60 Years Ago Today: Operation Barbarossa [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- ListBot Sponsor -- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard -- Nazi Germany's Night of Infamy: The Launch of Operation Barbarossa MOSCOW, Jun 21, 2001 -- (Agence France Presse) Before Pearl Harbor there was Brest-Litovsk. Late in the night of June 21, 1941, German sentries patrolling the international bridge between the German and Soviet zones of occupied Poland, instead of saluting their Soviet counterparts, shot them dead. The killings were the signal for Operation Barbarossa, which was, and remains, the biggest military attack in history. Germany and its Axis partners pitched more than three million troops, 600,000 vehicles, 750,000 horses, 3,580 tanks and 1,830 planes against the Soviet Union along a 1,800-mile (2,900-kilometer) front stretching from the Arctic to the Black Sea. Like the United States, the Soviet Union had chosen to remain on the sidelines of the war in Europe, adopting an official policy that the conflict was one between capitalist-imperialist powers who should best be left to tear themselves apart. Joseph Stalin had believed that the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact signed in August 1939 made him safe from Hitler's attentions. Indeed, as the Wehrmacht and troops from Romania and Finland crossed into Soviet territory, Soviet ships were still ploughing through the Baltic Sea to supply Germany with goods under various trade deals. Stalin was thrown into a state of shock and incapable of taking a coherent decision for two days, the address to the nation the next day being made by his foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov. The dictator had received numerous warnings of Hitler's intentions, notably from the spy Richard Sorge based in Tokyo who had contacts in the foreign ministry there, but had chosen to ignore them. Hitler's biggest ally, the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, was informed of the attack only after it had started but promptly declared war on the Soviet Union, as did Romania, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary and Finland. The 4,500,000 defenders deployed along the Soviet Union's western flank were totally unprepared and suffered massive losses as German forces drove across the Bug river. Within a day they had lost more than 500 planes while destroying only a dozen or so German aircraft, and within three days the world's largest air force had been reduced to a remnant. Hitler's strategic objective was to smash Soviet communism forever and create Lebensraum -- German territories -- in the east, forming a thousand-year Reich that would stretch from the Atlantic to the Caucasus. Launching his lightning strike he hoped to secure a quick victory and drive to the Ural mountains before winter. The immediate objectives were Leningrad, Moscow and Kiev, with an army group directed at each of the key cities. Within a week German troops had captured Minsk, the capital of Belarus 200 miles inside Soviet territory, and by September had reached the Dniepr river, Smolensk and the outskirts of Leningrad. But with Stalin assuming overall command of the Red Army and introducing a draconian disciplinary regime in which defeatism and rumor-mongering were deemed criminal offenses punishable by death, the German advance slowed while Soviet forces were able to regroup. Then on December 7, 1941 Japanese warplanes attacked a naval base at Pearl Harbor in the Pacific Ocean, bringing the United States into the war, and Hitler's fate was sealed. ((c) 2001 Agence France Presse) __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ __ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Totally Deadlocked: Kosovo Scenario Plays Out In Macedonia [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- ListBot Sponsor -- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb -- [The new spin coming out of Brussels and major NATO nations' capitals, as evidenced in the Reuters report below, is that the KLA/NLA is attempting to manipulate the major NATO powers into supporting its designs to divide Macedonia, preparatory to breaking away from Skopje altogether. George Robertson, Javier Solana and the other war criminals who did something almost identical in Kosovo in 1999, are cast in the role of trusting naifs who have been duped by the wily Albanian separatists they've worked in unison with for over three years. That this is simply preparing the groundwork for what NATO has intended all along - the military occupation of more of the Southern Balkans, the consolidation of its position of 'indispensible peacemaker/peacekeeper' - is not only indisputable, but a replay of what it did two years ago. For a keen insight into how the major NATO powers hide behind the facade of feigning to be innocent dupes of ther own creation, see the invaluable analysis by list member Jared Israel, Washington: Parent Of The Taliban And The Colombian Death Squads, at the URL immediately below. With the necessary adaptations the same model applies to the Balkans in general, Macedonia in particular.] http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/jared/mis.htm www.tenc.net [Emperor's Clothes] WASHINGTON: PARENT OF THE TALIBAN AND COLOMBIAN DEATH SQUADS by Jared Israel [5 June 2001] June 21, 2001 West Seeks to Salvage Macedonia Peace Talks By Philippa Fletcher SKOPJE (Reuters) - Western envoys weighed in on Thursday to try salvage peace talks in Macedonia amid suspicions among diplomats that Albanian politicians may be seeking to draw in NATO to police a partition of the fragile country. NATO special envoy Peter Feith was in the capital Skopje and the European Union's Foreign Affairs chief Javier Solana decided to make a flying visit after Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski said the week-long talks were ``totally deadlocked.´´ Diplomats said Macedonian and ethnic Albanian negotiators had agreed to resume talks on Thursday evening on finding a way to persuade ethnic Albanian rebels who have taken control of territory in the north of Macedonia to lay down their weapons. But despite heavy Western pressure, which continued at a dinner hosted by Trajkovski on Wednesday evening, the Albanians were sticking to demands for radical constitutional changes which diplomats said amounted to a federalization of the state. ``There is no one in the international community who thinks their position is reasonable,´´ said a diplomatic source. ``If they think we are going to help them create a federal Macedonia they should think again.´´ The rebels, who took up arms four months ago, say they only want to improve the rights of Macedonia's Albanian minority. But the diplomat said the Albanian politicians, by demanding a veto for the one-third minority on all key government decisions, may be trying to stall the talks beyond the end of a cease-fire due to last until next week. ALBANIANS PLAYING FOR TIME? Their aim could be to persuade NATO, which ordered preparations for a limited operation in Macedonia once a peace deal is done, to intervene to separate the two sides, knowing that it is desperate to prevent another all-out Balkan war. ``There´s a suspicion that that´s what they want...to play for time to get NATO in there to police the demarcation lines, and we are making it crystal clear that that is not going to happen,´´ he said. ``That´s why (NATO Secretary-General George) Robertson sent the second letter.´´ The letter, sent to Trajkovski on Wednesday after NATO ambassadors in Brussels agreed the outlines of an operation involving about 3,000 troops, underlines that there must be a durable cease-fire before there can be a NATO force. ``The mandate of a possible NATO operation would be confined to the collection of weapons and the forces would deploy for a limited duration,´´ it said. ``Under no circumstances will we allow the mission of this force to be expanded or altered.´´ The leader of the biggest Albanian party, Arben Xhaferi, rejected allegations his side was seeking to split the country and reiterated demands for international mediation. ``I want to make it clear that we haven´t demanded federalization of Macedonia,´´ he told Zeri newspaper in the neighboring mainly Albanian Serbian province of Kosovo. ´´But we demanded that, without federalization, certain mechanisms be found to defend Albanian interests, interests that were extremely marginalized in the past,´´ he said. Another Albanian politician, speaking on condition of anonymity, went further, threatening to quit a new all-party government unless the international community helped persuade the
ONTARIO: 23 Arrested in Most Recent Gov't Crackdown [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- ListBot Sponsor -- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard -- In a message dated 20/06/01 21:20:42 Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Official OCAP Update Financial Appeal June 20th, 2001 ** Please Circulate Widely ** Financial Appeal The crackdown on OCAP has not been able to stop us from continuing the urgent work of opposing the Harris government and acting in defence of poor people on a daily basis. In spite of the fact that we were hit with 23 arrests in just over a week, on June 15-16th OCAP held what we believe was a truly inspiring Assembly of delegates from organizations across the province committed to a fall campaign of economic disruption against the Tories. On the local front, as always, we are getting daily calls from poor people in need of our support. That being said, expenses are piling up and we urgently need your support! OCAP is under attack because weve chosen to broaden and deepen the fight against this government and all it represents. The powers that be hope hitting us with burgeoning legal expenses will help in their attempts to paralyse the organization. In just one week we have already been forced to commit thousands of dollars to protecting our members. We are urgently in need of allied support for jailed organizers and members! Send donations for legal defence and organizing to: Ontario Coalition Against Poverty 249 Sherbourne St. Toronto, ON M5A 2R9 June Assembly Economic Disruption Campaign On June 16th, delegates from more than 100 union locals, social justice, community, student anti-poverty organizations met in Toronto and engaged in day-long strategy sessions for a Campaign of Economic Disruption against the Harris Government. Activists and organizers came from as far afield as Montreal, North Bay, Sudbury, Windsor, and Chicago. Discussions were broken up first along sectoral and then geographic lines to facilitate the building of a province-wide network of organizers committed to the campaign. It should be noted that the excitement and enthusiasm demonstrated by all in attendance once again proved the movement against Harris is moving in a serious and effective direction. Amongst other inspiring commitments, participating delegates will mobilize for: - an extensive and escalating print campaign (posters, stickers, buttons, etc.) - a speaking tour across the province, continuing to recruit union locals and social justice organizations to the campaign - a campaign to bring forward commitment resolutions at union locals for workplace actions - targeting actions at specific corporations that have benefited most under the Harris government - highschool and university walk-outs, in some cases to coincide with and strengthen workplace actions - the complete shut down of Toronto's financial district on October 16th OCAP and its allies will assemble and send out a post-June Assembly package to all delegates as soon as possible. OCAP Allies Support * Yesterday the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario contributed $3,500 to OCAP, demonstrating their on-going commitment and resolve to escalating the fight against Harris, while today, CUPE Local 3903 members spontaneously donated more than $200 cash our of their own pockets. The Canadian Federation of Students Ontario (CFS-O) this past weekend at their annual conference unanimously endorsed the campaign of economic disruption against the Harris government. The CFS-O went a step further in committing to a province-wide strike, as well as incorporating into its own strategy a campaign entitled Unfit to Govern, which will provide student associations with resources to participate in the OCAP campaign. The membership of OCAP would like to also thank everyone not mentioned here who has been sending support and solidarity. However, in a fight like this OCAP is in desperate need of more. Arrests Harassment Following the June 15th Assembly in Christie Pits last week, two OCAP organizers and three members remain in jail: John Clarke, Sue Collis, Sean Lee-Popham, Omid Zarian, and AJ Withers. John Clarke, who was arrested outside the OCAP Dundas-Sherbourne office on Friday morning, appears in bail court on Thursday June 21st in Oshawa, in connection with the eviction of Jim Flaherty's constituency office in Whitby. OCAP member Sean Lee Popham also appears on
German Education in Montenegro... [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- ListBot Sponsor -- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb -- In a message dated 21/06/01 03:54:41 Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 2001 Montenegro International Summer School 12 AUGUST - 25 AUGUST 2001 * High-quality academic courses, taught by 5 international professors! * Scholarships available for students from South East Europe! * No tuition fees! * Limited participation - register now! Between 12 August and 25 August 2001, the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and WUS Austria organise the first international summer school in Montenegro. Registration for participants is open now! The programme will provide 5 intensive courses in Economics, Philosophy and Political Science. Courses are taught in English. Participants receive the official 2001 Montenegro International Summer School Certificate. Besides an academic programme, a recreational programme is organised. Register for the 2001 Montenegro International Summer School on: www.wus-austria.cg.yu/summerschool/ . The application form can also be faxed to our offices or sent by email. Please pick up the full brochure of the summer school in our offices or download it from the web site. WUS Austria - Podgorica Office Cetinjski put bb 81000 Podgorica Montenegro ph/fax: +381-(0)81-245007 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Henzschel Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena Department of Political Science Ernst-Abbe-Platz 8 D-07749 Jena, Germany Fax: +49-(0)3641-945412 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2001 Montenegro International Summer School 12 AUGUST - 25 AUGUST 2001 * High-quality academic courses, taught by 5 international professors! * Scholarships available for students from South East Europe! * No tuition fees! * Limited participation - register now! Between 12 August and 25 August 2001, the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and WUS Austria organise the first international summer school in Montenegro. Registration for participants is open now! The programme will provide 5 intensive courses in Economics, Philosophy and Political Science. Courses are taught in English. Participants receive the official "2001 Montenegro International Summer School Certificate". Besides an academic programme, a recreational programme is organised. Register for the 2001 Montenegro International Summer School on: www.wus-austria.cg.yu/summerschool/ . The application form can also be faxed to our offices or sent by email. Please pick up the full brochure of the summer school in our offices or download it from the web site. WUS Austria Podgorica Office Cetinjski put bb 81000 Podgorica Montenegro ph/fax: +381-(0)81-245007 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Henzschel Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena Department of Political Science Ernst-Abbe-Platz 8 D-07749 Jena, Germany Fax: +49-(0)3641-945412 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ___ Balkan Academic News Post Messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Owner at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.seep.ceu.hu/balkans/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
SNP holds fast, but Kostunica hints at dirty deal [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- ListBot Sponsor -- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard -- Reuters; Associated Press; Agence France Presse. 21 June 2001. Yugoslav Reformers [read: procapitalists] to Withdraw War Crimes Bill. Combined reports. BELGRADE -- Yugoslavia's reformist leaders said on Thursday they would withdraw a bill on cooperation with the U.N war crimes court after they failed to resolve differences over the measure with their partner in government. The junior partner, the Montenegrin Socialist People's Party (SNP), said it was sticking by its stance of opposing any law allowing war crimes suspects like ex-president Slobodan Milosevic to be transferred to the tribunal in The Hague. The SNP, a one-time coalition ally of Milosevic's Socialists, insists the tribunal is biased and that no suspects should be transferred to it. It is ridiculous to demand that we change our minds and act against our convictions, Predrag Bulatovic, head of the Montenegrin lawmakers, said after talks failed. Serbia's DOS [capitalist] reform alliance, the senior partner in the coalition, needs SNP support to pass the law, which is widely seen as crucial to securing badly needed Western funds for Yugoslavia at an international donors' conference next week. Zdenko Tomovic, one of Milosevic's lawyers, claimed that a helicopter was ready to transport Milosevic out of his jail and hand him over to the tribunal authorities. A parliamentary session to discuss the law had been scheduled for Thursday but was moved to Friday to give the two sides more time to look for compromise. Reformers said the bill would now be removed from the agenda. [However, a]n anonymous source quoted by the English language newsletter VIP said something important could take place in the coming days. The VIP newsletter, quoting an anonymous source, said the DOS had decided to go ahead regardless with the extradition of Milosevic, if the SNP maintained its opposition. It is almost certain that something important will happen in the next few days, the bulletin said. Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica said on Wednesday that the law could simply be withdrawn [!!] if the SNP refused to back it, and on Thursday, Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic echoed that statement. .. Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/downwithcapitalism Proletarian news Leninist debate __ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BBC: Italians set aside 200 body-bags for Genoa!!! [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- ListBot Sponsor -- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard -- In a message dated 21/06/01 15:22:52 Eastern Daylight Time, Kilibarda78 writes: Thursday, 21 June, 2001, 13:09 GMT 14:09 UK Body bags stockpiled for Genoa summit The protests against G8 in Genoa have already begun Italian authorities have ordered 200 body bags as they step up preparations for a violent confrontation at next month's G8 summit in Genoa, say Italian media reports. A room at the city's hospital will also be set aside as a temporary mortuary, said Italian news agency ANSA. The reports come amid growing concern that the G8 summit will witness even worse confrontation than last weekend's European meeting in Gothenburg. Tens of thousands of protesters - from anarchists to Basque separatists - are expected to head for Genoa. We view the threats as totally serious, but hope that with joint efforts we can solve all the problems Russian security chief Yevgeny Murov As well as the threat of street unrest, Italian authorities have been warned that attempts may be made on the lives of some of the world leaders present. One threat passed on to Italy by the German secret service is of an assassination plan by Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, aimed at US President George W Bush. Militant supporters of Bin Laden are said to planning a possible bomb attack. President Putin's personal security will also be stepped up because of a possible threat from Chechen rebels, say his bodyguards. Italian senators made their objections clear as Mr Berlusconi spoke Mr Putin's bodyguards have already visited Genoa and met the heads of special services from nearly all the countries being represented there, said Russian security chief Yevgeny Murov, head of the FSO. Each special service works out its own method of providing security these days. Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service renders enormous assistance to us, and we are in a permanent contact with them, he said in an interview with the Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda. He said his agency was aware of the Bin Laden threat, and was making its Genoa preparations in the light of them. We view the threats as totally serious, but hope that with joint efforts we can solve all the problems, said Murov. Leaders from Italy, France, Canada, the UK, Japan and Germany will also be at the two-day summit, which starts on 20 July. Italian authorities are preparing a huge force of 20,000 police and soldiers, backed by the threat of tear gas, water cannon and a formidable array of military hardware. Italian plans 20,000 officers (against 2,000 in Sweden) Practice 'war games' being held Tear gas and water cannon lined up 15 helicopters, four planes, seven naval boats Rooftop squads, hidden cameras, satellite surveillance Presidents Bush, Chirac based on aircraft carriers A ring of steel will be imposed on the city. Railway stations and motorway junctions will be closed, and flights into Genoa diverted. In the city itself, the streets around the summit venue have been declared as a red zone, and will be blocked off by dozens of armoured vehicles. Outside the red zone, some areas will be set aside for protesters to make their views known. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said he wants dialogue with the protesters, and stresses the legimitate right of people to make their views known, but he has warned them that violent extremists will be isolated and not be allowed to do harm. Aircraft carriers As the security operation continues to build up, some organisers are still reported to be keen to switch the summit venue to a cruise ship, which would be moored safely out at sea somewhere along the Italian Riviera. At least two conference leaders - President Bush and French President Jacques Chirac - are already planning waterborne accommodation. Both will stay on aircraft carriers while attending the summt. Concern about security has deepened since events in Gothenburg, when Swedish police appeared to be overwhelmed by the scale and depth of violence. A lavish dinner had to be cancelled and some delegations had to switch hotels after police said they could no longer guarantee their safety. Three protesters were shot and dozens of police officers were hurt. __ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thursday, 21 June, 2001, 13:09 GMT 14:09 UK Body bags stockpiled for Genoa summit The
FW: RCWP statement on Land Reform Bill [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
Title: There is virtually nothing to lose STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK ListBot Sponsor -Original Message- From: Viktor V. Bourenkov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 2:17 PM To: RedNet mailing list Subject: RCWP statement on Land Reform Bill Statement of the CC of RCWP of 18 June 2001 On pushing the Land Code through the Duma There is virtually nothing to lose Acting impudently and unceremoniously, the reactionary pro-president majority in the State Duma is imposing the Land Code on the country, which introduces free trading of land. Commenting on this event, Prime Minister M.Kasyanov stated that this important step lays one more brick in the base of economic reforms in Russia. This is really so. Making land trade possible is an act as unpopular as the liberalisation of the prices, privatisation of the industry or the home ownership reform. As in all the previous reforms, all the chatter concerning the search for a assiduous owner, attracting investments are a propagandist fraud of the right from the well give two cars each series. Their aim is to enter a new stage of dividing the people into masters and slaves through land ownership relations. For the new lords it is no longer sufficient to have bank accounts, Mercedes cars and luxurious apartments; they want to own forests, agricultural fields, and whole residential areas. They want to renew the breathing space for the Russian financial speculators, brought up on hierarchies of the Short-term State Bonds [the system resulting in state debts that lead to state bankruptcy], and for their foreign tutors. This land reform should more correctly be called not a brick, but a stone hanging around peoples neck. Majority of population is not in possession of money to move into the last resort, the free plot of four square metres at the graveyard. Russian Communist Workers Party states that the governments version of the Land Code is against the will of the people, is directed against Russia, and is being imposed forcibly on the society. In fact, this is a step towards the civil war. Soon, there will be nothing to lose. It is necessary to prepare for an appropriate response in order to get back everything that the marauders took away from the people. First Sec. CC RCWP Viktor Tiulkin To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sikirica acquited; witch hunt falters [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- ListBot Sponsor -- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb -- Reuters. 21 June 2001. Bosnian Serb Camp Commander Acquitted of Genocide. THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A Bosnian Serb accused of commanding a notorious detention camp where hundreds of Muslims and Croats were killed, tortured and raped was acquitted of genocide Thursday. Dusko Sikirica, alleged commander of Keraterm camp, had pleaded not guilty to genocide, complicity to commit genocide, crimes against humanity and violating the laws or customs of war. He was the first camp commander in Bosnia to face the Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal on a genocide charge. After the prosecution ended its case on June 1, the defense said it would seek acquittal. That triggered Thursday's hearing, at which judges cleared Sikirica, 37, of genocide and complicity to commit genocide. His trial continues on the other charges, with the defense due to begin its case next Wednesday. The defense submissions are allowed because the prosecution has failed to prove the intent to destroy in whole or in part a national, ethnic, religious or racial group as such, Judge Patrick Robinson told a special hearing. It was the second time judges at The Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia had acquitted a defendant of genocide, the most serious war crimes charge. Proving genocide means judges must be convinced the accused acted with the intent to decimate a population group. Sikirica is on trial together with two other Bosnian Serbs, Damir Dosen and Dragan Kolundzija, who prosecutors say supervised shifts of guards at Keraterm camp. Dosen and Kolundzija plead not guilty to crimes against humanity and violating the laws or customs of war. .. Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/downwithcapitalism Proletarian news Leninist debate __ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
on the soccer game massacre [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK ListBot Sponsor A US? bomb kills 23 at a soccer match in Iraq, including four brothers in one family. Making friends in the MidEast. This is not a United Nations no fly zone - it is insisted upon by the US and Britain. The sanctions kill thousands more every month, mostly poor women and children. Vaccines for children withheld irrationally. So-called 'smart sanctions' proposed by Britain, might be a modest improvement, but the problem is the Iraqi economy is dead, the people can't even afford essentials. http://www.flashpoints.net/realaudio/fp20010620.ram To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kuznecov committee warns against extradition [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- ListBot Sponsor -- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard -- Agence France Presse. 21 June 2001. Committee backing Milosevic warns against extradition to ICTY. BELGRADE -- An official of an international committee set up to defend Slobodan Milosevic Thursday warned of catastrophic consequences for Yugoslavia if the former president is handed over to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Be sure that misery, poverty, famine and total destruction would prevail in the country if Milosevic is sent to The Hague, said Mikhail Kuznecov, deputy chairman of the International Committee for the Defense of Slobodan Milosevic. Do not have any illusions that the United States or NATO will give you money and help you rebuild your economy? he told reporters. The committee was set up on March 24, just a week before Milosevic's arrest by Belgrade reformers on charges of abuse of power and corruption, to clear the ex-president's name over the war crimes indictment by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). NATO is aiming to destroy Yugoslavia and its citizens, Kuznecov said, adding that Milosevic is in prison since he was the only one to confront the Alliance, and even managed to stop it. He said that no law can legalise Milosevic's extradition to ICTY, as the move is clearly banned by the Constitutions of Yugoslavia and Serbia. The committee, chaired by Bulgarian MP Velko Valkanov, and grouping figures like former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark and writer Harold Pinter, said it has members from 20 countries throughout the world. Its activities are supported by more than 600 prominent figures from 30 countries, said a statement on its website (www.predsednikmilosevic.com). Kuznecov said the committee has set up an international working group to monitor legal procedures against Milosevic, led by Canadian lawyer Christopher Black, who had visited the former president in prison last week. Black was among the lawyers who in 1999 brought war crimes charges against NATO leaders for the bombing campaign on Yugoslavia. .. Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/downwithcapitalism Proletarian news Leninist debate __ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yugoslav president gives up on war crimes law [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- ListBot Sponsor -- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb -- Yugoslav president gives up on war crimes law Belgrade - The most powerful political group in Yugoslavia, the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS), apparently conceded defeat to its tiny partners in the Yugoslav government coalition Wednesday and gave up on a federal law that would allow the extradition of war crime suspects. Statements from top DOS officials seemed to indicate uncertainty over the next step, with three options still in play - concessions to the partner, the Montenegrin Socialist People's Party (SNP); a Serbian instead of federal law; and cooperation with the war crimes tribunal without any law. The bill, originally scheduled for debate in the Yugoslav parliament Thursday, will probably be withdrawn amid clear warnings from the SNP that it would not give it the necessary support, Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica told reporters in Budapest. Kostunica hinted that the Serbian government might be forced to deal independently with the tribunal in The Hague as well as take responsibility for extraditions. It is important that we have a legal basis for the cooperation with The Hague tribunal said Kostunica, who was in Budapest on a one-day visit to Hungary. Because of the current difficulties, we are thinking of some sort of initiative ... by the Serbian government [allowing] cooperation with the Hague tribunal to go on, he added. Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, one of the most influential leaders in the 18-party DOS coalition, said the bill should not enter into debate without support secured in advance. He told reporters that the legislation might be transferred to the Serbian level but the proposal still has no majority support within DOS. The debate in both parliamentary chambers would most probably be postponed until Friday, giving judicial committees another day to find an agreement, Federal Justice Minister Momcilo Grubac told the Beta news agency late Wednesday. He refused to say outright if the bill had definitely. Consultations between DOS and SNP are still under way, Grubac Said. Nothing has been decided yet. Chairman of the lower parliamentary chamber, DOS' Dragoljub Micunovic, told Beta that no announcement would be made before Thursday, with the debate still officially set to begin at 11 a.m. Serbian Justice Minister Vladan Batic hinted at a possible concession to the SNP, in which the law would be a federal one, but the decision on possible extraditions would be transferred to the Yugoslav republics, Serbia and Montenegro. The SNP, which used to be allied with former president Slobodan Milosevic - the main target of the war crimes tribunal - has been stubbornly against the legislation, fearing that if it supports the bill, it would lose its support among hardline voters. But Federal Interior Minister Zoran Zivkovic said Tuesday that it would be better to give up on the law entirely because the U.N. statute that established the war crimes tribunal and Yugoslav membership in the United Nations secured the legal grounds for the extraditions. Such a move would not only bring about Serbian cooperation with the tribunal, but also would force Serbia's government to work with President Milo Djukanovic's future administration in Montenegro, which was still not in place nearly two months after April elections. Any delays might prove painful for impoverished Yugoslavia because the West was demanding clear signals that Belgrade will work with the tribunal before it continues to provide urgently needed aid. The international donors conference for Yugoslavia on June 29 in Brussels would be the key indicator, politicians and analysts have said. The United States has yet to decide whether to take part in the donors conference as it waits for the fate of the troubled bill, and some of the other big donors, like Canada and Japan, are expected to follow its lead. Meanwhile, Milosevic proclaimed from prison that he was the moral winner over DOS. In his first interview since his April 1 arrest on corruption charges, he said DOS, which he termed the extended arm of NATO, had pursued him because of his fight against the West - because I stopped NATO, he told the weekly Nedljeni Blic, referring to the aerial campaign the alliance undertook to force Belgrade into accepting a peacekeeping presence in Kosovo two years ago. The corruption investigation was completed last week, and the case was turned over to prosecutors, who have yet to decide on pressing charges against Milosevic, but the focus is on the indictment the Hague tribunal raised against him in May 1999. Milosevic and four other officials of his regime were charged with crimes against humanity allegedly committed by security forces under their
VIEQUES -- Security officials detained two protesters [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
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Recession forecast for Germany [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
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China-Russia Strategic Cooperative Partnership Going In-Depth [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
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Island Province Missile Tests Increase Across-Straits Tensions [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
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Cuba: Co-operation Self-suffiency [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- ListBot Sponsor -- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb -- [Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] . . - Original Message - From: Dan Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 9:39 PM Subject: [CubaNews] Toward food self-sufficiency (AP) Cuba puts own food on tables in sign of new self-sufficiency By Anita Snow Associated Press May 19, 2001 HAVANA -- Lurking among the rice, beans and cooking oil in every Cuban's ration book is something called jamonada. It's supposed to contain jamon, or ham, but Cubans jokingly call it nada de jamon -- no ham at all. Nowadays, however, most Cubans no longer have to rely on humor to replace a square meal. After the wrenching 1990s, when beef became a fond memory and few over the age of 7 got milk, the government has restructured the food industry and is reluctantly bending the rules of communism by allowing a limited free market in food. The result: Long rows of tomatoes, lettuce and other salad fixings now grow in fields outside the capital, where fresh vegetables used to be scarce. Watercress, spinach and parsley are piled high at the stands at Havana's farmers markets, along with okra, green beans and bell peppers. And a supermarket built for diplomats now attracts more Cubans than foreigners. Shortages remain acute outside Havana, especially in Guantanamo province and other parts of eastern Cuba suffering from drought. The United Nations World Food Program has provided $22 million to help feed children and pregnant and nursing women in eastern Cuba this year. But overall, the food crisis that peaked in 1993-94 after Cuba lost its Soviet meal ticket and U.S. trade sanctions were tightened is now easing as President Fidel Castro's government slowly works toward self-sufficiency. There is no question that Cuba is learning to feed itself, former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy said early this month. There doesn't seem to be a food crisis here at all, he said after visiting cooperative farms and farmers markets in Cuba. Still, Cuban officials say much more must be done so that enough meat, fresh vegetables and starches reach every table. The 1990s crisis forced Cuba to learn how to feed itself, and the island now produces more of its own fruit, vegetables, grains and meats. It has also cultivated new trade partners to replace the socialist nations and their subsidies. Today, the average Cuban adult consumes 2,585 calories and 68 grams of protein daily, compared with 1,940 calories and 48 grams of protein in 1993. The World Health Organization recommends a minimum daily intake of 2,700 calories, and 20-30 grams of protein daily depending upon body weight. Basic items allocated to every Cuban by the government's monthly food ration are usually available. These include six pounds of rice, a pound of dried beans, six pounds of sugar, a pound of macaroni, a pound of soda crackers, a dozen eggs. The ration program, or Control of Sales for Food Products, was introduced in 1962, three years after Castro seized power, and although it was called provisional, it remains in force. It is laid out in the wallet-sized cardboard libreta, or notebook, assigned to everyone shortly after birth. At heavily subsidized prices, the ration provides each Cuban with about one-third of their monthly nutrition for about $1.25. Meat products are on the ration list but often don't appear in stores for months, and when they do, their content can be mysterious. Apart from jamonada, there's a watery gray textured picadillo, containing much soy protein but minuscule amounts of the ground beef contained in true picadillo -- a traditional dish. The government says last year it spent about 30 percent more than in 1999 on ration subsidies. While availability still varies in provincial areas, Havana's 2 million residents at least can count on a monthly average of 33 pounds of starchy staples known collectively as viandas: potatoes, sweet potatoes and plantains. To increase fish production, Cuba recently started three breeding farms projected to yield 15,000 metric tons annually by 2005. The hard times that followed the demise of the Soviet bloc 12 years ago were officially called the special period. Particularly hard hit was Cuba's cattle industry, which depended on eastern European feed, fertilizer for grazing fields, milking machines and technical support. Cuba started importing more food through foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies like Central Soya, Del Monte and International Multifoods, especially wheat, corn, rice and oils. But then, in 1992, the United States tightened its embargo with the Cuban Democracy Act, barring the American subsidiaries from selling to the island. Cubans began
Re: where is Peter Bein [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
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OUTRAGE TO JUSTICE: THE CASE AGAINST SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- ListBot Sponsor -- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb -- THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE can be viewed with photos of Saturday's huge Belgrade rally and march. Go to http://emperors-clothes.com/petition/black.htm www.tenc.net * Emperor's Clothes ..On Saturday, June 16th, tens of thousands marched to the Belgrade jail, while Prosecutors told an investigator: We're Only Doing What the US Wants. OUTRAGE TO JUSTICE: THE CASE AGAINST SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC by Jared Israel Includes: Investigative Report on Milosevic Case by Canadian Lawyer Chris Black On Saturday, June 16 a huge crowd rallied and marched 7 kilometers to the Belgrade jail. Protesters demanded: * No extradition to the Hague Tribunal! * Keep Kosovo in Serbia! * End Repression in Serbia! * End destruction of Yugoslav economy! * Free Slobodan Milosevic Now! People on the scene estimated about 50,000 were at the rally. This writer spoke by mobile phone to march Monitors who waited two hours for everyone to pass a given point. It was a very big demonstration. The marchers were driven by a passion for justice that elicited a like response from tens of thousands of onlookers. They cheered from balconies or joined in the streets, swelling the ranks as protesters marched to the jail where Slobodan Milosevic has been held 10 weeks without evidence, without charge, imprisoned, as prosecutors have now admitted, for the crime of resisting NATO. The mass media in Yugoslavia broadcasts ever more bizarre rumors of war crimes while leaders in Washington, Berlin and London, who committed the real war crimes of creating the terrorist Kosovo Liberation Army and bombing Yugoslavia, yank the strings of the Belgrade authorities. Contrary to news accounts, many of the marchers were young. When they got to the jail they tried to tear the fence down. March Monitors restrained them, believing this could be a trap set by the Belgrade authorities, who are increasingly isolated, under harsh pressure from NATO to produce results, and desperate. Once these 'Democrats' promised great improvements if Yugoslavia stopped opposing NATO. Now, in the ruin of the Yugoslav economy, they threaten disaster if Yugoslavia doesn't give Washington everything it wants. Belgrade is disgusted. What have the 'Democrats' delivered? * Sky high prices - the cost of electricity now vastly exceeds wages; (1) * Arbitrary rule - the 'police' who tried to arrest Slobodan Milosevic March 28 had women's stockings pulled over their faces like minor actors in a gangster film. (2) * The dismantling of Yugoslav industry under the guise of repaying foreign debts via a Donors [read: Creditors'] Conference; (3) * And the threat that thousands who defended their country in the honorable Yugoslav Army will now be arrested on rumor of war crimes and possibly sent to what most Yugoslavs consider the Serb-killing Court at the Hague. (4) Several leading members of the International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM) were in town to attend the demonstration. The ICDSM sponsors the petition to FREE MILOSEVIC! which Emperor's Clothes has been hosting. (5) These ICDSM members formed a temporary Working Committee and met Sunday the 17th, after which they issued the report below, which speaks eloquently, and for itself. --Jared Israel OUTRAGE TO JUSTICE: THE CASE AGAINST SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC Belgrade, June 17, 2001 The International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM) Working Committee has considered and accepted the preliminary report presented by Christopher Black, after his week long mission in Belgrade. CHRIS BLACK'S CREDENTIALS Mr. Black is a Canadian lawyer with a great deal of experience with and knowledge of the so-called International War Crimes Tribunals. He has written several papers on their structure, financing and role in the New World Order. Mr. Black is one of the group of lawyers, led by Professor Michael Mandel, who in May, 1999 brought war crimes charges against NATO leaders and officials for their responsibility for the criminal aggression against Yugoslavia. During the week of June 11, Attorney Black was in Belgrade on behalf of the International Committee to Defend Slobodan Miloshevich. His goal: to determine the facts concerning the arrest and detention of Mr. Miloshevich and to report his conclusions to the ICDSM and to the public. FINDINGS The following findings are based on Mr. Black's report, as well as other well-known facts: After meeting with Mr. Toma Fila, counsel for Mr. Milosevich, with officials of the Ministry of Justice, with the Deputy Presiding Judge of the Belgrade District Court and with the Investigative Judge and others involved in Mr. Miloshevich's case, it is clear that
