Milosevic has tried in the past to use the military to protect his post, but the previous army chief, Gen. Momcilo Perisic, refused to side with him and tried to distance the military from politics. Perisic, who was ousted last November, sharply criticized Milosevic's government in an interview published Thursday and called for it to be replaced. Some fear that army intervention could spark civil war in Serbia, the dominant republic in the Yugoslav federation. There also has been speculation that Milosevic might trigger such a war to stay in power in the face of mounting popular anger over the moribund economy, international isolation and the crisis in Kosovo. Meanwhile, thousands of leaflets calling for Milosevic's ouster rained down on downtown Belgrade on Friday in the first anti-government action by Serbia's university students since the end of NATO bombing last month.
Resistance is the answer.
This is not a system. This is a disease. The leaflets caused some traffic jams in the area as people stopped to read them. We hope that one day soon this regime indeed will leave. Karaicic said his group plans similar actions in other Serbian towns during the next few days.