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To whom this may concern:
I am 16 years old and dying to stand here and watch as there is nothing
I can do. PLEASE help me. Tell me what I can do. I want to help SO
bad. I want to just go over there and tell them they're gonna be
alright. PLEASE.

Lacy Piippo
St. Ignace, Mi. 49781

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This is a just a friendly message from a simple French man,
I unfortunately feel powerless to be as much helpful than I
would like, but nevertheless want to transmit to all of you my
wishes of courage, and share my hopes that

PEACE WILL COME SOON !!!

Billions of people are praying for Kosovo, let's God hear this
immense human voice...

With all my love.

Daniel BERTRAND

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Mt:25:35: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye
gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

If it were possible we would like to take in a Family at our home.

Bud Crawford

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Hello, and Greetings,
my name is Debi, my husband are farmers, like many of you. Every day,
like millions of other Americans ,we watch the news, and we cry for all
of you. We are very sad by the way you have been, and are being treated.
We can't have any idea what all you have been through. But we want you
to know, that we pray for all of you,And we hope that nato, soon can
stop the Serbs, in their tracks, and the killing will end. We just
wanted you to know that you are not alone, People around the world, do
care. Bless you all, and my God care for you , debi Taber

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I will do all I can to help and support your people
You're having terrible days, but you are not alone in your struggle
Italian people too are on your side and are suffering for the atrocities
committed on you by the serbs
I can do nothing else than help you financially and I will

Mario Destefanis
Italy

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Please can we help!
We will gladly take in a family with young
children until this crisis is over. I have been in tears watching those
little children and their families. We have room for a Family of 4or5.

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Hello,
    I have considered deeply a decision to try and adopt a child or children
(possibly siblings) who have lost their families in this war. I do not know
exactly how I might go about doing this. I can provide any information you
might need and references from my employer and parish priest. For the
moment I can tell you that I am 45 years old, very well educated (two
masters degrees with near completion on a doctorate), and am a very
responsible, loving, single mother of one child, a boy who is ten years old.
I live in a modest home in Texas and am willing to relocate in order to
accomodate a larger family's needs. Could you please give me further
directions regarding the matter of adoption.

    Thank you for your assistance.

Pax et Bonum,
Sharon Thomas

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we like to support and are preparing a european peoples'movement:
Campers for Kosovo, caravans of peace & understanding'.
The outline of the plan is free for anyone. European Business Community
is invited for assistence. Surf to: www.gaingate.com
Please send us your comment & join our belief in universal human
integrity.
jan & eugène

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Hello,

I would like you to now that a link to your website is now placed on our
website! you can find them on :
http://www.compufreaks.net (http://www.compufreaks.net)
http://compufreaks.nl (http://www.compufreaks.nl)

hope that this will help a little for the struggle there in your country!

best regards,

Leo,
General manager &CEO,
CompuFreaks(c)
Nederlands

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My family and I live in England, and I hope that this message will reach someone who can help us.

Last year we sent parcels to children in Kosovo, and one from our 4 year old daughter Georgina reached a little girl called Marigone Kastrati. She is 7 years old and lives with her family and 38 refugees at:

<address withheld>

She wrote a letter to us, enclosing a picture of herself. We were so pleased to get this letter, but now
we are desperate to know if she has been affected by the crisis. We want to send her another parcel, so if
anyone who gets this e-mail can tell us how to contact her, and if her area of Pristina has been hit by the
crisis, we will be very grateful for any information.

Please reply, if you can.

Peter Robinson

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Hey guys!

Write to Slobodan at: slobodan.milosevic@gov.yu

Also check out the Kosova page at Croatia.net at: http://www.croatia.net/

Marko

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I am interested in the possibility of adopting an orphaned Albanian child.
I am American and my husband is Australian.

Could somebody help?

Lisa Charles

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We would like to know if there are ophanages or orphaned families that will need to be adopted together.

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Milosovich is an anti-christ, like Hitler. The fact that he has turned
his army into mass murders, rapists and thieves and that he has somehow
seduced his own people into believing that the atrocities committed
against your people are legitimate, proves it. Unfortunately, he is
also very cunning. I hope that our leaders in the U.S. and NATO have no
illusions of the type of man they are dealing with. He will exploit
every opportunity they give him, like when he used the time of the peace
talks to mass his 40,000 troops in Kosova. Nobody expected that he
would carry out the genocide and the ethnic cleansing with the whole
world watching. We over-estimated him. He is evil, and his brutality
shocked the world. He has brought shame on his own people and on those
who support him and make excuses for his actions. His attempts now
peace negotiations mean nothing. His words and his promises mean
nothing. He needs to be removed from power so that he can never hurt
anyone ever again. Ultimately good triumphs over evil. God is on your
side. The whole world is with you, and we in the U.S. are fighting for
you.
Blessings and peace,
Faith, U.S.A.

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I wish to let you know of my support and my simpathy for the strong and
noble people of the Kosovo province. I am moved by the horrible pictures
and news arriving here from your land. I am a college professor in
Indiana and if I could help you in any way let me know. I am
encouraging my students to donate money for your cause to the Red Cross
International. My wishes are that you soon will be back home with your
beloved ones. Long live the Albanian people of Kosovo! God will grant
you peace soon!! Your supporter,

Dr. Hector Brasil-Laurenzo, Muncie,
Indiana (USA)

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I just want to offer my sympathy and prayers to all the refugees. I
am sorry you are going through so much misery. I hope you will
continue being courageous. I think things will improve soon.

I don't know when you might get a chance to get on a computer,
but please send me emails if you can, and I will write to you. I am
a college English professor, and I would be happy to write to you.

Best wishes, love and prayers to you all,
Sincerely,

Dr. Corie M. Campbell

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I run a graduate institute for the humanities called The Daystar
Commission, and one of our projects that we would like someone to
take on is the Academic Humanitarian Network (HUMANET). We confer
the PhD degree for substantial humanitarian projects, and this one
has been approved for doctoral work. This project is open to
English-speaking graduate students or adults over 35 years of age, in
the US or any other country. If anyone who is looking at these
emails is interested in doing something right now that may assist the
Kosovo refugees in a substantial way, please see our web site at
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/5397, and look at our menu for
Challenge Projects for more details. You may also be interested in
reading the Current Message from The President. Please email me for
more details. And thank you for being concerned about the refugees.
Dr. Corie Campbell

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I feel so helpless and so bad. I sit here in my safe home and laugh
with friends and family and having a very good Easter, and yet on the other
side of the world dozens of people are dying each day from a "war" going on.
In my history class we are having to write a Current Event about what is
happening over seas. I have read so many disturbing articles about the
shooting and everything else that is happening. Reading the stories has
stunned my fellow classmates and me and keep us asking why this is happening.
While I question why this is happening, I can't help but act selfish and
thank God that it is not me having to sit in my room and wonder if I will be
next. I also fear that my own relatives will soon be putting their lives on
the line in Kosvo. I wonder why the United states always has to step in and
risk our own men's lives, but I have learned to realize that if a country
possesses the power and strength of several countries put together, than why
shouldn't we help out one another in times of need.

Best of wishes and prayers,
Kristen

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to each of you as your strength is being tested to its ultimate ability. The heartbreak of losing your country, your homes and your families is something none of us can understand, but the pictures that are shown day by day have touched the hearts of Americans. I hope that someday in the very near future you will be able to smell fresh air again, drink fresh water and the healing process can begin. Bobbye

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Quand je pense que Milosevic a décrété un cessez-le-feu pour célébrer la
Pâque !!!

Quelle ignominie!! Puisse-t-il s'étouffer avec l'hostie que lui
présentera le prêtre.

Un Québécois outré

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Dear friends,

I feel for you because you are human being. I wish I was there just to
offer my support for the human suffering that you endure daily. My prayer
and thoughts are with you all. I will do my best to organize some fund
raising effort that will go to the local Chapter of the Red Cross here on
Guam.

Don't lose your hope in God, for one day I will see you up in Heaven with Him.

I love you all.

Koisimy Rudolph

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We, Americans, are so deeply sorry for the unimaginable atrocities that are being committed by the Serbs. We support our President and the actions of NATO and dearly hope that peace will find you soon. God be with you.

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You have an informative website. Why is Kosovo spelled Kosova on the Home Page but Kosovo elsewhere?

Alb-Net Response: Kosovo is the Serbian spelling while Kosova is the way 90% of its population - which is Albanian - spells it. 

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Could you please send me a clearer definition of "ethnic cleansing" I
know the dictionary definition, but I would like to know how this term
applies to the situation in Kosovo. Are these people being killed
because of their religion or their race,and what is their race and
religion?
And what is the race and religion of those killing them?

Thank You

Alb-Net Response: Albanians in Kosova are mostly Muslim, but there is a significant number of Catholic Albanians as well, so this Serbian aggression can be defined as 'ethnic cleansing' because it does not discriminate between Muslim and Catholic Albanians, it is equally harsh to both of them.
For more information on Kosova please visit www.albanian.com

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NOW,enough is enough. How can we as Americans, human beings, stand by and
bomb like that is going to do it. As much as I don't like to see any loss
of life, it had to be obvious from the beginning that this clown could care
less about human life. It's time NOW to go in with troops, kick this clown
out, protect the Kosova people, rebuild, and ask God for forgiveness for
sitting on our hands with our eyes closed. From one American forgive and
remember we will be there.

An American who cares

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I WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN AN AIR LIFT TO THE
REFUGES INSIDE KOSOVO. I AM A VIETNAM VETERAN. I SERVED
TWO TOURS OF DUTY IN AIR CAVALRY. I BELIEVE MY
SKILLS COULD COMPLIMENT A TEAM IN THIS ENDEAVOR

PAUL STODDARD

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As I have already given some money to help the refugees, I am wondering
what else I could do to help. I live in Canada. I am prepared to take in
a refugee (or two) in my home for a temporary time.
If there is anything else I can do please let me know.

Marv Wainberg
Canada

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i'm only fourteen and i can't get on with my life without hearing about
the huge controversy in kosova. now, i haven't had exactly enough time
to learn what exactly is going on, but maybe you can at least tell me
why the troops in yugoslavia are terrorizing the kosovans? - curious

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Estamos solidarios com todo o povo kosovar
e desejamos se restabeleça o quanto antes
a paz na região.

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God save Kosovars form the evil Milosovic. I am praying for you until
final victory.

Elias - Brazil

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My heart goes out to all of the people suffering in Kosovo during this crisis. To think that such inhumane treatment could occur in contemporary times is horrifying. I wish there is some way I could help. My husband and I would open our home and our hearts to victims of this disaster. I have just contacted the International Red Cross asking them how we Americans can give refuge to these homeless victims. (http://www.icrc.org/unicc/icrcnews.nsf/DocIndex/home_eng?OpenDocument) I hope they are not too busy to answer. If I get an answer, I will post it at your website.

NJB Houston, Texas

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My name is Brenda, i am currently living on the United States Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. As you know the U.S. is sending Kosovars to my location, and I am interested in a translation dictionary so that i may communicate with our guests. It would be most helpful if you could either give me a web address where i may find one, or tell me where i could get one? Also could you tell me the language that they will be speaking when they arrive? I know the official language Serbian, but will they be speaking Serbian or Albanian? I thank you for your time, and hope that you will help me.

Sincerely,
Brenda

Alb-Net Response: They will be speaking Albanian.  Please check www.albanian.com for more information on the language and the Albanian culture.  Thank you for your interest.

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Hello,

I find what is being done to the Albanian's as horrific as Hitler
himself!!! This must be stopped immediately if this world we live in is to
be safe for all, even Canada! Where does this kind of thing stop if we let
it happen to you! I,as well as my family and friends,find this kind of
treatment and destruction of fellow human beings...unacceptable!
Please accept our deepest sympathy as we pray for you!

Ron Hayes
Canada

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We were told that there would be 20,000 refugees coming to the US. What do we do to volunteer to have them in our homes.

Alb-Net Response: Please check the following information issued by the International Rescue Committee: http://www.alb-net.com/kcc/index26e.htm#4

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Hello,

My husband handed me the magazine Times yesterday, a woman was breast
feeding her baby. It broke my heart reading about what is going on in your
country. I had no idea the terrible nightmare all of you are going through.
I really would like to help. I live in Boston MA, can you tell me the
organizations that are supporting the Albanian people.
Thank you

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hello my name is Barbara living in Virginia, I can remember world war two and I can imagine the horror you are going through every day and I pray to god somehow this will all end for your people. God bless you . I will pray for you and hope our presence in your country will be of help.

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HI, my name is Roberto Rullan and I am a Viet Nam veteran. When young,
I fought for freedom and the future of a country that was (then) under
the potential take over of communism. That was in 1969-70-71. Today,
in the 90's, I see what probably my grandparents saw ---- a country full
of fear as the old Germany was. I pray that peace will soon arrive to
Kosova and that all forced out return to their country. That the
families be back together and that peace (at least) be the real governor
of Kosova.

It is a situation in which the people (the suffering ones) must pay the
price of those who perpetrate the most cruel actions against the people
itself. It is heart-breaking for me to watch the news and to see reports
of young children, old people and families struggling to survive. This
is the 90's in which people shall live with others of kind and the
opportunity to have a family being raised in peace, harmony and unity.
The NATO attacks are welcome in my heart and they shall be a signal to
the world that actions like the one now in Kosova will not be tolerated.

Keep together and keep in peace and God will protect you from "evil".

>From a heart to a heart:

Roberto Rullan, California

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I like to say this to all my brother and sisters in kosovo my prayer is with
you meanwhile ill do everything to help you . may allah give you victory and
punish the aggresor.

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After going through SOME of the photos of atrocities (and I could not bear
to go on seeing anymore), I am convinced that while we do not wish to see
U.S. ground forces in Serbia, we have to go nuclear and erase these bloody
savages from civilization. The creatures responsible for these crimes
against humanity are, without doubt, the face of pure evil.

If we had any doubt that winning the Cold War was anything less than an
absolute necessity, look at these photos and know with certainty that this
is the shared intention which the Soviets had for the American People had
the Soviets dominated the United States.

Nuke 'em Mr. President!

Garrick

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hi: all i can say is 'thanks and sadness' thanks for all the countries to stop the genocide. sadness for all the people who suffered in this tragedy. althougt i am in Asia, but we must stand together.

Hank Huang
Taiwan

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The news organizations are reporting that Serbs have closed the borders and
are sending refugees back into the interior of Kosovo.

After all the murder, burning, raping, and robbery, does anyone really
believe the Serbs will be giving weary refugees food, medicine or shelter?

All that is going to happen is that tens of thousands, even hundreds of
thousands, will die. Even worse, they will die anonymously because they will
be out of the view of the world press. YOU NEED TO SEND IN PRESS TEAMS TO
SHOW THE WORLD WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THOSE PEOPLE. THE U.C.K. NEEDS TO
IMMEDIATELY ATTACK INTO KOSOVO TO TRY TO HELP AS MANY OF THOSE REFUGEES
ESCAPE AS IT CAN.

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As I have watched the news broadcasts from Canada & the US, I have become saddened that these actions have occurred far too many times in this century. I would have thought by now the we the people of this planet could recognize the initial signs of matters such as this by now. We can go to the moon, date rocks to nearly the day they were formed but we cannot stop these actions from starting! I have the greatest sympathy for the innocent people caught up in the middle of these outrageous crimes. It not their fault that they were born who or where they are! The people that punish them for the fact of race or religion or any other character of humanity should hold there heads in shame and not be able to call themselves HUMAN!! I have the greatest respect for the people willing to sacrifice the own live to stand up to these BARBARIANS to safeguard the rights of others even though they may loose there own lives! Even if there is no real conclusion to this crisis for another 700 years they can hold there heads proud to who they are for withstanding this terrible situation. The world media is telling us that NATO is bombing or helping set up tents or supplying medical needs. They are so very wrong. It is they very individuals who have made conscious decisions to enroll in their countries military establishments, that have loved one at home worrying about them. These people are putting themselves in harms way to carry out what they feel is morally right! Maybe the media can do some good by focusing on the individuals who are living in tents in the cold, showing more that 5 seconds of there lives. If the media showed what the struggles of day to day life are for these people, getting food, collecting water or even looking for a few sticks of wood to start a fire and showed the rest of the world we would stop and think of ourselves and place us in there place. We might see what we need to see in our hearts that these are individuals being preyed upon because they are militarily weak and stop this from happing again. At the end of W.W.II we as a planet said NEVER, NEVER AGAIN!!, have we forgotten? To the members of NATO and the UN and all other humanitarian agencies, keep up the good work as the "hands" of the rest of the civilized world that want to be there to help but can't!

James Brown
Canada

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I hope you can find the strength in yourselves when this war has turned
for the better to not act like the Serbs have onto you. Their lack of
intelligence, hatred, and humanity is unbelievable. The Serb Culture
has really lost the most, it's respect. We all support you and are
sorry for not being able to stop the Serb nationalists from doing this
to the Kosovans. We will continue to support those being unjustly
abused because of culture and religion and hope the world will learn
from this.

Bob Krug
Los Angeles, CA

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As a side issue to this horrific tragedy, surely in the wake of NATO's
support for Kosovar's, other Islamic countries can now clearly see that the
West is not anti-Muslim, but anti-Murder?

I hope that those in Iraq, Libya, Lebanon etc..will learn just one thing
from from this show of solidarity, where christians are in fact fighting
christians - that it is not about YOU, it's about your behaviour. Please
can we all learn something from this?

Sean.
Australia.

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I have repeatedly been disgusted with fellow humans who commit such terrible
acts of depravity and brutality towards others. I do not support warfare but
in seeing what is being done to the Albanian people how can I not support
the actions of NATO.
The rest of the world should be backing NATO and making this a total world
effort to stop Milosovic.
He can not be allowed to continue and he must be held accountable for what
he is orchestrating.
May all our Gods watch over these people. Help them to survive, give them
courage to keep going and bring about a united world in force against the
murdering Milosovic.

Jillian
Australia

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My name is Marcin Malinowski I'm from Poland.I've seen photos on your
web site. I'm deeply shocked.I have never seen so terrible pictures.
I came from Poland so I know what the war means. Durring 2 world war 6
millions of Polish people were killed.I think that ground troops of
NATO must come into Kosovo.I'm 17 years old but if my country and yours
country will need me I join to Polish Army to fight for your cause.

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The students of the High School of Balmes of Barcelona hope that the
conflict in Kosovo and Servia will have a soon solution and that the
"Human Rights" will be respected by all. We are against military solutions
and the attacks. The men must understand wwith the reason and not with the
weapons.
Live the LIFE and the PEACE. These are not possible without the justice. We
believe that cause of this war is also the poverty and the explotation of
the persons.

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hi
i m from turkiye.i just want to say that you aren t alone.
we are always with you and we want to help you.
it s absolutely true that you will return your homes and sirp s will
learn to stay without attacking babies women..
good luck

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In such dire times for the people of Kosovo I feel quite
pampered,sheltered,and guiltily distant from the scenes of such
unforgiveable crimes, but I could'nt resist the temptation to send you a
message of solidarity. I may be hazarding a wild guess, but was I really
alone in feeling a surge of jubilation the night that NATO's missiles
and bombs started to fall on Serbia ? The architects of systematic
slaughter had long been safe in their Belgrade warrens , they seemed ,
after a decade in the business of wanton destruction, to be strangely
immune from violence themselves.But my initial ploeasure was quickly
dissapated:are the Serbs operating abatoirs for innocent humans in
Kososvo which,right now, are the scenes of undetected savagery on a
scale which might dwarf the horrors of Bosnia ? My heart goes out to the
Albanian Kosavars: let us all hope that a FREE KOSAVA is the result of
such an unforgiveable excercise in genocide !

Matthew
Australia

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Hello,

I am a journalist of the Berlin newspaper Berliner Kurier. I am looking for
contacts to Albanians from Kosovo or their relatives in Berlin or the
federal state Brandenburg.

Could you help me with addresses or telephon-numbers?

Thank you

Gerhard Lehrke

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I am horrified and disgusted by the mass exodus of hundreds of thousands of Albanian Kosovars from the land of their birth. We live in New Zealand an island nation mercifully free from the indignations, atrocities, humiliations and inhumane treatment suffered by your people. As a normally peaceful person I abhor violence as means to an end, but there are some cases when, to put it crudely, the guts must be torn from murderous butchers like Milosevic and their sycophantic, blind, nationalistic followers. It is only through continued, harsh, relentless bombing AND full mobilisation of French, British, U.S., German, Albanian, Kosovar, Macedonian (etc) troops INTO Kosovar, that Kosovo will be returned to its people and the half million disposessed can return to a land protected by a strong, resourceful international peace corps. Kosovo must now become absolutely independent of Serbia. Milosevic and those responsible for genocide MUST be brought to trial. Through the media and the internet the world knows that massacres have and are occurring in Kosovo. NATO must mobilise ground troops with strong air support into Kosovo. I am doing as much as I can: our family has made a donation to World Vision for the express purpose of helping Kosovar refugees. When I heard three days ago that Sweden has pledged to take 15,000 refugees, I was concerned that New Zealand had not made any pledge, so I emailed our Prime Minitsre Jenny Shipley. Here is the text of my email:

Apart from our donation, words are all I have and I know they are insufficient. I hope and pray that you all survive this ordeal and that the suffering will soon pass. I teach several children from the Balkans and all of the Balkans students in our secondary school are deeply upset by the events. I am sure they too are praying for an end to the bloodshed.

Chris Bangs
New Zealand

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Hi my name is Penelope Patten
Do you know of any agencies who will accept workers to help in this
crisis.
I have a first aid certificate and would fund my own airfare.
regards,
Penelope Patten.

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Dear Albanian People,
Thank you in the name of all the people in the world for your solidarity
with the refugees from Kosovo.
You gave us the exemple of what Humanity should be. Now is the time for
the European Union and the European Countries to help Albania to support
Kosovo until the refugees can return there freely and in peace.
Is so important that Albania gets economical help and that Kosovo gets
also international finantial support for the reconstruction of the
country, when the peace and the freedom will came
But now we have to express our admiration to the people of Albania an to
the albanians living in Macedonia for their solidarity with the people
of Kosovo, showing us the best of the human being.

Eugenia Rico
Escritora
ESPAÑA

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Dear All I sympathise with all suffering and I pray that your prayers are answered. It if so unfair in the world that so many people are dying and suffering. May all the politicians, mediators,Nato and miliatry soldiers be aware of "what is happening out there". We are thinking and praying for all of you.

Athena Haralambous Margate
South Africa

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Dear All

We pray for all of you suffering. Keep your faith and hope up because that is all you have left if that. Praying for you all. Athena Haralambous Margate South Africa

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Dear ladies and gentlemen,

I am a student from Austria and I came to your site by an article in
"Die Presse", I do not really know what to say then I am ashamed to see
such pictures again, I always believed humankind would learn from the
history of my own country (Germany) but it seems humankind's memory does
not work....

When I see such pics of cruelty I get angry and upset and would like to
get Mr.Milosovic into my hands, I know it is no way to go like "an eye
for an eye" but he really should be set to prison, and then get a death
penalty, usually I am not in favour of it, but there are times one has
to change his mind....

Also I feel like I have to do something, but I do not like to send
money because it is not sure if the people who would need it would get
it, but if there is anything students and "real" humans (M. is a monster
to me and has no right to call himself human anymore) nad all people
from other countries could do so please tell me....

Greetings and blessings and the hope this will find an end soon,

Felizitas (Fee) Philipp, 22
Austria

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Dear friends in Kosova

We were so impressed with your news - which was not reported at all in
the media - that we made an effort to send it to journalists and
progressive forces all over the world in as far as we are in contact
with them as Israeli peace activists. We hope this is helpful, and we
urge you to send also messages by email. To have it on the site is not
enough. But of course we appreciate that in your circumstances you still
have the energy and the concentration of updating the site with such
gruesome news.

By the way: do you know that the Israeli people are very much on your
side? (In spite of the statements of Foreign Minister Sharon, who rather
likes Milosevic.) Tonight, there is a concert in the central square of
Tel Aviv (Rabin Square) in order to collect contributions for the Kosova
regugees.

Wishing you strength

Adam Keller, Beate Zilversmidt - editors The Other Israel
Israel

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Do you have any news of Veton Surroi, the publisher of KOHA Ditore? Best regards Giulia Di Tommaso

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dear friends--

as an editor by profession, i would highly recommend editing the front
news story carried on your website, "Hundreds of Albanian Women Raped by
the Serb Border Guards". in one of the last paragraphs, the nature of
the antecdote is quite contrary to the rest of the article and should be
edited to reflect the real intent of the article--atrocities by yugoslav
soldiers, not albanian ones.

in that paragraph,
"Risolta Unico, a student from Dajkovica who crossed into Albania in her
slippers, had been spared the rapists because at Qafae Prushit the
border is manned by professional Yugoslav soldiers who maintain a
keen-eyed watch on their Albanian counterparts."
the writing implies that it is the albanian counterparts that are
rapists and should be watched.

thank you for maintaining and regularly updating an informative website
during these trying days.

sincerely,
karen farrell

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Here is a list of some of the accomplishments of the civilized world.
    The Magna Carta, Rule of Law, Automobile, Space Travel, Agriculture,
Multiculturalism, Airplanes, Computers, Scientific Inquiry...
   
    Here is a list of the contributions of 'Great Serbia'.
    Ethnic cleansing.

    That second list seems pretty short, doesn't it, and the fact is, they aren't
even original with their invention...

    It helps me to understand that pro Serbian e-mail a little better because they
have to be proud of something, and killing is the only thing they've contributed
to this world in modern times, so I guess PEX and those other ******** have to
boast about the only thing they know--killing.
    What an accomplishment. If you ask me, NOT!!!!!

    Oh, yeah, Slobodon, I've been looking over my shoulder looking for your armadas
of airplanes and missiles to appear over the horizon here in Seattle to bomb us
out of existence, but I don't see a thing.
    I thought you said Serbia was great?
    Oh, yeah, now I understand, you meant Serbia was great at killing, not 'Great'
in the sense that your country is great.
    See ya....
    In hell..........
    Keven
    USA

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Dear Sirs,

I am a German journalist and going to print the report "A letter from
Prishtina" in the newspaper "Badische Zeitung". Therefore I have to know
what the letters "IWPR" stand for. Could you please tell me - and add the
information when the "Letter from Prishtina" was written?

Thank you very much!

Alb-Net Response: Institute for War and Peace Reporting: www.iwpr.net/

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KOSOVO: SE DOVESSERO ESSERE CONFERMATE LE INFORMAZIONI SECONDO LE QUALI MILOSEVIC STAREBBE - IN QUESTE ORE DI "TREGUA" - PER ATTUARE IL TRASFERIMENTO DI 700.000 SERBI IN KOSOVO, NON CI SAREBBE PIU' NESSUNA RAGIONE AL MONDO PER POSPORRE ANCHE DI UN SOLO SECONDO UN MASSICCIO INTERVENTO TERRESTRE IN KOSOVO E IN SERBIA.

Dichiarazione di Olivier Dupuis, segretario del Partito Radicale e deputato europeo

Bruxelles, 8 aprile 1999. "Dopo la Bosnia e la Croazia, dopo i treni piombati di questi giorni, le centinaiai di migliaia di deportati, i massacri, le torture, gli stupri, le migliaia di uomini del Kosovo che, come a Srebrenica, mancano oggi all'appello, ci giunge da pi- parti un'informazione che se venisse a tradursi in fatto compiuto allargherebbe ancora, semmai fosse ancora possibile, i confini dell'orrore e della demenza ai quali ci ha maledettamente abituato il dittatore nazional-comunista Milosevic in questi ultimi dieci anni.

Se, in effetti, dovessero essere confermate le informazioni date dal Ministro della Difesa tedesco Scharping e da alcuni giornalisti, secondo le quali il dittatore Milosevic starebbe lavorando in queste ore di "tregua" da lui proclamata al trasferimento di centinaia di migliaia di serbi (si parla anche di 700.000) in Kosovo, non ci sarebbe pi- una ragione valida al mondo perch‚ la NATO aspetti un secondo di pi- per impiegare tutte le risorse militari disponibili, aeronavali e terrestri, per mettere finalmente e definitivamente nell'impossibilit... di nuocere il folle e criminale di Belgrado."

Partito Radicale
Tel. 06-689.791
Fax. 06-6880.5396
www.radicalparty.org

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Since I am only an individual I cannot do much more than to wish you strength.

Berdien from the Netherlands

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April 8, 1999

Beth Roberts

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Hello Kosovo!

Have courage. Remember, the evil must end. Will end!
Please, let us know about the Relief Organizations here in Canada.
You have listed only those in U.S.A. Would like to help.
Be brave...but hate not!

All the best, heads up, and know in your heart - without a doubt -
you will have, sooner or later, your Independence, too.

The Morgan family

P.S. We expect to visit Kosovars coming to Canada next week.
They will be placed in the former military bases. Mothers with children,

sick and old people. Any suggestions what they might need?
(We will try to see the one nerest us, here in South Ontario.)

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I would like to know how I can help a child or family affected by this
massacre. My husband and I have a small apartment but would be willing to
take in a few displaced people, perhaps a widow and her children or a few
orphans. I am sure many other people I know would be willing to do the
same. We could feed and shelter them during this horrific time in their
lives along with love and compassion.

Please let me know as soon as possible. We do not want them to suffer even
more.
S. Bezas

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Dear people from Kosovo,

me and my friend are horrified, what the serbs doing against the kosovo
people. We are getting our informations from internet and we are so sad and
angry that something like this happens in Europe. A lot of people in the
caribean are interested in that what is happening. They ask what is going
on - so also here in the Caribean the people feel with you and feel your
pain.
We hope that this terrible situation will finish soon. God bless you

T. Bange I. Lorenz
Trinidad & Tobago

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People,

It is beyond my ability to understand how an intelligent Christian can
justify killing anyone in cold blood, let alone execute masses. I can only
conclude that they are either stupid, evil or both. I tend to believe the
later is true. I also have a problem understanding world opinions regarding
US bombings. Do they actually believe that the US likes being in this role?
Do they think we like risking our young men's lives for the sake of other
nation's well being? Do they think we are war mongers? We are not! When you
see a brother being murdered and his family exiled - dammit, you react! Where
is the rest of the world? We are the people who are putting it on the line
for our weaker brothers. We don't want appreciation, we don't want praise.
But for God's sake, don't make us the villains!

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Dear former co-patriates,
I've stroled through recent letters of support to you and also through
those od dirty language - so familiar and not surprising at all. I want
to point out, though: not all the Serbs are like that. You knew that,
and it's important not to forget it as many Croatians unfortunatly did.
We, the peoples of former Yugoslavia will always remain neighbours, so
we have to be able to distinguish right from wrong and guilty from
inocent. It might sound cruel to write these lines to you who have lost
towns and villages, homes and your loved ones - but take it from the
ones' experience.
Don't get me wrong. All my symphaties are with you, and I'm helping the
best I can (I'm a journalist and civil activist), but I'm against war to
start with. War is not a solution, it's a problem and I'm sure that
Albanians from Kosovo are the ones who understand that best - I'm
thinking of almost two decades long tradition of nonviolent, ghandian
protesting of Kosovar against oppresion of serbian goverment. I must
admit, though, that I blame on NATO to start the bombardment, but also
for not engaging troups so far, besause it seems like the only possible
solution of this horror. I would like to ask NATO leaders if they think
lives of their soldiers were more valuable than those of Kosovo
refugees!
I'm sending my love to all of my friends from Kosovo, who are hard or
impossible to contact these days, and to all Kosovars, hoping the peace
comes soon and they ALL get to return to their homes.

Snijezana
Croatia

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to all moslem
in the name of all mighty God i pray for you,hung on,be sure that it is
only GODwho
has our destines in his hand,pray,read the holy kuran,and have patience
nevien

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To whom it may concern: I am a master's level psychotherapist and humanitarian. Currently, I am waiting to begin a docotoral program in clinical psychology in the Fall, 99. I have a lot of free time on my hands. I do not have to work, and I would appreciate the opportunity to donate some of my time working with the refugees and others. I do not expect financial compensation. I have technical skills in: taking blood pressures, checking pulses, temps, etc. I have done some vena puncture work as well. I am a hard worker. In the event you can direct me, to the appropriate parties, I would greatly appreciate the guidance.

Thank you.

Sincerely, Christopher Colley

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I would like to ask if you would consider adding our site to your link
list.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty updates content in four languages
(English, Albanian, Serbian, and Russian) though out the day, every day.
I would hope you would be able to add us to your solid list. If you have
any questions, feel free to contact me. If you are able to use us, feel
free to use the following graphic.

http://www.rferl.org/nca/images/homepage/top2.gif

regards,

Geoffrey McCaleb
Online Marketing Manager
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
http://www.rferl.org

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We in England might be miles away but our hearts and bombs are with you
the Serbs can't win Hitler had ago and lost and so will they I know its
easy for me to say sat hear in England but have faith THEY WON'T WIN.
not when they get our back's up if you know what I mean.
Best regard's

John.
UK

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Montréal, Québec, ce vendredi 8 avril 1999 à 12 h 30.
Chères soeurs et chers frères du Kosovo.
Le Journal de Montréal, le plus important quotidien de langue française
en Amérique (1,8 millions de lecteurs), lance aujourd'hui une campagne pour
amasser des fonds auprès des Québécoises et des Québécois pour venir en
aide aux familles éprouvées du Kosovo. D'autres organismes tels que
Oxfam-Québec, Amnistie Internationale-Québec, Développement et Paix et la
Croix-Rouge sont débordés - les Québécoises et les Québécois étant nombreux
à répondre à l'appel d'aide et de solidarité avec le Kosovo. À toutes et a
tous, nos plus fraternelles salutations.
Richard Bizier
Journaliste-Chroniqueur au Journal de Montréal et auteur.

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Dear people expelled from Kosovo and dear Albanian people who are helping them! Although a letter by no means can bring material help it might remind you, that we are at least thinking of you sincerely. For real help we are collecting food, clothes and blankets etc. which within the next week may hopefully reach you. A truck will leave from Salzburg on Sunday. And I want to tell you, that the children in school too feel with you. Sometimes they may be cold of heart and ignorant, but this situation touches and reaches them - at least most of them. They too help to collect goods to support your aid. So we maybe even learn from this crisis: WE CAN MAKE SOMEONE SMILE - HOPEFULLY! Love and our best wishes from 4a Klasse,

Volksschule Faistenau, Austria

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Carissimi amici albanesi: in questi momenti mi sento molto vicino da voi, della vostra situazione come popolo e come personi. Solamente dirvi che sono con voi e con la vostra lotta per la verit, la giustizia e la pace. Un grande abraccio per tutti refugiati. Juan, Espana

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IM American and I just cant believe what is going on. I watch the news and I
see those innocent women and children and I feel helpless, I was reading your
website and seen the killings that the Serbs have done, I just can believe
something so horrible is happening. I just cant help but to compare it to
Hitler, I pray everyday that NATO will be able to stop this, It must be
stopped now, I was also reading the letters from Serbs I cant believe the
hate, I don't know why you would even show their letters, They don't deserve
any attention or to be read ,

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Dear Friend It is true that the net can bring us 'close' but we have no true idea of the suffering of your people - even the television pictures cannot make us feel what your feel. What can people do? Is praying for you enough? We really DO care.

Liz Ramsay Cheltenham
England

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Good day,

Following is another site -- this one from CARE -- dedicated
to the crisis in Kosovo (http://www.care.org).

Particularly useful are the daily news updates, access to CARE
media reps for eyewitness accounts, an online donation form,
and downloadable ad banners for those who cannot support
CARE with a donation.

It's a great, informative resource during the crisis. I hope you
can visit.

Please let me know if you have any questions or need more
information.

Thanks,
Jessica


CARE Web Site Details Refugee Relief Efforts as
Conditions at Macedonia’s Border Deteriorate
http://www.care.org/


As tens of thousands of people mostly on foot flood Macedonia’s
border, CARE distributes bread and blankets and prepares for a
three-month emergency response program. “The situation at the
border is in complete chaos,” says Jo Hutton, with CARE’s relief
team. “This was an emergency 48 hours ago, and it’s more of
an emergency now.” Full details of CARE's efforts in the region,
in addition to daily news updates, maps, a secure online donation
form, downloadable ad banners, and media contact information are
available at CARE's Web site at: http://www.care.org

CARE plans to distribute hygiene packs, blankets and
mattresses to refugees in collective centers, shelters and those
living with host families. This project will target approximately
12,000 people in Skopje, Tetovo and Kumanovo. These refugees,
the vast majority of whom are ethnic Albanian, are from a mixture
of small villages and larger towns in Kosovo, including Pristina.
It is anticipated that some of the beneficiaries will be new arrivals,
while others have arrived prior to the March influx and are living
with host families or in temporary accommodations.

In addition to the thousands of refugees who have crossed the
border, approximately 50,000 more have been waiting for days
on a grassy hillside called “no man’s land.” “The situation in this
area is really terrible,” says Hutton. “No shelter or sanitation
facilities exist. People have died, babies have been born and
women have suffered miscarriages, all without medical attention.”

Aid agencies are getting supplies to the border as fast as possible.
“CARE is trying to move supplies as fast it can because the
emergency need is so high,” says Hutton. “Some of these people
have been walking for days or been crammed on trains to get here.
The need all the help they can get at this point.”

CARE also is planning other relief programs to help refugee families
in Macedonia. They include distributing baby kits and food, and
providing mobile gynecological clinics, education programs for
children in refugee centers and counseling programs for adults
and children traumatized by the experience.

CARE’s Karen Robbins returned from Macedonia on Wednesday,
April 7, at Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta, GA. Robbins was
deployed to Kosovo three weeks ago and was evacuated to Macedonia
just prior to NATO air strikes. Robbins witnessed the influx of refugees
at border crossings, and can describe the conditions. A Real Audio
interview with Robbins is also available online at:
http://www.care.org/info_center/kosovo/kosovo_interviews.html

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Can you help me ?

Iam organising a collection for the current crisis in Kosovo, and would like
to print some posters, what I would like if possible
is a copy of the Kosovo National flag but I cannot seem to find it any
where.

Kind Regards

Bob
UK

Alb-Net Response: Kosova uses Albania's National Flag:

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Besm Allah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem

To all the Muslim brothers and sisters of Kosovo,
My heart goes out to you. I only wish that these atrocities were
just a nightmares.
You must be strong and have faith in Allah. Inshah Allah, the one
who is responsible (Milosovic, the dog that he is) will pay with his
life.
As a muslim and an Arab, I know that you must hold on. All Arabs and
Muslims are feeling your pain and are praying for you every minute. We
as muslims have been surpressed and knocked down everywhere we go, but
we must stick together and believe in Allah, only then will we prevail
over evil. May Allah strike Milosovic and his supporters down.

If there is anything I can do, please let me know at the e-mail above.

Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar
God Bless
Ammre Mohamed
NJ, USA

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I am extremely disturbed by the vicious acts of Sebian army and ignorance
of Serbs in general. Your support and open arms to the refugees makes me
feel there is hope in this cruel world after all. Also, God bless Americans
and other Nato nations for their support and moral stand.

I have been donating cash to various organization that are supporting the
refugees. I am afraid that is not enough anymore. I am very much interested
in adopting a refugee child who needs a family. I have a three year old son
and I want to give an Ethnic Albanian child from Kosova the same
opportunities
that my son is enjoying. My husband and I are both Moslims living in the
United
States. We will do anything we can to make this child happy and proud. Please
let me know, how I can help.

Please keep this e-mail annonymous.

Thank you for being who you are, a nation of love and humanity.

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dear staff

the unbearable suffer of so many european civilions caused by political
incompetence must be countered by an all european people initiative.
thats why we started the action "campers for kosovo", a public call on our
site www.gaingate.com.
if you have any time left, please visit our site & let us know your comments.

yours sincerely

trybe manhattan

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Hello dear friends,
we try to start a private action of help for the people of Kosovo in
germany.
Therefore we created a small hompage to ask others to join in (I´m sorry
for my bad english, I´m not often using it).
If you are able to, I would ask you to set a link from your page to our
page.
If you have any comments or additons, please mail back!
If you think, it should be translated and you know sombody to do that we
are open for every suggestions.

Thank you

D.Beineke
B. Forman
Germany
http://www.osnabrueck.netsurf.de:8080/~dbein

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Dear kosovo Crisis Center,
We are trying to find out how we could donate money to organisations who are
helping the refugee's forced out of Kosovo. We want to organise a small fund
raising event in our locality. So far we have not managed to find any groups
working with this disaster who we can contact in Britain. Can you help?
We want to tell you how much we are shocked at the terrible behaviour of the
Serbian government and that we would like to help in some way. Do you think
it would be of use if we were able to organise a transport of
clothing/supplies? Your advice is awaited.
We send all your people our love.

Andy Lloyd, Anna Phillips and baby Freya (9 months)

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Je regrette enormement ce qui se passe dans votre pays.
Je souhaite de tout coeur que ce conflit imbecile s'arrete et que vos
compatriotes puissent retrouver leurs maisons, leurs racines...
Je vous souhaite un bon courage...
J'ai peu de moyens mais je suis avec vous par la pensee...
J'ai honte des decisions timorees de nos dirigeants...
Il faut qu'ils agissent, VITE...
Jean Jacques PERRIN

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Hi,

To help people who may have been separated in the Kosovo crisis
we have set up a free website where they can leave their details and
search the database for others from Kosovo.

We believe this site can be very helpful and we hoped you could
help us spread the word about it.

So please forward this to anyone whom you think could benefit from it.

The site is at:
http://www.glaine.net/~kosovo/

Thank you.

Thibault Jamme : teebo@mw-interactive.co.uk
Henrik V. Risager : ymer@cool-mail.co.uk

Bonjour,

Afin d'aider les personnes qui auraient pu etre separees au
Kossovo, nous avons mis en place un service Internet gratuit
ou elles peuvent laisser leurs coordonnees et faire des
recherches dans la base de donnees. Nous esperons pouvoir
aider ces personnes a rester en contact.

Nous pensons que ce site peut etre tres utile et nous vous
serions reconnaissants de faire connaitre l'addresse de ce site
a toute personne qui pourrait etre interessee.

Le site est a:
http://www.glaine.net/~kosovo/

Merci d'avance.

Thibault Jamme : teebo@mw-interactive.co.uk
Henrik V. Risager : ymer@cool-mail.co.uk

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The images haunt and are thoughts and prayers go out to you all. Have
courage, and keep your resiliance we are thinking and praying for you at
this time.

Goodnight, God bless,

Kevin Downham
UK

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best wishes in your struggle against aggression, genocide and for self determination and human rights. the Miloslevic chetnik fascist regime must be stopped. Thomas Q.

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Greetings!

I am in the process of creating an email discussion forum for anyone who
would like to help the albanian refugees. The purpose of the forum is to
share ideas about how individuals and groups can help the refugees.
Anouncements of fundraising events and support rallies may also be posted.
If anyone would like to join the forum, or would like more information, email me at
mathew@zoomnet.net

Matthew Thompson

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I am so very proud of your country!!! I know God smiles down on you
because of your GREAT love for one another! I see the faces of the
Kosovors and wish I could take them all into my home, and give them
warmth, food, and emotional support! I know that is not possible, but I
do want to offer financial support to your country. What is the best way
to help you help your brothers and sisters? The USA newspapers list a
number of relief agencies, and we have given some funds to one of them,
but also want to know if your country needs support for its own citizens
who have given so freely to help!

Jim & Mary

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hello i really like your site it tells the truth about what the people
from kosova are suffering and it is even getting worse i hope god saves
everyone in kosova from the killers of the serbians and one day one day
god will PUNISH them for the terrible unhuman things the have done

Sincerely
A supporter

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This letter is all the way from Canada. I believe that 5,000 refugee's
are arriving in Canada's CFB Trenton Wing where my father works. This
fight has gone on for too long. It is time to take actions and support
the country of Kosovo. Though I am only 12, and I don't quite understand
what is going on, I do know that lives are in risk, and I to the best of
my ability is trying to help the Kosovars by donating cloths and toys to
them. I fear for the lives of the childrn, and I think it's terrible how
so many people have died and been seperated fomr thier homes and
family's. I'm old enough to understand this universe has rights, and so
do people. I can speak for all of Canada...we are so very proud that we
are able to help this much in the Kosovo Crisis. It is a big thing, and
many, many alot of people are taking action and helping. I wish you
well, Kosovars, god bless you.
Love ,
Renee Ehrenreich
PS I also look forward to your stay in Canada, and I will try to make in
the best.

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To your cause: Since the fourth day of the bombing in Yugoslavia, I have been pleading with President Clinton to bomb "Fossil Fueled Electrical Power Plants" in Belgrade and throughout Yugoslavia. Time is not on our side and although support for the war is gaining, in just a few days that support could dwindle. To win a war, it must be total war, and not an idealistic war. From an old Marine.

ray gillespie

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Hello, I am an italian journalist that write for a daily which called (www.avvvenire.it) . Im interested at you situation. If you want write me. Submit me story, opinion, comments. I need e mail address or internet text that I can write in my journal.

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Hello i just want to say that canada is with you i am an ex canadian army
soldier who served with the UN in 1995 in croatia and bosnia.The serbs are wrong
they are killing inocent civilians and what NATO is doing is the right
thing,Good luck to you all

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Einsatz von Bodentruppen im Kosovo notwendig

Der Terror der Serben im Kosovo hat die NATO gezwungen, militrisch gegen
Jugoslawien vorzugehen. Die umgehende Reaktion auf die Nichtannahme des
Friedensvertrags durch die Serben war die einzig realistische Mglichkeit
des Eingreifens. Die Mglichkeiten fr ein konstruktives Handeln sind mit
der Zeit immer geringer geworden und die relativ wnschenswerten Lsungen
sind unmglich geworden.

Der Zerstrungszug der serbischen Milizen ist wild und grausam und
planmig. Wenn jemand dachte, eine systematische "ethnische Suberung" wie
vormals in Bosnien sei im Kosovo schwer mglich bei 90 Prozent albanischer
Bevlkerung- wird heute eines besseren belehrt.

Milosevic betreibt eine Politik, die keine Gnade fr die Opfer zult und
keine Zeugen der Verbrechen wnscht. Dies ist ein Geist, der zuletzt in
Bosnien wtete er trgt die Handschrift khl organisierten Genozids. Er hat
ein Talent dafr sein Land zugrunde zurichten. Drei Kriege hat er in diesem
Jahrzehnt schon verloren, und er ist dabei, einen vierten zu verlieren.

Mit jedem Tag des Elends entfernt sich die westliche Willensvorstellung,
das Kosovo msse um jeden Preis bei Jugoslawien oder sogar bei Serbien
bleiben, weiter von der Wirklichkeit. Seit die Albaner des Kosovo am
Vorabend des Ersten Weltkrieges unter serbische Herrschaft fielen, haben
sie von ihren Herren in immer neuen Wellen vlkermordhnliche Brutalitt
erfahren. Nur wer blind und taub sein will, kann heute, da die von
serbischen Einsatztruppen ermordeten Zivilisten noch nicht begraben sind,
den immerwhrenden Zwangsverbleib der Volksgruppe im Belgrader Staat fordern.

Den Serben droht also eine doppelte Niederlage sie verlieren den Kosovo
und behalten Milosevic. Aber auch wenn die Kosovaren ihren eigenen Staat
bekommen, so sind sie die grten Verlierer. Ihre Huser und Drfer sind
vernichtet, das Vieh gettet.

Niemand kann heute mehr behaupten, es sei nicht zu ahnen gewesen, was die
Serben auf dem Amselfeld tun wrden: Man wei es aus ihrem Krieg gegen
Kroatien, man wei es nach den Massenmorden und vertreibungen in Bosnien
nur zu genau. "Vorbeugende Diplomatie", wie sie sich vor allem die EU fr
ihre "Gemeinsame Auen- und Sicherheitspolitik" und die OSZE vornehmen, war
in Belgrad nicht wirksam.

Milosevic hat die Sprache von Generlen immer besser verstanden als die
wortgewandter Diplomaten. Dies war in Bosnien so und so wird es auch im
Kosovo sein. Der Westen hat endlich begriffen, da man mit den Krften in
Jugoslawien keine bereinkommen schlieen kann. Sie erkennen nichts anderes
als Gewalt an. Nur wenn sie existentiell bedroht sind, werden sie
kompromibereit. Die NATO hat ihre bosnische Lektion gelernt. Eine rasche
und harte Reaktion war im Kosovo-Konflikt entscheidend, weil man nicht
wieder Milosevics Hinhaltetaktik erliegen wollte. Diese Hrte war und ist
sinnvoll.

Wer dies nicht begreift oder begreifen will, der hat anscheinend die
gescheiterte Diplomatie in den letzten acht Jahren nicht mitbekommen. Wer
strikt auf der Befolgung der Buchstaben des Vlkerrechts besteht, mu sich
aber fragen lassen, wieviele Tote ihm dies notfalls wert ist. Wem ntzt ein
Pazifismus, der beteuert, da er gegen jeden Krieg ist, whrend ein Krieg
tobt ? Zwar lt sich darber streiten, ob die Frage cui bono die einzig
ausschlaggebende ist und nicht weitere Faktoren bercksichtigt werden
mssen, aber die Antwort, da Pazifismus der strkeren Kriegspartei ntzt,
sollte nicht erst seit Bosnien zum Nachdenken zwingen.

Viele behaupten, da die NATO fr den Kosovo-Einsatz nicht legitimiert sei.
Bei der Beendigung von Gewalt und massenhafter Vertreibung im Kosovo hat
die NATO aber das Vlkerrecht voll auf ihrer Seite (auch gegen den Willen
Belgrads und ohne Billigung Rulands im Weltsicherheitsrat) militrisch zu
intervenieren.

Wenn der Weg zur Verhinderung von Vlkermord im Kosovo nicht ber das
Kapitel VII der UN-Charta vlkerrechtlich abzusichern ist, ist er ber das
bislang weniger beachtete Kapitel VIII begehbar, das in erster Linie die
Regionalorganisationen behandelt.

Dort werde im Artikel 53 festgestellt, keine Aktion zur Wiederherstellung
des Friedens durch Regionalorganisationen sollte ohne Billigung des
Sicherheitsrats stattfinden. Es gibt aber Anhaltspunkte, die zu sagen
erlauben, da eine Billigung durch den Rat nicht immer vorher und
ausdrcklich erfolgen mu, vor allem dann nicht, wenn sich Situationen
besonders kritisch und besonders schnell entwickeln.

Auf den "Fall Kosovo" angewandt heit das: Die NATO greift aufgrund einer
gravierenden Vernderung der Lage ein, informiert den Weltsicherheitsrat
und bittet um zustimmende Kenntnisnahme. Wrde ein Mitglied des Rats die
Aktion dann "verdammen" wollen, mte es eine Mehrheit des UN-Gremiums
hinter sich bringen (also acht der 15 Mitgliedsstaaten).

Der Westen hat endlich erkannt, da mitunter den Geist der UN-Charta
verhhnt, wer nichts hher zhlen lt als manche ihrer Buchstaben.

Nun mu sich der Westen neben Luftangriffen einer neuen strategischen
Option ffnen - will man den begonnenen Vlkermord beenden - und diese
Option heit Einsatz von Bodentruppen.

Flchtlingsstrme steigen so unerbittlich an wie Hochwasser, Berichte ber
Massaker geistern durch die Medien, Wohnhuser brennen, die Vertreibung der
Zivilbevlkerung nimmt katastrophale Ausmae an. Die Lage ist unhaltbar und
kann nicht nur aus der Luft gelindert werden. Der Einsatz von Bodentruppen
wird daher immer unausweichlicher.

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Much courage and strength for the fight against Milosevic!!!!!!!

Viel Mut und Kraft für den Kampf gegen Milosevic!!!!!!!

Hans
Switzerland

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While I watch in amazement, another generation, another nation, another
dictator, reeks havoc on innocent people - history continues to repeat
itself. I only hope that the damage caused to people does not turn out
to be genocidal.

I am here to help. I am trying to get some refugees to stay at my house.

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Dear Sir/Madam:

My husband, who is an Albanian from Macedonia, and I discovered your web page
this evening. We were very happy to be able to receive so much information
and guidance from one source.

God Bless You.

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Do not know why but I was unable to see the second set of photos. By the way I support you and try to counter the hatred in the chat rooms.

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The first Kosovo Forum at Town Hall will be Tuesday, April 13, 7-9 pm. at
Town Hall Seattle, Eighth and Seneca, just east of the I-5 freeway across
from downtown Seattle.

We are planning, depending on response and some surprise guests, to meet
each Tuesday at the same time and place. All events will be free and open
to the public.

The first panel is now taking shape. Barry Mitzman of KCTS will be the
main moderator. We expect to have an opening session devoted to some of
the large contexts of the crisis, followed by some audience response.
After the intermission we will reconvene the panel, plus some added
guests, to explore practical implications and opportunities for citizens
to help. Relief agencies are invited to set up tables in the lobby of Town
Hall to give citizens chances to help in the emergency.

The goals of the forums are: to shed expert light on the situation; to
provide a neutral forum for the civil exhange of different perspectives;
to allow citizens a chance to voice their views and ask questions; to
encourage citizens to take informed action and charitable assistance.
Seattle has a long tradition of intelligent citizen diplomacy, and the
city has a wealth of informed internationalists.

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Dear Friends - we are in such deep sorrow at your plight - and are very
afraid for your lives and safety. We, here in America, have never known
such terror, hunger, separation from family and loved ones, driven by a
despot from our country by force to another (excepting our beloved Native
American Indians, and African Americans), much less MURDERED because of
either our ethnic ,race, or religous heritage. I cannot even begin to
fathom your suffering - and I have to close my eyes when the innocent
children are shown on American television, because they so remind us of the
agon- izing pictures of the Holocaust of WWII. All we have to offer,
besides contributing to a Relief Organization on your behalf, are the
following: An American President dedicated to your inevitable freedom in
your own country - KOSOVO ! ; a NATO Alliance determined to attain the same
goals, no matter the cost; and OUR own belief, and that of ALL of the
American people, is that YOU TOO are guaranteed the same principles that OUR
country was founded on - Freedom of speech, religion, press, and the freedom
to live our lives as WE choose !! So - rise up! Fight On - and we Americans are with you, even in the giving of American fathers, husbands, and sons - - Believe it!!

Our prayers and our Same God are with you !!!!

Diane and Jim Simon', Calif., USA