Why would President Bush or any politician want to meet this criminal Hashim
Thaci? Please fwd. to as many members of Parliament and news outlets as
possible!
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http://www.savekosovo.org/default.asp?p=9&sp=511
News from the American Council for Kosovo
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Bishop ARTEMIJE of Kosovo Protests Bush Meeting with 'Terrorist, War Criminal,
and Racketeer' Hashim Thaci
source: American Council for Kosovo
GRACANICA, Serbia, July 17 -- The following statement was issued today by His
Grace ARTEMIJE, Bishop of Ras and Prizren, and pastor of Orthodox Christians in
the Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija:
"On July 21, President George W. Bush is scheduled to meet with Hashim Thaci,
styled by some 'Prime Minister' of the separatist Albanian Muslim
administration in the Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija. As pastor of the
Orthodox Christian people of Kosovo, I protest to the fullest possible degree
the fact that President Bush would bring dishonor on his office and sully the
good name of the American nation by receiving such an infamous terrorist, war
criminal, and organized crime chieftain.
"Such a meeting is particularly disturbing in light of President Bush's
aspiration to leadership in the struggle of decent people everywhere against
global jihad terrorism. In another context, he likened association with
terrorists to seeking accord with the Nazis before World War II. Has he now
changed his mind?
"Mr. Thaci's criminal record is well-known. Under his alias 'the Snake,' Mr.
Thaci is one of the three principal kingpins in the Albanian Mafia, which is
based in Kosovo and operates drug, sexual slavery, and weapons rackets across
Europe. According to the German intelligence service BND, he meets regularly in
Pristina's Grand Hotel with his chief accomplices, Ramush Haradinaj and Agim
Ceku, to manage their joint criminal enterprises. To protect his criminal
'turf,' Mr. Thaci has not hesitated to eliminate rivals through physical means.
As stated by one Albanian former leader in Kosovo, 'Cadavers have never been an
obstacle to Thaci's career.'
"His record as a terrorist and war criminal is no less notorious. As a former
commander of the so-called 'Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA),' Mr. Thaci bears
primary responsibility for the terror campaign that has killed thousands of my
flock and forced a quarter of a million to flee their homes in the province.
Thousands of Serbian houses have been burned or forcibly taken over by
Albanians, many of them illegal immigrants from Albania. Mr. Thaci's henchmen
have demolished or desecrated over 150 of the churches and monasteries in my
diocese. Particularly targeted for destruction have been crosses and icons of
Our Lord Jesus Christ and the saints, giving proof to the Islamic jihad
ferocity that motivates these attacks.
"It is known that in 1995 Mr. Thaci, together with his crony Mr. Haradinaj, met
in Tirana with Osama bin-Laden to plan the jihad against Serbs in Kosovo.
Americans should keep in mind that the terrorist reach of the KLA is not
confined to Serbia but already has reached American shores with the barely
averted plot by jihad terrorists, four of whom are Albanian Muslims from the
Kosovo region, to attack Fort Dix in New Jersey and kill American servicemen.
"Perhaps most appalling isMr. Thaci's role with respect to horrifying reports
that organs destined for the illegal trade in organs for transplant were torn
from live Serbian prisoners of the KLA. Some of the Serbian victims, after
having one kidney cut out, were returned to confinement with fellow captives
pending the lethal surgical removal of their other organs, waiting in knowing
dread of the fate prepared for them! As documented by U.N. former war crimes
prosecutor Carla Del Ponte -- someone who hardly can be accused of having a
pro-Serb bias -- these reports are specific and credible and cry out for
immediate investigation. The U.S.-based advocacy organization Human Rights
Watch has written to Mr. Thaci with their concerns about this matter, which he
has dismissed with cavalier indifference. This is hardly surprising, given that
these atrocities were committed by his KLA minions, for whose actions he bears
command responsibility. Indeed, in light of
Mr. Thaci's criminal proclivities, is it not more than likely he himself
profited from this gruesome trade?
"This is the man with whom the leader of the world's foremost democracy now
intends to meet! In doing so, President Bush would be committing a grave
transgression against morality and decency, as well as an offense against any
standard of civilized behavior. I call on President Bush, as a professing
Christian and as an international leader, to cancel this iniquitous meeting. I
call on U.S. authorities to demand that those responsible for the harvesting of
organs from live Serbian victims be made to face justice."
+ ARTEMIJE
Gracanica Monastery, Province of Kosovo and Metohija
Serbia
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