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1 posted on 12/12/2005 4:36:07 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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On the other hand, California might just believe this is its big chance...


2 posted on 12/12/2005 5:06:16 PM PST by norton
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Last month, U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari started shuttle diplomacy aimed at reconciling two opposing visions -- the Albanian majority's demands for independence on the basis of self-determination, and Serbia's insistence on sovereignty.

Why does the UN need to "reconcile" this? It's Serbia's territory. Does the UN intend to give diplomatic status to every separatist group throughout the world?

3 posted on 12/12/2005 6:47:55 PM PST by inquest (If you favor any legal status for illegal aliens, then do not claim to be in favor of secure borders)
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Independence for Kosovo would open up a Pandora's box of separatism and lead to new ethnic conflicts in Europe, the foreign minister of Serbia-Montenegro said on Monday

A little late, Mr. Foreign Minister. There were plenty of ethnic conflicts in the 1990s as the various entities of the former Yugoslavia were tripping all over each other getting away from Belgrade: first Slovenia, then Croatia & Bosnia & Macedonia & Kosovo. Next year Montenegro is holding a referendum on breaking away and if the Serb nationalists keep it up in their remaining province of Vojvodina, the ethnic-Hungarian minority there will be next to go.

4 posted on 12/12/2005 6:49:03 PM PST by mark502inf
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NATO bombing drove out Serb forces accused of atrocities against civilians while fighting an ethnic Albanian insurgency.

Hmmm, where have we heard these terms before?

Let's use the MSM translation manual...

"insurgents": Muslims slaughtering innocents as they try to take territory they claim as their own, rightly or wrongly...
"atrocities": when Christians defend themselves, or put panties on the heads of Muslims...
"NATO bombing": bombing ordered by a Democrat President who doesn't want to take responsibility for his actions.

Now we get: Clinton bombed Christian forces trying to turn back Muslims from taking over their homes and gang-raping and beheading their children.

Much closer to the truth than anything you'll read in the MSM.

12 posted on 12/12/2005 8:45:58 PM PST by Teacher317
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Serbia is projecting. Kosovo, a place that has nothing in common with Serbia, except mutual loathing, is a sui generis trend. Serbia really sucks at PR.


13 posted on 12/12/2005 8:49:14 PM PST by Torie
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