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Kosovo Albanians Threaten UN
KIM Info Service ^ | April 14, 2006

Posted on 04/14/2006 12:42:56 PM PDT by FormerLib

Demonstrations in Decani - Threats against UNMIK for protecting Visoki Decani Monastery continue

The leader of the ultraradical and nationalistic organization VETEVENDOSJE (Self-determination) Albin Kurti has begun to carry out in practice the threats he recently published in a ultimatum addressed to UNMIK chief Soren Jessen-Petersen. Six days ago Albin Kurti, together with several extremist organizations from the Decani area (Balli Kombetar, Kosovo Liberation Army veterans, etc.) threatened that if Petersen extended his executive order on the protection of the safety area around Visoki Decani Monastery, he would block the work of UNMIK and the protection of the monastery.

On Thursday, April 13, at 12:00 noon Kurti organized demonstrations in the center of Decani in front of the building housing UNMIK's offices. According to assessments by international observers, some one hundred demonstrators took part, shouting slogans against UNMIK and the protection of the monastery. During the demonstrations, which took place without incident, Kurti repeated his groundless and malicious accusations against Visoki Decani Monastery with "testimony" provided by a few local Albanians who allegedly cannot freely work their land within the safety area.

According to well-informed circles in Pristina, senior diplomatic representatives and the UN Mission have asked local party leaders of [Ramush Haradinaj's] Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) to refrain from lending public support to Kurti's demands. They have clearly pointed out that what AAK leaders are saying and what is happening in one of the municipalities governed by this party is hardly in synch. According to unofficial information Ramush Haradinaj himself also urged the members of the organizations that signed the ultimatum to Mr. Petersen not to join in the protest announced in it. As a result of this number of demonstrators was far smaller than expected even though Self-determination activists spent all morning passing out flyers calling on youth and citizens to join in the protest. Of the people who signed the ultimatum, the only one seen at Thursday's demonstrations was the head of the KLA Veterans' Association Avdyl Mushkolaj, who did not make any speeches. Avdyl Mushkolaj headed the demonstrations in Decani in March 2004 when all UN vehicles were torched. Kosovo police kept order and the main road was not blocked during the protest meeting.

Apparently the intent of Kurti's activists is to physically prevent UNMIK staff from carrying out their regular duties and to thus interrupt the implementation of the UNMIK chief's executive order, expected to be signed today, according to which the validity of the safety area around the monastery will be extended for the next six months. The activists claim that they will protest until they achieve their goal and they have already placed on public display a list of five internationals whom they wish to expel from the town of Decani. However, it is the opinion of informed circles in Pristina that this superficially unserious campaign hides the intent of certain political and extremist structures to use Kurti as their puppet in order to practically expel the last representatives of the international community from town and prevent the administration of the Special Zoning Area entrusted to UNMIK staff and KFOR troops. In order to do this a tent has been pitched in front of the building housing UNMIK's offices where Kurti's activists keep watch in order to physically prevent UNMIK staff from coming to work and the UN offices from conducting their regular tasks. Some in UN fear that these hooligans might even reach for a weapon since armed persons (KIA) have threatened UN staff with execution and kidnapping last autumn in the Decani area.

This open threat to the UN Mission and active incitation of hatred toward the Serbian Orthodox Church, in the opinion of international representatives, is a serious challenge to the UN Mission but also a rather good indicator of the intentions of extremist circles in Kosovo. "Self-determination has very little support in Decani and without at least the passive acquiescence of the authorities Kurti would be hard pressed to bring together ten people," a representative of UN international police told KIM Info Service. He added that the relatively poor showing at Kurti's demonstrations after the flamboyant ultimatum supported by several organizations that could bring together thousands of people shows that the problem is not arising spontaneously from the people but is instead dictated by specific political and paramilitary circles with their own interests, especially drug and weapons smuggling across the border with nearby Montenegro and Albania.

We have asked through international representatives that the highest representatives of Kosovo institutions and Decani municipality clearly and unambiguously condemn and stop the campaign against the monastery being waged through demonstrations and through certain media by the groups that signed the ultimatum letter. We expect them to clearly state whether they support the work of the UN Mission and the international community in efforts to ensure adequate protection for the miniorities and Orthodox Christian religious sites and what kind of contribution they can make to this effort, said Bishop Teodosije of Lipljan, the abbot of Visoki Decani Monastery, commenting on Thursday's demonstrations. This is a test of sincerity and accountability for Kosovo officials who need to demonstrate not just with words but with concrete activities whether they see the future of Kosovo and Metohija in anarchy or whether they are truly prepared to strive for the vision of a democratic and European society, said Bishop Teodosije in a statement for the KIM Info Service.

Excuses that we are dealing with a small group of irresponsible individuals who do not know what they are doing simply don't hold because what we have is a pre-planned and well-organized campaign that undermines the authority of the international community and further discourages the process of returns and inclusion of Serbs in Kosovo institutions, said Bishop Teodosije, who will be informing the highest representatives of the Serbian Orthodox Church regarding these latest developments. The extremists are also damaging the interests of their own people with these shameful disturbances, concluded the Bishop.

The lack of a public, responsible and timely reaction by the highest representatives of Kosovo institutions will be a very negative signal to all Kosovo Serbs, according to circles in the Serbian Orthodox Church.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
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So the KLA will turn on the UN if they don't permit the Muhammedan thugs to destroy yet another sign of the former Christian presence in Kosovo.
1 posted on 04/14/2006 12:42:59 PM PDT by FormerLib
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To: dsmatuska; aomagrat; GipperCT; MarMema; crazykatz; don-o; JosephW; lambo; MoJoWork_n; newberger; ...

Is this the final phase of the anti-Christian pogrom in Kosovo?

Thank you, Bill Clinton!


2 posted on 04/14/2006 12:52:03 PM PDT by FormerLib ("...the past ten years in Kosovo will be replayed here in what some call Aztlan.")
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To: Grzegorz 246; lizol

Could you ping the Eastern European lists?


3 posted on 04/14/2006 12:53:35 PM PDT by FormerLib ("...the past ten years in Kosovo will be replayed here in what some call Aztlan.")
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To: FormerLib

"Thank you, Bill Clinton!"

Please don't leave out thanking George "TROP" Bush and his crowd of Mohammaden lovers!


4 posted on 04/14/2006 12:56:59 PM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: FormerLib

They won't turn on the UN. The KLA just wants to chill them into inaction as they perform their destruction.


5 posted on 04/14/2006 12:58:02 PM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: FormerLib

and William the Coward Cohen, Weasel Clark and the Cleaning Lady...


6 posted on 04/14/2006 1:00:34 PM PDT by eureka! (Hey Lefties and 'Rats: Only 3 more years of W. Hehehehe....)
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Eastern European ping list


FRmail me to be added or removed from this Eastern European ping list

7 posted on 04/14/2006 1:02:31 PM PDT by lizol (Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
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To: ex-Texan; micha; Mrs.Nooseman; phantomworker; Neophyte; Salvation; subatomicdust; ...
Eastern European ping list


FRmail me to be added or removed from this Eastern European ping list

8 posted on 04/14/2006 1:03:18 PM PDT by Grzegorz 246
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To: FormerLib

Looks like you have It even twice.


9 posted on 04/14/2006 1:06:06 PM PDT by Grzegorz 246
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To: Grzegorz 246; lizol
Thanks for your *Pings*!

The ancient Byzantine times icon paintings are world famous. Only backward Muslims would even consider burning such amazing art masterworks.

Art Links for Visoki Decani Monastery

Link to Visoki Decani Monastery web site

10 posted on 04/14/2006 1:14:52 PM PDT by ex-Texan (Matthew 7:1 through 6)
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To: Grzegorz 246

Hvala!


11 posted on 04/14/2006 1:21:27 PM PDT by FormerLib ("...the past ten years in Kosovo will be replayed here in what some call Aztlan.")
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To: FormerLib

Little doubt that without UNMIK presence, the muslim vermin would waste little time martyring the remaining Christians and destroying the remaining Christian religious sites. As it is, UNMIK has done a lousy job of peacekeeping in the past. The German contingent under Schroeder in particular did little more than stand around playing with themselves (like clinton in the oval office) while watching the albaniacs brutalize nuns, priests and monks and destroy churches and monasteries.


12 posted on 04/14/2006 2:08:20 PM PDT by kimosabe31
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To: Grzegorz 246; FormerLib

13 posted on 04/14/2006 2:12:42 PM PDT by lizol (Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
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To: FormerLib

Bump!


14 posted on 04/14/2006 2:44:46 PM PDT by F-117A
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To: eureka!

Who's the Cleaning Lady...Madeline Halfbright?


15 posted on 04/14/2006 4:46:15 PM PDT by toothfairy86
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To: toothfairy86

Yep. It came from when she went to a meeting in the Balkans and was called the same and told to leave the room. LOL. Gotta run, have a great Easter...


16 posted on 04/14/2006 4:52:17 PM PDT by eureka! (Hey Lefties and 'Rats: Only 3 more years of W. Hehehehe....)
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>>>>>Who's the Cleaning Lady...Madeline Halfbright?<<<<<

Yup. Albanian delegates mistook Halfbright for a cleaning lady during talks in Rambouillet. Albanian told her harshly "we'll be finished in half na hour".

More important is to know who were the people behind Albright.

She only followed their orders.

17 posted on 04/14/2006 4:55:41 PM PDT by DTA
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To: FormerLib
UNMIK tires slashed | 16:16 April 21 | Beta

PRISTINA -- Albanian activists slashed the tires of about twenty UNMIK jeeps.

The jeeps were parked across the street from the Pristina International Administration, and were vandalised by activists of the Movement of Kosovo Albanians for the Freedom of Choice, who want the UN mission to exit the region.

At the time of the incident, UNMIK Chief Soeren Jessen Petersen was meeting with Portuguese President Aníbal Cavaco Silva inside the building. The activities put an “F” in front and a “D” in behind the letters “UN” on the jeeps to spell “FUND,” which means “the end” in Albanian.

The movement, lead by student Aljbin Kurti, also opposes the direct discussions regarding the Kosovo status question between Belgrade and Pristina.

18 posted on 04/21/2006 9:55:10 AM PDT by Dragonfly
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I wonder how long it will be before the KLA begins slitting the throats of the UN troops?

Beheading their enemies, which they define as anyone who gets in their way, is an aspect of their faith, after all.


19 posted on 04/21/2006 9:58:44 AM PDT by FormerLib ("...the past ten years in Kosovo will be replayed here in what some call Aztlan.")
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To: FormerLib

Right after the war, in 1999, when the NATO & UN troops moved in, one of the FReepers on this forum (I think, Leonora) predicted that the Albanians would eventually turn agains the UN. She seems to have been (partially) right.


20 posted on 04/21/2006 11:35:29 AM PDT by Dragonfly
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