other conflicted parts of former
Yugoslavia validate Ostrowski's thesis just as
well.
Croatia has been a democratic country
since 1991. It helps that most of its Serbs
are gone, though.
In Macedonia, democracy has led to the
2001 Albanian rebellion, ostensibly fought
for "greater human rights" but clearly
aimed at separation (see map). As a result,
most ethnic Macedonians have been
expelled from Albanian-controlled areas,
and are still unable to return. So much for
human rights, then.
The occupied Serbian province of Kosovo
is now dominated by ethnic Albanians,
who are busily establishing a democracy
after violently expelling most others and
trying to make the rest follow suit.
In all three cases, as well as in Bosnia,
democracy-driven ethnic conflicts have
resulted in "ethnic cleansing": yet another
crime that can be laid at the feet of the false
god.
Serbia: A War Of One's Own
Kosovo can be seen as Serbia's brush with
open democratic warfare, but it is by far not
the only instance of ethno-religious conflict.
Montenegro's leaders are obviously aware of
the potency of ethnic politics, as they
campaign for separation from Serbia on both
ethnic and religious grounds. They've even
invented a church and a language for the
purpose.
The Serbian regime's zealous commitment to
Democracy has predictably encouraged
complaints of "mistreatment" by ethnic
minorities. Hungarians in the north, Muslims
in the southwest, and Albanians in the south
have all claimed "ethnic cleansing" and
discrimination, while recently members of the
Vlach minority in the east have declared
themselves oppressed ethnic Romanians.
While these complaints might indicate that the
Serbian state is repressive (well, yes it is - but
irrespective of ethnicity), they really mean it is
the most multi-ethnic in the region, and thus
naturally susceptible to conflicts Democracy
brings...
Perhaps the most intriguing is the ongoing
conflicts among the Serbs themselves, which
seems ideological but is really more
ethno-religious. It is the contest over the
nature of their country between the
anti-ethnic Democrats/"modernist reformers,"
currently in power, and the
traditionalists/patriots/"nationalists". The
Democrats are an excruciatingly vocal
minority, determined not just to impose their
views on the rest but to actually remake
society. Recent purges, conducted in the name
of "war on crime" after the assassination of
Prime Minister Djindjic (a Democrat leader in
more ways than one), has served their
purposes splendidly.
The Democrats are many things, but mostly
anti-ethnic (i.e. anti-Serb) and pro-Empire.
Now that they are in charge of Serbs, they
seek to "cleanse" them of the stigma imposed
by the Empire's blockade, demonization and
ostracism during the 1990s (while, of course,
blaming the Serbs themselves for all those).
Now, self-purification is "one of the most
dominant motives in any socially stigmatized
group. One tries to wash away the taint that
your opponents have attached to you by
finding someone within your own movement
who is more distasteful, more extreme? then
denouncing him. Best of all if you can lead the
chorus of ostracism. That renders you yourself
ritually pure, at least for a while - and joins
you securely to the community that has now
been purged." (J.P. Zmirak)
The important difference here is that
Democrats are not purging themselves, but the
Serbian people they rule, and actually deplore
their identity and heritage. They are currently
triumphant primarily because their opponents
are disorganized, devoid of ideas and
programs, cowed by propaganda, and most of
all confused, because they also claim to favor
Democracy.
A Heritage of Strife
The first Yugoslavia was a monarchy and a
dictatorship with just the outer trappings of
Democracy, and its ethnic disputes resulted in
a World War Two genocide. One could argue
that the Socialist federation was democratic
(under the modern definition of narrowly
accepted "democratic" values), and Tito
certainly governed Yugoslavia with a keen
understanding of ethnic conflicts. He played
various groups against each other, while
setting himself up as the ultimate arbiter of
their disputes - and thus their supreme ruler.
But when he passed from this world to meet
the real Supreme Ruler, he left no successor.
Yugoslavia soon converted to open
Democracy, and the results are obvious.
Between that, and a legacy of socialism and
statism of some kind or another, the former
Yugoslavia (as well as the rest of the peninsula
and half of Europe, really) has suffered an
enormous cost in human spirit already, not to
mention lives and property. If not for their
misguided belief in Democracy, most people
would have long since decided they've had
enough, and sought liberty.
The Big Lie
If the 20th century has been a century of
Democracy, then it's little wonder it has also
been the bloodiest in human history. Here is a
quasi-religious notion that is said to promote
liberty and prosperity, while in reality it is the
worst enemy of both. It is said to promote
peace, but it really causes conflict and
destruction. It is also the ultimate sacrilege:
the elevation of State to godhood.
Why anyone honest and good would support
Democracy, knowing all this, is truly beyond
understanding.
- Nebojsa Malic
publishes interesting and revealing articles about the situation in
the Balkans and the related western-imperialist moves.
We believe this comment by N. Malic has to be read as a highly
paradoxical text to seriously think about. We agree with the author if
the word "Democracy" is read as "western democracy". On the other
hand, our opinion is that a different, more profound conception of
democracy as "distributing power to the common, working people" should
be used, in a positive sense. CNJ
Please refer to the original URL for the many useful links:
http://www.antiwar.com/malic/m-col.html%5d
"Balkan Express" by Nebojsa Malic
May 1, 2003
After 'Liberation,' Democracy
A False and Violent Religion
As any survivor of Imperial "liberation" can
attest, it is usually followed by the mass
conversion to the conquerors' religion,
Democracy. As with most religions, it means
different things to different people. Its
definition is kept deliberately vague to preclude
criticism, and even when offered, frequently
changes for the same reason. Because of its
asserted and perceived planetary primacy of
lethal force, the Empire reserves the right to
define Democracy any which way it pleases at
any given time, and trump any other definition
- by force, if so desired.
Democracy's sinister nature has been
addressed in this space before, as was its
futility. The best scholarly dissection of the
false religion is undoubtedly Hans-Herman
Hoppe's Democracy: the God that Failed.
Also well-documented is the distaste of
America's founders for the damnable
delusion, which unfortunately did not prevent
their Republic from becoming the Democratic
Empire.
Misconceptions of the beguiled masses aside,
Democracy clearly destroys freedom, and its
fundamental disrespect of property rights is
unquestionably opposite to prosperity. To
quote what is attributed to Ben Franklin,
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting
on what to have for lunch." Put that way, it
seems humorous - but it is also lethal, more
so because most people still believe in it.
The Empire's greatest victory was convincing
the world Democracy was good. Now even
those who oppose Imperial conquest do so
claiming they fight for the "real" Democracy,
which is why their resistance remains a losing
proposition.
The Enemy of Peace
Last April, this column advanced the
argument that Democracy was at the root of
the Bosnian War:
Bosnia went to war because of democracy.
Ethnic parties that came to power in Bosnia
after the 1990 election all had "democratic"
in their names: Croat Democratic Union
(HDZ), Serb Democratic Party (SDS), and
the Muslims' Party of Democratic Action
(SDA). Together, they took democracy to its
most extreme: the will of their voters led to
forcible relocations, combined with property
seizures and murder on a large scale.
Ethnicity and party membership became
synonyms, voting mirrored census results, and
politics transcended taxes and plunder to
become a game of life and death.
Apparently, what happened in Bosnia was not
an exception, but rather the rule. According to
attorney and noted libertarian scholar, James
Ostrowski, not only logic, but also "empirical
evidence indicates that democracy promotes
ethnic and religious conflict."
Noting that 23 of 29 recent intrastate conflicts
have occurred under democratic governments,
Ostrowski argues that in democracies, "people
tend to vote along ethnic and religious lines. It
is inherent in the nature of democracy. [?]
Thus, ethnic voting is a rational response to
the problem of rational ignorance about
candidates and issues. Ethnic identity provides
valuable information at very low cost. Given its
efficiency, it always has been and likely always
will be a major factor in elections." (original
emphasis)
Given this, Ostrowski argues not only that
"democracy, inherently, contains the seeds of
ethnic conflict," (original emphasis) but also
that "conflict created by democracy necessarily
worsens over time," (original emphasis) as
government power grows and with it the
discontent of the groups that are in the ethnic
and political minority.
Bosnia Demystified
Bosnia bears proof that Ostrowski's thesis is
entirely accurate. Even after seven years of
occupation, tyranny and social engineering of
the most extreme kind, its inhabitants still
vote along ethnic lines.
Worse yet, the Imperial occupiers continue to
insist on creating a unified state. "We still do
not have a truly functioning democratic
government in Bosnia Herzegovina, one that
exercises a unitary sovereignty recognized by
all factions," retired General Montgomery
Meigs, former commander of NATO
occupying forces in Bosnia, recently wrote.
Never mind that this is expressly opposed by
over half of Bosnia's population, as the very
issue over which the war was fought, and that
this "unitary sovereignty" will never be
voluntarily recognized by all factions.
Because of this, and keeping in mind
Ostrowski's thesis about ethnic conflict
inherent in democracy and worsening over
time, it becomes clear that Democracy and
Bosnia are mutually exclusive. Only if most of
Bosnia's non-Muslims somehow disappear
can that state continue to exist in the form
now envisioned.
The refusal to understand this obvious truth is
at the root of the opposition
Social-Democrats' failure to challenge the
status quo. Their recently announced policy,
advocating a unified citizen republic where
ethnic and religious affiliations will be
politically irrelevant, indicates that wishful
thinking is definitely interfering with sound
judgment.
Meanwhile, the prevailing atmosphere of
despair has predictably created an impetus to
leave. A recent poll showed that 30% of
Bosnia's inhabitants wish to leave the country
permanently, another 44% would live abroad
for a while but eventually return, and only 25%
would stay no matter what. Ironically, these
figures are one of the rare things that do
transcend ethnic lines.
Croatia, Kosovo and Macedonia: Further
Examples
Bosnia has three major ethnic groups and no
clear majority, so its case may be a bit
extreme. But other conflicted parts of former
Yugoslavia validate Ostrowski's thesis just as
well.
Croatia has been a democratic country
since 1991. It helps that most of its Serbs
are gone, though.
In Macedonia, democracy has led to the
2001 Albanian rebellion, ostensibly fought
for "greater human rights" but clearly
aimed at separation (see map). As a result,
most ethnic Macedonians have been
expelled from Albanian-controlled areas,
and are still unable to return. So much for
human rights, then.
The occupied Serbian province of Kosovo
is now dominated by ethnic Albanians,
who are busily establishing a democracy
after violently expelling most others and
trying to make the rest follow suit.
In all three cases, as well as in Bosnia,
democracy-driven ethnic conflicts have
resulted in "ethnic cleansing": yet another
crime that can be laid at the feet of the false
god.
Serbia: A War Of One's Own
Kosovo can be seen as Serbia's brush with
open democratic warfare, but it is by far not
the only instance of ethno-religious conflict.
Montenegro's leaders are obviously aware of
the potency of ethnic politics, as they
campaign for separation from Serbia on both
ethnic and religious grounds. They've even
invented a church and a language for the
purpose.
The Serbian regime's zealous commitment to
Democracy has predictably encouraged
complaints of "mistreatment" by ethnic
minorities. Hungarians in the north, Muslims
in the southwest, and Albanians in the south
have all claimed "ethnic cleansing" and
discrimination, while recently members of the
Vlach minority in the east have declared
themselves oppressed ethnic Romanians.
While these complaints might indicate that the
Serbian state is repressive (well, yes it is - but
irrespective of ethnicity), they really mean it is
the most multi-ethnic in the region, and thus
naturally susceptible to conflicts Democracy
brings...
Perhaps the most intriguing is the ongoing
conflicts among the Serbs themselves, which
seems ideological but is really more
ethno-religious. It is the contest over the
nature of their country between the
anti-ethnic Democrats/"modernist reformers,"
currently in power, and the
traditionalists/patriots/"nationalists". The
Democrats are an excruciatingly vocal
minority, determined not just to impose their
views on the rest but to actually remake
society. Recent purges, conducted in the name
of "war on crime" after the assassination of
Prime Minister Djindjic (a Democrat leader in
more ways than one), has served their
purposes splendidly.
The Democrats are many things, but mostly
anti-ethnic (i.e. anti-Serb) and pro-Empire.
Now that they are in charge of Serbs, they
seek to "cleanse" them of the stigma imposed
by the Empire's blockade, demonization and
ostracism during the 1990s (while, of course,
blaming the Serbs themselves for all those).
Now, self-purification is "one of the most
dominant motives in any socially stigmatized
group. One tries to wash away the taint that
your opponents have attached to you by
finding someone within your own movement
who is more distasteful, more extreme? then
denouncing him. Best of all if you can lead the
chorus of ostracism. That renders you yourself
ritually pure, at least for a while - and joins
you securely to the community that has now
been purged." (J.P. Zmirak)
The important difference here is that
Democrats are not purging themselves, but the
Serbian people they rule, and actually deplore
their identity and heritage. They are currently
triumphant primarily because their opponents
are disorganized, devoid of ideas and
programs, cowed by propaganda, and most of
all confused, because they also claim to favor
Democracy.
A Heritage of Strife
The first Yugoslavia was a monarchy and a
dictatorship with just the outer trappings of
Democracy, and its ethnic disputes resulted in
a World War Two genocide. One could argue
that the Socialist federation was democratic
(under the modern definition of narrowly
accepted "democratic" values), and Tito
certainly governed Yugoslavia with a keen
understanding of ethnic conflicts. He played
various groups against each other, while
setting himself up as the ultimate arbiter of
their disputes - and thus their supreme ruler.
But when he passed from this world to meet
the real Supreme Ruler, he left no successor.
Yugoslavia soon converted to open
Democracy, and the results are obvious.
Between that, and a legacy of socialism and
statism of some kind or another, the former
Yugoslavia (as well as the rest of the peninsula
and half of Europe, really) has suffered an
enormous cost in human spirit already, not to
mention lives and property. If not for their
misguided belief in Democracy, most people
would have long since decided they've had
enough, and sought liberty.
The Big Lie
If the 20th century has been a century of
Democracy, then it's little wonder it has also
been the bloodiest in human history. Here is a
quasi-religious notion that is said to promote
liberty and prosperity, while in reality it is the
worst enemy of both. It is said to promote
peace, but it really causes conflict and
destruction. It is also the ultimate sacrilege:
the elevation of State to godhood.
Why anyone honest and good would support
Democracy, knowing all this, is truly beyond
understanding.
- Nebojsa Malic
UN BEL "CASO MITROKHIN" ANCHE IN SLOVENIA: WWW.UDBA.NET
Problemi politici? Necessita' di mettere i bastoni fra le ruote a
qualcuno? Bisogno di dimostrare assoluto zelo filoamericano? Creati
anche tu il tuo "caso Mitrokhin", personalizzato a seconda delle tue
proprie esigenze e/o di quelle del tuo padrone d'oltreoceano!
La ricetta viene applicata oggi con successo anche in Slovenia, dove
il mondo politico e' scosso da "veleni" incrociati dopo la
pubblicazione (sul sito internet http://www.udba.net) di un elenco di
centinaia di migliaia di persone che sarebbero state collaboratrici
del servizio segreto della Jugoslavia socialista (UDBA). L'iniziativa
parte da un console onorario della Slovenia residente in Australia,
che avrebbe ripescato elenchi spariti dalla circolazione da piu' di
dieci anni.
Certo l'elenco dei nomi - che include anche personalita' dell'attuale
establishment secessionista, a partire dal presidente Drnovsek - e'
credibile, tenuto conto che il servizio segreto jugoslavo si fondava
sul contributo diffuso dei cittadini in difesa dello Stato, e non
sulla appartenenza mafiosa-criminale come avviene di regola nei paesi
capitalisti. Una difesa dello Stato *purtroppo* fallita. Quello pero'
che ci sentiamo di imputare a personaggi che hanno fatto una brillante
carriera dopo il 1991 non e' tanto la loro passata appartenenza
all'UDBA, quanto il loro doppiogiochismo, cioe' il fatto di aver
tradito l'UDBA ed i valori della Jugoslavia unitaria per vendersi ad
ideologie infami ovvero al migliore offerente.
Italo Slavo
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http://balkanreport.tol.cz/look/BRR/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication==
9&NrIssue=1&NrSection=1&NrArticle=9366
Slovenia's Sorry Spy Hunt
28 April 2003
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia--A political scandal erupted
in Slovenia on 17 April when a list--whose authenticity
is yet to be confirmed--of over a million Slovenes alleged
to have been employees, collaborators, and victims of
surveillance of the ex-Yugoslav secret police, UDBA, was
published on the Internet.
Among other high-ranking Slovenian officials, President
Janez Drnovsek is listed. The list, published on a
Thailand-based website at www.udba.net, contains
not only the names of alleged employees, collaborators, and
victims, but also their personal data, including
birth dates, places of birth, and criminal records, if any.
UDBA--the Yugoslav version of the dreaded Soviet
KGB--was the long arm of the Yugoslav regime, which is
believed to have been behind certain political
assassinations and the harassment of hundreds of communist
opponents since the 1960s. Unlike in other Central and
Eastern European countries, the Yugoslav wars in the
1990s put dealing with the country's communist
secret police past on the back burner.
UDBA had an extended grid of collaborators in all spheres
of public life. Spies for the state intelligence agency
could be found among school teachers, politicians,
policemen, and journalists, among others. The agency's
primary stated goal was to "protect the state
from internal and foreign enemies."
Following Slovenia's independence from Yugoslavia in
1991, the country's first democratic government
considered revealing the spy dossiers to the public,
but questions concerning the documents' authenticity were
raised and the project was dropped. Some of the
documents had also disappeared in 1989 before the democratic
authorities assumed power. After the Liberal
Democrats took over government in 1992, political will
to deal with the secret archives was lacking.
On 17 April, when the list first made its Internet debut,
Slovenian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) were
ordered on to block access to the website for fear that the
personal data contained within would be abused.
Joze Bogataj, Slovenia's privacy protection inspector,
ordered the blockage, which was immediately called a
"totalitarian move" by opposition Social Democratic
Party (SDS) leader Janez Jansa.
Bogataj defended his action, saying that he believes
that the lost files of the UDBA published on the website are
'authentic.' He also said that privacy laws are being violated
by the publication of sensitive, classified personal
data. Bogataj said he is aware that completely blocking access
to an Internet site is impossible, but limiting access
could put a cap on the potential damage.
Despite Bogataj's order, however, people are still accessing
the site through anonymous web portals.
The site's publisher, Dusan Lajovic, Slovenia's honorary
consul to Australia and New Zealand, says the "lost files"
are indeed authentic. Lajovic, who was appointed honorary
consul in 1999, said he published the files of the former
secret police so that young generations "would see what
the communists did," local media quoted him as saying.
Lajovic claims he got hold of the UDBA records in 1991
and 1992, but refuses to disclose his source. The
National Archives of Slovenia remains insistent that the
leak came from somewhere outside the institution.
In the meantime, fearing the information will be abused,
police have launched a criminal investigation into the
matter, calling on Interpol for assistance, since the
website is based outside the country. State prosecutors are
now deciding whether any criminal act was committed
with the publication of the lost files.
Not only does the list name President Drnovsek as a UDBA
collaborator or employee, but other high-ranking
officials are also mentioned, including Parliamentary
Speaker Borut Pahor, his deputy Miha Brejc, Foreign
Minister Dimitrij Rupel, Interior Minister Rado Bohinc,
Police Chief Marko Pogorevc, and former Prime
Minister and current New Slovenia NSi party member Alojz
Peterle.
All those officials listed deny allegations that they were
ever UDBA collaborators.
Members of parliament largely agreed that while the public
has a right to learn about its past to some extent, a
more professional way should have been found to grant public
access to such sensitive information.
Parliamentarians criticized the fact that the list was
published in alphabetical order and on the Internet.
On 23 April the parliamentary commission charged with
overseeing security and intelligence issues was briefed
about the UDBA affair, at which time it decided to ask
authorities for an assessment on the possible impact such a
scandal could have for national security. The commission
also asked authorities to find out exactly how the files
came to be leaked.
"We want to know where the files are, what happened
to them, and whether the data was stolen or accessed in
some other way," the commission's head, SDS's Jozef
Jerovsek, said.
According to Jerovsek, the commission was told that
several copies of the data were kept on microfilms until
1986. "It is, of course, as yet impossible to establish
what happened to the microfilms that were scanned and
published on the Internet," he said, adding, "It is our
civilization duty to clear this up."
On 24 April, the Interior Ministry briefed the government
on the affair, and the further debate on the issue is
expected at the next session. Foreign Minister Rupel has
not yet decided if any action will be taken against
Honorary Consul Lajovic, for the time being, and whether or
not he will remain in his position.
MEDIA RIDICULE SPY DOSSIERS
Local media in Slovenia has front-paged the affair
since its outbreak, publishing endless details of the UDBA's
history. Most prominent commentators largely agree
with authorities, saying that the Internet publication of
the spy dossiers is not the best way to deal with the
country's past.
In its 19 April editorial, the daily Delo said that Slovenians
have already been numbed by the almost yearly
publication of some list of names of alleged secret police
collaborators. "The data revealed are of a personal
nature, most people on the list are innocent. (?) Slovenes
have the right to live a normal life," lamented Delo.
"If someone isn't satisfied with the democracy in Slovenia,
he should bring a law suit against the state before the
European Court for Human Rights. If someone fails to
recognize the legitimacy of elections and the will of the
voters in Slovenia, he doesn't acknowledge democracy.
But this is the system we have in Slovenia. Putsches, the
tearing apart of democracy, lustrations, and nights of
long knives--also imported ones--Slovenes don't need
anymore. Never again," wrote Delo.
The daily Dnevnik wrote in its 23 April editorial that
the publication of the "lost files" is nothing more than a
familiar tool of Slovenian political intrigue--the
aim of which, however, is still unclear.
"Instead of resolving the issue back in 1991, the story of
secret dossiers has been recurrent, each time taking a
bigger and more grotesque form. The reason for that can
also be found in the fact that some politicians indeed
were UDBA collaborators - a fact that can be relatively
easy to cover up by publishing new dossiers over and over
again," the editorial said.
by Ales Gaube
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Problemi politici? Necessita' di mettere i bastoni fra le ruote a
qualcuno? Bisogno di dimostrare assoluto zelo filoamericano? Creati
anche tu il tuo "caso Mitrokhin", personalizzato a seconda delle tue
proprie esigenze e/o di quelle del tuo padrone d'oltreoceano!
La ricetta viene applicata oggi con successo anche in Slovenia, dove
il mondo politico e' scosso da "veleni" incrociati dopo la
pubblicazione (sul sito internet http://www.udba.net) di un elenco di
centinaia di migliaia di persone che sarebbero state collaboratrici
del servizio segreto della Jugoslavia socialista (UDBA). L'iniziativa
parte da un console onorario della Slovenia residente in Australia,
che avrebbe ripescato elenchi spariti dalla circolazione da piu' di
dieci anni.
Certo l'elenco dei nomi - che include anche personalita' dell'attuale
establishment secessionista, a partire dal presidente Drnovsek - e'
credibile, tenuto conto che il servizio segreto jugoslavo si fondava
sul contributo diffuso dei cittadini in difesa dello Stato, e non
sulla appartenenza mafiosa-criminale come avviene di regola nei paesi
capitalisti. Una difesa dello Stato *purtroppo* fallita. Quello pero'
che ci sentiamo di imputare a personaggi che hanno fatto una brillante
carriera dopo il 1991 non e' tanto la loro passata appartenenza
all'UDBA, quanto il loro doppiogiochismo, cioe' il fatto di aver
tradito l'UDBA ed i valori della Jugoslavia unitaria per vendersi ad
ideologie infami ovvero al migliore offerente.
Italo Slavo
---
http://balkanreport.tol.cz/look/BRR/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication==
9&NrIssue=1&NrSection=1&NrArticle=9366
Slovenia's Sorry Spy Hunt
28 April 2003
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia--A political scandal erupted
in Slovenia on 17 April when a list--whose authenticity
is yet to be confirmed--of over a million Slovenes alleged
to have been employees, collaborators, and victims of
surveillance of the ex-Yugoslav secret police, UDBA, was
published on the Internet.
Among other high-ranking Slovenian officials, President
Janez Drnovsek is listed. The list, published on a
Thailand-based website at www.udba.net, contains
not only the names of alleged employees, collaborators, and
victims, but also their personal data, including
birth dates, places of birth, and criminal records, if any.
UDBA--the Yugoslav version of the dreaded Soviet
KGB--was the long arm of the Yugoslav regime, which is
believed to have been behind certain political
assassinations and the harassment of hundreds of communist
opponents since the 1960s. Unlike in other Central and
Eastern European countries, the Yugoslav wars in the
1990s put dealing with the country's communist
secret police past on the back burner.
UDBA had an extended grid of collaborators in all spheres
of public life. Spies for the state intelligence agency
could be found among school teachers, politicians,
policemen, and journalists, among others. The agency's
primary stated goal was to "protect the state
from internal and foreign enemies."
Following Slovenia's independence from Yugoslavia in
1991, the country's first democratic government
considered revealing the spy dossiers to the public,
but questions concerning the documents' authenticity were
raised and the project was dropped. Some of the
documents had also disappeared in 1989 before the democratic
authorities assumed power. After the Liberal
Democrats took over government in 1992, political will
to deal with the secret archives was lacking.
On 17 April, when the list first made its Internet debut,
Slovenian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) were
ordered on to block access to the website for fear that the
personal data contained within would be abused.
Joze Bogataj, Slovenia's privacy protection inspector,
ordered the blockage, which was immediately called a
"totalitarian move" by opposition Social Democratic
Party (SDS) leader Janez Jansa.
Bogataj defended his action, saying that he believes
that the lost files of the UDBA published on the website are
'authentic.' He also said that privacy laws are being violated
by the publication of sensitive, classified personal
data. Bogataj said he is aware that completely blocking access
to an Internet site is impossible, but limiting access
could put a cap on the potential damage.
Despite Bogataj's order, however, people are still accessing
the site through anonymous web portals.
The site's publisher, Dusan Lajovic, Slovenia's honorary
consul to Australia and New Zealand, says the "lost files"
are indeed authentic. Lajovic, who was appointed honorary
consul in 1999, said he published the files of the former
secret police so that young generations "would see what
the communists did," local media quoted him as saying.
Lajovic claims he got hold of the UDBA records in 1991
and 1992, but refuses to disclose his source. The
National Archives of Slovenia remains insistent that the
leak came from somewhere outside the institution.
In the meantime, fearing the information will be abused,
police have launched a criminal investigation into the
matter, calling on Interpol for assistance, since the
website is based outside the country. State prosecutors are
now deciding whether any criminal act was committed
with the publication of the lost files.
Not only does the list name President Drnovsek as a UDBA
collaborator or employee, but other high-ranking
officials are also mentioned, including Parliamentary
Speaker Borut Pahor, his deputy Miha Brejc, Foreign
Minister Dimitrij Rupel, Interior Minister Rado Bohinc,
Police Chief Marko Pogorevc, and former Prime
Minister and current New Slovenia NSi party member Alojz
Peterle.
All those officials listed deny allegations that they were
ever UDBA collaborators.
Members of parliament largely agreed that while the public
has a right to learn about its past to some extent, a
more professional way should have been found to grant public
access to such sensitive information.
Parliamentarians criticized the fact that the list was
published in alphabetical order and on the Internet.
On 23 April the parliamentary commission charged with
overseeing security and intelligence issues was briefed
about the UDBA affair, at which time it decided to ask
authorities for an assessment on the possible impact such a
scandal could have for national security. The commission
also asked authorities to find out exactly how the files
came to be leaked.
"We want to know where the files are, what happened
to them, and whether the data was stolen or accessed in
some other way," the commission's head, SDS's Jozef
Jerovsek, said.
According to Jerovsek, the commission was told that
several copies of the data were kept on microfilms until
1986. "It is, of course, as yet impossible to establish
what happened to the microfilms that were scanned and
published on the Internet," he said, adding, "It is our
civilization duty to clear this up."
On 24 April, the Interior Ministry briefed the government
on the affair, and the further debate on the issue is
expected at the next session. Foreign Minister Rupel has
not yet decided if any action will be taken against
Honorary Consul Lajovic, for the time being, and whether or
not he will remain in his position.
MEDIA RIDICULE SPY DOSSIERS
Local media in Slovenia has front-paged the affair
since its outbreak, publishing endless details of the UDBA's
history. Most prominent commentators largely agree
with authorities, saying that the Internet publication of
the spy dossiers is not the best way to deal with the
country's past.
In its 19 April editorial, the daily Delo said that Slovenians
have already been numbed by the almost yearly
publication of some list of names of alleged secret police
collaborators. "The data revealed are of a personal
nature, most people on the list are innocent. (?) Slovenes
have the right to live a normal life," lamented Delo.
"If someone isn't satisfied with the democracy in Slovenia,
he should bring a law suit against the state before the
European Court for Human Rights. If someone fails to
recognize the legitimacy of elections and the will of the
voters in Slovenia, he doesn't acknowledge democracy.
But this is the system we have in Slovenia. Putsches, the
tearing apart of democracy, lustrations, and nights of
long knives--also imported ones--Slovenes don't need
anymore. Never again," wrote Delo.
The daily Dnevnik wrote in its 23 April editorial that
the publication of the "lost files" is nothing more than a
familiar tool of Slovenian political intrigue--the
aim of which, however, is still unclear.
"Instead of resolving the issue back in 1991, the story of
secret dossiers has been recurrent, each time taking a
bigger and more grotesque form. The reason for that can
also be found in the fact that some politicians indeed
were UDBA collaborators - a fact that can be relatively
easy to cover up by publishing new dossiers over and over
again," the editorial said.
by Ales Gaube
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(english+deutsch)
http://www.artel.co.yu/en/izbor/jugoslavija/2003-04-12_1.html
The Attack on Iraq from the Perspective of a Serbian Woman
infograf@...
Spomenka Deretic (Journalist)
Belgrade, 7. April 2003
Waiting for Death
The first victim of the Anglo-American attack on
Iraq was the Iraqi Belgrader Adnan. That night,
sitting on his couch, in his home, in one of
Belgrade's suburbs, he was watching TV. The
announcer suddenly, in an agitated voice, anounced
the news that the Americans had begun attacking
Iraq. Adnan could see the first rockets hitting
Baghdad and the city's grandiose buildings being
transformed into ruins. It was at that moment that
Adnan's heart simply stopped beating. We will
never know for sure what Adnan was thinking
about at that moment. Was he thinking about the
injured Iraqi children? Or his sister (an english
professor)? Or of his familly home? Or the brutal
destruction of a beautiful city and an old, civilized
people?
Adnan often told his Serbian wife and his friends in
Serbia that oil was a curse for Iraqis, not a source of
wealth. Adnan believed that oil attracted today's
rapacious conquerors, just as once, the fertile lands
of Babylon - regulated by intricate canal systems -
attracted conquerors and plunderers. The night
before the Anglo-American attack on Iraq, Adnan
was speaking with his sister who was still in
Baghdad. Adnan's sister (the english professor),
was telling him that she no longer closed the gate to
their father's house. "We Iraqis" she said " wait
every morning for only one guest now - DEATH"
The Ninth Crusade
The feudal rulers of Western and Central Europe
led wars of conquest against the lands and peoples
of the Middle East for a whole three-centuries
(from the XIth to the XIVth). The Western and
Central European political elite of the middle
wages wanted, so they said, to "liberate" Christ's
grave in Jerusalem from Muslim rule. This is why
they called their soldiers Crusaders and the
"liberators" of Christ's grave. But those Europeans
were, in fact, really only a bunch of common
criminals and thiefs.
They were more attracted by the wealth of the
Middle East and the desire to control the lucrative
trade routes with the other Asian and African states
of the era. The false "liberators" of Christ's grave
even robbed and massacred the citizens of wealthy
Constantinople, the main city of Byzantine
Christiandom.
The Eigth Crusade led by these thieving Crusaders
was initiated by his "Holiness" Louis IX. The Ninth
Crusade was called "Freedom for Iraqis" and was
led by George Bush II. The goals of both Lois the
IXth and Bush the IInd were identical: the conquest
of other countries and the plunder of other people's
wealth. In the Middle Ages the justification for the
killing of other peoples and the destruction of other
nations was the "liberation" of Christ's grave.
Today the justification for the destruction and
looting of Iraq is the battle against "terrorism." In
fact, the real terrorism is the destruction of the
valuable material remains of old civilizations.
In Iraq, at the turn of the 20th century, the German
archeologist Kohldevey (sp?) uncovered physical
evidence that confirmed Herodotus' accounts of the
highly-developed nature of Babylonian culture.
The Anglo-American pilots who bombed Al-Qasr
were also bombing some of the oldest monuments
of ancient Babylon. Until this month, one could
find strucures that were at least 4000 years old in
the region, with the Gate of the Godess Istar,
decorated in the richest ways, one of the key
surviving monuments of this glorious history. It
would seem that when the Americans and British
break through this gate - representative of all
human civilization - they will build in its place a
monument to the Marines and to the all-mighty
Barrel of Oil instead.
A Pyrrhic Victor for the Americans and the
British
The Americans and the British expected that they
would easily occupy Iraq. They were suprised by
the heroic resistance of the Iraqi people. They
became frustrated and angry that the Iraqis were
defending themselves and their own land. Bush the
IInd and Blair the Ist's soldiers and rockets
unceasingly rained-down on Iraqi cities and the
Iraqi people in direct proportion to the people's
resistance. They bombed Iraqi TV, just as NATO
had bombed the workers of TV Belgrade four years
ago [killing 14].
The Americans and the British have killed in the
past few weeks alone over a thousand Iraqi
civilians. Iraqi children injured in this assault will -
if they survive - only remember the foreign
soldiers that ripped apart their small bodies and
brought to them unbearable pains and sufferings.
For these Iraqi children, their torn limbs and
shattered lives will never be restored by the small
packets of "aid" brought to them by "humanitarian"
organizations from the countries that bombed them.
They know that for these foreign soldiers - that is
to say for the Americans and the British - oil is
much more valuable than the lives of Iraqi children.
Anglo-American pilots unceasingly attacked
Baghdad with powerful bombs, as "precisely" as
NATO pilots had terrorized the people of Serbia
around this time four years ago. We should
remember that four years ago a precedent was
established. The international community lacked
the power to stop the aggression that was aimed, by
this strange militaristic beast, at the people of
Yugoslavia. The renewed assaults of this beast on
the peoples of Afghanistan and Iraq, represent the
logical continuation of the militarism that
characterizes the modus operandi of the sole
superpower on our planet.
It is equally logical to conclude that the Americans
will not be satisfied solely with the conquest of Iraq
and the plunder of its oil. America feeds off of fear
and becomes ever more dangerous through such
nourishment. It will soon want to swallow-up
Syria and Iran as well. And afterwards, whose turn
will it be? Because of all the possible answers to
that one question, it would seem that the attack on
Iraq represents the begining of the end of
Washington's absolute domination over this planet
of ours. After the attack on Iraq, America will no
longer be the only super-power in this world. The
only thing is, the West has still not become aware
of this fact!
---
DER ANGRIFF AUF DEN IRAK AUS DER
PERSPEKTIVE EINER BOMBARDIERTEN SERBIN
infograf@...
Spomenka Deretic, Journalistin
Belgrad, 7. April 2003.
In Erwartung des Todes
Das erste Opfer des angloamerikanischen Angriffs auf den Irak war
der Belgrader Iraker Adnan. In dieser Nacht saß er im Sessel seines
Hauses in einem Belgrader Vorort und sah fern. Der Sprecher las mit
erregter Stimme die Nachricht, dass die Amerikaner den Irak
angegriffen haben. Adnan sah, wie eine Rakete in Bagdad einschlug
und wie sich der wunderschöne Palast in Trümmer verwandelt. Da
hörte Adnans Herz auf zu schlagen. Wir werden nie erfahren, woran in
diesem Augenblick der Belgrader Iraker Adnan dachte. Dachte er über
die verwundeten irakischen Kinder nach oder über seine Schwester,
die Englisch-Lehrerin, oder über sein Elternhaus, oder über die
unwiederbringliche Vernichtung einer wunderschönen Stadt und eines
alten, zivilisierten Volkes. Adnan sagte oft zu seiner serbischen Frau
und seinen serbischen Freunden, dass das Öl für die Iraner ein Fluch
und kein Reichtum sei. Adnan behauptete, das Öl locke die modernen
habgierigen Eroberer an, so wie einst das fruchtbare, von Kanälen
geregelte Land Babylons Eroberer und Zerstörer anlockte. Am
Vorabend des angloamerikanischen Angriffs auf den Irak telefonierte
Adnan mit seiner Schwester in Bagdad. Die Englisch-Lehrerin aus
Bagdad, Adnans Schwester, sagte, sie verschließe die Tür des
Gartenzauns um das Haus des Vaters nicht mehr. "Wir Iraker", sagte
Adnans Schwester, "erwarten jeden Morgen nur einen Gast - den
TOD!"
Neunter Kreuzzug
Die Feudalherren West- und Mitteleuropas führten
Eroberungsfeldzüge gegen die Länder und Völker des Mittleren
Ostens ganze drei Jahrhunderte hindurch- vom 11. bis 14. Jh. Die
mittelalterliche politische Elite West- und Mitteleuropas wollte
angeblich das Grab Christi in Jerusalem von den Muslimen befreien.
Deshalb wurden sie Kreuzritter und Befreier des Grabes Christi
genannte. Diese Europäer waren im Grunde gewöhnliche Plünderer.
Sie wurden angelockt von dem Reichtum des Mittleren Ostens und der
Übernahme des Handels mit den asiatischen und afrikanischen Staaten.
Die falschen Befreier des Grabes Christi plünderten und töteten die
Bevölkerung des reichen Konstantinopel, der Hauptstadt des
christlichen Byzanz. Den achten Plünderungs- und Kreuzzug führte
Louis IX. der Heilige an. Den neunten Kreuzzug, genannt "Freiheit für
die Iraker", führt George Bush II. an. Louis IX. und Bush II. hatten
das
gleiche Ziel: die Eroberung fremder Gebiete und die Plünderung
fremder Reichtümer. Im Mittelalter war die Befreiung des Grabes
Christi der Vorwand für die Tötung der Menschen und die
Vernichtung der Völker. Heute ist der Kampf gegen den Terrorismus
der Vorwand für die Vernichtung und Plünderung des Irak.
Terrorismus ist eigentlich auch die Vernichtung wertvoller materieller
Überreste alter menschlicher Zivilisationen. Die Ausgrabungen unter
dem deutschen Archäologen Robert Koldewey Ende des 19. und
Anfang des 20. Jh. bestätigten Herodots Aufzeichnungen über die
großartige Kultur Babylons. Die angloamerikanischen Piloten
bombardierten Emm Kasr unweit der ehemaligen Hauptstadt
Babylons. Bis zu diesem Monat standen hier die mindestens
viertausend Jahre alten Stadtmauern mit einem Tor der Göttin Ischtar,
geschmückt mit Ornamenten aus glasierten Ziegeln. Wenn die
Amerikaner und Briten dieses Tor der Geschichte der Zivilisation des
menschlichen Geschlechts zerstören, werden sie an dieser Stelle ein
Denkmal mit der Gestalt eines Marineinfanteristen und Bohrlöcher
errichten.
Der Pyrrhus-Sieg der Amerikaner und Briten
Die Amerikaner und Briten rechneten damit, dass sie den Irak leicht
okkupieren werden. Der heldenhafte Widerstand der Iraker hat sie
überrascht. Sie sind ärgerlich, dass die Iraker ihr Vaterland
verteidigen. Die Soldaten Bushs II. und Blaires I. überschütten die
irakischen Städte und das irakische Volk ununterbrochen mit Raketen.
Sie bombardierten das irakische Fernsehen, wie die NATO vor vier
Jahren die Angestellten im Belgrader Fernsehen bombardierte. Die
Amerikaner und Briten töteten in den letzten zehn Tagen Tausende
irakische Zivilisten. Die verwundeten irakischen Kinder werden sich,
wenn sie überleben, an die fremden Soldaten erinnern, die ihre Körper
zerreißen und ihnen schreckliches Leid zufügen. Den irakischen
Kindern können auch die Päckchen, die ihnen später humanitäre
Organisationen aus den Ländern, die sie bombardierten, schicken
werden, ihre abgerissenen Gliedmaßen nicht wiedergeben. Für die
Ausländer, die Amerikaner und Briten, ist das Öl viel wertvoller als
das Leben der irakischen Kinder.
Angloamerikanische Piloten überschütten Bagdad unaufhörlich mit
mächtigen Bomben, ebenso wie NATO-Piloten vor vier Jahren Serben
getötet haben. Vor vier Jahren wurde ein Präzedenzfall geschaffen.
Die Weltgemeinschaft hatte nicht die Kraft, den Angriff des
militärischen Ungetüms auf Jugoslawien aufzuhalten. Der Angriff des
angloamerikanischen Ungetüms auf den Irak stellt eine logische
Fortsetzung der militärischen Machtdemonstration einer Supermacht
auf unserem Planeten dar. Ein ebenso logischer Gedankengang ist, dass
sich die USA mit der Eroberung des Irak und der Plünderung dessen
Erdöls nicht zufrieden geben werden. Amerika nährt sich von der
Angst und von dieser Nahrung wird es immer gefährlicher. Demnächst
wird es auch Syrien und den Iran schlucken wollen. Und danach, wer
wird dann an der Reihe sein? Wegen einer möglichen Antwort auf
diese Frage scheint es, dass der Angriff auf den Irak den Anfang des
Endes der absoluten Vorherrschaft der USA über unseren Planeten
darstellt. Nach dem Krieg mit dem Irak wird Amerika nicht mehr die
einzige Supermacht in der Welt sein. Bloß weiß das der Westen noch
nicht!
http://www.artel.co.yu/en/izbor/jugoslavija/2003-04-12_1.html
The Attack on Iraq from the Perspective of a Serbian Woman
infograf@...
Spomenka Deretic (Journalist)
Belgrade, 7. April 2003
Waiting for Death
The first victim of the Anglo-American attack on
Iraq was the Iraqi Belgrader Adnan. That night,
sitting on his couch, in his home, in one of
Belgrade's suburbs, he was watching TV. The
announcer suddenly, in an agitated voice, anounced
the news that the Americans had begun attacking
Iraq. Adnan could see the first rockets hitting
Baghdad and the city's grandiose buildings being
transformed into ruins. It was at that moment that
Adnan's heart simply stopped beating. We will
never know for sure what Adnan was thinking
about at that moment. Was he thinking about the
injured Iraqi children? Or his sister (an english
professor)? Or of his familly home? Or the brutal
destruction of a beautiful city and an old, civilized
people?
Adnan often told his Serbian wife and his friends in
Serbia that oil was a curse for Iraqis, not a source of
wealth. Adnan believed that oil attracted today's
rapacious conquerors, just as once, the fertile lands
of Babylon - regulated by intricate canal systems -
attracted conquerors and plunderers. The night
before the Anglo-American attack on Iraq, Adnan
was speaking with his sister who was still in
Baghdad. Adnan's sister (the english professor),
was telling him that she no longer closed the gate to
their father's house. "We Iraqis" she said " wait
every morning for only one guest now - DEATH"
The Ninth Crusade
The feudal rulers of Western and Central Europe
led wars of conquest against the lands and peoples
of the Middle East for a whole three-centuries
(from the XIth to the XIVth). The Western and
Central European political elite of the middle
wages wanted, so they said, to "liberate" Christ's
grave in Jerusalem from Muslim rule. This is why
they called their soldiers Crusaders and the
"liberators" of Christ's grave. But those Europeans
were, in fact, really only a bunch of common
criminals and thiefs.
They were more attracted by the wealth of the
Middle East and the desire to control the lucrative
trade routes with the other Asian and African states
of the era. The false "liberators" of Christ's grave
even robbed and massacred the citizens of wealthy
Constantinople, the main city of Byzantine
Christiandom.
The Eigth Crusade led by these thieving Crusaders
was initiated by his "Holiness" Louis IX. The Ninth
Crusade was called "Freedom for Iraqis" and was
led by George Bush II. The goals of both Lois the
IXth and Bush the IInd were identical: the conquest
of other countries and the plunder of other people's
wealth. In the Middle Ages the justification for the
killing of other peoples and the destruction of other
nations was the "liberation" of Christ's grave.
Today the justification for the destruction and
looting of Iraq is the battle against "terrorism." In
fact, the real terrorism is the destruction of the
valuable material remains of old civilizations.
In Iraq, at the turn of the 20th century, the German
archeologist Kohldevey (sp?) uncovered physical
evidence that confirmed Herodotus' accounts of the
highly-developed nature of Babylonian culture.
The Anglo-American pilots who bombed Al-Qasr
were also bombing some of the oldest monuments
of ancient Babylon. Until this month, one could
find strucures that were at least 4000 years old in
the region, with the Gate of the Godess Istar,
decorated in the richest ways, one of the key
surviving monuments of this glorious history. It
would seem that when the Americans and British
break through this gate - representative of all
human civilization - they will build in its place a
monument to the Marines and to the all-mighty
Barrel of Oil instead.
A Pyrrhic Victor for the Americans and the
British
The Americans and the British expected that they
would easily occupy Iraq. They were suprised by
the heroic resistance of the Iraqi people. They
became frustrated and angry that the Iraqis were
defending themselves and their own land. Bush the
IInd and Blair the Ist's soldiers and rockets
unceasingly rained-down on Iraqi cities and the
Iraqi people in direct proportion to the people's
resistance. They bombed Iraqi TV, just as NATO
had bombed the workers of TV Belgrade four years
ago [killing 14].
The Americans and the British have killed in the
past few weeks alone over a thousand Iraqi
civilians. Iraqi children injured in this assault will -
if they survive - only remember the foreign
soldiers that ripped apart their small bodies and
brought to them unbearable pains and sufferings.
For these Iraqi children, their torn limbs and
shattered lives will never be restored by the small
packets of "aid" brought to them by "humanitarian"
organizations from the countries that bombed them.
They know that for these foreign soldiers - that is
to say for the Americans and the British - oil is
much more valuable than the lives of Iraqi children.
Anglo-American pilots unceasingly attacked
Baghdad with powerful bombs, as "precisely" as
NATO pilots had terrorized the people of Serbia
around this time four years ago. We should
remember that four years ago a precedent was
established. The international community lacked
the power to stop the aggression that was aimed, by
this strange militaristic beast, at the people of
Yugoslavia. The renewed assaults of this beast on
the peoples of Afghanistan and Iraq, represent the
logical continuation of the militarism that
characterizes the modus operandi of the sole
superpower on our planet.
It is equally logical to conclude that the Americans
will not be satisfied solely with the conquest of Iraq
and the plunder of its oil. America feeds off of fear
and becomes ever more dangerous through such
nourishment. It will soon want to swallow-up
Syria and Iran as well. And afterwards, whose turn
will it be? Because of all the possible answers to
that one question, it would seem that the attack on
Iraq represents the begining of the end of
Washington's absolute domination over this planet
of ours. After the attack on Iraq, America will no
longer be the only super-power in this world. The
only thing is, the West has still not become aware
of this fact!
---
DER ANGRIFF AUF DEN IRAK AUS DER
PERSPEKTIVE EINER BOMBARDIERTEN SERBIN
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Spomenka Deretic, Journalistin
Belgrad, 7. April 2003.
In Erwartung des Todes
Das erste Opfer des angloamerikanischen Angriffs auf den Irak war
der Belgrader Iraker Adnan. In dieser Nacht saß er im Sessel seines
Hauses in einem Belgrader Vorort und sah fern. Der Sprecher las mit
erregter Stimme die Nachricht, dass die Amerikaner den Irak
angegriffen haben. Adnan sah, wie eine Rakete in Bagdad einschlug
und wie sich der wunderschöne Palast in Trümmer verwandelt. Da
hörte Adnans Herz auf zu schlagen. Wir werden nie erfahren, woran in
diesem Augenblick der Belgrader Iraker Adnan dachte. Dachte er über
die verwundeten irakischen Kinder nach oder über seine Schwester,
die Englisch-Lehrerin, oder über sein Elternhaus, oder über die
unwiederbringliche Vernichtung einer wunderschönen Stadt und eines
alten, zivilisierten Volkes. Adnan sagte oft zu seiner serbischen Frau
und seinen serbischen Freunden, dass das Öl für die Iraner ein Fluch
und kein Reichtum sei. Adnan behauptete, das Öl locke die modernen
habgierigen Eroberer an, so wie einst das fruchtbare, von Kanälen
geregelte Land Babylons Eroberer und Zerstörer anlockte. Am
Vorabend des angloamerikanischen Angriffs auf den Irak telefonierte
Adnan mit seiner Schwester in Bagdad. Die Englisch-Lehrerin aus
Bagdad, Adnans Schwester, sagte, sie verschließe die Tür des
Gartenzauns um das Haus des Vaters nicht mehr. "Wir Iraker", sagte
Adnans Schwester, "erwarten jeden Morgen nur einen Gast - den
TOD!"
Neunter Kreuzzug
Die Feudalherren West- und Mitteleuropas führten
Eroberungsfeldzüge gegen die Länder und Völker des Mittleren
Ostens ganze drei Jahrhunderte hindurch- vom 11. bis 14. Jh. Die
mittelalterliche politische Elite West- und Mitteleuropas wollte
angeblich das Grab Christi in Jerusalem von den Muslimen befreien.
Deshalb wurden sie Kreuzritter und Befreier des Grabes Christi
genannte. Diese Europäer waren im Grunde gewöhnliche Plünderer.
Sie wurden angelockt von dem Reichtum des Mittleren Ostens und der
Übernahme des Handels mit den asiatischen und afrikanischen Staaten.
Die falschen Befreier des Grabes Christi plünderten und töteten die
Bevölkerung des reichen Konstantinopel, der Hauptstadt des
christlichen Byzanz. Den achten Plünderungs- und Kreuzzug führte
Louis IX. der Heilige an. Den neunten Kreuzzug, genannt "Freiheit für
die Iraker", führt George Bush II. an. Louis IX. und Bush II. hatten
das
gleiche Ziel: die Eroberung fremder Gebiete und die Plünderung
fremder Reichtümer. Im Mittelalter war die Befreiung des Grabes
Christi der Vorwand für die Tötung der Menschen und die
Vernichtung der Völker. Heute ist der Kampf gegen den Terrorismus
der Vorwand für die Vernichtung und Plünderung des Irak.
Terrorismus ist eigentlich auch die Vernichtung wertvoller materieller
Überreste alter menschlicher Zivilisationen. Die Ausgrabungen unter
dem deutschen Archäologen Robert Koldewey Ende des 19. und
Anfang des 20. Jh. bestätigten Herodots Aufzeichnungen über die
großartige Kultur Babylons. Die angloamerikanischen Piloten
bombardierten Emm Kasr unweit der ehemaligen Hauptstadt
Babylons. Bis zu diesem Monat standen hier die mindestens
viertausend Jahre alten Stadtmauern mit einem Tor der Göttin Ischtar,
geschmückt mit Ornamenten aus glasierten Ziegeln. Wenn die
Amerikaner und Briten dieses Tor der Geschichte der Zivilisation des
menschlichen Geschlechts zerstören, werden sie an dieser Stelle ein
Denkmal mit der Gestalt eines Marineinfanteristen und Bohrlöcher
errichten.
Der Pyrrhus-Sieg der Amerikaner und Briten
Die Amerikaner und Briten rechneten damit, dass sie den Irak leicht
okkupieren werden. Der heldenhafte Widerstand der Iraker hat sie
überrascht. Sie sind ärgerlich, dass die Iraker ihr Vaterland
verteidigen. Die Soldaten Bushs II. und Blaires I. überschütten die
irakischen Städte und das irakische Volk ununterbrochen mit Raketen.
Sie bombardierten das irakische Fernsehen, wie die NATO vor vier
Jahren die Angestellten im Belgrader Fernsehen bombardierte. Die
Amerikaner und Briten töteten in den letzten zehn Tagen Tausende
irakische Zivilisten. Die verwundeten irakischen Kinder werden sich,
wenn sie überleben, an die fremden Soldaten erinnern, die ihre Körper
zerreißen und ihnen schreckliches Leid zufügen. Den irakischen
Kindern können auch die Päckchen, die ihnen später humanitäre
Organisationen aus den Ländern, die sie bombardierten, schicken
werden, ihre abgerissenen Gliedmaßen nicht wiedergeben. Für die
Ausländer, die Amerikaner und Briten, ist das Öl viel wertvoller als
das Leben der irakischen Kinder.
Angloamerikanische Piloten überschütten Bagdad unaufhörlich mit
mächtigen Bomben, ebenso wie NATO-Piloten vor vier Jahren Serben
getötet haben. Vor vier Jahren wurde ein Präzedenzfall geschaffen.
Die Weltgemeinschaft hatte nicht die Kraft, den Angriff des
militärischen Ungetüms auf Jugoslawien aufzuhalten. Der Angriff des
angloamerikanischen Ungetüms auf den Irak stellt eine logische
Fortsetzung der militärischen Machtdemonstration einer Supermacht
auf unserem Planeten dar. Ein ebenso logischer Gedankengang ist, dass
sich die USA mit der Eroberung des Irak und der Plünderung dessen
Erdöls nicht zufrieden geben werden. Amerika nährt sich von der
Angst und von dieser Nahrung wird es immer gefährlicher. Demnächst
wird es auch Syrien und den Iran schlucken wollen. Und danach, wer
wird dann an der Reihe sein? Wegen einer möglichen Antwort auf
diese Frage scheint es, dass der Angriff auf den Irak den Anfang des
Endes der absoluten Vorherrschaft der USA über unseren Planeten
darstellt. Nach dem Krieg mit dem Irak wird Amerika nicht mehr die
einzige Supermacht in der Welt sein. Bloß weiß das der Westen noch
nicht!
"Lapsus" alla Risiera: come ti infango il 25 aprile
In assenza di meglio, il sindaco di Trieste (della coalizione di
destra) si e' inventato un "lapsus" per infangare la Resistenza -
collegando subdolamente i partigiani ai presunti crimini di guerra - e
"rovinare" cosi' la Festa della Liberazione (1).
Intanto, la stessa destra triestina chiede di assegnare medaglie ai
filonazisti della X Mas e del battaglione Mussolini (2).
Per chi volesse saperne di piu' sulla RISIERA DI SAN SABA:
> http://digilander.libero.it/lopreda/risieras.htm
> http://www.windcloak.it/cultura/risiera.htm
Per chi volesse saperne di piu' sulle sempre "difficili" celebrazioni
del 25 aprile a Trieste, sulla propaganda in merito alle "foibe" e sui
crimini di guerra dei fascisti italiani, rimendiamo invece a due
articoli contenuti nel prossimo messaggio.
=== (1) ===
il manifesto - 26 Aprile 2003
TRIESTE
Lapsus alla Risiera
Il sindaco confonde le vittime del nazismo con quelle delle foibe
Destra giuliana in nero. An a Trieste continua a mettere sullo stesso
piano repubblichini e partigiani. Forza nuova si raduna a Basovizza
per omaggiare le vittime «del comunismo titino». Il sindaco di Forza
Italia va in confusione e viene contestato
MATTEO MODER
TRIESTE
Un lapsus. Un semplice lapsus freudiano del sindaco Roberto Dipiazza
(Fi) ha fatto saltare ieri mattina all'interno della Risiera di San
Sabba - unico campo di concentramento nazista in Italia dotato di
forno crematorio e dove furono uccise in poco più di un anno tra le
3000 e le 5000 persone - un compromesso per la celebrazione «unitaria»
del 25 aprile raggiunto dopo mesi di polemiche e con equilibrismi
degni di un circo. Al termine di un discorso equilibrato, in cui
Dipiazza ha fatto riferimento esplicito alla «liberazione dal
nazifascismo» (locuzione evitata come il demonio dalla Casa delle
Libertà per una più innocua e «virtuosa» «da tutti i totalitarismi»),
ha parlato di Slovenia e di Croazia, di democrazia e di
libertà. Giunto, alla penultima riga però lo sgarro dell'inconscio.
«Onore ai maritiri delle Foib...ops,
lapsus, Onore ai martiri della Risiera, Viva Trieste, Viva l'Italia».
Ma come diceva padre Dante «cosa fatta capo ha» e il nostro Dipiazza è
stato sommerso da una valanga di fischi da parte delle oltre 6.000
persone che gremivano l'interno e l'esterno del monumento nazionale.
Dipiazza, uscito poi dalla Risiera sempre tra i fischi ha ribadito che
si è trattato di un puro lapsus. «Credetemi - ha detto - è stato un
errore causato dall'emozione di trovarmi in un luogo importante come
la Risiera, anch'io sono un uomo, cone le sue debolezze, le sue
emozioni». Sinceramente dispiaciuto quindi, anche perché Dipiazza è
costretto da due anni a cercare di mediare con l'atteggiamento
piuttosto intollerante dell'assessore alla cultura Roberto Menia (An),
che non vuole sentir parlare sloveno, considera solo due le date della
liberazione di Trieste, il 1918 e il 1954 e ha imposto probabilmente
che la cerimonia di ieri mattina cominciasse con l'inno di Mameli e
l'alza banidera, fatti mai avvenuti prima. Anche la deposizione delle
corone d'alloro dove si trovava il forno crematorio sono state
accompagnate da musiche patriottiche come la leggenda del Piave,
mentre, escluso dalla cerimonia ufficiale il coro partigiano sloveno,
su basi musicali preregistrate si sono ascoltate canzoni plurilingui
senza attinenza con la resistenza. Solo dopo la contestazione di
Dipiazza e dopo i riti religiosi cattolico, ebriaco, serborotodosso,
la gente si è lasciata andare a un liberatorio «Bella ciao» intonato
dai componenti del coro partigiano «dispersi» tra la folla, in attesa
della seconda cerimonia che si è svolta poi in Risiera, con
Rifondazione Comunista che non aveva accettato di aderire al
«compromesso», perché il presidente della provincia, Fabio Scoccimarro
(An), - che stigmatizzato duramente la contestazione defineldola
«un'indegna gazzarra da stadio» - voleva che il 25 aprile avesse due
momenti ufficiali le Foibe e la Risiera, nel solito calderone di tutti
uguali nella morte, tutti morti per la difesa della patria.
Lo storico Galliano Fogar ha ricordato che il 25 aprile è festa della
liberazione dal giogo nazifascista per legge dello Stato. «Fu l'inizio
dell'insurrezione nel nord Italia, fu il prodromo della ritrovata
democrazia e della Costituzione italiana, ora messa in discussione da
questi fascisti travestiti da ex che ci governano. La gente non sa, i
media non sanno, gli storici veri vengono sbeffeggiati. E' pazzesco
quanto sta avvenendo».
Come ciliegina sulla torta, Forza Nuova con Roberto Fiore in prima
linea, Veneto Fronte Skinhead e una delegazione dei neonazisti
tedeschi dell'Npd, hanno ricordato i «martiri delle Foibe» a
Basovizza. Tutto si è svolto senza incidenti, anche perché la
questura, su pressione dei centri sociali, dei verdi e del Prc, aveva
proibito solo ieri un comizio di Fiore previsto per stamani in centro
città.
=== (2) ===
il manifesto - 7 Aprile 2003
Una medaglia ai torturatori?
Proposta di An per onorare a Trieste i militi pro-nazisti
La X Mas e il battaglione Mussolini riceverebbero la medaglia
riservata agli «infoibati». Ma in realtà non fecero nulla per
difenderli
MATTEO MODER
TRIESTE
Alla fine del settembre del 1943 non potevano operare in Istria o sul
confine nordorientale né la X Mas né il battaglione bersaglieri
«Mussolini», in quanto come entità della repubblica di Salò ancora non
esistevano.
Lo scrive lo storico triestino Galliano Fogar nel suo Trieste in
guerra, 1940-1945. «Alla fine del settembre '43 - ricorda- l'intera
Istria interna fu occupata dalle truppe tedesche appoggiate da esigui
nuclei della ricostituenda milizia fascista locale. Secondo le cifre
fornite dagli stessi tedeschi - prosegue - furono migliaia i
partigiani massacrati, e molte migliaia quelli imprigionati». Il
deputato triestino Roberto Menia, nella relazione che accompagna la
sua proposta di legge per un riconoscimento morale - una medaglia con
la scritta «Per l'Italia» - ai parenti degli italiani infoibati, «a
titolo onorifico e senza assegni» rileva che «la prima ondata di
infoibamenti e massacri di italiani perpetrati dai titini in Istria
dopo l'8 settembre 1943 terminò grazie al ristabilirsi di presidi
italiani e con la difesa del confine orientale a opera di reparti come
la X Mas o il battaglione bersaglieri Mussolini». La proposta di legge
di Menia, quindi, prevede che la medaglia possa essere assegnata anche
ai parenti degli appartenenti alla X Mas e al battaglione Mussolini.
«Come è noto - ha detto Menia in una sua lettera al quotidiano
triestino Il Piccolo - nelle foibe ci finirono civili e militari,
donne e uomini, fascisti e antifascisti. Mi si spieghi perché i marò
della X, fatti a pezzi a Tarnova in Istria e massacrati perché
difendevano il confine orientale e l'Italia (non il fascismo o
Mussolini) dovrebbero essere esclusi da questo riconoscimento».
C'è, però, come si è visto, lo scarto di un anno perché, come ben
spiega Fogar nel suo libro, la X Mas fu impiegata dai tedeschi in alto
Friuli e nell'Istria da loro occupata solo tra l'autunno del 1944 e il
gennaio del 1945. In tali operazioni furono usati oltre ai reparti
della X Mas di Borghese anche «migliaia di cosacchi trasferiti nella
regione da Polonia, Germania, Cecoslovacchia e anche Jugoslavia».
Applicando l'ordine del 17 giugno 1944 di Kesserling di usare contro i
«ribelli» e le popolazioni «complici» «tutti i mezzi a disposizione e
con la massima asprezza», i nazisti operarono nell'autunno del'44
nell'alto Friuli contro i partigiani italiani con l'aiuto della X Mas,
alcuni componenti dei quali commisero anche molti crimini, per i quali
furono processati nell'immediato dopoguerra.
«Alle operazioni, dirette dal comando delle Ss - scrive Fogar -
parteciparono anche reparti fascisti della Decima di Junio Valerio
Borghese. I grandi attacchi si conclusero dopo tre mesi di scontri con
l'occupazione di tutto l'alto Friuli, accompagnata dalle consuete
atrocià e distruzioni. Dopo le operazioni in Friuli - si legge nel
libro di Fogar - la Decima Mas fu impegnata in Istria in azioni contro
il IX Corpus sloveno durante le quali un suo battaglione fu
praticamente distrutto dopo tenace resistenza a Tarnova». Come ricorda
lo storico triestino, prima che il gauleiter Rainer, che governava
l'Adriatisches Kustenland, la costringesse ad andarsene, dopo averla
utilizzata nei grandi rastrellamenti dell'autunno-inverno `44-`45, la
X partecipò «a rappresaglie, devastazioni e uccisioni. Il suo servizio
di polizia a Conegliano (Treviso) - si legge - diretto dal ten.
Bertozzi si rese tristemente famoso per nefandezze e atrocità, mentre
in provincia di Udine, a Palmanova, la caserma Piave fu trasformata da
un reparto della Milizia fascista in un vero e proprio mattatoio dove
furono uccisi oltre 230 prigionieri».
In assenza di meglio, il sindaco di Trieste (della coalizione di
destra) si e' inventato un "lapsus" per infangare la Resistenza -
collegando subdolamente i partigiani ai presunti crimini di guerra - e
"rovinare" cosi' la Festa della Liberazione (1).
Intanto, la stessa destra triestina chiede di assegnare medaglie ai
filonazisti della X Mas e del battaglione Mussolini (2).
Per chi volesse saperne di piu' sulla RISIERA DI SAN SABA:
> http://digilander.libero.it/lopreda/risieras.htm
> http://www.windcloak.it/cultura/risiera.htm
Per chi volesse saperne di piu' sulle sempre "difficili" celebrazioni
del 25 aprile a Trieste, sulla propaganda in merito alle "foibe" e sui
crimini di guerra dei fascisti italiani, rimendiamo invece a due
articoli contenuti nel prossimo messaggio.
=== (1) ===
il manifesto - 26 Aprile 2003
TRIESTE
Lapsus alla Risiera
Il sindaco confonde le vittime del nazismo con quelle delle foibe
Destra giuliana in nero. An a Trieste continua a mettere sullo stesso
piano repubblichini e partigiani. Forza nuova si raduna a Basovizza
per omaggiare le vittime «del comunismo titino». Il sindaco di Forza
Italia va in confusione e viene contestato
MATTEO MODER
TRIESTE
Un lapsus. Un semplice lapsus freudiano del sindaco Roberto Dipiazza
(Fi) ha fatto saltare ieri mattina all'interno della Risiera di San
Sabba - unico campo di concentramento nazista in Italia dotato di
forno crematorio e dove furono uccise in poco più di un anno tra le
3000 e le 5000 persone - un compromesso per la celebrazione «unitaria»
del 25 aprile raggiunto dopo mesi di polemiche e con equilibrismi
degni di un circo. Al termine di un discorso equilibrato, in cui
Dipiazza ha fatto riferimento esplicito alla «liberazione dal
nazifascismo» (locuzione evitata come il demonio dalla Casa delle
Libertà per una più innocua e «virtuosa» «da tutti i totalitarismi»),
ha parlato di Slovenia e di Croazia, di democrazia e di
libertà. Giunto, alla penultima riga però lo sgarro dell'inconscio.
«Onore ai maritiri delle Foib...ops,
lapsus, Onore ai martiri della Risiera, Viva Trieste, Viva l'Italia».
Ma come diceva padre Dante «cosa fatta capo ha» e il nostro Dipiazza è
stato sommerso da una valanga di fischi da parte delle oltre 6.000
persone che gremivano l'interno e l'esterno del monumento nazionale.
Dipiazza, uscito poi dalla Risiera sempre tra i fischi ha ribadito che
si è trattato di un puro lapsus. «Credetemi - ha detto - è stato un
errore causato dall'emozione di trovarmi in un luogo importante come
la Risiera, anch'io sono un uomo, cone le sue debolezze, le sue
emozioni». Sinceramente dispiaciuto quindi, anche perché Dipiazza è
costretto da due anni a cercare di mediare con l'atteggiamento
piuttosto intollerante dell'assessore alla cultura Roberto Menia (An),
che non vuole sentir parlare sloveno, considera solo due le date della
liberazione di Trieste, il 1918 e il 1954 e ha imposto probabilmente
che la cerimonia di ieri mattina cominciasse con l'inno di Mameli e
l'alza banidera, fatti mai avvenuti prima. Anche la deposizione delle
corone d'alloro dove si trovava il forno crematorio sono state
accompagnate da musiche patriottiche come la leggenda del Piave,
mentre, escluso dalla cerimonia ufficiale il coro partigiano sloveno,
su basi musicali preregistrate si sono ascoltate canzoni plurilingui
senza attinenza con la resistenza. Solo dopo la contestazione di
Dipiazza e dopo i riti religiosi cattolico, ebriaco, serborotodosso,
la gente si è lasciata andare a un liberatorio «Bella ciao» intonato
dai componenti del coro partigiano «dispersi» tra la folla, in attesa
della seconda cerimonia che si è svolta poi in Risiera, con
Rifondazione Comunista che non aveva accettato di aderire al
«compromesso», perché il presidente della provincia, Fabio Scoccimarro
(An), - che stigmatizzato duramente la contestazione defineldola
«un'indegna gazzarra da stadio» - voleva che il 25 aprile avesse due
momenti ufficiali le Foibe e la Risiera, nel solito calderone di tutti
uguali nella morte, tutti morti per la difesa della patria.
Lo storico Galliano Fogar ha ricordato che il 25 aprile è festa della
liberazione dal giogo nazifascista per legge dello Stato. «Fu l'inizio
dell'insurrezione nel nord Italia, fu il prodromo della ritrovata
democrazia e della Costituzione italiana, ora messa in discussione da
questi fascisti travestiti da ex che ci governano. La gente non sa, i
media non sanno, gli storici veri vengono sbeffeggiati. E' pazzesco
quanto sta avvenendo».
Come ciliegina sulla torta, Forza Nuova con Roberto Fiore in prima
linea, Veneto Fronte Skinhead e una delegazione dei neonazisti
tedeschi dell'Npd, hanno ricordato i «martiri delle Foibe» a
Basovizza. Tutto si è svolto senza incidenti, anche perché la
questura, su pressione dei centri sociali, dei verdi e del Prc, aveva
proibito solo ieri un comizio di Fiore previsto per stamani in centro
città.
=== (2) ===
il manifesto - 7 Aprile 2003
Una medaglia ai torturatori?
Proposta di An per onorare a Trieste i militi pro-nazisti
La X Mas e il battaglione Mussolini riceverebbero la medaglia
riservata agli «infoibati». Ma in realtà non fecero nulla per
difenderli
MATTEO MODER
TRIESTE
Alla fine del settembre del 1943 non potevano operare in Istria o sul
confine nordorientale né la X Mas né il battaglione bersaglieri
«Mussolini», in quanto come entità della repubblica di Salò ancora non
esistevano.
Lo scrive lo storico triestino Galliano Fogar nel suo Trieste in
guerra, 1940-1945. «Alla fine del settembre '43 - ricorda- l'intera
Istria interna fu occupata dalle truppe tedesche appoggiate da esigui
nuclei della ricostituenda milizia fascista locale. Secondo le cifre
fornite dagli stessi tedeschi - prosegue - furono migliaia i
partigiani massacrati, e molte migliaia quelli imprigionati». Il
deputato triestino Roberto Menia, nella relazione che accompagna la
sua proposta di legge per un riconoscimento morale - una medaglia con
la scritta «Per l'Italia» - ai parenti degli italiani infoibati, «a
titolo onorifico e senza assegni» rileva che «la prima ondata di
infoibamenti e massacri di italiani perpetrati dai titini in Istria
dopo l'8 settembre 1943 terminò grazie al ristabilirsi di presidi
italiani e con la difesa del confine orientale a opera di reparti come
la X Mas o il battaglione bersaglieri Mussolini». La proposta di legge
di Menia, quindi, prevede che la medaglia possa essere assegnata anche
ai parenti degli appartenenti alla X Mas e al battaglione Mussolini.
«Come è noto - ha detto Menia in una sua lettera al quotidiano
triestino Il Piccolo - nelle foibe ci finirono civili e militari,
donne e uomini, fascisti e antifascisti. Mi si spieghi perché i marò
della X, fatti a pezzi a Tarnova in Istria e massacrati perché
difendevano il confine orientale e l'Italia (non il fascismo o
Mussolini) dovrebbero essere esclusi da questo riconoscimento».
C'è, però, come si è visto, lo scarto di un anno perché, come ben
spiega Fogar nel suo libro, la X Mas fu impiegata dai tedeschi in alto
Friuli e nell'Istria da loro occupata solo tra l'autunno del 1944 e il
gennaio del 1945. In tali operazioni furono usati oltre ai reparti
della X Mas di Borghese anche «migliaia di cosacchi trasferiti nella
regione da Polonia, Germania, Cecoslovacchia e anche Jugoslavia».
Applicando l'ordine del 17 giugno 1944 di Kesserling di usare contro i
«ribelli» e le popolazioni «complici» «tutti i mezzi a disposizione e
con la massima asprezza», i nazisti operarono nell'autunno del'44
nell'alto Friuli contro i partigiani italiani con l'aiuto della X Mas,
alcuni componenti dei quali commisero anche molti crimini, per i quali
furono processati nell'immediato dopoguerra.
«Alle operazioni, dirette dal comando delle Ss - scrive Fogar -
parteciparono anche reparti fascisti della Decima di Junio Valerio
Borghese. I grandi attacchi si conclusero dopo tre mesi di scontri con
l'occupazione di tutto l'alto Friuli, accompagnata dalle consuete
atrocià e distruzioni. Dopo le operazioni in Friuli - si legge nel
libro di Fogar - la Decima Mas fu impegnata in Istria in azioni contro
il IX Corpus sloveno durante le quali un suo battaglione fu
praticamente distrutto dopo tenace resistenza a Tarnova». Come ricorda
lo storico triestino, prima che il gauleiter Rainer, che governava
l'Adriatisches Kustenland, la costringesse ad andarsene, dopo averla
utilizzata nei grandi rastrellamenti dell'autunno-inverno `44-`45, la
X partecipò «a rappresaglie, devastazioni e uccisioni. Il suo servizio
di polizia a Conegliano (Treviso) - si legge - diretto dal ten.
Bertozzi si rese tristemente famoso per nefandezze e atrocità, mentre
in provincia di Udine, a Palmanova, la caserma Piave fu trasformata da
un reparto della Milizia fascista in un vero e proprio mattatoio dove
furono uccisi oltre 230 prigionieri».
