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...Still, the combination the Macedonian offensive and the return, with NATO approval, of Yugoslav troops into the last section of the "Ground Safety Zone" established in southern Serbia at the end of the Kosovo conflict (where Albanian separatists had been waging a renewed campaign) is going to hurt the cause of the rebels in both Macedonia and southern Serbia...
...future of Kosovo remains a long term problem. Although its legally it still falls under Yugoslav sovereignty, the territory is effectively a protectorate of the international community through the United Nations, and even after it holds elections in the fall, the international community will have the final say. Still, given the changes that have taken place in Serbia, it may be easier after Kosovo's elections to establish some dialogue over the future between Pristina, Belgrade and other interested parties...
...allow one more chance for peaceful solution, and allow the insurgents more time to digest the lessons they should take from what has happened in the Presevo Valley region of southern Serbia, where Albanian separatists were forced by a combination of the NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo and Yugoslav army to leave the area. This was a very clear message that NATO's tolerance of the Albanian insurgents is declining fast. And the Macedonian hopes that once they realize this, the insurgents here will follow the example of their kin in Serbia and back off without much resistance...
...SERBIA Commission Falters A new Yugoslav truth and reconciliation commission got off to a bad start when two of its most prominent members walked out in protest. Vojin Dimitrijevic, a professor of International Law in Belgrade, said the group's mandate was too broad and its powers too limited. It was not given access to archives or the power to call witnesses, he noted, but was expected to examine everything from Serbia's declining birthrate to war crimes...
...international community should fully support the government of Yugoslavia in its determination to try Milosevic for both abuse of political power and war crimes, and the Hague Tribunal should share evidence with the Yugoslav authorities to make the indictment against Milosevic stronger. Using trade sanctions and cutting economic aid in order to force the extradition would make the people of Yugoslavia a hostage of Slobodan Milosevic once again, just as they were during his rule...