SERBIAN GOVERNMENT STEPS UP PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN OVER KOSOVA... In an
apparent appeal to nationalist voters, the Serbian government
released a "White Book" on 5 November claiming that 156 members of
the former Kosova Liberation Army (UCK) are active in drug smuggling
and human trafficking, dpa reported (see "RFE/RL Balkan Report," 22
August and 17 October 2003). Among the 156 are Hashim Thaci, who
heads the Democratic Party of Kosova (PDK), and General Agim Ceku,
who heads the civilian Kosova Protection Corps (TMK). The document
also accuses the two of encouraging the expulsion of Kosova's Serbian
minority. The latest campaign recalls those during the rule of former
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, which also portrayed ethnic
Albanians as drug dealers and gangsters seeking to force the
dwindling Serbian minority to leave the province. PM
Non-Turkish Crimes Against Humanity