-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: TiM Publisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: TiM Readers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 8:54 AM Subject: Serbs infuriated at extensive power cuts (AP, Dec. 27) > > FROM PHOENIX, AZ - FOR FAIR USE ONLY > > Further to our yesterday's TiM Bulletin update - thought you'd be > interested in this Associated Press report. > > DOS(ta) already? > > It didn't take long for the Serbs to wake up and get angry at the (DOS) > devil they chose and cheered - not so long ago. Too late. Too bad. > > But as one TiM reader from Serbia noted today, "as for the elections, I > hope that Djindjic and his revolutionaries realize that 4.5 million people > did not vote for them, either by voting against or by abstaining." > > Bob Dj. > --------- > > Serbs Infuriated at Power Cuts > > By Misha Savic > Associated Press Writer > Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2000; 1:39 p.m. EST > > BELGRADE, Yugoslavia -- With traffic lights failing, > frozen foods > thawing in grocery stores and people struggling to keep > warm, > Yugoslavia's worst-ever energy crisis is prompting many > people to > question whether the new democratic leadership can't at > least keep the > lights on. > > Officials of the new government appealed Wednesday for > people to be > patient with eight- to 10-hour blackouts - common in > neighboring Albania > or the province of Kosovo, but previously unheard of in > Yugoslavia's main > republic of Serbia. > > Some Yugoslavs grumbled that things were better under > autocratic > President Slobodan Milosevic, who was ousted following a > contested > election in September and riots in Belgrade on Oct. 5. > > "I knew that we couldn't expect a fast improvement after > Oct. 5," said > Milovan Radisic, 57, a retired factory worker. "But I > didn't expect things > would get worse." > > The long power cuts have affected virtually everyone in > the country. > > Long queues formed Wednesday in front of supermarkets > and department > stores in the capital. Harried cashiers were scrambling > to tally customers' > bills by hand with only the dim light of candles. A > crowd in the southern > city of Nis burned tires in protest. > > The interior ministry issued an appeal Wednesday for > motorists to take > extra care on the roads because many traffic lights were > not working. > Extra policemen were called out to keep order on busy > streets where > traffic signals had failed. > > "You wanted 'democracy,' now you got it," Dragoljub Matic, a > self-described Milosevic supporter, grumbled as he > waited at a crowded > bus stop. > > Serbia's deputy prime minister, Nebojsa Covic, tried to > cast blame on the > Milosevic's regime, which wielded power for 13 years. > > Covic told Belgrade radio and television stations that > the Milosevic > government had failed to maintain the power grid and > keep up repairs on > power stations. That was due in large part to the > effects of years of > international economic sanctions imposed on Yugoslavia > because of > Belgrade's role in fomenting ethnic wars in the Balkans. > > Those sanctions made it difficult for the government to > purchase spare > parts and equipment from abroad. > > "A stable energy situation cannot be expected before > spring," Covic > admitted. "The whole system is extremely worn out." > > Yugoslavia's power system also suffered damage during > last year's 78-day > NATO bombing campaign, launched to stop Milosevic's > crackdown on > ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo. > > To make matters worse, a protracted drought in the > Balkans, which began > in the summer, has reduced water levels in the Danube, > the Sava and > other major rivers, severely limiting hydroelectric output. > > Yugoslavia and other Balkan countries are tied together > in a regional > power grid, which allows them to import electricity in > times of need. > However, because of high demand elsewhere and Belgrade's > severe > economic problems, officials say imports make up only > about 20 percent > of the shortfall. > > All these factors have contributed to the crisis at a > time when temperatures > are hovering around the freezing level in a country > where most people use > electricity for heat. > > The West has welcomed pro-democracy changes and promised > humanitarian aid for energy purchases, but such > assistance takes time to > materialize. > > Nada Kolundzija, a top official of the 18-party alliance > that won the > presidency and recent parliamentary elections, claimed > Milosevic's > government had forced the state-run power company to > "exhaust the > power system to the extent that it is now near collapse." > > But many angry Serbs want solutions, not more scapegoats. > > "I've heard enough of that. ... Milosevic also used to > blame others for > everything," said Tamara Blazic, fuming because a > blackout left her > stranded in an elevator for three hours. "It's time > somebody takes > responsibility." > > For the full original report, check out: > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20001227/aponline133918_000.ht m > ---- > TRUTH IN MEDIA > Phoenix, Arizona > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the Truth in Media Web site http://www.truthinmedia.org/ for articles > on geopolitical affairs. > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. 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