Most Kosovo Serbs living in Kosovo today are preoccupied with their own fears, losses and fury, and cannot understand Albanian suffering. As the societies separate further, misery on both sides only grows.
Signalling a clear commitment to the future integrity of Bosnia, the international community has punished Republika Srpska over its obstruction of the Dayton implementation
Protests and riots on the streets of Skopje; Serb demonstrators attack American Embassy; Macedonian Army on higher state of alert; mobilisation of police reserve forces; multinational Nato forces stationed along the northern borders; long queues for stapl
It is not impossible that NATO’s high risk offensive will work, though it may not work in the way NATO seems to expect.
You’d have to be insane not to go crazy in Belgrade today: the hip urban capital is now a ghost-town, with only phantom rallies for Milosevic and incredible war mongering on the airwaves. Above it all, the sirens wail.
The regime is having a very successful war, and in a few days, NATO will face a hard choice: deploy ground troops with considerable risk of casualties, or return to the negotiating table to face a even stronger Milosevic.
The propaganda battle stretches well into the past. Official Serbia boasts of its defiant and heroic history. The only problem is the facts.
Whatever the outcome, the repercussions from the NATO bombing will be huge for Republika Srpska--where pragmatic politicians are trying to keep their options open.
A central pillar of the regime's power had been shaken, and the battle over public information has begun to claim many victims.
