UNMIK to be reconfigured by October

Boy, the US is sticking it's dirty little fingers in every Kosovo issue. I have also read they are lobbying nations, through their embassies, to recognize their little Balkan Frankenstein. It is so obvious that the US wants to push this creation onto the Europeans, so they can free up American troops to fight elsewhere. Not to mention the cost that will also be trnsferred to the EU. Conquer, divide, and run - US foreign policy at its best.

According to the paper, in April and May, Wilcox, authorized by the DPKO, held confidential talks with Serbian Ministers Vuk Jeremić and Slobodan Samardzić about the administration of areas inhabited mainly by Serbs in Kosovo. “The U.S. and its Western allies were never satisfied with the talks,” added the sources.

So the US opposes that someone have then good judgement to talk to some of the major players other than the fat cats in Pristina.

Interersting view they have, lucky that they don't controll the situation north of Ibar and the enclaves, they will have to be satisified to exercise control over the albanian parts of Kosovo.

I guess that the albanians will also be satisified with being ruled by the Americans and their "allies"

Solution, everyone is happy!

This is all becoming more and more farcical by the day - US blocks its own man from being selected as deputy while the so called hand over to illegal EULEX is now being put off till "possibly" mid Oct - but lets not set deadlines - hahaha!!!

Apparently previously we were informed the 120 days would start from illegal declarations in February hence 15th June "deadline" for a false constitution overseen by an illegal EULEX - but now no transfer has occurred and suddenly another of those famous new ever changeable deadlines this time for again a supposed transfer which now starts but is also no longer a deadline since its all flexible!!!

Oh what a tangled web we weave...

In the meantime Serbia strengths its institutions across its province in the North and the enclaves while all the time UN SC Resolution remians re-affirming Serbia's sovereignty and those few countries who illegally recognise are acting against the UN and continue to undermine all international agreements when they fails to act in the good faith with which they signed and obligated themselves - pacta sunt servanda.

maybe ban will appoint him unilaterally ha ha ha

what a year for the bush-junta, they declare a puppet-state and noone cares, the general-secretary of a us-puppet-state like s-korea even also doesn´t care and even the us-realo-fraction on the ground meanwhile don´t care about the white house and state department.

where is russia to stop this illegal act from the western imperialists? :-)

We're headed for a frozen conflict - if we haven't gotten there already. Kosovo is looking less and less like a state and more and more like a tool of greater powers by the day. There's really not much more to say on this.

what a year for the bush-junta, they declare a puppet-state and noone cares,

Are u sure Raso?

apart the until-now-recognitions, it seems to me that someone in Belgrade did substantially care, to the point to burn down the US embassy. Strange enough this kind of not caring, isn't it?

I just can believe some of the comments by Serbian clause supporters.
Svojgazdarica writes"I have also read they are lobbying nations, through their embassies, to recognize their little Balkan Frankenstein." I wonder what newspapers is she reffering to or is this another made-up fact. If American allies were subject to pressure to recognize Kosova then Izrael, Iraq, New Zealand, Egypt, Jordan, Mexico, Dominican Republic, many African and Asian countries would have done it.
She goes to say "so they can free up American troops to fight elsewhere."
The day USA depends on the 2600 soldiers stationed in Bondsteel will be the last day of its existence. USA has another 140,000 standing and about 280,000 reserves.

Goodbye UNMIK,

I'm so glad when I can agree with ZK UK. You hit the nail on the head. Reconfiguration is just another word for supervised partition. Our Albanian friends, if you want to see the future of Kosovo, take a long look at Cyprus, where the Turks have controlled the north for 35 years and the Greeks have the south. As Mike said, a frozen conflict.

You have no right to shed any tears. The justifications that you have claimed for seceding from Serbia -- ethnic cleansing, the will of an overwhelming majority -- apply even more to Kosovo Serbs' refusal to be a part of "Kosova." In short, Zubin Potok, Zvecan, Leposavic, Mitrovica, Novo Brdo, Gracanica, Strpce, itd., ne damo. I would say that you can kiss them goodbye, but they were never yours to begin with.

svojagazada-ria?
I am amazed you figured the whold thing out. The US desperately needs those 1500 troops out of Kosovo. Of course the troops stationed in Japan Germany, South Korea, Marshall Islands etc. etc. will have to go too.
The only thing wrong with your theory is your are shooting down the illusion of your fellow posters. You know the one where the NATO bombing was not a humanitarian effort but so the US could build the largest foreign military base in the world.
You people really have to get out more often.

Washington is really pushing the UN to turn babysitting duties in Kosovo to the EU. Could today's story regarding Afganistan have anything to do with it? The U.S. desperately needs to free up it's troops in Kosovo, to send elsewhere. State Dept. foreign policy and interventions at there best. Read from news service below:
Bush concedes tough month in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - President Bush says it has been a "tough month" in Afghanistan with rising US casualties. ADVERTISEMENT
The president told a Rose Garden news conference Wednesday that one reason for the rising deaths "is that our troops are taking the fight to a tough enemy."
Bush said it has also been a "tough month for the Taliban." He said he is assessing whether to send more U.S. troops there.
In June, militants killed more U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan than in Iraq for the second straight month. In fact it was the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since the war began.
Bush concedes tough month in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON - President Bush says it has been a "tough month" in Afghanistan with rising US casualties. ADVERTISEMENT
The president told a Rose Garden news conference Wednesday that one reason for the rising deaths "is that our troops are taking the fight to a tough enemy."
Bush said it has also been a "tough month for the Taliban." He said he is assessing whether to send more U.S. troops there.
In June, militants killed more U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan than in Iraq for the second straight month. In fact it was the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since the war began

If it wasn’t for this title this could be one of those rare days where the whole Serbian news would have been about Serbia. On the other hand that would have been pretty boring and not as popular with certain people I guess. Interesting as it is commenting on Kosova the redistributions of tittles and comments for Serbia and Kosova is highly asymmetrical. Maybe this asymmetry is not healthy for the Serbians themselves. We all need to move on with our lives and strive for further democratisation.

benny,

I have the impression that Wilcox became too partial to the Serbs...somehow he became their point man.

UNMIK should leave tomorrow not in October or any other day. They are the most corrupted administration that world ever known. They are the ones who brought Kosova in this situation where it is today by letting parallel institutions to happen. The need to go tomorrow, I can not see anymore UNMIK policeman and administrators in the streets of Prishtina they all look to me as ex serb policies and paramilitaries.

Looks to me like UNMIK will be a buffer between the Serbian and Albanian sections whilst providing logistics for transportation and freedom of movement to Serbians between enclaves. I don't see much use for them other than that.

The Serbian assembly will rule the Serbians with their parallel structures whilst the occupiers will pull the Albanian strings and keep them under supervision.

It is the start of a functional partition even though the reconfiguration leans toward the occupation. The Northern part of the province will totally integrate with the rest of Serbia. The Albanians in this section will have to accept that reality.

somebody is saying that eulex will take the place of the defunct EU pillar IV still under UNMIK umbrella together with OSCE. and european UNMIK police will then convert to eulex. so this is just transferring from one insignia to the other.

“lucky that they don't controll the situation north of Ibar and the enclaves”

Who said that? In all of Kosovo, even in the north of Ibar, the law enforcement is in the hands of NATO and UN. There is no Serb troops or police in the area since 1999.

First, it was June, then it was the middle of the summer, and now it is after October that EULEX will be implemented in Kosovo. Until the so called UNMIK re-configuration, the EU cannot take over their functions as planned. This will drag on until October and then a new deadline will be set. Soon, the Kosovo Albanians will realize that their dream of independence was just that, a dream. It is obvious that no one is ready to implement "independence" and this reality is proven by the continued delays that are now becoming longer and longer. As I've said before, the status quo will continue. I do believe though that the Albanians will lose patience and their true face will be exposed once again. Only, this time, brainwashing via western media will be much more difficult to achieve!

Iam laughing so much i need to sit down.
This really is comedy at its best, what a circus !!! world famous artists performing daily, badly i must say, maybe there are some jobs available for these eurocrats / natocrats and usa_crats in a circus some where in the world .Please dont all apply at once.
Heaven help us if these people are let loose we are all doomed.
Long live Serbia

Boy, the US is sticking it's dirty little fingers in every Kosovo issue. I have also read they are lobbying nations, through their embassies, to recognize their little Balkan Frankenstein. It is so obvious that the US wants to push this creation onto the Europeans, so they can free up American troops to fight elsewhere. Not to mention the cost that will also be trnsferred to the EU. Conquer, divide, and run - US foreign policy at its best.
(svojagazdarica, 2 July 2008 14:35)

They sure are, as can be sen from this report from Bangladesh.

http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=56458&cid=2

>lucky that they don't controll the situation north of Ibar and the enclaves

North of Ibar is different, but 60% live on enclaves. How do those people in poshy Serbian neighborhoods get their food, water, electricity?

Alban,

If people in these enclaves do not get food, water, electricity, etc., this will just be another sign that this independence experiment and the "multi-ethnic" state of Kosovo under a single ruler will not last. Except, this time, the government of Serbia is much more prepared to expose any ethnic cleansing than it has been in the past. I, like you, predict that Serbs will be provoked and discriminated against in Kosovo. I would rather have it happen sooner than later so that we can just get back to separate rule and partition, the way Kosovo has always been and always will be. This is just reality in the Balkans, and especially in Kosovo.

what a year for the bush-junta, they declare a puppet-state and noone cares,

Are u sure Raso?

apart the until-now-recognitions, it seems to me that someone in Belgrade did substantially care, to the point to burn down the US embassy. Strange enough this kind of not caring, isn't it?

benny,

I have the impression that Wilcox became too partial to the Serbs...somehow he became their point man.

UNMIK should leave tomorrow not in October or any other day. They are the most corrupted administration that world ever known. They are the ones who brought Kosova in this situation where it is today by letting parallel institutions to happen. The need to go tomorrow, I can not see anymore UNMIK policeman and administrators in the streets of Prishtina they all look to me as ex serb policies and paramilitaries.

I just can believe some of the comments by Serbian clause supporters.
Svojgazdarica writes"I have also read they are lobbying nations, through their embassies, to recognize their little Balkan Frankenstein." I wonder what newspapers is she reffering to or is this another made-up fact. If American allies were subject to pressure to recognize Kosova then Izrael, Iraq, New Zealand, Egypt, Jordan, Mexico, Dominican Republic, many African and Asian countries would have done it.
She goes to say "so they can free up American troops to fight elsewhere."
The day USA depends on the 2600 soldiers stationed in Bondsteel will be the last day of its existence. USA has another 140,000 standing and about 280,000 reserves.

svojagazada-ria?
I am amazed you figured the whold thing out. The US desperately needs those 1500 troops out of Kosovo. Of course the troops stationed in Japan Germany, South Korea, Marshall Islands etc. etc. will have to go too.
The only thing wrong with your theory is your are shooting down the illusion of your fellow posters. You know the one where the NATO bombing was not a humanitarian effort but so the US could build the largest foreign military base in the world.
You people really have to get out more often.

Goodbye UNMIK,

Boy, the US is sticking it's dirty little fingers in every Kosovo issue. I have also read they are lobbying nations, through their embassies, to recognize their little Balkan Frankenstein. It is so obvious that the US wants to push this creation onto the Europeans, so they can free up American troops to fight elsewhere. Not to mention the cost that will also be trnsferred to the EU. Conquer, divide, and run - US foreign policy at its best.

This is all becoming more and more farcical by the day - US blocks its own man from being selected as deputy while the so called hand over to illegal EULEX is now being put off till "possibly" mid Oct - but lets not set deadlines - hahaha!!!

Apparently previously we were informed the 120 days would start from illegal declarations in February hence 15th June "deadline" for a false constitution overseen by an illegal EULEX - but now no transfer has occurred and suddenly another of those famous new ever changeable deadlines this time for again a supposed transfer which now starts but is also no longer a deadline since its all flexible!!!

Oh what a tangled web we weave...

In the meantime Serbia strengths its institutions across its province in the North and the enclaves while all the time UN SC Resolution remians re-affirming Serbia's sovereignty and those few countries who illegally recognise are acting against the UN and continue to undermine all international agreements when they fails to act in the good faith with which they signed and obligated themselves - pacta sunt servanda.

If it wasn’t for this title this could be one of those rare days where the whole Serbian news would have been about Serbia. On the other hand that would have been pretty boring and not as popular with certain people I guess. Interesting as it is commenting on Kosova the redistributions of tittles and comments for Serbia and Kosova is highly asymmetrical. Maybe this asymmetry is not healthy for the Serbians themselves. We all need to move on with our lives and strive for further democratisation.

Looks to me like UNMIK will be a buffer between the Serbian and Albanian sections whilst providing logistics for transportation and freedom of movement to Serbians between enclaves. I don't see much use for them other than that.

The Serbian assembly will rule the Serbians with their parallel structures whilst the occupiers will pull the Albanian strings and keep them under supervision.

It is the start of a functional partition even though the reconfiguration leans toward the occupation. The Northern part of the province will totally integrate with the rest of Serbia. The Albanians in this section will have to accept that reality.

maybe ban will appoint him unilaterally ha ha ha

what a year for the bush-junta, they declare a puppet-state and noone cares, the general-secretary of a us-puppet-state like s-korea even also doesn´t care and even the us-realo-fraction on the ground meanwhile don´t care about the white house and state department.

So the US opposes that someone have then good judgement to talk to some of the major players other than the fat cats in Pristina.

Interersting view they have, lucky that they don't controll the situation north of Ibar and the enclaves, they will have to be satisified to exercise control over the albanian parts of Kosovo.

I guess that the albanians will also be satisified with being ruled by the Americans and their "allies"

Solution, everyone is happy!

According to the paper, in April and May, Wilcox, authorized by the DPKO, held confidential talks with Serbian Ministers Vuk Jeremić and Slobodan Samardzić about the administration of areas inhabited mainly by Serbs in Kosovo. “The U.S. and its Western allies were never satisfied with the talks,” added the sources.

We're headed for a frozen conflict - if we haven't gotten there already. Kosovo is looking less and less like a state and more and more like a tool of greater powers by the day. There's really not much more to say on this.

where is russia to stop this illegal act from the western imperialists? :-)

Washington is really pushing the UN to turn babysitting duties in Kosovo to the EU. Could today's story regarding Afganistan have anything to do with it? The U.S. desperately needs to free up it's troops in Kosovo, to send elsewhere. State Dept. foreign policy and interventions at there best. Read from news service below:
Bush concedes tough month in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - President Bush says it has been a "tough month" in Afghanistan with rising US casualties. ADVERTISEMENT
The president told a Rose Garden news conference Wednesday that one reason for the rising deaths "is that our troops are taking the fight to a tough enemy."
Bush said it has also been a "tough month for the Taliban." He said he is assessing whether to send more U.S. troops there.
In June, militants killed more U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan than in Iraq for the second straight month. In fact it was the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since the war began.
Bush concedes tough month in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON - President Bush says it has been a "tough month" in Afghanistan with rising US casualties. ADVERTISEMENT
The president told a Rose Garden news conference Wednesday that one reason for the rising deaths "is that our troops are taking the fight to a tough enemy."
Bush said it has also been a "tough month for the Taliban." He said he is assessing whether to send more U.S. troops there.
In June, militants killed more U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan than in Iraq for the second straight month. In fact it was the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since the war began

somebody is saying that eulex will take the place of the defunct EU pillar IV still under UNMIK umbrella together with OSCE. and european UNMIK police will then convert to eulex. so this is just transferring from one insignia to the other.

I'm so glad when I can agree with ZK UK. You hit the nail on the head. Reconfiguration is just another word for supervised partition. Our Albanian friends, if you want to see the future of Kosovo, take a long look at Cyprus, where the Turks have controlled the north for 35 years and the Greeks have the south. As Mike said, a frozen conflict.

You have no right to shed any tears. The justifications that you have claimed for seceding from Serbia -- ethnic cleansing, the will of an overwhelming majority -- apply even more to Kosovo Serbs' refusal to be a part of "Kosova." In short, Zubin Potok, Zvecan, Leposavic, Mitrovica, Novo Brdo, Gracanica, Strpce, itd., ne damo. I would say that you can kiss them goodbye, but they were never yours to begin with.

First, it was June, then it was the middle of the summer, and now it is after October that EULEX will be implemented in Kosovo. Until the so called UNMIK re-configuration, the EU cannot take over their functions as planned. This will drag on until October and then a new deadline will be set. Soon, the Kosovo Albanians will realize that their dream of independence was just that, a dream. It is obvious that no one is ready to implement "independence" and this reality is proven by the continued delays that are now becoming longer and longer. As I've said before, the status quo will continue. I do believe though that the Albanians will lose patience and their true face will be exposed once again. Only, this time, brainwashing via western media will be much more difficult to achieve!

“lucky that they don't controll the situation north of Ibar and the enclaves”

Who said that? In all of Kosovo, even in the north of Ibar, the law enforcement is in the hands of NATO and UN. There is no Serb troops or police in the area since 1999.

Iam laughing so much i need to sit down.
This really is comedy at its best, what a circus !!! world famous artists performing daily, badly i must say, maybe there are some jobs available for these eurocrats / natocrats and usa_crats in a circus some where in the world .Please dont all apply at once.
Heaven help us if these people are let loose we are all doomed.
Long live Serbia

Boy, the US is sticking it's dirty little fingers in every Kosovo issue. I have also read they are lobbying nations, through their embassies, to recognize their little Balkan Frankenstein. It is so obvious that the US wants to push this creation onto the Europeans, so they can free up American troops to fight elsewhere. Not to mention the cost that will also be trnsferred to the EU. Conquer, divide, and run - US foreign policy at its best.
(svojagazdarica, 2 July 2008 14:35)

They sure are, as can be sen from this report from Bangladesh.

http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=56458&cid=2

>lucky that they don't controll the situation north of Ibar and the enclaves

North of Ibar is different, but 60% live on enclaves. How do those people in poshy Serbian neighborhoods get their food, water, electricity?

Alban,

If people in these enclaves do not get food, water, electricity, etc., this will just be another sign that this independence experiment and the "multi-ethnic" state of Kosovo under a single ruler will not last. Except, this time, the government of Serbia is much more prepared to expose any ethnic cleansing than it has been in the past. I, like you, predict that Serbs will be provoked and discriminated against in Kosovo. I would rather have it happen sooner than later so that we can just get back to separate rule and partition, the way Kosovo has always been and always will be. This is just reality in the Balkans, and especially in Kosovo.