[Prishtina-E] NYT, letters to the Editor: Oct 12, 2000.

[Etrit Bardhi]

Arben, great job man!  How'd you get your letter published in New York
Times, I have sent them few letters and none of them were
published... Kudos to you...

Etrit.

On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 Daqki at aol.com wrote:

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> Letters 
> October 12, 2000
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>  To the Editor:
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> Re "European Union Greets Yugoslav Government" (news article, Oct. 10): 
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> The European Union embraced the new government in Belgrade with euphoria. The 
> unconditional pledge of billions of dollars and rushing of European foreign 
> ministers to Belgrade is wrong and counterproductive. Pushing aside demands 
> for the extradition of Slobodan Milosevic and for the release of thousands of 
> Kosovar political prisoners is too big a concession.
> 
> Europe's embrace of the new power in Belgrade can be viewed in Bosnia and 
> Kosovo as a premature and de facto reward to Serbian nationalism for years of 
> war, "ethnic cleansing" and genocide in the territories of the former 
> Yugoslavia. If true, it's a continuation of failed European policy in the 
> Balkans. 
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>   ARBEN SELIMAJ
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> New York, Oct. 10, 2000
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>  The New York Times Company Milosevic on Trial? Don't Feed the Fires
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> To the Editor:
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> Re "The Right Trial for Milosevic," by Michael Ignatieff (Op-Ed, Oct. 10): 
> 
> Mr. Ignatieff says it is in Serbia's interest to cooperate with the 
> international tribunal in The Hague. The important thing now is to allow 
> Serbia to integrate into the world community, not to reignite Serbian 
> nationalism. The same people who angrily ousted Slobodan Milosevic might also 
> be angered by what they perceive as unwarranted external intrusion.
> 
> Furthermore, it does not matter if the tribunal is a kangaroo court for the 
> victors; it only matters if Serbians perceive it to be. And given the 
> civilian deaths caused by NATO, I do not think their perceptions are 
> unreasonable. Reigniting nationalist sentiments for the sake of a trial at 
> The Hague for Mr. Milosevic is simply not worth the price. 
> 
>   CHRISTOPHER SMITH
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> New Orleans, Oct. 10, 2000
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