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>Subject: ICG: Reaction in Kosovo to Kostunica's Victory
>Very strong, and pessimistic, analysis from ICG of reactions to, and
>implications for, Kosovo of the power shift in Belgrade.
The release of Filipovic who was imprisoned for giving evidence of atrocities in Kosovo, and the first showing on Serb television of footage about these, are positive signs.
It is not surprising that the resentment would be deep.
Meanwhile thanks to Michael for forwarding a source drawing on thoughtful Kosovan views:-
> Mahmut Bakalli, the former head of the
>Kosovo League of Communists who resigned in 1981 rather than consent to
>the use of Yugoslav troops against Albanian demonstrators and who retains
>considerable back-stage influence among political circles in Kosovo, said
>that only "shallow thinkers" believed it would be better for Kosovo if
>Milosevic stayed on. Serious Albanian political thinkers, according to
>Bakalli, recognised that in the final analysis it would be much easier for
>the world and for Kosovo Albanians to resolve issues of importance to
>Kosovo, with a democratic Serbia than with one ruled by Milosevic.
Chris Burford London