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Distant war zones lure jobless Kosovo Serbs
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Posted on 07/07/2008 5:38:41 PM PDT by kronos77

Desperate to escape unemployment in their isolated enclaves, Kosovo Serbs are journeying as far as Iraq and Afghanistan to make a living.

“Although before I left I had worked in management, gaining experience in a different atmosphere, culture and environment seemed a precious opportunity.”

All the Kosovo Serbs who had gone to these far-off war zones agreed they took risks with their personal safety but none felt a dilemma over getting work through US companies.

Indeed, Branislav Nikolic was decorated by the US in Iraq for the courage he showed under fire. After an attack on the US base in which worked, he moved wounded US soldiers to an infirmary.

“I was employee of the month on several occasions and reached the position of head of an administrative department,” he recalled.

Vanja Boskovic contrasted his experience of work in Afghanistan favourably with the ambiance from which he came, where nepotism appears to rule and employment without “connections” is almost impossible.

“Not all the experiences in my stay were positive but it was easy to get used to a system in which everyone knew what their job was and where work, knowledge and effort were valued,” he said.

The return home to Kosovo brought relief because the men were reunited with their families. But the reality of modern Kosovo is too bleak for them to feel much certainty about the future. Since Kosovo declared independence in February, tensions are on the rise again.

Nikolic feels dissatisfied with what he encountered on his return. “In Kosovo and Strpce it’s almost impossible to get a job without strong connections,” he said. “I will have a difficult time also because everyone thinks I earned enough money in Afghanistan not to need to work.”

(Excerpt) Read more at russiatoday.ru ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam; kosovo; terror; wot
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1 posted on 07/07/2008 5:38:42 PM PDT 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 07/07/2008 5:39:01 PM PDT by kronos77 (Kosovo is Serbian Jerusalem. No Serbia without Kosovo.)
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To: kronos77

after that last stupid bloodbath thread,

i don’t want to be on this ping any more.

thanks.


3 posted on 07/07/2008 5:41:14 PM PDT by ken21 ( people die + you never hear from them again.)
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To: kronos77

I worked with a ton of these people and on the whole, they acted rude and entitled and they were like tits on a boar with a couple exceptions.


4 posted on 07/07/2008 6:21:33 PM PDT by freeplancer
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To: kronos77
Wild Geese of 2008.


5 posted on 07/07/2008 7:19:57 PM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Imagine that, Kosovo Serbs saving American lives in the front lines of the War on Terror. Don’t look for any of your beloved Albanian Jihadists on our side of the lines there!


6 posted on 07/07/2008 8:21:54 PM PDT by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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To: FormerLib

Albania has troops in Iraq and has said they will say in Iraq as long as America does. They have troops in Afghanistan too. Serbia doesn’t.


7 posted on 07/07/2008 8:35:48 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Funny, so do Taliban troops.
But that does not make them good guys.


8 posted on 07/07/2008 10:31:25 PM PDT by kronos77 (Kosovo is Serbian Jerusalem. No Serbia without Kosovo.)
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To: FormerLib

I’ve seen some of your posts, and your running feud with Diocletian...most entertaining. Can you offer me an explanation for current pro-Kosovar U.S. policy?


9 posted on 07/08/2008 12:23:24 AM PDT by americanophile
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Btw, you are aware of Albania’s co-operation with Iran aren’t you?

“Iranian envoy to Tirana meets Albanian official

Saturday, July 05, 2008 - ?2005 IranMania.com

LONDON, July 5 (IranMania) - Iran’s Ambassador to Tirana, Ali Beman Eqbali Zarech held a meet with the Albanian director of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tirana Gjoke Uldedaj, MNA reported.

Referring to the sides’ potentials in trade, Uldedaj welcomed the expansion of ties between the sides’ private companies and investors.

He also called the countries’ chambers of commerce and industry to boost their ties through dispatching delegations and holding fairs.

Eqbali Zarech, for his part, welcomed the reinforcement of mutual economic relations, introducing Iran’s potentials in the fields of energy, construction, agriculture, and consumer good.

The Iranian diplomat voiced Iran’s enthusiasm on foreign investors’ presence in the country.”

http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=59763

From many of your previous posts you give the impression that you “hate” all that cooperate with Iran...seems your “beloved” Albanians are also working with Iran and have been for some time!


10 posted on 07/08/2008 12:35:11 AM PDT by Jane_N (Truth, like beauty....is in the eyes of the beholder! Kosovo is Serbia!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

“Albania has troops in Iraq and has said they will say in Iraq as long as America does. They have troops in Afghanistan too. Serbia doesn’t.”

You might want to read this article:

“Serbia Will Send Troops And Police to Afghanistan

By ELAINE SCIOLINO
Published: October 4, 2003

The United States has accepted an offer by Serbia and Montenegro to send up to 1,000 combat troops and police officers to Afghanistan to join American forces there, senior Serbian officials and foreign diplomats said today...”

You can read the rest here: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02EFDB153CF937A35753C1A9659C8B63


11 posted on 07/08/2008 12:40:52 AM PDT by Jane_N (Truth, like beauty....is in the eyes of the beholder! Kosovo is Serbia!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Soldiers from Albania are far removed from the criminal and Jihadist element that have moved into Kosovo. They share a nationality and the similarities end there.


12 posted on 07/08/2008 5:36:56 AM PDT by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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To: americanophile
Can you offer me an explanation for current pro-Kosovar U.S. policy?

Beyond the initial need of the Clinton administration to get Monica off the headlines, the continuation of our policy in Kosovo appears to work against our self interest.

13 posted on 07/08/2008 5:40:48 AM PDT by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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To: Jane_N

Economic involvement with Iran is one thing, but Serbia has a military security pact with Iran. That’s different.


14 posted on 07/08/2008 9:23:19 AM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: americanophile

You can either believe that the US government supports Kosovo because they support jihad and want to destroy Christianity, or you can believe that we don’t give a crap about Balkan ethnic squabbles and we are advancing our own national interests by extending our permanent military presence into Southeastern Europe, closer to the Middle East.


15 posted on 07/08/2008 9:28:54 AM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe; americanophile

Supporting a Jihadist state where Christian churches are put to the torch does not advance our own national interests. Period.


16 posted on 07/08/2008 9:37:52 AM PDT by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

“but Serbia has a military security pact with Iran.”

And your point is ???

Serbia has military/security pacts with several countries...including the US. The Serbian army even trains with Americans in Ohio (see: http://www.vojska.mod.gov.yu/eng/MVS/Ohajo/01.07.2007_bolja_komunikacija_sa_svetom.html)

Serbia also contributes to UN peacekeeping forces in Libera, Ivory Coast and DR Congo.


17 posted on 07/08/2008 12:08:48 PM PDT by Jane_N (Truth, like beauty....is in the eyes of the beholder! Kosovo is Serbia!)
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To: Jane_N

My point is that the protests by Serbs that the US supports “jihadists” ring hollow because the Serbs are military allies with the most evil jihadists on Earth.


18 posted on 07/08/2008 1:02:17 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: FormerLib; Tailgunner Joe
Thanks for your replies. I have never seen a comprehensive, much less compelling explanation of why we would support Kosovo’s independence at the expense of Christian Serbia. Usually the strategic thinking behind policy is clear, but in this instance, it seems to be ambiguous at best. What can we possibly hope to gain? An impoverished Muslim client state in the Balkans? Why bother? A presence in opposition to Russian influence in Serbia? Why? To what end? On its face, this policy makes little sense to me.
19 posted on 07/08/2008 1:35:49 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: americanophile
How about a gigantic military base in Southeastern Europe and a hopping-off point to the middle East?

Perhaps you can explain how retreating from the area is in our interest. (rather than in the interests of foreign powers)

20 posted on 07/08/2008 1:45:00 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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