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* VOCE JUGOSLAVA su RADIO CITTA' APERTA
* CAMPI DI LAVORO IN JUGOSLAVIA
* LIBRI:
- "Degraded Capability: the Media and the Kosovo Crisis"
- Edizione in lingua greca per "L'Arcivescovo del genocidio"
---
Ogni martedi a Radio Città Aperta (Roma e Lazio - 88.85 FM),
dalle ore 13,00:
VOCE JUGOSLAVA
PROGRAMMA AUTOGESTITO DEL COORDINAMENTO ROMANO PER LA JUGOSLAVIA
La trasmissione VOCE JUGOSLAVA si può' ascoltare sulle frequenze di
Radio Città' Aperta - emittente di Roma e del Lazio che trasmette su FM
88.850 MHz.
Gli ascoltatori e le ascoltatrici possono partecipare
telefonando al n. 06.43.93.512
RADIO CITTA' APERTA DA SPAZIO AL CRJ ANCHE SU INTERNET:
http://www.ppl.it/crj/index_2.html
---
Il Servizio Civile Internazionale, in collaborazione con Un Ponte per
Belgrado organizza due campi di lavoro in Jugoslavia per il mese di
Agosto.
- CAMPO DI LAVORO A KRALJEVO. DUE TURNI a AGOSTO
Il primo campo si svolgerebbe a Kraljevo. Il campo si inserisce in un
progetto che Un Ponte per Belgrado sta svolgendo da tempo. A ottobre '99
e' stato consegnato un furgone per la distribuzione del cibo e adesso
abbiamo consegnato oltre 40.000 marchi in aiuti umanitari acquistati sul
luogo (compresi piu' di 4.000 marchi raccolti dal SCI).
Riferimento locale e' la Croce rossa di Kraljevo che gestisce i vari
centri di raccolta collettivi e non dove sono ospitati oltre 20.000
profughi provenienti dal Kosovo.
Il lavoro da fare e' quello di aiutare la croce rossa nella
distribuzione di cibo e di aiuti umanitari ai profughi e di fare
animazione con i profughi stessi. Oltre a fare animazione con i bambini
si vogliono raccogliere testimonianze e parlare con i profughi per
conoscere le loro storie e le loro vicissitudini pre-durante-post
bombardamenti. L'atteggiamento dei profughi e' molto variegato e va
dalla diffidenza completa alla incazzatura per quello che hanno subito
da tutte le parti in gioco (e lo spettro e' molto ampio: sicuramente
hanno da dire molto sul governo jugoslavo, sull'UCK, sulla KFOR e molti,
specialmente quelli privenienti da Pec, delle forze italiane "di pace").
Il materiale raccolto andra' a finire in una raccolta tipo libretto o
pubblicazione o CD audio/video. In aggiunta si raccogliera' anche il
materiale da far elaborare dai bambini (7-12 anni) nelle modalita' con
cui viene raccolto il materiale per i gemellaggi scolastici gia' avviati
(disegni, lettere, oggetti vari ecc) e che andra' a finire anche questo
nella pubblicazione insieme alle testimonianze.
Date: 1° turno: 1-15 Agosto 2000; 2° turno: 16-31 Agosto 2000
N. Volontari: 4/5 + coordinatore
Requisiti per i vols: almeno due per ogni turno che conoscano il serbo,
questo per rendere piu' efficace il lavoro di raccolta del materiale.
IMPORTANTE: il campo puo' subire delle riduzioni se non siamo in grado
di garantire la presenza di un coordinatore per tutto il tempo.
Le date possono subire delle variazioni per situazioni contingenti
attualmente imprevedibili.
Riguardo il num. dei vols, questo non e' invalicabile. Se il numero
delle persone che parlano serbo dovesse essere grande (si spera tanto)
allora anche il numero dei vols potrebbe aumentare di conseguenza. La
scelta di 4/5 + 1 e' stata fatto immaginando una certa difficolta' a
trovare persone che conoscano la lingua.
Costi previsti: A carico del partecipante
iscrizione: lire 60.000 piu' tessera SCI per il 2000 (L.30.000)
viaggio fino a Kraljevo (A/R): in treno circa 350.000; in aereo
(alitalia) circa 700.000 (partenze lu, ve, sab)
vitto: un po' ci si arrangia con il cibo distribuito, un po' con
ristorantini, un po' cucinando, se l'appartamento lo consentira'.
Il costo di un pasto in Jugoslavia non supera i 5-6 marchi a pasto
(quando ci si abbuffa!); organizzando una cucina nella casa si potrebbe
ancora essere piu' economi.
alloggio: si spera di contenere il tutto nei 100 marchi a settimana a
testa.
Naturalmente il preventivo di spesa puo' subire modifiche in funzione di
vari fattori, non ultimo il tiupo di appartamento che si trova.
- CAMPO DI LAVORO A BELGRADO - ORFANOTROFIO J.JOVANOVIC ZMAJ
Il secondo campo e' un "ritorno": ho parlato con Nikola Popovic
dell'orfanotrofio Jovan Jovanovic Zmai di Belgrado e anche li' c'e' la
disponibilita' di massima per fare animazione per un paio di settimane.
anche qui l'alloggio sara' a cura dei partecipanti in un appartamento da
affittare (si spera entro i 100 marchi a settimana; vitto come per il
campo a Kraljievo). Il numero di volontari dovra' essere contenuto a 4
piu' il coordinatore. Anche in questo caso bisognerebbe reperire il
coordinatore rapidamente e selezionare i volontari accuratamente.
Date: 10-24 Agosto 2000
N. Volontari: 4/5 + coordinatore
Requisiti per i vols: conoscenza almeno dell'inglese e preferenza per
chi conosce il serbo.
IMPORTANTE: il campo puo' subire delle riduzioni se non siamo in grado
di garantire la presenza di un coordinatore per tutto il tempo. Le date
possono subire delle variazioni per situazioni contingenti attualmente
imprevedibili.
Costi previsti: A carico del partecipante
iscrizione: lire 60.000 piu' tessera SCI per il 2000 (L.30.000)
viaggio fino a Belgrado (A/R): in treno circa 350.000; in aereo
(alitalia) circa 700.000 (partenze lu, ve, sab)- a carico del
partecipante.
vitto: un po' con ristorantini, un po' cucinando, se l'appartamento lo
consentira', un po' con il vitto dell'orfanotrofio.
Il costo di un pasto in Jugoslavia non supera i 5-6 marchi a pasto
(quando ci si abbuffa!); organizzando una cucina nella casa si potrebbe
ancora essere piu' economi.
alloggio: si spera di contenere il tutto nei 100 marchi a settimana a
testa.
Naturalmente il preventivo di spesa puo' subire modifiche in funzione di
vari fattori, non ultimo il tiupo di appartamento che si trova.
INFORMAZIONI PRATICHE:
Scadenza per adesioni:
Kraljevo 1° turno: 30 Giugno 2000
Kraljevo 2° turno: 15 luglio 2000
Belgrado: 15 luglio
l'anticipo e' dovuto al fatto che per avere il visto bisogna avere una
lettera d'invito NOMINATIVA e per il fatto che le persone interessate
saranno chiamate a un incontro di (in)formazione obbligatorio prima
della partenza e prima della selezione dei volontari che partiranno.
L'incontro potrebbe essere programmato all'inizio di luglio e a meta'
luglio per i due scaglioni principali. QUINDI: NON ATTARDATEVI.
Tutte le richieste vanno inviate a ponac@...
indicando, oltre ai vostri dati personali, il numero di passaporto
valido, una lettera di motivazione e un breve curriculum.
ciao a tutti
carlo
---
DEGRADED CAPABILITY
THE MEDIA AND THE KOSOVO CRISIS
>'This extraordinary volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the role
>of the media in advancing Nato's Kosovo war. It brings together the
>world's leading authorities on the subject and the combination makes for
>an overpowering volume. For those who wish to understand just how flawed
>the media are in our democracies, this is necessary reading. For those
>who wish to make our media and our governments serve more democratic
>aims, this is mandatory reading.'
>7 Robert W. McChesney, Associate Professor, Institute of Communications
>Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>
>'A shocking exposi of the war crime of our times and its uncritical
>media coverage. Its description of how Nato's war was fought and
>reported around the world is essential reading for students, scholars,
>and citizens concerned about democracy in our country and the world.'
>7 George Gerbner, Dean Emeritus, The Annenberg School for
>Communications, University of Pennsylvania
>
>'In these penetrating and well-informed essays the simplifications,
>demonology, obfuscation, passivity, and partisanship of much of the
>Western media are all exposed and comprehensively explored. This is a
>critical and illuminating volume which offers provocative insights into
>one of the key episodes of recent history.'
>7 Professor Peter Golding, Head of the Department of Social Sciences,
>Loughborough University
>
>'In this important book a distinguished cast of contributors correct the
>many media myths of the war in Kosovo. Unless we realise that news
>coverage of international crises is now dictated by Western governments
>with their spin doctors and propagandists, then we are doomed to become
>puppets, manipulated in the deadly service of the new world order.'
>7 Phillip Knightley, author of 'The First Casualty: the War
>Correspondent as Hero and Myth Maker from the Crimea to Kosovo'
>
>
>The media served a highly partisan and propagandistic role in Nato's
>Kosovo war, uncritically reproducing official spin in a way that was
>incompatible with their proclaimed democratic role as objective
>purveyors of information. This is the first book to integrate a
>critical interpretation of Western policy toward the former Yugoslavia
>with an analysis of media coverage of the Kosovo crisis and war.
>
>'Degraded Capability: The Media and the Kosovo Crisis' offers an
>important corrective to the hysteria and misinformation that permeated
>media coverage of the war, and analyses how the war was reported in
>different countries around the world, including the United States,
>Britain, Germany, India, Greece, Russia, and France. Contributors
>include John Pilger, Diana Johnstone, Jim Naureckas, Mick Hume, Raju
>Thomas, David Chandler, and Thomas Deichmann.
>
>Philip Hammond is Senior Lecturer in Media at South Bank University. He
>has written on media coverage of the Kosovo war for the Independent, The
>Times and Broadcast.
>
>Edward S. Herman, Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School,
>University of Pennsylvania, has written extensively on political
>economy; among his books is Manufacturing Consent: the Political Economy
>of the Mass Media (co-authored with Noam Chomsky).
>
>--------
>CONTENTS
>--------
>
>Foreword [Harold Pinter]
>
>Introduction [Philip Hammond and Edward S. Herman]
>
>Part One: The West's Destruction of Yugoslavia
>
>1. Nato and the New World Order: Ideals and Self-interest [Diana
> Johnstone]
>
>2. Western Intervention and the Disintegration ofYugoslavia, 1989-1999
> [David Chandler]
>
>3. War Crimes [Mirjana Skoco and William Woodger]
>
>4. The War and its Aftermath [Peter Gowan]
>
>
>Part Two: Seeing the Enemy
>
>5. New Militarism and the Manufacture of Warfare [Richard Keeble]
>
>6. Nazifying the Serbs, from Bosnia to Kosovo [Mick Hume]
>
>7. The Military and the Media [Mirjana Skoco and William Woodger]
>
>8. Symbolic Warfare: Nato vs. the Serbian Media [Goran Gocic]
>
>
>Part Three: Reporting the War around the World
>
>9. Following Washington's Script: The United States Media and Kosovo
> [Seth Ackerman and Jim Naureckas]
>
>10. CNN: Selling Nato's War Globally [Edward S. Herman and David
> Peterson]
>
>11. Third Way War: New Labour, the British Media and Kosovo [Philip
> Hammond]
>
>12. Censorship by Omission [John Pilger]
>
>13. The French Media and the Kosovo War [Diana Johnstone]
>
>14. From 'Never again War' to 'Never again Auschwitz': Dilemmas of
> German Media Policy in the War against Yugoslavia [Thomas Deichmann]
>
>15. 'Thank you God! Thank you Norway!' Norwegian Newspapers and the
> Kosovo War [Karin Trandheim Rxn]
>
>16. The Greek 'Participation' in Kosovo [Nikos Raptis]
>
>17. Consensus and Conflict in the Russian Press [Philip Hammond, Lilia
> Nizamova and Irina Saveliyeva]
>
>18. India [Raju Thomas and Siddharth Varadarajan]
>
>Conclusions: First Casualty and Beyond [Philip Hammond and Edward S.
>Herman]
>
>References
>Notes on Contributors
>Index
>
>
>ORDERING INFORMATION
>
>Degraded Capability: The Media and the Kosovo Crisis will be published
>by Pluto Press, London, in June 2000.
>
>Hardback ISBN: 0745316328
>Paperback ISBN: 074531631X
>
>Orders can be placed at: http://www.plutobooks.com/
>
>A Serbo-Croat edition of the book will be available soon after its UK
>publication. For further details contact: office@...
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L'ARCIVESCOVO DEL GENOCIDIO
di M.A. Rivelli, Ed. Kaos, Milano 1998
E' stato pubblicato anche in Grecia il libro di Marco Aurelio Rivelli
"L' Arcivescovo del genocidio".
La casa editrice greca "Proskini" su licenza della casa editrice Kaos,
pubblica il libro in lingua greca nella collana di Nikos Klitsikas
"Storia europea contemporanea e politica". Il libro e' stato tradotto
dalla dott.ssa Margherita Salvato e la prefazione e' stata fatta dal
vescovo di Tebe e Levadia Ieronimos. Nel libro c'e' anche una prefazione
dell'associazione di amicizia tra Grecia e Serbia, che ha partecipato
attivamente al lavoro per la publicazione del libro.
Per informazioni: <niklei@...>
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* CAMPI DI LAVORO IN JUGOSLAVIA
* LIBRI:
- "Degraded Capability: the Media and the Kosovo Crisis"
- Edizione in lingua greca per "L'Arcivescovo del genocidio"
---
Ogni martedi a Radio Città Aperta (Roma e Lazio - 88.85 FM),
dalle ore 13,00:
VOCE JUGOSLAVA
PROGRAMMA AUTOGESTITO DEL COORDINAMENTO ROMANO PER LA JUGOSLAVIA
La trasmissione VOCE JUGOSLAVA si può' ascoltare sulle frequenze di
Radio Città' Aperta - emittente di Roma e del Lazio che trasmette su FM
88.850 MHz.
Gli ascoltatori e le ascoltatrici possono partecipare
telefonando al n. 06.43.93.512
RADIO CITTA' APERTA DA SPAZIO AL CRJ ANCHE SU INTERNET:
http://www.ppl.it/crj/index_2.html
---
Il Servizio Civile Internazionale, in collaborazione con Un Ponte per
Belgrado organizza due campi di lavoro in Jugoslavia per il mese di
Agosto.
- CAMPO DI LAVORO A KRALJEVO. DUE TURNI a AGOSTO
Il primo campo si svolgerebbe a Kraljevo. Il campo si inserisce in un
progetto che Un Ponte per Belgrado sta svolgendo da tempo. A ottobre '99
e' stato consegnato un furgone per la distribuzione del cibo e adesso
abbiamo consegnato oltre 40.000 marchi in aiuti umanitari acquistati sul
luogo (compresi piu' di 4.000 marchi raccolti dal SCI).
Riferimento locale e' la Croce rossa di Kraljevo che gestisce i vari
centri di raccolta collettivi e non dove sono ospitati oltre 20.000
profughi provenienti dal Kosovo.
Il lavoro da fare e' quello di aiutare la croce rossa nella
distribuzione di cibo e di aiuti umanitari ai profughi e di fare
animazione con i profughi stessi. Oltre a fare animazione con i bambini
si vogliono raccogliere testimonianze e parlare con i profughi per
conoscere le loro storie e le loro vicissitudini pre-durante-post
bombardamenti. L'atteggiamento dei profughi e' molto variegato e va
dalla diffidenza completa alla incazzatura per quello che hanno subito
da tutte le parti in gioco (e lo spettro e' molto ampio: sicuramente
hanno da dire molto sul governo jugoslavo, sull'UCK, sulla KFOR e molti,
specialmente quelli privenienti da Pec, delle forze italiane "di pace").
Il materiale raccolto andra' a finire in una raccolta tipo libretto o
pubblicazione o CD audio/video. In aggiunta si raccogliera' anche il
materiale da far elaborare dai bambini (7-12 anni) nelle modalita' con
cui viene raccolto il materiale per i gemellaggi scolastici gia' avviati
(disegni, lettere, oggetti vari ecc) e che andra' a finire anche questo
nella pubblicazione insieme alle testimonianze.
Date: 1° turno: 1-15 Agosto 2000; 2° turno: 16-31 Agosto 2000
N. Volontari: 4/5 + coordinatore
Requisiti per i vols: almeno due per ogni turno che conoscano il serbo,
questo per rendere piu' efficace il lavoro di raccolta del materiale.
IMPORTANTE: il campo puo' subire delle riduzioni se non siamo in grado
di garantire la presenza di un coordinatore per tutto il tempo.
Le date possono subire delle variazioni per situazioni contingenti
attualmente imprevedibili.
Riguardo il num. dei vols, questo non e' invalicabile. Se il numero
delle persone che parlano serbo dovesse essere grande (si spera tanto)
allora anche il numero dei vols potrebbe aumentare di conseguenza. La
scelta di 4/5 + 1 e' stata fatto immaginando una certa difficolta' a
trovare persone che conoscano la lingua.
Costi previsti: A carico del partecipante
iscrizione: lire 60.000 piu' tessera SCI per il 2000 (L.30.000)
viaggio fino a Kraljevo (A/R): in treno circa 350.000; in aereo
(alitalia) circa 700.000 (partenze lu, ve, sab)
vitto: un po' ci si arrangia con il cibo distribuito, un po' con
ristorantini, un po' cucinando, se l'appartamento lo consentira'.
Il costo di un pasto in Jugoslavia non supera i 5-6 marchi a pasto
(quando ci si abbuffa!); organizzando una cucina nella casa si potrebbe
ancora essere piu' economi.
alloggio: si spera di contenere il tutto nei 100 marchi a settimana a
testa.
Naturalmente il preventivo di spesa puo' subire modifiche in funzione di
vari fattori, non ultimo il tiupo di appartamento che si trova.
- CAMPO DI LAVORO A BELGRADO - ORFANOTROFIO J.JOVANOVIC ZMAJ
Il secondo campo e' un "ritorno": ho parlato con Nikola Popovic
dell'orfanotrofio Jovan Jovanovic Zmai di Belgrado e anche li' c'e' la
disponibilita' di massima per fare animazione per un paio di settimane.
anche qui l'alloggio sara' a cura dei partecipanti in un appartamento da
affittare (si spera entro i 100 marchi a settimana; vitto come per il
campo a Kraljievo). Il numero di volontari dovra' essere contenuto a 4
piu' il coordinatore. Anche in questo caso bisognerebbe reperire il
coordinatore rapidamente e selezionare i volontari accuratamente.
Date: 10-24 Agosto 2000
N. Volontari: 4/5 + coordinatore
Requisiti per i vols: conoscenza almeno dell'inglese e preferenza per
chi conosce il serbo.
IMPORTANTE: il campo puo' subire delle riduzioni se non siamo in grado
di garantire la presenza di un coordinatore per tutto il tempo. Le date
possono subire delle variazioni per situazioni contingenti attualmente
imprevedibili.
Costi previsti: A carico del partecipante
iscrizione: lire 60.000 piu' tessera SCI per il 2000 (L.30.000)
viaggio fino a Belgrado (A/R): in treno circa 350.000; in aereo
(alitalia) circa 700.000 (partenze lu, ve, sab)- a carico del
partecipante.
vitto: un po' con ristorantini, un po' cucinando, se l'appartamento lo
consentira', un po' con il vitto dell'orfanotrofio.
Il costo di un pasto in Jugoslavia non supera i 5-6 marchi a pasto
(quando ci si abbuffa!); organizzando una cucina nella casa si potrebbe
ancora essere piu' economi.
alloggio: si spera di contenere il tutto nei 100 marchi a settimana a
testa.
Naturalmente il preventivo di spesa puo' subire modifiche in funzione di
vari fattori, non ultimo il tiupo di appartamento che si trova.
INFORMAZIONI PRATICHE:
Scadenza per adesioni:
Kraljevo 1° turno: 30 Giugno 2000
Kraljevo 2° turno: 15 luglio 2000
Belgrado: 15 luglio
l'anticipo e' dovuto al fatto che per avere il visto bisogna avere una
lettera d'invito NOMINATIVA e per il fatto che le persone interessate
saranno chiamate a un incontro di (in)formazione obbligatorio prima
della partenza e prima della selezione dei volontari che partiranno.
L'incontro potrebbe essere programmato all'inizio di luglio e a meta'
luglio per i due scaglioni principali. QUINDI: NON ATTARDATEVI.
Tutte le richieste vanno inviate a ponac@...
indicando, oltre ai vostri dati personali, il numero di passaporto
valido, una lettera di motivazione e un breve curriculum.
ciao a tutti
carlo
---
DEGRADED CAPABILITY
THE MEDIA AND THE KOSOVO CRISIS
>'This extraordinary volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the role
>of the media in advancing Nato's Kosovo war. It brings together the
>world's leading authorities on the subject and the combination makes for
>an overpowering volume. For those who wish to understand just how flawed
>the media are in our democracies, this is necessary reading. For those
>who wish to make our media and our governments serve more democratic
>aims, this is mandatory reading.'
>7 Robert W. McChesney, Associate Professor, Institute of Communications
>Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>
>'A shocking exposi of the war crime of our times and its uncritical
>media coverage. Its description of how Nato's war was fought and
>reported around the world is essential reading for students, scholars,
>and citizens concerned about democracy in our country and the world.'
>7 George Gerbner, Dean Emeritus, The Annenberg School for
>Communications, University of Pennsylvania
>
>'In these penetrating and well-informed essays the simplifications,
>demonology, obfuscation, passivity, and partisanship of much of the
>Western media are all exposed and comprehensively explored. This is a
>critical and illuminating volume which offers provocative insights into
>one of the key episodes of recent history.'
>7 Professor Peter Golding, Head of the Department of Social Sciences,
>Loughborough University
>
>'In this important book a distinguished cast of contributors correct the
>many media myths of the war in Kosovo. Unless we realise that news
>coverage of international crises is now dictated by Western governments
>with their spin doctors and propagandists, then we are doomed to become
>puppets, manipulated in the deadly service of the new world order.'
>7 Phillip Knightley, author of 'The First Casualty: the War
>Correspondent as Hero and Myth Maker from the Crimea to Kosovo'
>
>
>The media served a highly partisan and propagandistic role in Nato's
>Kosovo war, uncritically reproducing official spin in a way that was
>incompatible with their proclaimed democratic role as objective
>purveyors of information. This is the first book to integrate a
>critical interpretation of Western policy toward the former Yugoslavia
>with an analysis of media coverage of the Kosovo crisis and war.
>
>'Degraded Capability: The Media and the Kosovo Crisis' offers an
>important corrective to the hysteria and misinformation that permeated
>media coverage of the war, and analyses how the war was reported in
>different countries around the world, including the United States,
>Britain, Germany, India, Greece, Russia, and France. Contributors
>include John Pilger, Diana Johnstone, Jim Naureckas, Mick Hume, Raju
>Thomas, David Chandler, and Thomas Deichmann.
>
>Philip Hammond is Senior Lecturer in Media at South Bank University. He
>has written on media coverage of the Kosovo war for the Independent, The
>Times and Broadcast.
>
>Edward S. Herman, Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School,
>University of Pennsylvania, has written extensively on political
>economy; among his books is Manufacturing Consent: the Political Economy
>of the Mass Media (co-authored with Noam Chomsky).
>
>--------
>CONTENTS
>--------
>
>Foreword [Harold Pinter]
>
>Introduction [Philip Hammond and Edward S. Herman]
>
>Part One: The West's Destruction of Yugoslavia
>
>1. Nato and the New World Order: Ideals and Self-interest [Diana
> Johnstone]
>
>2. Western Intervention and the Disintegration ofYugoslavia, 1989-1999
> [David Chandler]
>
>3. War Crimes [Mirjana Skoco and William Woodger]
>
>4. The War and its Aftermath [Peter Gowan]
>
>
>Part Two: Seeing the Enemy
>
>5. New Militarism and the Manufacture of Warfare [Richard Keeble]
>
>6. Nazifying the Serbs, from Bosnia to Kosovo [Mick Hume]
>
>7. The Military and the Media [Mirjana Skoco and William Woodger]
>
>8. Symbolic Warfare: Nato vs. the Serbian Media [Goran Gocic]
>
>
>Part Three: Reporting the War around the World
>
>9. Following Washington's Script: The United States Media and Kosovo
> [Seth Ackerman and Jim Naureckas]
>
>10. CNN: Selling Nato's War Globally [Edward S. Herman and David
> Peterson]
>
>11. Third Way War: New Labour, the British Media and Kosovo [Philip
> Hammond]
>
>12. Censorship by Omission [John Pilger]
>
>13. The French Media and the Kosovo War [Diana Johnstone]
>
>14. From 'Never again War' to 'Never again Auschwitz': Dilemmas of
> German Media Policy in the War against Yugoslavia [Thomas Deichmann]
>
>15. 'Thank you God! Thank you Norway!' Norwegian Newspapers and the
> Kosovo War [Karin Trandheim Rxn]
>
>16. The Greek 'Participation' in Kosovo [Nikos Raptis]
>
>17. Consensus and Conflict in the Russian Press [Philip Hammond, Lilia
> Nizamova and Irina Saveliyeva]
>
>18. India [Raju Thomas and Siddharth Varadarajan]
>
>Conclusions: First Casualty and Beyond [Philip Hammond and Edward S.
>Herman]
>
>References
>Notes on Contributors
>Index
>
>
>ORDERING INFORMATION
>
>Degraded Capability: The Media and the Kosovo Crisis will be published
>by Pluto Press, London, in June 2000.
>
>Hardback ISBN: 0745316328
>Paperback ISBN: 074531631X
>
>Orders can be placed at: http://www.plutobooks.com/
>
>A Serbo-Croat edition of the book will be available soon after its UK
>publication. For further details contact: office@...
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L'ARCIVESCOVO DEL GENOCIDIO
di M.A. Rivelli, Ed. Kaos, Milano 1998
E' stato pubblicato anche in Grecia il libro di Marco Aurelio Rivelli
"L' Arcivescovo del genocidio".
La casa editrice greca "Proskini" su licenza della casa editrice Kaos,
pubblica il libro in lingua greca nella collana di Nikos Klitsikas
"Storia europea contemporanea e politica". Il libro e' stato tradotto
dalla dott.ssa Margherita Salvato e la prefazione e' stata fatta dal
vescovo di Tebe e Levadia Ieronimos. Nel libro c'e' anche una prefazione
dell'associazione di amicizia tra Grecia e Serbia, che ha partecipato
attivamente al lavoro per la publicazione del libro.
Per informazioni: <niklei@...>
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* INIZIATIVE IN GRAN BRETAGNA
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Comunicato Stampa
CULTURA, SCIENZA e INFORMAZIONE DI FRONTE ALLE NUOVE GUERRE
22-23 giugno 2000
Politecnico di Torino, corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24
Convegno organizzato dal Comitato Scienziate e Scienziati contro la
guerra
Nell'aprile del 1999 un gruppo di ricercatrici e ricercatori di alcune
Università ed Enti Nazionali di Ricerca Italiani lanciavano un appello
nel quale da un lato si esprimeva la propria critica al coinvolgimento
del nostro paese nella guerra contro la Federazione Jugoslava e all'uso
della guerra quale strumento al servizio di interventi che si
pretendevano 'umanitari' e dall'altro lato si proponeva alla comunità
scientifica di operare per la ricerca del dialogo, della tolleranza e
dell'accettazione del diverso da sé. Da allora il Comitato 'Scienziate e
scienziati contro la guerra' ha operato nella convinzione che è
necessario 'portare nel quotidiano del nostro lavoro le nostre azioni
contro la guerra e per la costruzione della pace' e 'capire come le
scienze, ed in particolare le donne e gli uomini che svolgono
un'attività scientifica, con i loro saperi e il loro metodo di ricerca e
di lavoro possono avere un ruolo nel processo di costruzione della
pace'.
Così venne infatti scritto nella prefazione al volume Imbrogli di
guerra, a cura di Franco Marenco, edito da Odradek, 1999, in cui sono
raccolti gli atti del primo convegno organizzato dal Comitato (Roma, 21
giugno 1999). A distanza di un anno viene ora promossa questa seconda
iniziativa: da un lato si tratta di riprendere ed aggiornare alcune
delle analisi presentate allora circa i rischi per la salute umana e per
l'ambiente dovuti all'uso di uranio impoverito e all'inquinamento
chimico causato dai bombardamenti e circa le connessioni fra la guerra
nei Balcani e gli scenari delle crisi ambientali globali. Dall'altro si
vuole contribuire al dibattito sulle implicazioni di pace e di guerra
insite nei modi di produrre informazione, di costruire rappresentazioni
storiche, di definire norme e valori.
Scopo del prossimo convegno è favorire uno scambio tra esperte
ed esperti di discipline diverse intorno ai temi della guerra, nella
consapevolezza che, nonostante taluni scienziati abbiano spesso
collaborato in modo determinante alla realizzazione di strumenti di
distruzione e di morte, l'impegno di chi opera nei campi della ricerca,
dell'educazione e dell'informazione può contribuire a prevenire
l'insorgere di nuove guerre. Nello stesso tempo l'iniziativa vuole
essere una occasione di incontro tra scienziate/i e società, con
l'auspicio che l'interazione di diverse componenti dia origine a una
cooperazione fattiva e concreta per il perseguimento di obiettivi comuni
e sarà perciò dato ampio spazio ad un dibattito aperto al contributo di
tutte e tutti.
Ulteriori informazioni sul convegno possono essere richieste a
Margherita Roggero all'indirizzo:
roggero@....
Si rimanda inoltre alla home page di Scienzaepace, al sito:
http://www.iac.rm.cnr.it/~marco/SP/convegni/index.html
CULTURA, SCIENZA e INFORMAZIONE di fronte alle nuove guerre
Politecnico di Torino, Sala del Consiglio di Facoltà, 22-23 giugno 2000
Giovedì 22 giugno
9.00 - Presentazione del convegno a nome del comitato Scienziate e
Scienziati contro la guerra (Elisabetta Donini e Massimo Zucchetti)
Saluti da parte dei Rettori del Politecnico e dell' Università di Torino
9.30 - I sessione : INFORMAZIONE E DISINFORMAZIONE: CULTURA, SCIENZA E
GUERRE (coordinano Giulia Barone e Chiara
Cavallaro)
Angelo D'Orsi: "Uso strumentale della storia"
Giovanni Salio: "Ricerca scientifica e ricerca per la pace nella
prospettiva della trasformazione nonviolenta dei conflitti"
10.30 - Dibattito
11.00 - Pausa
11.30 - G.Barone, G.Carpi, F.Marenco, A.Martocchia "Disinformazione e
guerra. Problemi della ricostruzione storica della guerra dei Balcani,
1991-2000"
Antonino Drago: "Modelli logici, matematici e fisici dei conflitti e
delle loro soluzioni"
Angelo Raffaele Meo: "I miti della ricerca militare"
Enrico Peyretti : "Giornalismo di pace"
Adriana Valente : " Documentazione, comunicazione scientifica e
tecnologie dell'informazione tra guerra e pace"
12.30 - Dibattito
13.00 - Pausa
14.30 - II sessione : CONSEGUENZE ECOLOGICHE E SANITARIE DELLE GUERRE
(Coordinano Alberto Tarozzi e Massimo
Zucchetti)
Paolo Bartolomei, Carlo Pona: "Problematiche relative all'uso
dell'uranio impoverito in ambito militare"
Ivan Grzetic: "Effetti ambientali della guerra in Jugoslavia"
Mica Saric : "Conseguenze igienico-sanitarie dei bombardamenti NATO sul
complesso industriale di Pancevo"
16.00 - Dibattito
16.30 - Pausa
17.00 - C. Bracci, A. Di Napoli, N. Eminovic, L. Khosrawi, M Ferraro,
A.Taviani, E. Zerbino : "Un 'nuovo modello' militare: produrre vittime"
Mauro Cristaldi : "Reti di biomonitoraggio per valutazioni preventive di
rischio territoriale"
Cristina Giannardi, Daniele Dominici : "Munizioni con uranio impoverito:
una stima per la guerra del Kosovo"
Natasha Lazovic : "Il problema dell'inquinamento chimico nelle falde
sotterranee della Vojvodina"
18.00 - Dibattito
18.30 - Rinfresco
20.00 - Riunione del comitato
Venerdì 23 giugno
9.00 - III sessione: QUESTIONI STRATEGICO-MILITARI (Coordinano Luigi
Cortesi e Angelo Raffaele Meo)
Angelo Baracca, Francesco Polcaro : "La nuova corsa al riarmo e i rischi
crescenti di uso effettivo di armi di distruzione di massa"
Alberto Di Fazio : "Questioni strategico-militari, negoziati UN, e
problema energetico"
10.00 - Dibattito
10.30 - Pausa
11.00 - Guido Carpi: "Il Kosovo nella politica estera italiana del
Novecento"
Gastone Dall'Asen : " La guerra 'umanitaria contro la Repubblica
Federale Jugoslava nella giurisprudenza penale nazionale"
Luciano Vasapollo : "Nuovi scenari geoeconomici dello sviluppo
internazionale: il controllo dell'area balcanica"
Pasquale Vilardo: "Stato delle denunce del tribunale Ramsey Clark"
12.00 - Dibattito
12.30 - Pausa
14.30 - Tavola rotonda: SCIENZE E TECNOLOGIE: SAPERI E RESPONSABILITA'
DI GUERRA E DI PACE (Coordina Claudio
Cancelli)
18.00 - Fine del convegno
Home page del Convegno : http://www.iac.rm.cnr.it/~marco/SP/convegni
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Committee for Peace in the Balkans Update No 8 Jne 2000
CONTENTS : Latest on 10th June Conference
10th JUNE CONFERENCE
Committee for Peace in the Balkans International Conference
NATO, Yugoslavia and the new world order-
one year after NATO bombing
Saturday 10 June
10.30am to 5.30pm
Conway Hall, Red Lion Sq, London WC2
speakers include:
Alice Mahon MP Tony Benn MP Tam Dalyell MP Harold Pinter
Eve-Ann
Prentice Diana Johnstone
with international guests from Greece Italy Germany France
Sweden and elsewhere
topics include:
Building Bridges Eye-witness reports Speak out against NATO war
crimes
Sanctions -- economic warfare against Yugoslavia NATO and the new arms
race Kosovo today The human cost of NATO intervention The media -
NATO
's willing accomplice? International consequences of NATO's war on
Yugoslavia The anti-war movement - experiences on the ground
Registration - in advance or on the door
Organisations, per delegate £10 ??Waged individuals £6 ? Unwaged £3 ?
We / I wish to register and enclose £_____
We / I enclose a donation of £_______
Please send more information about CfPiB ?
Name
Address
Phone/email
Make cheques payable to 'Committee for Peace in the Balkans' and return
to
the address below
Contact the Committee for Peace in the Balkans
c/o Alice Mahon MP, House of Commons, SW1A 0AA
Telephone 020 7275 0164
Email committee@...
Website www.peaceinbalkans.freeserve.co.uk
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LONDON WEDNESDAY JUNE 28, 2000
HOUSE OF LORDS - COMMITTEE ROOM 4
12:00 HOURS - PRESS CONFERENCE AND PUBLIC MEETING
------------------------------------------------
CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE FOR THE PEOPLE OF YUGOSLAVIA
------------------------------------------------
DEMANDING:
1) Indictment as war criminals of all those responsible - including all
the
NATO leaders and commanding officers - for the decisions and actions
surrounding the launching and waging of aggressive war against the
people
of Yugoslavia in March 1999.
2) Reparations for all damages to the lives and property of the victims
of
aggression to be paid in full by the aggressors.
PLEASE DIARISE:
LONDON WEDNESDAY JUNE 28, 2000
HOUSE OF LORDS - COMMITTEE ROOM 4
12:00 HOURS - PRESS CONFERENCE AND PUBLIC MEETING
"To initiate a war of aggression.... is the supreme international crime,
differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself
the
accumulated evil of the whole". - From the Declaration in the Judgement
of
the International War Crimes Tribunal at Nuremberg, 1945.
"Launching a war of aggression is a crime that no political or economic
situation can justify". ".. if certain acts in violation of treaties
are
crimes, they are crimes whether the United States does them or Germany
does
them..... we are not prepared to lay down a rule of criminal conduct
against
others which we would not be willing to have invoked against us". -
Supreme
Court Justice Robert Jackson - Chief American Prosecutor at Nuremberg,
1945.
"..... the second purpose of the trial was to lay down the rules of
international law for the future, not only making the waging of
aggressive
war unlawful, but for the first time, making the statesmen who led their
countries into an aggressive war personally responsible for what they'd
done." - Lord Shawcross, - Senior British Prosecutor at Nuremberg War
Crimes Trial, 1945.
Sponsored by:
Justice International - Christians Against Nato Aggression - Planning
For
Peace
Speakers from the sponsoring and other international organisations
supporting to be announced soon.
London, May 25, 2000
The Justice International Secretariat
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Comunicato Stampa
CULTURA, SCIENZA e INFORMAZIONE DI FRONTE ALLE NUOVE GUERRE
22-23 giugno 2000
Politecnico di Torino, corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24
Convegno organizzato dal Comitato Scienziate e Scienziati contro la
guerra
Nell'aprile del 1999 un gruppo di ricercatrici e ricercatori di alcune
Università ed Enti Nazionali di Ricerca Italiani lanciavano un appello
nel quale da un lato si esprimeva la propria critica al coinvolgimento
del nostro paese nella guerra contro la Federazione Jugoslava e all'uso
della guerra quale strumento al servizio di interventi che si
pretendevano 'umanitari' e dall'altro lato si proponeva alla comunità
scientifica di operare per la ricerca del dialogo, della tolleranza e
dell'accettazione del diverso da sé. Da allora il Comitato 'Scienziate e
scienziati contro la guerra' ha operato nella convinzione che è
necessario 'portare nel quotidiano del nostro lavoro le nostre azioni
contro la guerra e per la costruzione della pace' e 'capire come le
scienze, ed in particolare le donne e gli uomini che svolgono
un'attività scientifica, con i loro saperi e il loro metodo di ricerca e
di lavoro possono avere un ruolo nel processo di costruzione della
pace'.
Così venne infatti scritto nella prefazione al volume Imbrogli di
guerra, a cura di Franco Marenco, edito da Odradek, 1999, in cui sono
raccolti gli atti del primo convegno organizzato dal Comitato (Roma, 21
giugno 1999). A distanza di un anno viene ora promossa questa seconda
iniziativa: da un lato si tratta di riprendere ed aggiornare alcune
delle analisi presentate allora circa i rischi per la salute umana e per
l'ambiente dovuti all'uso di uranio impoverito e all'inquinamento
chimico causato dai bombardamenti e circa le connessioni fra la guerra
nei Balcani e gli scenari delle crisi ambientali globali. Dall'altro si
vuole contribuire al dibattito sulle implicazioni di pace e di guerra
insite nei modi di produrre informazione, di costruire rappresentazioni
storiche, di definire norme e valori.
Scopo del prossimo convegno è favorire uno scambio tra esperte
ed esperti di discipline diverse intorno ai temi della guerra, nella
consapevolezza che, nonostante taluni scienziati abbiano spesso
collaborato in modo determinante alla realizzazione di strumenti di
distruzione e di morte, l'impegno di chi opera nei campi della ricerca,
dell'educazione e dell'informazione può contribuire a prevenire
l'insorgere di nuove guerre. Nello stesso tempo l'iniziativa vuole
essere una occasione di incontro tra scienziate/i e società, con
l'auspicio che l'interazione di diverse componenti dia origine a una
cooperazione fattiva e concreta per il perseguimento di obiettivi comuni
e sarà perciò dato ampio spazio ad un dibattito aperto al contributo di
tutte e tutti.
Ulteriori informazioni sul convegno possono essere richieste a
Margherita Roggero all'indirizzo:
roggero@....
Si rimanda inoltre alla home page di Scienzaepace, al sito:
http://www.iac.rm.cnr.it/~marco/SP/convegni/index.html
CULTURA, SCIENZA e INFORMAZIONE di fronte alle nuove guerre
Politecnico di Torino, Sala del Consiglio di Facoltà, 22-23 giugno 2000
Giovedì 22 giugno
9.00 - Presentazione del convegno a nome del comitato Scienziate e
Scienziati contro la guerra (Elisabetta Donini e Massimo Zucchetti)
Saluti da parte dei Rettori del Politecnico e dell' Università di Torino
9.30 - I sessione : INFORMAZIONE E DISINFORMAZIONE: CULTURA, SCIENZA E
GUERRE (coordinano Giulia Barone e Chiara
Cavallaro)
Angelo D'Orsi: "Uso strumentale della storia"
Giovanni Salio: "Ricerca scientifica e ricerca per la pace nella
prospettiva della trasformazione nonviolenta dei conflitti"
10.30 - Dibattito
11.00 - Pausa
11.30 - G.Barone, G.Carpi, F.Marenco, A.Martocchia "Disinformazione e
guerra. Problemi della ricostruzione storica della guerra dei Balcani,
1991-2000"
Antonino Drago: "Modelli logici, matematici e fisici dei conflitti e
delle loro soluzioni"
Angelo Raffaele Meo: "I miti della ricerca militare"
Enrico Peyretti : "Giornalismo di pace"
Adriana Valente : " Documentazione, comunicazione scientifica e
tecnologie dell'informazione tra guerra e pace"
12.30 - Dibattito
13.00 - Pausa
14.30 - II sessione : CONSEGUENZE ECOLOGICHE E SANITARIE DELLE GUERRE
(Coordinano Alberto Tarozzi e Massimo
Zucchetti)
Paolo Bartolomei, Carlo Pona: "Problematiche relative all'uso
dell'uranio impoverito in ambito militare"
Ivan Grzetic: "Effetti ambientali della guerra in Jugoslavia"
Mica Saric : "Conseguenze igienico-sanitarie dei bombardamenti NATO sul
complesso industriale di Pancevo"
16.00 - Dibattito
16.30 - Pausa
17.00 - C. Bracci, A. Di Napoli, N. Eminovic, L. Khosrawi, M Ferraro,
A.Taviani, E. Zerbino : "Un 'nuovo modello' militare: produrre vittime"
Mauro Cristaldi : "Reti di biomonitoraggio per valutazioni preventive di
rischio territoriale"
Cristina Giannardi, Daniele Dominici : "Munizioni con uranio impoverito:
una stima per la guerra del Kosovo"
Natasha Lazovic : "Il problema dell'inquinamento chimico nelle falde
sotterranee della Vojvodina"
18.00 - Dibattito
18.30 - Rinfresco
20.00 - Riunione del comitato
Venerdì 23 giugno
9.00 - III sessione: QUESTIONI STRATEGICO-MILITARI (Coordinano Luigi
Cortesi e Angelo Raffaele Meo)
Angelo Baracca, Francesco Polcaro : "La nuova corsa al riarmo e i rischi
crescenti di uso effettivo di armi di distruzione di massa"
Alberto Di Fazio : "Questioni strategico-militari, negoziati UN, e
problema energetico"
10.00 - Dibattito
10.30 - Pausa
11.00 - Guido Carpi: "Il Kosovo nella politica estera italiana del
Novecento"
Gastone Dall'Asen : " La guerra 'umanitaria contro la Repubblica
Federale Jugoslava nella giurisprudenza penale nazionale"
Luciano Vasapollo : "Nuovi scenari geoeconomici dello sviluppo
internazionale: il controllo dell'area balcanica"
Pasquale Vilardo: "Stato delle denunce del tribunale Ramsey Clark"
12.00 - Dibattito
12.30 - Pausa
14.30 - Tavola rotonda: SCIENZE E TECNOLOGIE: SAPERI E RESPONSABILITA'
DI GUERRA E DI PACE (Coordina Claudio
Cancelli)
18.00 - Fine del convegno
Home page del Convegno : http://www.iac.rm.cnr.it/~marco/SP/convegni
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Committee for Peace in the Balkans Update No 8 Jne 2000
CONTENTS : Latest on 10th June Conference
10th JUNE CONFERENCE
Committee for Peace in the Balkans International Conference
NATO, Yugoslavia and the new world order-
one year after NATO bombing
Saturday 10 June
10.30am to 5.30pm
Conway Hall, Red Lion Sq, London WC2
speakers include:
Alice Mahon MP Tony Benn MP Tam Dalyell MP Harold Pinter
Eve-Ann
Prentice Diana Johnstone
with international guests from Greece Italy Germany France
Sweden and elsewhere
topics include:
Building Bridges Eye-witness reports Speak out against NATO war
crimes
Sanctions -- economic warfare against Yugoslavia NATO and the new arms
race Kosovo today The human cost of NATO intervention The media -
NATO
's willing accomplice? International consequences of NATO's war on
Yugoslavia The anti-war movement - experiences on the ground
Registration - in advance or on the door
Organisations, per delegate £10 ??Waged individuals £6 ? Unwaged £3 ?
We / I wish to register and enclose £_____
We / I enclose a donation of £_______
Please send more information about CfPiB ?
Name
Address
Phone/email
Make cheques payable to 'Committee for Peace in the Balkans' and return
to
the address below
Contact the Committee for Peace in the Balkans
c/o Alice Mahon MP, House of Commons, SW1A 0AA
Telephone 020 7275 0164
Email committee@...
Website www.peaceinbalkans.freeserve.co.uk
---
LONDON WEDNESDAY JUNE 28, 2000
HOUSE OF LORDS - COMMITTEE ROOM 4
12:00 HOURS - PRESS CONFERENCE AND PUBLIC MEETING
------------------------------------------------
CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE FOR THE PEOPLE OF YUGOSLAVIA
------------------------------------------------
DEMANDING:
1) Indictment as war criminals of all those responsible - including all
the
NATO leaders and commanding officers - for the decisions and actions
surrounding the launching and waging of aggressive war against the
people
of Yugoslavia in March 1999.
2) Reparations for all damages to the lives and property of the victims
of
aggression to be paid in full by the aggressors.
PLEASE DIARISE:
LONDON WEDNESDAY JUNE 28, 2000
HOUSE OF LORDS - COMMITTEE ROOM 4
12:00 HOURS - PRESS CONFERENCE AND PUBLIC MEETING
"To initiate a war of aggression.... is the supreme international crime,
differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself
the
accumulated evil of the whole". - From the Declaration in the Judgement
of
the International War Crimes Tribunal at Nuremberg, 1945.
"Launching a war of aggression is a crime that no political or economic
situation can justify". ".. if certain acts in violation of treaties
are
crimes, they are crimes whether the United States does them or Germany
does
them..... we are not prepared to lay down a rule of criminal conduct
against
others which we would not be willing to have invoked against us". -
Supreme
Court Justice Robert Jackson - Chief American Prosecutor at Nuremberg,
1945.
"..... the second purpose of the trial was to lay down the rules of
international law for the future, not only making the waging of
aggressive
war unlawful, but for the first time, making the statesmen who led their
countries into an aggressive war personally responsible for what they'd
done." - Lord Shawcross, - Senior British Prosecutor at Nuremberg War
Crimes Trial, 1945.
Sponsored by:
Justice International - Christians Against Nato Aggression - Planning
For
Peace
Speakers from the sponsoring and other international organisations
supporting to be announced soon.
London, May 25, 2000
The Justice International Secretariat
--------- COORDINAMENTO ROMANO PER LA JUGOSLAVIA -----------
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e-mail: crj@... - URL: http://marx2001.org/crj
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LE INCREDIBILI AVVENTURE DEL SIGNOR ASTRIT DAKLI
1 - "UN SIMPATICO TEXANO"
Astrit Dakli e' stato recentemente in visita nel protettorato del
Kosovo, dove - parole sue su "Il Manifesto" dei primi di luglio 1999 -
"la convivenza non e' piu' possibile". Per il suo viaggio ha scelto di
farsi accompagnare dalla ONG "Care", gia' protagonista, con la sezione
australiana, di uno scandalo durante i bombardamenti a causa degli
infiltrati della NATO al suo interno. Ottimi i rapporti anche con le
truppe di occupazione e con l'amministrazione coloniale, ad esempio con
l'amministratore UNMIK del capoluogo, tale J.F. Carter, definito "un
simpatico texano".
(fonte: "Il Manifesto", 28 e 30 maggio 2000)
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1 - "UN SIMPATICO TEXANO"
Astrit Dakli e' stato recentemente in visita nel protettorato del
Kosovo, dove - parole sue su "Il Manifesto" dei primi di luglio 1999 -
"la convivenza non e' piu' possibile". Per il suo viaggio ha scelto di
farsi accompagnare dalla ONG "Care", gia' protagonista, con la sezione
australiana, di uno scandalo durante i bombardamenti a causa degli
infiltrati della NATO al suo interno. Ottimi i rapporti anche con le
truppe di occupazione e con l'amministrazione coloniale, ad esempio con
l'amministratore UNMIK del capoluogo, tale J.F. Carter, definito "un
simpatico texano".
(fonte: "Il Manifesto", 28 e 30 maggio 2000)
--------- COORDINAMENTO ROMANO PER LA JUGOSLAVIA -----------
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ALCUNE IMPORTANTI FONTI DI INFORMAZIONE SULLA SITUAZIONE
NELLA PROVINCIA SERBA DI KOSOVO E METOHIJA
Nota: Sfortunatamente tutti i documenti importanti reperibili sono in
lingua inglese o serbocroata; anche questo puo' farci riflettere sul
livello di sudditanza culturale e politica del nostro paese.
---
NOTIZIE DAL KOSMET, GIORNO PER GIORNO
http://www.kosovo.com/news/
Kosovo.com : News : Kosovo Flash News
Belgrade Media Monitoring
Compilation from Belgrade daily newspapers, prepared
by editorial staff of the Voice of Kosovo and Metohia
---
KFOR MY ASS: IL VERO RUOLO DELLA KFOR IN KOSMET
http://crash.to/KFORMYASS
If you believe KFOR is in Kosovo to protect human rights, then this page
may trouble you...
---
MEMORANDUM SULLA (NON) IMPLEMENTAZIONE DELLA RISOLUZIONE 1244
http://www.serbia-info.com/news/2000-05/15/18903.html
Memorandum of The Government of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on The
Implementation of UNSCR 1244
---
LA STAMPA OCCIDENTALE SULLA SITUAZIONE IN KOSMET
IN TEMPI "NON SOSPETTI": GLI ARTICOLI DEGLI ANNI OTTANTA
(QUANDO SI PARLAVA DELLA "PULIZIA ETNICA" A DANNO DEI SERBI)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm.html
Old articles about Kosovo
Articles written when Kosovo was not famous...
Background material about Kosovo, especially the material disseminated
by mainstream
channels, is deficient in many aspects, but perhaps the most startling
feature of many such
articles is the singular way of examining the history of the region. We
are told that Kosovo is the
cradle of Serbian nation and we learn about the battle of 1389 and then,
in most articles, with a
gigantic leap that would make envious any athlete, the article strides
600 years later, in 1989,
when the Kosovo autonomy was rescinded by Milosevic. What happened
during these 600 years,
pray tell? Or, at least, what happened during the last few years before
1989?
It is now difficult to write about the recent past of Kosovo without
taking into account the war
which is raging just now. So, it occurred to me that if I managed to
find articles written in the 80s,
when Kosovo was not famous, at least these would be free of any bias due
to the later events.
A good friend who is also a wizard in database searching undertook the
task and here is the fruit
of his labours, a bunch of older articles about Kosovo. Be warned, the
articles were not written
for posterity. These were run-of-the-mill, "boring" articles about
contemporary events. But
perhaps here lies their interest, for they present the situation without
any make-up. Anyway,
here they are...
N.S.
Ass.Press: Minorities leaving Yugoslav province dominated by Albanians
(1981)
CSM: Kosovo sparking a Yugoslav purge? (1981)
CSM: Kosovo - Marble sidewalks but troubled industries (1981)
Economist: Yugoslavia's home-grown bother (1981)
NYT: A storm has passed, others are gathering (1981)
WP: Emergency steps in face of ethnich disturbance (1981)
FoF: Serbs in Kosovo exodus (1982)
FT: Kosovo riots jolt the regions (1982)
FT: Police in Kosovo (1982)
NYT: Yugoslavs seek to quell strife (1982)
BBC: Serbian Presidency discusses emigration from Kosovo (1985)
Economist: Is fair unfair? (1986)
BBC: Serbian citizens from Kosovo protest (1986)
CSM: Tensions among ethnic groups in Yugoslavia (1986)
NYT: Minorities uneasy in Kosovo (1986)
NYT: Serbs fear the ethnic Albanians (1986)
Reuters: Kosovo revives Yugoslavia's ethnic nightmare (1986)
Xinhua: Further efforts are called for to stop Serbian migration from
Kosovo (1986)
Ass.Press: Serb, Montenegrin pupils boycott classes (1987)
NYT: Belgrade battles Kosovo Serbs (1987)
NYT: Protest by Serbs (1987)
Reuters: Serbs rally against alleged Albanian attacks (1987)
Reuters: Serbian demontrations add to Yugoslavia's woes (1987)
Xinhua: Federal police in Kosovo (1987)
Xinhua: Thousands of women demonstrate in Kosovo (1987)
CSM: Ethnic groups struggle for same land (1988)
NYT: Serbs vent anger at officials (1988)
Reuters: Yugoslav leaders call for control in Kosovo (1988)
---
ARCHIVI SUL KOSOVO
http://198.247.200.10/backgrounders/Archives_Kosovo/
Archives on Kosovo
The Strategic Issues Research Institute of the U.S.
---
DOMANDE-BASE SUL KOSOVO
http://www.balkanpeace.org/beginner/
Center for Peace in the Balkans (UK)
Kosovo for Absolute Beginners
and Frequently Asked Questions
---
RISORSE INTERNET SUL KOSOVO
http://src-home.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/eng/cee/kosovo-e.html
Kosovo - Internet Resources
---
GLI ARTICOLI PIU' IMPORTANTI SULLA GUERRA 1999 PER IL KOSOVO
http://www.computec-int.com/bsc/war/editor1.htm
The Bad Serb Club
Editorials
===
TESTO DELLA RISOLUZIONE ONU E DELL'ACCORDO TECNICO-MILITARE
-> http://www.nato.int/kosovo/docu/u990610a.htm
Resolution 1244 (1999)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 4011th meeting, on 10 June 1999
-> http://www.nato.int/kosovo/docu/a990609a.htm
Military Technical Agreement
between the International Security Force ("KFOR") and
the Governments of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic
of Serbia
---
ALTRI DOCUMENTI SUGLI ACCORDI INTERNAZIONALI
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/peace.htm
KOSOVO & YUGOSLAVIA: LAW IN CRISIS
... a presentation of JURIST: The Law Professors' Network
Pittsburgh | Cambridge | Toronto | Canberra
Peace Agreement
latest wire service stories on the Kosovo peace process
NATO-KLA demilitarisation agreement [June 21, 1999]
agreement on Russian participation in KFOR [June 18, 1999]
U.N. Security Council Resolution [June 10, 1999]
military-technical agreement between NATO and Yugoslavia [June 9,
1999]
G8 draft U.N. Security Council Resolution [June 8, 1999]
text of the G8 peace plan [June 3,1999]
G8 peace principles [May 6, 1999]
the "Rambouillet Accord" rejected by the Yugoslav government in March
the peace plan vs. Rambouillet: a comparison (BBC)
===
SCAMBIO DI BATTUTE CON UN UFFICIALE DELLA KFOR
SUL MANCATO RISPETTO DEGLI ACCORDI DI PACE
Subject: Re: [STOPNATO] Building Death
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 00:25:15 +0200
From: "Darko Nadic" <nadic@...>
To: <STOPNATO@...>
STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM
Maj. Kahrs,
You've raised the wrong matter, or can I say this - you Maj. Kahrs
raised
problem that you don't know well. And you said that - "I am not sure".
The
change of constitution of Serbia was legal 100%, because Parliament
adopted
changes. What do you want more? Is it democracy? How is it in your
country?
Do they have to ask permission from Belgium or Spanish Government to
make
changes in own Constitution? Where is evidence that was illegal act?
According to the former SFRY Constitution Kosovo and Metohia was
(socialist)
autonomy province in Socialist Republic of Serbia and part of SFRY.
Kosovo
was autonomy province not a state. But, first Kosovo and Metohia was
and
still is, autonomy province in Serbia, like it or not, part of Serbia.
That's in former and current Serbian Constitution and which is much more
important that's it in ours hearts.
Like any other "press officer" you are trying to calm down this
"exchanging of ideas". And after all, you are not my student :-) Read
very
carrefully recommended Constitutions. :-) You can find FRY and Serbia
constitutions on some web sites.
O.K. you reminded me. But, now it's my turn to remind you: Peacekeeper
is a
term for person or , organization which is in charge to keep peace,
control
peace process, improve peace. Definition is mine, not based on some
theories. So, I know UNSC resolution 1244, but KFOR did nothing to
protect
Serbs. Do you have any valid figures about killed Serbs after yours
"peacekeeping" activities? And under which curcomstances? Who shot? Why
do
you still protect some criminals like KLA leader Adnan Cheku (or Chequ)
who
made war crime acts in Krajina (Croatia) and here on Kosovo? It's 'cause
they are, like Cheku and other murderers, trained by NATO generals and
they
obeys NATO orders. So, as a press officer can you answer to this
question:
is there among Albanians any "indicted war criminal"? Another one
question:,
why Yugoslav Army and Police forces are not now on Kosovo, it was
written in
UNSCR 1244 Resolution ?
Let's see: " 4. Confirms that after the withdrawal an agreed number of
Yugoslav
and Serb military and police personnel will be
permitted
to return
to Kosovo to perform the functions in accordance
with
Annex 2; "
Let's see annex 2 : "6. After withdrawal, an agreed number of Yugoslav
and
Serbian personnel will be permitted to return to perform the following
functions:
-- Liaison with international civil mission and
international
security presence
-- Marking/clearing minefields
-- Maintaining a presence at Serb patrimonial sites
-- Maintaining a presence at key border crossings. "
Well, Maj. Kahrs? Let me remind you what else KFOR have to do according
to
UNSCR 1244 resolution, and what they didn't and they never will:
Go again: (from UNSCR 1244)
"9.b) demilitarizing of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and other armed
Kosovo Albanian groups as required in paragraph 15 below; (KFOR made
Kosovo
Protection Forces from KLA terrorists
c) establishing a secure environment in which refugees and displaced
persons
can return home in safety, the international civil presence can operate,
a
transitional administration can be established and humanitarian aid can
be
delivered; (how many Serbs, Turks, Roma return home?)
d) ensuring public safety and order until the international civil
presence
can take responsibility for this task; (Where is public safety? On
Prishtina
streets? You must be joking!)
h) ensuring the protection and freedom of movement , and for the end of
this
list
11. j) protecting and promoting human rights; (For whom? As far as I
know
KFOR protected only one Kuschner's "private Serb" - member of so called
Kuschner's Kosovo International Government. And you protected him very
well,
vith armoured cars.)
You said that Kosovo is a part of Yugoslavia. O.K. Is there in Prishtina
any Yugoslav blue-white-red flag? Or people can see only Red Albanian
flag
with two headed black eagle? If is Kosovo part of Yugoslavia put
Yugoslav
flag and prove what you wrote. And protect this blue-white-red flag as
more
as you protect peace down there.
NO PASARAN!
NEXT YEAR IN KOSOVO!
DN
(you know my name, surname and university degree:-)
-----Original Message-----
From: KFOR MAIN - Kahrs, Kristian, MAJ, NO <KAHRS@...>
To: 'Darko Nadic' <nadic@...>; STOPNATO@...
<STOPNATO@...>
Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 10:13 PM
Subject: RE: [STOPNATO] Building Death
>Dear Dr. Nadic
>
>I'll not answer all your questions. However, I'd like to raise the matter
of
>the Yugoslav constitution. Kosovo is a part of Yugoslavia, but I'm not sure
>that the change of the constitution in 1989 was legal. Shouldn't the 1974
>constitution apply?
>
>You're asking how would you will feel if you were such a "peacekeeper" in
>your "no-name" country? Here I have to remind you that everything we do is
>founded in UNSCR 1244. Even if you do not like the UN, you would have to
>relate to the situation.
>
>rgds
>
>maj. kahrs
>
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Nota: Sfortunatamente tutti i documenti importanti reperibili sono in
lingua inglese o serbocroata; anche questo puo' farci riflettere sul
livello di sudditanza culturale e politica del nostro paese.
---
NOTIZIE DAL KOSMET, GIORNO PER GIORNO
http://www.kosovo.com/news/
Kosovo.com : News : Kosovo Flash News
Belgrade Media Monitoring
Compilation from Belgrade daily newspapers, prepared
by editorial staff of the Voice of Kosovo and Metohia
---
KFOR MY ASS: IL VERO RUOLO DELLA KFOR IN KOSMET
http://crash.to/KFORMYASS
If you believe KFOR is in Kosovo to protect human rights, then this page
may trouble you...
---
MEMORANDUM SULLA (NON) IMPLEMENTAZIONE DELLA RISOLUZIONE 1244
http://www.serbia-info.com/news/2000-05/15/18903.html
Memorandum of The Government of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on The
Implementation of UNSCR 1244
---
LA STAMPA OCCIDENTALE SULLA SITUAZIONE IN KOSMET
IN TEMPI "NON SOSPETTI": GLI ARTICOLI DEGLI ANNI OTTANTA
(QUANDO SI PARLAVA DELLA "PULIZIA ETNICA" A DANNO DEI SERBI)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm.html
Old articles about Kosovo
Articles written when Kosovo was not famous...
Background material about Kosovo, especially the material disseminated
by mainstream
channels, is deficient in many aspects, but perhaps the most startling
feature of many such
articles is the singular way of examining the history of the region. We
are told that Kosovo is the
cradle of Serbian nation and we learn about the battle of 1389 and then,
in most articles, with a
gigantic leap that would make envious any athlete, the article strides
600 years later, in 1989,
when the Kosovo autonomy was rescinded by Milosevic. What happened
during these 600 years,
pray tell? Or, at least, what happened during the last few years before
1989?
It is now difficult to write about the recent past of Kosovo without
taking into account the war
which is raging just now. So, it occurred to me that if I managed to
find articles written in the 80s,
when Kosovo was not famous, at least these would be free of any bias due
to the later events.
A good friend who is also a wizard in database searching undertook the
task and here is the fruit
of his labours, a bunch of older articles about Kosovo. Be warned, the
articles were not written
for posterity. These were run-of-the-mill, "boring" articles about
contemporary events. But
perhaps here lies their interest, for they present the situation without
any make-up. Anyway,
here they are...
N.S.
Ass.Press: Minorities leaving Yugoslav province dominated by Albanians
(1981)
CSM: Kosovo sparking a Yugoslav purge? (1981)
CSM: Kosovo - Marble sidewalks but troubled industries (1981)
Economist: Yugoslavia's home-grown bother (1981)
NYT: A storm has passed, others are gathering (1981)
WP: Emergency steps in face of ethnich disturbance (1981)
FoF: Serbs in Kosovo exodus (1982)
FT: Kosovo riots jolt the regions (1982)
FT: Police in Kosovo (1982)
NYT: Yugoslavs seek to quell strife (1982)
BBC: Serbian Presidency discusses emigration from Kosovo (1985)
Economist: Is fair unfair? (1986)
BBC: Serbian citizens from Kosovo protest (1986)
CSM: Tensions among ethnic groups in Yugoslavia (1986)
NYT: Minorities uneasy in Kosovo (1986)
NYT: Serbs fear the ethnic Albanians (1986)
Reuters: Kosovo revives Yugoslavia's ethnic nightmare (1986)
Xinhua: Further efforts are called for to stop Serbian migration from
Kosovo (1986)
Ass.Press: Serb, Montenegrin pupils boycott classes (1987)
NYT: Belgrade battles Kosovo Serbs (1987)
NYT: Protest by Serbs (1987)
Reuters: Serbs rally against alleged Albanian attacks (1987)
Reuters: Serbian demontrations add to Yugoslavia's woes (1987)
Xinhua: Federal police in Kosovo (1987)
Xinhua: Thousands of women demonstrate in Kosovo (1987)
CSM: Ethnic groups struggle for same land (1988)
NYT: Serbs vent anger at officials (1988)
Reuters: Yugoslav leaders call for control in Kosovo (1988)
---
ARCHIVI SUL KOSOVO
http://198.247.200.10/backgrounders/Archives_Kosovo/
Archives on Kosovo
The Strategic Issues Research Institute of the U.S.
---
DOMANDE-BASE SUL KOSOVO
http://www.balkanpeace.org/beginner/
Center for Peace in the Balkans (UK)
Kosovo for Absolute Beginners
and Frequently Asked Questions
---
RISORSE INTERNET SUL KOSOVO
http://src-home.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/eng/cee/kosovo-e.html
Kosovo - Internet Resources
---
GLI ARTICOLI PIU' IMPORTANTI SULLA GUERRA 1999 PER IL KOSOVO
http://www.computec-int.com/bsc/war/editor1.htm
The Bad Serb Club
Editorials
===
TESTO DELLA RISOLUZIONE ONU E DELL'ACCORDO TECNICO-MILITARE
-> http://www.nato.int/kosovo/docu/u990610a.htm
Resolution 1244 (1999)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 4011th meeting, on 10 June 1999
-> http://www.nato.int/kosovo/docu/a990609a.htm
Military Technical Agreement
between the International Security Force ("KFOR") and
the Governments of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic
of Serbia
---
ALTRI DOCUMENTI SUGLI ACCORDI INTERNAZIONALI
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/peace.htm
KOSOVO & YUGOSLAVIA: LAW IN CRISIS
... a presentation of JURIST: The Law Professors' Network
Pittsburgh | Cambridge | Toronto | Canberra
Peace Agreement
latest wire service stories on the Kosovo peace process
NATO-KLA demilitarisation agreement [June 21, 1999]
agreement on Russian participation in KFOR [June 18, 1999]
U.N. Security Council Resolution [June 10, 1999]
military-technical agreement between NATO and Yugoslavia [June 9,
1999]
G8 draft U.N. Security Council Resolution [June 8, 1999]
text of the G8 peace plan [June 3,1999]
G8 peace principles [May 6, 1999]
the "Rambouillet Accord" rejected by the Yugoslav government in March
the peace plan vs. Rambouillet: a comparison (BBC)
===
SCAMBIO DI BATTUTE CON UN UFFICIALE DELLA KFOR
SUL MANCATO RISPETTO DEGLI ACCORDI DI PACE
Subject: Re: [STOPNATO] Building Death
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 00:25:15 +0200
From: "Darko Nadic" <nadic@...>
To: <STOPNATO@...>
STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM
Maj. Kahrs,
You've raised the wrong matter, or can I say this - you Maj. Kahrs
raised
problem that you don't know well. And you said that - "I am not sure".
The
change of constitution of Serbia was legal 100%, because Parliament
adopted
changes. What do you want more? Is it democracy? How is it in your
country?
Do they have to ask permission from Belgium or Spanish Government to
make
changes in own Constitution? Where is evidence that was illegal act?
According to the former SFRY Constitution Kosovo and Metohia was
(socialist)
autonomy province in Socialist Republic of Serbia and part of SFRY.
Kosovo
was autonomy province not a state. But, first Kosovo and Metohia was
and
still is, autonomy province in Serbia, like it or not, part of Serbia.
That's in former and current Serbian Constitution and which is much more
important that's it in ours hearts.
Like any other "press officer" you are trying to calm down this
"exchanging of ideas". And after all, you are not my student :-) Read
very
carrefully recommended Constitutions. :-) You can find FRY and Serbia
constitutions on some web sites.
O.K. you reminded me. But, now it's my turn to remind you: Peacekeeper
is a
term for person or , organization which is in charge to keep peace,
control
peace process, improve peace. Definition is mine, not based on some
theories. So, I know UNSC resolution 1244, but KFOR did nothing to
protect
Serbs. Do you have any valid figures about killed Serbs after yours
"peacekeeping" activities? And under which curcomstances? Who shot? Why
do
you still protect some criminals like KLA leader Adnan Cheku (or Chequ)
who
made war crime acts in Krajina (Croatia) and here on Kosovo? It's 'cause
they are, like Cheku and other murderers, trained by NATO generals and
they
obeys NATO orders. So, as a press officer can you answer to this
question:
is there among Albanians any "indicted war criminal"? Another one
question:,
why Yugoslav Army and Police forces are not now on Kosovo, it was
written in
UNSCR 1244 Resolution ?
Let's see: " 4. Confirms that after the withdrawal an agreed number of
Yugoslav
and Serb military and police personnel will be
permitted
to return
to Kosovo to perform the functions in accordance
with
Annex 2; "
Let's see annex 2 : "6. After withdrawal, an agreed number of Yugoslav
and
Serbian personnel will be permitted to return to perform the following
functions:
-- Liaison with international civil mission and
international
security presence
-- Marking/clearing minefields
-- Maintaining a presence at Serb patrimonial sites
-- Maintaining a presence at key border crossings. "
Well, Maj. Kahrs? Let me remind you what else KFOR have to do according
to
UNSCR 1244 resolution, and what they didn't and they never will:
Go again: (from UNSCR 1244)
"9.b) demilitarizing of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and other armed
Kosovo Albanian groups as required in paragraph 15 below; (KFOR made
Kosovo
Protection Forces from KLA terrorists
c) establishing a secure environment in which refugees and displaced
persons
can return home in safety, the international civil presence can operate,
a
transitional administration can be established and humanitarian aid can
be
delivered; (how many Serbs, Turks, Roma return home?)
d) ensuring public safety and order until the international civil
presence
can take responsibility for this task; (Where is public safety? On
Prishtina
streets? You must be joking!)
h) ensuring the protection and freedom of movement , and for the end of
this
list
11. j) protecting and promoting human rights; (For whom? As far as I
know
KFOR protected only one Kuschner's "private Serb" - member of so called
Kuschner's Kosovo International Government. And you protected him very
well,
vith armoured cars.)
You said that Kosovo is a part of Yugoslavia. O.K. Is there in Prishtina
any Yugoslav blue-white-red flag? Or people can see only Red Albanian
flag
with two headed black eagle? If is Kosovo part of Yugoslavia put
Yugoslav
flag and prove what you wrote. And protect this blue-white-red flag as
more
as you protect peace down there.
NO PASARAN!
NEXT YEAR IN KOSOVO!
DN
(you know my name, surname and university degree:-)
-----Original Message-----
From: KFOR MAIN - Kahrs, Kristian, MAJ, NO <KAHRS@...>
To: 'Darko Nadic' <nadic@...>; STOPNATO@...
<STOPNATO@...>
Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 10:13 PM
Subject: RE: [STOPNATO] Building Death
>Dear Dr. Nadic
>
>I'll not answer all your questions. However, I'd like to raise the matter
of
>the Yugoslav constitution. Kosovo is a part of Yugoslavia, but I'm not sure
>that the change of the constitution in 1989 was legal. Shouldn't the 1974
>constitution apply?
>
>You're asking how would you will feel if you were such a "peacekeeper" in
>your "no-name" country? Here I have to remind you that everything we do is
>founded in UNSCR 1244. Even if you do not like the UN, you would have to
>relate to the situation.
>
>rgds
>
>maj. kahrs
>
--------- COORDINAMENTO ROMANO PER LA JUGOSLAVIA -----------
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Della miseria della opposizione di destra in Serbia
Quinta parte: LA "DIASPORA" SERBA IN AGITAZIONE
===
LETTERA ALLA "DIASPORA" SERBO-AMERICANA
GLI AFFARI INTERNI DELLA SERBIA SONO... INTERNI!
To the Serbian Diaspora...
Internal Affairs of Serbia are - Internal!
by Petar Makara (05/18/2000)
[ Note from emperors-clothes: Petar Makara is one of the originators,
within
the Serbian Diaspora, of resistance to the US attack on Yugoslavia. With
Dan
Chukurov, he founded www.srpska-mreza.com, which has the best collection
of
documents about Serbian history and current events on the Internet. Mr.
Makara is a computer scientist working in NY. ]
www.tenc.net [emperors-clothes]
My intention is to defend the Serbian people, not Milosevich or any
other
single individual. The fact is that Serbian people were chosen as a
target
for the West's New World Order experiment of 'Might is Right.' The West
has
attacked the very biological existence of the Serbian people. This is
obvious
from the open genocide that the West committed on the Serbs in Croatia
(Krajina), Bosnia, Kosovo and its current efforts to make trouble in the
remaining part of Yugoslavia. The Serbian people in Serbia have to
understand
that the Western elite is not for or against the Serbs per se. The West
is
interested in only one thing: to prolong war 1) as an excuse for the
extreme
spending by the military and 2) for the conquest of the globe.
The Serbian people, left without any significant foreign defense, were a
convenient target in this laboratory where the West tests its muscle.
The
only way for the Serbs to defend their freedom is to fight for it. And
the
only question regarding the Milosevich government is: has it put up a
good
fight or not. For myself, as someone who lives in the West, I feel I
have a
right to advise my people regarding the nature of the West. On the other
hand, Milosevich and his government are an internal matter for the
Serbian
people, that is, for those who live in Serbia, to deal with. Those Serbs
who
live in the Diaspora do not know as much as the Serbs who live in the
country; they don't have the right to pretend to be smarter on this
particular issue than their relatives who live in Yugoslavia, under
whatever
conditions.
The Serbs in the Diaspora have a humongous task, to present to the
world, to
their neighbors, the truth, the facts, about the Serbian people, their
history as well as the facts about the current struggle and the
injustices
the West was and is inflicting on the Serbian people. This is a task
which is
frequently avoided by the same people who now want to preach to the
Serbs in
Serbia how to handle their internal affairs. We have to do our part,
fulfill
the duty that is naturally ours before we advise the Serbian people
about
their own tasks and ways to live. Once again, where we could profitably
advise our relatives is help them understand who their enemy is in the
West,
this enemy which is the largest problem facing Serbs as a people.
As we all know, lots of forces in Serbia are paid off by Western
institutions
in order to further instability, weaken the country so that they can
finish
up their job of genocide. We have to find strength and remind ourselves
of
the ancient advice of our forefathers, that only unity can save the
Serbs. We
have to find every possible way to unite all our different political
parties
and movements in the most important goal: the biological survival of the
Serbs. Only united, as we were at the time of NATO's air mass slaughter,
can
we once again face the awesome enemy.
Our struggle is getting harsher and more important by the day. At this
very
point, finally, Western institutions have started openly to say that
their
air assault on Yugoslavia was a military failure. What's more they have
also
admitted that the only purpose of the bombing was to terrorize
civilians.
Many allies of the United States, being European, are having second
thoughts
and have realized to some extent that the attack on Yugoslavia was an
attack
on their neighbor, an attack on Europe itself. Having in mind that a
repetition of the air assault is out of the question, the United States
is
pushing extremely hard to use alternative weapons to destabilize the
country.
The Serbs have to understand that this particular brand of fascism is
two
faced. It has adopted the brutal military approach of its German
teachers.
But it also implements a second weapon, not previously used by fascists:
money. Wherever bombs don't work they try to buy their way in, to
subjugate
and occupy those who resist.
Those in Serbia and Montenegro who accepted money from the West are by
definition collaborators with the enemy. They cannot pretend to be
leaders of
Serbian political life. They are traitors plain and simple; in any
so-called
democratic Western country they would be dealt with in much harsher
fashion
than they have been in Yugoslavia.
The peaceful anti-IMF demonstrations in democratic, free-market
Washington
were attacked harshly by special police. Even bystanders got arrested
and
brutalized in jail. How does that compare to closing the paid mouthpiece
of
the West in Serbia? How does that compare to breaking-up stone-throwing
demonstrators, in a country that is in fact besieged by the enemy? If
the
Serbian people do not like Milosevich and want to topple him, it is a
question that the Serbian people of Serbia have to deal with,
themselves.
Kissing the hands of war criminals like Albright, as appears to be a
kind of
rite required of all these so-called leaders who take US money, this
hand-kissing does not fit in with the glorious history of the Serbian
people.
The agents of the West, paid by Western money to do the job of
subjugating
and destroying the Serbian people, should be exposed by the Serbian
people
themselves. It seems to me that the Serbian people, despite everything,
still
do not sufficiently understand the evil of the Western elite and the
need to
despise this elite and their paid agents in Serbia.
Why should anyone in the Diaspora be going around, organizing
conferences in
various countries or in Washington, and so on, with the intention of
mobilizing the Serbian people against the current government? By doing
that
they have in effect betrayed their own task of defending the Serbian
people
in the West. They have left their own trenches and are intentionally or
unintentionally helping the enemies of their people. PM
Further reading:
Concerning Mr. Makara's charge that the West committed genocide against
the
Serbs in Croatia (Krajina) See "The invasion of Serbian Krajina" by Greg
Elich at http://www.emperors-clothes.com/articles/elich/krajina.html
Concerning the global scope of US plans, see Why is NATO in Yugoslavia?
by
Sean Gervasi at http://www.emperors-clothes.com/articles/gervasi/why.htm
Regarding Mr. Makara's charge that NATO is behind the all-out attack on
Serbs, Roma ('Gypsies') and others in Kosovo, see:
How will you plead at the trial, Mr.Annan? at
http://emperors-clothes.com/news/howwill.htm
Quotes United Nations documentation that terror and crime are
flourishing in
Kosovo under UN/NATO control.
Driven from Kosovo: Jewish Leader Blames NATO - An Interview With Cedda
Prlincevic at http://www.emperors-clothes.com/interviews/ceda.htm Mr.
Prlincevic has direct experience with NATO's complicty with KLA terror.
Gracko survivors blame NATO by Jared Israel at
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/misc/grack.htm
This article reports the response of relatives and friends of the 14
farmers
slaughtered by KLA terrorists during NATO/UN control of Kosovo and shows
substantiates the charge that NATO is responsible for terrorism
throughout
the province.
If you find emperors-clothes.com useful, we can use your help...
All our expenses are covered by individual donations. We are (still)
behind
on phone bills (we use the phone for interviews and editorial meetings)
and
for Lexis, the wonderful Internet tool that we use to research articles.
Any
donation will help with these expenses and for special projects like
'JUDGMENT', the film we recently produced.
You can Order 'Judgment' now!
This movie shows precisely how images were created to demonize the
Bosnian
Serbs. Remember the 'emaciated man behind barbed wire'? Would you like
to
know the real story? Judgment shows step by step how these false images
were
created. That is, the phony death camp pictures are fabricated before
your
eyes.
We suggest a $25 donation for the JUDGMENT video inside the US ($26
outside
the US) including shipping - but send a donation of any amount and
request
the video and we'll send it to you. We want everyone to see the truth.
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Newton, MA 02461-0321
(Please specify how many films you are ordering.)
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===
ANCORA LORO! (POESIA E CONTRO-POESIA)
Subject: Re: Opet ONI
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 00:10:28 -0700
From: Bob Djurdjevic <bobdj@...>
To: TiM Readers <bulletins@...>
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - PRIVATNA KORESPONDENCIJA
Moj odgovor u prilogu (tekst plave boje) je bio upucen (i poslat) G-dinu
Djordju Konjikovicu koji
mi je ove svoje stihove (tekst crne boje) danas poslao iz Francuske.
Iako ja ovog gospodina licno
ne znam, na njegovoj .CC listi primecujem niz poznatih
globalista-mundijalaca, koji su takodje
dobili moj odgovor.
Bob Dj.
-----------------------
IZ PHOENIX, ARIZONE
Interesantni stihovi. Prigodan sarkazam.
Ali sta bi sa drugom stranom novcica? Gde su ONI drugi, ONI inostrani
koji Srbe tako
dusmanski vole?
Zato vam dole prilazem "ONI - Br. 2". Stihovi na srpskom mi nisu bas
specijalitet, ali izgleda
da ce misli ipak biti za vas novitet?
Bob Dj.
---------
At 01:58 AM 5/26/2000 +0200, djordje konjikovic wrote:
Opet ONI
Pre desetak godina kad Ideja bledi,
ONI se ne daju, menjaju odelo
objavljuju svima da reforma sledi
(i drzavi nasoj spremaju opelo)
Nove vam parole sa Zapada diriguju -
"sloboda narodu, smrt komunizmu!"
I dok Mujama, Ustasama ONI namiguju,
naivni Srbi nasedaju Njihovom cinizmu
Dok brzo i spretno povlace granice,
crtaju grbove, kuju novcanice,
viju nas u maglu i pamet nam sole :
svi drugi nas mrze a ONI nas vole
Apsolutno. Samo ONI vas "vole" sa nozem iza ledja, a vi Njih volite bez
ikakvih medja.
(Oni = Zapad = Novi Svetski Poredak (NSP) = NATO)
Dok po nama seju granate i vrevu,
putuju u Dejton, Pariz i Zenevu.
Mi crni u dimu, ONI banku drze
mi goli u zbegu, ONI grabe brze
Tacno. Jer ONI vas mrze iz dna duse, dok vi Njih slavite na klepetuse.
(ONI = Zapad = Novi Svetski Poredak = NATO)
Danas ONI opet pevaju nam ode
orni da nas dalje u buducnost vode
ONI sto su rusili, sada bi da grade
ONI sto su palili, hteli bi da kade
Da. ONI = Organi Novosvetskog Imperijalizma? Ili ONI = srpski poltrONI?
Ili ONI =
Koka-kolasi koji su vas prvo zasipali bombama, da bi vas sada rasipali
OTPOROM.
Korekcija... OTROVOM (bratoubilackog "oslobodjenja" Srbije od same
sebe).
Dok nam gase svetlost da u mraku love
i dok Trajan krije kozje usi svoje,
po carstvu se ore svirale od zove
kosovi se pare i pcele se roje
...dok se ONI goje; ni Boga se ne boje.
ONI-parcovi se pare i Kosovo zare.
Pozdrav pokretu OTPOR i studentima koji su kao stafetu mladosti
nosili pendrek
na kome ja pisalo "niko ne sme da vas bije"
Dj. Konjikovic (Nato placenik)
Molitve za spasenje dusa hiljada srpskih zrtava NSP demokratije! Molitve
za one prezivele
koje sada ONI sa Zapada truju OTPOROM.
Pozdrav americkim patriotima koje su pendreci NSP demokratije ucili
ulicnom bontonu u
Seattlu i Washingtonu.
"Sloboda narodu, smrt cinizmu!" (NATO/NSP vrste, naravno).
Bob Dj. (NATO cinik)
----
Bob Djurdjevic
TRUTH IN MEDIA
Phoenix, Arizona
e-mail: publisher@...
Visit the Truth in Media Web site http://www.truthinmedia.org/ for more
articles on geopolitical
affairs.
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Quinta parte: LA "DIASPORA" SERBA IN AGITAZIONE
===
LETTERA ALLA "DIASPORA" SERBO-AMERICANA
GLI AFFARI INTERNI DELLA SERBIA SONO... INTERNI!
To the Serbian Diaspora...
Internal Affairs of Serbia are - Internal!
by Petar Makara (05/18/2000)
[ Note from emperors-clothes: Petar Makara is one of the originators,
within
the Serbian Diaspora, of resistance to the US attack on Yugoslavia. With
Dan
Chukurov, he founded www.srpska-mreza.com, which has the best collection
of
documents about Serbian history and current events on the Internet. Mr.
Makara is a computer scientist working in NY. ]
www.tenc.net [emperors-clothes]
My intention is to defend the Serbian people, not Milosevich or any
other
single individual. The fact is that Serbian people were chosen as a
target
for the West's New World Order experiment of 'Might is Right.' The West
has
attacked the very biological existence of the Serbian people. This is
obvious
from the open genocide that the West committed on the Serbs in Croatia
(Krajina), Bosnia, Kosovo and its current efforts to make trouble in the
remaining part of Yugoslavia. The Serbian people in Serbia have to
understand
that the Western elite is not for or against the Serbs per se. The West
is
interested in only one thing: to prolong war 1) as an excuse for the
extreme
spending by the military and 2) for the conquest of the globe.
The Serbian people, left without any significant foreign defense, were a
convenient target in this laboratory where the West tests its muscle.
The
only way for the Serbs to defend their freedom is to fight for it. And
the
only question regarding the Milosevich government is: has it put up a
good
fight or not. For myself, as someone who lives in the West, I feel I
have a
right to advise my people regarding the nature of the West. On the other
hand, Milosevich and his government are an internal matter for the
Serbian
people, that is, for those who live in Serbia, to deal with. Those Serbs
who
live in the Diaspora do not know as much as the Serbs who live in the
country; they don't have the right to pretend to be smarter on this
particular issue than their relatives who live in Yugoslavia, under
whatever
conditions.
The Serbs in the Diaspora have a humongous task, to present to the
world, to
their neighbors, the truth, the facts, about the Serbian people, their
history as well as the facts about the current struggle and the
injustices
the West was and is inflicting on the Serbian people. This is a task
which is
frequently avoided by the same people who now want to preach to the
Serbs in
Serbia how to handle their internal affairs. We have to do our part,
fulfill
the duty that is naturally ours before we advise the Serbian people
about
their own tasks and ways to live. Once again, where we could profitably
advise our relatives is help them understand who their enemy is in the
West,
this enemy which is the largest problem facing Serbs as a people.
As we all know, lots of forces in Serbia are paid off by Western
institutions
in order to further instability, weaken the country so that they can
finish
up their job of genocide. We have to find strength and remind ourselves
of
the ancient advice of our forefathers, that only unity can save the
Serbs. We
have to find every possible way to unite all our different political
parties
and movements in the most important goal: the biological survival of the
Serbs. Only united, as we were at the time of NATO's air mass slaughter,
can
we once again face the awesome enemy.
Our struggle is getting harsher and more important by the day. At this
very
point, finally, Western institutions have started openly to say that
their
air assault on Yugoslavia was a military failure. What's more they have
also
admitted that the only purpose of the bombing was to terrorize
civilians.
Many allies of the United States, being European, are having second
thoughts
and have realized to some extent that the attack on Yugoslavia was an
attack
on their neighbor, an attack on Europe itself. Having in mind that a
repetition of the air assault is out of the question, the United States
is
pushing extremely hard to use alternative weapons to destabilize the
country.
The Serbs have to understand that this particular brand of fascism is
two
faced. It has adopted the brutal military approach of its German
teachers.
But it also implements a second weapon, not previously used by fascists:
money. Wherever bombs don't work they try to buy their way in, to
subjugate
and occupy those who resist.
Those in Serbia and Montenegro who accepted money from the West are by
definition collaborators with the enemy. They cannot pretend to be
leaders of
Serbian political life. They are traitors plain and simple; in any
so-called
democratic Western country they would be dealt with in much harsher
fashion
than they have been in Yugoslavia.
The peaceful anti-IMF demonstrations in democratic, free-market
Washington
were attacked harshly by special police. Even bystanders got arrested
and
brutalized in jail. How does that compare to closing the paid mouthpiece
of
the West in Serbia? How does that compare to breaking-up stone-throwing
demonstrators, in a country that is in fact besieged by the enemy? If
the
Serbian people do not like Milosevich and want to topple him, it is a
question that the Serbian people of Serbia have to deal with,
themselves.
Kissing the hands of war criminals like Albright, as appears to be a
kind of
rite required of all these so-called leaders who take US money, this
hand-kissing does not fit in with the glorious history of the Serbian
people.
The agents of the West, paid by Western money to do the job of
subjugating
and destroying the Serbian people, should be exposed by the Serbian
people
themselves. It seems to me that the Serbian people, despite everything,
still
do not sufficiently understand the evil of the Western elite and the
need to
despise this elite and their paid agents in Serbia.
Why should anyone in the Diaspora be going around, organizing
conferences in
various countries or in Washington, and so on, with the intention of
mobilizing the Serbian people against the current government? By doing
that
they have in effect betrayed their own task of defending the Serbian
people
in the West. They have left their own trenches and are intentionally or
unintentionally helping the enemies of their people. PM
Further reading:
Concerning Mr. Makara's charge that the West committed genocide against
the
Serbs in Croatia (Krajina) See "The invasion of Serbian Krajina" by Greg
Elich at http://www.emperors-clothes.com/articles/elich/krajina.html
Concerning the global scope of US plans, see Why is NATO in Yugoslavia?
by
Sean Gervasi at http://www.emperors-clothes.com/articles/gervasi/why.htm
Regarding Mr. Makara's charge that NATO is behind the all-out attack on
Serbs, Roma ('Gypsies') and others in Kosovo, see:
How will you plead at the trial, Mr.Annan? at
http://emperors-clothes.com/news/howwill.htm
Quotes United Nations documentation that terror and crime are
flourishing in
Kosovo under UN/NATO control.
Driven from Kosovo: Jewish Leader Blames NATO - An Interview With Cedda
Prlincevic at http://www.emperors-clothes.com/interviews/ceda.htm Mr.
Prlincevic has direct experience with NATO's complicty with KLA terror.
Gracko survivors blame NATO by Jared Israel at
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/misc/grack.htm
This article reports the response of relatives and friends of the 14
farmers
slaughtered by KLA terrorists during NATO/UN control of Kosovo and shows
substantiates the charge that NATO is responsible for terrorism
throughout
the province.
If you find emperors-clothes.com useful, we can use your help...
All our expenses are covered by individual donations. We are (still)
behind
on phone bills (we use the phone for interviews and editorial meetings)
and
for Lexis, the wonderful Internet tool that we use to research articles.
Any
donation will help with these expenses and for special projects like
'JUDGMENT', the film we recently produced.
You can Order 'Judgment' now!
This movie shows precisely how images were created to demonize the
Bosnian
Serbs. Remember the 'emaciated man behind barbed wire'? Would you like
to
know the real story? Judgment shows step by step how these false images
were
created. That is, the phony death camp pictures are fabricated before
your
eyes.
We suggest a $25 donation for the JUDGMENT video inside the US ($26
outside
the US) including shipping - but send a donation of any amount and
request
the video and we'll send it to you. We want everyone to see the truth.
To order JUDGMENT send your donation to:
Emperor's Clothes
P.O. Box 610-321
Newton, MA 02461-0321
(Please specify how many films you are ordering.)
Or call (617) 916-1705
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go
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emperors1000@... stating how many films you are ordering. Thanks.)
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http://www.emperors-clothes.com and scroll down the page
www.tenc.net [emperors-clothes]
===
ANCORA LORO! (POESIA E CONTRO-POESIA)
Subject: Re: Opet ONI
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 00:10:28 -0700
From: Bob Djurdjevic <bobdj@...>
To: TiM Readers <bulletins@...>
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - PRIVATNA KORESPONDENCIJA
Moj odgovor u prilogu (tekst plave boje) je bio upucen (i poslat) G-dinu
Djordju Konjikovicu koji
mi je ove svoje stihove (tekst crne boje) danas poslao iz Francuske.
Iako ja ovog gospodina licno
ne znam, na njegovoj .CC listi primecujem niz poznatih
globalista-mundijalaca, koji su takodje
dobili moj odgovor.
Bob Dj.
-----------------------
IZ PHOENIX, ARIZONE
Interesantni stihovi. Prigodan sarkazam.
Ali sta bi sa drugom stranom novcica? Gde su ONI drugi, ONI inostrani
koji Srbe tako
dusmanski vole?
Zato vam dole prilazem "ONI - Br. 2". Stihovi na srpskom mi nisu bas
specijalitet, ali izgleda
da ce misli ipak biti za vas novitet?
Bob Dj.
---------
At 01:58 AM 5/26/2000 +0200, djordje konjikovic wrote:
Opet ONI
Pre desetak godina kad Ideja bledi,
ONI se ne daju, menjaju odelo
objavljuju svima da reforma sledi
(i drzavi nasoj spremaju opelo)
Nove vam parole sa Zapada diriguju -
"sloboda narodu, smrt komunizmu!"
I dok Mujama, Ustasama ONI namiguju,
naivni Srbi nasedaju Njihovom cinizmu
Dok brzo i spretno povlace granice,
crtaju grbove, kuju novcanice,
viju nas u maglu i pamet nam sole :
svi drugi nas mrze a ONI nas vole
Apsolutno. Samo ONI vas "vole" sa nozem iza ledja, a vi Njih volite bez
ikakvih medja.
(Oni = Zapad = Novi Svetski Poredak (NSP) = NATO)
Dok po nama seju granate i vrevu,
putuju u Dejton, Pariz i Zenevu.
Mi crni u dimu, ONI banku drze
mi goli u zbegu, ONI grabe brze
Tacno. Jer ONI vas mrze iz dna duse, dok vi Njih slavite na klepetuse.
(ONI = Zapad = Novi Svetski Poredak = NATO)
Danas ONI opet pevaju nam ode
orni da nas dalje u buducnost vode
ONI sto su rusili, sada bi da grade
ONI sto su palili, hteli bi da kade
Da. ONI = Organi Novosvetskog Imperijalizma? Ili ONI = srpski poltrONI?
Ili ONI =
Koka-kolasi koji su vas prvo zasipali bombama, da bi vas sada rasipali
OTPOROM.
Korekcija... OTROVOM (bratoubilackog "oslobodjenja" Srbije od same
sebe).
Dok nam gase svetlost da u mraku love
i dok Trajan krije kozje usi svoje,
po carstvu se ore svirale od zove
kosovi se pare i pcele se roje
...dok se ONI goje; ni Boga se ne boje.
ONI-parcovi se pare i Kosovo zare.
Pozdrav pokretu OTPOR i studentima koji su kao stafetu mladosti
nosili pendrek
na kome ja pisalo "niko ne sme da vas bije"
Dj. Konjikovic (Nato placenik)
Molitve za spasenje dusa hiljada srpskih zrtava NSP demokratije! Molitve
za one prezivele
koje sada ONI sa Zapada truju OTPOROM.
Pozdrav americkim patriotima koje su pendreci NSP demokratije ucili
ulicnom bontonu u
Seattlu i Washingtonu.
"Sloboda narodu, smrt cinizmu!" (NATO/NSP vrste, naravno).
Bob Dj. (NATO cinik)
----
Bob Djurdjevic
TRUTH IN MEDIA
Phoenix, Arizona
e-mail: publisher@...
Visit the Truth in Media Web site http://www.truthinmedia.org/ for more
articles on geopolitical
affairs.
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------------------------------------------------------------
LE RADICI NAZISTE DELLA N.A.T.O.
Premessa
Nonostante tutte le auto-assoluzioni e auto-giustificazioni che la NATO
e le sue - si puo' dire? - baldracche potranno sempre addurre per
tranquillizzare gli animi sensibili sulla bonta' e sulla necessita'
della sopravvivenza di questa organizzazione, i cittadini italiani,
anche se tacciono per paura, sanno perfettamente quali crimini essa
abbia commesso prima, durante e dopo il bombardamento della RF di
Jugoslavia.
Lo sanno non perche' "sono degli intellettuali", come ebbe modo di dire
Pier Paolo Pasolini in un articolo nel quale spiegava chi fossero i
mandanti delle stragi italiane; semplicemente, lo sanno perche' ogni
presa per i fondelli ha un suo limite, ovvero perche' ognuno di noi ogni
tanto deve fermarsi per un attimo solo a pensare, staccandosi dalla
baraonda nella quale ci tengono immersi.
Per questo, anche se un Montanelli od un Veltroni od un Costanzo od una
qualsiasi delle altre baldracche della NATO non lo ammetteranno mai, i
cittadini italiani sanno perfettamente chi ha diretto la strategia della
tensione in Italia, lo sanno anche senza ricorrere alle risultanze
dell'inchiesta del giudice Salvini o agli stralci del memoriale di Aldo
Moro. E sanno anche chi, come e perche' ha distrutto la Repubblica
Federativa e Socialista di Jugoslavia, chi come e perche' ha pompato la
problematica dell'irredentismo albanese in Kosovo e zone limitrofe, chi
come e perche' sta cercando di gettare benzina sui focolai del
Montenegro e della Vojvodina, chi come e perche' cerca di far esplodere
la violenza terroristica nell'attuale RF di Jugoslavia.
Sono gli stessi che hanno bombardato il petrolchimico di Pancevo con lo
scopo preciso di far fuoriuscire diossine e cloruro di vinile monomero,
gli stessi che usano armi contenenti uranio impoverito e bombe a
frammentazione, gli stessi che distruggono i mezzi di comunicazione, le
strade, le ferrovie, le fabbriche dove persone "di ogni etnia" (come
direbbero loro con gergo post-nazista politicamente corretto) si
guadagnano il pane e contribuiscono al benessere del loro paese.
Tutti costoro, che proprio oggi si fanno assolvere da un organismo "ad
hoc" che hanno creato loro stessi proprio perche' li assolva e consenta
loro di continuare i loro porci comodi, saranno invece inesorabilmente
condannati dalla storia. Possono uccidere con i loro cecchini e le loro
truppe speciali chiunque vogliono, possono farci venire le peggiori
malattie ed epidemie, ma non potranno mai convincere nessuno di avere
ragione perche' hanno torto marcio e sono marci fino al midollo, a
partire dalla loro stessa fondazione, come vediamo di seguito.
Le radici naziste della NATO
La Organizzazione del Trattato del Nord Atlantico nasce nel 1947 con la
funzione di contenere l'avanzata delle forze socialiste e progressiste
che dall'Est europeo andavano affermandosi via via anche nei paesi
dell'Europa Centrale. La NATO non e' mai stata una organizzazione con
finalita' difensive, ed a dimostrarlo c'e' ad esempio un fatto storico
evidente, e cioe' che il Patto di Varsavia e' stato creato DOPO la
costituzione della NATO, e non prima.
Come spiegava Filippo Gaia nel suo importantissimo libro "IL SECOLO
CORTO", ed. Maquis, gia' alla fine della Seconda Guerra Mondiale erano
pronti i piani occidentali per un attacco nucleare di primo colpo contro
l'Unione Sovietica, che avrebbe dovuto spazzare via non solo il
bolscevismo ma anche qualche milioncino di slavi, visto che Hitler non
ci era riuscito. Chi non ci crede provi a pensare per un attimo alle
ragioni del ritardo estremo con cui l'Occidente intervenne nel
conflitto, dopo aver sottoscritto accordi infami con Hitler ad esempio
sulla Cecoslovacchia, e mentre gia' i tedeschi avevano messo a ferro e
fuoco la Russia fino a Stalingrado. Un intervento quasi tardivo, in
realta' effettuato solo nel momento in cui il trionfo dell'Armata Rossa
era ormai nell'aria.
Quando parliamo di "radici naziste della NATO" ci riferiamo comunque
proprio alla continuita' tra strutture militari e servizi di
intelligence del Terzo Reich con quelli occidentali durante la Guerra
Fredda. Di tutto questo il libro succitato di Filippo Gaia parla
ampiamente, cosi' come tante informazioni si possono trarre dai libri
sulle "Ratlines", cioe' le vie di fuga dei criminali di guerra fascisti
e nazisti verso Occidente. Qui riassumiamo soltanto qualche informazione
su due personaggi-chiave (la fonte e' riportata alla fine del testo in
italiano; si veda anche il sito
http://www.wbenjamin.org/neumannproject.html ):
- Reinhard Gehlen, capo dei servizi segreti nazisti in Europa Orientale,
fu "assunto" immediatamente alla fine della II Guerra Mondiale dalla CIA
insieme a tutta la sua rete di informatori, nell'ambito di una vasta
operazione di "riciclaggio" di tanti esponenti del fascismo e nel
nazismo che "sarebbero serviti poi", al momento della resa dei conti
finale contro il comunismo. Gehlen e' stato a capo del BND (servizio
segreto della Germania federale) fino alla morte. Tutti i capi del
servizio segreto tedesco del dopoguerra avevano un passato nazista -
degli italiani, meglio non parlare, ma nessuno ci venga a raccontare che
Junio Valerio Borghese e Licio Gelli in queste storie non c'entrano...
- Adolph Ernst Heusinger, ispettore generale della Bundeswehr, era un
altro di questi personaggi. Ultimo Comandante in capo del Generalstab
del Terzo Reich su nomina di Hitler in persona, questo signore negli
anni Sessanta presiedeva il Comitato Militare Permanente della NATO.
Si capisce bene allora che la NATO non si e' certo schifata di servirsi
dell'appoggio di fascisti e nazisti di tutti i paesi d'Europa per
condurre prima la Guerra Fredda, e poi la guerra guerreggiata, ad
esempio impiegando gli esuli ustascia croati, domobranci sloveni,
nazisti musulmani della Bosnia e del Kosovo come piedi di porco per
spaccare le RFS di Jugoslavia e ristabilire un "Nuovo Ordine Europeo"
tanto simile a quello hitleriano.
Italo Slavo
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SFLR this past week concluded a two-part discussion on the
early connections between NATO and former Nazi General Adolph
Ernst Heusinger. The discussion was led by Scott Thompson on his
program, "The Bakchos News Hour." Says Scott:
"I became extremely interested in NATO about 3 or 4 months
ago when NATO began bombing Yugoslavia...My interest in NATO led
me to look at how it began. I started reading documents on the
web. You can find all kinds of amazing things about NATO on the
Internet, including official NATO documents, all kinds of cold
war declassified CIA documents and so forth."
Scott's research also led him into the dusty, realm of
newspaper archives and out-of-print books.
"I came upon a number of fascinating books, some of which
are very unusual and rare, and you don't see any mention of them.
The most interesting of them is a book by a man by the name of
Charles R. Allen Jr., somebody you don't hear about at all any
more. The book that he wrote was published in 1963 by an unknown
press from New York. The title was "Heusinger of the Fourth
Reich: The Step by Step Resurgence of the German General Staff."
Those familiar with such books as Martin Lee's "The Beast
Reawakens" are certainly aware of the kissy-smoochey love affair
the U.S. government had with top Nazis after the war. Perhaps
most notable of these would be Hitler's chief of intelligence,
General Reinhard Gehlen, who went on to become a major player in
U.S. spy operations against the Soviet Union. Heusinger differs
from Gehlen, however, in that he didn't become merely a U.S.
government intelligence asset; Heusinger, incredibly, rose all
the way up to head the Permanent Military Committee of NATO in
Washington.
According to Scott, Heusinger plotted Hitler's military
campaigns against Poland, France, Norway and the Netherlands --
and was a chief strategist behind the Nazi invasion of the Soviet
Union. Among his duties were the overseeing of military task
forces performing what might be politely termed as "special
operations." Scott described them as "mobile killing units."
"These were the death squads that were in vans, that were
sent either ahead or behind the army and liquidated partisans,
communists, and mostly Jews," said Scott.
It has been estimated by holocaust writers that the death
squads, or einsatzgruten, under Heusinger's command killed
approximately 1.5 million people. Said Scott:
"Heusinger was never accused of this crime. He said that he
was simply following orders, he was simply working as a
professional soldier in the high command."
After the war, Heusinger, escaping trial at Nuremburg,
played a crucial role in the remilitarization of what had become
the Federal Republic of Germany, or West Germany, eventually
becoming head of the Bundeswehr. His elevation into the command
of NATO, however, did not come about without protest.
"Although he was appointed to the head of NATO, it was over
the objections of Norway, Denmark, Italy, and Greece," said
Scott. "And obviously the Soviet Union was very worried about him
and wanted him actually to be extradicted to the Soviet Union to
stand as a war criminal."
Much of Scott's information about Heusinger was gleaned from
the book "Heusinger of the Fourth Reich."
"The guy, Charles Allen, that wrote it had been a fairly
distinguished writer at the time. More of a journalist, he had
been an editor of the NATION MAGAZINE and of CHRISTIAN CENTURY.
He had written for the ATLANTIC MONTHLY, THE NEW STATESMAN,
FIGARO, LE MONDE, PUNCH, COLLIERS -- all the leading newspapers
and magazines of his day. He was writing because he was worried
that we had at that time -- 1963 -- an ex-German General, a Nazi,
under Hitler, as the head, the chairman, of the Permanent
Military Committee of NATO."
Heusinger died in 1982. Scott commented: "People think (NATO
General) Wesley Clark is bad; he (Clark) is nothing compared to
this guy (Heusinger)."
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Introduction by Brigadier General Hugh B. Hester, US Army (Ret.),
Berkeley,
California, September, 1963 of "Heusinger of the Fourth Reich:"
In early September, 1945, I flew into occupied Berlin to assume my new
command as director of he Food and Agricultural program for the United
States
Zone, and to serve as U.S. Quadripartite Representatives on these
matters. I
came from Manila, where I had been on the staff of General MacArthur.
Most of the Section Chiefs of the U.S. Military Government insisted in
their
reports, which weekly crossed my desk, that efficiency required the
services
of key Nazis…A speech by Herbert Hoover to a small group of Germans whom
I
had assembled at Stuttgart in January 1947 was also significant: he told
them
that the U.S. expected their support in the coming struggle with "the
atheistic barbarians of the East."
The San Francisco Chronicle of August 4, 1963 quoted [Secretary of
State,
John Foster Dulles] as having told group of Yale and Smith graduates:
"I
believe the single most important country in Europe is Germany, and we
shall
treat her like a 51st state. We should consult her on every move we
make."
"Heusinger of the Fourth Reich," by Charles R. Allen, Jr. , 1963:
The hall…of the new State Department Building in Washington, D.C….was
filled
with the highest ranking military representatives from the fifteen
nations
belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. On the stage sat
the
ranking officials of the NATO military alliance, backed by a panoply of
flags
and honor guards of the member states. As soon as President Kennedy
entered,
the entire room filled with applause for the Chief of State of the most
powerful member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The President
then
formally opened the first 1961 meeting of the Permanent Military
Committee of
NATO at which its new chairman would be installed. The New York Times
writer…described the Permanent Military Committee as "the highest
military
authority of NATO." "I would like now to turn the rest of the meeting
over
to your new chairman," the President of the United States said, "and I
would
especially like to welcome him here to the United States,…"
He was General Adolph Ernst Heusinger, the Inspector General of the West
German Bundeswehr. Formerly Genralleutnant of the Nazi Wehrmacht, chief
of
operation and planning of the O.K.H. (Oberkommando des Heeres – all the
land
forces of Hitler’s armies) and the personal appointee of Adolph Hitler
as the
last Deputy Chief of the German General Staff during World War II. As of
April 1, 1961, he was the Chairman of the Permanent Military Committee
of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization with offices in Paris and
headquarters in
Washington, D.C. His suite of offices in the Pentagon was numbered 3-E
180
and was on the same tier as the highest ranking military chiefs of the
United
States." The New York Times [December 13, 1961]… noted that he was in
almost
daily contact with Hitler from the start of World War II; that he "did
his
job well…and carried out the orders of ‘the boss’ (Hitler)" to the very
end.
Senator [Wayne] Morse [Democrat of Oregon, April 16, 1961]…announced
that as
a senior member of the powerful Senate Committee on Foreign Relations he
intend(ed) "to follow with exceeding care the policies of my government
in
respect to the position it has taken in connection with elevating Nazi
generals to positions of power in NATO." "I’m concerned," he said,
"about
the direction in which NATO is going."
"The ‘New Look’ of the next German Army will be strictly
non-Prussian…middle
class, minus Junkers, minus martinets…Its brains and boss will be Adolph
Heusinger…a modern and very American type…far too informal to be
mistaken for
a member of the German general Staff." – C.L. Sulzberger, The New York
Times,
December 18, 1954.
"’General Heusinger’s career must be seen a typified at best by a brutal
and
opportunistic immorality." –American Jewish Congress, 1961’"
April 6, the 58th Anniversary of the Nazi Carpetbombing of Belgrade
Wall Street Journal, "How NATO Decided to End Its ‘Gentlemanly’ War," by
Journal Staff Reporters, April 27, 1999, p.A6.
"Consider…what happened when Gen., Clark asked permission last month to
bomb
the Serb security forces in downtown Belgrade. Germany’s NATO delegation
agreed – as long as the missiles weren’t launched on April 6, the 58th
anniversary of the Nazi carpetbombing of Belgrade. The two ministry
buildings
were hit instead on April 3.
"…Poland…invited NATO military leader Gen. Klaus Naumann -- Germany’s
Gen.
Naumann, the top military adviser to NATO’s political leaders -- to give
advice."
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Premessa
Nonostante tutte le auto-assoluzioni e auto-giustificazioni che la NATO
e le sue - si puo' dire? - baldracche potranno sempre addurre per
tranquillizzare gli animi sensibili sulla bonta' e sulla necessita'
della sopravvivenza di questa organizzazione, i cittadini italiani,
anche se tacciono per paura, sanno perfettamente quali crimini essa
abbia commesso prima, durante e dopo il bombardamento della RF di
Jugoslavia.
Lo sanno non perche' "sono degli intellettuali", come ebbe modo di dire
Pier Paolo Pasolini in un articolo nel quale spiegava chi fossero i
mandanti delle stragi italiane; semplicemente, lo sanno perche' ogni
presa per i fondelli ha un suo limite, ovvero perche' ognuno di noi ogni
tanto deve fermarsi per un attimo solo a pensare, staccandosi dalla
baraonda nella quale ci tengono immersi.
Per questo, anche se un Montanelli od un Veltroni od un Costanzo od una
qualsiasi delle altre baldracche della NATO non lo ammetteranno mai, i
cittadini italiani sanno perfettamente chi ha diretto la strategia della
tensione in Italia, lo sanno anche senza ricorrere alle risultanze
dell'inchiesta del giudice Salvini o agli stralci del memoriale di Aldo
Moro. E sanno anche chi, come e perche' ha distrutto la Repubblica
Federativa e Socialista di Jugoslavia, chi come e perche' ha pompato la
problematica dell'irredentismo albanese in Kosovo e zone limitrofe, chi
come e perche' sta cercando di gettare benzina sui focolai del
Montenegro e della Vojvodina, chi come e perche' cerca di far esplodere
la violenza terroristica nell'attuale RF di Jugoslavia.
Sono gli stessi che hanno bombardato il petrolchimico di Pancevo con lo
scopo preciso di far fuoriuscire diossine e cloruro di vinile monomero,
gli stessi che usano armi contenenti uranio impoverito e bombe a
frammentazione, gli stessi che distruggono i mezzi di comunicazione, le
strade, le ferrovie, le fabbriche dove persone "di ogni etnia" (come
direbbero loro con gergo post-nazista politicamente corretto) si
guadagnano il pane e contribuiscono al benessere del loro paese.
Tutti costoro, che proprio oggi si fanno assolvere da un organismo "ad
hoc" che hanno creato loro stessi proprio perche' li assolva e consenta
loro di continuare i loro porci comodi, saranno invece inesorabilmente
condannati dalla storia. Possono uccidere con i loro cecchini e le loro
truppe speciali chiunque vogliono, possono farci venire le peggiori
malattie ed epidemie, ma non potranno mai convincere nessuno di avere
ragione perche' hanno torto marcio e sono marci fino al midollo, a
partire dalla loro stessa fondazione, come vediamo di seguito.
Le radici naziste della NATO
La Organizzazione del Trattato del Nord Atlantico nasce nel 1947 con la
funzione di contenere l'avanzata delle forze socialiste e progressiste
che dall'Est europeo andavano affermandosi via via anche nei paesi
dell'Europa Centrale. La NATO non e' mai stata una organizzazione con
finalita' difensive, ed a dimostrarlo c'e' ad esempio un fatto storico
evidente, e cioe' che il Patto di Varsavia e' stato creato DOPO la
costituzione della NATO, e non prima.
Come spiegava Filippo Gaia nel suo importantissimo libro "IL SECOLO
CORTO", ed. Maquis, gia' alla fine della Seconda Guerra Mondiale erano
pronti i piani occidentali per un attacco nucleare di primo colpo contro
l'Unione Sovietica, che avrebbe dovuto spazzare via non solo il
bolscevismo ma anche qualche milioncino di slavi, visto che Hitler non
ci era riuscito. Chi non ci crede provi a pensare per un attimo alle
ragioni del ritardo estremo con cui l'Occidente intervenne nel
conflitto, dopo aver sottoscritto accordi infami con Hitler ad esempio
sulla Cecoslovacchia, e mentre gia' i tedeschi avevano messo a ferro e
fuoco la Russia fino a Stalingrado. Un intervento quasi tardivo, in
realta' effettuato solo nel momento in cui il trionfo dell'Armata Rossa
era ormai nell'aria.
Quando parliamo di "radici naziste della NATO" ci riferiamo comunque
proprio alla continuita' tra strutture militari e servizi di
intelligence del Terzo Reich con quelli occidentali durante la Guerra
Fredda. Di tutto questo il libro succitato di Filippo Gaia parla
ampiamente, cosi' come tante informazioni si possono trarre dai libri
sulle "Ratlines", cioe' le vie di fuga dei criminali di guerra fascisti
e nazisti verso Occidente. Qui riassumiamo soltanto qualche informazione
su due personaggi-chiave (la fonte e' riportata alla fine del testo in
italiano; si veda anche il sito
http://www.wbenjamin.org/neumannproject.html ):
- Reinhard Gehlen, capo dei servizi segreti nazisti in Europa Orientale,
fu "assunto" immediatamente alla fine della II Guerra Mondiale dalla CIA
insieme a tutta la sua rete di informatori, nell'ambito di una vasta
operazione di "riciclaggio" di tanti esponenti del fascismo e nel
nazismo che "sarebbero serviti poi", al momento della resa dei conti
finale contro il comunismo. Gehlen e' stato a capo del BND (servizio
segreto della Germania federale) fino alla morte. Tutti i capi del
servizio segreto tedesco del dopoguerra avevano un passato nazista -
degli italiani, meglio non parlare, ma nessuno ci venga a raccontare che
Junio Valerio Borghese e Licio Gelli in queste storie non c'entrano...
- Adolph Ernst Heusinger, ispettore generale della Bundeswehr, era un
altro di questi personaggi. Ultimo Comandante in capo del Generalstab
del Terzo Reich su nomina di Hitler in persona, questo signore negli
anni Sessanta presiedeva il Comitato Militare Permanente della NATO.
Si capisce bene allora che la NATO non si e' certo schifata di servirsi
dell'appoggio di fascisti e nazisti di tutti i paesi d'Europa per
condurre prima la Guerra Fredda, e poi la guerra guerreggiata, ad
esempio impiegando gli esuli ustascia croati, domobranci sloveni,
nazisti musulmani della Bosnia e del Kosovo come piedi di porco per
spaccare le RFS di Jugoslavia e ristabilire un "Nuovo Ordine Europeo"
tanto simile a quello hitleriano.
Italo Slavo
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NATO AND THE NAZI CONNECTION
from SAN FRANCISCO LIBERATION RADIO
* * *
SFLR this past week concluded a two-part discussion on the
early connections between NATO and former Nazi General Adolph
Ernst Heusinger. The discussion was led by Scott Thompson on his
program, "The Bakchos News Hour." Says Scott:
"I became extremely interested in NATO about 3 or 4 months
ago when NATO began bombing Yugoslavia...My interest in NATO led
me to look at how it began. I started reading documents on the
web. You can find all kinds of amazing things about NATO on the
Internet, including official NATO documents, all kinds of cold
war declassified CIA documents and so forth."
Scott's research also led him into the dusty, realm of
newspaper archives and out-of-print books.
"I came upon a number of fascinating books, some of which
are very unusual and rare, and you don't see any mention of them.
The most interesting of them is a book by a man by the name of
Charles R. Allen Jr., somebody you don't hear about at all any
more. The book that he wrote was published in 1963 by an unknown
press from New York. The title was "Heusinger of the Fourth
Reich: The Step by Step Resurgence of the German General Staff."
Those familiar with such books as Martin Lee's "The Beast
Reawakens" are certainly aware of the kissy-smoochey love affair
the U.S. government had with top Nazis after the war. Perhaps
most notable of these would be Hitler's chief of intelligence,
General Reinhard Gehlen, who went on to become a major player in
U.S. spy operations against the Soviet Union. Heusinger differs
from Gehlen, however, in that he didn't become merely a U.S.
government intelligence asset; Heusinger, incredibly, rose all
the way up to head the Permanent Military Committee of NATO in
Washington.
According to Scott, Heusinger plotted Hitler's military
campaigns against Poland, France, Norway and the Netherlands --
and was a chief strategist behind the Nazi invasion of the Soviet
Union. Among his duties were the overseeing of military task
forces performing what might be politely termed as "special
operations." Scott described them as "mobile killing units."
"These were the death squads that were in vans, that were
sent either ahead or behind the army and liquidated partisans,
communists, and mostly Jews," said Scott.
It has been estimated by holocaust writers that the death
squads, or einsatzgruten, under Heusinger's command killed
approximately 1.5 million people. Said Scott:
"Heusinger was never accused of this crime. He said that he
was simply following orders, he was simply working as a
professional soldier in the high command."
After the war, Heusinger, escaping trial at Nuremburg,
played a crucial role in the remilitarization of what had become
the Federal Republic of Germany, or West Germany, eventually
becoming head of the Bundeswehr. His elevation into the command
of NATO, however, did not come about without protest.
"Although he was appointed to the head of NATO, it was over
the objections of Norway, Denmark, Italy, and Greece," said
Scott. "And obviously the Soviet Union was very worried about him
and wanted him actually to be extradicted to the Soviet Union to
stand as a war criminal."
Much of Scott's information about Heusinger was gleaned from
the book "Heusinger of the Fourth Reich."
"The guy, Charles Allen, that wrote it had been a fairly
distinguished writer at the time. More of a journalist, he had
been an editor of the NATION MAGAZINE and of CHRISTIAN CENTURY.
He had written for the ATLANTIC MONTHLY, THE NEW STATESMAN,
FIGARO, LE MONDE, PUNCH, COLLIERS -- all the leading newspapers
and magazines of his day. He was writing because he was worried
that we had at that time -- 1963 -- an ex-German General, a Nazi,
under Hitler, as the head, the chairman, of the Permanent
Military Committee of NATO."
Heusinger died in 1982. Scott commented: "People think (NATO
General) Wesley Clark is bad; he (Clark) is nothing compared to
this guy (Heusinger)."
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Introduction by Brigadier General Hugh B. Hester, US Army (Ret.),
Berkeley,
California, September, 1963 of "Heusinger of the Fourth Reich:"
In early September, 1945, I flew into occupied Berlin to assume my new
command as director of he Food and Agricultural program for the United
States
Zone, and to serve as U.S. Quadripartite Representatives on these
matters. I
came from Manila, where I had been on the staff of General MacArthur.
Most of the Section Chiefs of the U.S. Military Government insisted in
their
reports, which weekly crossed my desk, that efficiency required the
services
of key Nazis…A speech by Herbert Hoover to a small group of Germans whom
I
had assembled at Stuttgart in January 1947 was also significant: he told
them
that the U.S. expected their support in the coming struggle with "the
atheistic barbarians of the East."
The San Francisco Chronicle of August 4, 1963 quoted [Secretary of
State,
John Foster Dulles] as having told group of Yale and Smith graduates:
"I
believe the single most important country in Europe is Germany, and we
shall
treat her like a 51st state. We should consult her on every move we
make."
"Heusinger of the Fourth Reich," by Charles R. Allen, Jr. , 1963:
The hall…of the new State Department Building in Washington, D.C….was
filled
with the highest ranking military representatives from the fifteen
nations
belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. On the stage sat
the
ranking officials of the NATO military alliance, backed by a panoply of
flags
and honor guards of the member states. As soon as President Kennedy
entered,
the entire room filled with applause for the Chief of State of the most
powerful member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The President
then
formally opened the first 1961 meeting of the Permanent Military
Committee of
NATO at which its new chairman would be installed. The New York Times
writer…described the Permanent Military Committee as "the highest
military
authority of NATO." "I would like now to turn the rest of the meeting
over
to your new chairman," the President of the United States said, "and I
would
especially like to welcome him here to the United States,…"
He was General Adolph Ernst Heusinger, the Inspector General of the West
German Bundeswehr. Formerly Genralleutnant of the Nazi Wehrmacht, chief
of
operation and planning of the O.K.H. (Oberkommando des Heeres – all the
land
forces of Hitler’s armies) and the personal appointee of Adolph Hitler
as the
last Deputy Chief of the German General Staff during World War II. As of
April 1, 1961, he was the Chairman of the Permanent Military Committee
of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization with offices in Paris and
headquarters in
Washington, D.C. His suite of offices in the Pentagon was numbered 3-E
180
and was on the same tier as the highest ranking military chiefs of the
United
States." The New York Times [December 13, 1961]… noted that he was in
almost
daily contact with Hitler from the start of World War II; that he "did
his
job well…and carried out the orders of ‘the boss’ (Hitler)" to the very
end.
Senator [Wayne] Morse [Democrat of Oregon, April 16, 1961]…announced
that as
a senior member of the powerful Senate Committee on Foreign Relations he
intend(ed) "to follow with exceeding care the policies of my government
in
respect to the position it has taken in connection with elevating Nazi
generals to positions of power in NATO." "I’m concerned," he said,
"about
the direction in which NATO is going."
"The ‘New Look’ of the next German Army will be strictly
non-Prussian…middle
class, minus Junkers, minus martinets…Its brains and boss will be Adolph
Heusinger…a modern and very American type…far too informal to be
mistaken for
a member of the German general Staff." – C.L. Sulzberger, The New York
Times,
December 18, 1954.
"’General Heusinger’s career must be seen a typified at best by a brutal
and
opportunistic immorality." –American Jewish Congress, 1961’"
April 6, the 58th Anniversary of the Nazi Carpetbombing of Belgrade
Wall Street Journal, "How NATO Decided to End Its ‘Gentlemanly’ War," by
Journal Staff Reporters, April 27, 1999, p.A6.
"Consider…what happened when Gen., Clark asked permission last month to
bomb
the Serb security forces in downtown Belgrade. Germany’s NATO delegation
agreed – as long as the missiles weren’t launched on April 6, the 58th
anniversary of the Nazi carpetbombing of Belgrade. The two ministry
buildings
were hit instead on April 3.
"…Poland…invited NATO military leader Gen. Klaus Naumann -- Germany’s
Gen.
Naumann, the top military adviser to NATO’s political leaders -- to give
advice."
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...E A HITLER DAREMO IL PREMIO GHANDI PER LA NONVIOLENZA
Il signor Bill Clinton e' stato insignito ad Aquisgrana di un premio
intitolato a Carlomagno: si tratta di "un prestigioso riconoscimento
attribuito ogni anno a quegli statisti che si sono distinti per il loro
impegno a favore della costruzione [sic!] dell'Europa".
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Il signor Bill Clinton e' stato insignito ad Aquisgrana di un premio
intitolato a Carlomagno: si tratta di "un prestigioso riconoscimento
attribuito ogni anno a quegli statisti che si sono distinti per il loro
impegno a favore della costruzione [sic!] dell'Europa".
(fonte: "La Repubblica" online del 2/6/2000)
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MONOPOLY- L'OTAN A LA CONQUETE DU MONDE
Il nuovo libro di Michel Collon
e le altre iniziative della Lega Antiimperialista del Belgio
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Subject: CONFERENCE mICHEL cOLLON
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 21:09:03 +0200 (MET DST)
From: "ANNEMARIE LUGINBUHL" <aluginbuhl@...>
Otan, mediamensonges, yougoslavie
les media nous ont-ils manipules?
-comment reperer les media mensonges?
-qu'y a-t-il derriere les bavures?
- la logique des conflits actuels et lrs
prochaines cibles de l'otan
CONFERENCE-DEBAT AVEC MICHEL COLLON
a l'occasion de la parution de son nouvel ouvrage:
MONOPOLY- L'OTAN A LA CONQUETE DU MONDE
mercredi 7 juin dans les locaux du journal Le Monde
"! bis rue Claude Bernard
PARIS 5eme. metro Censier- Daubenton
Cette conference est organisee par le Syndicat National des journalistes
CGTL'association des amis d'Epo vous invite a y participer
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Cari compagni,
Con questa lettera, noi vogliamo mettervi a conoscenza di
una serie di informazioni e di iniziative del gruppo di lavoro "Pace"
della Lega Ant Imperialista (L.A.I.) belga.
Lo scopo della nostra presentazione: di coordinare i nostri sforzi; di
offrirvi dei nostri materiali a condizioni vantaggiose; di invitarvi ad
unirvi a noi nelle nostre iniziative di solidarietà verso la
Jugoslavia.
Si tratta, in primo luogo, del libro "Monopoly" del giornalista Michel
Collon, che contiene delle vere e proprie rivelazione sulle menzogne
medianiche della NATO prima, durante e dopo la guerra contro la
Jugoslavia e che fornisce un'analisi globale del nuovo gendarme del
mondo.
Michel Collon è l'autore anche di "Attention médias" e "Poker
Menteur". Lui è disponibile a fare delle conferenze o un dibattito su
questi temi. Inoltre vogliamo sottoporvi un nostro progetto di
solidarietà con un orfanotrofio vicino a Novi Sad. Dopo delle azioni di
emergenza durante l'inverno, la nostra ONG Medicina per il Terzo Mondo
ha costruito dei contatti stabili con la Jugoslavia. Questo progetto
costituisce un ponte d'amicizia tra il popolo jugoslavo e quello belga.
Per sostenere questo progetto, noi vendiamo un set di cartoline, con
disegni dei bambini dell'orfanotrofio. Tra il 15 luglio ed il 3 agosto,
noi organizziamo insieme all'asbl "Parola ai giovani" una brigata di
giovani verso la Jugoslavia. Alcuni giovani andranno a fare del lavoro
volontario nell'orfanotrofio, organizzare degli incontri con dei giovani
jugoslavi e fare una visita del paese. Noi proponiamo di allargare
questo viaggio a delle delegazioni di differenti paesi e di organizzare,
durante queste tre settimane un incontro internazionale per confrontare
le nostre esperienze.
Nel frattempo, siamo molto interessati di essere tenuti al corrente di
tutte le vostre iniziative di solidarietà sulla Jugoslavia e/o la pace
in
generale, al fine di poter sostenere reciprocamente i nostri sforzi se
sarà possibile.
Con amicizia,
Danny Claes
Gruppo di lavoro "Pace"
Tel: ... 32/2/513.53.86
Fax: ... 32/2513.98.31
Bolletino di richiesta:
Indirizzare alla L.A.I., rue de caserne 68, B-1000 Bruxelles.
Io ordino n.......copie del libro "Monopoly"
Prezzo di vendita al pubblico: 998 FB o 165 FF (circa 50.000 lire)
Prezzo all'ordine di una sola copia: 800 FB ou 135 FF (circa
39.000 lire) + 90 FB ou 15 FF (circa 4.500 lire) di spese di spedizione
a copia
Prezzo all'ordine per dieci copie o più: 600 FB ou 100 FF a libro
(circa 30.000 lire) + 600 FB ou 100 FF (30.000 lire) per ogni blocco di
dieci copie per spese di spedizione.
Io chiedo n........ copie del dépliant "Sostieni un villaggio di
bambini in Jugoslavi".
Io chiedo n .......... set di cartoline postali.
Prezzo di vendita al pubblico: 100 FB ou 16 FF (circa 5.000 lire)
Prezzo all'ordine a partire da 5 sets: 70 BF ou 12 FF (circa 3.600
lire)
Prezzo all'ordine a partire da 10 sets: 60 BF ou 10 FF (circa 3.000
lire).
Noi ci iscriviamo per la brigata dei giovani con n ......... persone.
Prezzo per il viaggio con partenza da Bruxelles: 25.000 FB ou 4.100 FF
(circa 1.230.000 lire).
Per chi abita fuori dal Belgio, i versamenti per gli ordini o il
progetto si possono fare con un formulario MP16 sul conto postale:
000-1617383-05 di Médecine pour le Tiers Monde, 68,
rue de la caserne, B-1000 Bruxelles, Belgique.
-
Madame, Monsieur,
Par cet envoie, nous voulons vous présenter un paquet d'nformation et
d'action du groupe de travail `Paix' de la Ligue Anti-Impérialiste de
Belgique.
Le but de cette présentation est coordonner nos efforts, si cela vous
intéresse:
de vous offrir notre matériel à des conditions raisonable
de vous inviter à nous joindre dans nos actions vers la Yougoslavie
Il s'agit en premier lieu du livre `Monopoly' du journaliste Michel
Collon, qui contient des révélations sur les médiamensonges de l'Otan
avant, pendant et après la guerre contre la Yougoslavie et donne une
analyse globale du nouveau gendarme du monde.
Michel Collon est l'auteur de `Attention médias' et `Poker Menteur'.
Il est disponible de faire une conférence ou un débat sur ce sujet.
Ensuite il y a notre projet de solidarité avec un orphelinat près de
Novi Sad. Après des actions d'urgence pendant l'hiver, notre ONG
Médecine pour le Tiers Monde a élaboré de bonnes contactes avec la
Yougoslavie. Ce projet forme un pont d'amitié entre le peuple yougoslave
et belge.
Au profit de ce projet, nous vendons un set de deux cartes postales,
avec des desseins d'enfants de l'orphelinat.
Entre le 15 juillet et le 3 août, nous organisons ensemble avec l'asbl
`Parole au jeunes' un brigade de jeunes vers la Yougoslavie. Des jeunes
vont faire du travail bénévole dans l'orphelinat, organiser des
rencontres avec des jeunes yougoslaves et faire un visite du pays.
Nous proposons de élargir ce voyage avec des délégations de différentes
pays et d'organiser pendant ces trois semaines un rencontre
international pour échanges des expériences.
Entretemps, nous sommes très intéressés d'être tenu au courant de toutes
vos initiatives de solidarité autour de la Yougoslavie et/ou la paix en
générale, afin de pouvoir rejoindre vos efforts si possible.
Amicalement,
Danny Claes
Groupe de travail `Paix'
Tél: ... 32/2/513.53.86
Fax:: ... 32/2513.98.31
Bulletin de réponse:
A renvoyer à la LAI, rue de caserne 68, B-1000 Bruxelles
Je commande ....... exemplaires du livre `Monopoly'
Prix de vente: 998 FB ou 165 FF
Prix de commande pour un à neuf exemplaires:
800 FB ou 135 FF + 90 FB ou 15 FF frais d'envoi par livre
Prix de commande pour dix exemplaires ou plus:
600 FB ou 100 FF par livre + 600 FB ou 100 FF par tranche de dix livres
frais d'envoie.
Je demande ........ exemplaires du dépliant ``Soutenez un village
d'enfants en Yougoslavie.
Je commande .......... sets de cartes postales.
Prix de ventes: 100 FB ou 16 FF
Prix de commande à partir de 5 sets: 70 BF ou 12 FF
Prix de comande à partir de 10 sets: 60 BF ou 10 FF
Nous nous inscrivons pour la brigade des jeunes avec .........
personnes.
Prix pour le voyage à partir de Bruxelles: 25.000 FB ou 4.100 FF
Pour les habitants hors Belgique, les versements pour les commandes ou
le projet peuvent se faire par un formulaire MP16 sur le compte postal:
000-1617383-05 de
Médecine pour le Tiers Monde, 68, rue de la caserne, B-1000 Bruxelles,
Belgique.
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C O M M U N I Q U É D E P R E S S E
Les éditions EPO ont le plaisir de vous annoncer la sortie du livre
Monopoly
L'OTAN à la conquête du monde
de Michel Collon
Il y a un an, se déroulait la guerre contre la Yougoslavie. A cette
occasion, nous vous proposons un document incontournable dans ce débat.
Spécialiste des médiamensonges et des stratégies secrètes
Michel Collon est l'auteur d'Attention, médias ! Les médiamensonges du
Golfe (EPO, 1992) et de Poker menteur. Les grandes puissances, la
Yougoslavie et les prochaines guerres (EPO, 1998).
Chacun de ces livres avait provoqué un choc. En démasquant - documents
en main - les médiamensonges qui avaient permis de manipuler l'opinion.
Et en exposant les stratégies réelles des grandes puissances.
Vous trouverez en annexe une sélection de réactions parmi les médias et
les personnalités.
Un an après la guerre : quel bilan ?
La guerre avait pour but, nous disait-on, d'établir un Kosovo
multiethnique . Qu'en est-il aujourd'hui ? Elle prétendait aussi
constituer une solide alliance entre Etats-Unis et Europe. Qu'en
est-il ?
Michel Collon avait annoncé cette guerre contre la Yougoslavie. A
présent, il dévoile les prochaines cibles de l'OTAN.
Un débatteur de talent
Si ses analyses dérangent certains conformismes, Michel Collon a
passionné tous les publics auxquels il a pu s'adresser dans de nombreux
pays. Révélations nombreuses, connaissance approfondie du dossier,
synthèses claires et concises, polémiques courtoises mais sans
concession... Une cassette d'un récent débat télévisé (L'Ecran témoin,
RTBF, 31 janvier 2000) est à votre disposition.
Les éditions EPO vous proposent donc d'inclure Michel Collon dans la
couverture de cet anniversaire de la guerre (interviews, débats, bonnes
feuilles...).
Contacts :
Editions EPO, Karine Alvarez - tel : +32 2/ 523 02 32 ou email
<editions@...>
Michel Collon - tel-fax : +32 4/ 246 28 81 ou email
<michel.collon@...>
ISBN 2-87262-171-7 250 pages 998 Bef - 165 FF
éditions EPO, 30 rue Lambert Crickx, 1070 Bruxelles, Belgique
Tél: 32 (0)2 215 66 51 Fax: 32 (0)2 215 66 04 email: editions@...
Monopoly
L'Otan à la conquête du monde
de Michel Collon
1. Test-médias: que vaut notre information sur le Kosovo?
- Les 4 principes de la propagande de guerre
- Ce qu'on n'a pas dit sur le massacre de Racak
- Médiamensonges préparatoires
- Comment Washington a préparé sa guerre
- Qui a lu le texte de Rambouillet?
- Sur le génocide, la purification ethnique et les charniers
2. Serbes et Albanais: les dessous du problème `ethnique'
- La suppression de l'autonomie en 89
- Les grandes puissances derrière l'UCK
- Les tactiques militaires des deux camps
- Causes de l'exode de réfugiés
- Quel avenir pour le Kosovo?
3. Les prochaines cibles de l'Otan:
- Une armée au service de la globalisation
- Prochaines cibles: Irak, Algérie, Congo... Et Moscou!
- Caucase: la prochaine guerre du pétrole
- Ce qu'on nous cache sur la Tchétchénie
-- Les dangers de l'expansion de l'Otan
- Chine: le bombardement était un avertissement
- Le droit international bafoué
- Pourquoi le budget d'armement US augmente de 70%
- Naissance de l'euro-armée
4. La guerre de l'Otan était-elle `propre'?
- Images de souffrances
- La théorie des «bavures»
- La résistance d'un peuple
- Otan et UCK ont `purifié' le Kosovo
- Comment les multinationales se sont partagé le Kosovo
- Rétablir le dialogue
5. Nécessité d'un front mondial pour la paix
Ils ont dit de Poker menteur :
Paul-Marie de La Gorce (Le Monde Diplomatique): « Un des trois livres
les plus importants de l'année. Une analyse résolument non conformiste,
renversant les tabous et les dogmes imposés par la presse occidentale. »
Gilles Perrault: « Vous faites ?uvre de salubrité publique! Poker
menteur éclaire un problème fort complexe en tordant le cou à un certain
nombre d'escroqueries médiatiques. On retrouve là l'auteur d'Attention
médias ! Vous dévoilez surtout les vrais enjeux d'une guerre dont on ne
nous a montré que les apparences. Travail tout à fait passionnant. »
Jean Ziegler, écrivain et sociologue : « Vous faites un travail
formidable ! Merci de ce beau,
intelligent livre. »
Samir Amin, économiste : « Excellent livre. Réussit à la perfection à
faire une analyse sérieuse et profonde et à convaincre par la quantité
de faits bien présentés. »
Benoît Delépine (alias « Michael Kael » et scénariste des Guignols, sur
Canal Plus) : « Attention médias ! le précédent livre de Michel Collon,
est formidable. Comme l'Américain Chomsky, il a inspiré tout mon travail
pour Michael Kael. Le premier scénario de mon film était d'ailleurs basé
sur ce bouquin que je recommande à tous mes amis. Et chaque fois que je
viens en Belgique, je demande aux journalistes « Connaissez-vous ce
livre de Michel Collon ? » Réponse : non. Quel dommage ! »
Louis Dalmas, rédacteur en chef du mensuel français Balkans-Infos : « Je
suis à la fois sidéré par le travail et rempli d'admiration. C'est le
document le plus important qui ait été publié sur l'ex-Yougoslavie.
Complet, bien présenté, facile à lire, édifiant. »
Bichara Khader, professeur à Louvain-la-Neuve : « Je recommanderais ce
livre à tous les étudiants soucieux de comprendre la politique
internationale et épris de paix. »
Pierre Piérart (Association des Médecins pour la Prévention de la guerre
nucléaire, prix Nobel 1985) : « L'analyse de Poker menteur colle à la
réalité : le contrôle des richesses stratégiques est au c?ur du
problème. Et la puissance allemande devient en effet extrêmement
dangereuse. »
Eva Forest, résistante antifranquiste et éditrice : « Comme dans
Attention médias !, Michel Collon explique minutieusement et clairement
ces problèmes. C'est un grand plaisir de le lire. »
Michel Collon
37 Rue André Renard Tél + Fax : 32 / 4 /
246
28 81
4430 Ans - Belgique E-mail: michel.collon@...
* Journaliste, écrit notamment dans l'hebdomadaire Solidaire.
* Auteur du livre Attention, médias! (EPO, Bruxelles, 1992).
Sous-titre: Les médiamensonges du Golfe.
Manuel anti-manipulation.
Analyse du système général des médias.
Trois éditions, plus de 6.000 exemplaires (épuisé)
Traductions en espagnol et arabe.
* Auteur du livre Poker menteur (EPO, Bruxelles, 1998)
Sous-titre: Les grandes puissances, la Yougoslavie et les
prochaines
guerres.
Deux éditions, plus de 4.000 exemplaires.
Traduction en espagnol, en néerlandais, et bientôt en italien et
serbo-croate.
Analyse des stratégies cachées (Etats-Unis, Allemagne, Otan)
dans les
Balkans. Prévoyait la guerre du Kosovo, l'expansion de l'Otan dans le
Caucase...
* Plusieurs voyages en Yougoslavie et ex-Yougoslavie.
* Anime des comités pour la paix en Belgique. A dirigé une délégation de
15 personnalités belges en Yougoslavie en mai 99 sous les bombardements.
* Scénariste du film `Sous les bombes de l'Otan' (Regards Croisés,
Bruxelles, 1999, 45 minutes) à l'occasion du voyage ci-dessus.
* Plus de deux cents conférences et débats dans de nombreux pays
(en
français, anglais, néerlandais, italien).
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Monopoly
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Le 15 bugie di Jamie Shea e della NATO
Il portavoce della NATO, Jamie Shea, tiene conferenze un po' dappertutto
per
tentare di giustificare i bombardamenti sulla Yugoslavia.
Michel Collon, autore di Monopoly - La NATO alla conquista del mondo,
smaschera le 15 menzogne maediatiche della NATO e sfida Jamie Shea ad
accettare un confronto pubblico.
Prima della guerra
1 "Il fine della NATO: riportare la pace in Kossovo"
Falso! Da più di un anno, i servizi segreti tedeschi del Bnd armano i
separatisti albanesi, secondo quanto rivelato dalla televisione tedesca
ARD.
La Cia ha fatto similmente. Così, lo stesso Uck che l'inviato speciale
degli
USA, Robert Gelbard, qualificò pubblicamente come "terrorista" alla fine
del
febbraio 1998, è stato segretamente incoraggiato ad assassinare
poliziotti e
civili serbi fedeli alla Yugoslavia.
2 "I Serbi intransigenti hanno rifiutato le nostre proposte di pace."
Falso! Alla "negoziazione" di Rambouillet (inizio 99), la NATO ha voluto
imporre l'occupazione militare di tutta la Yugoslavia e la
colonizzazione
del Kossovo da parte delle multinazionali. Essa ha anche impedito Serbi
ed
Albanesi di confrontarsi. Il fine di queste provocazioni? Dare l'inizio
alla
guerra al fine di installare le proprie basi nei Balcani.
3 "La colpa è di Milosevic. Noi vogliamo liberare gli Yugoslavi."
Falso! Numerosi Yugoslavi criticano Milosevic. Ma questo popolo è
unanime
nel rifiutare la separazione della Yugoslavia ed una occupazione da
parte
della NATO. Ecco perché l'opposizione finanziata con milioni di dollari
da
parte degli Stati Uniti non serve a niente. Né lo chantage di un embargo
crudele, che blocca medicine, mazout et viveri.
4 "La polizia yugoslava ha massacrato dei civili a Racak nel gennaio
1999."
Falso! Erano le vittime di uno scontro tra due eserciti. Questa
manipolazione è stata orchestrata da un agente americano, William
Walker,
che fu complice degli squadroni della morte del Salvador e del Nicaragua
(anni '80). Ogni guerra comincia con una grande menzogna mediatica:
delle
immagini truccate per manipolare l'opinione.
5 "I Serbi praticano la pulizia etnica."
Falso! Crimini sono stati commessi da ENTRAMBI i campi (cfr. rapporti
dell'OSCE), ma non si può parlare di ipulizia etnica sistematica. Ancora
quindici giorni prima della guerra, un rapporto ufficiale del ministero
tedesco degli Affari Esteri (diretto dal verde Joshka Fisher) dichiara:
"Non
ci sono persecuzioni etniche contro gli Albanesi come gruppo. Solamente
degli scontri tra i due eserciti."
Durante la guerra
6 "I nostri bombardamenti risparmiano i civili."
Falso! Il capo di stato maggiore belga Herteleer l'ha riconosciuto:
"Facciamo del male alla stessa popolazione serba. Infliggiamo loro delle
perdite." (Standaard, 17.4.99). Risultato: 2.000 civili uccisi, 5.000
feriti, una generazione di bambini traumatizzati, 147 ospedali colpiti,
economia distrutta. Il fine: mettere in ginocchio lo stesso popolo. Ed
eliminare tutto favorisce l'invasione delle multianzionali.
7 "Portiamo avanti una guerra "propria"."
falso! La NATO ha impiegato delle armi proibite dalla Convenzione di
Ginevra: 1. Bombe a frammentazione lanciate in particolare sul mercato e
sull'ospedale di Nis, uccidendo o mutilando numerosi civili. 2. Bombe
alla
grafite per paralizzare le condutture elettriche (e quindi gli
ospedali). 3.
Armi a uranio impoverito provocanti cancri e mutazioni genetiche, ivi
comprese quelle dei soldati USA.
8 "E' stato per errore che la NATO ha bombardato un convoglio di
rifugiati
albanesi (73 morti)."
Falso! Voi avete all'inizio preteso che erano stati bombardati dai
Serbi.
Poi che i vostri piloti l'avevano scambiato per un convoglio militare.
Ora,
questi piloti sono ritornati a bombardarlo per otto volte! In realtà,
questi
rifugiati rientravano in Kossovo, ma vo volevate svuotarlo e "provare"
che
sarebe stato impossibile per gli Albanesi di viverci.
9 "E' per errore che la NATO ha bombardato un treno che arrivava su di
un
ponte."
falso! Per tentare di dimostrare che il pilota aveva visto troppo tardi
questo treno che arrivava molto velocemente, avete truccato i video
registrati dai vostri aerei, facendoli passare tre volte più veloce; il
treno, però, sarebbe dovuto andare a 300 km/h. In realtà, anche qui, il
pilota è ritornato a bombardare di nuovo una carrozza. La NATO non
rispetta
i civili.
10 "E' per errore che la NATO ha bombaradto l'Ambasciata cinese."
falso! Voi avete all'inizio raccontato che i servizi USA non avevano una
mappa recente di Belgrado indicante il nuovo sito di questa
AmbasciataFaux!
Vous avez d'abord raconté qu'il visait le building d'en face. Il
n'y en a pas! Puis que les services US n'avaient pas un plan récent de
Belgrade indiquant le nouveau site de cette ambassade. Prendete la gente
per
imbecilli? In realtà, questo bombardiere, venuto apposta dagli USA, ha
lanciato un avvertimento per la Cina, che si dimostrava solidale con la
Yugoslavia.
Dopo la guerra
11 "Abbiamo scoperto dei charniers provanti il genocidio."
Falso! Dopo lunghe ricerche, avete esumato 2108 corpi. Di tutte le
nazionalità. Molti sono stati vittime dei vostri bombardamenti, altri
dell'Uck. Il capo dei legali spagnoli è ripartito velocemente con la sua
squadra, dicendo che erano stati manipolati. Il genocidio ("100000
uomini
uccisi", dicevate) è stata un'invenzione dei vostri servizi di
propaganda.
12 "La NATO è qui per proteggere la popolazione albanese."
Falso! Gli Stati Uniti hanno installato nel Kossovo una gigantesca base
militare permanente, chiamata Campo Bondsteel. Questo era il loro scopo
sin
dal principio. Al fine di avvicinarsi al Caucaso ed al suo petrolio, che
essi vogliono controllare. Strategia a lungo termine: accerchiare ed
indebolire la Russia. Ecco perché Washington arma in segreto le milizie
islamiche cecene.
13 "La NATO persegue delle finalità umanitarie."
Falso! Le potenze occidentali hanno ripartito le zone d'occupazione
secondo
le ricchezze interessanti le loro rispettive multinazionali. Gli USA
hanno
preso le miniere strategiche di Novo Brdo e l'industria di batterie di
Gnjilane, British Power l'elettricità, i Francesi hanno ricevuto le
miniere
di Trepca come prezzo della loro obbedienza, i Tedeschi i vigneti e
l'industria di pneumatici…
14 "La NATO interviene per formare un Kossovo multietnico."
Falso! L'Uck e voi avete "purificato" il Kossovo. 350.000 Serbi, Zigani,
Musulmani, Turchi ed altre minoranze perseguite hanno dovuto fuggire.
Non
avete ritrovato nessuna delle 700 persone rapite dall'Uck. Ed i vostri
50.000 soldati "non possono proteggere", dite voi, gli ultimi Serbi -
quattrocento - sepolti per mesi nei loro appartamenti a Pristina?
15 "Tentiamo con imparzialità di calmare le passioni."
Falso! La NATO stessa ha licenziato ventimila lavoratori serbi. Bernard
Kouchner, amministratore civile, ha preso (?) un arrestato che legittima
dopo 24 ore le occupazioni illegali di case ed appartamenti da cui i
Serbi
sono stati cacciati. Infine, disarmando i soli Serbi, voi li lasciate
alla
violenza sistematica organizzata dall'Uck, che uccide un Serbo al
giorno.
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Il nuovo libro di Michel Collon
e le altre iniziative della Lega Antiimperialista del Belgio
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Subject: CONFERENCE mICHEL cOLLON
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 21:09:03 +0200 (MET DST)
From: "ANNEMARIE LUGINBUHL" <aluginbuhl@...>
Otan, mediamensonges, yougoslavie
les media nous ont-ils manipules?
-comment reperer les media mensonges?
-qu'y a-t-il derriere les bavures?
- la logique des conflits actuels et lrs
prochaines cibles de l'otan
CONFERENCE-DEBAT AVEC MICHEL COLLON
a l'occasion de la parution de son nouvel ouvrage:
MONOPOLY- L'OTAN A LA CONQUETE DU MONDE
mercredi 7 juin dans les locaux du journal Le Monde
"! bis rue Claude Bernard
PARIS 5eme. metro Censier- Daubenton
Cette conference est organisee par le Syndicat National des journalistes
CGTL'association des amis d'Epo vous invite a y participer
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Cari compagni,
Con questa lettera, noi vogliamo mettervi a conoscenza di
una serie di informazioni e di iniziative del gruppo di lavoro "Pace"
della Lega Ant Imperialista (L.A.I.) belga.
Lo scopo della nostra presentazione: di coordinare i nostri sforzi; di
offrirvi dei nostri materiali a condizioni vantaggiose; di invitarvi ad
unirvi a noi nelle nostre iniziative di solidarietà verso la
Jugoslavia.
Si tratta, in primo luogo, del libro "Monopoly" del giornalista Michel
Collon, che contiene delle vere e proprie rivelazione sulle menzogne
medianiche della NATO prima, durante e dopo la guerra contro la
Jugoslavia e che fornisce un'analisi globale del nuovo gendarme del
mondo.
Michel Collon è l'autore anche di "Attention médias" e "Poker
Menteur". Lui è disponibile a fare delle conferenze o un dibattito su
questi temi. Inoltre vogliamo sottoporvi un nostro progetto di
solidarietà con un orfanotrofio vicino a Novi Sad. Dopo delle azioni di
emergenza durante l'inverno, la nostra ONG Medicina per il Terzo Mondo
ha costruito dei contatti stabili con la Jugoslavia. Questo progetto
costituisce un ponte d'amicizia tra il popolo jugoslavo e quello belga.
Per sostenere questo progetto, noi vendiamo un set di cartoline, con
disegni dei bambini dell'orfanotrofio. Tra il 15 luglio ed il 3 agosto,
noi organizziamo insieme all'asbl "Parola ai giovani" una brigata di
giovani verso la Jugoslavia. Alcuni giovani andranno a fare del lavoro
volontario nell'orfanotrofio, organizzare degli incontri con dei giovani
jugoslavi e fare una visita del paese. Noi proponiamo di allargare
questo viaggio a delle delegazioni di differenti paesi e di organizzare,
durante queste tre settimane un incontro internazionale per confrontare
le nostre esperienze.
Nel frattempo, siamo molto interessati di essere tenuti al corrente di
tutte le vostre iniziative di solidarietà sulla Jugoslavia e/o la pace
in
generale, al fine di poter sostenere reciprocamente i nostri sforzi se
sarà possibile.
Con amicizia,
Danny Claes
Gruppo di lavoro "Pace"
Tel: ... 32/2/513.53.86
Fax: ... 32/2513.98.31
Bolletino di richiesta:
Indirizzare alla L.A.I., rue de caserne 68, B-1000 Bruxelles.
Io ordino n.......copie del libro "Monopoly"
Prezzo di vendita al pubblico: 998 FB o 165 FF (circa 50.000 lire)
Prezzo all'ordine di una sola copia: 800 FB ou 135 FF (circa
39.000 lire) + 90 FB ou 15 FF (circa 4.500 lire) di spese di spedizione
a copia
Prezzo all'ordine per dieci copie o più: 600 FB ou 100 FF a libro
(circa 30.000 lire) + 600 FB ou 100 FF (30.000 lire) per ogni blocco di
dieci copie per spese di spedizione.
Io chiedo n........ copie del dépliant "Sostieni un villaggio di
bambini in Jugoslavi".
Io chiedo n .......... set di cartoline postali.
Prezzo di vendita al pubblico: 100 FB ou 16 FF (circa 5.000 lire)
Prezzo all'ordine a partire da 5 sets: 70 BF ou 12 FF (circa 3.600
lire)
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lire).
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Prezzo per il viaggio con partenza da Bruxelles: 25.000 FB ou 4.100 FF
(circa 1.230.000 lire).
Per chi abita fuori dal Belgio, i versamenti per gli ordini o il
progetto si possono fare con un formulario MP16 sul conto postale:
000-1617383-05 di Médecine pour le Tiers Monde, 68,
rue de la caserne, B-1000 Bruxelles, Belgique.
-
Madame, Monsieur,
Par cet envoie, nous voulons vous présenter un paquet d'nformation et
d'action du groupe de travail `Paix' de la Ligue Anti-Impérialiste de
Belgique.
Le but de cette présentation est coordonner nos efforts, si cela vous
intéresse:
de vous offrir notre matériel à des conditions raisonable
de vous inviter à nous joindre dans nos actions vers la Yougoslavie
Il s'agit en premier lieu du livre `Monopoly' du journaliste Michel
Collon, qui contient des révélations sur les médiamensonges de l'Otan
avant, pendant et après la guerre contre la Yougoslavie et donne une
analyse globale du nouveau gendarme du monde.
Michel Collon est l'auteur de `Attention médias' et `Poker Menteur'.
Il est disponible de faire une conférence ou un débat sur ce sujet.
Ensuite il y a notre projet de solidarité avec un orphelinat près de
Novi Sad. Après des actions d'urgence pendant l'hiver, notre ONG
Médecine pour le Tiers Monde a élaboré de bonnes contactes avec la
Yougoslavie. Ce projet forme un pont d'amitié entre le peuple yougoslave
et belge.
Au profit de ce projet, nous vendons un set de deux cartes postales,
avec des desseins d'enfants de l'orphelinat.
Entre le 15 juillet et le 3 août, nous organisons ensemble avec l'asbl
`Parole au jeunes' un brigade de jeunes vers la Yougoslavie. Des jeunes
vont faire du travail bénévole dans l'orphelinat, organiser des
rencontres avec des jeunes yougoslaves et faire un visite du pays.
Nous proposons de élargir ce voyage avec des délégations de différentes
pays et d'organiser pendant ces trois semaines un rencontre
international pour échanges des expériences.
Entretemps, nous sommes très intéressés d'être tenu au courant de toutes
vos initiatives de solidarité autour de la Yougoslavie et/ou la paix en
générale, afin de pouvoir rejoindre vos efforts si possible.
Amicalement,
Danny Claes
Groupe de travail `Paix'
Tél: ... 32/2/513.53.86
Fax:: ... 32/2513.98.31
Bulletin de réponse:
A renvoyer à la LAI, rue de caserne 68, B-1000 Bruxelles
Je commande ....... exemplaires du livre `Monopoly'
Prix de vente: 998 FB ou 165 FF
Prix de commande pour un à neuf exemplaires:
800 FB ou 135 FF + 90 FB ou 15 FF frais d'envoi par livre
Prix de commande pour dix exemplaires ou plus:
600 FB ou 100 FF par livre + 600 FB ou 100 FF par tranche de dix livres
frais d'envoie.
Je demande ........ exemplaires du dépliant ``Soutenez un village
d'enfants en Yougoslavie.
Je commande .......... sets de cartes postales.
Prix de ventes: 100 FB ou 16 FF
Prix de commande à partir de 5 sets: 70 BF ou 12 FF
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personnes.
Prix pour le voyage à partir de Bruxelles: 25.000 FB ou 4.100 FF
Pour les habitants hors Belgique, les versements pour les commandes ou
le projet peuvent se faire par un formulaire MP16 sur le compte postal:
000-1617383-05 de
Médecine pour le Tiers Monde, 68, rue de la caserne, B-1000 Bruxelles,
Belgique.
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C O M M U N I Q U É D E P R E S S E
Les éditions EPO ont le plaisir de vous annoncer la sortie du livre
Monopoly
L'OTAN à la conquête du monde
de Michel Collon
Il y a un an, se déroulait la guerre contre la Yougoslavie. A cette
occasion, nous vous proposons un document incontournable dans ce débat.
Spécialiste des médiamensonges et des stratégies secrètes
Michel Collon est l'auteur d'Attention, médias ! Les médiamensonges du
Golfe (EPO, 1992) et de Poker menteur. Les grandes puissances, la
Yougoslavie et les prochaines guerres (EPO, 1998).
Chacun de ces livres avait provoqué un choc. En démasquant - documents
en main - les médiamensonges qui avaient permis de manipuler l'opinion.
Et en exposant les stratégies réelles des grandes puissances.
Vous trouverez en annexe une sélection de réactions parmi les médias et
les personnalités.
Un an après la guerre : quel bilan ?
La guerre avait pour but, nous disait-on, d'établir un Kosovo
multiethnique . Qu'en est-il aujourd'hui ? Elle prétendait aussi
constituer une solide alliance entre Etats-Unis et Europe. Qu'en
est-il ?
Michel Collon avait annoncé cette guerre contre la Yougoslavie. A
présent, il dévoile les prochaines cibles de l'OTAN.
Un débatteur de talent
Si ses analyses dérangent certains conformismes, Michel Collon a
passionné tous les publics auxquels il a pu s'adresser dans de nombreux
pays. Révélations nombreuses, connaissance approfondie du dossier,
synthèses claires et concises, polémiques courtoises mais sans
concession... Une cassette d'un récent débat télévisé (L'Ecran témoin,
RTBF, 31 janvier 2000) est à votre disposition.
Les éditions EPO vous proposent donc d'inclure Michel Collon dans la
couverture de cet anniversaire de la guerre (interviews, débats, bonnes
feuilles...).
Contacts :
Editions EPO, Karine Alvarez - tel : +32 2/ 523 02 32 ou email
<editions@...>
Michel Collon - tel-fax : +32 4/ 246 28 81 ou email
<michel.collon@...>
ISBN 2-87262-171-7 250 pages 998 Bef - 165 FF
éditions EPO, 30 rue Lambert Crickx, 1070 Bruxelles, Belgique
Tél: 32 (0)2 215 66 51 Fax: 32 (0)2 215 66 04 email: editions@...
Monopoly
L'Otan à la conquête du monde
de Michel Collon
1. Test-médias: que vaut notre information sur le Kosovo?
- Les 4 principes de la propagande de guerre
- Ce qu'on n'a pas dit sur le massacre de Racak
- Médiamensonges préparatoires
- Comment Washington a préparé sa guerre
- Qui a lu le texte de Rambouillet?
- Sur le génocide, la purification ethnique et les charniers
2. Serbes et Albanais: les dessous du problème `ethnique'
- La suppression de l'autonomie en 89
- Les grandes puissances derrière l'UCK
- Les tactiques militaires des deux camps
- Causes de l'exode de réfugiés
- Quel avenir pour le Kosovo?
3. Les prochaines cibles de l'Otan:
- Une armée au service de la globalisation
- Prochaines cibles: Irak, Algérie, Congo... Et Moscou!
- Caucase: la prochaine guerre du pétrole
- Ce qu'on nous cache sur la Tchétchénie
-- Les dangers de l'expansion de l'Otan
- Chine: le bombardement était un avertissement
- Le droit international bafoué
- Pourquoi le budget d'armement US augmente de 70%
- Naissance de l'euro-armée
4. La guerre de l'Otan était-elle `propre'?
- Images de souffrances
- La théorie des «bavures»
- La résistance d'un peuple
- Otan et UCK ont `purifié' le Kosovo
- Comment les multinationales se sont partagé le Kosovo
- Rétablir le dialogue
5. Nécessité d'un front mondial pour la paix
Ils ont dit de Poker menteur :
Paul-Marie de La Gorce (Le Monde Diplomatique): « Un des trois livres
les plus importants de l'année. Une analyse résolument non conformiste,
renversant les tabous et les dogmes imposés par la presse occidentale. »
Gilles Perrault: « Vous faites ?uvre de salubrité publique! Poker
menteur éclaire un problème fort complexe en tordant le cou à un certain
nombre d'escroqueries médiatiques. On retrouve là l'auteur d'Attention
médias ! Vous dévoilez surtout les vrais enjeux d'une guerre dont on ne
nous a montré que les apparences. Travail tout à fait passionnant. »
Jean Ziegler, écrivain et sociologue : « Vous faites un travail
formidable ! Merci de ce beau,
intelligent livre. »
Samir Amin, économiste : « Excellent livre. Réussit à la perfection à
faire une analyse sérieuse et profonde et à convaincre par la quantité
de faits bien présentés. »
Benoît Delépine (alias « Michael Kael » et scénariste des Guignols, sur
Canal Plus) : « Attention médias ! le précédent livre de Michel Collon,
est formidable. Comme l'Américain Chomsky, il a inspiré tout mon travail
pour Michael Kael. Le premier scénario de mon film était d'ailleurs basé
sur ce bouquin que je recommande à tous mes amis. Et chaque fois que je
viens en Belgique, je demande aux journalistes « Connaissez-vous ce
livre de Michel Collon ? » Réponse : non. Quel dommage ! »
Louis Dalmas, rédacteur en chef du mensuel français Balkans-Infos : « Je
suis à la fois sidéré par le travail et rempli d'admiration. C'est le
document le plus important qui ait été publié sur l'ex-Yougoslavie.
Complet, bien présenté, facile à lire, édifiant. »
Bichara Khader, professeur à Louvain-la-Neuve : « Je recommanderais ce
livre à tous les étudiants soucieux de comprendre la politique
internationale et épris de paix. »
Pierre Piérart (Association des Médecins pour la Prévention de la guerre
nucléaire, prix Nobel 1985) : « L'analyse de Poker menteur colle à la
réalité : le contrôle des richesses stratégiques est au c?ur du
problème. Et la puissance allemande devient en effet extrêmement
dangereuse. »
Eva Forest, résistante antifranquiste et éditrice : « Comme dans
Attention médias !, Michel Collon explique minutieusement et clairement
ces problèmes. C'est un grand plaisir de le lire. »
Michel Collon
37 Rue André Renard Tél + Fax : 32 / 4 /
246
28 81
4430 Ans - Belgique E-mail: michel.collon@...
* Journaliste, écrit notamment dans l'hebdomadaire Solidaire.
* Auteur du livre Attention, médias! (EPO, Bruxelles, 1992).
Sous-titre: Les médiamensonges du Golfe.
Manuel anti-manipulation.
Analyse du système général des médias.
Trois éditions, plus de 6.000 exemplaires (épuisé)
Traductions en espagnol et arabe.
* Auteur du livre Poker menteur (EPO, Bruxelles, 1998)
Sous-titre: Les grandes puissances, la Yougoslavie et les
prochaines
guerres.
Deux éditions, plus de 4.000 exemplaires.
Traduction en espagnol, en néerlandais, et bientôt en italien et
serbo-croate.
Analyse des stratégies cachées (Etats-Unis, Allemagne, Otan)
dans les
Balkans. Prévoyait la guerre du Kosovo, l'expansion de l'Otan dans le
Caucase...
* Plusieurs voyages en Yougoslavie et ex-Yougoslavie.
* Anime des comités pour la paix en Belgique. A dirigé une délégation de
15 personnalités belges en Yougoslavie en mai 99 sous les bombardements.
* Scénariste du film `Sous les bombes de l'Otan' (Regards Croisés,
Bruxelles, 1999, 45 minutes) à l'occasion du voyage ci-dessus.
* Plus de deux cents conférences et débats dans de nombreux pays
(en
français, anglais, néerlandais, italien).
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Le 15 bugie di Jamie Shea e della NATO
Il portavoce della NATO, Jamie Shea, tiene conferenze un po' dappertutto
per
tentare di giustificare i bombardamenti sulla Yugoslavia.
Michel Collon, autore di Monopoly - La NATO alla conquista del mondo,
smaschera le 15 menzogne maediatiche della NATO e sfida Jamie Shea ad
accettare un confronto pubblico.
Prima della guerra
1 "Il fine della NATO: riportare la pace in Kossovo"
Falso! Da più di un anno, i servizi segreti tedeschi del Bnd armano i
separatisti albanesi, secondo quanto rivelato dalla televisione tedesca
ARD.
La Cia ha fatto similmente. Così, lo stesso Uck che l'inviato speciale
degli
USA, Robert Gelbard, qualificò pubblicamente come "terrorista" alla fine
del
febbraio 1998, è stato segretamente incoraggiato ad assassinare
poliziotti e
civili serbi fedeli alla Yugoslavia.
2 "I Serbi intransigenti hanno rifiutato le nostre proposte di pace."
Falso! Alla "negoziazione" di Rambouillet (inizio 99), la NATO ha voluto
imporre l'occupazione militare di tutta la Yugoslavia e la
colonizzazione
del Kossovo da parte delle multinazionali. Essa ha anche impedito Serbi
ed
Albanesi di confrontarsi. Il fine di queste provocazioni? Dare l'inizio
alla
guerra al fine di installare le proprie basi nei Balcani.
3 "La colpa è di Milosevic. Noi vogliamo liberare gli Yugoslavi."
Falso! Numerosi Yugoslavi criticano Milosevic. Ma questo popolo è
unanime
nel rifiutare la separazione della Yugoslavia ed una occupazione da
parte
della NATO. Ecco perché l'opposizione finanziata con milioni di dollari
da
parte degli Stati Uniti non serve a niente. Né lo chantage di un embargo
crudele, che blocca medicine, mazout et viveri.
4 "La polizia yugoslava ha massacrato dei civili a Racak nel gennaio
1999."
Falso! Erano le vittime di uno scontro tra due eserciti. Questa
manipolazione è stata orchestrata da un agente americano, William
Walker,
che fu complice degli squadroni della morte del Salvador e del Nicaragua
(anni '80). Ogni guerra comincia con una grande menzogna mediatica:
delle
immagini truccate per manipolare l'opinione.
5 "I Serbi praticano la pulizia etnica."
Falso! Crimini sono stati commessi da ENTRAMBI i campi (cfr. rapporti
dell'OSCE), ma non si può parlare di ipulizia etnica sistematica. Ancora
quindici giorni prima della guerra, un rapporto ufficiale del ministero
tedesco degli Affari Esteri (diretto dal verde Joshka Fisher) dichiara:
"Non
ci sono persecuzioni etniche contro gli Albanesi come gruppo. Solamente
degli scontri tra i due eserciti."
Durante la guerra
6 "I nostri bombardamenti risparmiano i civili."
Falso! Il capo di stato maggiore belga Herteleer l'ha riconosciuto:
"Facciamo del male alla stessa popolazione serba. Infliggiamo loro delle
perdite." (Standaard, 17.4.99). Risultato: 2.000 civili uccisi, 5.000
feriti, una generazione di bambini traumatizzati, 147 ospedali colpiti,
economia distrutta. Il fine: mettere in ginocchio lo stesso popolo. Ed
eliminare tutto favorisce l'invasione delle multianzionali.
7 "Portiamo avanti una guerra "propria"."
falso! La NATO ha impiegato delle armi proibite dalla Convenzione di
Ginevra: 1. Bombe a frammentazione lanciate in particolare sul mercato e
sull'ospedale di Nis, uccidendo o mutilando numerosi civili. 2. Bombe
alla
grafite per paralizzare le condutture elettriche (e quindi gli
ospedali). 3.
Armi a uranio impoverito provocanti cancri e mutazioni genetiche, ivi
comprese quelle dei soldati USA.
8 "E' stato per errore che la NATO ha bombardato un convoglio di
rifugiati
albanesi (73 morti)."
Falso! Voi avete all'inizio preteso che erano stati bombardati dai
Serbi.
Poi che i vostri piloti l'avevano scambiato per un convoglio militare.
Ora,
questi piloti sono ritornati a bombardarlo per otto volte! In realtà,
questi
rifugiati rientravano in Kossovo, ma vo volevate svuotarlo e "provare"
che
sarebe stato impossibile per gli Albanesi di viverci.
9 "E' per errore che la NATO ha bombardato un treno che arrivava su di
un
ponte."
falso! Per tentare di dimostrare che il pilota aveva visto troppo tardi
questo treno che arrivava molto velocemente, avete truccato i video
registrati dai vostri aerei, facendoli passare tre volte più veloce; il
treno, però, sarebbe dovuto andare a 300 km/h. In realtà, anche qui, il
pilota è ritornato a bombardare di nuovo una carrozza. La NATO non
rispetta
i civili.
10 "E' per errore che la NATO ha bombaradto l'Ambasciata cinese."
falso! Voi avete all'inizio raccontato che i servizi USA non avevano una
mappa recente di Belgrado indicante il nuovo sito di questa
AmbasciataFaux!
Vous avez d'abord raconté qu'il visait le building d'en face. Il
n'y en a pas! Puis que les services US n'avaient pas un plan récent de
Belgrade indiquant le nouveau site de cette ambassade. Prendete la gente
per
imbecilli? In realtà, questo bombardiere, venuto apposta dagli USA, ha
lanciato un avvertimento per la Cina, che si dimostrava solidale con la
Yugoslavia.
Dopo la guerra
11 "Abbiamo scoperto dei charniers provanti il genocidio."
Falso! Dopo lunghe ricerche, avete esumato 2108 corpi. Di tutte le
nazionalità. Molti sono stati vittime dei vostri bombardamenti, altri
dell'Uck. Il capo dei legali spagnoli è ripartito velocemente con la sua
squadra, dicendo che erano stati manipolati. Il genocidio ("100000
uomini
uccisi", dicevate) è stata un'invenzione dei vostri servizi di
propaganda.
12 "La NATO è qui per proteggere la popolazione albanese."
Falso! Gli Stati Uniti hanno installato nel Kossovo una gigantesca base
militare permanente, chiamata Campo Bondsteel. Questo era il loro scopo
sin
dal principio. Al fine di avvicinarsi al Caucaso ed al suo petrolio, che
essi vogliono controllare. Strategia a lungo termine: accerchiare ed
indebolire la Russia. Ecco perché Washington arma in segreto le milizie
islamiche cecene.
13 "La NATO persegue delle finalità umanitarie."
Falso! Le potenze occidentali hanno ripartito le zone d'occupazione
secondo
le ricchezze interessanti le loro rispettive multinazionali. Gli USA
hanno
preso le miniere strategiche di Novo Brdo e l'industria di batterie di
Gnjilane, British Power l'elettricità, i Francesi hanno ricevuto le
miniere
di Trepca come prezzo della loro obbedienza, i Tedeschi i vigneti e
l'industria di pneumatici…
14 "La NATO interviene per formare un Kossovo multietnico."
Falso! L'Uck e voi avete "purificato" il Kossovo. 350.000 Serbi, Zigani,
Musulmani, Turchi ed altre minoranze perseguite hanno dovuto fuggire.
Non
avete ritrovato nessuna delle 700 persone rapite dall'Uck. Ed i vostri
50.000 soldati "non possono proteggere", dite voi, gli ultimi Serbi -
quattrocento - sepolti per mesi nei loro appartamenti a Pristina?
15 "Tentiamo con imparzialità di calmare le passioni."
Falso! La NATO stessa ha licenziato ventimila lavoratori serbi. Bernard
Kouchner, amministratore civile, ha preso (?) un arrestato che legittima
dopo 24 ore le occupazioni illegali di case ed appartamenti da cui i
Serbi
sono stati cacciati. Infine, disarmando i soli Serbi, voi li lasciate
alla
violenza sistematica organizzata dall'Uck, che uccide un Serbo al
giorno.
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Britain trains new elite for post-Milosevic era
By Adam LeBor in Budapest
3 May 2000
British diplomats are training a Yugoslav élite-in-waiting to
oversee the country's transformation to a civil society after the
Milosevic regime falls.
Senior Serbian figures in professional fields such as the
military, law enforcement and academia are being brought to
Budapest in neighbouring Hungary to design a blueprint for
post-Milosevic Serbia, and prepare for the country's
re-integration into Europe.
The New Serbia Forum, an initiative funded by the Foreign
Office, focuses on key issues to shape the future Yugoslavia
such as instituting civilian control of the military, punishment
for those who committed atrocities under President Slobodan
Milosevic and reconstruct- ing a stable economy.
Many of the Serb participants held senior posts in Yugoslavia
before the country began to implode in the 1991 Croatian war
of independence. Their refusal to participate in Mr Milosevic's
nationalist drive forced them out of their jobs.
British officials want to prevent a repeat of the post-1989
transitions from Communist dictatorship of eastern Eur-ope's
new democracies.
Sir John Birch, former British ambassador to Hungary, said: "In
1989 there was no action plan for a new democratic
government and a lot of time was wasted arguing over
inconsequential questions such as flags and anthems,
instead of coping with the budget deficit or thinking about how
to deal with people from the old regime.
"We are not a subversive organisation, talking about how to get
rid of the Milosevic regime. We are looking at Serb solutions to
Serb problems, with outside assistance, about what Serbia
needs to reintegrate."
Forum participants, including Dr Miroslav Hadzic, a former
colonel in the Yugoslav army, said they wanted to learn from
other ex-communist nations. "It is very important for us to be in
touch with modern democratic experts which have experience
of issues such as civilian control of the army, in transition
countries such as Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovenia,"
said Dr Hadzic, now a research fellow at a Belgrade institute.
The Western policy of isolation and sanctions had supported
Mr Milosevic, by strengthening his position, said Dr Hadzic.
"The Serbian people have no hope and without hope you
cannot do anything. All sanctions should be lifted now and
Yugoslavia should be admitted to all international
organisations.
"The Serbs are paying the price of 10 years of a bad choice,
and it is a high price."
Budapest, capital of Hungary, which borders three states of the
former Yugoslavia - Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia - has long
been a key meeting place for nationals of the south Slavic
nations, now divided into independent states.
Bosko Colak-Antic, a former journalist with Tanjug, the
Yugoslav state news agency, said: "We do not have free and
open expression, to meet experts and clarify our attitudes and
opinions. This [forum] brings together the élite of people who
can express their opinions about what should happen after the
fall of Milosevic."
Attending the forum is not without risks. Participants are often
called in by the police on their return home and questioned.
One Serb delegate said Belgrade officers asked him who he
met, and what the forum was about, then verbally abused him.
The role of the army and the police in the transition to a
post-Milosevic era is a key question. Analysts are not certain
the army will support Mr Milosevic; nor can he rely on police.
But many analysts expect the end of the Milosevic regime to be
protracted and bloody. Internationally isolated, its domestic
support crumbling, riven by factions and threatened by armed
organised crime gangs it unleashed during the Bosnian war,
the regime is likely to end not with a whimper, but with a Serb
Götterdämmerung.
One delegate said: "There is too much at stake for government
circles and they have no way out. They will fight until the last
drop of our blood."
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British deal fuelled Balkan war
Foreign Affairs Opinion (Published)
Source: The Guardian
Published: 05/28/00 Author: Blaz Zgaga and Antony Barnett
Posted on 05/28/2000 18:17:59 PDT by Miss Antiwar
British deal fuelled Balkan war
Military sale to Slovenia flouted Tory foreign policy
Kosovo: special report
Blaz Zgaga and Antony Barnett
Sunday May 28, 2000
Britain flouted its own foreign policy by approving the sale of millions
of pounds worth of military equipment to a
former Yugoslav republic only days before the outbreak of the bloody
Balkans war, The Observer has established.
Eight days before Slovenia became the first area to break from the
unified Yugoslavia in 1991, a British firm delivered
communications equipment to the Slovenian forces to help them fight the
Serb-led Yugoslav army.
The revelation that this deal was approved by the Conservative
Government will embarrass former Foreign Secretary
Douglas Hurd, who was the principal architect of the West's policy of
supporting a unified Yugoslavia. He had warned
the republics to stay in the federation.
Until now, Germany has shouldered the blame for the Balkan tragedy by
prematurely recognising the breakaway
republics of Slovenia and Croatia. Britain's help to Slovenia casts a
new light on events.
Labour MP Ann Clwyd, who sits on the House of Commons International
Development Select Committee, said: 'These
revelations show once again that the export of military equipment from
Britain needs to be much more rigorously
scrutinised.'
After Slovenia declared independence, the Yugoslav army began its
military offensive against the 'rebel' republic. The
ensuing 10-day war signalled the start of the conflicts that ultimately
killed hundreds of thousands.
Three months after Britain exported military equipment to Slovenia the
United Nations imposed an arms embargo on the
region.
The Observer has obtained details of the multi-million-pound contract
between the Slovenian Defence Ministry and
Racal, the British defence and communications group. A fax dated 29 May,
1991, from one of Racal's military
subsidiaries, Racal Tacticom, to the Slovenian Defence Ministry lists
four batches of tactical military communication
equipment worth £5 million.
Racal's communications network played a vital role in helping Slovenia
beat the Serb-led Yugoslav forces. The
equipment arrived on 17 June, eight days before the war of independence
began.
Janez Jansa, then Slovenian Defence Minister, praises Britain for its
role in his memoirs. He writes: 'The government of
one of the more decent Western states has, on our request, officially
approved the export of mili tary radio stations with
secure data transmission to Slovenia.'
One senior source at Racal Defence Electronics confirmed that it had
delivered the equipment after it received an export
licence from the Department of Trade and Industry. He said the contract
was with the 'regional government' of Slovenia,
and the export was for 'the purpose of national defence'.
Misha Glenny, a Balkans expert, said: 'If the British Government was
fully aware of this, it would imply that the
Government was covertly operating in contradiction of its stated policy
and aims. It would also shift some of the
responsibility carried by Germany.'
The former Slovenian Defence Minister's book also claims that the
British Embassy in Belgrade learnt that the Yugoslav
air force was planning to shoot down a Slovenian aircraft due to carry
the equipment to its new owner. According to
Jansa, the British tipped off the Slovenians, who decided to send the
cargo by road. Government sources in Slovenia
confirm that the aircraft that was to have delivered the shipment was a
passenger plane owned by Adria Airways, the
national airline. The jet was to have flown from Gatwick to the capital
Ljubljana, in central Slovenia.
Suggestions that the British Embassy in Belgrade knew of the military
shipment and warned the Slovenians are strongly
denied by Sir Peter Hall, who was ambassador in Belgrade. He said:
'These allegations of British Embassy involvement
are without foundation... I had no, absolutely no, knowledge of any
military equipment being sent from Britain to
Slovenia. Indeed, given the great tension in the region at the time I
would be surprised that any such equipment would
have been sent at all.'
The Observer contacted Lord Hurd and Peter Lilley, who was then Trade
Secretary, with details of the arms shipment.
Both declined to respond. A spokesman for the Blair Government refused
to comment, saying it needed permission from
Racal to give details of any export licence.
Lord Owen, the EU peace negotiator in Bosnia, said: 'I am surprised that
such sales took place, particularly as the British
Government, the US and Nato's view was to keep the Federation of
Yugoslavia together. But this equipment was not
aggressive - it was radios not guns. I think it sails close to the
border but does not cross it.'
Blaz Zgaga works for the Slovenian daily 'Vecer'.
1 Posted on 05/28/2000 18:17:59 PDT by Miss Antiwar
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To: Miss Antiwar
A united Yugoslavia would never have joined NATO and would never have
aligned itself with the
west against Russia. It was essential to the interests of the western
European countries -
Britain, Germany, France, Italy, et al - that Yugoslavia be dismembered.
2 Posted on 05/28/2000 18:28:40 PDT by josiban
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To: Miss Antiwar
After Slovenia declared independence, the Yugoslav army began its
military offensive against the
'rebel' republic.
Er...not quite. The Yugoslav army, already stationed on its own soil in
Slovenia, simply moved to
take control of Slovene border posts. It was a clumsy, chaotic affair in
which a lot of people died
needlessly.
3 Posted on 05/29/2000 00:51:45 PDT by Canuck1
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To: Canuck1
Ditto!
4 Posted on 05/29/2000 07:49:50 PDT by F-117A (clinton is a War
Criminal)
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Subject: [aftertherain] Britain Trains the Post-Milosevic Leadership
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Britain trains new elite for post-Milosevic era
By Adam LeBor in Budapest
3 May 2000
British diplomats are training a Yugoslav élite-in-waiting to
oversee the country's transformation to a civil society after the
Milosevic regime falls.
Senior Serbian figures in professional fields such as the
military, law enforcement and academia are being brought to
Budapest in neighbouring Hungary to design a blueprint for
post-Milosevic Serbia, and prepare for the country's
re-integration into Europe.
The New Serbia Forum, an initiative funded by the Foreign
Office, focuses on key issues to shape the future Yugoslavia
such as instituting civilian control of the military, punishment
for those who committed atrocities under President Slobodan
Milosevic and reconstruct- ing a stable economy.
Many of the Serb participants held senior posts in Yugoslavia
before the country began to implode in the 1991 Croatian war
of independence. Their refusal to participate in Mr Milosevic's
nationalist drive forced them out of their jobs.
British officials want to prevent a repeat of the post-1989
transitions from Communist dictatorship of eastern Eur-ope's
new democracies.
Sir John Birch, former British ambassador to Hungary, said: "In
1989 there was no action plan for a new democratic
government and a lot of time was wasted arguing over
inconsequential questions such as flags and anthems,
instead of coping with the budget deficit or thinking about how
to deal with people from the old regime.
"We are not a subversive organisation, talking about how to get
rid of the Milosevic regime. We are looking at Serb solutions to
Serb problems, with outside assistance, about what Serbia
needs to reintegrate."
Forum participants, including Dr Miroslav Hadzic, a former
colonel in the Yugoslav army, said they wanted to learn from
other ex-communist nations. "It is very important for us to be in
touch with modern democratic experts which have experience
of issues such as civilian control of the army, in transition
countries such as Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovenia,"
said Dr Hadzic, now a research fellow at a Belgrade institute.
The Western policy of isolation and sanctions had supported
Mr Milosevic, by strengthening his position, said Dr Hadzic.
"The Serbian people have no hope and without hope you
cannot do anything. All sanctions should be lifted now and
Yugoslavia should be admitted to all international
organisations.
"The Serbs are paying the price of 10 years of a bad choice,
and it is a high price."
Budapest, capital of Hungary, which borders three states of the
former Yugoslavia - Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia - has long
been a key meeting place for nationals of the south Slavic
nations, now divided into independent states.
Bosko Colak-Antic, a former journalist with Tanjug, the
Yugoslav state news agency, said: "We do not have free and
open expression, to meet experts and clarify our attitudes and
opinions. This [forum] brings together the élite of people who
can express their opinions about what should happen after the
fall of Milosevic."
Attending the forum is not without risks. Participants are often
called in by the police on their return home and questioned.
One Serb delegate said Belgrade officers asked him who he
met, and what the forum was about, then verbally abused him.
The role of the army and the police in the transition to a
post-Milosevic era is a key question. Analysts are not certain
the army will support Mr Milosevic; nor can he rely on police.
But many analysts expect the end of the Milosevic regime to be
protracted and bloody. Internationally isolated, its domestic
support crumbling, riven by factions and threatened by armed
organised crime gangs it unleashed during the Bosnian war,
the regime is likely to end not with a whimper, but with a Serb
Götterdämmerung.
One delegate said: "There is too much at stake for government
circles and they have no way out. They will fight until the last
drop of our blood."
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British deal fuelled Balkan war
Foreign Affairs Opinion (Published)
Source: The Guardian
Published: 05/28/00 Author: Blaz Zgaga and Antony Barnett
Posted on 05/28/2000 18:17:59 PDT by Miss Antiwar
British deal fuelled Balkan war
Military sale to Slovenia flouted Tory foreign policy
Kosovo: special report
Blaz Zgaga and Antony Barnett
Sunday May 28, 2000
Britain flouted its own foreign policy by approving the sale of millions
of pounds worth of military equipment to a
former Yugoslav republic only days before the outbreak of the bloody
Balkans war, The Observer has established.
Eight days before Slovenia became the first area to break from the
unified Yugoslavia in 1991, a British firm delivered
communications equipment to the Slovenian forces to help them fight the
Serb-led Yugoslav army.
The revelation that this deal was approved by the Conservative
Government will embarrass former Foreign Secretary
Douglas Hurd, who was the principal architect of the West's policy of
supporting a unified Yugoslavia. He had warned
the republics to stay in the federation.
Until now, Germany has shouldered the blame for the Balkan tragedy by
prematurely recognising the breakaway
republics of Slovenia and Croatia. Britain's help to Slovenia casts a
new light on events.
Labour MP Ann Clwyd, who sits on the House of Commons International
Development Select Committee, said: 'These
revelations show once again that the export of military equipment from
Britain needs to be much more rigorously
scrutinised.'
After Slovenia declared independence, the Yugoslav army began its
military offensive against the 'rebel' republic. The
ensuing 10-day war signalled the start of the conflicts that ultimately
killed hundreds of thousands.
Three months after Britain exported military equipment to Slovenia the
United Nations imposed an arms embargo on the
region.
The Observer has obtained details of the multi-million-pound contract
between the Slovenian Defence Ministry and
Racal, the British defence and communications group. A fax dated 29 May,
1991, from one of Racal's military
subsidiaries, Racal Tacticom, to the Slovenian Defence Ministry lists
four batches of tactical military communication
equipment worth £5 million.
Racal's communications network played a vital role in helping Slovenia
beat the Serb-led Yugoslav forces. The
equipment arrived on 17 June, eight days before the war of independence
began.
Janez Jansa, then Slovenian Defence Minister, praises Britain for its
role in his memoirs. He writes: 'The government of
one of the more decent Western states has, on our request, officially
approved the export of mili tary radio stations with
secure data transmission to Slovenia.'
One senior source at Racal Defence Electronics confirmed that it had
delivered the equipment after it received an export
licence from the Department of Trade and Industry. He said the contract
was with the 'regional government' of Slovenia,
and the export was for 'the purpose of national defence'.
Misha Glenny, a Balkans expert, said: 'If the British Government was
fully aware of this, it would imply that the
Government was covertly operating in contradiction of its stated policy
and aims. It would also shift some of the
responsibility carried by Germany.'
The former Slovenian Defence Minister's book also claims that the
British Embassy in Belgrade learnt that the Yugoslav
air force was planning to shoot down a Slovenian aircraft due to carry
the equipment to its new owner. According to
Jansa, the British tipped off the Slovenians, who decided to send the
cargo by road. Government sources in Slovenia
confirm that the aircraft that was to have delivered the shipment was a
passenger plane owned by Adria Airways, the
national airline. The jet was to have flown from Gatwick to the capital
Ljubljana, in central Slovenia.
Suggestions that the British Embassy in Belgrade knew of the military
shipment and warned the Slovenians are strongly
denied by Sir Peter Hall, who was ambassador in Belgrade. He said:
'These allegations of British Embassy involvement
are without foundation... I had no, absolutely no, knowledge of any
military equipment being sent from Britain to
Slovenia. Indeed, given the great tension in the region at the time I
would be surprised that any such equipment would
have been sent at all.'
The Observer contacted Lord Hurd and Peter Lilley, who was then Trade
Secretary, with details of the arms shipment.
Both declined to respond. A spokesman for the Blair Government refused
to comment, saying it needed permission from
Racal to give details of any export licence.
Lord Owen, the EU peace negotiator in Bosnia, said: 'I am surprised that
such sales took place, particularly as the British
Government, the US and Nato's view was to keep the Federation of
Yugoslavia together. But this equipment was not
aggressive - it was radios not guns. I think it sails close to the
border but does not cross it.'
Blaz Zgaga works for the Slovenian daily 'Vecer'.
1 Posted on 05/28/2000 18:17:59 PDT by Miss Antiwar
[ Reply | Private Reply | Top | Last ]
To: Miss Antiwar
A united Yugoslavia would never have joined NATO and would never have
aligned itself with the
west against Russia. It was essential to the interests of the western
European countries -
Britain, Germany, France, Italy, et al - that Yugoslavia be dismembered.
2 Posted on 05/28/2000 18:28:40 PDT by josiban
[ Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | Top | Last ]
To: Miss Antiwar
After Slovenia declared independence, the Yugoslav army began its
military offensive against the
'rebel' republic.
Er...not quite. The Yugoslav army, already stationed on its own soil in
Slovenia, simply moved to
take control of Slovene border posts. It was a clumsy, chaotic affair in
which a lot of people died
needlessly.
3 Posted on 05/29/2000 00:51:45 PDT by Canuck1
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To: Canuck1
Ditto!
4 Posted on 05/29/2000 07:49:50 PDT by F-117A (clinton is a War
Criminal)
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Covert Action Quarterly
Spring/Summer 2000
BRINGING DEMOCRACY TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
By Gregory Elich.
In the popular imagination, the Western
presence in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina is seen as a
selfless humanitarian effort. NATO's mission, it is
believed, is to inculcate democratic values in an
uncivilized and irrational people. Behind the façade
of Western peacekeeping in the Balkans, though, lies a
darker reality. The benevolence of a Western
civilizing mission in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina is
never questioned. Yet an examination of NATO's
peacekeeping operation reveals a process of
colonization as deep and thoroughgoing as any seen
in the 19th century. As NATO continues to destabilize
Yugoslavia, the last stubborn holdout in
Eastern Europe against subordination to Western
domination, NATO has succeeded in expanding its
colonization to Yugoslavia's Kosovo region, at
enormous cost to the people of the Balkans. NATO's
occupation of Bosnia provides the model for many
aspects of the colonization of Kosovo.
> Establishing Western Values.
Few question the assertion that Western intervention
is bringing democracy to the people of
Bosnia-Herzegovina, but what is the real nature of
this intervention, which has assumed many forms, both
direct and indirect? Under terms of the Dayton peace
agreement, Bosnia-Herzegovina consists of two
entities, the (Bosnian Serb) Republika Srpska and the
Muslim-Croatian Federation. Throughout the civil
war, the Muslim-Croatian Federation was seen as a
client state, and indeed, the Federation itself was
a result of an agreement forged under Western
pressure. More direct intervention, though, was
necessary to place the Republika Srpska under
Western control.
The first task the West faced following the war was
the dismantling of the existing governing structure in
the Republika Srpska, and in this task the West found
a pliant partner in that entity's President, Biljana
Plavsic, a right-wing monarchist. In November 1996,
Plavsic, who had frequently complained that the
Republika Srpska Army was riddled with "reds", issued
a
decree dismissing over 100 leftist officers.
Western officials were heavily involved in selecting
the officers who would be dismissed and those who
would be promoted in their place. Prior to the
decree, Colonel Milovan Milutinovic warned that "some
of our generals are being visited by foreign
representatives, at the request of our state organs,
and offered leading positions in the army." (1) When
the dismissed officers balked at their removal,
Interior Ministry special police units blockaded army
barracks, some army buildings had their water and
electricity turned off, and the progressive army-run
Radio Krajina was closed down.
Army Headquarters responded with a statement
denouncing these moves, saying they were "carried
out by the Interior Ministry against the army on
orders from foreign mentors," and pointing out that "a
NATO spokesman publicly said that anything that
weakens the unity of the Republika Srpska Army's Main
Headquarters and the army itself is in NATO's
interest." (2) Combined pressure from the Interior
Ministry and NATO eventually forced the resignation of
these officers on November 28.
Plavsic next turned on the civilian governing
structure. In January 1997, after weeks of failed
efforts to obtain approval from the People's
Assembly for her choice of prime minister, Plavsic
waited until opposition deputies walked out of an
Assembly session to push through her surprise
nomination of another man, Milorad Dodik, for the
post. Carlos Westendorp, chief of Western civilian
operations in Bosnia, immediately hailed Dodik's
appointment, and NATO troops were dispatched to
surround the Interior Ministry in a belligerent show
of support.
The selection of Dodik was an interesting one, as his
party held only two seats in the Assembly. How did a
man whose party was barely represented in the Assembly
gain the nomination? The instantaneous Western show
of
support for the last-minute appointment hints that the
selection may not have been entirely Plavsic's.
Several months beforehand, a report in the Bosnian
Serb press alleged that Dodik "is under the direct
control of the U.S. intelligence service, the CIA,"
and that some deputies "say that he has already
travelled abroad several times for consultations and
direct instructions." (3) The effusive praise Western
leaders have since lavished on Dodik lends support to
that accusation.
On June 28, 1997, Plavsic dismissed Interior Minister
Dragan Kijac. Five days later, in violation of the
constitution, she dissolved the People's Assembly.
Western officials were quick to back Plavsic, and
David Foley, a spokesman for the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) announced
that the Assembly "no longer exists." A diplomatic
source in Sarajevo admitted, "The Americans have
probably pushed Plavsic to act in such a way." (4)
The matter was referred to the Constitutional Court,
which ruled against Plavsic. The court's ruling was
simply brushed aside, as U.S. State Department
spokesman James Rubin asserted that "challenges to
[Plavsic's] actions are not legally valid," and that
Serbs who fail to comply with Western demands are
"stupid." (5) A report in the Yugoslav press alleged
that three weeks prior to the crisis, "$5 million of
the promised $30 million" were deposited into a Swiss
bank account in Plavsic's name. "The funds were
transferred from the United States," according to
"top-level civilian and military security sources" in
the Republika Srpska.
The report claimed that "the transaction is directly
linked to Biljana Plavsic's recent political
activities." Many of the people Plavsic appointed to
work in her office came from abroad, "most of whom are
supporters of the royalist movement" the report added.
( 6 )
The Ministry of Internal Affairs revealed that it had
"announced our plan to take legal measures" against
one of these employees, Aleksandr Pavic, "on the
well-founded grounds that he was working for a
foreign intelligence service," and that the Ministry
had warned Plavsic on "several of occasions"
"intelligence activities" by members of her
staff. (7)
In the first of many such actions, on August 20, 1997,
NATO troops, supported by U.S. Apache helicopter
gunships, seized police stations in Banja Luka,
ejecting police officers. (8)NATO directly hired new
policemen, who then attended training courses run by
Western police instructors. (9) UN police spokesman
Liam McDowall said of the training classes, "We
basically let them know what is expected of a normal
police force; not a socialist police force, not a
wartime police force, but a police force of a normal
democratic society." (10) Evidently, police forces in
"normal democratic societies" are dismissed,
recruited, and trained by foreign powers.
Four days later, NATO began its campaign to impose
censorship on media in the Republika Srpska. A
transmitter near Banja Luka was reprogrammed to turn
the signal over to Plavsic's control, and two days
later NATO troops seized a Serb Radio-TV transmitter
near Bijeljina.
As NATO forces surrounded Bijeljina and blocked all
access roads to the city, thousands of citizens turned
out in a mass demonstration. Low-flying NATO
helicopters harassed the demonstrators. The next day,
NATO forces took another transmitter near Doboj and
arrested its staff.
Each of the seized transmitters was turned over to
Plavsic's control. At 4:00 AM on August 28, NATO
troops moved into the town of Brcko. Air raid sirens
sounded an alert, and thousands turned out in a mass
demonstration. Demonstrators fought NATO troops with
sticks and rocks, while NATO troops fired tear-gas
canisters and warning shots. Tanks and armored
vehicles were sent into the town, but were eventually
forced to withdraw after seventy of them were
damaged. (11) Infuriated, NATO Secretary-General
Javier Solana warned that NATO "will not hesitate to
take the necessary measures, including the use of
force, against media networks or programs" that
denounced Western occupation. (12) Further threats and
pressure constrained opposition, and by the end of
November, NATO had completed its systematic seizure of
Serb radio and television transmitters and police
stations.
In April 1998, Western officials announced the
creation of a tribunal to monitor and govern media in
Bosnia-Herzegovina. The tribunal not only arrogated to
itself the power to shut down radio, television and
newspapers that voice criticism of NATO's occupation
of
Bosnia-Herzegovina, but also the authority to write
laws regulating broadcasting. Simon Haselock,spokesman
for Western civilian operations in Bosnia claimed,
"It's not about censorship," but what else is it when
foreign powers dictate what media can and cannot say,
and revoke the licenses of media which present
alternative viewpoints? What else is it when elected
representatives are not permitted to write laws
regulating broadcasting in their own nation, but must
have these laws written and submitted by foreign
powers?
Was it not censorship when the tribunal ordered
Television Kanal S in the Republika Srpska to
"immediately cease broadcasting" on April 14, 1999?
According to the tribunal, Television Kanal S did not
carry Western news programs, and committed "a serious
violation" when it broadcast a message from Sarajevo
University students in which citizens of the Republika
Srpska "were invited to join the students in a
peaceful protest" against NATO's bombing of
Yugoslavia. (13)
Western policy in ruling Bosnia-Herzegovina is direct
and heavy-handed.
On December 17, 1997, Westendorp simply imposed a new
citizenship law after the Bosnia-Herzegovina
parliament failed to meet his arbitrary 48-hour
deadline for passage of the law. (14) Similarly, he
unilaterally imposed a new Western-designed flag and
Western-designed and produced currency, the
"convertible mark". Political candidates have been
stricken from election lists, based on the flimsiest
excuses. In the November 1997 election, the OSCE
election commission eliminated three candidates of the
Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) because posters of
former Republika Srpska president Radovan Karadzic had
appeared. The SDS was not permitted to replace these
candidates. The following year, nine candidates of
the Serbian Radical Party were deleted from election
lists because a television station in neighboring
Yugoslavia broadcast an interview with the party's
presidential candidate, Nikola Poplasen. During the
same election, two SDS assembly candidates were
disqualified because, as a spokeswoman for the OSCE
said, "twice at [an election rally] an SDS supporter
held up a portrait of Karadzic." The OSCE also
eliminated four assembly candidates of the Croatian
Democratic Union and the mayor of Orasje because of
"biased" television reports in neighboring Croatia.
It is curious logic to assert that television reports
in an adjacent nation result in a biased election,
and that the solution is for foreign powers to dictate
whom voters may or may not vote for. (15) Western
officials reacted angrily when Nikola Poplasen
unseated Plavsic in the September 1998 presidential
election in Republika Srpska, and immediately began to
pressure him to appoint Dodik as his Prime Minister.
According to Poplasen, Western officials "demanded"
the appointment of Dodik "unconditionally." They
also pressured Poplasen to "break off relations" with
Yugoslavia and in effect treat it as an "enemy
nation", and his refusal to bow to either demand
evoked tremendous Western hostility. (16) Such
disobedience brought a swift response, and on March 5,
1999, Westendorp issued a statement declaring the
removal of Poplasen from office "with immediate
effect." (17) The primary justification given was
Poplasen's insistence that he had a constitutional
right to choose whom he would nominate for the post of
Prime Minister.
This coup d'etat by decree deposed the legally elected
president of the Republika Srpska. Since Poplasen's
removal, the Republika Srpska government has operated
under the sole leadership of Dodik, backed by NATO
troops.
However, Dodik's term ended with the electoral defeat
of Plavsic, and there is no legal basis for his
continuing to hold office. The removal of the legally
elected government in the Republika Srpska was not
sufficient, though. There was still the risk that
Republika Srpska citizens might freely exercise their
right to vote in upcoming elections, so Western
officials began to dismantle Poplasen's party, the
Serbian Radical Party (SRS).
On October 5, 1999, the Office of the High
Representative and the OSCE jointly sent a letter to
the Serbian Radical Party, demanding the removal of
Poplasen and two other officials from leadership
positions in the party because they had criticized
NATO. "Failure to remove these persons from leadership
positions in the SRS," the letter said, "will result
in not allowing the SRS to participate in the
municipal elections in April 2000." (18) They were as
good as their word. Twenty days later, the OSCE's
Provisional Election Commission ruled that neither the
Serbian Radical Party, nor a smaller party, "will be
registered for the municipal elections in 2000 and
will not have candidates competing for local offices."
(19) The outright banning of a major political party
passed without comment in the Western press.
No pretense of democracy is made. Western dictate is
"democratic," simply by virtue of being Western.
On the same day that saw Poplasen's removal as
president, Robert Owen, Western arbitrator for the
status of the town of Brcko, announced a decision
that effectively split asunder the Republika Srpska.
The two halves of the Republika Srpska were held
together by a narrow three-mile wide strip, in which
lies Brcko. The decree removed Brcko from the
Republika Srpska and created a special district to be
held jointly by the Republika Srpska and the
Muslim-Croatian Federation. Under terms of the
decree, Bosnian Serb armed forces cannot move from one
half of their territory to the other without
permission of NATO. The decree also specifies that
Brcko may at any
time be transferred from a "non-complying entity"
and placed "within the exclusive control of the
other." (20) The decision was met by universal
Bosnian Serb rejection and US envoy Robert Gelbard
wasted no time in wielding the heavy club of
discipline, declaring that "the territory of Brcko
could still revert to the entity which is in
compliance." (21)
Following Dodik's resignation over the Brcko decision,
Western officials scrambled to talk him out of it. As
Gelbard explained it, progress on plans to privatize
state assets "is really due to Dodik's leadership."
(22) It was not long before Dodik withdrew his
resignation and announced his acceptance of the Brcko
decision. Dodik's resignation was merely play-acting,
a bow to local public opinion. He has shown no
reluctance to carry out every order, and on October 2,
1999, following his return from meeting with American
officials in the United States, he dutifully called
for the overthrow of the Yugoslav government. (23)
>Wild West Justice.
The International War Crimes Tribunal has proved to be
a useful political tool for NATO, enabling it to
seize, or even murder political enemies. On January
30, 1996, two leading Bosnian Serb generals, Djordje
Djukic and Aleksa Ksrmanovic, were invited to meet
with Western civilian and NATO officials in Ilidza, at
that time, a Serbian suburb of Sarajevo. The meeting
was a ruse. A trap had been set, and both men were
seized and imprisoned by Bosnian Muslim soldiers.
According to a British officer, the kidnapping was a
result of NATO passing information to Bosnian Muslim
forces. A high-ranking Western European intelligence
source revealed that the U.S. Defense Intelligence
Agency (DIA) was behind the seizure. "The DIA took a
fantastic quantity of bugging and surveillance
equipment there," he said. "The vehicle in which the
Serb officers were travelling was followed from the
air." The DIA, he added, expected the generals to be
"the most valuable sources of information. Also do
not forget that a not at all negligible number of The
Hague investigators are CIA and DIA members." (24)
Two weeks later, the men were transferred to The
Hague, where they were subjected to repeated
interrogations and pressured to accuse other Bosnian
Serb officials and officers of crimes.
Djukic's lawyer said, "It was suggested to Djukic that
the court would have a better understanding for him in
the future if he testified," and tribunal spokesman
Christian Chartier said that the fate of the men "very
much depends on what they might tell us." (25)
Both men refused to talk, however, and punishment was
swift in coming. On March 1, Djukic was charged with
the "crime against humanity" of being "assistant
commander for logistics," including such heinous acts
as "proposing appointments of personnel" and "issuing
orders relating to the supply of materiel for units of
the Bosnian Serb Army." In a pique, chief prosecutor
Richard Goldstone said he indicted Djukic because of
his refusal to talk. (26) Not even as flimsy a charge
as this could be concocted against Krsmanovic, who was
held without charge for several more weeks of
interrogations. At the time, Djukic was suffering
from an advanced case of pancreatic cancer. Despite
his pain, interrogation sessions continued unabated,
but he refused to talk to the end.
In late April he was released to return to his family,
where he died on May 19.
On July 10, 1997, a joint American-British operation
swooped down on two Bosnian Serbs, despite the lack of
a public indictment against either man. Four NATO
members gained entrance to the Prijedor Medical Center
by claiming to deliver a Red Cross package, and
arrested the hospital's director, Milan Kovacevic.
The arrest provoked an angry demonstration by 400 of
the hospital's medical staff and several hundred
citizens.
Former Prijedor security chief Simo Drljaca was less
fortunate. Shortly after he returned from fishing,
still dressed in a bathing suit, to enjoy breakfast
with family and friends, NATO troops burst into his
yard. A witness recounts, "Music was playing. I was
sitting. Then suddenly I heard screams: 'Simo, Simo!'
I turned around. Soldiers were armed.I saw Simo
getting up. At that moment, I heard bullets being
fired and they fired at him. Then I saw Simo laying
down on sand near a beach. He was laying on his side
and shaking. Then a soldier came close to him and
fired another bullet at him and finished him off."
(27)
Another NATO ambush took place on January 10,
1999, targeting a car occupied by Dragan Gagovic and
five children from his karate class. One of the
children, Sonja Bjelovic, described the ambush: "We
ran across iron bars on the road. Dragan braked to
stop the vehicle, because we could not pass.then we
heard shots. Our coach said, 'down, you can be hit.'
He tried to protect us and pass around the iron bars.
However the car was hit, tires went flat and it
overturned. I saw our coach covered with blood."
Another child, Milica Dzokovic, reported, "When the
coach told us to go down I hid under the seat and
closed my eyes. When I opened my eyes I saw the coach
covered with blood and [NATO soldiers'] gun-barrels
pointed at us." (28)
On July 6, 1999, Radislav Brdjanin, leader of the
People's Party, was kidnapped from his home in Banja
Luka and flown to The Hague, where he was imprisoned.
A month and a half later, on August 25, Republika
Srpska Chief of Staff General Momir Talic, who had
been invited to a conference in Austria, was arrested
there and flown to The Hague.
Neither man had been publicly indicted.The arrest of
these men under "secret indictments" is an effective
recipe for silencing free speech.
Inevitably, people will feel a reluctance to speak out
against NATO occupation, lest they make a target of
themselves.
Stanislav Galic's mistake was in accepting an
appointment as military advisor to Poplasen. While
Galic was driving his car on December 20, 1999,
several vehicles suddenly blocked his path. NATO
soldiers sprang out and smashed Galic's car window,
roughly dragged him out and placed a hood over his
head. Galic was flown to The Hague, where he was
imprisoned.
High Commissioner Carlos Westendorp revealed much
about the imperial attitude as he delivered his last
speech before turning over the reins to his successor,
Wolfgang Petritsch. Westendorp expressed his "wish to
quote from another famous historical figure, who said
not just that much could be achieved with a kind word,
but a kind word and a gun. This figure was Al Capone.
Joke! I've been here too long. I actually
prefer Teddy Roosevelt's 'Walk softly and carry a big
stick'. The gun or stick in this context is the
continuing presence of SFOR [NATO Stabilization Force]
and the International Community." (29)
>Covert Involvement and Military Aid.<
According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, "The
CIA station in Bosnia is now reputed to be one of the
largest in the region." (30). By early 1996, the
total number of CIA operatives active in the region
had
risen to 2,500, almost half of whom were stationed at
the agency's regional headquarters in Tuzla. (31) The
DIA is also very active in the region, working in
close cooperation with the CIA. These agencies not
only engage in intelligence gathering, but also shape
events, both directly and indirectly. Most of the
international organizations present in Bosnia are
dominated and run by American officials. Local news
reports are "reshaped", that is, censored, by American
officials, and compliant media receive Western
financing, largely through the US Agency for
International Development (USAID). A report in the
Yugoslav press claims that in 1996, approximately half
a million dollars were funnelled to media in both of
Bosnia's entities. (32)
The implementation of the US Train and Equip plan has
pumped more arms into the region, posing a risk to
peace. Under the plan, the US has already supplied
Federation forces with tens of thousands of M-16
assault rifles, over 100 armored personnel carriers,
several dozen tanks, over 100 155-mm howitzers,
communications equipment, helicopters, and myriad
other
weapons.
Arms supplies from other nations have also been
arranged by US officials, and one shipment alone,
from the United Arab Emirates, consisted of 50 French
AMX-30 tanks and 41 armored vehicles.(33)The plan also
provides for American and Turkish training of
Federation forces. The Pentagon has contracted with
Military Professional Resources Incorporated (MPRI) to
conduct training. MPRI had earlier successfully
trained the Croatian Army in preparation for its
brutal invasion of Krajina, in which over 200,000
Serbs were driven from their homes in a matter of
days.
Training sessions include the use of advanced battle
simulation computer software, as was used in
preparation for Desert Storm. Funding was also
provided to open arms factories in the Federation.In
all, eight Federation arms factories operate under
NATO
supervision, and a Federation defense ministry
spokesman announced that half of these factories
produce 122mm howitzers for its army. (34)
Officially, American officials assert the dubious
proposition that Train and Equip is necessary to
ensure peace. Quietly, they know exactly what they are
doing. Asked by a Bosnian Muslim journalist about the
Western reaction were the Federation to invade the
Republika Srpska, a "high-ranking Western diplomat"
admitted, "We would officially condemn, but we would
understand and we would probably not undertake any
efficient steps. This is exactly what we expect." (35)
"The question no longer is if the Muslims will attack
the Bosnian Serbs," warned a European NATO
commander, "but when."
Alarmed at the extent of the Federation military
buildup, Russian commanders passed NATO satellite
photos of Muslim training camps to Bosnian Serb
generals. According to information received by a
Western diplomat, "The Bosnian Serb generals were
stunned. The mood in the room was very black."
In the event of an attack, a high-ranking NATO
commander said, "We also expect most all of the Serbs
[in the Republika Srpska] to be driven into Serbia..."
(36) The threat posed by the Train and Equip plan
appears to be primarily motivated by its utility as a
means for dictating policy to the Republika Srpska.
However, if Republika Srpska officials ever display
too
much independence and recalcitrance in response to
NATO's demands, then there is little doubt that the
Muslim-Croatian Federation would receive the go-ahead
for an invasion. The Train and Equip plan can be a
two-edged sword, though, and in April 1999, US envoy
Robert Gelbard temporarily suspended the program for
four months in order to force a reorganization of
the Federation Army along lines demanded by Western
officials.
> Reshaping the Economy<
The heart of Western policy in the region is the
promotion of Western corporate interests. In late
1996, a "peace implementation conference" was held in
London, during which much of Bosnia-Herzegovina's
future was forged.
According to a report by the Press Association, the
conference "won a commitment from the Bosnian leaders
to reconstruct the shattered economy along free market
economy lines, including significant privatization and
close cooperation with the World Bank." (37) Laws
are penned and imposed by Western officials. Less
than one year after the conference, Haris Silajdzic,
co-chair of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Council of
Ministers, announced that "US Finance Secretary David
Lipton will come here bringing draft laws on
privatization at the state level" to be submitted to
the Assembly for vote. Existing draft laws on
property
relations and privatization, he said, "will be
modified according to regulations the US finance
secretary will bring." (38).
On July 2 1998, Westendorp founded a commission to
manage the privatization process in
Bosnia-Herzegovina. Each privatization, including
prior actions, is subject to review and approval by
Western commission officials. (39)
An earlier law on privatization in the Republika
Srpska had previously been implemented. On December
4, 1997, Robert Farrand, of the Office of the High
Representative, issued an "Order on Privatization," in
which he mandated a "delay" of the Republika Srpska
privatization process, "so that international
assistance could be provided to make it a credible
process leading to successful transition to a free
market economy," adding that "current RS [Republika
Srpska] legislation on privatization lacks a sound
technical framework and in its current form can lead
only to large scale fraud." (40) Looking beyond the
vague nature of the complaint, and ostensible concern
about "fraud," what actually motivated the order
suspending the law? Documents from the American
Embassy in Sarajevo paint a more honest picture: "The
privatization framework is being overhauled and will
create more opportunities for involvement of potential
foreign investors," adding that a "fundamental flaw"
of the previous process "was the allocation of 47
percent of companies' shares to seven
government-managed funds."
Clearly, the "fraud" that concerned Western officials
was that Western corporations could not dominate the
process and seize the best assets. The embassy's
documents reassure investors that "The new RS
government has pledged to overhaul the privatization
framework and annulled all previous privatization
laws.
Assistance is now being provided by the World Bank and
USAID to develop new laws similar to those adopted by
the Federation." Western officials are shaping
privatization in the Republika Srpska, as they do in
the Muslim-Croatian Federation, to favor the interests
of Western investors.
The Foreign Investment Law, effective on March 1998,
and applicable to both entities, "establishes the
policy standards of promoting foreign investment and
protecting foreign investor's rights," an embassy
document declares. "The Entities will amend existing
foreign investment laws to conform to the state-level
legislation." Western officials were thorough in
ensuring their interests. The law "is progressive in
terms of its final aim which is to promote foreign
direct investment."
It is stated that the law "protects the rights of
foreign investors..there are no restrictions on>
foreign investment" except armaments and media, and
"the entities are directed to establish progressive
and favorable tax conditions that encourage foreign
investment." Furthermore, the law "expressly forbids
expropriation or nationalization actions against
foreign investments." (41)
And what role is envisioned for the people of Bosnia?
The American embassy has an answer for that,
too. "Foreign investors can utilize low-cost labor
(the lowest in the CEE [Central and Eastern Europe])
while gaining proximity and access to important
markets in the EU [European Union] and the CEE."
Bosnian people will have the privilege of joining the
Third World. Because Bosnia-Herzegovina is
essentially
land-locked, access to the Adriatic Sea is an
important prerequisite for exploiting this "low-cost
labor." Despite strong Bosnian Muslim reservations
concerning certain provisions, an agreement on special
relations was signed with neighboring Croatia, in
which the Federation was given free transit to and
use of the Croatian port of Ploce. According to a
report in the Croatian press, agreement from the
Bosnian Muslim delegation came "as a result of
pressure
from the United States." (42) In preparation for
the expansion of trade through Ploce, the World Bank
has financed a $22 million project for the
reconstruction of the main pier, and Sealand has won
a grant from the US Trade and Development Agency to
perform "a feasibility study on the development of
container terminal facilities and the corridor from
Ploce to Sarajevo (and eventually the Sava River)."
(43)
Following the removal of Brcko from the Republika
Srpska, Brcko Supervisor Robert Farrand signed an
agreement for the U.S Trade and Development Agency
to solicit bids from American firms to conduct a
six-month feasibility study of the Brcko port on the
Sava River. (44)
When deemed necessary, Western officials have readily
wielded threats in order to achieve their goals. A
Western diplomatic source revealed that "in diplomatic
talks behind closed doors, we are, sort of,
intimidating [Republika Srpska] politicians" with the
possibility of invasion by Federation troops. "The
tendency is to stimulate and open up economically"
the Republika Srpska, he added. "When, in some
diplomatic efforts, we try to 'soften' their stances,
we always hint at their possible war defeat. We
always use the illustration of Krajina." (45)
Threats against the Federation are less aggressive, if
no less effective. On November 10, 1998, the Contact
Group, which oversees policy in Bosnia, and is chaired
by the US, issued a statement threatening a cutoff of
millions of dollars in aid to the Federation. An
American spokesman bluntly stated that "the time
has come and, in fact, is overdue for the governments
of Bosnia to be making the transition - and [they]
should be making it rapidly - to a sustainable market
economy. We are prepared to cut off projects,programs,
anything to get their attention." The spokesman
demanded "much more progress on privatization" and
foreign investment. (46)
NATO is establishing a permanent presence in the
Balkans. NATO's savage bombing of Yugoslavia was
motivated solely by the desire to establish a NATO-run
colony in Kosovo. The Yugoslav government consistently
called for return of all refugees, greater autonomy in
Kosovo, and an international presence in Kosovo. The
only divisive issue was the nature of that presence,
with NATO insisting on its control of the province.
NATO bases are being constructed in Zadar and
Slavonski Brod, Croatia, and NATO is providing funds
for Bulgaria to upgrade three military airfields to
"NATO standards," although these airfields are
currently adequate for Bulgaria's aircraft. (47) Whose
planes, then, are these upgrades intended for, if not
Bulgaria's? A poor Bosnian Serb, Radoslav Skrba,
wonders, "How is it that all these Western armies now
have bases here? Could it be that it was their
strategy all along? During the Communist time we were
warned that the West wanted to come here and now here
they are." (48)
NOTES
1. Colonel Milovan Milutinovic, "Loss of Supreme
Command," Nin (Belgrade),
November 1, 1996.
2. "Don't Push Us Into a Fratricidal War!", Blic
(Belgrade), November 13,
1996.
3. Nikola Zeklic, "Dancing to the CIA's Rhythm,"
Oslobodjenje (Sarajevo -
Bosnian Serb), April 4, 1996.
4. "OSCE Says Pale Assembly 'No Longer Exists,"
Agence France-Presse
(Paris), July 4, 1997.
5. "U.S. Supports Bosnian Serb President in Court
Case," Reuters, August 15,
1997.
6. "U.S. Allegedly to Deposit $30 Million in Plavsic
Account," Beta
(Belgrade), July 1, 1997.
7. "Plavsic Aides Accused as Spies," SRNA (Pale),
August 24, 1997.
8. Colin Soloway, "NATO Forces Seize Police Stations
in Bosnian City,"
Washington Post, August 21, 1997.
9. Chris Stephen, "IPTF Screens, Retrains Police in
RS," Agence
France-Presse (Paris), August 22, 1997. "IPTF
Trains Republika Srpska
Police Officers," Tanjug (Belgrade), August 26,
1997.
10. Srecko Latal, "Bosnian Serb Military Warns
President Against Dividing
Bosnian Serb Territory," Associated Press, August
22, 1997.
11. Edward Cody, "Bosnian Serb's Backers Stone
American Troops," Washington
Post, August 29, 1997. Misha Savic, "Serbs Force
U.N. Team to Withdraw,"
Associated Press, August 29, 1997.
12. Misha Savic, "NATO Commander Warns Bosnia
Media," Associated Press,
August 30, 1997.
13. "Media Monitoring Commission Shuts Down Kanal S
TV," BETA (Belgrade),
April 14, 1999
14. "Westendorp Proclaims Citizenship Law," B92 Open
Serbia (Belgrade),
December 17, 1997.
15. "OSCE Strikes 3 Serb Candidates Off SDS Election
List," SRNA (Pale),
November 21, 1997.
"Bosnia Serb Party Sanctioned for Karadzic Picture,"
Agence France-Presse,
September 1, 1998.
"Nine Delisted for Bosnian Serb's TV Interview,"
Agence France-Presse,
September 21, 1998.
"Bosnian Croat Candidates Disqualified by TV
Bias," Reuters,
September 4, 1998.
16. "Poplasen Defends Actions While in Office," SRNA
(Pale), March 7, 1999.
Interview with Nikola Poplasen, by Branislav
Radivojsa, "Poplasen: Assembly
Must Oppose Unconstitutional Behavior of Dodik's
Government," Politika
(Belgrade), September 3, 1999.
17. Office of the High Representative, "Removal From
Office of Nikola
Poplasen," OHR Press Release (Sarajevo), March 5,
1999.
18. Joint OHR/OSCE Press Release, "SRS Must Refile
Application for Party
Registration," October 5, 1999.
19. OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina Press
Release, "PEC Denies
Certification for Serb Radical and SRSS Parties for
Municipal Elections
2000," Sarajevo, October 25, 1999.
20. "Final Award, Arbitral Tribunal for Dispute
Over Inter-Entity Boundary
in Brcko Area." March 5, 1999.
21. "Mediators Warn Bosnia Serbs to Comply with
Brcko Ruling." Agence
France-Presse (Paris), March 19, 1999.
22. "US Envoy Hopes Moderate Bosnia Serb PM Will
Stay." Reuters (London),
March 10, 1999.
23. "Dodik Returns from US, Backs Anti-Milosevic
Rallies," BETA (Belgrade),
October 2, 1999.
24. Vesna Hadzivukovic, "Americans Preparing New
Kidnappings," Telegraf
(Belgrade), February 14, 1996.
25. "Serb Officers Might be Witnesses in The Hague,"
Associated Press,
February 23, 1996.
26. The Prosecutor of the Tribunal, CASE No
IT-96-20-I, "Against Dorde Dukic
(sic) Indictment."
27. Broadcast, Srpksa Televizija (Pale), July 10,
1997.
28. "Children Describe Gagovic's 'Brutal Murder',"
Tanjug (Belgrade),
January 10, 1999.
29. Office of the High Representative, "Speech of
the High Representative
Carlos Westendorp at the Stability Pact Dinner,"
Sarajevo, July 29, 1999.
30. Tracy Wilkinson, "In Bosnia, U.S. Creeps Deeper,
Los Angeles Times,
November 11, 1997.
31. "From the Jungle to the Balkans," Politika
Ekspres (Belgrade), January
22, 1996.
32. "Daily Criticizes USAID Funding of B-H
Independent Media," Beta
(Belgrade), April 29, 1997.
33. "New Weapons Shipments for Bosnia's US-LEF
Rearmament Programme," Agence
France-Presse
(Paris), October 13, 1997.
A Prlenda, "Weapons for Peace and
Stabilization," Oslobodjenje
(Bosnian Muslim), November 22,
1996.
Nick Gowing, "Return to War," The Sunday
Telegraph (London),
December 1, 1996.
"Arms Shipment from Turkey Arrives in Ploce
Port," HINA (Zagreb),
July 26, 1997.
Srecko Latal, "United States Helping Rearm
Muslim-Croat Army: Allies
Object," Associated Press,
May 23, 1996.
34. James Drake, "Old GIs Fade Away - to Bosnia,"
Baltimore Sun, November
12, 1997.
Nedim Dervisbegovic, "Bosnian Firms Produce
Artillery with U.S. Aid,"
Reuters, October 17, 1997.
"U.S. Envoy Visits U.S-Aided Bosnian Army Factory,"
Agence France-Presse
(Paris), September 5, 1997.
35. Edina Becirevic, "If the Refugees Do Not Return
Next Year, the World
Will Tolerate That as Well!",
Slobodna Bosna (Sarajevo), September 21, 1997.
36. Chris Hedges, "Bosnian Muslims Said to Intensify
Efforts to Rearm in
Secret," New York Times,
October 3, 1997.
37. Charles Miller, "Tough Action Agreed to in Hunt
for Bosnia's War
Criminals," Press Association
(London), December 5, 1996.
38. A Pilav, "Draft Laws Arriving from the US!",
Dnevi Avaz (Sarajevo),
October 7, 1997.
39. Sead Numanovic, "Westendorp Forms a Commission,"
Dnevi Avaz (Sarajevo),
July 2, 1998.
40. Office of the High Representative, "Order on
Privatization," December 4,
1997.
41. American Embassy, Sarajevo, "The Commercial
Guide to Bosnia and
Herzegovina," June, 1998.
42. "Croatia, Federation Sign Special Relations
Agreement," HINA (Zagreb),
November 22, 1998.
"Bosnia, Croatia Form Special Relations," UPI,
November 22, 1998.
"Croatia Opens Up Key Port to Bosnia in Thawing of
Relations," Agence
France-Presse, November 22, 1998.
43. American Embassy, Sarajevo, "The Commercial
Guide to Bosnia and
Herzegovina," June, 1998.
44. OHR Press Release, "Brcko Port Feasibility Study
Agreement Signed," June
4, 1999.
45. Edina Becirevic, "If the Refugees Do Not Return
Next Year, the World
Will Tolerate That as Well!",
Slobodna Bosna (Sarajevo), September 21, 1997.
46. Carol Giacomo, "U.S. and Allies May Turn Off Aid
Tap," Reuters, November
9, 1998.
"U.S. Threatens Aid Cut," UPI, November 9, 1998.
"Contact Group Signals It Wants to Cut Bosnian Aid,"
Reuters, November 10,
1998.
47. Marko Barisic, "Referendum for NATO bases?"
Vjesnik (Zagreb), February
10, 1998. Emanuil Manev, "NATO
is Promoting its Own
Interest," Kontinent (Sofia), October 17, 1998.
48. Mike O'Connor, "Bosnian Serbs, Unhappy in Serb
Republic, Fear Return to
Bosnia," New York Times, September 18, 1998.
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BRINGING DEMOCRACY TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
By Gregory Elich.
In the popular imagination, the Western
presence in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina is seen as a
selfless humanitarian effort. NATO's mission, it is
believed, is to inculcate democratic values in an
uncivilized and irrational people. Behind the façade
of Western peacekeeping in the Balkans, though, lies a
darker reality. The benevolence of a Western
civilizing mission in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina is
never questioned. Yet an examination of NATO's
peacekeeping operation reveals a process of
colonization as deep and thoroughgoing as any seen
in the 19th century. As NATO continues to destabilize
Yugoslavia, the last stubborn holdout in
Eastern Europe against subordination to Western
domination, NATO has succeeded in expanding its
colonization to Yugoslavia's Kosovo region, at
enormous cost to the people of the Balkans. NATO's
occupation of Bosnia provides the model for many
aspects of the colonization of Kosovo.
> Establishing Western Values.
Few question the assertion that Western intervention
is bringing democracy to the people of
Bosnia-Herzegovina, but what is the real nature of
this intervention, which has assumed many forms, both
direct and indirect? Under terms of the Dayton peace
agreement, Bosnia-Herzegovina consists of two
entities, the (Bosnian Serb) Republika Srpska and the
Muslim-Croatian Federation. Throughout the civil
war, the Muslim-Croatian Federation was seen as a
client state, and indeed, the Federation itself was
a result of an agreement forged under Western
pressure. More direct intervention, though, was
necessary to place the Republika Srpska under
Western control.
The first task the West faced following the war was
the dismantling of the existing governing structure in
the Republika Srpska, and in this task the West found
a pliant partner in that entity's President, Biljana
Plavsic, a right-wing monarchist. In November 1996,
Plavsic, who had frequently complained that the
Republika Srpska Army was riddled with "reds", issued
a
decree dismissing over 100 leftist officers.
Western officials were heavily involved in selecting
the officers who would be dismissed and those who
would be promoted in their place. Prior to the
decree, Colonel Milovan Milutinovic warned that "some
of our generals are being visited by foreign
representatives, at the request of our state organs,
and offered leading positions in the army." (1) When
the dismissed officers balked at their removal,
Interior Ministry special police units blockaded army
barracks, some army buildings had their water and
electricity turned off, and the progressive army-run
Radio Krajina was closed down.
Army Headquarters responded with a statement
denouncing these moves, saying they were "carried
out by the Interior Ministry against the army on
orders from foreign mentors," and pointing out that "a
NATO spokesman publicly said that anything that
weakens the unity of the Republika Srpska Army's Main
Headquarters and the army itself is in NATO's
interest." (2) Combined pressure from the Interior
Ministry and NATO eventually forced the resignation of
these officers on November 28.
Plavsic next turned on the civilian governing
structure. In January 1997, after weeks of failed
efforts to obtain approval from the People's
Assembly for her choice of prime minister, Plavsic
waited until opposition deputies walked out of an
Assembly session to push through her surprise
nomination of another man, Milorad Dodik, for the
post. Carlos Westendorp, chief of Western civilian
operations in Bosnia, immediately hailed Dodik's
appointment, and NATO troops were dispatched to
surround the Interior Ministry in a belligerent show
of support.
The selection of Dodik was an interesting one, as his
party held only two seats in the Assembly. How did a
man whose party was barely represented in the Assembly
gain the nomination? The instantaneous Western show
of
support for the last-minute appointment hints that the
selection may not have been entirely Plavsic's.
Several months beforehand, a report in the Bosnian
Serb press alleged that Dodik "is under the direct
control of the U.S. intelligence service, the CIA,"
and that some deputies "say that he has already
travelled abroad several times for consultations and
direct instructions." (3) The effusive praise Western
leaders have since lavished on Dodik lends support to
that accusation.
On June 28, 1997, Plavsic dismissed Interior Minister
Dragan Kijac. Five days later, in violation of the
constitution, she dissolved the People's Assembly.
Western officials were quick to back Plavsic, and
David Foley, a spokesman for the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) announced
that the Assembly "no longer exists." A diplomatic
source in Sarajevo admitted, "The Americans have
probably pushed Plavsic to act in such a way." (4)
The matter was referred to the Constitutional Court,
which ruled against Plavsic. The court's ruling was
simply brushed aside, as U.S. State Department
spokesman James Rubin asserted that "challenges to
[Plavsic's] actions are not legally valid," and that
Serbs who fail to comply with Western demands are
"stupid." (5) A report in the Yugoslav press alleged
that three weeks prior to the crisis, "$5 million of
the promised $30 million" were deposited into a Swiss
bank account in Plavsic's name. "The funds were
transferred from the United States," according to
"top-level civilian and military security sources" in
the Republika Srpska.
The report claimed that "the transaction is directly
linked to Biljana Plavsic's recent political
activities." Many of the people Plavsic appointed to
work in her office came from abroad, "most of whom are
supporters of the royalist movement" the report added.
( 6 )
The Ministry of Internal Affairs revealed that it had
"announced our plan to take legal measures" against
one of these employees, Aleksandr Pavic, "on the
well-founded grounds that he was working for a
foreign intelligence service," and that the Ministry
had warned Plavsic on "several of occasions"
"intelligence activities" by members of her
staff. (7)
In the first of many such actions, on August 20, 1997,
NATO troops, supported by U.S. Apache helicopter
gunships, seized police stations in Banja Luka,
ejecting police officers. (8)NATO directly hired new
policemen, who then attended training courses run by
Western police instructors. (9) UN police spokesman
Liam McDowall said of the training classes, "We
basically let them know what is expected of a normal
police force; not a socialist police force, not a
wartime police force, but a police force of a normal
democratic society." (10) Evidently, police forces in
"normal democratic societies" are dismissed,
recruited, and trained by foreign powers.
Four days later, NATO began its campaign to impose
censorship on media in the Republika Srpska. A
transmitter near Banja Luka was reprogrammed to turn
the signal over to Plavsic's control, and two days
later NATO troops seized a Serb Radio-TV transmitter
near Bijeljina.
As NATO forces surrounded Bijeljina and blocked all
access roads to the city, thousands of citizens turned
out in a mass demonstration. Low-flying NATO
helicopters harassed the demonstrators. The next day,
NATO forces took another transmitter near Doboj and
arrested its staff.
Each of the seized transmitters was turned over to
Plavsic's control. At 4:00 AM on August 28, NATO
troops moved into the town of Brcko. Air raid sirens
sounded an alert, and thousands turned out in a mass
demonstration. Demonstrators fought NATO troops with
sticks and rocks, while NATO troops fired tear-gas
canisters and warning shots. Tanks and armored
vehicles were sent into the town, but were eventually
forced to withdraw after seventy of them were
damaged. (11) Infuriated, NATO Secretary-General
Javier Solana warned that NATO "will not hesitate to
take the necessary measures, including the use of
force, against media networks or programs" that
denounced Western occupation. (12) Further threats and
pressure constrained opposition, and by the end of
November, NATO had completed its systematic seizure of
Serb radio and television transmitters and police
stations.
In April 1998, Western officials announced the
creation of a tribunal to monitor and govern media in
Bosnia-Herzegovina. The tribunal not only arrogated to
itself the power to shut down radio, television and
newspapers that voice criticism of NATO's occupation
of
Bosnia-Herzegovina, but also the authority to write
laws regulating broadcasting. Simon Haselock,spokesman
for Western civilian operations in Bosnia claimed,
"It's not about censorship," but what else is it when
foreign powers dictate what media can and cannot say,
and revoke the licenses of media which present
alternative viewpoints? What else is it when elected
representatives are not permitted to write laws
regulating broadcasting in their own nation, but must
have these laws written and submitted by foreign
powers?
Was it not censorship when the tribunal ordered
Television Kanal S in the Republika Srpska to
"immediately cease broadcasting" on April 14, 1999?
According to the tribunal, Television Kanal S did not
carry Western news programs, and committed "a serious
violation" when it broadcast a message from Sarajevo
University students in which citizens of the Republika
Srpska "were invited to join the students in a
peaceful protest" against NATO's bombing of
Yugoslavia. (13)
Western policy in ruling Bosnia-Herzegovina is direct
and heavy-handed.
On December 17, 1997, Westendorp simply imposed a new
citizenship law after the Bosnia-Herzegovina
parliament failed to meet his arbitrary 48-hour
deadline for passage of the law. (14) Similarly, he
unilaterally imposed a new Western-designed flag and
Western-designed and produced currency, the
"convertible mark". Political candidates have been
stricken from election lists, based on the flimsiest
excuses. In the November 1997 election, the OSCE
election commission eliminated three candidates of the
Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) because posters of
former Republika Srpska president Radovan Karadzic had
appeared. The SDS was not permitted to replace these
candidates. The following year, nine candidates of
the Serbian Radical Party were deleted from election
lists because a television station in neighboring
Yugoslavia broadcast an interview with the party's
presidential candidate, Nikola Poplasen. During the
same election, two SDS assembly candidates were
disqualified because, as a spokeswoman for the OSCE
said, "twice at [an election rally] an SDS supporter
held up a portrait of Karadzic." The OSCE also
eliminated four assembly candidates of the Croatian
Democratic Union and the mayor of Orasje because of
"biased" television reports in neighboring Croatia.
It is curious logic to assert that television reports
in an adjacent nation result in a biased election,
and that the solution is for foreign powers to dictate
whom voters may or may not vote for. (15) Western
officials reacted angrily when Nikola Poplasen
unseated Plavsic in the September 1998 presidential
election in Republika Srpska, and immediately began to
pressure him to appoint Dodik as his Prime Minister.
According to Poplasen, Western officials "demanded"
the appointment of Dodik "unconditionally." They
also pressured Poplasen to "break off relations" with
Yugoslavia and in effect treat it as an "enemy
nation", and his refusal to bow to either demand
evoked tremendous Western hostility. (16) Such
disobedience brought a swift response, and on March 5,
1999, Westendorp issued a statement declaring the
removal of Poplasen from office "with immediate
effect." (17) The primary justification given was
Poplasen's insistence that he had a constitutional
right to choose whom he would nominate for the post of
Prime Minister.
This coup d'etat by decree deposed the legally elected
president of the Republika Srpska. Since Poplasen's
removal, the Republika Srpska government has operated
under the sole leadership of Dodik, backed by NATO
troops.
However, Dodik's term ended with the electoral defeat
of Plavsic, and there is no legal basis for his
continuing to hold office. The removal of the legally
elected government in the Republika Srpska was not
sufficient, though. There was still the risk that
Republika Srpska citizens might freely exercise their
right to vote in upcoming elections, so Western
officials began to dismantle Poplasen's party, the
Serbian Radical Party (SRS).
On October 5, 1999, the Office of the High
Representative and the OSCE jointly sent a letter to
the Serbian Radical Party, demanding the removal of
Poplasen and two other officials from leadership
positions in the party because they had criticized
NATO. "Failure to remove these persons from leadership
positions in the SRS," the letter said, "will result
in not allowing the SRS to participate in the
municipal elections in April 2000." (18) They were as
good as their word. Twenty days later, the OSCE's
Provisional Election Commission ruled that neither the
Serbian Radical Party, nor a smaller party, "will be
registered for the municipal elections in 2000 and
will not have candidates competing for local offices."
(19) The outright banning of a major political party
passed without comment in the Western press.
No pretense of democracy is made. Western dictate is
"democratic," simply by virtue of being Western.
On the same day that saw Poplasen's removal as
president, Robert Owen, Western arbitrator for the
status of the town of Brcko, announced a decision
that effectively split asunder the Republika Srpska.
The two halves of the Republika Srpska were held
together by a narrow three-mile wide strip, in which
lies Brcko. The decree removed Brcko from the
Republika Srpska and created a special district to be
held jointly by the Republika Srpska and the
Muslim-Croatian Federation. Under terms of the
decree, Bosnian Serb armed forces cannot move from one
half of their territory to the other without
permission of NATO. The decree also specifies that
Brcko may at any
time be transferred from a "non-complying entity"
and placed "within the exclusive control of the
other." (20) The decision was met by universal
Bosnian Serb rejection and US envoy Robert Gelbard
wasted no time in wielding the heavy club of
discipline, declaring that "the territory of Brcko
could still revert to the entity which is in
compliance." (21)
Following Dodik's resignation over the Brcko decision,
Western officials scrambled to talk him out of it. As
Gelbard explained it, progress on plans to privatize
state assets "is really due to Dodik's leadership."
(22) It was not long before Dodik withdrew his
resignation and announced his acceptance of the Brcko
decision. Dodik's resignation was merely play-acting,
a bow to local public opinion. He has shown no
reluctance to carry out every order, and on October 2,
1999, following his return from meeting with American
officials in the United States, he dutifully called
for the overthrow of the Yugoslav government. (23)
>Wild West Justice.
The International War Crimes Tribunal has proved to be
a useful political tool for NATO, enabling it to
seize, or even murder political enemies. On January
30, 1996, two leading Bosnian Serb generals, Djordje
Djukic and Aleksa Ksrmanovic, were invited to meet
with Western civilian and NATO officials in Ilidza, at
that time, a Serbian suburb of Sarajevo. The meeting
was a ruse. A trap had been set, and both men were
seized and imprisoned by Bosnian Muslim soldiers.
According to a British officer, the kidnapping was a
result of NATO passing information to Bosnian Muslim
forces. A high-ranking Western European intelligence
source revealed that the U.S. Defense Intelligence
Agency (DIA) was behind the seizure. "The DIA took a
fantastic quantity of bugging and surveillance
equipment there," he said. "The vehicle in which the
Serb officers were travelling was followed from the
air." The DIA, he added, expected the generals to be
"the most valuable sources of information. Also do
not forget that a not at all negligible number of The
Hague investigators are CIA and DIA members." (24)
Two weeks later, the men were transferred to The
Hague, where they were subjected to repeated
interrogations and pressured to accuse other Bosnian
Serb officials and officers of crimes.
Djukic's lawyer said, "It was suggested to Djukic that
the court would have a better understanding for him in
the future if he testified," and tribunal spokesman
Christian Chartier said that the fate of the men "very
much depends on what they might tell us." (25)
Both men refused to talk, however, and punishment was
swift in coming. On March 1, Djukic was charged with
the "crime against humanity" of being "assistant
commander for logistics," including such heinous acts
as "proposing appointments of personnel" and "issuing
orders relating to the supply of materiel for units of
the Bosnian Serb Army." In a pique, chief prosecutor
Richard Goldstone said he indicted Djukic because of
his refusal to talk. (26) Not even as flimsy a charge
as this could be concocted against Krsmanovic, who was
held without charge for several more weeks of
interrogations. At the time, Djukic was suffering
from an advanced case of pancreatic cancer. Despite
his pain, interrogation sessions continued unabated,
but he refused to talk to the end.
In late April he was released to return to his family,
where he died on May 19.
On July 10, 1997, a joint American-British operation
swooped down on two Bosnian Serbs, despite the lack of
a public indictment against either man. Four NATO
members gained entrance to the Prijedor Medical Center
by claiming to deliver a Red Cross package, and
arrested the hospital's director, Milan Kovacevic.
The arrest provoked an angry demonstration by 400 of
the hospital's medical staff and several hundred
citizens.
Former Prijedor security chief Simo Drljaca was less
fortunate. Shortly after he returned from fishing,
still dressed in a bathing suit, to enjoy breakfast
with family and friends, NATO troops burst into his
yard. A witness recounts, "Music was playing. I was
sitting. Then suddenly I heard screams: 'Simo, Simo!'
I turned around. Soldiers were armed.I saw Simo
getting up. At that moment, I heard bullets being
fired and they fired at him. Then I saw Simo laying
down on sand near a beach. He was laying on his side
and shaking. Then a soldier came close to him and
fired another bullet at him and finished him off."
(27)
Another NATO ambush took place on January 10,
1999, targeting a car occupied by Dragan Gagovic and
five children from his karate class. One of the
children, Sonja Bjelovic, described the ambush: "We
ran across iron bars on the road. Dragan braked to
stop the vehicle, because we could not pass.then we
heard shots. Our coach said, 'down, you can be hit.'
He tried to protect us and pass around the iron bars.
However the car was hit, tires went flat and it
overturned. I saw our coach covered with blood."
Another child, Milica Dzokovic, reported, "When the
coach told us to go down I hid under the seat and
closed my eyes. When I opened my eyes I saw the coach
covered with blood and [NATO soldiers'] gun-barrels
pointed at us." (28)
On July 6, 1999, Radislav Brdjanin, leader of the
People's Party, was kidnapped from his home in Banja
Luka and flown to The Hague, where he was imprisoned.
A month and a half later, on August 25, Republika
Srpska Chief of Staff General Momir Talic, who had
been invited to a conference in Austria, was arrested
there and flown to The Hague.
Neither man had been publicly indicted.The arrest of
these men under "secret indictments" is an effective
recipe for silencing free speech.
Inevitably, people will feel a reluctance to speak out
against NATO occupation, lest they make a target of
themselves.
Stanislav Galic's mistake was in accepting an
appointment as military advisor to Poplasen. While
Galic was driving his car on December 20, 1999,
several vehicles suddenly blocked his path. NATO
soldiers sprang out and smashed Galic's car window,
roughly dragged him out and placed a hood over his
head. Galic was flown to The Hague, where he was
imprisoned.
High Commissioner Carlos Westendorp revealed much
about the imperial attitude as he delivered his last
speech before turning over the reins to his successor,
Wolfgang Petritsch. Westendorp expressed his "wish to
quote from another famous historical figure, who said
not just that much could be achieved with a kind word,
but a kind word and a gun. This figure was Al Capone.
Joke! I've been here too long. I actually
prefer Teddy Roosevelt's 'Walk softly and carry a big
stick'. The gun or stick in this context is the
continuing presence of SFOR [NATO Stabilization Force]
and the International Community." (29)
>Covert Involvement and Military Aid.<
According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, "The
CIA station in Bosnia is now reputed to be one of the
largest in the region." (30). By early 1996, the
total number of CIA operatives active in the region
had
risen to 2,500, almost half of whom were stationed at
the agency's regional headquarters in Tuzla. (31) The
DIA is also very active in the region, working in
close cooperation with the CIA. These agencies not
only engage in intelligence gathering, but also shape
events, both directly and indirectly. Most of the
international organizations present in Bosnia are
dominated and run by American officials. Local news
reports are "reshaped", that is, censored, by American
officials, and compliant media receive Western
financing, largely through the US Agency for
International Development (USAID). A report in the
Yugoslav press claims that in 1996, approximately half
a million dollars were funnelled to media in both of
Bosnia's entities. (32)
The implementation of the US Train and Equip plan has
pumped more arms into the region, posing a risk to
peace. Under the plan, the US has already supplied
Federation forces with tens of thousands of M-16
assault rifles, over 100 armored personnel carriers,
several dozen tanks, over 100 155-mm howitzers,
communications equipment, helicopters, and myriad
other
weapons.
Arms supplies from other nations have also been
arranged by US officials, and one shipment alone,
from the United Arab Emirates, consisted of 50 French
AMX-30 tanks and 41 armored vehicles.(33)The plan also
provides for American and Turkish training of
Federation forces. The Pentagon has contracted with
Military Professional Resources Incorporated (MPRI) to
conduct training. MPRI had earlier successfully
trained the Croatian Army in preparation for its
brutal invasion of Krajina, in which over 200,000
Serbs were driven from their homes in a matter of
days.
Training sessions include the use of advanced battle
simulation computer software, as was used in
preparation for Desert Storm. Funding was also
provided to open arms factories in the Federation.In
all, eight Federation arms factories operate under
NATO
supervision, and a Federation defense ministry
spokesman announced that half of these factories
produce 122mm howitzers for its army. (34)
Officially, American officials assert the dubious
proposition that Train and Equip is necessary to
ensure peace. Quietly, they know exactly what they are
doing. Asked by a Bosnian Muslim journalist about the
Western reaction were the Federation to invade the
Republika Srpska, a "high-ranking Western diplomat"
admitted, "We would officially condemn, but we would
understand and we would probably not undertake any
efficient steps. This is exactly what we expect." (35)
"The question no longer is if the Muslims will attack
the Bosnian Serbs," warned a European NATO
commander, "but when."
Alarmed at the extent of the Federation military
buildup, Russian commanders passed NATO satellite
photos of Muslim training camps to Bosnian Serb
generals. According to information received by a
Western diplomat, "The Bosnian Serb generals were
stunned. The mood in the room was very black."
In the event of an attack, a high-ranking NATO
commander said, "We also expect most all of the Serbs
[in the Republika Srpska] to be driven into Serbia..."
(36) The threat posed by the Train and Equip plan
appears to be primarily motivated by its utility as a
means for dictating policy to the Republika Srpska.
However, if Republika Srpska officials ever display
too
much independence and recalcitrance in response to
NATO's demands, then there is little doubt that the
Muslim-Croatian Federation would receive the go-ahead
for an invasion. The Train and Equip plan can be a
two-edged sword, though, and in April 1999, US envoy
Robert Gelbard temporarily suspended the program for
four months in order to force a reorganization of
the Federation Army along lines demanded by Western
officials.
> Reshaping the Economy<
The heart of Western policy in the region is the
promotion of Western corporate interests. In late
1996, a "peace implementation conference" was held in
London, during which much of Bosnia-Herzegovina's
future was forged.
According to a report by the Press Association, the
conference "won a commitment from the Bosnian leaders
to reconstruct the shattered economy along free market
economy lines, including significant privatization and
close cooperation with the World Bank." (37) Laws
are penned and imposed by Western officials. Less
than one year after the conference, Haris Silajdzic,
co-chair of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Council of
Ministers, announced that "US Finance Secretary David
Lipton will come here bringing draft laws on
privatization at the state level" to be submitted to
the Assembly for vote. Existing draft laws on
property
relations and privatization, he said, "will be
modified according to regulations the US finance
secretary will bring." (38).
On July 2 1998, Westendorp founded a commission to
manage the privatization process in
Bosnia-Herzegovina. Each privatization, including
prior actions, is subject to review and approval by
Western commission officials. (39)
An earlier law on privatization in the Republika
Srpska had previously been implemented. On December
4, 1997, Robert Farrand, of the Office of the High
Representative, issued an "Order on Privatization," in
which he mandated a "delay" of the Republika Srpska
privatization process, "so that international
assistance could be provided to make it a credible
process leading to successful transition to a free
market economy," adding that "current RS [Republika
Srpska] legislation on privatization lacks a sound
technical framework and in its current form can lead
only to large scale fraud." (40) Looking beyond the
vague nature of the complaint, and ostensible concern
about "fraud," what actually motivated the order
suspending the law? Documents from the American
Embassy in Sarajevo paint a more honest picture: "The
privatization framework is being overhauled and will
create more opportunities for involvement of potential
foreign investors," adding that a "fundamental flaw"
of the previous process "was the allocation of 47
percent of companies' shares to seven
government-managed funds."
Clearly, the "fraud" that concerned Western officials
was that Western corporations could not dominate the
process and seize the best assets. The embassy's
documents reassure investors that "The new RS
government has pledged to overhaul the privatization
framework and annulled all previous privatization
laws.
Assistance is now being provided by the World Bank and
USAID to develop new laws similar to those adopted by
the Federation." Western officials are shaping
privatization in the Republika Srpska, as they do in
the Muslim-Croatian Federation, to favor the interests
of Western investors.
The Foreign Investment Law, effective on March 1998,
and applicable to both entities, "establishes the
policy standards of promoting foreign investment and
protecting foreign investor's rights," an embassy
document declares. "The Entities will amend existing
foreign investment laws to conform to the state-level
legislation." Western officials were thorough in
ensuring their interests. The law "is progressive in
terms of its final aim which is to promote foreign
direct investment."
It is stated that the law "protects the rights of
foreign investors..there are no restrictions on>
foreign investment" except armaments and media, and
"the entities are directed to establish progressive
and favorable tax conditions that encourage foreign
investment." Furthermore, the law "expressly forbids
expropriation or nationalization actions against
foreign investments." (41)
And what role is envisioned for the people of Bosnia?
The American embassy has an answer for that,
too. "Foreign investors can utilize low-cost labor
(the lowest in the CEE [Central and Eastern Europe])
while gaining proximity and access to important
markets in the EU [European Union] and the CEE."
Bosnian people will have the privilege of joining the
Third World. Because Bosnia-Herzegovina is
essentially
land-locked, access to the Adriatic Sea is an
important prerequisite for exploiting this "low-cost
labor." Despite strong Bosnian Muslim reservations
concerning certain provisions, an agreement on special
relations was signed with neighboring Croatia, in
which the Federation was given free transit to and
use of the Croatian port of Ploce. According to a
report in the Croatian press, agreement from the
Bosnian Muslim delegation came "as a result of
pressure
from the United States." (42) In preparation for
the expansion of trade through Ploce, the World Bank
has financed a $22 million project for the
reconstruction of the main pier, and Sealand has won
a grant from the US Trade and Development Agency to
perform "a feasibility study on the development of
container terminal facilities and the corridor from
Ploce to Sarajevo (and eventually the Sava River)."
(43)
Following the removal of Brcko from the Republika
Srpska, Brcko Supervisor Robert Farrand signed an
agreement for the U.S Trade and Development Agency
to solicit bids from American firms to conduct a
six-month feasibility study of the Brcko port on the
Sava River. (44)
When deemed necessary, Western officials have readily
wielded threats in order to achieve their goals. A
Western diplomatic source revealed that "in diplomatic
talks behind closed doors, we are, sort of,
intimidating [Republika Srpska] politicians" with the
possibility of invasion by Federation troops. "The
tendency is to stimulate and open up economically"
the Republika Srpska, he added. "When, in some
diplomatic efforts, we try to 'soften' their stances,
we always hint at their possible war defeat. We
always use the illustration of Krajina." (45)
Threats against the Federation are less aggressive, if
no less effective. On November 10, 1998, the Contact
Group, which oversees policy in Bosnia, and is chaired
by the US, issued a statement threatening a cutoff of
millions of dollars in aid to the Federation. An
American spokesman bluntly stated that "the time
has come and, in fact, is overdue for the governments
of Bosnia to be making the transition - and [they]
should be making it rapidly - to a sustainable market
economy. We are prepared to cut off projects,programs,
anything to get their attention." The spokesman
demanded "much more progress on privatization" and
foreign investment. (46)
NATO is establishing a permanent presence in the
Balkans. NATO's savage bombing of Yugoslavia was
motivated solely by the desire to establish a NATO-run
colony in Kosovo. The Yugoslav government consistently
called for return of all refugees, greater autonomy in
Kosovo, and an international presence in Kosovo. The
only divisive issue was the nature of that presence,
with NATO insisting on its control of the province.
NATO bases are being constructed in Zadar and
Slavonski Brod, Croatia, and NATO is providing funds
for Bulgaria to upgrade three military airfields to
"NATO standards," although these airfields are
currently adequate for Bulgaria's aircraft. (47) Whose
planes, then, are these upgrades intended for, if not
Bulgaria's? A poor Bosnian Serb, Radoslav Skrba,
wonders, "How is it that all these Western armies now
have bases here? Could it be that it was their
strategy all along? During the Communist time we were
warned that the West wanted to come here and now here
they are." (48)
NOTES
1. Colonel Milovan Milutinovic, "Loss of Supreme
Command," Nin (Belgrade),
November 1, 1996.
2. "Don't Push Us Into a Fratricidal War!", Blic
(Belgrade), November 13,
1996.
3. Nikola Zeklic, "Dancing to the CIA's Rhythm,"
Oslobodjenje (Sarajevo -
Bosnian Serb), April 4, 1996.
4. "OSCE Says Pale Assembly 'No Longer Exists,"
Agence France-Presse
(Paris), July 4, 1997.
5. "U.S. Supports Bosnian Serb President in Court
Case," Reuters, August 15,
1997.
6. "U.S. Allegedly to Deposit $30 Million in Plavsic
Account," Beta
(Belgrade), July 1, 1997.
7. "Plavsic Aides Accused as Spies," SRNA (Pale),
August 24, 1997.
8. Colin Soloway, "NATO Forces Seize Police Stations
in Bosnian City,"
Washington Post, August 21, 1997.
9. Chris Stephen, "IPTF Screens, Retrains Police in
RS," Agence
France-Presse (Paris), August 22, 1997. "IPTF
Trains Republika Srpska
Police Officers," Tanjug (Belgrade), August 26,
1997.
10. Srecko Latal, "Bosnian Serb Military Warns
President Against Dividing
Bosnian Serb Territory," Associated Press, August
22, 1997.
11. Edward Cody, "Bosnian Serb's Backers Stone
American Troops," Washington
Post, August 29, 1997. Misha Savic, "Serbs Force
U.N. Team to Withdraw,"
Associated Press, August 29, 1997.
12. Misha Savic, "NATO Commander Warns Bosnia
Media," Associated Press,
August 30, 1997.
13. "Media Monitoring Commission Shuts Down Kanal S
TV," BETA (Belgrade),
April 14, 1999
14. "Westendorp Proclaims Citizenship Law," B92 Open
Serbia (Belgrade),
December 17, 1997.
15. "OSCE Strikes 3 Serb Candidates Off SDS Election
List," SRNA (Pale),
November 21, 1997.
"Bosnia Serb Party Sanctioned for Karadzic Picture,"
Agence France-Presse,
September 1, 1998.
"Nine Delisted for Bosnian Serb's TV Interview,"
Agence France-Presse,
September 21, 1998.
"Bosnian Croat Candidates Disqualified by TV
Bias," Reuters,
September 4, 1998.
16. "Poplasen Defends Actions While in Office," SRNA
(Pale), March 7, 1999.
Interview with Nikola Poplasen, by Branislav
Radivojsa, "Poplasen: Assembly
Must Oppose Unconstitutional Behavior of Dodik's
Government," Politika
(Belgrade), September 3, 1999.
17. Office of the High Representative, "Removal From
Office of Nikola
Poplasen," OHR Press Release (Sarajevo), March 5,
1999.
18. Joint OHR/OSCE Press Release, "SRS Must Refile
Application for Party
Registration," October 5, 1999.
19. OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina Press
Release, "PEC Denies
Certification for Serb Radical and SRSS Parties for
Municipal Elections
2000," Sarajevo, October 25, 1999.
20. "Final Award, Arbitral Tribunal for Dispute
Over Inter-Entity Boundary
in Brcko Area." March 5, 1999.
21. "Mediators Warn Bosnia Serbs to Comply with
Brcko Ruling." Agence
France-Presse (Paris), March 19, 1999.
22. "US Envoy Hopes Moderate Bosnia Serb PM Will
Stay." Reuters (London),
March 10, 1999.
23. "Dodik Returns from US, Backs Anti-Milosevic
Rallies," BETA (Belgrade),
October 2, 1999.
24. Vesna Hadzivukovic, "Americans Preparing New
Kidnappings," Telegraf
(Belgrade), February 14, 1996.
25. "Serb Officers Might be Witnesses in The Hague,"
Associated Press,
February 23, 1996.
26. The Prosecutor of the Tribunal, CASE No
IT-96-20-I, "Against Dorde Dukic
(sic) Indictment."
27. Broadcast, Srpksa Televizija (Pale), July 10,
1997.
28. "Children Describe Gagovic's 'Brutal Murder',"
Tanjug (Belgrade),
January 10, 1999.
29. Office of the High Representative, "Speech of
the High Representative
Carlos Westendorp at the Stability Pact Dinner,"
Sarajevo, July 29, 1999.
30. Tracy Wilkinson, "In Bosnia, U.S. Creeps Deeper,
Los Angeles Times,
November 11, 1997.
31. "From the Jungle to the Balkans," Politika
Ekspres (Belgrade), January
22, 1996.
32. "Daily Criticizes USAID Funding of B-H
Independent Media," Beta
(Belgrade), April 29, 1997.
33. "New Weapons Shipments for Bosnia's US-LEF
Rearmament Programme," Agence
France-Presse
(Paris), October 13, 1997.
A Prlenda, "Weapons for Peace and
Stabilization," Oslobodjenje
(Bosnian Muslim), November 22,
1996.
Nick Gowing, "Return to War," The Sunday
Telegraph (London),
December 1, 1996.
"Arms Shipment from Turkey Arrives in Ploce
Port," HINA (Zagreb),
July 26, 1997.
Srecko Latal, "United States Helping Rearm
Muslim-Croat Army: Allies
Object," Associated Press,
May 23, 1996.
34. James Drake, "Old GIs Fade Away - to Bosnia,"
Baltimore Sun, November
12, 1997.
Nedim Dervisbegovic, "Bosnian Firms Produce
Artillery with U.S. Aid,"
Reuters, October 17, 1997.
"U.S. Envoy Visits U.S-Aided Bosnian Army Factory,"
Agence France-Presse
(Paris), September 5, 1997.
35. Edina Becirevic, "If the Refugees Do Not Return
Next Year, the World
Will Tolerate That as Well!",
Slobodna Bosna (Sarajevo), September 21, 1997.
36. Chris Hedges, "Bosnian Muslims Said to Intensify
Efforts to Rearm in
Secret," New York Times,
October 3, 1997.
37. Charles Miller, "Tough Action Agreed to in Hunt
for Bosnia's War
Criminals," Press Association
(London), December 5, 1996.
38. A Pilav, "Draft Laws Arriving from the US!",
Dnevi Avaz (Sarajevo),
October 7, 1997.
39. Sead Numanovic, "Westendorp Forms a Commission,"
Dnevi Avaz (Sarajevo),
July 2, 1998.
40. Office of the High Representative, "Order on
Privatization," December 4,
1997.
41. American Embassy, Sarajevo, "The Commercial
Guide to Bosnia and
Herzegovina," June, 1998.
42. "Croatia, Federation Sign Special Relations
Agreement," HINA (Zagreb),
November 22, 1998.
"Bosnia, Croatia Form Special Relations," UPI,
November 22, 1998.
"Croatia Opens Up Key Port to Bosnia in Thawing of
Relations," Agence
France-Presse, November 22, 1998.
43. American Embassy, Sarajevo, "The Commercial
Guide to Bosnia and
Herzegovina," June, 1998.
44. OHR Press Release, "Brcko Port Feasibility Study
Agreement Signed," June
4, 1999.
45. Edina Becirevic, "If the Refugees Do Not Return
Next Year, the World
Will Tolerate That as Well!",
Slobodna Bosna (Sarajevo), September 21, 1997.
46. Carol Giacomo, "U.S. and Allies May Turn Off Aid
Tap," Reuters, November
9, 1998.
"U.S. Threatens Aid Cut," UPI, November 9, 1998.
"Contact Group Signals It Wants to Cut Bosnian Aid,"
Reuters, November 10,
1998.
47. Marko Barisic, "Referendum for NATO bases?"
Vjesnik (Zagreb), February
10, 1998. Emanuil Manev, "NATO
is Promoting its Own
Interest," Kontinent (Sofia), October 17, 1998.
48. Mike O'Connor, "Bosnian Serbs, Unhappy in Serb
Republic, Fear Return to
Bosnia," New York Times, September 18, 1998.
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MADRE TERESA DI CALCUTTA E LA GRANDE ALBANIA
Il governo dell'Albania ha recentemente donato alle Nazioni Unite una
statua di Madre Teresa di Calcutta, la santona di origine
schipetaro-macedone (nacque a Skopje). Tuttavia lo stesso portavoce
dell'ONU Fred Eckhard ha spiegato che l'organizzazione internazionale e'
in imbarazzo ad accettare il dono, poiche' esso non rappresenta
veramente la cultura ne' l'arte albanese in quanto Madre Teresa, pur
essendo figlia di un nazionalista pan-albanese ed essendo ella stessa
vicina all'idea della Grande Albania, non fu mai cittadina dello Stato
Albanese. Peraltro, la grande scultura bronzea non ha veramente alcun
valore dal punto di vista artistico.
(fonte: Associated Press)
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PS. Molti avranno notato che le date riportate sulla Ciliegina
precedente (numero 151) erano errate: al posto di 25 e 27/6 si deve
leggere 25 e 27/5, cioe' maggio... Chiediamo scusa per l'inconveniente.
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Il governo dell'Albania ha recentemente donato alle Nazioni Unite una
statua di Madre Teresa di Calcutta, la santona di origine
schipetaro-macedone (nacque a Skopje). Tuttavia lo stesso portavoce
dell'ONU Fred Eckhard ha spiegato che l'organizzazione internazionale e'
in imbarazzo ad accettare il dono, poiche' esso non rappresenta
veramente la cultura ne' l'arte albanese in quanto Madre Teresa, pur
essendo figlia di un nazionalista pan-albanese ed essendo ella stessa
vicina all'idea della Grande Albania, non fu mai cittadina dello Stato
Albanese. Peraltro, la grande scultura bronzea non ha veramente alcun
valore dal punto di vista artistico.
(fonte: Associated Press)
-
PS. Molti avranno notato che le date riportate sulla Ciliegina
precedente (numero 151) erano errate: al posto di 25 e 27/6 si deve
leggere 25 e 27/5, cioe' maggio... Chiediamo scusa per l'inconveniente.
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RICOSTRUITO A NOVI SAD IL PONTE CHE COLLEGA L'EUROPA CENTRALE CON I
BALCANI. E' STATO INTITOLATO A BOSKO PEROSEVIC, PRESIDENTE DELLA REGIONE
AUTONOMA DELLA VOJVODINA, VITTIMA DI UN ATTENTATO TERRORISTA
"...Non esistono razze e popoli inferiori o superiori,
ma in ogni razza ed in ogni popolo esistono persone migliori e persone
peggiori. I migliori sono quelli che pur avendo una alta opinione di se
stessi sanno rispettare gli altri, e costruiscono le loro vite ed il
loro paese contando sulle proprie forze e capacita'...
L'Europa imparera' dalla piccola Serbia, anche su questo ponte, che cosa
significa la dignita' storica e la liberta' umana." (S. Milosevic)
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HEADLINE NEWS - (Tanjug News Agency)
PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC - REBUILDING OF SERBIA PRIDE OF EUROPE
NOVI SAD - Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic arrived on Monday
by train to Novi Sad by way of the newly-built railroad-road bridge
over the Danube, marking the resumption of traffic on the shortest
traffic link between north and south Europe.
Opening for traffic the bridge across the Danube at Novi Sad,
Milosevic at a magnificent people's rally of more than 15,000
citizens of Novi Sad, Vojvodina and the Republic greeted with
ovations said-
"Dear citizens, allow me to greet you all and express great
satisfaction that we all have an opportunity to share in the joy for
the success, for a great working success by which we mark the
greatest results achieved in the reconstruction and recovery of the
country.
This time last year war was waged against Yugoslavia. The
aggression of the NATO pact. It was one of the most blatant examples
of violence against a people in the second half of the 20th century
and the only war in Europe after WW II. The nature of the war was
really unusual. Quite unique.
The war was waged by the biggest and strongest European
countries, under the command of a non-European country, the United
States, the most powerful country of our time, against a rather
small European country, exhausted by years of economic sanctions
imposed by those countries. Who, along with sanctions brought also
war, because the sanctions did not produce the amount of suffering
necessary to lose the will to fight and to extinguish the love for
freedom.
Why have cruel sanctions been introduced against Serbia, and then
an even crueler war started against it? Criminals and murderors will
never be able to explain this to anyone intelligent and honnest.
When the explanation comes, truthful and convincing for the whole
world, those criminals will be history. But until then, the war that
was waged against Serbia will be on the conscience, or as our people
says on the soul, of the entire world.
It is little consolation for us that the murderors of our people
will not sleep peacefully as long as they live. Even the worst of
men understands from time to time, in some part of his conscience,
that he did evil. Ideologists and NATO pact commanders, and even
their army, will have difficulty avoiding that reality, although we
by our Slav nature tend to forgive, especially those who are not
directly responsible.
But many have also stayed awake after the war. Not because of
pangs of consciousness, but because of an honorable conscience. In
this country, since the war ended to this day, many have not slept
at night because they were working.
In less than a year, the bombed country has been rebuilt so
quickly that it has most probably not been registered in the
experience of modern Europe.
We, of course, have not rebuilt everything that was destroyed.
Damaged have been many apartment buildings, family houses, schools,
churches, monasteries, hospitals, health institutions, state
institutions, but most of them have been rebuilt by the most modern
and quickest means.
This bridge, which we are opening today for the use of citizens,
symbolizes in the best way the impressive and daily results of
reconstrcution and rebuilding. So far no-one in the world has
succeeded to build this kind of project, for which two years are
needed, in 100 days. And it is at the same time a railroad bridge.
That is why we came by train, but not any kind of train. We came
here in a train whose carriages are of domestic production, which
have been designed and manufactured in our factories for speeds of
200 km per hour. That is a great result, because today only four
countries in Europe can produce independently carriages for such
speeds.
Without carriages for such speeds cannot be realized TGV railroad
projects anywhere in the world. And one of those four countries is
our country, and this bridge has very good technical-construction
solutions. It is modern in form, essential traffic and communication
wise, and morally superior. It represents a sparkling construction
and moral victory. We have prevailed over our enemies not because we
are stronger, but because we are better. That is the combination
that makes the world go round since its creation. We in Yugoslavia,
the most European European country, build our country with a lot of
love, with a lot of knowledge and a lot of work.
If there is something of what Europe should be proud of in the
year 2000, that is the rebuilding of Serbia. But if there is
something of what Europe should be ashamed of in the year 1999 -
that is the devastation of Serbia. No-one should tell us where is
Europe and where it is not. First and foremost, because Europe is
situated on every foot of the soil belonging to the European
continent. Behind the classification of European countries into
those who are in Europe and those who are waiting to be admitted to
it, there is a cynical division into superior and inferior countries
and peoples. That tendancy to separate peoples into upper and lower
class has already been seen. If Europe accepts it, it runs the risk
of being placed as a whole in the zone of lower class peoples and
countries, and also of lower class continents. There are no higher
and lower races and peoples, but there are better and worse people
in all races and in all peoples.
The best are those who have a high opinion of themselves, but who
also respect others, who build their life and their country by
relying on their own forces and capabilities, but who are ready to
help everyone else, and especially the weakest, who love good
people, who believe in good and contribute to it themselves. And who
are the worse? The entire world saw that a year ago when, among
other things, the bridges in Novi Sad disappeared in a wink. The
worse kind of men outside Yugoslavia were detsoying our country. The
worse kind of men in Yugoslavia serve them today.
Those who destroyed our bridges, just as we, who are rebuilding
them, should be a lesson to Europe and to the world. Let Europe,
historically important and discouraged at the end of the 20th
century, learn from small Serbia, also on this bridge what is the
meaning of historical dignity and human freedom. On what human
values should be built a new era into which we are entering, and the
whole world should know that it will be a target, just as Serbia was
a target, if it does not put up a resolved, united resistance which
is necessary and justified, just as resolved, united, necessary and
justified was the resistance put up by Serbia against violence and
humiliation.
Long live the heroic and creative people of Serbia. Long live
free Yugoslavia. Let there be a free Europe. I congratulate the
builders of this bridge on their huge success, on their great
contribution to the reconstruction of the entire country, on their
greatest patriotism. A country is best loved by those who defend,
build and develop it. I wish you, dear builders the best of
happiness with your families. I wish the citizens of Vojvodina that
this bridge becomes a symbol of progress for all people who live in
it. I propose that this bridge be named after Bosko Perosevic. I
wish peace and prosperity to our whole country, President Milosevic
said.
PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC ANNOUNCES NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
NOVI SAD - Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic said in Novi Sad on
Monday that the beginning of the building of the second lane of the
Belgrade-Novi Sad highway will start in a few days and that the
works will be completed within two years.
In talks with the political leadership of Vojvodina and the
representatives of the most successful firms in Vojvodina, President
Milosevic said that after works are completed on the highway between
the two biggest cities in Yugoslavia, builders will immediately
start construction works on the highway section towards Subotica.
President Milosevic assessed that everything that happened in the
past few years in Yugoslavia and in neighbouring countries,
unequivocally indicates that peace is the fundamental factor also of
economic development of every country.
That, he said, is best evidenced by the "disastrous situation in
countries in our environment," in spite of the praise and aid
received by the governments there from Western capitals.
"On the other hand, we have shown that a free country is capable
of developing more quickly and better than countries that have lost
their freedom. That is why we a "a bad example" for them, he added.
Speaking about good relations between ethnic communities in
Vojvodina, Milosevic underlined that it was precisely in Vojvodina
that had failed the policy of national confrontation successfully
applied by the West in the break-up of multiethnic states.
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BALCANI. E' STATO INTITOLATO A BOSKO PEROSEVIC, PRESIDENTE DELLA REGIONE
AUTONOMA DELLA VOJVODINA, VITTIMA DI UN ATTENTATO TERRORISTA
"...Non esistono razze e popoli inferiori o superiori,
ma in ogni razza ed in ogni popolo esistono persone migliori e persone
peggiori. I migliori sono quelli che pur avendo una alta opinione di se
stessi sanno rispettare gli altri, e costruiscono le loro vite ed il
loro paese contando sulle proprie forze e capacita'...
L'Europa imparera' dalla piccola Serbia, anche su questo ponte, che cosa
significa la dignita' storica e la liberta' umana." (S. Milosevic)
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Subject: [STOPNATO] Milosevic's latest speach
HEADLINE NEWS - (Tanjug News Agency)
PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC - REBUILDING OF SERBIA PRIDE OF EUROPE
NOVI SAD - Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic arrived on Monday
by train to Novi Sad by way of the newly-built railroad-road bridge
over the Danube, marking the resumption of traffic on the shortest
traffic link between north and south Europe.
Opening for traffic the bridge across the Danube at Novi Sad,
Milosevic at a magnificent people's rally of more than 15,000
citizens of Novi Sad, Vojvodina and the Republic greeted with
ovations said-
"Dear citizens, allow me to greet you all and express great
satisfaction that we all have an opportunity to share in the joy for
the success, for a great working success by which we mark the
greatest results achieved in the reconstruction and recovery of the
country.
This time last year war was waged against Yugoslavia. The
aggression of the NATO pact. It was one of the most blatant examples
of violence against a people in the second half of the 20th century
and the only war in Europe after WW II. The nature of the war was
really unusual. Quite unique.
The war was waged by the biggest and strongest European
countries, under the command of a non-European country, the United
States, the most powerful country of our time, against a rather
small European country, exhausted by years of economic sanctions
imposed by those countries. Who, along with sanctions brought also
war, because the sanctions did not produce the amount of suffering
necessary to lose the will to fight and to extinguish the love for
freedom.
Why have cruel sanctions been introduced against Serbia, and then
an even crueler war started against it? Criminals and murderors will
never be able to explain this to anyone intelligent and honnest.
When the explanation comes, truthful and convincing for the whole
world, those criminals will be history. But until then, the war that
was waged against Serbia will be on the conscience, or as our people
says on the soul, of the entire world.
It is little consolation for us that the murderors of our people
will not sleep peacefully as long as they live. Even the worst of
men understands from time to time, in some part of his conscience,
that he did evil. Ideologists and NATO pact commanders, and even
their army, will have difficulty avoiding that reality, although we
by our Slav nature tend to forgive, especially those who are not
directly responsible.
But many have also stayed awake after the war. Not because of
pangs of consciousness, but because of an honorable conscience. In
this country, since the war ended to this day, many have not slept
at night because they were working.
In less than a year, the bombed country has been rebuilt so
quickly that it has most probably not been registered in the
experience of modern Europe.
We, of course, have not rebuilt everything that was destroyed.
Damaged have been many apartment buildings, family houses, schools,
churches, monasteries, hospitals, health institutions, state
institutions, but most of them have been rebuilt by the most modern
and quickest means.
This bridge, which we are opening today for the use of citizens,
symbolizes in the best way the impressive and daily results of
reconstrcution and rebuilding. So far no-one in the world has
succeeded to build this kind of project, for which two years are
needed, in 100 days. And it is at the same time a railroad bridge.
That is why we came by train, but not any kind of train. We came
here in a train whose carriages are of domestic production, which
have been designed and manufactured in our factories for speeds of
200 km per hour. That is a great result, because today only four
countries in Europe can produce independently carriages for such
speeds.
Without carriages for such speeds cannot be realized TGV railroad
projects anywhere in the world. And one of those four countries is
our country, and this bridge has very good technical-construction
solutions. It is modern in form, essential traffic and communication
wise, and morally superior. It represents a sparkling construction
and moral victory. We have prevailed over our enemies not because we
are stronger, but because we are better. That is the combination
that makes the world go round since its creation. We in Yugoslavia,
the most European European country, build our country with a lot of
love, with a lot of knowledge and a lot of work.
If there is something of what Europe should be proud of in the
year 2000, that is the rebuilding of Serbia. But if there is
something of what Europe should be ashamed of in the year 1999 -
that is the devastation of Serbia. No-one should tell us where is
Europe and where it is not. First and foremost, because Europe is
situated on every foot of the soil belonging to the European
continent. Behind the classification of European countries into
those who are in Europe and those who are waiting to be admitted to
it, there is a cynical division into superior and inferior countries
and peoples. That tendancy to separate peoples into upper and lower
class has already been seen. If Europe accepts it, it runs the risk
of being placed as a whole in the zone of lower class peoples and
countries, and also of lower class continents. There are no higher
and lower races and peoples, but there are better and worse people
in all races and in all peoples.
The best are those who have a high opinion of themselves, but who
also respect others, who build their life and their country by
relying on their own forces and capabilities, but who are ready to
help everyone else, and especially the weakest, who love good
people, who believe in good and contribute to it themselves. And who
are the worse? The entire world saw that a year ago when, among
other things, the bridges in Novi Sad disappeared in a wink. The
worse kind of men outside Yugoslavia were detsoying our country. The
worse kind of men in Yugoslavia serve them today.
Those who destroyed our bridges, just as we, who are rebuilding
them, should be a lesson to Europe and to the world. Let Europe,
historically important and discouraged at the end of the 20th
century, learn from small Serbia, also on this bridge what is the
meaning of historical dignity and human freedom. On what human
values should be built a new era into which we are entering, and the
whole world should know that it will be a target, just as Serbia was
a target, if it does not put up a resolved, united resistance which
is necessary and justified, just as resolved, united, necessary and
justified was the resistance put up by Serbia against violence and
humiliation.
Long live the heroic and creative people of Serbia. Long live
free Yugoslavia. Let there be a free Europe. I congratulate the
builders of this bridge on their huge success, on their great
contribution to the reconstruction of the entire country, on their
greatest patriotism. A country is best loved by those who defend,
build and develop it. I wish you, dear builders the best of
happiness with your families. I wish the citizens of Vojvodina that
this bridge becomes a symbol of progress for all people who live in
it. I propose that this bridge be named after Bosko Perosevic. I
wish peace and prosperity to our whole country, President Milosevic
said.
PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC ANNOUNCES NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
NOVI SAD - Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic said in Novi Sad on
Monday that the beginning of the building of the second lane of the
Belgrade-Novi Sad highway will start in a few days and that the
works will be completed within two years.
In talks with the political leadership of Vojvodina and the
representatives of the most successful firms in Vojvodina, President
Milosevic said that after works are completed on the highway between
the two biggest cities in Yugoslavia, builders will immediately
start construction works on the highway section towards Subotica.
President Milosevic assessed that everything that happened in the
past few years in Yugoslavia and in neighbouring countries,
unequivocally indicates that peace is the fundamental factor also of
economic development of every country.
That, he said, is best evidenced by the "disastrous situation in
countries in our environment," in spite of the praise and aid
received by the governments there from Western capitals.
"On the other hand, we have shown that a free country is capable
of developing more quickly and better than countries that have lost
their freedom. That is why we a "a bad example" for them, he added.
Speaking about good relations between ethnic communities in
Vojvodina, Milosevic underlined that it was precisely in Vojvodina
that had failed the policy of national confrontation successfully
applied by the West in the break-up of multiethnic states.
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