[monday]

"The high representative of the international community, which safeguards peace in Bosnia, British diplomat Paddy Ashdown, has been gradually reducing powers of Republika Srpska and of the Muslim-Croat federation, and strengthening the central government structure."

Genius if your objective is to create conditions of permanent oppression and civil war in Bosnia. Some people simply CANNOT live peacefully with each other. Serbs Croats and Muslims for instance. They need to be separated permanently instead of being forced together. Paddy Ashdown is either a moron or a cunningly evil SOB.

[joan]

"cunningly evil SOB"

Just last week it was revealed he had been/is a spy, and he isn't the only one:

Ashdown 'was M16 secret agent'

Sep 1 2005

Lord Paddy Ashdown, currently the top international administrator in Bosnia, was an agent for the British MI6 secret service in the 1970s, according to a report published on the internet and picked up by Bosnian newspapers.

The former Liberal Democrat leader's name was among 276 alleged MI6 agents identified by the Web site Crytome.org, which said he worked for the secret service while based in Geneva in 1974.

The information was reported by the Oslobodjenje and Dnevni Avaz newspapers on today.

Ashdown's spokesman, Mario Brkic, declined comment "on such speculation."

Ashdown took over the duties of the top international administrator in Bosnia - the High Representative of the International Community - in May 2002.

Ashdown has wide powers in the country, and can impose laws and fire local politicians as high as presidents of the country if he feels they are obstructing Bosnia's peace.

The Cryptome list also includes the former head of Ashdown's public relations office, Julian Braithwaite, stating that he was an MI6 agent in Sarajevo in 2002.

A spokesman for Britain's Foreign Office said the government had a policy of neither confirming nor denying whether any individual works in intelligence, in order to protect those who do.

"The posting of these names is highly irresponsible," the spokesman said. While he would not comment on Cryptome.org's naming of Ashdown, he said the website's lists were often "highly inaccurate."

[zagor-te-nej]

He is MI-6 spy and failed English politician caught cheating on his wife. Several years ago he was employed by Karadzic to promote Serbian interests. Then he switched sides - I guess muslim paying more. For his services he even got cottage by the Jablanica lake and hunting lodge in central Bosnia. He said he is planning to sell cottage and bay mountain cabin.
In 2001 he was member of the board for the International Crisis Group. He was in the good company with likes of George Soros and Wesley Clark. Recently, they removed his name – I guess it was too obvious.