At 07:57 PM 8/15/2001 -0400, Miroslav Antic wrote:
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>ALEKSANDAR JOKIC: MACEDONIA PEACE
>
>The government of Macedonia and someone who allegedly represents the
>Albanian rebels signed today the Framework Agreement for Peace. I say
>allegedly because the rebels were not present at the negotiating table and
>it is not known whether they would adhere to the agreement.
Yes, they were. The Albanian "rebels" - a.k.a. KLA or KPC - are nothing
but the New World Order mercenaries. They were represented there by no
less than three officials - James Pardee (U.S.), Lord Robertson (NATO), and
Javier Solana (EU, also former NATO).
For what it's worth... For more details, you may check out
http://www.truthinmedia.org/Bulletins2001/tim2001-8-1.html and/or
http://www.truthinmedia.org/Bulletins2001/tim2001-8-2.html .
Cheers!
Bob Dj.
>Anyhow, per agreement their disarmament is voluntary and it is anybody s
>guess what their desires will be. But what is known is that there is no
>genuine desire on the Albanian part in general to stay in the joint state,
>if they could help it. They are interested in carving out at least all of
>the western Macedonia and declare independence. Their efforts are the same
>as they have been in Kosovo. Now, Macedonian government knows full well
>about these intentions and it has no reason to put too much trust in
>agreements such as this one. No one can tell the future, but it is safe to
>expect that whatever the deal brings about deal, it is not even the
>beginning of the end to this conflict.
>
>This has been the bloodiest week yet. Macedonia first lost 10 soldiers in
>an ambush then a day later 8 more troops were killed by a landmine outside
>Skoplje. There is something wrong in the picture when members of the army
>of a sovereign country die at this rate and near their state capital too.
>What is more, it is a country that has enjoyed extensive support and has
>been wildly praised by the US for its role in facilitating the policies of
>NATO in the region, especially during the 78 day bombing campaign against
>Yugoslavia. Now it is Macedonia s turn. What is going on now is exactly
>what Macedonia signed up for when it dashed out of Yugoslavia in 1992. As
>a state Macedonia could exist in relative calm and security only within
>the larger state of Yugoslavia. As it stands it is too small and weak a
>state to deal with its ethnic problems. And these problems have absolutely
>nothing to do with rights however these rights are conceived: human
>rights, civil, cultural or whatever rights. What we have there are two
>very different groups and the key differentiating factor is not language,
>religion or hatred, but something that has successfully been relegated to
>the realm of the unmentionable.
>
>It is a testimony to the success of pro-Albanian propaganda that one of de
>facto root problems cannot even be mentioned. Instead, analysts focus on
>other factors, always with some significance but of the primary ones is
>left out entirely. However, it is a fact, and not a racist remark, that
>Macedonians and Albanians enjoy radically different birthrates.
>Macedonians have a very small rate like elsewhere in Europe, while
>Albanians are somewhere at the level of Bangladesh. Simply put, Albanian
>population is growing at a rate that is bound to produce the sense of
>entitlement and of course power to go for a land grab. I witnessed this
>attitude way back in 1981 when I visited the city of Tetovo, which was by
>no means a purely Albanian city back then. A Macedonian had put a house
>for sale and an Albanian neighbor was inquiring about the price. After he
>heard the asking price he said something to the effect: Why should we pay
>you anything when we will come soon to claim all these houses for free.�
>
>All this, however, would not produce anything more significant than minor
>skirmishes had it not been for the international factor. In particular, at
>fault is, to say the least, the incoherent behavior of the US who offer
>declarative support to the legitimate, democratic government of Macedonia
>while Albanian rebels get to play with the latest generation of NATO arms.
>All the while the US is thwarting Macedionia s efforts to obtained already
>paid for guns from the Ukraine. So, while the government of Macedonia
>hears from the world leaders the words that must be pleasing to the ear,
>its soldiers are being killed daily, in ever-larger numbers, by NATO arms
>and ammunition. In other words, while lip service is paid to the
>Macedonian State its burial is being already prepared. And the main reason
>for this is the fact that the US-lead Western world has at least evened
>out the playing field (or the battlefield) between the state and the
>rebels. Even a stronger state could not survive this. As soon as the
>criminal (say a bank robber) is given the same status and rights as the
>law enforcing officer (that attempts to arrest him) the former is at a
>colossal advantage as his motives and interests are hugely more intense
>than that of the law enforcing officer who is on the job only for the
>salary. It is the same in the conflicts that pit the state against rebels.
>The state must be given the primacy, not the rebels. The US policies on
>this count have not been consistent. While the US has supported the Muslim
>rebels in Bosnia and Kosovo the US opposed the self-determination of Serbs
>in Croatia and now the Macedonian government finds itself in a very
>similar situation of great disadvantage compare to the armed insurgents.
>If left alone, Macedonian forces would easily squash the rebellion, but
>instead they are forced to negotiate with rebels and sign detrimental
>agreements that will deal a deathblow to the state of Macedonia as it
>exists now.
>
> From a wider historical perspective of the destruction of former
> Yugoslavia we see the West-to-East movement of arm conflict: Slovenia,
> Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo. Will Macedonia be the last? Or, is this a
> prelude to more easterly military escalations? How far east? All the way
> to the Caspian perhaps? We shall see.
>
>Aleksandar Jokic
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