From: covici@ccs.covici.com (John Covici)
Reply-To: covici@ccs.covici.com
Newsgroups: alt.activism
Subject: Stop The Genocide in the Balkans: appeal for Action!
Date: 30 Jul 92 14:43:32 GMT
Organization: Covici Computer Systems

                       APPEAL FOR ACTION

               Stop the Genocide in the Balkans!

      Appeal to the Governments and Parliaments of Europe

All illusions aside, Europe's inability to react appropriately to
the bestial genocide now under way in former Yugoslavia, is the
symptom of a dying civilization. 

This war has already claimed approximately 100,000 dead and
countless more maimed and wounded. The miserable plight of 3
million refugees who have lost everything, cries out to heaven
for some remedy. A catastrophe of hunger and epidemic disease is
now rolling forward, while the capacity of Croatia, itself
ravaged by war, to harbor these people has been absolutely
exhausted; yet it is impossible to simply cold-heartedly turn
these refugees away when they arrive at the border. 

In light of this nightmare tragedy, the question is not whether
the German destroyer {Bavaria} should participate in a United
Nations military deployment into the region, nor whether in
general, the Bundeswehr ought to be deployed in handling crises
outside of NATO's area. Rather, the first and foremost task is to
analyze the underlying cause of this war, so that on this basis,
a commensurate policy can be formulated. But that is precsely
what has {not} occurred up to now. 

Contrary to the often deliberately misleading reports coming from
certain news media, this conflict is not one of civil war between
two sides who equally share the blame; rather, the burden of
guilt lies on one side only, namely that of the unprovoked
Serbian aggression against Croatia and Bosnia. 

The Serbs under Milosevics's leadership would never have dared to
commit the war crimes they have committed--crimes unparalleled in
their gruesomeness--had they not been absolutely assured of
support by representatives of the collapsed Yalta order of Baker
and Yazov, Eagleburger and Carrington. 

It was Baker who gave the Serbs the green light for their war of
conquest to carve out a "Greater Serbia," when just after Croatia
and Slovenia had declared independence, Baker stated, "The United
States insists on the territorial integrity of Yugoslavia." The
U.S. delay in formal recognition of Slovenia and Croatia--a delay
in violation of international law--was deliberately aimed at
preventing the new nations from adequately arming themselves and
preparing to defend themselves. 

And regardless of the "doublespeak" coming out of the mouths of
Lord Carrington and Dutch Foreign Minister van den Broeck, each
step, each new "peace conference," each new manipulation in the
European Community, and certainly each new "ceasefire" worked to
the advantage of the Serbian fascists in their preparations for
new attacks, thereby raising the likelihood that a puppet of the
British Royal House could be installed to preside over a Greater
Serbia. 

And what has been the sole outcome so far of the United Nations
troop deployment? Nothing other than a significant military
strengthening of the Serbian Army, along with brutal bombardments
of many cities and further suffering among the people of Bosnia
and Croatia. 

In fact, the U.N.-imposed embargo has only hurt the population of
those states victimized by this aggression, while the Serbs
continue to receive supplies of arms and everything else via
Romania and Greece, without disruption. The sea blockade is only
hurting Croatia, while shipping continues into Serbia via the
Danube River, and thousands of trucks roll in from Romania and
Greece. 

It must be stated loudly and clearly, that the geopolitical
interests of those forces which still cling to the collapsed
Yalta order, are well served by a long, drawn-out, festering
crisis in southeast Europe, which can weaken Europe to such a
degree that a unified Germany will be unable to play a leading
economic role in the "eurasian heartland." 

It is precisely this kind of geopolitical folly which led to
World War I, and which, via the Versailles Treaty, ultimately
also led to World War II; and it will just as surely lead to a
great catastrophe this time around. With the explosive situation
in Kosovo and Albania, and the increasing tensions in Macedonia,
whose recognition by its rightful name is still being
scandalously delayed by the European Community, the fuse for a
Balkan-wide war is already burning. 

On top of this, we have the military conflicts in Moldova, the
Transcaucasus, and in Ossetia. But dark clouds are gathering in
other regions as well, such as in Galicia and the Baltic.
"Experts" are already cynically mooting the inevitability of a
new 30 Years War in Eurasia. Is it any surprise that many people
are beginning to fear that all this could result in a new world
war? 

The mood in Croatia and Bosnia is one of absolute despair.
Despite new war crimes being committed by the Serbs with each
passing day, there is no change in Europe's attitude. Everyone
here understands that when the new President Panic (whose house
in Colorado was used for filming the soap opera Dynasty, and
whose firm has Mr. Eagleburger on its board of directors),
announced that he needed 100 days in order to end the war, it was
but another new Serbian trick. Croatia will be unable to hold out
for another three months under these attacks and this new wave of
refugees. 

History has many examples of civilizations which collapsed
because their elites had become too enervated and corrupt to
react against the dangers confronting them. If we in Europe
continue in our present mode of tolerating the genocide going on
in the Balkans, then it is not at all certain that European
civilization will survive, either. 

We, the undersigned, therefore call upon Europe's governments and
parliaments to immediately make possible the following measures: 

* Unequivocal condemnation of the role of representatives of the
collapsed Yalta order in promoting the spread of war. 

* Effective neutralization of the Serbian Air Force. 

* Effective buildup the defense capability of Croatia, and of the
Croats and Muslims in Bosnia. 

* Recognition of the Republic of Macedonia by its legal name. 

* Extension of the embargo to Greece, Romania, and all others who
are evading the embargo against Serbia. 

* Banning of ship transport on the Danube into Serbia. 

* Opening of the borders for refugees, whose suffering must be
blamed in part on Europe's failure to act. 

* Immediate implementation of an economic reconstruction program
for the entire Balkans region, as part of the eurasian
infrastructure program proposed by Lyndon LaRouche, as the basis
of a peace plan. 

July 1992 

I join in issuing this appeal, and hereby agree to have my name
appear along with this text as a newspaper advertisement. 


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Anyone wishing to sign this appeal should contact me and I will 
arrange for some one to get in touch with you.


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         John Covici
          covici@ccs.covici.com

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