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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...
...momentum, pretty soon we'll be seeing those columns of refugees on the roads that have become so familiar as a 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...
...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...
...ethnic cleansing campaign against Kosovo's remaining Serbs and other minorities as NATO for the most part stood passively by. Still, most of NATO remained strongly opposed to the nationalist demand for independence for Kosovo, on the grounds that this would destabilize the region by provoking new Albanian-Slav wars in Macedonia and other parts of the region...
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC Ding dong the ethnic cleanser's gone. Slav brothers wary of asylum. You're no Idi Amin...