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At 07:57 PM 8/15/2001 -0400, Miroslav Antic wrote:
>
>ALEKSANDAR JOKIC: MACEDONIA PEACE
>
>The government of Macedonia and someone who allegedly represents the=20
>Albanian rebels signed today the Framework Agreement for Peace. I
>say=20 allegedly because the rebels were not present at the negotiating
>table and=
=20
>it is not known whether they would adhere to the agreement.
Yes, they were. The Albanian "rebels" - a.k.a. KLA or KPC - are
nothing=20 but the New World Order mercenaries. They were represented
there by no=20 less than three officials - James Pardee (U.S.), Lord
Robertson (NATO), and= =20 Javier Solana (EU, also former NATO).
For what it's worth... For more details, you may check out=20
http://www.truthinmedia.org/Bulletins2001/tim2001-8-1.html and/or=20
http://www.truthinmedia.org/Bulletins2001/tim2001-8-2.html .
Cheers!
Bob Dj.
>Anyhow, per agreement their disarmament is voluntary and it is anybody
>s=20 guess what their desires will be. But what is known is that there
>is no=20 genuine desire on the Albanian part in general to stay in the
>joint state,=
=20
>if they could help it. They are interested in carving out at least all
>of=
=20
>the western Macedonia and declare independence. Their efforts are the
>same=
=20
>as they have been in Kosovo. Now, Macedonian government knows full
>well=20 about these intentions and it has no reason to put too much
>trust in=20 agreements such as this one. No one can tell the future,
>but it is safe to=
=20
>expect that whatever the deal brings about deal, it is not even the=20
>beginning of the end to this conflict.
>
>This has been the bloodiest week yet. Macedonia first lost 10 soldiers
>in=
=20
>an ambush then a day later 8 more troops were killed by a landmine
>outside=
=20
>Skoplje. There is something wrong in the picture when members of the
>army=
=20
>of a sovereign country die at this rate and near their state capital
>too.=
=20
>What is more, it is a country that has enjoyed extensive support and
>has=20 been wildly praised by the US for its role in facilitating the
>policies of=
=20
>NATO in the region, especially during the 78 day bombing campaign
>against=
=20
>Yugoslavia. Now it is Macedonia s turn. What is going on now is
>exactly=20 what Macedonia signed up for when it dashed out of
>Yugoslavia in 1992. As=
=20
>a state Macedonia could exist in relative calm and security only
>within=20 the larger state of Yugoslavia. As it stands it is too small
>and weak a=20 state to deal with its ethnic problems. And these
>problems have absolutely=
=20
>nothing to do with rights however these rights are conceived: human=20
>rights, civil, cultural or whatever rights. What we have there are
>two=20 very different groups and the key differentiating factor is not
>language,=
=20
>religion or hatred, but something that has successfully been relegated
>to=
=20
>the realm of the unmentionable.
>
>It is a testimony to the success of pro-Albanian propaganda that one of
>de=
=20
>facto root problems cannot even be mentioned. Instead, analysts focus
>on=20 other factors, always with some significance but of the primary
>ones is=20 left out entirely. However, it is a fact, and not a racist
>remark, that=20 Macedonians and Albanians enjoy radically different
>birthrates.=20 Macedonians have a very small rate like elsewhere in
>Europe, while=20 Albanians are somewhere at the level of Bangladesh.
>Simply put, Albanian=20 population is growing at a rate that is bound
>to produce the sense of=20 entitlement and of course power to go for a
>land grab. I witnessed this=20 attitude way back in 1981 when I visited
>the city of Tetovo, which was by=
=20
>no means a purely Albanian city back then. A Macedonian had put a
>house=20 for sale and an Albanian neighbor was inquiring about the
>price. After he=
=20
>heard the asking price he said something to the effect: Why should we
>pay=
=20
>you anything when we will come soon to claim all these houses for
>free.=BB
>
>All this, however, would not produce anything more significant than
>minor=
=20
>skirmishes had it not been for the international factor. In particular,
>at=
=20
>fault is, to say the least, the incoherent behavior of the US who
>offer=20 declarative support to the legitimate, democratic government
>of Macedonia=
=20
>while Albanian rebels get to play with the latest generation of NATO
>arms.=
=20
>All the while the US is thwarting Macedionia s efforts to obtained
>already=
=20
>paid for guns from the Ukraine. So, while the government of
>Macedonia=20 hears from the world leaders the words that must be
>pleasing to the ear,=20 its soldiers are being killed daily, in
>ever-larger numbers, by NATO arms=
=20
>and ammunition. In other words, while lip service is paid to the=20
>Macedonian State its burial is being already prepared. And the main
>reason=
=20
>for this is the fact that the US-lead Western world has at least
>evened=20 out the playing field (or the battlefield) between the state
>and the=20 rebels. Even a stronger state could not survive this. As
>soon as the=20 criminal (say a bank robber) is given the same status
>and rights as the=20 law enforcing officer (that attempts to arrest
>him) the former is at a=20 colossal advantage as his motives and
>interests are hugely more intense=20 than that of the law enforcing
>officer who is on the job only for the=20 salary. It is the same in the
>conflicts that pit the state against rebels.=
=20
>The state must be given the primacy, not the rebels. The US policies
>on=20 this count have not been consistent. While the US has supported
>the Muslim=
=20
>rebels in Bosnia and Kosovo the US opposed the self-determination of
>Serbs=
=20
>in Croatia and now the Macedonian government finds itself in a very=20
>similar situation of great disadvantage compare to the armed
>insurgents.=20 If left alone, Macedonian forces would easily squash the
>rebellion, but=20 instead they are forced to negotiate with rebels and
>sign detrimental=20 agreements that will deal a deathblow to the state
>of Macedonia as it=20 exists now.
>
> From a wider historical perspective of the destruction of former=20
> Yugoslavia we see the West-to-East movement of arm conflict:
> Slovenia,=20 Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo. Will Macedonia be the last? Or,
> is this a=20 prelude to more easterly military escalations? How far
> east? All the way=
=20
> to the Caspian perhaps? We shall see.
>
>Aleksandar Jokic
><http://english.pravda.ru/main/2001/08/15/12579.html>http://english.pra
>vda.=
ru/main/2001/08/15/12579.html
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