Serbs are not immigrants
I refer to Mr. Richards' Ethnic cleansing is a crime letter of April 24, 1999. Yes, Mr. Richards, ethnic cleansing is a crime. Only Serbs in Kosovo and Metohiya had been subject of ethnic cleansing from their homeland Kosovo and Metohiya since the 15th century and specially after 1970. It seems that you misunderstand, but Kosovo and Metohiya are integral parts of Serbia since its beginning -- eighth or seventh century. Albanians in that territory are immigrants (even not settlers). Most Albanians who started demonstrations are terrorists and are recent illegal (mostly after 1974) immigrants.
Yes, we understand that we have the right to fight (like U.K. against IRA, or Bask terrorists, or...) against the KLA as a terrorist formation. Yugoslavia did not fight against any political party established in Kosovo and Metohiya, by Albanians. That's why we can find a peaceful solution with Mr. Rugova and his party.
Since ethnic cleansing, we agree, is a crime, what is your concern about total ethnical cleansing of almost half a million Serbs from Croatia? No one had returned to his home and to their land. Don't forget Serbs in those territories had not been immigrants -- they had been there for many centuries (they are, as Indonesian say pribumi, indigenous). What about U.S. direct involvement in military offensive which resulted in total cleansing (Croatia is today almost completely "clean"). But, even though you are right, where is legal base for savage and horrible aggression.
Do you know that there is no evidence, no proof of any of stereotype accusations for killing Albanians, massacres, atrocities? Please, recall when Albanian refugees started fleeing from Yugoslavia? Do you know that over 2,000 civilians (lots of them children) had been already killed? Do you know the amount of destruction of civil objects, homes, factories and infrastructure? Do you know how many people working in TV stations had been killed? And what kind of bomb was used? Do you know that in the same attack two churches (both of historical and cultural value on top of religious) had been damaged?
But you had to know that all people in Yugoslavia are united as never before to defend themselves, to sustain and prove that all those "accusations" are nothing but unfounded lies.
SRBOLJUB SAVIC
Jakarta