http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/wrongplace/ en-us Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:16:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060046/posts Belgrade, 11 August (AKI) – The deadly conflict between Russia and Georgia in the breakaway province of South Ossetia is an indirect result of Kosovo's declaration of independence in February, Serbian analysts and politicians said on Monday. “If there wasn’t a ‘Kosovo precedent’, as the greatest world powers headed by the United States called the secession of a part of Serbian territory, there wouldn’t have been a war in South Ossetia,” Oliver Ivanovic, Serbian government official in charge of Kosovo told the Belgrade daily Blic. Ivanovic said that Kosovo's example was “inspiring to South Ossetia, so they wanted to strain... AKI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060046/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:16:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055835/posts National Post, April 08, 2004 We bombed the wrong side? by Lewis MacKenzie Five years ago our television screens were dominated by pictures of Kosovo-Albanian refugees escaping across Kosovo's borders to the sanctuaries of Macedonia and Albania. Shrill reports indicated that Slobodan Milosevic's security forces were conducting a campaign of genocide and that at least 100,000 Kosovo-Albanians had been exterminated and buried in mass graves throughout the Serbian province. NATO sprung into action and, in spite of the fact no member nation of the alliance was threatened, commenced bombing not only Kosovo, but the infrastructure and population of Serbia itself... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055835/posts#comment Sun, 3 Aug 2008 19:16:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037143/posts American Deputy Secretary of State John Bolton believes the United States committed a serious mistake when it recognized the independence of Kosovo. He fears such policy may escalate tensions in the Balkans. In an interview for the Russian news agency Interfax, Mr. Bolton remarked that Washington’s policy was on autopilot since the regime of the late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. But the situation has changed considerably after the democratic government took over, which, in Mr. Bolton’s opinion, makes support for Kosovo’s independence a pointless atavism. RUVR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037143/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:23:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025819/posts Kosovo Muslims arrest Serbs over t'shirts SERBIANNA June 3, 2008 Brothers Miomir and Milos Stojanovic from Gnjilane have been arrested on the regional road from Gnjilane to Bujanovac for wearing t-shirts saying Kosovo is Serbia, stated official of the Kosovo Ministry Milorad Todorovic. He told the Serbian news agency Beta that two youths were arrested and brought before the municipal prosecutor in Gnjilane. The Islamic judge decided that the brothers, who are Christian, must either pay 250 Euros each or to spend 60 days in jail. Serbianna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025819/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:01:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003165/posts GNJILANE, Kosovo, April 17, 2008 – Thronged sidewalks and cafes, jammed roads and packed store shelves suggest progress in this former war zone where National Guard troops play a key role in an international effort to keep the world’s newest country on the path of peace. Army Maj. Gen. Larry Shellito, adjutant general of the Minnesota National Guard; Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty; and Army Brig. Gen. John Davoren, commander of Kosovo Force’s Multinational Task Force East, tour Kosovo on April 12, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill, National Guard Bureau   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003165/posts#comment Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:41:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000761/posts Carla del Ponte, the former chief prosecutor for war crimes in former Yugoslavia, has unleashed a storm of recrimination with allegations of a trade in human body parts in Kosovo and Albania after Nato bombed Serbia in 1999. Del Ponte claims, based on what she describes as credible reports and witnesses, that Kosovan Albanian guerrillas transported hundreds of Serbian prisoners into northern Albania where they were killed, and their organs "harvested" and trafficked out of Tirana airport. The Kosovan government, now headed by the former guerrilla leader Hashim Thaci, dismisses the claims as untrue, while Serbia and Russia are demanding... Mail & Guardian on line International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000761/posts#comment Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:09:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987097/posts Over 1,300 Kosovo Serbs, in addition to those for whom we know they have been killed and whose remains were handed over to their families by the UNMIK during the past 8 years, are still listed as missing. In some cases the entire families were kidnapped by the KLA/UCK at some point during the 1998-1999 war and after UN/NATO took over the administration and security of the southern Serbian province. These people were taken away in an unknown direction and, for all we know, disappeared from the face of the earth. Over the years, we have learned that a number... Byzantine Sacred Art http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987097/posts#comment Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:36:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982731/posts excerpt - BELGRADE: Serbia's government collapsed on Saturday and early elections loomed as pro-Western President Boris Tadic and nationalist Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica faced off over Kosovo and EU integration. Kostunica said his cabinet would meet on Monday to formally dissolve parliament and urged Tadic to call new elections for May 11, the same date as existing municipal polls. "The government of Serbia has no united policy any more on an important issue related to the future of the country, Kosovo as a part of Serbia," Kostunica told reporters in Belgrade. "Such a government could not function any more. This... The Economic Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982731/posts#comment Sun, 9 Mar 2008 03:46:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974173/posts Israel will not recognize Kosovo's independence at this time, and is watching developments in Brussels and elsewhere before it makes a final decision on the issue, officials in Jerusalem told The Jerusalem Post on Monday, a day after Kosovo's parliament declared independence from Serbia. "We haven't decided when we're going to decide, and instead will monitor events and consider the issue," said an Israeli official who deals with the Balkans. Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974173/posts#comment Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:51:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971845/posts PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Kosovo's parliament declared the territory a nation on Sunday, mounting a historic bid to become an "independent and democratic state" backed by the U.S. and European allies but bitterly contested by Serbia and Russia..... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971845/posts#comment Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:55:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952677/posts As Kosovo goes, so goes northern Cyprus? That's the way the Turkish Cypriots see it. They can't see any distinction between the West's plans for a new "independent" state of Kosovo and the aspirations of Turkey for an independent Turkish Cyprus. It's just one more reason against the creation of a new state of Kosovo, where none has ever existed before. The real problem with these fanciful new "independent" states is that they are not independent at all. Both will be aligned with Islamic world, where freedom, individual liberties and respect for peaceful neighbors and non-Muslim minorities are virtually unknown... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952677/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:28:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949396/posts ext of report by Bosnian edition of Croatian daily Vecernji list, on 11 December Dzevad Galijasevic - a controversial politician, chairman of the New Democratic Party in Bosnia and Hercegovina, and former mayor of the Maglaj Municipality - recently presented in Belgrade his new book, "The Era of Terrorism in Bosnia and Hercegovina". This is the final book in a trilogy of sorts that talks about the arrival of mujahidin in Bosnia-Hercegovina, exposes the organizations that support them, and details illegal as well as legal activities they are involved in. Galijasevic holds the view that Alija Izetbegovic's Islamic Declaration laid... BBC Monitoring International Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949396/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jan 2008 02:54:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944718/posts http://www.rts.co.yu/wupload/video/kraj-2612.ram Russian TV documentary. Unfortunatly dubbed in Serbian, but you can see how does life of Serbs on Kosovo looks like. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944718/posts#comment Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:42:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933463/posts Tens of thousands of Serbs are preparing to flee the troubled Balkan province of Kosovo because of fears that the region is on the brink of a devastating war. Talks to find a political solution to the future of the region collapsed last week, eight years after Nato intervened to end violence that left more than 2,000 dead. With Kosovo's new Albanian-led administration poised to declare independence from Serbia, the old hatreds are resurfacing. Many Serbs - who account for less than 10 per cent of the population - are packing their bags, fearing a new wave of "ethnic cleansing"... telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933463/posts#comment Sun, 2 Dec 2007 04:21:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932993/posts On December 10, the US-EU-Russian troika seeking a mutually acceptable settlement of the future status of Kosovo will make its report to the United Nations and to the world. Given the current position of the Russian government, it is unlikely that any agreement will be reached. If this is the case, I believe that further delay would be highly inadvisable. This process, which started far too late thanks to the neglect of the Bush Administration in its first term, has run its course. With Russia threatening to veto any arrangement submitted to the U.N. Security Council, we must be prepared... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932993/posts#comment Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:03:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932519/posts PRISTINA, Kosovo, Nov. 29, 2007 – Versus, the U.S. cable television home of the National Hockey League, has partnered with some troops deployed to Kosovo to give an early Christmas present to the peacekeepers there and their families at home. At 7 p.m. EST on Dec. 11 , everyone watching the Pittsburgh Penguins battle the Philadelphia Flyers on Versus will get to see some pictures of the American soldiers, airmen and sailors who are serving at Camps Film City and Bondsteel, Kosovo. At the same time their pictures are being shown on television in the United States, the troops will... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932519/posts#comment Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:17:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929947/posts At a most inopportune time, the Balkans are back. On Dec. 10, the U.S.-E.U.-Russian negotiating team tasked with getting the Serbs and Albanians to agree on Kosovo's future status will report to the United Nations that it has failed. A few weeks later Kosovo's government will proclaim that Kosovo is an independent nation -- a long overdue event. The United States and most of the European Union (led by Britain, France and Germany) will recognize Kosovo quickly. Russia and its allies will not. Kosovo's eight-year run as the biggest-ever U.N. project will end with great tension and a threat of... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929947/posts#comment Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:02:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928650/posts With no deal in sight, there are fears Kosovo may declare independence unilaterally, triggering a chain reaction of potentially violent secessions across the Balkans — and beyond. "There is a risk that the situation will destabilize" and unleash independence declarations in the ethnic Serb half of Bosnia and the ethnic Albanian-dominated north of Macedonia, said Alex Anderson, Kosovo project director for the International Crisis Group, a non-governmental group dedicated to preventing conflict. ap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928650/posts#comment Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:59:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1917339/posts With Hillary Clinton surging in the polls and Democrats knifing Bush's foreign policy and praising Bill Clinton's, it's time for a reality check on a supposed triumph: Team Clinton oversimplified a complex situation in Bosnia and ended up aiding and abetting Muslim extremists. That's the conclusion of John Schindler, a professor at the U.S. Naval War College and a former National Security Agency analyst. In his new book, "Unholy Terror: Bosnia, al-Qa'ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad," Schindler reappraises the 1992-1995 Bosnian war and America's decision to come to the defense of Muslims in their conflict with Serbs. (...)... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1917339/posts#comment Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:59:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1912079/posts Whoever doesn’t take the current Clinton candidacy seriously is a fool. It’s quite probable that she’ll end up inheriting the Iraq War and all its collateral issues which I’m sure doesn’t sweeten the pot, but she’s determined to become President anyway. I admire her for that. I know I wouldn’t want to inherit someone else’s baggage. And certainly not that kind of baggage. Candidate Hillary Clinton sure has a lot to say about the Iraq War and how the current administration has conducted itself. Maybe I missed it, but she has not had nearly enough to say about another issue,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1912079/posts#comment Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:19:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1877694/posts After my article exposing the farce of our Kosovo mission ran in American Legion Magazine last month, I heard from a soldier in Kosovo who was incredulous that someone was actually and finally talking about the region. I proceeded to publish two letters from him in this space, about his experiences and observations there, some of which confirm the free run that jihadists have in Kosovo, the fact that Albanians are being radicalized, and the notion that we should not have intervened in Kosovo as we did. Only there since November, the National Guard soldier stopped short of confirming the... Front Page Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1877694/posts#comment Tue, 7 Aug 2007 17:58:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868057/posts NEW BOOK – available now from The American Council for Kosovo! Hiding Genocide in Kosovo: A Crime against God and Humanity by Iseult Henry Old habits die hard: A yellow cross fixed by German NATO to the door of a Serbian house to show that Christians live there -- but not for long. Finally, the truth is coming out about the Kosovo jihad and how it has been aided and abetted by NATO, the UN, and the EU. Thanks to Iseult Henry, maybe the shameful and ultimately suicidal support of the Kosovo jihadists by Western powers will finally be ended.... The American Council for Kosovo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868057/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:36:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1866272/posts And though he now stands accused of murdering Serb civilians nine years ago, as prime minister he aided U.N. efforts to protect the remaining Serbian minority in Kosovo. In a 37-count indictment, Haradinaj and his Kosovo Liberation Army unit are accused of a "widespread and systematic" campaign to intimidate, abduct, rape and murder Serb civilians and Albanians who refused to cooperate. His "Black Eagles" killed at least 40 people between March and September 1998 and expelled thousands more, the indictment says. One of Haradinaj's lieutenants and co-defendants, Idriz Balaj, is accused of some of the more grisly deeds, including slicing... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1866272/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:06:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857880/posts "What if we were to tell you today that we were wrong and that Kosovo is yours, and that we are withdrawing our forces from Kosovo by Saturday? What then?", the US ambassador (to Serbia, Michael Polt) asked on Tuesday, following a public speech delivered on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Marshall Plan, which was, however, almost entirely dedicated to the issue of Serbia's southern province. Belgrade. Serbian prime minister's media advisor Srdjan Djuric told Tanjug late on Tuesday that US Ambassador to Serbia Michael Polt made an interesting suggestion, which the Serbian government is prepared to... Focus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857880/posts#comment Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:39:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855535/posts The May 7 arrests of six Islamic radicals, four of them ethnic Albanians originally from Macedonia and Kosovo, led American intelligence officials to issue a direct order to their Macedonian colleagues, urging them to redouble efforts against known and unknown Islamic radical elements in the country, Balkanalysis.com can now report. The alleged aspiring terrorists have been held without bail since their arrest and were indicted on June 5. While the majority of news reports on the subject have remained preoccupied with details such as the ‘true’ nationality of the men arrested or their prior experience as refugees, or the larger... Balkanalysis.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855535/posts#comment Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:08:48 GMT