Peacemaking Operation in Kosovo Failed — Russian Defense Minister

www.mosnews.com ^ | 06.04.2004

[Andy from Beaverton]

Peacemaking Operation in Kosovo Failed — Russian Defense Minister

Created: 06.04.2004 11:42 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 11:58 MSK, 14 hours 29 minutes ago

MosNews

The international peacekeeping operation in Kosovo has failed, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Tuesday.

Speaking to journalists in Norfolk, Virginia, he said that a serious danger of destabilization in the entire region had been caused because of “attempts to appease extremists from amongst Kosovo Albanians whose aim is to form a society of one nation", Interfax news agency reported.

“NATO ought to, at long last, understand that it is impossible to flirt with political extremists and vandals who in Kosovo destroy monuments on UNESCO lists and who kill peaceful inhabitants,” the minister was quoted by the agency as saying.

“Russia, as it is today, is not occupying the position of a malevolent observer, gloating at NATO failures. Despite differences in views and contradictions where certain issues are concerned, our country is offering cooperation to the alliance, it is offering a joint search for ways for common security,” Ivanov said.

Meanwhile, Russia is sending modular houses to Serbian refugees in Kosovo, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported. The first two houses will be sent on Tuesday by rail from the North Siberian city of Abakan to Belgrade. Russia plans to send 100 such houses with their own heating systems. These houses are planned as the basis for the future refugee camps. Earlier, Russia delivered humanitarian aid to Serbian refugees.

Ivanov will hold meetings in Washington with US Secretary of State Colin Powell, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans on Tuesday.

[Andy from Beaverton]

A religous icon amongst the burnt ruins of a Serbian Orthodox church, Kosovo / Photo: Reuters

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[vpintheak]

Will this start a landslide of honesty among the internationalists? I doubt it, it is such a shame.

[drypowder]

This is just another part of Bill Clinton's true legacy. It was obvious then to most, especially Christians that the jackass (Bill Clinton) and that wacko General Wesley Clark were killing the wrong people. Satan must really love those two.

[Bringbackthedraft]

Another block collapses from the wall of the Clinton Legacy

[AuntB]

Thanks for posting this, Andy. ANOTHER Clinton/clark/albright success!!!!!

[Robert_Paulson2]

Looks like clinton's Nato, backed the wrong side.

It comes as no surprise that albanian islamics are amongst the afghan and iraqi terrorist armies...

Milosivek knew what he was doing.
I have come to belive that he should have been given a medal.

Islam is a blight on the planet, time to thin the heard.
and as much as I hate to admit it, the Russian Defense Minister, has it right.

[BushisTheMan]

Can I be the first to tell General Clark?

[DefCon]

We backed the wrong horse on this one for sure.

[jedi]

This is just another part of Bill Clinton's true legacy.

I think he was ordered to do it by the IMF/World Bank; Milosevic wasn't doing what they wanted.

Let's see what happens if Argentina and/or Brazil defy them.

[Stretch]

If you guys remember Clinton's guy in the Balkans, his college buddy, Holbrook and idiot Albright, devised an altimatim to force Milosovich to turn down and he could not accept.... and he didn't... and they did....

He had no choice but to resist or give his nation to the KLA, a terrorist orginazition already on our list of Terrorists, and the leading drug suppliers to all of Europe. Now Milsovich is on trial in the Hauge for attempting to save his nation from these Islamic extremists, backed by Clinton

[jedi]

I remember Appendix B at Rambouilet. The problem was Milosevic's refusal to let the IMF/World Bank loot the country.

[FormerLib]

Ping!

[wonders]

Actually Appendix B would have given NATO the right to, in effect, occupy Serbia proper, not just Kosovo.

[ZULU]

We should free Milosevic and support the Serbs.

[jedi]

Indeed

[MarMema]

ping