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MONTENEGRO: KOSOVO CRISIS: ANTI NATO PROTESTS

(26 Mar 1999) Serbo-Croat/Nat Protestors angered by NATO air strikes on Yugoslavia threw stones at the U-S Information in Podgorica, capital of Montenegro, on Wednesday night. However, political opinion in the Republic of Montenegro - Serbia's smaller partner in the Federation of Yugoslavia - leans against President Slobodan Milosevic. The Montenegran government strongly condemned Wednesday's protest and insisted that foreign journalists would be offered a safe environment for foreign journalists. Protests against the NATO airstrikes increased worldwide, but in the southern Yugoslav republic of Montenegro, reaction to the NATO strikes was muted. On Wednesday evening, a group of people thrown a few stones at the U-S Information centre in the capital Podgorica. On Thursday morning government officials said they strongly condemned the incident. The deputy minister of information also said that his government would provide a safe environment for all foreign journalists. SOUNDBITE (Serbian): "First of all I have to say we strongly condemn yesterday's incident in the American Information Centre. We believe that those who broke the windows will be fined. This violent act doesn't reflect the real opinion of citizens in Montenegro. The state authorities in Montenegro will do everything to prevent similar incidents in future. I will use this opportunity to inform you that the government of Montenegro can guarantee a secure and safe environment for all foreign correspondents in our territory." SUPERCAPTION: Berislav Banovic, Montenegrian Deputy Minister of Information Serb government ordered journalists out, saying they had aided the NATO campaign, which aims to force Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to agree to a peace deal with ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is made up of the dominant republic of Serbia and smaller Montenegro. But the differences in political views between Podgorica and Belgrade are obvious. Milo Djukanovic, president of Montenegro, is an opponent of Milosevic and has refused to go along with federal calls for a state of emergency and state of war after the NATO attack. Even some of the ordinary citizens believe that Milosevic is responsible for the latest NATO strikes. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) "You should ask the so called federal government and "henchmen" Milosevic - he might know the answer to this - he always knows everything. He might know the way out from the crisis and how to stop all of this." SUPERCAPTION: VOX POP SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) "This is real madness. I think this is madness on both sides." SUPERCAPTION: VOX POP But joined Serbian citizens in blaming Clinton for aggression. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) "Clinton, I don't know, I think he should go a mental hospital. You can't install democracy in that way - every kid knows that." SUPERCAPTION: VOX POP But the government here blames Milosevic for dragging Montenegro into what it calls a senseless war with the western world. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...