Serbs blackmail NATO with Albanian hostages. Milošević threatens Albania and Macedonia
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Deep division in the Security Council; Westerners clash with China and Russia.
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20 teachers massacred
Milošević’s announced revenge
Dalip GRECA What “Republika” warned about in yesterday’s editorial has happened. Milošević is venting his fury over NATO’s bombings on the defenseless Kosovars. The departure of the OSCE observers, the isolation and pursuit of Western journalists, was nothing other than the removal of witnesses from the scene. Yesterday, through the accounts of refugees, the massacre that took place in Goden became known. 20 men and the directors were massacred in front of the pupils! Even the Nazis of the Second World War would have envied such massacres. The burning and complete destruction of the villages of Prush and Goden constitute the tip of the iceberg of the massacres undertaken by Milošević and his gang. That is all the refugees who managed to set foot in Albania reported. But what may have happened deep inside Kosovo? The 20 thousand Albanians taken hostage in Shkënderaj are a means of blackmail in the hands of the Serbs, while another 55 thousand, last night, having spent the entire night without shelter after the burnings and destruction, threatened by the Serbs, traveled toward Prishtina, not knowing where they were going or what awaited them next. Everything was expected of Milošević. For him there is no turning back. He has sworn with his hands in the air, they say, after Kosovo. For him, Kosovo was the cradle that fate raised him from and made him into a politician; perhaps it will be his grave. Whatever tomorrow may bring, he will still try to play the nationalist card, beckoning the Serbs with the old dream of ...
Second night of bombing: Three Yugoslav MIG-29 aircraft catch fire
US may arm the UÇK
American legislators discuss the alternatives
American senators: Milošević must be overthrown
Many American senators [call for] resisting Serbian forces. “What will we do if the bombings are not successful?” This was the question posed to senior American legislators. Some American senators are calling on Thursday for the overthrow of Yugoslav president Sllobodan Millosheviç, while others proposed arming the Kosovars to give them the opportunity to resist ... Page 3
Inside:
• Greece sends aid to Yugoslavia Page 5 • Koçi: Serbs may blow up targets in Albania Page 8 • Serbs wound Albanian commander Page 7 • Files from Ma-rash Hajati: Shek-ulli spoke about Kos-ovo Page 10 • Anti-mafia freezes dirty money; Çiçiku’s activity uncovered Page 11 • SHIK = SHISH Page 6
Mediu: Now, one Nation, one action
DBSH: Politics should forget its grudges
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