🚀 go-pugleaf

Saturday, May 1, 1999.

 Those answers were written by me, so reflecting from my own 
opinion, as this is not an official
 statement of any student organization. However, our opinions are 
generally the same. The difference is
 only in how would each of us put the words to express it. 

 Therefore, the Bombardment Has To
 Stop!


 Are there possibilities for students to give their opinion? 
 What is the student's opinion about the situation in Serbia?


     I guess none of use is proud of war. Being in a war at the 
beginning of 21st century is, at least,
 miserable. 

     It is important to stress that: MILOSEVIC DOES NOT EQUAL 
SERBS 

     Somehow, it appears a lot of people are just equalizing those 
two conceiving. Therefore a lot of
 people are approving the bombardment by "the Serbia are the one 
to do the cleansing. The Serbs are
 the savages". We are not. Milosevic is! 

     Milosevic is the one (together with Tudjman, Izedbegovic and 
the rest of company) that caused the
 war in Croatia, Bosnia. Milosevic is the one that made there are 
no more Serbs in Croatia and in
 almost in Bosnia as well. Milosevic is the one that is 
responsible for the wrong policy that led us upon
 such a disasters are happening in these years. Milosevic let KLA 
to become more and more strong,
 therefore causing more and more conflicts, therefore causing such 
a number of dead people and
 refugees on both sides. 

     Milosevic is the one that gave chance to NATO to show their 
force, to violate it's own rules, to violate
 the chapter of UN, to humiliate EU and Europe in general, to test 
it's newest weapons in the heart of
 Europe, to celebrate it's 50th anniversary on Kosovo, with "the 
fireworks" and bloodshed! Milosevic is
 the one that gave chance to NATO to destroy a half of my country, 
to kill a lot of my friends. What are
 they guilty for? Milosevic is the one that gave a chance to NATO 
to destroy, and than to give some
 loans to us afterwards to rebuilt the country. But there is no 
money that can revive dead people, old
 men, women, kids, babies! No meter they are Serbs or Albanians! 

     Because of all he has done so far, no one could call him the 
protector of Serbs! He is not a Serbian
 nationalist, and he never was. To be a nationalist, he would have 
to love his country, to fight for it, to
 do the best he can for Serbia and Serbs. He has done no good for 
Serbia, but only for himself! 

     It's clear now that Milosevic is guilty for all. 


 Now - why one must not equalize Milosevic with Serbs?


     We haven't had democratic elections in Serbia for more than 
50 years. We have been fighting a lot
 against him and his totalitarian regime. It is a damn hard job. 
The roots of his reign are somewhere
 deep in the our communism history. 

     The people were used to believe to their television, no 
parties except the Communist party did exist,
 no opposition at all, no free media. Years and years of 
brainwashing. One leader with some people to
 help him. None had to be responsible for his own doing, none had 
to think about what to do, for - there
 was the regime to deal with that. 

     The Tito's regime obviously knew how to lead the country on 
their own, but to make people live
 good, too. Though those times showed to be much better for living 
then the present ones, the only
 thing they left after disappearing was - abyss. 

     Milosevic appears to be extremely good player, but not as 
good as Tito used to be. While Tito based
 his public support on the public confidence since the people had 
been living quite good, Milosevic bases
 his public support on media and force only, reposing on the 
brainwashing done by Communism. He
 does not care about the people at all, and that is his big 
mistake. That's why he won't live what Tito did.

     Milosevic's most important power is the power of the public 
opinion. The only way we could and we
 can get rid of this regime is trying to weak that power. Trying 
to move the people, to tear the people
 away from Milosevic's extremely powerful media, to make them 
think on their own, to make the people
 react! 

     We felt all kind of oppressions during those years. 
Milosevic's weapons are media and force - police.
 He had been using the police whenever he could. During the 
demonstrations on 9. of March two people
 have been killed, a lot were brutally beaten and arrested... 

     During the civil protests 96/97, while more than 100 000 
people were demonstrating on the streets
 in each town all around Serbia EVERY DAY FOR THREE MONTHS, god 
knows how many times we've
 been brutally beaten, arrested, tortured... Two men were killed 
on the streets in those days as well,
 thousands were badly injured... 

     Anti War Campaign (ARK - Anti Ratna Kampanja in Serbian) 
started in '98, when the Kosovo crises
 began expanding and becoming more and more dangerous. The 
activists of ARK were trying to explain
 the facts to the people. However, we did have some success, but 
not much of it, since Radio Television
 Serbia (RTS, the regime's one) was strengthening their war 
propaganda. 

     It is important to know that independent media were strong in 
bigger towns, where some civil
 society did appear. Yet, the regimes propaganda was much stronger 
on the south of the country,
 among less educated people and the old generations, already 
brainwashed. 

     The activists of Anti War Campaign had been arrested and 
mistreated for hundreds of times... We
 did not have much of support in these days from the west, it has 
to be stressed. 

     OTPOR (the Resistance) movement started in June 1998. We had 
a lot of successful actions from
 that time on. One of our activists was brutally beaten just in 
front of his house by "unknown" group of
 people. His neighbours were the one to prevent something worse to 
happen. The other one of our
 activists was arrested and kept in prison for 24 hours without a 
single explanation and statement. He
 felt various sufferings in these 24 hours... 

     In spite of all the oppressions, we were ready to go on, to 
give our best. And we did achieve a lot. A
 lot of people realized they have to react. The repression was 
becoming more and more rude. Almost all
 the independent media have been sealed up. The university was 
left for the loyal people to administer;
 it was on it's way to depth! Just when we were up to make another 
big movement - NATO decided to
 kill us all for solving the humanitarian catastrophe! All of our 
10 years efforts have been erased in one
 day!!! 


 How?


     Our primary aim was to get rid of Milosevic. It means to 
change the public opinion, to make the
 people use their minds for thinking instead of their TV sets. 

     It is not simple, however, because we do not have much of 
tools to do that, to inform the people, to
 talk to them. All we had were our voices and free media. We had 
to be very careful 'cause of the
 regime's oppression, but the regime had to be very careful as 
well, 'cause of the people's reaction. 

     Milosevic is the ruler of this country for about than 10 
years. During all that time, in spite all he had
 done, he kept his position, though weakening more and more. 
During all that time his regime clamed
 there exist the conspiracy of the World against Serbia. The media 
did their task - persuaded a number
 of people. 

     Moreover, the opposition, 'cause asking for help from the 
west - different foundations, which was the
 only source of the material support, was accused of co-operating 
with the west in that big conspiracy
 against Serbia. 

     The strong regime propaganda of forcing the stories like "the 
opposite thinking and free media are
 well paid by some foreign countries to work against our country", 
"there is a strong conspiracy of the
 Western World and Western people against Serbia", etc. were 
becoming more and more senseless.
 Less and less people did believe to that. More and more people 
were listening to us, by starting to
 listen and believe to free media. 

     And what now? After NATO attacks, all the people start 
believing again there really is the conspiracy
 of the world against Serbia and the Serbs, they start believing 
we really were the betrayers of the
 country, 'cause there is no more us to act in these days. There 
are no more free media to listen to.
 They believe again Milosevic was right. 

     Imagine his happiness now - he proved his claims. At least in 
the eyes of ordinary people. The
 opposition is defeated. The obstinate ones will be liquidated. 

     Now all the people are united against NATO (which is 
absolutely expected), saving their lives. All are
 united against NATO. No one is thinking about Milosevic except 
some of us students. It was quite
 predictable. 

     On the other hand - we do not have any chance to operate in 
these days. First of all, cause our lives
 are double endangered (by bombs as well as by regime). We do not 
have any people's coverage any
 more, 'cause people do not believe us any more, and, above all - 
they have the bombs as much bigger
 problem right know, they are thinking how to survive. 

     The regime is ready to clean all the country from those like 
we are. That includes the liquidation as
 well, that have already started. Finally, we do have the tool to 
operate with no more. All the free media
 are sealed up. The only tool that left is our voice, even if 
forgetting about the regime's reaction, this
 tool is to weak, especially in this situation of the state of 
war. Our voice against the regimes Radio
 Television Serbia, extremely powerful and experienced tool for 
the control? We have no chance! 

     Milosevic did succeed already. He is gaining more and more 
with each day of the bombardment. WE
 CAN NOT do the single thing while the war is on, while the bombs 
are falling, while the capital
 punishment is on, while the police has the right to arrest you 
and keep captured for 60 days without
 anyone knowing where and how you are and what you are captured 
for, while the liquidation of the anti
 regime people is on. 

     We are double endangered, and our hands are strongly tied. 
Milosevic is the one that has completely
 free hands in this vary moment. 

     In the same time, while everyone is now justifiably furious 
'cause of the non selected brutality of
 NATO, Milosevic is irresponsible as usual, and no devastation do 
concern him while sitting in his
 comfortable pill-box 40 meters under the ground. 

     The people are exhausted of fighting. After 10 years - no 
results appear. Further more, the situation
 is much worse than it was in the beginning of our fight. What do 
the young people decide? They decide
 to leave the country. Who does stay? Think about it. 

     I could easily leave the country and live the proper life 
somewhere out some years ago. I did not
 want that, nor did a lot of us. Why? Because we wanted to make 
this country live freely. We did
 sacrifice the best years of our lives for fighting for the 
democracy in this country. After all we've done,
 we are awarded by NATO bombs?! 

     THEREFORE, THE BOMBARDMENT HAS TO STOP! 


 Is there a difference between your generation and your parents'?


     For all stated above, it's obvious the age classes do exists. 
However, the situation in the cities is a
 bit different. 

     The young generation is almost completely against the regime, 
conscious of the disastrous effects
 it's being producing. The students are the most pro democratic 
forces, were the first to start and to
 move the other people. 

     The middle age generation could be divided into two groups - 
the first, luckily much smaller - the low
 educated ones, they do accept the regimes propaganda published 
through the regime media. The
 others, mostly the higher educated ones, are well conscious of 
the real situation, knowing who is the
 one to blame for. However, only the intellectuals (professors, 
journalists, writers) are ready to act, to
 move, to show the resistance. 

     The third generation, the veterans of communism, are not able 
to get rid of the brainwash effects.
 Almost all of them were strongly supporting Milosevic (him 
personally), since his first approach was
 quite like the old one Tito and the communists used to have. 

     Although the standard has been lowering each year, they used 
to justify that with a huge economical
 problems our country faces because of the world conspiracy, 
sanctions, etc. Those were the main
 justifications of the regimes propaganda, so they believed that. 
Moreover, they did believe to RTS
 much more that to their own children and grandchildren. Again, 
justifying their opinion by - children,
 you are still young, you don't know how the world is rude, you 
are seduced by America and the West...

     However, they were becoming more and more aware of the real 
situation lately, since the old age
 pensions do not come properly, but with the delay of few months! 
(As well as all the other incomes of
 the ordinary people) Let alone how small those pensions are. 

     What could they possible think now, after this bombardment 
started? Don't forget they've already
 survived two bombardments - nazi's in 1941. and Alliance's in 
1945. Those memories do not ever
 vanish! On contrary - they do recover in the situation like this. 

     Finally, the situation is the worst on the south of Serbia, 
in some villages, where the population is
 much less educated... The population of the southern part of 
Serbia appeared to become quite full and
 proud of nationalism throughout their history. There is nothing 
wrong with that, until someone starts
 experimenting, using the media for raising the level of 
nationalism till it reach it's extreme level. 

     It is easy to be done especially since the only media they 
have access to is the regime's one, mostly
 because the independent media did not have much financial support 
from out of the country, and RTS
 has been strongly fighting for keeping that region under it's 
control only. 

     Imagine how the nationalism grows for the NATO bombardment. 
It is slowly reaching to the
 xenophobia. 

     THEREFORE - STOP THE BOMBARDMENT! 


 What do you hear in Beograd about the activities in Kosovo?


     All the news are strictly censored. The things we officially 
here from RTS are the pure propaganda.
 On the other side, the reports we here from the biggest western 
media are the propaganda as well, but
 opposite to RTS. 

     The main information we get from "the first hand" sources, 
meaning from our friends, relatives, etc.
 Yet, those stories change after few retellings, but not too much. 
Enough for the main information,
 enough for to be acquainted with the situation. 

     It looks like Milosevic's Special Police Forces are doing the 
cleansing even more then they did before
 the bombardment. KLA is still present there, though much weakened 
since the bombardment has
 started. 

     The Army has never been the one to do the killings among the 
civilians on Kosovo, since it's
 consisted of the ordinary people all around Yugoslavia (not only 
Serbs, but ethnic Hungarians,
 Bulgarians, Gipsies, etc., even Albanians as well!). They are not 
specially paid for what they are doing
 (they are not paid at all), but forced to defend their country 
against KLA as well as against NATO. 

     They were acting only near the borders, where the extremist 
Albanians from KLA were trying to
 illegally enter Yugoslavia, as well as in close combats against 
the well armed extremist's units. It does
 sound dark but - one doesn't need tanks to kill the unarmed 
helpless civilian. The gun is absolutely
 enough. 

     In these days, the army is not only all around Kosovo, but 
all around Yugoslavia as well. I think it's
 clear why it is like that. 

     The forces that have been doing the cleansing are the special 
police forces (SPF) (which are
 specially paid for that as well). Their mental state is non human 
for sure. 

     The important thing to notice is that *terrorist is an armed 
civilian*. He doesn't have to wear a
 uniform, weapon he carries is enough. When the new member of SPF 
together with the others comes
 into a village searching for the terrorists, he might see none in 
the first moment. While passing through
 the village in the first twilight, through quite interminable 
narrow lanes, surrounded by high wooden
 fences, he never knows when and where the bullet could come from. 
And it happens so often. There
 comes the firs psychosis and paranoia. 

     It happened that the group of SPF were in the village in 
southern Kosovo, searching for the terrorists
 of sc. KLA. It was the sunny day with no clouds. The civilians 
were the only one that could be seen.
 Suddenly, the man comes out of the dog's box behind, firing the 
burst of fire on them, killing three
 cops. The others started the uncontrolled fire killing all 
around. 

     The psychological consequences of those situations bear the 
devastation of their mind. A young new
 member here becomes an animal more that a human being. He joins 
the crew of the lunatics! 

     In that condition, they vent the inside rage upon all the 
people they can, mostly upon the innocent
 civilians. They are not humans any more, not even the animals. I 
catch that. I DO NOT APPROVE THAT!

     In spite of my opinion, Milosevic is definitely not concerned 
for the human lives (neither Albanian nor
 Serbs), so he do approve that. Moreover, he pays SPF for doing 
the cleansing. It looks like he learned
 from the Croatian experience - their forces did the ethnic 
cleansing in all the Croatia while the world
 almost did not react at all. Afterwards, there are not many 
problems with the ethnic minorities in
 Croatia any more (who cares about the half a million of Serb 
refugees from over there. Let alone the
 massacred ones!). 

     On the other hand, NATO is of much of help for the cleansing. 

     We are now watching the cleansing even bigger then before 
because of NATO raids. Two ways the
 bombardment did impact the number of refugees enlarge: 

     - they gave the free hands to Milosevic to finish the 
cleansing under the cover of NATO attacks. The
 stories that say "the army supports would be destroyed so they 
couldn't act" are senseless. That could
 happen only after the long long time of bombing, but not in a 
month. Till then, the cleansing will be
 completely finished by Milosevic, and hundreds of thousand of 
refugees would be fleeing all over the
 Europe; 

     - the bombardment directly - hundreds of tons of bombs have 
already felt all around Kosovo, killing
 god knows how many people, devastating all around Kosovo, 
producing huge number of thousands of
 refugees more. In one word - much more devastation, killings and 
evacuations then Milosevic's Special
 Police Forces were ever able to do! Moreover, if those refugees 
ever come back to Kosovo, they will
 find no place to live in, no house, no shelters... Everything is 
being devastated in these days by NATO
 bombs! 

     THEREFORE - THE BOMBARDMENT MUST STOP! 


 What is the current opinion about the Kosovo problem among
 students, considering NATO intervention?


     There is no way out of peace. There is no way to solve 
anything while the bombs are falling. Firstly -
 this gives Milosevic free hands to operate and to clean Kosovo. 
Secondly - this gives him free hands to
 clean Serbia from his opponents - free media, intellectuals, etc. 
As third - he is becoming more and
 more powerful with each day of the bombardment. 


 Why has NATO involved itself into the Kosovo crises?


     One can say: "NATO only wants to do best for people in 
Balkan". I say that I would like to think so.
 Still, let's make a short overview of Balkan crises in last 10 
years, I don't see many good moves. 

     First of all, Genser's insisting on recognizing Bosnia and 
Croatia before solving ethnical problems,
 that escalates the atrocities in the region and brought 
nationalistic leaders like Milosevic, Tudjman and
 Izedbegovic on power. It would have been very different if west 
made them talk first, at that time. 

     Secondly, remember plan Z-4 where the equal rights were 
guaranteed to Serbs in Croatia and
 Albanians in Kosovo. More pressure should have been put on that 
plan. 

     As third - western reaction on operation Storm (cleansing of 
Krajina). I haven't really seen many
 Serbian refugees at that time on satellite TV, and any mention of 
military pressure towards Croatia. 

     Finally, Gonzales mission in Serbia in 96. If western 
countries insisted and supported that mission,
 and opposition (first of all financially), Milosevic would 
probably have been long gone. But not again.
 Official turn in at least USA politics was announced in November 
1998! So after all these things you
 cannot persuade me that NATO has a clear conscience and good 
intentions. 

     The usual NATO justification for the bombardment is "We 
couldn't just sit and watch Milosevic is
 doing the cleansing. We had to react." Than, it all goes 
according to the old simple logic: "...if all You
 have is a hammer, everything begins to look like a nail." (the 
hammer-nail corundum as described by
 J. D. Lipschutz, expert on security policy) 

     NATO's aim does not exist! It is simply that nobody seems to 
be able to think of another response to
 perceived problems in the Balkan... 

     The "logic" looks the following: 

    1.We have a problem on the Balkans. 
    2.We have to solve it in the quest for a better mankind 
    3.How do we solve it? 
    4.Do not know. What instruments for problem-solving do we 
have? 
    5.Well, we have NATO as an institutions which can deliver 
forceful messages of any kind. 
    6.O.K., so the Balkan problem can be solved by using NATO. 


 ...weird, isn't it ?!


     Yet, the usage of "the NATO tool" was all but unlooked-for. 
Few facts are pointing to the benefits
 NATO will achieve, America before all, if it plays the role of 
"the world gendarme on duty" until
 defeating the enemy. . showing the untouchable power of it's, the 
domination upon the other countries,
 especially upon Russia; . turning the money through the weapon 
that has been used (the costs of the
 whole operation so far are about several billion dollars - 
without the crashed planes); . testing some
 new weapons (the newest reports from the military companies in 
USA about the Kosovo crises say the
 laser guided missiles are estimated to be better investment than 
the air planes from now on!?) 

     The most important fact for involving NATO in this conflict 
is the upcoming 50th anniversary of the
 Alliance. Kosovo is the perfect opportunity to demonstrate it's 
strength and power, hopping it wont be
 disgraced, so to celebrate the anniversary with the bloodshed and 
"firework". Cheers! 


 Let's face the concrete consequences of the NATO attacks


     - a few hundred thousands of refugees more than before the 
bombing, Kosovo remains almost
 empty - without either the Albanians or the Serbs 

     - many dead civilians, including those killed in the NATO 
massacres, like the ones in Aleksinac,
 Cuprija, Surdulica, Pristina, not to mention the train and the 
refugee column hit... Many Serbian
 families left homeless afterwards. 

     - the entire Kosovo region devastated - most of the villages 
and cities likewise: there is almost no
 more Pristina to speak of! No home for the refugees to return. 
Moreover, the horrible memories that
 will never go away - mistreatment from all sides: Milosevic's 
forces, NATO, KLA, while nobody admits
 any wrongdoing. 

     - Half of Serbia has been destroyed - Pristina, Pec, Prizren, 
Aleksinac, Cuprija, Surdulica, Novi Sad,
 Beograd, Nis, Sombor, Smederevo, Kragujevac, Kraljevo, Valjevo, 
Krusevac, Pancevo, Podgorica;
 bridges, schools, oil constructions, heat plants, factories, 
civilian houses and blocks of flats, shopping
 centres, airports, barracks... 

     - a predictable turnout: a complete economical chaos - the 
majority of factories of the crucial
 economical importance were destroyed, more than 200 000 men and 
women left with no job at all,
 which means more than 200 000 families with almost no incomes; 
sum up for how many people is pure
 existence in question here! 

     - likely ecological catastrophe: * large quantities of oil 
were spilled into Danube after NATO missiles
 hit the oil constructions in Novi Sad; big oil blot is moving 
downstream! * extremely radioactive DU
 (depleted uranium) has been used in the missiles for it is a 
quite strong material, while much cheaper
 than wolfram, since it is a nus-product of nuclear power plants; 
during its explosion, 80 0.000000e+00vaporates in
 the form of uranium oxide; once breathed in, it radiates the body 
for good! * some of the fertilizer
 factories were targets in the attacks, which means the nitrogen 
could spread into air - and cause an
 ecological catastrophe of a very wide range, spreading out of 
Serbia as well, since gases do not know
 borders! 

     - The last seeds of democracy have been abolished from 
Serbia: 

      Radio B92, "021" and many others have been shut down, there 
is no more independent media in Serbia at all, the regime has put 
an end to them all 
      pictures of Slobodan Milosevic have appeared on the 
Belgrade's main square, (the same one that had been the meeting 
point of all the anti-regime demonstrations
      to date), this hasn't happened in the last 10 years 
      the most important people of the regime are walking freely 
on the streets of Belgrade, while only a month ago they didn't 
even dare it, for someone would lynch
      them 
      the civil law has been cancelled, the capital (dead) penalty 
is on! 
      a new regulation is on, claiming that anyone can be captured 
by the police, without a single word of explanation, and kept 
under arrest for 60 days, without anyone
      knowing were he/she was 
      few days ago, Slavko Curuvija, the famous opposition 
journalist, editor in chief of two powerful independent 
newspapers, was liquidated, in broad daylight
      downtown Belgrade, in front of his home; the executions have 
begun 

     - cultural devastation: 

      The Monastery of Gracanica, built in XII century - under 
UNESCO's protection; damaged facade, night-quarters and the bell-
tower partly destroyed 
      The Ancient Monastery on Cetinje, spiritual capital of 
Montenegro 
      The Monastery of Pec Patriarchate, XII century, the 
headquarters of the Serbian Orthodox Church 
      The Rakovica Monastery in Belgrade 
      The Monastery of Novo Hopovo, XIV century 


 Are there any positive consequence of the bomb attacks?


     No. 


 So, why does NATO still keep bombing Serbia?


     It looks like NATO did not achieved what it hopped to. It did 
not succeed in forcing Milosevic to
 "surrender", to give up of the fight. This is the specially 
irritating situation for NATO, 'cause it could be
 disgraced on it's anniversary. NATO is aware it must not stop 
now, not until "the victory". For whatever
 costs! Who cares about the casualties, sufferings and 
devastation... 


 And what happens then?


     Again, the simple stupid logic: 

     As long as air strikes continue nobody has to think about 
what is to follow. Its like getting drunk: You
 do not want to stop because You know that You will then soon have 
a terrible headache. The only
 problem is, the more You drink, the greater the headache to 
come... 

     Finally, NATO seems to be thinking about sending the ground 
troops without a permission of
 Yugoslav authorities. That would be interpreted as the occupation 
of the territory of sovereign county,
 which means the complete mobilization inside Serbia. Western 
analyses say NATO would need 150 000
 to 200 000 men, while counting on at least 7-120f NATO men 
loss. 

     Further more, that would expectable involve the other Balkan 
countries, even some non-Balkan
 ones. That would mean the wide range conflict, that could be 
easily spread all around Europe at least.
 The Europe would be burning, saturated with blood. 

     WE MUST PREVENT THAT HAPPENING! 


 What is the way out?


     NATO has to declare the ceasefire, to give a chance to the 
negotiations again. Ten years of
 negotiations are better than ten days of war! After the 
bombardment stops, the opposition in Serbia will
 able to think and to act. Though on the very beginning again, we 
still have some chances. 

     The Western countries should strongly invest in the 
opposition in Serbia. Several billion dollars is the
 cost of NATO campaign for the time being. If only they had 
invested even 10f that amount in the
 democratic forces in Serbia, there would have been no crises on 
Kosovo! 

     THEREFORE - STOP THE BOMBARDMENT!!! 


 Is it still possible to study or do the usual daily things? 
 What is the life in Belgrade like in these days?


     The state of war is on in Serbia. The schools are closed, as 
well as the faculties. The people are in
 the state of emergency during the whole day. Although the 
protests are on all around Serbia, big
 tension could be felt among the people. The song is the one to 
keep the spirit of people still bright and
 hopeful. 

     The life is quite OK during the day in Belgrade. Fortunately, 
the days are nice and shinny, so one
 can go out to take a breath. But when the night comes, the sirens 
start voicing the beginning of the
 attacks. Psychoses is too big. It is so sad knowing someone is 
ruining all you've built so far, your town,
 your country, and you can not do anything about that. 

     Belgrade has been bombed for several times. Even the centre 
of the town, with a big density of
 population, was the target for few times. It is so sad seeing one 
of the biggest European metropolis
 burning, being bombed and devastated, hearing a lot of 
detonations every night, not knowing who was
 the unlucky one... 

     The scene for which the comments are useless: 

     The slogan written on the peace of paper that a 5-years old 
girl, while sitting on her father's
 shoulders, has been trying to bring out through the crowd during 
the anti-war demonstrations in
 Belgrade said: 

     "I am not the mushroom to grow up in the shelter" 

     STOP THE BOMBARDMENT! 


 The conclusion


     All one can see when watching the reports from over here are 
blood, dead innocent civilians, ruined
 houses, a lot of people with no shelter, no home, no food... We 
came to the position to be the
 amusement between the advertisements. How ironic! 

     This is the tragedy of two nations - Albanian and Serb. The 
HUMAN catastrophe. The Albanians and
 the Serbs are on the same side, both are innocent, both are 
suffering, both are being killed. 

     The murderers are on the other side. The lunatics that do not 
care about the human beings,
 sufferings, devastation, life, but only about their own position. 
The lunatics lead the world, straight to
 the abyss. 

     The beginning of the 21st century! Miserable! 

     The pro democratic forces in Serbia hope that all of those 
who are responsible for ethnical cleansing
 in Kosovo will be convicted. However, we appeal the same to 
happen to NATO officers responsible for
 civilian casualties (regardless of nationality) during the 
'bombing campaign'. 

     We've been fighting for Yugoslavia to become a part of 
Europe. But not Europe that we are seeing in
 these days. Not the savage Europe controlled by media and 
conducted by lunatics. No - the real
 Europe, consisted of all of you and all of us, clear sense 
people! 

     THEREFORE - THE BOMBARDMENT MUST STOP! 

     There is no way to peace. Peace is the way. - Mahatma Gandhi 

                                                                      
Vlada
                                                             age 
21, student