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[Lead Moderator]

I am not interested in figuring out who started what where.

I am insterested in the flaming stopping. Everyone. Right now. Thanks, LM

[FormerLib]

Reread the earlier post and tell me how you got this out of what I said?

You stated:

Kosov[o] is not unlike its neighbour up north in that there is a struggle between moderates and extremists. The difference is that in Kosov[o] the extremists are neither in the majority nor in power.

Since the majority of the Albanians are either involved in the pogroms or permit it by acquiensence and you have stated that the extremists are neither the majority or in power, the answer is that the people responsible for these crimes are not the extremists but are the majority and in power.

[philosofy123]

Al qaeda is in bed with the Albanian KLA, and both are in bed with the Iranian/Saudi fanatics. Free Slobo, and arm the Serbs.

[FormerLib]

Then your folks go into Kosovo, and as soon as you face some pressure from NATO, you surrender.

Actually, the Serb Army will return with NATO's approval.

[FormerLib]

Certainly.

[NYC Republican]

They don't have the appetite, neither do the Serbian people. Not worth it to them. There isn't enough reward to justify it for them. Will never happen.

[Lead Moderator]

I meant it when I said stop. Stop. Drop it.

I'll now go and turn this thread into a bunch of potholes since it seems to be the only way to get it to stop.

[FormerLib]

And Freudian slips reveal the truth.

George W. Bush is in the process of bringjng justice to our enemies, and it is clear that the enemies of the US include the al Qaeda-supported KLA.

[GeraldP]

>>>Clearly, you do not know much about the Serbian people or you'd realize how untrue everything you mentioned in your last post truly is

His/her knowledge of Serbs is certainly no worse than your knowledge of Albanians.

[FormerLib]

His/her knowledge of Serbs is certainly no worse than your knowledge of Albanians.

Thanks, but I attend Church every week with Orthodox Albanians. It's one of the really great things about the Orthodox Church in America.

They have told me that the illegal immigrants that poured across the border into Kosovo where some of the worst criminals in the country. There are a thousand Albanian-versions of Arkan, such as Ceku, running around in the Serbian province of Kosovo today, but they know their time will pass when the Serbs return.

[GeraldP]

Funny, because as you yourself appeared to be well aware of above, Orthodox Albanians reside mostly in southern Albania and it would seem unlikely they would know much about emigration to Kosova which is a bit further up north. Certainly some criminals who escaped from Albanian prisons in 1997, found refuge in Kosova, but I would be skeptical one could find more than a couple dozen of those.

[FormerLib]

What, you think the Orthodox Albanians didn't know where the thugs were going?

And I seriously doubt that a couple of dozen criminals could drive out 250,000 Serbs and destroy all of those churches.

[Nennsy]

This is not propaganda, nor lie. This is MY and reality of the Serbs living in Kosovo. I live in Kosovo today, I was born in Kosovo, I am posting this message from Kosovo right now.
Bunch of thugs as you like to say, is definitly NOT the way I see KLA or their acts in my country.

AP: Report: Bin Laden operated terrorist network based in Albania

5.11 p.m. ET (2212 GMT) November 29, 1998

LONDON (AP) The man accused of orchestrating the U.S. Embassy bombings in Africa operates a terrorist network out of Albania that has infiltrated other parts of Europe, The Sunday Times reported.

The newspaper quoted Fatos Klosi, the head of the Albanian intelligence service, as saying a network run by Saudi exile Osama Bin Laden sent units to fight in the Serbian province of Kosovo.

Bin Laden is believed to have established an Albanian operation in 1994 after telling the government he headed a wealthy Saudi humanitarian agency wanting to help Albania, the newspaper reported.

Klosi said he believed terrorists had already infiltrated other parts of Europe from bases in Albania. Interpol believes more than 100,000 blank Albanian passports were stolen in riots last year, providing ample opportunity for terrorists to acquire false papers, the newspaper said.

Apparent confirmation of Bin Laden's activities came earlier this month during the murder trial of Claude Kader, 27, a French national who said he was a member of Bin Laden's Albanian network, the newspaper ssid.

Kader claimed during the trial he had visited Albania to recruit and arm fighters for Kosovo.

U.S. authorities believe bin Laden, a Saudi exile and militant Muslim, masterminded the bombings of U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in August that killed 224 people, including 12 Americans.

Three alleged co-conspirators are already jailed in New York.