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Data: 29/08/2002 01:25
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Oggetto: German invasion in Yugoslavia
German invasion in Yugoslavia
By Eve-Ann Prentice
Belgrade - The Serbian traveller was incandescent at the communist-style
red tape which ensnared him when he went to buy a Yugoslav Airlines
ticket.
'You deserve to be sold off to Lufthansa,' he shouted at the girl behind
the counter.
In a land rich in expletives, that was perhaps not much of an insult,
but
the man at least exposed the growing unease in Yugoslavia over a new
Germanic invasion in the country. What the Austro-Hungarian empire and
then
the Nazis failed to win by force of arms in the first and second world
wars
- supremacy in the Balkans - Germany is now about to achieve by money
and
stealth.
German companies have bought much of the Serbian media, including 50 per
cent of the former pillar of communism, the daily newspaper Politika,
and
taken a stake in TV Kosova, the broadcasting outlet set up by Slobodan
Milosevic's daughter, Marija. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung has
invested
25 million euros in Politika, and the biggest European publishing house
in
Germany, Grunner & Jahr, has bought 49 per cent of the Belgrade tabloid
Blic. Another German company has expressed interest in buying up the
water
utilities in Montenegro, the mountain republic which with Serbia makes
up
what remains of the Yugoslav federation. This month, the German
government
also decided to donate ten million euros for the reconstruction of
central-heating plants in the cities of Belgrade, Nis and Novi Sad.
On the same day the airline passenger was ranting at Yugoslav Airlines,
a
Serbian doctor looked rueful when I asked him how his eight-year-old son
was faring in English lessons at school. The gynaecologist stroked his
child's head. 'They don't teach them English any more,' he said.
'Instead
he is being taught German.' Add to this the fact that Germany's old
wartime
ally, Croatia, has published a map which inadvertently contains little
nibbles of Serbian territory in the north, and you may understand why
Serbs
are feeling even more paranoid than usual.
In a region where history is never consigned to the dustbin, ancient
hostilities are dusted down almost daily. Old photographs of fathers,
brothers, grandfathers and cousins remind both Serbs and Croats of the
loved ones they lost in the second world war - when the Serbs rescued
British airmen and thousands of Jews from the German and Croatian
fascists
- and later, in the 1990s civil war.
Now new rumblings of discontent can be heard; Vojvodina, the flat,
northern, breadbasket province of Serbia, comprises 60 per cent
Hungarians,
who are showing signs of wanting to go their own way. There is another
Germanic root here: remember the Austro-Hungarian empire?
Vojvodina also borders Croatia, the two territories separated by the
mighty
Danube. But a recently published official map of Croatia showed a
frontier
which encompassed the river and took in nearby Serbian towns and
villages
such as Apatin and Sonta. The Croats said it was just a slip of the pen.
Tensions between Serbs and Hungarians in Vojvodina may come to a head on
1
September, when the town of Subotica commemorates the day that the
Austro-Hungarian Empress Maria Theresa granted it the status of a royal
free town in 1779. Usually, one member from each ethnic group there
receives a merit award each anniversary for outstanding contributions to
society. This year Serbs are angry because none of them will receive an
award, only Croats and Hungarians.
In late July there was a skirmish on the border between Croatia and
Vojvodina when Serb soldiers opened fire too close for comfort to a
boatload of Croatians sailing down the Danube at Backa Palanta. The
Serbian
Prime Minister, Zoran Djindjic, was forced to apologise, but the Croats
have retorted that saying sorry is not enough. That same weekend, a
former
Serbian television presenter and pop star, Zoran Tomasovic, was at a
family
funeral near the Vojvodina town of Kovilj, when he and his relatives
were
shouted at by roadside vegetable traders and told to 'go back to
Serbia'.
All this might be perceived as a little local difficulty were it not for
the old Serbo-Germanic antagonisms. The Serbs of Vojvodina will not
forget
the bitter Croatian civil war of 1991-92, or the ethnic cleansing of
more than
200,000 Serbs from the Krajina area of Croatia in August 1995, not least
because tens of thousands of these Serb refugees are now living in
Vojvodina.
Nor can they forget that it was Germany which helped propel Croatia into
civil war in 1991. The then foreign minister in Bonn, Hans Dietrich
Genscher, pressed Britain and other Western European countries to
recognise
Croatia as an independent country even before the government of Franjo
Tudjman had met the usual criteria for independence, such as having
secure
borders and a free press. The Croatian civil war broke out days later.
With presidential elections being held in Yugoslavia in late September,
Serbs are also only too aware that their Prime Minister, Mr Djindjic,
has
closely allied himself with the Germans and is a personal friend of
Chancellor Schroeder. Latest opinion polls for the presidential race put
Mr
Djindjic well down in the field with 8 per cent of support, while the
current Yugoslav President, Vojislav Kostunica, and the deputy premier
of
Yugoslavia, Miroljub Labus, have 22 per cent each.
Germany's deepening involvement is just one result of years of
interference
in the Balkans, masquerading as assistance, by Messrs Blair and Clinton
-
and later Bush. Essentially, Yugoslavia was torn apart by a series of
bloody civil wars which have had close parallels with the Northern
Ireland
conflict. There have been vile and dark deeds perpetrated by all - as
well
as innocent victims on all sides, whether Muslim, Croat, Kosovo Albanian
or
Serb.
The West, however, led in large part by Germany, would have us believe
that
all these interventions, which we paid for, were initiated in Croatia,
then
Bosnia and finally Kosovo and Serbia to protect the innocent. And for
the
'innocent', read 'everyone except the Serbs'. To suggest the contrary
is,
of course, to be portrayed as a Serb-loving monster. What the West,
especially Germany, Britain and America, do not want is any close
scrutiny
of the legacy left by the years of 'compassion-based' involvement in the
region. German economic supremacy is only part of the equation.
One of the biggest and best-kept secrets is that Bosnia, far from being
a
settled nation, is now a hotbed of hardline mujahedin. Islamic fighters
from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan went to the republic during
the
civil war of 1992-95 and many are still in the country today. Last
October,
for instance, just weeks after the cataclysm of 11 September, the
British
and American embassies in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, were forced to
close for five days after the building was besieged by angry Muslims
protesting at attempts by Western forces to deport suspected Islamic
terrorists in the region to Cuba.
Kosovo is a mess: the few Serbs still living there have to stay within
tightly guarded enclaves or risk death at the hands of ethnic Albanians
under the very noses of the world's so-called peacekeepers. Last week
about
a dozen UN peacekeepers were hurt when hundreds of ethnic Albanians went
on
the rampage in the town of Decane because the UN had arrested one of
their
number on charges of murder and torture. Such incidents are rarely
covered
by the Western press, and for that politicians in Whitehall and Capitol
Hill must be grateful - the mayhem does not fit the picture of the
Kosovo
success story they would like us all to believe. Huge amounts of heroin
meanwhile reach London via Kosovo; and kidnapped girls are bundled off
to
the brothels of Europe, including Soho, courtesy of Albanian gangs.
In a typical, but little-reported, sign of how the West still treats
Serbia
and Serbs, the US Senate this month threatened to reduce aid to
development
projects in Serbia by the amount spent on similar institutions in
Kosovo,
according to the Serbian deputy prime minister, Nebojsa Covic. So
continued
and increasing German investment is likely to be encouraged by Herr
Schroeder's friend Zoran Djindjic.
Serbian airline passengers have a disconcerting habit of applauding when
their pilot lands the aircraft, almost as if they hardly believe he can
achieve the feat until it is accomplished. If Lufthansa ever does take
over
Yugoslav Airlines, the clapping may become a thing of the past.
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Oggetto: German invasion in Yugoslavia
German invasion in Yugoslavia
By Eve-Ann Prentice
Belgrade - The Serbian traveller was incandescent at the communist-style
red tape which ensnared him when he went to buy a Yugoslav Airlines
ticket.
'You deserve to be sold off to Lufthansa,' he shouted at the girl behind
the counter.
In a land rich in expletives, that was perhaps not much of an insult,
but
the man at least exposed the growing unease in Yugoslavia over a new
Germanic invasion in the country. What the Austro-Hungarian empire and
then
the Nazis failed to win by force of arms in the first and second world
wars
- supremacy in the Balkans - Germany is now about to achieve by money
and
stealth.
German companies have bought much of the Serbian media, including 50 per
cent of the former pillar of communism, the daily newspaper Politika,
and
taken a stake in TV Kosova, the broadcasting outlet set up by Slobodan
Milosevic's daughter, Marija. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung has
invested
25 million euros in Politika, and the biggest European publishing house
in
Germany, Grunner & Jahr, has bought 49 per cent of the Belgrade tabloid
Blic. Another German company has expressed interest in buying up the
water
utilities in Montenegro, the mountain republic which with Serbia makes
up
what remains of the Yugoslav federation. This month, the German
government
also decided to donate ten million euros for the reconstruction of
central-heating plants in the cities of Belgrade, Nis and Novi Sad.
On the same day the airline passenger was ranting at Yugoslav Airlines,
a
Serbian doctor looked rueful when I asked him how his eight-year-old son
was faring in English lessons at school. The gynaecologist stroked his
child's head. 'They don't teach them English any more,' he said.
'Instead
he is being taught German.' Add to this the fact that Germany's old
wartime
ally, Croatia, has published a map which inadvertently contains little
nibbles of Serbian territory in the north, and you may understand why
Serbs
are feeling even more paranoid than usual.
In a region where history is never consigned to the dustbin, ancient
hostilities are dusted down almost daily. Old photographs of fathers,
brothers, grandfathers and cousins remind both Serbs and Croats of the
loved ones they lost in the second world war - when the Serbs rescued
British airmen and thousands of Jews from the German and Croatian
fascists
- and later, in the 1990s civil war.
Now new rumblings of discontent can be heard; Vojvodina, the flat,
northern, breadbasket province of Serbia, comprises 60 per cent
Hungarians,
who are showing signs of wanting to go their own way. There is another
Germanic root here: remember the Austro-Hungarian empire?
Vojvodina also borders Croatia, the two territories separated by the
mighty
Danube. But a recently published official map of Croatia showed a
frontier
which encompassed the river and took in nearby Serbian towns and
villages
such as Apatin and Sonta. The Croats said it was just a slip of the pen.
Tensions between Serbs and Hungarians in Vojvodina may come to a head on
1
September, when the town of Subotica commemorates the day that the
Austro-Hungarian Empress Maria Theresa granted it the status of a royal
free town in 1779. Usually, one member from each ethnic group there
receives a merit award each anniversary for outstanding contributions to
society. This year Serbs are angry because none of them will receive an
award, only Croats and Hungarians.
In late July there was a skirmish on the border between Croatia and
Vojvodina when Serb soldiers opened fire too close for comfort to a
boatload of Croatians sailing down the Danube at Backa Palanta. The
Serbian
Prime Minister, Zoran Djindjic, was forced to apologise, but the Croats
have retorted that saying sorry is not enough. That same weekend, a
former
Serbian television presenter and pop star, Zoran Tomasovic, was at a
family
funeral near the Vojvodina town of Kovilj, when he and his relatives
were
shouted at by roadside vegetable traders and told to 'go back to
Serbia'.
All this might be perceived as a little local difficulty were it not for
the old Serbo-Germanic antagonisms. The Serbs of Vojvodina will not
forget
the bitter Croatian civil war of 1991-92, or the ethnic cleansing of
more than
200,000 Serbs from the Krajina area of Croatia in August 1995, not least
because tens of thousands of these Serb refugees are now living in
Vojvodina.
Nor can they forget that it was Germany which helped propel Croatia into
civil war in 1991. The then foreign minister in Bonn, Hans Dietrich
Genscher, pressed Britain and other Western European countries to
recognise
Croatia as an independent country even before the government of Franjo
Tudjman had met the usual criteria for independence, such as having
secure
borders and a free press. The Croatian civil war broke out days later.
With presidential elections being held in Yugoslavia in late September,
Serbs are also only too aware that their Prime Minister, Mr Djindjic,
has
closely allied himself with the Germans and is a personal friend of
Chancellor Schroeder. Latest opinion polls for the presidential race put
Mr
Djindjic well down in the field with 8 per cent of support, while the
current Yugoslav President, Vojislav Kostunica, and the deputy premier
of
Yugoslavia, Miroljub Labus, have 22 per cent each.
Germany's deepening involvement is just one result of years of
interference
in the Balkans, masquerading as assistance, by Messrs Blair and Clinton
-
and later Bush. Essentially, Yugoslavia was torn apart by a series of
bloody civil wars which have had close parallels with the Northern
Ireland
conflict. There have been vile and dark deeds perpetrated by all - as
well
as innocent victims on all sides, whether Muslim, Croat, Kosovo Albanian
or
Serb.
The West, however, led in large part by Germany, would have us believe
that
all these interventions, which we paid for, were initiated in Croatia,
then
Bosnia and finally Kosovo and Serbia to protect the innocent. And for
the
'innocent', read 'everyone except the Serbs'. To suggest the contrary
is,
of course, to be portrayed as a Serb-loving monster. What the West,
especially Germany, Britain and America, do not want is any close
scrutiny
of the legacy left by the years of 'compassion-based' involvement in the
region. German economic supremacy is only part of the equation.
One of the biggest and best-kept secrets is that Bosnia, far from being
a
settled nation, is now a hotbed of hardline mujahedin. Islamic fighters
from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan went to the republic during
the
civil war of 1992-95 and many are still in the country today. Last
October,
for instance, just weeks after the cataclysm of 11 September, the
British
and American embassies in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, were forced to
close for five days after the building was besieged by angry Muslims
protesting at attempts by Western forces to deport suspected Islamic
terrorists in the region to Cuba.
Kosovo is a mess: the few Serbs still living there have to stay within
tightly guarded enclaves or risk death at the hands of ethnic Albanians
under the very noses of the world's so-called peacekeepers. Last week
about
a dozen UN peacekeepers were hurt when hundreds of ethnic Albanians went
on
the rampage in the town of Decane because the UN had arrested one of
their
number on charges of murder and torture. Such incidents are rarely
covered
by the Western press, and for that politicians in Whitehall and Capitol
Hill must be grateful - the mayhem does not fit the picture of the
Kosovo
success story they would like us all to believe. Huge amounts of heroin
meanwhile reach London via Kosovo; and kidnapped girls are bundled off
to
the brothels of Europe, including Soho, courtesy of Albanian gangs.
In a typical, but little-reported, sign of how the West still treats
Serbia
and Serbs, the US Senate this month threatened to reduce aid to
development
projects in Serbia by the amount spent on similar institutions in
Kosovo,
according to the Serbian deputy prime minister, Nebojsa Covic. So
continued
and increasing German investment is likely to be encouraged by Herr
Schroeder's friend Zoran Djindjic.
Serbian airline passengers have a disconcerting habit of applauding when
their pilot lands the aircraft, almost as if they hardly believe he can
achieve the feat until it is accomplished. If Lufthansa ever does take
over
Yugoslav Airlines, the clapping may become a thing of the past.
http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old%c2%a7ion=current&issue=2002-08-24&id=2176
***
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Monthly
Newspaper on International Affairs, invites you to its
newsgroup, where we
provide our readers with regular news on current international
developments. We use different sources and the messages do not
necessarily
reflect our opinion. But because we think they are of value to
have a
profound understanding of the international policy of today, we
post them
for our readers.
Sincerely,
Nico Varkevisser
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Kosovo: l'industria del sesso
Nonostante il Kosovo sia un protettorato internazionale
rimane, a tre anni dalla fine della guerra, un'area
politicamente instabile nonche' luogo di traffici illegali
ed uno dei centri piu' attivi per la cosiddetta "industria
del sesso".
(07/08/2002) Il recente rapporto dell'Institute for War &
Peace Reporting, redatto da Jeta Xharra, titola per l'appunto
"Kosovo sex industry". La giornalista di origine albanese ha
condotto un'indagine sul luogo, in cui ha descritto i locali
notturni dove ragazze provenienti da diversi paesi, in
prevalenza Moldavia, Ucraina, Romania, si esibiscono in
spogliarelli e offrono "servizi vari" ai clienti piu' esigenti.
Come riporta la Xharra, nel Kosovo post bellico l'industria del
sesso e' il "business" che sta crescendo piu' velocemente: il
paese infatti e' stato sottoposto ad uno sconvolgimento
sociale e politico senza precedenti dopo il conflitto del
1999. Mobilitata per oltre un decennio contro il regime di
Milosevic, la popolazione ora e' ridotta al ruolo di al
bergatore per la forza di peacekeeping della KFOR,
che fornisce un flusso stabile di clienti ai circa 120
"strip club".
La provenienza delle ragazze impiegate nei locali notturni
come abbiamo detto e' varia. "Circa il 60 per cento proviene
dalla Moldavia, le altre dalla Romania e dall'Ucraina".
Secondo i dati forniti dalla International Organisation of
Migration (IOM) il 70 per cento delle donne viene adescato
direttamente nei paesi di provenienza con la promessa
di lavori comuni, quali servizi di pulizia, baby-sitting
e lavori domestici.
Sebbene l'arrivo dei 45.000 peacekeepers internazionali -
continua il rapporto - sia stato un fattore di sicuro
incremento per l'industria del sesso, secondo ricerche
svolte lo scorso anno da un team della IOM in Kosovo le
vittime del trafficking affermano che la maggior parte
della loro clientela e' composta da persone locali.
Inoltre, nonostante la riluttanza ad ammettere che donne
kosovare siano oggetto di trafficking e di prostituzione,
la giornalista dell'IWPR riporta alcuni casi di donne
kosovare rapite e costrette a prostituirsi.
La citta' che piu' sembra essere coinvolta nell'industria
del sesso e' Urosevac (in albanese Ferizaj), ai confini
con la Macedonia. Gia' prima della guerra - si legge
nel rapporto - questa citta' di circa 130.000 abitanti
godeva di una pessima reputazione, guadagnandosi il titolo
di capitale dei gangsters kosovari. A differenza di
Pristina, dove le donne non possono entrare liberamente
nei club, a Urosevac possono farlo in tutta tranquillita'.
I gestori dei locali non sembrano nemmeno preoccuparsi
della polizia. A colloquio con Jamie Higgins, capo della
sezione dell'UNMIK che si occupa del trafficking e della
prostituzione, la giornalista dell'IWPR e' venuta a sapere
che "in quanto centro del crimine organizzato, un assalto
alla citta' richiederebbe un piano dettagliato ed un
numero consistente di poliziotti sul terreno - molti
pie' di quelli a disposizione dell'Unita' per il
trafficking e la prostituzione".
Ma una dichiarazione simile stride col fatto che, sempre
a Urosevac, l'Apachi Club, che prende il nome del famoso
elicottero degli USA, e' stato uno dei primi club ad
aprire dopo l'intervento della NATO, con ogni probabilita'
- scrive la ricercatrice dell'IWPR - per offrire servizi
ai clienti di Bondsteel, la vicina base militare statunitense.
A cura di Luka Zanoni
Fonte: IWPR , Osservatorio sui Balcani
http://www.osservatoriobalcani.it/
Nonostante il Kosovo sia un protettorato internazionale
rimane, a tre anni dalla fine della guerra, un'area
politicamente instabile nonche' luogo di traffici illegali
ed uno dei centri piu' attivi per la cosiddetta "industria
del sesso".
(07/08/2002) Il recente rapporto dell'Institute for War &
Peace Reporting, redatto da Jeta Xharra, titola per l'appunto
"Kosovo sex industry". La giornalista di origine albanese ha
condotto un'indagine sul luogo, in cui ha descritto i locali
notturni dove ragazze provenienti da diversi paesi, in
prevalenza Moldavia, Ucraina, Romania, si esibiscono in
spogliarelli e offrono "servizi vari" ai clienti piu' esigenti.
Come riporta la Xharra, nel Kosovo post bellico l'industria del
sesso e' il "business" che sta crescendo piu' velocemente: il
paese infatti e' stato sottoposto ad uno sconvolgimento
sociale e politico senza precedenti dopo il conflitto del
1999. Mobilitata per oltre un decennio contro il regime di
Milosevic, la popolazione ora e' ridotta al ruolo di al
bergatore per la forza di peacekeeping della KFOR,
che fornisce un flusso stabile di clienti ai circa 120
"strip club".
La provenienza delle ragazze impiegate nei locali notturni
come abbiamo detto e' varia. "Circa il 60 per cento proviene
dalla Moldavia, le altre dalla Romania e dall'Ucraina".
Secondo i dati forniti dalla International Organisation of
Migration (IOM) il 70 per cento delle donne viene adescato
direttamente nei paesi di provenienza con la promessa
di lavori comuni, quali servizi di pulizia, baby-sitting
e lavori domestici.
Sebbene l'arrivo dei 45.000 peacekeepers internazionali -
continua il rapporto - sia stato un fattore di sicuro
incremento per l'industria del sesso, secondo ricerche
svolte lo scorso anno da un team della IOM in Kosovo le
vittime del trafficking affermano che la maggior parte
della loro clientela e' composta da persone locali.
Inoltre, nonostante la riluttanza ad ammettere che donne
kosovare siano oggetto di trafficking e di prostituzione,
la giornalista dell'IWPR riporta alcuni casi di donne
kosovare rapite e costrette a prostituirsi.
La citta' che piu' sembra essere coinvolta nell'industria
del sesso e' Urosevac (in albanese Ferizaj), ai confini
con la Macedonia. Gia' prima della guerra - si legge
nel rapporto - questa citta' di circa 130.000 abitanti
godeva di una pessima reputazione, guadagnandosi il titolo
di capitale dei gangsters kosovari. A differenza di
Pristina, dove le donne non possono entrare liberamente
nei club, a Urosevac possono farlo in tutta tranquillita'.
I gestori dei locali non sembrano nemmeno preoccuparsi
della polizia. A colloquio con Jamie Higgins, capo della
sezione dell'UNMIK che si occupa del trafficking e della
prostituzione, la giornalista dell'IWPR e' venuta a sapere
che "in quanto centro del crimine organizzato, un assalto
alla citta' richiederebbe un piano dettagliato ed un
numero consistente di poliziotti sul terreno - molti
pie' di quelli a disposizione dell'Unita' per il
trafficking e la prostituzione".
Ma una dichiarazione simile stride col fatto che, sempre
a Urosevac, l'Apachi Club, che prende il nome del famoso
elicottero degli USA, e' stato uno dei primi club ad
aprire dopo l'intervento della NATO, con ogni probabilita'
- scrive la ricercatrice dell'IWPR - per offrire servizi
ai clienti di Bondsteel, la vicina base militare statunitense.
A cura di Luka Zanoni
Fonte: IWPR , Osservatorio sui Balcani
http://www.osservatoriobalcani.it/
How to Take Down a Government
(by Christopher Deliso in Skopje)
* Part One:
The International Campaign to Intervene in Macedonia's Elections
> http://www.antiwar.com/orig/deliso50.html
("Macedonia's parliamentary elections are slated for 15 September, and
the US government is taking them seriously...")
* Part Two:
Financial Coercion and Other Forms of Intervention
> http://www.antiwar.com/orig/deliso51.html
(Interviews with Macedonian Finance Minister Nikola Gruevski and Dr.
Sam Vaknin)
* Part Three:
Collaboration Between the Media and NGOs
> http://www.antiwar.com/orig/deliso52.html
("The media/PR war has been dictated by the ICG's Edward Joseph, and
implemented by affiliated interventionist media, most notably IWPR. To
a lesser extent, Reuters has been used. Not coincidentally, certain
local media have also pitched in, as have the Guardian and BBC...")
WARNING:
Antiwar.com is a conservative web site, nevertheless it publishes
interesting analyses and critics against the US Balkan "imperial"
policies. The three abovementioned articles by C. Deliso, while giving
to the reader an impressive amount of interesting information, do also
share Antiwar.com right-wing orientation, which brings the author to
paradoxically state that US pressures are "intended to influence the
elections directly in favor of the Socialists", since "the Socialists"
are the opposition to the present Macedonian government (this is also
the opinion of Macedonian Finance Minister Nikola Gruevski, see "Part
Two").
However, this opinion is badly affected by ideology. The facts are
that the previous (Gligorov's socialdemocratic) government coalition
was pressured and destabilized by the US as well. Pressures and
destabilization were mainly realized by fostering Albanian separatism
and KLA terrorism, exactly in the way as it is happening now. The US
clearly intends to destabilize and to destroy a country, not just a
government coalition.
(I. Slavo)
(by Christopher Deliso in Skopje)
* Part One:
The International Campaign to Intervene in Macedonia's Elections
> http://www.antiwar.com/orig/deliso50.html
("Macedonia's parliamentary elections are slated for 15 September, and
the US government is taking them seriously...")
* Part Two:
Financial Coercion and Other Forms of Intervention
> http://www.antiwar.com/orig/deliso51.html
(Interviews with Macedonian Finance Minister Nikola Gruevski and Dr.
Sam Vaknin)
* Part Three:
Collaboration Between the Media and NGOs
> http://www.antiwar.com/orig/deliso52.html
("The media/PR war has been dictated by the ICG's Edward Joseph, and
implemented by affiliated interventionist media, most notably IWPR. To
a lesser extent, Reuters has been used. Not coincidentally, certain
local media have also pitched in, as have the Guardian and BBC...")
WARNING:
Antiwar.com is a conservative web site, nevertheless it publishes
interesting analyses and critics against the US Balkan "imperial"
policies. The three abovementioned articles by C. Deliso, while giving
to the reader an impressive amount of interesting information, do also
share Antiwar.com right-wing orientation, which brings the author to
paradoxically state that US pressures are "intended to influence the
elections directly in favor of the Socialists", since "the Socialists"
are the opposition to the present Macedonian government (this is also
the opinion of Macedonian Finance Minister Nikola Gruevski, see "Part
Two").
However, this opinion is badly affected by ideology. The facts are
that the previous (Gligorov's socialdemocratic) government coalition
was pressured and destabilized by the US as well. Pressures and
destabilization were mainly realized by fostering Albanian separatism
and KLA terrorism, exactly in the way as it is happening now. The US
clearly intends to destabilize and to destroy a country, not just a
government coalition.
(I. Slavo)
MACEDONIA: CAMPAGNA ELETTORALE A BASE DI ATTENTATI
I "soliti noti" cercano di portare la tensione alle stelle per
destabilizzare il paese e bloccare il processo elettorale. Ma per
l'ANSA certo "terrorismo" va tra virgolette: meglio usare espressioni
come "movimento di guerriglia", se si tratta del terrorismo
pan-albanese, appoggiato dalla NATO, che usa il Kosovo come sua base
logistica.
---
MACEDONIA: KILLER POLIZIOTTI PRESI SU AUTO TARGATA ROMA
(ANSA) - SKOPJE, 26 AGO - La polizia macedone ha fermato oggi
pomeriggio, mentre tentavano di raggiungere il Kosovo, i presunti
assassini dei due agenti uccisi la notte scorsa ad un posto di blocco
nei pressi della citta' meridionale di Gostivar. Gli arrestati,
bloccati nei pressi del posto di frontiera di Jazince, viaggiavano a
bordo di un'autovettura Golf targata Roma. Secondo le prime
informazioni si tratterebbe di due macedoni di etnia albanese. Non e'
noto al momento le ragioni del delitto, ne' se l'auto sulla quale
viaggiavano fosse rubata.(ANSA) BLL*COR 26/08/2002 18:05
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/macedonia/20020826180532311434.html
MACEDONIA: UCCISIONE POLIZIOTTI 'ATTO TERRORISMO', SKOPJE
(ANSA-AFP-REUTERS) - SKOPJE, 26 AGO - L'uccisione dei due poliziotti
in Macedonia e' un atto ''terroristico e politicamente motivato'': lo
afferma un comunicato diffuso stasera al termine di una riunione dei
massimi dirigenti macedoni con il presidente Boris Trajkovski. ''E' un
atto terroristico e politicamente motivato, perpetrato da estremisti,
come pure una grave provocazione contro il processo democratico in
Macedonia'', aggiunge il comunicato. Skopje invita la comunita'
internazionale a ''condannare'' l' attentato ed appoggiare le
autorita' macedoni nella loro azione per ''eliminare e prevenire atti
terroristici ed estremistici di questo tipo''. ''Le forze
estremistiche che incoraggiano ed eseguono tali atti hanno la
responsabilita' degli omicidi'', afferma ancora il testo,
sottolineando che le forze di sicurezza macedoni ''adotteranno tutte
le misure necessarie per il mantenimento della pace'' nel Paese.
(ANSA-AFP-REUTERS). DIG 26/08/2002 23:56
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/macedonia/20020826235632311717.html
MACEDONIA: GUERRIGLIA ALBANESE RIVENDICA UCCISIONE AGENTI
(ANSA) - SKOPJE, 27 AGO - L'Armata nazionale albanese (Ana), movimento
di guerriglia che sostiene da tempo di aver preso il posto del
disciolto Uck, ha rivendicato con un comunicato l'uccisione dei due
poliziotti macedoni avvenuta la notte tra domenica e lunedi' nella
citta' di Gostivar, nella parte meridionale del paese. Nel volantino,
del quale l'Ansa ha ottenuto una copia, si afferma tra l'altro che
''l'attacco e' stato compiuto da una unita' della brigata 'Avni Beqiri
- Drenica' '' e costituirebbe ''il proseguimento delle nostre azioni
militari contro il potere slavo-macedone''. Con lo stesso documento
l'Ana (conosciuta con l'acronimo di AKSH tra gli albanesi) smentisce
la notizia dell'arresto dei due presunti assassini annunciato ieri
dalle autorita' di Skopje. (ANSA). BLL 27/08/2002 12:03
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/macedonia/20020827120332311831.html
MACEDONIA: TRE ATTENTATI CONTRO SEDI PARTITI ALBANESI
(ANSA) - SKOPJE, 28 AGO - Tre attentati sono avvenuti la notte scorsa
contro le sedi di altrettanti partiti albanesi in Macedonia. In nessun
caso si segnalano vittime. Nella capitale, una carica di esplosivo e'
stata fatta saltare davanti all'abitazione-ufficio utilizzata da Ali
Ahmeti, ex comandante politico dell'Uck ed attuale leader dell'Unione
democratica per l'integrazione, formazione politica nata dalle ceneri
del disciolto movimento di guerriglia. Sempre a Skopje un attentato
incendiario e' stato compiuto contro la sede del Partito democratico
nazionale di Kastriot Haxhirexha, leader ritenuto estremista persino
dal Dipartimento di Stato americano, che lo ha inserito nella lista
nera dei movimenti politici piu' pericolosi. L'altro attentato e'
avvenuto a Bitola, nel sud del paese, dove e' stato appiccato il fuoco
alla sede locale del Partito democratico albanese di Arben Xhaferri. I
tre episodi rischiano di segnare un'ulteriore escalation della
tensione in Macedonia, in vista delle elezioni politiche generali
previste per il prossimo 15 settembre. Nella notte tra domenica e
lunedi' due agenti della polizia sono stati uccisi nella citta'
meridionale di Gostivar, abitata in prevalenza da albanesi. L'attacco
e' stato rivendicato ieri dall'Armata nazionale albanese (Ana), nuovo
movimento di guerriglia che non riconosce l'accordo di pace firmato lo
scorso anno tra albanesi e macedoni e che minaccia di estendere le sue
''operazioni militari''. (ANSA). BLL*COR 28/08/2002 13:52
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/fattidelgiorno/20020828135284943/
20020828135284943.shtml
I "soliti noti" cercano di portare la tensione alle stelle per
destabilizzare il paese e bloccare il processo elettorale. Ma per
l'ANSA certo "terrorismo" va tra virgolette: meglio usare espressioni
come "movimento di guerriglia", se si tratta del terrorismo
pan-albanese, appoggiato dalla NATO, che usa il Kosovo come sua base
logistica.
---
MACEDONIA: KILLER POLIZIOTTI PRESI SU AUTO TARGATA ROMA
(ANSA) - SKOPJE, 26 AGO - La polizia macedone ha fermato oggi
pomeriggio, mentre tentavano di raggiungere il Kosovo, i presunti
assassini dei due agenti uccisi la notte scorsa ad un posto di blocco
nei pressi della citta' meridionale di Gostivar. Gli arrestati,
bloccati nei pressi del posto di frontiera di Jazince, viaggiavano a
bordo di un'autovettura Golf targata Roma. Secondo le prime
informazioni si tratterebbe di due macedoni di etnia albanese. Non e'
noto al momento le ragioni del delitto, ne' se l'auto sulla quale
viaggiavano fosse rubata.(ANSA) BLL*COR 26/08/2002 18:05
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/macedonia/20020826180532311434.html
MACEDONIA: UCCISIONE POLIZIOTTI 'ATTO TERRORISMO', SKOPJE
(ANSA-AFP-REUTERS) - SKOPJE, 26 AGO - L'uccisione dei due poliziotti
in Macedonia e' un atto ''terroristico e politicamente motivato'': lo
afferma un comunicato diffuso stasera al termine di una riunione dei
massimi dirigenti macedoni con il presidente Boris Trajkovski. ''E' un
atto terroristico e politicamente motivato, perpetrato da estremisti,
come pure una grave provocazione contro il processo democratico in
Macedonia'', aggiunge il comunicato. Skopje invita la comunita'
internazionale a ''condannare'' l' attentato ed appoggiare le
autorita' macedoni nella loro azione per ''eliminare e prevenire atti
terroristici ed estremistici di questo tipo''. ''Le forze
estremistiche che incoraggiano ed eseguono tali atti hanno la
responsabilita' degli omicidi'', afferma ancora il testo,
sottolineando che le forze di sicurezza macedoni ''adotteranno tutte
le misure necessarie per il mantenimento della pace'' nel Paese.
(ANSA-AFP-REUTERS). DIG 26/08/2002 23:56
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/macedonia/20020826235632311717.html
MACEDONIA: GUERRIGLIA ALBANESE RIVENDICA UCCISIONE AGENTI
(ANSA) - SKOPJE, 27 AGO - L'Armata nazionale albanese (Ana), movimento
di guerriglia che sostiene da tempo di aver preso il posto del
disciolto Uck, ha rivendicato con un comunicato l'uccisione dei due
poliziotti macedoni avvenuta la notte tra domenica e lunedi' nella
citta' di Gostivar, nella parte meridionale del paese. Nel volantino,
del quale l'Ansa ha ottenuto una copia, si afferma tra l'altro che
''l'attacco e' stato compiuto da una unita' della brigata 'Avni Beqiri
- Drenica' '' e costituirebbe ''il proseguimento delle nostre azioni
militari contro il potere slavo-macedone''. Con lo stesso documento
l'Ana (conosciuta con l'acronimo di AKSH tra gli albanesi) smentisce
la notizia dell'arresto dei due presunti assassini annunciato ieri
dalle autorita' di Skopje. (ANSA). BLL 27/08/2002 12:03
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/macedonia/20020827120332311831.html
MACEDONIA: TRE ATTENTATI CONTRO SEDI PARTITI ALBANESI
(ANSA) - SKOPJE, 28 AGO - Tre attentati sono avvenuti la notte scorsa
contro le sedi di altrettanti partiti albanesi in Macedonia. In nessun
caso si segnalano vittime. Nella capitale, una carica di esplosivo e'
stata fatta saltare davanti all'abitazione-ufficio utilizzata da Ali
Ahmeti, ex comandante politico dell'Uck ed attuale leader dell'Unione
democratica per l'integrazione, formazione politica nata dalle ceneri
del disciolto movimento di guerriglia. Sempre a Skopje un attentato
incendiario e' stato compiuto contro la sede del Partito democratico
nazionale di Kastriot Haxhirexha, leader ritenuto estremista persino
dal Dipartimento di Stato americano, che lo ha inserito nella lista
nera dei movimenti politici piu' pericolosi. L'altro attentato e'
avvenuto a Bitola, nel sud del paese, dove e' stato appiccato il fuoco
alla sede locale del Partito democratico albanese di Arben Xhaferri. I
tre episodi rischiano di segnare un'ulteriore escalation della
tensione in Macedonia, in vista delle elezioni politiche generali
previste per il prossimo 15 settembre. Nella notte tra domenica e
lunedi' due agenti della polizia sono stati uccisi nella citta'
meridionale di Gostivar, abitata in prevalenza da albanesi. L'attacco
e' stato rivendicato ieri dall'Armata nazionale albanese (Ana), nuovo
movimento di guerriglia che non riconosce l'accordo di pace firmato lo
scorso anno tra albanesi e macedoni e che minaccia di estendere le sue
''operazioni militari''. (ANSA). BLL*COR 28/08/2002 13:52
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/fattidelgiorno/20020828135284943/
20020828135284943.shtml
