STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- With that name, I mistakenly assumed it was some offshoot of the Guardian of London... On 4 Jul 01, at 20:24, Jim Yarker wrote: > STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > > --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- > Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Isn't the Aussie Guardian a progressive pub? CPA, n'est-ce pas? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 8:40 PM > To: STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! > Subject: Re: Yugoslavia: Treason, Blackmail, Gangsterism > [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] > > STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > > --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- > Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > A refreshing change from, what I assume to be, a main-stream > publication(?)... > > > On 4 Jul 01, at 15:53, Rick Rozoff wrote: > > > STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > > > > --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- > > Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > The Guardian (Australia) > > Wednesday, July 4th, 2001. > > > > Yugoslavia: Treason, blackmail, gangsterism > > > > Treason, blackmail, kidnapping and gangsterism are the > > only fitting words to describe the actions of the > > Federal Government of Yugoslavia in the kidnapping of > > Milosevic which involved a British military plane and > > bribery by the European Union and the US. > > The operation was marked by the disregard of a ruling > > by the High Court of Yugoslavia that suspended the > > Government�s decree authorising the extradition of > > Milosevic and others. > > The Government in effect tore up the Yugoslav > > Constitution which specifically rules out the > > extradition of Yugoslav citizens to other countries. > > It then, together with British and American > > authorities, organised the spiriting away of Slobodan > > Milosevic from his Belgrade prison in a bread delivery > > van. He was delivered to an American base from where > > he was flown to The Hague in a British military plane. > > All this was associated with the billion dollar bribe > > of the Yugoslav Government by the European Union and > > the US. > > Milosevic is now to be arraigned before NATO�s > > kangaroo court in The Hague. > > Belgrade is in turmoil following the illegal > > extradition of Milosevic. Even before Mr. Milosevic > > was secretly taken from his prison, huge Belgrade > > crowds reacted angrily to the news that the Yugoslav > > Government cabinet had issued a decree "authorising" > > the extradition of Milosevic and other Yugoslav > > citizens to NATO's so-called War Crimes Tribunal. > > Between 100,000 to 200,000 people rallied and marched > > in Republic Square in Belgrade. > > Speakers were saying this is treason to the Serbian > > nation. The Constitution is the highest legal > > obligation of any state and by breaking the > > Constitution one betrays the nation. They are saying > > that all Serbian people and others loyal to Yugoslavia > > must unite and take back their government and throw > > out those who have betrayed the nation to Washington, > > which dangles false bribes to humiliate the Serbian > > people, says an urgent message from Jared Israel > > (journalist of Emperor's Clothes) who was on the phone > > to Belgrade as the rally went on. > > At the rally people were speaking with one voice. They > > said: Abolish the decree! Serbian and Yugoslav > > governments should resign! > > Nobody should be extradited to The Hague! Those who > > adopted this illegal decree should be criminally > > charged! There must be general elections on all levels > > because the government has committed treason and lied > > and therefore nobody any longer supports them. > > The President of Yugoslavia, Vojislav Kostunica > > claimed that he had found out about the transportation > > of Mr Milosevic from the media [sic] and that his > > deportation was illegal. > > International reaction: > > International reaction to the events in Belgrade was > > swift and furious. Despite attempts of western media > > outlets to present the case as a just and > > well-deserved outcome, alternative voices hit the > > Internet to express their views. Demonstrations were > > organised and petitions and protests sent to Yugoslav > > authorities. > > Momir Bulatovic, President of the Socialist People's > > Party (SNP) of Montenegro, a major party in the ruling > > coalition, announced that the Prime Minister and six > > Ministers would quit the federal government in > > protest. > > The SNP Vice President, Mr Jovanovic, told the media > > that the Serbian Government's decision to hand over > > Milosevic in defiance of the Federal Constitutional > > Court�s ruling amounted to a coup. > > "What happened is that Djindjic suspended the > > constitutional system of Yugoslavia. Djindjic > > introduced dictatorship, and the responsibility for > > that lies on him and all others who did nothing to > > prevent this." > > As another official of the Yugoslav Socialist Party > > said at the Belgrade rally: "The masks have fallen > > from the Serbian traitors, especially [Serbian Prime > > Minister] Djindjic". > > Fidel Castro declared that "the sending of Milosevic > > over there (to The Hague) is illegal, it does not > > correspond with international laws". He said that it > > was "madness to concede the right of extra-territorial > > action for their penal laws and judicial authorities > > to NATO and the powerful nations." > > Eighty Greek parliamentary deputies from all political > > parties signed a protest to be delivered to the > > embassy of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in > > Athens expressing their opposition to the extradition. > > The Portuguese Communist Party points out in their > > protest that "such an action, which on all counts is > > illegal and illegitimate, can only contribute to > > worsen the situation in Yugoslavia and dangerously > > destabilise the whole Balkan region. The offensive of > > the KLA bands in Macedonia, under the cover and > > support of US and KFOR forces, can lead to a tragedy > > of huge proportions." > > Christians Against NATO Aggression, a UK ecumenical > > group comprising Orthodox, Pentecostals, Evangelicals, > > Unitarians, Quakers, Roman Catholics, Baptists, > > Brethren, Anglicans, etc, sharing a common view on the > > responsibility of NATO leaders for war crimes, is > > planning to visit the British Ministry of Defence to > > ask for the names of the pilots and air crew of the > > aircraft involved in transporting Mr. Milosevic so > > that their names can be included in an indictment > > which will be lodged at the Crown Court on the charge > > of kidnapping. > > Dmitry Rogozin, head of Russia's International Affairs > > Committee of the Duma said: "Transferring Milosevic to > > The Hague in fact means that NATO has at last received > > a cover for its aggression against Yugoslavia in 1999. > > They got what they wanted. The blackmail worked in > > full. This will inevitably lead to a crisis in > > Yugoslavia." > > Sara Flounders, National Co-Director of the US > > International Action Center condemned the US-forced > > deportation as �illegal. > > The objective of this step is not just, or even > > primarily, Milosevic himself. The deportation of > > Milosevic is another element aimed at terminating > > Yugoslavia�s sovereignty once and for all. > > For more than a decade the US and NATO used war, > > blockades, sanctions and other means to re-balkanize > > the Balkans. Today, as a result, US military bases > > dominate the region - in Croatia, Bosnia, Albania, > > Hungary, Macedonia, Kosovo (Serbia) - where there were > > none 10 years ago. Yugoslavia's real crime was that it > > resisted this re-colonisation process. > > The deportation was an enormous tragedy for Yugoslavia > > and the rule of law, said former US Attorney General > > Ramsey Clark. > > The Cambridge Campaign for Peace (CamPeace) stated in > > their letter to President Kostunica: We are not > > supporters of Milosevic, but we are supporters of a > > better world in which the law will be adhered > > to,instead of a world dominated by international > > gangsters. > > > > CPA [Communist Party of Australia] protest > > > > A message sent by CPA General Secretary Peter Symon to > > the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia > > in Canberra before the kidnapping of Slobadan > > Milosevic said: "It is outrageous that the same people > > who directed the bombing of your country and brought > > so much suffering and destruction are now trying to > > buy your government with the promise of loans if you > > obey their orders. > > "No sovereign country ever tried to sell their former > > leaders in such a servile way ... It is a course that > > will bring disgust and condemnation for decades into > > the future, just as the names of Judas and Quisling, > > having passed into the language, represent the > > ultimate in servility and betrayal." > > > > Dissolve Hague Court: > > > > The newspaper of the German Communist Party, Neue > > Einheit, calls for the abolition of the so-called, War > > Crimes Tribunal. The paper says that "by its whole > > practice it covers NATO's war against Yugoslavia, a > > war by several large nations against a small nation, > > using massive force of arms and bombings ...This > > tribunal does not prosecute all the war criminals of > > the Bosnian war, but very purposefully, only certain > > persons are picked out to fit into the political > > concept of justifying NATO's aggression against > > Yugoslavia. The NATO tribunal of The Hague which is > > actually a fraud, must be dissolved." > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
