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A village stronger than ''uninvited guests''
March 30, 1999

Macedonian  peasants against NATO units
Macedonian peasants against NATO units
Kumanovo, Macedonia, March 29 (Tanjug) - About 2,000 residents of Kumanovo and nearby villages, northern Macedonia, have blocked with tractors and lorries NATO troops stationed at the foot of mount Zebrnjak, demanding that they leave the area immediately.

After the several-hour blockade, several hundred NATO troops, contributed mainly by France, and about 40 vehicles withdrew from mount Zebrnjak because outraged villagers and Kumanovo residents were on the point of lynching them.

Accompanied by shouts "murderers hired by Clinton," the NATO troops, frightened and humiliated, left the area famous for the Battle of Kumanovo fought in 1912.

At the nearby village of Tabanovce, where there is a border crossing on the border with Yugoslavia, the troops were intercepted by villagers who threatened them and forced them to leave the area.

Consequently, the members of what is referred to as the strongest armada in the world, had to change their route once again. It is uncertain at this point, where the troops, that resembled a wandering and frightened gang rather than an elite army, are.


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