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Thousands in Kosovo protest EU mission
iht.com ^ | December 2, 2008 | Dan Bilefsky

Posted on 12/02/2008 1:15:37 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe

Several thousand demonstrators took to the streets of Pristina, Kosovo's capital, on Tuesday to protest the planned deployment of a European Union judicial mission that many ethnic Albanians fear will partition the new country.

The protesters marched through the city center holding banners saying "No Partition" and "Kosovo Is Ours," witnesses said. Some chanted "Thaci is a traitor," referring to Kosovo's prime minister, Hashim Thaci.

Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leadership declared independence from Serbia in February after nine years of being administered by the United Nations.

At issue now is who will control the country. Under a six-point plan agreed to last week by the United Nations Security Council - and backed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, Belgrade and the European Union - the 2,000-strong EU mission would be deployed under a UN mandate and would take a neutral position regarding Kosovo's independence.

Pristina has rejected that element of the plan, arguing that it is an infringement on its sovereignty and insisting that the independence of Kosovo be respected. But Thaci has nevertheless agreed to cooperate fully with the mission, on the grounds that it will help preserve peace and stability across the territory.

Albin Kurti, one of the organizers of the protest Tuesday, said that accepting the deployment of the EU mission was unacceptable because it would undermine Kosovo's hard-earned sovereignty. Opponents of the six-point plan say they are concerned that it calls for the creation of separate chains of command for Serbian and Albanian police forces operating in Kosovo; the police in the ethnic Albanian areas would report to the EU while Serb police officers in the Serb-dominated northern part of the country would report to the United Nations.

Critics say that such an arrangement would entrench a de facto partition of the country....

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: eulex; kosovo
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1 posted on 12/02/2008 1:15:37 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Bokababe

FYI


2 posted on 12/02/2008 1:18:29 PM PST by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Albanians fear will partition the new country.

They partitioned Kosovo from Serbia and now they get upset because Kosovo may be partitioned???

3 posted on 12/02/2008 1:24:46 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: joan; Smartass; zagor-te-nej; Lion in Winter; Honorary Serb; jb6; Incorrigible; DTA; vooch; ...

4 posted on 12/02/2008 3:09:57 PM PST by Bokababe ( http://www.savekosovo.org)
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To: All; rabscuttle385
Thanks for the heads up, rabs!

Anyone notice that there was not a single "Kosovo flag"? All Albanian flags.

An "independent Kosovo" is nothing but an Albanian takeover of Serbian land -- and now the Albanians are bitching because they can't have complete control over all of it.

"it is an infringement on its sovereignty and insisting that the independence of Kosovo be respected.

Problem is that they believe their own bs !

5 posted on 12/02/2008 3:23:05 PM PST by Bokababe ( http://www.savekosovo.org)
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To: 2banana

They want it all and then some. Too much is not enough for Islam. The Bush administration went along with Clinton on this whole thing.


7 posted on 12/02/2008 7:47:30 PM PST by SQUID
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To: 2banana

They want it all and then some. Too much is not enough for Islam. The Bush administration went along with Clinton on this whole thing.


8 posted on 12/02/2008 7:47:53 PM PST by SQUID
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To: SQUID

It looks like this imcredibly stupid Balkan fiasco sponsored by this stupid government both CLinton and Bush led - is leading to another you know what.

Calliong Medvedev..calling Medvedev...


9 posted on 12/02/2008 8:07:52 PM PST by eleni121 (EN TOUTO NIKA!! + In this sign Conquer! +)
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To: Albanese
It's isn't as much about divisions as it is about Serbia wanting to cripple Kosovo, make it a new Bosnia that is gridlocked and goes no where.

Where are you getting this idea from?

10 posted on 12/02/2008 9:26:35 PM PST by LjubivojeRadosavljevic
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To: Albanese
That’s the Serb strategy, it’s pretty obvious. ...We aren’t that dumb.

Issat right?

Let me just ask, before going any further; "Who are we?"

12 posted on 12/03/2008 12:20:07 AM PST by LjubivojeRadosavljevic
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To: Albanese

See my name.


14 posted on 12/03/2008 12:38:43 AM PST by LjubivojeRadosavljevic
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To: eleni121
Yiasou ti kanis?

Well, my friend Eleni I think the status quote will not change much even with Obama. The neocons are very happy with the Obama cabinet because it doesn't impede on their manifest destiny plan for the world and the world order Bush Sr. talked about.

15 posted on 12/03/2008 5:22:17 AM PST by SQUID
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To: SQUID

Yia sou back!

You wrote:
“The neocons are very happy with the Obama cabinet”


NO doubt— the secular Godless NWO has a firm grip on running the show. And none of us should be surprised.


16 posted on 12/03/2008 7:18:28 AM PST by eleni121 (EN TOUTO NIKA!! + In this sign Conquer! +)
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To: Albanese
"That’s the Serb strategy, it’s pretty obvious. Delay, sabotage everything so no one invests hoping that K-Albs ‘negotiate’ while Serbia joins EU."

You just ripped off a chunk of their country ! You expect them to make it easy for you? If you do, then you really are "that dumb"!

17 posted on 12/03/2008 8:50:11 AM PST by Bokababe ( http://www.savekosovo.org)
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To: Albanese
Pretty obtuse for Albanians to beginning championing hte idea sovereignty when they've basically trampled the idea by stealing Kosovo in the first place. Suffering from the taste of you're own medicine?

Albania for Albanians.

18 posted on 12/03/2008 9:22:51 AM PST by montyspython (Love that chicken from Popeye's)
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To: Albanese
Pretty obtuse for Albanians to beginning championing the idea of sovereignty when they've basically trampled the idea by stealing Kosovo in the first place. Suffering from the taste of you're own medicine?

Albania for Albanians.

19 posted on 12/03/2008 9:23:28 AM PST by montyspython (Love that chicken from Popeye's)
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To: Albanese

Kosovo is Serbia.

Peace and justice will return to Kosovo alongside the Serb Army.


20 posted on 12/03/2008 9:46:03 AM PST by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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