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Jugoslawien: DOS-Mob terrorisiert Linke
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Wed, 11 Oct 2000 23:47:53 +0200
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Verteidigt die Linke!
Viel war von der Mediendiktatur Milosevics die Rede - tatsächlich gab es
in
Jugoslawien unter Milosevic aber immer zwei Seiten, nämlich die der
westlichen Medienmaschine, die mit gewaltigen Aufwand Westmedien in
Jugoslawien aufbaute, und jene des Regierungblocks. Bei ins sind alle
Medien
gleichgeschaltet - einfach mit der "Freiheit" des Geldes. Was weder mit
humanitären Bomben noch mit demokratischer Abschaltung der
jugoslawischen
Satellitenübertragung gelangt, schaffte nun Kostunica: die Unterwerfung
unter den westlichen Medientotalitarismus.
Darum ist auch nichts von der Repression zu hören, die die Hampelmänner
des
Westens gegen Linke und Gewerkschaften entfachen.
Damit wird versucht, das russische Modell des Jelzin-Putsches
nachzuahmen
und die linken Kräfte zu zerschlagen. Doch das wird in Jugoslawien noch
weniger gelingen als es in Russland gelang.
Verteidigt die antiimperialistischen und linken Kräfte in Jugoslawien!
***
Nachstehend ein Kommuniqué der SPS, das die gleichgeschalteten Medien
nicht
bringen. Statt dessen legitimieren sie die Repression, in dem sie von
der
Putschgefahr faseln. Wenn man von Putschgefahr sprechen kann, dann von
Seiten der Rechten um Djindjic!
Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS): INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC (as of
October
7, 2000 )
Despite Mr. Kostunica's public proclamation that his supporters wouldn't
harass members and sympathizers of the SPS, in the last three days, in
Belgrade and throughout Serbia, we've witnessed a reign of terror.
Supporters of the Socialist Party (SPS) have been physically threatened
over the phone. Children of socialists have been threatened. Members of
the
SPS have been beaten. Offices have been attacked and destroyed.
Skillfully directing the dissatisfaction of working people against the
Socialist Party, the opposition has organized bullying and lawless
actions,
driving out Socialist directors of companies, but only if those
companies
are well established and successful.
In Kragujevac they attacked, tied and abused ten SPS members. This
included
Ms. Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic. They held her for ten hours, trying to
force
her to go on TV and renounce her SPS membership. She refused. They
finally
released her - right into the arms of a drunken mob. She was cursed,
slapped, spat upon and kicked, over and over.
In Nish, Mr. Dragisa Vucic, an SPS representative on the town council
and a
worker at the electric distribution company, as beaten badly. He is in
the
hospital.
In Belgrade they robbed and then destroyed SPS central headquarters
(take a
look at our web album) and they have done the same with offices in all
the
boroughs.
After wrecking the Belgrade offices, members of the opposition parties
in
Kikinda attacked the Young Socialists' Internet Club. They smashed the
doors and windows but SPS members stopped them before they could steal
any
valuable equipment, which was probably what they were after. The
opposition
has recruited the worst kind of thugs for this work.
Last night, the Belgrade headquarters was attacked again. This time
there
was nothing to steal so they burned the building, which is beyond
repair.
In the town boroughs of Palilula, Vracar, Stari Grad and Zvezdara the
SPS
offices have been totally destroyed. Everything of value, all the
furniture, computer equipment and so on has been stolen.
At night, between the 5th and 6th of October, opposition demonstrators
broke into the headquarters in Leskovac, smashed the windows, stole the
computer and other equipment and destroyed what they could not cart
away.
In Jablanica County they demolished the offices, stole equipment, broke
windows and damaged the town building. They looted anything they could.
Then they burned the building, the garage and Mayor Zivojin Stefanovic's
car.
Despite the assurances of the Association of Vojvodina Hungarians that
there would be no attacks or threats against people with different
opinions, the SPS offices in Kanjiza were attacked. There are continuous
telephone threats against those who stand for peace and tolerance. A
special target are Hungarian members of the SPS.
In Ada, rioters led by Vojvodina Hungarian leaders have attacked the
home
of town Mayor Tomic Ognjan, a respected teacher. Police were late in
intervening so his house got severely damaged.
The home of county mayor Ljuba Slijepcevic was attacked. The savagery
was
stopped by police.
Demonstrators broke into SPS headquarters in Smederevo, stole everything
they found, then stole the equipment used by Radio "S."
In Lajkovac they demolished the Peasant Bank and Cafe. They broke into
the
local radio station and stole part of the equipment. They also broke
into
the SPS town headquarters and tried to loot and destroy these offices
but
were stopped by SPS members. They tried to do the same with the local TV
station.
In Kragujevac the demonstrators entered the Self-Management Club where
the
SPS headquarters and TV station are located. Police stopped them.
In Vlasotince they demolished the offices of the SPS and the JUL
(Yugoslav
United Left)as well.
In Temerin they broke in and seized the local radio station.
They attacked SPS headquarters in Pecinci, Prokuplje, Uzice, Bor,
Arilje,
Zrenjanin, Sremsak Mitrovica and Pancevo.
This is how the "democratic" opposition expresses its much-promised
tolerance of all views, all across Serbia.
For photo documentation go to
http://www.sps.org.yu/aktuelno/2000/okt/foto-01.html
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Wednesday, October 11, 2000
1. Reign of terror in Serbia
2. 'On the list they had me marked as a nationalist'
3. 'These Djindjic people are brown shirts'
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The url for this is http://emperors-clothes.com/news/attack.htm
REIGN OF TERROR IN SERBIA
Translated and edited by Emperor's Clothes
Introductory note: It has been admitted in the Western media (AFP, Oct.
8)
that last Thursday's Yugoslav coup was a military operation with a hard
core of at least 2000 men, many of them armed. It was planned and
organized
well in advance. Since then our Yugoslav contacts tell us there has been
a
real reign of terror, not reported in the Western press. This is
described
in two interviews on Emperor's Clothes, and in the statement from the
Socialist Party (SPS) below.
An Emperor's Clothes reader suggested that people send email to the
Serbian
Socialist Party, telling them we are outraged at these attacks and
urging
them not to cave in to the intimidation. You can write the SPS at
www@... Please forward this note.
Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS): INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC (as of
October
7, 2000 )
Despite Mr. Kostunica's public proclamation that his supporters wouldn't
harass members and sympathizers of the SPS, in the last three days, in
Belgrade and throughout Serbia, we've witnessed a reign of terror.
Supporters of the Socialist Party (SPS) have been physically threatened
over the phone. Children of socialists have been threatened. Members of
the
SPS have been beaten. Offices have been attacked and destroyed.
Skillfully directing the dissatisfaction of working people against the
Socialist Party, the opposition has organized bullying and lawless
actions,
driving out Socialist directors of companies, but only if those
companies
are well established and successful.
In Kragujevac they attacked, tied and abused ten SPS members. This
included
Ms. Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic. They held her for ten hours, trying to
force
her to go on TV and renounce her SPS membership. She refused. They
finally
released her - right into the arms of a drunken mob. She was cursed,
slapped, spat upon and kicked, over and over.
In Nish, Mr. Dragisa Vucic, an SPS representative on the town council
and a
worker at the electric distribution company, as beaten badly. He is in
the
hospital.
In Belgrade they robbed and then destroyed SPS central headquarters
(take a
look at our web album) and they have done the same with offices in all
the
boroughs.
[Emperor's Clothes note: To view web album go to
www.sps.org.yu/aktuelno/2000/okt/foto-01.html . There are several pages
of
pictures. Click 'next' on lower right of page)
After wrecking the Belgrade offices, members of the opposition parties
in
Kikinda attacked the Young Socialists' Internet Club. They smashed the
doors and windows but SPS members stopped them before they could steal
any
valuable equipment, which was probably what they were after. The
opposition
has recruited the worst kind of thugs for this work.
Last night, the Belgrade headquarters was attacked again. This time
there
was nothing to steal so they burned the building, which is beyond
repair.
In the town boroughs of Palilula, Vracar, Stari Grad and Zvezdara the
SPS
offices have been totally destroyed. Everything of value, all the
furniture, computer equipment and so on has been stolen.
At night, between the 5th and 6th of October, opposition demonstrators
broke into the headquarters in Leskovac, smashed the windows, stole the
computer and other equipment and destroyed what they could not cart
away.
In Jablanica County they demolished the offices, stole equipment, broke
windows and damaged the town building. They looted anything they could.
Then they burned the building, the garage and Mayor Zivojin Stefanovic's
car.
Despite the assurances of the Association of Vojvodina Hungarians that
there would be no attacks or threats against people with different
opinions, the SPS offices in Kanjiza were attacked. There are continuous
telephone threats against those who stand for peace and tolerance. A
special target are Hungarian members of the SPS.
In Ada, rioters led by Vojvodina Hungarian leaders have attacked the
home
of town Mayor Tomic Ognjan, a respected teacher. Police were late in
intervening so his house got severely damaged.
The home of county mayor Ljuba Slijepcevic was attacked. The savagery
was
stopped by police.
Demonstrators broke into SPS headquarters in Smederevo, stole everything
they found, then stole the equipment used by Radio "S."
In Lajkovac they demolished the Peasant Bank and Cafe. They broke into
the
local radio station and stole part of the equipment. They also broke
into
the SPS town headquarters and tried to loot and destroy these offices
but
were stopped by SPS members. They tried to do the same with the local TV
station.
In Kragujevac the demonstrators entered the Self-Management Club where
the
SPS headquarters and TV station are located. Police stopped them.
In Vlasotince they demolished the offices of the SPS and the JUL
(Yugoslav
United Left)as well.
In Temerin they broke in and seized the local radio station.
They attacked SPS headquarters in Pecinci, Prokuplje, Uzice, Bor,
Arilje,
Zrenjanin, Sremsak Mitrovica and Pancevo.
This is how the "democratic" opposition expresses its much-promised
tolerance of all views, all across Serbia.
For photo documentation go to
http://www.sps.org.yu/aktuelno/2000/okt/foto-01.html
There are several photographs; go to the lower right and click on 'next'
)
***
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concerning events in Yugoslavia and have not signed up for the Emperor's
Clothes mailing list, send your address to emperors1000@...
For more on what's been happening in Yugoslavia see the articles listed
below.
'Djindjic Calls for Complete Yugoslav Submission to U.S.' at
http://emperors-clothes.com/news/submit.htm
Discusses the consequences of turning Yugoslavia into a U.S.
protectorate
'U.S. Arrogance and Yugoslav Elections' at
http://emperors-clothes.com/engl.htm
'The International Monetary Fund And The Yugoslav Elections' at
http://emperors-clothes.com/analysis/1.htm
www.tenc.net Emperor's Clothes]
*****************************************
The url for this article
www.emperors-clothes.com/interviews/onthelist.htm
'On the list they had me marked as a nationalist'
Interview with a Serbian woman threatened by the opposition prior to
the
recent coup.
Interview was conducted the morning of 10-5-2000 and posted 10-10
Interviewer: Jared Israel
The following interview was conducted prior to the attack on Parliament
and other Yugoslav institutions last week. The interview was conducted
in
English and is accurate to the word. Mirjana's identity has been
withheld,
despite her insistence that I reveal it.
Jared: I got an email from [name of mutual friend]. She said you had
been
threatened or something?
Mirjana: Yes, a man was waiting when I came to work. He threatened to
kill
me if I went to vote in the second part of the elections. This also
happened to many other people, not just to me.
Jared: Can you talk about it?
Mirjana: Of course. You see, Jared, I did not expect this. I think I am
always doing right things so I never think that there is anybody in this
world who is doing something bad to me. And do you know when he came
close
to me, in that moment when I realized what is going on I just said to
myself, because you know I have experience from the war in Republic of
Serbian Krajina [when Croatia attacked this Serbian area] just to look
at
his eyes all the time. His stayed there three or four minutes and it was
so
bad.
Jared: You are very brave. Was he young or old?
Mirjana: He was about 40 years old. And you know, I think that I met
him
several years ago and that he is a Serbian man from Germany. He looked
familiar and I had all day yesterday to think. And now I remember that
he
was coming from U.S. some years ago to complain and give his opinions.
You see, Jared, I am sure that I'm doing very good things, I am really
fighter for freedom for everybody in this world. And if God is going to
allow that they do me something bad it is no matter. I am not afraid for
myself.
They are doing this all around Belgrade. Even in the supermarkets they
are
telling people that they are going to kill people if they try to vote,
that
they are not allowed to go to vote. Can you imagine this?
Jared: Isn't that going to turn people against them? The word will
spread -
Mirjana: Of course.
Jared: Have you told other people.
Mirjana: Yesterday morning I called my friends of course because first
of
all I wanted them to know because I am scared for them because they are
also people like me, big fighters
But there are so many people they have threatened, even people living
on
my street, they have been threatened too. Because do you know, people
from
Democratic Parties, they have all lists with citizens of voters of
Belgrade. And one man from DOS he came, you know from this democratic
opposition parties, he came to my work to talk to me and showed me that
list. In our country it is a crime to have a list of the citizens who
are
voters. So all the people on the list, they were marked if they were
members of the Socialist Party or Serbian Radical Party or Communist
Party.
I was marked as a nationalist. You understand? So I told him first this
is
a crime. And second, as want to represent people in government, this is
a
very bad thing that you have something like this list. So now I know
how they can be so well organized, to threaten all the voters. Because
they have all informations about people. Especially they are now
pressuring
people who have never been to any political party. Pressuring them not
to
go and vote. But a lot of them will go now because they are angry.
You cannot tell me not to go to work or to vote. I want to have my
personal opinion. Serbian people hate to be pressed. Especially Serbian
women. Can you imagine? To try to scare me! My father he is peasant from
Krajina.
[Note: the Krajina is a mountainous section near Croatia and inhabited
for
hundreds of years almost entirely by ethnic Serb farmers. When Croatia
seceded from Yugoslavia in June, 1991, the Croatian neo-fascists tried
to
subjugate the Krajina Serbs, but were roundly defeated. The West then
brokered a peace agreement disadvantageous to the Serbs, who were
disarmed.
Four years later, the Croatian army, trained by a CIA-connected private
military organization called MPRI, and with US air support, drove the
entire population of Krajina from their homes - 250,000 people in a few
days. These people are now refugees in Serbia. The MPRI is now involved
in
training the paramilitary forces of the secessionist government in
Montenegro.]
Mirjana: We prefer to die before we accept to be a slave. I got so mad.
I
think these people took the U.S. money and promised something to
American
government and so they're scared. They are afraid of the Americans so
now
they try to scare me and other people - and you know most of the people
they threatened are women - can you imagine?
Jared: Did you tell your husband?
Mirjana: Of course. You know, he's my best friend. But he knows that I
am
enough crazy that I can protect myself.
Jared: We're all a little crazy
Mirjana: We're not crazy, we have crazy politicians. If there are
people
listening to your phone from your country's secret police, let me tell
them
something: you should stop these stupid people to do such bad things in
our
country.. If you want an Empire, don't you need women to have children?
It is not smart to threaten women and try to scare them. Can you
imagine,
a new Empire which is trying to run the world by scaring women?
Jared: Kidnapping them too. The Sunday Times says 500,000 women a year
are
kidnapped out of Eastern Europe, sold.
Mirjana: Can you imagine things like this? But this will not work, no,
especially not with the Serbian women because we are very strong. When
we
get mad we are capable of doing many things.
Jared: Thank you for talking about this. I was worried when I heard you
were being harassed.
Mirjana: Don't worry for your friend.
Jared: But I'm going to publicize it. But I don't want to use your name
of
course and -
Mirjana: Write my name! Why not? Do you want to say where they
threatened,
the address?
Jared: The address? I don't -
Mirjana: Yes, say it. [Despite her demand I have not published
Mirjana's
full name or address- JI.] I was a member of Djindjic's party but I am
not
a member, not anymore. Because they are involved in crime. Racketing. I
found this out and you can write it all now. Because now I am mad. I
hate
when somebody threaten me.
www.tenc.net [Emperor's Clothes]
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The url for this article
www.emperors-clothes.com/interviews/djindjic2.htm
'These Djindjic people are brown shirts'
Interview with a Serbian woman, by Jared Israel
The following interview took place several days after the October 5 coup
in
Belgrade. The person interviewed is a member of the Serbian Radical
Party,
a conservative nationalist party opposed to the recent coup.
Jared: What's going on?
Gordana: Some very aggressive people from the opposition are grabbing
everything around here, in particular taking the institutions that have
some money, for instance the telecommunications company. They are
scaring
people and beating people.
They want to destroy the results of previous elections by declaring that
new elections have to be held for the Serbian Parliament. Elections are
not
supposed to be held for a year but they want them this fall. That would
mean the Serbian people would lose their representatives because the
elections would be held in an impossible situation. Whole groups of
political parties have no access to media. In the past we had many
viewpoints because we had government media and even more widespread was
various shades of opposition media. Now only one view. And there is day
to
day terrorizing of people. Mr. Djindjic hopes that people will be too
scared to run as candidates from those parties which stand in his way.
Jared: You say there is "day to day terrorizing"?.
Gordana: Take this example. A friend of mine is intellectual. Every time
her phone rings she gets a threat from the other side. They stop her car
in
traffic to threaten her, and so on. And this is a professional woman,
the
daughter of a well-known professor. Even these people who are well known
are subject to threats. Another such woman, a reporter, visits me, and
she
is afraid to go home alone and stays over - and this is in Belgrade! Can
you imagine how the common people feel? They are even more afraid. I was
on
a bus full of tired, worried working people and one of these Otpor types
got on and demanded that the bus stands still and he says: "Listen! We
have
the power now and you will see what we do!"
Jared: So you think that people will be afraid to vote for the Socialist
or
Radical parties or other parties that oppose the coup?
Gordana: No, I think that people may be afraid to run as candidates for
these parties.
The Djindjic people took over all the radio stations and TV stations and
newspapers. On TV now you can't see even the regular old shows. It is
propaganda. The old ladies in Serbia like to watch soap operas from
South
America but now they can't do that. You see they are poor and they have
such a hard life and now they don't have even this small pleasure.
Instead
we have to watch stupid American government lies, even about the wars in
Bosnia and Croatia and so on. They have programs that blame the Serbs,
for
everything. Can you believe this? Do they think we are morons, not to
know
our own history. But the purpose here is also a kind of terror, to break
the spirit. To make people feel hope is lost.
Today they had a show on the television telling lies about Dubrovnik,
showing pictures to prove it was burned down in 1991 by the Yugoslav
army.
But Dubrovnik has all the old buildings in perfect condition and I know
this because friends have been back to see the town, and it was not
damaged. (1)
And these movies they now show to prove to us that the Serbs were
responsible for the wars this past decade. Why? Did we try to secede?
Doesn't Yugoslavia have a right to exist? .Would other countries allow
secessionists and foreign factors to destroy their nation? I have never
seen such lies. Can you imagine, having a situation where you can't
stand
to watch the TV or read the papers.
Jared: I'm afraid I can imagine. What we mainly do on Emperor's Clothes
is
expose lies. They create 'em faster than we can expose them. All I do is
expose fiction.
Gordana: Today is 1941 in Yugoslavia. If there are people who don't
know,
well, they will know it very soon. Even some people I spoke to who were
supporting the DOS now see this violence that is going on and they say,
"These Djindjic people are brown shirts."
[Brown shirts is a term for Fascists or Nazi's - E-C]
Footnotes
(1) I am writing a book about the Western media's lies about Yugoslavia.
As
part of the research, I read many of the news reports written in 1991
about
Dubrovnik. As Gordana says, the Western claim is that the Yugoslavs
(read:
Serbs) burned the place down. This lie was used to prove the Serbs were
ruthless monsters. When the first stories broke about burning Dubrovnik
down they produced a strongly anti-Serb response in the public so,
wanting
to make the most of a good thing, the stories were repeated. In the
"Independent" I found Dubrovnik burned to the ground on not fewer than
five
occasions, spanning a period of four months. Remarkable. Despite this
repeated cataclysm, Prof. Peter Maher, who is a knowledgeable witness,
shot
a film during his March 1992 visit to Dubrovnik which proves there was
no
damage to the old city.
There was indeed fighting in the Dubrovnik area. But the evidence I
uncovered during my research shows that the Yugoslav Army deliberately
avoided shelling the old city. Here is the basic sequence of events: the
Croatian secessionist troops attacked Yugoslav army barracks near
Dubrovnik. The Yugoslav Army gave chase. The secessionists retreated
behind
the old city digging in in areas dangerously close to hotels in which
they
had housed refugees from the fighting . In a moment of candor, Phil
Davison, a reporter from the British "Independent" admitted that this
virtually guaranteed the shelling of hotels:
"The Croats have set up a mortar close to our hotel, just as they
have
next to hospitals and refugee centres. This may make us a target
for
the army. Sooner or later, they are going to lay a couple of
rounds
on us. The army is zapping Lokrum island, 300 yards from my hotel.
Mortars, machineguns, ack-ack guns. It is deafening. A machinegun
barrage rattles my windows. It is just a matter of time."
(The 'Independent' November 17, 1991)
The press was full of stories of how the heartless Yugoslav Army was
shelling hotels where refugees were housed. Did the secessionists set up
their positions near the hotels in order to force the Yugoslavs to shell
the hotels and thus provide ammunition for anti-Yugoslav propaganda?
Common
sense suggests they did. And more than common sense: consider this
report,
which appeared in only two English language newspapers:
"Women And Children Barred From Leaving Croatian Town
"The six-member Dubrovnik crisis committee decided six days ago
that
the defense of this coastal Adriatic city required the presence of
all
the remaining women and children.
UNICEF was informed of the decree three days ago, and on Tuesday,
it
was first implemented when 200 people were prevented from leaving
the
city on a UNICEF relief vessel that had brought supplies to the
city.
"First, he said, if the women and children stay, it will mean that
the
attacking army would be shooting at them and not just at
a
walled city.
"Second, he said, their presence might force the army to hesitate
before shooting.
"Third, if there is an attack, the international public reaction to
such an attack
would be a public-relations coup for Croatia, which has been trying
desperately for months to get diplomatic and military support from
the
West…
"Only 100 of 300 people scheduled to leave on a ship Tuesday were
allowed to depart, and UNICEF was told by Dubrovnik officials
that no one else would be able to leave."('The Orange County
Register,' December 5, 1991)
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Jugoslawien: DOS-Mob terrorisiert Linke
Date:
Wed, 11 Oct 2000 23:47:53 +0200
From:
"RKL" <rkl@...>
To:
<rkl@...>
Verteidigt die Linke!
Viel war von der Mediendiktatur Milosevics die Rede - tatsächlich gab es
in
Jugoslawien unter Milosevic aber immer zwei Seiten, nämlich die der
westlichen Medienmaschine, die mit gewaltigen Aufwand Westmedien in
Jugoslawien aufbaute, und jene des Regierungblocks. Bei ins sind alle
Medien
gleichgeschaltet - einfach mit der "Freiheit" des Geldes. Was weder mit
humanitären Bomben noch mit demokratischer Abschaltung der
jugoslawischen
Satellitenübertragung gelangt, schaffte nun Kostunica: die Unterwerfung
unter den westlichen Medientotalitarismus.
Darum ist auch nichts von der Repression zu hören, die die Hampelmänner
des
Westens gegen Linke und Gewerkschaften entfachen.
Damit wird versucht, das russische Modell des Jelzin-Putsches
nachzuahmen
und die linken Kräfte zu zerschlagen. Doch das wird in Jugoslawien noch
weniger gelingen als es in Russland gelang.
Verteidigt die antiimperialistischen und linken Kräfte in Jugoslawien!
***
Nachstehend ein Kommuniqué der SPS, das die gleichgeschalteten Medien
nicht
bringen. Statt dessen legitimieren sie die Repression, in dem sie von
der
Putschgefahr faseln. Wenn man von Putschgefahr sprechen kann, dann von
Seiten der Rechten um Djindjic!
Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS): INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC (as of
October
7, 2000 )
Despite Mr. Kostunica's public proclamation that his supporters wouldn't
harass members and sympathizers of the SPS, in the last three days, in
Belgrade and throughout Serbia, we've witnessed a reign of terror.
Supporters of the Socialist Party (SPS) have been physically threatened
over the phone. Children of socialists have been threatened. Members of
the
SPS have been beaten. Offices have been attacked and destroyed.
Skillfully directing the dissatisfaction of working people against the
Socialist Party, the opposition has organized bullying and lawless
actions,
driving out Socialist directors of companies, but only if those
companies
are well established and successful.
In Kragujevac they attacked, tied and abused ten SPS members. This
included
Ms. Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic. They held her for ten hours, trying to
force
her to go on TV and renounce her SPS membership. She refused. They
finally
released her - right into the arms of a drunken mob. She was cursed,
slapped, spat upon and kicked, over and over.
In Nish, Mr. Dragisa Vucic, an SPS representative on the town council
and a
worker at the electric distribution company, as beaten badly. He is in
the
hospital.
In Belgrade they robbed and then destroyed SPS central headquarters
(take a
look at our web album) and they have done the same with offices in all
the
boroughs.
After wrecking the Belgrade offices, members of the opposition parties
in
Kikinda attacked the Young Socialists' Internet Club. They smashed the
doors and windows but SPS members stopped them before they could steal
any
valuable equipment, which was probably what they were after. The
opposition
has recruited the worst kind of thugs for this work.
Last night, the Belgrade headquarters was attacked again. This time
there
was nothing to steal so they burned the building, which is beyond
repair.
In the town boroughs of Palilula, Vracar, Stari Grad and Zvezdara the
SPS
offices have been totally destroyed. Everything of value, all the
furniture, computer equipment and so on has been stolen.
At night, between the 5th and 6th of October, opposition demonstrators
broke into the headquarters in Leskovac, smashed the windows, stole the
computer and other equipment and destroyed what they could not cart
away.
In Jablanica County they demolished the offices, stole equipment, broke
windows and damaged the town building. They looted anything they could.
Then they burned the building, the garage and Mayor Zivojin Stefanovic's
car.
Despite the assurances of the Association of Vojvodina Hungarians that
there would be no attacks or threats against people with different
opinions, the SPS offices in Kanjiza were attacked. There are continuous
telephone threats against those who stand for peace and tolerance. A
special target are Hungarian members of the SPS.
In Ada, rioters led by Vojvodina Hungarian leaders have attacked the
home
of town Mayor Tomic Ognjan, a respected teacher. Police were late in
intervening so his house got severely damaged.
The home of county mayor Ljuba Slijepcevic was attacked. The savagery
was
stopped by police.
Demonstrators broke into SPS headquarters in Smederevo, stole everything
they found, then stole the equipment used by Radio "S."
In Lajkovac they demolished the Peasant Bank and Cafe. They broke into
the
local radio station and stole part of the equipment. They also broke
into
the SPS town headquarters and tried to loot and destroy these offices
but
were stopped by SPS members. They tried to do the same with the local TV
station.
In Kragujevac the demonstrators entered the Self-Management Club where
the
SPS headquarters and TV station are located. Police stopped them.
In Vlasotince they demolished the offices of the SPS and the JUL
(Yugoslav
United Left)as well.
In Temerin they broke in and seized the local radio station.
They attacked SPS headquarters in Pecinci, Prokuplje, Uzice, Bor,
Arilje,
Zrenjanin, Sremsak Mitrovica and Pancevo.
This is how the "democratic" opposition expresses its much-promised
tolerance of all views, all across Serbia.
For photo documentation go to
http://www.sps.org.yu/aktuelno/2000/okt/foto-01.html
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Wednesday, October 11, 2000
1. Reign of terror in Serbia
2. 'On the list they had me marked as a nationalist'
3. 'These Djindjic people are brown shirts'
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The url for this is http://emperors-clothes.com/news/attack.htm
REIGN OF TERROR IN SERBIA
Translated and edited by Emperor's Clothes
Introductory note: It has been admitted in the Western media (AFP, Oct.
8)
that last Thursday's Yugoslav coup was a military operation with a hard
core of at least 2000 men, many of them armed. It was planned and
organized
well in advance. Since then our Yugoslav contacts tell us there has been
a
real reign of terror, not reported in the Western press. This is
described
in two interviews on Emperor's Clothes, and in the statement from the
Socialist Party (SPS) below.
An Emperor's Clothes reader suggested that people send email to the
Serbian
Socialist Party, telling them we are outraged at these attacks and
urging
them not to cave in to the intimidation. You can write the SPS at
www@... Please forward this note.
Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS): INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC (as of
October
7, 2000 )
Despite Mr. Kostunica's public proclamation that his supporters wouldn't
harass members and sympathizers of the SPS, in the last three days, in
Belgrade and throughout Serbia, we've witnessed a reign of terror.
Supporters of the Socialist Party (SPS) have been physically threatened
over the phone. Children of socialists have been threatened. Members of
the
SPS have been beaten. Offices have been attacked and destroyed.
Skillfully directing the dissatisfaction of working people against the
Socialist Party, the opposition has organized bullying and lawless
actions,
driving out Socialist directors of companies, but only if those
companies
are well established and successful.
In Kragujevac they attacked, tied and abused ten SPS members. This
included
Ms. Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic. They held her for ten hours, trying to
force
her to go on TV and renounce her SPS membership. She refused. They
finally
released her - right into the arms of a drunken mob. She was cursed,
slapped, spat upon and kicked, over and over.
In Nish, Mr. Dragisa Vucic, an SPS representative on the town council
and a
worker at the electric distribution company, as beaten badly. He is in
the
hospital.
In Belgrade they robbed and then destroyed SPS central headquarters
(take a
look at our web album) and they have done the same with offices in all
the
boroughs.
[Emperor's Clothes note: To view web album go to
www.sps.org.yu/aktuelno/2000/okt/foto-01.html . There are several pages
of
pictures. Click 'next' on lower right of page)
After wrecking the Belgrade offices, members of the opposition parties
in
Kikinda attacked the Young Socialists' Internet Club. They smashed the
doors and windows but SPS members stopped them before they could steal
any
valuable equipment, which was probably what they were after. The
opposition
has recruited the worst kind of thugs for this work.
Last night, the Belgrade headquarters was attacked again. This time
there
was nothing to steal so they burned the building, which is beyond
repair.
In the town boroughs of Palilula, Vracar, Stari Grad and Zvezdara the
SPS
offices have been totally destroyed. Everything of value, all the
furniture, computer equipment and so on has been stolen.
At night, between the 5th and 6th of October, opposition demonstrators
broke into the headquarters in Leskovac, smashed the windows, stole the
computer and other equipment and destroyed what they could not cart
away.
In Jablanica County they demolished the offices, stole equipment, broke
windows and damaged the town building. They looted anything they could.
Then they burned the building, the garage and Mayor Zivojin Stefanovic's
car.
Despite the assurances of the Association of Vojvodina Hungarians that
there would be no attacks or threats against people with different
opinions, the SPS offices in Kanjiza were attacked. There are continuous
telephone threats against those who stand for peace and tolerance. A
special target are Hungarian members of the SPS.
In Ada, rioters led by Vojvodina Hungarian leaders have attacked the
home
of town Mayor Tomic Ognjan, a respected teacher. Police were late in
intervening so his house got severely damaged.
The home of county mayor Ljuba Slijepcevic was attacked. The savagery
was
stopped by police.
Demonstrators broke into SPS headquarters in Smederevo, stole everything
they found, then stole the equipment used by Radio "S."
In Lajkovac they demolished the Peasant Bank and Cafe. They broke into
the
local radio station and stole part of the equipment. They also broke
into
the SPS town headquarters and tried to loot and destroy these offices
but
were stopped by SPS members. They tried to do the same with the local TV
station.
In Kragujevac the demonstrators entered the Self-Management Club where
the
SPS headquarters and TV station are located. Police stopped them.
In Vlasotince they demolished the offices of the SPS and the JUL
(Yugoslav
United Left)as well.
In Temerin they broke in and seized the local radio station.
They attacked SPS headquarters in Pecinci, Prokuplje, Uzice, Bor,
Arilje,
Zrenjanin, Sremsak Mitrovica and Pancevo.
This is how the "democratic" opposition expresses its much-promised
tolerance of all views, all across Serbia.
For photo documentation go to
http://www.sps.org.yu/aktuelno/2000/okt/foto-01.html
There are several photographs; go to the lower right and click on 'next'
)
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For more on what's been happening in Yugoslavia see the articles listed
below.
'Djindjic Calls for Complete Yugoslav Submission to U.S.' at
http://emperors-clothes.com/news/submit.htm
Discusses the consequences of turning Yugoslavia into a U.S.
protectorate
'U.S. Arrogance and Yugoslav Elections' at
http://emperors-clothes.com/engl.htm
'The International Monetary Fund And The Yugoslav Elections' at
http://emperors-clothes.com/analysis/1.htm
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The url for this article
www.emperors-clothes.com/interviews/onthelist.htm
'On the list they had me marked as a nationalist'
Interview with a Serbian woman threatened by the opposition prior to
the
recent coup.
Interview was conducted the morning of 10-5-2000 and posted 10-10
Interviewer: Jared Israel
The following interview was conducted prior to the attack on Parliament
and other Yugoslav institutions last week. The interview was conducted
in
English and is accurate to the word. Mirjana's identity has been
withheld,
despite her insistence that I reveal it.
Jared: I got an email from [name of mutual friend]. She said you had
been
threatened or something?
Mirjana: Yes, a man was waiting when I came to work. He threatened to
kill
me if I went to vote in the second part of the elections. This also
happened to many other people, not just to me.
Jared: Can you talk about it?
Mirjana: Of course. You see, Jared, I did not expect this. I think I am
always doing right things so I never think that there is anybody in this
world who is doing something bad to me. And do you know when he came
close
to me, in that moment when I realized what is going on I just said to
myself, because you know I have experience from the war in Republic of
Serbian Krajina [when Croatia attacked this Serbian area] just to look
at
his eyes all the time. His stayed there three or four minutes and it was
so
bad.
Jared: You are very brave. Was he young or old?
Mirjana: He was about 40 years old. And you know, I think that I met
him
several years ago and that he is a Serbian man from Germany. He looked
familiar and I had all day yesterday to think. And now I remember that
he
was coming from U.S. some years ago to complain and give his opinions.
You see, Jared, I am sure that I'm doing very good things, I am really
fighter for freedom for everybody in this world. And if God is going to
allow that they do me something bad it is no matter. I am not afraid for
myself.
They are doing this all around Belgrade. Even in the supermarkets they
are
telling people that they are going to kill people if they try to vote,
that
they are not allowed to go to vote. Can you imagine this?
Jared: Isn't that going to turn people against them? The word will
spread -
Mirjana: Of course.
Jared: Have you told other people.
Mirjana: Yesterday morning I called my friends of course because first
of
all I wanted them to know because I am scared for them because they are
also people like me, big fighters
But there are so many people they have threatened, even people living
on
my street, they have been threatened too. Because do you know, people
from
Democratic Parties, they have all lists with citizens of voters of
Belgrade. And one man from DOS he came, you know from this democratic
opposition parties, he came to my work to talk to me and showed me that
list. In our country it is a crime to have a list of the citizens who
are
voters. So all the people on the list, they were marked if they were
members of the Socialist Party or Serbian Radical Party or Communist
Party.
I was marked as a nationalist. You understand? So I told him first this
is
a crime. And second, as want to represent people in government, this is
a
very bad thing that you have something like this list. So now I know
how they can be so well organized, to threaten all the voters. Because
they have all informations about people. Especially they are now
pressuring
people who have never been to any political party. Pressuring them not
to
go and vote. But a lot of them will go now because they are angry.
You cannot tell me not to go to work or to vote. I want to have my
personal opinion. Serbian people hate to be pressed. Especially Serbian
women. Can you imagine? To try to scare me! My father he is peasant from
Krajina.
[Note: the Krajina is a mountainous section near Croatia and inhabited
for
hundreds of years almost entirely by ethnic Serb farmers. When Croatia
seceded from Yugoslavia in June, 1991, the Croatian neo-fascists tried
to
subjugate the Krajina Serbs, but were roundly defeated. The West then
brokered a peace agreement disadvantageous to the Serbs, who were
disarmed.
Four years later, the Croatian army, trained by a CIA-connected private
military organization called MPRI, and with US air support, drove the
entire population of Krajina from their homes - 250,000 people in a few
days. These people are now refugees in Serbia. The MPRI is now involved
in
training the paramilitary forces of the secessionist government in
Montenegro.]
Mirjana: We prefer to die before we accept to be a slave. I got so mad.
I
think these people took the U.S. money and promised something to
American
government and so they're scared. They are afraid of the Americans so
now
they try to scare me and other people - and you know most of the people
they threatened are women - can you imagine?
Jared: Did you tell your husband?
Mirjana: Of course. You know, he's my best friend. But he knows that I
am
enough crazy that I can protect myself.
Jared: We're all a little crazy
Mirjana: We're not crazy, we have crazy politicians. If there are
people
listening to your phone from your country's secret police, let me tell
them
something: you should stop these stupid people to do such bad things in
our
country.. If you want an Empire, don't you need women to have children?
It is not smart to threaten women and try to scare them. Can you
imagine,
a new Empire which is trying to run the world by scaring women?
Jared: Kidnapping them too. The Sunday Times says 500,000 women a year
are
kidnapped out of Eastern Europe, sold.
Mirjana: Can you imagine things like this? But this will not work, no,
especially not with the Serbian women because we are very strong. When
we
get mad we are capable of doing many things.
Jared: Thank you for talking about this. I was worried when I heard you
were being harassed.
Mirjana: Don't worry for your friend.
Jared: But I'm going to publicize it. But I don't want to use your name
of
course and -
Mirjana: Write my name! Why not? Do you want to say where they
threatened,
the address?
Jared: The address? I don't -
Mirjana: Yes, say it. [Despite her demand I have not published
Mirjana's
full name or address- JI.] I was a member of Djindjic's party but I am
not
a member, not anymore. Because they are involved in crime. Racketing. I
found this out and you can write it all now. Because now I am mad. I
hate
when somebody threaten me.
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The url for this article
www.emperors-clothes.com/interviews/djindjic2.htm
'These Djindjic people are brown shirts'
Interview with a Serbian woman, by Jared Israel
The following interview took place several days after the October 5 coup
in
Belgrade. The person interviewed is a member of the Serbian Radical
Party,
a conservative nationalist party opposed to the recent coup.
Jared: What's going on?
Gordana: Some very aggressive people from the opposition are grabbing
everything around here, in particular taking the institutions that have
some money, for instance the telecommunications company. They are
scaring
people and beating people.
They want to destroy the results of previous elections by declaring that
new elections have to be held for the Serbian Parliament. Elections are
not
supposed to be held for a year but they want them this fall. That would
mean the Serbian people would lose their representatives because the
elections would be held in an impossible situation. Whole groups of
political parties have no access to media. In the past we had many
viewpoints because we had government media and even more widespread was
various shades of opposition media. Now only one view. And there is day
to
day terrorizing of people. Mr. Djindjic hopes that people will be too
scared to run as candidates from those parties which stand in his way.
Jared: You say there is "day to day terrorizing"?.
Gordana: Take this example. A friend of mine is intellectual. Every time
her phone rings she gets a threat from the other side. They stop her car
in
traffic to threaten her, and so on. And this is a professional woman,
the
daughter of a well-known professor. Even these people who are well known
are subject to threats. Another such woman, a reporter, visits me, and
she
is afraid to go home alone and stays over - and this is in Belgrade! Can
you imagine how the common people feel? They are even more afraid. I was
on
a bus full of tired, worried working people and one of these Otpor types
got on and demanded that the bus stands still and he says: "Listen! We
have
the power now and you will see what we do!"
Jared: So you think that people will be afraid to vote for the Socialist
or
Radical parties or other parties that oppose the coup?
Gordana: No, I think that people may be afraid to run as candidates for
these parties.
The Djindjic people took over all the radio stations and TV stations and
newspapers. On TV now you can't see even the regular old shows. It is
propaganda. The old ladies in Serbia like to watch soap operas from
South
America but now they can't do that. You see they are poor and they have
such a hard life and now they don't have even this small pleasure.
Instead
we have to watch stupid American government lies, even about the wars in
Bosnia and Croatia and so on. They have programs that blame the Serbs,
for
everything. Can you believe this? Do they think we are morons, not to
know
our own history. But the purpose here is also a kind of terror, to break
the spirit. To make people feel hope is lost.
Today they had a show on the television telling lies about Dubrovnik,
showing pictures to prove it was burned down in 1991 by the Yugoslav
army.
But Dubrovnik has all the old buildings in perfect condition and I know
this because friends have been back to see the town, and it was not
damaged. (1)
And these movies they now show to prove to us that the Serbs were
responsible for the wars this past decade. Why? Did we try to secede?
Doesn't Yugoslavia have a right to exist? .Would other countries allow
secessionists and foreign factors to destroy their nation? I have never
seen such lies. Can you imagine, having a situation where you can't
stand
to watch the TV or read the papers.
Jared: I'm afraid I can imagine. What we mainly do on Emperor's Clothes
is
expose lies. They create 'em faster than we can expose them. All I do is
expose fiction.
Gordana: Today is 1941 in Yugoslavia. If there are people who don't
know,
well, they will know it very soon. Even some people I spoke to who were
supporting the DOS now see this violence that is going on and they say,
"These Djindjic people are brown shirts."
[Brown shirts is a term for Fascists or Nazi's - E-C]
Footnotes
(1) I am writing a book about the Western media's lies about Yugoslavia.
As
part of the research, I read many of the news reports written in 1991
about
Dubrovnik. As Gordana says, the Western claim is that the Yugoslavs
(read:
Serbs) burned the place down. This lie was used to prove the Serbs were
ruthless monsters. When the first stories broke about burning Dubrovnik
down they produced a strongly anti-Serb response in the public so,
wanting
to make the most of a good thing, the stories were repeated. In the
"Independent" I found Dubrovnik burned to the ground on not fewer than
five
occasions, spanning a period of four months. Remarkable. Despite this
repeated cataclysm, Prof. Peter Maher, who is a knowledgeable witness,
shot
a film during his March 1992 visit to Dubrovnik which proves there was
no
damage to the old city.
There was indeed fighting in the Dubrovnik area. But the evidence I
uncovered during my research shows that the Yugoslav Army deliberately
avoided shelling the old city. Here is the basic sequence of events: the
Croatian secessionist troops attacked Yugoslav army barracks near
Dubrovnik. The Yugoslav Army gave chase. The secessionists retreated
behind
the old city digging in in areas dangerously close to hotels in which
they
had housed refugees from the fighting . In a moment of candor, Phil
Davison, a reporter from the British "Independent" admitted that this
virtually guaranteed the shelling of hotels:
"The Croats have set up a mortar close to our hotel, just as they
have
next to hospitals and refugee centres. This may make us a target
for
the army. Sooner or later, they are going to lay a couple of
rounds
on us. The army is zapping Lokrum island, 300 yards from my hotel.
Mortars, machineguns, ack-ack guns. It is deafening. A machinegun
barrage rattles my windows. It is just a matter of time."
(The 'Independent' November 17, 1991)
The press was full of stories of how the heartless Yugoslav Army was
shelling hotels where refugees were housed. Did the secessionists set up
their positions near the hotels in order to force the Yugoslavs to shell
the hotels and thus provide ammunition for anti-Yugoslav propaganda?
Common
sense suggests they did. And more than common sense: consider this
report,
which appeared in only two English language newspapers:
"Women And Children Barred From Leaving Croatian Town
"The six-member Dubrovnik crisis committee decided six days ago
that
the defense of this coastal Adriatic city required the presence of
all
the remaining women and children.
UNICEF was informed of the decree three days ago, and on Tuesday,
it
was first implemented when 200 people were prevented from leaving
the
city on a UNICEF relief vessel that had brought supplies to the
city.
"First, he said, if the women and children stay, it will mean that
the
attacking army would be shooting at them and not just at
a
walled city.
"Second, he said, their presence might force the army to hesitate
before shooting.
"Third, if there is an attack, the international public reaction to
such an attack
would be a public-relations coup for Croatia, which has been trying
desperately for months to get diplomatic and military support from
the
West…
"Only 100 of 300 people scheduled to leave on a ship Tuesday were
allowed to depart, and UNICEF was told by Dubrovnik officials
that no one else would be able to leave."('The Orange County
Register,' December 5, 1991)
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