Shocking testimony from Tropoja. The influx of despair continues. The former director of Albanian Radio-Television and other witnesses speak Police paid by the Serbs shoot at Democrats TIRANA SPECIAL REPORT ON PAGE 2

Fino was chewing gum while children from Kosovo were dying from lack of food The besieged Albanians By Astrit PATOZI For Nano’s government, there is now no place in Albania either for the thousands of Albanians expelled from Kosovo or for those seeking to put themselves on the front line of the war that has begun, but there is room for the UDB, which has settled in as if in its own home, from Tropoja to Tirana. Two Democratic Party MPs and the former Director General of Albanian Radio-Television narrowly escaped death after being shot at for half an hour with every kind of weapon by Yugoslav intelligence operatives in Tropoja, dressed in Albanian police uniforms. MP Azem Hajdari was attacked a few steps from his home in Bajram Curri, while several hours earlier the police authorities had warned him about an assassination attempt organized by the UDB. Now Interior Minister Perikli Teta must clearly explain who gave him the information about the attempt on Hajdari several days ago, while Fatos Nano must explain what kind of state this is, one that cannot even control the street in front of the prime minister’s office, and whose these police officers are who ambush Democrats. Teta and Nano are now left having to answer for the warning made public several days ago, and there is no doubt that the attackers have direct links to the Tirana government. At best, this government should have resigned On page 3, the complete plan of the attack on the Democratic Party MPs Witnesses speak: “Here’s how they tried to kill us!” Azem Hajdari’s car riddled with bullets Twenty-five parties and dozens of associations gather for Kosovo. Albania must be freed from this enemy government Tropoja. Attempt on Hajdari and Minarolli fails. Teta warned of the ambush: Beware of the Yugoslav secret service

government. At best, this government should resign because it is not only unable to receive properly the wave of pain and despair coming from Kosovo, but is also incapable of controlling even a few hundred metres of its own territory in order to protect the opposition from bullets. But that would be of value only if the government were not directly implicated. In the case of the Tropoja attack, which, thank God, ended with only three wounds to journalist Bardhyl Pollo, this government must either admit that it is on the side of those killing and burning Albanians in Deçan and Gjakë, or admit that it is powerless to free itself from the UDB’s claws dug into its throat. The evidence clearly shows that the government is complicit in the attack on the Democratic Party MP and journalist Pollo, its victims. The fact that the shots at Hajdari, Minarolli and Pollo came from the Yugoslav secret service—and Teta himself swears to this, since his police officers were involved in the operation—means that Democrats are the people standing in the Serbs’ way as they try to ethnically cleanse Kosovo. This certainly does credit to the Democratic Party and the opposition in general, although it is hardly something to boast about that Albanians are in the Serbs’ sights even near their own homes, on the territory of their own state. But this has to do with the government’s involvement: it has openly taken the side of the enemy massacring people in Kosovo and threatening, and daring, to kill in Albania too all Albanians it considers opponents. This means Albanians must be on their guard both against the Serbs who are massacring them in Kosovo and forcing the caravans of despair to make their way to Albania, and against the Tirana government, which has the nerve to go and lie in wait for them just hours before the attack takes place. Hajdari was shot at as a Democrat in Tropoja by the UDB dressed in Albanian uniform, as well by the UDB dressed in Albanian uniform, as well by the UDB dressed in Albanian uniform. Except this time it was not the same perpetrators. Except this time Peros’s warning was not absent either; he also [unclear] his warning, as they govern Albania today. (Continued on page 2)

Warning from European foreign ministers to Millosheviç: ON PAGE 6

Report from Tropoja: Fino chews gum in front of thousands of hungry Albanians. What is the KLA’s immediate plan? “53 years ago, when the Albanian partisans had reached the border with Sanxhak while fighting the Germans, at Guri i Shpuem, Dervish Luzha had planted the flag and addressed his fellow fighters: ‘Men, let’s turn back, Enver has sold Kosovo.’ We know that Fatos has also sold Kosovo to Millosheviç, but this time Albanians on both sides of the border have woken up.” By our correspondent Artur KOPANI ON PAGE 5

Interview given to Radio “Kontakt”. Liri Berisha recounts the horror and suffering of Kosovo: “Let us give to them in the name of life and blood” - I experienced deeply and with great emotion the shock of the women and children who came from the villages of Kosovo. Each one of them was a reflection of the terrible slaughter they had left behind… ON PAGE 2

The Union for Democracy denounces the ambush by Tirana’s UDB against Democratic Party MPs The arrival of around 10,000 women, children, elderly people and other Kosovo citizens, victims of ethnic cleansing… ON PAGE 4

The Confederation intervenes to stop the strike ON PAGE 6

The one-hour strike also involved workers in healthcare and education, at the Port of Durrës and Rinas Airport, bus fleet drivers, small and large business owners, etc. ON PAGE 7

Those arriving from Kosovo, abandoned by the Tirana government REUTERS

The editorial team has decided to suspend the Tepelenë Black File temporarily. The reasons are related to making space in the newspaper available to cover everything about the tragic events facing our nation as a result of the repression and terror that Serbian terrorists have been inflicting for several days on the innocent Albanian population living in its own ethnic lands in Kosovo. We consider it important, in these difficult days, to be closer to our brothers, to support them and to explain the causes of their tragedy, causes that are not only in Belgrade. with more facts and specific names. “RD”