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From what you're seeing in the Macedonian capital right now, what are the prospects for halting the slide into civil...
Since the early 1990s, Western officials have feared a spillover of violence into Macedonia, the only Yugoslav republic to have won independence without bloodshed--thus far. The republic's 30% Albanian, 60% Macedonian-Slav mix is as volatile as any other in the former Yugoslavia, but a progressive government and Western aid have kept things stable. In recent weeks, however, a couple of hundred former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army attacked Macedonian army and police positions while another group assailed Serbian security forces in the nearby Presevo Valley--each in an apparent attempt to carve out additional territory...
...symbol of Balkan wars. And the worst nightmare could be the spillover of what we're seeing in Tetovo into the capital, Skopje, which has large Albanian and Slav communities. In the cities, these conflicts are the bloodiest, pitching neighbor against neighbor. And throughout Macedonia, the demarcation lines between Macedonian Slavs and Albanians are even more fuzzy than they were in Bosnia...
...Macedonian government has allowed its army to join the police in fighting the rebels, and is considering a general mobilization and state of emergency. But what are Macedonia's options for dealing with this crisis...
...unlikely that the Macedonian government would be able to meet rebel demands, which are essentially for a partition of the country. Because the Macedonian Slav part would not be politically or economically viable, and it would be suicide for any government in Skopje to accept such a deal. So the situation is very dangerous. The disintegration of Macedonia, with tragic human consequences, is a very real possibility now, particularly if the international community fails to intervene...