SERBIA EX-SECURITY CHIEF SAYS ALBANIANS PLANNING TO ATTACK MITROVICA, KFOR
BBC Monitoring International Reports - November 13, 2007 Tuesday

Text of report by Serbian newspaper Vecernje novosti on 12 November

[Unattributed report: "Mitrovica First Target"]

Momir Stojanovic, former director of the Military Security Agency [VBA], said that if the talks on the status of Kosovo and Metohija [Kosmet] continued after 10 December and the outcome was not independence, Albanians would resort to radical steps, including an attack on northern Kosovska Mitrovica.

"Albanians are planning to carry out synchronized operations in Western Macedonia, Kosmet, and they operate illegally in Montenegro, with the aim of destabilization, and internationalizing the Albanian problem in the Balkans."

Stojanovic said he had reports that veterans from the OVK [Kosovo Liberation Army - UCK in Albanian] were touring Albanian houses in Kosovo, handing out arms and military equipment, preparing people for an attack on predominantly Serb northern Kosovska Mitrovica.

"They are planning an attack on Kfor [Kosovo Force] and northern Mitrovica, most probably after the last round of talks between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels on 20 November," Stojanovic said and added that the operation would take place between 20 November and 10 December.

He said the operation would be swift, all for purposes of bringing the international community and Kfor to a fait accompli.

"It would be a prelude to the declaration of independence on 10 December," said Stojanovic and added that that was an alarm to relevant Serbian bodies to seek modalities with the international community urgently, to protect the Serbs.

He believes that the reforms have weakened and disoriented the Serbian Army, which should help the Kfor during the first few critical days, when the Albanians launched their stormy operation.

"The Kfor troops, considering their number, are incapable of handling the Albanians," said Stojanovic and announced a turmoil in Kosmet in the following month.

Source: Vecernje novosti, Belgrade, in Serbian 12 Nov 07
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