...And this is how it continues...

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THE INDEPENDENT, 30 June 1999


LIBERATION OF KOSOVO: SERBS CALL FOR END OF MILOSEVIC REGIME


AT LEAST 10,000 protesters gathered in the central Serbian town of Cacak yesterday, demanding an end to the rule of Slobodan Milosevic.


Demonstrators defied police warnings that the rally was unauthorised, in another sign that support for the Yugoslav president is dropping in the aftermath of Belgrade's catastrophic struggle with Nato. Leaders of the Alliance for Change, the umbrella group that called the protest, said Serbia's defeat had demoralised Mr Milosevic's ruling Socialists and their ultra-nationalist allies.


"They are afraid of us because we are coming and they are going," said Goran Svilanovic, head of the Civic Alliance. "We are demanding the end of dictatorship and freedom for Serbia." Velimir Ilic, the mayor of Cacak who went into hiding throughout the conflict with Nato for his anti-war statements, said Mr Milosevic's government had "made Serbia ashamed of its own name. They made us into monsters and God punished us." Vuk Obradovic, a former general, said the "whole responsibility for this misery [in Kosovo] lies on Slobodan Milosevic".


The real trial of strength will come when - or if - the opposition dares to stage a big public protest over the management of the Kosovo war in the capital, Belgrade. There the police may not be so easy going as they were in Cacak.


And in spite of their confidence, there is no sign that Mr Milosevic's rivals are close to uniting against him. Vuk Draskovic, head of the Serbian Renewal Movement, has already distanced his party from the protest.


Nor is Mr Milosevic passively awaiting his own overthrow. Since the Kosovo peace deal was signed he has been unusually active, appearing regularly in public and deftly nudging his party towards a new political realignment.


Distancing himself from his old allies among the extreme nationalists, Mr Milosevic yesterday made a surprising call for market reforms and the re-establishment of ties between his diplomatically isolated country and the West.


"The re-establishment of economic and cultural ties with all, above all the progressive and democratic countries on an equal footing, as well as affirmation of an open system of market economy, are our top goals in this period," the state news agency, Tanjug, reported him saying.


Mr Milosevic also called for unity among all political parties in Serbia, saying it was necessary for rebuilding the country after the Nato bombing. He said all people whose houses were destroyed in the strikes must get new ones by November.

Kissie.

"Blatant self-abnegation"

phil

By Kissie on Wednesday, June 30, 1999 - 01:01 am:
To: Emina

So, any person, not conforming to Your taste in terms of thinking is a scumbag?

*** I ment Nazick and friend who are just out to hurt, but it seems on the way you react you must fit the shoe very well.As i did not mention your name.

Another thing a few days ago i asked you a question .You never answered.I answered yours so don't you think it would be only fair to answer mine?
Unless you are still searching for your opinion which is ok too.
BTW In english its CROATIA not with a G.Note nothing personal except when you would indeed belong to those Nazi lovers

Emina

NEED I SAY MORE.........

MILOSEVIC OPPONENTS RALLY IN CACAK. Some 10,000 persons
defied a police ban and attended a demonstration
organized by the opposition Alliance for Change in Cacak
on 29 June. Police set up roadblocks outside the town to
prevent the arrival of busses bringing in demonstrators
from elsewhere. Mayor Velimir Ilic, who has been in
hiding from Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's
police for several weeks, told the crowd that
Milosevic's regime had "made Serbia ashamed of its own
name. They made us into monsters and God punished us,"
the London-based daily "The Independent" quoted him as
saying. Balkan studies expert Milan Protic added: "This
government has shamed us in front of ourselves, in front
of God, and in front of the whole world," "The New York
Times" reported. Alliance leader Vladan Batic said:
"We'll go from town to town, house to house, man to man
and light the torch of democracy in Serbia," according
to the "Financial Times." It was the first large
opposition political rally in Serbia since NATO ended
its bombing campaign earlier in June.

Emina

This mesage comes from another newssource then Zoja's message

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CLAIMANT TO SERBIAN THRONE CALLS FOR MILOSEVIC TO GO.
Crown Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic said at the
historical seat of the Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate in
Peja on 29 June that Milosevic is a "monster." The son
of Yugoslavia's last king added: "Milosevic must go for
the sake of Yugoslavia." Aleksandar joined Serbian
Orthodox Patriarch Pavle in urging Serbian civilians not
to leave Kosova. The prince said the purpose of his trip
is to promote democracy in Serbia. He visited Montenegro
on 28 June. The British-born prince does not openly seek
to restore the monarchy but has repeatedly said he will
serve if asked by the Serbian people. The "Los Angeles
Times" reported on 30 June that Aleksandar's portrait
hangs in place of Milosevic's in many city halls in
Serbia and that some protesters in Cacak carried
pictures of the royal family.

Emina