"The Republic of Serbia and all its people are shocked by the horrible massacre perpetrated today by the criminal NATO airforce against innocent civilians. With indignation for the perpetrators and sorrow for the dozens of innocent victims, I point to the fact that the only fault of the ethnic Albanian victims was that they had been citizens of our common homeland. These unprecedented crimes in contemporary world history are committed by those who publicly advocate respect of all human rights and freedoms, and who make special efforts, as they claim, to protect the ethnic Albanian community.

"The way they are caring for their alleged protégées is so ruthless and brutal that it has caused indignation and disbelief among all people in Serbia and elsewhere in the world. The men who gave orders to perpetrate this most horrible massacre of innocent civilians at the end of the 20th century in Serbia's Kosovo and Metohija province will be held responsible for their acts before the entire humanity."

"Serbia's fight for freedom, for life and for equal rights of all citizens, regardless of their ethnicity or religion, is getting its true sense of purpose following the horrible crime committed by NATO airforce. Our country and all its people are courageously confronting those who think they can put the world in order by perpetrating most horrible crimes in cold blood. Despite all their terrible attacks and crimes, we shall ensure coexistence and equality of all citizens of Kosovo and Metohija and Serbia".

If we peel away the hyperbole in Milosevic's statement, there is a kernel of obvious truth that he is addressing, but which Clinton is studiously ignoring: How would you feel about your friends in Washington if YOU were an Albanian being bombed by Airplanes with American pilots and markings? As I have said before, this is a communications-e-mail war waged not only by bombs and planes, but largely for the hearts and minds of the World's public via the written and spoken word. While the administration provides reports on supposed military targets hit, the Yugoslavs concentrate on the people who were hit or affected by the bombs. In the following Yugoslav report, note the number of times the victims of bombing attacks were identified as "Albanians."

"In the brutal strikes by the aggressors' planes launched yesterday on the Djakovica-Prizren road against a group of ethnic Albanians returning to their homes, at least 64 people died and more than 20 were seriously injured. Having been given assurances by the State authorities that they can safely return home, several convoys of ethnic Albanians traveled in their cars from the border crossing points of 'Vrbnica' and 'Cafa Prusit' on the border with Albania, on their way back to their home when the aggressors' planes attacked them on three occasions between 1.00 and 3.00 p.m., committing a real massacre and a war crime. These were Albanians, mostly women and children, from two villages around Djakovica and from one village near Prizren. They were all getting back home in three groups from the border.

"According to eyewitness accounts, the heaviest strikes were launched against the convoys at 3.00 p.m. in the village of Bistrizin, which is 10 km away from Djakovica in the direction of Prizren, and where the criminals' jets dropped bombs and fired missiles on a column of people. Most of the civilians were killed on the spot. The aggressors apparently knew very well who these people were, because they could not have "accidentally" mistaken civilian vehicles for military ones. Therefore, it is clear that this was yet another attempt at making it impossible for ethnic Albanians to return from exile which they were forced into by NATO criminals in collaboration with the terrorists.

"...Last night, NATO aggressors continued to target both Serb and Albanian villages south of Pristina. Two missiles were fired in the area of Gracanica, which is inhabited by Serbs, and at Ajvalija, which is an all Albanian village. "Two powerful explosions were heard today at 12.30 a.m. around Pristina. NATO monsters fired one missile southeast of Pristina in the area of Saskovac village, which is entirely Albanian populated, while the other missile fell southwest of the southern Serbian provincial capital.   "The aggressors planes, which again flew over Pristina tonight, fired at 8.35 p.m. three missiles on the outskirts of the city. Two strong explosions went off from the direction of Lukare village, northeast of the city, and one explosion was heard east of Pristina."

Now, pretend you are an Albanian in one of those Albanian villages which had just been bombed by airplanes from America, and you have the opportunity to hear the American president on CNN saying to a group of American editors meeting in San Francisco, "We and our NATO allies are in Kosovo today because we want to stop the slaughter and the ethnic cleansing" and that the leader of the country you are living in, Slobodan Milosevic's aim is "to drive the Albanian majority from the province even if it means turning Kosovo into a lifeless wasteland.''