>From: "Gregory Elich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: NATO Preparing New Military Strike in Balkans >Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 15:13:53 -0400 > >NATO PREPARING NEW MILITARY STRIKE IN BALKANS > >By Gregory Elich > > Quietly, NATO is laying plans for a new military strike against >Yugoslavia. On August 13 through 15, CIA Director George Tenet visited >Bulgaria. In a series of extraordinary meetings, Tenet met with Bulgarian >President Petur Stoyanov, as well as the Prime Minister, Interior Minister >and Defense Minister. Officially, the purpose of Tenet's visit was to >discuss the problem of organized crime and narcotics. However, Tenet spent >a combined total of only 20 minutes at the headquarters of the National >Security Service and the National Service for Combating Organized Crime. >Unnamed diplomatic sources revealed that the proposed oil transit pipeline >from the Caspian Sea was also topic of discussion. > The driving motivation for Tenet's visit, though, was to discuss >Yugoslavia. According to an unnamed diplomatic source, Montenegrin >secession from Yugoslavia topped the agenda. Following the meeting between >Tenet and Major General Dimo Gyaurov, Director of the National Intelligence >Service, a public statement was issued which stressed their "commonality of >interests." Reports in the Bulgarian press revealed that various options >were discussed with Bulgaria's president and prime minister. Tenet's >preferred option is the removal of the Yugoslav government, either as a >result of that country's election on September 24, or by a NATO military >assault that would install a puppet government. Another scenario would >follow the secession of Montenegro from Yugoslavia. If open warfare breaks >out over Montenegro's secession, then the United States plans to wage a >full-scale war against Yugoslavia, as it did in spring 1999. Sofia's >Monitor reported that the "CIA coup machine" is forming. "A strike against >Belgrade is imminent," it adds, and "Bulgaria will serve as a base." (1) > The Italian army recently signed a lease contract to conduct training >exercises beginning in October at the Koren training ground, near Kaskovo in >southeast Bulgaria. The French army signed a similar agreement, in which >French soldiers and tanks will train at the Novo Selo grounds in central >Bulgaria from October 11 to December 12. Talks are also underway for the >U.S. military to lease the Shabla training grounds in northeastern Bulgaria. >Scheduled to take place following the election in Yugoslavia, the training >exercises could serve as a launching pad for NATO's planned military strike. >It was recently announced that the British aircraft carrier HMS Invincible >is to be redeployed to the Adriatic over the next few months in support of a >potential conflict over Montenegro (2) > Military force is only one component of the West's destabilization >campaign against Yugoslavia. In November 1998, President Clinton launched a >plan for the overthrow of the government of Yugoslavia. The initial >emphasis of the plan centered on supporting secessionist forces in >Montenegro and the right-wing opposition in Serbia. (3) Several months >later, during the bombing of Yugoslavia, Clinton signed a secret paper >instructing the CIA to topple the Yugoslav government. The plan called for >the CIA to secretly fund opposition groups and the recruitment of moles in >the Yugoslav government and military. (4) >On July 8, 1999, U.S. and British officials revealed that commando teams >were training snatch operations to seize alleged war criminals and Yugoslav >President Slobodan Milosevic. As an encouragement to mercenaries, the U.S. >State Department also announced a $5 million bounty for President Milosevic. >(5) > Several Yugoslav government officials and prominent individuals, >including Defense Minister Pavle Bulatovic, have been gunned down. Most of >these crimes remain unsolved, as the assassins managed to escape. Police >apprehended one assassin, Milivoje Gutovic, after he shot Vojvodina >Executive Council President Bosko Perosevic at an agricultural fair in Novi >Sad. During interrogations, Gutovic admitted to police that he worked for >the right-wing Serbian Renewal Movement. (6) > Goran Zugic, security advisor to secessionist Montenegrin President >Milo Djukanovic, was murdered late on May 31, 2000. The assassin escaped, >allowing Western leaders to blame President Milosevic. Coming just one week >before crucial local elections in Montenegro, forces opposing President >Milosevic stood to gain from the murder, as the effect would tend to sway >undecided voters in favor of secessionist parties. A few days after the >assassination, Yugoslav Minister of Information Goran Matic held a press >conference, at which he accused the CIA of complicity in the murder. Matic >played a taped recording of two telephone conversations between head of the >US mission in Dubrovnik Sean Burns, US State Department official James >Swaggert, Gabriel Escobar of the US economic group in Montenegro and Paul >Davies of the US Agency for International Development. Excerpts of the >conversations, recorded 20 minutes after the assassination and again three >hours later, included comments such as, "It was professional," and "Mission >accomplished." (7) > The first publicly known Western plan to assassinate President >Milosevic was drafted in 1992. Richard Tomlinson, a former British MI6 >employee, later disclosed the plan. His task as an MI6 agent was to carry >out undercover operations in Eastern Europe posing as a businessman or >journalist. Tomlinson frequently met with MI6 officer Nick Fishwick. >During one their meetings, Fishwick showed Tomlinson a document entitled, >"The Need to Assassinate President Milosevic of Serbia." Three methods were >proposed for the assassination of Milosevic. The first method, Tomlinson >recalled, "was to train and equip a Serbian paramilitary opposition group," >which would have the advantage of deniability but an unpredictable chance of >success. The second method would employ a specially trained British SAS >squad to murder President Milosevic "either with a bomb or sniper ambush." >Fishwick considered this more reliable, but it lacked deniability. The >third method would be to kill Milosevic "in a staged car crash." (8) >Seven years later, on October 3, 1999, the third method was employed against >the leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement, Vuk Draskovic, when a truck >filled with sand plowed into his car, killing everyone inside except for >Draskovic. The temperamental Draskovic had been a major factor in the >chronic fragmentation of the right-wing opposition, frustrating Washington's >efforts to forge a unified opposition. (9) > During NATO's war against Yugoslavia, a missile struck President >Milosevic's home on April 22, 1999. He and his wife were staying elsewhere >that evening. Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon was quick to announce that "we >are not targeting President Milosevic." It is impossible, though, to view a >missile striking Milosevic's bedroom at 3:10 AM as anything but an >assassination attempt. (10) > In November 1999, members of an assassination squad, code-named >"Spider," were arrested in Yugoslavia. According to Minister Goran Matic, >"French intelligence was behind" the Spider group, whose aim was the >assassination of President Milosevic. Planned scenarios included a sniper >attack, planting an explosive device alongside a route they expected >Milosevic to travel, planting an explosive in his car, and organizing 10 >trained commandos to storm the presidential residence. The leader of the >group, Jugoslav Petrusic, had dual Yugoslav and French citizenship. Matic >claimed that Petrusic worked for French intelligence for ten years. During >interrogations, Petrusic said that he had killed 50 men on orders by French >intelligence. Matic announced that one of the members of Spider was a >"specialist for killings with a truck full of sand" - the same method used >against Draskovic the previous month. > Following the Bosnian war, Petrusic organized the transport of 180 >Bosnian Serb mercenaries to fight for Mobutu Sese Seku in Zaire, an affair >that was managed by French intelligence. According to a Bosnian Serb >businessman, Petrusic "did not hide the fact that he was working for the >French intelligence service. I have personally seen a photo of him next to >Mitterand as his bodyguard." In younger days, Petrusic was a member of the >French Foreign Legion. During NATO's war against Yugoslavia, the Spider >group infiltrated the Yugoslav Army, supplying information to the French and >guiding NATO warplanes to their targets. > Yugoslav secret service sources revealed that the Spider group trained >at NATO bases in Bosnia where "buildings resembling those where Milosevic >lives were constructed." Money from the French intelligence service for >Spider was brought to the border between Hungary and Yugoslavia by a man >named Serge Lazarevic. (11) > One month later, the members of a second hit team, calling itself the >Serbian Liberation Army, was arrested. Their aim was to assassinate >President Milosevic and restore the monarchy. (12) > At the end of July 2000, a squad of four Dutch commandos was >apprehended while attempting to cross into Serbia from Montenegro. During >the investigation, they admitted that they intended to kill or kidnap >President Milosevic. The four said that they were informed that $30 million >had been offered for "Milosevic's head," and that they intended to "claim a >reward." One of the men said that the group planned to abduct Milosevic or >former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic and "surrender them to The >Hague." The group planned to put them atop a car "in a ski box and >transport them.out of the country." If the abduction failed, one of the >men "had the idea to kill the president, to decapitate his head, to put it >in the box and to send it home" to the Netherlands. > One of the arrested men, Gotfrides de Ri, belonged to the openly >racist neo-nazi Center Party. During the wars in Croatia and Bosnia, the >Center Party sent Dutch mercenaries to fight in right-wing Croatian >paramilitary units. At the time of their arrest, the four were found with >several knives, including one with a swastika, and wires with hooks for >strangulation. All four admitted that they had trained under the British >SAS. At a news conference on August 1, Goran Matic accused the U.S of being >the prime sponsor of assassinations and attempted assassinations. "It is >obvious that they are recruiting various terrorist groups because they are >frustrated with the fact that their military, political and economic goals >in southeastern Europe have not been realized. [They are] trying to send >them into the country so that they can change our political and social >environment." (13) Jonathan Eyal, an advisor to the British government, >commented recently, "I can't say when it will happen, but I can guarantee >that Milosevic will end up dead, and he will be followed by a more >pro-Western government." (14) > Flagrant Western interference is distorting the political process in >Yugoslavia. U.S. and Western European funds are channelled to right-wing >opposition parties and media through such organizations as the National >Endowment for Democracy and George Soros' Open Society Institute. The >National Democratic Institute (NDI) is yet another of the myriad >semi-private organizations that have attached themselves like leeches on >Eastern Europe. The NDI opened an office in Belgrade in 1997, hoping to >capitalize on opposition attempts to bring down the government through >street demonstrations. By 1999, the NDI had already trained over 900 >right-wing party leaders and activists on "message development, public >outreach and election strategy." NDI also claimed to have provided >"organizational training and coalition-building expertise" to the >opposition. (15) > The New Serbia Forum, funded by the British Foreign Office, brings >Serbian professionals and academics to Hungary on a regular basis for >discussions with British and Central European "experts." The aim of the >meetings is to "design a blueprint for post-Milosevic society." The Forum >develops reports intended to serve as "an action plan" for a future >pro-Western government. Subjects under discussion have included >privatization and economic stabilization. The Forum calls for the >"reintegration of Yugoslavia into the European family," a phrase that >translates into the dismantling of the socialist economy and inviting >Western corporations to swarm in. (16) > Western aims were clearly spelled out in the Stability Pact for >Southeastern Europe of June 10, 1999. This document called for "creating >vibrant market economies" in the Balkans, and "markets open to greatly >expanded foreign trade and private sector investment." One year later, the >White House issued a fact sheet detailing the "major achievements" of the >Pact. Among the achievements listed, the European Bank for Reconstruction >and Development (EBRD) and the International Finance Corporations are said >to be "mobilizing private investment." By 2002, "new private investment in >the region" is expected to reach nearly $2 billion. The Pact's Business >Advisory Council "is visiting all of the countries of Southeast Europe" to >"offer advice" on investment issues. Another initiative is Hungarian >involvement with opposition-led local governments and opposition media in >Serbia. > The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), on July 26, 2000, >inaugurated an investment fund to be managed by Soros Private Funds >Management. The Southeast Europe Equity Fund, "will invest in companies in >the region in a range of sectors." Its purpose, according to the U.S. >Embassy in Macedonia, is "to provide capital for new business development, >expansion and privatization." In March 2000, Montenegro signed an agreement >permitting the operation of OPIC on its territory. Billionaire George >Soros spelled out what all this means. U.S. involvement in the region, he >said, "creates investment opportunities," and "I am happy to put my money >where they are putting theirs." In other words, there is money to be made. >George Munoz, President and CEO of OPIC was also blunt. "The Southeast >Europe Equity Fund," he announced, "is an ideal vehicle to connect American >institutional capital with European entrepreneurs eager to help Americans >tap their growing markets. OPIC is pleased that Soros Private Funds >Management has chosen to send a strong, positive signal that Southeast >Europe is open for business." > The final text of the Stability Pact for Southeast Europe suggested >that a Yugoslavia that would "respect" the Pact's "principles and > objectives" would be "welcome" to become a full member. "In order to draw >the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia closer to this goal," the document >declared, Montenegro would be an "early beneficiary." Western leaders hope >that a future pro-Western Yugoslavia would, as has the rest of Eastern >Europe, be "eager to help Americans" make money. (17) > Western leaders yearn to install a puppet government in Belgrade, and >place their hopes in the fragmented right-wing opposition parties in Serbia. >In 1999, American officials encouraged these parties to organize mass >demonstrations to overthrow the government, but these rallies quickly >fizzled due to lack of popular support. When Yugoslav Federal and local >elections were announced for July 24, 2000, American and Western European >officials met with leaders of the Serbian opposition parties, urging them to >unite behind one presidential candidate. Despite U.S. efforts, three >candidates emerged in opposition to President Milosevic. > At the beginning of August 2000, the U.S. opened an office in Budapest >specifically tasked to assist opposition parties in Yugoslavia. Among the >staff are 24 psychological warfare specialists who engaged in psychological >operations during NATO's war against Yugoslavia and earlier against Iraq in >the Gulf War. During those operations, the team also fabricated news items >in an effort to sway Western public opinion. > If President Milosevic is re-elected, then U.S. Secretary of State >Madeleine Albright expects street demonstrations to overturn the election >results and topple the government. In meetings held in Banja Luka in spring >2000, Albright expressed disappointment with the failure of past efforts to >overthrow the legally elected Yugoslav government. Albright said that she >had hoped sanctions would lead people to "blame Milosevic for this >suffering." An exasperated Albright wondered, "What was stopping the people >from taking to the streets?" Indicating that the U.S. was casting about for >a pretext for intervention, she added, "Something needs to happen in Serbia >that the West can support." (18) > The paths of Yugoslavia's two republics are sharply diverging, and >Montenegro has embarked on a program to place its entire economy at the >service of the West. November 1999 saw the introduction in Montenegro of >the German mark as an official currency and the passage of legislation >eliminating socially owned property. One month later, several large firms >were publicly offered for sale, including the Electric Power Company, the >13th July Agricultural Complex, the Hotel-Tourist firm Boka and many others. >(19) The republic's privatization program for 2000 calls for the >privatization of most state-owned industries, and includes measures to >"protect domestic and foreign investors." Three hundred firms will be >privatized in the initial stage of the plan. In early 2000, the U.S. signed >an agreement to provide Montenegro $62 million, including $44 million from >the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). According to the >agency, it will also undertake "assistance programs to support economic >reform and restructuring the economy..to advance Montenegro toward a free >market economy." U.S. policy advisor on the Balkans James Dobbins indicated >that the U.S. viewed the "market-oriented reforms of the Djukanovic regime >as a model and stimulus for similar reforms throughout the former >Yugoslavia." The U.S. is also offering guarantees for private investors in >the republic. Additional aid is provided by the European Union, which has >approved $36 million for Montenegro. "From the first day," admitted >Djukanovic, "we have had British and European consultants." (20) > The Center for International Private Enterprise, an affiliate of the >U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is providing support to the Center for >Entrepreneurship (CEP) in Montenegro. According to the center's executive >director, Petar Ivanovic, the organization "focuses on elementary and high >schools," establishing entrepreneurship as a new subject to be taught in >schools. As Ivanovic explains it, "Introducing young people to the concept >of entrepreneurship will make them less resistant to the private sector." >The CEP also intends to "educate government officials about the potential >rewards of the private sector," and to help them "understand the benefits of >economic reform and privatization." (21) According to Djukanovic, when he >met with President Clinton on June 21, 1999, the U.S. president gave the >privatization process a push by telling Djukanovic that the U.S. planned to >"stimulate the economy" by "encouraging US corporations and banks to invest >capital in Montenegro." (22) > Djukanovic has moved steadily toward secession from Yugoslavia, >indicating that he will push for separation if the right-wing opposition >loses the September 24 election. In a phone call to Djukanovic in July >2000, Madeleine Albright promised that the U.S would provide him with an >additional $16.5 million. That same week, Djukanovic blurted out that >Montenegro "is no longer part of Yugoslavia." He also made the astonishing >claim that he considered it a "priority" for Montenegro to join NATO, the >organization that had bombed his country only the year before. The next >month, Albright announced that she and Djukanovic "try and talk to each >other and meet on a regular basis," and that the "United States is >supportive of the approach that President Djukanovic has taken in terms of >democratic development and his approach to the economic reforms also." (23) > Western support for secession extends beyond Albright meeting and >talking with Djukanovic. More than half of the population of Montenegro >opposes secession, and any such move is likely to explode into violence. In >preparation for that rift, Djukanovic is building up a private army of over >20,000 soldiers, the Special Police, including special forces armed with >anti-tank weapons. Sources in Montenegro revealed that Western special >forces are training this private army. Djukanovic has requested that NATO >establish an "air shield over Montenegro" as he moves toward secession. One >member of the Special Police, named Velibor, confirmed that they were >receiving training from the British SAS. "If there is a situation where >weapons will decide the outcome, we are ready," he said. "We are training >for that." At a press conference on August 1, 2000, Minister Goran Matic >declared that the "British are carrying out part of the training of the >Montenegrin special units. It is also true," he added, that the Special >Police "are intensively obtaining various kinds and types of weapons, >starting with anti-aircraft and anti-helicopter weapons and so on, and they >are also being assisted by Croatia, as the weapons go through Dubrovnik and >other places." Furthermore, Matic pointed out that, "last year, before and >after the aggression, a group from within the Montenegrin MUP [Ministry of >Interior Affairs] structure left for training within the U.S. police >structure and the U.S. intelligence structures." In August, two armored >vehicles bound for Montenegro were discovered in the port of Ancona, Italy. >One of the vehicles was fitted with a turret suitable for mounting a machine >gun or anti-tank weapon. Italian customs officials, reports the Italian >news service ANSA, are "convinced" that arms trafficking to Montenegro "is >of far greater magnitude than this single episode might lead one to > believe." Revelling in anticipation of armed conflict, Djukanovic bragged >that "many will tuck their tails between their legs and will soon have to >flee Montenegro." (24) > A violent conflict in Montenegro would provide NATO with its >long-desired pretext for intervention. As early as October 1999, General >Wesley Clark drew up plans for a NATO invasion of Montenegro. The plan >envisions an amphibious assault by more than 2,000 Marines storming the port >of Bar and securing the port as a beachhead for pushing inland. Troops >ferried by helicopters would seize the airport at Podgorica, while NATO >warplanes would bomb and strafe resisting Yugoslav forces. According to >U.S. officials, other Western countries have also developed invasion plans. >(25) Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Ambassador to the UN declared, "We are in >constant touch with the leadership of Montenegro," and warned that a >conflict in Montenegro "would be directly affecting NATO's vital interest." >(26) NATO General Secretary George Robertson was more explicit. "I say to >Milosevic: watch out, look what happened the last time you miscalculated." >(27) > President Milosevic and the ruling coalition enjoy considerable popular >support in Yugoslavia, and many Western analysts admit they are likely to >emerge victorious in the September 24 election. This will set in motion, >possibly within a few months, a NATO strike launched from Bulgaria intended >to overthrow the legally elected government of Yugoslavia. If the coup >fails, then Montenegro could declare independence, setting in motion a chain >of events that would lead to a second all out war by NATO against >Yugoslavia. The war in 1999 brought immense suffering to the Balkans. The >next war promises to be catastrophic. > >NOTES > >1) "Bulgaria - Press Review" BTA (Sofia), August 12, 2000 >"Bulgaria - Us CIA Director's Visit," BTA (Sofia), August 15, 2000 >"CIA Did Not Tell Us the Most Important Thing," Trud (Sofia), August 16, >2000 >"Bulgaria - Press Review," BTA (Sofia), August 14, 2000 >"Bulgaria - Press Review," BTA (Sofia), August 16, 2000 > >2) Mila Avramova, "Italians Lease Training Ground for 400,000 Leva," Trud >(Sofia), August 9, 2000 >Michael Evans, "Balkans Watch for 'Invincible'," The Times (London), August >26, 2000. > >3) Paul Beaver, "Clinton Tells CIA to Oust Milosevic," The Observer, >November 29, 2000. >Fran Visnar, "Clinton and the CIA Have Created a Scenario to Overthrow >Milosevic," Vijesnik (Zagreb), November 30, 2000. > >4) Douglas Waller, "Tearing Down Milosevic," Time Magazine, July 12, 1999. > >5) Michael Moran, "A Threat to 'Snatch' Milosevic," MSNBC, July 8, 1999. > >6) "Yugoslav Police Say Killer of Local Leader Worked for Opposition," >Agence France-Presse, > May 15, 2000. > "Arrested Assassin Gutovic Member of Otpor and SPO," Tanjug >(Belgrade), May 15, 2000. > >7) "Yugoslav Official Accuses CIA of Being Behind Montenegro Murder," Agence >France-Presse, >June 6, 2000. >Aleksandar Vasovic, "Serb Aide Says CIA Behind Slaying," Associated Press, >June 6, 2000 >"Yugoslav Information Minister Accuses CIA of Complicity in Zugic Murder," >Borba (Belgrade), >June 6, 2000 > >8) Statement by Richard Tomlinson, addressed to John Wadham, September 11, >1998. > >9) "Serb Consensus: Draskovic Crash Was No Accident," Seattle Times News >Services, October 13, >1999. > >10) "NATO: Milosevic Not Target," BBC News, April 22, 1999. > >11) "Serbs Allege Milosevic Assassination Plot," Reuters, November 25, 1999. >"France Plots to Murder Milosevic," Agence France-Presse, November 26, 1999. >"SFOR Units Involved in a Plot to Kill Milosevic," Agence France-Presse, >December 1, 1999. >Gordana Igric, "Alleged 'Assassins' Were No Stranger to France," IWPR Balkan >Crisis Report (London), November 26, 1999. >Milenko Vasovic, "Belgrade's French Connection," IWPR Balkan Crisis Report >(London), November 26, 1999. > >12) "Lt. Testifies at Milosevic Trial," Associated Press, April 26, 2000. > >13) Aleksandar Vasovic, "4 Accused of Milosevic Death Plot," Associated >Press, July 31, 2000. >"Dutchmen Arrested, Accused of Plotting Against Milosevic," Agence >France-Presse, July 31, 2000. >Email correspondence from Herman de Tollenaere, quoting from NRC- Business >Paper of August 1, 2000. >"Arrested Dutchmen Admitted Plans to Kill, Kidnap Milosevic," BETA >(Belgrade), August 17, 2000. >"Dutch Espionage Terrorist Gang Arrested in Yugoslavia - Minister," Tanjug >(Belgrade), July 31, 2000. >"Yugoslav Information Minister Says U.S. Behind Dutch 'Mercenaries'," BBC >Monitoring Service, August 1, 2000. > >14) "West Sees Noose Tightening Around Milosevic," Reuters, June 9, 2000. > >15) "NDI Activities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia >(Serbia-Montenegro)," NDI Worldwide >Activities, www.ndi.org > >16) "Britain Trains New Elite for Post-Milosevic Era," The Independent, May >3, 2000. >The New Serbia Forum web page, >http://ds.dial.pipex.com/town/way/glj77/Serbia.htm > >17) "Final Text of Stability Pact for Southeast Europe," June 10, 1999. >U.S. Embassy, Skopje, Macedonia, "Southeast Europe Equity Fund Launched July >26," July 27, 2000. >White House Fact Sheet, "The Stability Pact for Southeast Europe: One Year >Later," July 27, 2000. > >18) Borislav Komad, "At Albright's Signal," Vecernje Novosti, May 18, 2000. >"US Anti-Yugoslav Office Opens in Budapest," Tanjug (Belgrade), August 21, >2000. > >19) Ljubinka Cagorovic, "Montenegro Assembly Scraps Socially-Owned > Property," Reuters, >November 13, 1999. >"Montenegrin Government Prepares to Privatise Economy," Tanjug (Belgrade), >December 25, 1999. > >20) Central and Eastern European Business Information Center, "Southeastern >Europe Business Brief," >February 3, 2000. >Central and Eastern European Business Information Center, "Southeastern >Europe Business Brief," >April 27, 2000. >Anne Swardson, "West Grows Close to Montenegro," Washington Post, May 24, >2000. > >21) Petar Invanovic, "Montenegro: Laying the Foundation of > Entrepreneurship," Center for International >Private Enterprise. > >22) Statement by Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic, "Important Step in >Opening New Perspectives >For Montenegrin State Policy," Pobjeda (Podgorica), June 22, 1999. > >23) "Albright Renews Montenegro Support," Associated Press, July 13, 2000. >"Montenegro Wants to Join NATO and the EU," Agence France-Presse, July 10, >2000. >Office of the Spokesman, U.S. Department of State, "Secretary of State >Madeleine K. Albright and >Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic," Press Stakeout at Excelsior Hotel, >Rome, Italy, August 1, >2000. > >24) "Montenegro Ahead of Elections: Boycott and Threats," BETA (Belgrade), >August 9, 2000. >"Montenegro and Elections - Boycott Becomes Official," BETA (Belgrade), >August 17, 2000. >Phil Reese, "We Have the Heart for Battle, Says Montenegrin Trained by SAS," >The Independent, >July 30, 2000. >"Yugoslav Information Minister Says U.S. Behind Dutch 'Mercenaries'", BBC >Monitoring Service, >August 1, 2000. >"Yugoslavia Says British SAS Trains Montenegrins," Reuters, August 1, 2000. >"Information Minister Sees Montenegrin Arms Purchases, Croatian Assistance," >BETA (Belgrade), >July 31, 2000. >"Foreign 'Dogs of War' Training Montenegrin Police to Attack Army," Tanjug >(Belgrade), August 9, 2000. >"Montenegro: Camouflaged Military Vehicles Seized in Ancona," ANSA (Rome), >August 21, 2000. >"Montenegro: Traffic in Camouflaged Armored Vehicles: Investigation into >Documentation," ANSA (Rome), August 22, 2000. > >25) Richard J. Newman, "Balkan Brinkmanship," US News and World Report, >November 15, 1999. > >26) "Clinton Warns Milosevic 'Remains a Threat to Peace'," Agence >France-Presse, July 29, 2000. > >27) "NATO's Robertston Warns Milosevic on Montenegro," Reuters, July 27, >2000. ------------------------------------------------------------ ((( GREAT DEAL: Home Depot: Home Improvement 1-2-3 on CD-ROM ))) Get it FREE! at: http://nettaxi.free-irewards.com ( plus S&H ) _______________________________________________ Crashlist resources: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/crashlist
