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Taken from Support Kosovar People's Right To Self-Determination! by Barry Romo, Joe Miller and Bill Branson:

The bombs have stopped dropping on Serbia and Kosovo, but the tragic consequences of Serbian nationalism, ethnic cleansing and apartheid, have not disappeared. More than 750 thousand Kosovars, almost all Muslim, will be living under plastic sheets this winter, not because of earthquakes or other environmental causes, but because of Serbian aggression. The actual toll in lives, those killed, tortured and raped, will probably never be known. But Patriarch Pavle of the Serbian Orthodox Church has been shocked by the available evidence of these atrocities. He decided to break the silence by declaring many of his countrymen guilty of horrific crimes. It is important to remember that the Serbian church is not an evangelical ministry but a cultural and nationalistic church that has not spoken out against oppression of Muslims before. It must also be remembered that the Serbian apartheid policies against Muslims were far worse than Jim Crow in America or apartheid in South Africa.... Read More

Also In This Issue:

  1. Tin Soldiers and Nixon's Army: Murder At Kent State by Bill Davis
  2. Chicago's Veterans Day: SOA, Torture, Political Prisoners, Veterans' Health Care by Joe Miller
  3. From the National Office by Joe Miller
  4. Notes From the Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
  5. Fort Benning Vigil To Close The SOA by John Poole
  6. CAUTION: Military Service May Be Hazardous To Your Health! by Joe Miller
  7. Rockford Veterans Day Commemoration by Stanley Campbell
  8. Victim of Torture Speaks by Dr. Orlando Tizon
  9. Statement By The Survivors Of Torture To The President Of The United States And To Members Of The National Security Council by Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Committee (TASSC)
  10. Army Apologizes To World War II Vet by Robert Burns
  11. "Rod" Kane Dies At 53; Wrote Book On Vietnam by Bart Barnes
  12. Gar Macarthur 1921-1999 by VVAW
  13. Brainwashing Busts Out At Cecil Field by Mike Woloshin
  14. My View: On Standdowns by John Zutz
  15. Summer Homeless Standdown Report by Alex Bonick and Hank Emerle
  16. An Interview with Bao Ninh: Part One by Marc Levy
  17. My View: On the Draft by John Zutz
  18. A Gift from the State by Horace Coleman
  19. Building A Raft At The Pond by Dave Connolly
  20. Let Nicaragua Live by Louis De Benedette
  21. Open Letter To The U.S. Congress by VVAW Clarence Fitch Chapter - NY/NJ
  22. Clarence Fitch Chapter Statement on Vieques by Dave Cline
  23. Support Kosovar People's Right To Self-Determination! by Barry Romo, Joe Miller and Bill Branson
  24. United States Touts War 12 Million Rally for Peace in Colombia by Alynne Romo
  25. U Of I Doctoral Graduate Made Political Prisoner by Wilfredo Rosario Gonzalez
  26. El Grito De Lares by Dr. José Solís Jordán-González
  27. Thousands Affected By Agent Orange in Dak Lak by VVAW
  28. Memories of Nicaragua, 1986 by Michael Gillen