Word: yugoslavia
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...with deepening concern that I have viewed the power struggle in Yugoslavia and the reaction of the Western powers to the new President. In a democratic process, the people of Serbia voted against the economic failures and corruption of the Milosovic era but voted for a candidate of equal nationalist fervor and hence retained the ideas we all abhor and condemn. The West, which has for so long rejected Milosovic, now has embraced (rather too quickly) both a man who embodies the darker aspects of Serbian ultranationalism and a nation that still believes in it. Have Western leaders so quickly...
...extremely disappointed in the way the U.S. government views Serbian nationalism. Why is it different from American nationalism? U.S. officials are extremely hypocritical in celebrating Kostunica's victory. They simply want to wash their bloody hands of the war and of NATO bombings in Kosovo and Yugoslavia that caused human casualties and severe destruction of Serbian infrastructure. U.S. officials can claim they acted because of Milosevic's aggression. But deep down, all Serbs know the U.S. government could not care less about their well-being and struggle for democracy. ANA MIRKOVIC Vancouver...
...Nobody expected the transition from war to peace in Yugoslavia to be as dignified as it was [WORLD, Oct. 16]. Thousands of young Serbs in the streets of Belgrade accomplished what thousands of nato bombs could not. The power of the people overcame that of Slobodan Milosevic. With this history-making event, the people of Yugoslavia at last showed the world the real face of their nation, and we congratulate them. MIROSLAVA MYRA BIHAC Wilmington...
...trials for war criminals. The International Criminal Court, which was established by treaty in 1998 and can begin work only after 60 countries have accepted its jurisdiction, will try cases only if countries are unwilling or unable to try them locally. This is unlike the existing temporary tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda, which may take cases away from local courts as they see fit. The International Criminal Court respects the idea that war criminals should be tried locally if countries are willing and able to do so; it acts as an incentive for local trials to be held but will...
...over an autonomous (but not independent) Kosovo. That's an issue that may still split NATO, with the U.S. being more inclined than its European allies to consider the possibility of independence for Kosovo. And the Kosovar Albanians have been a little alarmed by the changes in Belgrade, since Yugoslavia's rapprochement with the West may make their own quest for independence more difficult. Still, Sunday's election suggests that both sides are moving toward resolving their differences over a table rather than over the barrel of a Kalashnikov...