Dear Sir, I would greatly appreciate you passing my comment on to Daniel Wolf.
The revolution in the Ukraine is not a new phenomenon by any means. On 5th October 2000 the world was told that the people of Yugoslavia brought down Slobodan Milosevic and his "evil" government with "people power". Nothing could be further from the truth. The revolution was orchestrated by the West and paid in Deutsche Marks in the hands of the demonstrators. The US dollars came into the country in their thousands, perhaps millions, in suitcases. The collaborator government, in place now, was groomed in Hungary. It would be very interesting if Mr. Wolf could make a documenatary about the aftermath of the October 5th revolution and what benefits it has brought to the people of Yugoslavia, especially the miners who led the demo. Their mine is now closed and they are all unemployed. It is sad that the Guardian will not recognise that there is a problem with the news they have been reporting on the events in Yugoslavia. We who know the situation cannot reply to the untruths printed in the paper about our country as the powers that be will not print our point of view. I attach a letter written to the Guardian in response to a piece by Jonathan Steele recently. Sincerely, Branka Josiilo-Perry ----------------------------------------------- Sir, Jonathan Steele (if Kosovo is left in limbo, it will be a victory for Milosevic, Friday April 22, 2005) presents the standard view of the recent history of Yugoslavia that has been spun by Western media and governments. Let us recall that 200,000 Serbs were ethnically cleansed from the Krajina in early August 1995 and that 14,000 Serb civilians lost their lives in a joint NATO/Croat exercise. It was then that we saw tractors crowded with refugees. This was the first and largest act of ethnic cleansing since the breakup of Yugoslavia. Because they were Serbs and it had been decided that the Serbs were the guilty party in the conflict, there was no sympathy for them and this important event is largely written out of the Western historical record. What Blair did in Kosovo was illegal. Nor is there any question that the KLA is a terrorist organisation (even Madeleine Albirght has said as much). Dietmar Hartwig, top EU monitor in Kosovo was giving evidence in March 05 at the ICTY in the Hague (the West's kangaroo court in the opinion of many) that the Yugoslav police were dealing with an extreme amount of provocation from the KLA and had the situation in hand. There is ample evidence that the civilian population started running for cover when the NATO bombing began and not prior to that. For evidence one only need to look at the BBC footage of the Macedonian border immediately prior and at the start of the bombing. Given this, where is the evidence that justified the Kosovo intervention? It was a blatant act of aggression by NATO. Since NATO's entry in Kosovo, the province has been ethnically cleansed of Serbs and other minorities (under the watchful eyes of NATO and UNMIK) in the pursuit of independence for the (now) Albanian majority in Kosovo. It is not true that there were any clashes between Serbs and Albanians in March last year. The Albanians went on the rampage after accusing (falsely) Serbs of forcing two or three Albanian children into the river. In two days 30 Orthodox churches, which should have been on the UNESCO register, because they are a part of the world's heritage, lay smouldering in ruins. If NATO gives Kosovo to the Albanians it will be rewarding terrorism while trying to legitimise its own act of aggression and barbarity. They may buy a little time and peace but the day will come when NATO will become an unwelcome guest for the Albanians and NATO will go the way of all other minorities which have been cleansed from Kosovo. The Albanians will want to exploit Trepca mines (now exploited by Western companies) and may not want to continue to host Camp Bondsteel (the largest US base outside the US) without due reward. Independence will be a reward for terrorism and will send a signal to others of the same persuasion that terrorism pays. You say that you were against the Iraqi war? Why, Mr. Steele, if you and so many misinformed and misguided citizens of this country hadn't supported the"coalition of the willing" in their bombing of Kosovo, the Iraq war could never have happened! B. Perry 18 Crestway, London SW15 5BY 020 8878 6008 (not for publication) P.S. For reference purposes go to: http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg030205.htm Serbian News Network - SNN [email protected] http://www.antic.org/
