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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [In Croatia, an EU and NATO candidate in good standing, a campaign of terror against the Roma minority goes on unimpeded by government authorities. But in Yugoslavia-Serbia over the past decade, branded an alleged human rights violator by Croatia's NATO sponsors, hundreds of thousands of Roma have fled there for protection from persecution - and death - in Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo and elsewhere. As with all official Western reporting about the Balkans over the last ten years, reverse what you read and you won't be far from the truth.] June 24, 2001 1 Gypsy Dies in Attack in Croatia ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) -- One man died and a woman was badly injured Sunday in a bomb attack on a Gypsy family in the coastal city of Pula, the Interior Ministry said. Ramadan Gusani, 59, died in the explosion. His wife Marija Gusani, 58, was badly injured. The millions of Gypsies -- or Roma -- across central and eastern Europe are the frequent targets of racist attacks in Croatia. Police speculated the attack was the work of skinheads, who have been linked to similar assaults in the city. ''We were awake until 2 a.m. when we heard a car stop in front of the house. A window was broken, and then the bomb exploded,'' a cousin of Gusani told the daily Jutarnji list. ''We have lived in Pula more than 40 years, and we all have jobs and our kids are good pupils,'' she added, reflecting the exasperation of Roma who are attacked for no reason other than their skin color. The newspaper did not identify the woman by name. None of the eight children sleeping in another room in the house were hurt. The bombing was the latest of a series of recent attacks on Roma by skinheads in Pula. Several children have been beaten and a hand grenade exploded in a Roma settlement on Monday, but no one was injured. Other Roma families have received bomb threats. � __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
