30/03/1999
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Republika

30 March 1999

The Serbs kill Fehmi Agani, Teki Dervishi and Din Mehmeti. Mystery: Rugova and Surroi

PJEVË WINERY Gjerđj Kastrioti SKËNDERBEU • Natural production • State standard • Quality - Safety Tel & Fax: 052 23 353 P. 5

Clinton is shocked by Serbian crimes.

Chirac: Milošević responsible for 200,000 dead P. 5

The Serbs behead children

Kosovo: holocaust or guillotine?

Arben ILIAZI Dalip GRECA The harrowing news coming from Kosovo sends shivers down your spine. Milošević, this madman by birth, has erected a guillotine in the heart of Europe and continues to cut off innocent heads. The horrifying testimony of the imam from the village of Grestovec about the beheading of men and children shows that waking the blood turns one into a monstrous executioner. What is happening? Is there a heart that can endure such massacres? Do those who protest in defense of Milošević in Athens, Milan, Moscow, New York, Paris have a heart? What crime have these children committed—perhaps simply being born in Kosovo? Kosovo has become a chilling holocaust. Europe must not wait for any more experiments by Milošević. The Albanians of Kosovo understand clearly that freedom comes at a high price, but they cannot be left unarmed under Milošević’s slaughterhouse. How can children be left in the slaughterhouse of Arkan’s “Tigers of Death”? The killing of children, as in the massacre in Gjakova in recent days, weighs on Europe’s conscience. The outbreak of war in the Balkans has now become a reality. The influx of around 500,000 Kosovar refugees into Albania, Macedonia, Turkey, Montenegro, etc., has placed these countries in an emergency situation. Meanwhile, Milošević’s criminal regime is rapidly realizing Serbia’s old dream of “ethnic cleansing of Albanian territories,” carrying out a terrible holocaust in Kosovo. The Great Powers gathered the courage to deploy NATO ground forces, with the aim of reducing... [?] (Continued), page 4

Whoever leaves Kosovo is a traitor to the nation

“Any Albanian capable of bearing arms who abandons Kosovo betrays the Fatherland; no excuse is acceptable,” says the KLA appeal Yesterday, the General Staff of the Kosovo Liberation Army called on everyone of an age to bear arms to return and remain in Kosovo, because only in this way can they serve the nation and their homeland. In the KLA appeal, following the mass departures from many areas of Kosovo, it says: “To the people of the villages of Suharekë, Prizren, Rahovec, Gjakova and Deçan, who have recently been going—and continue to go—to the Republic of Albania, we address this appeal: Mothers and sisters. The bloodthirsty enemy is forcing you to leave your homes, your families and your children, and to flee the place where we have our graves Page 10

A river of pain flows through Albania. The Sports Palace groans under the tears and testimonies of horror

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Albania Online

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Inside:

• Stipe Mesić: Serbs themselves will hang Slobodan Page 4 • Ceka: SHIK has identified the Serbian agents Page 3 • 15 stupid Latvians, soldiers of the Serb Page 7 • 5 Kosovar babies are born in Kukës Page 11 • Albania opens its doors: Bread, salt and heart for the Kosovars Pages 8-9 • Albert Xhani shelters 400 Kosovars Page 11 • Tirana investigates for The Hague Page 14