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JBFRAME at aol.com schrieb:

> [On June 28, 2001 the German daily newspaper. 'Hamburger Abendblatt,' ran a 



    "ich möchte mich nicht in köpfen befinden zusammen mit gedanken/
     die unter einfluss vom axel-springer-verlag entstanden ..."

                                         (jan delay, 2001)

it's a teutonic thing you surely wouldn't understand ... no, just joking, 
basically this is a critique of the conservative character of the publishing 
house this newspaper gets published. the axel-springer-verlag was already 
attacked by the protest-movement back in the 60s when crazy axel springer, who 
was raised up not far away from the place i'm writing this, was the biggest 
"kommunistenfresser" ("commie-eater") around and also fired slanderous 
head-lines against the protesting students. in the meantime things have relaxed 
(for example, wolf biermann, a still somehow socialist singer and poet, is now 
"chefkulturkorrespondent" of "die welt", the springer-paper with the highest 
'ideological' profilation), but the publishing house's basic conservatism can 
still be perceived. the "hamburger abendblatt", however, is a cheesy local 
newspaper, which, nevertheless, gets read by many people who live in this city. 
not by me; in my wife's and mine private language the "abendblatt" (as people 
say here) is known as the "gurkenblatt" (about: dud paper). anyway, interesting 
issue. 

          kfl

> story on the situation in Macedonia.  Part of the story dealt with the 
> rescue, with weapons, of Albanian rebels from the town of Aracinovo, which 
> was followed by mass protests a few days ago in Skopje, the Macedonian 
> capital.  The following is a translation of the relevant part of the 
> 'Hamburger Abendblatt,' article:]
>
> US ADVISERS HELPED ALBANIAN REBELS
> by Franz Josef Hutsch and Cornel Faltin) Skopje 
> [Translated by George Pumphrey]
>
> A delicate task was posed for the American peace keepers from Kosovo in 
> neighboring Macedonia.  On the one hand 400 Albanian Guerillas with their 
> weapons and ammunition had to be transported out of Aracinovo, which is 
> situated six kilometers north of the capital, Skopje.  The 113th UCK [Kosovo 
> Liberation Army] brigade had entrenched itself there for two weeks to defend 
> itself against violent attacks.  The second part of the task was more 
> explosive.  Among the retreating rebels there were also 17 " instructors" -- 
> former US officers, who tutored the rebels in military matters.  But this 
> isn't all:  Macedonian security circles maintain that 70 per cent of the 
> equipment that was carried away by the Guerillas were US-made -- among them 
> also the most modern type of third generation night-viewers.  The Pentagon 
> appeared not to be taken by surprise.  "I don't want to confirm these facts," 
> says lieutenant colonel Paul Phillip.  US journalists take this sort of 
> diplomatic language as confirmation.  If this is the case, the proposed NATO 
> operation to disarm the rebels would become a complete farce.
>
> [The rest of the article deals with other matters, such as the possible 
> sending of German troops to Macedonia.]
>
> ...and so it goes.  
>
>
> jbf
>