Word: trajkovski
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...model democratic citizen among the reprobate states and provinces of the former Yugoslavia. It was commended for its support of NATO during the Kosovo conflict, and had looked likely to be the first of the former Yugoslavian territories to make it into the European Union. When President Boris Trajkovski visited the White House in March this year, he and President Bush prayed together. And NATO's initial response to the Albanian insurgency was to dismiss the NLA as "murderers in the hills" (to quote the organization's secretary general, Lord Robertson) and vow to support the government while pressing...
...moot point. Right now, the rebels are advancing on a number of fronts, looking to cement territorial gains. Government forces are launching fierce artillery assaults in their general direction, inevitably inflicting civilian casualties that will radicalize the wider ethnic-Albanian population. And back in Skopje, President Trajkovski faces mounting pressure from Macedonian nationalists baying for a military solution. The odds against the center holding are growing longer...
...Macedonian mob that drove President Boris Trajkovski from the parliament building late Monday was enraged that NATO and the European Union had forced him to adopt a new cease-fire with a rebel movement that NATO's own leaders had dubbed "terrorists," "extremists" and "murderers" only a few weeks ago. But the mob wasn't simply calling for a more robust counterinsurgency effort against the ethnic-Albanian guerrillas that had menaced the capital for weeks; they were baying for blood and vowing to drive all ethnic Albanians out of the city. If that hatred translates into random attacks on ethnic...
...promising solution, proposed by President Boris Trajkovski, is based on an effort that seemed to work last month in neighboring Serbia. The President offered an amnesty to all rebels who laid down their arms, except top commanders, those who organized the rebellion and those who could be proved to have committed war crimes. Ethnic Albanian leader Arben Xhaferi called the proposal "interesting" but said "we should discuss it with those who are waging the war." Unfortunately for Macedonia, the same men who started the war must now be relied...
...rebels have said they intend to stay in their positions in the hills, which the government has said is unacceptable. Trajkovski remains cautious because an offensive is a high-risk strategy. The situation could quickly deteriorate either if his own forces suffer losses, or if there are civilian casualties. So he postponed taking action, hoping that he won't have to. But with no sign of retreat by the rebels - there were even reports of skirmishes last night - Trajkovski faces a serious dilemma. Risky or not, he will have to do something in the next several days...