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Kosovo--Marty: Everybody Knew What Thaci Did
B92 ^ | 2/12/11 | Staff

Posted on 02/12/2011 10:24:56 AM PST by Bokababe

LJUBLJANA -- Killing of witnesses, the fact that everybody knew what Hashim Thaci was doing and destruction of evidence is a scandal, Dick Marty told Slovenian daily Delo.

“Everybody kept quiet. That’s the real scandal, not my report in which I only wrote what many have known for a long time,” the Council of Europe (CoE) rapporteur was quoted as saying.

He added that Thaci’s name had often been mentioned in police reports, diplomatic cables, criminal studies and foreign intelligence agencies’ reports.

“That means that the West knew all along very well what was happening in Kosovo, but no one took any action,” the CoE rapporteur told the Slovenian daily.

Commenting on first UNMIK Chief Bernard Kouchner’s reaction to a reporter’s question about the human organ trafficking, Marty said: “A man who laughs at such a horrific topic says a lot about himself”.

Marty also spoke about his visit to The Hague, adding that he had been utterly surprised by the fact that evidence from the Yellow House had been labeled as irrelevant and then destroyed. He explained that the Hague Tribunal had said it was a normal procedure but according to him, this is not the way evidence is handled anywhere in the world.

Speaking about EULEX, the CoE rapporteur said that there were several highly professional people there but that conditions they worked in were horrible and unacceptable.

“There is no secrecy. All translators are local, there are many local staff. That is why even the most confidential information has been systematically leaking,” he said, adding that if he were a lawyer of a witness in Kosovo he would never advise them to testify before EULEX, “primarily because they cannot protect the witnesses”.

Marty also told Delo that he had more confidence in the Americans than the Europeans when it came to the investigation into the allegations from his report and added that Brussels would do everything it could to make the case sink into oblivion as soon as possible.

“The only solution is a special investigative unit outside Kosovo, with special authority and with a very serious witness protection program. Europe is never going to accept that. Because it knows that my witnesses would really talk and reveal that a large part of the European politicians knew all along what was going on in Kosovo. Do you really think that Brussels wants to hear something like this,” the CoE rapporteur concluded.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kosovo; nato; thaci; un
What a great example of political "humanitarianism", where you ignore the most inhuman crimes that the thugs you've sponsored commit./s
1 posted on 02/12/2011 10:24:59 AM PST by Bokababe
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2 posted on 02/12/2011 10:26:52 AM PST by Bokababe (Save Christian Kosovo! http://www.savekosovo.org)
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To: Bokababe

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3 posted on 02/12/2011 10:28:05 AM PST by griswold3 (We defend conservatism by our very way of life.)
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To: Bokababe

America wake up before it’s too late! ping.


4 posted on 02/12/2011 10:40:29 AM PST by eleni121 (MY HERO GREGORY THE V - a living saint hanged and dragged by the ungodly muslims and their allies)
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Is anyone really surprised by this? The US will simply ignore it hoping it goes away since it proves that our government colluded with known terrorists and empowered them to murder innocent people.

Holbrooke is already dead and has escaped justice the easy way, however, the opportunity to bring criminals like Madeleine Albright and Wesley Clark to justice is still alive.

5 posted on 02/12/2011 10:55:20 AM PST by montyspython
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Is anyone really surprised by this? The US will simply ignore it hoping it goes away since it proves that our government colluded with known terrorists and empowered them to murder innocent people.

No. But they'll still be damned surprised when our churches in the US start getting destroyed to make way for mosques, and we start getting sold off for body parts to the highest bidder like the Serbs in Kosovo were. That's when you'll hear the "But I didn't know" line, just like we heard from the Germans post-WWII.

6 posted on 02/12/2011 11:42:51 AM PST by Bokababe (Save Christian Kosovo! http://www.savekosovo.org)
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Rapporteur I like the sound of that for our news people, it sounds so Euro/Hollywoodish and so snearing down at the peopleish. It just fits.
7 posted on 02/12/2011 12:33:22 PM PST by fella (.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
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Rapporteur I like the sound of that for our news people, it sounds so Euro/Hollywoodish and so snearing down at the peopleish. It just fits.

True, but in this case, Dick Marty is one of the ONLY honest men in a den of "sneering" thieves and liars. Check out Dr. Bernard Kouchner, who oversaw Kosovo when the illegal organ trafficking began with living Serbs getting their kidneys ripped out, when he was then asked about it by a reporter.

This is what Marty was responding to when he said, "“A man who laughs at such a horrific topic says a lot about himself”

8 posted on 02/12/2011 1:37:36 PM PST by Bokababe (Save Christian Kosovo! http://www.savekosovo.org)
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Thanks Bokababe.
Marty also spoke about his visit to The Hague, adding that he had been utterly surprised by the fact that evidence from the Yellow House had been labeled as irrelevant and then destroyed. He explained that the Hague Tribunal had said it was a normal procedure but according to him, this is not the way evidence is handled anywhere in the world... Marty also told Delo that he had more confidence in the Americans than the Europeans when it came to the investigation into the allegations from his report and added that Brussels would do everything it could to make the case sink into oblivion as soon as possible.

9 posted on 02/12/2011 4:59:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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