The article below in Serbian is from the column "Svet" in Politika Online
for Feb. 13, 2008. Here is a translation:

 

 

John McCain armed the KLA

 

"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, cut his
campaign in Florida by one day to attend this gathering.

 

"Even in 1998 when we had problems with Milosevic, McCain did everything
that we asked of him to the benefit of the Albanian people, including arming
the KLA", announced DioGuardi. "We are American Albanians and we need a
leader who will strengthen this country... We must support John McCain
because he did everything we asked of him for Kosovo, from supporting the
Kosovo Liberation Army to supporting the independence of Kosovo. Two years
ago he spoke in Brussels and said that independence is the only solution",
concluded this former congressman who has been fighting for the independence
of Kosovo and Metohija for more than twenty years.

 

He explained that the first thing McCain said to him when he entered the
hotel in Manhatten on January 22: "Joe, I saw your people in Michigan, and
in South Carolina and in New Hampshire", from which this lobbyist deduced
that all Americans of Albanian background will be voting for the senator
from Arizona.

 

DioGuardi and his wife Shirley Cloys-DioGuardi have been friends with McCain
for years, and he intervened several times in the Senate on behalf of the
Albanians. Because of that, the Albanian American Civic League awarded him
the "Balkan Award for Peace" a year and a half ago, and the initiative was
the proposed Senate resolution - which McCain wrote - in which  thanks is
extended to the Albanians for "saving all the Jews who lived in Albania or
who sought shelter there during the Nazi Holocaust".

 

However, even though he is leading in the presidential nomination, John
McCain has not yet succeeded in convincing the primary wing of the
Republican Party - the conservatives - that he is the right candidate. One
of the reasons is that he often spoke and voted against the majority
Republicans, as in 1999 when he asked for more intensive air bombing of
Serbia.

 

In April of that year, three weeks after the bombing commenced, he announced
that the US is in danger of losing the war to the Serbian Army which has
"antiquated machinery" and "absolutely no military air power", if massive
strategic air attacks are not initiated. "Attacks on any infrastructure
target must not be prevented. We all regret civilian losses, as well as our
own, but they cannot be avoided," he said.

 

During the pre-election campaign in February 2000 at a meeting in Manhatten,
John McCain asked for the release of all Albanian prisoners in the prisons
of Serbia proper, and a year later he used his inlfuence to ask the
administration for an urgent investigation into the killing of the brothers
Bitici who were taken from prison and killed in the police training center
in Petrovo Selo in eastern Serbia. This February 5 the senator held another
meeting in Manhatten and in the public there was a visible Albanian flag.

V.R.

______________

 

Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:07 PM

Subject: Kandidat

 

Džon Mekejn naoružavao OVK 

Radio je sve što smo tražili od njega, ukljucujuci i naoružavanje OVK,
izjavio albanski lobista Džo Diogvardi. – Albanci prikupili milion dolara za
predsednicku kampanju ovog senatora 



Amerikanci albanskog porekla prikupili su za jedno vece milion dolara za
predsednicku kampanju republikanskog senatora Džona Mekejna, saopštila je
juce Albansko-americka gradanska liga, lobisticka grupa koju vodi nekadašnji
kongresmen Džozef Diogvardi. Prijem za Mekejna održan je 22. januara u
hotelu Sent Ridžis na Menhetnu, a senator koji trenutno vodi u trci za
kandidata Republikanske stranke na novembarskim izborima prekinuo je na
jedan dan svoju kampanju na Floridi kako bi došao na ovaj skup.

„Još od 1998. kad smo imali probleme sa Miloševicem, Mekejn je radio sve što
smo od njega tražili u korist albanskog naroda, ukljucujuci i naoružavanje
OVK”, izjavio je tim povodom Diogvardi. „Mi smo americki Albanci i treba nam
voda koji ce ojacati ovu zemlju... Mi moramo da podržimo Džona Mekejna, jer
je on uradio sve što smo tražili za Kosovo, od podrške Oslobodilackoj vojsci
Kosova do podrške nezavisnosti Kosova. On je pre dve godine u govoru u
Briselu rekao da je nezavisnost jedino rešenje”, zakljucio je ovaj bivši
clan Kongresa, koji se više od dvadeset godina bori za nezavisnost Kosova i
Metohije.

On je objasnio i da je prvo što mu je Mekejn rekao kad je 22. januara ušao u
hotel na Menhetnu bilo: „Džo, video sam tvoje ljude (Albance) u Micigenu, i
u Južnoj Karolini i u Nju Hempširu”, iz cega ovaj lobista izvlaci zakljucak
da ce svi Amerikanci albanskog porekla glasati za senatora iz Arizone.

Diogvardi i njegova supruga Širli Klojs-Diogvardi vec godinama su prijatelji
sa Mekejnom, a on je nekoliko puta u Senatu intervenisao u korist Albanaca.
Zbog tih zasluga Albansko-americka gradanska liga dodelila mu je pre godinu
i po dana svoju „Balkansku nagradu za mir”, a povod je bio predlog senatske
rezolucije – koji je napisao Mekejn – u kojem se pohvaljuju Albanci za
„spasavanje svih Jevreja koji su živeli u Albaniji ili su tamo potražili
utocište tokom nacistickog holokausta”.

Medutim, iako vodi u trci za predsednicku nominaciju, Džon Mekejn još nije
uspeo da ubedi glavno krilo Republikanske stranke – konzervativce – da je on
pravi kandidat. Jedan od razloga je i to što je cesto govorio i glasao
suprotno vecini republikanaca, kao 1999. kad je tražio još žešce vazdušne
udare po Srbiji.

U aprilu te godine, tri nedelje posle pocetka bombardovanja, izjavio je da
su SAD u opasnosti da izgube rat od srpske vojske, koja ima „zastarelu
opremu” i „uopšte nema ratno vazduhoplovstvo”, ako se ne pokrenu „masovni,
strateški i koncentrisani” vazdušni napadi. „Ne sme biti zabranjeno da se
napadne bilo koja infrastrukturna meta... Svi mi žalimo za civilnim žrtvama,
kao i za sopstvenim, ali one su neizbežne”, rekao je.

Tokom predizborne kampanje u februaru 2000. godine, Džon Mekejn je na
mitingu na Menhetnu zatražio puštanje svih albanskih zatvorenika iz zatvora
u užoj Srbiji, a godinu dana kasnije svoj uticaj iskoristio je da od
administracije traži hitnu istragu o ubistvu brace Bitici koji su oteti iz
zatvora i streljani u policijskom centru za obuku u Petrovom Selu, na istoku
Srbije. Ovog 5. februara senator je ponovo održao miting na Menhetnu, a u
publici je bila uocljiva albanska zastava.



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