ALBANIAN REBELS URGE KOSOVO TO ANNEX SOUTHERN
SERBIA MUNICIPALITIES
BBC Monitoring International Reports - October 30, 2005
Text of report by Serbian independent news agency FoNet
Bujanovac, 29 October: Black Shadow, a new organization, has claimed that it is
a part of the newly formed Albanian National Army. It raised its voice in a
statement warning Belgrade and Pristina that no talks about the future status of
Kosovo would succeed unless Eastern Kosovo [Albanian extremists' name for
southern Serbian municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja] becomes part
of Kosovo.
A statement dated last night said that if this happened [if these two
territories are not joined], the fate of the Albanian people would be in the
hands of the Serbian occupation forces.
Black Shadow warned Albanian leaders "for the first and last time" not to
describe the territory of Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja municipalities as
Presevo Valley in the their public statements but rather as Eastern Kosovo, and
that it was high time to act united regarding all issues and to leave personal
interests behind.
This organization "demanded of occupying Serbian authorities urgent release of
all OVPMB [Liberation Army of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja; UCPMB in
Albanian] members from jail". It also urged the international community "not to
repeat mistakes from the last century, which led to a war in Kosovo and Eastern
Kosovo".
[Ethnic] Albanian policemen were warned to be "well-tempered in their behaviour,
because otherwise they would be considered part of the Serbian occupation
forces", and Serbian authorities were urged to "withdraw all their troops from
Eastern Kosovo - police and other forces".
Nobody has claimed responsibility for the incident last night when a bomb was
thrown at a multiethnic police prefabricated barracks.
Source: FoNet news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian
1700 gmt 29 Oct 05
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