Tagesnachrichten 18. Juli 1998
von ALBANEWS und anderen
Daily Report No 1494 July 18, 1998
Kosova Information Center
Tagesnachrichten 18. Juli 1998
7. to call on the Commission and the Council to provide all necessary humanitarian aid to the victims of and the refugees from the acts of violence and call on member states to stop returning refugees and asylum seekers to Kosova where protection cannot be guaranteed;________________________________________________________________________
Augsburger Allgemeine 9. Juli 1998:
Still there is no stop of deportations !
newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine reports on July
9, 1998
... Despite the crisis Bavaria deported further
28 Kosova-Albanians. The plane landed in Belgrade. The deported shall all
be penalteds, Bavarian ministry of Interior said.
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CDHRF - REPORT NO. 420 - FROM JUNE 21 UNTIL JUNE 26, 1998
JUNE 24:
BELGRADE: Shkëlzen
Gashi from Klina and Elmi Hasani from Poklek i Vjetër near
Gllogoc, deported from Germany, were arrested at Belgrade airport.
JUNE 23:
FERIZAJ: 2 policemen from the police station
in Babush searched for Rrahim Pajaziti. Rrahim has been
living in Germany for the last 5 years.
JUNE 24:
MITROVICA: In "Kroi i Vitakut", fire was set
to the house of Bashkim Xhemajl Kabashi (40). Bashkim is currently
living with his family in Germany.
JUNE 26:
FERIZAJ: Police searched for Avdyl
Faik Avdyli (1973) from Komogllava, who is in Germany for 4 years
now.
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KOSOVA DAILY REPORT # 1494-B
Prishtina, 18 July 1998Second Edition: 17:30 CET
President Rugova Receives OSCE Mission
PRISHTINA, July 18 (KIC) - The President of the Republic of Kosova Dr. Ibrahim Rugova received today (Saturday) in Prishtina a large delegation of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), consisting of representatives from several OSCE member countries, which is in Kosova on a fact finding mission. The OSCE mission is headed by Ambassador Hansj”rg Eiff. The OSCE delegation is here to examine the situation, as well as the possibilities of restoration of the OSCE's mission to Kosova and the beginning of the mission of Felipe Gonzalez, the personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bronislaw Geremek, Mr. Eiff said.
President Rugova said international presence in Kosova is important, but stressed the OSCE mission's return to Kosova should not be linked to Belgrade's admittance into the OSCE.
The situation in Kosova continues to be extremely volatile and dangerous amidst the continued Serb army and police aggression in many parts of Kosova, Rugova said, adding that as a result of the Serb operations hundreds of Albanian civilians have been killed, wounded or missing. Tens of thousands of Albanians have been forced to flee their homes, the President said, referring to the refugees in neighboring countries and the internally-displaced. "This marks the start of a large-scale ethnic cleansing campaign", Rugova noted, pressing for urgent international measures to halt Serbian aggression.
Regarding the political solution, the Kosova President recalled that Kosova was an equal member of the former Yugoslav federation which has ceased to exist. The Kosovars have rightly exercised their self-determination right, and the best solution is independence for Kosova, with the Serb community's interests being guaranteed in it. The inauguration of the Parliament of Kosova, elected on 22 March 1998, is an important step in the institutionalization of life and the democratic order in Kosova, President Ibrahim Rugova said. A broadly-based coalition government will be formed soon, he added.
Rugova urged OSCE to do more in the resolution of the Kosova issue, adding that he expected Kosova as an independent nation to become a full member of the organization.President Rugova Receives Rumanian Diplomat
PRISHTINA, July 18 (KIC) - The President of the Republic of Kosova Dr. Ibrahim Rugova received today in Prishtina the Charge D' Affairs in the Embassy of Rumania in Belgrade, Mr. Gabriel Branzaru.
The current developments in Kosova and the prospects for a negotiated resolution to the Kosova issue were discussed.
President Rugova said an urgent international intervention is needed to halt the Serbian military and police crackdown in Kosova. He further noted that the best solution is independence for Kosova, an arrangement that would stabilize the entire region.
The Rumanian diplomat stressed that his country stood for an equitable and peaceful solution for Kosova.Heavy Fighting in the Streets of Rahovec Last Night and Today
Casualty-toll feared high, one killed Albanian named so farPRISHTINA, July 18 (KIC) - Serbian forces provoked a large-scale conflict in Rahovec ('Orahovac'), central Kosova, yesterday.
Sources said that the whole thing started yesterday (Friday) afternoon, at around 17:30, when Serb forces provoked a massive conflict in the town. The dead body of a still unidentified man was reported earlier laying on the ground in a suburb of Rahovec, at a place called "Te Rrasat". A Serb police patrol which was heading to the location opened fire in the air and in the direction of houses, provoking people in the streets. Only a while later gunfire shooting could be heard in several places of the town, which lasted until 23:00 hrs.
Witnesses told the Kosova Information Center (KIC) what heavy street fighting began in the town of Rahovec. There was intermittent firefighting in the town during the whole course of last evening and night.
At around 21:00 electricity was cut to the town. Telephone lines have been cut today, too.
Some residents of Rahovec told the KIC today morning that gunfire was being heard in several parts of the town still today. The local population has retreated into basements and other safer places.
A Rahovec resident described as 'real war' what was going on in the town today morning.
A source from Malisheva, a municipality neighboring on Rahovec, said in a telephone conversation with the KIC early in the afternoon today (Saturday) the casualty-toll could be high. Gani Paçarizi, a resident of the village of Lubizhdë in Malisheva, was reported killed.
Serbian media close to the Serb regime have described the situation in Rahovec as dramatic. Armed Albanians have attacked the village from all directions, the Serb media said. Albanians have laid siege to the town of Rahovec, and been attacking the police station there, they added. Residents have been fleeing the town, and 40 Serb citizens have been abducted by Albanians, Serb regime sources said.
All signs were of an imminent Serb regime crackdown when 200 Serb policemen were sent to the town of Rahovec last week.
The municipality of Rahovec, in south-west of Kosova, borders on the municipalities of Gjakova, Prizren, Suhareka and Malisheva. The municipality has a population of around 60.000, of whom 92 per cent Albanian. The town itself has around 20.000 residents, 80 per cent of them being Albanian.Serb Forces Shell Territory Inside Albania, Kosovars Wounded
PRISHTINA, July 18 (KIC) - Serbian forces have shelled territory inside Albania today, news agencies said, adding that 19 Kosovar Albanians have been wounded while crossing from Kosova into Albania near Padesh.
As many as 80 other Albanians are said to have run into a minefield, reports said, failing to offer details about the casualty figures.
'Yugoslav' army has been laying mines in the Kosova-Albania border zone, sources warned last month.Serbian Offensive in Border Area Villages Continues
PRISHTINA, July 18 (KIC) - Fighting was reported between Serbian military and police and local Albanians resistance forces last night today (Saturday) morning in the villages of the Reka e Keqe region along the border with Albania, the LDK Information Commission in Gjakova reported.
Serbian forces have shelled the villages of Nec, Shishman, Smolicë, Morinë and the outlying area. Serbian helicopter gunships were involved in the recent attacks.
Local resistance forces led by the UÇK have been successfully repelling Serbian attacks, local sources said, adding that there was considerable material damage but no reported casualties.
Meawnhile, LDK sources from Deçan said Serbian forces attacked last night and today the villages of Carrabreg, Prejlep, Baballoç and Gramaçel. Several houses were set ablaze in Prejlep by Serb forces
In Gjakova, LDK sources said Serbian police arrested Ms Hana Hyseni (1968), together with her children, Dedë (12), Drita (8) and the 14-month Doruntina in the suburbs of the town of Gjakova. They were reportedly coming from the village of Nec. In addition, Saly Backer, an activist with the international "Mostar's Angel' NGO was arrested there.
Ten members of the Jetishi family, arrested two days, were still in custody, reports said, naming them as Zenel, Valon, Fadil, Agim, Kujtim, Mustafë, Artan, Hysen, Behar and Kastriot Jetishi. Three other members of the family - Flamur, Genc and Adem Jetishi - who were released last evenign, were re-arrested today.
An Albanian, Adem Gola, was arrested in Gjakovë yesterday afternoon. The pretext is still unknown.
Two farmsteads in the village of Batushë have been reported set on fire after being looted by Serb forces.
The Serbian check-point in the village of Bishtazhin, on the Gjakovë-Prizren roadway, was re-enforced yesterday afternoon and evening.
Over 100 Serb policemen have been positioned in check-point near the elementary school building in the village past the roadway. Serb military and police have been roaming the town of Gjakova, and leaving for the Reka e Keqe region today, local sources said.Serbian Forces Attacked the Village of Shkozë Last Night
PRISHTINA, July 18 (KIC) - Seven Serbian policemen were killed and a number of others wounded during an attack by Serbian forces against the village of Shkozë of Malisheva yesterday, local Albanian sources said.
Some 200 Serb policemen were involved in the attack in the morning yesterday. Confronted with a stiff resistance by local Albanians, Serbs retreated.
Serbian forces attacked the village of Shkozë in the evening hours yesterday, from 18:00 through 21:00, local sources said today. The village was shelled from distance, from Serb military bases in Rogovë e Hasit and Landovicë village of Prizren. There have been no reported casualties among the Albanians in the latest Serb attack.
Meanwhile, reports said Serbian forces manning the check-point in Kijeva, 40 km west of Prishtina, have shelled the villages of Bubavec and Mleçan.Tensions Run High in Prizren
PRISHTINA, July 18 (KIC) - The situation has been rapidly escalating in Prizren in he wake of an attack by Serb forces in the town suburbs on Wednesday.
The "Tusus" neighborhood in Prizren came under heavy Serb shelling on Wednesday afternoon. Several houses of Albanians in the area were burned and many other damaged.
LDK sources in Prizren reported of stepped up movement and campaign of intimidation by Serb forces. Several Albanians were rounded up by the Serb police over the past two days. The LDK Commission named some of the detained Albanians Nevair Berisha (1967), Sherif Berisha (1962), Agim Krasniqi (1964), Afrim Berisha, Enver Omaj (1957), Reshat Shishko (1960) and Nehat Shishko (1964), Haki Kokulaj. None of them was reported released so far.
Sources said there has been a significant build-up of Serb forces in Prizren and adjacent villages. Serb snipers have been positioned in many places, including the Landovica motel, near Prizren, sources said.Returned Refugees Flee Homes Again As Serbs Fire onto Their Homes
PRISHTINA, July 18 (KIC) - Some 30 Albanian families who decided to return to their homes in a Peja neighborhood Friday were forced to flee again amidst a campaign of intimidation by Serbian forces.
Residents of "Dardania" suburb in the southern part of Peja ('Pec') fled their homes ten days ago, when heavy fighting broke out in Loxha village, adjacent to the town.
Witnesses told the KIC that Serb snipers positioned in key places in the area opened fire on several houses in the Dardania neighborhood yesterday afternoon. The returnees decided to flee again and seek shelter in safer paces.Bodies of Three Unidentified Men Spotted in Malisheva and Skenderaj
PRISHTINA, July 18 (KIC) - Bodies of two men were spotted today in the fields of Lubizhda village of Malisheva, central Kosova.
Sources in Malisheva said the two bodies were spotted by shepherds grazing sheep in the fields. They were carbonated and their identity could not be established.
Meanwhile, the Serb daily Blic said today that the body of an Albanian was spotted near the Vojtish village, on the Skenderaj- Mitrovica road. The body of the man, whose identity could not be learned, was peppered with bullets, the Belgrade-based newspaper said.
Blic said that a Serb policeman was wounded Wednesday evening in Llausha village of Skenderaj. The newspaper said the he was gunned down during an attack at the police check point between Llausha and Skenderaj.Serb Press Claims Security Officer Was Shot Dead in Mitrovica
PRISHTINA, July (KIC) - An officer with the Serb state security was shot dead in Mitrovica Wednesday night, according to the Serb media. The Serb press named the killed officer as Dejan Peric. He was gunned down at around 23:00 hrs in Mitrovica, the media said noting that he was sprayed with automatic rifle bullets. No further details related to the circumstances in which the Serb security member was killed have been available to the KIC.
Meanwhile, Serb regime Media center in Prishtina said a Serb police officer, Sasa Filipovic, was killed by Albanians near the village of Grabovc, Klina, Friday afternoon.Stepped Up Mobilization of Serbs in Gjilan
PRISHTINA, July 18 (KIC) - There has been a massive mobilization of Serbs in the municipality of Gjilan over the past three days, local sources said.
Serb have been seen supplied with weapons and armament in several villages of Gjilan as well as the town itself. Local Serbs have been reportedly mobilized with the Serb forces in the villages of Pasjan, Zhegër, Budrikë e Poshtme, Partesh, Cërnicë, Livoç i Epërm, Koretishtë, Livoçi i Epërm, Kufcë, Dragancë, Strazhë, etc.
Witnesses in Gjilan told the KIC that mobilized Serbs have been involved in military training in the Serb/Yugoslav army barracks in the town.
Mobilization of Serbs has been reported in many other places of Kosova over the past days. Serbs have been seen being distributed arms and ammunition in police stations, community center and even school premises.
Meanwhile, the LDK Information Commission in Gjilan said Serb police and military forces have been intimidating and provoking the Albanian population on a daily basis. A Serb army convoy drove through the streets of the town in a show of force. At around 1 p.m. a Serb soldier opened fire from a machine gun on top of a military vehicle.Serb Court in Prishtina Sentences German Citizen to 30 Days in Jail
PRISHTINA, July 18 (KIC) - The Serb-run magistrate court in Prishtina sentenced Wednesday a German citizen to 30 days in prison. The Prishtina-based Serb daily "Jedinstvo" named the German citizen as Laske Vili Jozef Rihard (sp). He was charged with crossing illegally into Kosova from FYROM. The newspaper said Mr. Rihard was denied entrance to Kosova by Serb authorities at the Hani i Elezit border crossing.
Serb Police Harasses Harvesters in Vushtrri Villages
PRISHTINA, July 18 (KIC) - Serb forces have been preventing wheat harvesters from working in the fields of Vushtrri ('Vucitern'), sources said. Albanian harvesters have been reported threatened and maltreated by Serb forces and armed civilians.
The LDK chapter in Vushtrri said Bedri Nimani was beaten up brutally by the Serb police earlier this week. He was harvesting in his wheat fields when Serb police beat him up with no reason whatsoever, sources said.Kosova Information Center
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Heavy Fighting Reported in the Streets of Rahovec Overnight and Today Morning
PRISHTINA, July 18 (KIC) - An extremely tense
situation has been reported today morning in Rahovec ('Orahovac'), about
60 km south- west of Kosova's capital Prishtina.
Witnesses told the Kosova Information Center
(KIC) what they saw was heavy street fighting in the town of Rahovec. There
was intermittent firefighting in the town during the whole course of last
evening and night.
Sources said that the whole thing started yesterday
(Friday) afternoon, at around 17:30, when Serb forces provoked a massive
conflict in the town. The dead body of a still unidentified man was reported
earlier laying on the ground in a suburb of Rahovec, at a place called
"Te Rrasat". A Serb police patrol which was heading to the location opened
fire in the air and in the direction of houses, provoking people in the
streets. Only a while later gunfire shooting could be heard in several
places of the town, which lasted until 23:00 hrs.
At around 21:00 electricity was cut to the town.
Some residents of Rahovec told the KIC today
morning that gunfire was being heard in several parts of the town still
today. The local population has retreated into basements and other safer
places. A Rahovec resident described as 'real war' what was going on in
the town today morning. So far there have been no reports available about
the casualty- toll.
The municipality of Rahovec, in south-west of
Kosova, borders on the municipalities of Gjakova, Prizren, Suhareka and
Malisheva. The municipality has a population of around 60.000, of whom
92 per cent Albanian. The town itself has around 20.000 residents, 80 per
cent of them being Albanian.
Firefighting was reported Friday in the neighboring
municipality of Malisheva too. Still unconfirmed reports said there were
several casualties on the Serb side during yesterday's fighting around
Shkoza village.
Serb Army Shell Zym Village of Prizren Friday Night
One 19-year-old Albanian killed
PRISHTINA, July 18 (KIC) - The Zym village of
Opoja region, municipality of Prizren, came under heavy Serb fire for two
hours on Friday evening.
Sources in Prizren said the Serb ('Yugoslav')
army forces garrisoned at a location called Dubrava began shelling Zym
and surrounding villages at 22:00 hrs last evening. The shelling of the
villages lasted until around midnight.
LDK sources in Prizren said one 19-year-old Albanian,
Hashim Halit Ejupi, was killed on the balcony of his house in Zym at 22:30
hrs.
The LDK chapter in Prizren said damage in the
residential areas in Zym was reported. The population of Zym fled their
homes. The area has been sealed off.
Serb army forces have been stationed in the village
cemetery, and seem poised not to allow the burial of the killed Albanian.
There is highly tense situation in the entire
region of Opoja in southern Kosova.
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Greek foreign minister to visit Tirana on Monday_______________________________________________________________________TIRANA, July 18 (ATA) - Greek Foreign minister Theodoros Pangalos will start an official two-day visit in Tirana from July 20 to 21 at the head of a government delegation and a group of Greek businessmen, press and information office at the Greek Embassy in Tirana said on Saturday.
The Greek delegation was expected to have a series of important talks with Albanian political leadership.
"The aim of the visit consists in considering the important cooperation achieved so far between Greece and Albania, prospective for an ongoing aid Greece would offer to Albania at the framework of this cooperation as well as further development of higher-ranking bilateral relations," the press release said.
Greek Foreign Minister would have the occasion to exchange views with Albanian officials on the situation in the region and risks resulting from the crisis in Kosova.
Greek businessmen would meet Albanian authorities of political and economic life to discuss possibilities of investing initiatives in Albania. s.s/mima/ak/Fighting in Rrafsh of Kosova
PRISHTINA, July 18 - ATA correspondent Behlul Jashari reported that fighting were carrying on Friday night in the Rrafsh of Kosova along the divided line between the territories under the control of the Kosova Liberation Army (KLA) and those under the Serb forces.
Sources on the ground reported that on Friday night some 60 Serb paramilitary forces passed some meters onto the bridge over the Sitnica river which is the dividing line between the villages of Prilluzhe and Glovotin but were pushed back by the counter attack of the KLA forces.
There was no casualty on the Albanian side in a 10-hour shoot-out and no reports on casualties from the Serb side.
Serb forces armed with machine-guns and other heavy weapons shelled on Friday the Albanian villages Hamidi, Glavotin, Bivolak, Zhilivode, Strofe, Bezuk. /mp/mima/ak/
ALBANIAN OPPOSITION HAILED THE CONVENTION OF THE PARLIAMENT OF KOSOVA_______________________________________________________________________TIRANE,18 JULY,ENTER/GJ.KOJA/ Albanian opposition hailed Friday the constitution of the parliament of Kosova considering it as a historic step towards the creation of the legitimate institutions of the state of Kosova. The Democratic Party, the biggest in opposition evaluated the decision of the political forces of Kosova to convene the parliament and asked the other political forces in Kosova to support the integration in the institutions of the state of Kosova.
The Kosova parliament was greeted by the Democristian Party as well, which considered it as a step of special importance and historic. DCP hailed the election of Idriz Ajeti as a speaker of the parliament of Kosova.SOLANA, A MESSAGE FOR AZEM HAJDARI
-Nato for Kosova does not support neither status quo nor independence-TIRANE,18 JULY,ENTER/GJ.KOJA/- The parliamentary defence Commission chairman Azem Hajdari had received a message by the general secretary of NATO Havier Solana. The democratic Party informed in a press release that Solana expressed the readiness of NATO to support the attempts of the international community to find acceptable solution through diplomatic negotiations for the crisis in Kosova and the Alliance was convinced that neither status quo nor independence are acceptable.
Solana asked Hajdari, that the later and his colleagues, members of the defence Commission play a key role in the encouragement of the beginning of the talks and Solana was convinced that they will realise this mission.
Commenting the letter of Solana, Hajdari said to Enter that this letter is a new development in the demands of the European community and the Alliance of the Northern Atlantic that in Kosova one voice was heard and all the other voice serve to one option. Hajdari said that he hoped that many other differences will be solved and a new road would be opened for a final solution of the Kosova question.RUGOVA:SOON THE NEW GOVERMENT OF KOSOVA WILL BE FORMED
PRISHTINE 18 July ENTER/The Albanian president of Kosova Ibrahim Rugova said Friday that soon the new government of Kosova will be formed. In a press conference in pristine, Rugova said that the other legitimate organs of Kosova will be formed soon, where all political forces will participate. The parliament of Kosova has 144 seats, from which 14 belong to the Serbs of Kosova. Rugova repeated his stand that the " best solution is an independent Kosova where all rights of Serbs are guaranteed and a international protectorate as a transitory phase".
A group of Albanians opposing Rugova does not recognise parliament, but there is no official statement from KLA. Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës accepted that there is a tension between this party and KLA. Fehmi Agani, one of the advisers of Rugova said that the tensions between both sides are bigger that thought.NATO WILL CONTINUE ITS SUPPORT AND COOPERATION WITH ALBANIA
BRUSSELS , 18 JULY.ENTER/ - The NATO representatives in the high ranking meeting "Clearing House" where an Albanian military delegation led by the Albanian defence deputy minister Ilir Bocka participated stressed their support for Albania.The defence ministry spokesman told Enter that the Albanian delegation briefed the audience on what has been achieved so far in NATO individual programmes with Albania, in meeting specific needs through technical and material assistance, efforts for reorganisation and restructuring of armed forces. and the actual needs of the Albanian army.
Participants in the meeting discussed the report and supplementary documents presented by the Albanian side. They praised the achievements and said that it was necessary to continue assistance for the Albanian army.EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON KOSOVA
STRASBOURG,18 JULY/ENTER/- The European parliament adopted this week a resolution on Kosova where it strongly condemn the continuing and ever increasing violations of basic human rights, the process of ethnic cleansing and the extremely violent aggression carried out by the Serbian special police units of the Yugoslav army and paramilitary forces against the population of Kosova and continue to condemn the rise of violence by all parties and calls on the Belgrade regime to put an immediate end to the indiscriminate attacks by special police unit of the Yugoslav army and paramilitary forces against the population of Kosova;
The European parliament calls on both sides to immediately create the necessary conditions for a political solution to the conflict in Kosova through a full and meaningful dialogue on its future status with international mediation, possibly through the organisation of an international conference.
Malishevë, 17 July (ARTA) 2000CET--
Today, at around 0600CET, large police and military
forces headed from the village of Hoçë e Madhe (Rahovec mun.)
to attack the village of Shkozë (Malishevë mun.). According to
the sources from the ground, the infantry units were composed of at least
200 Serb policemen and soldiers.
Same sources claim that as soon as the Serb forces
approached the village, they faced the resistance of the KLA units. Harsh
clashes proceeded. Reliable sources from the field state that in this battle,
at least 8 Serb police and soldiers were killed, while the KLA forces claim
to have suffered no losses.
It is stated that today's clash lasted some two
hours, and that it stopped as soon as the Serb forces, after suffering
the losses, started withdrawing. After some time, the situation settled
down and only sporadic shooting could be heard coming from the distance.
In the meantime, our information sources stated
that yesterday, the police shelled the village of Bubavec from its positions
in Kijevë.
Thus, in the three past days alone, the policemen
in Kijevë have launched 26 shells in the direction of Bubavec and
have continuously been shooting. It is worth mentioning that KLA forces
have occasionally responded to the Serb shooting and shelling.
KOSOVA (renewed attacks - Rahovec)
Serb forces use heavy artillery again
Rahovec, 17 July (ARTA) 2145CET --
The inhabitants of Rahovec, woke up at 0600CET,
to hear the powerful detonations coming from the woods nearby. Albanian
sources state that Serb police\military forces, stationed at the village
of Hoçë e Madhe, inhabited by Serbs, used heavy artillery to
attack the village of Shkozë, in the municipality of Malishevë.
The grenades fell mostly on the woods, rising
above the village, where KLA forces are stationed. This attack lasted until
0800CET. There are no reports on casualties or material damages. Sources
say that sporadic shooting carried on throughout the day.
The same sources say that another corpse, of
a man believed to be in his fifties, was found just beyond a place called
"Rrasat". A witness claimed that the corpse was in a plastic bag, with
the head sticking out. His identity has not been determined so far.
KOSOVA (fighting - Suharekë)
A Serb military convoy defeated
A communiqué, issued by the KLA local headquarters in Suharekë, claims that a Serb military convoy, including 1 tank, 1 APC, 2 trucks and a water cistern, were destroyed in a place called Bira
Suharekë, 17 July (ARTA) 1730CET --
Serb police\military forces attacked the villages
of Luzhnicë, Greiçevc and Bllacë, starting from 2000CET
yesterday, using grenades and heavy artillery. It has been claimed that
the Serb forces were prevented from causing much damage to these villages
by a counter-attack, carried out by the KLA. The Serb forces were defeated
and it has been reported that they withdrew.
Albanian daily "Koha Ditore" sources say that
two civilians were wounded, Xhevat Bujari and Lumni Graishta, both from
the village of Duhël. It is believed that the Serb side suffered considerable
losses, in men and fighting technique.
Serb forces began to attack the above-mentioned
villages anew today, from their positions in Qafa e Duhlës and Biraç.
The KLA responded to the attack, at around 0915CET, destroying much of
the fighting gear of Serb forces.
The local KLA headquarters, in the municipality
of Suharekë, issued a communiqué today, stating the following:
"After the Serb forces attacked the civilian population in the villages
of Bllacë, Luzhnicë, Peçan, Greiçevc, Dobërdolan
and Reshtan, our forces undertook an operation, on which occasion we destroyed
a military convoy, including 1 tank, 1 APC, 2 trucks and a water cistern,
were destroyed in a place called Biraç. The Serb forces lost up
to 20 men. No KLA member was hurt during the fighting".
KOSOVA (fighting - Gjakovë)
15 members of the family Jetishi arrested
Gjakovë, 17 July (ARTA) 2045CET --
There was low-intensity fighting and shooting
in the villages of Rekë e Keqe last night as well. There were no victims
during the last 24 hours of the fighting in either side.
On the other hand, the police blocked the villages
of Brekoc and Zhub yesterday, from 1030CET until 1430CET, under the pretext
of raiding the houses belonging to members of the family Jetishi. One member
of this family was killed and another wounded at the Kosova-Albanian border,
near the village of Devë, some time ago. It has been reported that
15 members of this family were arrested yesterday, four of which were released
today.
The CDHRF branch in Gjakovë notifies that
a truck carrying fruits and vegetables and one transporting truck, was
confiscated without reason yesterday. The owners of the truck, the firm
"Lux" from Rogovë, claimed that 82,000 Dinars were stolen from the
firm and that the driver, commercial director and the accountant were mistreated
as they were driving from Gjakovë to Rogovë.
KOSOVA (fighting - Klinë)
Shelling of Albanian villages continues
Klinë, 17 July (ARTA) 2100CET --
Serb police\military forces are continuing to
shell the villages of Dush, Gjurgjevik i Madh, Gremnik, Çupevë
and Volljakë constantly. On the other hand, in the villages of Pogragjë,
Jashanicë and Dollc, they are setting Albanian houses on fire. The
Albanian people are besieged in the village of Dresnik. A villager from
Drenoc, who wanted to remain anonymous, stated that Mon Rexhepi (90) and
Gjyle Isufi (80), were both massacred.
There are reports that two Albanians, arrested
on 28 May in Gllarevë, are still in the prison of Pejë.
Albanian sources state that Serb snipers wounded
two Albanians, one in the village of Volljakë and the other in Sverkë.
KOSOVA (shelling - Obiliq)
Hamidi village shelled
Obiliq, 17 July (ARTA) 2000CET--
Today at around 1300CET, the village of Hamidi,
west of Obiliq, was shelled again, local sources inform. The epicenter
of the attack was the Rrecaj neighborhood. A house and the local mosque
were burnt down. The local sources claim that the village is being shelled
by the Serb forces stationed in the complex of the Electric Power Plant
"Kosova B", in the village of Plemetin and the village of Prelluzhë.
It is also stated that two APCs were stationed on the bridge over the Sitnica
river, while police reinforcements are seen coming in the grounds of the
"Kosova B" plant.
KOSOVA (shelling - Drenica)
Mosques targeted
Drenica, 17 July (ARTA) 2000CET--
Yesterday, the village of Llaushë was shelled,
from 1700CET to 2030CET. Llaushë was attacked again last night starting
at 0300CET, and this attack didn’t cease until 1300CET. Last night too,
for the first time, the village of Polac was also shelled.
During this shelling, the most affected were
the neighborhoods of Xani and Hoti, where serious material damages were
registered, as well as the village's mosque, which was shelled four times.
KOSOVA (shooting – Lipjan)
A house subjected to automatic gunfire
Lipjan, 17 July (ARTA) 1630CET --
The house belonging to Hysen Olluri, in "Lagja
e Re" neighborhood in Lipjan, was subjected to automatic gunfire the night
before last, the local LDK Information Commission reports. The house was
attacked at around 2200CET, resulting with many broken windows, but fortunately,
no victims. The owner, Hysen Olluri, reported the case to the police station
in Lipjan immediately. Instead of the police investigating the case, they
told him "something like that could have been done by Albanian forces as
well, which are increasing day by day now".
The owner of the house believes that local armed
Serbs, who are keeping watch, attacked his house.
This case increased fear and panic among local
Albanians that armed Serbs, who are out of police control and public order,
might continue this way and encourage the further radicalization of the
situation in this area.
KOSOVA (Serb inspector killed - Mitrovicë)
Killed outside his house
Mitrovicë, 17 July (ARTA) 2000CET--
Sacs of sand have been placed in the grounds
of the "Trepça" Metallurgy Complex and the snipers on the highest
parts of the buildings have become visible. The grounds are also often
"visited" by armed Serb civilians, whereas none of the factories of this
complex is working.
As the local CDHRF branch in Mitrovicë informs
that yesterday, at around 1000CET, the Serb police beat and robbed Behram,
Haradin, Haki and Skënder Behrami as well as Rrahim Hasani, all from
the village of Broboniq. This occurred near the village of Vojtesh along
the Mitrovicë-Skënderaj road. Two of the beaten, Haki and Behram,
were so severely injured, that are now under medical treatment.
In the meantime, local sources inform that last
night at around 2045CET, the inspector of Serb State Security, Dejan Perica,
was killed in unclear circumstances outside his house in the Bair neighborhood
- Mitrovicë. After the killing, a series of automatic bursts were
heard in the neighborhood, which caused panic among the local inhabitants.
KOSOVA (missing - Viti)
Police incapable of helping family find missing
member
Viti, 17 July (ARTA) 1700CET --
"It is two days now, since he left home and we
know nothing about him", said members of the family of Xhevat Haziri, chairman
of the CDHRF branch in Viti, former political prisoner and chairman of
the Political Prisoners' Association in Viti. Members of his family say
that he left on the 15 July and was not seen since, something that they
state in unlike him.
LDK Information Commission representatives in
Viti, say that Xhevat had been in the council's offices in the morning,
where he had left at around 1100CET. They say that there was no trace of
him ever since.
The family visited the local police station,
but received no reply.
KOSOVA (constitution of parliament – reactions
LDSH)
"This is not the parliament of Kosova"
Prishtina, 17 July (ARTA) 2115CET --
"This is not the Parliament of Kosova, not to
mention the Parliament of the Republic of Kosova, but a one-party parliament,
organized by a political clan. It resulted with many divergences between
the National Movement and the miserable policy", says a communiqué
issued by the Albanian Democratic Movement (LDSH).
"The organizers of this farce did not go to constitute
the parliament and give their oath in Skënderaj, or Malishevë,
Gllogjan, or Junik, where the blood of our sons and daughters is spilling
and where Albanians became sovereign with their land" the communiqué
stresses.
"Every Albanian in his mind knows that this so-called
parliament cannot create any state institution today: not the Ministry
of Defense, not the Ministry for Public Security, not the Ministry of Justice,
not the Ministry for Economics; not even a National Bank for producing
national currency! Why was the parliament constituted then - four months
after the elections of 22 March and six years after the elections of 92?",
the communiqu states.
"The LDK leadership undertook this misleading
step, in an effort to return the role it lost in the National Movement
after the KLA, which does not recognize it, emerged. Still, just like all
efforts aimed at deceiving the people, so will this effort by the LDK leadership
end with the deluding of its organizers. LDSH expresses its conviction
that the Albanian people will not accept the illusive policy of so-called
state institutions under Serbian administration, because the price that
this policy will have to pay, is continuously increasing!", the LDSH communiqué
says.
KOSOVA (Rugova press conference)
We constituted the Parliament - the Government
is to follow
Prishtina, 17 July (ARTA) 2000CET--
In his regular press conference, the President
of the Republic of Kosova, Ibrahim Rugova, stated that the situation in
Kosova continues being dangerous. He ascertained that the attacks of the
Serb police on the villages of Kosova continue and the consequences of
such attacks are many killed, wounded and destruction of many houses. Rugova
pleaded for international protection of Kosova and it's people.
When referring to the political solution, President
Rugova reiterated that the best solution is Independent Kosova, with all
guarantees for Kosova Serbs and an international trusteeship as a transitory
solution.
Rugova evaluated the constitution of the Parliament
of Kosova of great importance and benefit to the people of Kosova. He stated
that the Parliament of Kosova has 144 seats, 14 of which, according to
the ethnic structure, are reserved for Serbs.
Asked whether a new Government will be appointed
following the constitution of the Parliament, Rugova stated that "we will
form other bodies that will include all political forces, and the public
will be informed about that promptly".
KOSOVA (KLA Political Statement)
The KLA does not accept the 22 March elections
and does not recognize the "Parliament" constituted on 16 July
Prishtina, 17 July (ARTA) 1830CET --
"The KLA said on time that it does not accept
the elections held on 22 March, which serve as a decoration for the occupier
and which would be a deceiving farce for Kosova Albanians", says the fourth
Political Statement issued by the General Headquarters of the KLA. "We
said that we do not accept elections which legitimize the new territorial
divisions which began with the "free elections" of 22 March 1998 -- when
a part of our land was washed in blood and another part was the sight of
people cheering "the historical victory". We repeated several times that
we are for the establishment of independent, functional and operative institutions,
which would secure the freedom of Kosova. The KLA has expressed its stand
concerning the tendencies of one political cast, which does not strive
to create national institutions for pushing the Albanian issue, but stopping
and undermining our fight for freedom. The KLA success in the battleground
made the occupying regime allow the formal assembly of a parliament, disputed
by the whole national political consciousness. This parliament was "assembled"
only after the numerous requests and suggestions made by traditional allies
of our occupier, from Moscow and Athens.
The KLA warns the people behind this, that they
went too far in their dirty games, which are damaging for the nation and
Fatherland. The KLA noticed this clan's open tendency to cause divergences
within the Albanian national movement.
We will also pass some friendly advice to the
international factor, especially the US and other democratic western states,
not to be influenced by Russian-Greek plots.
The KLA, once again calls the Albanian people,
politicians, intellectuals, students, workers, etc., to have Albanianism
for their ideology, to serve our struggle for freedom, our historical chance
to fulfill our aspirations.
The KLA is now engaged in creating new, functional
and national institutions, for the conditions and circumstances of war.
We have to achieve this with those political forces, which strive for freedom
in an honorable way, with young individuals who are politically and professionally
capable and intellectuals.
The KLA urges the people living in occupied territory,
not to be misleading, but to walk the way of freedom and unity. Our struggle
will continue until we triumph.
KOSOVA (OSCE press conference - Prishtina)
Eiff: The OSCE delegation – fact-finding mission,
not negotiating team
Prishtina, 17 July (ARTA) 2200CET --
"This is not a negotiating team, but a mission
for fact finding, which must evaluate and report to the Council next week",
said the head of the delegation, Hans Joerg Eiff, in the beginning of the
press conference held at the USIS premises in Prishtina.
"We are here to help the return of the OSCE missions
in Kosova, in Sandzak and Vojvodina", Eiff added. "It is clear that we
will focus on Kosova first, as well as launching the mission of the special
OSCE representative, Felipe Gonzalez, as a representative of the OSCE for
Yugoslavia, including Kosova", he said.
Stressing that the present observing mandate,
might not be sufficient considering the development of the situation since
1992, when the mandate was determined, he said that "there might be requests
for more intense involvement of the international community and the OSCE".
Asked what evidence they were interested to gather,
Eiff answered saying that they "are interested in evidence, which has to
do with human rights, the position of minorities and the possible solutions
to the conflict. These are issues which the OSCE deals with", he claimed.
KOSOVA (Serb opposition leader in Kosova)
Draskovic: "Enhanced autonomy within Serbia
for Albanians"
Prishtina, 17 July (ARTA) 1600CET --
"The constitution of the underground and illegal
parliament of the so-called Republic of Kosova was held in this town yesterday,
where Ibrahim Rugova gave his oath for the post of the so-called President
of the Republic of Kosova", said chairman of the Serbian Renewal Movement
(SPO), Vuk Draskovic, in a briefing held in Prishtina today.
"Rugova made it clear that he is not for democratic
dialogue with the representatives of the Republic of Serbia and of "Yugoslavia",
he said. "Proclaiming the Republic of Kosova means declaring that the Republic
of Serbia does not exist anymore, therefore it means that a Great ethnic
Albania will be created", stated Draskovic.
"There is no place for terrorism here, for two
armies and two countries", he continued. "The international community is
opening its eyes little by little and I hope that their stand will change
soon".
"The platform drafted by the SPO, for solving
the problem of Kosova, which foresees four stages, will be offered to the
negotiating team appointed by Rugova, and if it is rejected, then it will
prove that nobody wants democracy, but Nazism and ethnic principles", claimed
Draskovic.
"Milosevic expressed his personal stand in Moscow,
where he met with the Russian President, Boris Yeltsin, on which occasion
he said that he is for autonomy based on European standards", he said.
"I hope Milosevic will keep his word and that the Albanian negotiating
team will have to face Serbia and Yugoslavia's platform", he added.
As for the fact that Albanians seek the independence
of Kosova, something that the Serb side opposes and how conditions for
dialogue can be created, Vuk Draskovic stressed that "the highest degree
of autonomy must be guaranteed". "I am for a determined policy and determined
cooperation with the world", he claimed. "I would plead Rugova for dialogue
everyday, but at the same time, confront terrorism in a determined way".
"I am here, in Prishtina, and if Albanian leaders
want to meet with me, then we will meet", he concluded.
KOSOVA (monk of the Monastery of Deçan
- father Sava)
We condemn all forms of violence, especially
against civilians
"We are experiencing the situation in Kosova, especially in the municipality of Deçan, with pain. We did not have any problems these past few years. We are sorry for these incidents, where civilians and buildings inhabited by civilians, are the ones to suffer"
Deçan, 17 July (ARTA) 1600CET--
KD: Albanian sources claimed that Serb paramilitary forces are staying at the monastery of Deçan. You denied this on several occasions...
Sava: Like I said in the past, and sent denials to the Kosova Information Center and Albanian daily "Koha Ditore", there are no armed units, not to mentions paramilitary ones, in the premises of the monastery. Only monks inhabit the monastery. We also help the refugees, which came here these last months from the surrounding regions. So, in other words, there are only civilians in the monastery and we are doing are best for the monastery to be what it should, a spiritual place where there is no space for armed conflicts. We declared ourselves for the conflict several times, saying that it must be avoided that violence must stop.
KD: Did the atmosphere of Deçan, where fighting has been taking place for quite a long time, reflect on the monastery?
Sava: We are experiencing the situation in Kosova, especially in the municipality of Deçan, with pain. We had good relations with Albanians as well as the Serbs of the region. We did not have any problems these past few years. We are sorry for these incidents, where civilians and buildings inhabited by civilians, are the ones to suffer. When the operation ended and we saw what really happened in Deçan, we reacted by issuing a communiqué, condemning all forms of violence, especially against civilians and calling for peace and a peaceful solution to the conflict, through dialogue. We also organized humanitarian actions. We offered help to the Serb families, as well as Albanian ones, living in Deçan. I visit these families on regular basis and we now have very comfortable and humane relations with them, which they can confirm.
KD: How do you see the solution to the problem of Kosova?
Sava: The most important thing is for the fighting
to stop, so a good atmosphere for talks could be created. Then, of course,
the issue of Kosova would have to be solved. Both sides must be prepared
to make concessions, but we must face the future. As for the solution itself
and what the definite status will be, we as a Church cannot say. This issue
is for political representatives, but we consider and want for the solution
to be acceptable for everybody and ensure a peaceful life for all people,
especially in Kosova.
KOSOVA (KD reportage on desertion of VJ soldiers)
90 % of VJ want to desert
Tirana, 17 July (ARTA) 1930CET --
Four VJ deserters have been staying in a hotel
in Tirana for the past two weeks. They ran from the front line and are
now waiting for the OSCE to send them to some western country. There is
only one policeman keeping watch in the hotel where they are staying. They
have been comfortably accommodated in the Albanian capital, which they
say they like very much. One of them even said that if he had not been
married, he would have stayed in Albania for the rest of his life.
"It was 21 March when I began my military life
in Subotica", Leka Marasevic told Albanian daily "Koha Ditore", "when I
was appointed to the Yugoslav-Hungarian border". Three months later, the
military units of tanks, where Marasevic was, was ordered to go to the
village of Stojevac, near Belgrade, with the next order they received,
on 28 June, sending Marasevic's military unit to Kosova. It was then that
he decided to desert. The watchmen shot at him and another soldier who
deserted. They took off their uniforms and headed for Belgrade, from which
point they headed to Podgorica. "I arrived in Shkodër on 29 June,
where my fiancée lives". That same day, he went to the OSCE offices
to seek shelter.
"You will not go to Yugoslavia", he was told
at the OSCE offices, and since then, he has been dreaming of going to the
US, where his brother and sisters are.
"We were ordered to defend Kosova from terrorism,
but I do not consider people who defend their homes to be terrorists",
he says.
"The KLA deserves to win and it will win and
it controls a large part of the territory", he claimed. Leka says that
if the people want to free Kosova, they must realize that it is up to them.
"If they wait for the international community, they will achieve nothing.
I am for war", he said. On the other hand, 21 year-old Ernest Nurkovic
, from Novi Pazar, was indifferent towards that question. He had spent
only three hours in Morina when he, along with five other soldiers, decided
to desert. He spent 23 days with the KLA forces, which then escorted him
into Albanian territory. Ernest, along with his cousin, Fatmir Nurkovic
and Esat Kuc, from Rozaje, were sheltered by the KLA in Drenoc.
KD: Are there other soldiers that want to desert, like you?
L. Marasevic: Many, 90 % of the army want to desert.
KD: But, why are they fighting then?
L. Marasevic: They fight because they have to. They have no guarantees when they return home.
KD: On your way to Albania, did you notice any signs of weapons being smuggled?
E. Nurkovic: No, I did not see anybody transporting arms.
KD: Why did you desert?
E. Nurkovic: I did not want war in my place.
KD: But you were ordered to fight in Kosova and not your place?
E. Nurkovic: Yes, but Kosova is in Yugoslavia.
KD: What do you think about the KLA?
E. Nurkovic: It is an organized army. I wish for the KLA to win, because they are fighting for their country, to defend their homes and interests.
KD: Did your family also have problems?
E. Nurkovic: Yes, the police always harass them. They interrogate my wife everyday, asking her where I am.
KD: Did you contact your family?
E. Nurkovic: Yes, I talked to my wife two days
ago
KOSOVA (reportage – the Adige)
"We are not moving -- we are escaping from
the war"
Vushtrri, 17 July (ARTA) 2220CET --
"Let them go, but they will not find anything
better", says 55 year-old Ramadan Cej Adige, from the village of Stanoc
i Ulët.
Around 30 Adige families in the village of Stanoc
i Ulët, are getting ready to go to Caucasus, their land of origin,
from where they emigrated en masse during the War of Caucasus (1817-1864).
The Adige are sunite Muslims.
Since this mountainous people did not want to
move down to plains, hundreds of thousands of them chose the Ottoman empire
for their new home. Following the fall of the Ottoman empire, 40 thousand
stayed in Kosova, in the villages of Stanoc i Ulët, Lummadh, Hamidi,
Milloshevë and Ribar.
The Russian Government decided to finance the
return of 30-35 Adige families from Kosova, to their historical homeland
Adige, north of Caucasus, by the year 1999.
However, their Albanian neighbors say that "there
are two to three families that have not accepted this offer".
Among them is Ramadan's family, who explains
that "when we settled here, there were no inhabitants. Many Albanian families
came later". "We never had, nor do we have any problems with Albanians",
he claims. "My mother and wife are Albanian and one of my sons is married
to an Albanian".
"I will marry with an Albanian as well", his
youngest son, Mehmet said. Their fanatic for their native language was
obvious as they spoke between themselves.
"Adige went to Albanian schools until 1991, when
we distanced ourselves because they began going to a Serb school, in the
village of Prelluzhë", says 37 year-old Selim Curri. "We invited them
to the village's congregations, but they did not participate, even though
they helped out every action we undertook and were the first to work",
he said, "they always tried to be good with Serbs and Albanians".
"What is happening is not right", Ramadan said
about the current situation in Kosova, "but I decided to stay here, no
matter what happens. I'm not afraid of Serbs or Albanians because I did
not harm anybody".
TIRANA, July 17
(ATA) - The European parliament in a meeting in Strasbourg on July 16 adopted
a resolution on Kosova. Its member states decided:
1. to strongly
condemn the continuing and ever increasing violations of basic human rights,
the process of ethnic cleansing and the extremely violent aggression carried
out by the Serbian special police units of the Yugoslav army and paramilitary
forces against the population of Kosova and continue to condemn the rise
of violence by all parties.
2. to call on
the Belgrade regime to put an immediate end to the indiscriminate attacks
by special police unit of the Yugoslav army and paramilitary forces against
the population of Kosova;
3. to call on
both the Belgrade regime and the representatives of the Kosova people to
immediately create the necessary conditions for a political solution to
the conflict in Kosova through a full and meaningful dialogue on its future
status with international mediation, possibly through the organisation
of an international conference;
4. to welcome
the position taken by the Council, aimed at continuingly increasing the
pressure on the Serbian authorities, but call at the same time on the Council
and the member states to take all further measures that are considered
necessary to stop the process of ethnic cleansing, aggression and destabilisation
by the Belgrade regime and to promote actively a decision by the UN Security
Council permitting the possible use of military force which may be deemed
necessary to achieve this goal; therefore to support the preparations for
possible military intervention on the basis of the NATO/WEU framework,
both to protect the people of Kosova and to prevent the conflict from spreading
to neighbouring states;
5. to call on
the Council to launch a strong political initiative to open up negotiations
between the parties and to suggest to them the establishment of further
confidence-building measures, such as a no-fly zone over Kosova;
6. to call on
the Commission, the Council and the member states to give their fullest
possible support to the neighbouring countries and regions, including support,
where necessary within the framework of the WEU and NATO, to guarantee
their security and stability in the region;
7. to call on
the Commission and the Council to provide all necessary humanitarian aid
to the victims of and the refugees from the acts of violence and call on
member states to stop returning refugees and asylum seekers to Kosova where
protection cannot be guaranteed;
8. to call on
the Council and member states to contribute as soon as possible to the
sending of monitors to Kosova and to promote the establishment of a long-term
OSCE mission in the region as soon as possible, call on both parties in
the conflict to guarantee the safety of international observers in the
region;
9. to give
full support to all persons and organisations within and outside Kosova
who are still seeking to resolve the conflict in Kosova by a political
solution through dialogue;
10. to instruct
president to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the
WEU, NATO and the UN security Council, the presidents and governments of
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia and the representatives of
the population in Kosova. ake/ak/
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ALBANIA_______________________________________________________________________
PRESS AND INFORMATION DEPARTMENTPRESS RELEASE
Tirana, July 18, 1998
The parliamentary defence Commission chairman Azem Hajdari had received a message by the general secretary of NATO Havier Solana. Mr. Solana expressed the readiness of NATO to support the attempts of the international community to find acceptable solution through diplomatic negotiations for the crisis in Kosova and the Alliance was convinced that neither status quo nor independence are acceptable.
Solana asked Hajdari, that the later and his colleagues, members of the defence Commission play a key role in the encouragement of the beginning of the talks and Solana was convinced that they will realise this mission.
Commenting the letter of Solana, MP Hajdari said that this letter is a new development in the demands of the European community and the Alliance of the Northern Atlantic that in Kosova one voice was heard and all the other voice serve to one option. Hajdari said that he hoped that many other differences will be solved and a new road would be opened for a final solution of the Kosova question.
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http://www.albania.co.uk/dp
e-mail. dpa@albania.co.uk
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ENGEL TO SPEAK ON HOUSE FLOOR ABOUT THE REPRESSION
IN KOSOVA THIS AFTERNOON
Rep. Engel will speak on the floor of the House of Representatives before 2:30 pm regarding Belgrade's on-going violent repression in Kosova. He will call for air strikes to halt the Serb attacks and U.S. acceptance of Kosova's right of self-determination. His speech can be watched on C-Span.
If you do not have cable, C-Span can be watched
through the internet with the use of Real Player. Click below:
http://www.c-span.org/
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