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Car bomb targets Kosovar Serb leader ISN SECURITY WATCH (09/02/05) - The vehicle of moderate Kosovar Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic was destroyed in a car bombing late on Tuesday in the UN-administered province of Kosovo. According to local media reports citing UN police, no one was hurt in the explosion targeting Ivanovic's car, which was parked outside his home in northern Kosovo's ethnically divided city of Mitrovica. Ivanovic is seen as one of the more moderate political leaders among the Serb minority representatives in majority-Albanian Kosovo. Ivanovic is member of Kosovo Assembly, and has been accused by Kosovar Serb and Belgrade hardliners of being a traitor to his own people. The international community views him as a moderate politician who is willing to cooperate in reconciliation efforts. Kosovo Serb hardliners incited by Serbia Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, advocated a complete boycott of last October's general elections in Kosovo. Only around 1 per cent of the Kosovar Serb population voted for the new Kosovo Assembly. Ivanovic openly defied the Serbian government in Belgrade by taking part in elections to Kosovo's Albanian-dominated parliament. Newly elected Kosovar Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj condemned the explosion. "The Kosovo Prime Minister strongly condemns this criminal act and violence against a Member of the Kosovo Assembly, Oliver Ivanovic. Such acts are unacceptable," he said in a statement. The car bombing comes as the UN is planning to launch internationally mediated talks between Kosovar and Serbian authorities on the province's future political status. The chief of the UN mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Soren Jessen Petersen, said on Monday that talks could begin later this year, provided that the international community positively assessed Kosovar authorities' progress at meeting a set of standards that include the protection of human rights for minorities and ensuring general security in the province. Albanians, representing 90 per cent of the population, are demanding independence and a definitive separation from Serbia, but authorities in Belgrade say independence is not an option. (By Ekrem Krasniqi in Brussels) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
