This was given to me this morning, as I won't take credit for it....but from another "contact"...
Quote:
"The options are few, but a decision must be made eventually. Serbia is a hostage to final status as much as Kosovo. Without final status, neither country will ever see the benefits of economic membership in Europe."
She;(American Lady in Arms) writes relative to this paragraph in the article:
"Give me a break. Everyone who remembers anything about the Kosovo war knows that Washington was calling the shots from day one, and Ceku's position as Prime Minister confirms this. Western Europe was going along for the ride to cash in on the spoils."
We've got ourselves a lovely festering wound, building puss exponentially. Self-inflicted yes, but who's to question the great strategy of our elected leaders? Sure they lie through their teeth…but we're not capable of understanding…just capable of paying taxes and fighting their wars. Just trust them. They are, after all, our duly elected leaders, and besides, we're always the Knights on white horses…so even if we're dead wrong, we're still the good guys:-)
a wee bit of provocation, you think, in Eastern Kosovo, exkuse me, South Presevo.
Serbian police charge two persons over displaying Albanian flags
12/23/2006 06:30:13 AM EST
BBC MONITORING INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
http://www.hoovers.com/free/news/detail.xhtml?ArticleID=20061223670.2_766b0003df3ec7aa
Excerpt from report in English by Belgrade-based Radio B92 text website on 22 December
Bujanovac, 22 December: Bujanovac police have filed criminal charges against persons who displayed Albanian flags during [Albanian national holiday] [on 28 November].
Bujanovac MUP has filed charges against Fadul H. and Dzemaledin S., residents of the village of Norc in the Presevo municipality, for having removed and thrown away the Serbian flag displayed on the Presevo municipal building, replacing it with an Albanian one, as part of the marking of the Albanian national holiday, Flag Day.
Bujanovac MUP said it had also filed criminal charges against four locals over suspicion they had attacked an official while on duty. The four are suspected of having hit the municipal building doorman several times on the head, then pushed him away, as they sought to place the Albanian flag on the building [Passage omitted: more on previously covered details]
The state institutions' representatives have said that while the Albanian minority in the Presevo Valley, southern Serbia, has a right to display its national insignia, it must first meet the legal precondition of forming a national council. [Passage omitted: more on previously covered details]
Source: Radio B92 text website, Belgrade, in English 1524 gmt 22 Dec 06
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