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Some politicians were reserved from the very beginning in regard to Mr. Walker
due to rumors that he covered up the massacres of El Salvador‘s government back in
1989. In the investigation of this rumor, the author of this research found out that when
President Clinton wanted to make William Walker the Ambassador to Panama, back in
1993, the Church in Panama and local politicians reacted very fast accusing him for
involvement of the assassination of five priests in El Salvador in November 1989. "'The
Jesuit order at the time denounced the complicity of the U.S. Embassy (headed by
Walker) in the case, for concealing evidence, obstructing the investigation, pressuring
judges to impede the trial process, and terrorizing witnesses,' Valdes said." 100
On top of that, Fernando Garcia, Jesuit priest, said that ―Walker was 'a symbol of
the destruction of life' while he was ambassador in El Salvador." 101
Even Mr. Petritsch, one of the three co-presides of the Rambouillet Conference,
said that Mr. Walker was always taking terrorists under protection and that way proved
his anti-Serbian position. 102
Nevertheless, Racak incident was initial capsule for NATO intervention which
was actually already prepared. 103 However, as Serbian politicians claim, to gain
international support for this intervention, ―International Community‖, popularly called
―the Contact Group‖ (consisted of ministries of foreign affairs from USA, UK, France,
Germany, Italy, and Russia) organized peace conference in Rambouillet (just out of
ji%20Vokera&kword_add=bombardovanje%2C%20racak; This is a story from Serbian newspaper
Vecernje Novosti, which is a very credible agency.
100 Inter Press Service, ―Panama: Jesuits Oppose U.S. Ambassador Designate,‖ July 22, 1993,
http://www.mail-archive.com/forum.zagraniczne@3w3.net/msg00529.html
101 Ibid.
102 Miodrag Mitic, Kako Nam Se Dogodio Rambuje (Beograd: Filip Visnjic, 2003), 64.
103 Madeleine Albright, Madam Secretary: A Memoir (New York: Easton Press, 2003), 383; Secretary
Albright talked about gaining support for bombing almost a year before the bombing. She said: ―To make
that [threat of force] credible, it was vital for NATO to begin laying plans for a bombing campaign‖.