European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 04, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Is photos by bobs loss . Press official Alun Roberts say Many in Macedonia question the need Tor More peace Kepen. Can ans of turkish past Mark the Skyline of Skopje s old town. Macedonian saddened by destruction of former Yugoslavia Bubo Klose staff writer news reports rely on ethnic and National distinctions to try to explain the War in the Balkans but those differences blur in the conversations of four members of the Macedonia army during a Short Coffee break. I m macedonian. But in my soul i m still yugoslavian. It is very sad said Blazenka Kim ova a former aircraft Mechanic in the yugoslavian National army and now a cleaning lady in the macedonian army. Kim ova and three colleagues All of them ethnic slavs discussed the status of their newly Independent Macedonia in the Small break room of an army Barracks near the Petrovec Airport outside of Skopje and just Down the Road from the american combat company from Berlin that joined the United nations peacekeeping Mission there last month. Like other members of the 12,000-member macedonian military the women All have military specialities. And like their male counterparts they have Little to do in a military Ense except be counted. The yugoslavian National army left few weapons tanks macedonian soldiers clockwise from upper left Violette Ilioska Milovanoski Jordanka Blazenka Kim ova and Curga Stojanov and aircraft behind when it withdrew from Macedonia last year. And there s not much to do in the new army except clean and Garden and talk about the events that changed these people s lives. Milovanoski Jordanka a 38-year-old Mother of two Young boys said the disintegration of Yugoslavia during the past several years caught Ordinary people by Surprise and forced them to make hard decisions in a hurry. For a lifetime Jordanka and her friends identified themselves As yugoslavian. We were macedonians but we were yugoslavian she motorists wait in Fine to buy gasoline one of Many items in Short Supply. Explained. Suddenly we have to proclaim ourselves As macedonian or what else. We can t decide what we Are or who we  All four women recalled Good times in other parts of Yugoslavia where their military jobs took them. I trained in Sarajevo and worked in split Mostar and Belgrade said Kim ova. I lived in Belgrade three years. I wish i was still there. But suddenly everything went  Kim ova said animosities Between ethnic groups began to show As Slovenia and Croatia then Bosnia and Macedonia withdrew from the yugoslav federation. I found myself being discriminated against. I could t find a place to live. I had problems with my Job said Kim ova. I decided it was time to come  Kim ova and each of her friends returned to Skopje and headed for the defense ministry to continue their military jobs but with a new country. Though they Are signed on to defend Macedonia from Serbia if necessary they Don t think that will happen. And they Don t think that the ethnic differences that led to bloodshed inside Croatia and Bosnia will happen to them. We Don t think there will be a War Here. We Are peaceful said Curga Stojanova 24, who comes from the macedonian win growing Region of Kava rce. In our country we have people with different nationalities. Serbs and croatians muslims and albanians said Stojanova. Maybe we Don t feel that different because we were born and raised with them. People Are everywhere the same we feel sorry for Sarajevo. For the people said Jordanka. I lived there eight years. People there identified with me. We were  it s the politics said Kim ova the people there feel the same As we do. The politics is the thing. I Don t want to talk about it Bob Klose the stars and stripes 19