Wednesday, September 2, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 7
Serbs angered by killings
Act boosts support for crackdown against Albanian rebels in Kosovo
The Associated Press
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — Allegations that Albanian guerrillas in Kosovo killed and incinerated the bodies of 22 Serbian civilians have prompted calls for even tougher action against the rebels and rallied Serbs behind President Slobodan Milosevic.
The allegations, reported extensively by Serbian media, have further deepened enmities and likely diminished prospects for a compromise between the government and the rebels.
More than ever since Serbian security forces launched a crackdown against the secessionist Albanian guerrillas in February, Milosevic's government is intent on crushing the rebellion.
romislav Nikolic, a Serbian vice president, said Sunday that security forces would clear
Kosovo of any armed bandit who was ready to shoot at citizens and violate public law and order.
Milosevic, who rose to power by pledging to defend the rights of the Serbian minority in Kosovo, now appears to enjoy even greater public support for cracking down on the Kosovo Liberation Army.
Serbian police said Saturday they had discovered a crematory in the southern village of Klecka, where ethnic Albanians reportedly had burned the bodies of at least 22 Serbs.
The allegations were the latest in a series of claims of atrocities by both sides since ethnic Albanians began fighting for an independent Kosovo six months ago.
The Kosovo Liberation Army has denied responsibility for the killings.
While not independently confirmed, the slayings and the subsequent media campaign have united most Serbian political parties and public figures in condemning the Albanians' fight for independence.
They also have generated fresh support for Milosevic's determination to crush the resistance once and for all in volatile Kosovo, where Albanians outnumber Serbs 9-to-1.
Serbs consider Kosovo the cradle of their culture and particularly are sensitive about the province's future.
The government, which has long accused the West of anti-Serb bias in the conflict, now is seeking Western support in what it calls a fight against terrorism.
"Serbia is facing a tough battle. We must move into action," said Milovan Bojic, a Serbian vice president, suggesting an all-out drive to break the rebel resistance.
Bojic demanded that the United States should politically, militarily and morally support Serbia's offensive against the militants.
Missile threat worries Japan
Tension mounts with military action
The Associated Press
TOKYO — Tokyo issued a formal protest yesterday against North Korea for firing a missile over Japan and sent military ships to the spot in the Pacific Ocean where it was believed to have landed.
The missile launch Monday renewed worries about security in Asia and raised serious questions about the adequacy of Japan's missile detection and anti-missile systems.
Government representative Sadaaki Numata said yesterday that Japan did not know about the missile launch until it was informed by the U.S. military. He added that Japan had no independent monitoring system to warn of the launching.
Numata also said Japan had frozen the $1 billion it had committed to a project with the United States, South Korea and Europe to supply North Korea with two nuclear energy reactors. And sending food aid to the exclusive communist state was now more difficult, he said.
"Japan's people are extremely anxious, and I am deeply worried." Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi was quoted by Kyodo News agency as saying.
"Our relations with North Korea are going to be more severe than they have ever been," said Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura after attending a special Cabinet meeting, where the missile topped the agenda.
Komura said the missile could help speed up Japan's long-
planned joint development of a missile defense system with the United States. Japan, which greatly relies on the United States for its defense, has no missile defense system.
The United States is demanding a regular inspection of a construction site in North Korea to prevent it from being used to develop nuclear weapons, a South Korean government source said.
North Korea remained mute on the missile in its official news being monitored by the Radiopress agency in Tokyo.
Defense tends to be a sensitive topic for many Japanese, who have bitter memories of extreme militarism during World War II. The pacifist movement is a powerful lobby group in Japan, and the slightest sign of heightened military might draws nervous protest from Asian neighbors.
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