[PEN-L:6216] Re: Rambouillet "agreement" was a set-up - like Czechoslova

["Ricardo Duchesne" <RDUCHESN@xxxxxxxx>]

> Date sent:      Thu, 29 Apr 1999 15:32:46 -0400 (EDT)
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> From:           Joanne Naiman <jnaiman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject:        Rambouillet "agreement" was a set-up - like Czechoslovakia in 1938! (fwd)

> So many articles have appeared on this list recently re Yugoslavia that I
> can no longer recall whether the issue addressed below has previously been
> raised. Sorry if it's repetitive. The "teach-in" referred to will be at
> the University of Toronto this Sunday.
>
> Cheers,
> Joanne Naiman
> Toronto
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> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 12:22:47 -0400
> From: Eric Fawcett <fawcett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: sfp lists <sfpcan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, sfpont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
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> Subject: Rambouillet "agreement" was a set-up - like Czechoslovakia in 1938!
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> From: Jon Thompson <jon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> There is a very important aspect of the war that has received no coverage
> in the mainstream media.  In the Rambouillet negotiations, Yugoslavia was
> set up, in the manner of Czechoslovakia in 1938.
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> Already in February, a month before the bombing, it was demanded that
> Yugoslavia surrender its sovereignty and submit to military occupation of
> its ENTIRE territory: Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo, not just Kosovo.
> Thus they could not reasonably have been expected to sign the Rambouillet
> document, nor indeed have any faith in the people supervising the
> 'negotiations' once they read Appendix B to Chapter 7.
>
> The entire document was released by "Le Monde diplomatique" on April 17.
> Among the key clauses are paragraphs 6, 8 & 15 of Appendix B to Chapter 7:
> par. 8 gave NATO forces the right to travel anywhere, by any means and
> carry out any NATO assignments, throughout Yugoslavia;
> par. 15 gave NATO unrestricted access to all telecommunications channels
> throughout Yugoslavia;
> and par. 6 gave NATO and its forces complete immunity from prosecution,
> criminal or otherwise, throughout Yugoslavia.
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> For the complete document, the web address is
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> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/dossiers/kosovo/rambouillet.html
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> I have written a letter to my MP, Andy Scott asking for an explanation,
> and a shorter one to "The Globe and Mail" (copied below).
>
> I don't think you have previously made this information available to SfP
> members.  I urge you to do so, and also to raise it with Eggleton at the
> teach-in.  Everyone have an opportunity to read the Rambouillet document.
> And the USA, Canada and others should all be asked to explain the purpose
> of Appendix B to Chapter 7.
>
> Sincerely, Jon Thompson
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> To: letters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> April 26, 1999
> The Editor, The Globe and Mail, Toronto
>
> Re: "Kosovo: where do we go from here?" (page A13, April 26, 1999)
>
> Aurel Braun makes many important points, but omits mention of the central
> issue: the Rambouillet proposal of February 1999 which the USA and its
> dependents insisted the state of Yugoslavia sign, as an 'equal' partner
> with an armed separatist organization.  This 'diktat' contains an Appendix
> B to its Chapter 7 which has been largely ignored by the mainstream
> western media.  The provisions of the appendix require Yugoslavia to
> surrender its sovereignty, and submit to military occupation over its
> ENTIRE territory, not just Kosovo.
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> It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that Yugoslavia was set up for
> this war, in a manner similar to Czechoslovakia in 1938.  If your
> newspaper is serious about its motto, attributed to Junius, it will run a
> news story on Appendix B of Chapter 7 (paragraphs 6, 8 and 15 especially)
> along with an editorial stating whether you agree with Prime Minister Tony
> Blair's shrill characterization of the Rambouillet demands as "reasonable."
>
> For the convenience of your staff and readers, the full Rambouillet
> document can be accessed (in English) on the web site of the Paris
> monthly, "Le Monde diplomatique,"
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>     http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/dossiers/kosovo/rambouillet.html
>
> Yours truly, Jon Thompson
> 178 Odell Ave., Fredericton, NB, E3B 2L5
> tel 506 453 4768 (o)   506 455 9425 (h)
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