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Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com From ipilika at wellesley.edu Mon Dec 20 02:06:48 1999 From: ipilika at wellesley.edu (Iris Pilika) Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 02:06:48 -0500 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Texaco Office Bombed Message-ID: Texaco Greece Office Bombed The Associated Press Sunday, Dec. 19, 1999; 6:53 p.m. EST ATHENS, Greece -- In the latest in a string of attacks against U.S. firms, a bomb exploded late Sunday at the Athens offices of the Texaco oil company, causing minor damage, police said. There were no reported injuries. The explosion occurred near a busy road in the Athens suburb of Neo Psychiko. Police said the timed bomb was placed at the rear entrance of the four-story office block. The blast did not damage a Texaco gas station at the building's front. A group called Revolutionary Cells claimed responsibility for the attack in a warning telephone call to an Athens newspaper. The same group bombed Athens' luxury Intercontinental Hotel on April 27, killing a Greek women. American businesses have been targeted in a spate of firebombings before and since President Clinton's trip to Athens last month. Other targets have included clothing stores, car dealerships and a U.S. cultural institute. Violent demonstrations were held during Clinton's 24-hour visit. Many protesters criticized the U.S. role in NATO airstrikes against fellow Christian Orthodox Serbs earlier this year during the Kosovo crisis. From ipilika at wellesley.edu Mon Dec 20 02:10:40 1999 From: ipilika at wellesley.edu (Iris Pilika) Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 02:10:40 -0500 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Christiane Amanpour on Kosova Message-ID: Year in Review Special (undated) news analysis: NATO's war in Kosovo over human rights has far-reaching effects By Christiane Amanpour CNN Chief International Correspondent Special to CNN Interactive (CNN) -- The most important international story of 1999 was unquestionably the Kosovo War. It was not only dramatic, but also it had far-reaching, significant implications for international policy-making. Yugoslavia's Slobodan Milosevic had been cracking down on Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority for 10 years, stripping the province of autonomy, jailing political activists and prompting the dismissal of tens of thousands of Kosovo Albanians. But in 1998 the Kosovo Liberation Army, a guerrilla force, began to fight back. The Yugoslav army and special paramilitary forces launched a savage crackdown, killing not only members of the KLA, but also thousands of civilians. Soon the world was witnessing the kind of carnage that had taken place in Bosnia, which declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1992. But this time the international community was not going wait as long as it did to end the bloodshed in Bosnia. By 1999 it was clear Milosevic and his regime in Belgrade would not negotiate seriously to end the conflict, so in March NATO went to war to protect Kosovo's Albanians. It was NATO's first war, and the first war ever waged not for national or economic interests, but for human rights. By early June, NATO had bombed Milosevic into suing for peace. Yugoslav-Serb forces withdrew, Kosovo's Albanians went back home, and NATO and Russian forces went into keep the uneasy peace. Balkans lessons applied in East Timor The effect of the Kosovo campaign was quickly felt in East Timor. The people had voted for independence in August, but the Indonesian Army and militia fought a bloody battle to stop the people from claiming their independence. This time the international community acted even faster than it did in Kosovo. Within weeks a U.N. peacekeeping force was in, the Indonesian Army was out, and the East Timorese were venturing back to build their new independent state. It was hailed as another victory for human rights at the end of the 20th century. This new focus on human rights has been made possible by the end of the Cold War -- the end of geopolitics and strategic interventions. This year saw the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the dramatic event that ushered in this new era of global politics. It is ironic that the former Soviet Union and all the Communist countries of Eastern Europe have switched to a more democratic form of socialism, except Serbia, which is still ruled by an authoritarian regime. It is especially ironic since during the Cold War the former Yugoslavia, including Serbia, was considered the most liberal, developed and pro-Western country of the European Communist world. The end of this year, the end of this century, sees the opposition in Serbia in an uncertain fight to oust Slobodan Milosevic. Freedom movement building in Iran Dramatic events are unfolding in Iran, site of the world's first Islamic revolution, and say some, this century's last great revolution. Millions of young Iranians are demonstrating for more freedom. There is a real battle between the majority who support a more open democratic Iran and those conservative hard-liners who want to keep a closed, strictly religious state. A freedom movement is building momentum in Iran. Its most visible face is the moderate President Mohammad Khatami, elected in a landslide two and a half years ago. Revolutionary Iran has had a tremendous impact on world politics during the last 20 years of this century. Early in the 21st century Iranians will go to the polls in crucial parliamentary elections, a vote that will decide whether reformers or hard-liners win, a vote that will decide the shape of the future Iran. Christiane Amanpour is CNN's chief international correspondent and co-anchor of CNN's The World Today, weeknights 8-9 p.m. (ET). Her most recent assignments have sent her to Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iran, Haiti, Algeria and Rwanda. No U.S. network correspondent has reported as continuously from the ethnically torn Balkans. From pilika at yahoo.com Tue Dec 21 09:08:52 1999 From: pilika at yahoo.com (Asti Pilika) Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 06:08:52 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: BOUNCE albsa@Web-Depot.COM: Non-member submission from ["Nikoll A Mirakaj" ] Message-ID: <19991221140852.23990.qmail@web801.mail.yahoo.com> --- sender-ALBSA at web-depot.com wrote: > Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 06:18:03 -0500 (EST) > From: sender-ALBSA at web-depot.com > To: owner-albsa at merlin.web-depot.com > Subject: BOUNCE albsa at Web-Depot.COM: Non-member > submission from ["Nikoll A Mirakaj" > ] > > From owner-albsa at merlin.web-depot.com Tue Dec 21 > 06:17:54 1999 > Received: from xcj.egroups.com (xcj.egroups.com > [207.138.41.175]) > by merlin.web-depot.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id > GAA22010 > for ; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 > 06:17:53 -0500 (EST) > X-eGroups-Return: > alb-information-return-6707-ALBSA=Web-Depot.com at returns.egroups.com > Received: from [10.1.2.41] by cj.egroups.com with > NNFMP; 21 Dec 1999 11:13:45 -0000 > Received: (listserv $); by a1; 21 Dec 1999 11:13:44 > -0000 > Delivered-To: > listsaver-egroups-alb-information at egroups.com > Received: (qmail 24411 invoked from network); 21 Dec > 1999 11:02:39 -0000 > Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net > (207.172.4.60) by qh.egroups.com with SMTP; 21 Dec > 1999 11:02:39 -0000 > Received: from > 209-122-225-243.s243.tnt1.nyw.ny.dialup.rcn.com > ([209.122.225.243] helo=albania) by > smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #3) id > 120N3t-0000Qk-00 for alb-information at egroups.com; > Tue, 21 Dec 1999 06:02:37 -0500 > Message-ID: <004b01bf4bbd$08405840$f3e17ad1 at albania> > From: "Nikoll A Mirakaj" > To: "a" > Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 06:09:43 -0800 > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE > V5.00.2314.1300 > Mailing-List: contact > alb-information-owner at egroups.com > X-Mailing-List: alb-information at egroups.com > Precedence: bulk > List-Help: > , > > List-Unsubscribe: > > List-Archive: > > X-eGroups-Approved-By: albania at erols.com via webctrl > Subject: [alb-information] German General's Kosovo > Peackeepers Are Fighting Crime > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > THE NEW YORK TIMES > December 21, 1999 > > German General's Kosovo Peackeepers Are Fighting > Crime > > By CARLOTTA GALL > > PRISTINA, Yugoslavia -- In the absence of a strong > international police force in Kosovo and facing a > rise in > crime, the commander of peacekeeping troops in the > province > has ordered his soldiers back out onto the streets > in force. > > He is not happy about it, but six months into the > peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, he says the > 1,800-member > U.N. police force was not able to cope. > > "We realized there was no success and that we had to > back > up the police," the commander, Gen. Klaus Reinhardt, > said > Monday in an interview at his headquarters, perched > on a hill > above Pristina, the Kosovo capital. > > Over the weekend a marked increase of troops was > evident > here, as they set up road blocks to spot-check cars > for weapons > and to look at the identification papers of drivers > and > passengers. The troops were reacting to the increase > in > violence of recent weeks and a fear of kidnapping. > > Reinhardt joined in the call for nations to > contribute more > people to the police force, but in the meantime he > is stepping in > to fill the gap, sending some of his forces out from > their bases > by the hundreds. "You cannot fight the high-level > criminal with > a tankist or a soldier -- they are not trained to do > it," he said. > "But there is a gap which we try to bridge by being > there." > > Reinhardt took over command > of the 50,000 members of the peacekeeping force for > Kosovo > in October, after his predecessor, Gen. Mike > Jackson, said the > job was no longer one for the military, but for the > U.N. police > and civil administration. > > Now two months later, Reinhardt and the overwhelming > presence of his soldiers represent the only > realistic chance to > prevent violence in the province. Alongside ethnic > killings and > intimidation -- mostly by Albanians against Serbs > and other > minorities -- there has also been an increase of > crime among > the Albanians and a spread of organized crime, all > of which > falls to the general's lot. > > The general, who began his military career in the > German > Mountain Infantry and went through the U.S. Army's > Command and General Staff College at Fort > Leavenworth, > Kan. in the 1970s, is a gray-haired, unassuming man. > In his > loose-fitted German camouflage jacket, he lacks the > charisma > of the tall, battered figure of Jackson. > > Yet in his quiet way, he is tackling the nasty > climate of ethnic > retaliation with a firm resolution and some > unorthodox ideas > that he says are bearing results. > > Each of his five military brigades in Kosovo has 120 > patrols > out on the streets, in the villages and countryside > every day, > he said, and 1,000 of his forces are day and night > guarding > Serbian families in their homes and protecting > buildings and > installations. > > He is moving troops from areas that are relatively > calm, > dominated by one ethnic group, to mixed areas, or > "fault > lines," where there is violence. He has boosted the > troop level > in the Serbian area of Kosovo Polje, just outside > Pristina, to > 2,000 from 600, and improved security considerably. > > He has also sent an extra battalion to the town of > Gniljane, in > the American sector, and moved in three companies to > protect > the various ethnic minorities -- Serbs, Muslim Slavs > or Goranis > and Turks -- in and around the town of Prizren in > southern > Kosovo. > > German forces in the Prizren area have been > criticized for not > doing enough to stop the intimidation of minorities > there, but > the general sticks by his policy. "With 50,000 men, > you > cannot safeguard everyone, but by being there we can > prevent things happening," he said. > > He has been resolute, too, in ordering sweeps > through > districts where there has been an outbreak of > violence, often > traveling to watch the operations himself. He was > there when > French troops sealed off and searched an area in the > Serbian > part of the divided town of Mitrovica last week > after a grenade > attack. "We put on a big show of force," he said, > "to show we > take counter actions immediately." > > Road blocks or barricades are not tolerated, and > even the > residents of Orohovac have been persuaded to remove > their > weeks-old blockade against Russian troops who were > to > deploy there. > > "I took them away by persuading people that this is > the better > way," he said. He does not seem to have solved the > issue of > the Russian deployment there, which local Albanians > vigorously oppose, but the tension has subsided. > > The general also supports an unorthodox tactic used > in > Pristina, where the British commander of the city is > using > former policemen of the Kosovo Liberation Army as a > source > of information and a conduit for solving problems. > > There are clearly parts of the mission that chafe > the general. > "It is tougher than I expected as far as the > workload, and > more difficult as far as human relationships," he > said in a > reference to the ethnic tensions. > > He is impatient to see the judicial system up and > running so > he can rid his soldiers of the job of being prison > guards. > > Yet he has clear ideas about the running of the > province that > go beyond his role as a soldier. Just back from a > lunch with > four Serbian bishops in the monastery at Gracanica, > outside > Pristina, he was clearly determined to defend the > Serbian > minority. His men will protect Serbian convoys and > buses to > allow Serbs to travel to market and to other Serbian > enclaves. > "By doing that we take the pressure out of the pot," > he said. > "If people feel under siege they become aggressive." > > > He called for financing for education and > employment, saying > a majority of young Albanians were jobless and > frustrated, > and were taking out their frustration on the > minorities. > > He also said he disagreed with the U.N. High > Commissioner > for Refugees, which is advising displaced Serbs not > to try to > return to Kosovo for the moment, and he spoke with > satisfaction that a few hundred Serbs had managed to > return > to villages in northern Kosovo under protection of > his troops. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >
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Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com From pilika at yahoo.com Tue Dec 21 09:10:09 1999 From: pilika at yahoo.com (Asti Pilika) Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 06:10:09 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: BOUNCE albsa@Web-Depot.COM: Non-member submission from ["Nikoll A Mirakaj" ] Message-ID: <19991221141009.6475.qmail@web805.mail.yahoo.com> --- sender-ALBSA at web-depot.com wrote: > Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 06:26:09 -0500 (EST) > From: sender-ALBSA at web-depot.com > To: owner-albsa at merlin.web-depot.com > Subject: BOUNCE albsa at Web-Depot.COM: Non-member > submission from ["Nikoll A Mirakaj" > ] > > From owner-albsa at merlin.web-depot.com Tue Dec 21 > 06:26:04 1999 > Received: from xcj.egroups.com (xcj.egroups.com > [207.138.41.175]) > by merlin.web-depot.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id > GAA22134 > for ; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 > 06:26:02 -0500 (EST) > X-eGroups-Return: > alb-information-return-6709-ALBSA=Web-Depot.com at returns.egroups.com > Received: from [10.1.2.41] by cj.egroups.com with > NNFMP; 21 Dec 1999 11:21:55 -0000 > Received: (listserv $); by a1; 21 Dec 1999 11:21:55 > -0000 > Delivered-To: > listsaver-egroups-alb-information at egroups.com > Received: (qmail 9735 invoked from network); 21 Dec > 1999 11:21:53 -0000 > Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net > (207.172.4.60) by qg.egroups.com with SMTP; 21 Dec > 1999 11:21:53 -0000 > Received: from > 209-122-225-243.s243.tnt1.nyw.ny.dialup.rcn.com > ([209.122.225.243] helo=albania) by > smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #3) id > 120NMV-0001hA-00 for alb-information at egroups.com; > Tue, 21 Dec 1999 06:21:51 -0500 > Message-ID: <005b01bf4bbf$b80c16e0$f3e17ad1 at albania> > From: "Nikoll A Mirakaj" > To: "a" > Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 06:28:56 -0800 > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE > V5.00.2314.1300 > Mailing-List: contact > alb-information-owner at egroups.com > X-Mailing-List: alb-information at egroups.com > Precedence: bulk > List-Help: > , > > List-Unsubscribe: > > List-Archive: > > Subject: [alb-information] JANUSZ BUGAJSKI: Steps > toward independence (Montenegro) > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > JANUSZ BUGAJSKI: Steps toward independence > > Copyright ? 1999 Nando Media > Copyright ? 1999 Christian Science Monitor Service > > > > > The Web site of the Christian Science Monitor, > source of this article. > > From Time to Time: Nando's in-depth look at the 20th > century > > > > > (December 20, 1999 11:12 a.m. EST > http://www.nandotimes.com) - Montenegro > may not yet be an independent state, but it's > increasingly acting that way. > There is little question about the country's > direction - but there's great > debate over the strategy, timing, and impact of > statehood. More than at any > time since the disintegration of Tito's Yugoslavia, > there is overwhelming > consensus in the republic regarding Montenegro's > statehood. > > The psychological barrier to independence has been > breached since NATO's > successful war against Serbia. Recent opinion polls > indicate that nearly 70 > percent of the population would back independence. > While half of this number > are committed Montenegrenists, the rest are loyal > supporters of President > Milo Djukanovic and will follow his lead out of the > remnants of Yugoslavia. > > The independence position is based largely on > pragmatic grounds. Remaining > united with Serbia assures Montenegro will be > tethered to Slobodan > Milosevic's sinking ship. Leaving the Serbian > federation will reverse the > trends of economic decline, poverty, social unrest, > and international > isolation - and launch Montenegro on the road to > integration with Europe. > > Most Montenegrins have few illusions about where the > future lies - they > don't want to remain in the continent's blank spots > and gray zones. > > Political support for independence has reached an > important threshold. > Djukanovic's fence-sitting has become increasingly > untenable. The NATO > intervention and the EU-led Balkan Stability Pact > presented Podgorica with a > sharper choice in which ambiguity is no longer a > viable alternative. > > During the past few years, the young government has > acquired the resources > not only for resisting Milosevic but also for > escaping from his grip. > Montenegro is more prepared than Croatia or Bosnia > in 1991 or Kosovo in 1999 > to challenge Belgrade's domination. Diplomatically, > politically, > organizationally, economically, and militarily > Podgorica can survive without > Belgrade. > > Despite initial hesitation and suspicion, a broad > range of political > forces - including ex-communists, old Titoists, > democrats, conservatives, > and nationalists - supports Djukanovic. This too is > based on pragmatic > calculation that the ruling team is best positioned > to deal with Belgrade. > > Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia and other former > Yugoslav satellites did not > achieve independence as fully democratic states; > neither did the Soviet > satellites escape from Moscow as fully formed > democracies. Montenegro is now > in the same position. > > The Djukanovic government can be a catalyst for > independence and democracy. > It can help ensure that statehood is constructed on > a nonnationalist basis > in which the country's minorities - Serbs, > Albanians, Muslims, and Croats - > are involved in the political process and where > citizenship is based on > residence, not ethnicity. > > Alongside statehood, Montenegro will need to launch > a process of economic > transformation based on market competition, > transparency, and legalism. This > will not only stimulate entrepreneurship but also > attract foreign > investment. > > Moreover, as a sovereign country, Montenegro can > plug into regional > reconstruction programs and move toward association > with the EU. > Montenegro's size could be turned into an asset - > it's much easier to ensure > progress among a smaller, more homogeneous > population than within a > cumbersome and ungovernable entity like Yugoslavia. > > The strategy for independence seems clearer. In > August, Podgorica issued a > platform for a loose confederation with Serbia. > Belgrade has ignored the > offer. Montenegrin officials now assert the platform > timetable is fast > expiring. Its rejection will leave Podgorica with > only one option: full > independence. > > Podgorica is running out of short steps and must > soon take a big leap. Plans > are under way to hold a national referendum within > five months. > > Djukanovic's critics charge that he has deliberately > delayed independence in > expectation that Milosevic will be dislodged by the > Serbian opposition and > that a new political agreement can then be forged. > But such a prospect has > become redundant, given the abject failure of Serb > democracy and the > collapsing economy of the Yugoslav federation. > > Observers continue to guess Milosevic's next moves > in Montenegro. Aside from > surrendering Montenegro altogether, the Serb czar > has three violent options: > a military coup and occupation; the promotion of > regional and ethnic > conflicts; or the launching of a full-scale civil > war. > > Though these options are likely to fail, it doesn't > guarantee Belgrade won't > attempt to destabilize Montenegro in order to > prevent its separation. > > More likely, Milosevic will engage in low-level > provocations, intimidations, > and even assassinations to unbalance the Montenegrin > leadership. He will > endeavor to sow conflict within the governing > coalition, heat up tensions in > the Sandjak region of Montenegro by pitting Muslims > against Orthodox > Christians, and threaten to partition northern > Montenegro if Podgorica > pushes toward statehood. > > In this ominous environment, Western states can > pursue several paths to > strengthen Montenegrin democracy and head off a > Serbian assault. > > Financial help for the monetary system, coupled with > a reconstruction > program for a nation of only 640,000 will not be > expensive, but it will > increase public trust in the embattled government > and undercut the > destructive forces loyal to Belgrade. > > Assistance for institutional restructuring, media > development, and > multiethnic cooperation to avert a war is preferable > to reassembling them > after a war as the international community is trying > to do in Kosovo. And > above all else, Milosevic must become fully aware > that any strike against > Montenegro will be his last battle. NATO leaders > should make sure that he > gets the message by preparing contingency plans to > militarily help the > Montenegrin authorities in case of a Serbian attack. > > Janusz Bugajski, director of East European studies > at the Center for > Strategic and International Studies, in Washington, > has just returned from > Montenegro. > > > (c) Copyright 1999. The Christian Science Publishing > Society > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >
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Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com From pilika at yahoo.com Tue Dec 21 09:09:31 1999 From: pilika at yahoo.com (Asti Pilika) Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 06:09:31 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: BOUNCE albsa@Web-Depot.COM: Non-member submission from ["Nikoll A Mirakaj" ] Message-ID: <19991221140931.23605.qmail@web804.mail.yahoo.com> --- sender-ALBSA at web-depot.com wrote: > Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 06:18:05 -0500 (EST) > From: sender-ALBSA at web-depot.com > To: owner-albsa at merlin.web-depot.com > Subject: BOUNCE albsa at Web-Depot.COM: Non-member > submission from ["Nikoll A Mirakaj" > ] > > From owner-albsa at merlin.web-depot.com Tue Dec 21 > 06:17:56 1999 > Received: from xcj.egroups.com (xcj.egroups.com > [207.138.41.175]) > by merlin.web-depot.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id > GAA22013 > for ; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 > 06:17:54 -0500 (EST) > X-eGroups-Return: > alb-information-return-6708-ALBSA=Web-Depot.com at returns.egroups.com > Received: from [10.1.2.41] by cj.egroups.com with > NNFMP; 21 Dec 1999 11:13:46 -0000 > Received: (listserv $); by a1; 21 Dec 1999 11:13:46 > -0000 > Delivered-To: > listsaver-egroups-alb-information at egroups.com > Received: (qmail 24941 invoked from network); 21 Dec > 1999 11:03:40 -0000 > Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net > (207.172.4.60) by qh.egroups.com with SMTP; 21 Dec > 1999 11:03:40 -0000 > Received: from > 209-122-225-243.s243.tnt1.nyw.ny.dialup.rcn.com > ([209.122.225.243] helo=albania) by > smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #3) id > 120N4s-0000UX-00 for alb-information at egroups.com; > Tue, 21 Dec 1999 06:03:39 -0500 > Message-ID: <005101bf4bbd$2cc874e0$f3e17ad1 at albania> > From: "Nikoll A Mirakaj" > To: "a" > Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 06:10:44 -0800 > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE > V5.00.2314.1300 > Mailing-List: contact > alb-information-owner at egroups.com > X-Mailing-List: alb-information at egroups.com > Precedence: bulk > List-Help: > , > > List-Unsubscribe: > > List-Archive: > > X-eGroups-Approved-By: albania at erols.com via webctrl > Subject: [alb-information] NATO Arrests Former Serb > General on War Crimes Charges > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > THE NEW YORK TIMES > December 21, 1999 > > NATO Arrests Former Serb General on War Crimes > Charges > > By CRAIG R. WHITNEY > > VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France -- NATO peacekeepers in > Bosnia on Monday arrested a former Bosnian Serb > general charged with war crimes. > > Reports from Bosnia said that British troops in the > zone that > they control blocked a vehicle carrying retired Maj. > Gen. > Stanislav Ganic, commander of the Bosnian Serb > forces that > besieged Sarajevo between 1992 and 1994. They > arrested > him under a sealed indictment issued by the > international war > crimes tribunal in The Hague. > > Gen. Wesley Clark, the American officer in command > of all > NATO forces in Europe, said as he arrived here at an > air base > outside Paris that the arrest showed that the > standing orders > on handling indicted war criminals could be > effective. The > orders had been criticized for not leading to enough > arrests. > > "I'm convinced we have the right policy," Clark said > in an > interview. He arrived here for a talk with the > French army's > chief of staff, Gen. Jean-Pierre Kelche. "Its > implementation, in > a culture in which we're outsiders, is > extraordinarily difficult," > Clark said of the policy. > > His orders allow peacekeepers to arrest suspects > they run > across in the normal course of their duties when > they believe > it is prudent to do so and when no bystanders will > get hurt. > > "I think the NATO forces have acquitted themselves > very well > in terms of war-criminal detentions, and the > deterrent effect," > he said. > > But 12 of the 15 arrests made in Bosnia, including > Monday's, > have been by British troops. Both French forces, who > have > made no arrests, and American forces in Bosnia have > come > under heavy criticism from human rights groups for > not going > more aggressively after leaders charged with war > crimes. > > Galic, The Hague tribunal said, is charged with > crimes against > humanity and violations of war conventions in > ordering > shelling and sniping that killed, maimed, and > wounded > thousands of civilians in Sarajevo during the > Bosnian war > siege. > > In addition to those accused of war crimes who have > been > arrested, 21 have surrendered. Charges have been > brought > against 63. "Still," Clark said, "we're acutely > conscious of the > fact that some of the most egregious of the accused > have not > thus far been detained." > > Radovan Karadzic and Gen. Ratko Mladic, the top > civilian and > military leaders of the Bosnian Serbs during the > war, have not > been arrested. Karadzic is believed to be hiding in > the French > sector in Bosnia. > > Clark will relinquish his command in April to Gen. > Joseph > Ralston, at which time there will still be 20,000 > peacekeepers > from 37 countries, including the United States and > Russia, in > Bosnia. But they and many of the thousands of > peacekeepers > in Kosovo may have to stay for years. > > Clark, recalling the allied air operation against > Serbian forces > last spring in Kosovo, said that the allies had come > closer than > most people realized to launching a ground attack > against the > Serbs. > > "We came quite close to a ground operation at the > outset," he > said, because allied forces gathering in Macedonia > were within > range of Serb artillery based in southern Serbia and > inside > Kosovo. > > "We had three American servicemen who were kidnapped > inside Macedonia," he said -- they were freed after > a visit to > Belgrade by the Rev. Jesse Jackson -- "and we had > Serb-inspired and Serb-directed mobs that sacked > five > embassies in Skopje one day. > > "So we were, at that point, nearing a defensive > operation to > protect Macedonia," the general said. "Then, as we > went > further into the campaign, this threat seemed to > recede." > > But President Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia, > Clark said, > saw that by early June, allied leaders were coming > closer to > ordering a ground attack. > > "Out of the competing military demands and political > concerns > emerged the policy," he said. "I think the > bottom-line > assessment is that we were successful." > > Allied diplomacy succeeded in keeping Russia or > other > countries opposed to the allied bombing from coming > to the > aid of Yugoslavia, in Clark's view. > > He was not prepared to say that he had been wrong to > order > Gen. Michael Jackson, the British commander who led > NATO > troops into Kosovo last June, to seize Pristina > airfield when a > Russian armored convoy arrived in a surprise > post-midnight > foray. > > But Jackson sent the order to London, where his > superiors, > backed by Secretary of Defense William Cohen in > Washington, > overruled Clark. The Russian convoy then staked out > the > ground as its own. > > The dispute, Clark said Monday, had been a policy > issue, not > a personality issue between him and Jackson. "Time > will tell > whether it was a correct resolution or not," he > said. "We're > very happy to have the Russians with us in Kosovo." > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >
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Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com From pilika at yahoo.com Wed Dec 22 15:14:59 1999 From: pilika at yahoo.com (Asti Pilika) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 12:14:59 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Congres Hearing on Balkan Policy Message-ID: <19991222201459.9854.qmail@web802.mail.yahoo.com> Testimony of Andrew Eiva, Washington Office for Bosnia, before the House Committee on International Relations, Hearing on Balkan Policy, August 4, 1999 Thank you for inviting the Washington Office for Bosnia (WOB) to provide testimony. WOB represents eleven grass-roots groups in the US who came together to "hold President Clinton morally and politically accountable for the tragic consequences of the Dayton accords" (Hearing of the House Committee on International Relations, September 19, 1996, p. 58). WOB also helped those groups gain Congressional co-sponsors to lift the US arms embargo on Bosnia in 1995 and obtain signatories for Rep. Eliot Engel's (D-NY) letter demanding air strikes to block Serb cleansing of Kosova in 1998. If you examine today's testimony by the preceding administration officials closely, you will find they avoided defining clear goals and interests, although that was the subject of the hearing. To understand the goals behind most dubious conduct, the first step is to "follow the money," to ascertain who benefits most. 1. US Policy in Kosova Since the End of Bombing After the bombing stopped, our staff focused on what KFOR is really doing in Kosova. We questioned US military officers, regional experts, and KLA members in Kosova. Our research has shown that while the official Administration position is that Milosevic must be removed from power, in practice KFOR has helped Milosevic retain significant economic and military power. 1. KFOR is allowing the Serbs to retain control of the $5 billion Trepce mine complex. The Trepce complex includes 20 major mines and processing plants with tens of thousands of employees. The real estate value of Trepce is about $5 billion. It has reportedly made millions of dollars for Milosevic personally (New York Times, July 8, 1998, page A4). Trepce is the key to Kosova's economic future. KFOR placed Trepce in the French sector. The French, who often colluded with Serb ultranationalists in the past, immediately partitioned the nearby town of Kosovska Mitrovica, letting the Serbs keep the northern half, where the valuable Trepce-related plants and factories are located. The Serbs had already cleansed the Kosovars from this northern part, where they had been a pre-war majority. When Kosovar refugees tried to return home, French troops blocked their way. The Trepce complex remains under Milosevic's control. Meanwhile, behind the KFOR shield, hundreds of Serbs are being moved into the Trepce complex according to KLA reports. KFOR appears to be rewarding the perpetrators of cleansing at the victims' expense. Although NATO bombed Serbia's economy, KFOR is protecting Milosevic's personal economy. This helps him retain power and impoverishes his opposition. 2. The Serbs are leaving covert units in Kosova, and KFOR looks the other way. Milosevic insisted on the right to keep paramilitary units in Kosova until forced to concede at the end of negotiations. Nevertheless, the Serb "Frenki" paramilitary brigade was spotted preparing to stay behind covertly despite NATO orders (Sunday Times of London, June 6, 1999). Since then, media reported violence involving armed Serbs in Pec, Orahovac, Zegra, and Gniljane. Anonymous NATO officials leaked that "hundreds, possibly thousands" of Serb troops remain in Kosova (London Sunday Telegraph, July 4, 1999). During ex-Senator Robert Dole's visit to Pec, witnesses saw Dusko Milacic, a famous member of the "Frenki" paramilitary brigade, sneaking out of the city. Italian KFOR soldiers on the scene ignored the reports, claiming nothing was happening (Kosovapress, July 6, 1999). Gniljane, in the US sector of Kosova, was the main hub of Serb "stay behind" activity in June and July, according to KLA reports. But a US military officer just back from Gniljane played down the threat in Washington last week, saying "There was a lot of concern [about stay-behind units] in the beginning, but I do not hear about it any more." Just a week before his report, however, U.S. forces had arrested four Serb paramilitaries in Gniljane, and merely returned them to the Serb authorities, stating that no action would be taken against the four men because they were "very close to the border" (Reuters, July 23, 1999). In fact, Gniljane is not close to the border. KFOR may be signaling that it will not punish Serb paramilitary activity in Kosova, acquiescing to Milosevic's intent to keep covert armed forces there. 2. US Policy Impact on Bosnia Since Dayton In Bosnia as in Kosova, following the money provides clues to the real goals of US policy. Administration officials admit that not enough has been done to implement refugee return. About 1.5 million Bosnians still cannot go home. While they suffer, however, others profit. About 250,000 homes which formerly belonged to Bosnian citizens are now controlled by Republika Srpska. The average value of such homes is $40,000. Republika Srpska's resulting real estate windfall is thus about $10 billion. US policy tools are solidifying this potential real estate windfall. The US: gerrymandered elections in Bosnia to reinforce ethnic divisions or create new ones; funded reconstruction of housing on an ethnic basis, strengthening Republika Srpska's boundaries. Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) stated that our reconstruction aid rewards ethnic cleansing (Foreign Relations Committee Hearing, July 17, 1997); chopped up the Ploce-Samac railroad, Bosnia's key rail artery, among the three ethnic statelets; and led SFOR in manning an Inter-Entity Boundary Line (IEBL), which cements Republika Srpska's boundaries. The Bosnian people have begun to recognize the results of US policy. On the eve of President Clinton's visit to the Stability Pact Summit in Sarajevo last week, Bosnian activist Ibran Mustafic was arrested for possessing 10,000 leaflets he planned to distribute to officials and media attending the summit. The leaflet's title was Save us from Dayton!, and it set forth SFOR's complicity with Milosevic's agenda in Bosnia. Mustafic was distributing the leaflets on behalf of the Mothers of Srebrenica and Podrinje Association, which he leads. A group of women from the same association smuggled their posters past cordons of police officers to get the same message through. Haris Siladjic, current co-chair of Bosnia's Council of Ministers, repeatedly asked for the use of force to return the refugees (Balkan Crisis Report No. 49, June 22, 1999). But US troops have done the opposite. According to Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI), "US troops have reinforced ethnic cleansing." In effect, they protect Republika Srpska and its real estate windfall. In Bosnia as in Kosova, US policy is on a collision course with the aspirations of the people. 3. US Interests at Stake in Our Balkan Policy The key American interests in Balkan policy are outside the Balkans. On the night he began bombing Serbia, President Clinton explained US interests as follows: "Ending this tragedy is a moral imperative. It is also important to America's national interests." The President, like Congress, put our moral interest in Kosova ahead of other national interests. US policy is about to squander a chance to make "never again" a meaningful factor in US foreign policy. Congress made scores of legislative attempts to correct US moral myopia since Serb aggression began. While Bosnia and Kosova do not equal Rwanda in scale, the Balkan television coverage exposed Americans to the moral issues at stake in a way future presidents may not enjoy. In grass-roots efforts around the country, people personally touched by the Holocaust often took the lead. Yet the Clinton administration is pretending to oppose the cleansing while rewarding it in Kosova and Bosnia. Rewarding cleansing encourages its spread. Rwanda and Chechnya followed Bosnia. After Kosova, Sandzak may be next. Abandonment of moral interests can affect strategic interests. US Balkan policy is encouraging the rise of Russian ultranationalism which could destabilize the 20,000 nuclear weapons in Russian hands. Russia, with an arc of Muslim countries to its south, has a serious interest in amicable relations between Orthodox and Muslim civilizations. When Serb aggression in the Balkans began, Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev offered to provide Russian transport planes to ferry UN troops from Muslim countries to help Bosnia. But since then, years of Western acquiescence in Milosevic's aggression have emboldened Russian ultranationalists. US Balkan policy could encourage Serb aggression in Sandzak, Vojvodina, and Montenegro. Although the media has covered the threat to Montenegro and somewhat less to Vojvodina, it has overlooked the 300,000 Muslims of Sandzak, where low-level cleansing has already begun. Sandzak's Muslims are the most prosperous in the Balkans, making them a tempting target for cleansing. US acquiescence in the destruction of Bosnian and Kosovar statehood could increase the chance of a clash between Western and Muslim civilizations. Although about 5 million members of the US Muslim community have not yet fully engaged in the American political process, their awareness of US policy is rapidly growing. New policies can better serve US interests: Congress should deprive Milosevic of his $15 billion profit from cleansing as follows: 1) Reunite Bosnia and dismantle Republika Srpska, thus eliminating Milosevic's $10 billion real estate windfall; 2) Support Kosovar independence and territorial integrity, including Kosova's sovereignty over the $5 billion dollar Trepce complex; and 3) Empower Serbs, Croats and Muslims of good will in a Balkan-wide coalition of tolerance against the forces of hatred It is time for Congress to reject any further funding of the counterproductive administration Balkan boondoggle. By asserting America's moral interests, Congress will be at its best. Nothing less will do when the administration is at its worst. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com From pilika at yahoo.com Wed Dec 22 19:26:36 1999 From: pilika at yahoo.com (Asti Pilika) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 16:26:36 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Greek Bank in Macedonia Message-ID: <19991223002636.21824.qmail@web803.mail.yahoo.com> National Bank of Greece buys Macedonian bank SKOPJE, Dec 21 (AFP) - An accord was signed here Tuesday for National Bank of Greece (NBG) to take a controlling stake in leading Macedonian institution Stopanska Banka, a statement said. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) will also take stakes in Stopanska, the country's dominant bank. Macedonian Finance Minister Boris Stojmenov and representatives of NBG, the EBRD and the IFC signed the accord, according to a joint statement. NBG will acquire a majority stake of 68.4 percent for a total investment of up to 117 million German marks (60 million dollars, euros), while the EBRD and IFC will each take a stake of up to 10.5 percent worth 18 million mark (9.2 million dollars, euros). Stopanska Banka is the largest full-service bank, and at the end of 1998 handled about 35 percent of the country's payment operations. "The presence of the EBRD and IFC alongside NBG as a strategic investor will boost confidence in Macedonia's banking system," Henry Russel, EBRD's director for Macedonia, said in the statement. He added that as "the first bank to be privatised with a strategic foreign investor, it will help to attract further foreign investments in the country." NBG deputy governor Apostolos Tamvakakis said the investment "amply demonstrates NBG's firm commitment to Macedonia's economic growth and development." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com From pilika at yahoo.com Thu Dec 23 14:50:05 1999 From: pilika at yahoo.com (Asti Pilika) Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 11:50:05 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Greqia i ofron azil Millosheviqit? Message-ID: <19991223195005.21753.qmail@web805.mail.yahoo.com> Greqia i ofron azil Millosheviqit? Prishtin?, 20 dhjetor (QIK) - Koh? m? par? flitej se Millosheviqi ka zhvilluar negociata p?r azil politik n? Greqi q? u p?rg?njeshtrua nga vet? kryeministri grek Simitis. Mir?po, k?saj radhe thuhet se jav?n e ardhshme n? Beograd do t? udh?toj? nj? zyrtar i lart? grek i cili do t? bisedoj? me Millosheviqin p?r t?rheqjen e tij nga skena politike dhe p?r azilim, por jo n? Greqi. Thuhet se Millosheviqi ka pranuar t? t?rhiqet nga vendi i tij dhe t? shkoj? n? Kin?, Libi apo Athin? me kusht q? t? pezullohet, si? thuhet, ndjekja e tij dhe e bashk?pun?tor?ve t? tij p?r krime lufte nga Gjyqi i Hag?s. Gazeta autoritative greke "Elefterotipia" konfirmon se brenda jav?s do t? shkoj? n? Beograd nj? zyrtar i lart? i Ministris? s? jashtme greke n? preferenc? t? administrat?s amerikane. Po ky burim b?n? t? ditur se qeveris? greke i ?sht? k?rkuar nga SHBA-t? q? t'i jap? azil politik presidentit jugosllav, Millosheviq, me q?llim q? ky t? largohet vullnetarisht nga pushteti. Kjo gazet? greke insiston q? ky lajm ?sht? m?se i v?rtet?. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com From kruja at fas.harvard.edu Fri Dec 24 00:57:16 1999 From: kruja at fas.harvard.edu (Eriola Kruja) Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 00:57:16 -0500 (EST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Young Eagles (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 23:30:25 -0600 From: David L. McFarland To: webmaster at albstudent.org Subject: Young Eagles HELP US FIND THIS BOY On 14 April 1999 near Gjakove, US warplanes accidently attacked a convoy of refugees. The Serbs bussed in reporters from Belgrade to see the results. In the middle of the carnage sat a 14-year boy with straw-colored hair on a cart pulled by a donkey. This picture can be seen at the following locations on the internet at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/nato_gallery/victims_default.stm and http://jonovos.com/kosc/boy.jpg My name is David L. McFarland, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, Retired and I run a program known as the Gathering of Eagles at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. Each year, to celebrate the graduation of the 600 officers from more than 70 nations who have earned a graduate level degree at the Air Command and Staff College, we bring 20 history-making aviators from around the world to pass on their stories to the class. We also have a special program for "YOUNG EAGLES." Fifty children from about age 10 to 16 are invited to fly in Beech T-34 and North American T-6 aircraft. For the last five years, Brigadier General "Chuck" Yeager, the first man to fly supersonic, has piloted the aircraft for about 15 "young eagles" and others have flown with astronauts and fighter "aces." Next June 10th, we hope to fly this boy and another from the village of Junik. We are currently working with the OSCE (Office for Security and Cooperation in Europe) in Gjakove to find the boy. We believe he is still in Kosova, but, he may be with a relative in Brussels (?) as we believe that his parents were killed. Please take a look at the picture on BBC or on the other site and help us find him. We plan to go beyond just giving him a flight and try to establish a fund to help him complete an education and establish a good life. My email is: dlmcfarland at mindspring.com From kbejko at kruncher.ptloma.edu Fri Dec 24 21:36:25 1999 From: kbejko at kruncher.ptloma.edu (KreshnikBejko) Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 18:36:25 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Arvanites and Albanians Message-ID: <199912250236.SAA08620@kruncher.ptloma.edu> Please check out the following link if you're interested. http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/reports/arvanites.html *Athens was an Arvanite village in th 1800s *When Turks invaded Greece about 45% of the population was Albanian speaking *Their language is called by them Arberishte they are Arberesh *Some get offended if you call them Shqiptar, some have no problem (those close to the border with Albania) WOW!!! What a heritage! And it's going down the tubes with stigma attached to Albanians, with the assimilation of many Arvanites, etc etc Merry Christmas or Winter Solstice:) From aalibali at yahoo.com Tue Dec 28 12:02:29 1999 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 09:02:29 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] News from Korca Message-ID: <19991228170229.1843.qmail@web125.yahoomail.com> [02] Greek-Albanian cooperation in energy sector highlighted Athens, 28/12/1999 (ANA) Development Minister Evangelos Venizelos yesterday announced several initiatives and economic cooperation in the energy sector between Greece and Albania. They concern decisions coming in the wake of the recent meeting between Mr. Venizelos and Albanian Prime Minister Ilir Meta last week. It was decided that in the power sector, after the recent agreement on the sale at a favourable price of quantitites needed by the Albanian side by the Public Power Corp. (DEH) to the Albanian power utility (KESH) for 2.85 cents per kilowatt, while Gree ce will undertake all necessary actions for the overall upgrading of the distribution network in the Korce region (budgeted at about five billion drachmas, which will be developed over a period of three years) and paying all the relevant expenditures whic h will be covered by development aid funds and will be included in Athens' Balkan reconstruction plan. An acute problem exists in the region of Korce with continuous stoppages in electric power supply. The Albanian government expressed its satisfaction over the Greek offer, also in the framework of the relevant memorandum signed between the administrations of DEH and KESH in Thessaloniki in September. It was also agreed that a delegation of Development Ministry and DEH officials will visit Albania again in January for an on-the-spot inspection of technical issues related to the management of water resources and the building of hydroelectric plants. Athens News Agency __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com From dea_m78 at yahoo.com Wed Dec 29 15:28:33 1999 From: dea_m78 at yahoo.com (Dea Marko) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 12:28:33 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Tani eshte rradha e Pocit Message-ID: <19991229202833.23390.qmail@web1006.mail.yahoo.com> Albanian interior minister caught in stolen vehicle ATHENS, Dec 27 (AFP) - Greek customs officers caught Albanian Interior Minister Spatak Poci in a stolen Mercedes last week, police revealed Monday. Poci had been about to start a two day official visit to Greece when his large black Mercedes was impounded at the Kristallopygi frontier post, the sources said. Customs officers used new equipment installed prior to Greece's entry into the Schengen accord on open borders in Europe to make their discovery. With the help of Interpol, they found the vehicle had been stolen in Italy at the beginning of the year and later sold in Albania. The engine and chassis numbers had been faked. Poci raised no objection to the car being impounded and finished his journey in a car lent by his Greek counterpart Michalis Chrysohoidis. He returned to Albania by plane after signing an accord with Chrysohoidis ... on strengthening border controls along the Greek-Albanian frontier. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com From dea_m78 at yahoo.com Wed Dec 29 15:29:46 1999 From: dea_m78 at yahoo.com (Dea Marko) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 12:29:46 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] A DUHET TE SHKONTE META NE ATHINE Message-ID: <19991229202946.24108.qmail@web1002.mail.yahoo.com> A DUHET TE SHKOJE ZOTI META NE ATHINE? Zhvillimi i marr?dh?nieve dypal?she shqiptaro-greke duhet t? kryhet vet?m mbi baz?n e barazis?, mosnd?rhyrjes n? pun?t e brendshme, interesit reciprok dhe dinjitetit shtet?ror e komb?tar. P?r fat t? keq, vihet re nj? n?nshtrim I palejuesh?m i Shqip?ris? n? marr?dh?niet dypal?she. Gjithashtu, v?rehet me shqet?simse nj? strategji djall?zore po zbatohet dit? p?r dit? n? Shqip?ri me synim p?rfundimtar helenizimin e Tosk?ris? dhe Lab?ris? dhe aneksimin paq?sor t? tyre me Greqin?. N? k?t? drejtim konsiderata ultra-liberale, super-optimiste, apo q? minimizojn? a priori k?t? rrezik, - t? shprehura her? pas here lidhur me marr?dh?niet dypal?she -, jan? jo-realiste, p?r t? mos th?n? t? d?mshme p?r interesat e t? ardhmen e vendit. Ato, n? fakt, nxisin nj? politik? t? nj?anshme e t? rrezikshme l?shimesh ndaj fqinjit t? Jugut. N? k?t? kuad?r, vizita e ardhshme e Kryeministriti Ilir Meta n? Greqi vlen t? analizohet me shum? kujdes. Faktet , ngjarjet dhe problemet e koh?ve t? fundit ven? n? pik?pyetje vet? nevoj?n e kryerjes s? k?saj vizit?. P?r m? tep?r, ato ngrejn? domosdoshm?rin? e nj? rishikimi t? plot? t? marr?dh?nieve shqiptaro-greke, si dhe vendosjen e tyre jo mbi baz?n kolonialiste skllav?ruese aktuale, por mbi baza krejt t? tjera, ashtu si? duhet t? jen? n? t? v?rtet? marr?dh?net midis dy shtetve sovrane. A ?sht? shfuqizuar Ligji grek i Luft?s? Me ndonj? p?rjashtim t? vog?l, pak ?sht? shkruajtur n? shtypin shqiptar p?r deklaratat krejt t? pap?rgjegjshme t? Presidentit nacionalist grek Stefanopullos n? dark?n zyrtare t? shtruar p?r nder t? Presidentit amerikan Bill Klinton gjat? vizit?s s? k?tij t? fundit n? Athin?. Nd?rkoh? kur p?rjashta, turmat e eg?rsuara po digjnin zemr?n e qytetit, - ashtu sikurse u dogj Saranda, Vlora e qytete t? tjera shqiptare m? 1997 - Presidenti grek i jepte nj? leksion mizerab?l historie mikut t? nderuar amerikan. Z. Stefanopullos shkoi deri atje sa t? p?rmend? "Luft?n e Greqis? me Shqip?rin? m? 1940", nd?rkoh? q? dihet bot?risht se ishin trupat e Musolinit ato q?, pasi kishin pushtuar Shqip?rin?, filluan edhe aventur?n ushtarake kund?r Greqis?. M? e pakta q? duhet t? kishte b?r? Ambasadori shqiptar n? Athin? n? at? moment do t? kishte qen? largimi i menj?hersh?m dhe i duksh?m nga salla! M? e pakta q? duhet t? kishte b?r? diplomacia shqiptare, q? madje kryesohet edhe nga nj? historian I njohur, do t? kishte q?n? nj? paraqitja e nj? protest? serioze me shkrim Ambasadorit Malia n? Tiran?. Madje aq i dob?t ishte fjalimi i Z. Stefanopullos at? mbr?mje, saq? e detyroi Presidentin Amerikan t'i thot? me diplomaci kolegut grek se "historin? duhet ta njohim, por jo t? mbetemi peng t? saj." T? ishte kjo vet?m nj? lajthitje historike e Z. Stefanopullos, do t? ishte vet?m gjysma e s? keqes. Nj? ngjarje e till? nuk tregon vet?m p?r karakterin thjesht propagandistik t? deklaratave t? Presidentit grek n? Tiran? m? 1996 se gjoja Greqia q?nkesh shk?putur nga fantazmat e s? kaluar?s, etj. Lepuri fle gjetiu. Jan? me qindra dhe mij?ra shtetasit shqiptar? q? kan? prona n? territorin grek, si p?r shembull n? Janin?, Paramithi, Gumenic?, Art?, Filat, Prevez?, Athin?, Selanik, Kostur, Follorin?, n? Peloponez, Thesali e gjetk?, por q? nuk lejohen p?r t'I marr? ato. N? baz? t? t? gjitha akteve e dokumenteve nd?rkomb?tare shteti grek ?sht? i detyruar q? t'ua kthej? ato pronar?ve t? vet t? ligjsh?m. Por si vepron djall?zia mitologjike greke n? k?t? rast p?r t? mos lejuar kthimin e pronave tek pronar?t e tyre t? ligjsh?m? Duke mbajtur n? fuqi Ligjin e Luft?s me Shqip?rin?! Jan? thjesht p?rralla dhe propagand? deklarimet sipas t? cilave qeveria greke e Andrea Papandreut e ka shfuqizuar k?t? ligj absurd prej koh?sh. Nuk ?sht? aspak e v?rtet?. Individ? fanatik? "vorioepirot?" mburren, p?r shembull, kur bie fjala p?r ligjin duke th?n? se Presidenti I at?hersh?m grek, Kristo Sarcetaqi "nuk e ka n?nshkruar Dekretin p?r abrogimin e Ligjit". P?r fat t? keq. k?to z?ra bizantin? v?rtetohen p?r dit? nga praktika juridike n? shtetin grek, q? vazhdon t? ndaloj? kthimin e pronave kur pronar?t e ligjsh?m jan? shqiptar?. Madje koh?t e fundit ka patur disa raste kur shtetasve shqiptar? u ?sht? mohuar kjo e drejt? themelore vet?m e vet?m p?r shkak t? k?tij Ligjit t? paabroguar t? Luft?s, p?r t? cilat ?sht? v?n? n? dijeni edhe Ministria e Jashtme shqiptare, L?nia n? fuqi e k?tij ligji bizantin jo vet?m q? ?sht? nj? tallje ndaj Shqip?ris? dhe shtetasve t? saj, por p?rb?n edhe nj? shkelje flagrante t? angazhimeve t? Greqis? n? aren?n nd?rkomb?tare. Dihet se p?r t'u antar?suar n? Bashkimin Europian, nj? prej parakushteve ?sht? edhe zgjidhja e problemeve dhe mosmarr?veshjeve territoriale me fqinj?t. Dhe Greqia, p?rpara se sa t? antar?sohej n? BE, nd?rmorri detyrime t? tilla para partner?ve europian?. Por, me sa duket, k?to kan? qen? vet?m fjal?. Lidhur p?rs?ri me pronat, Greqia ka miratuar k?t? vit nj? tjet?r Ligj p?r Regjistrimin e Pronave t? Paluajtshme dhe Kadastr?s, i cili p?rmban dispozita q? pengojn? t? drejt?n e pronar?ve t? ligjsh?m jo-grek? p?r t? g?zuar pronat e tyre. Madje jan? dh?n? edhe afate dhe vendosur mjete t? tjera juridike p?r t? v?shtir?suar kthimin e pronave pretendentit t? ligjsh?m. N? qoft? se Zoti Meta shkon n? athin?, ai pa tjet?r q? duhet t'i k?rkoj? Z. Simitis q? ky ligj t? ndryshohet p?r t? pasqyruar te drejtat e ligjshme t? pronar?ve shqiptar?. Qeveria shqiptare nuk duhet t? ngurroj? asnj? fije p?r t'u b?r? t? ditur Komisionit Europian n? Bruksel, Parlamentit Europian n? Strasburg, si dhe t? gjitha qeverive antare, shqet?simet e saj t? thell? p?r k?to probleme. Esht? pothuajse e sigurt? se partner?t europian?, t? m?rzitur pa mas? nga vicklat q? Greqia ka hedhur vazhdimisht n? aren?n europiane, do t? nd?rhyjn? me vendosm?ri dhe do t'ia shtr?ngojn? vidhat ashtu si? duhet. Esht? absolutisht e domosdoshme q? Shqip?ria ta p?rdor? pa hezitim k?t? lev? t? fuqishme diplomatike me miqt? e vet? europian?. Propaganda greke mund t? vazhdoj? t? deklaroj? se Ligji i Luft?s nuk ekziston. Por sikurse tham? m? sip?r, faktet flasin ndryshe. Ligji I luft?s ekziston si Dekret i pafirmosur Presidencial, ai ekziston n? praktik?n e sotme juridike t? administrat?s dhe gjykatave greke, dhe ai ekziston madje edhe n? mendjen nacionaliste t? Presidenti grek.. A mund t? zgjidhet problemi ?am? Nj? tjet?r arsye q? shtyn qeverin? greke t? mbaj? de facto n? fuqi Ligjin e Luft?s ?sht? edhe problemi ?am. Dihet se shembulli i par? i spastrimit etnik n? Ballkan u zbatua nga bandat a Napolon Zerv?s m? 1944 q?, pasi therr?n pleq, gra e f?mij?, dhe pasi dogj?n e pla?kit?n ?am?rin?, ndoq?n nga vatrat e tyre shekullor? nj? pjes? t? popullsis? ?ame vet?m sepse i takonte besimit musliman. Kjo ishte edhe nj? nga arsyet e fshehta e subkoshiente t? q?ndrimi negativ e pro-serb t? Greqis? ndaj tragjedis? m? t? fundit t? sivjetme n? Kosov?, tragjedi q? ishte aq remineshente e tragjedis? ?ame. "Nuk ekziston nj? problem ?am", u deklarojn? me nervoziz?m zyrtar?t grek? koleg?ve t? tyre shqiptar? kur k?ta kuturisin e thon? ndonj? fjal? me gjys?m z?ri. "Esht? nj? problem historik", shprehet ndonj? ekspert filo-helen, p?r t? cilin kan? m? shum? r?nd?si privilegjet q? gjen n? vizitat n? Greqi, sesa e v?rteta historike. Problemi ?am ?sht? nj? problem thelb?sor n? marr?dh?niet shqiptaro-greke. Pa nj? zgjidhje t? tij q? do t? siguronte kthimin e plot? dhe pa kushte t? t? gjitha familjeve ?ame n? ?am?ri, nuk mund t? ket? zhvillim t? marr?dh?nieve dypal?she. Qeveria shqiptare duhet t? kusht?zoj? mbajtjen e ?do kontakti dypal?sh n? t? gjitha nivelet me hapa konkrete dhe progresive nga pala greke p?r zgjidhjen e plot? dhe t? shpejt? t? problemit ?am. ?am?t jan? t? vetmit shtetas t? Europ?s s? Bashkuar q? diskriminohen padrejt?sisht dhe t? cil?ve u mohohet e drejta p?r t? jetuar n? vendin e tyre. Ata nuk k?rkojn? t? pamundur?n. Ata nuk duan ndryshim kufinjsh. Ata duan t? jetojn? n? paqe e harmoni, duke respektuar ligjet e shtetit grek dhe t? Europ?s s? Bashkuar. Shteti shqiptar ?sht? i detyruar t'i ndihmoj?. Kryeministri Meta, po qe se nuk do ta shtyj? vizit?n n? Greqi p?r ndonj? koh? m? t? mir?, duhet q? me kurajon dhe guximin q? e karakterizon, t'ia shtroj? n? tavolin? k?t? problem kolegut t? vet grek. Ai duhet t'i thot? Z. Simitis se Shqip?ria nuk ?sht? e p?rgatitur t? nxis? m? tej zhvillimin e marr?dh?nieve dypal?she po qe se qeveria greke nuk nd?rmerr hapa konkrete p?r kthimin e ?am?ve n? ?am?ri. Esht? mbajtja n? fuqi de facto e Ligjit absurd t? Luft?s q? sh?rben si pretekst p?r t? penguar kthimin e ?am?ve n? trojet e tyre. Sa p?r propagand?n greke se gjoja ?am?t kan? bashk?punuar me nazist?t dhe ik?n vullnetarisht nga Greqia p?r t'i shp?ruar d?nimit, nj? gj? e till? ?sht? sa absurde aq edhe e pav?rtet?. Sepse dihet bot?risht se vet? Zerva ishte bashk?pun?tor i nazist?ve, madje u detyrua t? jap? dor?heqjen nga posti i Ministrit t? Brendsh?m m? 1946 pasiq? i doli emri n? Gjyqin e Nurembergut. Qeveria shqiptare e ka p?r detyr? ta ngrej? lart z?rin e saj p?r t? mbrojtur t? drejt?n e pamohueshme t? shqiptar?ve ?am? p?r t'u kthyer n? ?am?ri. A i duhet Shqip?ris? plani "komb?tar" grek p?r Ballkanin? Nj? tjet?r rebus q? do t? duhet t? ballafaqoj? Meta ?sht? edhe i ashtuquajturi plan "komb?tar" grek p?r zhvillimin e Ballkanit. Po t'i hedh?sh nj? sy k?tij dokumenti do t? v?resh menj?her? se t? kujton planet pes?vje?are t? periudh?s komuniste n? Shqip?ri, ku kishte shum? fjal? e premtime, dhe fare pak rezultate. Dihet se Greqia ?sht? vendi m? i varf?r n? Bashkimin Europian. Ajo ?sht? e prirur q? ta orientoj? zhvillimin e rajonit kah interesi i vet. Greqia d?shiron akset vertikale sikurse jan? ato Selanik - Beograd, etj. Asaj kurrsesi nuk i intereson boshti i fuqish?m Durr?s - Det i Zi, p?r t? cilin aq shum? ?sht? e interesuar Shqip?ria, vendet e tjera ballkanike, Italia, dhe madje vet? SHBA. Athina nuk po le gur? pa l?vizur p?r ta shnd?rruar orientimin pro-per?ndimor horizontal t? Shqip?ris? n? orientim vertikal pro-Athin?s. Plani "komb?tar" ekonomik grek nuk ?sht? gj? tjet?r ve?se nj? tjet?r mjet p?r ta lidhur zhvillimin ekonomik t? Shqip?ris? me qerren e Athin?s. Por ka edhe arsye t? tjera q? e shtyjn? Greqin? q? "t? vrapoj?" p?r t? shpalosur planet e veta t? pavler?. Greqia merr rreth tre miliard? dollar? n? vit falas nga Bashkimi Europian. Nj?koh?sisht, ajo shfryt?zon pun?n e ndershme t? m?se 500,000 shqiptar?ve dhe emigrant?ve t? tjer?, q? i jep t? ardhura shum? t? ?muara ekonomis? greke. Mir?po Greqia ka nd?rmarr? nj? plan t? madh "modernizimi" t? forcave t? veta t? armatosura, q? shkon n? miliarda dollar? shpenzime. K?shtuq? Greqis? i duhen para t? tjera p?r t? marr? nga Evropa. E pra, n?p?rmjet t? planit t? vet "komb?tar", Greqia me nj? gur vret dy zogj: nga nj?ra an? rrit ndikimin e vet ekonomik e politik n? Shqip?ri dhe Ballkan, dhe nga ana tjet?r i merr para t? tjera Europ?s, dhe pik?rish nga ato fonde q? jan? t? destinuara p?r Kosov?n dhe p?r vendet e tjera t? rajonit. Rrug?n p?r n? Europ? Shqip?ria nuk duhet ta lidhi me qerren greke.. Zoti Meta nuk duhet t? n?nshkruaj? asnj? marr?veshje ekonomike apo politike n? Athin? q? mund t? komprometoj? interesat e Shqip?ris? dhe lidhjet e saja t? drejtp?rdrejta me Europ?n. Qeveria e Zotit Meta duhet ta hedhi posht? planin "komb?tar" grek, dhe t? siguroj? zhvillimin ekonomik e shoq?ror t? vendit ashtu sikurse e k?rkojn? interesat e Shqip?ris?, dhe jo t? Greqis?? A ka minoritet shqiptar n? Greqi dhe a shtypet minoritet grek n? Shqip?ri? Nj? nga mithet e krijuara me ngulm gjat? viteve nga propaganda greke ?sht? se gjoja Greqia ?sht? nj? vend homogjen dhe pa minoritete, dhe se minoriteti grek n? Shqip?ri "i p?rb?r? nga t? pakt?n 400,000 frym?, shtypet dhe diskriminohet pa kufi nga qeveria shqiptare." Ndofta asgj? nuk ?sht? m? larg s? v?rtet?s se sa pohime t? tilla. Minoriteti grek n? Shqip?ri ka jetuar, ?sht? trajtuar, dhe jeton e trajtohet sot e gjith? dit?n nj?lloj, p?r t? mos th?n? m? mir? se vet? shqiptar?t. I sjell? nga Greqia n? pjes?n e Shqip?ris? s? Poshtme kah shekulli i XVIII, ky minoritet ka gjetur nj? trajtim v?llaz?ror midis shqiptar?ve. Madje edhe gjat? periudh?s s? Hoxh?s ky minoritet trajtohej m? mir? se shqiptar?t, dhe g?zonte privilegje dhe favore t? shumta. Propaganda dhe mithi p?r gjoja "vuajtjet dhe diskriminimin e e minoriteti grek" nuk ?sht? gj? tjet?r ve?se nj? mjet djall?zor p?r t? realizuar ?ndrr?n absurde t? "vorioepirit", dhe p?r t? aneksuar Tosk?rin?, Lab?rin? dhe Kor??n n? Greqi. Por kjo kart? p?rdoret edhe p?r t? larguar v?mendjen nga problemi real dhe i mpreht? i minoriteteve n? Greqi, ku vet? ekzistenca e tyre mohohet me kryene??si nga ana qeveris? dhe kish?s nacionaliste ortodokse greke. Dhe n? vend q? sot Greqia t? njoh? zyrtarisht ekzistenc?n dhe t? drejtat e pakicave shqiptare, turke, maqedonase, etj, n? territorin e saj, d?gjojm? p?rs?ri thirrjet tashm? bajate t? Presidentit grek n? nj? Konferenc? t? Diaspor?s Greke t? mbajtur n? Selanik para disa dit?sh ku Z. Stefanopullos k?rkoi "hapjen e shkollave greke n? Kor?? dhe Himar?." Zoti Stefanopullos duhet t? dij? se populli shqiptar i Kor??s dhe i Bregdetit t? Lab?ris? dhe Himar?s d?shiron t? m?soj? si gjuh? t? huaja gjuh?t e OKB-s? para se sa t? shijoj? dhimotiqin? greke. Dhe p?rpara se Zoti Stefanopullos t'i k?rkoj? popullit t? Kor??s patriote dhe t? Himar?s labe q? t? m?sojn? greqisht, ai duhet t'i k?rkoj? qeveris? s? tij n? Athin? q? t? hap? shkolla shqipe jo vet?m p?r f?mij?t e emigrant?ve shqiptar? n? Greqi, por edhe p?r arvanitasit e m?se 600 fshatrave arb?rore t? Peloponezit, Atik?s, Eubes? e Thesalis?. N? qoft? se Greqia e mban veten me t? v?rtet? vend europian, at?here ajo duhet pa humbur koh? t? siguroj? arsimimin n? gjuh?n amtare t? t? gjitha pakicave n? Greqi. Dhe Zoti Meta nuk duhet t? ngurroj? q? t'ia k?rkoj? k?t? gj? kolegut t? vet n? Athin?. Por ka edhe nj? arsye tjet?r sipas t? cil?s Greqia nxit k?t? politik? jorealiste dhe t? rrezikshme. Sipas analist?sh t? huaj, ekziston nj? plan greko-serb p?r cop?timin e Shqip?ris? dhe Kosov?s. Si hap t? par?, ky plan parashikon "kantonizimin", dhe si hap t? fundit, inkorporimin e Kosov?s veriore (me Mitrovic?n dhe minierate Trep??s) n? Serbi, dhe t? Shqip?ris? Jugore (Kor??s, Gjirokastr?s dhe Himar?s) n? Greqi. Hapat e para jan? hedhur n? Shqip?ri me Kushtetut?n q? pranoi propozimin grek p?r ndryshimin e struktur?s s? pushtetit lokal n? favor t? krijimit t? "qarqeve" apo "rajoneve", kurse n? Kosov? me ndarjen tashm? permanente t? Mitrovic?s. Nj? skenar i till? p?r Kosov?n madje ?sht? "parashikuar" dhe nga ekspert? grek? t? ELIAMEP (Fondacioni grek p?r studimet europiane) n? nj? seminar t? zhvilluar para nj? viti n? Tiran?. Sa p?r Shqip?rin?, dihet "kontributi" q? dhan? n? hartimin e Kushtetut?s shqiptare ekspert?t e ardhur nga Greqia. P?r t? gjitha arsyet e m?sip?rme b?het m? se e domosdoshme q? qeveria shqiptare t? k?rkoj? pa hezitim njohjen e menj?hershme t? minoritetit t? madh shqiptar n? Greqi. Ky hap jo vet?m q? do t? emanciponte s? tep?rmi shtetin dhe shoq?rin? greke, por gjithashtu do t? p?rb?nte nj? kontribut real dhe t? jast?zakonsh?m n? paqen, begatin? dhe stabilitetin e rajonit dhe t? vet? Greqis?. Nj? gj? e till? p?rfundimisht do t? shmangte deklarimet absurde t? Z. Stefanopullos, t? tellall?ve t? tjer? t? shovinizmit grek, si dhe veprimet q? lidhen me k?to q?ndrime. A mund t'i kthej? Greqia emigrant?t shqiptar? atje? Nj? nga mithet e tjera t? krijuara me ngulm dhe kujdes nga propaganda greke n? Shqip?ri ?sht? se "me Greqin? s'kemi se ?'t? b?jm?, sepse na kthejn? menj?her? 100,000 emigrant?, dhe na mori lumi pastaj." Po a mundet me t? v?rtet? t'i kthej? Greqia emigrant?t shqiptar?? S? pari, duhet th?n? se Greqia e ka p?rdorur k?t? kart? sa her? q? qeveria shqiptare ka vepruar si qeveri sovrane n? marr?dh?niet e saj me fqinjin e jugut. Sa her? q? grek?t e kan? par? se interesat e tyre n? Shqip?ri jan? c?nuar sado pak, menj?her? kan? filluar fshes?n me shqiptar?t. Dhe qqeveria shqiptare menj?her? ka ngritur duart lart! N? lidhje me k?t? mjet t? ul?t presioni, duhen sqaruar k?to pika: s? pari, Greqia ka interes q? t? shfryt?zoj? pun?n e emigrant?ve shqiptar?, prandaj mund t? marr? masa vet?m p?r nj? grup t? vog?l emigrant?sh dhe vet?m p?rkoh?sisht; s? dyti, ?do lloj operacioni brutal kundra emigrant?ve do t? kryhej n? sy t? opinionit publik bot?ror, i cili do t'ia merrte me t? madhe Greqis? p?r shkeljet ? r?nda q? do t? verifikoheshin dhe Greqis? kurrsesi nuk do t'i ineresonte nj? gj? e till?; s? treti, Greqia prej koh?sh ka marr? si detyrim n? marr?veshjet dypal?she me shtetin shqiptar legalizimin e emigrant?ve, dhe shteti shqiptar i ka p?rmbushur detyrimet e veta dhe, pra, Greqia duhet t'u p?rmbahet detyrimeve t? saja; s? kat?rti, kur Shqip?ria ishte n? gjendje t? strehonte 500,000 refugjat? nga Kosova vet?m disa muaj m? par?, at?here kuptohet se ajo ?sht? n? gjendje q?, n? rastin m? t? keq, t? pres? 100,000 nga bijt? e saj n? Greqi; s? pesti, edhe sikur n? k?t? kontingjent t? kthyerish t? penetrojn? n? Shqip?ri rreth 1000 bandit? t? burgjeve greke p?r t? djegur e shkat?rruar jugun, ata mund t? neutralizohen me pun?n dhe p?rpjekjet e organeve t? specializuara shqiptare dhe ndihm?n e opozit?s; s? gjashti, nj? operacion i till? do t? galvanizonte dhe bashkonte shqiptar?t me nj?ri tjetrin, gj? q? nuk do t? ishte aspak n? interes t? Greqis?. Si p?rfundim, karta e "fshes?s" ?sht? vet?m nj? bllof, dhe qeveria shqiptare nuk duhet kurrsesi t? ket? frik?, t? trembet, dhe t? kusht?zoj? vendimet dhe veprimet e veta nga spektri i d?bimit t? refugjat?ve. P?rfundimisht, Zoti Meta duhet t? mendohet mir? p?rpara se t? shkoj? n? Greqi. Madje, duke patur parasysh provokimet e vazhdueshme t? ndodhura madje edhe gjat? koh?ve t? fundit, ai duhet t? shikoj? mund?sin? edhe t? shtyrjes s? k?saj vizite "p?r nj? koh? tjet?r m? t? p?rshtatshme". Sinjali m? i fuqish?m duhet t'i jepet Greqis? q? Shqip?ria nuk do t? toleroj? m? fyerje, si dhe munges? barazie dhe dinjiteti n? raportet dypal?she. Zoti Meta nuk duhet ta ler? q? t'i humb? ky shans. P?rndryshe, ai duhet t'ia thot? pa ngurrim dhe haptas Z. Simitis se ky vend ka zot, dhe se Shqip?ria do t? ngrej? dhe zhvilloj? m? tej marr?dh?niet me Greqin? vet?m kur kjo e fundit (1) t? abrogoj? p?rfundimisht dhe realisht Ligjin e Luft?s s? bashku me pasojat negative t? tij ndaj interesave t? pronar?ve shqiptar?, (2) t? pranoj? kthimin e shpejt? dhe t? plot? t? ?am?ve n? ?am?ri, (3) t? njoh? menj?her? minoritetin e gjer? shqiptar n? Greqi. Pirro Melani __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com From aalibali at yahoo.com Thu Dec 30 09:42:11 1999 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 06:42:11 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Instituti Gjergj Fishta Message-ID: <19991230144211.15162.qmail@web108.yahoomail.com> KOHA JONE Fishta - simbol i kultures kombetare Krijohet Instituti i Studimeve Shqiptare "Gjergj Fishta". Perurohen me kete rast librat: "Estetike dhe Kritike", antologji me shkrime te Gj.Fishtes, pergatitur nga Persida Asllani, "Miti dhe antimiti fishtian", dhjete ese, me autor Tonin Cobanin Migena Hoxhalli Gjergj Fishta dhe vepra e tij ka mbledhur mbreme ne nje nder lokalet me luksoze te Tiranes, "Piazza Bar", disa prej figurave me te shquara te gjuhes dhe letersise shqipe, por dhe te politikes, ndermjet tyre kryeministri Ilir Meta, nenkryetari i Parlamentit Namik Dokle, deputeti Pjeter Arbnori etj. Kjo dite shpalli themelimin e Institutit te pare privat te Studimeve Shqiptare, i cili u pagezua me emrin e At Gjergj Fishtes. Fjala z.Aurel Plasari "Te nderuar kolege, te dashur miq, Ideja per nje institucion si ky qe perurojme sot, te pavarur dhe privat, ka lindur dhe ka marre forme qysh ne fillim te viteve '90, mbas fitimit te pluralizmit politik dhe kulturor ne Shqiper. Kane pjesen e tyre ne kete ide punetore te dijes (doktore shkencash, profesore universitare, shkrimtare etj.) nga Tirana dhe Shkodra, nga Kosova dhe nga mjediset e shqiptareve te Italise, si dhe albanologe ne ze nga vende te ndryshme te Evropes dhe SHBA, te cilet jo vetem kane kontribuar me sugjerimet neper kete pervoje (se paku per brezin tone) te re, por edhe na kane nderuar me aderimin e tyre ne Institut. Si nder ideuesit e nje institucioni pak a shume te ketille, e ndiej detyre te kujtoj mes atyre qe ne kete ceremoni mungojne, Prof. I.Zamputin, i cili nuk eshte me. Permend edhe At Daniel Gjecajn qe ndodhet ne Rome, Dr.Sabri Hamitin dhe Dr.Engjell Sedajn ne Prishtine, Dr.Anton Berishen ne Kozence etj., te cilet edhe kesaj ceremonie i kane derguar pershendetjet me te mira. ISSH eshte riorganizuar si vijim i fondacionit "Gjergj Fishta", krijuar me 1993, me te cilen u perpoqem (dhe ia dolem) te ringjallnim traditen e punes kulturore te institucionalizuar rreth botimeve te Hyllit te Drites, revistes se pare kulturore ne shtetin shqiptar (1913), te mbyllur me pedhune nga regjimi i vendosur ne Shqiperi mbas Luftes se dyte boterore (1944). Ne kete kuptim, ISSH "Gjergj Fishta" shpreson te zhvilloje me tej disa nga anet pozitivee te dy institucioneve te viteve te Luftes: Institutit te Studimeve Shqiptare te drejtuar nga Prof. E.Koliqi dhe Institutit Shqiptar te Studimeve te drejtuar nga At A.Harapi. Por, idealisht, themeluesit e ISSH kane besim me shume ne modelin e shoqerise "Bashkimi", me te cilen fillon ne kulturen shqiptare tradita e mirefillte e akademizmit, 100 vjetorin e se ciles do te duhej ta festonim kete vit dhe nuk e kemi festuar ende. Themeluesit e dine qe ne bote ekziston nje tradite e instituteve shkencore shteterore, apo e akademive mbreterore, e krijuar prej Luigjeve XIII, XIV a XV, por ja qe u eshte mbushur mendja se edhe tradita e instituteve shkencore dhe e akademive te pavarura eshte e forte dhe ka dhene fryte te cmuara ne te gjithe boten demokratike. Nga pikepamja legale, ISSH eshte krijuar ne baze te ligjit nr.7850, date 29.07.1994 te "Kodit Civil te Republikes se Shqiperise", nenet 54-64. Ai eshte konceptuar si institucion i pavarur kerkimor, studimor dhe keshillimor, me funksion jo fitimprures, me qellim te kontribuoje ne njohjen dhe perhapjen e vepres dhe veprimtarise jo vetem te Gjergj Fishtes, por edhe te figurave te tjera madhore te kultures kombetare shqiptare, si dhe ne pergjithesi ne rivleresimin e kesaj kulture dhe te specifikave te saj ne kontekstin ballkanik, ate evropian, dhe me pertej. ISSH do ta zhvilloje veprimtarine e tij ne territorin e Republikes se Shqiperise ne perputhje me legjislacionin shqiptar ne fuqi, si dhe jashte Republikes se Shqiperise ne perputhje me legjislacionet e vendeve perkatese. Qendra e tij do te jete ne Tirane, me seline ne Rr. Qemal Stafa, nr.231 Mundem, qysh ne kete cast, te njoftoj se ISSH ka hyre tanime ne kontakt me tere institucione homologe te tij ne Ballkan dhe ne Evrope dhe po punon per t'i shtuar kontaktet. Mbas kesaj ceremonie gezimi, do te filloje organizimi i bordeve dhe shqyrtimin e projekteve te para, he per he, ne dy drejtime fillestare: ate te botimeve dhe te veprimtarive shkencore, per t'i zgjeruar mandej veprimtarite edhe ne drejtime te tjera. Perfitoj prej ketij rasti t'ju siguroj se edhe te gjitha projektet qe Institutit do t'i propozohen nga pale apo individe, do te shqyrtohen me predispozite krejt pozitive. Ne emer themeluesve (por ne te vertete, edhe te ideuesve) te ISSH, ju falenderoj te gjitheve qe na nderuar me pjesemarrjen ne kete ngjarje te gezuar dhe kam kenaqesine t'ia le fjalen Presidentit te Nderit te Institutit At Zef Pellumbi". Pas pershendetjes se ish nxenesit te Fishte, at Zef Pellumbi, qe evokoi vepren e intelektualeve te "harruar": Abat Doci me Shoqerine Bashkimi, Shtjefen Gjecovi me Kanunin e Leke Dukagjinit, Ernest Koliqi me Institutin e Studimeve Shqiptare e shume te tjere, krijimi i Institutit u pershendet, permes nje letre te derguar nga Roma, edhe nga At Danjel Gjecaj, autor i monografise se pare per Fishten. Me kete rast fjalen e moren nenkryetari i Parlamentit, Namik Dokle dhe Imzot Rok Mirdita. "Estetike dhe Letersi" dhe "Miti dhe antimiti fishtjan" Themelimi i ketij Instituti u shoqerua dhe me prezantimin e dy librave me te fundit qe kane per objekt te tyre figuren e Gjergj Fishtes. Behet fjale per permbledhjen: "Estetike dhe kritike" qe ka per autor vete Gjergj Fishten, nje antologji kjo e pergatitur nga Persida Asllani, si dhe per librin me esse te studiuesit Tonin Cobani "Miti dhe antimiti fishtjan". Antologjia "Estetike dhe kritike" u prezantua nga studiuesi Stefan Capaliku i cili shprehu kenaqesine, qe, ne diten e themelimit te Institutit te Studimeve Shqiptare iu dha mundesia te thoshte disa fjale per kete veper, "nxjerre" nga pusi i madh fishtjan, sepse, nese "Shqiperia,- thote Capaliku,- ka nevoje te integrohet ne rrjedhat evropiane, sigurisht qe ky integrim do te ndodhe nepermjet kultures, qe do te thote se ne radhe te pare, ne duhet te kemi disa vlera per te prezantuar". Sipas Capalikut, pa dyshim, nje prej ketyre vlerave eshte dhe libri "Estetike dhe krritike" e Fishtes, nje permbledhje e te gjithe artikujve te Fishtes ne fushe te kritikes dhe estetikes e bere me mjaft kujdes dhe me plot sens akademik nga Persida Asllani. Libri eshte nje pasyre qe deshmon nje fytyre pak te njohur ne ditet tona te Fishtes, jo me Fishten si poet, por Fishten si gjykues te vlerave poetike dhe atyre estetike ne pergjithesi. "Fishta,- vazhdon Capaliku,- i cili eshte pa dyshim figura me e plote e kultures klasike shqiptare, duke jetuar ne fillimin e ketij shekulli nuk eshte ndikuar nga influencat dhe tendencat e reja estetike qe vinin nga perendimi". Ai njihte shume mire Berksonin, Ipoli Tenin, Krocen e filozofe te tjere qe dominuan ne gjysmen e pare te ketij shekulli. "Ne kete kuptim ,- perfundon Capaliku,- mendoj se libri qe kemi ne dore do te jete ndoshta themeli i nje kulture humane, i nje humaniteti shqiptar me te cilin edhe mund te zere fill ne pikepamje akademike". Ndersa prezantimin e studimit me esse "Miti dhe antimiti fishtjan" te Tonin Cobanit e beri nje tjeter studiues i letersise shqipe, Xhezahir Abazi. Ai e quajti studimin njeheresh guxim dhe seriozitet nga ana e Cobanit."Them guxim,- sqaron Abazi,- sepse kur Lasgush Poradeci e pat quajtur Fishten nje "shkemb i madh i dheut dhe nje shkemb i madh shpirti", dhe qe te arrish te ngjitesh ne nje shkemb te madh duhet te jesh i stervitur, apo ne mos alpinist i mbaruar, duhet te jesh te pakten i kategorizuar. Sipas Abazit, studiuesi Cobani me librin "Miti dhe antimiti fishtjan" ka realizuar dy gjera themelore ndonese me nje paraqitje modeste. Se pari, ai ka mundesuar realizimin e paraqitjes ne thelb te vepres se Fishtes, ne ato gjini te letersise kombetare ku ai ka dhene nje ndihmese aq te madhe, ne llojet qe ai ka levruar, dhe, sidomos, ai ka arritur te pasqyroje ate hapesire te madhe shqiptare qe arriti Fishta te pushtoje me vepren e tij. Abazi mendon se kjo gje eshte bere mjaft mire nga Cobani dhe do te jete mjaft e dobishme per ate mase shume te madhe shqiptaresh te rinj, por edhe te vjeter qe ende nuk e njohin Fishten, ose nuk arrijne ta lexojne dot Fishten, ndoshta dhe per shkak te dialektit. Libri i Cobanit ne kete drejtim e realizion qellimin e tij. Madje, kjo do te jete nje ndihme edhe per nje mase shume te madhe te brezit te ri, sidomos te gjimnazisteve dhe studenteve qe e njohin shume pak vepren e Fishtes, pasi ende ne programet shkollore Fishta behet ne menyre skematike. Se dyti, qe eshte me kryesorja per nje studiues, do te ishte interpretimi i Fishtes. Sigurisht qe interpretimi eshte me i veshtire, sepse Fishta ka shume nevoje sidomos nga pikepamja e hapesirave estetike e mendesise shqiptare qe ai ka krijuar e sidomos te asaj qe u kthye edhe mit edhe antimit brenda nje shekulli. Me sa duket ne kete shekull, qe po merr fund, Fishta e ka gjetur dhe do ta gjeje vazhdimisht veten. "Do te jete per nderin tone,- perfundon Abazi,- te arrijme te tregojme gjithcka per Fishten, sepse per Fishten, ashtu si per Molierin nuk ka nevoje per lavdi. Do te jemi ne ata qe do te perulemi para Fishtes dhe ta studiojme". __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com