http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/kla/ en-us Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:15:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063091/posts Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain has enjoyed strong support from a lobbyist group that backs the Kosovo Liberation Army despite allegations the KLA is a Muslim terrorist group with ties to criminal drug networks and al-Qaida. The Albanian American Civic League, or AACL, regards the KLA as "freedom fighters," said the AACL's president, former Republican congressman Joe DioGuardi of New York. They're "not terrorist, like the Serbs and Greeks say," DioGuardi insisted in an interview with WND. But Islam expert Robert Spencer, editor of the popular website Jihad Watch, contends radical Islam is the driving force behind the Kosovo... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063091/posts#comment Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:15:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052235/posts John McCain armed Kosovo Islamic terrorists February 13, 2008 Source: Svet Americans of Albanian heritage collected a million dollars in one evening for the presidential campaign of Republican Senator John McCain, said the Albanian American Civic League yesterday, the lobby group headed by former Congressman Joe DioGuardi. A reception for McCain was held January 22 at the Saint Regis Hotel in Manhatten, and the senator, who is now leading in the runoff for the Republican party candidacy in the November elections, cut his campaign in Florida by one day to attend this gathering. "Even in 1998 when we had problems... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052235/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:12:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979818/posts “He did everything that we asked of him, including arming the KLA”, said Albanian lobbyist Joe DioGuardi. The Albanians collected one million dollars for the presidential campaign of this senator. Americans of Albanian heritage collected a million dollars in one evening for the presidential campaign of Republican Senator John McCain, said the Albanian American Civic League yesterday, the lobby group headed by former Congressman Joe DioGuardi. A reception for McCain was held January 22 at the Saint Regis Hotel in Manhatten, and the senator, who is now leading in the runoff for the Republican party candidacy in the November elections,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979818/posts#comment Mon, 3 Mar 2008 22:30:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979464/posts Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain has enjoyed strong support from a lobbyist group that backs the Kosovo Liberation Army despite allegations the KLA is a Muslim terrorist group with ties to criminal drug networks and al-Qaida. The Albanian American Civic League, or AACL, regards the KLA as "freedom fighters," said the AACL's president, former Republican congressman Joe DioGuardi of New York. They're "not terrorist, like the Serbs and Greeks say," DioGuardi insisted in an interview with WND. But Islam expert Robert Spencer, editor of the popular website Jihad Watch, contends radical Islam is the driving force behind the Kosovo... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979464/posts#comment Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:36:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006200/posts The Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), since its inception in 1993 has been assailed by many as a NATO political instrument to justify dismemberment of Yugoslavia and NATO aggressions. It has been essentially a rogue court with rigged rules and scandalous protocol to achieve political objective to convict. Some judges did not hear about the Balkans until they arrived in The Hague. John Laughland wrote: “It is not victor’s justice; it is no justice at all.” The Tribunal’s verdict for the Serbs was predetermined –all would be found guilty. Over its 15 years of existence, the Tribunal has indicted... Serbianna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006200/posts#comment Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:49:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000556/posts I have written in today's paper about the revelations from Carla del Ponte's new book "The Hunt: Me and War criminals". I wanted to talk to her before writing the piece, but was unable to get an interview. Some readers of this blog have already posted snippets of the book in their comments. Most of these excerpts - translated from the original Italian - have come from Serb media outlets - perhaps not the most objective source for a story about Serbs being tortured. So with the help of our Rome correspondent, Malcolm Moore, I have put together a transcription... The London Daily Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000556/posts#comment Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:50:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999974/posts MOSCOW, April 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Foreign Ministry has asked the Hague to provide details on crimes described in a book by former chief criminal prosecutor Carla del Ponte, the ministry said on Tuesday. In her book called The Hunt: Me and War Criminals, Carla del Ponte described atrocities against Kosovo Serbs and other ethnic groups committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). "Batching freedom of speech concerning crimes against civilians, one may assume, is aimed at softening the reaction within international social and political circles to the facts revealing the criminal prehistory to the illegitimate sovereignty of Kosovo,"... RIA Novosti http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999974/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:01:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973223/posts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jV_LnXaQ8A http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973223/posts#comment Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:56:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971339/posts via translation - ALERT - Kosovo: Thaçi confirms a proclamation of independence Sunday PRISTINA (Serbia) - Prime Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi confirmed Saturday that the independence of the province in southern Serbia was proclaimed Sunday, when he said "the will of the citizens of Kosovo" will be executed. AFP via translation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971339/posts#comment Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:18:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969730/posts As Defence Minister Peter MacKay attempts to browbeat, badger or coerce a NATO partner into reinforcing the mission in southern Afghanistan, most European countries are keeping their eyes on a possible security crisis much closer to home. It is widely expected that Kosovo will unilaterally declare its independence from Serbia within the next six weeks, and if history repeats itself, this will trigger yet another round of Balkan bloodletting. In anticipation of an escalation in ethnic violence in the disputed province, reinforcements have been sent into Kosovo to bolster the international security force that has been in place there for... EMBASSY (Canada's Foreign Policy Weekly) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969730/posts#comment Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:59:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958891/posts A Hellenic Case Against Hillary by Theodore G. Karakostas The following critique is not motivated by partisanship. I am a critic of the anti-Hellenic and anti-Orthodox policies of both major political parties. However, the focus now is Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party. In 1992, then Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton promised the Greek-American community he would not recognize Skopje with the name Macedonia. In 1994, the Clinton administration broke its promise and subsequently recognized Skopje under the Hellenic name of Macedonia. The Clinton administration subsequently tried to pressure Athens to lift the embargo that had been justifiably imposed by Greece... http://www.helleniccomserve.com/helleniccaseagainsthillary.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958891/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:14:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927349/posts The former chief of the Albanian separatist guerrillas, Hashim Thaci, has proclaimed Sunday victory of his party in the elections in Kosovo. The leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) advocates a speedy independence of Kosovo. "I thank all those who have helped our victory and the victory of Kosovo," said Hashim Thaci, at a rally of his supporters. According to the NGO "Democracy in Action", which monitors elections, the KDP has obtained 35% of the vote against 23% for the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), founded by the charismatic President Ibrahim Rugova, who died in 2006. The... ATS Swiss News Agency via translation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927349/posts#comment Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:25:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900712/posts The UN state and the seven robbers When Bernard Kouchner lands in Kosovo in the summer of 1999 there is no mobile telecommunication. German Siemens and French Alcatel submit one offer each. A panel of local experts select Siemens. The offer is the cheapest and it is not colonial. At a fixed lump sum the Germans promise to build a network for Kosovo. The French offer says the network would remain French property and the country code of Monaco would be utilized. Kouchner and the Kosovo Gangster What happens? Bernard Kouchner, Kosovos legislator, head of government and head of justice,... DN Schweden http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900712/posts#comment Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:32:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883720/posts 20 August 2007 | 01:46 | FOCUS News Agency Pristina. Hundreds of Kosovo Albanians attended a folk concert to celebrate the 61th birthday of former US president Bill Clinton on Sunday, remembering his support for their separatist struggle. Dancing to Albanian folk music before a huge birthday cake outside the national theatre, they expressed gratitude for Clinton's approval of a NATO bombing campaign to end a Serbian crackdown during the 1998-99 Kosovo conflict. "I hope president Clinton lives to be 101. I hope his wife Hillary is elected president and rules America as her husband did," said Lutfi Salihu, a... Focus News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883720/posts#comment Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:25:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1871771/posts So, the secret is out. The “premier” of the Kosovo government, the former ringleader of the terrorist “Kosovo Liberation Army” Agim Ceku has named the date, to which the Albanian leaders of the province would time their declaration of independence. That is slated for November 28,2007, when the neighbouring Albania will celebrate its principal state holiday - Day of the Flag. But the holiday has to do with Albania but indirectly. It has long been viewed by the Albanian diaspora scattered all over the world as Day of All Albanians. To understand what Kosovo separatists mean by selecting this particular... Strategic Culture Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1871771/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:05:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870158/posts An important set of meetings will take place today at the State Department and the White House that may well determine the future stability of southeast Europe and the integrity of the international system. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is set to meet with the "unity team" of Kosovo leaders to decide the way forward on the status of Kosovo, now that it is clear Russia will veto any U.N. Security Council resolution that puts Kosovo on a path to independence. Eight years ago, I served as President Bill Clinton's chief of staff when our administration faced a similar dilemma.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870158/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:00:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868428/posts Bexhet Pacoli, the richest Kosovo Albanian in the world from whose telephone, according to BND findings, a transaction in the amount of two million euros was arranged from a Swiss bank to one in Cyprus in the name of Kosovo special envoy Martti Ahtisaari, openly claims that he is paying 60 people just in Washington who are lobbying for the independence of Kosovo. "In Washington I am paying a team of 60 people who are lobbying for Kosovo in the administration of president George Bush and in the U.S. Senate and Congress," said Pacoli in a recently published interview. He... Fokus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868428/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:01:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861838/posts 6.7.2007 17:09 MERDARE, (Tanjug) - Representatives of the Serbian Government Commission for Missing Persons on Friday accepted the remains of five Serbs, who were kidnapped and then murdered by the Albanian terrorists in Kosovo and Metohija during the 1998-1999 period, Commission President Veljko Odalovic told Tanjug. Tanjug http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861838/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jul 2007 18:10:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830118/posts NEW YORK -- Six men from New Jersey have been arrested in an alleged terror plot against soldiers at Fort Dix, according investigators. Investigators said the men planned to use automatic rifles to enter Fort Dix and kill as many soldiers as they could at the N.J. base. Fort Dix was just one of several military and security locations allegedly scouted by this group, authorities said. Investigators told Newschannel 4's Jonathan Dienst that these arrests are the result of a tip to the FBI and use of an informant to track the suspects. Authorities were alerted in January 2006 after... 4HDWNBC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830118/posts#comment Tue, 8 May 2007 13:39:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813050/posts THE HAGUE -- The trial of three former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commanders continued Thursday. The trial of Ramush Haradinaj, Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj continued with the testimony of an elderly Albanian man, who gave his evidence as Witness 8, with image and voice distortion. According to the allegations in the prosecutionÂ’s pre-trial brief, Witness 8 gave evidence about an incident on 20 July 1998, when two Albanians were taken off a bus between Đakovica and Priština and subsequently killed. In his 15-minute long testimony, the witness confirmed he was from the Đakovica area and he was present on... B92 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813050/posts#comment Fri, 6 Apr 2007 13:30:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809058/posts The 2006 U.S. elections, which put the Democrats in charge of the House and Senate, were widely described in media as a referendum on the Iraq war. Intense media scrutiny had resulted in critical reports on pre-war intelligence, the decision-making process that preceded the war, the postwar plan, and an unfolding civil war. Books with titles such as Fiasco, Imperial Hubris, and Colossus described an America in denial of imperial ambitions that were destined to fail. Their authors and others ascribed to the U.S. such motives as arrogance and a willful refusal to learn from history. They characterized American foreign... The Objectivist Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809058/posts#comment Fri, 30 Mar 2007 03:22:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791924/posts Pristina: An explosion damaged seven automobiles belonging to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the Kosovo town of Pec on Monday, just hours before former prime minister Ramus Haradinaj left for the Hague to stand trial before the United Nations' tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on charges of crimes against Serb and other civilians during the 1998/99 Kosovo conflict. "Immediately after the explosion, the police found seven OSCE automobiles damaged at the scene as well as two private vehicles," local police spokesman Avni Djevukaj told media. He said the explosion took place at 3.30 am local... AKI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791924/posts#comment Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:32:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791527/posts Defense & Foreign Affairs Special Analysis - January 19, 2007, Friday Analysis. By GIS Staff. Reliable sources indicate that the Chinese-built RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade fired at the US Embassy in Athens on January 12, 2007, was supplied to the leftist Greek terrorist organization, Revolutionary Struggle, by the Albanian jihadist -linked group, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA/UCK). The confirmation of the link demonstrates the growing linkages between anti-Western leftist terrorist groups and anti-Western Islamist jihadi groups, and there is some suggestion that the reappearance of Revolutionary Struggle may have been prompted directly by support received from the cash-rich KLA. The KLA... Defense & Foreign Affairs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791527/posts#comment Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:25:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1779365/posts The war in the former Yugoslavia ended eight years ago but illegal arms trade and training of Islamic terrorists continues across the Balkans, particularly in Bosnia and Kosovo currently administered by EU / UN Missions. Reports of such developments came also from Gregory Copley. In his article “Strong warning indicators for new surge in European Islamic terrorism” he says that, “Intelligence sources in the Balkans and Middle East indicate that the Iranian and Osama bin Laden terrorist networks, assets and alliances built up in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia, Southern Serbia and elsewhere in the Balkans are preparing for significant new... Serbianna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1779365/posts#comment Mon, 5 Feb 2007 13:43:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1770269/posts BELGRADE -- Belgrade war crimes prosecution believes KLA’s Orahovac group is responsible for the 1998 deaths of 25 Serbs in Kosovo. Prosecution spokesman Bruno Vekaric told B92 that the Belgrade District Court War Crimes prosecution considers Sinan Morina, currently in custody, as one of the persons responsible for the crime. The murdered Kosovo Serbs, whose remains were identified last year, lived in the villages of Opterusa and Retimlje, Orahovac municipality. The prosecution suspects that the crime took place in the nights between July 17 and 19, 1998. The victims were forced out of their homes, subjected to beatings, stripped of... B92 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1770269/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:45:49 GMT