Re: Fisher and germany .Was: Re: Analysis of the U.S. Greens

["Macdonald Stainsby" <mstainsby@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> The Greens were split. Nasty things had transpired in Bosnia and Europe
> had done nothing to stop the slaughter; more gruesomeness was in
> the offing in Kosovo, and Fischer thought he was doing the right thing.
> That's very different from a cynical, pro-US Realpolitik which glorifies
> bloodshed.
>
> -- Dennis

If I were in a position to have anything to say on a war, I'd do my
homework. It appears Fisher wasn't interested in his own states' opinion,
and in fact flatly contradicted what they had written and decided to go to
war against Yugoslavia from Berlin.

Excerpts from the report:

From: German Foreign Office report on Kosovo (November 1998)

http://members.tripod.com/Balkania/resources/history/gfo_report.html

Page 6: ...Thus, since the beginning of armed clashes about 30,000-50,000
Serbs have abandoned Kosovo.
...According to data from the Council for the Defence of Human Rights and
Freedoms, Pristina, human rights organizations led by Kosovo Albanians ...
comprehensive documentation indicates that in 1997 ca. 5,600 persons,
statistically  0.29%  of the estimated Albanian population of 2 million were
affected by repressive measures.

Page 8: ...
1.2. Ethnic Albanians in other parts of Yugoslavia
... In nearly all cities in Serbia are bigger or smaller colonies of Kosovo
Albanians, who are engaged in traditional occupations. In Belgrade alone
several tens of thousands of ethnic Albanians. Open rejection by the
populace
at large or by the authorities can be demonstrated only in very few
instances.

Page 9:
... 2.1 Ethnic Albanians.
... The UCK in Kosovo attacks other Albanians who declare their loyalty to
the Yugoslav state. For example, in early April 1998 at Orahovac 6 Kosovo
Albanians who in an open letter to the Serbian president had declared their
loyalty were murdered. In addition, in various regions the UCK puts heavy
pressure on local Serbs and Montenegrins and others in the form of  road
blocks, threats, kidnapping of civilians, which has resulted in the ethnic
cleansing of this region.
... Victims of clashes between the UCK and security forces have always been
the civilian population. In many places, the Albanian population abandoned
their dwellings after battles against the UCK, probably under UCK orders.

Page 13:
... 6. State-Internal Escape Alternatives.
Central Serbia and Monte Negro are preferred. Reports of discrimination or
mistreatment on ethnic minorities are practically nil in Belgrade, despite
the extreme burden of housing refugees.
...

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