Lies & Hysteria published by the Kosovo-Albanian media

THE HYSTERICAL LIES AND RANTING OF THE ALBANIAN MEDIA
Various Agencies - March 23, 2004

In the wake of the recent violence in Kosovo it is interesting to look at what the other side is saying. According to the Kosovo Albanian, and Islamist media, the violence that the Albanians perpetrated against the Serbs is Belgrade's fault, or maybe it's the UN's fault, according to them it's anybody's fault but the Albanians' fault.

In stead of strongly condemning the violent acts perpetrated by their compatriots, the Albanian leaders see this as an occasion to make demands. Rugova has rejected any possibility of compromise with regard to the canonization of Kosovo, moreover he demands its full independence. Given that the Albanians' actions prove that they are hell-bent on living in an ethnically pure state, Rugova is making a thinly veiled threat against the non-Albanian population in Kosovo. In an independent Kosovo there would be nothing to stop the Albanians' from achieving their dream dream of an ethnically pure Albanian "Kosova." The Albanians in Macedonia are also making threats that if Kosovo is partitioned then Macedonia will be divided too.

The Albanian and Islamist media are still reporting as gospel truth the notorious rumor that some phantom "Serbs" chased Albanian children into the Ibar River, even though there is not one iota of proof to back-up that claim.

Their hysterical ranting, and their lies are so absurd that I have decided to post their unedited media reports and let the world see what they are saying.

- Andy Wilcoxson, webmaster - www.slobodan-milosevic.org

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HEADLINE: CHECHEN REBEL SITE CALLS FOR KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE

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A rebel Chechen site has drawn comparisons between the Kosovo and Chechen situations and urged the west to "immediately and unwaveringly" recognize Kosovo's independence and Russia to recognize Chechnya's. Kavkaz-Tsentr blamed the west for the situation in Kosovo "which in this instance not so much cannot do anything, but does not want to". "It does not want to recognize Kosovo's independence, it does not want to quarrel with Moscow and does not want to see anything other than the truth and justice of its longed-for and dreamed-of 'stability'," the web site added. The following is the text of report by Kavkaz-Tsentr news agency web site "Kosovo Field of honour"; subheadings have been inserted editorially:

The Russian leadership, which has been carrying out a bloody genocide in Chechnya for 10 years now, has expressed concern at the "ethnic cleansing" of the Serbs in Kosovo. The hysteria over the "Orthodox Serbian brothers" and "a reduction in the territory of Orthodoxy in the world" under the onslaught of "Islamic extremism" is the latest hobby-horse which (Russian President Vladimir) Putin has mounted in the search for ever more popularity among the Russian Orthodox herds, 70 per cent of whom voted for him. If one recalls the year 1999, which was full of widespread national hysteria and psychosis in Russia, then for our intellectual majority the "Serbian brothers" come second in the pretext for such hysterics to "Chechen bandit-terrorists" in terms of influence on the psyche. Kosovo

However, there is much that is remarkable in the present tense situation in Kosovo. In a month's time it will be five years since western troops established full control over the region. This was precisely the timescale which the Khasavyurt agreements (31 August 1996) envisaged for solving the question of Russian-Chechen relations. The troops of the western states - those very states whose military presence in Chechnya was suggested by the Akhmadov peace plan - have been in Kosovo for five years. Thus, we have the opportunity to as it were look at an alternative future, and to imagine how Chechnya would look five years after the adoption of this plan.

Alas, the main thing we see is the fact that after five years of western "peacekeeping", the west is in no hurry to acknowledge Kosovo's independence, which was long ago declared by the Albanians. Moreover, in everyday life it still insists that Kosovo remains a part of Serbia. Meanwhile, the Albanian majority in Kosovo will never forget for many centuries even the Serbian genocide of the 90s of the 20th century (although it was not the only one), just as the Chechens will not forget the Tsar-Yermolov, Stalin-Beria and Yeltsin-Putin genocide. So the current outbreak of confrontation between the Serbs and the Albanians is just another manifestation of this historic memory, clear testimony to the impossibility - after all that has happened - of Serbs and Albanians living together in one state. Just as between Chechens and Russians, and between Serbs and Albanians, as (Moscow-based Chechen politician and former Russian Federation Supreme Soviet speaker Ruslan) Khasbulatov put it, "a deep river of blood runs through them".

Therefore, the west must immediately and unwaveringly recognize Kosovo's independence and evacuate all the Serbs remaining there in whatever direction, although it would be easier to send them home, to Serbia. There they will have every opportunity to pray in their Orthodox monasteries, where there as many as in Kosovo, till the cows come home. All their claims about the "cradle of Serbian statehood" and Serbian "holy places" situated in Kosovo should be ignored. Especially as the Illyrians, the forefathers of today's Albanians, were already living in these parts at a time when the Serbs had not even been thought of. (Greek historian) Herodotus mentions them in his historical works.

Kosovo versus Chechnya

A clear analogy between the Kosovan and Chechen situations has also been detected in the Kremlin. They, naturally, decided to use it for their own propaganda. Look, they said, the West has done nothing in Kosovo, they can't stop the violence and yet they try and teach us in Chechnya. But, of course, the blame here lies clearly with the West which in this instance not so much cannot do anything, but does not want to. It does not want to recognize Kosovo's independence, it does not want to quarrel with Moscow and does not want to see anything other than the truth and justice of its longed-for and dreamed-of "stability".

But the crooked path of hypocrisy and lies never led to anything good, however much NATO has tried, at the price of concessions to Moscow and Belgrade, to preserve its notorious stability, by refusing the region full independence. It was through the fault of the Serbs that two Albanian youngsters were drowned, and so in one day an end was put straightaway to the notorious "stability" throughout Kosovo!

Kosovo's Axis of Good

The whole Orthodox and Black Hundred-type (armed anti-revolutionary group in Russia, 1905-07) reaction in Serbia and Russia has been set in motion. Mosques have been set alight in Belgrade, and in Moscow the predatory "all-powerful" cry of the two-headed mutant eagle has been turned up to full volume. It goes without saying that not just the Kremlin, but all kinds of hysterical and low-life fascist parties and rabbles in Russia are now starting to come out of the woodwork in support of their "Slav brothers". And if the next night something happens to one of the Moscow mosques no-one will be surprised. That crazy wing of Russian fascists, which blames "blacks", "plebe" and "illegal migrants from the Caucasus" for everything and stages rallies calling for the deportation of all Chechens from Moscow, is now much more numerous and powerful in our country than the "orthodox", classical fascist anti-Semitists who see everything just as a "Jewish Masonic plot" and only know how to destroy synagogues.

An invisible Axis of Good, an axis of a struggle for Freedom and Truth is now running through Kosovo, as it is running through Chechnya, and may this be a good spit in the eye for the bloody Putin regime with its fascist Russian Orthodoxy, and for the aggressors and the enslavers from yet another freedom-loving and unbending people of Europe.

Boris Stomakhin, for Kavkaz-Tsentr.

Source: Kavkaz-Tsentr news agency web site in Russian 22 Mar 04

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HEADLINE: ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADER WARNS IF KOSOVO DIVIDED, SO WILL BE MACEDONIA

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(Reporter Vesna V. Todorovska) At today's promotion, new DPA (Democratic Party of Albanians - PDSh in Albanian) presidential candidate Zejdi Xhelili said that the Albanian question is still not resolved and the Ohrid agreement is not being implemented. If the Democratic Union for Integration wins, we will be called Macedonians of ethnic Albanian background but if you vote for the DPA, this will not happen. Such rhetoric was just part of the speeches the party's senior officials gave at the convention held in the Tetovo Culture Centre, which was decorated with the Albanian flag. The Albanian anthem was played at the beginning of the DPA convention. Forgetting that his signature is also on the Ohrid agreement, DPA leader Arben Xhaferi associated Kosovo's future with Macedonia's fate.

(Xhaferi, in Albanian, with superimposed translation in Macedonian) If Kosovo is divided, so will the other countries in the Balkans. We are participating in this election so that we can open these dilemmas.

(Reporter) DPA presidential candidate Xhelili supported this position, even though at one point he said that the DPA does not want the division of Macedonia.

(Xhelili) Our party leader said quite well that if the problems in a marriage are not resolved as they should be and if there is no mutual understanding, then separation is better. We are offering understanding. If someone does not accept this understanding, then it is not the DPA that is to blame, but those who do not accept this.

(Reporter) DPA deputy chairman Menduh Thaci said that today the DPA confirmed its responsibility to participate in the democratic processes and that their presidential candidate had collected the necessary 10,000 signatures of citizens. Xhelili's election headquarters was also promoted at this convention.

Source: A1 TV, Skopje, in Macedonian 1800 gmt 22 Mar 04

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HEADLINE: MACEDONIAN ALBANIAN POLITICIANS ACCUSE BELGRADE, UN FOR KOSOVO VIOLENCE

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of various factors" by Macedonian Albanian-language newspaper Fakti on 19 March

The bloody incidents in Kosova (Kosovo) over the past two days, which were sparked off by irresponsible Serbian extremists in Mitrovice (Kosovska Mitrovica), are sternly being condemned by Albanian political leaders in Macedonia. Serbs' attempts at achieving the partition of Kosova by causing such interethnic problems, as well as the incapability of the representatives of the international community to manage the crisis there, in the opinion of the Albanian political leaders in Macedonia represent the most dangerous elements of the current situation in Kosova.

The leadership of the Ahmeti-led Democratic Union for Integration (BDI) held an urgent meeting yesterday to discuss the latest developments in Kosova. In a communique released for the press, the BDI stresses: "The BDI is following with particular attention the latest developments in Kosova. The BDI expresses its heartfelt sympathy to the families of the victims of the past 24 hours." Further on, the communique calls on the people of Kosova to keep a cool head, because "the people of Kosova are interested in building a democratic society and in developing their partnership with the representatives of the international community present in their country. We call on those people who have been distinguished by their sacrifices for the freedom of Kosova to make use of their authority in these serious situations, which are of decisive importance for Kosova's future." The BDI says that the international authority should increase its cooperation with Kosova's local institutions and together, with a high sense of responsibility, address the situation that has been created and prevent the further escalation of violence in Kosova. Also, the BDI calls on the people of Kosova to show maturity and exercise restraint at a time when they are about to enter the discussion on the final status of their country.

For his part, in a statement for Fakti, Democratic Party of Albanians (PDSh) Arben Xhaferi says: "Protests in Kosova are the consequence of various factors that have constantly been irritating the people of Kosova: dragging out the solution of the problem of Kosova's final status could not help deepening Albanians' suspicions and whetting Serb's appetite for a triumphant return to Kosova; toleration of disintegration processes that led to the creation of Serbian enclaves; toleration of the juridical ambiguity and parallel systems in all segments of government; toleration of Kosova's Serbian citizens' disloyalty towards Kosova; ever increasing unemployment that causes depression and a loss of hope for a normal life; absence of elementary living conditions (energy, water, free circulation of people); creation of two or three parallel bureaucracies - international, Kosovar, and Serbian - which have objectively been a burden on Kosova's budget; failure of productive communication among these administrations; jailing and heavy sentences for Albanian political activists who enjoy incontestable authority with the people; paving the way for assigning guilt; indifference towards Goebels-like propaganda that Belgrade is persistently waging through the so-called Coordination Centre which still keeps Kosovars' fears of Serbian aggressiveness alive; failure of Kosova's relevant political factors to channel the accumulated hatred of the people Kosova in the right direction; arrogant refusal by the Serbian side to face the guilt of its genocidal policy that caused so much distress and sorrow among the people of Kosova, and so forth."

Arben Xhaferi's statement continues, "The tragic death of the three Albanian children who, fleeing from Serbian criminals, chose death in the river speaks volumes about the depth of cynical intolerance and the failure of the projects that have been built so far for the supposed improvement of coexistence that is intended to replace the real solution to problems that spawned hatred and intolerance."

Party of Democratic Prosperity (PPD) leader Abdulmenaf Bexheti says, "We condemn all violence, wherever it originates, and are deeply convinced that all ethnic violence in Kosova is geared to slowing down the implementation of (democratic) standards and to dragging out and procrastinating the independence of Kosova."

He says, "We know the way the Slavs cast the stone and hide the hand, but Kosova's institutions and political forces must not fall prey to their provocations. I think that it is about time for the international community representatives either to really exercise their power or transfer it to the local institutions, because the status quo is no longer tolerable in Kosova."

Further on, Bexheti stresses, "An impact on Macedonia of what is happening in Kosova is possible, because we live in a region of constant turbulence, so the impact of such turbulence cannot be ruled out not only on the region, but also within our state." Still, he adds, "I see no direct impact of those events here in Macedonia."

For his part, National Democratic Party (PDK) chairman Basri Haliti says, "The recent incidents in Kosova harm the cause of the people of Kosova. We think that it is a question of scenarios prepared in Belgrade, hence the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) should do more, unlike what it has been doing so far." In his view, the drowning of three Albanian children by Serbs indicates that UNMIK is incapable of protecting Albanians in Kosova. This is an opportunity more for the international community to take urgent steps to resolve the problem of Kosova's final status, which is that of making a sovereign state of Kosova.

Source: Fakti, Skopje, in Albanian 19 Mar 04

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HEADLINE: KOSOVO DAILY BLAMES BELGRADE FOR LAST WEEK'S VIOLENCE

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Text of editorial: "Death of a standard" by Kosovo Albanian newspaper Kosova Sot on 22 March

The return of the displaced people looks more like a dream than a standard (for Kosovo) that can be implemented and reported on every three months. The latest turmoil, or a popular revolt, as some politicians have been calling it, has made the return of minorities and Albanians to their homes unimaginable. In Serbia they say that Serbs are the victims of this situation, while forgetting the hundreds of thousands of Albanians expelled from Kosova by the Belgrade regime. Judging from who burned some houses and some churches from the Serb minority, we can admit that some of the responsibility lies within Kosova. But when we consider that it was the destabilizing politics of Serbia that had an impact on the eruption of violence, we can say that Kosova Serbs are not victims of Albanians; they are victims of the politics of Belgrade, which uses them anytime they need to.

The latest protests that led to violence with tragic consequences prove that Serbia always plays with the fate of Kosova Serbs. By making their fate uncertain, it has isolated them and it uses them as an ace for its destructive goals.

The most convincing example of what Serbian authorities can do is their request to send the Serbian army to Kosova, allegedly to protect their brothers here. Imagine if the international community had allowed them to do that. There would be no God to avoid a bloody war. So, this is Serbia that keeps inciting destabilization and that uses all means to oppose the development of Kosova; they do this by financing parallel structures, which are ready to provoke the masses and produce constant violence.

The impressions that Serbia (led by nationalists) has planted among the Kosova Serbs have become a stumbling block for the return of the displaced. After what has happened, it is difficult to talk about an imposed multiethnic coexistence. Multiethnicity cannot be built the way the international administration is thinking. The recent violence, which assumed the proportions of a multiethnic conflict, is a consequence of UNMIK's (UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo) wrong strategy.

Practically, if we are thinking of talking about (Kosovo's) status in 2005, the standard relating to returned people will be dead by that time.

Source: Kosova Sot, Pristina, in Albanian 22 Mar 04

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HEADLINE: No compromise on Kosovo's independence - president

SOURCE: Federation News Agency, Sarajevo, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 1531 gmt 23 Mar 04

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Text of report by Bosnia-Hercegovina Federation News Agency FENA

Rome, 23 March: Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova has said "there will be no compromise" regarding Kosovo's independence. At the same time, he opposed ideas that the province be divided.

"There is no compromise regarding Kosovo's independence. Borders must not be changed and this is a fundamental principle," Rugova said.

"It is clear to everyone that Kosovo's independence from Serbia is vital for Kosovo and Kosovars. This is necessary also because it will contribute towards the calming of the entire Balkan region," Rugova said in an interview for Corriere della Sierra, which is published on Tuesday 23 March .

"The events over the past few days have undoubtedly cast a shadow on Kosovars, because we all know what kind of prejudice exists about Albanians so this type of events certainly does not help," Rugova said adding that he did not believe "the recent violence can jeopardize the process leading to independence".

He admitted after all that violence "unfortunately is a proof that many things are not good in Kosovo and that there is no communication between the two nations".

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HEADLINE: Ethnic Albanian leader warns if Kosovo divided, so will be Macedonia

SOURCE: A1 TV, Skopje, in Macedonian 1800 gmt 22 Mar 04

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Text of report by Macedonian A1 TV on 22 March

Reporter Vesna V. Todorovska At today's promotion, new DPA Democratic Party of Albanians - PDSh in Albanian presidential candidate Zejdi Xhelili said that the Albanian question is still not resolved and the Ohrid agreement is not being implemented. If the Democratic Union for Integration wins, we will be called Macedonians of ethnic Albanian background but if you vote for the DPA, this will not happen. Such rhetoric was just part of the speeches the party's senior officials gave at the convention held in the Tetovo Culture Centre, which was decorated with the Albanian flag. The Albanian anthem was played at the beginning of the DPA convention. Forgetting that his signature is also on the Ohrid agreement, DPA leader Arben Xhaferi associated Kosovo's future with Macedonia's fate.

Xhaferi, in Albanian, with superimposed translation in Macedonian If Kosovo is divided, so will the other countries in the Balkans. We are participating in this election so that we can open these dilemmas.

Reporter DPA presidential candidate Xhelili supported this position, even though at one point he said that the DPA does not want the division of Macedonia.

Xhelili Our party leader said quite well that if the problems in a marriage are not resolved as they should be and if there is no mutual understanding, then separation is better. We are offering understanding. If someone does not accept this understanding, then it is not the DPA that is to blame, but those who do not accept this.

Reporter DPA deputy chairman Menduh Thaci said that today the DPA confirmed its responsibility to participate in the democratic processes and that their presidential candidate had collected the necessary 10,000 signatures of citizens. Xhelili's election headquarters was also promoted at this convention.

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