From tmcrawfo at mailbox.syr.edu  Tue Dec  1 08:56:17 1998
From: tmcrawfo at mailbox.syr.edu (Teresa Crawford)
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 08:56:17 -0500
Subject: [kan-l] Introduction to the KAN-L List
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**** Kosova Action Network Discussion List ****
********************KOSOVA ACTION NETWORK DISTRIBUTION
LIST********************

This list has been created for the purpose of sharing information, news,
ideas and networking contacts for the Kosova Action Network (KAN).  Feel
free to post anything related to our work to provide support for those in
Kosova.

The Network was established in December, 1997 with the purpose of
supporting the Independent Students Union of the University of Prishtine in
their bid to regain access to their university buildings through active
non-violent protests.  We remain committed to justice and following the
onset of war in Kosova in March, 1998, KAN has broadened its scope and now
seeks to raise awareness of the unique needs of the province of Kosova,
FYR.  We continue to share resources, and create links with American
universities, social justice organizations, and relief agencies.  We seek
to support democratic and politically just solutions in Kosova.  In
addition, we support the Kosovo Action Council in Washington, D.C. in their
work to forge long-term, just political solutions.

We have Mentor Cana and Alb-net to thank for the hard work they put into
creating this resource for us.

If you have any questions please send them to Teresa Crawford at
<owner-KAN-L at alb-net.org>



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From tmcrawfo at mailbox.syr.edu  Tue Dec  1 09:25:49 1998
From: tmcrawfo at mailbox.syr.edu (Teresa Crawford)
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 09:25:49 -0500
Subject: [kan-l] KAN Newsletter
Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19981201092549.006ac788@mailbox.syr.edu>

**** Kosova Action Network Discussion List ****
November 23, 1998
Kosova Action Network
Alice Mead-- coordinator
Mentor Cana--communications wizard

1.GREAT NEWS!!!! If you haven't heard this yet--three of the nine Prizren
students were released last week. The three young women are now at home
with their families. Even Fred Abrahams of HR Watch who was in Kosova at
the time didn't hear about it! So, you see? Letters work!!! Five minutes of
your time. So let's press on. There are six more students in that prison.
Think about it. And write again. Eliot Engel is now in the process of
putting out a statement on this situation and rumor has it, the State
Department is looking into the situation. So this is the perfect time to
increase the letters. Let's get these guys out by New Years.  Also, from
the internet publication, we had some great responses---the Society of
Threatened Peoples in Germany wrote a very moving letter to Albright. A
Spanish NGO group is organizing a consortium to focus solely on Kosova.
Keep the pressure on. Just had a phone call today (11/24) from Senator Joe
Biden's office. He is head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. His aide
called to tell us they are looking into these types of arrests and
imprisonments.

2. The AASO students held a demonstration in NYC with between 2,000 to
3,000 particpants, their most successful to date. Any petitions on hand to
sign? Cell phones on site to call those legislators? That would be cool--do
two things at once.  

3. The Mentor of all Mentor's has been installing his new server and
continues to keep everyone informed.  

4. There are two new groups worthy of your attention: The Kosova Children's
Group, a cross-cultural group of NGO's plus UNICEF and UNHCR, advocating
for the human rights of these one million terrified and tyrannized kids.
Contact is officially through Save the Children/UK....I don't think the US
group is in Kosova, at least not the last time I checked.  email is
kcg at eunet.yu  

5. Shqipe Malushi and Motret Quirazi have been working with the UN Women
and Children's organization. Contact them at malushi at aol.com. Fundraiser
Dec. 9 with Bianca Jagger. Be there or be square.

6. Vanessa Redgrave was in Peje a few days ago. Maybe Kosova will show up on
the Daily Star magazine or MSNBC! But may never be as trendy as Sarajevo.  

7. Iliriana Mushkoloj from MIT/Amnesty International not only did an
incredibly good job of organizing the MIT chapter of AI, but she is meeting
with BU, Harvard, Tufts, and other colleges to help their AI chapters with
the letter writing project. If you want to know how she did it, with a
minimum of time involved, her email is: imushkol at mit.edu.  

8. Teresa Crawford of the Advocacy Project and student campus organization
group discussed fundraising ideas with Avni Mustafaj and Mentor Cana. One
suggestion that was made was to support lawyers trying cases of Albanians
arrested on charges of terrorism and other actions against the Serbian
state. It was also suggested a more broad based approach be taken that
includes Trial Monitors and Police Station visitors, since most violent
abuse happens in the first three days. Letter writing to the judge who is
running the trial. Perhaps supplies, consultations, support services and
perhaps support to families of prisoners who may need the money the most.
Also fostering a relationship with groups like CEELI, the Lawyers Committee
for Human Rights and/or the European Law Students Association.  

I would be interested in knowing from you how you think this might work?
What kinds of support there would be in Prishtina or other cities such as
Mitrovica, Peja or Prizren? How much it might cost?  Is there a group
already working on this?  

People at the US State Department seemed a bit behind regarding the trials
and incarceration of the 9 students from Prizren.  They have very little
information and are trying to formulate some sort of response. Recently
Human Rights Watch posted a report on those in prison. One major problem
seems to be lack of information.  Any ideas are appreciated. Teresa
Crawford can be reached at: teresa at advocacynet.org.  

She is also trying to establish an aid link with Mercy Corps for a way to
send money directly to the Mother Teresa Clinics.  So far MCI have been
sending interested people to Interaction. To make monetary donations
directly you can contact the Mercy Corps office in DC and specify you want
the money to go to the clinics. The Mother Teresa's Association is one of
the three charities chosen for this year's Daily Telegraph (a British
newspaper) Christmas Charity Appeal. For information on how to donate oney
that way contact Teresa.

She is also working with The Advocacy Project on several information
projects to support community activists and advocates in war-torn societies
that are making the transition to democracy. They help with use of the
internet and technology, newsletters,, and conduct research into the impact
of the conflict in Kosova on the alternative medical system, the impact of
aid on Honduras, and the Nigerian elections and their transition to
democracy.    

9. Tova of Crabgrass reported that the Kosova/o Support Group in San Francisco
held a fund raiser concert and made $600 which they are using to send books to
the Univ. of Prishtine and to send money to Mercy Corps.

9. Re--Kosova Action Council/DC--is working on three goals at present. 1.
OSCE and its mission, 2. War crimes--visas, access( a good issue to call
and write letters about--they need all the help they can get on this. Write
to the State dept and your Senators), and 3. Repression in
Serbia--persecution of media, professors, doctors, etc. (Again, a good
topic for letter writing. Letters to SEnate Foreign Relations Comm.)  

SO---- In summary, we can do (KAN)a lot if we want to. It takes self-
discipline. Actions to continue--follow-up calls and letters. Probably you are
now competing with American cultural insanity called Christmas consumerism.
But do it anyway. Self-discipline means no whining.

For December--Lets: 1.Support relief and fundraisers. If you're at a party
or meeting, set up a call table and get a few calls in.  2. Publicity. The
photos of Kosova available through Alex Frangos at Human Rights Watch/NY
are excellent for publicity. At 80 cents a piece, you can't beat the price
either.  3. Please write in support of the work of the Kosova Action
Council to the State Dept. and others. We must all stand behind them and
push with them. It's no good to have the same solitary voices protesting
over the treatment of Kosova. We all have to speak out together. It works,
if we actually do it.  

I included all the feedback I've had so far. If you had something else to
add--oops, Father Liolin wishes us all the best and urges us not to ever
forget
our long-suffering friends-- please let me know if there's other
news.......Have a great holiday!  Best wishes--Alice Mead    




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Here is the text of the newsletter.  I made a few changes and added a place
people can send donations to for the Mother Teresa Clinics.  It looks good.
 I like the you can do more bit at the end.



November 23, 1998
Kosova Action Network
Alice Mead-- coordinator
Mentor Cana--communications wizard

1.GREAT NEWS!!!! If you haven't heard this yet--three of the nine Prizren
students were released last week. The three young women are now at home
with their families. Even Fred Abrahams of HR Watch who was in Kosova at
the time didn't hear about it! So, you see? Letters work!!! Five minutes of
your time. So let's press on. There are six more students in that prison.
Think about it. And write again. Eliot Engel is now in the process of
putting out a statement on this situation and rumor has it, the State
Department is looking into the situation. So this is the perfect time to
increase the letters. Let's get these guys out by New Years.  Also, from
the internet publication, we had some great responses---the Society of
Threatened Peoples in Germany wrote a very moving letter to Albright. A
Spanish NGO group is organizing a consortium to focus solely on Kosova.
Keep the pressure on.   

2. The AASO students held a demonstration in NYC with between 2,000 to
3,000 particpants, their most successful to date. Any petitions on hand to
sign? Cell phones on site to call those legislators? That would be cool--do
two things at once.  

3. The Mentor of all Mentor's has been installing his new server and
continues to keep everyone informed.  

4. There are two new groups worthy of your attention: The Kosova Children's
Group, a cross-cultural group of NGO's plus UNICEF and UNHCR, advocating
for the human rights of these one million terrified and tyrannized kids.
Contact is officially through Save the Children/UK....I don't think the US
group is in Kosova, at least not the last time I checked.  email is
kcg at eunet.yu  

5. Shqipe Malushi and Motret Quirazi have been working with the UN Women
and Children's organization. Contact them at malushi at aol.com. Fundraiser
Dec. 19 with Bianca Jagger. 

6. Vanessa Regrave was in Peje a few days ago. Maybe Kosova will show up on
the Daily Star magazine or MSNBC! But may never be as trendy as Sarajevo.  

7. Iliriana Mushkoloj from MIT/Amnesty International not only did an
incredibly good job of organizing the MIT chapter of AI, but she is meeting
with BU, Harvard, Tufts, and other colleges to help their AI chapters with
the letter writing project. If you want to know how she did it, with a
minimum of time involved, her email is: imushkol at mit.edu.  

8. Teresa Crawford of the Advocacy Project and student campus organization
group discussed fundraising ideas with Avni Mustafaj and Mentor Cana. One
suggestion that was made was to support lawyers trying cases of Albanians
arrested on charges of terrorism and other actions against the Serbian
state.   It was also suggested a more broad based approach be taken that
includes Trial Monitors and Police Station visitors, since most violent
abuse happens in the first three days. Letter writing to the judge who is
running the trial. Perhaps supplies, consultations, support services and
perhaps support to families of prisoners who may need the money the most.
Also fostering a relationship with groups like CEELI, the Lawyers Committee
for Human Rights and/or the European Law Students Association.  

I would be interested in knowing from you how you think this might work?
What kinds of support there would be in Prishtina or other cities such as
Mitrovica, Peja or Prizren? How much it might cost?  Is there a group
already working on this?  

People at the US State Department seemed a bit behind regarding the trials
and incarceration of the 9 students from Prizren.  They have very little
information and are trying to formulate some sort of response. Recently
Human Rights Watch posted a report on those in prison. One major problem
seems to be lack of information.  Any ideas are appreciated. Teresa
Crawford can be reached at: teresa at advocacynet.org.  

She is also trying to establish an aid link with Mercy Corps for a way to
send money directly to the Mother Teresa Clinics.  So far MCI have been
sending interested people to Interaction.   To make monetary donations
directly you can contact the Mercy Corps office in DC and specify you want
the money to go to the clinics.  The Mother Teresa's Association is one of
the three charities chosen for this year's Daily Telegraph (a British
newspaper) Christmas Charity Appeal. For information on how to donate oney
that way contact Teresa.

She is also working with The Advocacy Project on several information
projects to support community activists and advocates in war-torn societies
that are making the transition to democracy. They help with use of the
internet and technology, newsletters,, and conduct research into the impact
of the conflict in Kosova on the alternative medical system, the impact of
aid on Honduras, and the Nigerian elections and their transition to
democracy.    

9. Re--Kosova Action Council/DC--is working on three goals at present. 1.
OSCE and its mission, 2. War crimes--visas, access( a good issue to call
and write letters about--they need all the help they can get on this. Write
to the State dept and your Senators), and 3. Repression in
Serbia--persecution of media, professors, doctors, etc. (Again, a good
topic for letter writing.)  

SO---- In summary, we can do (KAN)a lot if we want to. It takes self-
discipline. Actions to continue--follow-up calls and letters.  

For December--Lets: 1.Support relief and fundraisers. If you're at a party
or meeting, set up a call table and get a few calls in.  2. Publicity. The
photos of Kosova available through Alex Frangos at Human Rights Watch/NY
are excellent for publicity. At 80 cents a piece, you can't beat the price
either.  3. Please write in support of the work of the Kosova Action
Council to the State Dept. and others. We must all stand behind them and
push with them. It's no good to have the same solitary voices protesting
over the treatment of Kosova. We all have to speak out together. It works,
if we actually do it.  

I included all the feedback I've had so far. If you had something else to
add--oops, Father Liolin wishes us all the best and urges us not to forget
our long-suffering friends-- please let me know if there's other
news.......Have a great holiday!  Best wishes--Alice Mead    






------------------------------------
Submitted by: Teresa Crawford <tmcrawfo at mailbox.syr.edu>


From mentor at alb-net.com  Mon Dec  7 23:18:57 1998
From: mentor at alb-net.com (Mentor Cana)
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 23:18:57 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [kan-l] Request for Information regarding the FREE KOSOVA Project
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9812072239011.6072-100000@alb-net.com>

**** Kosova Action Network Discussion List ****

	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
	Request for Information regarding the FREE KOSOVA Project
	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
		http://www.alb-net.com/freekosova/


What is FREE KOSOVA Project?
----------------------------
The FREE KOSOVA pages at http://www.alb-net.com/freekosova/ are supposed 
to hold factual material that unveils a systematic pattern of Serb 
atrocities and aggressions against everything Albanian in Kosova.

In this project, the main idea is to group the factual material in various 
sections such as: Law, Education, History, Art & Culture, Archaeology, 
Economy, Geography, Political Movements, Healthcare, Media & Journalism, 
Human Rights, Ethnology, etc..., and as such to be disseminated to various 
related organizations and individuals, journalists, TV and radio stations, 
etc...

Each of this sections will hold facts, research papers, analysis and 
reports from various sources that prove the Serb aggression and atrocities
on everything Albanian in Kosova.
                                               
The Kosova issue has been internationalized to a certain degree and it
will take a long time before any settlement is worked out. The world must
be kept informed on a day to day basis with up-to-date facts from the
ground. It is important to counter attack the Serb State propaganda which
is based on lies and untrue historical myths.

		
The GOAL of the Project
-----------------------
To inform the world why Kosova should be Independent, and perhaps help 
towards the independence of Kosova.

It is obvious that the success of this project depends on the individuals
that will work on it. We believe there are people who want to help, 
Albanian students and professionals both in the Albanian lands and outside,
as well as non-Albanians who want to see Kosova FREE!


How to participate in this Project?
-----------------------------------
If you like to participate in this project by providing relevant material, 
please submit your material to submit at alb-net.com . 

Also, if you like to participate in a discussion regarding this project,
please join our discussion list free-kosova.

To join the free-kosova please send a message to majordomo at alb-net.com .
In the message write: SUBSCRIBE FREE-KOSOVA

If you have trouble joining the list please contact the listowner at:
owner-free-kosova at alb-net.com

------------------------------------
Submitted by: Mentor Cana <mentor at alb-net.com>


From tmcrawfo at mailbox.syr.edu  Mon Dec 14 21:03:11 1998
From: tmcrawfo at mailbox.syr.edu (Teresa Crawford)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 18:03:11 -0800
Subject: [kan-l] KSG minutes 12/9/98
Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19981214180311.0076cb3c@mailbox.syr.edu>

**** Kosova Action Network Discussion List ****
Thought the list moght be interested in the work of our West Coast friends.
 Would be good to get ahold of Marek's thoughts after his trip to Kosova
recently.  Will see what I can do to get those out to people.

Teresa

*********************************************

note:  	The next meeting of the Kosova/o Support Group will be held 
	on SATURDAY, JAN. 9, 1999 from 1-5pm at the 1st Congregational
	Church, Berkeley (the usual place).

I.   Concert
II.  Pet Walk in San Jose
III. Marek's report
IV.  Future Plans

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

I.  Concert

The fundraiser concert in November raised about $600 for the KSG.  The
money is currently in the Crabgrass bank account for safe keeping.  Tova
volunteered to write thank you notes to the Arlekin Quartet and to Nancy
Knoff, the musical director of the Church.

II.  San Jose Pet Walk

Ali's group, the San Jose Peace Center, is sponsoring a "Pet March for
Peace" this Sunday, Dec. 13, in San Jose.  Meet at 2pm outside the Rose
Garden park on Dana Street, at McDaniel.  Proceeds go to the Kosova/o
Association of People with Paraplegia.  Donations can be sent directly to
the Peace Center (48 S 7th St., San Jose, CA 95112), or you can contact
Ali to sponsor her.

III.  Marek's Report

Marek gave an informative and moving report of his recent two-month long
trip to Poland, Italy, and several places in the former Yugoslavia,
including Kosova/o.  He also provided visual aids -- photographs and
posters.  He will email a list of recommendations for ways we can help
both Kosovar organizations and Serbian anti-war organizations only to
those people who were physically in attendance at the meeting.  He asks
that we immediately read this message and delete it from our hard drives,
in order to keep the information secure.  If you were not in attendance
and would like to see the recommendations, contact Marek directly
(marekzel at aol.com).

One of Marek's major points seemed to be that in order to create and
preserve peace in Kosova/o, there needs to be democracy in Yugoslavia as a
whole.  Paradoxically, however, before democracy is possible in
Yugoslavia, there needs to be peace in Kosova/o.  His recommendations may
help solve this connundrum. 

IV.  Future Plans of the KSG

We will address this topic more thoroughly at our next meeting after
reading Marek's recommendations.  In the meantime, Marek noted that he
offered to various students and professors in Kosova/o that we could send
the books we collected last spring, and did not notice much enthusiasm
from them.  He also noted that the organizations he visited expressed no
dramatic need for cash, or for humanitarian assistance.  Instead, he
suggests that we look at several specific projects of organizations and
decide to fund them on a case by case basis.  A letter from Vjosa (a
doctor with the Center for the Protection of Women and Children), read
aloud by Fran, seems to corroborate the wisdom of this approach.

We have $600 from the concert fundraiser, plus approximately $1000 that
the Church donated to Marek for his trip, which he did not use and which,
presumably, we can use for other projects.  

We will determine at the next meeting whether to divide the money equally
(or some other way, or not at all) between Kosovar and Serbian
organizations.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Don't forget the next meeting, Jan. 9 from 1-5 at the Church.  
Bring snacks, as it is a long meeting.

---------------------------------
robinb at socrates.berkeley.edu
 
Robin S Brooks
  Department of Political Science
  210 Barrows Hall
  Berkeley, CA 94720  USA
  tel: (01-510) 595-6876
  fax: (01-510) 642-9515

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From tmcrawfo at mailbox.syr.edu  Tue Dec 15 18:20:14 1998
From: tmcrawfo at mailbox.syr.edu (Teresa Crawford)
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:20:14 -0800
Subject: [kan-l] Alb. Statement/Kos.Action
Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19981215152014.007263ac@mailbox.syr.edu>

**** Kosova Action Network Discussion List ****
                   SOS! SOS! Demilitarize Kosova at once!
               Before the 7th Annual Spring Genocide in the Balkans.

You can help! Letters and phone calls do work. Guns don't. Keep letters brief
and constructive. The very lives of the villagers depends on your caring.
Write/fax/email the State Department, The White House and your elected
representatives.

              Constructive Suggestions to Include in Your letter:

1.  At this point, the Albanians should refuse to negotiate at all under the
current coercive and unjust conditions. Instead they should demand status as a
protectorate, under both NATO and the UN, while the two sides truly
demilitarize. The Kosovars' constitutional 1974 autonomy should be returned.
These are prerequisites to negotiations. Saving lives should be the short-term
goal of all.

2. During this interim period as a protectorate, the final just and equitable
dissolution of Yugoslavia as a whole should be the focus of one level of
talks. The legitimate restructuring of power in the former Balkan "superpower"
will take time to achieve. At present, the Kosovars, the poorest level of
society both Serb and Albanian are bearing the brunt of the blame for this
disintegration.

3. Once these two processes--demilitarization and restructuring--are
established, the Albanians need time without crisis to identify their
strengths and develop a democratic team in which the KLA is part of a
democracy and not its hijacker.

4. The Serbs need time to build democratic institutions, develop economic
restructuring, and face penalties for war crimes.

Only under these common-sense conditions will the potential strengths of each
side emerge and hatred and fear subside. The more weapons, the more hatred and
death. If Kosova is not demilitarized, then what we are watching in Hill's
bizarre fourth draft of a settlement is nothing less than the beginning of a
familiar, horrifying spectacle. We will all watch helplessly as the slide into
next spring's genocide, Kosova 1999, begins to unfold.







------------------------------------
Submitted by: Teresa Crawford <tmcrawfo at mailbox.syr.edu>


From Alooscnon at aol.com  Wed Dec 16 08:38:57 1998
From: Alooscnon at aol.com (Alooscnon at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 08:38:57 EST
Subject: [kan-l] Alb. Statement/Kos.Action
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Hi Teresa--- very good. Did Mentor read it? 

What do you think--January focus should be SAFETY in Kosova???  

I have a question for you--who was the main organizer for the Paris Amnesty
event? Is there any way to find out? The reason would be to find more backers
for the film besides Vanessa Redgrave and Bianca Jagger. Maybe Avni would
know?  xx alice
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Dear Kosova Network friend---

Recently I received a letter from the lawyer who has been working with the
Prizren students, who were arrested last May.  Since our letter campaign
started this fall, the three girls have been released. The six young men,
however, are still in prison.

Their lawyer, Hazer Susuri, wrote to me about their current situation. 

The six men are in a prison in Nish outside of Kosova, and they are being
physically maltreated there as they were in Prizren. They are isolated and not
allowed to speak Albanian with their families. They are not allowed newspapers
or other materials in Albanian to read. The Serb officials say they are
dangerous people. For that reason, they are treated differently, in a hard and
rough way.

The main thing that these students need is for people to send food, money, and
clothing to their parents in Prizren to take to the students in jail. The
families cannot afford to visit often because Nish is so far and it is a
difficult trip to make during these times. It would be a good thing for
organizations to help them and advocate both for their release and for an
improvement in their conditions and treatment. They are in jail purely for
political reasons, not because they are criminals.

For further information, contact Mr. Hazer Susuri, avokat. Prizren. 
Tel--011-381-029-31-909

or Teresa Crawford at teresa at advocacynet.org

Kosova Action Update: from Alice....Dec...

This is a difficult time--the Christmas season--to inititate any action on the
students' behalf, so let's hold off and launch an all-out campaign again in
January, 1999. There is also a new video available done by Canadian
Broadcasting on an Albanian doctor in Kosova and how he was killed. It is
devastating and powerful. Again, I suggest that after Christmas, we develop a
set of ideas on how to spread this information as far as possible.

Thanks for your continuing interest, support, and determination.
Best wishes----
Alice Mead







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**** Kosova Action Network Discussion List ****

NAAC would like enlist the support of  those who wish to come to our offices
on Monday, Dec 21 to launch a phone campaign to select Members of Congress.
For more information please contact the office via email or phone
202-955-1428.

Thanks for your help,

Aferdita Rakipi

reply to NAACDC at aol.com if you have questions








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From mentor at alb-net.com  Fri Dec 25 21:58:46 1998
From: mentor at alb-net.com (Mentor Cana)
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 21:58:46 -0500 (EST)
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**** Kosova Action Network Discussion List ****
Dear all,

I would like to inform you that http://www.alb-net.com has started to get
about 3,500 hits a day in the past week. For awareness purpose in letting 
the world know about the Serb aggression in Kosova, it is important that we
let people know about this site, and other sites that show the Serb
aggression.

So, to help in this process, I would like to ask everyone to link the
http://www.alb-net.com site from their home pages. Below is a piece of code
which you can just copy-paste.

---- start here do not include this line ---
<p><a href="http://www.alb-net.com" target="_blank">
<img src="http://www.alb-net.com/misc-pages/kcsm.gif" width="85"
height="35" alt="Kosova Crisis Center - Click here to visit."
border="0"></a></p>
---- end here do not include this line ---

Sincerely,
Mentor Cana





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From owner-kan-l at alb-net.com  Sat Dec 26 11:49:35 1998
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>From: Mentor Cana <mentor at alb-net.com>
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>Dear all,
>
>I would like to inform you that http://www.alb-net.com has started to get
>about 3,500 hits a day in the past week. For awareness purpose in letting 
>the world know about the Serb aggression in Kosova, it is important that we
>let people know about this site, and other sites that show the Serb
>aggression.
>
>So, to help in this process, I would like to ask everyone to link the
>http://www.alb-net.com site from their home pages. Below is a piece of code
>which you can just copy-paste.
>
>---- start here do not include this line ---
><p><a href="http://www.alb-net.com" target="_blank">
><img src="http://www.alb-net.com/misc-pages/kcsm.gif" width="85"
>height="35" alt="Kosova Crisis Center - Click here to visit."
>border="0"></a></p>
>---- end here do not include this line ---
>
>Sincerely,
>Mentor Cana
>
>
>
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