From valon.mustafa at kcl.ac.uk  Fri Jun  2 09:23:47 2000
From: valon.mustafa at kcl.ac.uk (Valon Mustafa)
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 14:23:47 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time)
Subject: [Prishtina-E] I want to help (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0005292335400.17083-100000@alb-net.com>
Message-ID: <SIMEON.10006021447.A@str15a-09.kcl.ac.uk>

Please unsubscribe me from the list


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From juniku at hotmail.com  Sun Jun  4 10:58:20 2000
From: juniku at hotmail.com (Uk Lushi)
Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 07:58:20 PDT
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Fwd: [alb-information] Greece
Message-ID: <20000604145820.44234.qmail@hotmail.com>



>From: "Nikoll A Mirakaj" <albania at EROLS.COM>
>To: "a" <alb-information at egroups.com>
>Subject: [alb-information] Greece
>Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 10:53:48 -0700
>
>Greek Jews Wary of Backlash
>By Brian Murphy
>Associated Press Writer
>Wednesday, May 31, 2000; 4:34 p.m. EDT
>
>ATHENS, Greece ?? The messages dripped of pure hate. "Hitler was right,"
>vandals wrote during the desecration last week of the largest Jewish
>cemetery in Greece. A similar message appeared on a Jewish community Web
>site.
>
>The attacks are startling in a nation with no history of widespread
>anti-Semitism and a strong distaste for Fascist-style groups since the
>collapse of a military dictatorship in 1974.
>
>But Greece's small Jewish community is being targeted in the backlash
>against a government plan to remove religious affiliations from identity
>cards ? a proposal that has incensed the powerful Greek Orthodox Church.
>
>Many opponents blame a vague "conspiracy" of Jews and European Union
>bureaucrats for the ID changes. Church leaders have declared a "relentless
>struggle" to overturn the plan, which they see as a first step toward a
>possible separation of church and state.
>
>"We ask our politicians: Are they listening to the Greek Orthodox people or
>the Jewish lobby?" protest leader Panayiotis Lyras said at a march 
>Wednesday
>of about 2,500 people opposed to the plan.
>
>"Those who lay a hand on Orthodoxy will pay for it. There are battles
>ahead," he said as the marchers headed toward parliament.
>
>Most mainstream clerics have been careful to distance themselves from any
>calls for violence. Yet cliques of religious fringe groups and
>ultra-nationalists have drawn considerable strength from the 
>church-fostered
>controversy.
>
>The cemetery attack ? Nazi slogans and symbols painted on buildings and 
>more
>than 90 graves last Friday ? was the third against Jews or Jewish sites in
>Greece in a month.
>
>"Jewish plot behind the IDs," said a headline in the Orthodox Press, a
>weekly newspaper thought to reflect church thinking.
>
>Meanwhile, the crusaders fighting the ID changes are trying to rally 
>support
>with calls similar to the slogan of the 1967-74 junta: "Greece for 
>Christian
>Greeks."
>
>A parliament member, Giorgos Karatzaferis, has made an issue of whether a
>respected colleague, Miltiades Evert, wore a yarmulke while accepting an
>award for his father's role in saving Jews during the Nazi occupation of
>Greece. Only about 5,000 Jews remain from a prewar population of more than
>80,000.
>
>"Who is, or who is not with the Jews?" said Karatzaferis, who has used his
>Athens television station as a soapbox to attack the ID changes. "Who
>conspires and who does not conspire against our country?"
>
>Jewish leaders note there are no signs of an organized ultra-nationalist
>political movement such as Austria's Freedom Party. But there are clear
>worries of a backlash against anyone not Greek Orthodox, who comprise more
>than 97 percent of the population.
>
>"It's xenophobia," said Jean Cohen, a Greek Jewish journalist and
>commentator. "There is a difference between being anti-Semitic and
>xenophobic ... Xenophobic means they are against anyone who is not Greek
>Orthodox."
>
>At a news conference Wednesday, the head of the Greek Orthodox Church,
>Archbishop Christodoulos, used descriptions that could be viewed as
>incompatible with the secular and multicultural strivings of the European
>Union.
>
>"The Greek church and people are one and the same," he said. "Greeks are
>Christian Orthodox."
>
>But, he later added, Jews "have no reason to be scared."
>
>Andreas Andreanopoulos, a commentator writing in the daily Exousia
>newspaper, blamed Greek Orthodox leaders for "cultivating a dangerous 
>spirit
>of inquisitorial mania and fanaticism."
>
>This atmosphere can turn suddenly against minorities, some scholars say.
>
>"Anytime you have ethnic identity and religion intertwined, as in the case
>of the Greek Orthodox Church, there is the potential for very negative
>attitudes toward anyone considered an enemy of their perception of the
>world," said Doug Bandow, an analyst specializing in religion and politics
>at the Cato Institute in Washington.
>
>? Copyright 2000 The Associated Press
>
>
>
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>
>
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>Go to http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Kosovo/ and vote "YES"!
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From vluchtheuveltje at wish.net  Fri Jun  2 18:09:31 2000
From: vluchtheuveltje at wish.net (Vluchtheuveltje)
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 00:09:31 +0200
Subject: [Prishtina-E] (no subject)
Message-ID: <000201bfccdf$42010680$09b57bd4@vluchtheuvel>

hello,

If you like , you can send mail to the dutch kosova internet site,
http://www.kosovo.nl  , then click at the guestbook and write...
it will be broadcasted alll over holland, and of course the world.
greetings ted vd Hoogen.




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From etrit at alb-net.com  Fri Jun  9 00:00:30 2000
From: etrit at alb-net.com (Etrit Bardhi)
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 00:00:30 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Prishtina-E] British Diplomat Gunned Down in Athens Street
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0006082359410.1167-100000@alb-net.com>

I am scared to go to Greece for vacation now...

----
British Diplomat Gunned Down in Athens Street

By Dina Kyriakidou

ATHENS (Reuters) - Two assassins gunned down Britain's top defense
diplomat in Athens as he drove to work on Thursday in an attack police
linked to the elusive November 17 guerrilla group.

Two men in helmets riding a motorcycle fired four shots at Brigadier
Stephen Saunders, hitting his abdomen and hands. Doctors said he suffered
severe bleeding and his vital organs failed.

The killing of the 52-year-old father of two teenage girls triggered
outrage in Greece and abroad and brought calls for Greece to hunt down the
killers.

Prime Minister Costas Simitis telephoned his British counterpart Tony
Blair and expressed his horror at the assassination.

``The Greek government will do its duty and defend with all
means...citizens' safety,'' he said in a statement.

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Discuss this story with other people.
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Simitis's government has come under attack from its Western allies for not
doing enough to combat terrorism. No November 17 guerrilla has ever been
captured or brought to justice.

Blair told a cabinet meeting in London that Saunders's death was a
tragedy.

``It was an act of terrorism, it was contemptible as it was senseless, and
will be condemned by all right minded people,'' he said.

Nato Chief Interrupts Meeting

NATO Secretary-General George Robertson interrupted a meeting in Brussels
to announce Saunders's death and attending British Defense Secretary Geoff
Hoon said his country was pressing Greece to track down the culprits.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but police
said ballistic tests showed the spent shells from a .45 caliber automatic
pistol found on the scene came from a weapon used by November 17 in
previous attacks.

The group has killed three Greeks and an American with the same gun since
1980 and wounded a Greek parliamentary deputy, police sources said.

Saunders would be its 23rd victim. The group, named after a bloody student
uprising in 1973 against the junta then ruling Greece, came to prominence
with the murder of the CIA station chief in Athens, Richard Welch, in
1975.

It has since killed Greeks, Americans and Turks. In its last attack in
May, 1999, November 17 fired a rocket at the residence of the German
ambassador in Athens but no one was injured.

The two assailants stopped their motorcycle in the middle of the busy
Kiffisias Avenue in the northern suburb of Halandri and fired several
times at Saunders through the passenger-side window of his white Rover
car.

Police Launch Manhunt

The car had normal Greek license plates and no diplomatic insignia, a
safety precaution taken by most Western embassies in Athens, police said.

Police launched a manhunt, setting up roadblocks all over the capital and
sending out scores of plainclothes officers to search for the attackers.

The United States has often complained about Greece's failure to arrest or
convict any of the guerrillas, and Congress's National Commission on
Terrorism said in a report this week that Greece was not doing enough.

Thursday's attack also triggered criticism at home.

``After 25 years the Greek police is powerless to deal with such a
phenomenon,'' said conservative New Democracy opposition party deputy Dora
Bakoyannis, whose husband was shot dead by November 17 in 1989.

``If we don't at some stage realize that terrorism has to be tackled...we
will continue to be the only country which finds itself in this
situation,'' she said. 




From aqeli1 at tigger.cc.uic.edu  Fri Jun  9 02:46:23 2000
From: aqeli1 at tigger.cc.uic.edu (Albi Qeli)
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 23:46:23 -0700
Subject: [Prishtina-E] British Diplomat Gunned Down in Athens Street
Message-ID: <001d01bfd1de$6e833260$96acf880@xyz.uic.edu>

A few years ago, Greek paramilitaries passed the Albanian border (near
Peshk?pi), then attacked and murdered Albanian servicemen while they were
deep asleep.

I hope that the British government, unlike the Albanian one, will force
Greece to bring such terrorists to justice. It is completely outrageous that
a country which pretends to have a 5000 year old democracy hosts such
terrorists and lets them act freely. Not a single one has been arrested, and
it is possible that these terrorists have links with certain ruling PASOK
figures.

Albi

>
>Simitis's government has come under attack from its Western allies for not
>doing enough to combat terrorism. No November 17 guerrilla has ever been
>captured or brought to justice.




From juniku at hotmail.com  Fri Jun  9 18:42:56 2000
From: juniku at hotmail.com (Uk Lushi)
Date: Fri Jun  9 18:42:56 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] WorldNews.com article: "Clinton Was Close to Kosovo Invasion"
Message-ID: <200006091740.SAA21958@mail.livenews.com>

This email was sent from http://worldnews.com/
WorldNews.com is your gateway to stories from the World's Best online news services.


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The Associated Press (Fri 9 Jun 2000)
Clinton Was Close to Kosovo Invasion

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- President Clinton was just days away from approving 
a ground invasion of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo conflict last year, 
according to the White House national security adviser. 

In an interview published today in the Los Angeles Times, Samuel R. 
Berger described how close the nation and its allies came to deciding 
to fight their way into Kosovo. 

On June 2, 1999 -- 71 days after NATO's air war against Serbia began -- 
Berger said he began drafting a memo advising the president to prepare 
for a ground invasion. 

To be sure of winning in Kosovo, Berger wrote, the United States had to 
launch a massive ground invasion using 175,000 NATO troops, about 
100,000 of them from the United States. 

If the ground war was launched, Berger said, there would not have been 
a consensus among the alliance's 19 countries. 

However, the memo went to the Oval Office and Clinton was ready to 
approve it, Berger said. Before he could, unexpected news arrived from 
Belgrade: Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic had agreed to NATO's 
terms. The air war ended after 78 days. 

Clinton publicly ruled out the option of ground combat on the first day 
of the war, confident of achieving a low-casualty victory with 
selective air strikes. 

The bombing by NATO forces was aimed at forcing Milosevic to stop the 
"ethnic cleansing" of ethnic Albanians, who made up the majority of the 
population of Kosovo province. 

German Gen. Klaus Naumann has said the air campaign succeeded in 
halting the Serb crackdown on Kosovo Albanians and in reversing the 
flow of refugees out of the province, but it was a mistake for the 
alliance to rule out the option of a ground invasion. 

Berger's memo outlined three options: Arm the Kosovars and risk a war 
that would last for years; wait until spring and require NATO to supply 
and protect thousands of refugees inside Kosovo through the winter; or 
launch a major ground invasion. 

"It was a pretty depressing memo," he said. 
Copyright 2000 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or 
redistributed.


From avukpalaj at hotmail.com  Fri Jun  9 16:26:41 2000
From: avukpalaj at hotmail.com (Ardian Vukpalaj)
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 16:26:41 EDT
Subject: [Prishtina-E] KERKESE..........
Message-ID: <20000609202641.74185.qmail@hotmail.com>

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From etrit at alb-net.com  Fri Jun  9 17:35:19 2000
From: etrit at alb-net.com (Etrit Bardhi)
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 17:35:19 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Prishtina-E] SARC information on: Serbian.Trojan (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0006091734500.1167-100000@alb-net.com>

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Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 10:10:13 -0700 (PDT)
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To: etrit at alb-net.com
Subject: SARC information on: Serbian.Trojan

Etrit Bardhi-

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From george33030 at yahoo.com  Fri Jun  9 21:26:18 2000
From: george33030 at yahoo.com (George Garza)
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 18:26:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Open Letter to U.S. President Bill Clinton
Message-ID: <20000610012618.22171.qmail@web4504.mail.yahoo.com>

You may agree or you may disagree, but this is a
thought-provoking 
letter 
from Eric Jowers to President Bill Clinton.  He is a
retired Army 
officer who 
served as public affairs officer at Fort Rucker from
1989 to 1991 and 
now 
lives in Ozark, Alabama.
 
> > Dear Mr. President:
> > 
> > It's not about sex. If it were about sex, you
would
> > be long gone.  Just like
> > a doctor, attorney or teacher who had sex with a
> > patient, client or student
> > half his age, you would have violated the ethics
of
> > your office and would be
> > long gone.
> > 
> > Just like a Sergeant Major of the Army, Gene
> > McKinney, who though found not
> > guilty, was forced to resign amid accusations of
> > sexual abuse.  Remember the

> > Air Force General you wouldn't nominate to be
> > Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
> > of Staff because he freely admitted to an affair
> > almost 15  years  before,
> > while he and his wife were separated? Unlike you,
he
> > was never accused of
> > having a starry-eyed office assistant my
daughter's
> > age  perform oral sex on
> > him while he was on the phone and his wife and
> > daughter  were  upstairs.
> > 
> > If it were about sex, you should be subjected to
the
> > same horrible hearings
> > that Clarence Thomas was subjected to because of
the
> > accusations of Anita
> > Hill. The only accusation then was that he talked
> > dirty to her;  he didn't
> > even leave semen stains on her dress. No, it's not
> > about sex.
> > 
> > It's  about character. It's about lying. It's
about
> > arrogance. It's about
> > abuse of power. It's about dodging the draft and
> > lying about it.. When
> > caught in a lie by letters you wrote, you
concocted
> > a story that nobody
> > believed. But we excused it and looked away.
> > 
> > It's about smoking dope, and lying about it. "I
> > didn't inhale" you said.
> > Sure, and when I was 15 and my buddies and I
swiped
> > a beer from an unwatched
> > refrigerator, we drank from it, but we didn't
> > swallow. "I broke no laws of
> > the United States," you said. That's right, you
> > smoked
> > dope in England or Norway or Moscow; where you
were
> > demonstrating against
> > the U.S.A.
> > 
> > You lied, but we excused it and looked away. It's
> > about you selling
> > overnight stays in the White House to any
foreigner
> > or other  contributor
> > with untraceable cash. It's about Whitewater
> > and Jim and Susan McDougal and Arkansas, GOV. Jim
> > Guy Tucker and Vincent
> > Foster and Jennifer Flowers and Paula Jones and
> > Karen Willey and nearly
> > countless others.
> > 
> > It's about stealing the records from Foster's
office
> > while his body  was
> > still warm and putting them in your bedroom and
"not
> > noticing them" for two
> > years.
> > 
> > It's about illegal political contributions. It's
> > about you and Al Gore
> > soliciting contributions and selling influence at
> > Buddhist temples and in
> > the same Oval Office where Abraham Lincoln and
> > Franklin Roosevelt led their
> > countries through the dark days of wars that
> > threatened the very existence
> > of our nation. But we excused you and looked away.
> > It's about hiding
> > evidence from Ken Starr, refusing to testify,
filing
> > legal motions, coaching
> > witnesses, obstructing justice and delaying Judge
> > Starr's inquiry for months
> > and years, and then complaining that it has gone
on
> > too long.
> > 
> > The  polls agreed. Thank goodness that Judge Star
> > didn't read the polls,
> > play politics or excuse you and look away. He held
> > on to the evidence like
> > a tenacious bulldog. Your supporters say that
you've
> > confessed your wrong
> > doings and asked for our forgiveness.
> > 
> > Listen, what you said on TV the night you
testified
> > to the grand jury was
> > not a confession; overwhelming evidence is not a
> > confession at  all.ot that
> > it would make a lot of difference. A murderer who
> > contritely  confesses his
> > crime is still a murderer. When your "confession"
> > didn't sell, even to your friends, you became more
> > forthcoming. Maybe
> > someday you'll confess more, but probably not.
> > You've established such
> > pattern of lying that we can't believe you
anymore.
> > Neither can your
> > cabinet, the Congress or any of the leaders of the
> > nations of the world.
> > When a leader's actions defame and emasculate our
> > country as profoundly as
> > yours have, it's no longer a personal matter, as
you
> > claim. It's no longer a
> > matter between you, your family and your God.
> > 
> > By the way, I don't believe for a minute that
> > Hillary was unaware of your
> > sexual misadventures, abuses of power and pattern
of
> > lying. She  has been a
> > party to your wrong doings since Whitewater and
> > Jennifer Flowers just as
> > surely as she lied about the Rose law firm's
> > billings and
> > hid the Vincent Foster evidence in your bedroom
for
> > two years. Why? So she
> > could share in the raw power that your office
> > carries. The two of you
> > probably lied to Chelsea, but that is a matter
among
> > you, your family and
> > your God.
> > 
> > Remember the sign over James Carvill's desk during
> > the l992 campaign?  It
> > said, "It's the economy, stupid!" Place this sign
> > over your desk:  "It's
> > about character, stupid!"
> > 
> > No, it's not about sex, Mr. President. If it were,
> > you would be long gone.
> > It's about character; but we have to live with
your
> > filth, lies  and
> > arrogance for a while longer. Your lies, amorality
> > and lack of character
> > have been as pervasive as they have been
despicable,
> > so we have no reason to
> > believe that you will quietly resign and go away.
> > You'll count on
> > half-truths and spin doctors to see you through,
the
> > country be damned.
> > 
> > It has always worked before. We excused you and
> > looked the other way. No
> > more, we've had enough. You betrayed us enough.
You
> > have made every elected
> > official, minister, teacher,
> > diplomat, parent and grandparent in the country
> > apologize for you and
> > explain away your actions.
> > 
> > Now go away, and let us show them that our country
> > was not without  morals.
> > It was just that you were. Let us show them that
> > America was not the
> > problem. William Jefferson Clinton was.
> > 
> > Go away, Mr. President. Leave us alone. And when
you
> > leave, know that your
> > legacy to the United States of America will be a
> > stain on the office of the
> > President that is as filthy as the stain on
Monica's
> > dress. It will take a
> > lot of scrubbing to make it clean again.

-Any comments??
--George
                                                 
            


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From kosova at jps.net  Sat Jun 10 18:26:06 2000
From: kosova at jps.net (kosova at jps.net)
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 15:26:06 -0700
Subject: [Prishtina-E] A-PAL Anniversary Report
Message-ID: <LNBBKKIEKFOPADHBEFPFCEPACPAA.kosova@jps.net>

Welcome to Albanian Prisoner Advocacy List -- Prisoner Pals Newsletter

A-PAL ANNIVERSARY REPORT
June 09, 2000

Association Of Political Prisoners
Kosova Action Network



THE WAR IS NOT OVER UNTIL THE PRISONERS COME HOME
-- Jaime Shea, NATO spokesperson, 02/05/00


On June 10, 1999, over 2,000 Albanians were illegally taken to Serb prisons.
Tragically, nearly one thousand are still there a year later. This action
was the result of both the United States Administration's desire to end the
NATO bombing as quickly as possible and the on-going failure of the West to
create a comprehensive, just peace plan for Kosova that would protect the
rights of all the people in Kosova.

A-PAL takes this opportunity of the one year anniversary to look back at the
prisoner issue since January, 2000.  The continuing illegal detention of the
remaining 950 Albanians in Serbia is a  disconcerting comment on the failure
of the West to implement a just peace in Kosova .

CALL FOR JUSTICE

The International Government Organizations: OSCE, UN, NATO, EU, EP, and the
U.S.  MUST stand up against the Serb Ministry of Justice's abuses and INSIST
on the rule of law --  Equal for ALL.  Outside groups must focus on the
principle of human rights throughout the region; these principles must be
upheld with consequences for those who fail to do so. This urgent need was
made clear during the UN Security Council members visit to Kosova.

Within Serbia this means the following actions must be implemented:
1. The Immediate Release of all Albanian Prisoners
2. The Arrest of Indicted War Criminals
3. Free Elections -- Not Civil War

Within Kosova this means the following actions:
1. The Adoption of the Tolerance Platform Endorsed by KTC, KFOR and Serb
Kosova leaders
2. To Install Judges and Trials
3. To Aid ICRC in locating 150 missing Serbs
4. To Aid ICRC in locating over 3,000 missing Albanians
5. To Begin War Crimes Trials


FAILURE TO DEMAND FOCUS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE WILL RESULT IN FURTHER
UNNECESSARY VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION.

SUGGESTED ACTION:  Use the compiled quotations listed below to advocate for
justice and equality for all those suffering illegal imprisonment in Serbia.
Email to the addresses listed below.

Now is the time, more than ever, to email the UN Security Council members.
Emphasize that the rule of law should be the primary need and focus for all
agencies and officers in the region. Violating guaranteed human rights
because you were ordered to do so is no excuse for condoning illegal
behavior.

Not until all sides - Serbian people themselves, NATO and the West, Kosovar
Albanians - put the principles of justice foremost and act to enforce laws
on all sides will the situation begin to move forward towards peace and away
from war.

==========================================
EMAIL ADDRESSES / CONTACT INFO:
==========================================

* The European Court of Human Rights, Council of Europe in Strasbourg,
France: e-mail  webmaster at courtl.coe.fr  or  telephone + 33-3-88-412018
* United States of America: usaun at undp.org
* Canada: canada at un.int
* United Kingdom: uk at un.int
* Ukraine: ukrun at undp.org
* Tunisia:  tunun at undp.org
* Russian Federation: rusun at un.int
* Malaysia: mysun at undp.org
* Netherlands: netherlands at un.int
* Jamaica: jamaica at un.int
* France: france at un.int
* China: chinun at undp.org
* Canada: canada at un.int
* Bangladesh: bangladesh at un.int
* Argentina: argentina at un.int
* Representative Engel's office (Chairman of the Albanian Caucus):
jason.steinbaum at mail.house.gov
* National Albanian American Council: naacdc at aol.com
* Doris Pack: Chairperson-Southeast Europe Delegation:
dpack at europarl.eul.int
* Emma Bonino: ebonino at agora.stm.it
* Elmar Brock: Chairman Human Rights ebrok at europarl.eu.int
* Bart Staes: bstaes at europarl.eu.int
* Patricia McKenna: mckennap at iol.ie
* Heidi Hautala: hautala at vihrealiitto.fi
* Ole Krarup: ole.kraup at jur.ku.dk
* Daniel Cohn-Bendit: dcohn-bendit at europarl.eu.int
* Cecelia Malmstrom: cecelia at liberal.se
* Hans_gert Poettering: hpoettering at europarl.eu.int
* Per Gahrton: pgahrton at europarl.eu.int
* Jose Pomes Ruis: pomes at abc.ibernet.com
* Christina Prets: eu-buero.prets at members.at
* Heidi Ruhle: hruhle at europarl.eu.int
* Elisabeth Schroedter: eschroedter at europarl.eu.int
* Staffan B. Linder: sbl at moderat.se
* Gunilla Carlsson: gcarlsson at europarl.eu.int
* Den Dover: ddover at demon.uk
* Olivier Duhamel: oduhamel at europarl.eu.int
* Olivier Dupuis: o.dupuis at agora.stm.it
* Marialiese Flemming: mflemming at europarl.eu.int
* Karl Heinz Florenz: kflorenz at europarl.eu.int
* Michael Gahler: mgahler at europarl.eu.int
* Vasco Graca Moura: vgm at mail.telepac.pt
* Marco Pannaella: m.pannella at agora.it
* Mihail Papayannakis: papagiannakis at syn.gr
* Slobodan Milosevic--President of FRY- fax: 011-381-11-636-775
* Vlajko Stoijiljkovic--Minister of Int. Affairs --  011-381-11-3617-508
* Zoran Sokolovic-- Federal Minister of Internal Affairs--
011-381-11-361-7730
* Zivadin Jovanovic--Fed. Minister of Foreign Affairs--  011-381-11-367-2954

==========================================

     Here is a list of Ministry of Justice officials who have participated
in the unfair trials and detentions of Albanians and Serbs. Please forward
this list to your foreign affairs leader, the Security Council, and the EU.
Ask that these people be investigated for violating or knowing of
approximately 60 different international human rights laws regarding law
enforcement.
     Urge, besides the investigation into the Dubrava massacre, an
investigation into the 20,000 documented rapes of Albanian girls and women
carried out by Serb forces (www.khao.org/report023.htm). Ignoring these
crimes and allowing them to continue on after the war is an international
disgrace.


* Milomir Lazic ? Leskovac, Investigation judge
* Goran Petronijevic ? Belgrade, Now presiding over the mass trial of the
145 Gjakova deportees
* Dragolub Zdravkovic - Judge of Nis district court
* Goran Despotovic - Presheva Municipal Court
* Aleksandar Obradovic - Deputy Prosecutor in Nis
* Nikola Vazura - Pozharevac District Court Judge
* Dragisa Slipjepcevic - Judge in Belgrade District Court
* Marina Milanovic - Judge in Nis District Court; Sentenced Dr. Flora
Brovina to a 12 year prison sentence
* Danica Marinkovic - Investigating Judge in Nis; Investigated Racak
massacre
* Stipe Marusic - Director of Pozhrevac Prison
* Lubomir Cumburovic - Former Director of Prishtina and Lipjan Prisons where
thousands of Albanians were brutally tortured and murdered; now at Sremska
Mitrovica Prison


==========================================
THE YEAR IN QUOTES:
==========================================

December, 1999: Flora Brovina's husband, Ajri Begu: "It was not Flora who
was put on trial, it was the medical profession. It was a trial against all
brave people, humanists, who stood in the way of the regime."

December, 1999: Holly Cartner, "This trial is proceeding at the whim of
Serbian political authorities, not the facts of the case. This is the
pattern we've seen again and again in such trials against ethnic Albanians
from Kosovo. We will call on the court to resist political pressure and to
judge this case on the basis of facts. This is an opportunity to re-impose
the rule of law in Serbia's judicial system."

January, 2000: Shukrie Rexha, Association of Political Prisoners, Prishtina:
"Let us not forget our beloved ones who are not with us. Thousands of
Albanians are being tortured in Serb prisons.  they fight for life simply
because they are Albanians."

January, 2000: Shemsi, age 15: "I cannot forget my time in prison. I worry
all the time now that the people I left behind there will die."

February, 2000: Barbara Davis: UNHCHR Belgrade: "Albanians in Serb prisons
are in a kind of legal vacuum. There is no one to intervene on their
behalf."

February, 2000: Bernard Kouchner, UNMIK head: Demanded the immediate and
unconditional release of all Kosovar Albanian prisoners.

February, 2000: Sonja Biserko, Helsinki Human Rights/Belgrade: "Flora
Brovina faced a classic political trial. The Yugoslav authorities want to
destroy the core of Albanian society's emancipation."

February, 2000: Carl Bildt, UN Special Envoy to FYR: "There is no proper
peace agreement for Kosova."

February, 2000:  US Ambassador Richard Holbrooke: "The international
community is handicapped by the regime in Belgrade and the large number of
war criminals still at large."

February, 2000: John Menzies, Kosova Advisor, US State Dept.: "The continued
detention of Albanians in Serbia remains a tragic and vexing issue for the
international community."

March, 2000: Albin Kurti, Nis trial: "This court has nothing to do with
truth or justice. It serves the policies of the Milosevic regime."

March, 2000: Rep. Eliot Engel, US House of Representatives: "Belgrade has no
jurisdiction over Kosova and no authority to imprison Kosova residents."

March, 2000: Rep. Christopher Smith, CSCE Comm. Chairperson: "The U.S.
Administration agreed to drop the prisoner issue from the technical
agreement in order to expedite the cessation of the NATO air campaign. No
human rights expert was included on the team who negotiated the military
technical agreement."

March, 2000: "How can I be free when my soul is in prison?" D. Pllana,
Prishtina family member.

March, 2000:  Mahmouti Bardyl, Vice-president of Kosovo's Democratic
Progress Party, "We demand that the war criminals be arrested and convicted
and their hostages released, which would have an immediate effect on
security."

April, 2000: Gradimir Nalic, one of the lawyers defending the group, said
the prosecution "had no single evidence which could lead to individually
established guilt of any of the defendants."

April, 2000: Mehmetali Rexhepi, "The issue of the prisoners is the most
sensitive wound."

April, 2000: Mr. Kouchner has asked in vain for a special UN envoy to handle
the prisoner issue.

April, 2000: Juris Dinstbier, UNHR rapporteur for FYR: "The Flora Brovina
trial and conviction are absolutely made up. Albin Kurti was convicted
without any proof, in total violation of the Yugoslav legal system."

April, 2000: Natasa Kandic, HLC/Belgrade: "These 145 Albanians are innocent
civilians who were kidnapped from Djakovica eleven months ago."

April, 2000: Suzy Blaustein, ICG senior advisor: "If human rights lay closer
to the center of policy determination, many of Kosova and Serbia's problems
would long since have been resolved."

April, 2000: Dr. Flora Brovina: "I am a doctor and a poet. I have committed
no terrorist acts."

May, 2000: Bejta (released prisoner) confined himself to just a few words on
his detention: "Even cows wouldn't be treated like that."

May, 2000: prisoner's mother, Hajrije Limaj, age 60, Prishtina: "Even though
we are freed of Serb oppression, we continue to cry."

May, 2000: UN Security Council Amb. Chowdury of Bangladesh: "It is something
that is burning continuously and this aspect needs special attention. The UN
Security Council cannot maintain credibility if it fails to address the
issue of imprisoned and missing."

June, 2000: Louis Sell, ICG Kosovo office: "It's a disgrace that the Serbs
were allowed to leave with thousands of prisoners who are really hostages.
It's poisoning the atmosphere here."

June, 2000: Kosovarja Kelmendi, HLC/Prishtina: "Without a solution to this
problem, it's impossible to have peace and stability in Kosova."

June, 2000: Richard Mertens, CS Monitor: "Their imprisonment not only has
brought pain to the families, it has worsened relations between minority
Serbs living in Kosova and majority Albanians, and it has left many
Albanians increasingly frustrated with the West."

June, 2000:  Louis Sell, a former American diplomat who heads the Kosovo
office of the International Crisis Group, "It's really a disgrace that [the
Serbs] were allowed to leave with thousands of prisoners who are really
hostages. While these people were languishing in jail, they just weren't on
the screen. But it's poisoning the atmosphere here."

June, 2000:  Halil Matoshi, a magazine editor who spent eight months in a
Serbian prison, "This is like a new bombardment of Kosovo, by Serbian
forces," says. "With this case, the problems between Serbs and Albanians
will grow worse and worse."

--

MAY, 2000

Mr. Petronijevic said the court's decision was unanimous. ?Paraffin tests
had established beyond reasonable doubt that those sentenced had used
weapons.  There might have been shortcomings in the test, but the results
must be accepted as valid because they were conducted in wartime conditions.
It is impossible to determine your individual guilt, but that is not
necessary."

... the mass trial of the 143 Gjakova residents resulted in a total
sentencing of 1,632 years in prison...

--

We thank you for your support during this past year and wish immediate
closure on the prisoner issue on behalf of the Albanian families; for the
sake of stabilization, for the sake of peace, and for the sake of our
futures, together.

###

==========================================

Albanian Prisoner Advocacy List -- Prisoner Pals Newsletter
Anniversary Report, June 09, 2000

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From etrit at alb-net.com  Sun Jun 11 23:14:32 2000
From: etrit at alb-net.com (Etrit Bardhi)
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 23:14:32 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Prishtina-E] looking for somebody (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0006112314200.25670-100000@alb-net.com>


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 18:31:49 +0200
From: Rainer Holm <rainerholm at t-online.de>
To: etrit at alb-net.com
Subject: looking for somebody

i stepped in the prishtina-e forum to get contact to people from kosova,
specially in prishtina. in my former working i met many friends, the
most are going back now. so i like to go there, also to have contacts
with young people. have you any links to internet- cafes, etc. where i
have any chances?
also everyone has interest to e-mail me?
till soon, rainer



From etrit at alb-net.com  Sun Jun 11 23:29:26 2000
From: etrit at alb-net.com (Etrit Bardhi)
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 23:29:26 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Sex-slave trade in Kosova; Roger Waters inspired by events in Kosova
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0006112303270.25670-100000@alb-net.com>

The following story: "Sex-slave trade flourishes in Kosovo" at
http://www.msnbc.com/news/416095.asp?cp1=1
is pretty sad.  Also, notice how they spelled Guilani (town of Gjilan).

---
Also, Roger Waters (formerly with the band Pink Floyd) was inspired by
events in Kosova to write his new song.  Here's an excerpt from a recent
article:

"Waters says he has about five songs completed and plans to play one of
them, ``Each Small Candle,'' during this summer's tour.

Inspired by a report from Kosovo about a Serbian soldier who broke ranks
to help a wounded Albanian woman, the song, according to Waters, posits
the idea that ``we're all important to one another and we all have a
personal responsibility ... to make one significant or beautiful mark on
the big painting.''

That's been a common theme in Waters' work, particularly his solo outings,
and he says it will likely be a thread running through the rest of his
next album.

``I've always been obsessed with the idea of senseless death and
destruction and pain and poverty and things that are actually avoidable,''
says Waters, whose father was killed in battle during World War II. ``And
they may well be becoming more avoidable as we learn to communicate with
each other directly."



From juniku at hotmail.com  Mon Jun 12 22:02:32 2000
From: juniku at hotmail.com (Uk Lushi)
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 19:02:32 PDT
Subject: [Prishtina-E] REMEMBER THIS NAME-ELIZA DUSHKU!
Message-ID: <20000613020232.78040.qmail@hotmail.com>

Who is ELIZA DUSHKU?!

If you want to find out more about this actress of Albanian and Danish 
descent go to:

http://www.efanguide.com/~eliza/

Uk Lushi
New York
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From etrit at alb-net.com  Wed Jun 14 22:23:01 2000
From: etrit at alb-net.com (Etrit Bardhi)
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 22:23:01 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Prishtina-E] cat stevens and kosova
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0006142219280.25670-100000@alb-net.com>

hi, it was interesting reading an interview with a well-known british
singer cat stevens, where he refers to Kosova by writing it with an A, as
in Kosova, and not Kosovo.   I have noticed that the web site
www.centraleurope.com sometimes uses Kosova instead of Kosovo,
interesting...   Btw, Cat Stevens was stopped by the Macedonian police
while trying to cross the border into Albania during the NATO bombing and
taken the money he intended to give to the refugees.  I don't know if he
ever received it back from the Macedonians...

Here's an excerpt from his interview:

My first album after seventeen years of silence was released in 1995
entitled, The Life of The Last Prophet. To date it has sold over 300,000
copies. For those who have heard it, I believe it has made a
difference. As far as my charity work is concerned, it is part of my faith
as a Muslim to try to help those who are suffering from poverty or
economic or political injustice. It's very difficult to ignore
humanitarian disasters, such as we've seen in Bosnia, Kosova and
Mozambique. The royalties from my albums continue to support my charity
work. At the present time we're looking after thousands of orphans who are
the innocent victims of recent wars. We are trying to help those who have
survived and have no parents, we can't do anything about those who have
been killed. 

http://rock.yahoo.com/rock/music_news/rolling_stone/story.html?s=n/rolling_stone/rock/news/20000614/20000614001



From kosova at jps.net  Sun Jun 18 19:21:34 2000
From: kosova at jps.net (kosova at jps.net)
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 16:21:34 -0700
Subject: [Prishtina-E] A book on Kosova
Message-ID: <LNBBKKIEKFOPADHBEFPFAEDPDAAA.kosova@jps.net>

Has anyone read this book 'Art of Kosovo'?  Amazon.com lists it as a
five-star book and has the following reviews on its site:

--

Art of Kosovo : The Sacred Land
by Gojko Subotic

Reviewer: A reader from Amman, Jordan
 This beautiful and comprehensive coffee-table size book is a valuable and
poignant record of Kosovo's rich Serbian Orthodox Christian religious
heritage dating back almost a thousand years which is literally being blown
to smithereens on a daily basis by the Albanian victors of Clinton's
splendid little air war in Kosovo! These Byzantine style churches and
monasteries, vivid frescoes and liturgical art survived the 5 century
Ottoman occupation, 2 World Wars, and Tito's communism. Unfortunately, the
photos in this book may soon be all that is left. That only makes this well
produced volume even more valuable.

Reviewer: Mitch Strbac from Australia
 What a great book in regards to showing what historic significance Kosovo &
Metohija has to the Serbian nation. The illustrations are simply
breathtaking and tempts one to go there and view the beauty in person (if it
were not for the violence). The book will soon be a book on history as it
seems that every day another church or monastery is blown away by the
Albanian population while the West sanctifies their actions. Great book and
its a shame that we can't go to Kosovo and Metohija and view it in person!


###



From ylber at mail.com  Sun Jun 18 23:42:20 2000
From: ylber at mail.com (Ylber Burgija)
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:42:20 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Prishtina-E] A book on Kosova
Message-ID: <383694565.961386140535.JavaMail.root@web431-mc.mail.com>

May I remind you my friends that even though you probably don't want to
agnlowledge this, Serb Occupators have destroyed historic monuments of
Albanians dating back thousands of years to the Illyrians who's descendents
happen to be.
Important Historic sites have been systematicaly whiped off the face of the
earth through the years.
Nish (Nissus) even has traces of recent Albanian inhabitance wich were
cunningly hidden by the Serbs, after they drove the Albanian population out
in the beggining of the 20th century.
So don't try to make such a dumb argument, by giving us a couple of reviews
made by Serbs, who of course don't know what true facts are, as they only
belive what suits them.
This book, I guess holds a lot of the Serb History of Kosova, but what about
the Albanian Hisory and Art, it peobably isn't mentioned at all. Well I
wouldn't be surprises as this book is written by a Serb.

Ylber Burgija.

PS:It's really a shame you can't visit Kosva, youre braknig our hearts.


Art of Kosovo : The Sacred Land
by Gojko Subotic

Reviewer: A reader from Amman, Jordan
This beautiful and comprehensive coffee-table size book is a valuable and
poignant record of Kosovo's rich Serbian Orthodox Christian religious
heritage dating back almost a thousand years which is literally being blown
to smithereens on a daily basis by the Albanian victors of Clinton's
splendid little air war in Kosovo! These Byzantine style churches and
monasteries, vivid frescoes and liturgical art survived the 5 century
Ottoman occupation, 2 World Wars, and Tito's communism. Unfortunately, the
photos in this book may soon be all that is left. That only makes this well
produced volume even more valuable.

Reviewer: Mitch Strbac from Australia
What a great book in regards to showing what historic significance Kosovo &
Metohija has to the Serbian nation. The illustrations are simply
breathtaking and tempts one to go there and view the beauty in person (if it
were not for the violence). The book will soon be a book on history as it
seems that every day another church or monastery is blown away by the
Albanian population while the West sanctifies their actions. Great book and
its a shame that we can't go to Kosovo and Metohija and view it in person!


###

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From rdelia at ukonline.co.uk  Mon Jun 19 12:51:53 2000
From: rdelia at ukonline.co.uk (rdelia)
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 17:51:53 +0100
Subject: [Prishtina-E] A book on Kosova
References: <383694565.961386140535.JavaMail.root@web431-mc.mail.com>
Message-ID: <003601bfda0e$ac7354a0$67c428c3@pbncomputer>

Serbs never tell the truth, but they work together towards achieving their
goal no matter the ways they use and unfortunaly this (at least seems to me)
is working
whereas Albaninans have been concentrated on fighting against each-other -
which is untill now the only Albanian way of taking them to
Freedom(Independence) and that`s why( "thanks" to Albanian Leaders) a part
of Kosova is slipping away.

Albanian polititions in their war agains each-other have created such a big
space for the Albanian Enemies to operate, so that even Albanian historians
find it almost impossible to get involved into telling what is history and
what is not.

As long as we concider Foreigners like a child does his Father
We have to accept anything they offer to us.
This sounds very bitter, but that`s the way things are going... (This
doesn`t mean we should lounch a war against Foreigners(Americans...), but
there are a lot of things that can be done and all polititions know those
things very well)


----- Original Message -----
From: Ylber Burgija <ylber at mail.com>
To: <prishtina-e at alb-net.com>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 4:42 AM
Subject: RE: [Prishtina-E] A book on Kosova


>              --- Prishtina-E Discussion Forum ---
>         Archives: www.alb-net.com/pipermail/prishtina-e
>
> May I remind you my friends that even though you probably don't want to
> agnlowledge this, Serb Occupators have destroyed historic monuments of
> Albanians dating back thousands of years to the Illyrians who's
descendents
> happen to be.
> Important Historic sites have been systematicaly whiped off the face of
the
> earth through the years.
> Nish (Nissus) even has traces of recent Albanian inhabitance wich were
> cunningly hidden by the Serbs, after they drove the Albanian population
out
> in the beggining of the 20th century.
> So don't try to make such a dumb argument, by giving us a couple of
reviews
> made by Serbs, who of course don't know what true facts are, as they only
> belive what suits them.
> This book, I guess holds a lot of the Serb History of Kosova, but what
about
> the Albanian Hisory and Art, it peobably isn't mentioned at all. Well I
> wouldn't be surprises as this book is written by a Serb.
>
> Ylber Burgija.
>
> PS:It's really a shame you can't visit Kosva, youre braknig our hearts.
>
>
> Art of Kosovo : The Sacred Land
> by Gojko Subotic
>
> Reviewer: A reader from Amman, Jordan
> This beautiful and comprehensive coffee-table size book is a valuable and
> poignant record of Kosovo's rich Serbian Orthodox Christian religious
> heritage dating back almost a thousand years which is literally being
blown
> to smithereens on a daily basis by the Albanian victors of Clinton's
> splendid little air war in Kosovo! These Byzantine style churches and
> monasteries, vivid frescoes and liturgical art survived the 5 century
> Ottoman occupation, 2 World Wars, and Tito's communism. Unfortunately, the
> photos in this book may soon be all that is left. That only makes this
well
> produced volume even more valuable.
>
> Reviewer: Mitch Strbac from Australia
> What a great book in regards to showing what historic significance Kosovo
&
> Metohija has to the Serbian nation. The illustrations are simply
> breathtaking and tempts one to go there and view the beauty in person (if
it
> were not for the violence). The book will soon be a book on history as it
> seems that every day another church or monastery is blown away by the
> Albanian population while the West sanctifies their actions. Great book
and
> its a shame that we can't go to Kosovo and Metohija and view it in person!
>
>
> ###
>
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From juniku at hotmail.com  Fri Jun 23 17:51:18 2000
From: juniku at hotmail.com (Uk Lushi)
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 14:51:18 PDT
Subject: [Prishtina-E] RFE/RL BALKAN REPORT, Vol. 4, No. 47, 23 June 2000
Message-ID: <20000623215118.19899.qmail@hotmail.com>




>From: "Mimoza Meholli" <mehollim at hotmail.com>
>>RFE/RL BALKAN REPORT
>>Vol. 4, No. 47, 23 June 2000
>>
>>A Twice-Weekly Review of Politics, Media and Radio Free
>>Europe/Radio Liberty Broadcasts in the western Balkans.
>>
>>SOME THOUGHTS ON KOSOVA. This week marked the first
>>anniversary of the withdrawal of Serbian forces from Kosova.
>>The U.S.-based Kosova Task Force sent out a message raising
>>some important points in conjunction with the current Kosova
>>debate in some Western countries (see "RFE/RL Balkan Report,"
>>16 May 2000).
>>	The report noted that many "journalists in leading
>>newspapers are suffering from a serious bout of collective
>>amnesia. Critics in alliance with the Serbian lobby are
>>questioning whether NATO intervention on humanitarian grounds
>>was justified. Instead of acknowledging NATO's role in the
>>heroic resistance waged by the people of Kosova against
>>genocide, the focus is on whether the number of Serbian tanks
>>hit were worth the costs of intervention.
>>	"The following facts need to be remembered and brought
>>forward to the media's attention." There then follows a list
>>of nine points, which may be summed up as follows:
>>	1. Kosova still does not enjoy self-determination and
>>majority rule. Serbia continues to have political sovereignty
>>over Kosova despite the overwhelming vote for independence by
>>Kosovars in 1991. To deny the aspirations of Kosovars could
>>lead to new wars and further atrocities.
>>	2. The UN Security Council [in Resolution 1244] assigned
>>UNMIK the impossible task of creating a multiethnic Kosova
>>subject to Belgrade. Any talk of reconciliation and creation
>>of a multi-ethnic society is futile so long as there is no
>>acknowledgment of the wrongs done. Even if amends are not
>>made, then there should be at least a sense that some measure
>>of justice is being done.
>>	3. NATO went to war against Belgrade not to create some
>>multiethnic and democratic nirvana but to prevent an
>>escalation of Serbian attacks against Kosova's civilian
>>population.
>>	4. A political settlement with ethnic Albanians as full
>>partners is needed.
>>	5. The upcoming municipal elections are no more than a
>>UN plan to assuage Kosovars and a bid for time in the hope
>>that some sort of compromise short of Kosovar independence
>>will emerge.
>>	6. French forces have allowed a de facto partition of
>>the mineral-rich region of Mitrovica by the Serbs.
>>	7. War criminals have not been arrested. Kosova still
>>has no court that can deliver impartial judgments regarding
>>war crimes.
>>	8. About 1,200 Albanians are still being illegally held
>>in Serbian prisons, subjected to mock trials that make a parody
>>of justice. Last month, 143 of these prisoners were sentenced
>>to a total of 1,632 years in prison. Another 5,000 Kosovars
>>are reported missing. The weak international response has
>>fostered a profound cynicism among Kosovars regarding the
>>prospects for realizing other Western promises such as self-
>>governance or real peace.
>>	9. Kosovar sources estimate that 20,000 Kosovar women
>>were raped by Serbs. None of the guilty men have been
>>arrested. Few services are available for these women to deal
>>with their personal traumas. Local humanitarian groups,
>>including the Red Cross, have estimated that 100 babies
>>conceived through rape were born in January alone.
>>	Of course, this is only part of the story. The crimes
>>mentioned here do not justify the recent violence done to
>>Serbs and other non-Albanians who stayed on in Kosova. Any
>>moves to prevent the return of non-Albanians to Kosova are
>>not acceptable. Kosovar society itself is partly to blame for
>>the psychological and other difficulties that many of the
>>rape victims--to say nothing of the unwanted children--are
>>having. And KFOR's recent discovery of 67 tons arms in the
>>Drenica valley has cast more than a shadow over General Agim
>>Ceku and his Kosova Protection Corps.
>>	But these developments--and sometimes sterile
>>discussions about bombing raids--should not obscure the fact
>>that NATO intervened in Kosova for sound reasons and
>>succeeded in bringing the genocide to a halt. (Editing and
>>commentary by Patrick Moore)
>>

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