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To: BillCh who wrote (3409)	4/11/1999 10:26:00 PM
From: Stormweaver	Respond to of 17770

I agree Bill. It's obvious that not all diplomatic solutions were explored prior to deciding to blow up Yugoslavia. This month of bombing has only destroyed lives, billions in property, created a terrible refugee situation, inflamed the Russians (possibly igniting the cold war), depleted U.S. munitions to dangerous levels, cost a fortune. This will be nothing but a complete debacle when we look back on this situation.

To: BillCh who wrote (3409)	4/12/1999 12:59:00 AM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 17770

Albright may allow Serb areas, Serb troops in Kosovo Gee, that's sweet of her. Do you suppose she might allow some Californian areas and troops in New York while she's at it?

To: BillCh who wrote (3409)	4/12/1999 8:30:00 AM
From: BillCh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Greek threats spark exodus FROM JAMES PETTIFER IN KAKAVIA The Times HIGH up here in the Buret mountains on the Greek-Albanian border, hundreds of Albanian workers are fleeing Greece with their families after death threats from Orthodox extremists sympathetic to the Serbs. Usually people leave Albania for Greece but the war has brought a queue of cars miles long stretching down the hillside. Many come from northern Greek towns with strong nationalist and Orthodox traditions. Miranda and Ilir Gjika's Fiat is loaded with all their belongings after three years' work in the town of Arta. "We had our flat windows broken. Then our boy here was hit in the street. Last week they painted 'Orthodoxy or Death' and a Cross on the flat door," they said. The Greek nationalist Right has a strong clerical flavour, from the lunatic fringe that wants to take 666 off the telephone directory because it is the Devil's number to young skinheads who have adapted Orthodox vocabulary, however much the church rejects them. Further along the line of cars was Arben, an engineer who had been studying in Salonika. With the city's large Serb population, he felt a target. "They threw me out of the university dormitory." For Greeks, Albanian crime is a big problem. Popular feeling over the war is overwhelmingly pro-Serb, and a football match last week between Partizan of Belgrade and a Greek team turned into a wild anti-Nato demonstration. Continued bombing over the Orthodox Easter has brought popular feeling to a head.