Dear Sir,

            Are you able to give me an e-mail address that I can send a letter to the Serbs decrying what they are doing and urging them to withdraw from Kosova.

             regards Stan Blanch

                          Auckland New Zealand

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I am curious...somewhere I read that first refugees being allowed in the U.S. would be refugees with families already here and also children without parents. I would like to know the status on the latter. We could take in a child that lost its parents and would be happy to do so, whether it was for a temporary period of time, until relatives could be found, OR permanently.
Is there something like that currently underway? Please inform me...

iris brenk

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NATO's primary task is to come to the aid of the Kosovo people. It does
it by means of bombing Yugoslavian military targets.
This support was desparately needed and necessary.
However, NATO's help to the refugees is by far not enough. Especially
the British and the Americans seem to do next to nothing to help the
refugees outside Kosovo.
Bombing seems to the the primary task instead of people.
Hardly 20% of the Yugoslav military has been hit.
More and more civilian targets are hit, in fact so many that one may
wonder if NATO has control over its personnel or own weapons.
A limited number of criminals under leadership of Milosevic are to blame
and should be eliminated. One can wonder if bombing is the right answer
as hardly any harm has been done to the Yugoslav military in spite of
what is said (hardly 20%), and the fact that the population seems to be
rather united behind Milosevic. A population intended not to be targeted
but suffering nevertheless. Many misses, often no elctricity and water.
Electricity the military has plenty of by using generators.
In spite of all the assurances that it will be over soon, it seems NATO
is stepping up the bombing in the hope to prevent a public failure.
NATO has lost this war, no doubt about that as the cleansing is almost
completed.
NATO has lost as there are no signs that in a diplomatic solution,
Milosevic will disappear.
NATO has lost as seen to the cost to come compared to the cost the enemy
has suffered.
NATO has lost as seen to the fact that there is insufficient help from
the nato goverments  for the refugees.
NATO has lost though apparently speaking with one voice, public opinion
is gradually changing.

Please do more for the refugees, help Macedonia and Albania.

Yours respectfully,

N. Boersma (the Netherlands)

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Dear Sirs:

My name is Sharon and I am a registered nurse at Mercy Hospital in
Portland, Maine.  I have come up with an idea to raise money for the Kosovo
refugees that is too good to keep to myself.

At our hospital, you can buy back your vacation time for cash.  I started a
campaign called donate "a day of play" for Kosovo.  I traded in one
vacation day for cash and donated it to Kosovo.  Many of my colleagues have
followed suit and we have raised almost $7,000.

This campaign got some local publicity, and I was bombarded with phone
calls from employees of other companies who wanted to do the same thing,
donate a "day of play" for Kosovo.  I sent them information on how to get
the campaign started at their own place of work.

My intent is to make this campaign a nationwide effort to raise money for
Kosovo.  The money we raised is going to Doctors of the World, a New York
based organization that sends doctors, nurses and medical supplies to the
borders to get medical care set up where it is needed.

Doctors of the World was so impressed by this campaign, that they plan on
taking it over and spreading the word nationwide.  If you would like more
information on this simple, effective and painless way to donate a large
sum of money from people like you and me, please feel free to contact me.

Thanks for listening.  Keep up the good reporting!

                           Sharon Bagalio

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May 8 1999

Friends of Kosova:

We share your grief.Hereunder  is a letter with presentation written in French which we sent to the French language media. But, in writing it we also had in mind the Kosovars and Albanians. Thus, should you want to translate it into Albanian and circulate it please feel free to do so. However, in view of the cruelty of the text we leave this up to your good judgement. You will understand, we hope, that this communication was written in heartbreaking terms so as to move the hearts and minds of those who are far from the action and subjected to media disinformation. S.B and L-PB.


Boujour,

Face à la non prévention du génocide et à la non assistance envers le peuple Kosovar, plusieurs Québécois sont à la fois révulsés et en état de choc. Tant de certitudes ébranlées en si peu de temps... Dire que l¹Europe de l¹Ouest nous apparaissait comme le dernier rempart possible contre la barbarie! Mentionnons en passant que les Québécois entretiennent des liens très fraternels avec leurs concitoyens d¹origine musulmane, dont les leaders se sont publiquement prononcés en faveur du «oui» lors du référendum de 1995.

Voici un texte inspiré par la connaissance du fait qu¹il y a en ce moment des centaines de milliers de Kosovars livrés à la merci de leurs bourreaux serbes.


LE BANQUET DES OGRES             

La table est mise sur les Balkans. La nappe au tissu épais étouffe les pleurs et les hurlements de Hava J***, neuf ans, plaquée au sol et jambes écartelées sous le regard impuissant et horrifié de son père, lui-même ligoté avec du fil barbelé. Elle qui croyait que les ogres n¹existaient que dans les livres de contes!

La douleur est atroce. C¹est comme si tout le bas de son corps se brisait. Se déchirait... Hava ignorait que les Serbes avaient aussi un fusil entre les jambes.

Le temps, pour la victime, dure une éternité. Pour le bourreau, il ne fait que filer. «Au secours! À l¹aide!» supplie Hava en scrutant le ciel. Mais le ciel est vide, tout comme les alentours. Pas de preux chevaliers ni de princes vaillants accourant sur leurs oiseaux ou montures métalliques. Seulement une poignée de braves avec des épées de bois...

«Ma pauvre enfant! Je n¹aurai pas réussi à te donner à temps un pays pour te protéger. Il nous fallait ce qui s¹est avéré bon pour les 185 états du monde. Le contrôle de nos institutions. Une armée. Un corps diplomatique. Un siège à l¹ONU. Peut-être même éventuellement une équipe de soccer? Peut-être même que notre équipe l¹aurait remporté un jour, et que nous aussi nous aurions pu entonner WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS dans une mer de gens et de drapeaux.

Hava sent la vie, la seule qu¹elle a, la quitter peu à peu. Tandis que ses yeux commencent à se vitrifier, elle entend le rire du monstre masqué qui s¹abat sur elle.

«Comment peut-on oser être pro-Serbe?» ressasse son père. «Le seraient-ils encore s¹ils étaient à notre place? Il n¹y a pas si longtemps, un grand-père bosniaque avait été forcé à manger le foie de son petit-fils. Cela ne leur suffisait-il pas pour déterminer d¹où venait le mal? À moins que... Une énorme suspicion lui traverse l¹esprit. Toutes ces complaisances, ces tergiversations, ces valses-hésitations devant le martyr de son peuple lui font penser le pire. Et surtout, cette non assistance qui se poursuit...

Dans la situation où ils sont, Hava et son père ne peuvent voir l¹ensemble de la salle de banquet. Et que les ogres qui les agressent le font parce que cela fait l¹affaire de d¹autres ogres, tout aussi cruels qu¹eux.

Suzanne Bousquet, scénariste        Léo-Pol Bouchard, prof d¹anglais                Montréal, Canada

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To All Kosavar Refugees,
I live in America and I want you to know that the people in my country care
about you and want to help you in any way we can.  Milosavich and his
followers need to be brought to justice.  They have committed crimes against
humanity and we will not stand by and let it happen.  We will continue to
bomb until they agree to withdraw all their military forces and allow an
armed international force into Kosovo to ensure your safety and restore your
basic right of electing your own leaders.  This isn't the first time
Milosivich has persecuted people. We remember what he did in Bosnia and
Croatia. He preaches Serbian Nationalism and superiority which is contrary to
any Christian belief. 
Our prayers are with you and God bless you all.
Sincerely,
Bonnie Walker
USA

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I am associate producer of 'Heart and Soul' a magazine programme on South
African television and I am currently producing an insert on the
humanitarian aid being collected by the South African muslim community for
the Kossovars.

I would appreciate it if you could hepl me in obtaining a betacam SP copy of
video footage covering the sitiuation in Kosovo.

Yours faithfully
Ayesha Mall

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