Serbia set to retaliate against Kosovo's declaration of independence

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/31/europe/EU-GEN-Serbia-Kosovo.php ^

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BELGRADE, Serbia: Serbia warned Friday that it would retaliate if Kosovo declares independence and if other nations recognize the breakaway province as a separate state.

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic did not specify how Serbia would respond if Kosovo's separatist ethnic Albanian officials carry out their threat to declare independence if a final push for a diplomatic settlement between now and Dec. 10 does not result in Kosovo's statehood.

"Serbia will have no choice but to respond to acts that would jeopardize its sovereignty and territorial integrity," Jeremic said. "The unilateral declaration of independence would bring protracted instability to the region."

But Jeremic said Serbia would not allow itself to be plunged back to international isolation as during the rule of late President Slobodan Milosevic in the 1990s.

Diplomats from the United States, European Union and Russia are trying to get the two sides to agree on Kosovo's political future, eight years after NATO launched airstrikes to stop a Serbian crackdown on separatist Kosovo Albanians.

Since then, the province — where 90 percent of the population of 2 million is ethnic Albanian — has been under U.N. and NATO control, although it is formally still part of Serbia.

Kosovo's Prime Minister Agim Ceku reiterated in Pristina on Friday that the province's leaders would declare independence if no agreement was reached during the talks that opened Thursday in Vienna, Austria.

But no unilateral move would be made without support from the U.S. and EU, he said.

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[kronos77]

Ping!

[George W. Bush]

Serbia warned Friday that it would retaliate if Kosovo declares independence and if other nations recognize the breakaway province as a separate state.

Serbia needs to prepare for full-scale military action to squash this.

I wonder how Greece and others will feel about it.

[montyspython]

I guarantee you that Macedonia and Montenegro are watching intently.

[archy]

Serbia warned Friday that it would retaliate if Kosovo declares independence and if other nations recognize the breakaway province as a separate state.

Serbia needs to prepare for full-scale military action to squash this.

I wonder how Greece and others will feel about it.

I wonder how individual Americans can best support them, particularly if our government does not.

[FormerLib]

And so are many illegal immigrants currently within Aztlan!

[Bokababe]

I wrote a piece on the Albanians intentions last night, based upon interviews with Faton Klinaku, Secretary from the Organization of the "Veterans of the Army for the Liberation of Kosovo and a quote from Agim Ceku, called "Unbridled Albanian Hubris"

Based on what I read, the Serbs and every other non-Albanian in the neighborhood needs to prepare for war.

Question is on what side will the US weigh in?

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

I wonder if Jorge will join his brother Bill in committing atrocities against the Serbian people who are trying to defend their homeland against the islamic jihad.