From NBalidemaj at aol.com  Sat Sep  1 09:25:12 2001
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K?rkes?:

T? nderuar Zot?rinj?!

Duke besuar n? mir?kuptimin tuaj dhe p?r hir? t? avancimit t? Agjencis? s? 
Lajmeve, ?Kosovapress?,? jemi t? detyruar q? t? k?rkojm? ndihm?n tuaj. Pasi 
q? financimi yn? varet vet?m nga ndihma e donator?ve t? brendsh?m dhe pa 
asnj?ndihm? t? jashtme, tani e nj? koh? t? gjat?, p?rballemi me v?shtir?si t? 
shum?ta materiale, gj? ka ?uar edhe n? reduktimin, n? maksimum, t? numrit t? 
pun?tor?ve.Si? ?sht? njoftuar opinioni Agjencia e Pavarur e Lajmeve 
?Kosovapress?, ?sht? detyruar q? t? nderpres? pun?n dit? m? par?, sepse 
?sht? sulmuar nga virus?t.Teknik?n e pun?s e kemi shum? t? vjet?ruar dhe nuk 
kemi pasur mund?si t? mbrohemi nga k?ta virus.Kosovapress-i ?sht? Agjenci e 
Pavarur e Lajmeve n? Kosov?, e cila filloi pun?n m? 4 janar 1999,? pun? t? 
cil?n e kreu me sukses? t? plot?, duke qen? agjencia m? e cituar dhe e 
besuar.Pas p?rfundimit t? luft?s mbeti n?n Qeverin? e P?rkohshme t? Kosov?s, 
por me shp?rb?rjen e k?saj qeverie, Kosovapress-i vazhdoi pun?n si Agjenci e 
Pavarur e Lajmeve, status t? cilin e mban? edhe tani. Do theksuar se 
Kosovapress-i q? nga fillimi ka qen? cak i sulmeve serbe, t? cil?t kan? b?r? 
p?rpjekje t? pa ndalura p?r ta penguar pun?n e k?saj agjencie. Sulmet kan? 
qen? si ushtarake, ku me 27 mars 1999 ?sht? sulmuar me avion selia e 
Kosovapress-it n? Berish?, por edhe p?rmes kompjuter?ve duke derguar 
vazdimisht virus? n? adres? t? Kosovapress-it, shkak i s? cil?s ishte 
nderprerja e pun?s p?r dy dit? gjat? sulmeve ajrore, nd?rprerja e pun?s 4 
dit? n? prill t? vitit 2000 dhe tani.Nga sulmet e fundit para disa dit?ve 
Kosovapress-it iu kan? demtuar 6 kompjuter?, k?shtu q? jemi detyruar ta 
nd?rpresim pun?n deri sa t? b?jm? z?v?nd?simin e tyre. Pas fillimit t? 
luft?s, n? trojet etnike, n? ish-Maqedoni, na jan? shfaqur edhe sulme t? 
ndryshme me virus?. Si pasoj? e kushteve financiare, ne nuk kemi mjete 
adekuate p?r mbrojtje nga ata virus?, me q? punojm? me teknik? t? vjet?ruar. 
P?r k?t?, edhe jemi detyruar q? ta nd?rpresim pun?n, p?rkoh?sisht, pa 
d?shir?n ton?. Andaj, duke qen? t? vet?dijsh?m se shuarja e Kosovapress-it, 
do t? krijoj? nj? munges? t? madhe te t? gjith? ju, ne k?rkojm? ndihm?n tuaj, 
n? m?nyr? q? kjo agjenci t?i tejkaloj? v?shtir?sit? financiare. 
Kosovapress-i, ?sht? Agjenci Komb?tare e Lajmeve, e cila si q?llim par?sor, 
kata mbroj? t? v?rtet?n dhe vlerat komb?tare t? popullit ton?. 
Kosovapress-i,sikurse edhe deri m? tani, edhe n? t? ardhmen p?rpiqet t?i 
mbroj? vlerat e luft?s ?lirimtare, t? zhvilluar dhe t? udh?hequr nga Ushtria 
?lirimtare e Kosov?s.

T? nderuar Zot?rinj?!

Ndihma juaj, dh?n? Kosovapress-it ?sht? ndihm? q? avancon procesin 
edemokratizimit dhe pavar?simit t? Kosov?s, sepse themelet e k?tij 
institucioni jan? n? sakrific?n dhe gjakun e derdhur p?r liri.Ndihma juaj, 
p?r Kosovapress-in, do t? jet? ndihm? p?r proceset demokratike t?Kosov?s, 
ndihm? p?r vlerat dhe sakrificat e popullit ton? q? b?ri gjat? 
luft?s.Kosovapress-i, n? dit?t m? t? v?shtira t? Kosov?s, sfidoi terrin 
informativ dhe p?rhapi t? v?rtet?n p?r gjenocidin serb n? Kosov?. Lufta e 
popullit ton? p?r liri dhe pavar?si dhe propagandimi q? i ?sht? b?r? asaj, 
?sht? shum? ngusht i lidhur me emrin e Kosovapress-it, agjenci, e cila nga 
malet e Berish?s informoi p?r  t? v?rtet?n n? Kosov? dhe u dha kurajo 
luft?tar?ve t? liris?.N? k?t? koh? ?sht? e pamundur q? Kosovapress-i t? 
mbijetoj? nga vet?financimi,duke marr? parasysh munges?n e ligjeve dhe 
situat?n n? Kosov?.
Ne, edhe pse u kemi b?r? disa tentime dhe k?rkesa p?r ndihm?, organizatave t? 
ndyshme joqeveritare dhe qeveritare, p?rgjigjja e tyre ka qen? negative apo 
nuk japin p?rgjigje fare. ?do ndihm?, e juaj, do t? ndihmoj? n? vazhdimin, sa 
m? t? shpejt?, t? pun?s dhen? ngritjen e cil?sis? s? saj. Ndihma juaj mund t? 
jet?: N? aspektin teknik dhe n? aspektin financiar. Ndihmat financiare mund 
t?i d?rgoni p?rmes kontos s? dh?n? n? Kosovapress apo n?zyret e Agjencis?. T? 
mos lejojm? q? t? shuhet n? paqe, institucioni q? e mbijetoi dhe e sfidoi 
luft?n. Nga ndihma e juaj  varet fillimi I pun?s son?. 
Kosovapress ka nd?rprer? pun?n me dat? 9 gusht 2001. Duke shpresuar n? 
ndihm?n tuaj . Iu p?rsh?ndesim p?rzem?rsisht!


Prishtin?, 31.08.01         Editori dhe kryeredaktori : 
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From okv-dc at iom.int  Wed Sep  5 11:49:36 2001
From: okv-dc at iom.int (OKV-DC Wash DC)
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 17:49:36 +0200 
Subject: [NYC-L] Out-of-Kosovo Voting program: Registration ends on September 8, 2
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Dear subscriber,

The International Organization for Migration is happy to inform you that the
Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the UN Interim
Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) announced Kosovo-wide elections for
November 17, 2001 to elect a 120-member law-making Assembly. 

To vote in the November elections, every eligible voter must either apply to
register or confirm registration from last year by completing a new
registration form. Registration began 30 July and ends 8 September. IOM-OKV
sent to all applicants from last year personalized registration materials to
be completed and returned to IOM-OKV Vienna. As we are making every effort
to reach all potential voters, we ask your important support to help inform
potential voters.

This year, generic registration forms and information may also be downloaded
from our website at www.okvoting.org.

For further information or application materials, applicants form the USA
and Canada should either take advantage of our website or call our IOM
Washington office at our toll-free number at 1.866.819.5158 or contact us by
e-mail at okv-dc at iom.int.

Sincerely,
Henrike Lehnguth
Head of Voter Information Office
Out-of-Kosovo Voting (OKV)
IOM Washington, D.C.
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From mentor at alb-net.com  Wed Sep  5 08:58:25 2001
From: mentor at alb-net.com (Mentor Cana)
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 08:58:25 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [NYC-L] [AMCC-News] HRW: Macedonian Troops Commit Grave Abuses: Crimes Against Civilians
 - Abuses by Macedonian Forces in Ljuboten, August 10-12, 2001
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http://www.hrw.org/press/2001/09/macedonia-0905.htm

Macedonian Troops Commit Grave Abuses

Role of Interior Minister in Ljuboten Abuses Must be Investigated

(New York, September 5, 2001) Macedonian government troops committed grave
abuses during an August offensive that claimed ten civilian lives in the
ethnic Albanian village of Ljuboten, Human Rights Watch charged in a new
report released today.

   "The Macedonian government must answer to the people of Ljuboten. It is
    deeply disturbing that the Minister of Interior appears to have been so
    intimately involved in one of the worst abuses of the war. We demand an
    immediate and impartial investigation."
                                           Elizabeth Andersen
                                           Executive Director
                                           Europe and Central Asia division

   The complete report titled "Crimes Against Civilians: Abuses by
   Macedonian Forces in Ljuboten, August 10-12, 2001" is available on
   the Human Rights Watch website at:
      http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/macedonia/.

   To access the photo gallery accompanying the report, please see:
       http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/macedonia/photos/.

The report, titled Crimes Against Civilians: Abuses by Macedonian Forces in
Ljuboten, August 10-12, 2001, charges that Macedonian police troops shot
dead six civilians and burned at least twenty-two homes, sheds, and stores
in the course of their August 12 house-to-house attack on the village.

The rights group pressed for an immediate investigation, including an
inquiry into the role of Macedonian Minister of Interior Ljube Boskovski,
who was present in the village on August 12, the day the worst violations
occurred.

"The Macedonian government must answer to the people of Ljuboten," said
Elizabeth Andersen, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch's Europe and
Central Asia division. "It is deeply disturbing that the Minister of
Interior appears to have been so intimately involved in one of the worst
abuses of the war. We demand an immediate and impartial investigation."

Human Rights Watch called on the Organization for Security and Cooperation
in Europe to make public the results of its investigation into the events
in Ljuboten. Human Rights Watch pressed for a separate investigation by the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, which has
jurisdiction over war crimes committed in the Macedonia conflict.

Based on a two-week in-depth investigation, including a visit to Ljuboten,
interviews with victims and witnesses, and examination of photographic
evidence, the report also documented indiscriminate shelling that claimed
another three lives in Ljuboten. Contrary to the government's account of
the offensive, researchers found no evidence that the ethnic Albanian rebel
National Liberation Army was present in the village.

Hundreds of ethnic Albanian civilians who tried to flee Ljuboten faced
further abuse. Ethnic Macedonian vigilantes beat three men unconscious in
full view of the Macedonian police on August 12. One of the men was shot in
the head by the Macedonian police as he attempted to flee the beating.
Police separated over one hundred men and boys from their wives and
children and took them to police stations in Skopje, where they were
subjected to severe beatings. Atulah Qaini, aged thirty-five, was taken
away alive from the village by police officers, and his badly beaten and
mutilated corpse was later recovered by family members from the city
morgue. According to their relatives, at least twenty-four men from
Ljuboten, including a thirteen-year-old boy, remain in police custody after
suffering serious beatings from the police.

The police abuse suffered by ethnic Albanians fleeing Ljuboten is
consistent with patterns of systematic abuse Human Rights Watch has
documented in Macedonia over the past six months. Human Rights Watch urged
international monitors to make a priority of monitoring and reporting on
the conduct of Macedonian police.

"Endemic police abuse is a potential spark that could re-ignite the
conflict in Macedonia," Andersen said. "We can't wait for a gradual
restructuring of the police over the next three years. Immediate
steps-including monitoring and accountability-are needed to curb abuse."

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From xagolli at stumail.sjcsf.edu  Thu Sep 13 10:54:37 2001
From: xagolli at stumail.sjcsf.edu (Xhuliana Agolli)
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 08:54:37 -0600
Subject: [NYC-L] Fw: Security Watch: Thursday, 12 September 2001
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> 
> -Suicide bomber kills Afghan resistance chief  
> -UN pulls out of Afghanistan  
> -US troops in Gulf on alert  
> -EU holds emergency meeting  
> -Germany suspects bin Laden  
> -US must focus on terrorism, not NMD - Russia  
> -Kursk bow cut in salvage program  
> _________________________________________________________ 
>   
>   
> Suicide bomber kills Afghan resistance chief
>  
> The guerrilla leader of Afghanistan's opposition force 
> appears to have been killed in a suicide bombing that 
> senior US officials said Monday could lead to the demise 
> of the last movement fighting the Taliban regime. 
> Ironically however, the terrorist attacks against the US 
> on Tuesday will likely be the salvation of Masoud's 
> Northern Alliance, as US opinion hardens against Islamic 
> extremism. Ahmed Shah Masoud, a guerilla leader who beat 
> back seven Soviet incursions into his home region in the 
> 1980s, was the victim of a bomb hidden in a television 
> camera or on the body of a man posing as a journalist. The 
> bomb went off at the remote base of the Northern Alliance 
> in Khodja Bahauddin, according to Masoud's aides. They 
> insisted on Monday that he had survived the attack, 
> possibly in an attempt to prevent the Taliban military 
> assault that could easily have been a knockout blow for 
> the fragile coalition. Senior US officials reported on 
> Monday that Masoud had died shortly after the explosion. 
> They said the movement appeared to be trying to buy time 
> and mobilize its limited military force in case the 
> Islamic fundamentalist Taliban regime attempted to take 
> advantage of the charismatic leader's death. Opposition 
> leaders immediately accused the Taliban of being 
> responsible for the attack. The style of the bombing led 
> several US officials to suspect the organization of Osama 
> bin Laden, a Saudi militant and Taliban ally who is also 
> suspected of involvement in the attack on the US. Bin Laden 
> is on the FBI's most wanted list, with a US$5 million 
> reward, and has taken refuge in Afghanistan, where he 
> finances camps and training for Muslim militants, many from 
> Arab nations. If bin Laden's forces were responsible for 
> killing Masoud, the Taliban would be indebted to him, but 
> if the US believes he is behind the terrorist attacks on 
> New York and Washington, then it is likely Taliban will 
> hand him over to avoid massive retaliation. Nonetheless, 
> the loss of Masoud would be a devastating blow to the 
> already shaky Northern Alliance of Burhanuddin Rabbani, who 
> claims to be president of Afghanistan even though he and 
> his allies control only about five per cent of the country 
> along the Tajik border. Masoud's death could also trigger a 
> power struggle among the diverse factions in the Alliance. 
> On Monday US officials said the assassination could, in 
> effect, finish off the alliance as a significant military 
> force, but if the tide of US opinion turns decisively 
> against bin Laden, the Taliban and Islamic extremism in 
> general, the Northern Alliance will be a primary 
> beneficiary. (LA Times)
>  
>         
>  
> UN pulls out of Afghanistan
>  
> The UN envoy for Afghanistan said on Wednesday he had 
> ordered a temporary pullout of UN staff from the country 
> because of fears of US retaliatory strikes there in response 
> to the attacks in America. In an interview with Reuters, 
> Francesc Vendrell stressed the evacuation of 80 expatriate 
> staff was a precautionary measure and he had no information 
> that Washington was preparing to strike at the war-ravaged 
> country ruled by Taliban authorities. The United States has 
> not accused any group of hijacking commercial planes on 
> Tuesday to carry out the deadly attacks on the World Trade 
> Center in New York and Pentagon in Washington. But US 
> officials have said their suspicions focus on Saudi 
> militant exile Osama bin Laden, being sheltered in 
> Afghanistan. "The United States government had made it 
> clear in the last three months at least to both me and 
> directly to the Taliban authorities that should any 
> terrorist incident occur of the kind that took place in 
> Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in 1998, or in terms of the US 
> ship Cole, that this time there would be no hesitation in 
> carrying out some retaliatory measures," Vendrell said. "I 
> want to make it clear that we don't have any inside 
> information that the United States government or anybody 
> else is planning anything at the moment in terms of 
> Afghanistan, this is just a logical precaution," he said. 
> Vendrell, a Spaniard who became Afghan envoy 18 months ago, 
> was speaking at the UN European headquarters in Geneva 
> after holding private talks with the son and grandson of 
> the former Afghan king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, who lives in 
> Rome. (Reuters)
>  
>        
>  
> US troops in Gulf on alert
>  
> The US sealed off its military bases in the Gulf area on 
> Wednesday and security steps for US civilians were swiftly 
> introduced after massive attacks on buildings in New York 
> and Washington rocked the superpower. But Western defence 
> sources said that although all US forces overseas had been 
> put on top alert, the measures might not directly affect 
> US-British air patrols over Gulf War foe Iraq to enforce a 
> no-fly zone from bases in the region. The British have not 
> raised their level to top alert but because they share 
> regional bases with US forces, they are conforming with 
> American security measures. US troops guarding the perimeter 
> of Camp Doha on the outskirts of Kuwait City have all 
> pulled back into the compound, which has been sealed off to 
> minimise any threat. The camp houses hundreds of US 
> ground forces who train in the desert state near the Iraqi 
> border almost all year round, as well as heavy military 
> hardware pre-positioned for immediate deployment in case of 
> a crisis. Elsewhere in the small Gulf Arab state bases 
> hosting US forces and aircraft were also put on top alert 
> and extra security measures introduced. Similar measures 
> were taken across the Gulf region, where the US has some 
> 15'000-25'000 military personnel. In Qatar, witnesses said 
> local authorities blocked access roads to US military 
> facilities, including two bases for storing heavy military 
> hardware. Strict security measures already in force at US 
> military facilities in the region were upgraded after 
> Tuesday's attacks, including at the headquarters of the US 
> Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and in Saudi Arabia where Washington 
> has warplanes deployed. (Reuters)
>  
>        
>  
> EU holds emergency meeting
>  
> EU foreign ministers opened an emergency meeting on 
> Wednesday, attended exceptionally by NATO's secretary-
> general, to discuss a joint response to Tuesday's 
> terrorist attacks in the United States. British Foreign 
> Secretary Jack Straw told reporters the ministers would 
> express solidarity with the American people and discuss 
> measures to strengthen security at airports, public 
> buildings and on airlines in the 15-nation bloc. "It was 
> an attack on all of us - an attack on freedom and 
> democracy, on civilisation and on humanity," Straw said. 
> He refused to comment on the possibility of US retaliation. 
> NATO Secretary-General George Robertson told reporters: 
> "We stand together. We are two organisations with one 
> voice, one strong voice, that we will not stand for this 
> terrorism." A draft declaration pledged full cooperation 
> in combating terrorism, tracking down the perpetrators of 
> the US attacks and helping in search and rescue operations, 
> if needed. Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh said 
> everyone must help find those guilty of the devastating 
> attacks on the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon 
> in Washington, but she cautioned against hasty retaliation. 
> (Reuters)
>  
>        
>  
> Germany suspects bin Laden
>  
> Germany said on Wednesday that its intelligence agencies 
> agreed, with those in France, Britain, and Israel, that 
> Saudi militant Osama bin Laden was probably behind the 
> attacks on the United States, but they did not have hard 
> evidence. Chancellery Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier 
> told a news conference that Germany's intelligence agencies 
> had consulted their counterparts in Israel, France, and 
> Britain. He said they agreed that the attacks bore the 
> hallmarks of bin Laden, a Saudi-born dissident who now 
> lives in Afghanistan. Steinmeier, responsible for German 
> intelligence operations, said the type of attack, the 
> highly professional nature of the preparations, and the 
> ample financial resources apparently made available lead 
> the agencies to suspect bin Laden of involvement. Bin 
> Laden, a 44-year-old multi-millionaire is blamed for 
> bombing two US embassies in East Africa in 1998, killing 
> 224 people and injuring 4'000, and other anti-US attacks. 
> The US has also branded bin Laden the prime suspect in 
> bombings that killed 24 US service personnel in the Saudi 
> cities of Riyadh and Khobar in 1995 and 1996. Steinmeier 
> said that Germany's Bundesnachrichtendienst intelligence 
> agency had not yet been able to consult with its 
> counterparts in the US but that they hoped to within the 
> next few days. "After yesterday's attacks in Washington and 
> New York it is clear that we are facing a new level of 
> international terrorism," he said. US officials said on 
> Tuesday that people who conducted the attacks may have had 
> links to bin Laden or his organisation. Names of people 
> with possible ties to bin Laden's organisation were 
> found on the passenger rosters of the hijacked planes. 
> German Interior Minister Otto Schily reiterated that he was 
> in contact with his European Union counterparts and that 
> they were discussing holding an emergency meeting of EU 
> interior ministers to review security measures. 
> (Reuters)
>  
>        
>  
> US must focus on terrorism, not NMD - Russia
>  
> Russian officials urged the United States on Wednesday to 
> join a global fight against terrorism instead of focusing 
> on a missile defence shield that could not have stopped 
> Tuesday's devastating airliner attacks. Although the 
> attacks sparked genuine sympathy in Russia, officials said 
> the devastation caused by hijacked planes plunging into 
> the World Trade Center and the Pentagon showed that 
> Washington should change the emphasis of its defence 
> strategy. "It is becoming clear that the US side have been 
> seeking answers to the wrong questions," Dmitry Rogozin, 
> head of the parliamentary committee on international 
> affairs, said. "This is a strong argument that the United 
> States is building a system against non-existent threats," 
> analyst Alexander Golts said. The dramatic attacks in the 
> heartland of the US struck a raw nerve in Russia, its 
> traditional big-power rival, which, with a sprawling 
> territory and huge borders, identifies with Washington's 
> security fears. Russia is opposed to a US missile defence 
> program aimed at defending the US against strikes from 
> "rogue states" and which will run up against the landmark 
> 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty between the two powers. 
> After Tuesday's tragedy Russian experts said Washington 
> had to recognise that its defence strategy was going the 
> wrong way. Former head of the Federal State Security 
> Service Nikolai Kovalyov said the US shift from a doctrine 
> of global security to one of purely national security was 
> a strategic error. Building a national missile shield would 
> only push extremists to look for new ways of operating, 
> including with chemical weapons. He said the US special 
> services had clearly failed to pick up the threat of an 
> attack because of lack of information. (Reuter)
>  
>         
>  
> Kursk bow cut in salvage program
>  
> An international team cut the bow off the sunken nuclear 
> Russian submarine Kursk on Wednesday bringing salvagers a 
> step closer to raising the wreck from the bed of the Barents 
> Sea later this month. Salvagers plan to raise the Kursk, 
> which sank after explosions ripped through its bow last 
> August, killing all 118 men aboard, and bring it to dock in 
> Roslyakovo on Russia's northern coast by 27-28 September. 
> "The bow has now been cut off," said Lars Walder, spokesman 
> for the Dutch Mammoet-Smit team aboard the Giant 4 barge, 
> docked off Kirkenes in northern Norway. The barge will hoist 
> the wreck to the surface using 26 mammoth cranes. Divers 
> have been working for more than a week in icy waters 100m 
> deep to slice off the bow using robot cutting gear. Russian 
> President Vladimir Putin has vowed to raise the Kursk 
> before winter storms and darkness make work too hazardous. 
> Putin has said he wants to find out the cause of the 
> disaster, recover the Kursk's nuclear reactor from the 
> seabed and give crew members a proper burial. But experts 
> say the mangled torpedo bay in the bow holds the key to the 
> sinking. Some Russian navy officials have said the Kursk 
> may have collided with a Western submarine, while many 
> other experts say an onboard torpedo explosion caused the 
> disaster. Either way, Walder said the 25-metre bow had to 
> come off in order to salvage the rest of the submarine. 
> "The problem is that the bow is completely damaged," he 
> said. Otherwise, in the worst case, it might have fallen 
> off during the salvage. Walder said the most critical stage 
> of the rescue operation would be to loosen the Kursk from 
> the seabed, when rescuers drag a giant steel wire under 
> the submarine. The cranes will lift the Kursk by attaching 
> other wires to 26 pre-bored holes.
> 
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  "Ali Ahmeti, the political leader of the National Liberation Army, said
   he gave the order to disband at midnight on Wednesday, hours after NATO
   agreed with the Macedonian government on the mandate for a new task
   force to deploy here to keep the peace effort on track."

  "NATO has been particularly concerned about Macedonian Slav paramilitary
   groups that emerged a few weeks ago. They have been accused of starting
   firefights at night around several frontline villages and harassing
   ethnic Albanian villagers by day."

  "Arben Xhaferi, the leader of the main Albanian political party, said
   that if the Macedonian Slav parties tried to change a small part of the
   political agreement, then his party would reject the whole package."

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/28/international/europe/28MACE.html
September 28, 2001

Rebel Head in Macedonia Gives Order to Disband
By CARLOTTA GALL

SIPKOVICA, Macedonia, Sept. 27 Ethnic Albanian rebels declared today that
they have formally disbanded and are returning to civilian life, ending
their eight-month insurgency for more rights in Macedonia.

Ali Ahmeti, the political leader of the National Liberation Army, said he
gave the order to disband at midnight on Wednesday, hours after NATO agreed
with the Macedonian government on the mandate for a new task force to
deploy here to keep the peace effort on track.

Surrounded by former fighters, now all dressed in dark suits, Mr. Ahmeti
was speaking in this mountain village in western Macedonia that has been
his headquarters. In a conciliatory speech, he vowed to cooperate with the
peace effort and said he was sure that with the help of the international
community the ethnic Albanian minority and the Macedonian Slav majority
could overcome all security problems. "We should not create conditions that
could reactivate the National Liberation Army," he said.

Despite the talk of peace, the potential for a resurgence of violence is
very real.

Sandbagged checkpoints on the roads in western Macedonia have been
abandoned, and children play in the trenches and foxholes. But an invisible
front line remains along with off-limits areas between government
controlled and rebel-held territory.

While the rebels have by all appearances handed in their weapons and
disbanded, the Macedonian Parliament has yet to ratify the political
agreement that would grant the Albanian minority in the country broader
political rights. Nor has the government yet organized an amnesty for the
rebel fighters as was promised during the peace negotiations. These final
steps are expected to last at least another two weeks.

NATO, meanwhile, is moving out. It has ended its 30-day mission to collect
and destroy rebel weapons, and the first of its 4,500 troops began
departing today. A new force of 1,000 troops will take over, but there are
concerns that trouble may break out before the new force is ready. "The
next two weeks are perhaps the most critical," a NATO spokesman said.

"We need these guys right now on the ground," said Maki Shinohara,
spokeswoman for the United Nations refugee agency in Skopje. "Numbers are
not so important, but we want a very effective presence that would
discourage people from taking up weapons for self-defense, and reduce the
fear that is very real in these communities."

NATO has been particularly concerned about Macedonian Slav paramilitary
groups that emerged a few weeks ago. They have been accused of starting
firefights at night around several frontline villages and harassing ethnic
Albanian villagers by day.

Their presence threatened to derail the rebel disarmament process until
finally President Boris Trajkovski was persuaded to order their removal.
NATO troops have swarmed into the area, and regular units of the Macedonian
Army and police have taken over security of the Macedonian Slav villages,
but these paramilitary groups are a potential danger, NATO troops say.

Another potential danger is that former rebels admit that, while they have
handed in most of their weapons, many have kept a side arm. Independent
analysts estimate that the rebels have handed in only half of their weapons
and can procure more on the black market.

A member of Parliament, Nikola Popovski, argued that any flare-up of
fighting would prove that NATO's weapons collection mission had been a
failure. If so, he said, Parliament should not give final approval to the
political agreement and thus effectively stop the peace process dead.

Arben Xhaferi, the leader of the main Albanian political party, said that
if the Macedonian Slav parties tried to change a small part of the
political agreement, then his party would reject the whole package.

The rebel leader, Mr. Ahmeti, said the Macedonians could not renege on the
peace deal. "It would be the same as us asking for our broken and destroyed
weapons back from NATO," he said. "You know it is not possible."

In the next two weeks, the two most taxing issues will be the return of the
displaced Macedonian Slavs to their homes in western Macedonia, and the
re-entry of Macedonian police officers to the rebel-held areas.

Macedonian legislators are insisting both happen soon, before the approval
of the peace accord.

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