Croatia remembers Tito

CNN ^ | May 25, 2002 | CNN

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KUMROVEC, Croatia -- About 2,000 people have celebrated the 110th anniversary of former Yugoslav leader Josip Tito.

Crowds gathered in his hometown of Kumrovec, Croatia, to honour the man who united federal Yugoslavia after World War II.

Tito's ruled Yugoslavia as a dictatorship until his death on May 4, 1980, but often faced criticism from the West for ruthless policies against nationalists and human rights activists.

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I blame Tito for the breakup of the Jackson Five.

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Trpo, I'm sure you were eager to attend, right? :)

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But on Saturday's anniversary he was remembered as a man who led the multi-ethnic, six-nation federation on a road between Western capitalism and the communist East.

Unfortunately that road was driven on by Yugos. Metaphorically speaking.

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[Vestica]

Here! Here! Amen. I only wonder why they (Serbs in Belgrade) just don't catapolt his decayed carcus back to wherever it came from. Too bad Nato didn't bomb his tomb.