-Caveat Lector- > URL: http://www.emperors-clothes.com > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > URL for this article is > http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/choss/behind.htm > Send this article to a friend! > > www.tenc.net * [Emperor's Clothes] > > Washington Behind Terrorist Attacks in Macedonia > by Michel Chossudovsky [23 July 2001] > > It is now documented beyond doubt that Washington is behind the > terrorist assaults in Macedonia. While Secretary of State Colin > Powell reaffirms America's resolve to "combat terrorism," US military > advisers from Military Professional Resources Inc. (MPRI), a private > mercenary outfit on contract to the Pentagon are fighting alongside > the NLA terrorists: > > "Among the rebels that were withdrawing were 17 "instructors" - > former US officers that provided military training for the rebels. > Not only that: the Macedonian security forces claim that 70% of the > equipment that the guerilla fighters took with them are of US > production and the latter includes highly sophisticated third > generation night vision devices."1 > > US FORCES PROTECT THE TERRORISTS In late June, the Macedonian ARM > undertook a major assault against KLA-NLA positions in Aracinovo, a > village close to Skopje. In a NATO sponsored operation which "was > supposed to allow the Macedonian Army to gain significant rebel > territory," US troops were sent in to "evacuate" and "disarm" the > terrorists:2 > > "When the terrorists were defeated and showed a white flag, the OSCE > and NATO were in panic and ordered us [the Macedonian authorities] to > stop immediately the [military] action. Swedish Foreign Minister Ana > Lindth and the European leaders were hysterical, threatening us with > economic sanctions, etc. Furthermore, the OSCE and KFOR entered > Aracinovo and 'saved' 500 terrorists together with their weaponry and > took them to another village from where they are now attacking again, > killing civilians and undertaking ethnic cleansing in several > Macedonian villages... NATO forbids us to defend ourselves when we > are attacked; our territory is brutally abused by the terrorists. We > have tried to defend ourselves, and they have saved the terrorists in > air-conditioned buses. That has provoked harsh reaction of the > Macedonian people."3 > > The official "story" out of the US military base near Skopje was: > "[Sorry]...but something went wrong":4 > > "A confidential source at Camp Able Sentry [US base near Skopje] says > the bus convoy [evacuating the terrorists] was stopped by tanks > manned by NLA rebels ... and the rebels left the buses and > disappeared. 'Now we have some extremely angry Macedonians on our > hands,' the American official said."5 > > The same source stated that the rebels "were escorted by lightly > armed American troops," conveying the impression that the highly > trained American GIs of the 502nd Infantry division could not do > anything against "the tanks manned by NLA rebels" which had entrapped > the bus convoy.6 The ambush story is a fabrication, for one KLA-NLA > rebels do not have tanks in their arsenal. > > OPENING A NEW FRONT The US sponsored "evacuation" from Aracinavo had > enabled the NLA terrorists - together with their American military > advisers and foreign mercenaries - "to open up a new front" around > the village of Radusa, 40 kilometers northwest of Skopje.7"They > [NATO] are transporting the rebels, the terrorists, from one area to > another and rearming them, instead of confiscating their weapons."8 > In turn, KFOR is "protecting" the NLA terrorists' supply routes > including the flow of military personnel and weapons from KLA-NLA > bases in Kosovo and from training camps in Albania. > > Sources in the U.S. Army in Kosovo suggest that the "evacuation" > mission was also intent upon saving "the 17 'instructors' among the > withdrawing rebels," presumably to avoid the diplomatic humiliation > and media embarrassment of senior US military personnel captured > together with the terrorists by the Macedonian Security Forces.9 > > Meanwhile, there are indications that US Apache helicopters and > unmanned "predator" drone spy planes (UAV) (dispatched by a > contingent of the US 15th Military Intelligence Battalion, stationed > at Camp Able Sentry) are supporting this "new front" by transmitting > military-intelligence to the rebel army's US military advisers: > > "The Pentagon... approved [mid March 2001] sending several unmanned > spy planes to monitor the Kosovo-Macedonia border. The Air Force > Predator unmanned drones can feed images immediately not only to > troops in the region, but also to Washington."10 > > And in the wake of the US sponsored "evacuation," the KLA-NLA > terrorists - together with their US military instructors - have > renewed their attacks in the Tetovo region. > > RECRUITING FOREIGN MERCENARIES Since the Soviet-Afghan war, > recruiting Mujahedin ("holy warriors") to fight covert wars on > Washington's behest has become an integral part of US foreign policy. > A report of the US Congress has revealed how the US administration - > under advice from the National Security Council headed by Anthony > Lake - had "helped turn Bosnia into a militant Islamic base" leading > to the recruitment through the so-called "Militant Islamic Network," > of thousands of Mujahedin from the Muslim world.11 > > The "Bosnian pattern" has since been replicated in Kosovo, Southern > Serbia and Macedonia. Among the foreign mercenaries now fighting with > the KLA-NLA are Mujahedin from the Middle East and the Central Asian > republics of the former Soviet Union as well as "soldiers of fortune" > from several NATO countries including Britain, Holland and Germany. > Some of these Western mercenaries had previously fought with the KLA > and the Bosnian Muslim Army.12 > > Also among NLA recruits are Albanian-American "volunteers" enlisted > in New York with the tacit approval of the US government.13 In March > 2001, the New York-based Albanian-language newspaper Bota Sot printed > an advertisement of the National Liberation Army (NLA) "calling > Albanians [in the US] to register as volunteers and to donate > money."14 Several hundred Albanian-Americans had formed an "Atlantic > Brigade" which fought alongside the KLA in 1998 and 1999. In recent > months, members of the "Atlantic Brigade" have reportedly joined the > NLA.15 > > THE UNITED NATIONS FUNDS THE TERRORISTS Amply documented, the United > Nations so-called "civilian" Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) is the KLA > in disguise, and the NLA is a proxy of the KLA. According to the > Sunday Times: "Hundreds of KPC reservists were called up by their > Albanian commander, Agim Ceku, in March [2001]. They subsequently > disappeared to former KLA training camps in Albania and are now > re-emerging in Macedonia."16 > > NLA rebel Commander Ostremi was until recently Chief of Staff of the > Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC). To maintain appearances, Washington > has "blacklisted" the KPC commanders who joined the NLA. Washington's > so-called "blacklist" - which bars the former KPC commanders from > entering the US - includes the names of "Commander Ostremi, his > replacement as chief-of-staff at the KPC Commander Daut Haradinaj, > the commander and deputy commander of the KPC's elite force, the > Rapid Reaction Corps, plus the leaders of two of its six regional > divisions, Commander Sami Lushtaku and Commander Mustafa > Rrustem..."17 > > From the horse's mouth: Washington's "blacklist" visibly refutes the > claims of both the "international community" and the Western media > mantra that "the NLA has no links to KLA." In fact, the "blacklist" > confirms that they are one and the same thing, with the same > commanding officers in both the KPC and the NLA. Moreover, it also > confirms that the terrorist assaults are led by military personnel > paid by the United Nations. > > When Commander Ostremi took leave from his UN job to lead the NLA, > the UN "assumed he had gone on holiday."18 According to the Irish > Times, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan failed to remove the NLA > commanders from the United Nations payroll. The "international > community" was still (early July) footing the bill under the disguise > of UN "peacekeeping": > > ."..the United Nations says it will take no action against these five > men [NLA commanders], all still serving officers [in the UN sponsored > KPC] because Washington has yet to pass on details of what the men > are supposed to have done."19 > > This pattern of "financing terrorism" from the UN purse is nothing > new. The former head of the UN Interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) > Bernard Kouchner had established close personal ties with KLA > Commander in Chief Agim Ceku, who in a bitter irony was on the list > of "alleged war criminals" of the Hague Tribunal. But because he was > wanted in relation to "crimes committed in Croatia" rather than > Kosovo, this was not an issue in his appointment by the UN to the > position of Commander in Chief of the KPC.20 > > An independent report submitted to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in > 2000 confirmed that the KPC had been involved in "criminal activities > - killings, ill-treatment/torture, illegal policing, abuse of > authority, intimidation, breaches of political neutrality and hate > speech."21 In a cruel irony, "the United Nations is paying the > salaries of many of the gangsters."22 > > But what the report fails to mention, however, is that barely two > months after the official inauguration of the KPC under UN auspices > (September 1999), KPC-KLA commanders - using UN resources and > equipment - were already preparing the assaults into Macedonia, as a > logical follow-up to their terrorist activities in Kosovo. According > to the Skopje daily Dnevnik, the KPC had established a "sixth > operation zone" which: > > "included Presevo, Bujanovac, Medvedja [in Southern Serbia] and > Macedonian villages in the area of Skopska Crna Gora, Lojane, > Vaksince, Straza and Lipkovo... Sources, who insist on anonymity, > claim that headquarters of Kosovo protection brigades [directly > linked to the UN sponsored KPC] have [March 2000] already been formed > in Tetovo, Gostivar and Skopje. They are being prepared in Debar and > Struga [on the border with Albania] as well, and their members have > defined codes."23 > > According to the BBC, "Western special forces were still training the > guerrillas" meaning that they were assisting the KLA in opening up "a > new front" in Southern Serbia and Macedonia.24 > > LINKS TO ORGANISED CRIME Also acknowledged by official US sources as > well as by numerous press reports are the links of the KLA-NLA to > powerful criminal syndicates involved in the Balkans' multi-billion > dollar drug trade. Albanian and Kosovar criminal organizations are > providing "a very significant support to them [the NLA terrorists in > Macedonia]."25 These criminal groups are also involved in the traffic > of Albanian women into prostitution in several European countries > including Britain, Italy and Germany. And part of the proceeds of > these illicit activities is used to arm and equip the KLA-NLA > terrorists. > > In other words, in providing support to the KLA-NLA, Washington (not > to mention the United Nations) is indirectly upholding the organised > criminal-business syndicates which are behind the terrorists. > > TREASON WITHIN THE MACEDONIAN SECURITY FORCES In April, the Commander > in Chief of the Macedonian Armed Forces (ARM) General Andrejevski was > accused by A1 TV Skopje of having transmitted military intelligence > to the NLA through MPRI General Richard Griffiths, who is director of > the US "equip and train" program with the Macedonian ARM under a US > military aid programme.26 Sixteen senior (retired) US military > officers are advising the ARM. > > But it so happens that the same US mercenary outfit on contract to > the Macedonian ARM is also assisting the NLA rebels in their > terrorist assaults. In other words, Washington is arming and advising > both the KLA attackers and the Macedonian defenders under military > and intelligence authorization acts approved by the US Congress. MPRI > is helping Macedonia - as part of a US military aid package - "to > deter armed aggression and defend Macedonian territory." But MPRI is > also advising and equipping the KLA, which is responsible for the > terrorist assaults. In this war, the American military-intelligence > apparatus is pulling strings "on both sides of the fence."27 > > Faced with mounting pressure, General Andrejevski has since given up > his position as Commander in Chief of the ARM. But immediately > following his resignation, Andrejevski was appointed "Military > Adviser" to President Trajkovski, while maintaining his personal > links with MPRI`s Richard Griffith who is still in Skopje, > responsible for channeling US "military aid" on behalf of the > Pentagon. In other words, the US military establishment is still > involved on both sides, advising the NLA as well as "assisting" the > Macedonian ARM. The ultimate objective of this military-intelligence > ploy is to prevent the Macedonian ARM from defeating the terrorists. > > CIVIL SOCIETY PLOY Despite the barrage of media falsehoods, > Macedonian citizens are fully aware that Washington is supporting the > terrorists. To diffuse public resentment, several Western > "foundations" and "human rights organisations" - including the > International Crisis Group (ICG) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) are > working closely with local citizens groups in Macedonia. While their > formal mandate is in the areas of "confidence building," > "governance," "peace-making" and "inter-ethnic reconciliation," in > practice, they work hand in glove with NATO. They are an integral > part of the military-intelligence ploy. The role of these front > organisations is to ensure that public resentment is directed against > the Macedonian government and Military rather than against > Washington, NATO or the IMF.28 > > The Open Society Institute (OSI) in Skopje, controlled by Wall Street > financier George Soros is also playing a central role in manipulating > and ultimately weakening the civilian protest movement.29 OSI in > Macedonia has launched an "Appeal for Peace" endorsed by a large > number of Macedonian organisations. (More than 300 organisations and > individuals have signed the OSI "Appeal for Peace"). In other words, > Soros' OSI in Skopje hosts and finances the citizens' movement > against terrorism while carefully omitting to mention the causes of > terrorism. > > Moreover, George Soros is also part of the Wall Street financial > establishment which is colonising the Balkans. And this "economic > conquest" by American financial interests is supported by the US > military-intelligence apparatus, which is funneling covert support to > the terrorists. > > While George Soros finances "peace" and "reconciliation" initatives > in Macedonia, he also supports the KLA. Across the border in Kosovo, > the Soros sponsored Kosova Foundation for an Open Society (KFOS) is > funding the activities of "local governments" controlled by KLA > appointees. This assistance was initially channeled through a World > Bank "Post Conflict Trust Fund," of which 90 percent of the financing > is controlled by George Soros.30 > > Needless to say, Soros is close to the seat of political power in the > US, he works hand in glove with the World Bank and has significant > economic interests in the Balkans. His Open Society Institute is also > supporting the "alternative media" in Macedonia with all the > appearances of purporting to advance "democracy" and "freedom of the > press." > > NATO SPONSORED REFUGEE CRISIS The refugee crisis has been > deliberately triggered by the US sponsored terrorist assaults. Both > Macedonian and Albanian civilians are among the victims. More than > 100,000 people are affected. According to the United Nations High > Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) some 73,800 people have crossed the > border into Kosovo, and another 34,500 people are "internally > displaced" within Macedonia.31 In Albanian villages occupied by the > rebels, Albanian civilians rather than being "protected" by NLA > "freedom fighters" are often the object of intimidation and > reprisals. > > In villages inhabited by Macedonians in the Tetovo region, ethnic > cleansing is being implemented in the presence of US military > personnel who are advising rebel commanders. The KLA-NLA is reported > to "have committed unprecedented acts of terror against the > inhabitants, forcing them to leave the villages completely. The > displaced persons from [these] villages have strongly criticized the > OSCE and the International Committee of the Red Cross - whose > representatives have consistently avoided contact with the residents > of these Tetovo villages."32 > > Entire communities are uprooted. According to the UNHCR, the majority > of the refugees crossing into Kosovo are women, children and elderly > men. Other reports suggest that the terrorists are enlisting ethnic > Albanian men to join the KLA-NLA often through force and > intimidation. The evidence suggests that those who refuse face > serious reprisals.33 The pattern in this regard, is very similar to > what occurred in Kosovo in 1999 where entire villages were > uprooted.34 > > ETHNIC CLEANSING Washington is indelibly behind the process of ethnic > cleansing in Macedonia. It is worth mentioning in this regard that > MPRI (the mercenary outfit working with the KLA-NLA) was on contract > with the Croatian Armed Forces in 1995, in charge of the ethnic > cleansing and civilian massacres directed against the Serb population > in the Krajina region of Croatia. In this regard, MPRI was working > closely with Commander Agim Ceku, who at the time was a Brigadier > General in the Croatian Armed Forces. Ceku was not only one of the > key planners of "Operation Storm," he was also commander of the > artillery division responsible for shelling Krajina Serb civilians. > It is no wonder that the pattern in Macedonia is similar to that of > Krajina and Kosovo.35 > > The same commanding officers from the KLA and the MPRI are now > involved in the terrorist assaults and ethnic cleansing in Macedonia. > "Protected" by American and British troops stationed in Kosovo and > Macedonia, the KLA-NLA rebels now control a significant portion of > Macedonian territory. > > BOGUS PEACE PLAN Washington's design is to prevent the Macedonian > Security Forces from fighting the rebels and protecting its borders. > In other words, the hidden agenda of the EU-US brokered "peace plan" > is to gain time, drag out the conflict, keep the Macedonian Security > Forces in the barracks while continuing to arm and equip the rebels. > And this gruesome military-intelligence ploy is possible because the > Macedonian President and part of his entourage are puppets of the US. > Moreover, the MPRI, which is actively advising the NLA, is still on > contract with the Macedonian government "helping the Macedonian Armed > Forces." > > Meanwhile General Andrejevski, who recently resigned his position as > ARM Commander in Chief, is still in charge as "military adviser" to > the President, acting on behalf of the MPRI and the Pentagon. > > In other words, key senior military officers in the ARM are > collaborating with the enemy, against the lower ranking officers and > the ARM rank and file who are fighting for their country. Despite the > divisions within the government, Prime Minister Mr. Ljubco > Georgievski, has openly accused US envoy James Pardew and EU's > Francois Leotard of "forcing Macedonia to cave in to demands from > Albanian guerrillas":36 > > "It becomes obvious that all of the terrorist actions in Macedonia > have been supported by the western democracies. Now, we practically > have 95% of Ali Ahmeti's [the NLA leader] document on the table. It > is clear that the international community has decided on its position > beforehand, and now it is trying to realize it in Macedonia."37 > > "'As much as their text is brutal, more brutal and worrying is the > fashion in which they are trying to break up Macedonian state > institutions,' Mr. Georgievski said ... The Prime Minister further > stated that the proposed peace package constituted 'a serious > interference in the internal affairs of the Republic of Macedonia'... > Asked about the extent of pressure Macedonia could sustain, > Georgievski said all threats and blackmails had been presented so > far, 'except that NATO will conduct an air-strike on us.' "38 > > THE ANGLO-AMERICAN AXIS In the negotiation of the "peace plan," the > Anglo-US position has prevailed over that of France and Germany. In > this regard, Prime Minister Georgievski "underlined that the French > expert in law [former Minister of Justice] Robert Badinter was > brutally eliminated from the political process," meaning that his > recommendations on constitutional reform were turned down by James > Pardew in consultation with NLA leader Ali Ahmeti.39 > > Although NATO is not formally part of the EU-US "mediation," EU High > Representative Javier Solana (who occupied the position of Secretary > General of NATO during the 1999 bombings of Yugoslavia) has been > working hand in glove with his successor at NATO Lord George > Robertson. In turn, British Ambassador Mark Dickinson was appointed > in May by Solana to act on his behalf in Skopje. British paratroopers > and Special Forces - -which trained the KLA in 1999 - are slated to > lead the bogus "Essential Harvest" operation to "disarm the rebels." > > Increasingly, the corridors of international diplomacy has been taken > over by military-intelligence officials with previous experience in > Bosnia and Kosovo. James Pardew started his Balkans career in 1993 as > a senior intelligence officer for the Joint Chiefs of Staff > responsible for channeling US aid to the Bosnian Muslim Army. Coronel > Pardew had been put in charge of arranging the "air-drops" of > supplies to Bosnian forces, working closely with the Chairman of the > National Security Council Anthony Lake.40 NATO's Peter Feith who has > been "put in charge of contacts with the [KLA-NLA] guerillas" is a > longstanding "colleague" of James Pardew. He was political advisor to > the IFOR High Command in Bosnia in the mid-1990s.41 > > REPLICATING BOSNIA AND KOSOVO America's "mediator" James Pardew has > been given the mandate to replicate the Bosnia-Kosovo pattern. In > this regard, Washington's military-intelligence ploy is to fracture > Macedonian territory, foster internal social divisions and fuel > ethnic strife. The design is to destroy all social and political ties > between Albanians and Macedonians, who have coexisted for more than a > half a century within a multiethnic society. These socio-ethnic > divisions are deliberately created so as to curb all forms of social > resistance. More importantly, they want to prevent the development of > a broader "common front" against the enemy. > > The US sponsored terrorist assaults as well as the bogus "peace plan" > are intent upon eventually splitting up the country and transforming > Macedonia into a NATO protectorate. Operation "Essential Harvest" to > be led by British parachutists would constitute a first step towards > a military occupation of Macedonian territory. NATO forces are not > only protecting the rebels in the territories under their control, > MPRI advisers on contract to the Pentagon are assisting in the > implementation of "ethnic cleansing" in these territories. In the > latter, Macedonian State institutions are no longer functioning. > > In other words, the territories under KLA-NLA control - which border > Kosovo - are de facto under the jurisdiction of NATO. Moreover, there > are indications that the KLA - with NATO support - may attempt to > trigger a unilateral secession of Kosovo from Yugoslavia. This would > not only heighten the political crisis in Belgrade, it would also > raise the issue of the political status of the territories occupied > by the KLA-NLA from which the Macedonian population has been expulsed > (much in the same way as the Serbs were expulsed from Kosovo). In > this design, NATO's intent is clear, it consists in fracturing and > destroying Macedonia as a country. > > ENDNOTES > > 1. Hamburger Abendblatt, Hamburg, 27 June 2001, English translation > by > OK-Macedonia, Skopje, 28 June 2001, at > http://www.ok.mk/news/story.asp?id=1631 and at > http://emperors-clothes.com/docs/advise.htm > > 2. Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2001. > > 3. Report from informed source in Skopje, 3 July 2001. > > 4. Christian Science Monitor, op. cit. > > 5. Ibid. > > 6. Ibid. > > 7. AFP. Paris, 4 July 2001. > > 8. Statement of Ljubica Acevska, Macedonia's first ambassador to the > United States, UPI, 5 July 2001. > > 9. See Col. David Hackworth, Wanted Guns for Hire, Toogood Reports, > July 10, 2001, at > http://toogoodreports.com/column/general/hackworth/071001.htm. > > 10. See The Record, Bergen County New Jersey, 25 March 2001, and the > New York Times, 17 July 2001. > > 11. Washington Times, 14 December 1997 and US Congress, Press > Release, "Militant Islamic Base", Congressional Press Releases, 16 > January 1997. > > 12. Scotland on Sunday, Glasgow, 15 June 2001, > http://www.scotlandonsunday.com/text_only.cfm?id=SS01025960 , see > also UPI, 9 July 2001. > > 13. New York Times, 19 March 2001. In March 2001, the New York-based > Albanian-language newspaper Bota Sot printed an advertisement by the > National Liberation Army (NLA) "calling Albanians [in the US] to > register as volunteers and to donate money." See The Guardian, > London, 20 March 2001. > > 14. The Guardian, 20 March 2001, available at > http://gu.com/Kosovo/Story/0,2763,459596,00.html . See also ITAR > Tass, Moscow, 20 March 2001. > > 15. According to the editor of Bota Sot, Dervish Jahjaga interviewed > by The Guardian, London, 20 March 2001. > > 16. For further details see Sunday Times, London, 10 June 2001 at > http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/06/10/stifgneeu01001.html > . > See > also Jared Israel, 'Sorry Virginia, but they are NATO troops, not > Rebels,' > Emperors Clothes, June 2001 at > http://emperors-clothes.com/mac/times2.htm. > > 17. Irish Times, Dublin, 5 July 2001. > > 18. Ibid. > > 19. Ibid. > > 20. See Michel Chossudovsky, The United Nations Appoints an Alleged > War Criminal in Kosovo, March 2000, at > http://www.emperors-clothes.com/articles/chuss/unandthe.htm. > > 21. Quoted in John Sweeney and Jen Holsoe, "Kosovo Disaster Response > Service Stands Accused of Murder and Torture," The Observer, London, > 12 March 2000. > > 22. Ibid > > 23. Macedonian Information Centre Newsletter, Skopje, 21 March 2000, > published by BBC Summary of World Broadcast, 24 March 2000. > > 24. BBC, 29 January 2001, at > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1142000/1142478.stm > > > 25. UPI, 8 July 2001. > > 26. See Michel Chossudovsky, Macedonia: Washington Military > Intelligence Ploy, > June 2001, at http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/choss/ploy.htm . > See also MPRI Republic of Macedonia, Stability and Deterrence Program > (1998-Present) at http://www.mpri.com/subchannels/int_europe.html . > > 27. See Michel Chossudovsky, Washington Finances Ethnic Warfare in > the Balkans, > April 2001, http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/choss/fin.htm > and Michel Chossudovsky, Macedonia: Washington's > Military-Intelligence Ploy, June 2001 at > http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/choss/ploy.htm > > 28. See ICG's report on Macedonia at > http://www.intl-crisis-group.org/projects/showreport.cfm?reportid=318 > . Both HRW > and ICG are funded by Wall Street financier George Soros. > > 29. See the OSI Macedonia webpage at http://www.soros.org.mk /. > > 30. World Bank, Kosova Foundation for an Open Society (KFOS) World > Bank, World Bank Launches First Kosovo Project, Washington, November > 16, 1999 News Release > No. 2000/097/ECA, http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/extme/097.htm . > See also Michel Chossudovsky, Opening Kosovo to Foreign Capital, > March 2000, at http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/chuss/opening.htm > . > > 31. UNHCR Press Briefing, Geneva, 3 July 2001 > > 32. Macedonian Radio, Skopje, in Macedonian, 200 GMT 8 July 2001, BBC > Monitoring Service, 8 July 2001. > > 33. The Red Cross has registered some 34,000 "internally displaced > persons", expulsed by the terrorists, See Red Cross, Report > Macedonia, 26 June 2001, at > http://crisis.vmacedonia.com/RedCross25062001/index.html . > > 34. In this regard, recent evidence suggests that the KLA was > instrumental in uprooting the civilian population in Kosovo during > the 1999 bombing of > Yugoslavia. See Jared Israel, What's Behind KLA Strategy in the > Balkans? > Emperors Clothes, and the interview with Kosovo historian Chedomir > Pralinchevich, May 2001, > http://emperors-clothes.com/interviews/strategy.htm . > > 35 See Michel Chossudovsky, NATO Installs a Reign of Terror in the > Kosovo, July > 1999 at http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/chuss/chossnato.htm > > 36. Quoted in The Independent, London, 19 July 2001. > > 37. Press Release, Macedonian Information Agency, Skopje, 19 July > 2001 at > http://www.sinf.gov.mk/PressRoomEN/2001/07/n0719.htm#2 > > 38. Ibid. > > 39. Ibid. > > 40. Washington Times, 14 December 1997 and US Congress, Press > Release, "Militant Islamic Base", Congressional Press Releases, 16 > January 1997. > > 41. Deutsche Press Agentur, 12 July 2001. > > Articles by the author on Macedonia: > > Washington Finances Ethnic Warfare in the Balkans, Ottawa, April > 2001, > http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/choss/fin.htm . > > America at War in Macedonia, June 2001, > http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/choss/pipe.htm . > > Macedonia: Washington's Military Intelligence Ploy, June 2001, > http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/choss/ploy.htm > > C Copyright by Michel Chossudovsky, Ottawa, July 2001. All rights > reserved Permission is granted to post this text on non-commercial > community internet sites, provided the essay remains intact, the > copyright note is displayed and > no lengthy headers or footers are added without consulting the > author. 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