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Russia drafts action plan in case Kosovo declares independence (counterstrike)
http://www.pr-inside.com/russia-drafts-action-plan-in-case-r408568.htm ^

Posted on 01/30/2008 2:38:38 PM PST by kronos77

MOSCOW (AP) - A senior Russian diplomat said Monday that Moscow has prepared an action plan that envisages close coordination with Serbia should the West recognize any Kosovo declaration of independence. Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko, the Russian Foreign Ministry's special envoy to the Balkans, said Moscow is encouraging more talks between the Serbs and the province's

ethnic Albanian majority. He said, however, that chances for such talks are rapidly decreasing, with Kosovo's leaders expected to declare independence soon. Botsan-Kharchenko said at a meeting with Russian lawmakers that the ministry had worked out a plan of action if Kosovo declares independence, and the United States and the European Union members recognize it. He wouldn't give details but said the plan «envisages a close coordination of action with Belgrade. Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leaders had been expected to declare independence in February or March. Kosovo's independence is supported by the United States and most European Union members, including Britain and France. Serbia and its ally Russia strongly oppose independence for the province. Kosovo, though legally part of Serbia, has been under U.N. and NATO control since a NATO bombing campaign in 1999 ended a Serb crackdown on separatist ethnic Albanians.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: balkans; dhimmwit; illegalimmigrants; islam; islamofascists; jihad; kosovo; ksoovo; mohammedanism; serbia; terror
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1 posted on 01/30/2008 2:38:42 PM PST by kronos77
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To: joan; Smartass; zagor-te-nej; Lion in Winter; Honorary Serb; jb6; Incorrigible; DTA; ma bell; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 01/30/2008 2:39:13 PM PST by kronos77 (-www.savekosovo.org- and -www.kosovo.net- Save Kosovo from Islam!)
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To: kronos77

I’m hoping we’ll have the good sense to stay out of it this time.


3 posted on 01/30/2008 2:41:53 PM PST by JamesP81 ("I am against "zero tolerance" policies. It is a crutch for idiots." --FReeper Tenacious 1)
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To: kronos77

I hate it when I am on Russia’s side of something like this, but there you have it. They are right and we are wrong. Nothing good can come from an independent Kosovo, and, as this proves, nothing good can come from even talking about an independent Kosovo. It is a bad, bad idea to let militant Islam plant a flag in the middle of Europe.


4 posted on 01/30/2008 2:45:39 PM PST by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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To: JamesP81

This kind of thing in 1914 started a world war that we haven’t recovered from yet.

Let’s not do that again, please. . .

They should have just buried Francis Ferdinand and let everyone else get on with their lives. Whatever was ‘gained’ by World War I wasn’t worth it for anyone involved.

And today, let Serbia and Kosovo fight it out by themselves.


5 posted on 01/30/2008 2:46:06 PM PST by CondorFlight (I)
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To: kronos77
It would certainly be interesting is Russia pulled a reprise of putting a rapid reaction force in Pristina.
6 posted on 01/30/2008 2:48:56 PM PST by Truth29
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To: kronos77

Can Putin whip up nationalist support for the Russian election in March?


7 posted on 01/30/2008 2:51:59 PM PST by Sawdring
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To: kronos77

Good for Russia. I hope they are not bluffing.


8 posted on 01/30/2008 2:52:24 PM PST by isrul
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Unless Russia will be sending a division or two of their rapid deployment troops this is all hot air, and nobody will listen to their saber rattling.

What are the logistics involved, and does Russia have the capability to insert troops and logistical support for an indefinite period?
Can it do this without the fly over or drive through permission of the surrounding countries?

9 posted on 01/30/2008 2:55:48 PM PST by bill1952 (The right to buy weapons is the right to be free)
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To: bill1952
Unless Russia will be sending a division or two of their rapid deployment troops this is all hot air, and nobody will listen to their saber rattling.

The Russian military isn't the point, at least not yet. The Serbian military is. If they roll into Kosovo, Kosovo lacks the power to do anything about it. And the Serbs have threatened to do just that in the event of a Kosovar declaration of independence. That they'll have backup from the Russians just makes things a lot more complex for the West re: a repeat of our '98 or '99 operation.

10 posted on 01/30/2008 3:08:38 PM PST by squidly
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To: squidly
Serbia or kosovo the point remains:
What can Russia do to put armored and equipped troops on the ground and in the fire zone.

Being in the active battle area means that attack by the West would involve killing Russian Nationals, and that prospect is exactly what held us back the first time - Armored Russian troops in battle order.

11 posted on 01/30/2008 3:27:19 PM PST by bill1952 (The right to buy weapons is the right to be free)
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To: kronos77

Though agreeing with Russia and Serbia on this (wait until this crap happens in the American southwest once levels of “former” Mexicans reach critical mass), it bodes ill. Serbian and Russian forces deploy, would NATO the chicken-hearted even have the balls to back up their support of Kosovo? Worse case scenario is that they grow a pair and wrong-headedly back up their words with force. Egad.


12 posted on 01/30/2008 3:42:51 PM PST by PAMadMax (Islam is a disease....)
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I hope the plan involves kidnapping both KKKlintlers, Wesley Clarke, Madeline Albright and every other candidate for all-time loser responsible for this mess, and burning them all at the stake.


13 posted on 01/30/2008 3:43:22 PM PST by jeddavis
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And today, let Serbia and Kosovo fight it out by themselves.

If there's no outside Western sanctions to be afraid of, the Serbs will exterminate the Albanians in three months. And I would not shed a tear

14 posted on 01/30/2008 3:46:25 PM PST by PapaBear3625
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would NATO the chicken-hearted even have the balls to back up their support of Kosovo?

If the US declines to get involved, the EU would do nothing

15 posted on 01/30/2008 3:48:18 PM PST by PapaBear3625
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To: PapaBear3625

Agreed. Time to shutter the State department on this one and slide their meals under the door until it all comes down.


16 posted on 01/30/2008 3:51:37 PM PST by PAMadMax (Islam is a disease....)
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To: PapaBear3625
the Serbs will exterminate the Albanians in three months

IOW, the Serbs = modern day-Nazis

IOW, the US and Europe are on the correct side


17 posted on 01/30/2008 3:54:16 PM PST by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative

The Albanians have been attacking Serbs for years. The Serbs are just overdue for opening up a large can of whup-ass. Something like playing Cowboys and Indians, with the Albanians filling in for the Apaches


18 posted on 01/30/2008 3:59:50 PM PST by PapaBear3625
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To: kronos77

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a38b7e6657eee.htm.


19 posted on 01/30/2008 4:21:25 PM PST by gitmogrunt (Since the stupidity of the American People never ceases to amaze me, click on this link and read....)
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To: canuck_conservative
Wrong, it is the Jihadist illegal immigrants who have driven the legal Serb, Jew, and Roma residents from the Serbian province of Kosovo-Metohija through a sustained campaign of terror, including murder and rape, who have conducted themselves as modern-day Nazis.

Only a kneeling Dhimmi would assert otherwise.

20 posted on 01/30/2008 5:07:02 PM PST by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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