Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- Oh, and does anybody know what a war of "cessation" is? Perhaps he was being ironic. Perhaps it was a typo. Perhaps he is a retard. Who knows? >From: Lee Mager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Milosevic not mentioned in new Serbian school textbooks >[WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] >Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 19:08:24 +0100 > >Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK >--------------------------------------------- > >Given the BBC's past I would like to be cynical of the extent of truth in >this story. However, if true, it comes a close second to June 28th this >year >in the quest for destroying the pride of Serbia's history. > > >From www.bbc.co.uk: > >By the BBC's Balkans correspondent Paul Wood > >Pupils in Serbian schools have been given a new history textbook which >takes >account of political changes in the country - but makes no mention >whatsoever of the former President Slobodan Milosevic, who is now facing a >war crimes trial at The Hague. > >As far as Serbia's school system is concerned, Slobodan Milosevic has been >written out of history. > >The last section of the new textbook is called "contemporary problems of >Yugoslavia". > >It catalogues the break-up of the old Federation in the early 1990s and the >ensuing wars of cessation. > >Its explanation of what happened makes no mention of Mr Milosevic. > >The October Revolution, which saw him swept from office, is described as a >"change of power" and a "modification of domestic and foreign policy", >again >making no mention of the former president. > >History re-written > >School textbooks have often been part of the ideological struggle in the >old >Yugoslavia. > >It was this way under Tito and during the Bosnian war. > >All three sides portrayed other ethnic groups as stereotypical villains in >children's stories, a practice the international authority in Bosnia has >been trying to stamp out. > >It is not clear if this new Serbian textbook has been written under the >influence of the country's new political masters, or if by common consent >the subject of Mr Milosevic is still too controversial to be confronted in >the classroom. > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > >------------------------------------------------- >This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com >that has been shut down > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
