[NYC-L] Re: [Prishtina-l] BBC: NATO May Let Yugoslav Troops Help Defend Macedonia

[Dardan Blaku]

Is there any way we can get first hand information from the region? Did
anybody interview the civilians that fled the area? Does anyone know
anything about who these uniformed men are? Are we only being based on the
reports that come from serb/fyrom/non-albanian sources? Let's not make any
assumptions.

1. The NATO observers said that they were not aware of any groups crossing
from Kosova.
2. One Macedonian official declared on BBC that "local albanians in
Macedonia behave and they do not engage in terrorist activities"

Who are these people? What do they want? If they are Albanians, have
representatives and state their demands and I am sure that they will receive
support from Albanians wherever they are. In my opinion, they caused damage
to the overall image of Albanians in the Balkans, but I am sure that there
are many ways in which this image can be transformed into a more positive
one... It is true, the world is starting to see that over 50% of Albanians
live outside of Albania, but that does not have to mean that Albanians are
the troublemakers in the Balkans, they are the victims.

I personally am interested to know what is going on. This whole situation,
this whole puzzle is missing a lot of pieces.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: nyc-l-admin at alb-net.com [mailto:nyc-l-admin at alb-net.com]On Behalf Of
bekim isufi
  Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 2:46 AM
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  Subject: [NYC-L] Re: [Prishtina-l] BBC: NATO May Let Yugoslav Troops Help
Defend Macedonia


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  I would like to point out that personally I think that considering the
overall situation in the region, especially the fight in the border with
Macedonia, it could not have been any more ani-Albanian.  Those who started
the fight (I am deeply conviced) are either organized by Serbia (and their
friends) or are complete idiots.  Yet, even more I blame our leaders.
Besides the rhethoric about Kosova's indipendence - which each and everyone
of them must support if he/she is to have any political future in Kosova),
they have all done next to nothing about what they should really be doing.

  These (just as have been the last three years), are very very sad days for
the Albanians in general.  I am still shocked about how can we be so
politically diorganized, senseless, and vitrually no vision about the
future.  The help we got it was vitrtually entirely circumstantial, and we
still fail to think that NATO bombing of Serbia was absolutely, absolutely a
miracle.  For the first time for the past over two thousand years it
happened that we had somebody in our side.  Especially since that moment,
every single second was very, very precious.  We failed to use the momentum.
We failed to set clear goals, and deligently work toward realization of such
goals.  Futhermore, we had to convince to the world that an independent
Kosovo was going to be a good thing for the region.  Instead we let some
loosers and gangsters, that are or ought to be our disgrace take the
steering wheel - towards a national suicide.

  Nobody in the Balkans wants more peace than the Albanians, but we have to
show the world.  We have  to convince the world that we want a better life
for ourselves and even for our neighbours.

  What has been happening is a complete madness.  And it should really stop.
If it doesn't, we are going to be paying a very heavy price.  We have to do
something while there may still be some time life.

  Greetings to all,

  Bekim.



  >Just few months back the news of letting Yugoslav troops assist in
  >defending Macedonia 'against Albanian militia' would have seems as
distant
  >as believing that the Serb Army would be stationed all over Kosova again,
  >after all the massacre they committed on the Albanian population.
  >
  >Well, the very fact that such move has been considered by NATO, makes one
  >think where will it stop? The buffer zone? Inside Macedonian border so
that
  >the Serb Army can fight alongside Macedonian Army against Albanians?
  >
  >Just few thoughts....
  >
  >later,
  >Mentor


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