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Handwritten note: Shp? no. 74-89 The bodies of Kosovars block the stream at Krushë

Today there is no other state that comes even remotely close to the power and global prestige of the United States. Russia may possess the nuclear arsenal of a superpower, but it does not have the ability to project its political and diplomatic strength across the world. On the contrary, it is demoralized and disintegrating. This was also evident in recent days. Primakov’s mission to stop the war in Kosovo failed, because the power of Russian diplomacy is far too disorganized and unstable. America, by contrast, possesses not only immense strategic power, but also an unparalleled ability to project its conventional forces into distant areas. One of the most impressive aspects is its participation in NATO’s military action against Millosheviç and his army. But its unrivaled military and diplomatic prowess is accompanied by the importance America places on human rights and the strengthening of national identities, even among small peoples. History teaches us that a superpower cannot remain number one for long if it does not project, with a measure of self-assured conviction, a message with a moral component. President Clinton, referring to Millosheviç’s crimes against the people of Kosovo, reached the logical deduction that reconciliation and coexistence between Albanians and Serbs will become increasingly impossible. Kosovo’s independence has not, to date, been part of any kind of au- [?] On the 11th, page 2

The stream at Krushë The bodies of 15 Albanians burned in Prizren Pages 6, 8 Photo: P. Ilo The stream at Krushë. The bodies of 15 Albanians burned in Prizren. Photo: P. Ilo

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• Belgrade preparing a coup in Montenegro Page 2 • The pain of wounds bites into Kosovo Albanian hearts Pages 8-9 • 6 buses carrying Albanians are burned with petrol — Page 7 • Simitis, phone call to Majko: Don’t bring Kosovars to the South — Page 6 • UDB blows up the power-line pole at the border — Page 10 • Hosts in Dardhë wounded — Page 10 • Kosovars look for one another — Pages 5, 9