Albion Monitor Issue 60 Early April, 1999
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KOSOVO: THE DANGEROUS GAME News and analysis on the crisis you won't find in mainstream media Kosovo Could Drag us Into WWIII Three leaders hold the fate of the world: Clinton, Yeltsin -- and Milosevic Anxiety Growing Across Europe Every day solution eludes NATO, voices of protest become louder Bombing the Baby With the Bathwater Jeopardizes the lives of 10.5 million and attacks fledgling forces of democracy Anti-West Anger Explodes in Russia "Yesterday Iraq, today Yugoslavia, tomorrow Russia!" chant protesters UN Stalemate Over Yugoslavia But Islamic nations back NATO NATO Bombs Will Encourage Repression The bombing fulfills the dream of every right-wing nationalist in Serbia The First Internet War No shortage of citizen reports from warzone NATO Using Radioactive Bullets Depleted uranium linked to cancers, birth defects Alexander Cockburn NATO, Sig Heil! Yugoslavia Might Put Globe on Path to Wider War By choosing military force, Clinton dangerously changed rules of international game A War With no Fast and Easy Victory Ahead Could easily spread into Greece, Macedonia -- and Russia Creating a Worst Case Scenario Milosevic helped by bombing and destabilization of area Kosovo Could be "Second Vietnam," Warn Soviet Vets Yugoslavia using same strategy as North Vietnam How the IMF Dismantled Yugoslavia Starting in Reagan years, bankers gutted the nation

GOP In Disarray Over Kosovo Post-impeachment claims of unity fall apart Rigging the Polls Pollster sets milestone for asking slanted questions The GOP's New Platform: More Big Government As Newt returns to D.C., Repubs demand further entitlements Kissinger Rewrites History On talkshow circuit to plug memoir, Kissinger spins the Big Lie Liddy and St. Steve Play The Crowds Dole takes her stand at a vague center while Forbes lurches rightward The Speaker's New Best Friends Dennis Hastert is surrounded by rich and helpful lobbyists

What the U.S. press isn't saying about the war in Kosovo; Europeans make emergency plans for biotech disaster; Project Censored on TV; Paul Robeson, Cold War martyr; Henry Hyde and the sock puppet U.S. Leaders Undermined Asian Economies, Says Analysis American banks, brokerages pillaged countries like Korea with federal help Asian Economic Crisis Was Worse Than Assumed UN finds dramatic and severe social problems increasing rapidly in several countries Australia Place Troops on High Alert Levels approaching Vietnam War era due to growing worries of instability across Asia Push For Pinochet Extradition To U.S. British high court denied former dictator immunity for cases of torture Uproar in Scotland Over Bank Deal With Pat Robertson Proposed joint venture between Bank of Scotland and Christian Coalition leader UN Calls Growing Use of Mercenaries Alarming Companies supply warriors-for-hire to fight rebels, overthrow governments Project Censored's annual list of important stories mostly ignored by mainstream press; MONITOR covered most items in past year U.S. Leaving Panama a Minefield Area is saturated with unexploded munitions left by army bases Amnesty International Condemns U.S. Beats out Cuba as persistent human rights violator U'wa Homeland Becoming War Zone Recent murder of Native activists show violence worsened in Colombia due to the development of oil activity Outrage Over NYC Police Killing Still Growing Daily arrests of Amadou Diallo protestors at main police headquarters Italians Cheer Giuliani's "Tolleranza Zero" Politicians, media see NYC Mayor as champion for less crime -- and immigration India Ban on "Professional" Blood Donors Leads to Acute Shortage Forced surgical patients to locate blood supply themselves, sometimes from black market Brazil's Bailout is Environmental Time Bomb Austerity measures demanded by IMF are expected to devastate the Amazon region International Protest of Home Depot Called a major force in the destruction of world's last old growth forests

EXXON VALDEZ: FEW LESSONS LEARNED On the tenth anniversary of the oil industry's most infamous foul-up, Exxon still hasn't changed its policies, federal rules haven't changed, and planned Arctic exploration risks a disaster worse by magnitudes Don't Buy Exxon's Fable of the Drunken Captain What Exxon Hasn't Cleaned Up Exxon Still Has Not Paid One Cent in Damages New Arctic Oil Drilling Could Dwarf Exxon Valdez Disaster

U.S. Farmland is Wearing Out Irreversible soil damage from decades of fertilizer overuse Taiwan Attempted to Sneak Toxic Waste Into U.S. Same hazardous mercury had earlier caused several deaths in Cambodian dump Australia Hopes Seahorse Farms Will Stop Poaching Species was vanishing because of popularity as Asian traditional medicine Indian Tigers Pay For Flagging Japanese Libidos Flourishing black market for tiger penis leads to murder of foresters, imminent species extinction Neo-Nazis Remain Active in Latin America Increase in public presence of ultra-right, racist groups in Chile and other countries

When will the media stop shamelessly exploiting the famous face of MONICA LEWINSKY to draw an audience?

Monsanto Gets Pie in the Face Company claims we accept gene-spliced foods, but fights any label on them Where do Churches Stand on Gay Hate Crimes? No support for hate crime legislation, even after murder of Matthew Shepard Time to Demand a Full Pentagon Audit Unable to account for an estimated $22 billion British Media Agog Over Monica Former drama student is our scandal Ambassador Larry Flynt Does the Right Thing Chose to not reveal everything he knew about GOP sex scandals An Ugly Return to Fortress America Both Congress and Clinton pull back from international treaties

NORMAN     SOLOMON Media on Both Sides Cranking Out Propaganda TV Screens Offer Us Illusions of War Media Lays Groundwork For War Media Scenes You'll Never See

ALEXANDER     COCKBURN One Last Look Before We Leap The Saga of Chevron's Exploding Refinery Prince Charles, Monsanto's Nemesis

The Suicide -- or Murder -- of a Clinton-Hater Hater Liberal essayist Steve Kangas shot himself near office of Richard Mellon Scaife... or did he? L E T T E R S

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