STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The plan for the partitioning of Bosnia and Kosovo was presented in > Washington on March 28 of this year to the Pentagon, the State > Department, the White House, and CIA representatives by Henry Kissinger, > former United States secretary of state, and by one of the most eminent > names in world politics, Lord David Owen, who is the creator of numerous > plans for resolving the many Balkan crises." -----Original Message----- From: Gregory Elich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 9:42 PM To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Subject: Americans are drawing up the division of Kosovo and Bosnia > Vecernje Novosti (Belgrade) > May 27, 2001 > > THE AMERICANS ARE DRAWING UP THE DIVISION OF KOSOVO AND BOSNIA > > by V. Lalic > > Orhan Dragas, a frequent guest at various > international symposiums and president of the Council of the Goranski > National Community, has divulged to Vecernje Novosti that the plan for > the partitioning of Kosovo did not originate in Belgrade or in Pristina. > The blueprint for the rearrangement of this province in south Serbia was > originated and worked out, with the final, basic version that was > accepted on March 28 of this year, in Washington D.C., the capital city > of the United States. The only thing that remains to be done is to put > the plan into effect, and for the Albanian and Serb politicians to > present this plan to their public as painlessly as possible. > > The plan for the partitioning of Bosnia and Kosovo was presented in > Washington on March 28 of this year to the Pentagon, the State > Department, the White House, and CIA representatives by Henry Kissinger, > former United States secretary of state, and by one of the most eminent > names in world politics, Lord David Owen, who is the creator of numerous > plans for resolving the many Balkan crises. > > The introduction to this expose states that the only guarantee for > peace in the Balkans is the formation of small, economically strong, > mono-ethnic communities. > > Maps were also presented, drawn up by the famous "Institute for > Balkanology" that belongs to the powerful non-governmental organization > "Council of Experts on Eastern Europe." Kissinger and Owen explained > the plan as "redrawing the territories of the Balkans." > > PLAN A: The partitioning of Kosovo according to the "cantonization" > principle, regardless of geographical position (Map 1). > > PLAN B: The partitioning of Kosovo according to the "population > majority" principle (Map 2) means that the south gets to be the Albanian > part, and the north becomes Serbian. > > The biggest obstacles appeared in two regions: Gora in the > southernmost part, inhabited by the Goranci, and Podujevo in the > northernmost part, an ethnically pure Albanian area. An invitation > arrived, addressed to Orhan Dragas, the Goranci representative, inviting > him to come to Washington D.C. He was met by Henry Kissinger (the > "Fox"), holding maps in his hands... > > Dragas said: "We can only accept a district, like the one in > Brcko." > > "That will happen," was Kissinger's brief reply. "What do you think > about the plan?" > > "It will be difficult to execute. I am not sure how it could be > done," stated the skeptical Dragas. > > "You are a young man," laughed Kissinger. "You know that every plan > at first seems to be unrealistic. Just think back to Dayton. Who > would have believed that... You know, we only want what is best for the > people," stated the persistent Kissinger. > > Several days later, Bulgarian Prime Minister Ivan Koston arrived in > Washington. > > "The Bulgarians were completely opposed to the plan," we are told by > Dragas. "Finally, President Bush managed to convince him that this was > the only chance for the region to become economically prosperous. The > Americans justify everything with economic objectives. They claim that > no one would want to invest in unstable states that are part of the > so-called 'high risk regions.'" > > Immediately afterwards Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, > followed closely by Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica, arrived in > Washington. > > Finally, on May 18, at the international conference "Safety in > Southeastern Europe at the Start of the 21st Century," the deputy > president of the Serbian Government, Nebojsa Covic, proposed the > formation of two entities in Kosovo, Serb and Albanian, in order to bring > about peace between the historical rights of the Serbs and the ethnic > rights of Albanians in this region. > > A Kosovo divided into two parts? And that was that, as Henry > Kissinger would say. However, Henry is wrong -- it was not he who first > came up with this idea. It was our guys who had done this, a long time > ago. But maybe the world finds this to suit it better. > > Necessary Compromise > > The plan on the partitioning of Kosovo, announced to the public by > Nebojsa Covic, was perceived and interpreted differently by the Albanians > and Serbs: > > Covic: "Running away from compromise prolongs the war when the > certain outcome is that both sides will lose." > > Djindjic: "We have to discuss the plan very seriously." > > M.Trajkovic: "We have to define very clear state strategies on this > issue." > > Adem Demaci, former political representative of the OVK: > "The Albanians should draw some 'very propitious > messages' out of this." > > Aljos Gachi, secretary of Ibrahim Rugova's Democratic Union of > Kosovo: "The goal of the proposal is to destabilize the situation in an > already tumultuous region." > > Exchange of Territory > > The conference on the "Possible Restructuring and Territorial > Demarcation of Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo" will be held in Warsaw > starting June 11, and will be hosted by the famous non-governmental > organization "Citizens Alliance for Eastern Europe." > > The Goranski National Council was given as a "work task" a proposal > for a so-called "territorial exchange between the Goranci and the > Albanians," i.e., according to Orhan Dragas, the solution to the Gore and > Podujevo issues, which are currently the most controversial regions in > Kosovo. "We see the partitioning of Kosovo as a reality, but these > proposed territorial exchanges are out of the question," says Dragas. > "Neither I, nor anyone else, can bridge a whole region covered in > ancestral graves, memories, and holdings." > > Cosic's Plan > > The idea of the partitioning of Kosovo goes back more than ten years. > In the memoirs of Borislav Jovic it is written that the idea of "a > demarcation between the Croatians and the ethnic Albanians" was first > initiated by Dobrica Cosic as far back as September 11, 1990. > > Two years later, Branislav Krstic, an expert on spacial planning, was > the first to submit his maps so that this partitioning could be put into > effect (very similar to the American proposal). Some time later, in > 1996, SANU President Aleksandar Desic > presented his plans for the partitioning of Kosovo. > ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
