Informazione
[Note: the party "Alleanza Nazionale", which belongs to the nowadays
government coalition and has most supporters among the military and
police, derives from the fascist "Movimento Sociale Italiano". It has
barely changed its name in 1992. In the framework of the so-called
"passage to a Second Republic" (1989-1992), "left" forces and
personalities helped it to be included into the "constitutional
block", thus making it "fit" for government coalitions. I.S.]
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Italy: Twenty anti-globalization activists arrested in police sweeps
Charged under Mussolini-era subversion laws
By Stefan Steinberg
21 November 2002
Less than a week after one of the biggest anti-war demonstrations in
Europe since the end of World War II, the Italian judiciary and police
have conducted a large-scale operation against anti-globalisation
protesters.
In the early hours of November 15, police stormed houses and
apartments in a number of cities in southern Italy and arrested 20
representatives of anti-globalisation protest movements. A total of 41
persons are subjects of investigations throughout Italy. They are
suspected of various offences, including violating article 270/270b of
Italian law, breaches of "democratic order" and conspiracy.
The mass demonstration against US war in Iraq took place on November
12 in the Italian city of Florence. The demonstration, which was
peaceful, came at the end of the first meeting of the European Social
Forum, a week of discussions and debates on the social consequences of
globalisation.
Many of those arrested last week participated in and helped organise
the activities of the Forum and the mass demonstration.
Among those arrested are the two leading representatives of the
southern Italian "no global" network, Francesco Caruso and Giuseppe
Fonzino.
Thirteen of the arrested were immediately held in custody in the high
security Trani prison; the remaining seven are under house arrest.
Houses were also searched in a number of Italian cities.
The timing of the arrests, directly after the Forum and demonstration,
make clear that the Italian state is moving rapidly to suppress the
mass movement emerging against war, as well as seeking to neutralise
critics of global capitalism and the government of Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi.
According to newspaper reports, the state prosecutor's office in
Cosenza had conducted a one-and-a-half-year investigation leading to
the arrests.
This probe produced a 360-page file on the activities of the
anti-globalisation protesters and included detailed surveys of 60,000
emails, the systematic surveillance of Internet sites, the shadowing
of suspects, film recordings and wiretaps.
Prosecutors are attempting to prove links between the "no-global"
movement and other anarchist movements that have been active in the
so-called "Black Blocs," which were a source of provocations and
violence in recent demonstrations at the Global Forum in Naples and
the 2001 G-8 summit in Genoa. In fact, recent investigations by
independent legal organisations and filmmakers have made it clear that
police provocateurs and intelligence agents were heavily active in
infiltrating the Black Blocs.
The arrests sparked off immediate protests throughout the country.
Several thousands joined spontaneous street demonstrations last Friday
in Rome and Milan calling for the immediate release of those arrested.
Further mass protests are planned this week in southern Italy and the
city of Naples where many of the arrests took place.
Last Friday also saw demonstrations and blockades by striking Fiat car
workers organised by the Italian trade union FIOM in collaboration
with the "no global" network. According to some newspaper
commentaries, the arrests were also aimed at ensuring that protests
and disruptions by striking workers did not spill over into a more
general movement directed against the Italian government.
A lawyer representing Caruso, one of the accused, commented in a
newspaper interview: "The government is seeking to criminalise the
movement precisely at a time when its policies and forms of action are
finding more and more support amongst ordinary people and in the trade
unions."
Origins of article 270
The majority of charges levelled against the accused are based on
article 270/270b of Italian law, which was introduced and extensively
used by the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini to silence any
opposition, and in particular communist opponents of his rule. Part of
the notorious Leggi di difesa, article 270 enables prosecution merely
on the basis that, according to the prosecutor, the accused were
planning or conspiring to conduct activities detrimental to the
Italian government. Article 270 explicitly refers to the danger of
groups aiming to overthrow the economic order of Italy. Under
Mussolini in the 1930s, mere possession of a Communist leaflet was
sufficient to ensure arrest, prosecution and imprisonment.
The article stipulates that those found guilty (ringleaders) can be
imprisoned for up to 12 years. Supporters of conspiracy can be locked
up for three years. After the collapse of Italian fascism at the end
of the Second World War, article 270 was kept on the books, even as
Italian Communist Party leader Palmiro Togliatti became the first
post-war Italian justice minister. The government reworked the law
following the terror attacks of September 11 and has invoked it with
increasing regularity against its political opponents over the past
few years.
The latest arrests are a clear warning of the sharp lurch to the right
by the Berlusconi government. At the same time, they expose the claims
by leading members of the opposition Olive Tree alliance and
Democratic Left who claimed that after his election Berlusconi would
be forced to take into account post-war Italy's democratic traditions
and moderate his policies. A number of social democrats and
"post-communists" who claimed that Berlusconi could be tamed also
applauded the "restraint" of the Italian police and judiciary
following the peaceful demonstration of November 10.
Now Berlusconi has given his answer. The latest arrests make clear
that his government is prepared to move rapidly and employ the most
extreme methods to strangle any potential opposition to his
government-including the use of fascist laws.
These latest arrests take place in the context of continuous assaults
by the government on democratic rights. Berlusconi has made no secret
of his contempt for those aspects of Italian law that he regards as
obstacles to his drive for economic and political power. Following the
sentencing this week of former Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti
to 24 years imprisonment on charges of abetting the murder of a
journalist, Berlusconi once more lashed out at Italian courts and
complained that "politically biased judges have attempted to change
the course of democratic politics and rewrite Italian history."
Copyright 1998-2002
World Socialist Web Site
All rights reserved
government coalition and has most supporters among the military and
police, derives from the fascist "Movimento Sociale Italiano". It has
barely changed its name in 1992. In the framework of the so-called
"passage to a Second Republic" (1989-1992), "left" forces and
personalities helped it to be included into the "constitutional
block", thus making it "fit" for government coalitions. I.S.]
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/nov2002/ital-n21_prn.shtml
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Italy: Twenty anti-globalization activists arrested in police sweeps
Charged under Mussolini-era subversion laws
By Stefan Steinberg
21 November 2002
Less than a week after one of the biggest anti-war demonstrations in
Europe since the end of World War II, the Italian judiciary and police
have conducted a large-scale operation against anti-globalisation
protesters.
In the early hours of November 15, police stormed houses and
apartments in a number of cities in southern Italy and arrested 20
representatives of anti-globalisation protest movements. A total of 41
persons are subjects of investigations throughout Italy. They are
suspected of various offences, including violating article 270/270b of
Italian law, breaches of "democratic order" and conspiracy.
The mass demonstration against US war in Iraq took place on November
12 in the Italian city of Florence. The demonstration, which was
peaceful, came at the end of the first meeting of the European Social
Forum, a week of discussions and debates on the social consequences of
globalisation.
Many of those arrested last week participated in and helped organise
the activities of the Forum and the mass demonstration.
Among those arrested are the two leading representatives of the
southern Italian "no global" network, Francesco Caruso and Giuseppe
Fonzino.
Thirteen of the arrested were immediately held in custody in the high
security Trani prison; the remaining seven are under house arrest.
Houses were also searched in a number of Italian cities.
The timing of the arrests, directly after the Forum and demonstration,
make clear that the Italian state is moving rapidly to suppress the
mass movement emerging against war, as well as seeking to neutralise
critics of global capitalism and the government of Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi.
According to newspaper reports, the state prosecutor's office in
Cosenza had conducted a one-and-a-half-year investigation leading to
the arrests.
This probe produced a 360-page file on the activities of the
anti-globalisation protesters and included detailed surveys of 60,000
emails, the systematic surveillance of Internet sites, the shadowing
of suspects, film recordings and wiretaps.
Prosecutors are attempting to prove links between the "no-global"
movement and other anarchist movements that have been active in the
so-called "Black Blocs," which were a source of provocations and
violence in recent demonstrations at the Global Forum in Naples and
the 2001 G-8 summit in Genoa. In fact, recent investigations by
independent legal organisations and filmmakers have made it clear that
police provocateurs and intelligence agents were heavily active in
infiltrating the Black Blocs.
The arrests sparked off immediate protests throughout the country.
Several thousands joined spontaneous street demonstrations last Friday
in Rome and Milan calling for the immediate release of those arrested.
Further mass protests are planned this week in southern Italy and the
city of Naples where many of the arrests took place.
Last Friday also saw demonstrations and blockades by striking Fiat car
workers organised by the Italian trade union FIOM in collaboration
with the "no global" network. According to some newspaper
commentaries, the arrests were also aimed at ensuring that protests
and disruptions by striking workers did not spill over into a more
general movement directed against the Italian government.
A lawyer representing Caruso, one of the accused, commented in a
newspaper interview: "The government is seeking to criminalise the
movement precisely at a time when its policies and forms of action are
finding more and more support amongst ordinary people and in the trade
unions."
Origins of article 270
The majority of charges levelled against the accused are based on
article 270/270b of Italian law, which was introduced and extensively
used by the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini to silence any
opposition, and in particular communist opponents of his rule. Part of
the notorious Leggi di difesa, article 270 enables prosecution merely
on the basis that, according to the prosecutor, the accused were
planning or conspiring to conduct activities detrimental to the
Italian government. Article 270 explicitly refers to the danger of
groups aiming to overthrow the economic order of Italy. Under
Mussolini in the 1930s, mere possession of a Communist leaflet was
sufficient to ensure arrest, prosecution and imprisonment.
The article stipulates that those found guilty (ringleaders) can be
imprisoned for up to 12 years. Supporters of conspiracy can be locked
up for three years. After the collapse of Italian fascism at the end
of the Second World War, article 270 was kept on the books, even as
Italian Communist Party leader Palmiro Togliatti became the first
post-war Italian justice minister. The government reworked the law
following the terror attacks of September 11 and has invoked it with
increasing regularity against its political opponents over the past
few years.
The latest arrests are a clear warning of the sharp lurch to the right
by the Berlusconi government. At the same time, they expose the claims
by leading members of the opposition Olive Tree alliance and
Democratic Left who claimed that after his election Berlusconi would
be forced to take into account post-war Italy's democratic traditions
and moderate his policies. A number of social democrats and
"post-communists" who claimed that Berlusconi could be tamed also
applauded the "restraint" of the Italian police and judiciary
following the peaceful demonstration of November 10.
Now Berlusconi has given his answer. The latest arrests make clear
that his government is prepared to move rapidly and employ the most
extreme methods to strangle any potential opposition to his
government-including the use of fascist laws.
These latest arrests take place in the context of continuous assaults
by the government on democratic rights. Berlusconi has made no secret
of his contempt for those aspects of Italian law that he regards as
obstacles to his drive for economic and political power. Following the
sentencing this week of former Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti
to 24 years imprisonment on charges of abetting the murder of a
journalist, Berlusconi once more lashed out at Italian courts and
complained that "politically biased judges have attempted to change
the course of democratic politics and rewrite Italian history."
Copyright 1998-2002
World Socialist Web Site
All rights reserved
L'autore del testo che segue e' un fisico belga, co-autore con Alain
Sokal dell'interessante saggio "Imposture intellettuali" (Garzanti
1999). E' uno degli intellettuali che lanciarono l'Appello di
Bruxelles nel vano tentativo di fermare l'aggressione contro la
Jugoslavia.
Jean, come molti altri commentatori, vede nella Risoluzione ONU 1441
la "replica" di Rambouillet, e cita l'esempio di Rade Markovic, alto
funzionario del Ministero degli Interni della Serbia, che è stato
convocato dal TPI dell'Aia come testimone dell'accusa contro
Milosevic, ma che al momento di testimoniare si è rivelato teste a
difesa dichiarando di essere stato torturato e che gli erano state
promesse delle ricompense se avesse accettato di dire il falso sotto
giuramento. (a cura di Olga ed Andrea)
----- Original Message -----
From: Comité contre la guerre en Irak
Chers amis,
Nous vous faisons parvenir une réaction à propos de la résolution 1441
de Jean Bricmont, membre de la présidence d'honneur de notre comité.
Bien cordialement.
Un nouveau Rambouillet ?
par Jean Bricmont
Lors des négociations de Rambouillet qui avaient permis en 1999 de
légitimer - à cause de « l'intransigeance serbe » -- les bombardements
sur la Yougoslavie, on avait exigé du gouvernement yougoslave qu'il
accepte de signer un document où il était spécifié (Annexe B, section
8) que « le personnel de l'OTAN bénéficiera, ainsi que leurs
véhicules, bateaux, avions et équipements, du droit de libre passage,
sans restriction aucune, à travers tout le territoire de la république
fédérale yougoslave, y compris l'espace aérien et les eaux
territoriales associés. Cela inclura, mais ne sera pas limité, au
droit de bivouac, de manoeuvre, de logement et de l'utilisation de
tout endroit ou installation requis à des fins d'appui, d'entraînement
et d'opérations. » Notons qu'il s'agissait bien là de tout le
territoire yougoslave, pas seulement du Kosovo. L'OTAN pourrait
utiliser gratuitement les aéroports, les routes, les chemins de fer,
les ports et les télécommunications (sections 11 et 15). Son personnel
serait protégé contre toute poursuite ou enquête faite par les
autorités yougoslaves (sections 6 et 7).
La résolution 1441 adoptée à l'unanimité par le conseil de sécurité
impose des exigences tout aussi inacceptables à l'Irak. D'une part,
les Irakiens doivent faire état, dans un délai de trente jours, de
tous leurs programmes nucléaires, biologiques et chimiques, y compris
ceux dont ils estiment qu'ils n'ont pas d'usage militaire (article 3).
On se demande comment n'importe quel pays un peu industrialisé,
possédant une industrie chimique par exemple, pourrait satisfaire une
telle exigence.
Néanmoins, toute fausse déclaration sera considérée comme une
violation de la résolution (article 4). Par ailleurs, les inspecteurs
pourront interdire aux Irakiens de circuler dans n'importe quelle
partie de leur territoire (article 7). Un nombre « suffisant » mais
non spécifié de troupes de l'ONU pourra assurer la sécurité des
inspecteurs. Finalement, ceux-ci pourront emmener, avec leur famille,
pour interrogatoire hors d'Irak, n'importe quel citoyen irakien
(article 5). C'est-à-dire qu'il peuvent en principe demander même à
Saddam Hussein de les suivre aux Etats-Unis. Pour couronner le tout,
le conseil réaffirme son engagement en faveur de la souveraineté et de
l'intégrité territoriale de l'Irak.
Pour apprécier à sa juste valeur cette «dernière chance pour la paix»,
il est utile de penser au témoignage de Scott Ritter, républicain
américain et ancien inspecteur de l'ONU en Irak qui, outre qu'il
parcourt le monde en déclarant qu'en 1998 l'Irak était désarmé, a
affirmé au Sénat français, le 10 avril 2002, que « quand Richard
Butler a autorisé l'emploi de ces techniques sensibles utilisées par
mon équipe pour trouver des armes, pour enquêter sur la sécurité de
Saddam Hussein à la demande des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, afin de
favoriser la politique unilatérale américaine de renversement du
régime, alors cela est devenu de l'espionnage. C'est la raison pour
laquelle je suis parti : je ne voulais pas participer à cela. » On se
rappellera aussi que devant le tribunal de La Haye, Rade Markovic,
ancien chef de la sécurité de Serbie, présenté comme témoin de
l'accusation au procès Milosevic, a déclaré, le 26 juillet 2002, avoir
été torturé et s'être vu offert une vie de luxe à l'étranger (avec sa
famille) s'il acceptait de faire un faux témoignage. Ainsi va la
justice des puissants.
Dans le monde arabe, on fait contre mauvaise fortune bon coeur. La
Syrie tente de justifier son vote en assurant qu'il permet d'éviter la
guerre, alors que le New York Times (du 9 novembre) écrit que la
campagne de bombardements durera moins d'un mois et que les Etats-Unis
craignent que les Irakiens, soit par des commandos-suicide, soit en se
battant dans les quartiers des villes, ne souillent la victoire
américaine avec du sang, dans l'intention d'augmenter les sentiments
anti-américains dans la région. Quels barbares ! Il est d'ailleurs
erroné de dire que la guerre va commencer - elle n' a fait que se
perpétuer depuis 1991, avec des dizaines de milliers de vols
anglo-américains sur l'Irak et des centaines de milliers de morts dus
à un embargo d'une cruauté unique dans l'histoire.
La résolution 1441, c'est le Munich du Tiers Monde - donner carte
blanche à l'impérialisme le plus agressif du moment, comme l'avaient
fait les dirigeants anglais et français en 1938. Un grand progrès a
été réalisé depuis la guerre en Yougoslavie : celle-ci n'avait aucune
base juridique, alors que celle contre l'Irak sera entièrement légale.
La France a rendu un fier service aux Etats-Unis, même si ceux-ci
rechignent à l'admettre : il y a mieux pour les puissants que de
violer le droit - c'est d'avoir un ordre légal à leur botte.
Sous peu, il ne restera plus aux soldats irakiens qu'à livrer un
baroud d'honneur et à leurs dirigeants à choisir entre le tombeau et
la prison.
Ils résisteront peut-être héroïquement, mais comment combattre sous un
déluge de bombes, face à un adversaire qui possède l'arme nucléaire et
qui se déclare prêt à s'en servir si la résistance est trop forte ?
Les survivants devront revivre pour une période indéterminée ce qui a
été le sort de l'immense majorité de l'humanité pendant des décennies
si pas des siècles : le joug colonial. Ce ne sera pas nouveau pour
eux: après la fin de l'empire turc, Lord Curzon, qui dirigeait les
affaires étrangères britanniques, avait proposé que le Moyen Orient
soit gouverné par une « façade arabe dirigée par les britanniques »,
sans administration directe, mais dissimulée par des « fictions
constitutionnelles » telles que qu'un « protectorat, une zone
d'influence, un état tampon etc. ».On pillera leurs ressources - ce
sera la reconstruction de l'Irak. On dilapidera leur pétrole dans nos
maisons surchauffées, nos bouchons et nos usines ; au passage, on
détruira peut-être le climat de la planète. On éliminera de leur
personnel politique tous ceux qui risquent de défendre un tant soit
peu la souveraineté du pays - ce sera la démocratisation de l'Irak.
Beaucoup d'ONG et de défenseurs des droits de l'homme se réjouiront de
la disparition d'un tyran (sans avoir le courage d'en remercier G. W.
Bush). De mauvais esprits se rappelleront que, s'il y a beaucoup de
tyrans dans le monde, seul Saddam Hussein a osé dire, après le 11
septembre : « ceux qui pensent que la vie de leur peuple est précieuse
doivent se rappeler que la vie des autres peuples du monde est
précieuse aussi ». Les nouveaux maîtres de l'Irak remercieront les
Etats-Unis de les avoir libérés. Lorsque les Irakiens seront
suffisamment découragés, on organisera des élections libres. On
élaborera de nouveaux plans de paix en Palestine.
Pendant ce temps, les intellectuels occidentaux remettent avec
empressement leur copie sur le sujet du moment : la critique du
fanatisme religieux et de l'intolérance. On réédite Voltaire. On met
en garde contre l'antiaméricanisme, cette maladie qui est censée
affliger tout particulièrement le pays d'Europe où les manifestations
contre la guerre sont les plus faibles, à savoir la France. Rares sont
ceux qui se demandent si le véritable fanatisme n'est pas cette soif
infinie de puissance et de profit qui domine l'Occident, ni si la
colère que tant d'injustice et de cynisme provoque dans le monde arabe
et musulman n'est pas légitime. A moins qu'un vaste mouvement
international ne renverse le cours des choses, on s'apercevra
peut-être un jour que le 11 septembre n'était qu'un début.
Jean Bricmont
Sokal dell'interessante saggio "Imposture intellettuali" (Garzanti
1999). E' uno degli intellettuali che lanciarono l'Appello di
Bruxelles nel vano tentativo di fermare l'aggressione contro la
Jugoslavia.
Jean, come molti altri commentatori, vede nella Risoluzione ONU 1441
la "replica" di Rambouillet, e cita l'esempio di Rade Markovic, alto
funzionario del Ministero degli Interni della Serbia, che è stato
convocato dal TPI dell'Aia come testimone dell'accusa contro
Milosevic, ma che al momento di testimoniare si è rivelato teste a
difesa dichiarando di essere stato torturato e che gli erano state
promesse delle ricompense se avesse accettato di dire il falso sotto
giuramento. (a cura di Olga ed Andrea)
----- Original Message -----
From: Comité contre la guerre en Irak
Chers amis,
Nous vous faisons parvenir une réaction à propos de la résolution 1441
de Jean Bricmont, membre de la présidence d'honneur de notre comité.
Bien cordialement.
Un nouveau Rambouillet ?
par Jean Bricmont
Lors des négociations de Rambouillet qui avaient permis en 1999 de
légitimer - à cause de « l'intransigeance serbe » -- les bombardements
sur la Yougoslavie, on avait exigé du gouvernement yougoslave qu'il
accepte de signer un document où il était spécifié (Annexe B, section
8) que « le personnel de l'OTAN bénéficiera, ainsi que leurs
véhicules, bateaux, avions et équipements, du droit de libre passage,
sans restriction aucune, à travers tout le territoire de la république
fédérale yougoslave, y compris l'espace aérien et les eaux
territoriales associés. Cela inclura, mais ne sera pas limité, au
droit de bivouac, de manoeuvre, de logement et de l'utilisation de
tout endroit ou installation requis à des fins d'appui, d'entraînement
et d'opérations. » Notons qu'il s'agissait bien là de tout le
territoire yougoslave, pas seulement du Kosovo. L'OTAN pourrait
utiliser gratuitement les aéroports, les routes, les chemins de fer,
les ports et les télécommunications (sections 11 et 15). Son personnel
serait protégé contre toute poursuite ou enquête faite par les
autorités yougoslaves (sections 6 et 7).
La résolution 1441 adoptée à l'unanimité par le conseil de sécurité
impose des exigences tout aussi inacceptables à l'Irak. D'une part,
les Irakiens doivent faire état, dans un délai de trente jours, de
tous leurs programmes nucléaires, biologiques et chimiques, y compris
ceux dont ils estiment qu'ils n'ont pas d'usage militaire (article 3).
On se demande comment n'importe quel pays un peu industrialisé,
possédant une industrie chimique par exemple, pourrait satisfaire une
telle exigence.
Néanmoins, toute fausse déclaration sera considérée comme une
violation de la résolution (article 4). Par ailleurs, les inspecteurs
pourront interdire aux Irakiens de circuler dans n'importe quelle
partie de leur territoire (article 7). Un nombre « suffisant » mais
non spécifié de troupes de l'ONU pourra assurer la sécurité des
inspecteurs. Finalement, ceux-ci pourront emmener, avec leur famille,
pour interrogatoire hors d'Irak, n'importe quel citoyen irakien
(article 5). C'est-à-dire qu'il peuvent en principe demander même à
Saddam Hussein de les suivre aux Etats-Unis. Pour couronner le tout,
le conseil réaffirme son engagement en faveur de la souveraineté et de
l'intégrité territoriale de l'Irak.
Pour apprécier à sa juste valeur cette «dernière chance pour la paix»,
il est utile de penser au témoignage de Scott Ritter, républicain
américain et ancien inspecteur de l'ONU en Irak qui, outre qu'il
parcourt le monde en déclarant qu'en 1998 l'Irak était désarmé, a
affirmé au Sénat français, le 10 avril 2002, que « quand Richard
Butler a autorisé l'emploi de ces techniques sensibles utilisées par
mon équipe pour trouver des armes, pour enquêter sur la sécurité de
Saddam Hussein à la demande des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, afin de
favoriser la politique unilatérale américaine de renversement du
régime, alors cela est devenu de l'espionnage. C'est la raison pour
laquelle je suis parti : je ne voulais pas participer à cela. » On se
rappellera aussi que devant le tribunal de La Haye, Rade Markovic,
ancien chef de la sécurité de Serbie, présenté comme témoin de
l'accusation au procès Milosevic, a déclaré, le 26 juillet 2002, avoir
été torturé et s'être vu offert une vie de luxe à l'étranger (avec sa
famille) s'il acceptait de faire un faux témoignage. Ainsi va la
justice des puissants.
Dans le monde arabe, on fait contre mauvaise fortune bon coeur. La
Syrie tente de justifier son vote en assurant qu'il permet d'éviter la
guerre, alors que le New York Times (du 9 novembre) écrit que la
campagne de bombardements durera moins d'un mois et que les Etats-Unis
craignent que les Irakiens, soit par des commandos-suicide, soit en se
battant dans les quartiers des villes, ne souillent la victoire
américaine avec du sang, dans l'intention d'augmenter les sentiments
anti-américains dans la région. Quels barbares ! Il est d'ailleurs
erroné de dire que la guerre va commencer - elle n' a fait que se
perpétuer depuis 1991, avec des dizaines de milliers de vols
anglo-américains sur l'Irak et des centaines de milliers de morts dus
à un embargo d'une cruauté unique dans l'histoire.
La résolution 1441, c'est le Munich du Tiers Monde - donner carte
blanche à l'impérialisme le plus agressif du moment, comme l'avaient
fait les dirigeants anglais et français en 1938. Un grand progrès a
été réalisé depuis la guerre en Yougoslavie : celle-ci n'avait aucune
base juridique, alors que celle contre l'Irak sera entièrement légale.
La France a rendu un fier service aux Etats-Unis, même si ceux-ci
rechignent à l'admettre : il y a mieux pour les puissants que de
violer le droit - c'est d'avoir un ordre légal à leur botte.
Sous peu, il ne restera plus aux soldats irakiens qu'à livrer un
baroud d'honneur et à leurs dirigeants à choisir entre le tombeau et
la prison.
Ils résisteront peut-être héroïquement, mais comment combattre sous un
déluge de bombes, face à un adversaire qui possède l'arme nucléaire et
qui se déclare prêt à s'en servir si la résistance est trop forte ?
Les survivants devront revivre pour une période indéterminée ce qui a
été le sort de l'immense majorité de l'humanité pendant des décennies
si pas des siècles : le joug colonial. Ce ne sera pas nouveau pour
eux: après la fin de l'empire turc, Lord Curzon, qui dirigeait les
affaires étrangères britanniques, avait proposé que le Moyen Orient
soit gouverné par une « façade arabe dirigée par les britanniques »,
sans administration directe, mais dissimulée par des « fictions
constitutionnelles » telles que qu'un « protectorat, une zone
d'influence, un état tampon etc. ».On pillera leurs ressources - ce
sera la reconstruction de l'Irak. On dilapidera leur pétrole dans nos
maisons surchauffées, nos bouchons et nos usines ; au passage, on
détruira peut-être le climat de la planète. On éliminera de leur
personnel politique tous ceux qui risquent de défendre un tant soit
peu la souveraineté du pays - ce sera la démocratisation de l'Irak.
Beaucoup d'ONG et de défenseurs des droits de l'homme se réjouiront de
la disparition d'un tyran (sans avoir le courage d'en remercier G. W.
Bush). De mauvais esprits se rappelleront que, s'il y a beaucoup de
tyrans dans le monde, seul Saddam Hussein a osé dire, après le 11
septembre : « ceux qui pensent que la vie de leur peuple est précieuse
doivent se rappeler que la vie des autres peuples du monde est
précieuse aussi ». Les nouveaux maîtres de l'Irak remercieront les
Etats-Unis de les avoir libérés. Lorsque les Irakiens seront
suffisamment découragés, on organisera des élections libres. On
élaborera de nouveaux plans de paix en Palestine.
Pendant ce temps, les intellectuels occidentaux remettent avec
empressement leur copie sur le sujet du moment : la critique du
fanatisme religieux et de l'intolérance. On réédite Voltaire. On met
en garde contre l'antiaméricanisme, cette maladie qui est censée
affliger tout particulièrement le pays d'Europe où les manifestations
contre la guerre sont les plus faibles, à savoir la France. Rares sont
ceux qui se demandent si le véritable fanatisme n'est pas cette soif
infinie de puissance et de profit qui domine l'Occident, ni si la
colère que tant d'injustice et de cynisme provoque dans le monde arabe
et musulman n'est pas légitime. A moins qu'un vaste mouvement
international ne renverse le cours des choses, on s'apercevra
peut-être un jour que le 11 septembre n'était qu'un début.
Jean Bricmont
NOTA: Le notizie che seguono non sono in alcun modo esaustive degli
avvenimenti nella provincia di Kosovo-Metohija, e vengono qui
riportate solo come esempi delle informazioni negate alla pubblica
opinione.
IN APPENDICE:
"The black hole of Europe"
Andrew Sutton on the miseries, corruption and human-rights abuses in
Kosovo, the UN's first-ever protectorate - Pristina (THE SPECTATOR
9/11/2002)
=== * ===
DOPO LE "ELEZIONI", STEINER ACCUSATO DI MODIFICARE A POSTERIORI LE
CIRCOSCRIZIONI ELETTORALI ED I RISULTATI
+++ STEINER VERÄNDERT DIE WAHLBEZIRKE NACHTRÄGLICH
ZUBIN POTOK. Der Vorsitzende des Parlaments des Kreises Zubin
Potok, Slavisa Ristic, wirft dem Chef der UNMIK, Michael Steiner, vor.
Das er am Dienstag nach den lokalen Wahlen, durch verändern der
Wahlkreisbezirke, es ermöglicht hat, kleineren Parteien, die bei dem
am Wahltag geltenden Wahlgesetz, des proportionalen Wahlsystems
nicht über den Wahlzensus gekommen wären, und durch verändern
der Wahlbezirke es doch geschafft haben Abgeordnete ins Parlament
zu bekommen.
"Die Bekanntgabe der endgültigen Wahlergebnisse sollte am 31.
Oktober sein, aber Michael Steiner blockierte alles, veränderte die
Wahlbezirke und teilte den Parteien Abgeordnetenmandate zu, die
nicht die nötigen Stimmen erreicht haben.", sagte Slavisa Ristic zu
Tanjug. TANJUG +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 05. November 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
+++ STEINER SOLL WAHLRESULTATE VERÄNDERT HABEN
LEPOSAVIC/GNJILANE. Dr. Vuko Antonijevic, Mitglied der Partei DSS,
erklärte gegenüber der Nachrichtenagentur Tanjug, dass UNMIK-Chef
Michael Steiner die endgültigen Resultate der Stadt Leposavic bei den
Kommunalwahlen in Kosovo und Metochien verändert hat, so dass die DSS
und der SNV keine Regierungskoalition bilden können. "Eigentlich hätte
man keine Wahlen gebraucht, da Steiner schon vor den Wahlen die
Mandate an Parteien und Initiativen verteilt hat die nicht durch den
proportionalen Wahlzensus gekommen wären", erklärte Antonijevic.
In den Orten Zubin Potok und Strpce wird der UNMIK-Chef ebenfalls
beschuldigt, die Wahlresultate verändert zu haben. Unterdessen
blockieren ca. 2000 ethnische Albaner das Stadtparlament von Novo
Brdo, welches seit Tagen von der UNMIK beschützt wird, weil sie über
den Wahlausgang unzufrieden sind. TANJUG +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 7. November 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
===
TERRORISMO: UCCISO AVVOCATO ALBANESE-KOSOVARO
+++ ALBANISCHER RECHTSANWALT ERSCHOSSEN
PEC. Gestern spät abends wurde vor seinem Haus in Pec der bekannte
Rechtsanwalt Ibish Hoti erschossen. Das Motiv und der Hergang des
Vorfalls sind noch nicht geklärt. Den Tod von Hoti, bestätigten auch
seine Familienangehörigen. Hoti war ein Rechtsanwalt des Fonds für
humanitäres Recht, welcher seinen Sitz in Belgrad hat. INETNEWS +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 05. November 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
===
ESPLOSIONE DI FRONTE A CASA DI SERBI A VITINA
SERBIAN ORTHODOX DIOCESE OF RASKA AND PRIZREN
KOSOVO AND METOHIJA
INFORMATION SERVICE - November 05, 2002
ERP KIM Info-Service
EXPLOSION IN FRONT OF A SERB HOUSE IN KOSOVSKA VITINA
Serbs in Vitina disturbed by latest Albanian extremist attack
Gracanica, November 4, 2002
Serbian Orthodox priest from Vitina confirmed for the Diocese of Raska
and Prizren Information Service that today, Monday, November 4, at
13:30 hours a powerful explosion occurred in front of the house of
Aleksandar Jacovic (Jachovich) in Kosovska Vitina. No one was injured
and no significant material damage occurred during the attack;
however, the attack was caused great unrest among the remaining Serbs
in Vitina. The Jacovic family is currently living in the old parochial
house after their own house was burned down by the Albanians. However,
the Jacovices have no peace in their new residence, either; this is
the third time that Albanian extremists have planted explosives in
front of their home. The previous two attacks occurred on September 8
and September 28 of this year.
Currently only 250 of the total pre-war population of 3,450 Serb
residents remain in the town of Vitina. The Serb population has
largely abandoned the surrounding the villages and today there are
only about 3,500 Serbs in the entire municipality as compared to
almost 8,000 who lived here before the war. The Serbs who
still live in the town proper, mostly near the Orthodox church, are
exposed to frequent attacks and ethnic discrimination by the majority
Albanian population. A large number of Serb-owned houses and
commercial properties have been illegally usurped after the war while
the remaining Serbs are subject to constant pressure to sell their
property and leave town. The Serbs have no possibility of securing
employment nor do they have free access to medical institutions.
Freedom of movement for the Serb population outside the area where
they live is extremely limited even though people travel not
infrequently and at their own risk.
===
SACCHEGGIATA E DATA ALLE FIAMME CASA DI SERBI AD ORAHOVAC
RADIO KIM
Serb house in Orahovac set on fire
November 5, 2002
Today at approximately 13:00 hours the family home of Nebojsa and
Dragan Dedic was set on fire for the second time in the Serb part of
Orahovac after being previously looted, Radio KIM learned from Serb
sources. UNMIK police failed to determine the cause of the fire while
according to the Serb population this represents yet another in a
series of attacks on the remaining Serbs in Orahovac.
===
FERITO DA UN PROIETTILE QUATTORDICENNE SERBO A MITROVICA
B92, Belgrade
Serbian boy wounded in Kosovska Mitrovica
November 4, 2002
Kosovska Mitrovica (Beta) - Fourteen year-old Dragan Todorovic was
wounded on Sunday evening from a firearm in the northern part of
Kosovska Mitrovica in the quarter known as Bosnjacka Mahala. The boy
was targeted by an unknown attacker from a 9 millimeter handgun.
Todorovic, who was shot in the lower leg, was admitted and operated on
in Mitrovica Hospital and is not in life threatening danger. An
investigation was conducted by UNMIK police.
Danas, Belgrade
Boy wounded following removal of KFOR checkpoints
Not in life threatening danger
November 4, 2002
Kosovska Mitrovica (Tanjug) - The head of the Serb National Council of
Northern Kosovo, Dr. Milan Ivanovic, told Tanjug yesterday that the
wounding of 14 year-old Dragan Todorovic in Bosnjacka Mahala in
northern Kosovska Mitrovica was the result of the removal of the KFOR
checkpoints in this quarter where "Serbs are now unprotected from
Albanians".
"KFOR has been removing checkpoints for some time in this quarter
inhabited by Serbs, Albanians and Bosniacs, resulting in poorer
defense of the Serb population," assessed Dr. Ivanovic. He pointed out
that this was "yet another form of pressure by (UNMIK chief) Michael
Steiner on northern Mitrovica". Todorovic was wounded the night before
last from a handgun by a member of a group of Albanians passing by the
Silent Night (Tiha Noc) Cafe in Bosnjacka Mahala. "The boy was shot in
the right lower leg. He has been operated on in hospital and his
present condition is stable," said Dr. Ivanovic.
===
TROVATE BOMBE E MUNIZIONI A BUJANOVAC
+++ BOMBEN UND MUNITION GEFUNDEN
BUJANOVAC. In der Region des Dorfes Manjevac, an der
administrativen Grenze zwischen Serbien und Kosovo und
Metochien, wurden am gestrigen Mittwoch drei chinesische
Handgranaten, 42 Schuss des Kalibers 7,9 Millimeter und drei
leere Maschinengewehrmagazine gefunden, heißt es in einer
Meldung des Pressezentrums von Bujanovac. TANJUG +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 7. November 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
===
PROTESTA PER L'AGGRESSIONE AI DANNI DELLA SCRITTRICE DARINKA JEVTIC
+++ SCHRIFTSTELLERPROTEST WEGEN ANGRIFF
BELGRAD. Die Vereinigung der Schriftsteller Serbiens (UKS)
protestierte gestern wegen des barbarischen Angriffs auf die serbische
Schriftstellerin Darinka Jevtic aus Kosovo und Metochien und forderte
Freiheit und Frieden in dieser Region.
Die Schriftstellerin wurde am Samstag in Pristina angegriffen als sie
auf dem Weg zum orthodoxen Friedhof war um Kerzen anzuzünden.
Ethnisch-albanische Bauarbeiter einer in der Nähe gelegen Baustelle
bewarfen sie dabei mit Steinen und Ziegeln. TANJUG +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 7. November 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
===
"ETNICAMENTE RIPULITO" IL CONSIGLIO COMUNALE DELLA CITTA' KOSOVARA
PIU' "ETNICAMENTE MISTA" DI TUTTE
NO SERBS IN KOSOVSKA MITROVICA ASSEMBLY
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Nov. 6 (Beta) - The spokesman of the OSCE mission
in Kosovska Mitrovica, Bernard Vrban, stated on Nov. 6 that the Kosovo
Albanian parties have won all seats in the town assembly.
The local assembly has 41 deputies.
Vrban said that election results "have to be respected, whatever they
are".
Other national communities, the Serbs, Bosniacs and Romas, will not
have representatives in the local assembly. The Serbs in northern
Kosovska Mitrovica boycotted the Oct. 26 local elections.
Only 59 of the 8,600 registered Serb voters went to the ballot
stations.
===
SASSAIOLA CONTRO GRUPPO DI PROFUGHI SERBI
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/
20021107/ap_wo_en_po/kosovo_serbs_stoned_1
Serb refugees attacked by stone-hurling youths
Thu Nov 7, 1:11 PM ET
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia - Stone-hurling youths on Thursday attacked Serb
refugees being escorted by police on a tour of houses and property
they left behind when they fled Kosovo, an official said.
The eight Serbs were attacked by some 25 ethnic Albanians, most of
them in their late teens, in the area of Vitina, some 50 kilometers
(30 miles) east of the province's capital, Pristina, said U.N.
spokesman Andrea Angeli.
A Jordanian officer, among U.N. and local police escorting the group,
was injured by a stone that struck his head, and a Serb refugee was
slightly injured by the shards of a broken car window, Angeli said. A
U.N. police vehicle and a car belonging to a humanitarian organization
were damaged.
Police made one arrest after calming the situation, Angeli added.
The refugees were in the province as part of a U.N.-sponsored
go-and-see program aimed at encouraging those who fled to return.
Some 200,000 Serbs have left the province in war's aftermath in fear
of revenge attacks by majority ethnic Albanians avenging a crackdown
by Serb forces that left thousands of their kin killed. The U.N.
administration running the province has made their return a priority.
Although ethnically motivated incidents have decreased, tensions
between the ethnic Albanian majority and Serb minority persist in the
southern Yugoslav province, which was put under U.N. and NATO control
in mid-1999.
ERP KIM Info-Service
SERB CONVOY STONED NEAR GNJILANE
Albanians stoned vehicles with Serbs brought by UMCOR to visit their
homes in the village of Grncar
Three people sustained light injuries
Gracanica
November 7, 2002
Temporarily displaced Serbs from the village of Grncar near Gnjilane
were brought today by the NGO UMCOR * to visit their village in order
to consider the possibility of returning to their homes. They were
accompanied by representatives of UMCOR from Belgrade, Mark Choonoo
and Nenad Ljubicic, the organizers; Sreco Vasic, a representative of
the NGO Voice of Kosovo and Metohija (Glas Kosova i Metohije); and two
moderators, both from Belgrade. After the visit as the convoy of
vehicles transporting the displaced Serbs exited the village they were
met by a group of local Albanians, who pelted the convoy with a shower
of stones. Two vehicles were damaged; two Serbs, Petar Dincic and
Zoran Petrovic, sustained light injuries, as did an UNMIK policeman
who was part of the escort.
* UMCOR = Humanitarian Agency of the United Methodist Church
http://www.umcor-ngo.org/english/countrys/serbia.htm
Ethnic Albanian extremists attack Serbs in Kosovo
KOSOVSKA VITINA, Nov 7 (Tanjug) - About 20 ethnic Albanian extremists
threw stones Thursday in the vicinity of Kosovska Vitina at a group
of eight Kosovo Serbs who had come to inspect their property under
UNMIK police escort. UNMIK spokesman Andre Angelli told Tanjug that
two police officers were injured and one Serb refugee was injured by
glass shards from a broken car window.
Two UNMIK police vehicles and one vehicle of a UN humanitarian
organization were damaged in the attack. UNMIK police intervened and
arrested one possible suspect, Angelli said. The Serbs, who had been
displaced from Kosovo, arrived in the Vitina area from central Serbia
to inspect their homes and to see whether they can return under a
special UN program planned for next year.
===
230MILA PROIETTILI SEQUESTRATI IN POCHI GIORNI NEL KOSOVO "DISARMATO"
DAL 1999
UN police in Kosovo seize 8.5 tons of ammunition
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, Nov 9 (AFP) - UN police in Kosovo seized some
230,000 rounds of shotgun ammunition in three separate operations in
the past week, a UN spokesman said Saturday.
Andrea Angeli said the ammunition, weighing up to 8.5 tons, was mostly
manufactured in Serbia, but some of the rounds were also of Italian
make.
"The largest cargo, 185.000 rounds, was found in a truck coming from
southern Serbia into Kosovo," Angeli said. The remaining ammunition
was found in shops in the southern town of Urosevac and eastern town
of Gnjilane.
UN police say no arrests were made since no attempt had been made to
hide the ammunition.
According to Angeli, shotguns were used in most murders committed in
the province in recent months.
The ammunition will be destroyed in Bondsteel, the largest US military
base in Kosovo, in the coming weeks.
In September 140 shotguns were seized by UN border police and Kosovo
custom service after they were found hidden in a Bulgarian-registered
truck entering Kosovo from Macedonia.
Kosovo, a Serbian province mostly populated by ethnic Albanians, has
been under UN and NATO control since June 1999.
http://www.b92.net/english/news/index.php?lang=english
&version=standard&my_categories_class='News'&nav_
category=&nav_id=20074&order=priority&style=headlines
===
ANCHE A TIRANA CONTESTANO LA NUOVA COSTITUZIONE SERBO-MONTENEGRINA
TIRANA AGAINST INCLUSION OF KOSOVO-METOHIJA IN CONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER
TIRANA, Nov 9 (Tanjug) - Albanian Deputy Prime Minister Ilir Meta, who
is also Foreign Minister, has described as "biased all attempts to
include the issue of Kosovo into the preamble of the constitution of
Serbia and Montenegro".
Explaining the Albanian government's position regarding the draft
Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro, in which
Kosovo-Metohija is described as a part of the Republic of Serbia,
Meta told the Albanian news agency ATA that "such a text of the
Constitution is the right of the peoples of these two republics and
their governments to resolve problems linked to their joint future,"
but that this "has no connection whatsoever with the future of
Kosovo."
===
MINE ANTIUOMO PER TERRORIZZARE I SERBI RIMASTI
+++ KLOKOT: WIEDER LANDMIENE BEI DEM ORT KLOKOT GEFUNDEN KLOKOT. Der
Sprecher der Eparchie von Raska-Prizren meldete, dass 50 Meter von
dem Ort ,an dem vor einem Monat Svetlana Stankovic durch eine
Landmine umgekommen ist, wieder eine Landmiene gefunden worden ist.
Miro Nisic aus dem Ort Klokot hat die Landmine gegen 14 Uhr entdeckt
und sofort die KFOR-Truppen benachrichtigt. Die KFOR-Truppen
blockierten sofort die Straße von Vitina nach Klokot, sie wurde erst
heute Morgen gegen 14.30 für den Verkehr wieder freigegeben.
BEOGRAD.COM +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 12. November 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
===
STEINER (UNMIK): SULLO STATUS FUTURO DEL KOSOVO OGNI IPOTESI E' BUONA
Steiner says future status of Kosovo remains undecided
BERLIN, Nov 12 (Tanjug) - United Nations civilian mission in Kosovo
UNMIK chief Michael Steiner said in a speech delivered at Berlin's
Humboldt University that the future status of this province is still
undecided.
It is clear that things will not go back to the way they were before
1999 (when the UNMIK mission began), but there will not be a division
of the province, either, he said. Speaking in Berlin, where he met
today with German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, Steiner did not
specify when Kosovo's status could be decided by a new United Nations
Security Council resolution. No-one could say this at this time, he
said.
===
DOPO LE INGIURIE, I RAPPRESENTANTI SERBI NON VOGLIONO RIENTRARE NEL
"PARLAMENTO DEL KOSOVO"
Ivanovic, Savic will not attend presidency session
PRISTINA, Nov 12 (Tanjug) - Kosovo-Metohija parliament presidency
members belonging to the Return coalition Oliver Ivanovic and Gojko
Savic will not attend the presidency session on Tuesday, Return whip
Rada Trajkovic told Tanjug.
The coalition is protesting against the Kosovo parliament's adoption
of a declaration on the non-observation of the Constitutional Charter
of the future Serbian-Montenegrin state in Kosovo-Metohija.
Trajkovic said that the coalition would not appear at the next
parliament session on Thursday. She said that this would remain the
coalition's stand until they receive a public apology from parliament
speaker Nexhad Daci, who insulted them during the last parliament
session.
"Mr Daci may voice his stand as an MP, but cannot insult us in the
capacity of parliament speaker," Trajkovic said.
===
ALTRE DUE CHIESE CRISTIANO-ORTODOSSE RASE AL SUOLO
il manifesto - 19 Novembre 2002
Kosovo, distrutte due chiese ortodosse
Due attentati dinamitardi hanno distrutto domenica due chiese serbo
ortodosse in Kosovo. I due attentati (foto di Mario Boccia, chiesa
distrutta a Petric nel 2000), di cui ha riferito Andrea Angeli,
portavoce della missione Onu (Unmik) che amministra pro-tempore la
provincia ancora serba [sic], hanno avuto luogo alla vigilia della
visita del segretario Onu, Kofi Annan, da ieri a Pristina. Alle 6 di
mattina è saltata la chiesa di San Basilio di Ostrog, e poche ore
prima era stata devastata una chiesa a Istok. Il vescovo Artemije ha
denunciato sia la campagna terroristica che ha già distrutto 110
chiese ortodosse, sia
l'incredibile decisione Kfor-Nato di rimuovere i posti di controllo
dai siti ortodossi. E pensare che il governatore Onu Michael Steiner
amareggiato, promette «ricostruzione» e « massima vigilanza».
LINKS:
Albanian extremists blow up two Orthodox Churches in Kosovo
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_
id=2859917&startrow=1&date=2002-11-17&do_alert=0
Bishop Artemije: KFOR responsible for church attacks
http://www.kosovo.com/default4.html
Visiting damaged Serbian church in Kosovo, UN envoy pledges action
against religious vandalism
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/6686f45896f15dbc852567
ae00530132/a59716bed3f3e01849256c7500069ff0?OpenDocument
TWO SERB CHURCHES DESTROYED IN KOSOVO
PRISTINA,Nov17 (Beta)-Two Serbian Orthodox Christian churches were
demolished in explosions in Kosovo on Nov. 16 and Nov 17. The church
in Djurakovac was heavily damaged, while the other, in Ljubovo Selo,
was completely destroyed, UNMIK spokeswoman Andrea Angeli has told
BETA. No one was injured in the explosions and investigation is in
progress.
Since KFOR and UNMIK arrived in the province three and a half
years ago, more than a hundred Serb churches have been destroyed in
Kosovo.
Bishop Artemije of the Raska and Prizren diocese said that KFOR
and the international administration were the most responsible for the
latest attacks in Kosovo.
He said that the churches were destroyed because KFOR had stopped
guarding them, claiming that the level of security in Kosovo had
reached an enviable level.
Serb whip in the Kosovo Assembly Rada Trajkovic strongly condemned
the demolition of the two Serb churches and said that the act was the
result of KFOR's tolerance of "Albanian extremism and terrorism."
She told BETA that "Islamic fundamentalism has installed itself in
Kosovo and Metohija and the process of Serb suppression in the
province is not diminishing." She recalled that not a single church
had been destroyed even in WW2.
Coordinating Center for Kosovo chief Nebojsa Covic said that the
security situation in Kosovo had deteriorated and that Belgrade would
call on UNMIK chief Michael Steiner to request that KFOR begin
guarding Serb holy places and provide escorts for Serb pupils living
in enclaves," the Belgrade media reported.
UNMIK chief Steiner who visited the two destroyed churches with
Kosovo Premier Bajram Rexhepi announced that KFOR would consider
stepping up security.
===
FAMIGLIA DI CONTADINI BERSAGLIATA DA COLPI D'ARMA DA FUOCO
+++ SERBISCHE FAMILIE BEI FELDARBEIT BESCHOSSEN
KOSOVSKA VITINA. Albanische Banditen eröffneten gestern Feuer auf
eine serbische Familie, die ihr Feld nahe des Dorfes Vrbovac bei
Kosovska Vitina im östlichen Amselfeld bestellte. Nach ersten
Erkenntnissen gab es keine Verletzten, meldet der Kirchen- und
Volksrat von Gnjilane. STIMME KOSOVOS +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 17. November 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
===
L'ATTENTATO CONTRO LE CHIESE E' STATO COMPIUTO "DA PROFESSIONISTI"
(KFOR)
+++ ANAN IN PRISTINA. "FACHMÄNNISCHE" KIRCHEN-ZERSTÖRER
PRISTINA. Der UN-Generalsekräter Kofi Anan traf heute in Pristina
ein, dem Verwaltungszentrum der von der NATO besetzten serbischen
Provinz Kosovo und Metochien. Anan will die Vertreter der
ethnisch-albanischen "Kosovo-Regierung" treffen. Der italienische
KFOR-General Fabio Mini sagte heute in Pristina, dass die gestern
hochgegangenen Sprengsätze in zwei orthodoxen Kirchen in
Metochien "fachmännisch verlegt worden" sind. Albanische Banditen
sprengten und plünderten rund 140 christliche Kirchen und Klöster
in Kosovo und Metochien seit dem NATO-Einmarsch 1999. Es handelt
sich ausschließlich um orthodoxe Heiligtümer, während die
katholischen Kirchen in der Provinz von der Wut der Gewalttäter
verschont blieben. TANJUG +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 18. November 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
===
UNMIK: NEL 1999 C'ERANO CAMPI DI CONCENTRAMENTO UCK CON PRIGIONIERI
SERBI IN KOSMET, ORA NON PIU'.
I 1944 DESAPARECIDOS VANNO DUNQUE CERCATI NELLE FOSSE COMUNI?
UNMIK OFFICIAL: NO CAMPS IN KOSOVO
GRACANICA, Nov. 13 (Beta) - The head of the UNMIK office for missing
and abducted persons, Jose Pablo Baraibar, said in Gracanica on Nov.
13, that the investigation being conducted by UNMIK and the Serbian
authorities has so far revealed that currently there are no camps in
the province where Serbs are being held.
During a meeting with representatives of the Association of Families
of the Missing and Abducted in Kosovo, Baraibar said that
"undoubtedly, private prisons and camps did exist in 1999," but he
added that according to the investigation, such camps no longer
existed.
Baraibar also said that the UNMIK office had not found any survivors
from the missing list, adding that so far, 4,800 bodies had been
exhumed in the province, of which 2,500 still had to be identified.
He stressed that investigation results have so far revealed that out
of 171 bodies discovered in the past three months, 35 belonged to
Serbs.
Baraibar also said that the search for missing persons would continue
in Kosovo and outside its borders.
The members of families of the missing and abducted Serbs have
fiercely criticized the hitherto results of the investigation. The
association requested that UNMIK and KFOR members be held accountable,
since the largest number of Serbs disappeared after their deployment
in the province in 1999. The association has a list of 1,944 missing
Serbs.
===
KOFI ANNAN DEDICA POCHI MINUTI AI DESAPARECIDOS SERBI DEL
KOSOVO-METOHIJA
Annan meets with family representatives of missing persons in Kosovo
BELGRADE, Nov 20 (Tanjug) - United Nations Secretary-General Kofi
Annan met in Belgrade late Tuesday, at Yugoslav President Vojislav
Kostunica's request, with a delegation of family members of missing
persons in Kosovo-Metohija. Delegation member Simo Spasic told
reporters the meeting the family members "have been waiting for three
years" lasted ten minutes only.
"Are the lives of 1,300 people worth this much?" asked Spasic, adding
that the U.N. Secretary-General was offered a list of names of 300
"kidnappers", including the names of Kosovo Albanian community
leaders and former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army Hasim Taci
and Agim Ceku.
"It seems to me that they are more worried about the cooperation with
The Hague than about our tragedy," said Spasic, expressing his
dissatisfaction with the meeting with Annan, who had, according to
Spasic, expressed his regrets over the disappearance of Serbs, and
members of all other nationalities during the armed conflicts in the
Balkans.
=== appendice ===
http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table
=old§ion=current&issue=2002-11-09&id=2462
THE SPECTATOR (UK), Saturday, November 9, 2002 FEATURES
The black hole of Europe
Andrew Sutton on the miseries, corruption and human-rights abuses in
Kosovo, the UN's first-ever protectorate - Pristina
I reached what remained of the fire-ravaged train just as the downpour
started. Inside, two burly Kosovar Albanian railwaymen in orange
boiler suits sat on a twisted iron spar, smoking and sheltering from
the weather.
Before the war, this train took Serb men from their village to the
quarry where they mined for coal. Then, one day, KLA fighters prised
away a section of track near the northern town of Vushtrri, sending
the train down an embankment. The workers survived the wreck, but
snipers lay in wait.
'Some of them escaped,' one of the railwaymen said, and swore
obscenely.
Such are the levels of seething hatred still present in Kosovo. When
the United Nations arrived in 1999, it took on a province ravaged by
Milosevic's forces, and with an infrastructure bombed to rubble. The
job was never going to be easy, and, recognising that more was
required than the usual complement of peacekeepers, advisers and
itinerant statesmen, the UN took a momentous step: Kosovo became its
first-ever protectorate, a nation adopted by 185 parents.
Three years on, it is hard to find anyone, either local or
'international', in this wretched province who has a good word to say
about the organisation.
And it is not just the well-documented corruption and bungling that
have led some of Kosovo's graffiti-writers to daub anti-UN slogans
where once they scrawled fulsome thanks. Many of the province's
sorrows result from deliberate policies of the United Nations Mission
in Kosovo (Unmik); policies designed by technocrats for politicians.
Take an alarming example from the Unmik police. The 49-nation force
was cobbled together to show the locals how it's done, but the
trouble is, not all the boys in blue berets seem to know how it's done
themselves.
'You have people coming from some countries who don't know what it
means to really police. They haven't done it themselves. They get
here and they pass the testing,' said one officer, who asked not to be
named. 'Very few people are rejected, very few.' Never mind that some
of these policemen have never driven in their jobs before, or have
never worked in a city, or barely speak English (let alone Albanian).
It would be politically inconvenient to set the standard too high -
what if people were to start failing to reach it?
Worse, what if it turned out that some countries' police are better
trained than others? In the minds of the UN functionaries who set the
rules, these perils are terrifying. If in doubt, give the officer his
gun and hope for the best.
This policy has had consequences: recently a six-year-old girl and her
older brother were killed here, knocked down by a Ghanaian policeman
who lost control while driving his high-powered police car at more
than twice the speed limit. A short walk from Pristina's tiny airport,
there is a chilling sight. Behind a thin chain-link fence, row upon
row of wrecked red-and-white Toyotas bear tragic witness to the fact
that such accidents are not rare.
The car lot is only one of the many dirty secrets created by Unmik's
love of policy that is made for show. Last month the BBC Radio Four
programme Face the Facts reported on the unexploded ordnance that
still litters parts of Kosovo. The UN established a new acronym,
staffed it with bureaucrats and decided that the province would be
safe by 31 December 2001. Sure enough, when that day came, experts
from all mine-clearance charities were ordered to stop work, and the
UN declared the land 'pristine'. It was a convenient lie, and it has
ensured civilian deaths for many years to come.
Kosovo was meant to be a showcase of the world's governments working
together as equals to sow peace and goodwill, but the view from the
ground is very different. The Kosovo people have long harboured a
suspicion that Unmik is not here to help them, but to serve the UN's
own political imperatives. Stick together at all costs, Unmik's motto
became, whether it's working or not. That fatal car went, presumably,
to Unmik's mechanical graveyard. The driver was released after two
weeks in custody.
Migjen Kelmendi, a respected Kosovar intellectual turned newspaper
editor, concedes that many locals still hold unrealistic expectations
of Unmik, but he pleads for the officials to come down from 'their
towers'. 'We have never lived in a democracy - we don't know how it
looks. We need an interpreter to tell us how it looks in a normal
Western country,' he says.
But this is a very distorted vision of what a Western country should
look like. Three years after the UN set up shop here, unemployment
stands at 57 per cent and corruption is rife. Last month the head of
Kosovo's 'Ombudsperson' institution, Marek Antoni Nowicki, warned of
a human-rights 'black hole' opening up in Europe's backyard. In
private, his deputy, Donna Gomien, accuses the UN of indifference
towards human-rights abuses perpetrated by its own staff; of
effectively allowing personnel accused of brutality to shield behind a
wall of official silence. Cases are dealt with as internal
disciplinary matters, names are not divulged, and any disciplinary
action that is taken remains secret, even from the Ombudsperson
whose role it is to monitor abuses of authority.
'We have people coming in here saying, "I got beaten up by this guy
from Oklahoma who kept saying, 'I'm immune, I'm immune, you can't do
anything to me,' while he was breaking his teeth and his ribs,"' says
Ms Gomien. While cases such as that are rare, no provision for redress
exists for the victims of any Unmik or Nato agency or agent. 'These
people have nothing and they're told, "Sure you can have civil
restitution - go to Ohio or Islamabad, jurisdiction rests there now,
and, by the way, have you found an Urdu-speaking lawyer?"'
There are, of course, many dedicated and competent people within Unmik
and numerous other agencies and charities which are working hard for a
better Kosovo. People who travel thousands of miles from their
families to a land of power-cuts and water shortages. Their efforts -
and, of course, those of the Kosovo people - are helping to put the
province back on its feet.
But the lure of an 'international' salary, which can exceed that of a
US senator, ensures that many people come here for the wrong motives.
Those who are trying to build a better Kosovo often find themselves
hindered at every turn by Unmik's perverse bureaucratic practices. 'UN
volunteers are the hardest workers ...they are young, exuberant people
who really want to make a difference, so they are always working
hard,' says Eleanor Beardsley, a press officer. They are often
assigned the grimmest and most dangerous jobs, such as working in a
morgue at constant risk of HIV infection. But Unmik's best people can
never be promoted because they are not allowed to compete for jobs
held by a salaried official.
Migjen Kelmendi sums up the situation perfectly: 'We really need
participation and help of the international community, [but] it looks
as if they are bunkering themselves within their own reality. They are
starting to create a castle of their own.' Unlike the deaths of the
Serb workers, the fate of Kosovar people injured or killed by reckless
police, uncleared mines or an enraged soldier is the result not of
bloody vengeance, but of the studied indifference of bureaucrats who
refuse to see past their own utopian
'realities'. The UN has amply demonstrated that you do not need to pay
peanuts to get the three monkeys.
avvenimenti nella provincia di Kosovo-Metohija, e vengono qui
riportate solo come esempi delle informazioni negate alla pubblica
opinione.
IN APPENDICE:
"The black hole of Europe"
Andrew Sutton on the miseries, corruption and human-rights abuses in
Kosovo, the UN's first-ever protectorate - Pristina (THE SPECTATOR
9/11/2002)
=== * ===
DOPO LE "ELEZIONI", STEINER ACCUSATO DI MODIFICARE A POSTERIORI LE
CIRCOSCRIZIONI ELETTORALI ED I RISULTATI
+++ STEINER VERÄNDERT DIE WAHLBEZIRKE NACHTRÄGLICH
ZUBIN POTOK. Der Vorsitzende des Parlaments des Kreises Zubin
Potok, Slavisa Ristic, wirft dem Chef der UNMIK, Michael Steiner, vor.
Das er am Dienstag nach den lokalen Wahlen, durch verändern der
Wahlkreisbezirke, es ermöglicht hat, kleineren Parteien, die bei dem
am Wahltag geltenden Wahlgesetz, des proportionalen Wahlsystems
nicht über den Wahlzensus gekommen wären, und durch verändern
der Wahlbezirke es doch geschafft haben Abgeordnete ins Parlament
zu bekommen.
"Die Bekanntgabe der endgültigen Wahlergebnisse sollte am 31.
Oktober sein, aber Michael Steiner blockierte alles, veränderte die
Wahlbezirke und teilte den Parteien Abgeordnetenmandate zu, die
nicht die nötigen Stimmen erreicht haben.", sagte Slavisa Ristic zu
Tanjug. TANJUG +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 05. November 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
+++ STEINER SOLL WAHLRESULTATE VERÄNDERT HABEN
LEPOSAVIC/GNJILANE. Dr. Vuko Antonijevic, Mitglied der Partei DSS,
erklärte gegenüber der Nachrichtenagentur Tanjug, dass UNMIK-Chef
Michael Steiner die endgültigen Resultate der Stadt Leposavic bei den
Kommunalwahlen in Kosovo und Metochien verändert hat, so dass die DSS
und der SNV keine Regierungskoalition bilden können. "Eigentlich hätte
man keine Wahlen gebraucht, da Steiner schon vor den Wahlen die
Mandate an Parteien und Initiativen verteilt hat die nicht durch den
proportionalen Wahlzensus gekommen wären", erklärte Antonijevic.
In den Orten Zubin Potok und Strpce wird der UNMIK-Chef ebenfalls
beschuldigt, die Wahlresultate verändert zu haben. Unterdessen
blockieren ca. 2000 ethnische Albaner das Stadtparlament von Novo
Brdo, welches seit Tagen von der UNMIK beschützt wird, weil sie über
den Wahlausgang unzufrieden sind. TANJUG +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 7. November 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
===
TERRORISMO: UCCISO AVVOCATO ALBANESE-KOSOVARO
+++ ALBANISCHER RECHTSANWALT ERSCHOSSEN
PEC. Gestern spät abends wurde vor seinem Haus in Pec der bekannte
Rechtsanwalt Ibish Hoti erschossen. Das Motiv und der Hergang des
Vorfalls sind noch nicht geklärt. Den Tod von Hoti, bestätigten auch
seine Familienangehörigen. Hoti war ein Rechtsanwalt des Fonds für
humanitäres Recht, welcher seinen Sitz in Belgrad hat. INETNEWS +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 05. November 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
===
ESPLOSIONE DI FRONTE A CASA DI SERBI A VITINA
SERBIAN ORTHODOX DIOCESE OF RASKA AND PRIZREN
KOSOVO AND METOHIJA
INFORMATION SERVICE - November 05, 2002
ERP KIM Info-Service
EXPLOSION IN FRONT OF A SERB HOUSE IN KOSOVSKA VITINA
Serbs in Vitina disturbed by latest Albanian extremist attack
Gracanica, November 4, 2002
Serbian Orthodox priest from Vitina confirmed for the Diocese of Raska
and Prizren Information Service that today, Monday, November 4, at
13:30 hours a powerful explosion occurred in front of the house of
Aleksandar Jacovic (Jachovich) in Kosovska Vitina. No one was injured
and no significant material damage occurred during the attack;
however, the attack was caused great unrest among the remaining Serbs
in Vitina. The Jacovic family is currently living in the old parochial
house after their own house was burned down by the Albanians. However,
the Jacovices have no peace in their new residence, either; this is
the third time that Albanian extremists have planted explosives in
front of their home. The previous two attacks occurred on September 8
and September 28 of this year.
Currently only 250 of the total pre-war population of 3,450 Serb
residents remain in the town of Vitina. The Serb population has
largely abandoned the surrounding the villages and today there are
only about 3,500 Serbs in the entire municipality as compared to
almost 8,000 who lived here before the war. The Serbs who
still live in the town proper, mostly near the Orthodox church, are
exposed to frequent attacks and ethnic discrimination by the majority
Albanian population. A large number of Serb-owned houses and
commercial properties have been illegally usurped after the war while
the remaining Serbs are subject to constant pressure to sell their
property and leave town. The Serbs have no possibility of securing
employment nor do they have free access to medical institutions.
Freedom of movement for the Serb population outside the area where
they live is extremely limited even though people travel not
infrequently and at their own risk.
===
SACCHEGGIATA E DATA ALLE FIAMME CASA DI SERBI AD ORAHOVAC
RADIO KIM
Serb house in Orahovac set on fire
November 5, 2002
Today at approximately 13:00 hours the family home of Nebojsa and
Dragan Dedic was set on fire for the second time in the Serb part of
Orahovac after being previously looted, Radio KIM learned from Serb
sources. UNMIK police failed to determine the cause of the fire while
according to the Serb population this represents yet another in a
series of attacks on the remaining Serbs in Orahovac.
===
FERITO DA UN PROIETTILE QUATTORDICENNE SERBO A MITROVICA
B92, Belgrade
Serbian boy wounded in Kosovska Mitrovica
November 4, 2002
Kosovska Mitrovica (Beta) - Fourteen year-old Dragan Todorovic was
wounded on Sunday evening from a firearm in the northern part of
Kosovska Mitrovica in the quarter known as Bosnjacka Mahala. The boy
was targeted by an unknown attacker from a 9 millimeter handgun.
Todorovic, who was shot in the lower leg, was admitted and operated on
in Mitrovica Hospital and is not in life threatening danger. An
investigation was conducted by UNMIK police.
Danas, Belgrade
Boy wounded following removal of KFOR checkpoints
Not in life threatening danger
November 4, 2002
Kosovska Mitrovica (Tanjug) - The head of the Serb National Council of
Northern Kosovo, Dr. Milan Ivanovic, told Tanjug yesterday that the
wounding of 14 year-old Dragan Todorovic in Bosnjacka Mahala in
northern Kosovska Mitrovica was the result of the removal of the KFOR
checkpoints in this quarter where "Serbs are now unprotected from
Albanians".
"KFOR has been removing checkpoints for some time in this quarter
inhabited by Serbs, Albanians and Bosniacs, resulting in poorer
defense of the Serb population," assessed Dr. Ivanovic. He pointed out
that this was "yet another form of pressure by (UNMIK chief) Michael
Steiner on northern Mitrovica". Todorovic was wounded the night before
last from a handgun by a member of a group of Albanians passing by the
Silent Night (Tiha Noc) Cafe in Bosnjacka Mahala. "The boy was shot in
the right lower leg. He has been operated on in hospital and his
present condition is stable," said Dr. Ivanovic.
===
TROVATE BOMBE E MUNIZIONI A BUJANOVAC
+++ BOMBEN UND MUNITION GEFUNDEN
BUJANOVAC. In der Region des Dorfes Manjevac, an der
administrativen Grenze zwischen Serbien und Kosovo und
Metochien, wurden am gestrigen Mittwoch drei chinesische
Handgranaten, 42 Schuss des Kalibers 7,9 Millimeter und drei
leere Maschinengewehrmagazine gefunden, heißt es in einer
Meldung des Pressezentrums von Bujanovac. TANJUG +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 7. November 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
===
PROTESTA PER L'AGGRESSIONE AI DANNI DELLA SCRITTRICE DARINKA JEVTIC
+++ SCHRIFTSTELLERPROTEST WEGEN ANGRIFF
BELGRAD. Die Vereinigung der Schriftsteller Serbiens (UKS)
protestierte gestern wegen des barbarischen Angriffs auf die serbische
Schriftstellerin Darinka Jevtic aus Kosovo und Metochien und forderte
Freiheit und Frieden in dieser Region.
Die Schriftstellerin wurde am Samstag in Pristina angegriffen als sie
auf dem Weg zum orthodoxen Friedhof war um Kerzen anzuzünden.
Ethnisch-albanische Bauarbeiter einer in der Nähe gelegen Baustelle
bewarfen sie dabei mit Steinen und Ziegeln. TANJUG +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 7. November 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
===
"ETNICAMENTE RIPULITO" IL CONSIGLIO COMUNALE DELLA CITTA' KOSOVARA
PIU' "ETNICAMENTE MISTA" DI TUTTE
NO SERBS IN KOSOVSKA MITROVICA ASSEMBLY
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Nov. 6 (Beta) - The spokesman of the OSCE mission
in Kosovska Mitrovica, Bernard Vrban, stated on Nov. 6 that the Kosovo
Albanian parties have won all seats in the town assembly.
The local assembly has 41 deputies.
Vrban said that election results "have to be respected, whatever they
are".
Other national communities, the Serbs, Bosniacs and Romas, will not
have representatives in the local assembly. The Serbs in northern
Kosovska Mitrovica boycotted the Oct. 26 local elections.
Only 59 of the 8,600 registered Serb voters went to the ballot
stations.
===
SASSAIOLA CONTRO GRUPPO DI PROFUGHI SERBI
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/
20021107/ap_wo_en_po/kosovo_serbs_stoned_1
Serb refugees attacked by stone-hurling youths
Thu Nov 7, 1:11 PM ET
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia - Stone-hurling youths on Thursday attacked Serb
refugees being escorted by police on a tour of houses and property
they left behind when they fled Kosovo, an official said.
The eight Serbs were attacked by some 25 ethnic Albanians, most of
them in their late teens, in the area of Vitina, some 50 kilometers
(30 miles) east of the province's capital, Pristina, said U.N.
spokesman Andrea Angeli.
A Jordanian officer, among U.N. and local police escorting the group,
was injured by a stone that struck his head, and a Serb refugee was
slightly injured by the shards of a broken car window, Angeli said. A
U.N. police vehicle and a car belonging to a humanitarian organization
were damaged.
Police made one arrest after calming the situation, Angeli added.
The refugees were in the province as part of a U.N.-sponsored
go-and-see program aimed at encouraging those who fled to return.
Some 200,000 Serbs have left the province in war's aftermath in fear
of revenge attacks by majority ethnic Albanians avenging a crackdown
by Serb forces that left thousands of their kin killed. The U.N.
administration running the province has made their return a priority.
Although ethnically motivated incidents have decreased, tensions
between the ethnic Albanian majority and Serb minority persist in the
southern Yugoslav province, which was put under U.N. and NATO control
in mid-1999.
ERP KIM Info-Service
SERB CONVOY STONED NEAR GNJILANE
Albanians stoned vehicles with Serbs brought by UMCOR to visit their
homes in the village of Grncar
Three people sustained light injuries
Gracanica
November 7, 2002
Temporarily displaced Serbs from the village of Grncar near Gnjilane
were brought today by the NGO UMCOR * to visit their village in order
to consider the possibility of returning to their homes. They were
accompanied by representatives of UMCOR from Belgrade, Mark Choonoo
and Nenad Ljubicic, the organizers; Sreco Vasic, a representative of
the NGO Voice of Kosovo and Metohija (Glas Kosova i Metohije); and two
moderators, both from Belgrade. After the visit as the convoy of
vehicles transporting the displaced Serbs exited the village they were
met by a group of local Albanians, who pelted the convoy with a shower
of stones. Two vehicles were damaged; two Serbs, Petar Dincic and
Zoran Petrovic, sustained light injuries, as did an UNMIK policeman
who was part of the escort.
* UMCOR = Humanitarian Agency of the United Methodist Church
http://www.umcor-ngo.org/english/countrys/serbia.htm
Ethnic Albanian extremists attack Serbs in Kosovo
KOSOVSKA VITINA, Nov 7 (Tanjug) - About 20 ethnic Albanian extremists
threw stones Thursday in the vicinity of Kosovska Vitina at a group
of eight Kosovo Serbs who had come to inspect their property under
UNMIK police escort. UNMIK spokesman Andre Angelli told Tanjug that
two police officers were injured and one Serb refugee was injured by
glass shards from a broken car window.
Two UNMIK police vehicles and one vehicle of a UN humanitarian
organization were damaged in the attack. UNMIK police intervened and
arrested one possible suspect, Angelli said. The Serbs, who had been
displaced from Kosovo, arrived in the Vitina area from central Serbia
to inspect their homes and to see whether they can return under a
special UN program planned for next year.
===
230MILA PROIETTILI SEQUESTRATI IN POCHI GIORNI NEL KOSOVO "DISARMATO"
DAL 1999
UN police in Kosovo seize 8.5 tons of ammunition
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, Nov 9 (AFP) - UN police in Kosovo seized some
230,000 rounds of shotgun ammunition in three separate operations in
the past week, a UN spokesman said Saturday.
Andrea Angeli said the ammunition, weighing up to 8.5 tons, was mostly
manufactured in Serbia, but some of the rounds were also of Italian
make.
"The largest cargo, 185.000 rounds, was found in a truck coming from
southern Serbia into Kosovo," Angeli said. The remaining ammunition
was found in shops in the southern town of Urosevac and eastern town
of Gnjilane.
UN police say no arrests were made since no attempt had been made to
hide the ammunition.
According to Angeli, shotguns were used in most murders committed in
the province in recent months.
The ammunition will be destroyed in Bondsteel, the largest US military
base in Kosovo, in the coming weeks.
In September 140 shotguns were seized by UN border police and Kosovo
custom service after they were found hidden in a Bulgarian-registered
truck entering Kosovo from Macedonia.
Kosovo, a Serbian province mostly populated by ethnic Albanians, has
been under UN and NATO control since June 1999.
http://www.b92.net/english/news/index.php?lang=english
&version=standard&my_categories_class='News'&nav_
category=&nav_id=20074&order=priority&style=headlines
===
ANCHE A TIRANA CONTESTANO LA NUOVA COSTITUZIONE SERBO-MONTENEGRINA
TIRANA AGAINST INCLUSION OF KOSOVO-METOHIJA IN CONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER
TIRANA, Nov 9 (Tanjug) - Albanian Deputy Prime Minister Ilir Meta, who
is also Foreign Minister, has described as "biased all attempts to
include the issue of Kosovo into the preamble of the constitution of
Serbia and Montenegro".
Explaining the Albanian government's position regarding the draft
Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro, in which
Kosovo-Metohija is described as a part of the Republic of Serbia,
Meta told the Albanian news agency ATA that "such a text of the
Constitution is the right of the peoples of these two republics and
their governments to resolve problems linked to their joint future,"
but that this "has no connection whatsoever with the future of
Kosovo."
===
MINE ANTIUOMO PER TERRORIZZARE I SERBI RIMASTI
+++ KLOKOT: WIEDER LANDMIENE BEI DEM ORT KLOKOT GEFUNDEN KLOKOT. Der
Sprecher der Eparchie von Raska-Prizren meldete, dass 50 Meter von
dem Ort ,an dem vor einem Monat Svetlana Stankovic durch eine
Landmine umgekommen ist, wieder eine Landmiene gefunden worden ist.
Miro Nisic aus dem Ort Klokot hat die Landmine gegen 14 Uhr entdeckt
und sofort die KFOR-Truppen benachrichtigt. Die KFOR-Truppen
blockierten sofort die Straße von Vitina nach Klokot, sie wurde erst
heute Morgen gegen 14.30 für den Verkehr wieder freigegeben.
BEOGRAD.COM +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 12. November 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
===
STEINER (UNMIK): SULLO STATUS FUTURO DEL KOSOVO OGNI IPOTESI E' BUONA
Steiner says future status of Kosovo remains undecided
BERLIN, Nov 12 (Tanjug) - United Nations civilian mission in Kosovo
UNMIK chief Michael Steiner said in a speech delivered at Berlin's
Humboldt University that the future status of this province is still
undecided.
It is clear that things will not go back to the way they were before
1999 (when the UNMIK mission began), but there will not be a division
of the province, either, he said. Speaking in Berlin, where he met
today with German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, Steiner did not
specify when Kosovo's status could be decided by a new United Nations
Security Council resolution. No-one could say this at this time, he
said.
===
DOPO LE INGIURIE, I RAPPRESENTANTI SERBI NON VOGLIONO RIENTRARE NEL
"PARLAMENTO DEL KOSOVO"
Ivanovic, Savic will not attend presidency session
PRISTINA, Nov 12 (Tanjug) - Kosovo-Metohija parliament presidency
members belonging to the Return coalition Oliver Ivanovic and Gojko
Savic will not attend the presidency session on Tuesday, Return whip
Rada Trajkovic told Tanjug.
The coalition is protesting against the Kosovo parliament's adoption
of a declaration on the non-observation of the Constitutional Charter
of the future Serbian-Montenegrin state in Kosovo-Metohija.
Trajkovic said that the coalition would not appear at the next
parliament session on Thursday. She said that this would remain the
coalition's stand until they receive a public apology from parliament
speaker Nexhad Daci, who insulted them during the last parliament
session.
"Mr Daci may voice his stand as an MP, but cannot insult us in the
capacity of parliament speaker," Trajkovic said.
===
ALTRE DUE CHIESE CRISTIANO-ORTODOSSE RASE AL SUOLO
il manifesto - 19 Novembre 2002
Kosovo, distrutte due chiese ortodosse
Due attentati dinamitardi hanno distrutto domenica due chiese serbo
ortodosse in Kosovo. I due attentati (foto di Mario Boccia, chiesa
distrutta a Petric nel 2000), di cui ha riferito Andrea Angeli,
portavoce della missione Onu (Unmik) che amministra pro-tempore la
provincia ancora serba [sic], hanno avuto luogo alla vigilia della
visita del segretario Onu, Kofi Annan, da ieri a Pristina. Alle 6 di
mattina è saltata la chiesa di San Basilio di Ostrog, e poche ore
prima era stata devastata una chiesa a Istok. Il vescovo Artemije ha
denunciato sia la campagna terroristica che ha già distrutto 110
chiese ortodosse, sia
l'incredibile decisione Kfor-Nato di rimuovere i posti di controllo
dai siti ortodossi. E pensare che il governatore Onu Michael Steiner
amareggiato, promette «ricostruzione» e « massima vigilanza».
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Albanian extremists blow up two Orthodox Churches in Kosovo
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_
id=2859917&startrow=1&date=2002-11-17&do_alert=0
Bishop Artemije: KFOR responsible for church attacks
http://www.kosovo.com/default4.html
Visiting damaged Serbian church in Kosovo, UN envoy pledges action
against religious vandalism
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/6686f45896f15dbc852567
ae00530132/a59716bed3f3e01849256c7500069ff0?OpenDocument
TWO SERB CHURCHES DESTROYED IN KOSOVO
PRISTINA,Nov17 (Beta)-Two Serbian Orthodox Christian churches were
demolished in explosions in Kosovo on Nov. 16 and Nov 17. The church
in Djurakovac was heavily damaged, while the other, in Ljubovo Selo,
was completely destroyed, UNMIK spokeswoman Andrea Angeli has told
BETA. No one was injured in the explosions and investigation is in
progress.
Since KFOR and UNMIK arrived in the province three and a half
years ago, more than a hundred Serb churches have been destroyed in
Kosovo.
Bishop Artemije of the Raska and Prizren diocese said that KFOR
and the international administration were the most responsible for the
latest attacks in Kosovo.
He said that the churches were destroyed because KFOR had stopped
guarding them, claiming that the level of security in Kosovo had
reached an enviable level.
Serb whip in the Kosovo Assembly Rada Trajkovic strongly condemned
the demolition of the two Serb churches and said that the act was the
result of KFOR's tolerance of "Albanian extremism and terrorism."
She told BETA that "Islamic fundamentalism has installed itself in
Kosovo and Metohija and the process of Serb suppression in the
province is not diminishing." She recalled that not a single church
had been destroyed even in WW2.
Coordinating Center for Kosovo chief Nebojsa Covic said that the
security situation in Kosovo had deteriorated and that Belgrade would
call on UNMIK chief Michael Steiner to request that KFOR begin
guarding Serb holy places and provide escorts for Serb pupils living
in enclaves," the Belgrade media reported.
UNMIK chief Steiner who visited the two destroyed churches with
Kosovo Premier Bajram Rexhepi announced that KFOR would consider
stepping up security.
===
FAMIGLIA DI CONTADINI BERSAGLIATA DA COLPI D'ARMA DA FUOCO
+++ SERBISCHE FAMILIE BEI FELDARBEIT BESCHOSSEN
KOSOVSKA VITINA. Albanische Banditen eröffneten gestern Feuer auf
eine serbische Familie, die ihr Feld nahe des Dorfes Vrbovac bei
Kosovska Vitina im östlichen Amselfeld bestellte. Nach ersten
Erkenntnissen gab es keine Verletzten, meldet der Kirchen- und
Volksrat von Gnjilane. STIMME KOSOVOS +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 17. November 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
===
L'ATTENTATO CONTRO LE CHIESE E' STATO COMPIUTO "DA PROFESSIONISTI"
(KFOR)
+++ ANAN IN PRISTINA. "FACHMÄNNISCHE" KIRCHEN-ZERSTÖRER
PRISTINA. Der UN-Generalsekräter Kofi Anan traf heute in Pristina
ein, dem Verwaltungszentrum der von der NATO besetzten serbischen
Provinz Kosovo und Metochien. Anan will die Vertreter der
ethnisch-albanischen "Kosovo-Regierung" treffen. Der italienische
KFOR-General Fabio Mini sagte heute in Pristina, dass die gestern
hochgegangenen Sprengsätze in zwei orthodoxen Kirchen in
Metochien "fachmännisch verlegt worden" sind. Albanische Banditen
sprengten und plünderten rund 140 christliche Kirchen und Klöster
in Kosovo und Metochien seit dem NATO-Einmarsch 1999. Es handelt
sich ausschließlich um orthodoxe Heiligtümer, während die
katholischen Kirchen in der Provinz von der Wut der Gewalttäter
verschont blieben. TANJUG +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 18. November 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
===
UNMIK: NEL 1999 C'ERANO CAMPI DI CONCENTRAMENTO UCK CON PRIGIONIERI
SERBI IN KOSMET, ORA NON PIU'.
I 1944 DESAPARECIDOS VANNO DUNQUE CERCATI NELLE FOSSE COMUNI?
UNMIK OFFICIAL: NO CAMPS IN KOSOVO
GRACANICA, Nov. 13 (Beta) - The head of the UNMIK office for missing
and abducted persons, Jose Pablo Baraibar, said in Gracanica on Nov.
13, that the investigation being conducted by UNMIK and the Serbian
authorities has so far revealed that currently there are no camps in
the province where Serbs are being held.
During a meeting with representatives of the Association of Families
of the Missing and Abducted in Kosovo, Baraibar said that
"undoubtedly, private prisons and camps did exist in 1999," but he
added that according to the investigation, such camps no longer
existed.
Baraibar also said that the UNMIK office had not found any survivors
from the missing list, adding that so far, 4,800 bodies had been
exhumed in the province, of which 2,500 still had to be identified.
He stressed that investigation results have so far revealed that out
of 171 bodies discovered in the past three months, 35 belonged to
Serbs.
Baraibar also said that the search for missing persons would continue
in Kosovo and outside its borders.
The members of families of the missing and abducted Serbs have
fiercely criticized the hitherto results of the investigation. The
association requested that UNMIK and KFOR members be held accountable,
since the largest number of Serbs disappeared after their deployment
in the province in 1999. The association has a list of 1,944 missing
Serbs.
===
KOFI ANNAN DEDICA POCHI MINUTI AI DESAPARECIDOS SERBI DEL
KOSOVO-METOHIJA
Annan meets with family representatives of missing persons in Kosovo
BELGRADE, Nov 20 (Tanjug) - United Nations Secretary-General Kofi
Annan met in Belgrade late Tuesday, at Yugoslav President Vojislav
Kostunica's request, with a delegation of family members of missing
persons in Kosovo-Metohija. Delegation member Simo Spasic told
reporters the meeting the family members "have been waiting for three
years" lasted ten minutes only.
"Are the lives of 1,300 people worth this much?" asked Spasic, adding
that the U.N. Secretary-General was offered a list of names of 300
"kidnappers", including the names of Kosovo Albanian community
leaders and former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army Hasim Taci
and Agim Ceku.
"It seems to me that they are more worried about the cooperation with
The Hague than about our tragedy," said Spasic, expressing his
dissatisfaction with the meeting with Annan, who had, according to
Spasic, expressed his regrets over the disappearance of Serbs, and
members of all other nationalities during the armed conflicts in the
Balkans.
=== appendice ===
http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table
=old§ion=current&issue=2002-11-09&id=2462
THE SPECTATOR (UK), Saturday, November 9, 2002 FEATURES
The black hole of Europe
Andrew Sutton on the miseries, corruption and human-rights abuses in
Kosovo, the UN's first-ever protectorate - Pristina
I reached what remained of the fire-ravaged train just as the downpour
started. Inside, two burly Kosovar Albanian railwaymen in orange
boiler suits sat on a twisted iron spar, smoking and sheltering from
the weather.
Before the war, this train took Serb men from their village to the
quarry where they mined for coal. Then, one day, KLA fighters prised
away a section of track near the northern town of Vushtrri, sending
the train down an embankment. The workers survived the wreck, but
snipers lay in wait.
'Some of them escaped,' one of the railwaymen said, and swore
obscenely.
Such are the levels of seething hatred still present in Kosovo. When
the United Nations arrived in 1999, it took on a province ravaged by
Milosevic's forces, and with an infrastructure bombed to rubble. The
job was never going to be easy, and, recognising that more was
required than the usual complement of peacekeepers, advisers and
itinerant statesmen, the UN took a momentous step: Kosovo became its
first-ever protectorate, a nation adopted by 185 parents.
Three years on, it is hard to find anyone, either local or
'international', in this wretched province who has a good word to say
about the organisation.
And it is not just the well-documented corruption and bungling that
have led some of Kosovo's graffiti-writers to daub anti-UN slogans
where once they scrawled fulsome thanks. Many of the province's
sorrows result from deliberate policies of the United Nations Mission
in Kosovo (Unmik); policies designed by technocrats for politicians.
Take an alarming example from the Unmik police. The 49-nation force
was cobbled together to show the locals how it's done, but the
trouble is, not all the boys in blue berets seem to know how it's done
themselves.
'You have people coming from some countries who don't know what it
means to really police. They haven't done it themselves. They get
here and they pass the testing,' said one officer, who asked not to be
named. 'Very few people are rejected, very few.' Never mind that some
of these policemen have never driven in their jobs before, or have
never worked in a city, or barely speak English (let alone Albanian).
It would be politically inconvenient to set the standard too high -
what if people were to start failing to reach it?
Worse, what if it turned out that some countries' police are better
trained than others? In the minds of the UN functionaries who set the
rules, these perils are terrifying. If in doubt, give the officer his
gun and hope for the best.
This policy has had consequences: recently a six-year-old girl and her
older brother were killed here, knocked down by a Ghanaian policeman
who lost control while driving his high-powered police car at more
than twice the speed limit. A short walk from Pristina's tiny airport,
there is a chilling sight. Behind a thin chain-link fence, row upon
row of wrecked red-and-white Toyotas bear tragic witness to the fact
that such accidents are not rare.
The car lot is only one of the many dirty secrets created by Unmik's
love of policy that is made for show. Last month the BBC Radio Four
programme Face the Facts reported on the unexploded ordnance that
still litters parts of Kosovo. The UN established a new acronym,
staffed it with bureaucrats and decided that the province would be
safe by 31 December 2001. Sure enough, when that day came, experts
from all mine-clearance charities were ordered to stop work, and the
UN declared the land 'pristine'. It was a convenient lie, and it has
ensured civilian deaths for many years to come.
Kosovo was meant to be a showcase of the world's governments working
together as equals to sow peace and goodwill, but the view from the
ground is very different. The Kosovo people have long harboured a
suspicion that Unmik is not here to help them, but to serve the UN's
own political imperatives. Stick together at all costs, Unmik's motto
became, whether it's working or not. That fatal car went, presumably,
to Unmik's mechanical graveyard. The driver was released after two
weeks in custody.
Migjen Kelmendi, a respected Kosovar intellectual turned newspaper
editor, concedes that many locals still hold unrealistic expectations
of Unmik, but he pleads for the officials to come down from 'their
towers'. 'We have never lived in a democracy - we don't know how it
looks. We need an interpreter to tell us how it looks in a normal
Western country,' he says.
But this is a very distorted vision of what a Western country should
look like. Three years after the UN set up shop here, unemployment
stands at 57 per cent and corruption is rife. Last month the head of
Kosovo's 'Ombudsperson' institution, Marek Antoni Nowicki, warned of
a human-rights 'black hole' opening up in Europe's backyard. In
private, his deputy, Donna Gomien, accuses the UN of indifference
towards human-rights abuses perpetrated by its own staff; of
effectively allowing personnel accused of brutality to shield behind a
wall of official silence. Cases are dealt with as internal
disciplinary matters, names are not divulged, and any disciplinary
action that is taken remains secret, even from the Ombudsperson
whose role it is to monitor abuses of authority.
'We have people coming in here saying, "I got beaten up by this guy
from Oklahoma who kept saying, 'I'm immune, I'm immune, you can't do
anything to me,' while he was breaking his teeth and his ribs,"' says
Ms Gomien. While cases such as that are rare, no provision for redress
exists for the victims of any Unmik or Nato agency or agent. 'These
people have nothing and they're told, "Sure you can have civil
restitution - go to Ohio or Islamabad, jurisdiction rests there now,
and, by the way, have you found an Urdu-speaking lawyer?"'
There are, of course, many dedicated and competent people within Unmik
and numerous other agencies and charities which are working hard for a
better Kosovo. People who travel thousands of miles from their
families to a land of power-cuts and water shortages. Their efforts -
and, of course, those of the Kosovo people - are helping to put the
province back on its feet.
But the lure of an 'international' salary, which can exceed that of a
US senator, ensures that many people come here for the wrong motives.
Those who are trying to build a better Kosovo often find themselves
hindered at every turn by Unmik's perverse bureaucratic practices. 'UN
volunteers are the hardest workers ...they are young, exuberant people
who really want to make a difference, so they are always working
hard,' says Eleanor Beardsley, a press officer. They are often
assigned the grimmest and most dangerous jobs, such as working in a
morgue at constant risk of HIV infection. But Unmik's best people can
never be promoted because they are not allowed to compete for jobs
held by a salaried official.
Migjen Kelmendi sums up the situation perfectly: 'We really need
participation and help of the international community, [but] it looks
as if they are bunkering themselves within their own reality. They are
starting to create a castle of their own.' Unlike the deaths of the
Serb workers, the fate of Kosovar people injured or killed by reckless
police, uncleared mines or an enraged soldier is the result not of
bloody vengeance, but of the studied indifference of bureaucrats who
refuse to see past their own utopian
'realities'. The UN has amply demonstrated that you do not need to pay
peanuts to get the three monkeys.
GLI INTELLETTUALI IN SLOVENIA SI SVEGLIANO?
Il movimento di opposizione all'ingresso nella NATO, in Slovenia, sta
crescendo (1). E' un risveglio che fa ben sperare, anche per le
implicazioni che puo' avere, nel segno della pace, su tutta l'area
limitrofa e su quella balcanica in particolare, interessata non solo
dalle spinte per l'allargamento formale della Alleanza Atlantica, ma
anche, in questi ultimi, purtroppo da operazioni di guerra effettiva
condotte dalla NATO, nonche' da insediamenti militari NATO sempre piu'
rilevanti.
Parte integrante del movimento contro la NATO sono 188 intellettuali -
artisti, ricercatori scientifici, saggisti - firmatari di un documento
che chiede che l'eventuale adesione alla Alleanza sia sottoposta ad un
referendum popolare (2).
L'esito di un tale referendum sarebbe tutt'altro che scontato.
Infatti, le forze indipendentiste in Slovenia si sono si' avvalse
della NATO per secedere dalla Repubblica Federativa Socialista di
Jugoslavia, dando cosi' il via alla guerra fratricida, ma - anche
laddove la nostalgia per il passato jugoslavo non arrivi ad incidere
politicamente - per la piccola Repubblica, continuamente e
storicamente sottoposta a pressioni e rivendicazioni ignobili dai
paesi vicini, l'indipendenza reale e' una chimera da ricercare in
continuazione. In particolare in questa fase, internazionalmente cosi'
difficile, la Slovenia puo' riuscire ad allargare il proprio spazio
autonomo di manovra giocando nella contesa, sempre piu' esplicita ed
aspra, tra Europa e Stati Uniti d'America.
Mentre scriviamo non sappiamo se tra i firmatari del documento "dei
188" c'e' anche Slavoj Zizek, il "filosofo di formazione
hegelian-lacaniana, da anni in movimento perenne fra l'università di
Lubiana e i campus americani", caro alla sinistra dei "movimenti" e
specialmente al "Manifesto" (3). Saremmo curiosi di saperlo. In
passato ci e' sembrato di poter annoverare Zizek tra quegli
intellettuali e accademici (post? ex? anti?) jugoslavi che con la
distruzione del loro paese hanno fatto, piu' o meno cinicamente,
carriera. Lontano dal marxismo di qualsivoglia scuola, Zizek si e'
impegnato in questi anni in una decostruzione (ulteriore) del marxismo
stesso come di ogni "pensiero forte" e nella solita critica, ossessiva
e fuori tempo massimo, ai sistemi del "socialismo reale". A differenza
del piu' noto Predrag Matvejevic - che e' piuttosto legato
all'ambiente letterario e post-sessantottino francese - Zizek
predilige la cultura statunitense, attinge dalla psicanalisi
intellettualistica di Lacan ed usa "preferibilmente i testi della
cultura di massa, e il cinema in particolare (non parla di nulla senza
portare a sostegno di quello che dice un paio di film, «e qualche
volta non li ho neanche visti per intero», ride) come canale di
scorrimento fra una dimensione e l'altra".
Nell'intervista rilasciata pochi giorni fa ad Ida Dominijanni, Zizek
mostra pero' una attenzione ed una verve critica che fanno ben
sperare. E' per questo che ci piacerebbe vederlo tra i firmatari
dell'appello di cui sopra (chissa'?). Non stonerebbe affatto, una sua
firma, con la sua analisi della guerra contemporanea (dopo l'11
settembre): "una guerra motivata da ragioni classicamente economiche,
il petrolio del Caspio, e geopolitiche, la ridefinizione del rapporto
fra Stati uniti e Arabia Saudita". Si accenna ai bombardamenti
sull'Afghanistan, ed a quelli sull'Iraq. Giustamente si nega che il
problema all'ordine del giorno sia lo "scontro tra civilta'":
piuttosto, "lo scontro passa all'interno di ciascuna civiltà".
Il problema e' che, nell'intervista, non si parla della guerra in
Jugoslavia.
Strano: possibile che un intellettuale sloveno abbia rimosso cosi'
presto, confinato in qualche baratro della coscienza, i bombardamenti
sulle industrie chimiche della Serbia (1999), o le sparatorie attorno
alle caserme federali, proprio in Slovenia (1991), o lo stillicidio di
vittime del terrorismo di ispirazione nazionalista in Kosovo e
Macedonia (adesso)?
"Dobbiamo lottare contro il terrorismo, ma riformulando e allargando
la sua definizione, in modo da includervi anche alcune azioni
americane e di altre potenze occidentali", dice Zizek. D'accordo,
purche' questo saggio criterio venga applicato incominciando dalla
propria realta'. Per esempio, firmando l'appello "dei 188".
Altrimenti, l'esito logico delle giuste considerazioni di Zizek rimane
debole ed ambiguo. "Cosa resta allora? «L'Europa. Invece che discutere
dello scontro di civiltà fra Occidente e Islam, dobbiamo lavorare a
approfondire il conflitto che sulla guerra in Iraq si sta già
delineando fra modello americano e modello europeo.» E si ritorna a
quanto sopra: in questa fase internazionalmente cosi' difficile,
l'intellettuale sloveno - anziche' approfittarne per marcare uno
spazio autonomo - rischia di schierarsi, nella contesa sempre piu'
esplicita ed aspra che oppone Europa e Stati Uniti d'America, dalla
parte dell'Europa. Potrebbe persino andar bene: purche' si affronti il
problema della NATO e del nazionalismo che - grazie alla
sponsorizzazione della NATO - ha "etnicamente" smembrato il proprio
paese.
(Italo Slavo)
=== NOTE ===
(1) "Resistance against NATO in Slovenia"
Vai a: http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/2089
(2) SLOVENIA' S INTELLECTUAL COMMUNITY DEMANDS REFERENDUM ON ENTRY TO
NATO
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_
id=2864882&startrow=31&date=2002-11-19&do_alert=0
2002-11-19 19:38 * SLOVENIA * NATO * INTELLEGENTSIA * REFERENDUM *
SLOVENIA' S INTELLECTUAL COMMUNITY DEMANDS REFERENDUM ON ENTRY TO NATO
BELGRADE, November 19 /from RIA Novosti's Aleksandr Slabynko/ -
Prominent figures of Slovenia's intellectual community - writers,
artists, scientists, public activists - have demanded that the
national parliament hold a referendum should the upcoming NATO summit
in Prague invite the country to join the Alliance.
The relative statement, which was signed by 188 prominent cultural and
scientific figures, demands that the government arrange the referendum
and a thorough, open and competent discussion of all the positive and
negative consequences Slovenia is going to face if it joins NATO.
The intelligentsia believes the arguments in favour of the NATO
membership the government had offered were not sound enough and
resulted in a greater number of those sceptical about the prospect.
Professor Kovacevic believes the government will have a tough time
trying to convince the nation to support NATO.
There are fierce opponents to the entry to NATO among those who signed
the statement. Darij Zadnikar, a professor of philosophy at Ljubljana
University, qualified the political elite's assertion that the NATO
membership means "joining the world" as dangerous manipulation of
public opinion.
The scientists and men in the arts urge the national vote on the entry
to NATO should take place simultaneously with a referendum on
Slovenia's admission to the European Union, due as early as in March,
2003, according to unofficial reports. Slovenia is a claimant for the
EU membership along with Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Cyprus, Malta,
Poland, Slovakia, Czechia and Estonia.
© 2001 RIA Novosti
(3) "Il manifesto" del 16 Novembre 2002: "La messa in scena della
realtà"
«L'11 settembre ha messo a nudo la fragilità del mondo in cui viviamo
e i limiti della cultura liberal e radical americana». Un incontro con
il filosofo sloveno Slavoj Zizek - IDA DOMINIJANNI
http://www.ilmanifesto.it/Quotidiano-archivio/
16-Novembre-2002/art87.html
Il movimento di opposizione all'ingresso nella NATO, in Slovenia, sta
crescendo (1). E' un risveglio che fa ben sperare, anche per le
implicazioni che puo' avere, nel segno della pace, su tutta l'area
limitrofa e su quella balcanica in particolare, interessata non solo
dalle spinte per l'allargamento formale della Alleanza Atlantica, ma
anche, in questi ultimi, purtroppo da operazioni di guerra effettiva
condotte dalla NATO, nonche' da insediamenti militari NATO sempre piu'
rilevanti.
Parte integrante del movimento contro la NATO sono 188 intellettuali -
artisti, ricercatori scientifici, saggisti - firmatari di un documento
che chiede che l'eventuale adesione alla Alleanza sia sottoposta ad un
referendum popolare (2).
L'esito di un tale referendum sarebbe tutt'altro che scontato.
Infatti, le forze indipendentiste in Slovenia si sono si' avvalse
della NATO per secedere dalla Repubblica Federativa Socialista di
Jugoslavia, dando cosi' il via alla guerra fratricida, ma - anche
laddove la nostalgia per il passato jugoslavo non arrivi ad incidere
politicamente - per la piccola Repubblica, continuamente e
storicamente sottoposta a pressioni e rivendicazioni ignobili dai
paesi vicini, l'indipendenza reale e' una chimera da ricercare in
continuazione. In particolare in questa fase, internazionalmente cosi'
difficile, la Slovenia puo' riuscire ad allargare il proprio spazio
autonomo di manovra giocando nella contesa, sempre piu' esplicita ed
aspra, tra Europa e Stati Uniti d'America.
Mentre scriviamo non sappiamo se tra i firmatari del documento "dei
188" c'e' anche Slavoj Zizek, il "filosofo di formazione
hegelian-lacaniana, da anni in movimento perenne fra l'università di
Lubiana e i campus americani", caro alla sinistra dei "movimenti" e
specialmente al "Manifesto" (3). Saremmo curiosi di saperlo. In
passato ci e' sembrato di poter annoverare Zizek tra quegli
intellettuali e accademici (post? ex? anti?) jugoslavi che con la
distruzione del loro paese hanno fatto, piu' o meno cinicamente,
carriera. Lontano dal marxismo di qualsivoglia scuola, Zizek si e'
impegnato in questi anni in una decostruzione (ulteriore) del marxismo
stesso come di ogni "pensiero forte" e nella solita critica, ossessiva
e fuori tempo massimo, ai sistemi del "socialismo reale". A differenza
del piu' noto Predrag Matvejevic - che e' piuttosto legato
all'ambiente letterario e post-sessantottino francese - Zizek
predilige la cultura statunitense, attinge dalla psicanalisi
intellettualistica di Lacan ed usa "preferibilmente i testi della
cultura di massa, e il cinema in particolare (non parla di nulla senza
portare a sostegno di quello che dice un paio di film, «e qualche
volta non li ho neanche visti per intero», ride) come canale di
scorrimento fra una dimensione e l'altra".
Nell'intervista rilasciata pochi giorni fa ad Ida Dominijanni, Zizek
mostra pero' una attenzione ed una verve critica che fanno ben
sperare. E' per questo che ci piacerebbe vederlo tra i firmatari
dell'appello di cui sopra (chissa'?). Non stonerebbe affatto, una sua
firma, con la sua analisi della guerra contemporanea (dopo l'11
settembre): "una guerra motivata da ragioni classicamente economiche,
il petrolio del Caspio, e geopolitiche, la ridefinizione del rapporto
fra Stati uniti e Arabia Saudita". Si accenna ai bombardamenti
sull'Afghanistan, ed a quelli sull'Iraq. Giustamente si nega che il
problema all'ordine del giorno sia lo "scontro tra civilta'":
piuttosto, "lo scontro passa all'interno di ciascuna civiltà".
Il problema e' che, nell'intervista, non si parla della guerra in
Jugoslavia.
Strano: possibile che un intellettuale sloveno abbia rimosso cosi'
presto, confinato in qualche baratro della coscienza, i bombardamenti
sulle industrie chimiche della Serbia (1999), o le sparatorie attorno
alle caserme federali, proprio in Slovenia (1991), o lo stillicidio di
vittime del terrorismo di ispirazione nazionalista in Kosovo e
Macedonia (adesso)?
"Dobbiamo lottare contro il terrorismo, ma riformulando e allargando
la sua definizione, in modo da includervi anche alcune azioni
americane e di altre potenze occidentali", dice Zizek. D'accordo,
purche' questo saggio criterio venga applicato incominciando dalla
propria realta'. Per esempio, firmando l'appello "dei 188".
Altrimenti, l'esito logico delle giuste considerazioni di Zizek rimane
debole ed ambiguo. "Cosa resta allora? «L'Europa. Invece che discutere
dello scontro di civiltà fra Occidente e Islam, dobbiamo lavorare a
approfondire il conflitto che sulla guerra in Iraq si sta già
delineando fra modello americano e modello europeo.» E si ritorna a
quanto sopra: in questa fase internazionalmente cosi' difficile,
l'intellettuale sloveno - anziche' approfittarne per marcare uno
spazio autonomo - rischia di schierarsi, nella contesa sempre piu'
esplicita ed aspra che oppone Europa e Stati Uniti d'America, dalla
parte dell'Europa. Potrebbe persino andar bene: purche' si affronti il
problema della NATO e del nazionalismo che - grazie alla
sponsorizzazione della NATO - ha "etnicamente" smembrato il proprio
paese.
(Italo Slavo)
=== NOTE ===
(1) "Resistance against NATO in Slovenia"
Vai a: http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/2089
(2) SLOVENIA' S INTELLECTUAL COMMUNITY DEMANDS REFERENDUM ON ENTRY TO
NATO
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_
id=2864882&startrow=31&date=2002-11-19&do_alert=0
2002-11-19 19:38 * SLOVENIA * NATO * INTELLEGENTSIA * REFERENDUM *
SLOVENIA' S INTELLECTUAL COMMUNITY DEMANDS REFERENDUM ON ENTRY TO NATO
BELGRADE, November 19 /from RIA Novosti's Aleksandr Slabynko/ -
Prominent figures of Slovenia's intellectual community - writers,
artists, scientists, public activists - have demanded that the
national parliament hold a referendum should the upcoming NATO summit
in Prague invite the country to join the Alliance.
The relative statement, which was signed by 188 prominent cultural and
scientific figures, demands that the government arrange the referendum
and a thorough, open and competent discussion of all the positive and
negative consequences Slovenia is going to face if it joins NATO.
The intelligentsia believes the arguments in favour of the NATO
membership the government had offered were not sound enough and
resulted in a greater number of those sceptical about the prospect.
Professor Kovacevic believes the government will have a tough time
trying to convince the nation to support NATO.
There are fierce opponents to the entry to NATO among those who signed
the statement. Darij Zadnikar, a professor of philosophy at Ljubljana
University, qualified the political elite's assertion that the NATO
membership means "joining the world" as dangerous manipulation of
public opinion.
The scientists and men in the arts urge the national vote on the entry
to NATO should take place simultaneously with a referendum on
Slovenia's admission to the European Union, due as early as in March,
2003, according to unofficial reports. Slovenia is a claimant for the
EU membership along with Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Cyprus, Malta,
Poland, Slovakia, Czechia and Estonia.
© 2001 RIA Novosti
(3) "Il manifesto" del 16 Novembre 2002: "La messa in scena della
realtà"
«L'11 settembre ha messo a nudo la fragilità del mondo in cui viviamo
e i limiti della cultura liberal e radical americana». Un incontro con
il filosofo sloveno Slavoj Zizek - IDA DOMINIJANNI
http://www.ilmanifesto.it/Quotidiano-archivio/
16-Novembre-2002/art87.html
RF DI JUGOSLAVIA:
IL PARLAMENTO FEDERALE ABOLISCE LA "FESTA DELLA REPUBBLICA"
Il parlamento della Repubblica Federale di Jugoslavia ha abolito il 18
novembre u.s. (2002) la festa nazionale, che dal 1945 si festeggiava il
29 novembre. Il passo era stato deciso da piu' di un anno dai
partiti della destra di governo, per rompere ogni legame simbolico con
la tradizione antifascista del paese e compiacere cosi' i paesi della
NATO.
Il 29 novembre 1943, nell'apice della guerra partigiana, a Jajce in
Bosnia-Erzegovina il Consiglio Antifascista di Liberazione Nazionale
della Jugoslavia (AVNOJ) proclamava la nascita della Jugoslavia libera,
socialista e multinazionale.
Nonostante la secessione di Croazia, Slovenia, Bosnia e Macedonia e la
costituzione nel 1992 della attuale Repubblica Federale di Jugoslavia
(Serbia e Montenegro), il governo delle sinistre guidato da Slobodan
Milosevic aveva optato per il mantenimento di quella festivita', come
segno di continuita' con la tradizione partigiana. Non a caso, contro
l'abolizione della Festa della Repubblica hanno votato solamente il
Partito socialista (Sps) di Milosevic e la Jul (sinistra jugoslava) di
Mira Markovic, nonche' il Partito radicale serbo (Srs) del nazionalista
Vojislav Seselj, che ha partecipato al governo di unita' nazionale fino
al 2000 ed e' tuttora alleato delle sinistre nella competizione
elettorale per l'elezione del Presidente della Serbia.
(A cura di I.S. - Fonte: ANSA 18/11/2002 -
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/jugoslavia/20021118230032390272.html )
IL PARLAMENTO FEDERALE ABOLISCE LA "FESTA DELLA REPUBBLICA"
Il parlamento della Repubblica Federale di Jugoslavia ha abolito il 18
novembre u.s. (2002) la festa nazionale, che dal 1945 si festeggiava il
29 novembre. Il passo era stato deciso da piu' di un anno dai
partiti della destra di governo, per rompere ogni legame simbolico con
la tradizione antifascista del paese e compiacere cosi' i paesi della
NATO.
Il 29 novembre 1943, nell'apice della guerra partigiana, a Jajce in
Bosnia-Erzegovina il Consiglio Antifascista di Liberazione Nazionale
della Jugoslavia (AVNOJ) proclamava la nascita della Jugoslavia libera,
socialista e multinazionale.
Nonostante la secessione di Croazia, Slovenia, Bosnia e Macedonia e la
costituzione nel 1992 della attuale Repubblica Federale di Jugoslavia
(Serbia e Montenegro), il governo delle sinistre guidato da Slobodan
Milosevic aveva optato per il mantenimento di quella festivita', come
segno di continuita' con la tradizione partigiana. Non a caso, contro
l'abolizione della Festa della Repubblica hanno votato solamente il
Partito socialista (Sps) di Milosevic e la Jul (sinistra jugoslava) di
Mira Markovic, nonche' il Partito radicale serbo (Srs) del nazionalista
Vojislav Seselj, che ha partecipato al governo di unita' nazionale fino
al 2000 ed e' tuttora alleato delle sinistre nella competizione
elettorale per l'elezione del Presidente della Serbia.
(A cura di I.S. - Fonte: ANSA 18/11/2002 -
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/jugoslavia/20021118230032390272.html )
BELGRADO: UNO DEGLI STUDENTI IN SCIOPERO DELLA FAME RICOVERATO IN
OSPEDALE. LA SITUAZIONE SOCIALE INTANTO PRECIPITA.
Dopo il ricovero in ospedale di uno degli studenti della facolta' di
legge dell'universita' di Belgrado scesi in sciopero della fame, il 13
novembre l'estrema protesta e' stata sospesa. Gli studenti - che in
precedenza avevano anche trattenuto per alcune ore il ministro della
pubblica istruzione contro l'aumento delle spese per lo studio,
decuplicate rispetto agli anni precedenti - hanno comunque
sottolineato che non intendono arrendersi.
Nel frattempo, dall'ufficio di collocamento della Serbia giunge la
notizia che il numero ufficiale dei disoccupati nel paese ha raggiunto
gli 890.000 lavoratori su una popolazione totale di 7,5 milioni di
abitanti. Negli ultimi 12 mesi altre 100.000 persone si sono infatti
unite all'esercito dei disoccupati, con un incremento del 14,5 %.
Oltre la meta' dei senza lavoro sono donne, e circa un terzo sono
persone con basso livello scolastico.
La gravissima situazione sociale in Serbia, dovuta alle politiche
ultraliberiste del regime, viene perfettamente ignorata dalla
"sinistra" italiana, che avendo appoggiato la "svolta"
filo-occidentale dell'ottobre 2000 ed e' ora costretta a tacere sulle
attuali condizioni di vita in quel paese.
(A cura di I.S., fonte ANSA:
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/jugoslavia/20021113133432384836.html
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/jugoslavia/20021119125732390481.html )
OSPEDALE. LA SITUAZIONE SOCIALE INTANTO PRECIPITA.
Dopo il ricovero in ospedale di uno degli studenti della facolta' di
legge dell'universita' di Belgrado scesi in sciopero della fame, il 13
novembre l'estrema protesta e' stata sospesa. Gli studenti - che in
precedenza avevano anche trattenuto per alcune ore il ministro della
pubblica istruzione contro l'aumento delle spese per lo studio,
decuplicate rispetto agli anni precedenti - hanno comunque
sottolineato che non intendono arrendersi.
Nel frattempo, dall'ufficio di collocamento della Serbia giunge la
notizia che il numero ufficiale dei disoccupati nel paese ha raggiunto
gli 890.000 lavoratori su una popolazione totale di 7,5 milioni di
abitanti. Negli ultimi 12 mesi altre 100.000 persone si sono infatti
unite all'esercito dei disoccupati, con un incremento del 14,5 %.
Oltre la meta' dei senza lavoro sono donne, e circa un terzo sono
persone con basso livello scolastico.
La gravissima situazione sociale in Serbia, dovuta alle politiche
ultraliberiste del regime, viene perfettamente ignorata dalla
"sinistra" italiana, che avendo appoggiato la "svolta"
filo-occidentale dell'ottobre 2000 ed e' ora costretta a tacere sulle
attuali condizioni di vita in quel paese.
(A cura di I.S., fonte ANSA:
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/jugoslavia/20021113133432384836.html
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/jugoslavia/20021119125732390481.html )
Indice:
1. ITALIA: VERSO L'INSABBIAMENTO DEL PROCESSO-DJUKANOVIC
La competenza trasferita da Bari a Genova (ANSA 5/11/2002)
2. INCARCERATO DIRETTORE DI GIORNALE IN MONTENEGRO
Il suo giornale aveva rivelato dettagli del contrabbando di sigarette,
chiamando in causa il presidente Djukanovic. Nel frattempo, altri
organi di stampa difendono "a spada tratta" il Presidente ed i
contrabbandieri (ANSA 18 e 20/11/2002)
3. PRESIDENZIALI MONTENEGRINE
Djukanovic preferisce la poltrona di premier; le opposizioni non hanno
altre chances che il boicottaggio (ANSA 15 e 19/11/2002)
4. RETROSPETTIVA: L´ANTIMAFIA SUI TRAFFICI FRA IL 1990 E IL 2000
Contrabbando, indagato il presidente del Montenegro. La Dda di Bari:
Djukanovic non ha l´immunità (La Stampa 30/5/2002)
5. RETROSPETTIVA: ALL'ESTERO TUTTI I SOLDI DI DJUKANOVIC
Centinaia di mazzette con contrassegno diplomatico versate in Svizzera
e a Cipro (Barisera 30/5/2002)
6. RETROSPETTIVA: I TRAFFICI TRA LE DUE SPONDE NEGLI ANNI NOVANTA
(Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno 30/5/2002)
1. ITALIA: VERSO L'INSABBIAMENTO DEL PROCESSO-DJUKANOVIC
La competenza trasferita da Bari a Genova (ANSA 5/11/2002)
2. INCARCERATO DIRETTORE DI GIORNALE IN MONTENEGRO
Il suo giornale aveva rivelato dettagli del contrabbando di sigarette,
chiamando in causa il presidente Djukanovic. Nel frattempo, altri
organi di stampa difendono "a spada tratta" il Presidente ed i
contrabbandieri (ANSA 18 e 20/11/2002)
3. PRESIDENZIALI MONTENEGRINE
Djukanovic preferisce la poltrona di premier; le opposizioni non hanno
altre chances che il boicottaggio (ANSA 15 e 19/11/2002)
4. RETROSPETTIVA: L´ANTIMAFIA SUI TRAFFICI FRA IL 1990 E IL 2000
Contrabbando, indagato il presidente del Montenegro. La Dda di Bari:
Djukanovic non ha l´immunità (La Stampa 30/5/2002)
5. RETROSPETTIVA: ALL'ESTERO TUTTI I SOLDI DI DJUKANOVIC
Centinaia di mazzette con contrassegno diplomatico versate in Svizzera
e a Cipro (Barisera 30/5/2002)
6. RETROSPETTIVA: I TRAFFICI TRA LE DUE SPONDE NEGLI ANNI NOVANTA
(Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno 30/5/2002)
1.FONTE: internet
2.TITOLO: "Komisches Gefühl" [Una strana sensazione]
3.INDICE: Drei Jahre nach den NATO-Bomben beginnt in Pancevo das
langsame Sterben [Tre anni dopo le bombe della NATO ha inizio a
Pancevo la morte lenta]
4.SITO INTERNET: http://www.akweb.de/ak_s/ak463/37.htm
5.AUTORE: Zeitung für linke Debatte und Praxis / Nr. 463 / 21.06.2002;
il giornalista Boris Kanzleiter.
6.NUMERO DI PAGINE: 4.
7.DATA: 21.06.2002.
[Nota: chi avesse la possibilita' di tradurre in italiano questo
importante articolo e' pregato di contattarci: <jugocoord@...>.
Ringraziamo Alberto e Zivkica per la segnalazione.]
ak - analyse & kritik, Zeitung für linke Debatte und Praxis / Nr. 463
/ 21.06.2002
"Komisches Gefühl"
Drei Jahre nach den NATO-Bomben beginnt in Pancevo das langsame
Sterben
"Immer mehr Leute in der Stadt sterben an Krebs", sagt Ivan Zafirovic
fast beiläufig. Der schlacksige junge Mann sitzt in seinem Büro im
zweiten Stock des Rathauses von Pancevo und wippt in einem
Plastikledersessel. Als einziger Abgeordneter der Grünen Partei im
Stadtparlament ist er zuständig für den Umweltschutz. Zafirovic blickt
hilflos auf Unterlagen, die sich vor ihm auf dem Tisch stapeln. Es
sind Berichte über die ökologischen Folgen der NATO-Bombardements vor
drei Jahren. "Heute sterben viel mehr Leute als vor den Bombardements
1999. Aber es ist ein Tabu darüber zu reden", wiederholt er sich.
An 17 Tagen und Nächten trafen im Frühjahr vor drei Jahren
Marschflugkörper und Bomben Ziele in der knapp 100.000 EinwohnerInnen
zählenden Stadt. Was Zehntausenden Arbeit und bescheidenen Wohlstand
einbrachte, wurde zum Fluch für die BewohnerInnen. Pancevo ist einer
der wichtigsten Industriestandorte in Jugoslawien. Hier, nur zwanzig
Kilometer die Donau entlang flussabwärts hinter der
Zwei-Millionen-Metropole Belgrad, konzentriert sich die petrochemische
Industrie des Landes. Benzin, Düngemittel, Kunststoffe, Lacke und Öle
stellen die ArbeiterInnen im Industrierevier her.
"Am 24. März 1999 um 20:40 Uhr schlugen die ersten Bomben ein",
erinnert sich Ivan Zafirovic. Der 24. März war der erste Tag des
Krieges, fünf Tage zuvor waren die Hoffnungen auf eine
Verhandlungslösung im Kosovo-Konflikt im Schloss Rambouillet bei Paris
gescheitert. "Zuerst trafen die Bomben die Fabrik Lola Utva, dort
wurden Kleinflugzeuge für die Landwirtschaft montiert", sagt
Zafirovic. Dann, in den folgenden Wochen, trafen die Bomben die
Raffinerie, die Düngemittelfabrik Azotara und die Kunststofffabrik
Petrohjemija. Immer wieder bis zum letzten Tag des Kriegs am 8. Juni,
als ein Waffenstillstandsabkommen unterzeichnet wurde und sich die
jugoslawische Armee aus dem Kosovo zurückzog.
"Es ist ein Tabu darüber zu reden"
Die Bombenangriffe auf Pancevo wurden akribisch dokumentiert. Schon im
Oktober 1999, nur vier Monate nach Ende des Krieges, veröffentlichte
das Umweltprogramm der Vereinten Nationen (UNEP) einen ausführlichen
Bericht über die ökologischen Konsequenzen der Bombardements. Die
ExpertInnen der Genfer Behörde hatten in den Wochen nach dem Abschluss
der Waffenstillstandsvereinbarung Recherchereisen durch Jugoslawien
unternommen und mit WissenschaftlerInnen und AugenzeugInnen vor Ort
versucht, eine Bestandsaufnahme durchzuführen. Pancevo identifizierten
sie neben der Industriestadt Kragujevac als "am schlimmsten"
betroffen.
"Es war ein Albtraum", sagt Zafirovic und versucht zu lächeln, denn
schließlich ist das alles schon so lange her. "Die Bomben haben große
Teile der Tanks getroffen, in denen die Grundstoffe für die Produktion
gelagert waren." Insbesondere in der Woche zwischen dem 13. und dem
20. April geriet die Bevölkerung in Panik. In jeder Nacht rasten die
Cruise Missiles in das Industriegebiet, das direkt an ein Wohnviertel
anschließt. Flammen loderten in den Nachthimmel. Tagsüber blieb es
dunkel, weil sich eine gewaltige Rauchwolke über die Stadt wölbte.
Erst als es anfing zu regnen, lichtete sich der Himmel. "Auf den
Autos, auf den Straßen, überall klebte ein schwarzer schmieriger
Schleim", erinnert sich der junge Abgeordnete. "Viele Menschen sind
damals aus Pancevo zu Freunden oder Verwandten nach Belgrad oder in
andere Städte geflüchtet", erzählt er. "Die Menschen hatten Angst.
Viele schwangere Frauen haben abgetrieben, weil sie sich vergiftet
vorkamen." Dazu hatten ihnen die Ärzte in den Krankenhäusern geraten.
Die Katastrophe kam unerwartet über die Stadt. Pancevo liegt in der
Vojvodina-Region, die Grenze zu Ungarn und Rumänien ist viel näher als
Pristina. Von den Auseinandersetzungen im Süden lasen die Menschen nur
in der Zeitung. Dass die Fabriken in der Nachbarschaft gefährlich
waren, wussten sie allerdings genau. "Die Chemieindustrie war schon
immer eine Bedrohung", sagt Zafirovic. "Die Arbeiter hier sterben
jung." Beim Aufbau der jugoslawischen Chemieindustrie in den 60er und
70er Jahren spielten Umweltbestimmungen keine wichtige Rolle. Als
"Pancevo-Krebs" bezeichneten die Ärzte eine Krankheit, unter der
insbesondere die Arbeiter der PVC-Fabrik Petrohjemija litten, ein
Krebs, der die Leber befällt. Verantwortlich dafür machten sie
hauptsächlich die Chemikalien Ethylen-Dichlorid (EDC) und
Vinyl-Chlorid-Monomer (VCM), die Grundstoffe der PVC-Produktion. Der
"Pancevo-Krebs" greift nun weiter um sich, denn es sind gerade diese
Chemikalien, die durch die NATO-Bomben in großem Umfang freigesetzt
wurden.
Das Umweltlexikon beschreibt die Wirkung von Ethylen-Dichlorid:
"Hautreizend, narkotisierend, mutagen und karzinogen" ist der Stoff.
Die Vergiftungssymptome bestehen aus "Kopfschmerzen, Übelkeit mit
Erbrechen, blutigen Durchfällen, Koliken, tiefer Narkose".
Langzeitbelastung verursacht "Depressionen und Magenbeschwerden mit
Erbrechen". Es drohen "starke Organschädigungen (Leber, Niere, Blut).
Erhöhung der Frühgeburts- und Totgeburtenrate". Auch Vinylchlorid wird
als "eindeutig Krebs erzeugender Stoff" ausgewiesen. "Es kann kein
medizinisch unbedenklicher Grenzwert festgelegt werden, da jede noch
so geringe Konzentration schädigend wirkt", heißt es. Für
Arbeitsplätze gilt in Deutschland die Überschreitung einer
Konzentration von 3 ppm (ml/m3) als nicht mehr tolerierbar. In
Jugoslawien liegt der Grenzwert bei 5 ppm (ml/m3).
Die Messteams des Institutes für Gesundheitsschutz in Pancevo haben am
18. April 1999, die Fabriken brannten lichterloh, an verschiedenen
Punkten der Stadt eine VCM-Konzentration gemessen, die den
jugoslawischen Grenzwert um das 7.200- bis 10.600fache überschritt.
Der Berichte der UNEP nennt weitere Zahlen. In der Plastikfabrik
Petrohjemija flossen 2.100 Tonnen des giftigen Ethylen-Dichlorid (EDC)
aus. 460 Tonnen Vinyl-Chlorid-Monomer (VCM) verbrannten.
Auch andere toxische Substanzen wirbelten mit den Flammen durch die
Luft, versickerten im Boden oder flossen in die Donau. Acht Tonnen
Quecksilber wurden in Petrohjemija freigesetzt, ein Schwermetall, das
sich in der Nahrungskette anreichert. Und in der neben der
Plastikfabrik liegenden Raffinerie verbrannten nach Angaben der Genfer
ExpertInnen mindestens 80.000 Tonnen Rohöl und Ölprodukte. Dabei
entstanden ebenfalls Krebs erregende polyzyklische aromatische
Kohlenwasserstoffe (PAH).
"Gesundheitssystem ist pleite"
Nicht alle Substanzen wurden unmittelbar durch die Bombardierungen
freigesetzt. Zwei Tage nachdem am 13. April die massive Angriffswelle
eingesetzt hatte, entschlossen sich die Geschäftsführer der
Kunstdüngerfabrik Azotara, 250 Tonnen flüssiges Ammoniak in einen
offenen Kanal zu leiten, der in die Donau führt. Dort setzte
anschließend ein Fischsterben ein, aber die Azotara-Manager hatten
Schlimmeres befürchtet, wären Bomben in die vollen Tanks gefallen.
Tatsächlich wurden die entleerten Tanks einen Tag später getroffen.
"Es war gut, dass die UNEP-Experten so schnell vor Ort waren", meint
Ivan Zafirovic. "Wir wissen nun, was damals geschah." Aber seitdem sei
so gut wie nichts passiert, um die Bevölkerung zu schützen. Zwar könne
man die Vergiftung nicht mehr rückgängig machen, aber heute würden die
Bauern auf den Feldern Gemüse produzieren, über die damals der
schwarze Regen niederging. Noch nicht einmal verlässliche Statistiken
über die Todesfälle gibt es, erklärt Zafirovic. "Das Gesundheitssystem
ist pleite und es gibt auch keine Vergleichswerte zu früher."
Roeland Kortas ist Chef des Clean-Up-Programms der UNEP. Mit seinen
zehn Mitarbeitern sitzt er in einem Büro im Belgrader Stadtviertel
Zemun, dort wo Sava und Donau zusammenfließen, um vereint in Richtung
Schwarzes Meer zu fließen. Clean Up ist eigentlich das falsche Wort
für Kortas' Arbeit. "Bisher wurden keine Maßnahmen ergriffen, um
Wasser und Böden in Pancevo zu entgiften", sagt er. "Wir können uns
nur auf die dringendsten Aufgaben konzentrieren." Und diese bestehen
momentan beispielsweise darin, einen Abwasserkanal zu sichern, der vom
bombardierten Pancevoer Industriegebiet in die Donau führt. In diesem
Kanal landeten Tonnen gefährlicher Substanzen, die sich weiter zu
verbreiten drohen. "Bei der Bombardierung ist die Kläranlage zerstört
worden", erläutert Kortas. An anderen Orten versucht die UNEP
ausgelaufene Chemikalien einzusammeln, die Verbreitung von
kontaminiertem Grundwasser einzudämmen oder hochgradig vergiftete
Böden abzutragen. Es geht darum zu verhindern, dass die Schäden nicht
noch größer werden, könnte man den Ansatz der UNEP zusammenfassen.
"Die UNEP hat nach dem Krieg in Jugoslawien 26 Projekte identifiziert,
die dringend durchgeführt werden müssten, um das Gesundheitsrisiko für
die Bevölkerung zu reduzieren. Für die Umsetzung benötigen wir 20
Millionen Dollar", sagt Kortas. Bis jetzt seien bei Sammelaktionen in
den europäischen Hauptstädten aber nur 11 Millionen zusammengekommen.
Deutschland ist mit 870.000 Dollar dabei. Während die NATO-Staaten in
den drei Kriegsmonaten etwa 12 Milliarden Dollar ausgaben, um den
Angriff auf Jugoslawien zu führen, scheint nun kein Geld mehr in den
Kassen zu sein, um dem Land beim Wiederaufbau zu helfen. "Um wirklich
Clean Up durchzuführen, würden wir hunderte von Millionen Dollar
benötigen", sagt Kortas. "Aber Umweltschutz ist keine Top-Priorität."
Im Stadtkern von Pancevo sitzen Jugendliche in den Cafes.
Straßenverkäuferinnen versuchen eine Zeitung loszuwerden. Lieferwagen
biegen um die Ecke. Die Menschen kaufen ein, gehen zur Arbeit oder
fahren ins nahe Belgrad, um ins Kino zu gehen. Drei Jahre nach dem
Bombardement simulieren die Menschen Normalität. "Die Leute hier
versuchen alles zu vergessen", meint Alexandar Weisner. Er ist
Mitglied einer Friedensgruppe und hat mit seinen FreundInnen in den
vergangenen zehn Jahren den oft aussichtslos scheinenden Kampf gegen
Nationalismus und Krieg geführt. Heute versucht er die Menschen auf
die Umweltkatastrophe aufmerksam zu machen. Aber die Bevölkerung ist
wie gelähmt. "Die Leute haben andere Probleme. Die Arbeitslosigkeit
ist hoch und die Löhne liegen bei 150 Euro im Monat. Alle versuchen
irgendwie zu überleben", sagt er.
Niemand scheint ein Interesse zu haben, über die Folgen der
Bombardements zu reden. "Die Regierung käme doch unter den Druck der
Bevölkerung etwas zu tun", meint Weisner. "Aber es gibt kein Geld",
sagt er. Nach Angaben des serbischen Ministerpräsidenten Zoran
Djindjic haben die NATO-Bombardements Schäden in Höhe von fünf
Milliarden Dollar verursacht. Von den versprochenen großzügigen
Hilfeleistungen nach dem Sturz Slobodan Milosevic' sind bisher gerade
500 Millionen Dollar überwiesen worden. Überall ist dringender
Investitionsbedarf. Krankenhäuser und Schulen sind in einem
erbärmlichen Zustand, die ohnehin niedrigen Löhne können oft nicht
ausgezahlt werden.
"Fast jeder kennt jemanden, der krank ist
Auch die internationale Gemeinschaft schweigt lieber. Käme die
Zerstörung der Fabriken von Pancevo zur Sprache, müssten viele Fragen
beantwortet werden, die man in Brüssel, Berlin oder Washington lieber
nicht hören möchte. Warum wurden die Fabriken von Pancevo bombardiert,
obwohl dort gar keine Waffen hergestellt wurden? Ging es den
NATO-Zielplanern also um die Zerstörung eines wichtigen
Industriekomplexes, um die Wirtschaftskraft des Landes zu schwächen?
Oder wollten sie nur die Raffinerie zerstören, die immerhin die größte
in Jugoslawien war und Treibstoffe herstellte? Warum wurden aber dann
die Kunststofffabrik und die Düngemittelfabrik an mehreren aufeinander
folgenden Tagen bombardiert? In den Zusatzprotokollen zu den Genfer
Konventionen steht, dass "Kriegführung, die ausgedehnte, lang
anhaltende oder schwere Schäden der natürlichen Umwelt verursacht",
verboten ist. Warum hat das Kriegsverbrechertribunal in Den Haag
selbst Ermittlungen gegen die NATO-Planer abgelehnt?
Alexandar Weisner weiß es nicht. Doch er weiß etwas anderes: "Fast
jeder hier kennt jemanden, der krank ist. Das ist ein komisches
Gefühl."
Boris Kanzleiter
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2.TITOLO: "Komisches Gefühl" [Una strana sensazione]
3.INDICE: Drei Jahre nach den NATO-Bomben beginnt in Pancevo das
langsame Sterben [Tre anni dopo le bombe della NATO ha inizio a
Pancevo la morte lenta]
4.SITO INTERNET: http://www.akweb.de/ak_s/ak463/37.htm
5.AUTORE: Zeitung für linke Debatte und Praxis / Nr. 463 / 21.06.2002;
il giornalista Boris Kanzleiter.
6.NUMERO DI PAGINE: 4.
7.DATA: 21.06.2002.
[Nota: chi avesse la possibilita' di tradurre in italiano questo
importante articolo e' pregato di contattarci: <jugocoord@...>.
Ringraziamo Alberto e Zivkica per la segnalazione.]
ak - analyse & kritik, Zeitung für linke Debatte und Praxis / Nr. 463
/ 21.06.2002
"Komisches Gefühl"
Drei Jahre nach den NATO-Bomben beginnt in Pancevo das langsame
Sterben
"Immer mehr Leute in der Stadt sterben an Krebs", sagt Ivan Zafirovic
fast beiläufig. Der schlacksige junge Mann sitzt in seinem Büro im
zweiten Stock des Rathauses von Pancevo und wippt in einem
Plastikledersessel. Als einziger Abgeordneter der Grünen Partei im
Stadtparlament ist er zuständig für den Umweltschutz. Zafirovic blickt
hilflos auf Unterlagen, die sich vor ihm auf dem Tisch stapeln. Es
sind Berichte über die ökologischen Folgen der NATO-Bombardements vor
drei Jahren. "Heute sterben viel mehr Leute als vor den Bombardements
1999. Aber es ist ein Tabu darüber zu reden", wiederholt er sich.
An 17 Tagen und Nächten trafen im Frühjahr vor drei Jahren
Marschflugkörper und Bomben Ziele in der knapp 100.000 EinwohnerInnen
zählenden Stadt. Was Zehntausenden Arbeit und bescheidenen Wohlstand
einbrachte, wurde zum Fluch für die BewohnerInnen. Pancevo ist einer
der wichtigsten Industriestandorte in Jugoslawien. Hier, nur zwanzig
Kilometer die Donau entlang flussabwärts hinter der
Zwei-Millionen-Metropole Belgrad, konzentriert sich die petrochemische
Industrie des Landes. Benzin, Düngemittel, Kunststoffe, Lacke und Öle
stellen die ArbeiterInnen im Industrierevier her.
"Am 24. März 1999 um 20:40 Uhr schlugen die ersten Bomben ein",
erinnert sich Ivan Zafirovic. Der 24. März war der erste Tag des
Krieges, fünf Tage zuvor waren die Hoffnungen auf eine
Verhandlungslösung im Kosovo-Konflikt im Schloss Rambouillet bei Paris
gescheitert. "Zuerst trafen die Bomben die Fabrik Lola Utva, dort
wurden Kleinflugzeuge für die Landwirtschaft montiert", sagt
Zafirovic. Dann, in den folgenden Wochen, trafen die Bomben die
Raffinerie, die Düngemittelfabrik Azotara und die Kunststofffabrik
Petrohjemija. Immer wieder bis zum letzten Tag des Kriegs am 8. Juni,
als ein Waffenstillstandsabkommen unterzeichnet wurde und sich die
jugoslawische Armee aus dem Kosovo zurückzog.
"Es ist ein Tabu darüber zu reden"
Die Bombenangriffe auf Pancevo wurden akribisch dokumentiert. Schon im
Oktober 1999, nur vier Monate nach Ende des Krieges, veröffentlichte
das Umweltprogramm der Vereinten Nationen (UNEP) einen ausführlichen
Bericht über die ökologischen Konsequenzen der Bombardements. Die
ExpertInnen der Genfer Behörde hatten in den Wochen nach dem Abschluss
der Waffenstillstandsvereinbarung Recherchereisen durch Jugoslawien
unternommen und mit WissenschaftlerInnen und AugenzeugInnen vor Ort
versucht, eine Bestandsaufnahme durchzuführen. Pancevo identifizierten
sie neben der Industriestadt Kragujevac als "am schlimmsten"
betroffen.
"Es war ein Albtraum", sagt Zafirovic und versucht zu lächeln, denn
schließlich ist das alles schon so lange her. "Die Bomben haben große
Teile der Tanks getroffen, in denen die Grundstoffe für die Produktion
gelagert waren." Insbesondere in der Woche zwischen dem 13. und dem
20. April geriet die Bevölkerung in Panik. In jeder Nacht rasten die
Cruise Missiles in das Industriegebiet, das direkt an ein Wohnviertel
anschließt. Flammen loderten in den Nachthimmel. Tagsüber blieb es
dunkel, weil sich eine gewaltige Rauchwolke über die Stadt wölbte.
Erst als es anfing zu regnen, lichtete sich der Himmel. "Auf den
Autos, auf den Straßen, überall klebte ein schwarzer schmieriger
Schleim", erinnert sich der junge Abgeordnete. "Viele Menschen sind
damals aus Pancevo zu Freunden oder Verwandten nach Belgrad oder in
andere Städte geflüchtet", erzählt er. "Die Menschen hatten Angst.
Viele schwangere Frauen haben abgetrieben, weil sie sich vergiftet
vorkamen." Dazu hatten ihnen die Ärzte in den Krankenhäusern geraten.
Die Katastrophe kam unerwartet über die Stadt. Pancevo liegt in der
Vojvodina-Region, die Grenze zu Ungarn und Rumänien ist viel näher als
Pristina. Von den Auseinandersetzungen im Süden lasen die Menschen nur
in der Zeitung. Dass die Fabriken in der Nachbarschaft gefährlich
waren, wussten sie allerdings genau. "Die Chemieindustrie war schon
immer eine Bedrohung", sagt Zafirovic. "Die Arbeiter hier sterben
jung." Beim Aufbau der jugoslawischen Chemieindustrie in den 60er und
70er Jahren spielten Umweltbestimmungen keine wichtige Rolle. Als
"Pancevo-Krebs" bezeichneten die Ärzte eine Krankheit, unter der
insbesondere die Arbeiter der PVC-Fabrik Petrohjemija litten, ein
Krebs, der die Leber befällt. Verantwortlich dafür machten sie
hauptsächlich die Chemikalien Ethylen-Dichlorid (EDC) und
Vinyl-Chlorid-Monomer (VCM), die Grundstoffe der PVC-Produktion. Der
"Pancevo-Krebs" greift nun weiter um sich, denn es sind gerade diese
Chemikalien, die durch die NATO-Bomben in großem Umfang freigesetzt
wurden.
Das Umweltlexikon beschreibt die Wirkung von Ethylen-Dichlorid:
"Hautreizend, narkotisierend, mutagen und karzinogen" ist der Stoff.
Die Vergiftungssymptome bestehen aus "Kopfschmerzen, Übelkeit mit
Erbrechen, blutigen Durchfällen, Koliken, tiefer Narkose".
Langzeitbelastung verursacht "Depressionen und Magenbeschwerden mit
Erbrechen". Es drohen "starke Organschädigungen (Leber, Niere, Blut).
Erhöhung der Frühgeburts- und Totgeburtenrate". Auch Vinylchlorid wird
als "eindeutig Krebs erzeugender Stoff" ausgewiesen. "Es kann kein
medizinisch unbedenklicher Grenzwert festgelegt werden, da jede noch
so geringe Konzentration schädigend wirkt", heißt es. Für
Arbeitsplätze gilt in Deutschland die Überschreitung einer
Konzentration von 3 ppm (ml/m3) als nicht mehr tolerierbar. In
Jugoslawien liegt der Grenzwert bei 5 ppm (ml/m3).
Die Messteams des Institutes für Gesundheitsschutz in Pancevo haben am
18. April 1999, die Fabriken brannten lichterloh, an verschiedenen
Punkten der Stadt eine VCM-Konzentration gemessen, die den
jugoslawischen Grenzwert um das 7.200- bis 10.600fache überschritt.
Der Berichte der UNEP nennt weitere Zahlen. In der Plastikfabrik
Petrohjemija flossen 2.100 Tonnen des giftigen Ethylen-Dichlorid (EDC)
aus. 460 Tonnen Vinyl-Chlorid-Monomer (VCM) verbrannten.
Auch andere toxische Substanzen wirbelten mit den Flammen durch die
Luft, versickerten im Boden oder flossen in die Donau. Acht Tonnen
Quecksilber wurden in Petrohjemija freigesetzt, ein Schwermetall, das
sich in der Nahrungskette anreichert. Und in der neben der
Plastikfabrik liegenden Raffinerie verbrannten nach Angaben der Genfer
ExpertInnen mindestens 80.000 Tonnen Rohöl und Ölprodukte. Dabei
entstanden ebenfalls Krebs erregende polyzyklische aromatische
Kohlenwasserstoffe (PAH).
"Gesundheitssystem ist pleite"
Nicht alle Substanzen wurden unmittelbar durch die Bombardierungen
freigesetzt. Zwei Tage nachdem am 13. April die massive Angriffswelle
eingesetzt hatte, entschlossen sich die Geschäftsführer der
Kunstdüngerfabrik Azotara, 250 Tonnen flüssiges Ammoniak in einen
offenen Kanal zu leiten, der in die Donau führt. Dort setzte
anschließend ein Fischsterben ein, aber die Azotara-Manager hatten
Schlimmeres befürchtet, wären Bomben in die vollen Tanks gefallen.
Tatsächlich wurden die entleerten Tanks einen Tag später getroffen.
"Es war gut, dass die UNEP-Experten so schnell vor Ort waren", meint
Ivan Zafirovic. "Wir wissen nun, was damals geschah." Aber seitdem sei
so gut wie nichts passiert, um die Bevölkerung zu schützen. Zwar könne
man die Vergiftung nicht mehr rückgängig machen, aber heute würden die
Bauern auf den Feldern Gemüse produzieren, über die damals der
schwarze Regen niederging. Noch nicht einmal verlässliche Statistiken
über die Todesfälle gibt es, erklärt Zafirovic. "Das Gesundheitssystem
ist pleite und es gibt auch keine Vergleichswerte zu früher."
Roeland Kortas ist Chef des Clean-Up-Programms der UNEP. Mit seinen
zehn Mitarbeitern sitzt er in einem Büro im Belgrader Stadtviertel
Zemun, dort wo Sava und Donau zusammenfließen, um vereint in Richtung
Schwarzes Meer zu fließen. Clean Up ist eigentlich das falsche Wort
für Kortas' Arbeit. "Bisher wurden keine Maßnahmen ergriffen, um
Wasser und Böden in Pancevo zu entgiften", sagt er. "Wir können uns
nur auf die dringendsten Aufgaben konzentrieren." Und diese bestehen
momentan beispielsweise darin, einen Abwasserkanal zu sichern, der vom
bombardierten Pancevoer Industriegebiet in die Donau führt. In diesem
Kanal landeten Tonnen gefährlicher Substanzen, die sich weiter zu
verbreiten drohen. "Bei der Bombardierung ist die Kläranlage zerstört
worden", erläutert Kortas. An anderen Orten versucht die UNEP
ausgelaufene Chemikalien einzusammeln, die Verbreitung von
kontaminiertem Grundwasser einzudämmen oder hochgradig vergiftete
Böden abzutragen. Es geht darum zu verhindern, dass die Schäden nicht
noch größer werden, könnte man den Ansatz der UNEP zusammenfassen.
"Die UNEP hat nach dem Krieg in Jugoslawien 26 Projekte identifiziert,
die dringend durchgeführt werden müssten, um das Gesundheitsrisiko für
die Bevölkerung zu reduzieren. Für die Umsetzung benötigen wir 20
Millionen Dollar", sagt Kortas. Bis jetzt seien bei Sammelaktionen in
den europäischen Hauptstädten aber nur 11 Millionen zusammengekommen.
Deutschland ist mit 870.000 Dollar dabei. Während die NATO-Staaten in
den drei Kriegsmonaten etwa 12 Milliarden Dollar ausgaben, um den
Angriff auf Jugoslawien zu führen, scheint nun kein Geld mehr in den
Kassen zu sein, um dem Land beim Wiederaufbau zu helfen. "Um wirklich
Clean Up durchzuführen, würden wir hunderte von Millionen Dollar
benötigen", sagt Kortas. "Aber Umweltschutz ist keine Top-Priorität."
Im Stadtkern von Pancevo sitzen Jugendliche in den Cafes.
Straßenverkäuferinnen versuchen eine Zeitung loszuwerden. Lieferwagen
biegen um die Ecke. Die Menschen kaufen ein, gehen zur Arbeit oder
fahren ins nahe Belgrad, um ins Kino zu gehen. Drei Jahre nach dem
Bombardement simulieren die Menschen Normalität. "Die Leute hier
versuchen alles zu vergessen", meint Alexandar Weisner. Er ist
Mitglied einer Friedensgruppe und hat mit seinen FreundInnen in den
vergangenen zehn Jahren den oft aussichtslos scheinenden Kampf gegen
Nationalismus und Krieg geführt. Heute versucht er die Menschen auf
die Umweltkatastrophe aufmerksam zu machen. Aber die Bevölkerung ist
wie gelähmt. "Die Leute haben andere Probleme. Die Arbeitslosigkeit
ist hoch und die Löhne liegen bei 150 Euro im Monat. Alle versuchen
irgendwie zu überleben", sagt er.
Niemand scheint ein Interesse zu haben, über die Folgen der
Bombardements zu reden. "Die Regierung käme doch unter den Druck der
Bevölkerung etwas zu tun", meint Weisner. "Aber es gibt kein Geld",
sagt er. Nach Angaben des serbischen Ministerpräsidenten Zoran
Djindjic haben die NATO-Bombardements Schäden in Höhe von fünf
Milliarden Dollar verursacht. Von den versprochenen großzügigen
Hilfeleistungen nach dem Sturz Slobodan Milosevic' sind bisher gerade
500 Millionen Dollar überwiesen worden. Überall ist dringender
Investitionsbedarf. Krankenhäuser und Schulen sind in einem
erbärmlichen Zustand, die ohnehin niedrigen Löhne können oft nicht
ausgezahlt werden.
"Fast jeder kennt jemanden, der krank ist
Auch die internationale Gemeinschaft schweigt lieber. Käme die
Zerstörung der Fabriken von Pancevo zur Sprache, müssten viele Fragen
beantwortet werden, die man in Brüssel, Berlin oder Washington lieber
nicht hören möchte. Warum wurden die Fabriken von Pancevo bombardiert,
obwohl dort gar keine Waffen hergestellt wurden? Ging es den
NATO-Zielplanern also um die Zerstörung eines wichtigen
Industriekomplexes, um die Wirtschaftskraft des Landes zu schwächen?
Oder wollten sie nur die Raffinerie zerstören, die immerhin die größte
in Jugoslawien war und Treibstoffe herstellte? Warum wurden aber dann
die Kunststofffabrik und die Düngemittelfabrik an mehreren aufeinander
folgenden Tagen bombardiert? In den Zusatzprotokollen zu den Genfer
Konventionen steht, dass "Kriegführung, die ausgedehnte, lang
anhaltende oder schwere Schäden der natürlichen Umwelt verursacht",
verboten ist. Warum hat das Kriegsverbrechertribunal in Den Haag
selbst Ermittlungen gegen die NATO-Planer abgelehnt?
Alexandar Weisner weiß es nicht. Doch er weiß etwas anderes: "Fast
jeder hier kennt jemanden, der krank ist. Das ist ein komisches
Gefühl."
Boris Kanzleiter
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Italiano / English / Srpskohrvatski
=== Italiano ===
[NOTA:
La Repubblica Serba di Bosnia fu bombardata a piu' riprese, ed in
particolare nel settembre 1995, dalla NATO, che pote' cosi' imporre la
propria presenza su quel territorio (accordi di Dayton, novembre
1995). Si tratto' della prima azione di guerra su territorio europeo
dalla fine della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, e della "prova generale"
della aggressione contro la Repubblica Federale di Jugoslavia
(primavera 1999), anche essa effettuata con l'impiego di proiettili
all'uranio impoverito (U238).
Ricordiamo che all'epoca (1995) la "sinistra" italiana, influenzata
dalla disinformazione dei media su gravi episodi di guerra e loro
false attribuzioni, in massima parte tacque oppure appoggio' ed
incoraggio' i bombardamenti della NATO: si veda ad esempio
l'intervista a Rossana Rossanda pubblicata su "Il Manifesto" il
ferragosto 1995, ed i numerosi interventi di Adriano Sofri, tra i
quali il film-documentario di propaganda serbo-fobica "I cani di
Sarajevo" - dove "cani" erano gli abitanti serbi di Sarajevo,
colpevoli di non voler diventare "minoranza etnica" nella
Bosnia-Erzegovina governata dall'islamista Alija Izetbegovic.
(A cura di Italo Slavo)]
BOSNIA: ONU, ESPERTI TROVANO TRACCE URANIO IMPOVERITO
(ANSA) - SARAJEVO, 11 NOV - Gli esperti del Programma per l'ambiente
delle Nazioni unite (Unep) hanno trovato tracce di uranio impoverito
in tre siti militari in Bosnia, nei pressi di Sarajevo.
Lo ha reso noto il capo della missione dell'Unep Pekka Haavisto,
citato dall'agenzia di stampa Fena, presentando oggi a Sarajevo i
risultati preliminari di una ricerca fatta dal 12 al 24 ottobre,
quando sono stati prelevati circa 200 campioni del suolo, dell'acqua,
dell'aria, in 15 localita' bosniache.
Tracce di uranio impoverito sono state trovate nella caserma
dell'esercito serbo bosniaco di Han Pijesak, 60 chilometri circa a est
da Sarajevo, e in una fabbrica di Hadzici, alla periferia sud-ovest
della capitale bosniaca, nei capannone per la riparazione dei carri
armati e nel deposito di munizioni.
Il rapporto definitivo sara' presentato nel marzo prossimo, ma gli
esperti dell'Onu hanno raccomandato alle autorita' locali di
bonificare con urgenza gli interni della fabbrica di Hadzici e la
caserma di Han Pijesak.
Alla ricerca hanno partecipato anche rappresentanti
dell'Organizzazione mondiale di sanita' che hanno visitato strutture
sanitarie per raccogliere informazioni su malattie che potrebbero
essere causate dall'uranio impoverito.
Frammenti di proiettili all'uranio impoverito sono stati trovati nel
gennaio del 2001 nella 'Remontni zavod' di Hadzici, che prima della
guerra era il piu' grande centro dell'ex esercito jugoslavo per la
manutenzione di armi e mezzi militari. Controllata dai serbi durante
la guerra (1992-95), fu bombardata dalla Nato il 30 agosto 1995.
(ANSA). COR*VD 11/11/2002 17:06
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/fattidelgiorno/
20021111170691581/20021111170691581.shtml
BOSNIA: IMPENNATA CASI DI LEUCEMIA NEI BAMBINI
(ANSA) - SARAJEVO, 12 NOV - ''Nel territorio della Federazione Bh
(entita' croato musulmana) si registra quest'anno un notevole aumento
di casi di leucemia nei bambini, ma per il momento e' difficile dire
se questo si possa collegare con la presenza di tracce di uranio
impoverito''. Lo ha dichiarato oggi il capo della divisione oncologia
della Clinica pediatrica di Sarajevo, prof. Edo Hasanbegovic. Secondo
quanto riporta l'agenzia di stampa Fena, il professor Hasanbegovic ha
precisato che secondo i dati della clinica sarajevese nei cinque anni
precedenti si sono registrati 13 nuovi casi di leucemia e dall'inizio
dell'anno fino ad oggi i casi sono 24. Ieri gli esperti del Programma
per l'ambiente delle Nazioni unite hanno reso noto i dati preliminari
di un'analisi di campioni prelevati in ottobre in 15 localita' intorno
a Sarajevo e nell'est della Bosnia, dove la Nato ha bombardato le
postazioni serbe nell'agosto del 1995. In tre siti militari sono state
trovate tracce di uranio impoverito, nella caserma serbo bosniaca di
Han Pijesak, 60 chilometri a est da Sarajevo, e in due siti nella
fabbrica di hadzici, sobborgo della capitale bosniaca, dove frammenti
di proiettili all'uranio impoverito sono stati trovati ancora nel
gennaio dell'anno scorso. I bambini ammalati di leucemia, ha, pero',
sottolineato Hasanbegovic, provvengono da tutte le parti della
Federazione. I casi piu' gravi vengono dalla zona di Velika Kladusa e
Buzim, nel nord-ovest del paese, vicino al confine con la Croazia.
''Bisognerebbe analizzare il suolo e l'acqua in quella zona - ha detto
medico -, c'e' anche una miniera di manganese''. Il rapporto
definitivo degli esperti dell'Onu sara' presentato nel marzo prossimo.
Secondo il capo della missione Pekka Haavisto, sette anni fa la Nato
ha lanciato, nei dintorni di Sarajevo e di Foca, 2000 proiettili, vale
a dire 600 chilogrammi di uranio impoverito.
(ANSA) COR*VD 12/11/2002 18:54
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/bosnia/20021112185432384104.html
=== English ===
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?object
ID=2E04BFCA-5B02-4AB4-AB6D812B566B5214
Radioactivity Detected in Bosnia Where NATO Used
Depleted Uranium Shells
VOA [Voice of America] News
November 11, 2002
United Nations environmental experts have said they
have detected radioactivity in three areas of Bosnia
where NATO forces used depleted uranium shells during
an air strike in 1995.
U.N. Environment Program officials Monday warned
against deploying forces in those areas for fear of a
possible health risk coming from the radioactive
material.
The head of the U.N. team, Pekka Haavisto, said the
three places of concern were an ammunition storage
site near Sarajevo, a nearby tank repair factory and a
military barracks in Han Pijesak in eastern Bosnia.
The areas were hit by NATO air strikes using depleted
uranium armor-piercing rounds in 1995 as part of an
effort to curb attacks by Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Investigators had probed 14 sites over the past month.
NATO authorities last year launched a probe into the
possible link between the use of depleted uranium
ammunition in the Balkans and increased cancer rates
among peacekeepers who had served in the area. But a
committee reported that medical research so far had
not proved any link between the weapons and the health
problems.
Some information for this report provided by AP and
AFP.
===
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2162737,00.html
The Guardian
From the Associated Press
Bosnian Radiation Blamed on NATO
Monday November 11, 2002 8:40 PM
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - U.N. experts said
Monday they found three radioactive hotspots in Bosnia
resulting from ammunition containing depleted uranium
used during NATO airstrikes in 1995.
The tests found radiation at two sites in the Sarajevo
suburb of Hadzici and one in Han Pijesak, in the
Bosnian Serb republic, according to preliminary
results released by the United Nations Environmental
Program.
During its 1995 bombings of Serb positions around
Sarajevo, NATO used munitions containing depleted
uranium, a slightly radioactive heavy metal that is
used to pierce armor. The Bosnian government said some
10,800 rounds with the material were fired in its
territory.
Once lodged in the soil, the munitions can pollute the
environment and create an up to 100-fold increase in
uranium levels in groundwater, according to the U.N.
Environmental Program.
``We are concerned about the situation at the Hadzici
tank repair facility and the Han Pijesak barracks,´´
said Pekka Haavisto, the chairman of the U.N. agency´s
task force.
In Sarajevo, the U.N. team detected depleted
uranium-related materials and dust inside buildings
that are now used by private businesses. At the site
in the Bosnian Serb republic, the contaminated area is
used as a storage facility by army troops.
The areas where radiation is detected should not be
used until the sites are decontaminated, Haavisto
said.
The international experts were invited by the Bosnian
government to investigate concerns that depleted
uranium could harm residents and international
peacekeepers.
The U.N. team advised the Bosnian government to start
decontaminating the three sites and educating people
about potential hazards.
Apart from this team, a medical sub-team composed of
experts from the World Health Organization and the
U.S. Army, visited several hospitals in Bosnia,
collecting medical data and statistics. A full report
was to be published by UNEP in March 2003.
===
http://www.enn.com/direct/display-release.asp?id=7785
Environmental News Network
UNEP Identifies DU Risks in Bosnia-Herzegovina
From: United Nations Environment Programme
Monday, November 11, 2002
SARAJEVO -
A team of experts fielded by the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) has investigated 15 sites
in Bosnia and Herzegovina targeted with weapons
containing depleted uranium (DU) during the mid-1990s.
The UNEP team used highly sensitive instruments to
measure surface radioactivity at 14 sites. These
measurements revealed the presence of radioactive "hot
spots" and pieces of DU weapons at three sites - the
Hadzici tank repair facility, the Hadzici ammunition
storage area and the Han Pijesak barracks.
"Following a request by the Council of Ministers of
Bosnia-Herzegovina, UNEP is carrying out this
scientific assessment", said Klaus Toepfer, Executive
Director of UNEP. "Seven years after the conflict, DU
still remains an environmental concern and, therefore,
it is vital that we have the scientific facts, based
upon which we can give clear recommendations how to
minimize any risk."
"We are concerned about the situation at the Hadzici
tank repair facility and the Han Pijesak barracks",
said Pekka Haavisto, Chairman of UNEP DU projects.
"The UNEP team detected DU-related materials and DU
dust inside buildings that are currently used by local
businesses or, in the case of Han Pijesak, by troops
as storage facilities."
"Before using any DU-targeted building there should
always be proper clean-up. When people are working in
buildings that have not been decontaminated,
unnecessary risks are being taken, and, therefore, we
will discuss with the Bosnia and Herzegovina
authorities the need for decontamination inside the
buildings currently in use as a first precautionary
step. Such a job should be carried out by experts",
said Mr. Haavisto.
The UNEP team found that the general public is not
aware of what DU ammunition looks like and the dangers
it can pose. UNEP will discuss with the national civil
protection authorities the possibility of offering
de-mining personnel, other local authorities involved
in DU work, and interested members of the public with
an easy-to-read flyer on the issue of DU ammunition in
the environment.
The two recommended precautionary measures of
decontaminating the targeted buildings and educating
the public are consistent with those proposed in
UNEP's earlier DU studies in Serbia & Montenegro and
Kosovo.
In addition to the 14 sites that were examined the
team could not to enter one site due to safety
concerns over nearby mines.
The 17-member UNEP team included experts from UNEP,
the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority (SSI),
Spiez Laboratory (Switzerland), Italy's Environmental
Protection Agency and Technical Services (APAT, former
ANPA), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),
the World Health Organization (WHO), the Greek Atomic
Energy Commission, the US Army Center for Health
Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM), the
Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of
Sciences, and the University of Bristol (UK).
The Bosnia and Herzegovina Ministry for European
Integration hosted the UNEP team. Local scientists
also joined the team on different occasions. The team
received local support from the United Nations Mission
to Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH), the Bosnia and
Herzegovina Mine Action Center (MAC) and NATO/SFOR.
The team took almost 200 environmental samples,
including 47 surface soil samples, three full soil
profiles, three penetrators, one full DU bullet, four
smear samples, 24 air samples, 42 water samples, 19
lichen samples, and three bark, two moss, one mushroom
and two vegetable samples.
The samples collected will be analysed for
radioactivity and toxicity at three internationally
recognized laboratories - Spiez Laboratory
(Switzerland), APAT (Italy) and Bristol University
(UK).
A medical sub-team composed of the experts from WHO
and the US Army Center (USACHPPM) visited three
hospitals and examined medical data and statistics in
the Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation and in the
Republika Srpska. The sub-team stayed in close contact
with both Ministries of Health (Srpska and Federation)
and received their full support.
In parallel to the medical sub-team, the IAEA expert
assessed the overall situation on radioactive sources
in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This included regulations
on handling, radioactive sources in use and storage of
radioactive wastes.
The UNEP DU assessment is funded by the Governments of
Italy and Switzerland. The final results will be
published in a UNEP report in March 2003.
For more information, please contact: Mr. Pekka
Haavisto, Chairman of UNEP DU Projects,
+41-79-477-0877, pekka.haavisto@..., Eric Falt,
UNEP Spokesperson in Nairobi, +254-20-623292, or
Michael Williams, UNEP Information Officer in Geneva,
at +41-22-917-8242, +41-79-409-1528 (cell),
michael.williams@.... See also
http://postconflict.unep.ch
For more information, contact:
Jim Sniffen
Information Officer
United Nations Environment Programme
1-212-963-8210
sniffenj@...
Web site: http://www.unep.org
===
Bloomberg News
November 11, 2002
UN Detects Radiation at Sites of NATO Shelling in
Bosnian War
By Paul Tighe
-The North Atlantic Treaty Organization fired about
10,000 rounds of depleted uranium shells on Bosnia
during the conflict.
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) --
United Nations inspectors found three sites in
Bosnia-Herzegovina where radiation levels are high as
a result of NATO using ammunition containing depleted
uranium in 1995, the Associated Press said.
The UN Environment Program team found two sites in
Hadzici, a suburb of Sarajevo, and one in Bosnia's
Serb area where radiation levels cause concern, AP
cited Pekka Haavisto, chairman of the assessment team,
as saying yesterday. The area in Sarajevo is now used
by private businesses and the Bosnian Serb site is an
army storage plant, AP said.
Depleted uranium, a by-product of enriched uranium, is
used in anti-tank weapons because its high density
gives it armor- piercing capabilities. NATO carried
out air strikes in Bosnia- Herzegovina in 1994 and
1995 in retaliation for Bosnian Serb shelling of
cities.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization fired about
10,000 rounds of depleted uranium shells on Bosnia
during the conflict. The UN team is assessing whether
the use of such shells poses a threat to health in
Bosnia, the Environment Program said on its Web site.
Bosnia is split between two autonomous regions, a Serb
republic, known as Republika Srpska, and the
Muslim-Croat Federation.
(AP, 11-12)
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http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/11/13/39419.html
00:12 2002-11-13
Depleted Uranium: UN Confirms Radioactivity in Bosnia
The United Nations Environment Program task force inspecting
Bosnia-Herzegovina have claimed that DU can create an increase of
uranium concentration 100 times natural that of levels in groundwater.
Three sites have been declared as radioactive and have been cordoned
off.
The government of Bosnia-Herzegovina has claimed that 10,800 rounds of
DU ordnance were fired into its territory by NATO aircraft during the
Bosnian War in 1995. This weaponry is coated with Depleted Uranium to
give shells a greater penetration into their target. Despite numerous
claims by NATO that this weaponry is safe, there have been a growing
number of scientific reports which would suggest that this is not the
case. Inhalation of DU dust has been stated to be the cause of raised
levels of cancer in areas where DU has been deployed, namely in
Southern Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo and southern Yugoslavia. In Iraq, up to
500,000 children have died in the area targeted by DU during the Gulf
War of cancer-related illnesses.
Pekka Haavisto, the Chairman of the UNEP team in Bosnia, declared that
"We are concerned about the situation at the Hadzici tank repair
facility and the Han Pijesak barracks". He added that the areas where
radiation has been detected should be abandoned until they are
decontaminated.
The team has admitted that there are potential hazards to people who
come into contact with DU.
Meanwhile, World Health Organisation experts have been visiting
hospitals in Bosnia, performing tests on patients who claim to have
been contaminated by DU. The UNEP team has warned that troops should
not be deployed in the areas contaminated.
The more NATO denies that DU is dangerous, the more evidence is
overturned which states the contrary. In deploying DU, NATO blatantly
disregarded the terms of the Geneva Convention, which states that
weapons that leave a lasting on the battlefield must not be deployed.
NATO is guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and, were the
world order based upon justice, its leaders would be liable to stand
trial at the International Criminal Court at The Hague.
This, however, will never happen because the United States of America
considers that its citizens are above international justice, leaving
this country a free reign to go globe-trotting on a gung-ho mission of
arrogance and abject disrespect for international norms of behaviour.
Timothy BANCROFT-HINCHEY
PRAVDA.Ru
===
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=11555
Stars And Stripes
November 14, 2002
U.N. team discovers three radioactive sites in Bosnia
By Ivana Avramovic, Stars and Stripes
TUZLA, Bosnia and Herzegovina - United Nations
Environment Program experts said Monday they have
discovered three radioactive sites in Bosnia.
?Seven years after the conflict, [depleted uranium]
still remains an environmental concern, and therefore
it is vital that we have the scientific facts, based
upon which we can give clear recommendations how to
minimize any risk,? said Klaus Töpfer, executive
director of environmental program.
The 17-member team took almost 200 environmental
samples from 15 locations around the country.
The World Health Organization and the U.S. Army Center
for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine also
examined medical data and statistics from three
hospitals in the Federation, the Muslim-Croat
controlled part of the country, and the Republika
Srpska, the Serb-dominated part.
Bosnian scientists joined the U.N. team on several
occasions, according to organizers.
The team found radioactive ?hot spots? and pieces of
depleted uranium weapons in the tank-repair facility
and ammunition storage area in Hadzici, a city just
outside Sarajevo, and in the Han Pijesak military
barracks, about 50 miles northeast of Sarajevo.
The U.S. military has said that depleted uranium
rounds do not pose a radiation risk.
Depleted uranium rounds, surrounded in a swirl of
controversy, are very effective in piercing armor.
Some NATO planes, which included U.S. aircraft, used
the rounds during raids in Bosnia and Kosovo. All 15
sites recently investigated were NATO targets at the
time.
According to an Associated Press report, the Bosnian
government said some 10,800 rounds containing the
depleted uranium were fired in its territory.
?We are concerned about the situation at the Hadzici
tank repair facility and the Han Pijesak barracks,?
said Pekka Haavisto, chairman of U.N. environmental
projects involving depleted uranium.
?The UNEP team detected DU-related materials and DU
dust inside buildings that are currently used by local
businesses or, in the case of Han Pijesak, by troops
as storage facilities.?
Haavisto recommended that the sites be decontaminated
by experts.
After speculation in 2000 that about 30 Italian
peacekeeping Balkan veterans died of cancer - five of
them of leukemia - because of depleted uranium
exposure, fear spread among local population who lived
in NATO-bombed areas at the time.
Many attributed their illnesses to that exposure.
The U.N. team recommended that an easy-to-read flier
be made to educate the general public of what the
ammunition looks like and the dangers it can pose.
UNEP could not investigate one of the 15 sites because
of the danger of mines in the area.
The samples collected will be analyzed in laboratories
in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Italy.
The team is expected to publish a report on its
findings in March of 2003.
=== Srpskohrvatski ===
--- In Ova adresa el. pošte je zaštićena od spambotova. Omogućite JavaScript da biste je videli., "Miroslav Antic" wrote:
Radioaktivna i okolina Sarajeva
BANJALUKA (Srna) - ©ef tima za istra¾ivanje posledica dejstva
osiroma¹enog uranijuma u BiH Peka Havisto rekao je da je Sfor potvrdio
da pored 15 lokacija koje je posetio Tim UN za oèuvanje ¾ivotne
sredine, u okolini Sarajeva postoji jo¹ osam lokacija koje su gaðane
municijom sa osiroma¹enim uranijumom, za koje nema preciznih
koordinata.
Havisto je u intervjuu "Glasu srpskom" podsetio da je na tri od 15
lokacija koje su ispitivane pronaðen osiroma¹eni uranijum - u kasarni
u Han Pijesku, te u Remontnom zavodu i skladi¹tu municije u Had¾iæima.
http://www.glas-javnosti.co.yu/danas/srpski/vest-dana.shtml
<http://www.tiker.co.yu/index.htm>
=== Italiano ===
[NOTA:
La Repubblica Serba di Bosnia fu bombardata a piu' riprese, ed in
particolare nel settembre 1995, dalla NATO, che pote' cosi' imporre la
propria presenza su quel territorio (accordi di Dayton, novembre
1995). Si tratto' della prima azione di guerra su territorio europeo
dalla fine della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, e della "prova generale"
della aggressione contro la Repubblica Federale di Jugoslavia
(primavera 1999), anche essa effettuata con l'impiego di proiettili
all'uranio impoverito (U238).
Ricordiamo che all'epoca (1995) la "sinistra" italiana, influenzata
dalla disinformazione dei media su gravi episodi di guerra e loro
false attribuzioni, in massima parte tacque oppure appoggio' ed
incoraggio' i bombardamenti della NATO: si veda ad esempio
l'intervista a Rossana Rossanda pubblicata su "Il Manifesto" il
ferragosto 1995, ed i numerosi interventi di Adriano Sofri, tra i
quali il film-documentario di propaganda serbo-fobica "I cani di
Sarajevo" - dove "cani" erano gli abitanti serbi di Sarajevo,
colpevoli di non voler diventare "minoranza etnica" nella
Bosnia-Erzegovina governata dall'islamista Alija Izetbegovic.
(A cura di Italo Slavo)]
BOSNIA: ONU, ESPERTI TROVANO TRACCE URANIO IMPOVERITO
(ANSA) - SARAJEVO, 11 NOV - Gli esperti del Programma per l'ambiente
delle Nazioni unite (Unep) hanno trovato tracce di uranio impoverito
in tre siti militari in Bosnia, nei pressi di Sarajevo.
Lo ha reso noto il capo della missione dell'Unep Pekka Haavisto,
citato dall'agenzia di stampa Fena, presentando oggi a Sarajevo i
risultati preliminari di una ricerca fatta dal 12 al 24 ottobre,
quando sono stati prelevati circa 200 campioni del suolo, dell'acqua,
dell'aria, in 15 localita' bosniache.
Tracce di uranio impoverito sono state trovate nella caserma
dell'esercito serbo bosniaco di Han Pijesak, 60 chilometri circa a est
da Sarajevo, e in una fabbrica di Hadzici, alla periferia sud-ovest
della capitale bosniaca, nei capannone per la riparazione dei carri
armati e nel deposito di munizioni.
Il rapporto definitivo sara' presentato nel marzo prossimo, ma gli
esperti dell'Onu hanno raccomandato alle autorita' locali di
bonificare con urgenza gli interni della fabbrica di Hadzici e la
caserma di Han Pijesak.
Alla ricerca hanno partecipato anche rappresentanti
dell'Organizzazione mondiale di sanita' che hanno visitato strutture
sanitarie per raccogliere informazioni su malattie che potrebbero
essere causate dall'uranio impoverito.
Frammenti di proiettili all'uranio impoverito sono stati trovati nel
gennaio del 2001 nella 'Remontni zavod' di Hadzici, che prima della
guerra era il piu' grande centro dell'ex esercito jugoslavo per la
manutenzione di armi e mezzi militari. Controllata dai serbi durante
la guerra (1992-95), fu bombardata dalla Nato il 30 agosto 1995.
(ANSA). COR*VD 11/11/2002 17:06
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/fattidelgiorno/
20021111170691581/20021111170691581.shtml
BOSNIA: IMPENNATA CASI DI LEUCEMIA NEI BAMBINI
(ANSA) - SARAJEVO, 12 NOV - ''Nel territorio della Federazione Bh
(entita' croato musulmana) si registra quest'anno un notevole aumento
di casi di leucemia nei bambini, ma per il momento e' difficile dire
se questo si possa collegare con la presenza di tracce di uranio
impoverito''. Lo ha dichiarato oggi il capo della divisione oncologia
della Clinica pediatrica di Sarajevo, prof. Edo Hasanbegovic. Secondo
quanto riporta l'agenzia di stampa Fena, il professor Hasanbegovic ha
precisato che secondo i dati della clinica sarajevese nei cinque anni
precedenti si sono registrati 13 nuovi casi di leucemia e dall'inizio
dell'anno fino ad oggi i casi sono 24. Ieri gli esperti del Programma
per l'ambiente delle Nazioni unite hanno reso noto i dati preliminari
di un'analisi di campioni prelevati in ottobre in 15 localita' intorno
a Sarajevo e nell'est della Bosnia, dove la Nato ha bombardato le
postazioni serbe nell'agosto del 1995. In tre siti militari sono state
trovate tracce di uranio impoverito, nella caserma serbo bosniaca di
Han Pijesak, 60 chilometri a est da Sarajevo, e in due siti nella
fabbrica di hadzici, sobborgo della capitale bosniaca, dove frammenti
di proiettili all'uranio impoverito sono stati trovati ancora nel
gennaio dell'anno scorso. I bambini ammalati di leucemia, ha, pero',
sottolineato Hasanbegovic, provvengono da tutte le parti della
Federazione. I casi piu' gravi vengono dalla zona di Velika Kladusa e
Buzim, nel nord-ovest del paese, vicino al confine con la Croazia.
''Bisognerebbe analizzare il suolo e l'acqua in quella zona - ha detto
medico -, c'e' anche una miniera di manganese''. Il rapporto
definitivo degli esperti dell'Onu sara' presentato nel marzo prossimo.
Secondo il capo della missione Pekka Haavisto, sette anni fa la Nato
ha lanciato, nei dintorni di Sarajevo e di Foca, 2000 proiettili, vale
a dire 600 chilogrammi di uranio impoverito.
(ANSA) COR*VD 12/11/2002 18:54
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/bosnia/20021112185432384104.html
=== English ===
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?object
ID=2E04BFCA-5B02-4AB4-AB6D812B566B5214
Radioactivity Detected in Bosnia Where NATO Used
Depleted Uranium Shells
VOA [Voice of America] News
November 11, 2002
United Nations environmental experts have said they
have detected radioactivity in three areas of Bosnia
where NATO forces used depleted uranium shells during
an air strike in 1995.
U.N. Environment Program officials Monday warned
against deploying forces in those areas for fear of a
possible health risk coming from the radioactive
material.
The head of the U.N. team, Pekka Haavisto, said the
three places of concern were an ammunition storage
site near Sarajevo, a nearby tank repair factory and a
military barracks in Han Pijesak in eastern Bosnia.
The areas were hit by NATO air strikes using depleted
uranium armor-piercing rounds in 1995 as part of an
effort to curb attacks by Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Investigators had probed 14 sites over the past month.
NATO authorities last year launched a probe into the
possible link between the use of depleted uranium
ammunition in the Balkans and increased cancer rates
among peacekeepers who had served in the area. But a
committee reported that medical research so far had
not proved any link between the weapons and the health
problems.
Some information for this report provided by AP and
AFP.
===
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2162737,00.html
The Guardian
From the Associated Press
Bosnian Radiation Blamed on NATO
Monday November 11, 2002 8:40 PM
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - U.N. experts said
Monday they found three radioactive hotspots in Bosnia
resulting from ammunition containing depleted uranium
used during NATO airstrikes in 1995.
The tests found radiation at two sites in the Sarajevo
suburb of Hadzici and one in Han Pijesak, in the
Bosnian Serb republic, according to preliminary
results released by the United Nations Environmental
Program.
During its 1995 bombings of Serb positions around
Sarajevo, NATO used munitions containing depleted
uranium, a slightly radioactive heavy metal that is
used to pierce armor. The Bosnian government said some
10,800 rounds with the material were fired in its
territory.
Once lodged in the soil, the munitions can pollute the
environment and create an up to 100-fold increase in
uranium levels in groundwater, according to the U.N.
Environmental Program.
``We are concerned about the situation at the Hadzici
tank repair facility and the Han Pijesak barracks,´´
said Pekka Haavisto, the chairman of the U.N. agency´s
task force.
In Sarajevo, the U.N. team detected depleted
uranium-related materials and dust inside buildings
that are now used by private businesses. At the site
in the Bosnian Serb republic, the contaminated area is
used as a storage facility by army troops.
The areas where radiation is detected should not be
used until the sites are decontaminated, Haavisto
said.
The international experts were invited by the Bosnian
government to investigate concerns that depleted
uranium could harm residents and international
peacekeepers.
The U.N. team advised the Bosnian government to start
decontaminating the three sites and educating people
about potential hazards.
Apart from this team, a medical sub-team composed of
experts from the World Health Organization and the
U.S. Army, visited several hospitals in Bosnia,
collecting medical data and statistics. A full report
was to be published by UNEP in March 2003.
===
http://www.enn.com/direct/display-release.asp?id=7785
Environmental News Network
UNEP Identifies DU Risks in Bosnia-Herzegovina
From: United Nations Environment Programme
Monday, November 11, 2002
SARAJEVO -
A team of experts fielded by the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) has investigated 15 sites
in Bosnia and Herzegovina targeted with weapons
containing depleted uranium (DU) during the mid-1990s.
The UNEP team used highly sensitive instruments to
measure surface radioactivity at 14 sites. These
measurements revealed the presence of radioactive "hot
spots" and pieces of DU weapons at three sites - the
Hadzici tank repair facility, the Hadzici ammunition
storage area and the Han Pijesak barracks.
"Following a request by the Council of Ministers of
Bosnia-Herzegovina, UNEP is carrying out this
scientific assessment", said Klaus Toepfer, Executive
Director of UNEP. "Seven years after the conflict, DU
still remains an environmental concern and, therefore,
it is vital that we have the scientific facts, based
upon which we can give clear recommendations how to
minimize any risk."
"We are concerned about the situation at the Hadzici
tank repair facility and the Han Pijesak barracks",
said Pekka Haavisto, Chairman of UNEP DU projects.
"The UNEP team detected DU-related materials and DU
dust inside buildings that are currently used by local
businesses or, in the case of Han Pijesak, by troops
as storage facilities."
"Before using any DU-targeted building there should
always be proper clean-up. When people are working in
buildings that have not been decontaminated,
unnecessary risks are being taken, and, therefore, we
will discuss with the Bosnia and Herzegovina
authorities the need for decontamination inside the
buildings currently in use as a first precautionary
step. Such a job should be carried out by experts",
said Mr. Haavisto.
The UNEP team found that the general public is not
aware of what DU ammunition looks like and the dangers
it can pose. UNEP will discuss with the national civil
protection authorities the possibility of offering
de-mining personnel, other local authorities involved
in DU work, and interested members of the public with
an easy-to-read flyer on the issue of DU ammunition in
the environment.
The two recommended precautionary measures of
decontaminating the targeted buildings and educating
the public are consistent with those proposed in
UNEP's earlier DU studies in Serbia & Montenegro and
Kosovo.
In addition to the 14 sites that were examined the
team could not to enter one site due to safety
concerns over nearby mines.
The 17-member UNEP team included experts from UNEP,
the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority (SSI),
Spiez Laboratory (Switzerland), Italy's Environmental
Protection Agency and Technical Services (APAT, former
ANPA), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),
the World Health Organization (WHO), the Greek Atomic
Energy Commission, the US Army Center for Health
Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM), the
Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of
Sciences, and the University of Bristol (UK).
The Bosnia and Herzegovina Ministry for European
Integration hosted the UNEP team. Local scientists
also joined the team on different occasions. The team
received local support from the United Nations Mission
to Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH), the Bosnia and
Herzegovina Mine Action Center (MAC) and NATO/SFOR.
The team took almost 200 environmental samples,
including 47 surface soil samples, three full soil
profiles, three penetrators, one full DU bullet, four
smear samples, 24 air samples, 42 water samples, 19
lichen samples, and three bark, two moss, one mushroom
and two vegetable samples.
The samples collected will be analysed for
radioactivity and toxicity at three internationally
recognized laboratories - Spiez Laboratory
(Switzerland), APAT (Italy) and Bristol University
(UK).
A medical sub-team composed of the experts from WHO
and the US Army Center (USACHPPM) visited three
hospitals and examined medical data and statistics in
the Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation and in the
Republika Srpska. The sub-team stayed in close contact
with both Ministries of Health (Srpska and Federation)
and received their full support.
In parallel to the medical sub-team, the IAEA expert
assessed the overall situation on radioactive sources
in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This included regulations
on handling, radioactive sources in use and storage of
radioactive wastes.
The UNEP DU assessment is funded by the Governments of
Italy and Switzerland. The final results will be
published in a UNEP report in March 2003.
For more information, please contact: Mr. Pekka
Haavisto, Chairman of UNEP DU Projects,
+41-79-477-0877, pekka.haavisto@..., Eric Falt,
UNEP Spokesperson in Nairobi, +254-20-623292, or
Michael Williams, UNEP Information Officer in Geneva,
at +41-22-917-8242, +41-79-409-1528 (cell),
michael.williams@.... See also
http://postconflict.unep.ch
For more information, contact:
Jim Sniffen
Information Officer
United Nations Environment Programme
1-212-963-8210
sniffenj@...
Web site: http://www.unep.org
===
Bloomberg News
November 11, 2002
UN Detects Radiation at Sites of NATO Shelling in
Bosnian War
By Paul Tighe
-The North Atlantic Treaty Organization fired about
10,000 rounds of depleted uranium shells on Bosnia
during the conflict.
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) --
United Nations inspectors found three sites in
Bosnia-Herzegovina where radiation levels are high as
a result of NATO using ammunition containing depleted
uranium in 1995, the Associated Press said.
The UN Environment Program team found two sites in
Hadzici, a suburb of Sarajevo, and one in Bosnia's
Serb area where radiation levels cause concern, AP
cited Pekka Haavisto, chairman of the assessment team,
as saying yesterday. The area in Sarajevo is now used
by private businesses and the Bosnian Serb site is an
army storage plant, AP said.
Depleted uranium, a by-product of enriched uranium, is
used in anti-tank weapons because its high density
gives it armor- piercing capabilities. NATO carried
out air strikes in Bosnia- Herzegovina in 1994 and
1995 in retaliation for Bosnian Serb shelling of
cities.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization fired about
10,000 rounds of depleted uranium shells on Bosnia
during the conflict. The UN team is assessing whether
the use of such shells poses a threat to health in
Bosnia, the Environment Program said on its Web site.
Bosnia is split between two autonomous regions, a Serb
republic, known as Republika Srpska, and the
Muslim-Croat Federation.
(AP, 11-12)
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00:12 2002-11-13
Depleted Uranium: UN Confirms Radioactivity in Bosnia
The United Nations Environment Program task force inspecting
Bosnia-Herzegovina have claimed that DU can create an increase of
uranium concentration 100 times natural that of levels in groundwater.
Three sites have been declared as radioactive and have been cordoned
off.
The government of Bosnia-Herzegovina has claimed that 10,800 rounds of
DU ordnance were fired into its territory by NATO aircraft during the
Bosnian War in 1995. This weaponry is coated with Depleted Uranium to
give shells a greater penetration into their target. Despite numerous
claims by NATO that this weaponry is safe, there have been a growing
number of scientific reports which would suggest that this is not the
case. Inhalation of DU dust has been stated to be the cause of raised
levels of cancer in areas where DU has been deployed, namely in
Southern Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo and southern Yugoslavia. In Iraq, up to
500,000 children have died in the area targeted by DU during the Gulf
War of cancer-related illnesses.
Pekka Haavisto, the Chairman of the UNEP team in Bosnia, declared that
"We are concerned about the situation at the Hadzici tank repair
facility and the Han Pijesak barracks". He added that the areas where
radiation has been detected should be abandoned until they are
decontaminated.
The team has admitted that there are potential hazards to people who
come into contact with DU.
Meanwhile, World Health Organisation experts have been visiting
hospitals in Bosnia, performing tests on patients who claim to have
been contaminated by DU. The UNEP team has warned that troops should
not be deployed in the areas contaminated.
The more NATO denies that DU is dangerous, the more evidence is
overturned which states the contrary. In deploying DU, NATO blatantly
disregarded the terms of the Geneva Convention, which states that
weapons that leave a lasting on the battlefield must not be deployed.
NATO is guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and, were the
world order based upon justice, its leaders would be liable to stand
trial at the International Criminal Court at The Hague.
This, however, will never happen because the United States of America
considers that its citizens are above international justice, leaving
this country a free reign to go globe-trotting on a gung-ho mission of
arrogance and abject disrespect for international norms of behaviour.
Timothy BANCROFT-HINCHEY
PRAVDA.Ru
===
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=11555
Stars And Stripes
November 14, 2002
U.N. team discovers three radioactive sites in Bosnia
By Ivana Avramovic, Stars and Stripes
TUZLA, Bosnia and Herzegovina - United Nations
Environment Program experts said Monday they have
discovered three radioactive sites in Bosnia.
?Seven years after the conflict, [depleted uranium]
still remains an environmental concern, and therefore
it is vital that we have the scientific facts, based
upon which we can give clear recommendations how to
minimize any risk,? said Klaus Töpfer, executive
director of environmental program.
The 17-member team took almost 200 environmental
samples from 15 locations around the country.
The World Health Organization and the U.S. Army Center
for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine also
examined medical data and statistics from three
hospitals in the Federation, the Muslim-Croat
controlled part of the country, and the Republika
Srpska, the Serb-dominated part.
Bosnian scientists joined the U.N. team on several
occasions, according to organizers.
The team found radioactive ?hot spots? and pieces of
depleted uranium weapons in the tank-repair facility
and ammunition storage area in Hadzici, a city just
outside Sarajevo, and in the Han Pijesak military
barracks, about 50 miles northeast of Sarajevo.
The U.S. military has said that depleted uranium
rounds do not pose a radiation risk.
Depleted uranium rounds, surrounded in a swirl of
controversy, are very effective in piercing armor.
Some NATO planes, which included U.S. aircraft, used
the rounds during raids in Bosnia and Kosovo. All 15
sites recently investigated were NATO targets at the
time.
According to an Associated Press report, the Bosnian
government said some 10,800 rounds containing the
depleted uranium were fired in its territory.
?We are concerned about the situation at the Hadzici
tank repair facility and the Han Pijesak barracks,?
said Pekka Haavisto, chairman of U.N. environmental
projects involving depleted uranium.
?The UNEP team detected DU-related materials and DU
dust inside buildings that are currently used by local
businesses or, in the case of Han Pijesak, by troops
as storage facilities.?
Haavisto recommended that the sites be decontaminated
by experts.
After speculation in 2000 that about 30 Italian
peacekeeping Balkan veterans died of cancer - five of
them of leukemia - because of depleted uranium
exposure, fear spread among local population who lived
in NATO-bombed areas at the time.
Many attributed their illnesses to that exposure.
The U.N. team recommended that an easy-to-read flier
be made to educate the general public of what the
ammunition looks like and the dangers it can pose.
UNEP could not investigate one of the 15 sites because
of the danger of mines in the area.
The samples collected will be analyzed in laboratories
in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Italy.
The team is expected to publish a report on its
findings in March of 2003.
=== Srpskohrvatski ===
--- In Ova adresa el. pošte je zaštićena od spambotova. Omogućite JavaScript da biste je videli., "Miroslav Antic" wrote:
Radioaktivna i okolina Sarajeva
BANJALUKA (Srna) - ©ef tima za istra¾ivanje posledica dejstva
osiroma¹enog uranijuma u BiH Peka Havisto rekao je da je Sfor potvrdio
da pored 15 lokacija koje je posetio Tim UN za oèuvanje ¾ivotne
sredine, u okolini Sarajeva postoji jo¹ osam lokacija koje su gaðane
municijom sa osiroma¹enim uranijumom, za koje nema preciznih
koordinata.
Havisto je u intervjuu "Glasu srpskom" podsetio da je na tri od 15
lokacija koje su ispitivane pronaðen osiroma¹eni uranijum - u kasarni
u Han Pijesku, te u Remontnom zavodu i skladi¹tu municije u Had¾iæima.
http://www.glas-javnosti.co.yu/danas/srpski/vest-dana.shtml
<http://www.tiker.co.yu/index.htm>
CONCORSO A PREMI: INVENTA UN SUPERLATIVO!
Propongo ad amici e compagni di impegnarsi cinque minuti in un gioco
virtuoso. Si tratta di aiutare i giornalisti de "Il Manifesto" a
rendere ancora piu' enfatica la loro prosa sugli avvenimenti
balcanici, inventando prefissi e superlativi aventi la radice:
...nazionalist...
Regole del gioco:
Bisogna applicare l'epiteto esclusivamente alle sinistre oppure alle
destre anti-occidentali. E' fatto divieto di usarlo per criticare il
conservatore monarchico serbo Vojislav Kostunica, che, in quanto
rappresentante degli interessi europei in quell'area, piuttosto va
sostenuto.
Inviate i vostri componimenti a: <redazione@...>
Buon divertimento!
(Italo Slavo)
---
http://www.ilmanifesto.it/Quotidiano-archivio/
15-Novembre-2002/art88.html
il manifesto - 15 Novembre 2002
JUGOSLAVIA
«Milosevic torni a Belgrado»
Il parlamento chiede all'Aja che l'ex presidente, gravemente malato,
si curi in patria e si difenda a piede libero
TOMMASO DI FRANCESCO
La notizia di mercoledì 13 non deve avere fatto molto piacere ai
giudici del Tribunale dell'Aja, già alle prese con mille
contraddizioni del processo Milosevic. Inaspettata poi, visto il caos
che regnava a Belgrado dopo l'annullamento delle presidenziali serbe
del 13 ottobre scorso. La camera alta del Parlamento jugoslavo ha
adottato una risoluzione nella quale chiede al Tribunale dell'Aja di
consentire all'ex leader serbo Slobodan Milosevic, detenuto in attesa
della conclusione del processo a suo carico, di poter venire curato in
patria e di difendersi poi a piede libero. La risoluzione è stata
votata da tutti i partiti, ed è stata promossa dal Partito socialista
serbo (Sps) di Milosevic e dallo Jul (Sinistra jugoslava) legato a
«Mira» Markovic, moglie di Milosevic.
L'associazione ipernazionalista [sic] «Libertà» - che ha lanciato
nelle elezioni una campagna a favore dell'ultranazionalista [sic]
Vojslav Seselj arrivato al 22% - ha accusato davanti alla corte di
Belgrado di tentato omicidio il procuratore dell'Aja Carla Del Ponte.
Ecco che l'ombra di Milosevic e le ambiguità sostanziali del processo
dell'Aja, tornano al centro della crisi a Belgrado. Il maxiprocesso
contro Milosevic - dieci anni di guerre interetniche nei Balcani e un
solo colpevole, così l'ha costruito la Del Ponte -, dopo «Kosovo» e
«Bosnia» è entrato nella fase «Croazia», ma è stato più volte sospeso
a causa delle gravi condizioni di salute dell'imputato eccellente. I
media internazionali sfottevano sulla sua «malattia», poi le visite
dei medici dello stesso Tribunale dell'Aja hanno provato che soffre
gravemente di ipertensione e problemi cardiaci e che l'assiduità del
processo e il ruolo che lui ha di «difensore di se stesso» possono
provocare «il peggio». E mercoledì i giudici dell'Aja hanno ordinato
un esame psichiatrico per «la pressione mentale» esercitata
sull'imputato e un «rapporto medico sull'estremo affaticamento». Il
processo è stato sospeso fino a lunedì. Solo in questo mese le
sospensioni sono state tre. Dura così da quattro mesi.
Ora il voto del parlamento di Belgrado ricorda alla comunità
internazionale che la Jugoslavia e il suo presidente Kostunica,
avrebbero preferito per Milosevic un processo in patria. E che un
peggioramento delle sue condizioni di salute - oltre che a
«santificarlo» - sarebbero un peso insopportabile che già grava sulle
presidenziali serbe dell'8 dicembre prossimo, per le quali si è
ricandidato Kostunica dopo l'accordo con il presidente serbo Dijndijc
per eliminare la clausola che prevede il quorum del 50%
dell'elettorato al secondo turno per rendere valido il voto. E il
processo dell'Aja? A questo punto i magistrati internazionali
cominciano a temere concretamente il fallimento del maxi-giudizio.
Propongo ad amici e compagni di impegnarsi cinque minuti in un gioco
virtuoso. Si tratta di aiutare i giornalisti de "Il Manifesto" a
rendere ancora piu' enfatica la loro prosa sugli avvenimenti
balcanici, inventando prefissi e superlativi aventi la radice:
...nazionalist...
Regole del gioco:
Bisogna applicare l'epiteto esclusivamente alle sinistre oppure alle
destre anti-occidentali. E' fatto divieto di usarlo per criticare il
conservatore monarchico serbo Vojislav Kostunica, che, in quanto
rappresentante degli interessi europei in quell'area, piuttosto va
sostenuto.
Inviate i vostri componimenti a: <redazione@...>
Buon divertimento!
(Italo Slavo)
---
http://www.ilmanifesto.it/Quotidiano-archivio/
15-Novembre-2002/art88.html
il manifesto - 15 Novembre 2002
JUGOSLAVIA
«Milosevic torni a Belgrado»
Il parlamento chiede all'Aja che l'ex presidente, gravemente malato,
si curi in patria e si difenda a piede libero
TOMMASO DI FRANCESCO
La notizia di mercoledì 13 non deve avere fatto molto piacere ai
giudici del Tribunale dell'Aja, già alle prese con mille
contraddizioni del processo Milosevic. Inaspettata poi, visto il caos
che regnava a Belgrado dopo l'annullamento delle presidenziali serbe
del 13 ottobre scorso. La camera alta del Parlamento jugoslavo ha
adottato una risoluzione nella quale chiede al Tribunale dell'Aja di
consentire all'ex leader serbo Slobodan Milosevic, detenuto in attesa
della conclusione del processo a suo carico, di poter venire curato in
patria e di difendersi poi a piede libero. La risoluzione è stata
votata da tutti i partiti, ed è stata promossa dal Partito socialista
serbo (Sps) di Milosevic e dallo Jul (Sinistra jugoslava) legato a
«Mira» Markovic, moglie di Milosevic.
L'associazione ipernazionalista [sic] «Libertà» - che ha lanciato
nelle elezioni una campagna a favore dell'ultranazionalista [sic]
Vojslav Seselj arrivato al 22% - ha accusato davanti alla corte di
Belgrado di tentato omicidio il procuratore dell'Aja Carla Del Ponte.
Ecco che l'ombra di Milosevic e le ambiguità sostanziali del processo
dell'Aja, tornano al centro della crisi a Belgrado. Il maxiprocesso
contro Milosevic - dieci anni di guerre interetniche nei Balcani e un
solo colpevole, così l'ha costruito la Del Ponte -, dopo «Kosovo» e
«Bosnia» è entrato nella fase «Croazia», ma è stato più volte sospeso
a causa delle gravi condizioni di salute dell'imputato eccellente. I
media internazionali sfottevano sulla sua «malattia», poi le visite
dei medici dello stesso Tribunale dell'Aja hanno provato che soffre
gravemente di ipertensione e problemi cardiaci e che l'assiduità del
processo e il ruolo che lui ha di «difensore di se stesso» possono
provocare «il peggio». E mercoledì i giudici dell'Aja hanno ordinato
un esame psichiatrico per «la pressione mentale» esercitata
sull'imputato e un «rapporto medico sull'estremo affaticamento». Il
processo è stato sospeso fino a lunedì. Solo in questo mese le
sospensioni sono state tre. Dura così da quattro mesi.
Ora il voto del parlamento di Belgrado ricorda alla comunità
internazionale che la Jugoslavia e il suo presidente Kostunica,
avrebbero preferito per Milosevic un processo in patria. E che un
peggioramento delle sue condizioni di salute - oltre che a
«santificarlo» - sarebbero un peso insopportabile che già grava sulle
presidenziali serbe dell'8 dicembre prossimo, per le quali si è
ricandidato Kostunica dopo l'accordo con il presidente serbo Dijndijc
per eliminare la clausola che prevede il quorum del 50%
dell'elettorato al secondo turno per rendere valido il voto. E il
processo dell'Aja? A questo punto i magistrati internazionali
cominciano a temere concretamente il fallimento del maxi-giudizio.
1. Yugoslav Federal Parliament: Milosevic should be cured in
Yugoslavia! (13/11)
2. Criminal Charges against Carla del Ponte filed (SLOBODA 15/11)
3. ICTY Stalls Acceptance of Milosevic Committee as Amicus Curiae
(ICDSM 15/11)
4. ICDSM Letter to The Hague Tribunal: Specialists Must Examine
Slobodan Milosevic Now! (ICDSM 16/11)
* Now is the Time! Help the ICDSM Get our Delegation to The Hague!
* The Hague Tribunal is in Crisis
5. SPS: Big protest rally for Milosevic "welcomes" Kofi Annan; Support
for Seselj's candidacy (SPS 17/11)
MORE LINKS:
The Hague Is Quiet... Milosevic Is Exhausted
(by Sergey Yugov)
http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/11/12/39398.html
Milosevic Update: Let's Fight Back! (by Jared Israel)
http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/11/14/39513.html
Hague Tribunal Shows Desperation by Cutting
Milosevic's Statements from Transcript
(by J. Israel & V. Krsljanin)
http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/11/15/39575.html
=== 1 ===
Subject: Federal Parliament: Milosevic should be cured in Yugoslavia!
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:33:18 +0100
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin" <vlada@...>
On the basis of Article 77 Para 1 and Article
78 points 4 and 5 of the Constitution of the FR Yugoslavia,
the Federal Parliament, in the session of the Chamber of
Republics on November 13, 2002, adopts the following
D E C L A R A T I O N
ON RELEASE OF SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC TO BE
CURED IN YUGOSLAVIA
1. The Chamber demands from the Federal Government
to perform all necessary measures in order enable Slobodan
Milosevic to return to the country for medical treatment;
2. The Chamber demands from the Federal Government
to submit urgently appropriate guarantees to the Hague
Tribunal in order to make possible defense of Slobodan
Milosevic from freedom after successfully finished medical
treatment;
3. The Chamber demands from the Federal Government,
in order to secure the human rights of Slobodan Milosevic, to
make all measures on its disposal for the protection of
Slobodan Milosevic as one suspected by the Hague Tribunal;
4. This Declaration shall be published in the
"Official Gazette of FRY".
To join or help this struggle, visit:
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Milosevic)
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=== 2 ===
Subject: Criminal Charges against Carla del Ponte filed by SLOBODA
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 13:04:02 +0100
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin" <vlada@...>
District State Attorney's Office-Belgrade
B e l g r a d e
16A Slobodana Penezica St.
Pursuant to the Art. 224 of the Law on Criminal Proceedings and
the Art. 107 item 1 of the Penal Code of FRY, the above
Attorney' s Office being of actual and regional jurisdiction has
been filed the following
CRIMINAL CHARGES
against:
1.Carla del Ponte, the Attorney of the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the Hague;
2.Geoffrey Nice, the Deputy Attorney of the ICTY;
3.Dirk Ryneveld, the Deputy Attorney of the ICTY;
4.Cristina Romano, the Deputy Attorney of the ICTY;
5.Milbert Shin, the Deputy Attorney of the ICTY;
6.Daniel Saxon, the Deputy Attorney of the ICTY;
7.Julia Baly, the Deputy Attorney of the ICTY;
8.Daryl A. Mundis, the Deputy Attorney of the ICTY
Them having deliberately ever since June 26, 2001, initiated the
procedure of life deprivation of Slobodan Milosevic, him being at
request of the Attorney's Office of the Hague Tribunal, kept in
the Detention Unit of the ICTY in Scheweningen in the Hague;
him being occasionally, ever since February 12, 2002, brought
and kept under surveillance in the court -room in the Hague and
him being returned to the Detention Unit although all of them
knowing that the health condition of Slobodan Milosevic requires
urgent medical treatment outside prison; them depriving
Slobodan Milosevic necessary cardiology specialist treatment
and further care; them doing this persistently and deliberately,
ignoring opinions and recommendations of the physicians
conference from FRY and recommendations of the physicians
Dr. J.W. Crosse and Dr. H.A. Rodrigues from Holland dtd. June
17, 2002, as well as opinions of the Head of the Cardiology Clinic
of the Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, FRY dtd. July 23,
2002, that tried persistently to propose to the Trial Chamber
Slobodan Milosevic being assigned defense attorney instead of
Slobodan Milosevic temporarily being relieved due to further
medical treatment and seriously aggravated health condition that
might cause his death.
Them, hereby, being co-executors for the criminal offense of
attempted murder pursuant to the Art 47 item 1 of the Penal Code
of the Republic of Serbia in connection with the Art. 19 of the
Penal Code of FRY.
Them although chosen by the OUN and having the above
assignments, deliberately and roughly broke their professional
code of conduct and the acts of the OUN, representing the
generally binding acts of the international public law that covers
bodies and institutions of the OUN as well as the stuff of the
OUN, i.e.:
"the principles of medical ethics applied to medical stuff,
physicians mostly, to protect detainees and persons detained
from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishments
or deeds" (Adopted by the General Assembly of the United
Nations on Dec. 18 1982, the Resolution 37/94),
as well as
"The Code of Conduct of Persons Liable for Introduction of the
Law" adopted on the part of the General Assembly of the United
Nations on Dec. 17, 1979, the Resolution 34/169.
The Art. 6 of this Code determined that "persons liable for
application of this law should take care that health of persons
entrusted to them should be FULLY PROTECTED and they
MUST, IMMEDIATELY TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS to
provide the affected persons with all medical care whenever
need arises".
They violated severely the Art. 3 of the Universal Declaration on
Human Rights that guarantees that "EVERYBODY HAS RIGHT
TO LIFE, FREADOM AND SECURITY OF HIS
PERSONALITY."
The Attorney and her Deputies do not propose to the President
of the Court and the Trial Chamber neither the change of
conditions for Slobodan Milosevic pursuant to the Art. 64 of the
Rules nor do they initiate the Trial Chamber to release
temporarily Slobodan Milosevic due to medical treatment
pursuant to the Art. 65 of the Rules although they are well
acquainted with the quoted medical reports and proposals.
In Annex to these Charges we provide copies of medical reports
of Dr. J.W. Crosse and Dr. H.A. Rodriques from Holland dtd.
July 19, 2002, done upon request of the court council of MKSJ
and Dr. Sc. Med. Zdravko Mijailovic, the Head of the Cardiology
Clinic of the Military Medical Academy, Belgrade.
Hereinafter we propose pursuant to the legal jurisdiction
mentioned in the Law on Public Attorney Office Work and the
Criminal Proceedings Regulations to take all necessary steps for
suspects' persecution in conformity with the presentation of
evidence and their punishment before authorized courts.
In Belgrade on Nov. 12, 2002.
Charges filed by
Association of Citizens "FREEDOM'
National Committee for Release of Slobodan Milosevic
Belgrade, 16 Rajiceva St.
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Slobodan Milosevic)
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ICTY Stalls Acceptance of Milosevic Committee (ICDSM)
as Amicus Curiae
Comments by Jared Israel, Vice-Chairman, ICDSM
15 November 2002
===================================
Below is a transcript of the cover page, and a link
to the pdf file for the entire text, of the fax the
ICDSM received from The Hague Tribunal (ICTY) on Nov.
6th. The fax was in response to our motion. In that
motion we both applied for amicus curiae status in
the Milosevic proceedings, and stated our proposals
concerning Mr. Milosevic's health and the future
course of the proceedings. The motion can be read at
http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/motion.htm
The ICTY's response, reproduced below, is reasonable
in tone. But they tell us to rewrite our motion
because, they say, we failed to take into account
"United Nations document number IT/122 which directly
concerns submission of Amicus curiae briefs." They
include the text of IT/122.
Based on this supposed procedure, we have submitted
two more motions, one asking for amicus curiae
status, and a second stating what we want done to
protect Mr. Milosevic. However, note that when Mr.
Richard May, who is in charge of the proceedings
against Mr. Milosevic, asked for submissions
regarding the Yugoslav President's health and the
future conduct of the trial, he said *nothing* about
any rule IT/122. Nor has said rule been mentioned any
other time that we know of. Nor, though we searched
the Tribunal's Website could we locate any such rule.
So we have a new twist in the macabre proceedings of
the ICTY: the secret procedure. This is a rule which
a) must be followed but which b) only appears in
response to an urgent motion filed by the supporters
of the Yugoslav leader whom one is attempting to do
away with, along with the truth.
Let there be no question. Mr. Milosevic's current
life-threatening health emergency results from the
conscious policies of the ICTY. See "Hague Tries to
Quietly Murder Milosevic" at
http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/more/tries.htm
It is instructive that in the midst of this health
emergency, the guilty party plays procedural games to
stall and thereby exclude those who strongly hold
that Mr. Milosevic is innocent and NATO - sponsor of
the ICTY - is guilty. Mr. Milosevic's life is at
stake. When could it be more true that, "Justice
delayed is justice denied"? (1)
The fax can be read in full in pdf form at
http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/more/amicus-response.pdf
Here is the first part, the letter from The Hague
Tribunal registry.
-- Jared Israel, ICDSM
***
Dear Mr. Varkevisser,
This letter pertains to your submission as Amicus
Curiae, dated 5 November 2000, directed to Trial
Chamber III in the case, Prosecutor v. Slobodan
Milosevic.
The Registry acknowledges receipt of the amicus
brief; however, pursuant to the general practice of
the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia, an applicant wishing to submit an amicus
brief must file an application with the Registry. The
Registry will then forward the application, along
with this amicus brief to the Trial Chamber for
decision pursuant to Rule 74 of the Rules of
Procedure and Evidence. For more detailed information
please find attached United Nations document number
IT/122 which directly concerns submission of Amicus
curiae briefs.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate
to contact this office.
Yours Sincerely,
Signed
Etc.
**
Footnotes & Further Reading Follow the Appeal
*****************************************
Help the ICDSM Get our Delegation to The Hague!
*******************************************
Events are moving very fast. On Tuesday SLOBODA, the
Freedom Foundation, which is the ICDSM in Yugoslavia,
filed suit in Belgrade against Prosecutor Carla del
Ponte and seven of her deputies at The Hague
Tribunal. The charge: the attempted murder of
Slobodan Milosevic.
The same day The Hague Tribunal ordered that Slobodan
Milosevic, former President of both Yugoslavia and
Serbia, undergo psychiatric examinations.
This is a new insult to Mr. Milosevic and to the
people of Yugoslavia. Given, on the one hand, the
intelligence and sustained concentration and dignity
with which Mr. Milosevic has solidly defeated an
avalanche of liars, and, on the other hand, the
bizarre behavior of this court, judges and
prosecutors alike, this order for psychiatric
evaluation is misdirected. Physicians: heal
thyselves.
Clearly the Tribunal wishes to find some basis, any
basis, to forbid Slobodan Milosevic the basic human
right to conduct his own defense. Apparently they
hope that some psychiatrist will declare Mr.
Milosevic unfit to represent himself. Hague official
Florence Hartmann suggested yesterday that Mr.
Milosevic could be moved to some outside facility
while they continue these proceedings in his absence.
The ICDSM needs to send a delegation including our
attorney, Tiphaine Dickson, as soon as possible to
The Hague. That delegation will reach the
international media and directly interact with The
Tribunal.
In order to send that delegation *we need your help.*
If you were thinking of making a donation, now is the
time! Now, when The Tribunal is denying Mr. Milosevic
proper health care in order to pressure him to
appoint substitute counsel we need to get our
delegation to The Hague.
For we represent the other side.
We actually believe Slobodan Milosevic is innocent.
The charges against him and the Serbian people are
based on a campaign of lies. We have the facts.
Milosevic has all the facts and that is why they want
so desperately to replace him.
We believe Slobodan Milosevic is 100% right not to
appoint a lawyer to represent him before the
Tribunal. *Not even a lawyer who claims to support
him.*
Why?
Because it is Mr. Milosevic who led Serbia and
Yugoslavia during the period under discussion.
Because no lawyer on earth can - or will dare - to
stand up to this NATO-controlled Tribunal as Mr.
Milosevic has done, to tell the truth without fear of
consequence or career. There is no lawyer who can
demonstrate by his very demeanor, that the Serbs are
innocent and it is NATO, which attacked Yugoslavia
with bombs and lies and by instigating racial hatred,
which is guilty.
Slobodan Milosevic is the national leader who stood
up to NATO. It is a terrible blow for this Tribunal,
NATO's Tribunal, that they have been defeated by him,
day after day, since the trial began in February.
That is why in the proceedings this past Monday, the
three Judges presented every argument to convince Mr.
Milosevic to let some lawyer - any lawyer - replace
him, or partly replace him, or sit with him in court,
or take some step, any step to lessen his direct
impact. To lessen his impact today and to lessen the
impact of the transcripts of these proceedings which
stand as permanent proof that Milosevic told the
truth and NATO lied about the Serbs.
In order to get our delegation to The Hague we need
your financial help. Slobodan Milosevic is making a
great impact. We are making an impact too and with
your help, with your help we can do a hundred times
more to assist him, to defend the truth.
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Footnotes and Further Reading
*****************
We in the ICDSM have studied the record and we are
convinced that Mr. Milosevic and the Serbian people
have been the victims of a campaign of media lies.
Here are two articles where this is discussed:
1) "KLA Attacks Everyone; Media Attacks...Milosevic?"
by Jared Israel at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/jared/expan.htm
2) "Media Misrepresentation Of Milosevic's Words: A
Review Of The Evidence," by Prof. Francisco Gil-White
at
http://emperors-clothes.com/milo/gw.htm
3) Regarding our charge that the ICTY is NATO's
instrument, see "Official Statements Prove Hague
'Tribunal' Belongs to NATO," at
http://emperors-clothes.com/docs/h-list.htm
***
* Concerning Mr. Milosevic's Health *
On 15 July 2002 ICTY 'Judge' Richard May summarized
the findings of the *non-specialist* physicians who
were, finally, permitted to examine Slobodan
Milosevic. Note that the ICDSM and others, including
Yugoslav physicians, had many times requested that
*cardiologists* be permitted to examine the former
Yugoslav President, but this urgent request had been
denied without explanation.
Here are 'Judge' May's own words during the session
of the so-called trail on the 25th:
??We have received a report, a medical report, which in
its conclusion describes the accused as a man with
severe cardiovascular risk which demands careful
future monitoring. The authors recommend that his
workload be reduced??
As the German Nobel Prize winning physicians noted in
their open letter to The Hague, since Judge May made
this statement, the ICTY has done exactly the
opposite.
2) What can be the motivation of The Hague Tribunal
in doing exactly the opposite of what their own
doctors have recommended regarding Mr. Milosevic's
health? It does not take a brain surgeon to figure it
out.
Originally, the "trial" was to be broadcast on TV
worldwide, but when the 'tribunal' realized that
Milosevic was winning (he had the unfair advantage of
truth) the broadcasting was drastically curtailed in
February and then virtually stopped.
His statements and arguments are seldom if ever
quoted in the press. Thus, there has been an obvious
effort to silence him. But their problem is - he has
not been silenced. And they know this record, the
transcripts of these proceedings, cannot be erased.
More and more people will read them and learn that
they were lied to.
Therefore, The Tribunal has essentially instigated
this health crisis, by refusing to act on 'Judge"
May's own July 25th report of the findings of The
Tribunal's own doctors. (1) The idea is to silence
Mr. Milosevic by any means necessary. To replace him
with some attorney or, failing that, to have him
suffer a heart attack or stroke, which they will
describe as ' most regrettable.'
--- Jared Israel for the ICDSM
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ICDSM Letter to The Hague Tribunal (ICTY)
Specialists Must Examine Slobodan Milosevic Now!
16 November 2002
===================================
International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic
Sloterkade 20 * 1058 HE Amsterdam * The Netherlands
Ph. 31 20 615 1122 Fax: 31 20 615 1120
Mr. Claude Jorda, President MOST URGENT
Mr. Richard May, President Trial Chamber III
Mr. Hans Holtius, Registrar
ICTY
The Hague
The Netherlands
Gentlemen:
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic suffers from
malignant hypertension which has already damaged his heart
(agina pectoris).
On July 25th a team of non-specialist physicians was finally
permitted to examine President Milosevic. Judge Richard May summarized
their findings as follows:
"We have received a report, a medical report, which in its
conclusion describes the accused as a man with severe cardiovascular
risk which demands careful future monitoring. The authors recommend
that his workload be reduced"
However, subsequently, no cardiologist was called in to examine
President Milosevic. This despite numerous requests from SLOBODA
(Freedom Foundation) in Belgrade, and from medical experts, that
President Milosevic be examined by physicians from the Military
Medical Academy [VMA] in Belgrade who have followed his health for
years.
Moreover, President Milosevic's living and working conditions have
not improved; they have worsened. He receives neither proper food, nor
sufficient rest, nor exercise, nor fresh air, nor clean air, nor
adequate time and facilities to prepare his defense. His workday has
been lengthened.
This has, predictably, exacerbated his malignant hypertension. He
suffered a severe escalation of blood pressure on October 31st. The
proceedings were cancelled on November 1st and Judge May made the
following statement:
"In the light of the state of the accused's health and the length
and complexity of the case, the Trial Chamber is concerned about
completion of the trial, and therefore, we wish to have submission
from the parties on the future conduct of the case in order to ensure
its expeditious conclusion."
We note that the concern expressed here is for the ICTY's
proceedings, not for the life and health of Slobodan Milosevic. This
is consistent with the failure to give President Milosevic proper
medical care throughout his imprisonment and especially since July
25th. This failure of a UN body to provide humane medical care, in
flat violation of UN resolutions, combined with the pressure being
exerted on President Milosevic to appoint counsel, may be construed as
torture: life threatening abuse intended to produce compliance with a
demand, in this case that the President cease conducting his own
defense.
President Milosevic is, first, a human being. He is, second, the
former head of state of both Serbia and Yugoslavia. He led the
resistance to NATO aggression; NATO spokesman Jamie Shea has publicly
boasted [1] that NATO controls the ICTY. President Milosevic was
brought to The Hague in a highly questionable manner; we say,
illegally. It is not only a violation of international law, but it is
a direct assault on the dignity of his office and therefore on the
people of Yugoslavia that Slobodan Milosevic be denied the most basic
human right: proper medical care.
We urge you in the strongest terms to correct this abuse before
your policies cause President Milosevic to suffer a heart attack or
stroke.
Based on consultation with medical experts, we offer you the names of
three of the world's leading cardiologists. We urge you in the
strongest terms to permit these physicians to examine Slobodan
Milosevic in The Hague.
The physicians are:
[Editor's note: At the request of the three physicians we are not
publishing their names at this time. However, the names have been sent
to the ICTY.]
Please, act now, while there is time. You can inform us of your
decision either through our telephone in Amsterdam, 31 20 615 1122,
or by fax, 31 20 615 1120, or by calling SLOBODA (Freedom Association)
in Belgrade.
International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic
*********************************************
Footnotes & Further Reading Follow the Appeal
*****************************************
Now is the Time!
Help the ICDSM Get our Delegation to The Hague!
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* The Hague Tribunal is in Crisis *
Events are moving very fast. On Tuesday SLOBODA, the Freedom
Foundation, filed suit in Belgrade against Prosecutor Carla del Ponte
and seven of her deputies at The Hague Tribunal. The charge: the
attempted murder of Slobodan Milosevic.
The same day The Hague Tribunal ordered that Slobodan Milosevic,
former President of both Yugoslavia and Serbia, undergo psychiatric
examinations.
This is a new insult to Mr. Milosevic and to the people of
Yugoslavia. Given, on the one hand, the intelligence and sustained
concentration and dignity with which Mr. Milosevic has solidly
defeated an avalanche of liars, and, on the other hand, the bizarre
behavior of this court, judges and prosecutors alike, this order for
psychiatric evaluation is misdirected.
Physicians: heal thyselves.
Clearly the Tribunal wishes to find some basis, any basis, to
forbid Slobodan Milosevic the basic human right to conduct his own
defense. Apparently they hope that some psychiatrist will declare Mr.
Milosevic unfit to represent himself. Hague official Florence Hartmann
suggested yesterday that Mr. Milosevic could be moved to some outside
facility while they continue these proceedings in his absence.
The ICDSM needs to send a delegation including our attorney,
Tiphaine Dickson, as soon as possible to The Hague. That delegation
will reach the international media and be present to handle matters
relating to the motion we have filed with the ICTY.
In order to send that delegation *we need your help.*
If you were thinking of making a donation, now is the time! Now,
when The Tribunal is denying Mr. Milosevic proper health care in order
to pressure him to appoint substitute counsel we need to get our
delegation to The Hague.
For we represent the other side.
We actually believe Slobodan Milosevic is innocent. The charges
against him and the Serbian people are based on a campaign of lies.
We have the facts. Milosevic has all the facts and that is why they
want so desperately to replace him.
We believe Slobodan Milosevic is 100% right not to appoint a
lawyer to represent him before the Tribunal. *Not even a lawyer who
claims to support him.*
Why?
Because it is Mr. Milosevic who led Serbia and Yugoslavia during
the period under discussion. Because no lawyer on earth can - or will
dare - to stand up to this NATO-controlled Tribunal as Mr. Milosevic
has done, to tell the truth without fear of consequence or career.
There is no lawyer who can demonstrate by his very demeanor, that the
Serbs are innocent and it is NATO, which attacked Yugoslavia with
bombs and lies and by instigating racial hatred, which is guilty.
Slobodan Milosevic is the national leader who stood up to NATO. It
is a terrible blow for this Tribunal, NATO's Tribunal, that they have
been defeated by him, day after day, since the trial began in
February.
That is why in the proceedings this past Monday, the three Judges
presented every argument to convince Mr. Milosevic to let some lawyer
- any lawyer - replace him, or partly replace him, or sit with him in
court, or take some step, any step to lessen his direct impact. To
lessen his impact today and to lessen the impact of the transcripts of
these proceedings which stand as permanent proof that Milosevic told
the truth and NATO lied about the Serbs.
In order to get our delegation to The Hague we need your financial
help.
Slobodan Milosevic is making a great impact. We are making an
impact too and with your help, with your help we can do a hundred
times more to assist him, to defend the truth.
To make a donation, see above.
--- Jared Israel for the ICDSM
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Subject: SPS: Big protest rally for Milosevic "welcomes" Kofi Annan;
Support for Seselj's candidacy
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 19:19:36 +0100
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin" <vlada@...>
The Socialist Party of Serbia
Head Committee
Belgrade, November 17, 2002
PRESS RELEASE
The Executive Committee of the Socialist Party of Serbia
supported unanimously on its today's session a plan of further
activities to protect life of President Slobodan Milosevic, whose
health has been seriously damaged by the so-called Hague Tribunal
using exhausting rhythm of the process and inhumane life conditions.
Members and organs of SPS on all levels will perform strongest
actions in order to secure for President Milosevic to get back to
Yugoslavia for medical therapy and preparation for the extension of
his struggle for the truth.
The Executive Committee supports the organization of the
protest rally, on invitation of the National Committee "Sloboda"
(Freedom), which will be held on Tuesday, November 19 at 03:00 p.m.
on the Republic Square in Belgrade, on the occasion of the visit of
the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. All SPS members and all citizens
are invited to take part and to express clearly the demand to stop
the crime against Slobodan Milosevic.
Starting from the fact that DOS regime prevented the
candidacy of President Slobodan Milosevic, who has the largest
respect and support of the people and underlying that the policy of
peoples' unity, advocated for years by SPS, is the only policy
capable to return freedom and prospective to the people, the
Executive Committee in agreement with President Milosevic adopted a
position that Dr Vojislav Seselj has to be supported as common
candidate of the opposition. In adoption of this position, has also
been taken into account the fact that Dr Vojislav Seselj publicly
accepted to act as a common candidate of the patriotic opposition, on
the basis of the policy of peoples' unity.
To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sps.org.yu/ (official SPS website)
http://www.belgrade-forum.org/ (forum for the world of equals)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend Slobodan
Milosevic)
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Yugoslavia! (13/11)
2. Criminal Charges against Carla del Ponte filed (SLOBODA 15/11)
3. ICTY Stalls Acceptance of Milosevic Committee as Amicus Curiae
(ICDSM 15/11)
4. ICDSM Letter to The Hague Tribunal: Specialists Must Examine
Slobodan Milosevic Now! (ICDSM 16/11)
* Now is the Time! Help the ICDSM Get our Delegation to The Hague!
* The Hague Tribunal is in Crisis
5. SPS: Big protest rally for Milosevic "welcomes" Kofi Annan; Support
for Seselj's candidacy (SPS 17/11)
MORE LINKS:
The Hague Is Quiet... Milosevic Is Exhausted
(by Sergey Yugov)
http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/11/12/39398.html
Milosevic Update: Let's Fight Back! (by Jared Israel)
http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/11/14/39513.html
Hague Tribunal Shows Desperation by Cutting
Milosevic's Statements from Transcript
(by J. Israel & V. Krsljanin)
http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/11/15/39575.html
=== 1 ===
Subject: Federal Parliament: Milosevic should be cured in Yugoslavia!
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:33:18 +0100
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin" <vlada@...>
On the basis of Article 77 Para 1 and Article
78 points 4 and 5 of the Constitution of the FR Yugoslavia,
the Federal Parliament, in the session of the Chamber of
Republics on November 13, 2002, adopts the following
D E C L A R A T I O N
ON RELEASE OF SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC TO BE
CURED IN YUGOSLAVIA
1. The Chamber demands from the Federal Government
to perform all necessary measures in order enable Slobodan
Milosevic to return to the country for medical treatment;
2. The Chamber demands from the Federal Government
to submit urgently appropriate guarantees to the Hague
Tribunal in order to make possible defense of Slobodan
Milosevic from freedom after successfully finished medical
treatment;
3. The Chamber demands from the Federal Government,
in order to secure the human rights of Slobodan Milosevic, to
make all measures on its disposal for the protection of
Slobodan Milosevic as one suspected by the Hague Tribunal;
4. This Declaration shall be published in the
"Official Gazette of FRY".
To join or help this struggle, visit:
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Milosevic)
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Subject: Criminal Charges against Carla del Ponte filed by SLOBODA
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 13:04:02 +0100
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin" <vlada@...>
District State Attorney's Office-Belgrade
B e l g r a d e
16A Slobodana Penezica St.
Pursuant to the Art. 224 of the Law on Criminal Proceedings and
the Art. 107 item 1 of the Penal Code of FRY, the above
Attorney' s Office being of actual and regional jurisdiction has
been filed the following
CRIMINAL CHARGES
against:
1.Carla del Ponte, the Attorney of the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the Hague;
2.Geoffrey Nice, the Deputy Attorney of the ICTY;
3.Dirk Ryneveld, the Deputy Attorney of the ICTY;
4.Cristina Romano, the Deputy Attorney of the ICTY;
5.Milbert Shin, the Deputy Attorney of the ICTY;
6.Daniel Saxon, the Deputy Attorney of the ICTY;
7.Julia Baly, the Deputy Attorney of the ICTY;
8.Daryl A. Mundis, the Deputy Attorney of the ICTY
Them having deliberately ever since June 26, 2001, initiated the
procedure of life deprivation of Slobodan Milosevic, him being at
request of the Attorney's Office of the Hague Tribunal, kept in
the Detention Unit of the ICTY in Scheweningen in the Hague;
him being occasionally, ever since February 12, 2002, brought
and kept under surveillance in the court -room in the Hague and
him being returned to the Detention Unit although all of them
knowing that the health condition of Slobodan Milosevic requires
urgent medical treatment outside prison; them depriving
Slobodan Milosevic necessary cardiology specialist treatment
and further care; them doing this persistently and deliberately,
ignoring opinions and recommendations of the physicians
conference from FRY and recommendations of the physicians
Dr. J.W. Crosse and Dr. H.A. Rodrigues from Holland dtd. June
17, 2002, as well as opinions of the Head of the Cardiology Clinic
of the Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, FRY dtd. July 23,
2002, that tried persistently to propose to the Trial Chamber
Slobodan Milosevic being assigned defense attorney instead of
Slobodan Milosevic temporarily being relieved due to further
medical treatment and seriously aggravated health condition that
might cause his death.
Them, hereby, being co-executors for the criminal offense of
attempted murder pursuant to the Art 47 item 1 of the Penal Code
of the Republic of Serbia in connection with the Art. 19 of the
Penal Code of FRY.
Them although chosen by the OUN and having the above
assignments, deliberately and roughly broke their professional
code of conduct and the acts of the OUN, representing the
generally binding acts of the international public law that covers
bodies and institutions of the OUN as well as the stuff of the
OUN, i.e.:
"the principles of medical ethics applied to medical stuff,
physicians mostly, to protect detainees and persons detained
from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishments
or deeds" (Adopted by the General Assembly of the United
Nations on Dec. 18 1982, the Resolution 37/94),
as well as
"The Code of Conduct of Persons Liable for Introduction of the
Law" adopted on the part of the General Assembly of the United
Nations on Dec. 17, 1979, the Resolution 34/169.
The Art. 6 of this Code determined that "persons liable for
application of this law should take care that health of persons
entrusted to them should be FULLY PROTECTED and they
MUST, IMMEDIATELY TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS to
provide the affected persons with all medical care whenever
need arises".
They violated severely the Art. 3 of the Universal Declaration on
Human Rights that guarantees that "EVERYBODY HAS RIGHT
TO LIFE, FREADOM AND SECURITY OF HIS
PERSONALITY."
The Attorney and her Deputies do not propose to the President
of the Court and the Trial Chamber neither the change of
conditions for Slobodan Milosevic pursuant to the Art. 64 of the
Rules nor do they initiate the Trial Chamber to release
temporarily Slobodan Milosevic due to medical treatment
pursuant to the Art. 65 of the Rules although they are well
acquainted with the quoted medical reports and proposals.
In Annex to these Charges we provide copies of medical reports
of Dr. J.W. Crosse and Dr. H.A. Rodriques from Holland dtd.
July 19, 2002, done upon request of the court council of MKSJ
and Dr. Sc. Med. Zdravko Mijailovic, the Head of the Cardiology
Clinic of the Military Medical Academy, Belgrade.
Hereinafter we propose pursuant to the legal jurisdiction
mentioned in the Law on Public Attorney Office Work and the
Criminal Proceedings Regulations to take all necessary steps for
suspects' persecution in conformity with the presentation of
evidence and their punishment before authorized courts.
In Belgrade on Nov. 12, 2002.
Charges filed by
Association of Citizens "FREEDOM'
National Committee for Release of Slobodan Milosevic
Belgrade, 16 Rajiceva St.
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ICTY Stalls Acceptance of Milosevic Committee (ICDSM)
as Amicus Curiae
Comments by Jared Israel, Vice-Chairman, ICDSM
15 November 2002
===================================
Below is a transcript of the cover page, and a link
to the pdf file for the entire text, of the fax the
ICDSM received from The Hague Tribunal (ICTY) on Nov.
6th. The fax was in response to our motion. In that
motion we both applied for amicus curiae status in
the Milosevic proceedings, and stated our proposals
concerning Mr. Milosevic's health and the future
course of the proceedings. The motion can be read at
http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/motion.htm
The ICTY's response, reproduced below, is reasonable
in tone. But they tell us to rewrite our motion
because, they say, we failed to take into account
"United Nations document number IT/122 which directly
concerns submission of Amicus curiae briefs." They
include the text of IT/122.
Based on this supposed procedure, we have submitted
two more motions, one asking for amicus curiae
status, and a second stating what we want done to
protect Mr. Milosevic. However, note that when Mr.
Richard May, who is in charge of the proceedings
against Mr. Milosevic, asked for submissions
regarding the Yugoslav President's health and the
future conduct of the trial, he said *nothing* about
any rule IT/122. Nor has said rule been mentioned any
other time that we know of. Nor, though we searched
the Tribunal's Website could we locate any such rule.
So we have a new twist in the macabre proceedings of
the ICTY: the secret procedure. This is a rule which
a) must be followed but which b) only appears in
response to an urgent motion filed by the supporters
of the Yugoslav leader whom one is attempting to do
away with, along with the truth.
Let there be no question. Mr. Milosevic's current
life-threatening health emergency results from the
conscious policies of the ICTY. See "Hague Tries to
Quietly Murder Milosevic" at
http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/more/tries.htm
It is instructive that in the midst of this health
emergency, the guilty party plays procedural games to
stall and thereby exclude those who strongly hold
that Mr. Milosevic is innocent and NATO - sponsor of
the ICTY - is guilty. Mr. Milosevic's life is at
stake. When could it be more true that, "Justice
delayed is justice denied"? (1)
The fax can be read in full in pdf form at
http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/more/amicus-response.pdf
Here is the first part, the letter from The Hague
Tribunal registry.
-- Jared Israel, ICDSM
***
Dear Mr. Varkevisser,
This letter pertains to your submission as Amicus
Curiae, dated 5 November 2000, directed to Trial
Chamber III in the case, Prosecutor v. Slobodan
Milosevic.
The Registry acknowledges receipt of the amicus
brief; however, pursuant to the general practice of
the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia, an applicant wishing to submit an amicus
brief must file an application with the Registry. The
Registry will then forward the application, along
with this amicus brief to the Trial Chamber for
decision pursuant to Rule 74 of the Rules of
Procedure and Evidence. For more detailed information
please find attached United Nations document number
IT/122 which directly concerns submission of Amicus
curiae briefs.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate
to contact this office.
Yours Sincerely,
Signed
Etc.
**
Footnotes & Further Reading Follow the Appeal
*****************************************
Help the ICDSM Get our Delegation to The Hague!
*******************************************
Events are moving very fast. On Tuesday SLOBODA, the
Freedom Foundation, which is the ICDSM in Yugoslavia,
filed suit in Belgrade against Prosecutor Carla del
Ponte and seven of her deputies at The Hague
Tribunal. The charge: the attempted murder of
Slobodan Milosevic.
The same day The Hague Tribunal ordered that Slobodan
Milosevic, former President of both Yugoslavia and
Serbia, undergo psychiatric examinations.
This is a new insult to Mr. Milosevic and to the
people of Yugoslavia. Given, on the one hand, the
intelligence and sustained concentration and dignity
with which Mr. Milosevic has solidly defeated an
avalanche of liars, and, on the other hand, the
bizarre behavior of this court, judges and
prosecutors alike, this order for psychiatric
evaluation is misdirected. Physicians: heal
thyselves.
Clearly the Tribunal wishes to find some basis, any
basis, to forbid Slobodan Milosevic the basic human
right to conduct his own defense. Apparently they
hope that some psychiatrist will declare Mr.
Milosevic unfit to represent himself. Hague official
Florence Hartmann suggested yesterday that Mr.
Milosevic could be moved to some outside facility
while they continue these proceedings in his absence.
The ICDSM needs to send a delegation including our
attorney, Tiphaine Dickson, as soon as possible to
The Hague. That delegation will reach the
international media and directly interact with The
Tribunal.
In order to send that delegation *we need your help.*
If you were thinking of making a donation, now is the
time! Now, when The Tribunal is denying Mr. Milosevic
proper health care in order to pressure him to
appoint substitute counsel we need to get our
delegation to The Hague.
For we represent the other side.
We actually believe Slobodan Milosevic is innocent.
The charges against him and the Serbian people are
based on a campaign of lies. We have the facts.
Milosevic has all the facts and that is why they want
so desperately to replace him.
We believe Slobodan Milosevic is 100% right not to
appoint a lawyer to represent him before the
Tribunal. *Not even a lawyer who claims to support
him.*
Why?
Because it is Mr. Milosevic who led Serbia and
Yugoslavia during the period under discussion.
Because no lawyer on earth can - or will dare - to
stand up to this NATO-controlled Tribunal as Mr.
Milosevic has done, to tell the truth without fear of
consequence or career. There is no lawyer who can
demonstrate by his very demeanor, that the Serbs are
innocent and it is NATO, which attacked Yugoslavia
with bombs and lies and by instigating racial hatred,
which is guilty.
Slobodan Milosevic is the national leader who stood
up to NATO. It is a terrible blow for this Tribunal,
NATO's Tribunal, that they have been defeated by him,
day after day, since the trial began in February.
That is why in the proceedings this past Monday, the
three Judges presented every argument to convince Mr.
Milosevic to let some lawyer - any lawyer - replace
him, or partly replace him, or sit with him in court,
or take some step, any step to lessen his direct
impact. To lessen his impact today and to lessen the
impact of the transcripts of these proceedings which
stand as permanent proof that Milosevic told the
truth and NATO lied about the Serbs.
In order to get our delegation to The Hague we need
your financial help. Slobodan Milosevic is making a
great impact. We are making an impact too and with
your help, with your help we can do a hundred times
more to assist him, to defend the truth.
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*****************
Footnotes and Further Reading
*****************
We in the ICDSM have studied the record and we are
convinced that Mr. Milosevic and the Serbian people
have been the victims of a campaign of media lies.
Here are two articles where this is discussed:
1) "KLA Attacks Everyone; Media Attacks...Milosevic?"
by Jared Israel at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/jared/expan.htm
2) "Media Misrepresentation Of Milosevic's Words: A
Review Of The Evidence," by Prof. Francisco Gil-White
at
http://emperors-clothes.com/milo/gw.htm
3) Regarding our charge that the ICTY is NATO's
instrument, see "Official Statements Prove Hague
'Tribunal' Belongs to NATO," at
http://emperors-clothes.com/docs/h-list.htm
***
* Concerning Mr. Milosevic's Health *
On 15 July 2002 ICTY 'Judge' Richard May summarized
the findings of the *non-specialist* physicians who
were, finally, permitted to examine Slobodan
Milosevic. Note that the ICDSM and others, including
Yugoslav physicians, had many times requested that
*cardiologists* be permitted to examine the former
Yugoslav President, but this urgent request had been
denied without explanation.
Here are 'Judge' May's own words during the session
of the so-called trail on the 25th:
??We have received a report, a medical report, which in
its conclusion describes the accused as a man with
severe cardiovascular risk which demands careful
future monitoring. The authors recommend that his
workload be reduced??
As the German Nobel Prize winning physicians noted in
their open letter to The Hague, since Judge May made
this statement, the ICTY has done exactly the
opposite.
2) What can be the motivation of The Hague Tribunal
in doing exactly the opposite of what their own
doctors have recommended regarding Mr. Milosevic's
health? It does not take a brain surgeon to figure it
out.
Originally, the "trial" was to be broadcast on TV
worldwide, but when the 'tribunal' realized that
Milosevic was winning (he had the unfair advantage of
truth) the broadcasting was drastically curtailed in
February and then virtually stopped.
His statements and arguments are seldom if ever
quoted in the press. Thus, there has been an obvious
effort to silence him. But their problem is - he has
not been silenced. And they know this record, the
transcripts of these proceedings, cannot be erased.
More and more people will read them and learn that
they were lied to.
Therefore, The Tribunal has essentially instigated
this health crisis, by refusing to act on 'Judge"
May's own July 25th report of the findings of The
Tribunal's own doctors. (1) The idea is to silence
Mr. Milosevic by any means necessary. To replace him
with some attorney or, failing that, to have him
suffer a heart attack or stroke, which they will
describe as ' most regrettable.'
--- Jared Israel for the ICDSM
=== 4 ===
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ICDSM Letter to The Hague Tribunal (ICTY)
Specialists Must Examine Slobodan Milosevic Now!
16 November 2002
===================================
International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic
Sloterkade 20 * 1058 HE Amsterdam * The Netherlands
Ph. 31 20 615 1122 Fax: 31 20 615 1120
Mr. Claude Jorda, President MOST URGENT
Mr. Richard May, President Trial Chamber III
Mr. Hans Holtius, Registrar
ICTY
The Hague
The Netherlands
Gentlemen:
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic suffers from
malignant hypertension which has already damaged his heart
(agina pectoris).
On July 25th a team of non-specialist physicians was finally
permitted to examine President Milosevic. Judge Richard May summarized
their findings as follows:
"We have received a report, a medical report, which in its
conclusion describes the accused as a man with severe cardiovascular
risk which demands careful future monitoring. The authors recommend
that his workload be reduced"
However, subsequently, no cardiologist was called in to examine
President Milosevic. This despite numerous requests from SLOBODA
(Freedom Foundation) in Belgrade, and from medical experts, that
President Milosevic be examined by physicians from the Military
Medical Academy [VMA] in Belgrade who have followed his health for
years.
Moreover, President Milosevic's living and working conditions have
not improved; they have worsened. He receives neither proper food, nor
sufficient rest, nor exercise, nor fresh air, nor clean air, nor
adequate time and facilities to prepare his defense. His workday has
been lengthened.
This has, predictably, exacerbated his malignant hypertension. He
suffered a severe escalation of blood pressure on October 31st. The
proceedings were cancelled on November 1st and Judge May made the
following statement:
"In the light of the state of the accused's health and the length
and complexity of the case, the Trial Chamber is concerned about
completion of the trial, and therefore, we wish to have submission
from the parties on the future conduct of the case in order to ensure
its expeditious conclusion."
We note that the concern expressed here is for the ICTY's
proceedings, not for the life and health of Slobodan Milosevic. This
is consistent with the failure to give President Milosevic proper
medical care throughout his imprisonment and especially since July
25th. This failure of a UN body to provide humane medical care, in
flat violation of UN resolutions, combined with the pressure being
exerted on President Milosevic to appoint counsel, may be construed as
torture: life threatening abuse intended to produce compliance with a
demand, in this case that the President cease conducting his own
defense.
President Milosevic is, first, a human being. He is, second, the
former head of state of both Serbia and Yugoslavia. He led the
resistance to NATO aggression; NATO spokesman Jamie Shea has publicly
boasted [1] that NATO controls the ICTY. President Milosevic was
brought to The Hague in a highly questionable manner; we say,
illegally. It is not only a violation of international law, but it is
a direct assault on the dignity of his office and therefore on the
people of Yugoslavia that Slobodan Milosevic be denied the most basic
human right: proper medical care.
We urge you in the strongest terms to correct this abuse before
your policies cause President Milosevic to suffer a heart attack or
stroke.
Based on consultation with medical experts, we offer you the names of
three of the world's leading cardiologists. We urge you in the
strongest terms to permit these physicians to examine Slobodan
Milosevic in The Hague.
The physicians are:
[Editor's note: At the request of the three physicians we are not
publishing their names at this time. However, the names have been sent
to the ICTY.]
Please, act now, while there is time. You can inform us of your
decision either through our telephone in Amsterdam, 31 20 615 1122,
or by fax, 31 20 615 1120, or by calling SLOBODA (Freedom Association)
in Belgrade.
International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic
*********************************************
Footnotes & Further Reading Follow the Appeal
*****************************************
Now is the Time!
Help the ICDSM Get our Delegation to The Hague!
*******************************************
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***
* The Hague Tribunal is in Crisis *
Events are moving very fast. On Tuesday SLOBODA, the Freedom
Foundation, filed suit in Belgrade against Prosecutor Carla del Ponte
and seven of her deputies at The Hague Tribunal. The charge: the
attempted murder of Slobodan Milosevic.
The same day The Hague Tribunal ordered that Slobodan Milosevic,
former President of both Yugoslavia and Serbia, undergo psychiatric
examinations.
This is a new insult to Mr. Milosevic and to the people of
Yugoslavia. Given, on the one hand, the intelligence and sustained
concentration and dignity with which Mr. Milosevic has solidly
defeated an avalanche of liars, and, on the other hand, the bizarre
behavior of this court, judges and prosecutors alike, this order for
psychiatric evaluation is misdirected.
Physicians: heal thyselves.
Clearly the Tribunal wishes to find some basis, any basis, to
forbid Slobodan Milosevic the basic human right to conduct his own
defense. Apparently they hope that some psychiatrist will declare Mr.
Milosevic unfit to represent himself. Hague official Florence Hartmann
suggested yesterday that Mr. Milosevic could be moved to some outside
facility while they continue these proceedings in his absence.
The ICDSM needs to send a delegation including our attorney,
Tiphaine Dickson, as soon as possible to The Hague. That delegation
will reach the international media and be present to handle matters
relating to the motion we have filed with the ICTY.
In order to send that delegation *we need your help.*
If you were thinking of making a donation, now is the time! Now,
when The Tribunal is denying Mr. Milosevic proper health care in order
to pressure him to appoint substitute counsel we need to get our
delegation to The Hague.
For we represent the other side.
We actually believe Slobodan Milosevic is innocent. The charges
against him and the Serbian people are based on a campaign of lies.
We have the facts. Milosevic has all the facts and that is why they
want so desperately to replace him.
We believe Slobodan Milosevic is 100% right not to appoint a
lawyer to represent him before the Tribunal. *Not even a lawyer who
claims to support him.*
Why?
Because it is Mr. Milosevic who led Serbia and Yugoslavia during
the period under discussion. Because no lawyer on earth can - or will
dare - to stand up to this NATO-controlled Tribunal as Mr. Milosevic
has done, to tell the truth without fear of consequence or career.
There is no lawyer who can demonstrate by his very demeanor, that the
Serbs are innocent and it is NATO, which attacked Yugoslavia with
bombs and lies and by instigating racial hatred, which is guilty.
Slobodan Milosevic is the national leader who stood up to NATO. It
is a terrible blow for this Tribunal, NATO's Tribunal, that they have
been defeated by him, day after day, since the trial began in
February.
That is why in the proceedings this past Monday, the three Judges
presented every argument to convince Mr. Milosevic to let some lawyer
- any lawyer - replace him, or partly replace him, or sit with him in
court, or take some step, any step to lessen his direct impact. To
lessen his impact today and to lessen the impact of the transcripts of
these proceedings which stand as permanent proof that Milosevic told
the truth and NATO lied about the Serbs.
In order to get our delegation to The Hague we need your financial
help.
Slobodan Milosevic is making a great impact. We are making an
impact too and with your help, with your help we can do a hundred
times more to assist him, to defend the truth.
To make a donation, see above.
--- Jared Israel for the ICDSM
Backup ICDSM Website at
www.emperor.vwh.net/icdsm
=== 5 ===
Subject: SPS: Big protest rally for Milosevic "welcomes" Kofi Annan;
Support for Seselj's candidacy
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 19:19:36 +0100
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin" <vlada@...>
The Socialist Party of Serbia
Head Committee
Belgrade, November 17, 2002
PRESS RELEASE
The Executive Committee of the Socialist Party of Serbia
supported unanimously on its today's session a plan of further
activities to protect life of President Slobodan Milosevic, whose
health has been seriously damaged by the so-called Hague Tribunal
using exhausting rhythm of the process and inhumane life conditions.
Members and organs of SPS on all levels will perform strongest
actions in order to secure for President Milosevic to get back to
Yugoslavia for medical therapy and preparation for the extension of
his struggle for the truth.
The Executive Committee supports the organization of the
protest rally, on invitation of the National Committee "Sloboda"
(Freedom), which will be held on Tuesday, November 19 at 03:00 p.m.
on the Republic Square in Belgrade, on the occasion of the visit of
the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. All SPS members and all citizens
are invited to take part and to express clearly the demand to stop
the crime against Slobodan Milosevic.
Starting from the fact that DOS regime prevented the
candidacy of President Slobodan Milosevic, who has the largest
respect and support of the people and underlying that the policy of
peoples' unity, advocated for years by SPS, is the only policy
capable to return freedom and prospective to the people, the
Executive Committee in agreement with President Milosevic adopted a
position that Dr Vojislav Seselj has to be supported as common
candidate of the opposition. In adoption of this position, has also
been taken into account the fact that Dr Vojislav Seselj publicly
accepted to act as a common candidate of the patriotic opposition, on
the basis of the policy of peoples' unity.
To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sps.org.yu/ (official SPS website)
http://www.belgrade-forum.org/ (forum for the world of equals)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend Slobodan
Milosevic)
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http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/index.htm
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1. VECE REPUBLIKA TRAZI SLOBODU ZA MILOSEVICA
2. Traje pauza na sudjenju Milo¹eviæu
3. SPS: Podrska Seselju, miting za Slobu u utorak
=== 1 ===
Subject: VECE REPUBLIKA TRAZI SLOBODU ZA MILOSEVICA
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 20:40:41 +0100
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin" <vlada@...>
Na osnovu clana 77. stav 1. i clana 78. tac.
4. i 5. Ustava SR Jugoslavije, Savezna skupstina, na sednici
Veca Republika od 13. novembra 2002. godine, donela je
D E K L A R A C I J U
O PUSTANJU SLOBODANA MILOSEVICA DA SE
LECI U ZEMLJI
1. Vece trazi od Savezne vlade da hitno
preduzme potrebne mere da se Slobodanu Milosevicu omoguci
povratak u zemlju radi lecenja;
2. Vece trazi od Savezne vlade da hitno uputi Haskom
tribunalu odgovarajuce garancije kojima bi se omogucilo da se
Slobodan Milosevic brani sa slobode nakon uspesno obavljenog
lecenja;
3. Vece trazi od Savezne vlade da u cilju
obezbedjenja ljudskih prava Slobodana Milosevica preduzme sve
mere koje stoje na raspolaganju radi zastite Slobodana
Milosevica kao osumnjicenog od strane Haskog tribunala.
4. Ova deklaracija objavice se u "Sluzbenom listu SRJ".
To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sps.org.yu/ (official SPS website)
http://www.belgrade-forum.org/ (forum for the world of equals)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend Slobodan
Milosevic)
icdsm temporary address:
http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/index.htm
for your donations:
http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/donations.htm
=== 2 ===
----- Original Message -----
From: Miroslav Antic
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 11:55 PM
Subject: [www.ANTIC.org] Traje pauza na sudjenju Milo¹eviæu
Traje pauza na sudjenju Milo¹eviæu
Milo¹eviæ se ¾ali na iscrpljenost i umor
Suðenje biv¹em jugoslovenskom predsedniku Slobodanu Milo¹eviæu pred
Ha¹kim tribunalom neæe biti nastavljeno ni danas, saop¹teno je sinoæ u
sudu.
Su¹enje je po peti put odlo¾eno u utorak, zbog lo¹eg zdravstvenog
stanja optu¾enog.
Predsednik Sudskog veæa Rièard Mej nalo¾io je lekarima da Milo¹eviæa,
koji pati od ozbiljnih kardiovaskularnih tegoba i visokog krvnog
pritiska, temeljno pregledaju i da sudu dostave izve¹taj o tome kada
bi proces mogao da se nastavi i kakva je medicinska prognoza
Milo¹eviæeve bolesti.
Tim povodom BBC je pitao struènjaka za medjunarodno pravo i profesora
uglednog londonskog fakulteta London School of Economics Gerija
Simpsona koje su opcije na raspolaganju Sudskom veæu.
"Mislim da je jedna moguænost da se proces jednostavno zavr¹i zbog
lo¹eg zdravstvenog stanja optu¾enog. U ovom trenutku, to nije i
najizvesnija moguænost, ali ona postoji i èesto se koristi u
unutra¹njem pravu. Druga opcija je da se optu¾enom sudi u odsustvu. To
se dogodilo u Nirnbergu, u sluèaju nacistièkog zloèinca Martina
Bormana, koji je osudjen u odsustvu. Medjutim, Statut Ha¹kog tribunala
ne dopu¹ta tu moguænost".
Statut ne dopu¹ta ni moguænost imenovanja advokata po slu¾benoj
du¾nosti Milo¹eviæu, koji se brani sam, pa ipak Tu¾ila¹tvo na tome
insistira.
Profesor Simpson o tome ka¾e:
"Èlan 22 Statuta jasno ka¾e da optu¾eni ima pravo na pravnu pomoæ, ali
nisam siguran da mu Sud to mo¾e nametnuti. Mislim da postojeæe
formulacije u najmanju ruku nagove¹tavaju da optu¾eni sam odluèuje o
tome da li æe uzeti branioca. Nema medjutim nikakve nedoumice o tome
da je, po Statutu, nu¾no prisustvo optu¾enog u sudnici da se proces
bez njega ne mo¾e nastaviti".
Zamoljen da prognozira odluku Sudskog veæa, profesor Simpson napominje
da Ha¹ki sud, kao potpuno nov medjunarodno pravni instrument, ima
tendenciju da u hodu menja pravila rada i da se ne mo¾e iskljuèiti
nijedna moguænost. Ipak...
"Mislim da æe proces biti na du¾e vreme prekinut. U tom periodu
Milo¹eviæ bi trebalo da bude podvrgnut leèenju. Ako se i kada oporavi
sudjenje bi se nastavilo".
Profesor Geri Simspon takodje smatra da rok koji je Savet bezbednosti
dao Tribunalu da okonèa sve procese, do 2008. godine, ne bi trebalo da
utièe na odluku u privremenom prekidu sudjenja Milo¹eviæu - èak i da
prekid traje du¾e od godinu dana, ima dovoljno vremena da se proces
okonèa.
Ako Tu¾ila¹tvo nije u stanju da to uèini, nije trebalo ni da podi¾e
optu¾nicu, zakljuèuje profesor Simpson.
Na primedbu da bi, po mnogima, najgori ishod za Ha¹ki sud i za
medjuanarodno pravosudje bilo da Milo¹eviæ umre u toku procesa,
profesor Simpson ka¾e:
"Gledano iz srpskog ugla, to bi svakako bila najgora varijanta. Nema
sumnje da bi u delu srpskog dru¹tva on dobio oreol muèenika i junaka,
a to svakako nije bio cilj sudjenja u Hagu. Dodu¹e, nisam siguran da
bi krivica za eventualnu Milo¹eviæevu smrt mogla da se u potpunosti
svali da tribunal. Takve stvari se ponekad dogadjaju, mada sam uveren
da bi Sudsko veæe ¾elelo da takav ishod, ako je ikako moguæe,
izbegne".
=== 3 ===
Subject: SPS: Podrska Seselju, miting za Slobu u utorak
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 18:20:48 +0100
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin" <vlada@...>
Socijalisticka partija Srbije
Glavni odbor
Beograd, 17. novembra 2002.g.
S A O P S T E NJ E
Na danasnjoj sednici Izvrsnog odbora Glavnog odbora
Socijalisticke partije Srbije jednoglasno su usvojeni stavovi
i aktivnosti za zastitu zivota Predsednika Slobodana
Milosevica, cije je zdravlje ozbiljno ugrozeno od strane tzv.
haskog tribunala, iscrpljujucim procesom i nehumanim uslovima.
Clanovi i organi SPS na svim nivoima delovace najaktivnije
kako bi Predsedniku Milosevicu sto pre bilo omoguceno da u
nasoj zemlji i na slobodi sanira svoje zdravstveno stanje i
pripremi se za nastavak borbe za istinu.
IO GO SPS podrzava organizovanje protestnog skupa,
koji ce, na poziv Nacionalnog komiteta "Sloboda", biti orzan u
utorak, 19. novembra u 15:00 casova na Trgu Republike u
Beogradu, povodom dolaska u Beograd Generalnog sekretara OUN
Kofi Anana. Pozivaju se svi clanovi SPS i svi gradjani da
ucestvuju i jasno izraze zahtev da se zaustavi zlocin nad
Slobodanom Milosevicem.
Polazeci od cinjenice da je DOS-ov rezim onemogucio
da Predsednik Slobodan Milosevic, kao licnost sa najvecim
ugledom i podrskom u narodu, bude kandidat na predsednickim
izborima, a isticuci da je politika narodnog jedinstva koju
SPS godinama zastupa, jedina politika koja narodu moze
povratiti slobodu i perspektivu, IO GO SPS je u dogovoru sa
Predsednikom Milosevicem zauzeo stav da treba podrzati dr
Vojislava Seselja kao zajednickog kandidata opozicije. Pritom
se imalo u vidu i da je dr Vojislav Seselj javno prihvatio da
nastupa kao zajednicki kandidat patriotske opozicije, na
osnovama politike narodnog jedinstva.
To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sps.org.yu/ (official SPS website)
http://www.belgrade-forum.org/ (forum for the world of equals)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend Slobodan
Milosevic)
icdsm temporary address:
http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/index.htm
for your donations:
http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/donations.htm
2. Traje pauza na sudjenju Milo¹eviæu
3. SPS: Podrska Seselju, miting za Slobu u utorak
=== 1 ===
Subject: VECE REPUBLIKA TRAZI SLOBODU ZA MILOSEVICA
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 20:40:41 +0100
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin" <vlada@...>
Na osnovu clana 77. stav 1. i clana 78. tac.
4. i 5. Ustava SR Jugoslavije, Savezna skupstina, na sednici
Veca Republika od 13. novembra 2002. godine, donela je
D E K L A R A C I J U
O PUSTANJU SLOBODANA MILOSEVICA DA SE
LECI U ZEMLJI
1. Vece trazi od Savezne vlade da hitno
preduzme potrebne mere da se Slobodanu Milosevicu omoguci
povratak u zemlju radi lecenja;
2. Vece trazi od Savezne vlade da hitno uputi Haskom
tribunalu odgovarajuce garancije kojima bi se omogucilo da se
Slobodan Milosevic brani sa slobode nakon uspesno obavljenog
lecenja;
3. Vece trazi od Savezne vlade da u cilju
obezbedjenja ljudskih prava Slobodana Milosevica preduzme sve
mere koje stoje na raspolaganju radi zastite Slobodana
Milosevica kao osumnjicenog od strane Haskog tribunala.
4. Ova deklaracija objavice se u "Sluzbenom listu SRJ".
To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sps.org.yu/ (official SPS website)
http://www.belgrade-forum.org/ (forum for the world of equals)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend Slobodan
Milosevic)
icdsm temporary address:
http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/index.htm
for your donations:
http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/donations.htm
=== 2 ===
----- Original Message -----
From: Miroslav Antic
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 11:55 PM
Subject: [www.ANTIC.org] Traje pauza na sudjenju Milo¹eviæu
Traje pauza na sudjenju Milo¹eviæu
Milo¹eviæ se ¾ali na iscrpljenost i umor
Suðenje biv¹em jugoslovenskom predsedniku Slobodanu Milo¹eviæu pred
Ha¹kim tribunalom neæe biti nastavljeno ni danas, saop¹teno je sinoæ u
sudu.
Su¹enje je po peti put odlo¾eno u utorak, zbog lo¹eg zdravstvenog
stanja optu¾enog.
Predsednik Sudskog veæa Rièard Mej nalo¾io je lekarima da Milo¹eviæa,
koji pati od ozbiljnih kardiovaskularnih tegoba i visokog krvnog
pritiska, temeljno pregledaju i da sudu dostave izve¹taj o tome kada
bi proces mogao da se nastavi i kakva je medicinska prognoza
Milo¹eviæeve bolesti.
Tim povodom BBC je pitao struènjaka za medjunarodno pravo i profesora
uglednog londonskog fakulteta London School of Economics Gerija
Simpsona koje su opcije na raspolaganju Sudskom veæu.
"Mislim da je jedna moguænost da se proces jednostavno zavr¹i zbog
lo¹eg zdravstvenog stanja optu¾enog. U ovom trenutku, to nije i
najizvesnija moguænost, ali ona postoji i èesto se koristi u
unutra¹njem pravu. Druga opcija je da se optu¾enom sudi u odsustvu. To
se dogodilo u Nirnbergu, u sluèaju nacistièkog zloèinca Martina
Bormana, koji je osudjen u odsustvu. Medjutim, Statut Ha¹kog tribunala
ne dopu¹ta tu moguænost".
Statut ne dopu¹ta ni moguænost imenovanja advokata po slu¾benoj
du¾nosti Milo¹eviæu, koji se brani sam, pa ipak Tu¾ila¹tvo na tome
insistira.
Profesor Simpson o tome ka¾e:
"Èlan 22 Statuta jasno ka¾e da optu¾eni ima pravo na pravnu pomoæ, ali
nisam siguran da mu Sud to mo¾e nametnuti. Mislim da postojeæe
formulacije u najmanju ruku nagove¹tavaju da optu¾eni sam odluèuje o
tome da li æe uzeti branioca. Nema medjutim nikakve nedoumice o tome
da je, po Statutu, nu¾no prisustvo optu¾enog u sudnici da se proces
bez njega ne mo¾e nastaviti".
Zamoljen da prognozira odluku Sudskog veæa, profesor Simpson napominje
da Ha¹ki sud, kao potpuno nov medjunarodno pravni instrument, ima
tendenciju da u hodu menja pravila rada i da se ne mo¾e iskljuèiti
nijedna moguænost. Ipak...
"Mislim da æe proces biti na du¾e vreme prekinut. U tom periodu
Milo¹eviæ bi trebalo da bude podvrgnut leèenju. Ako se i kada oporavi
sudjenje bi se nastavilo".
Profesor Geri Simspon takodje smatra da rok koji je Savet bezbednosti
dao Tribunalu da okonèa sve procese, do 2008. godine, ne bi trebalo da
utièe na odluku u privremenom prekidu sudjenja Milo¹eviæu - èak i da
prekid traje du¾e od godinu dana, ima dovoljno vremena da se proces
okonèa.
Ako Tu¾ila¹tvo nije u stanju da to uèini, nije trebalo ni da podi¾e
optu¾nicu, zakljuèuje profesor Simpson.
Na primedbu da bi, po mnogima, najgori ishod za Ha¹ki sud i za
medjuanarodno pravosudje bilo da Milo¹eviæ umre u toku procesa,
profesor Simpson ka¾e:
"Gledano iz srpskog ugla, to bi svakako bila najgora varijanta. Nema
sumnje da bi u delu srpskog dru¹tva on dobio oreol muèenika i junaka,
a to svakako nije bio cilj sudjenja u Hagu. Dodu¹e, nisam siguran da
bi krivica za eventualnu Milo¹eviæevu smrt mogla da se u potpunosti
svali da tribunal. Takve stvari se ponekad dogadjaju, mada sam uveren
da bi Sudsko veæe ¾elelo da takav ishod, ako je ikako moguæe,
izbegne".
=== 3 ===
Subject: SPS: Podrska Seselju, miting za Slobu u utorak
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 18:20:48 +0100
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin" <vlada@...>
Socijalisticka partija Srbije
Glavni odbor
Beograd, 17. novembra 2002.g.
S A O P S T E NJ E
Na danasnjoj sednici Izvrsnog odbora Glavnog odbora
Socijalisticke partije Srbije jednoglasno su usvojeni stavovi
i aktivnosti za zastitu zivota Predsednika Slobodana
Milosevica, cije je zdravlje ozbiljno ugrozeno od strane tzv.
haskog tribunala, iscrpljujucim procesom i nehumanim uslovima.
Clanovi i organi SPS na svim nivoima delovace najaktivnije
kako bi Predsedniku Milosevicu sto pre bilo omoguceno da u
nasoj zemlji i na slobodi sanira svoje zdravstveno stanje i
pripremi se za nastavak borbe za istinu.
IO GO SPS podrzava organizovanje protestnog skupa,
koji ce, na poziv Nacionalnog komiteta "Sloboda", biti orzan u
utorak, 19. novembra u 15:00 casova na Trgu Republike u
Beogradu, povodom dolaska u Beograd Generalnog sekretara OUN
Kofi Anana. Pozivaju se svi clanovi SPS i svi gradjani da
ucestvuju i jasno izraze zahtev da se zaustavi zlocin nad
Slobodanom Milosevicem.
Polazeci od cinjenice da je DOS-ov rezim onemogucio
da Predsednik Slobodan Milosevic, kao licnost sa najvecim
ugledom i podrskom u narodu, bude kandidat na predsednickim
izborima, a isticuci da je politika narodnog jedinstva koju
SPS godinama zastupa, jedina politika koja narodu moze
povratiti slobodu i perspektivu, IO GO SPS je u dogovoru sa
Predsednikom Milosevicem zauzeo stav da treba podrzati dr
Vojislava Seselja kao zajednickog kandidata opozicije. Pritom
se imalo u vidu i da je dr Vojislav Seselj javno prihvatio da
nastupa kao zajednicki kandidat patriotske opozicije, na
osnovama politike narodnog jedinstva.
To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sps.org.yu/ (official SPS website)
http://www.belgrade-forum.org/ (forum for the world of equals)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend Slobodan
Milosevic)
icdsm temporary address:
http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/index.htm
for your donations:
http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/donations.htm
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