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To: DMaA who wrote (40059)	3/25/1999 10:58:00 AM
From: John Lacelle	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

DMA, The Serbs still call their nation "Yugoslavia". I often read in newspapers the term "rump" Yugoslavia...it makes me laugh because I think it is a propaganda move to associate the Serbs with an "ass" or something. The nation of Yugo- slavia was created by Tito (a Croat) who lead the war against the NAZIs with major help from the Russian Army and the Serb rebel army. It was made of 6 Republics which all had a certain amount of autonomy...Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Slovania. The civil wars that occured after the breakup of the East block were probably inevitable. But now it is about to turn into Viet Nam for NATO. Its going to get ugly soon... -John

To: DMaA who wrote (40059)	3/25/1999 11:27:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 67261

Serbia is the principal component of the rump Yugoslavia that is left, the other being Montenegro.It is a populist dictatorship, with limited elections tolerated, but massive government control over the media, and a willingness to abrogate elections if they "go too far". Yugoslavia was one of the relatively prosperous Eastern bloc countries, having broken with the U.S.S.R. in the '60s, and allowed a limited degree of marketization of the economy. Plus, the West has given it various trade benefits since the '60s in an attempt to woo it further from the Communist camp. I don't know about the economic situation in Kosovo specifically...