[Via... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 12:42 PM Subject: More Fun In Store For NATO Occupiers [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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Just as Donald Rumsfeld is speaking of withdrawing US SFOR troops from Bosnia. Good luck, Don. Bosnian Croat Separatists to Press Ahead With Self-rule Bid MOSTAR, May 18, 2001 -- (Agence France Presse) Bosnian Croat nationalists are determined to press ahead with their self-rule bid after the expiry of their deadline for the international community and country's authorities to grant their requests, nationalist Ante Jelavic said Thursday. "We will not budge an inch from the declaration of the Croat National Congress," Jelavic told a press conference, a day after the expiry of the deadline to put in place an electoral law and constitutional reform acceptable to nationalists. The self-styled Congress, a grouping of Croat parties led by nationalist Croat Democratic Union (HDZ), proclaimed a "temporary Croat autonomy" in Bosnia in March. The international community condemned the move as a direct threat to the stability of post-war Bosnia. Jelavic, leader of the Croat National Congress and the HDZ, is a former member of Bosnia's tripartite presidency sacked in early March by Bosnia's top international mediator over his role in the movement. He said a deal agreed Wednesday on the return of thousands of Bosnian Croat soldiers who deserted in March in support of separatists was a condition to start negotiations with the international community. Under the arrangement, which ended a two-month standoff, the soldiers will be permitted to re-enter army barracks and the defense ministry of the Muslim-Croat part of Bosnia will then acknowledge them as part of the regular military force. "It is in the interest of the Croat National Congress to return Croat soldiers to the barracks since it is a security, political and social issue," Jelavic said, adding that he expected talks to begin in next 15 to 20 days. Although the Congress does not recognize "illegal and for the Croats illegitimate" authorities in Sarajevo, it was ready to "use the institutions of the state and Federation (entity of Muslim-Croat)," Jelavic said. Bosnian Croat parties in the ruling moderate coalition dubbed the Alliance for Change were asked to step down from power "to open space for the solving of the present crisis and to make Bosnian Croats thankful," said Ante Pasalic, vice-president of the Congress. Jelavic said the "legislative council of Croat self-rule" will decide on further steps next week in Mostar. ((c) 2001 Agence France Presse) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
