17/01/1999
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Rilindja Demokratike

17 January 1999

80 Albanians killed and massacred

Another “Srebrenica” in Kosovo. Milosevic’s army drowns Reçak in blood. Among the victims, dozens of unprotected civilians Armed Serbs patrol on the Albanian border. Albania calls for an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council and NATO intervention Kosovo, between Reçak and Drenica By B.SHEZA A massacre in a place where no human foot had ever stepped. Where all Albanians, regardless of age or sex, are killed, hacked with axes and bloodied. In that abyss of hell, in that red stream descending from the village of Reçak in the Shtime district to the Carralevë valley, scenes of terror and horror occurred, compared with which Dante’s hell is a beautiful fairy tale. At midday, the place and the sky were dominated by the noise of the weapons of the Serbian army. Under the rain of bullets and shells, the villagers, women, children and the elderly, tried to find salvation by fleeing through the hills and streams. These unarmed people were ambushed, shot and massacred. Their bodies remained scattered across fields, embankments, fences and in a stream. Some of them were cut with cold weapons. Others were shot at close range. The scene of the event was chilling. Representatives of the OSCE verification mission, journalists and local residents saw the bodies of men, women and children lying in mud and blood. Reçak became a symbol of the cruelty of the Serbian regime against the Albanians of Kosovo. Albania immediately called for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council and NATO intervention. Armed Serbs patrol on the Albanian border.

The debt burden is drowning Albania

Republican Çuçi speaks about the budget and external debt On page 6

Kosovo, between Reçak and Drenica

By B.SHEZA

Milo keeps Nano’s policy on Kosovo

The Albanian government does not change its positions on Kosovo The Foreign Minister states that a solution to the Kosovo issue can be achieved only through talks and dialogue. On page 3

“NATO, away” from Kosovo

Pauladis and Milo in the same boat on the Albanian issue On page 3

2,000 workers thrown out onto the street

The reduced state budget hits the copper and chromium industries Deal-making by officials in the customs management bodies are arrested after stealing millions of lek On page 5

The government protects the killers of Azem Hajdari

Today, 127 days since the murder of the leader of December On page 5

In the “new prison”, otherwise ward 313

A visit to the political prisoners of the socialist regime On page 6

Only new elections can clean up the PS

By Dr. Abitri NENOI On page 4

Agolli, Azerbaijani parliamentarians and the chairs of future conferences Nano, out of the PS Akuj has served as the alibi of Islamic fundamentalism The annoyance of being an intellectual