Re: (Xchange) more information on Yugoslavia
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Re: (Xchange) more information on Yugoslavia |
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Steve Taaffe <classic@xxxxxxxxx> |
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Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:37:26 -0600 |
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Good job honor putting together all those links....
Steve
Internet Radio Free Kansas
http://www.tafcommedia.net
honor wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Here is an information resource of websites which will be able to provide
> information about the situation in Yugoslavia.
>
> Please remember that the mainstream media are NOT reporting this crisis
> adequately, and in times such as these many online information resources
> have more reliable information. http://helpB92.xs4all.nl is still one of
> the central websites for the coordination of this information.
>
> Below these information resources, I have included postings from a couple
> of the the people still in Yugoslavia on their impressions of the conflict
> so far.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Honor Harger
>
> USA/NATO/YUGOSLAVIA/KOSOVO WAR WEBSITES
> Version 2.0
> Updated on March 28, 1998
> Send new links to iconmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> MAINSTREAM MEDIA
>
> CNN: Strike on Yugoslavia
> http://cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9903/27/nato.attack.03/index.html
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> MSNBC: Special on Kosovo
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/KOSOVO_Front.asp
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> ABC: Coverage of Kosovo
> http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/world/Kosovo/new_kosovo_index.html
>
> Washington Post: Balkans Special Report
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/balkans/balkans.htm
>
> Reuters
> http://www.reuters.com/news/
>
> France Press
> http://www.afp.com/
>
> BBC: Kosovo Crisis, Balkan Flashpoint
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1998/kosovo/
>
> INDEPENDENT MEDIA
>
> Anti-NATO web site
> http://www.welcome.to/nato
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> Common Dreams News Center
> http://www.commondreams.org/kosovo/kosovo.htm
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> eGroups: Kosovo Reports
> http://www.egroups.com/list/kosovo-reports/
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> Mother Jones
> http://www.motherjones.com/mustreads/032299.html#TC
>
> Kosovo Dies For Independence, Out There News
> http://www.megastories.com/kosovo/index.htm
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> Press Now
> http://www.dds.nl/~pressnow/
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> Radio B92
> http://helpB92.xs4all.nl
> http://www.b92.net/
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> Radio 21
> http://www.radio21.net/english/headlines.htm
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> Z Magazine on U.S./NATO Bombings
> http://www.zmag.org/ZMag/kosovo.htm
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> BACKGROUND ARTICLES
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> Bombing Serbia is Dangerously Counterproductive, by Jonathan Power
> http://www.transnational.org/forum/power/1999/03bombing.html
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> Email Assist for Yugoslavia, by Leander Kahney
> http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/18765.html
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> Frontline Documentary on Slobodan Milosevic
> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/karadzic/trial/scharf.html
>
> Kosovo's Slippery Slope by George Kenney, In These Times
> http://www.inthesetimes.com/kenney2309.html
>
> Net Dispatches from Kosovo's War, by Leander Kahney and James Glave
> http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/18755.html
>
> Notes on the Kosovo Problem and the International Community by Diane
> Johnstone, Dialogue
> http://www.bglink.com/business/dialogue/diana.html
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> Prospects for Peace in Kosovo by Howard Clark
> http://www.nonviolence.org//wrl/nva0199-2.htm
>
> Yugoslav Net at the Brink, by Leander Kahney
> http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/18767.html
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> INFORMATION/ACTION CENTERS
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> Amnesty International: The Road to Kosovo
> http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/kosovo/index.html
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> Balkan Action Council
> http://www.balkanaction.org/links.html
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> Balkan Internet Resources
> http://www.balkaninstitute.org/internet.html
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> Balkan's Page
> http://www.igc.org/balkans/raccoon/kosovo.html
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> Central Europe Online
> http://www.centraleurope.com/ceo/special/kosovow/intro.html
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> Human Rights Watch: Kosovo Focus on Human Rights
> http://www.hrw.org/hrw/campaigns/kosovo98/index.htm
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> Institute for War and Peace Reporting
> http://www.iwpr.net/
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> International Action Center
> http://www.iacenter.org/
>
> NO TO NATO
> http://www.iacenter.org/bosnia/balkans.htm
>
> Kosovo Crisis Center
> http://www.alb-net.com/index.htm
>
> Kosovo Info
> http://www.kosovainfo.com/ENGLISH.htm
>
> Kosovo Privacy Project: Service of Anonymizer.com
> http://info.anonymizer.com/kosovo.shtml
>
> One World: Special News Reports
> http://www.oneworld.org/news/reports/special/kosovo.html
>
> Transnational Center for Peace
> http://www.transnational.org/new/index.html
>
> USA-NATO MILITARY AND MILITARY ANALYSIS
>
> Center for Defense Information: Kosovo Site
> http://www.cdi.org
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> Cloud Cover Over Kosovo: Satellite Images
> http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/kosovo_clouds.htm
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> Federation of American Scientist's Military Analysis Network
> http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/kosovo.htm
>
> Jane's Defense Weekly
> http://defence.janes.com/
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> NATO
> http://www.nato.int
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> Pentagon's Operation Allied Force
> http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/kosovo/
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> UK Ministry of Defense: Kosovo
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> US Air Force News: Crisis in Kosovo
> http://www.af.mil/current/kosovo/
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> US Information Agency: Kosovo
> http://www.usia.gov/regional/eur/balkans/kosovo/
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> US State Department: Special Section on Kosovo
> http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/kosovo_hp.html
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> YUGOSLAVIA GOVERNMENT
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> Yugoslavia Foreign Ministry
> http://www.smip.sv.gov.yu/
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> Yugoslavia Ministry of Information
> http://www.serbia-info.com/
>
> Yugoslavia Official Web Site
> http://www.gov.yu/
>
> WORDS FROM PEOPLE IN YUGOSLAVIA
>
> >"Slobodan Markovic" <twiddle@xxxxxxxx>
>
> > Radio B-92 reported from Pristina that two days ago, during air-raid,
> > a building where Koha Ditore was printed was hit and destroyed.
> >
> > Just to comment more on Geerts info on Koha:
> >
> > Even thou I cannot confirm guard of Koha's offices was shot, there
> > is *high* possibility it really happened, if he refused to let
> > police enter the building.
> >
> > Yugoslav government declared "state of war" in whole country on the
> > first day of NATO attack, and while it lasts, police and army have
> > much larger authorizations than before.
> >
> > That is also why many independent radio and TV stations in Serbia
> > were so easily banned last week (Radio B92 in Belgrade, Radio 021 in
> > Novi Sad, Soko TV in Soko Banja). I suspect also that almost all
> > Albanian newspapers were banned on Kosovo after start of NATO strikes.
> >
> > There is no way anyone can protest against these bannings because
> > during "state of war" all public gatherings are strictly forbidden.
> > I cannot imagine consequences of possible pro-B92 protests in
> > Belgrade. Police brutality could be unimaginable... not to mention
> > possible fast and SEVERE court verdicts in these cases.
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Slobodan Markovic | http://solair.eunet.yu/~twiddle
> > Internodium Project | http://www.internodium.org.yu
>
> >To: ZAMIR-CHAT-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >TO ALL
> >
> >Send me news on protests there. There is no mobilization in Belgrade yet
> >(that we've heard of), but we might need all the letters of guaranty we can
> >get if the mobilization starts and I know for sure that it has partially
> >started in some provinces (only people who have served in the military
> >before). See what you can do.
> >
> >The bombardment isn't hitting civilians so hard physically, but the
> >psychological effect is terrible. Paramilitary and police forces are
> >massacring the Albanians in Kosovo en masse. Even some police officials
> >confessed it (unofficially of course) to some people here.
> >
> >I'm currently not at home. I'm using a friend's computer. I've spent the
> >last day or more at a friend's apartment. If you get any info on what has
> >been hit\targeted here, forward immediately.
> >
> >Some activists are trying to organize a mailing campaign. Please, help whith
> >what you can. I haven't slept much cause there's been some heavy hitting
> >nearby last night and the building shook a lot. The hit's have made some
> >chemical leaks, but gov. radio assures everybody that it's low toxic, and
> >that strong winds last night have dispersed it. We heard later that it was a
> >rocket fuel tank in the suburban village of Sremcica. At least one suburb
> >was evacuated last night because of it (Sremcica for sure, Zarkovo
> >probably). They've hit something else too, but we don't know what. It's in
> >Batajnica (also suburb of Belgrade) and it might have also been evacuated,
> >but I don;t know.
> >
> >Almost everybody here is on a nervous edge and a lot of people are
> >panicking. Also they've hit targets in Banjica, Topcider, Banovo brdo,
> >Zarkovo...(all Belgrade suburbs) can't remember where else.The minister of
> >education has declared that our spring holiday is on as of Friday or
> >Thursday and there's been no classes. There will surely be none until April
> >2nd. All exams that were reported for taking by students are counted as
> >passed (Don't know if they'll grade them).
> >
> >There've been random reports of military police picking people off the
> >streets. None confirmed, none from eyewitnesses. They have been "visiting"
> >the apartments of people who were supposed to report for mobilization, but
> >didn't (all people who've served in the military) I didn't see 'em, and I
> >live in the downtown, so I think that they haven't been doing it much in
> >Belgrade. I don't think I'll be spending much time at home. The MP's won't
> >catch me if I can help it, but please try and arrange for something if I
> >have to get out.
> >
> >The XXL Creative Youth Group and Postpessimists Belgrade have evacuated
> >their (our) offices and distributed archives and equipment between each
> >other for preservation. I was supposed to go to a Civic Initiatives seminar
> >called "Politics and education" this weekend, but it was canceled due to the
> >situation. Radio Panchevo is the only "independent" local thing we can hear
> >(Radio Free Europe also), but it's being censored around the clock and their
> >program was interrupted a couple of times, just when the speaker was
> >supposed to say some important info, like what has been hit in the last
> >strike. All journals have emposed heavy self-censorship and you don't wan'na
> >know what the gov-controlled media look like. The theaters have announced
> >that they would play for free until the end of bombardment. Beogradfilm
> >(state controlled) company has withdrawn all foreign films from movie
> >theaters in Belgrade, although they haven't been officially banned, and
> >they've also withdrawn the movie "knife" by the novel of Vuk Draskovic
> >(Federal Deputy Prime Minister) under the excuse that it's "too heavy for
> >the present situation". You can still get these movies in video clubs on VHS.
> >
> >People have been bying enormous amounts of food supplies these days, but the
> >stores are fully supplied whith everything today and the consumer feaver is
> >passing.The greatest rush was for Flower, some for bread, none for cooking
> >oil. My dad works at a gas station and they've been forbidden to sell gas to
> >anyone, even themselves (during sanctions there was no gasoline for common
> >people, but the directors could get it always, and Beopetrol company
> >employees most of the time. People have no money to spend any more. If the
> >bombardments halt now and the gov. doesn't pay the paychecks/pensions, there
> >could even be food riots. That's it for now. Mail me!!!!
> >
> >Peace , Mihajlo Acimovic
>
> <honor is in australian transit>
>
> honor@xxxxxxxxx
> http://www.radioqualia.va.com.au
>
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