From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Handy, quick translation from Goebbelese into English: For mobs, read crowds. (Pro-American groups of people are crowds or demonstrators; those defending themselves against US intrigue and aggression are invariably mobs and rampaging rioters, from Skopje to Genoa.) International peace montors: Western intelligence operatives, like NLA controller Robert Frowick of the OSCE. Nationalist agenda: Defending one's nation and people against the "international community." (See below) Truce (EU/NATO-engineered): Interlude in which Western-trained insurgents can re-group for the next offensive. Allegedy (as in the West favoring the rebels): Definitely. A third of the population: 20 percent. War camp in the government: Those desiring peace by defending their country against an unprovoked war. American peace envoy: Destabilization agent. Orthodox Christians: A redundancy. A period of hypernationalism: The normal response of a people under armed siege emanating from abroad. International community: The U.S. and its chief NATO allies, with occasional hononary membership granted to assorted contra groups. Negotiations/Mediation: Western temporizing with local authorities while the same's allies solidify and expand territorial gains achieved through armed attacks. Diplomats working frantically behind the scenes (e.g., Robert Frowick a few weeks ago): Prelude and indispensible part of the continuation of what the world is witnessing now.] Tuesday July 24 7:29 PM ET Fighting And Mobs Threaten Macedonia Peace Hopes By Sean Maguire SKOPJE (Reuters) - Anti-Western violence and fierce street firefights in Macedonia have left prospects for a peaceful end to ethnic strife in the former Yugoslav republic looking their thinnest for weeks. Mobs from the Macedonian majority rampaged through the capital Skopje late on Tuesday, venting their anger at military setbacks and accusing Westerners of helping ethnic Albanian rebels split Macedonia. Their attacks on U.S. and German embassies, international peace monitors and foreign businesses came just hours after the government assailed NATO and Western mediators for allegedly favoring the rebels. Diplomats said the government appeared to have adopted an outright nationalist agenda in preference to granting the extra rights to the one-third Albanian minority that are needed to secure a peace deal and end a five-month rebellion. Fierce fighting swept through the predominantly Albanian town of Tetovo late on Tuesday, with previously untouched suburbs raked by bullets, mortar and machine gun fire. The Tetovo hospital chief Rahim Thaci said three security personnel and two civilians had been treated for wounds received during the evening's fighting. It was the third day of combat between rebels and security forces in Tetovo, 25 miles to the west of Skopje. The violence appears to have consigned to history a 19-day truce that was supposed to allow peace talks take place in harmony. FEAR FOR COUNTRY The Skopje rioters attacked the two embassies, smashing windows and throwing stones, and torched several vehicles of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe, in the worst nationalist violence in the capital in a month. Police stood back and did little to stop the rampage, which was fueled by a deep-seated fear among Macedonians that their small 10-year-old country is being ripped apart by the rebels and its nascent identity called into question. Muslim Albanians make up about a third of the population. The Macedonian majority are Slav Orthodox Christians. Advances by Albanian National Liberation Army guerrillas near Tetovo during the truce have enraged the government. Losing territory in fierce fighting, which forced hundreds of Macedonians from their homes on Monday, has given weight to the ``war?? camp in the government. Macedonia accused NATO of helping its enemies and blasted American peace envoy James Pardew and European Union negotiator Francois Leotard for allegedly accusing it of breaking the truce. The envoys said they were shocked at the allegation. ``I think we?re in a period of hypernationalism. They?re lashing out at the entire international community,?? a Western diplomat said. ``That?s very damaging to negotiations and very dangerous for the people of this country.?? Macedonia's interior and defense ministers promised Tetovo residents who say they were expelled by the NLA that the guerrillas had been given a noon deadline to pull back and allow the civilians to return home. If the NLA refuses, all further foreign mediation in the Macedonian conflict will be rejected and the conflict will escalate, the state MIA agency reported the ministers saying. The implied ultimatum will depress diplomats working frantically behind the scenes to restore calm and prevent the Balkan state slipping toward anarchy and the ethnic turmoil that has brought other ex-Yugoslav states to their knees. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
