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Articles indexed in August, 1999
Shaban Buza, Reuters (US), August 1, 1999: Kosovo Albanians see Blair as best friend Alex Kirby, BBC (UK), July 30, 1999: Depleted uranium 'threatens Balkan cancer epidemic' Associated Press (US), July 31, 1999: Single boatload of 1,000 Gypsies Seek Refuge in Italy Reuters (US), August 1, 1999: Russia, Belarus, Yugoslavia prepare for new union Professor Michel Chossudovsky, Professor of Economics, University of Ottowa: Recolonising Bosnia Erik Kirschbaum, Reuters (US), August 1, 1999: Swing right not blamed for SPD's falling popularity in Germany Tanjug Press Agency (Yu), July 31, 1999: Yugoslav Army - target of groundless criticism Tanjug Press Agency (Yu), July 31, 1999: Blair omits plight of Serbs, Gypsies during speech in Kosovo Ian Brodie, The Times (UK), August 2, 1999: Generals at war over Kosovo raid Michael Mandel, Counterpunch (US), July 26, 1999: Letter to Louise Arbour and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Mark Heinrich, Reuters (US), August 1, 1999: US army helps KLA cleanse Kosovo of Gypsies, Serbs Ramsey Clark, Tanjug (Yu), August 1, 1999: War Crimes complaint against NATO leaders (full text) China Daily (Cn), August2, 1999: Russia Rebuffs KLA Accusations Tanjug (Yu), August 2, 1999: KLA respond to Blair's call for peace with renewed terrorist attacks Reuters (US), August 2, 1999: Minister Warns Georgia Conflict Could Spread ITAR-TASS (Ru), August 3, 1999: Russia denies supplying Yugoslavia with S-300 surface to air missiles ITAR-TASS (Ru), August 2, 1999: Serb villagers in Kosovo demand Russians to protect them Borba (Yu), August 3, 1999: Yugoslav Minister blasts action plan for Kosovo Brian Becker, Workers World (US), August 5, 1999: Why putting NATO on trial will make history Don Feder, Jewish World Review (US), August 2, 1999: Serbs suffer under western eyes Human Rights Watch (US), Volume 11, No. 10 (D), August 1999: Abuses against Serbs and Roma in the New Kosovo Ramsey Clark, July 30, 1999: The Indictment Submitted to the Independent Commission of Inquiry to Investigate U.S./NATO War Crimes Against the People of Yugoslavia (full text) Agence France Presse (Fr), August 3, 1999: The falling number of Kosovo war victims: from '100,000' to '10,000' -- now 'thousands' Bill Wayland, Workers World (US), August 5, 1999: Russian workers draw lessons from war on Yugoslavia Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (Sw), TFF PressInfo 74, July 29, 1999: Some Ethical Aspects on NATO's Intervention in Kosovo Part B Mark Heinrich, Reuters (US), August 4, 1999: U.N. police close their eyes on Kosovo-Albania border Jon Basil Utley, WorldNetDaily (US), August 2, 1999: Successful operation or war crime? Borba (Yu), August 3, 1999: European Peace activists meet, discuss NATO war crimes Janet McBride, Reuters (US), August 4, 1999: U.N. prosecutor warns KLA against revenge attacks Associated Press (US), August 3, 1999: Rash of reported new Serb deaths stir tensions in Kosovo Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press (US), August 4, 1999: US envoy trying 'to unite' Serb Opposition in closed meetings in Montenegro Tom Cohen, Associated Press (US), August 3, 1999: KLA Said to be Behind Serb Killings Reuters (US), August 2, 1999: Sinn Fein outraged as UK sends RUC men to Kosovo Peter Finn, Washington Post (US), August 4, 1999: NATO Losing Kosovo Battle -- As Serbs Continue to Flee, Vision for Multi-Ethnic Society Fades Reed Irvine and Cliff Kincaid, Accuracy In Media (US), August 3, 1999: Playing The Numbers Game In Kosovo Borba (Yu), August 5, 1999: NATO manipulates truth Arthur Perlo, Peoples Weekly World (US), August 5, 1999: Imperialism's racist 'burden' is to be world enforcer Maja Zuvela, Reuters (US), August 5, 1999: Foreign firms seek Bosnia privatisation vouchers Scott Glover, Sydney Morning Herald, August 6, 1999: NATO Investigator spotlights chilling tales of revenge Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (Sw), TFF PressInfo 75, July 30, 1999: NATO's Psychological Projection Reuters (US), August 5, 1999: Killers of 14 Serbs wore British uniforms -- Minister Borba (Yu), August 6, 1999: Kosovo's Gypsy refugees in Macedonia seek help Mark Heinrich, Reuters (US), August 7, 1999: Russian wounded in attacks on Kosovo peacekeepers Joe Lauria, Boston Globe (US), August 6, 1999: UN team finds contamination at sites of NATO bomb attacks Edita Bucinca, Reuters (US), August 7, 1999: Albanians Rally Against Russian Troops In Kosovo John L. Perry, Not For Publication (US), August 5, 1999: Castles in the Kosovo Quicksand Editorial, The Times (UK), August 8 1999: Kosovo's flames rekindle Deirdre Griswold, Workers World (US), August 12, 1999: War Crimes Hearing Opens: 'We accuse U.S./NATO' Gary Wilson, Workers World (US), August 12, 1999: 'We accuse U.S./NATO': The war crimes charges The Communist (US), Issue 2 (Fall 1999): Kosovo War Was Over Oil Reuters (US), August 8, 1999: Over 10 wounded in grenade attacks on Kosovo Serbs Tanjug (Yu), August 8, 1999: Western manipulation and national minorities Sydney Morning Herald, August 9, 1999: Revenge attacks target Serb 'grannies' Tanjug (Yu), August 8, 1999: KFOR demands passports from Yugoslav journalists Mike Diboll, The Times (UK), August 6 1999: The Duce of Downing Street -- Where Mussolini led, Blair follows Tom Cohen, Associated Press (US), August 8, 1999: KLA Makes Push for Power in Kosovo William Hall, Financial Times (UK), August 9, 1999: Carla del Ponte banks for war crimes job Borba (Yu), August 9, 1999: The resurrection of Rambouillet or how to whitewash criminals Mark Heinrich, Reuters (US), August 10, 1999: NATO arrests 59 in struggle against Kosovo crime Reuters (US), August 10, 1999: French soldier seriously hurt in Kosovo riot BBC (UK), August 9, 1999: Russian MP looks for Nato crimes Agence France Presse (Fr), August 10, 1999: Russian Official - West Must Pay Belgrade For NATO Bombing Damage Professor Robert Skidelsky, June 14, 1999: Lecture at the Royal Institute of Civil Engineers, London Gilles d'Aymery, Swans (US), August 8, 1999: Do we own the world, by any chance? Tony Karon, Time (US), August 6, 1999: Why the KLA is Shooting at the Peacemakers Tanjug (Yu), August 10, 1999: NATO ethics put on trial in Buenos Aires Editorial, Miami Herald (US), August 9, 1999: NATO must stop the carnage against Serbs or lose its credibility Senator Dick Lugar (US), Member, Senate Foreign Relations and Intelligence Committees, Washington Post (US), August 10, 1999: The US should finance 'student groups' and 'trade unions' to help bring 'democracy' to Yugoslavia Borba (Yu), August 10, 1999: Yugoslav Foreign Minister: KFOR's tolerance of KLA is unacceptable Tanjug (Yu), August 10, 1999: Serbian Journalists condemn KFOR for demanding passports from journalists Agence France-Presse (Fr), August 11, 1999: Blasts rock Kosovo, peacekeepers make 78 arrests Julia Gorin, Jewish World Review (US), August 9, 1999: Chickens bombing ... chickens? Mike Corder, Associated Press (US), July 26, 1999: Croatian president's 'obsession' led to massacre, prosecutor says John Hall, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (US), August 8, 1999: Ethnic cleansing II Mark Heinrich, Reuters (US), 12 August 1999: US general sees organised intimidation in Kosovo Tanjug (Yu), August 11, 1999: Jasari -- Kosovo Albanians fleeing from KLA terror Borba (Yu), August 11, 1999: SPS -- NATO couldn't enslave Yugoslavia with bombs, now they try puppets Agence France-Presse (Fr), August 11, 1999: UNHCR says "thugs" have chased Serbs out of Pristina Scott Glover, Los Angeles Times (US), August 11, 1999: In Kosovo, a Destroyed Serb Village Leaves Many Clues but No Answers BBC (UK), August 11, 1999: Serbs fleeing violence in Kosovo ITAR-TASS (Ru), August 12, 1999: US and NATO build TV wall around Yugoslavia Mark Heinrich, Reuters (US), August 12, 1999: Kosovo Albanians jeer, demand exit of Russians Borba (Yu), August 12, 1999: US attempts to establish puppet government in Yugoslavia fail dismally Tanjug (Yu), August 12, 1999: Ryzhkov -- U.N. bodies not applying resolution on Kosovo John Laughland, The Sunday Times (UK), August 10, 1999: The New World Order threatens the structure of national law and sovereignty Agence France-Presse (Fr), August 12, 1999: British soldiers, ethnic Albanians clash in Kosovo village Simon Mann, Sydney Morning Herald, August 14, 1999: Chaos in Kosovo -- more a cauldron than a melting pot Reuters (US), August 13, 1999: Clark Sees 'No Evidence' KLA Behind Attacks On Serbs Reuters (US), August 14, 1999: KLA to establish defence force, Thaqi says Herbert Foerstel, Paper delivered to the First Hearing of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to Investigate U.S./NATO War Crimes Against the People of Yugoslavia, July 31, 1999, New York City: The Balkan Wars -- A Media-Driven Disaster Reuters (US), August 11, 1999: Serb TV blasts U.S. for media terrorism William Pomeroy, Peoples Weekly World (US), August 12, 1999: Discordant echoes of NATO's 'humanitarian war' Borba (Yu), August 13, 1999: Russia urges return of Yugoslav army, police force to Kosovo ITAR-TASS (Ru), August 13, 1999: Russia urges KLA disarmament, Yugoslav police in Kosovo ITAR-TASS (Ru), August 13, 1999: Yugoslav prosecutors bring charges against Western leaders Reuters (US), August 14, 1999: Italian Foreign Minister -- Serbs now face 'brutal, repugnant' repression Aferdita Muja, Reuters (US), August 15, 1999: Serbs protest over plight in divided Kosovo city Agence France Presse (Fr), August 13, 1999: UNHCR "cannot support" Serbs and Gypsies return to Kosovo Borba (Yu), August 13, 1999: New US state terrorism towards Yugoslavia Pat Chin, Workers World (US), August 13, 1999: U.S./NATO continue siege against Yugoslavia Michel Chossudovsky, Professor of Economics, University of Ottawa, June 3, 1999: NATO's War of Aggression Against Yugoslavia -- An Overview CNN (US), August 15, 1999: Gunmen in Kosovo take aim at NATO peacekeepers Borba (Yu), August 15, 1999: KLA cleanse Prizren of Serbs, Gorany and Kosovo Albanians: KFOR looks on Michel Chossudovsky, Paper presented to the Independent Commission of Inquiry to Investigate U.S./NATO War Crimes Against The People of Yugoslavia, New York, July 31, 1999: NATO has installed a reign of terror in Kosovo Reuters (US), August 16, 1999: German soldier in Kosovo shot but saved by armour Borba (Yu), August 15, 1999: Yugoslav radio, TV jammed Susan Ruttan, The Edmonton Journal (Ca), August 14, 1999: The elusive quest for universal values Associated Press (US), August 13, 1999: Yugoslav envoy urges NATO to use Yugoslav troops to prevent exodus The Independent (UK), August 17, 1999: In the bars of Kosovo, the KLA is holding the great weapons bazaar Steven Erlanger, New York Times (US), August 16, 1999: NATO Peacekeepers Plan a System of Controls for the News Media in Kosovo The Independent (UK), August 17, 1999: KLA weapons on sale in Britain Jack Kelley, USA Today (US), August 3, 1999: KLA leads a systematic ethnic cleansing campaign in Kosovo Tanjug (Yu), August 15, 1999: Sokol Cuse -- KLA more popular with Albanians than Kosovo Albanians Michael Evans, The Times (UK), August 16 ,1999: Nato bombs still killing in Kosovo Tanjug (Yu), August 16, 1999: KFOR dstroys Yugoslav TV transmitter in Kosovo Borba (Yu), August 17, 1999: Albanians provoke new incident on Macedonian Border Senator Bob Dole (US), USA Today (US), August 17, 1999: An open letter to KLA leaders Tanjug (Yu), August 17, 1999: Albanian gangs drive Romanies from South Kosovo The Irish Times, August 13, 1999: Cleansing Kosovo's Serbs Tanjug (Yu), August 17, 1999: Yugoslav journalists condemn NATO radio, TV jamming Morning Star (UK), August 17, 1999: Fourth Reich Jan Vermeylen, Reuters (US), August 18, 1999: Two Serb teenagers killed in Kosovo mortar attack James Pringle, The Times (UK), August 17 1999: Army hunts killers of Serb woman Borba (Yu), August 18, 1999: Macedonian Defense Minister -- 'those who open fire on border guards' will be killed White House Press Office (US), Press Release, August 17, 1999: Authorization of increased funding for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal of the Former Yugoslavia Mary Mostert, Original Sources (US), August 17, 1999: Clinton's Frantic, Unreported Effort to Head Off Indictment in the International Scott Glover, Los Angeles Times (US), August 15, 1999: Anti-Serb Crime Patterns Point to 'Ethnic Cleansing' Associated Press (US), August 18, 1999: Russia assails West as Kosovo Serbs bury ethnic violence victims David Bacon, The Guild Reporter (US), July 23, 1999: U.S. journalists failed in Yugoslavia Borba (Yu), August 19, 1999: Yugoslav government protest to UN on Kosovo (Full text) Eve-Ann Prentice, The Times (UK), August 19, 1999: Milosevic -- Election offer to 'Opposition' Financial Times (UK), August 19, 1999: US Congress offering '$100m' to the 'Serbian opposition' Tanjug (Yu), August 18, 1999: Albanians drive out Gypsies from Macedonian villages ITAR-TASS (Ru), August 19, 1999: KFOR not coping with Kosovo terror -- Russia UN envoy Associated Press (US), August 19, 1999: U.N. Appeals to Kosovo's Albanians to Stop Violence Borba (Yu), August 20, 1999: Yugoslav Ambassador protests to UN over NATO's TV, radio jamming ITAR-TASS (Ru), August 20, 1999: KLA withholds arms -- Russian ambassador Branimir Pipal, Reuters (US), August 21, 1999: Serb opposition maverick cuts contacts with rivals Victor Perlo, Peoples Weekly World, August 20, 1999: The Clinton doctrine -- US military as world cop William Pomeroy, Peoples Weekly World, August 20, 1999: What kind of stability for the Balkans? Thomas W. Hazlett, Reason (US), August/September 1999: Bill's Excellent Adventure -- Clinton's ultra-violent video game Slobodan Milosevich, June 28, 1989: Speech at the central celebration marking the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo Scott Glover, Los Angeles Times (US), August 21, 1999: War's over, but land mines, other exploded ordnance have accounted for more than 120 incidents of injury or death since June Agence France Presse (Fr), August 21, 1999: Serbia's opposition leaders far from accord New Worker (UK), August 20, 1999: Refuge from war South China Morning Post (Cn), August 18, 1999: Killing goes on Agence France Presse (Fr), August 21, 1999: Russia Fumes At US Over Disarmament And KFOR Michel Chossudovsky, Professor of Economics, University of Ottawa, April 1999: The impact of NATO's 'humanitarian' bombing: the balance sheet of destruction in Yugoslavia Kurt Schork, Reuters (US), August 22, 1999: Pristina street faces cleaning, Kosovo-style Philip Smucker, The Telegraph (UK), August 15, 1999: Gypsies besieged in Kosovo camps Tanjug (Yu), August 22, 1999: KLA refuse to disarm Jerry Zeifman, Washington Weekly (US), August 23, 1999: An Agenda for Justice in Yugoslavia -- War Crimes Indictment of President Clinton has Yet to Be Considered Fred Goldstein, Workers World (US), August 26, 1999: $1.9 trillion military budget threatens world's workers -- Clinton, Pentagon promote war tensions in Asia Leo Dreapir, Campaign against Euro-Federalism (UK), March, 1999: Background to Kosovo -- Serbia crisis -- Global War Policy? The Independent (UK), August 24, 1999: Kosovo's Gypsies bear brunt of Albanian hatred ITAR-TASS (Ru), August 23, 1999: Albanians bar Russian peacekeepers from Orahovac Tanjug (Yu), August 23, 1999: Yugoslavia protests to France over smashing of radio, TV relay station Borba (Yu), August 24, 1999: Yugoslav Ministers meet German Greens Derek Brown, The Guardian (UK), August 24, 1999: The new lord of Nato -- Blair's bag-carrier gets his reward, while Kosovo lies in chaos Jared Israel, Nancy Gust, The Emperors New Clothes (US), August 1999: Interview with Cedda Prlincevic, Chief Archivist of Kosovo and leader of Pristina's Jewish Community Macedonian Information Centre, August 24, 1999: Two Albanians killed while illegally crossing into Macedonia Agence France Presse (Fr), August 24, 1999: Serbian opposition leaders meet new US envoy for Balkans John Pilger, The Guardian (UK), August 24, 1999: Making the news Borba (Yu), August 24, 1999: Last Serb cleansed from Pristina suburb Kurt Schork, Reuters (UK), August 25, 1999: Western diplomats reject Kosovo division Borba (Yu), August 25, 1999: 650 year old churches vandalised, burnt and destroyed in Kosovo Borba (Yu), August 25, 1999: Kosovo Albanians protest KLA/Albanian terrorism Guy Dinmore, Financial Times (UK), August 25, 1999: Serbian protest chiefs meet US envoys Christopher Layne, Boston Globe (US), August 25, 1999: Fatal US errors in Kosovo are fueling a new war Borba (Yu), August 25, 1999: Bodies of thirteen kidnapped Serbs found in mass grave Michael Binyon, The Times (UK), August 25 1999: Moscow and China cement anti-Nato pact Agence France Presse (Fr), August 25, 1999: War crimes tribunal reports Croatia to Security Council for "non-cooperation" Borba (Yu), August 26, 1999: Over 100,000 Albanian nationals are in Kosovo illegally Greg Elich Interviewed by Jared Israel, Emperors New Clothes (US), August, 1999: Bombed because we refuse to be slaves Borba (Yu), August 26, 1999: Patriotic Alliance of Serbia -- KFOR is protecting terrorist gangs Reuters (US), August 27, 1999: Top officer says NATO to increase Kosovo force Press Association (UK), August 26, 1999: Nato Bombing 'Caused Ethnic Cleansing' Says Carrington Carlotta Gall, New York Times (US), August 26, 1999: NATO/KLA ethnic cleansing is almost a fait accompli -- U.N. 'may be forced to abandon idea of multiethnic Kosovo' Borba (Yu), August 26, 1999: Women use pitchforks to defend homes from Albanians, KFOR Michael C. Ruppert, 1998: Kosovo Liberation Army and Albanian Sponsors Have Well Documented Roots in The Heroin Trade Tanjug (Yu), August 26, 1999: Yugoslavia requests emergency session of UN Security Council Borba (Yu), August 27, 1999: US builds 'biggest US base in the Balkans' Reuters (US), August 27, 1999: Russia calls for swift KLA demilitarisation Tanjug (Yu), August 27, 1999: 50 bodies found in new mass grave Zhang Dezhen, Renmin Ribao (Cn), August 24, 1999: Differentiation and Analysis of 'Clean War' Australian Broadcasting Commission, August 28, 1999: Russian peacekeepers to hit back at armed attacks The Independent (UK), August 27, 1999: Human traffickers held for 100 deaths LTC John E. Sray, U.S. Army, Foreign Military Studies Office (US), Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, October 1995: Selling the Bosnian Myth to America: Buyer Beware! David Buchan, Guy Dinmore, Financial Times (UK), August 28, 1999: Kosovo -- Security offer may erode integration Tanjug (Yu), August 28, 1999: Family of kidnapped Serb on hunger strike Timothy L. Thomas, Military Review (US), May-June 1997: The Age of the New Persuaders Agence France Presse (Fr), August 27, 1999: Bildt -- Economic liberalisation the 'answer' to corruption in the Balkans UPI (US), August 26, 1999: U.S. soldiers accused of cover-up Reuters (US), August 29, 1999: Croatia mulls extradition to avoid sanctions United Press International (US), August 29, 1999: Serbian church calls KFOR a failure Raymond K. Kent , Dialogue (Fr), vol. 5, no. 20, December 1996: Contextualizing Hate -- The Hague Tribunal, the Clinton Administration and the Serbs Andrew Gray, Reuters (US), August 28, 1999: Kosovo leader urges military action to free prisoners Reuters (US), August 29, 1999: Serb 'opposition' demand KFOR protection for Kosovo Serbs Emil and Rose Shaw, Peoples Weekly World (US), August 27, 1999: Peace Action '99- a new turn John Simpson, The Telegraph (UK), No. 1556. August 29, 1999: Kosovo -- a history lesson not learnt Editorial, Workers World (US), September 2, 1999: Dollars rally in Yugoslavia Borba (Yu), August 30, 1999: Yugoslav General -- Yugoslavia will never be reconciled to losing Kosovo Regional Environment Center for Central and Eastern Europe, June 1999: Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Military Activities During the Yugoslavia Conflict Tanjug (Yu), August 30, 1999: Consortium formed to reconstruct Serb radio-TV networks
