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======================================TERRORIST THUG BOASTS:
"THANKS TO UNCLE SAM, MACEDONIANS ARE NO
MATCH FOR US!"

Eyewitness report by Scott Taylor, retired
Canadian military man, author of
'Inat' and 'Tested Mettle' (
http://emperors-clothes.com/reviews/INAT.htm
) and
editor of Esprit de Corps Magazine
[21 August 2001]
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TETOVO, Macedonia -

Last Monday, international envoys and
government officials in Macedonia
hammered out a last-minute peace accord.
However, this 11th-hour attempt to
avoid yet another Balkans civil war may
yet prove to be a case of too little,
too late, as the fighting here continues
to escalate.

Under the terms of the agreement, once a
solid ceasefire can be established,
a NATO force of some 3,000 peacekeepers,
including a whopping three Canadian
officers, will be deployed in Macedonia.
The major task of these troops will
be to disarm the ethnic Albanian
guerrillas who have established control of
nearly 30 per cent of Macedonia's
territory.

For the battered Macedonian security
forces that have fought the guerrillas
over the past six months, the arrival of
the NATO force will be a bitter pill
to swallow.

"If NATO hadn't been arming and equipping
the (guerrillas) in Kosovo there
would be no need for them to disarm these
guerrillas now in Macedonia," said
Goran Stevanovic, a sergeant with the
elite Macedonian police Wolves.

At the diplomatic level, the provision of
military aid to the guerrillas is
vehemently denounced, but on the ground in
Macedonia, there is no denying the
massive amount of materiel and expertise
supplied by NATO to the guerrillas.
Their commanders welcomed me with a shout
of "God bless America, and Canada,
too, for all that they have provided to
us!"

In the well-built guerrilla bunkers
overlooking the besieged city of Tetovo,
there is ample evidence of U.S. military
hardware. Everything from sidearms
and sniper rifles to menacing-looking
grenade launchers is emblazoned Made in
the USA.

An abundant stock of sophisticated
night-vision goggles provide the
guerrillas with a tremendous tactical
advantage over the Macedonian security
forces. By nightfall, the Macedonians are
compelled to hole up in their
bunkers while the guerrillas roam with
impunity throughout the Tetovo
streets.

Snake Arifaj, a 22-year-old guerrilla
platoon commander, proudly displayed
his unit's impressive arsenal and said,
"Thanks to Uncle Sam, the Macedonians
are no match for us."

Two weeks ago, there was a flurry of
diplomatic protests filed by the
Macedonian government when two U.S.
helicopters were observed delivering
supplies to an Albanian village in the
mountains above Tetovo. Officially,
the U.S. claimed their aircraft were only
transporting humanitarian aid.

However, the local guerrilla commander,
Commander "Mouse," a 47-year-old UCK
officer in the Tetovo sector contradicted
this statement and confirmed that
two US Chinook Heavy Transport Helicopters
had in fact delivered "heavy
mortars and ammunition" to the guerrillas.
As proof of Mouse's claim, on
Thursday the guerrillas began bombarding
Tetovo with 120-mm and 82-mm
mortars. Judging from the duration and
intensity of the bombardment that I
witnessed, ammunition supply is not a
problem for the guerrillas.

"We have all the equipment and men we need
to capture Skopje in 24 hours,"
said Commander "Jimmy", a 22-year-old
Albanian guerrilla who is already a
veteran of Chechnya, Kosovo, and south
Serbia. "Militarily, the Macedonians
are no match for our soldiers."

The U.S. also frequently used their
tactical helicopters to gather
intelligence inside Macedonia, without
authorization from the Macedonian
government. The sight of the U.S. choppers
prompted the ethnic Albanian
villagers to cheer wildly, waving their
arms to encourage "their" air force.

Further illustration of this Albanian
sentiment toward U.S. aircraft can be
found at the guerrilla brigade
headquarters, just outside Tetovo. Here
the
security platoon wear T-shirts emblazoned
with a Nike logo and the words:
"NATO Air - Just Do It!"

On the other side of this conflict, the
woefully equipped Macedonian forces
have been hard pressed to field a credible
fighting force. In order to obtain
a peaceful secession from Yugoslavia in
1992, the fledgling Republic of
Macedonia agreed to turn over all the
federal military assets to Serbia /
Montenegro. As a result of their bankrupt
treasury and slumping economy,
Macedonia did not put a priority on
re-equipping an army. However, once the
Albanian guerrillas began their insurgency
in March of this year, the
Macedonians had no choice but to rapidly
enhance their tiny security forces.

Over the past six months, there has been a
tremendous infusion of modern
weaponry (and mercenary "advisers") into
Macedonia, with the bulk of support
coming from Ukraine.

At the height of last week's fighting,
both George Robertson and Javier
Solana - respectively the NATO and
European Union secretary generals - made
personal entreaties to Ukraine to cut off
this vital military aid.

Given such interference, it's little
wonder that the Macedonian majority have
staged violent anti-NATO riots, attacking
embassies and McDonald's
restaurants over the past several weeks.

In the past, Canadian soldiers serving as
peacekeepers in the Balkans have
won a hard-earned reputation from all
factions for their fairness and
impartiality. However, after the 1999
bombing campaign against Yugoslavia,
and now through the provision of illicit
aid to the guerrillas, Canada's
foreign ministry is steadily eroding that
trust. When, or if, those three
Canadians deploy into wartorn Macedonia,
it will no doubt dishearten them to
know that the death and destruction that
they encounter was aided and abetted
by their own government.

(c) Scott Taylor Esprit de Corps Magazine

E-mail: espritdecorp@...

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FURTHER READING ON MACEDONIA -

'Insulting Macedonia'
Letter to International Herald Tribune
'U.S. Embassy Leaving" & "U.S. Tells
Ukraine: Stop Arming Macedonia!"
These three articles can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/docs/insult.htm

WHAT NATO OCCUPATION WOULD MEAN FOR
MACEDONIANS
by Jared Israel
It is being touted as the solution, but
how would NATO occupation affect
ordinary Macedonian citizens? Three women,
keen observers, in despair for
their relatives, talk about the NATO
takeover of the Kosovo town of Orahovac.
Can be read at
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/misc/savethe-a.htm

'Western Media Demonizes Macedonia'
by Rick Rozoff & Jared Israel
George Bush visited Kosovo and made it
perfectly clear: the U.S. means to
recreate the Kosovo nightmare throughout
the Balkans. And then? On to Russia.
Can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/rozoff/shrill.htm

"SORRY, VIRGINIA, BUT THEY ARE NATO
TROOPS, NOT 'REBELS'"
by Jared Israel
Research by Rick Rozoff, George Thompson
and Max Sinclair.
Using pro-NATO media sources, Israel shows
that the U.S. and its NATO junior
partners England and Germany are behind
the KLA attack on Macedonia. Israel
argues that the immense and immensely
dangerous goal of U.S. strategy is: the
conquest and full colonization of the
former Soviet Union. Can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/mac/times.htm

"'WE DENIED TRAINING THE KLA? OH. WE
LIED.'"
'Sunday Times' articles reveals another
Anglo-U.S./KLA link. At the end of
this post is a useful (partial) list of
relevant articles. Can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/docs/train.htm

"MACEDONIAN GOVERNMENT ACCUSES U.S.,
GERMANY"
Macedonian leaders say the U.S. and
Germany are in cahoots sponsoring the KLA
attack on Macedonia. Can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/docs/maced2.htm

"GERMAN PAPER CHARGES: U.S. HAS 'ADVISORS'
AMONG ALBANIAN TERRORISTS"
Everybody needs advice sometimes, right?
Why do I think: "Vietnam"?

"WHAT'S BEHIND KLA STRATEGY IN THE
BALKANS?"
Jared Israel interviews Kosovo historian
Chedomir Pralinchevich
Is there something about ethnic Albanian
culture and history that enables the
terrorist Kosovo Liberation Army to
establish a base among ordinary people?
Offers an explanation of many mysteries
such as why the KLA targets Albanians
in Macedonia. Can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/interviews/strategy.htm

"WHY 'HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH' IS GUNNING FOR
MACEDONIA" by Jared Israel.
Human Rights Watch, seen by many as an
idealistic activist group, is focusing
on Macedonia. Mr. Israel argues that HRW
is used by the U.S. Establishment to
soften up countries which Washington
wishes to destabilize. The article
includes Paul Treanor's mind-boggling look
at who actually runs HRW. Hint:
it's not a bunch of college kids and a
civil rights attorney. Can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/treanor/hrw.htm

"'Laughs' and 'Chuckles' in State Dept.
Transcripts'"
by Professor Michel Chossudovsky
Where did the KLA get its weapons from?

"THE MILITARY OCCUPATION OF MACEDONIA"
By Michel Chossudovsky
NATO leaders say they are working for
peace. Prof. Chossudovsky charges the
goal is conquest.

"WASHINGTON BEHIND TERRORIST ASSAULTS IN
MACEDONIA"
by Professor Michel Chossudovsky
Prof. Chossudovsky discusses implications
of the recent truly amazing mission
by U.S. troops to save endangered
terrorists (and U.S. advisers!) in
Macedonia and other aspects of NATO's
proxy war.

"NATO Macedonian Aptitude Test"
Excerpt from a top secret NATO
Commandants' MAT Quiz
by Lester Schonbrun
Can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/schonbrun/mat.htm

"Defend Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia from Lies and Terror!"
Statement by the Committee to Defend
Milosevic, issued by a Working Committee
meeting in Belgrade.
Can be read at
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/petition/defend.htm

"MESSAGE FROM MACEDONIA"
A reader from Skopje, the Macedonian
capital, blasts media disinformation and
reveals the r�sum�s of terrorist leaders.
Can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/letters/amessage.htm

"AMERICA AT WAR IN MACEDONIA"
by Michel Chossudovsky
Prof. Chossudovsky presents evidence that
the Macedonian crisis results from
a schism between the U.S. and Germany,
with the former sponsoring the KLA and
destabilizing Macedonia to guarantee
control of the Corridor 8 trade route
and a critical oil pipeline. Can be read
at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/choss/pipe.htm

"TERRORIST 'REBELS' THREATEN CATASTROPHIC
CRIMES IN MACEDONIA" This article
is related to the call for help from the
Macedonian town of KUMANOVO (posted
below). Humanitarian terrorists are
threatening to unleash eco-disaster. Can
be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/mac/poisin.htm

"100,000 MACEDONIANS HELD HOSTAGE BY
ALBANIAN TERRORISTS"
An eyewitness account from KUMANOVO, the
northern Macedonian city whose water
supply has been seized by KLA terrorists.
Can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/mac/mac.htm

"ALBANIANS IN MACEDONIA: FACTS AND
FICTIONS"
by Diana Johnstone
Ms. Johnstone demolishes the "we're
rebelling because we're oppressed"
claims. Israel disputes the notion that an
Albanian terrorist tail wags the
U.S. dog. Can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/Johnstone/fic.htm

"TERRORISM AGAINST SERBIA IS NO CRIME"
by Jared Israel and Rick Rozoff
NATO released about 450 'captured' KLA
terrorists in time for them to attack
Macedonia. Are they nuts? Or is there
strategy in their madness? Can be read
at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/jared/nocrime.htm

"GENTLE REIGN: WASHINGTON MAKES IT
PERFECTLY CLEAR IN KOSOVO & MACEDONIA"
by Jared Israel
A close look at the relationship between
the U.S. military in Kosovo and the
KLA finds it to be a) unusual and b)
entirely illegal: Washington is
sponsoring terrorism. Can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/jared/gentle.htm

"KLA ATTACKS EVERYONE. MEDIA ATTACKS...
MILOSHEVICH?"
by Jared Israel
Media coverage of KLA terrorism against
Macedonia and southern Serbia
uncovers the real culprit, now and
forever: Slobodan Miloshevich! Our editor
walks down memory lane, examining a decade
of slander against the Yugoslav
leader and finds the whole
thing...ludicrous. Can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/jared/expan.htm

"'WE DENIED TRAINING THE KLA? OH. WE
LIED.'"
'Sunday Times' articles reveals another
Anglo-U.S./KLA link. At the end of
this post is a useful (partial) list of
relevant articles. Can be read at
http://emperors-clothes.com/docs/train.htm

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