22/07/1998
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Koha Jonë

22 July 1998

MP, UÇK soldier

Unexpected decision/Socialist parliamentarian takes up arms to fight the Serbs Bruho: “I’m leaving for Kosovo on Saturday, and will stay until liberation” Page 2

Two victims

BY FROK ÇUPI Albanians and Serbs, facing one another, are both the heroes and the victims of the war. As victims, both sides are alone. No one else in this world will suffer from this war. Albanians and Serbs are leaving the heads of their sons in the mountains and in the cities; Albanians are fleeing, to return or never to return to their homes; Serbs whose parents are Serbo-Albanian, and Albanians whose parents are Albanian-Serbian, are becoming orphans with living parents; Albanians and Serbs are being left in a second or third feud in history. These two eternal neighbours will have the poison of this war, caused with “Enthusiasm” and “Hurrah!”, between them. But who are the other instigators? When we say the words “other instigators,” naturally we imagine a great distance, at least beyond nationalist manners and fever. But in fact, nationalist fever itself cannot cause war or victims unless it is turned into a powerful instrument of an ideology of war. Alongside the Serbian and Albanian “instigators” stands the driving force of wickedness, which has turned both sides into victims, while itself remaining either far away or invisible. There is no doubt that Albanians and Serbs are among the causes of their own tragedy. But who are the other instigators? Let us begin looking for them as close to us as possible, though their roots lie very far away. And two days ago, the Albanian press wrote that at Tirana’s Military Hospital, where several UÇK members are being treated, Egyptians and Yemenis were also found among them. At the same time, reports say that super-criminals who have shaken the human world and come from the Arab part of the world are being arrested in Tirana. What are they saying on the Serbian side? Similar reports are coming from there too: “In Kosovo, with guns in their hands, ... are being seen, hidden?” Such information is also being reported by the world’s most famous agencies: Reuters, AFP, etc. So someone else, outside the Serbian-Albanian arena, has dared to bring in not only the whole lot, but also weapons. Meanwhile, the victims remain Serbs and Albanians. The greatest irony is that the victim cries: “Thank you, volunteers!” (Continued on page 2)

Photo REUTERS A UÇK soldier milking sheep in Junik

SHIK sues Lesi

Zogaj’s secret document is the reason for the intelligence service’s request against the publisher of “Koha Jonë” Fatos Klosi seeks criminal prosecution and removal of immunity for the independent MP Yesterday, SHIK chief Fatos Klosi sent an official letter to the Republic’s Prosecutor General, Mr Arben Rakipi, seeking criminal prosecution of the author of the article against Preç Zogaj and concerning the publication of the secret document that confirmed Preç Zogaj’s status as a collaborator of the State Security Service, with 205 pages of denunciations and three volumes. The author of the publication is Nikollë Lesi, a journalist and also a member of the People’s Assembly. P. 2

The money will pay the pyramid-scheme debts

A law to recover the money that politicians took from the pyramid schemes P. 3

Scandal at the Tirana Post Office

Hidden cameras discovered; employees open letters P. 9

The president of the clans suffers Berisha’s fate

Nano’s supporters intensify the fight, but warn Meidani P. 3

PD, denunciations along with the mussels

Vejsiu and Kastrati are sued over the collections P. 9

UÇK, bombs in Macedonia

The Kosovo army begins attacks in Serbian areas P. 5