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[ digested @ nettime -- mod (tb) ] "Ivo Skoric" <ivo@reporters.net> burning burning Re: burning - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: "Ivo Skoric" <ivo@reporters.net> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 22:20:40 -0500 Subject: burning With explosions in Madrid dominating the world media, violence returned to the Balkans, with ferocity and vengeance that stunned international community, who most likely thought that we have calmed down already. Many say that new Spanish prime minister's decision to withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq is somehow triggered by explosions. He, however, was opposed to sending troops to Iraq from the beginning. It is interesting that he won - opposed to war - particularly AFTER the bombing. Would majority of citizens in the US react the same way? The Economist staffers would probably not. They believed Aznar would win solely on war rethoric. They were completely wrong. Macedonian president - the one who wanted peace, disliked both by Albanian and by Serbian politicians - died in the plane crash on his way to deliver Macedonian application for the EU membership. Bosnian police started the search a day later - until they agreed whose responsibility would it be to do so. Then suddenly the riots in Kosovo errupted, as it is 1990's all over again. Fore years now international community keeps Kosovo citizens in limbo by not deciding on its final status. In that athmossphere of insecurity isolated incidents can create exaggerated reaction. With all the KFOR soldiers available, the orthodox church in Obilic was burned to the ground. In the "eye for an eye" tradition the last remaining two mosques in Serbia were burned to the ground (one in Nis, another in Belgrade). Now it is the Kosovar's turn again. ivo--------------------------------------------------------- Ivo Skoric 19 Baxter Street Rutland VT 05701 802.775.7257 ivo@balkansnet.org balkansnet.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: "Ivo Skoric" <ivo@reporters.net> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:56:29 -0500 Subject: burning from: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/19/international/europe/19KOSO.html?th "By nightfall, dozens of riot police had gathered in the center of the city [Prishtina] to protect the main United Nations buildings from possible attack. The crowds chose not to take them on and moved on to attack the last remaining Serbian Orthodox church in the city. By 11 p.m., two buildings next to church, a priest's house and the offices of a foreign charity were on fire. Police and soldiers attempted to disperse the crowds with tear gas, but their action came too late to save the buildings from destruction." Now that they both burned all the religious objects of the other side on their territories, what's left to do? It is also, spreading to Bosnia: "SERB CHURCH TORCHED IN BOSNIA 2004-03-19 05:02 (New York) Bugojno/Sarajevo (dpa) - A Serb church went up in flames in Bosnia Thursday night, in what appeared to be a response to the burning of two mosques in Serbia earlier in the week. The church in Bugojno, a town with a mixed Moslem and Croat population 60 kilometres west of Sarajevo, was damaged before firefighters managed to put the blaze out, local media reported, quoting police. Following an eruption of ethnic violence in Kosovo Wednesday and subsequent attacks on mosques and embassies in Serbia, Bosnian authorities stepped up security around religious buildings and diplomatic missions. " ivo --------------------------------------------------------- Ivo Skoric 19 Baxter Street Rutland VT 05701 802.775.7257 ivo@balkansnet.org balkansnet.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: "Ivo Skoric" <ivo@reporters.net> Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 23:40:06 -0500 Subject: Re: burning Let's just consider what really happened there. After about five or more years of relative truce, or, rather an internationally policed cease-fire, suddenly, in a less than a week, as a reaction to a, for the region, relatively minor provocation, with an unholly velocity, half a dozen religious objects got burned and demolished in three (3) separately ruled statelets that emerged from what used to be Yugoslavia. The most stunning element in this event is the chain recation, the speed at which it spread through the region. It is as if everywhere in the region there still are people that just don't do any better but to hate the others and to act violently upon their hate. Just waiting for the signal to gather up and do something bad. It is also evidence of procrastination on the side of the international community first to effectively de-militarize the region, and second to address the issues that stood at roots of nationalism, chauvinism, hate, and "ethnic cleansing." International community left too many questions unanswered, failed to collect guns from warring factions, and never initiated reconciliation efforts and/or introduced non-violent conflict resolution methods. While this would explain the probability of such an event happening, it would still be hard to believe that it happened in 3 states in a row spontaneously. ivo - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net