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1) NATO Watches Two Polish Soldiers Die As Result Of National Liberation Army/Albanian National Army Land Mine 2) 'Albanian National Army' Terrorizes Serbian Civilians In Kosovo 3) Kosovo-Based Extremists Push For 'Greater Albania' Including Kosovo, Montenegro, Greece; US Ambassador Minimizes Threat -The man and the wife (Krunoslav Kiprijanov and Leva Kiprijanova) were badly injured and the man lost the leg. The woman translator, Poliksena Filipovska, has a broken neck. -According to the doctors in the Kumanovo's hospital the soldiers might could have been saved if the NATO soldiers allowed them to intervene. "We just stood there and watched them die. This is very wrong and NATO should revoke its prohibition on receiving medical treatment in Macedonia," say the doctors, angry about the incident. -"I don't want to speculate about who is responsible for the death of the two NATO soldiers. The investigation will show," said today the NATO Spokesman in Skopje, Craig Ratcliff. -"Albania will never be stable without historical Kosovo, without our lands in Macedonia, Ulcinj, Plav, and Gusinje in Montenegro and our 300,000 people in Albanian territories in Greece." -At a recent press conference, US Ambassador to Macedonia Lawrence Butler downplayed the significance of the ANA. "They are pathetic losers who sit in a hole in Kosovo or Macedonia and send faxes." http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=2478 Reality Macedonia March 5, 2003 Two Polish Soldiers Killed in Macedonia By Irina Gelevska Near village Sopot, Kumanovo region - A NATO jeep with two Polish soildiers, one local translator (a young woman) and two civilians, run into a antitank mine with the back wheels. The civilians are a married couple of farmers living near the border with Serbia. The NATO soildiers were on a rutine patrol in this area when they received a call from a local farmer who located a mine near the road. The jeep susscesfully avoided the mine during the arrival, but stepped on it when heading back. The man and the wife (Krunoslav Kiprijanov and Leva Kiprijanova) where badly injured and the man lost the leg. The woman translator, Poliksena Filipovska, has a broken neck. According to the doctors in the Kumanovo's hospital the soildiers might could have been saved if the NATO soldiers allowed them to intervene. "We just stood thereFYROM: and watched them die. This is very wrong and NATO should revoke its prohibition on receiving medical treatment in Macedonia," say the doctors, angry about the incident. The soildiers where brought too late to Skopje's State Hospital, since there was no helicopter to take them to US Base in Kosovo called "Bondsteel." The incident happened one mile away from border baracs of ARM (Army of Republic Macedonia). "I don't want to speculate about who is responsible for the death of the two NATO soldiers. The investigation will show," said today the NATO Spokesman in Skopje, Craig Ratcliff. [A1 TV reported that NATO classifies the incident as "an accident," and that NATO spokesperson said that well-wishing persons often leave unexploded mines at the side of the road, hoping that the authorities or demining teams would pick them up.] ------------------------------------------------------ http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2003/March_04/3.html Members of illegal ANA armed group control road in northeast Kosovo GNJILANE, March 3 (Tanjug) - The illegal Albanian people\'s army (ANA) early on Monday "controlled" traffic on the road from the northeastern Kosovo-Metohija town of Gnjilane, which is situated in the vicinity of Bujanovac, southern Serbia. The uniformed members of the illegal group stopped a car carrying a Serb woman and after a thorough search, which lasted for about 40 minutes, let her continue, Tanjug has learned. ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.seeurope.net/en/Story.php?StoryID=38052&LangID=1 Seeurope.net March 4, 2003 New War in Balkans Not Likely, Officials Say A new extremist group in Macedonia, calling itself the Albanian National Army (ANA), has threatened a spring offensive aimed at uniting Albanian-populated Balkan areas into one state. So far, ANA has claimed responsibility for a few terrorist attacks, including bombings in the courtyard of a secondary school in Kumanovo and at the regional court in Struga. Security forces have not yet confirmed whether the claims are true. Macedonian politicians and foreign diplomats believe the group does not pose a serious threat to stability and likely consists of a few cells of five to six members with criminal backgrounds who send fax messages from a headquarters. Meanwhile, the Tirana daily Tema interviewed Alban Vjosa, the self-described political secretary of the Front for Albanian National Unity, the political wing of the ANA. He told the newspaper that "Albanians, like other nations in the Balkans, want to live in a national state." "Albania will never be stable without historical Kosovo, without our lands in Macedonia, Ulcinj, Plav, and Gusinje in Montenegro and our 300,000 people in Albanian territories in Greece," he added. Such statements amount to an old idea of a "Greater Albania", Macedonian Defence Minister Vlado Buckovski said. He believes extremist groups in the region were stirred up after the constitutional charter of Serbia-Montenegro was adopted. A clause in that charter refers to Kosovo as part of the new loose union that is replacing Yugoslavia. The defence ministry estimates that a few criminal groups are acting in areas around Kumanovo and Tetovo, two towns in the western and northern parts of Macedonia, and are extorting money from the population. "The Macedonian Army and the Interior Ministry are closely watching the situation in the field and are ready to handle any assumed threat," said President Boris Trajkovski. Gen Metodi Stamboliski, the army chief of staff, said that although there are some small armed extremist groups in former crisis regions, they are incapable of disrupting the security situation. Recently, Buckovski visited Kosovo, where he met KFOR Commander Fabio Mini. The two agreed on co-ordinated monitoring of the border between Macedonia and Kosovo, and on the exchange of liaison officers between Macedonia and KFOR. The officers will engage in intensive co-ordination and a timely response if extremist groups are detected. At a recent press conference, US Ambassador to Macedonia Lawrence Butler downplayed the significance of the ANA. "They are pathetic losers who sit in a hole in Kosovo or Macedonia and send faxes," he said, adding that such groups have no support either in the country's political structures or amongst the population. Source /Balkan Times/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. 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