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 Updated at 12:50 PM on March 28, 1999

Henry Kissinger: Make Kosova Independent

In today's This Week programme, former Secretary of State stated that the American administration should recognize the independance of Kosova, and when asked what will Russians say, he said that Russians are not an issue here.

Steve Forbes: Arm Kosovars

The millionaire publisher supports airstrikes but criticizes the administration's policy in the region. "We should make sure that the victims of aggression are armed sufficiently to defend themselves. It's their lives, their homes, their communities and families and they would do it," Forbes said on the Rush Limbaugh radio show. "And [we should] also make clear to Milosevic -- the bloody dictator -- that if he puts together a military offensive, we will use air power against him. That way we would avoid having to put in American ground forces."

Ultimatum, forcing the Albanians to leave

Istog, March 28 (Kosovapress) Serbian military-police has gave a ultimatum to the population of these regions, Istog, Dubrave, Muzhevina, Tomoc, Kovraga, Llukavc of Beg, Gurakocit, Banjes, Lluges, Lubova, Lubozhda, Rashica, Caralluka, to leave their houses immediately. Population has been pushed by force to leave their houses.About 1500 albanians were forced to leave from Rozhaja. In the triangle Vrella-Banja-Radavc, about 50.000 displaced people are being placed, where many of them are coming from the city of Peja.Flames of the fire can be seen everywhere. Witness are saying that in Peja, there are tens of people being massacred.

All roads leading out of Prishtina are blocked

Prishtina, March 28 (Kosovapress) About the midday, serbian military special forces have blocked all ways leading out of Prishtina. Whole town is completely blocked and everone who tries to escape from the ,town is maltreated or killed. The aim of this blocade is , to use albanian civilians as protection from the NATO airstrikes.

NATO: 500,000 ethnic Albanians displaced by Serbs

BRUSSELS, Belgium (CNN) -- More than half a million ethnic Albanian refugees have fled what NATO calls Yugoslavia's "scorched-earth policy" in Kosovo, creating the beginnings of a humanitarian crisis, an alliance spokesman said Sunday.

"This is now a systematic campaign against the Kosovo population at large," said NATO spokesman Jamie Shea. "We are seeing reports of ethnic cleansing operations going on in a number of areas.

"Even more alarming," Shea said of the refugees now streaming across the border into Albania and Macedonia, "is that the majority of these people are women and children. What has happened to the males between the ages of 16 and 60?"

Refugees were reporting that the men in their families were being separated from them as they were forced from their homes.

"Fortunately, I thank God, I saved my 15-year-old son," said Fehmije Haxhiolli, who escaped into Albania with an extend family of 30. "I put a dress on him and a shawl and the Serbs thought he was a woman."

Haxhiolli said the Serbs told the family they would be shot if they were still in Kosovo the following morning.

The Yugoslav army and Serbian special police forces were pursuing ethnic Albanians relentlessly, NATO said, chasing them from their homes before burning houses to the ground. Ethnic Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova was reported to be in hiding, his home burned, Shea said.

"Whether we like it or not we have to recognize that we are on the brink of a major humanitarian disaster in Kosovo the likes of which have not been seen in Europe since the closing stages of World War II," he said, adding that more than 500,000 ethnic Albanians have now been displaced from their homes in Kosovo.


Bosnian veterans reported in Kosovo

The Serbs' attacks have worsened, NATO said, since the advent of bombing earlier this week. NATO's campaign was launched to try to force Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to sign a peace agreement that would stop the conflict between the Serbs and ethnic Albanians who make up the majority of the Kosovo province.

NATO said its bombing campaign would continue in an effort to stop these "genocidal" attacks, and said it was collecting evidence for use in possible war crimes prosecutions in the future.

"We're collecting information on Serbian security forces," said British Defense Secretary George Robertson. "Those carrying out acts are committing war crimes. Those in authority can also be brought to justice."

A paramilitary commander known as Arkan is believed to be among those in charge in Kosovo. Arkan's forces were accused of widespread atrocities during the Bosnian war.

"He is a notorious and noxious thug," Robertson said. "The fact that Milosevic has recruited people such as Arkan and sent them to Kosovo tells us all anyone needs to know about his true intentions."

The list of the massacred people neaby the Bridge of Bellaja

Rahivec, March 28 (Kosovapress) Today the situation is little bit quite, but the part which includes the villages of Bellacerk, Celina, Krusha e Madhe, Hoqe e Vogel, Nagavc, Randobrav, Brestovc are completely destroyed. The names of the massacred people nearby the Bellaja Bridge, between villages of Bellacerk, Celina and Rugova. Up to now we have confirmations for 53 names of massacred people: 1. Nazmi Selim Popaj 2. Nesim Selim Popaj 3. Shendet Sabri Popaj 4. Agron Sabri Popaj 5. Azllan Remzi Popaj 6. Ethem Halim Popaj 7. Kreshnik Ethem Popaj 8. Hazer Malush Popaj 9. Bedrush Avdullah Popaj 10.Avdullah Bedrush Popaj 11.Mursel Vesel Popaj 12.Sahit Vesel Popaj 13.Behlul Mursel Popaj 14 Isuf Haki Popaj 15.Vehap Haki Popaj 16.Mehmet Isuf Popaj 17.Xhavit Syle Popaj 18.Rrustem Halit Popaj 19.Hysni Smajl Popaj 20.Eshref Deme Zhuniqi 21.Fatos Deme Zhuniqi 22.Labinot Fatos Zhuniqi 23.Muhamet Hamez Zhuniqi 24.Reshit Muhamet Zhuniqi 25.Bilall Hamez Zhuniqi 26.Shemsi Bilall Zhuniqi 27.Muharrem Shemsi Zhuniqi 28.Xhemail Xheme Zhuniqi 29.Bajram Xheme Zhuniqi 30.Abedin Hasan Zhuniqi 31.Hime Shaip Zhunniqi 32.Destan Jupe Zhuniqi 33.Qamil Zymer Zhuniqi 34.Hasim Hajdin Zhuniqi 35.Hysni Ali Fetoshi 36.Dush Fetah Fetoshi 37.Fatmir Hamez Fetoshi 38.Halim Ethem Fetoshi 39.Habib Shaqir Gashi 40.Murat Berisha 41.Musa Qazim Berisha 42.Xaje Ibrahim Kelmendi-Morina. While the family of Çlirim Qamil Zhuniqi together with its wife and three children has reached to escape, and the six member family of Albert Spahiu from Opterusha has escaped. There are confirmations about 33 people being buried nearby Bellaja Bridge, while two others are buried in Xerxe, and these are :Alban Remzi Popaj and Hysni Smail Popaj.Both of them have been wounded before and they have died from the wounds.

Appeal to the international humanitarian organizations

Drenica, March 28 (Kosovapress) Accross mountains, valleys and abrupt places, there are thousnds of displaced people: women, children, old age people, people being sick and left without food and clothes, and among them there are large number of the wounded people without any humanitarian help, where from one moment to another they are waiting for death to come, either from serbian terrorist forces or from unresisting conditions of everyday life ,which is pressing them as one iron pincher. We appeal to all international humanitarian organizations, or any other institution who is able to rift the apocalistic enclosure, to act right now in order to save what has remanied. There are not in big danger only thousanda of albanian civilians, but a whole nation, a nation which is struggling for life, even though, massacred, killed and it is bleading. Within the day, informations about hundred people being massacred are coming.Serbian terrorists are killing everyone the face in the villages and in the cities, without any hesitation by gathering them together and puting in the holes. Nobody knows nothing about the fate of 20.000 albanians captured in the village of Qirez, thousands more being in the circle of Krajkova, Gllogoc, Skenderaj, and many many others who are wriggling over the mountains of Llap, Shala,Drenica, nearby the Drin, Dukagjin etc. Relevant international military factors are called that through the air to come in help to these people, by droping to them packages with food and clothes, for thousands of albanians, as the only hope to survive after these fatal destructions.

Citizens of Peja are expeled by force from their houses and they are send in the direction of Vitomirica

Peja, March 28 (Kosovapress) According to a phone call, received from one citizen of this town, over than 30.000 citizens of Peja are expeled by force from their houses and after they send them in the direction of Vitomirica. It is suggested that maybe they are sending them in the factory of "Kariq" brothers.

The monument of Lidhja Prizreni,demolished by serbs

Prizren, March 28 (Kosovapress) Thousands of albanians heve been forced to leave from their homes, because of the serbian terrorist forces. During these expulsions many of the young people were executed.Over than 50.000 civil albanians fromthe villages of Suhareka, Rahovec and Prizren are expeled by force and they are forced to leave for Albania. Up to now, more than 20.000 albanian civilians have come to Albania. While, criminals of the serbian military-police, have completely destroyed the Lidhja Prizrenit (Prizrens` Joint) monument. Kosova Liberation Army, except facing with serbian forces, is doing everything to protect civil albanians.

Serbian terrorist forces have killed Tahir Tahiri and his 18 year, son

Shala, March 28 (Kosovapress) The condition of the expeled people placed on the Bajgora Hills, is catastrophice. They are left without any food and any clothes. 200 albanian civilians being captured by serbian criminal police, are released today from a factory nearby the Trepça mine. Many of these people were maltreated. Serbian terrorist have killed in Stanterg, Tahir Tahirin and his 18 year son. In the place where captured people were held, serbian terrorist military, placed its tanks and heavy arsenal in oreder to defend from NATO airstrikes.

20 Albanian civilians burnt and 12 others executed by serbian criminals

Gjakova, March 28 (Kosovapress) Yesterday, in Gjakova, inside in their houses, 20 albanian civilians are being burnt by serbian terrorists of the Yugoslav facist regime. While in the city of Peja, 12 albanian civilians were executed by serbian terrorist forces. The population of these cities is trying to ecape in secure places, because they are afraid of the new massacres.