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ispravan link treba da bude http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=56836 I zaglavlje. World Net Daily Independent' Kosovo: A threat, not a country Posted: February 20, 2008 1:00 am Eastern Hvala, i pozd. -- n. ANTIC.org-SNN wrote: > > 'Independent' Kosovo: A threat, not a country > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Posted: February 20, 2008 > 1:00 am Eastern > > © 2008 > > By James George Jatras > > Abraham Lincoln was fond of asking the rhetorical question: "If you > call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have? Five? No, calling a > tail a leg don't make it a leg." > > That pretty much sums up the recent unilateral declaration of > independence by Albanian Muslims in the Serbian province of Kosovo. > Several countries, disgracefully led by the United States, have > recognized Kosovo. Major media have hailed creation of the "world's > newest country." But calling Kosovo a country doesn't make it one. > > Serbia has denounced the move as the illegal creation of a "separatist > entity" on its sovereign territory and has handed down criminal > indictments against several of the top Albanian Muslim leaders. Now > under way is a sharp global competition to see which governments will > recognize Kosovo and which will not. Under heavy pressure from the > U.S. State Department, most European countries will meekly comply. > Some, like Cyprus with its Turkish-occupied north and Spain with its > Basque separatist movement, will not. > > In short, an action State Department bureaucrats touted as "settling > Kosovo's status" has resulted in anything but. Outside of Europe, the > picture is even fuzzier. Russia will reject Kosovo's independence, and > expected to take the same line are China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, > South Africa, Brazil and many others. Russia will veto any effort to > extend Kosovo membership in the United Nations. > > Any sovereign state with restive ethnic or religious minorities would > recognize Kosovo at its own peril. What Washington seeks to inflict on > Serbia today could be the fate of the American southwest tomorrow. > Israel, in particular, is closely pondering its next move. While loath > to anger Washington, Jerusalem must consider that a Kosovo precedent > could, absent any negotiated agreement, prompt proclamation of a > Palestinian state, to be recognized by Arab and Muslim regimes. The > same precedent could apply to heavily Muslim areas such as Galilee and > the Negev within Israel's formal borders. > > At a special press briefing, outgoing Under Secretary of State for > Political Affairs Nicholas Burns – who is often mentioned as a > possible secretary of state under a Democratic administration – hailed > support for Kosovo from the Organization of the Islamic Conference and > Muslim governments. Happily claiming that a "vastly majority Muslim > state" has been carved out of Serbia, a European Christian country, > Burns said: "We think it is a very positive step that this Muslim > state, Muslim majority state, has been created today." > > Burns' remarks reflect a desperate hope by the Bush administration > that displays of American pro-Islamic favoritism in the Balkans and > support for a Palestinian state (its domination by Hamas > notwithstanding) will buy the good will of hostile devotees of the > "religion of peace and tolerance." Their gratitude is manifest in the > jihad terror plot to attack Fort Dix, N.J., where four of the six > defendants are Albanian Muslims from the Kosovo region. The offenders' > presence in the United States – three of them illegal aliens and one > brought to the U.S. by the Clinton administration as a refugee, > another example of "gratitude" – stems from the fact that a broadly > based support network for the terrorist "Kosovo Liberation Army," KLA, > has been allowed to operate with impunity in the New York-New > Jersey-Pennsylvania area, raising funds and collecting weapons, not to > mention peddling influence with American politicians. > > Meanwhile, Christian Serbs in Kosovo are bracing for the worst. "We > are all expecting something difficult and horrible," said Bishop > Artemije, pastor of Kosovo's Orthodox Christians. "Our message to you, > all Serbs in Kosovo, is to remain in your homes and around your > monasteries, regardless of what God allows or our enemies do." > > The bishop's flock has good reason to fear. Far from the usual claims > that NATO stopped a humanitarian catastrophe in Kosovo in 1999, the > past nine years have seen a slow-motion genocide in progress against > the province's Christian Serbian population under the nose of the U.N. > and NATO, and at times with their facilitation. Two-thirds of the > Serbian population already has been expelled and have not been able to > return safely to their homes, along with similar proportions of other > groups (Roma, Gorani, Croats and all the Jews). Over 150 churches and > monasteries have been destroyed, with crosses and icons of Christ > attracting particular vandalistic rage, a testament to Kosovo > Albanians' supposed secularism and pro-Western orientation. > > Hundreds of new Saudi-funded mosques fomenting the extreme Wahhabi > doctrine have sprung up. Kosovo is visibly morphing from part of > Europe into part of the Middle East. In contrast to Under Secretary > Burns' cheerleading, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton > has warned: "Kosovo will be a weak state susceptible to radical > Islamist influence from outside the region, with the support from some > Albanians, in other words, a potential gate for radicalism to enter > Europe." If allowed to consolidate, an independent Kosovo would become > a way station toward an anti-American, anti-Israel, anti-Christian > "Eurabia." > > Around the world, jihad terror usually goes hand-in-hand with > organized crime. Kosovo is the perfect case in point. The supposed > authorities of the would-be state are themselves kingpins in the > Albanians Mafia, whose network extends throughout Europe and has a > significant presence in New York City. Besides all the international > aid dumped down the Kosovo rat hole, or carted off by corrupt > officials, the only real "industry" is crime: drugs (heroin from > Afghan opium), slaves (kidnapped women and children from Moldova, > Ukraine and other countries brought in for local "service" – there are > lot of lonely international bureaucrats in Kosovo – or shipped off > into Europe), and weapons (the missile that hit the U.S. Embassy in > Athens in 2006 and the explosives used in the London and Madrid train > bombings came through Kosovo). > > What will happen now in Kosovo? It would be up to the KLA and their > supporters to decide whether to kick off a new cycle of violence by > attacking Serbs who refuse to submit to their "authority." Serbia in > fact has been beefing up its legitimate state institutions in areas > where Serbs are concentrated, which the Albanians have threatened to > shut down as – believe it or not – illegal separatist structures. We > will see if the political violence unleashed by the act of recognition > will be matched by physical violence on the ground. Meanwhile, Serbia > will undertake undisclosed countermeasures to undermine the illegally > declared KLA- and Mafia-ruled entity and force resumption of > negotiations to achieve a valid settlement. Let us hope they succeed. > > With a stoke of his pen, President Bush, by heeding the State > Department's bad advice to recognize a supposedly independent Kosovo, > has triggered the perfect international storm: shattering the > principle of the territorial integrity of sovereign nations, > encouraging violent separatists worldwide, provoking a needless > confrontation with Russia and other countries, boosting the jihad > terrorist and organized crime threat to Europe and America, and > creating conditions for a human rights and religious freedom > nightmare. In terms of far-reaching consequences, it may the worst > blunder of his presidency. Which is saying a lot > > > > http://www.pressonline.co.yu/vest.jsp?id=30322§ionId=37 > >
