To the Albanian refugees,

Your plight has touched many hearts in America.  Our Catholic community has begun praying and fasting for peace and for the war to end.  A small group of medical workers (doctors, nurses and paramedics)  will be leaving in July to assist you in your camps.  I have signed up for the trip in September.  God bless you and may He keep you safe.

D. Peterson  RN

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We would like information on hosting a Kosovo family in Washington state.  Jay & Adrienne.

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I'm an ethnic Albanian born in Romania, and living in Toronto, Canada. I got
you address from the BBC site.

I'm frustrated by NATO not sending ground troops to Kosova. I'd like to send
letters to President Clinton, who vacillates, and to other chiefs of state
who seem to be against it (the German Chancellor, the prime ministers of
Italy, Greece, and possibly others (you are better informed than me). I
think I may sway them in the right direction (I have some pertinent
qualifications for it, including a deep knowledge of European history).

I'd appreciate it if you could provide me and others with the e-mail
addresses of these people.

Regards,
Don

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DEAR PEOPLE ,
GOD BLESS YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK IN TRYING TO SHOW US THE TRUTH.
AND GOD BLESS THOSE SOULS WHO HAVE PERISHED.

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Dear Kosovars,

Once this is all over, you must demand you independence from Serbia and
accept nothing less (except for maybe an interim period in which you can
get your democratic and civilian institutions organized).  The
Rambuillet agreement for autonomy under the Serbs died along with all of
those innocent Kosovars now buried in the mass graves inside of Kosovo.
Although, Kosovo was the first province targeted by Milosovic, in the
intervening 10 years since then, Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, and
Bosnia have all received their independence from Milosovic's
Yugoslavia.  Montenegrans seem almost unable to contain their enthusiasm
for independence, and I am sure they will get theirs soon, too.  Why
then should Kosovo be forced to remain yoked to Serbia when no other
surrounding country or province was forced to be?  Furthermore, the
price to be paid for independence (if there is such a price) has more
than been paid by the blood and the suffering of your people at the
hands of the Serbs.  They have lost their moral right to govern you now.

They say that Kosovo is their "sacred" land, home to their "holy
sites."  What nonsense.  These people who support Milosovic have no
religion.  They worship Satan, if anything.  Actions speak louder than
propaganda, and they have defined themselves by their atrocities and
their feigned ignorance about what has been going on in Kosovo all this
time.  I took note of a quote found in one of the articles posted on
your web site ("Interview with Archbishop of Belgrade," Avvenire, May
18, 1999) in which Archbishop Franc Perko, remarked, "The KLA hasn't
destroyed even one Orthodox church.  In Bosnia the Serbs didn't leave
one mosque standing, and there were a thousand."  (I wonder how many
mosques are still standing now in Kosovo?)  That statement speaks quite
a lot about who has more respect for the other's religion.  In fact, I
wouldn't hesitate to say that the Muslim Kosovars probably have much
more respect for Christianity than Milosovic does himself.

Lastly, we must ask ourselves, should victims of violent crimes be
policed by war criminals?  Can families honestly expect real security
from those who have burned and looted their homes, extorted all of their
money, and stolen every shred of their dignity?  Should women and
children be forced to be governed by rapists and child murders?  Should
people suffering from post traumatic emotional distress be ruled by
those who have caused the trauma and the distress in the first place and
who still harbor pathological feelings towards them?  Would the Jews
have been forced to go back and live under Hitler and the Nazis?  How,
then, can the Muslim and Roman Catholic Kosovars be forced to live under
Milosovic and his regime ever again?

The world said never again.  You must say, never again!  It seems that
this is the only way to start the healing process and to have hope for a
return to a normal life without fear.

May God bless all of NATO's magnificent pilots and soldiers.  They are
heroes forever!

And may God be with all of you.  I pray for you and for our NATO and
U.S. troops daily.

Sincerely,
Mary Faith

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Dear alb-net,

     I have been following the events in Kosova.  Thank you for posting
the information that you get to the Net.  I have relied on it and
Kosovapress for the latest news out of Kosova.  My prayers are with the
Kosovar Albanians, and I hope my donations get there as well.

     I am particularly impressed that you include information that is
not favorable to the KLA, whom is fighting a just war and deserves the
full support of NATO.  It shows that your presentation is balanced.  It
also shows that anybody buys the Serbian line is, at best, sadly
deluded.

     I grew up in a town in Indiana that was about as Serbian as Kosova
was before the expulsions.  I heard legends about Chetnik guerillas
fighting off the evil Nazis.  My sister was invited to a friend's Slava,
which commemorates the day that the family adopted Christianity a
millenium ago.  They outdid us Catholics in piety and fasting.  I never
learned about Kosova in 1389 or whenever.  As a rule, they were at least
as good for the community as everybody else, probably better.  This is
why I'm particularly angry at Milosevic and his henchmen:  he seduced a
proud, ancient nation and set it on a career of murder, rape, pillage
and dishonor.

     Milosevic conveniently forgot that it was a union of South Slavs,
Albanians and others who went into battle against the Turks.  Indeed,
Serbia and her allies were winning!  Then Vuk Brancovic and his army
left the battle (from SALONICA TERMINUS, Fred A. Reed, Talonbooks, as
quoted on the website http://www.frosina.org/kosova.htm.)   Then came a
65-year descent into serfdom for the Serbs, followed by 400 years under
the Ottoman Empire, then another series of wars, and finally Communism.

     So, after over 500 years of assorted struggles, wars, oppressions,
massacres and suffering (with Serbs alternating between victim and
victimizer), the Serbs regained Kosova.  B y 1989, it was widely
recognized that Kosova was part of Serbia, though the Albanians had
"autonomy."

     There are many parallels between Serbia 1389 and Serbia 1989-99.
The autonomy the Albanians enjoyed in 1989 was standard for states under
an empire such as the short-lived  Serbian empire.  In 1389, the South
Slavs and Albanians were united against the Turk, while in 1989 the
South Slavs and the Albanians were united under Yugoslavia.  In 1389,
the Renaissance was stirring;  in 1989 Communist oppression was
faltering and freedom was stirring.  In 1389, the Turks cruelly isolated
the Serbs from the benefits of the Renaissance.  In 1989, Milosevic
cruelly isolated the Serbs, keeping the winds of freedom out of
Yugoslavia...oppression in Kosova led to Croatian and Bosnian wars of
independence complete with Serbian atrocities, which led to Serbian
isolation from the rest of the world and atrocities against Serbs.  In
1389, Vuk Brancovic and his army deserted the Christian cause.  In 1989,
Milosevic dragged Christ's cross through the muck and the mire of his
voracious appetite for power.  (Now, in 1999, Turkey has stated that it
would join a Nato ground campaign in Kosova).  The events of 1389 led to
Serbia's loss of Kosova and half a millenium of disaster for the Serbs.
The Serbs are now in their tenth year of disaster, brought about by
Milosevic, the 20th Century's Vuk Brancovic.

     The parallels do not end there.  During World War II, the Nazis may
have held the cities, but they were harassed in the countryside and from
the hills by Serbs (and others).  Now, the Serbs hold the cities of
Kosova, but they are being harassed by the KLA.

     We are currently in a just war against Serbia.  The West could not
stand by, especially after 54 years of chanting "Never again!",  and
seeing carnage and misery from Milosevic's minions again and again for
eight years.  The traditional requirements of a just war (we have a good
chance of winning, the loss of life caused by the bombing is dwarfed by
Serb atrocities on the ground, NATO is trying to avoid civilian
casualties and the KLA/UCK is apparently following the Geneva
conventions) are being met in full.  This war must be fought, and fought
to a just end for the Kosovar Albanians.

     One more parallel:  Hitler killed himself and Mussolini with his
wife were killed by their countrymen.  Milosevic...may profit by their
example and head to the one place where he can be assured a natural
death:  The Hague.

     Warren Eckels, Schererville, IN

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I, can take one family too support,It would be my pleasure. Ronny.

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