From: "Mrs. Jela Jovanovic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Fw: Anti NATO Protest in Sofia, Oct 5 [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Blagovesta Doncheva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 1:52 PM Subject: Anti NATO Protest in Sofia, Oct 5 > ANTI GLOBALISTIC, ANTI NATO AND ANTI WAR PROTEST > took place in Bulgarian capital Sofia in the late afternoon of October 5, this year. > > Participants were not numerous for many reasons. Far not the least important among them being the fear that is hanging these days upon the city, the country, the continent, the world. > It is noteworthy however that these far from numerous peacefully assembled citizens have been confronted by a police force of nearly 5000 (five thousand) that has hardly ever been seen in the city in its whole history. > Heavily armored and specially trained policemen, mounted police and police dogs, helicopters in the bright autumn sky of Sofia and... for the first time in the life of several generations, armored combat cars were patrolling downtown Sofia. For the first time in the DEMOCRATIC development of the country expert police reinforcements of the US and Greece are also been reported to be friendly hanging around and within the rally, definitely not for the purpose of stopping gangster groups' gunfire that is practically daily terrorizing Bulgarians all over the country. Things smell very much of a kind of an undeclared martial-law situation if there can be any LAW in it, of course. > Also, for the first time in DEMOCRATIC Bulgaria obviously prepared secret service agents were spread among the participants, trying to provoke some kind of unconventional behavior on their side while numerous uniformed policemen were near by willingly ready to intervene... > Obviously all these are traits of the New Times Era that has been promised to the people of Bulgaria by the King's Political coalition which has won the early summer parliamentary elections. > The police took special notice of some of the members of the Civic Protests Group who have already been arrested during public protests in the days of NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia, ex-president Clinton's Sofia visit, etc. They were arbitrarily warned not to spread ANY activist leaflets and placards among the protestors and were threatened with another arrest for no reason whatsoever. For the first time during officially allowed protest a member of the Civil Protests Group, Mrs. Madlen Kircheva, was given the floor. Mrs. Kircheva, a former UDF activist, has recently won a judicial suit against Sofia Mayor Mr. Sofianski and his police for illegal sanctions for participating in anti Clinton Sofia visit protests in November 1999. > At the same time, far away from any ordinary people, the heads of the vassal European states elbowing one another for NATO membership, joined by NATO Secretary General Robertson, Solana, NATO Commander Forces and others were having good time in the beautiful Presidency Residence in the outskirts of Vitosha Mountain. > Obviously they needed the enormous police and army force to have their peace and security ensured... from who? Perhaps from the several dozens of protesters gathered around the monument of Vassil LEVSKI, the Bulgarian Freedom Apostle and Martyr, hanged at that place for having organized the Bulgarian armed resistance against the Turkish Yoke in the 19th century Bulgaria. > It is noteworthy that there were no reports even on the press conference of NATO chiefs' and their vassals' Sofia gathering besides some brave mainstream briefings telling poor mortals of the very right things they were doing or intend of doing. All the time there was all barring information curtains. > The absurdities of all these events have been very artistically TOPPED by Bulgarian President Stoyanov awarding with one of the highest patriotic decorations of Bulgaria... a person who has always been and is currently openly advocating the Slavic nations' physical annihilation and the destruction of their traditional religion. This person is the notorious Mr. Bzezinsky on whose support Stoyanov apparently relies for that fall's Presidency Election in Bulgaria. > Simultaneously with Bzezinsky's visit and award, the Bulgarian public has been additionally shocked to hear that Stoyanov nomination for a President again has been backed also... the Premier, ex-King, whose "National" Movement won the last Parliamentary Election against. Stoyanov's ex-governing political party, UDF! > Obviously, alongside with the Infinite Justice we are going to face. Infinite Democracy as well! > > Report by Ivan Angelov > Sofia > Oct. 5, 2001 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > iVillage.com: Solutions for Your Life > Check out the most exciting women's community on the Web > http://www.ivillage.com > > _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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