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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [That the word peace could be used in reference to, or even in the same article as, the name of former NATO warplanner Javier Solana is a travesty and further indictment of what passes for a "free" press in the West.] The Sunday Telegraph June 24, 2001 Macedonians buzz peace plane By Christian Jennings, near Aracinovo, Macedonia � IN a remarkable display of defiance against the European Union's peacemaking efforts, a Macedonian air force jet buzzed the aircraft carrying Javier Solana, the EU's head of foreign policy, as it landed at Skopje airport yesterday. Threatening: a Sukhoi SU-25 ground-attack jet A Sukhoi SU-25 ground-attack jet swooped low over Mr Solana's aircraft in a threatening gesture as it came to rest on the tarmac. Mr Solana, in charge of the EU's foreign policy, had arrived at the head of a mission trying to broker a last-minute peace agreement before Macedonian army and Albanian guerrilla factions return to all-out war. As the aircraft carrying the EU delegation landed, Macedonia's army and police pounded the rebel-held town of Aracinovo, three miles from the edge of the capital, with huge bombardments for the second day running. While Nato and the EU called on forces to cease fighting to give peace talks a chance, columns of smoke from burning houses blackened the sky over Aracinovo. Tanks and artillery bombarded positions held by ethnic Albanian rebels from the self-styled National Liberation Army who moved into positions on the outskirts of Macedonia's capital two weeks ago. Macedonian police troops, held back by rebel mortar and machine-gun fire, were desperately trying to fight their way into the outskirts of the town yesterday. Western diplomats and international observers feared that although Macedonia's fragile coalition government might continue to discuss its support for an internationally backed peace plan, the army and police are now determined to act independently to flush the rebels out of a dozen villages they hold across 150 square miles of northern Macedonia. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
