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  • Taking up for Tadic

    03/05/2009 5:25:39 AM PST · by Ravnagora · 4 replies · 397+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | March 5, 2009 | Bishop Artemije of Kosovo
    As someone who often denounced the repression of the late Slobodan Milosevic, I do not minimize his responsibility for the 1999 conflict in the Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija. Nevertheless, William Walker's heaping of every foul claim human malice can concoct on Serbs collectively, even more than on Milosevic himself, is another matter ("A separate take from Serbia," Op-Ed, Feb. 24). I live in Kosovo and know firsthand what actually happened - and did not happen - during the NATO war against my country. Mr. Walker describes the terrorist Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) as "a tiny band" fighting "systematic"...
  • A BISHOP'S FAITH

    08/04/2006 6:43:15 PM PDT · by Doctor13 · 183+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | 3 August 2006 | James Morrison
    EMBASSY ROW His dwindling flock is scattered and under siege. His churches and cemeteries have been vandalized. The world appears to sympathize with his persecutors, but the spiritual leader of Kosovo's Orthodox Serbs says he cannot afford the luxury of feeling sorry for himself. "To be pessimistic is not an attribute for a man of faith," said Bishop Artemije of Kosovo and Metohija, "particularly for a bishop." But the bleak message the black-robed, white-bearded cleric brought with him to Washington last week showed how little political progress has been made since the 1999 NATO bombing campaign that drove Slobodan Milosevic's...