German commentator Boris Kalnoky writes in Die Welt that the nations of the former Yugoslavia will breathe truly free only if and when Slobodan Milosevic's power is broken in Serbia. That would mark the final demise of the 'Land of South Slavs,' the composite country established after World War One. which has already shrunk to half its size following four wars in the last decade. And, apparently, these wonderful friends keep asking him who they should bump off. That, says Markovic, should be enough to make anybody who wanted his resignation think again. If confirmation were needed of the old regime's kleptocratic nature, this must be it.
Socialists block each and every attempt at change.
Only after Serbs go to the polls in December will the democratic forces be able to get on with their work unhindered. Harris is executive director of the American Jewish Committee. From Washington to Ottawa to Paris, pro-Palestinian demonstrators have repeatedly and chillingly crossed the line of civil protest, chanting in Arabic for the slaughter of Jews. They may not be planned by the same source, but the hateful words espoused by religious leaders and the deafening silence of others in the Arab and Muslim communities surely encourage further assaults. When Hitler wrote Mein Kampf in 1925, calling for the extermination of Jews, few took him seriously.