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Wednesday, 23.09.2009.

10:59

Kosovo Serbs protest arrests

Kosovo Serbs have been protesting the arrest by EULEX police of four of their countrymen from Bostane and Jasenovik on suspicion of war crimes.

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Dragoslav

pre 14 godina

will try to provide you with the links on the war crimes in Kosovo that you have asked above. Although i doubt you will have time to reach such a large volume of materials.

I have tried to post these links in the past, but unfortunately they were never posted by B92, despite being reports from an international organization (HRW). I hope this time B92 posts them.

I would just like to note that i have personaly visited the villages of Krusha e Madhe and Krusha e Vogel where hundreds of men were taken from their homes and killed. These are reports on the crimes committed in just 4 regions (municipalities) of Kosovo.

Gjakova Municipality

[link]

Drenas and Skenderaj Municipalities

[link]

Prizren-Gjakova Road (Krusha e Madhe, Krusha e Vogel)

[link]

The rest you can find here:

[link]/
(Nick KS, 23 September 2009 17:17)
I see most of the links informTION YOU OFFER IS from Human rights watch that wouldnt be natasha kandics organization would it?Every albanian interviewed says their whole family was murdered,then who is there 1 million of you in kosmet?

BH_NYC

pre 14 godina

'All others are openly pro one or the other but you hide behind your "tolerance and understanding" while you are always so hotile to the Serbs.

(Peggy, 25 September 2009 05:57)

You’re totally wrong. It isn’t about Roberto not being ‘openly pro one or the other’ but it’s about him being more neutral, cool headed. That is understandable because he isn’t Albanian or a Serb. That is how you would expect a non Albanian/Serb to comment. And that’s how you can tell that Mike, Jason, kate are Serb nationalists in disguise.

Jason

pre 14 godina

You are showing your prejudice and becoming increasingly unable to hold back the hate because you can see that your house of cards is falling.
Keep it up. Let's see more of real Roberto.
(Peggy, 24 September 2009 22:49)

Well said, Peggy. The only complaint I have with your post is that you somehow managed to make me read more than one line of the rubbish written by Roberto because I did not see where your post began and his ended:)

It seems more and more people like myself, Jill, and Roger are boycotting the long-winded and ridiculously arrogant ramblings of our resident expert on all things Balkan.

Peggy

pre 14 godina

i really have to wonder why so much attention is directed to me, when there are at least a 100 or hundreds of other posters. is it a "plot", or is it a weird form of respect (grudging) "where is roberto?" anyway, people do have the right to demand consistency from critical voices, and i am only human but try my best.

roberto
(roberto, 24 September 2009 17:59)

The reason people are condemning you the most is because you are the biggest hypocrite.
All others are openly pro one or the other but you hide behind your "tolerance and understanding" while you are always so hotile to the Serbs.

At least be honest and declare that you are bised like the rest here and perhaps then you will be left in peace.

Jovan Z

pre 14 godina

So this is Albanian payback for Serbian MUP arresting those terrorists in south Serbia a few months back?
That criminal gang running Kosovo has no pretense of civil society.

The Swiss

pre 14 godina

posters. is it a "plot", or is it a weird form of respect (grudging) "where is roberto?" anyway, people do have the right to demand consistency from critical voices, and i am only human but try my best.

Don't cry Argentina.... it's a nice song, listen to it :)

Roger7

pre 14 godina

roberto asks..."i really have to wonder why so much attention is directed to me, when there are at least a 100 or hundreds of other posters. is it a "plot", or is it a weird form of respect (grudging) "where is roberto?" "

Who are you kidding, attention is what you seek, roberto.
You question if people respect you?
I, for one, would not use the word respect.
I find your rants to be repetitive, rude, hypocritical and condescending. Maybe you don't get enough of attention at your middle school job or are you just trying to feed your ego while lecturing on and on with your rantings on this site?
I don't care who you claim to have supposedly interviewed or met.
If you have something positive to offer, unfortunately, I would not know. I no longer spend a lot of time reading your ridiculing pompous lectures.
No, respect is not a word that I would use.

Peggy

pre 14 godina

Roberto said,

jason -- i really hate addressing anything to you, since i think you represent the worst of american traditions and values, and even worse, feel a need to export those rotten values overseas, where you presumably have some ill-gotten power, sorry to say.

Wow, that's telling him Roberto. You are going to be a judge on who exports good values (you I presume you mean) out of America and who exports bad values (Jason) out of America.

What makes you think that it is you who is the scurge of America. You and Ms Albright, Holdbrooke and the rest of Bosniaks and Albanians who are filled with hate and spew lies?

You are showing your prejudice and becoming increasingly unable to hold back the hate because you can see that your house of cards is falling.
Keep it up. Let's see more of real Roberto.

Jason

pre 14 godina

"jason -- i really hate addressing anything to you"

Roberto

Then please do not, sir. I do not read your posts any longer so you are only wasting your (apparently excessive) free time.

timotimekvej

pre 14 godina

Who started war in Kosovo&Metohija? It was terroristic uck! Their goal was an ethnic-cleansing, their tactic-terror all over Kosovo&Metohija! Remember Radonjicko jezero? Orahovac? Shootin Serb teenagres in cafe bar? Organ-harvesting? Thath was just continuation of their policy tahth has roots in 1878-1912, ww2, autonomus province of Kosovo&Metohija. We will not forget!

roberto

pre 14 godina

jason -- i really hate addressing anything to you, since i think you represent the worst of american traditions and values, and even worse, feel a need to export those rotten values overseas, where you presumably have some ill-gotten power, sorry to say.

also, if you were born and raised here, i assume that you know how to read (english), as i JUST adressed both the issue of "hypocrite" and the adjoining issue of hate calls ag. all despised minorities (which i repeat again and again), in this case hate call against "the serbs." i despise racism, ethnic slurs, homophobia, antisemitism (understandably) and all other forms of hate and nastiness, way too plentiful to mention. generally i see ugliness (here) directed towards the "albos", or towards those of us who stand up ag. the nationalist extremists. but from time to time i see ugly hate slurs/threats directed against serbs, which is absolutely as bad. you cannot say one is bad, and the other is okay, however you wish to justify yr prejudice.

we have gone round and round w such issues in this country: is it ok for african americans to say hateful things ag. non-african americans (esp. whites) simply because they have been victimized by so much prejudice and bogotry over the years? obviously i believe not.

i really have to wonder why so much attention is directed to me, when there are at least a 100 or hundreds of other posters. is it a "plot", or is it a weird form of respect (grudging) "where is roberto?" anyway, people do have the right to demand consistency from critical voices, and i am only human but try my best.

roberto

Mark

pre 14 godina

If EULEX wants to get some statistics for Brussels so they can show that they are actually working in Kosovo, besides fitness and trips to Greece; why don't they walk into Parliament they mind find more people to arrest for war crimes.

Nikos

pre 14 godina

PRN
"ALL Serbs are fully aware that they terrorised the entire Balkans and this is why they have no friend in the neighbourhood."
"moreover bombs were coming even from their former allies like Greeks, French, Italians, Spanish."

well we greeks are their friends and 98% of greek population was against 1999 bombing. No greek planes were part of the bombing and we sent them tones of humanitarian aid, food, medicine etc. So get to know the facts before opening your mouth.

Radoslav

pre 14 godina

Denis - "Got what deserved? Kids and women slaughtered in daylight, pizza shop massacres, killings of the entire families (Berisha, Jashari etj)....."

As for civilian deaths, absolutely NOT, as for military casualties, yep, it was a war after all and like I said, Albo's fired the first shots in anger so you reaped what you sowed, so stop whining.

"You were using terror in Kosovo for decades, we used Rugova and the peacefull means for 9 years while you chose a barbaric leader like Milosevic." now when you and other Albo's make this statement you betray your ignorance. All you Albo's claim that kosovo was a war against Serbian oppression by Milosevic and the Serbs, but then you state SPECIFICALLY that it was SERBIAN oppression for DECADES. but Tito was in power for a long long time before Milosevic ever came to power and it's well known that Albo's wanted to break away then as well. So there is no point trying to convince Serbian posters about what is or isn't the truth. We ALL know the truth. Save your lies for the western media. Kosovo wasn't about oppression, it was a war of nationalism, Albanian nationalism.

and the reason why you are succeeding at the moment? US strategic interests. it's no coincidence that the US has invaded Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo when all three are thought to have huge energy/mineral reserves. Check out the reuters site today. it states that under kosovo lies Europes second largest coal reserves. how many people died in kosovo? Let's inflate the figure, say 20,000. The US invaded Serbia, but when over 1 MILLION people died in Rwanda what did they do? NOTHING, and Sudan, over 2 MILLION and what has the US done? NOTHING. Why? Because they have nothing the US wants. Kosovo is nothing more than a piece on the board for the US. When they have no more use for you they will toss you into the gutter with the rest of the rubbish.

So if all the Albo's here want to delude themselves that the US somehow prefers the Albo's to the Serbs or that they invaded Serbia for humanitarian reasons, then keep dreaming because you'll get the shock of your lives in the future. When the US decides it has no more use for Kosovo it'll leave it to the mercy of Serbia and you'll be crushed like a rusty tin can under a truck. So, keep fantasising, that suits me fine.

"Do you want to see who was the real terrorist, check the Hague trials to see how many serbs vs how many albanians were accused of crimes." And we also know that the US uses propaganda to fight it's wars so it has to portray the Serbs as the "indians" and the Croats, Bosniaks and Albo's as the "cowboys" to justify it's actions in the Balkans. If you don't understand this or refuse to believe it then either you are a fool or you have your head in the sand.

Milan

pre 14 godina

So entire families slaughtered is A-OKAY as long as they are Albanians? WOW!!

Your whole argument of playing victim (after YOU STARTED THE WAR) is based on chapters from books written by some r-tard. Where are pictures? Names? Evidence? Ohhh That's right, they DONT EXIST.

I can't wait until the Hague prosecutes Lord Voldemort for acts against Wizardry.
(KOSOVARi, 24 September 2009 01:03)

Hh.... Mayby You forgot who started war. I will remember it. That was UCK in february 1996, when they started attack against Police and against CIVILIANS (between 1996 and 1998 they killed 5 policeman and 17 CIVILIANS).

In 1998 UCK started offensive in Kosovo, killed until end of August 74 police officers and 81 CIVILIANS, gained control over 30% of province and started ethnic cleansings.

So - what do You think - what response can made ANY world country for these attacks?? You Albanians started this war.

Jason

pre 14 godina

GOOD NEWS.keep em there for 15 days and after shot em in the back of their head.is time to try you own medicine.
(niko { bytha } kurkuli, 24 September 2009 00:51)

Where is condemnation for this hate speech from resident hypocrite Roberto?

The silence is deafening.

USA134

pre 14 godina

Radoslav,

I must say that I was born in America and I am proud to be an American. But, I agree with you 1000%... and to correct you just a little, we do not need the Albanians here in Kosovo. You are right, the war here and in Bosnia was not a Humanitarian war, The reaseon America backed Albo's and muslims was strictly because of money and oil... We were billions of dollars in debt to the Saudi's...and what was the best way to repay them? Thats right... help them establish a muslim state... Now make no mistake, I have worked in Kosovo going for 5 years and saw almost every report made... Atrocities were committed on both sides. As for yesterdays arrests in Novo Brdo? JOKE... this whole justice/political system here is a joke, corrupt and a disgrace to human rulership. Those men live and work amongst UCK members. If they committed such "atrocities" then for sure they would not have been allowed to live there peacefully for the past 10 years... There are approx 140,000 Serbs in Kosovo and over 2 million Albanians... Yet its seems the EU only goes after the Serbs when there are 10 times the number of former Albanian war crimes criminals and mafia criminals walking around in broad daylight... Pathetic I say and one sided... The Albanians are biting off more than they can chew and for sure they will reap what they sow...

roberto

pre 14 godina

some of the comments here are truly funny, but the humor is very, very dark. my heart goes out to the families and survivors of all these horrible atrocities. i HATE to have to use atrocity anecdotes as ammunition for our arguments, but we have to tell the truth, we have the right and we have the responsibility. i know some of the specifics from kosovo/a
and many more from bosnia, but it never stops hurting. sometimes when i listen to/ record the stories, i feel like some kind of voyeur -- it makes me very uncomfortable, and yet i keep coming back for more, and then i try to let others know about them. what else can we do? i personally know the legacy of war crimes and genocide and it is really a heavy one. it is better shared, in my opinion.

whoever wishes to share such stories, pls feel free to do so (regardless of yr ethnicity!) either here, or with me personally. feel free not to use the names... and if you don't wish to share, then keep it to yrself.

that one serbian govt site describing appr 1,000 bodies of murdered albanians located and exhumed or pulled fr the river in 2001 (i believe)in serbia -- i recently submitted it at b92, and they actually printed it. so i really don't think the issue is ignorance, so much as it is willful ignorance.

for all those who have shared family tragedies, now and in the past, thank you. i am sorry you are met, so often, with such utter disrespect, but not from me, not from many of us.

thank you. roberto
frisco
robertoruss@yahoo.com

Peggy

pre 14 godina

if you could post some proof of this I would appreciate it,otherwise stop your propaganda please.
(Dragoslav, 23 September 2009 17:00)

What are you 5? We lived in Kosova, YOu have never been to Kosova (or Kosovo) --- you need to do some research for yourself.
(KOSOVARi, 23 September 2009 17:37)

What a lame answer. Just because you live in Kosovo does not mean you can provide proof if there is none.

The challenge was to provide proof not tell us where you live.

KOSOVARi

pre 14 godina

So entire families slaughtered is A-OKAY as long as they are Albanians? WOW!!

Your whole argument of playing victim (after YOU STARTED THE WAR) is based on chapters from books written by some r-tard. Where are pictures? Names? Evidence? Ohhh That's right, they DONT EXIST.

I can't wait until the Hague prosecutes Lord Voldemort for acts against Wizardry.

Nick KS

pre 14 godina

Ida,

In response to your claim that you have never seen the name of a women or child's body beeing handed over from Serbia back to Kosova authorities. Below is a list of 20 names killed in one single massacre in the town of Gjakova (Djakovica) on April 1 1999.

Note: Nr. 7 (Flaka Hoxha) was a childhood friend of mine. The house where they were killed and burned is in the city of Gjakova near the old police station.

1. Hysen Gashi, 50
2. Valbona Haxhiavdija, 38
3. Rina Haxhiavdija, 7
4. Doruntina Haxhiavdija, 3
4. Egzon Haxhiavdija, 5
6. Shaindere Hoxha, 55
7. Flaka Hoxha, 15
8. Fetihe Vejsa, 60
9. Tringa Vejsa, 31
10. Dorina Vejsa, 11
11. Marigona Vejsa, 9
12. Sihana Vejsa, 7
13. Arlind Vejsa, 5
14. Rita Vejsa, 2
15. Mandushe Nuci, 52
16. Shirine Nuci, 73
17. Valbona Caka, 34
18. Delvina Caka, 7
19. Diona Caka, 2
20. Dalina Caka, 14

See the report on Gjakova i included in my previous post for more details on the case.

The Swiss

pre 14 godina

Reading the comments on one article yesterday I really had a hang over and couldn't believe what I was reading and today it starts again!

These last few days so much hatry was poored on each side and I find it really disgusting.

People might have a difference in opinion but I think that some out of proportion nationalistic comments should be simply banned and I wish B92 would start doing so.

A lot's of new posters started a war of words that will only bring more hatry and will bring the quality of this blog down to irrelevance.

A war is never white, a war is never only one sided, population on each side usually suffers and the history only repeats itself, and we unfortunately still have so many example today!

For god sake, show a bit of understanding and let the justice makes his way.
Yes, the justice has not been very brilliant lately but do we have another choice... the world is changing and we have to believe that one day it will come out much cleaner than it is now!

Btw Obama's speech today at
UN was in this direction, so time to change!

Ron

pre 14 godina

EULEX should arrest any person involved in war crimes. From both sides!

And indeed EULEX is doing this! As UNMIK/EULEX are in full control of Kosovo!

Which is good news!

Denis

pre 14 godina

To all the Albo posters - stop whining and complaining about the war. You started it and got what you deserved!! What were you expecting when you started using terrorism in Kosovo, a warm welcome??
(Radoslav, 23 September 2009 18:53)

Got what deserved? Kids and women slaughtered in daylight, pizza shop massacres, killings of the entire families (Berisha, Jashari etj).....

But don't worry, now it's all solved for good, Serbia is out for good and will never have a chance to kill and slaughter at will.

You were using terror in Kosovo for decades, we used Rugova and the peacefull means for 9 years while you chose a barbaric leader like Milosevic. We protested with 2 fingers in the air peacefully, while many nations were fighting Serbs to death all over ex-Yugo.

Do you want to see who was the real terrorist, check the Hague trials to see how many serbs vs how many albanians were accused of crimes.

But your terrorsit actions in Kosovo were only a logical extension of what you did prior to other ex-Yugo nations during 90s.

Are you one of those who believes that Bosniaks of Srbrenica commited suicide?

Radoslav

pre 14 godina

KosovoUSA - Hahahaha, I hit a raw nerve there I think. You know, and I know, in fact we all know that the Albo's started the war and the US and EU decided to help you because it was in their interests, NOT for humanitarian reasons.

As for Serbia getting smaller, Albo's should be careful what they wish for. Since the US is backing the Albo's in Kosovo at the moment, you think you can rule the whole region but to do so you think you should take all "Albanian lands" which are in Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Greece according to you. I really, really hope you succeed in trying because even America will not be able to prevent the Albanian nation from being pushed into an area the size of a shoebox. The US backs you now, but when they decide they don't need you anymore then you won't have anywhere left to hide - Serbia will take back rightfully what is hers, nothing more, nothing less and you'll be powerless to stop it.

EA

pre 14 godina

"The Bytyqi brothers .... knew the rules of the game.
(MikeC, 23 September 2009 18:45)

MikeC,

What game are you talking about?

Serbian state capturing individuals/fighters, holding them and shooting them without trace???? Is that normal in a democratic state?

What am I talking about? Democratic state of Serbia?

Killed in a battlefield would be an honour for any freedom fighter...

Danny

pre 14 godina

Serbia tries Kosovo ex-rebels for war crimes
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hKrGLWvwpXEK7apQAUidVkkbVL8QD9AT3L6O2

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC
Associated Press Writer

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Seventeen former Kosovo rebels went on trial Wednesday before the Serbian war crimes court, charged with murder, rape and torture of Serb civilians in 1999.

Nine of the men were arrested in December in a predominantly Albanian-populated region of Serbia bordering Kosovo. Eight of the suspects are at large and were accused in absentia.

The indictment accuses the men of the kidnapping of 153 Serbs and the deaths of at least 80 of them in the eastern Kosovo town of Gnjilane following Kosovo's war for independence.

They are charged with "murder, rape, detention, mutilation, torture and looting," the indictment said. The charges carry up to 20 years in jail.

Bruno Vekaric, the spokesman for Serbia's war crimes prosecution, said the trial brings with it a "high risk" of retaliation by Albanians against the Serbs and other witnesses who still live in the region.

The war in Kosovo - then a province of Serbia - began with an ethnic Albanian separatist rebellion and ended after a 78-day NATO bombing campaign that forced Serbia's army and police to pull out of Kosovo.

After the war ended, the suspects allegedly launched retaliatory attacks against the Serb minority in Kosovo, where 90 percent of the population is ethnic Albanian.

Kosovo's independence has been recognized by many countries including the U.S. and most EU states - but not by Serbia or Russia.

In a related development, Serbian police said they found a large weapons cache in the tense south of the country near the border with Macedonia.

Interior Minister Ivica Dacic, who heads the police, said Wednesday the weapons included two rocket launchers, anti-tank mines, 16 grenades, a machine gun and ammunition.

Dacic said the weapons were discovered in a pit on state property about 300 meters (yards) from the Macedonian border.

Serbia's south, which borders Macedonia and Kosovo, was the scene of an ethnic Albanian rebellion in 2000-2001. The unrest ended in a peace plan but tensions have simmered since.

Kosova-USA

pre 14 godina

To all the Albo posters - stop whining and complaining about the war. You started it and got what you deserved!! What were you expecting when you started using terrorism in Kosovo, a warm welcome??
(Radoslav, 23 September 2009 18:53)

No Radoslav,
you started and look what you got! serbia getting smaller then Nokia. I don't know you and I will not blame you for killing my family, since I do not beleive in collective guilt, but Serbia will never be the same and it will get smaller and smaller day by day. eat your hart out.

Kosova-USA

pre 14 godina

I see the Albanians are posting propaganda the NATO sponsored groups wrote for/with them.

ida,
I have no clue which plaent you living , but the trucks and the barrial site at Btanjica was admitted by your Serbian govermant. This was noNATO propaganda but true facts and many bodies, even though not all have been turned over and returned to Kosova. I feel sorry that most Serbs live in state of denial to this day.

rote

pre 14 godina

No matter if those four had really been involved to the civil war mentioned the arrest follows quite a different task. They just need a pretext to prolong the agony of the Haague Tribunal. They feel very comfortable with their suddenly obtained high salaries and rankings. Also they need Serbia and Serbs being under permanent prosecution untill a will to resist their national dignity is not buried. Meanwhile the only real source of such suspects is Kosovo and only Kosovo ! God bless the B92 moderators ! It is only thank to them nobody knows what I really feel about the Tribunal , about the lesbians , about EULEX , about homosexuals and the kind !

Danny

pre 14 godina

Press release: Five arrests in Novobërdë / Novo Brdo
http://www.eulex-kosovo.eu/?id=8&n=140

23 September, 2009

At the request of a EULEX prosecutor conducting a criminal investigation into committed in April 1999, the EULEX Police War Crimes Investigation Unit (WCIU) carried out an operation today in the municipality of Novo Brdo/Novobërdë, in the region of Gjilan/Gnjilane. The operation started at 6 AM.

Four people were arrested.

Slobodan M.
Srecko M.
Svetlana S.
Sredjan F.

All four suspects are of Serbian ethnicity.

The charges relate to alleged inhuman treatment; immense suffering or violation of bodily integrity or health; application of measures of intimidation and terror, and illegal arrest and detention.

During the search of the suspects' premises, several items were seized.

Under order of the prosecutor, a fifth person was also arrested at the scene, for obstruction of official duty.

The interviews of the suspects are ongoing.

Both the Kosovo police (KP) and KFOR took part in the operation.

Radoslav

pre 14 godina

To all the Albo posters - stop whining and complaining about the war. You started it and got what you deserved!! What were you expecting when you started using terrorism in Kosovo, a warm welcome??

Kosova-USA

pre 14 godina

Kosovsko Pomoravski Governor Dragan Nikolić

Sorry guys, but i am lost here. Can someone explain to me what the above means since I lack knowledge of Serbian language.
I can make out the word Governor, but is this guy the Governor of New York State or Governor of Planet Mars??? HELP!!!

Zoran

pre 14 godina

I am no supporter of EULEX and I wouldn't be surprised if they continue with the ethnic cleansing campaign previously run by UNMIK and NATO but I will be expecting many many more arrests of our ethnic Albanian citizens. So many unpunished crimes against Serbians have been swept under the carpet and if EULEX wants to earn a grain of credibility it will need to act soon.

MikeC

pre 14 godina

Pz

The Bytyqi brothers were mercenaries and had come to Serbis to kill Serbs. The knew the rules of the game. How many albanians have albanians prosecuted for crimes against serbs? Not even one. And you say you stand for democracy and fairness!

ida

pre 14 godina

I see the Albanians are posting propaganda the NATO sponsored groups wrote for/with them.

Note there are no pictures of bodies floating on the Danube - a major river traffic region. And the alleged site is right near the Bulgarian border. There would have been bodies floating to Bulgaria - if so.

There's never any photos of that (nor satellite photos of the alleged truck). The alleged truck has never been proven to exist. They conveniently wrote it was blown up. But not even pieces or parts of it.

Also, a sealed refrigerator truck would not sink but would float. And if it got water in it that would mean that all identity cards - which are paper - would have been destroyed.

Note that there's no autopsy records which would prove how a person/people were killed and would prove if the bodies were ever in water, etc.

NONE of that evidence is ever presented.

Note also that the bodies were ALLEGEDLY "found" the day Milosevic was sent to the Hague when the NATO powers had been saying they wanted Serbs to support and approve the extradiction.

Note at the time a puppet and anti-Milosevic government was installed which would play the game with NATO powers to falsely frame Milosevic.

Note there were/are never any photos of the alleged mass grave site with any bodies shown. Nor were any foreign investigators interested in going there.

Lastly, I've never seen the name of any woman/female or child on the list of bodies allegedly "handed over".

They are all men's names. I feel they were recycled KLA. Bodies found by the UN, then after Milosevic's fall and the puppet government installed. They got certain traitorous elements in the security forces and government to agree to take some of these bodies, claim they were found in a mass grave, while merely handing them to Serbian institutions for identification and autopsies.

I repeat, I've never seen one single report of a woman or child's body being handed over even though the claim was that they were all civilians.

Further, actual autopsy evidence and findings are not made available at all.

Plus there's the fact that even in the atrocity propaganda, it all took place AFTER NATO started bombing and wasn't going on before. As well the refugees only poured out after NATO bombed 24/7.

Before NATO bombing it was a relatively low level civil war started by the KLA.

The KLA started the first killings to spark the war. Therefore they are the most responsible.

The KLA and CIA's plan was to have the Serbian police crackdown so there'd be an excuse for intervention.

Any dead Albanians served as sacrifices to get the end product they wanted all along - Kosovo to themselves.

Dragoslav

pre 14 godina

Ida, so those dead albanians that were found in mass graves IN Serbia or bodies floating in the river - I assume that was just serbian police being nice and taking some bodies killed by NATO bombs on holiday for a tour of the natural beauties of Serbia?!
(nikshala, 23 September 2009 15:06)
if you could post some proof of this I would appreciate it,otherwise stop your propaganda please.

Nick KS

pre 14 godina

Dragoslav,

Here is a SERBIAN GOVERNMENT WEB SITE, which i hope you will believe, because its your own government that proves what Nikshala is saying:

And i instist B92 post this, because its 100 times more meaningful than some of the posts that are allowed here.

http://www.arhiva.serbia.sr.gov.yu/news/2004-03/13/333469.html

Exodus 21:23–27

pre 14 godina

“The accusations are way off the mark. These are people, country folk who don’t work anywhere and have nothing to do with war or war crimes,”

That's what they 10 Albanians in Presheva said. Their trial starts today in Serbia. You forgot about that, right? We didn't.

lids

pre 14 godina

This is nothing but occupiers trying to appease albanians for a little longer.This story will keep them at peace until all of the Serbs are out of prison..

lili

pre 14 godina

the isister in law of my sister wasraped in front of her children and husband.When they had finished with her they threw a grenad to them: her husband was killed ,she had an arm severely injured and her little girl had mouth and arm damaged,and has undergo multiple chirurgical intervention in england to have a presentable face.
dukagjin area.
Don' ever think that we will forget.

Nick KS

pre 14 godina

MikeC

I will try to provide you with the links on the war crimes in Kosovo that you have asked above. Although i doubt you will have time to reach such a large volume of materials.

I have tried to post these links in the past, but unfortunately they were never posted by B92, despite being reports from an international organization (HRW). I hope this time B92 posts them.

I would just like to note that i have personaly visited the villages of Krusha e Madhe and Krusha e Vogel where hundreds of men were taken from their homes and killed. These are reports on the crimes committed in just 4 regions (municipalities) of Kosovo.

Gjakova Municipality

http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2001/kosovo/undword-06.htm

Drenas and Skenderaj Municipalities

http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2001/kosovo/undword-04.htm

Prizren-Gjakova Road (Krusha e Madhe, Krusha e Vogel)

http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2001/kosovo/undword-11B.html

The rest you can find here:

http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2001/kosovo/

KOSOVARi

pre 14 godina

if you could post some proof of this I would appreciate it,otherwise stop your propaganda please.
(Dragoslav, 23 September 2009 17:00)

What are you 5? We lived in Kosova, YOu have never been to Kosova (or Kosovo) --- you need to do some research for yourself.

PRN

pre 14 godina

Ida, so those dead albanians that were found in mass graves IN Serbia or bodies floating in the river - I assume that was just serbian police being nice and taking some bodies killed by NATO bombs on holiday for a tour of the natural beauties of Serbia?!
(nikshala, 23 September 2009 15:06)

Dear Nick,

You forgot that Serbian police during the 1999 organised free trips for Albanians to go to swim in Serbian river...and later were found floating...probably Serbian police forgot to ask them whether they know how to swim...

Oh..dear Nick, dont waste time to explain to pretending-that-they-dont-know people. ALL Serbs are fully aware that they terrorised the entire Balkans and this is why they have no friend in the neighbourhood.

Inside their head they know everything, but in reality they Regret Nothing and Deny Everything.

When the world realised who the Serbs were they started to bomb them in 1999...and moreover bombs were coming even from their former allies like Greeks, French, Italians, Spanish....etc...now they no friends in the West

Mike

pre 14 godina

"I STRONLY encourage ALL you Kosovars posting here and anywhere where you can talk to bring again and again your stories that you have lived them in your skin"

-- Ben, I've got a better idea. One, I know may put me in hot water with a few of your more intolerant compatriots here, but hear me out:

Instead of a one-way pity party like you apparently suggest in your comment, how about stories of suffering and sacrifice are shared between Serbian and Albanian families? I am assuming by your use of "Kosovars" you are in fact referring only to Albanians since you ended your comment with a little rib to Belgrade.

Obviously someone like you who has said in the past that they are in favor of democracy and moving forward would be in favor of promoting an understanding that everyone, at some point over the last 20 years, have suffered loss of family members, loss of property, distrust of neighbors, and a loss in overall quality of life. Wouldn't it be better if both sides shared stories in order to show that idiocy reigns across nations and identities, and wouldn't it actually try to promote a collective understanding that exclusionary nationalism produces nothing in the end? I'm sure you know Albanians do not monopolize victimhood and Serbs monopolize brutality.

Mike

pre 14 godina

And just like yesterday, the bulk of comments here will be less related to the actual event and more of an excuse to pump one's own chest of national pride. Already there's a number of doozies:

"Finally some justice for the 12,000 dead and god knows how many wounded and traumatized." (aRTA)

-- Now it's up to 12,000? I thought the accepted inflated number was 10,000? Will we reach 15,000 by Christmas?

"and leave Serbians in their surreal-conspiracy world. That's all what they have." (ben)

-- You do realize that lobotomized nationalism is very much alive and active in your own camp ben?

"We enjoy the words and deeds of these famous Serbian comedians. Rest assured that they are going to be missed when they leave." (PRN)

-- Because PRN is always there to prove that above theory

Guys, girls, before this gets into another "I'm more awesome than you" pissing match, let's hope that EULEX (which appears to be running this operation) will look at all the facts and move accordingly. If there's some evidence, start a case. If they're responding to Albanian finger-pointing, let them go. As easy as that. The minute people start throwing around sweeping accusations about the entire group, we get the nonesense that ran rampant on this site yesterday.

Jason

pre 14 godina

Next thing you will say that these suspectr are being held in EULEX Detention Center.
I am trying to loctae where EULEX has build their own detention.
Of course KP was along with eulex police in this operation. aRTA IS RIGHT.
(Kosova-USA, 23 September 2009 13:19)

Kosovo-USA, you are even less credible than I thought possible. KPS in fact was NOT involved in this aside from the TWO personnel taking evidence. It was entirely EULEX who did the investigation and conducted the arrests. Of course when it was all over AFTER the interviews, the suspects were handed over to KPS. Do a little checking with your so-called friends here and you will see KPS was left out of all this. EULEX will mention that this was a "group effort" with KFOR and KPS to make everyone happy though, so clearly you two can take some solace in this information.

I think it funny that you claim to "know" this from your cozy position in the United States. There should be some more arrests of Albanian suspects coming soon too, and I can assure you that KPS will be playing no critical role in them either.

ida

pre 14 godina

I honestly think this shows how foolish Serbs were to sign that cooperation deal with EULEX. Remember how EULEX released the terrorist bus bomber who killed almost a dozen Serbs, including a small child.

EULEX is looking worse than the UN.
Unfortunately, Serbs think that signing of the deal was a good thing because Albanians got all hyped upset (or pretended to be upset about it), but in reality it is something that I doubt is sincerely good for Serbs.

nikshala

pre 14 godina

"NATO killed 86 Albanian civilians in one convoy bombing in mid April 1999. There were other convoy bombings, bus bombings, Albanian encampment bombings and cluster bombs on parts of Pristina which killed Albanians.

(ida, 23 September 2009 12:51)

Ida, so those dead albanians that were found in mass graves IN Serbia or bodies floating in the river - I assume that was just serbian police being nice and taking some bodies killed by NATO bombs on holiday for a tour of the natural beauties of Serbia?!

MikeC

pre 14 godina

Neither Kosovo-usa nor arta has provided links to support any of the claims that they have made in the past. Believe me that no one is taking you seriously! I would have to agree with a previous post that much of the suggestions and comments at this forum from these two are stories for little children.

troika melb

pre 14 godina

"Another attempt by albanians to rid Kosovo of its last Serb population."

Dont pick from the cherry tree only the good fruits.

You yourself stated that eulex is status natural...

Serbia welcomed it to pick criminals that they are too afraid to touch eg mladic and his joker. Nato didnt go in to protect milocevic's hutchmen, you must remember, this way you can be in the same page as the whole world is.

PRN

pre 14 godina

I think Serbian protokol with EULEX is producing its first results...and this is just the beginning...

We trust Thaci when he says that PRACTICALLY anything that internationals sign in post 1999 era is conducive to peace, stability and the consolodation of the Republic of Kosovo.

We were not let down this time either.

Signature for proper installation of Kosovo Customs in port/station 1 & 31 are next. Dacic and Jeremic will mark this event another victory.

We enjoy the words and deeds of these famous Serbian comedians. Rest assured that they are going to be missed when they leave.

Pz

pre 14 godina

Another attempt by albanians to rid Kosovo of its last Serb population. Feel sorry for the detained since they will be tortured and harrassed by albanians. We have already witnessed how democratic eulex run Kosovo is.
(MikeC, 23 September 2009 13:24)

MikeC, at least they will not be shot cowerdly like the Bytyqi brothers, but judged on the raised charges, and if found gillty they will surely serve prison, if found not guilty they'll be free to continue with their lives, in Novo Brdo or anywhere else.

Clive - UK

pre 14 godina

So the KPS Forensics were there? Well if it comes to a trial the defence team will be delighted because the KPS Forensics are porrly trained and sloppy. They will be easy to discredit iwht a good lawyer there regardless of guilt or innocence.

troika melb

pre 14 godina

"
Arta is a liar. The only KPS present were 2 people to collect forensic evidence,"

Call a spade a spade man!

Even if somebody yelled KPS, freeze! Enough said!

Kosova-USA

pre 14 godina

Arta is a liar. The only KPS present were 2 people to collect forensic evidence, AFTER the arrests were made. There may be many more arrests, but include Albanians in those arrests too... it was not as one-sided as she claims. Arta continues to prove herself wrong again and again and again...
(Onewhoknows, 23 September 2009 12:17)

Next thing you will say that these suspectr are being held in EULEX Detention Center.
I am trying to loctae where EULEX has build their own detention.
Of course KP was along with eulex police in this operation. aRTA IS RIGHT.

ben

pre 14 godina

I am sure though that he is one of the K.Serbs that complains about not being able to return, having his house taken (he actually sold it), and being 'ethnicly cleansed'.

There were cases of K.serbs helping out albanians to protect them from the serb forces.... but very rarely.
(nikshala, 23 September 2009 11:27)
THANK YOU nikshala for sharing with us your personal tragic story.

I STRONLY encourage ALL you Kosovars posting here and anywhere where you can talk to bring again and again your stories that you have lived them in your skin.

and leave Serbians in their surreal-conspiracy world. That's all what they have.

MikeC

pre 14 godina

Another attempt by albanians to rid Kosovo of its last Serb population. Feel sorry for the detained since they will be tortured and harrassed by albanians. We have already witnessed how democratic eulex run Kosovo is.

Peggy

pre 14 godina

If these people are proven guilty (proven by western standards and not some Albanian pointing a finger at them) then they should be punished accordingly.

I only wish that EULEX gets off their behinds and starts solving murders of Serbs AFTER the war up to just the other day. It's amazing how they can produce evidence of something which happened 10 years ago but they cannot find one shread of evidence against anyone to solve those murders of Serbs.

Maybe solving these murders is not even on the list, let alone a priority.

sj

pre 14 godina

NATO bombs indiscriminately killied people in Kosovo, but Serbs get the blame. Don’t take my word for this fact but read what the then Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in 2006 when Israel was criticised for attacking Lebanon, quote “Where do they get the right to lecture Israel. EU countries killed 10,000 civilians and none of those countries had been the target of any missiles”. Opps! What a terrible thing to do and reveal the truth.

Its always the Serbs, I’m sure that climate change started in Belgrade.

Onewhoknows

pre 14 godina

Wrong B92, KPS was there as was EULEX. Many, many, many arrests are expected. Finally some justice for the 12,000 dead and god knows how many wounded and traumatized.
(aRTA, 23 September 2009 11:28)

Arta is a liar. The only KPS present were 2 people to collect forensic evidence, AFTER the arrests were made. There may be many more arrests, but include Albanians in those arrests too... it was not as one-sided as she claims. Arta continues to prove herself wrong again and again and again...

ida

pre 14 godina

"Finally some justice for the 12,000 dead"

There was not 12,000 dead at all - even factoring all of the missing. And that number is counting a 3 years period which includes the AFTERMATH when the KLA was murdering Serbs, Roma and Albanian rivals.

Additionally the number includes THOUSANDS OF KLA killed during the war.

Plus you had the dead Serbian policeman whose bodies were seen all over towards the end of the war when NATO and KLA came in and there were hundreds of Albanians in Kosovo who were killed by NATO bombing and cluster bombing.

NATO killed 86 Albanian civilians in one convoy bombing in mid April 1999. There were other convoy bombings, bus bombings, Albanian encampment bombings and cluster bombs on parts of Pristina which killed Albanians.

Notice no NATO personnel are ever arrested for the thousands they killed in the Balkans or died while they were in charge of Kosovo.

nikshala

pre 14 godina

Some of the worst crimes were commited by local serbs.

Our neighbour of 10 years brought to our neihgbourhood two trucks of paramilitary units to 'clean' us out in 99.

Few days later he had shot a mentally ill / homeless albanian that used to wander around our neighbourhood.

I am sure though that he is one of the K.Serbs that complains about not being able to return, having his house taken (he actually sold it), and being 'ethnicly cleansed'.

There were cases of K.serbs helping out albanians to protect them from the serb forces.... but very rarely.

aRTA

pre 14 godina

Wrong B92, KPS was there as was EULEX. Many, many, many arrests are expected. Finally some justice for the 12,000 dead and god knows how many wounded and traumatized.

nikshala

pre 14 godina

Some of the worst crimes were commited by local serbs.

Our neighbour of 10 years brought to our neihgbourhood two trucks of paramilitary units to 'clean' us out in 99.

Few days later he had shot a mentally ill / homeless albanian that used to wander around our neighbourhood.

I am sure though that he is one of the K.Serbs that complains about not being able to return, having his house taken (he actually sold it), and being 'ethnicly cleansed'.

There were cases of K.serbs helping out albanians to protect them from the serb forces.... but very rarely.

aRTA

pre 14 godina

Wrong B92, KPS was there as was EULEX. Many, many, many arrests are expected. Finally some justice for the 12,000 dead and god knows how many wounded and traumatized.

Jason

pre 14 godina

Next thing you will say that these suspectr are being held in EULEX Detention Center.
I am trying to loctae where EULEX has build their own detention.
Of course KP was along with eulex police in this operation. aRTA IS RIGHT.
(Kosova-USA, 23 September 2009 13:19)

Kosovo-USA, you are even less credible than I thought possible. KPS in fact was NOT involved in this aside from the TWO personnel taking evidence. It was entirely EULEX who did the investigation and conducted the arrests. Of course when it was all over AFTER the interviews, the suspects were handed over to KPS. Do a little checking with your so-called friends here and you will see KPS was left out of all this. EULEX will mention that this was a "group effort" with KFOR and KPS to make everyone happy though, so clearly you two can take some solace in this information.

I think it funny that you claim to "know" this from your cozy position in the United States. There should be some more arrests of Albanian suspects coming soon too, and I can assure you that KPS will be playing no critical role in them either.

nikshala

pre 14 godina

"NATO killed 86 Albanian civilians in one convoy bombing in mid April 1999. There were other convoy bombings, bus bombings, Albanian encampment bombings and cluster bombs on parts of Pristina which killed Albanians.

(ida, 23 September 2009 12:51)

Ida, so those dead albanians that were found in mass graves IN Serbia or bodies floating in the river - I assume that was just serbian police being nice and taking some bodies killed by NATO bombs on holiday for a tour of the natural beauties of Serbia?!

Peggy

pre 14 godina

If these people are proven guilty (proven by western standards and not some Albanian pointing a finger at them) then they should be punished accordingly.

I only wish that EULEX gets off their behinds and starts solving murders of Serbs AFTER the war up to just the other day. It's amazing how they can produce evidence of something which happened 10 years ago but they cannot find one shread of evidence against anyone to solve those murders of Serbs.

Maybe solving these murders is not even on the list, let alone a priority.

PRN

pre 14 godina

Ida, so those dead albanians that were found in mass graves IN Serbia or bodies floating in the river - I assume that was just serbian police being nice and taking some bodies killed by NATO bombs on holiday for a tour of the natural beauties of Serbia?!
(nikshala, 23 September 2009 15:06)

Dear Nick,

You forgot that Serbian police during the 1999 organised free trips for Albanians to go to swim in Serbian river...and later were found floating...probably Serbian police forgot to ask them whether they know how to swim...

Oh..dear Nick, dont waste time to explain to pretending-that-they-dont-know people. ALL Serbs are fully aware that they terrorised the entire Balkans and this is why they have no friend in the neighbourhood.

Inside their head they know everything, but in reality they Regret Nothing and Deny Everything.

When the world realised who the Serbs were they started to bomb them in 1999...and moreover bombs were coming even from their former allies like Greeks, French, Italians, Spanish....etc...now they no friends in the West

Denis

pre 14 godina

To all the Albo posters - stop whining and complaining about the war. You started it and got what you deserved!! What were you expecting when you started using terrorism in Kosovo, a warm welcome??
(Radoslav, 23 September 2009 18:53)

Got what deserved? Kids and women slaughtered in daylight, pizza shop massacres, killings of the entire families (Berisha, Jashari etj).....

But don't worry, now it's all solved for good, Serbia is out for good and will never have a chance to kill and slaughter at will.

You were using terror in Kosovo for decades, we used Rugova and the peacefull means for 9 years while you chose a barbaric leader like Milosevic. We protested with 2 fingers in the air peacefully, while many nations were fighting Serbs to death all over ex-Yugo.

Do you want to see who was the real terrorist, check the Hague trials to see how many serbs vs how many albanians were accused of crimes.

But your terrorsit actions in Kosovo were only a logical extension of what you did prior to other ex-Yugo nations during 90s.

Are you one of those who believes that Bosniaks of Srbrenica commited suicide?

ida

pre 14 godina

"Finally some justice for the 12,000 dead"

There was not 12,000 dead at all - even factoring all of the missing. And that number is counting a 3 years period which includes the AFTERMATH when the KLA was murdering Serbs, Roma and Albanian rivals.

Additionally the number includes THOUSANDS OF KLA killed during the war.

Plus you had the dead Serbian policeman whose bodies were seen all over towards the end of the war when NATO and KLA came in and there were hundreds of Albanians in Kosovo who were killed by NATO bombing and cluster bombing.

NATO killed 86 Albanian civilians in one convoy bombing in mid April 1999. There were other convoy bombings, bus bombings, Albanian encampment bombings and cluster bombs on parts of Pristina which killed Albanians.

Notice no NATO personnel are ever arrested for the thousands they killed in the Balkans or died while they were in charge of Kosovo.

Mike

pre 14 godina

"I STRONLY encourage ALL you Kosovars posting here and anywhere where you can talk to bring again and again your stories that you have lived them in your skin"

-- Ben, I've got a better idea. One, I know may put me in hot water with a few of your more intolerant compatriots here, but hear me out:

Instead of a one-way pity party like you apparently suggest in your comment, how about stories of suffering and sacrifice are shared between Serbian and Albanian families? I am assuming by your use of "Kosovars" you are in fact referring only to Albanians since you ended your comment with a little rib to Belgrade.

Obviously someone like you who has said in the past that they are in favor of democracy and moving forward would be in favor of promoting an understanding that everyone, at some point over the last 20 years, have suffered loss of family members, loss of property, distrust of neighbors, and a loss in overall quality of life. Wouldn't it be better if both sides shared stories in order to show that idiocy reigns across nations and identities, and wouldn't it actually try to promote a collective understanding that exclusionary nationalism produces nothing in the end? I'm sure you know Albanians do not monopolize victimhood and Serbs monopolize brutality.

lids

pre 14 godina

This is nothing but occupiers trying to appease albanians for a little longer.This story will keep them at peace until all of the Serbs are out of prison..

ben

pre 14 godina

I am sure though that he is one of the K.Serbs that complains about not being able to return, having his house taken (he actually sold it), and being 'ethnicly cleansed'.

There were cases of K.serbs helping out albanians to protect them from the serb forces.... but very rarely.
(nikshala, 23 September 2009 11:27)
THANK YOU nikshala for sharing with us your personal tragic story.

I STRONLY encourage ALL you Kosovars posting here and anywhere where you can talk to bring again and again your stories that you have lived them in your skin.

and leave Serbians in their surreal-conspiracy world. That's all what they have.

Clive - UK

pre 14 godina

So the KPS Forensics were there? Well if it comes to a trial the defence team will be delighted because the KPS Forensics are porrly trained and sloppy. They will be easy to discredit iwht a good lawyer there regardless of guilt or innocence.

Onewhoknows

pre 14 godina

Wrong B92, KPS was there as was EULEX. Many, many, many arrests are expected. Finally some justice for the 12,000 dead and god knows how many wounded and traumatized.
(aRTA, 23 September 2009 11:28)

Arta is a liar. The only KPS present were 2 people to collect forensic evidence, AFTER the arrests were made. There may be many more arrests, but include Albanians in those arrests too... it was not as one-sided as she claims. Arta continues to prove herself wrong again and again and again...

sj

pre 14 godina

NATO bombs indiscriminately killied people in Kosovo, but Serbs get the blame. Don’t take my word for this fact but read what the then Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in 2006 when Israel was criticised for attacking Lebanon, quote “Where do they get the right to lecture Israel. EU countries killed 10,000 civilians and none of those countries had been the target of any missiles”. Opps! What a terrible thing to do and reveal the truth.

Its always the Serbs, I’m sure that climate change started in Belgrade.

Kosova-USA

pre 14 godina

Arta is a liar. The only KPS present were 2 people to collect forensic evidence, AFTER the arrests were made. There may be many more arrests, but include Albanians in those arrests too... it was not as one-sided as she claims. Arta continues to prove herself wrong again and again and again...
(Onewhoknows, 23 September 2009 12:17)

Next thing you will say that these suspectr are being held in EULEX Detention Center.
I am trying to loctae where EULEX has build their own detention.
Of course KP was along with eulex police in this operation. aRTA IS RIGHT.

MikeC

pre 14 godina

Another attempt by albanians to rid Kosovo of its last Serb population. Feel sorry for the detained since they will be tortured and harrassed by albanians. We have already witnessed how democratic eulex run Kosovo is.

Pz

pre 14 godina

Another attempt by albanians to rid Kosovo of its last Serb population. Feel sorry for the detained since they will be tortured and harrassed by albanians. We have already witnessed how democratic eulex run Kosovo is.
(MikeC, 23 September 2009 13:24)

MikeC, at least they will not be shot cowerdly like the Bytyqi brothers, but judged on the raised charges, and if found gillty they will surely serve prison, if found not guilty they'll be free to continue with their lives, in Novo Brdo or anywhere else.

Dragoslav

pre 14 godina

Ida, so those dead albanians that were found in mass graves IN Serbia or bodies floating in the river - I assume that was just serbian police being nice and taking some bodies killed by NATO bombs on holiday for a tour of the natural beauties of Serbia?!
(nikshala, 23 September 2009 15:06)
if you could post some proof of this I would appreciate it,otherwise stop your propaganda please.

Radoslav

pre 14 godina

KosovoUSA - Hahahaha, I hit a raw nerve there I think. You know, and I know, in fact we all know that the Albo's started the war and the US and EU decided to help you because it was in their interests, NOT for humanitarian reasons.

As for Serbia getting smaller, Albo's should be careful what they wish for. Since the US is backing the Albo's in Kosovo at the moment, you think you can rule the whole region but to do so you think you should take all "Albanian lands" which are in Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Greece according to you. I really, really hope you succeed in trying because even America will not be able to prevent the Albanian nation from being pushed into an area the size of a shoebox. The US backs you now, but when they decide they don't need you anymore then you won't have anywhere left to hide - Serbia will take back rightfully what is hers, nothing more, nothing less and you'll be powerless to stop it.

MikeC

pre 14 godina

Pz

The Bytyqi brothers were mercenaries and had come to Serbis to kill Serbs. The knew the rules of the game. How many albanians have albanians prosecuted for crimes against serbs? Not even one. And you say you stand for democracy and fairness!

Jason

pre 14 godina

GOOD NEWS.keep em there for 15 days and after shot em in the back of their head.is time to try you own medicine.
(niko { bytha } kurkuli, 24 September 2009 00:51)

Where is condemnation for this hate speech from resident hypocrite Roberto?

The silence is deafening.

lili

pre 14 godina

the isister in law of my sister wasraped in front of her children and husband.When they had finished with her they threw a grenad to them: her husband was killed ,she had an arm severely injured and her little girl had mouth and arm damaged,and has undergo multiple chirurgical intervention in england to have a presentable face.
dukagjin area.
Don' ever think that we will forget.

ida

pre 14 godina

I honestly think this shows how foolish Serbs were to sign that cooperation deal with EULEX. Remember how EULEX released the terrorist bus bomber who killed almost a dozen Serbs, including a small child.

EULEX is looking worse than the UN.
Unfortunately, Serbs think that signing of the deal was a good thing because Albanians got all hyped upset (or pretended to be upset about it), but in reality it is something that I doubt is sincerely good for Serbs.

MikeC

pre 14 godina

Neither Kosovo-usa nor arta has provided links to support any of the claims that they have made in the past. Believe me that no one is taking you seriously! I would have to agree with a previous post that much of the suggestions and comments at this forum from these two are stories for little children.

USA134

pre 14 godina

Radoslav,

I must say that I was born in America and I am proud to be an American. But, I agree with you 1000%... and to correct you just a little, we do not need the Albanians here in Kosovo. You are right, the war here and in Bosnia was not a Humanitarian war, The reaseon America backed Albo's and muslims was strictly because of money and oil... We were billions of dollars in debt to the Saudi's...and what was the best way to repay them? Thats right... help them establish a muslim state... Now make no mistake, I have worked in Kosovo going for 5 years and saw almost every report made... Atrocities were committed on both sides. As for yesterdays arrests in Novo Brdo? JOKE... this whole justice/political system here is a joke, corrupt and a disgrace to human rulership. Those men live and work amongst UCK members. If they committed such "atrocities" then for sure they would not have been allowed to live there peacefully for the past 10 years... There are approx 140,000 Serbs in Kosovo and over 2 million Albanians... Yet its seems the EU only goes after the Serbs when there are 10 times the number of former Albanian war crimes criminals and mafia criminals walking around in broad daylight... Pathetic I say and one sided... The Albanians are biting off more than they can chew and for sure they will reap what they sow...

PRN

pre 14 godina

I think Serbian protokol with EULEX is producing its first results...and this is just the beginning...

We trust Thaci when he says that PRACTICALLY anything that internationals sign in post 1999 era is conducive to peace, stability and the consolodation of the Republic of Kosovo.

We were not let down this time either.

Signature for proper installation of Kosovo Customs in port/station 1 & 31 are next. Dacic and Jeremic will mark this event another victory.

We enjoy the words and deeds of these famous Serbian comedians. Rest assured that they are going to be missed when they leave.

Mike

pre 14 godina

And just like yesterday, the bulk of comments here will be less related to the actual event and more of an excuse to pump one's own chest of national pride. Already there's a number of doozies:

"Finally some justice for the 12,000 dead and god knows how many wounded and traumatized." (aRTA)

-- Now it's up to 12,000? I thought the accepted inflated number was 10,000? Will we reach 15,000 by Christmas?

"and leave Serbians in their surreal-conspiracy world. That's all what they have." (ben)

-- You do realize that lobotomized nationalism is very much alive and active in your own camp ben?

"We enjoy the words and deeds of these famous Serbian comedians. Rest assured that they are going to be missed when they leave." (PRN)

-- Because PRN is always there to prove that above theory

Guys, girls, before this gets into another "I'm more awesome than you" pissing match, let's hope that EULEX (which appears to be running this operation) will look at all the facts and move accordingly. If there's some evidence, start a case. If they're responding to Albanian finger-pointing, let them go. As easy as that. The minute people start throwing around sweeping accusations about the entire group, we get the nonesense that ran rampant on this site yesterday.

Radoslav

pre 14 godina

To all the Albo posters - stop whining and complaining about the war. You started it and got what you deserved!! What were you expecting when you started using terrorism in Kosovo, a warm welcome??

ida

pre 14 godina

I see the Albanians are posting propaganda the NATO sponsored groups wrote for/with them.

Note there are no pictures of bodies floating on the Danube - a major river traffic region. And the alleged site is right near the Bulgarian border. There would have been bodies floating to Bulgaria - if so.

There's never any photos of that (nor satellite photos of the alleged truck). The alleged truck has never been proven to exist. They conveniently wrote it was blown up. But not even pieces or parts of it.

Also, a sealed refrigerator truck would not sink but would float. And if it got water in it that would mean that all identity cards - which are paper - would have been destroyed.

Note that there's no autopsy records which would prove how a person/people were killed and would prove if the bodies were ever in water, etc.

NONE of that evidence is ever presented.

Note also that the bodies were ALLEGEDLY "found" the day Milosevic was sent to the Hague when the NATO powers had been saying they wanted Serbs to support and approve the extradiction.

Note at the time a puppet and anti-Milosevic government was installed which would play the game with NATO powers to falsely frame Milosevic.

Note there were/are never any photos of the alleged mass grave site with any bodies shown. Nor were any foreign investigators interested in going there.

Lastly, I've never seen the name of any woman/female or child on the list of bodies allegedly "handed over".

They are all men's names. I feel they were recycled KLA. Bodies found by the UN, then after Milosevic's fall and the puppet government installed. They got certain traitorous elements in the security forces and government to agree to take some of these bodies, claim they were found in a mass grave, while merely handing them to Serbian institutions for identification and autopsies.

I repeat, I've never seen one single report of a woman or child's body being handed over even though the claim was that they were all civilians.

Further, actual autopsy evidence and findings are not made available at all.

Plus there's the fact that even in the atrocity propaganda, it all took place AFTER NATO started bombing and wasn't going on before. As well the refugees only poured out after NATO bombed 24/7.

Before NATO bombing it was a relatively low level civil war started by the KLA.

The KLA started the first killings to spark the war. Therefore they are the most responsible.

The KLA and CIA's plan was to have the Serbian police crackdown so there'd be an excuse for intervention.

Any dead Albanians served as sacrifices to get the end product they wanted all along - Kosovo to themselves.

Nick KS

pre 14 godina

MikeC

I will try to provide you with the links on the war crimes in Kosovo that you have asked above. Although i doubt you will have time to reach such a large volume of materials.

I have tried to post these links in the past, but unfortunately they were never posted by B92, despite being reports from an international organization (HRW). I hope this time B92 posts them.

I would just like to note that i have personaly visited the villages of Krusha e Madhe and Krusha e Vogel where hundreds of men were taken from their homes and killed. These are reports on the crimes committed in just 4 regions (municipalities) of Kosovo.

Gjakova Municipality

http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2001/kosovo/undword-06.htm

Drenas and Skenderaj Municipalities

http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2001/kosovo/undword-04.htm

Prizren-Gjakova Road (Krusha e Madhe, Krusha e Vogel)

http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2001/kosovo/undword-11B.html

The rest you can find here:

http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2001/kosovo/

Zoran

pre 14 godina

I am no supporter of EULEX and I wouldn't be surprised if they continue with the ethnic cleansing campaign previously run by UNMIK and NATO but I will be expecting many many more arrests of our ethnic Albanian citizens. So many unpunished crimes against Serbians have been swept under the carpet and if EULEX wants to earn a grain of credibility it will need to act soon.

Kosova-USA

pre 14 godina

I see the Albanians are posting propaganda the NATO sponsored groups wrote for/with them.

ida,
I have no clue which plaent you living , but the trucks and the barrial site at Btanjica was admitted by your Serbian govermant. This was noNATO propaganda but true facts and many bodies, even though not all have been turned over and returned to Kosova. I feel sorry that most Serbs live in state of denial to this day.

EA

pre 14 godina

"The Bytyqi brothers .... knew the rules of the game.
(MikeC, 23 September 2009 18:45)

MikeC,

What game are you talking about?

Serbian state capturing individuals/fighters, holding them and shooting them without trace???? Is that normal in a democratic state?

What am I talking about? Democratic state of Serbia?

Killed in a battlefield would be an honour for any freedom fighter...

Kosova-USA

pre 14 godina

To all the Albo posters - stop whining and complaining about the war. You started it and got what you deserved!! What were you expecting when you started using terrorism in Kosovo, a warm welcome??
(Radoslav, 23 September 2009 18:53)

No Radoslav,
you started and look what you got! serbia getting smaller then Nokia. I don't know you and I will not blame you for killing my family, since I do not beleive in collective guilt, but Serbia will never be the same and it will get smaller and smaller day by day. eat your hart out.

Ron

pre 14 godina

EULEX should arrest any person involved in war crimes. From both sides!

And indeed EULEX is doing this! As UNMIK/EULEX are in full control of Kosovo!

Which is good news!

troika melb

pre 14 godina

"
Arta is a liar. The only KPS present were 2 people to collect forensic evidence,"

Call a spade a spade man!

Even if somebody yelled KPS, freeze! Enough said!

rote

pre 14 godina

No matter if those four had really been involved to the civil war mentioned the arrest follows quite a different task. They just need a pretext to prolong the agony of the Haague Tribunal. They feel very comfortable with their suddenly obtained high salaries and rankings. Also they need Serbia and Serbs being under permanent prosecution untill a will to resist their national dignity is not buried. Meanwhile the only real source of such suspects is Kosovo and only Kosovo ! God bless the B92 moderators ! It is only thank to them nobody knows what I really feel about the Tribunal , about the lesbians , about EULEX , about homosexuals and the kind !

The Swiss

pre 14 godina

Reading the comments on one article yesterday I really had a hang over and couldn't believe what I was reading and today it starts again!

These last few days so much hatry was poored on each side and I find it really disgusting.

People might have a difference in opinion but I think that some out of proportion nationalistic comments should be simply banned and I wish B92 would start doing so.

A lot's of new posters started a war of words that will only bring more hatry and will bring the quality of this blog down to irrelevance.

A war is never white, a war is never only one sided, population on each side usually suffers and the history only repeats itself, and we unfortunately still have so many example today!

For god sake, show a bit of understanding and let the justice makes his way.
Yes, the justice has not been very brilliant lately but do we have another choice... the world is changing and we have to believe that one day it will come out much cleaner than it is now!

Btw Obama's speech today at
UN was in this direction, so time to change!

Peggy

pre 14 godina

if you could post some proof of this I would appreciate it,otherwise stop your propaganda please.
(Dragoslav, 23 September 2009 17:00)

What are you 5? We lived in Kosova, YOu have never been to Kosova (or Kosovo) --- you need to do some research for yourself.
(KOSOVARi, 23 September 2009 17:37)

What a lame answer. Just because you live in Kosovo does not mean you can provide proof if there is none.

The challenge was to provide proof not tell us where you live.

troika melb

pre 14 godina

"Another attempt by albanians to rid Kosovo of its last Serb population."

Dont pick from the cherry tree only the good fruits.

You yourself stated that eulex is status natural...

Serbia welcomed it to pick criminals that they are too afraid to touch eg mladic and his joker. Nato didnt go in to protect milocevic's hutchmen, you must remember, this way you can be in the same page as the whole world is.

KOSOVARi

pre 14 godina

if you could post some proof of this I would appreciate it,otherwise stop your propaganda please.
(Dragoslav, 23 September 2009 17:00)

What are you 5? We lived in Kosova, YOu have never been to Kosova (or Kosovo) --- you need to do some research for yourself.

Nick KS

pre 14 godina

Dragoslav,

Here is a SERBIAN GOVERNMENT WEB SITE, which i hope you will believe, because its your own government that proves what Nikshala is saying:

And i instist B92 post this, because its 100 times more meaningful than some of the posts that are allowed here.

http://www.arhiva.serbia.sr.gov.yu/news/2004-03/13/333469.html

Exodus 21:23–27

pre 14 godina

“The accusations are way off the mark. These are people, country folk who don’t work anywhere and have nothing to do with war or war crimes,”

That's what they 10 Albanians in Presheva said. Their trial starts today in Serbia. You forgot about that, right? We didn't.

Danny

pre 14 godina

Serbia tries Kosovo ex-rebels for war crimes
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hKrGLWvwpXEK7apQAUidVkkbVL8QD9AT3L6O2

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC
Associated Press Writer

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Seventeen former Kosovo rebels went on trial Wednesday before the Serbian war crimes court, charged with murder, rape and torture of Serb civilians in 1999.

Nine of the men were arrested in December in a predominantly Albanian-populated region of Serbia bordering Kosovo. Eight of the suspects are at large and were accused in absentia.

The indictment accuses the men of the kidnapping of 153 Serbs and the deaths of at least 80 of them in the eastern Kosovo town of Gnjilane following Kosovo's war for independence.

They are charged with "murder, rape, detention, mutilation, torture and looting," the indictment said. The charges carry up to 20 years in jail.

Bruno Vekaric, the spokesman for Serbia's war crimes prosecution, said the trial brings with it a "high risk" of retaliation by Albanians against the Serbs and other witnesses who still live in the region.

The war in Kosovo - then a province of Serbia - began with an ethnic Albanian separatist rebellion and ended after a 78-day NATO bombing campaign that forced Serbia's army and police to pull out of Kosovo.

After the war ended, the suspects allegedly launched retaliatory attacks against the Serb minority in Kosovo, where 90 percent of the population is ethnic Albanian.

Kosovo's independence has been recognized by many countries including the U.S. and most EU states - but not by Serbia or Russia.

In a related development, Serbian police said they found a large weapons cache in the tense south of the country near the border with Macedonia.

Interior Minister Ivica Dacic, who heads the police, said Wednesday the weapons included two rocket launchers, anti-tank mines, 16 grenades, a machine gun and ammunition.

Dacic said the weapons were discovered in a pit on state property about 300 meters (yards) from the Macedonian border.

Serbia's south, which borders Macedonia and Kosovo, was the scene of an ethnic Albanian rebellion in 2000-2001. The unrest ended in a peace plan but tensions have simmered since.

timotimekvej

pre 14 godina

Who started war in Kosovo&Metohija? It was terroristic uck! Their goal was an ethnic-cleansing, their tactic-terror all over Kosovo&Metohija! Remember Radonjicko jezero? Orahovac? Shootin Serb teenagres in cafe bar? Organ-harvesting? Thath was just continuation of their policy tahth has roots in 1878-1912, ww2, autonomus province of Kosovo&Metohija. We will not forget!

Nick KS

pre 14 godina

Ida,

In response to your claim that you have never seen the name of a women or child's body beeing handed over from Serbia back to Kosova authorities. Below is a list of 20 names killed in one single massacre in the town of Gjakova (Djakovica) on April 1 1999.

Note: Nr. 7 (Flaka Hoxha) was a childhood friend of mine. The house where they were killed and burned is in the city of Gjakova near the old police station.

1. Hysen Gashi, 50
2. Valbona Haxhiavdija, 38
3. Rina Haxhiavdija, 7
4. Doruntina Haxhiavdija, 3
4. Egzon Haxhiavdija, 5
6. Shaindere Hoxha, 55
7. Flaka Hoxha, 15
8. Fetihe Vejsa, 60
9. Tringa Vejsa, 31
10. Dorina Vejsa, 11
11. Marigona Vejsa, 9
12. Sihana Vejsa, 7
13. Arlind Vejsa, 5
14. Rita Vejsa, 2
15. Mandushe Nuci, 52
16. Shirine Nuci, 73
17. Valbona Caka, 34
18. Delvina Caka, 7
19. Diona Caka, 2
20. Dalina Caka, 14

See the report on Gjakova i included in my previous post for more details on the case.

Radoslav

pre 14 godina

Denis - "Got what deserved? Kids and women slaughtered in daylight, pizza shop massacres, killings of the entire families (Berisha, Jashari etj)....."

As for civilian deaths, absolutely NOT, as for military casualties, yep, it was a war after all and like I said, Albo's fired the first shots in anger so you reaped what you sowed, so stop whining.

"You were using terror in Kosovo for decades, we used Rugova and the peacefull means for 9 years while you chose a barbaric leader like Milosevic." now when you and other Albo's make this statement you betray your ignorance. All you Albo's claim that kosovo was a war against Serbian oppression by Milosevic and the Serbs, but then you state SPECIFICALLY that it was SERBIAN oppression for DECADES. but Tito was in power for a long long time before Milosevic ever came to power and it's well known that Albo's wanted to break away then as well. So there is no point trying to convince Serbian posters about what is or isn't the truth. We ALL know the truth. Save your lies for the western media. Kosovo wasn't about oppression, it was a war of nationalism, Albanian nationalism.

and the reason why you are succeeding at the moment? US strategic interests. it's no coincidence that the US has invaded Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo when all three are thought to have huge energy/mineral reserves. Check out the reuters site today. it states that under kosovo lies Europes second largest coal reserves. how many people died in kosovo? Let's inflate the figure, say 20,000. The US invaded Serbia, but when over 1 MILLION people died in Rwanda what did they do? NOTHING, and Sudan, over 2 MILLION and what has the US done? NOTHING. Why? Because they have nothing the US wants. Kosovo is nothing more than a piece on the board for the US. When they have no more use for you they will toss you into the gutter with the rest of the rubbish.

So if all the Albo's here want to delude themselves that the US somehow prefers the Albo's to the Serbs or that they invaded Serbia for humanitarian reasons, then keep dreaming because you'll get the shock of your lives in the future. When the US decides it has no more use for Kosovo it'll leave it to the mercy of Serbia and you'll be crushed like a rusty tin can under a truck. So, keep fantasising, that suits me fine.

"Do you want to see who was the real terrorist, check the Hague trials to see how many serbs vs how many albanians were accused of crimes." And we also know that the US uses propaganda to fight it's wars so it has to portray the Serbs as the "indians" and the Croats, Bosniaks and Albo's as the "cowboys" to justify it's actions in the Balkans. If you don't understand this or refuse to believe it then either you are a fool or you have your head in the sand.

Milan

pre 14 godina

So entire families slaughtered is A-OKAY as long as they are Albanians? WOW!!

Your whole argument of playing victim (after YOU STARTED THE WAR) is based on chapters from books written by some r-tard. Where are pictures? Names? Evidence? Ohhh That's right, they DONT EXIST.

I can't wait until the Hague prosecutes Lord Voldemort for acts against Wizardry.
(KOSOVARi, 24 September 2009 01:03)

Hh.... Mayby You forgot who started war. I will remember it. That was UCK in february 1996, when they started attack against Police and against CIVILIANS (between 1996 and 1998 they killed 5 policeman and 17 CIVILIANS).

In 1998 UCK started offensive in Kosovo, killed until end of August 74 police officers and 81 CIVILIANS, gained control over 30% of province and started ethnic cleansings.

So - what do You think - what response can made ANY world country for these attacks?? You Albanians started this war.

Kosova-USA

pre 14 godina

Kosovsko Pomoravski Governor Dragan Nikolić

Sorry guys, but i am lost here. Can someone explain to me what the above means since I lack knowledge of Serbian language.
I can make out the word Governor, but is this guy the Governor of New York State or Governor of Planet Mars??? HELP!!!

Nikos

pre 14 godina

PRN
"ALL Serbs are fully aware that they terrorised the entire Balkans and this is why they have no friend in the neighbourhood."
"moreover bombs were coming even from their former allies like Greeks, French, Italians, Spanish."

well we greeks are their friends and 98% of greek population was against 1999 bombing. No greek planes were part of the bombing and we sent them tones of humanitarian aid, food, medicine etc. So get to know the facts before opening your mouth.

Mark

pre 14 godina

If EULEX wants to get some statistics for Brussels so they can show that they are actually working in Kosovo, besides fitness and trips to Greece; why don't they walk into Parliament they mind find more people to arrest for war crimes.

Jason

pre 14 godina

"jason -- i really hate addressing anything to you"

Roberto

Then please do not, sir. I do not read your posts any longer so you are only wasting your (apparently excessive) free time.

Danny

pre 14 godina

Press release: Five arrests in Novobërdë / Novo Brdo
http://www.eulex-kosovo.eu/?id=8&n=140

23 September, 2009

At the request of a EULEX prosecutor conducting a criminal investigation into committed in April 1999, the EULEX Police War Crimes Investigation Unit (WCIU) carried out an operation today in the municipality of Novo Brdo/Novobërdë, in the region of Gjilan/Gnjilane. The operation started at 6 AM.

Four people were arrested.

Slobodan M.
Srecko M.
Svetlana S.
Sredjan F.

All four suspects are of Serbian ethnicity.

The charges relate to alleged inhuman treatment; immense suffering or violation of bodily integrity or health; application of measures of intimidation and terror, and illegal arrest and detention.

During the search of the suspects' premises, several items were seized.

Under order of the prosecutor, a fifth person was also arrested at the scene, for obstruction of official duty.

The interviews of the suspects are ongoing.

Both the Kosovo police (KP) and KFOR took part in the operation.

Roger7

pre 14 godina

roberto asks..."i really have to wonder why so much attention is directed to me, when there are at least a 100 or hundreds of other posters. is it a "plot", or is it a weird form of respect (grudging) "where is roberto?" "

Who are you kidding, attention is what you seek, roberto.
You question if people respect you?
I, for one, would not use the word respect.
I find your rants to be repetitive, rude, hypocritical and condescending. Maybe you don't get enough of attention at your middle school job or are you just trying to feed your ego while lecturing on and on with your rantings on this site?
I don't care who you claim to have supposedly interviewed or met.
If you have something positive to offer, unfortunately, I would not know. I no longer spend a lot of time reading your ridiculing pompous lectures.
No, respect is not a word that I would use.

Peggy

pre 14 godina

i really have to wonder why so much attention is directed to me, when there are at least a 100 or hundreds of other posters. is it a "plot", or is it a weird form of respect (grudging) "where is roberto?" anyway, people do have the right to demand consistency from critical voices, and i am only human but try my best.

roberto
(roberto, 24 September 2009 17:59)

The reason people are condemning you the most is because you are the biggest hypocrite.
All others are openly pro one or the other but you hide behind your "tolerance and understanding" while you are always so hotile to the Serbs.

At least be honest and declare that you are bised like the rest here and perhaps then you will be left in peace.

Jovan Z

pre 14 godina

So this is Albanian payback for Serbian MUP arresting those terrorists in south Serbia a few months back?
That criminal gang running Kosovo has no pretense of civil society.

roberto

pre 14 godina

some of the comments here are truly funny, but the humor is very, very dark. my heart goes out to the families and survivors of all these horrible atrocities. i HATE to have to use atrocity anecdotes as ammunition for our arguments, but we have to tell the truth, we have the right and we have the responsibility. i know some of the specifics from kosovo/a
and many more from bosnia, but it never stops hurting. sometimes when i listen to/ record the stories, i feel like some kind of voyeur -- it makes me very uncomfortable, and yet i keep coming back for more, and then i try to let others know about them. what else can we do? i personally know the legacy of war crimes and genocide and it is really a heavy one. it is better shared, in my opinion.

whoever wishes to share such stories, pls feel free to do so (regardless of yr ethnicity!) either here, or with me personally. feel free not to use the names... and if you don't wish to share, then keep it to yrself.

that one serbian govt site describing appr 1,000 bodies of murdered albanians located and exhumed or pulled fr the river in 2001 (i believe)in serbia -- i recently submitted it at b92, and they actually printed it. so i really don't think the issue is ignorance, so much as it is willful ignorance.

for all those who have shared family tragedies, now and in the past, thank you. i am sorry you are met, so often, with such utter disrespect, but not from me, not from many of us.

thank you. roberto
frisco
robertoruss@yahoo.com

Peggy

pre 14 godina

Roberto said,

jason -- i really hate addressing anything to you, since i think you represent the worst of american traditions and values, and even worse, feel a need to export those rotten values overseas, where you presumably have some ill-gotten power, sorry to say.

Wow, that's telling him Roberto. You are going to be a judge on who exports good values (you I presume you mean) out of America and who exports bad values (Jason) out of America.

What makes you think that it is you who is the scurge of America. You and Ms Albright, Holdbrooke and the rest of Bosniaks and Albanians who are filled with hate and spew lies?

You are showing your prejudice and becoming increasingly unable to hold back the hate because you can see that your house of cards is falling.
Keep it up. Let's see more of real Roberto.

Jason

pre 14 godina

You are showing your prejudice and becoming increasingly unable to hold back the hate because you can see that your house of cards is falling.
Keep it up. Let's see more of real Roberto.
(Peggy, 24 September 2009 22:49)

Well said, Peggy. The only complaint I have with your post is that you somehow managed to make me read more than one line of the rubbish written by Roberto because I did not see where your post began and his ended:)

It seems more and more people like myself, Jill, and Roger are boycotting the long-winded and ridiculously arrogant ramblings of our resident expert on all things Balkan.

The Swiss

pre 14 godina

posters. is it a "plot", or is it a weird form of respect (grudging) "where is roberto?" anyway, people do have the right to demand consistency from critical voices, and i am only human but try my best.

Don't cry Argentina.... it's a nice song, listen to it :)

KOSOVARi

pre 14 godina

So entire families slaughtered is A-OKAY as long as they are Albanians? WOW!!

Your whole argument of playing victim (after YOU STARTED THE WAR) is based on chapters from books written by some r-tard. Where are pictures? Names? Evidence? Ohhh That's right, they DONT EXIST.

I can't wait until the Hague prosecutes Lord Voldemort for acts against Wizardry.

roberto

pre 14 godina

jason -- i really hate addressing anything to you, since i think you represent the worst of american traditions and values, and even worse, feel a need to export those rotten values overseas, where you presumably have some ill-gotten power, sorry to say.

also, if you were born and raised here, i assume that you know how to read (english), as i JUST adressed both the issue of "hypocrite" and the adjoining issue of hate calls ag. all despised minorities (which i repeat again and again), in this case hate call against "the serbs." i despise racism, ethnic slurs, homophobia, antisemitism (understandably) and all other forms of hate and nastiness, way too plentiful to mention. generally i see ugliness (here) directed towards the "albos", or towards those of us who stand up ag. the nationalist extremists. but from time to time i see ugly hate slurs/threats directed against serbs, which is absolutely as bad. you cannot say one is bad, and the other is okay, however you wish to justify yr prejudice.

we have gone round and round w such issues in this country: is it ok for african americans to say hateful things ag. non-african americans (esp. whites) simply because they have been victimized by so much prejudice and bogotry over the years? obviously i believe not.

i really have to wonder why so much attention is directed to me, when there are at least a 100 or hundreds of other posters. is it a "plot", or is it a weird form of respect (grudging) "where is roberto?" anyway, people do have the right to demand consistency from critical voices, and i am only human but try my best.

roberto

BH_NYC

pre 14 godina

'All others are openly pro one or the other but you hide behind your "tolerance and understanding" while you are always so hotile to the Serbs.

(Peggy, 25 September 2009 05:57)

You’re totally wrong. It isn’t about Roberto not being ‘openly pro one or the other’ but it’s about him being more neutral, cool headed. That is understandable because he isn’t Albanian or a Serb. That is how you would expect a non Albanian/Serb to comment. And that’s how you can tell that Mike, Jason, kate are Serb nationalists in disguise.

Dragoslav

pre 14 godina

will try to provide you with the links on the war crimes in Kosovo that you have asked above. Although i doubt you will have time to reach such a large volume of materials.

I have tried to post these links in the past, but unfortunately they were never posted by B92, despite being reports from an international organization (HRW). I hope this time B92 posts them.

I would just like to note that i have personaly visited the villages of Krusha e Madhe and Krusha e Vogel where hundreds of men were taken from their homes and killed. These are reports on the crimes committed in just 4 regions (municipalities) of Kosovo.

Gjakova Municipality

[link]

Drenas and Skenderaj Municipalities

[link]

Prizren-Gjakova Road (Krusha e Madhe, Krusha e Vogel)

[link]

The rest you can find here:

[link]/
(Nick KS, 23 September 2009 17:17)
I see most of the links informTION YOU OFFER IS from Human rights watch that wouldnt be natasha kandics organization would it?Every albanian interviewed says their whole family was murdered,then who is there 1 million of you in kosmet?

Kosova-USA

pre 14 godina

To all the Albo posters - stop whining and complaining about the war. You started it and got what you deserved!! What were you expecting when you started using terrorism in Kosovo, a warm welcome??
(Radoslav, 23 September 2009 18:53)

No Radoslav,
you started and look what you got! serbia getting smaller then Nokia. I don't know you and I will not blame you for killing my family, since I do not beleive in collective guilt, but Serbia will never be the same and it will get smaller and smaller day by day. eat your hart out.

lili

pre 14 godina

the isister in law of my sister wasraped in front of her children and husband.When they had finished with her they threw a grenad to them: her husband was killed ,she had an arm severely injured and her little girl had mouth and arm damaged,and has undergo multiple chirurgical intervention in england to have a presentable face.
dukagjin area.
Don' ever think that we will forget.

Dragoslav

pre 14 godina

Ida, so those dead albanians that were found in mass graves IN Serbia or bodies floating in the river - I assume that was just serbian police being nice and taking some bodies killed by NATO bombs on holiday for a tour of the natural beauties of Serbia?!
(nikshala, 23 September 2009 15:06)
if you could post some proof of this I would appreciate it,otherwise stop your propaganda please.

aRTA

pre 14 godina

Wrong B92, KPS was there as was EULEX. Many, many, many arrests are expected. Finally some justice for the 12,000 dead and god knows how many wounded and traumatized.

PRN

pre 14 godina

Ida, so those dead albanians that were found in mass graves IN Serbia or bodies floating in the river - I assume that was just serbian police being nice and taking some bodies killed by NATO bombs on holiday for a tour of the natural beauties of Serbia?!
(nikshala, 23 September 2009 15:06)

Dear Nick,

You forgot that Serbian police during the 1999 organised free trips for Albanians to go to swim in Serbian river...and later were found floating...probably Serbian police forgot to ask them whether they know how to swim...

Oh..dear Nick, dont waste time to explain to pretending-that-they-dont-know people. ALL Serbs are fully aware that they terrorised the entire Balkans and this is why they have no friend in the neighbourhood.

Inside their head they know everything, but in reality they Regret Nothing and Deny Everything.

When the world realised who the Serbs were they started to bomb them in 1999...and moreover bombs were coming even from their former allies like Greeks, French, Italians, Spanish....etc...now they no friends in the West

nikshala

pre 14 godina

Some of the worst crimes were commited by local serbs.

Our neighbour of 10 years brought to our neihgbourhood two trucks of paramilitary units to 'clean' us out in 99.

Few days later he had shot a mentally ill / homeless albanian that used to wander around our neighbourhood.

I am sure though that he is one of the K.Serbs that complains about not being able to return, having his house taken (he actually sold it), and being 'ethnicly cleansed'.

There were cases of K.serbs helping out albanians to protect them from the serb forces.... but very rarely.

ida

pre 14 godina

"Finally some justice for the 12,000 dead"

There was not 12,000 dead at all - even factoring all of the missing. And that number is counting a 3 years period which includes the AFTERMATH when the KLA was murdering Serbs, Roma and Albanian rivals.

Additionally the number includes THOUSANDS OF KLA killed during the war.

Plus you had the dead Serbian policeman whose bodies were seen all over towards the end of the war when NATO and KLA came in and there were hundreds of Albanians in Kosovo who were killed by NATO bombing and cluster bombing.

NATO killed 86 Albanian civilians in one convoy bombing in mid April 1999. There were other convoy bombings, bus bombings, Albanian encampment bombings and cluster bombs on parts of Pristina which killed Albanians.

Notice no NATO personnel are ever arrested for the thousands they killed in the Balkans or died while they were in charge of Kosovo.

PRN

pre 14 godina

I think Serbian protokol with EULEX is producing its first results...and this is just the beginning...

We trust Thaci when he says that PRACTICALLY anything that internationals sign in post 1999 era is conducive to peace, stability and the consolodation of the Republic of Kosovo.

We were not let down this time either.

Signature for proper installation of Kosovo Customs in port/station 1 & 31 are next. Dacic and Jeremic will mark this event another victory.

We enjoy the words and deeds of these famous Serbian comedians. Rest assured that they are going to be missed when they leave.

Kosova-USA

pre 14 godina

Arta is a liar. The only KPS present were 2 people to collect forensic evidence, AFTER the arrests were made. There may be many more arrests, but include Albanians in those arrests too... it was not as one-sided as she claims. Arta continues to prove herself wrong again and again and again...
(Onewhoknows, 23 September 2009 12:17)

Next thing you will say that these suspectr are being held in EULEX Detention Center.
I am trying to loctae where EULEX has build their own detention.
Of course KP was along with eulex police in this operation. aRTA IS RIGHT.

MikeC

pre 14 godina

Another attempt by albanians to rid Kosovo of its last Serb population. Feel sorry for the detained since they will be tortured and harrassed by albanians. We have already witnessed how democratic eulex run Kosovo is.

EA

pre 14 godina

"The Bytyqi brothers .... knew the rules of the game.
(MikeC, 23 September 2009 18:45)

MikeC,

What game are you talking about?

Serbian state capturing individuals/fighters, holding them and shooting them without trace???? Is that normal in a democratic state?

What am I talking about? Democratic state of Serbia?

Killed in a battlefield would be an honour for any freedom fighter...

Radoslav

pre 14 godina

To all the Albo posters - stop whining and complaining about the war. You started it and got what you deserved!! What were you expecting when you started using terrorism in Kosovo, a warm welcome??

roberto

pre 14 godina

some of the comments here are truly funny, but the humor is very, very dark. my heart goes out to the families and survivors of all these horrible atrocities. i HATE to have to use atrocity anecdotes as ammunition for our arguments, but we have to tell the truth, we have the right and we have the responsibility. i know some of the specifics from kosovo/a
and many more from bosnia, but it never stops hurting. sometimes when i listen to/ record the stories, i feel like some kind of voyeur -- it makes me very uncomfortable, and yet i keep coming back for more, and then i try to let others know about them. what else can we do? i personally know the legacy of war crimes and genocide and it is really a heavy one. it is better shared, in my opinion.

whoever wishes to share such stories, pls feel free to do so (regardless of yr ethnicity!) either here, or with me personally. feel free not to use the names... and if you don't wish to share, then keep it to yrself.

that one serbian govt site describing appr 1,000 bodies of murdered albanians located and exhumed or pulled fr the river in 2001 (i believe)in serbia -- i recently submitted it at b92, and they actually printed it. so i really don't think the issue is ignorance, so much as it is willful ignorance.

for all those who have shared family tragedies, now and in the past, thank you. i am sorry you are met, so often, with such utter disrespect, but not from me, not from many of us.

thank you. roberto
frisco
robertoruss@yahoo.com

nikshala

pre 14 godina

"NATO killed 86 Albanian civilians in one convoy bombing in mid April 1999. There were other convoy bombings, bus bombings, Albanian encampment bombings and cluster bombs on parts of Pristina which killed Albanians.

(ida, 23 September 2009 12:51)

Ida, so those dead albanians that were found in mass graves IN Serbia or bodies floating in the river - I assume that was just serbian police being nice and taking some bodies killed by NATO bombs on holiday for a tour of the natural beauties of Serbia?!

KOSOVARi

pre 14 godina

if you could post some proof of this I would appreciate it,otherwise stop your propaganda please.
(Dragoslav, 23 September 2009 17:00)

What are you 5? We lived in Kosova, YOu have never been to Kosova (or Kosovo) --- you need to do some research for yourself.

Kosova-USA

pre 14 godina

Kosovsko Pomoravski Governor Dragan Nikolić

Sorry guys, but i am lost here. Can someone explain to me what the above means since I lack knowledge of Serbian language.
I can make out the word Governor, but is this guy the Governor of New York State or Governor of Planet Mars??? HELP!!!

Denis

pre 14 godina

To all the Albo posters - stop whining and complaining about the war. You started it and got what you deserved!! What were you expecting when you started using terrorism in Kosovo, a warm welcome??
(Radoslav, 23 September 2009 18:53)

Got what deserved? Kids and women slaughtered in daylight, pizza shop massacres, killings of the entire families (Berisha, Jashari etj).....

But don't worry, now it's all solved for good, Serbia is out for good and will never have a chance to kill and slaughter at will.

You were using terror in Kosovo for decades, we used Rugova and the peacefull means for 9 years while you chose a barbaric leader like Milosevic. We protested with 2 fingers in the air peacefully, while many nations were fighting Serbs to death all over ex-Yugo.

Do you want to see who was the real terrorist, check the Hague trials to see how many serbs vs how many albanians were accused of crimes.

But your terrorsit actions in Kosovo were only a logical extension of what you did prior to other ex-Yugo nations during 90s.

Are you one of those who believes that Bosniaks of Srbrenica commited suicide?

Onewhoknows

pre 14 godina

Wrong B92, KPS was there as was EULEX. Many, many, many arrests are expected. Finally some justice for the 12,000 dead and god knows how many wounded and traumatized.
(aRTA, 23 September 2009 11:28)

Arta is a liar. The only KPS present were 2 people to collect forensic evidence, AFTER the arrests were made. There may be many more arrests, but include Albanians in those arrests too... it was not as one-sided as she claims. Arta continues to prove herself wrong again and again and again...

ben

pre 14 godina

I am sure though that he is one of the K.Serbs that complains about not being able to return, having his house taken (he actually sold it), and being 'ethnicly cleansed'.

There were cases of K.serbs helping out albanians to protect them from the serb forces.... but very rarely.
(nikshala, 23 September 2009 11:27)
THANK YOU nikshala for sharing with us your personal tragic story.

I STRONLY encourage ALL you Kosovars posting here and anywhere where you can talk to bring again and again your stories that you have lived them in your skin.

and leave Serbians in their surreal-conspiracy world. That's all what they have.

Pz

pre 14 godina

Another attempt by albanians to rid Kosovo of its last Serb population. Feel sorry for the detained since they will be tortured and harrassed by albanians. We have already witnessed how democratic eulex run Kosovo is.
(MikeC, 23 September 2009 13:24)

MikeC, at least they will not be shot cowerdly like the Bytyqi brothers, but judged on the raised charges, and if found gillty they will surely serve prison, if found not guilty they'll be free to continue with their lives, in Novo Brdo or anywhere else.

Kosova-USA

pre 14 godina

I see the Albanians are posting propaganda the NATO sponsored groups wrote for/with them.

ida,
I have no clue which plaent you living , but the trucks and the barrial site at Btanjica was admitted by your Serbian govermant. This was noNATO propaganda but true facts and many bodies, even though not all have been turned over and returned to Kosova. I feel sorry that most Serbs live in state of denial to this day.

troika melb

pre 14 godina

"Another attempt by albanians to rid Kosovo of its last Serb population."

Dont pick from the cherry tree only the good fruits.

You yourself stated that eulex is status natural...

Serbia welcomed it to pick criminals that they are too afraid to touch eg mladic and his joker. Nato didnt go in to protect milocevic's hutchmen, you must remember, this way you can be in the same page as the whole world is.

sj

pre 14 godina

NATO bombs indiscriminately killied people in Kosovo, but Serbs get the blame. Don’t take my word for this fact but read what the then Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in 2006 when Israel was criticised for attacking Lebanon, quote “Where do they get the right to lecture Israel. EU countries killed 10,000 civilians and none of those countries had been the target of any missiles”. Opps! What a terrible thing to do and reveal the truth.

Its always the Serbs, I’m sure that climate change started in Belgrade.

Radoslav

pre 14 godina

KosovoUSA - Hahahaha, I hit a raw nerve there I think. You know, and I know, in fact we all know that the Albo's started the war and the US and EU decided to help you because it was in their interests, NOT for humanitarian reasons.

As for Serbia getting smaller, Albo's should be careful what they wish for. Since the US is backing the Albo's in Kosovo at the moment, you think you can rule the whole region but to do so you think you should take all "Albanian lands" which are in Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Greece according to you. I really, really hope you succeed in trying because even America will not be able to prevent the Albanian nation from being pushed into an area the size of a shoebox. The US backs you now, but when they decide they don't need you anymore then you won't have anywhere left to hide - Serbia will take back rightfully what is hers, nothing more, nothing less and you'll be powerless to stop it.

troika melb

pre 14 godina

"
Arta is a liar. The only KPS present were 2 people to collect forensic evidence,"

Call a spade a spade man!

Even if somebody yelled KPS, freeze! Enough said!

Clive - UK

pre 14 godina

So the KPS Forensics were there? Well if it comes to a trial the defence team will be delighted because the KPS Forensics are porrly trained and sloppy. They will be easy to discredit iwht a good lawyer there regardless of guilt or innocence.

roberto

pre 14 godina

jason -- i really hate addressing anything to you, since i think you represent the worst of american traditions and values, and even worse, feel a need to export those rotten values overseas, where you presumably have some ill-gotten power, sorry to say.

also, if you were born and raised here, i assume that you know how to read (english), as i JUST adressed both the issue of "hypocrite" and the adjoining issue of hate calls ag. all despised minorities (which i repeat again and again), in this case hate call against "the serbs." i despise racism, ethnic slurs, homophobia, antisemitism (understandably) and all other forms of hate and nastiness, way too plentiful to mention. generally i see ugliness (here) directed towards the "albos", or towards those of us who stand up ag. the nationalist extremists. but from time to time i see ugly hate slurs/threats directed against serbs, which is absolutely as bad. you cannot say one is bad, and the other is okay, however you wish to justify yr prejudice.

we have gone round and round w such issues in this country: is it ok for african americans to say hateful things ag. non-african americans (esp. whites) simply because they have been victimized by so much prejudice and bogotry over the years? obviously i believe not.

i really have to wonder why so much attention is directed to me, when there are at least a 100 or hundreds of other posters. is it a "plot", or is it a weird form of respect (grudging) "where is roberto?" anyway, people do have the right to demand consistency from critical voices, and i am only human but try my best.

roberto

MikeC

pre 14 godina

Neither Kosovo-usa nor arta has provided links to support any of the claims that they have made in the past. Believe me that no one is taking you seriously! I would have to agree with a previous post that much of the suggestions and comments at this forum from these two are stories for little children.

Jason

pre 14 godina

Next thing you will say that these suspectr are being held in EULEX Detention Center.
I am trying to loctae where EULEX has build their own detention.
Of course KP was along with eulex police in this operation. aRTA IS RIGHT.
(Kosova-USA, 23 September 2009 13:19)

Kosovo-USA, you are even less credible than I thought possible. KPS in fact was NOT involved in this aside from the TWO personnel taking evidence. It was entirely EULEX who did the investigation and conducted the arrests. Of course when it was all over AFTER the interviews, the suspects were handed over to KPS. Do a little checking with your so-called friends here and you will see KPS was left out of all this. EULEX will mention that this was a "group effort" with KFOR and KPS to make everyone happy though, so clearly you two can take some solace in this information.

I think it funny that you claim to "know" this from your cozy position in the United States. There should be some more arrests of Albanian suspects coming soon too, and I can assure you that KPS will be playing no critical role in them either.

Exodus 21:23–27

pre 14 godina

“The accusations are way off the mark. These are people, country folk who don’t work anywhere and have nothing to do with war or war crimes,”

That's what they 10 Albanians in Presheva said. Their trial starts today in Serbia. You forgot about that, right? We didn't.

Ron

pre 14 godina

EULEX should arrest any person involved in war crimes. From both sides!

And indeed EULEX is doing this! As UNMIK/EULEX are in full control of Kosovo!

Which is good news!

ida

pre 14 godina

I see the Albanians are posting propaganda the NATO sponsored groups wrote for/with them.

Note there are no pictures of bodies floating on the Danube - a major river traffic region. And the alleged site is right near the Bulgarian border. There would have been bodies floating to Bulgaria - if so.

There's never any photos of that (nor satellite photos of the alleged truck). The alleged truck has never been proven to exist. They conveniently wrote it was blown up. But not even pieces or parts of it.

Also, a sealed refrigerator truck would not sink but would float. And if it got water in it that would mean that all identity cards - which are paper - would have been destroyed.

Note that there's no autopsy records which would prove how a person/people were killed and would prove if the bodies were ever in water, etc.

NONE of that evidence is ever presented.

Note also that the bodies were ALLEGEDLY "found" the day Milosevic was sent to the Hague when the NATO powers had been saying they wanted Serbs to support and approve the extradiction.

Note at the time a puppet and anti-Milosevic government was installed which would play the game with NATO powers to falsely frame Milosevic.

Note there were/are never any photos of the alleged mass grave site with any bodies shown. Nor were any foreign investigators interested in going there.

Lastly, I've never seen the name of any woman/female or child on the list of bodies allegedly "handed over".

They are all men's names. I feel they were recycled KLA. Bodies found by the UN, then after Milosevic's fall and the puppet government installed. They got certain traitorous elements in the security forces and government to agree to take some of these bodies, claim they were found in a mass grave, while merely handing them to Serbian institutions for identification and autopsies.

I repeat, I've never seen one single report of a woman or child's body being handed over even though the claim was that they were all civilians.

Further, actual autopsy evidence and findings are not made available at all.

Plus there's the fact that even in the atrocity propaganda, it all took place AFTER NATO started bombing and wasn't going on before. As well the refugees only poured out after NATO bombed 24/7.

Before NATO bombing it was a relatively low level civil war started by the KLA.

The KLA started the first killings to spark the war. Therefore they are the most responsible.

The KLA and CIA's plan was to have the Serbian police crackdown so there'd be an excuse for intervention.

Any dead Albanians served as sacrifices to get the end product they wanted all along - Kosovo to themselves.

KOSOVARi

pre 14 godina

So entire families slaughtered is A-OKAY as long as they are Albanians? WOW!!

Your whole argument of playing victim (after YOU STARTED THE WAR) is based on chapters from books written by some r-tard. Where are pictures? Names? Evidence? Ohhh That's right, they DONT EXIST.

I can't wait until the Hague prosecutes Lord Voldemort for acts against Wizardry.

Mike

pre 14 godina

And just like yesterday, the bulk of comments here will be less related to the actual event and more of an excuse to pump one's own chest of national pride. Already there's a number of doozies:

"Finally some justice for the 12,000 dead and god knows how many wounded and traumatized." (aRTA)

-- Now it's up to 12,000? I thought the accepted inflated number was 10,000? Will we reach 15,000 by Christmas?

"and leave Serbians in their surreal-conspiracy world. That's all what they have." (ben)

-- You do realize that lobotomized nationalism is very much alive and active in your own camp ben?

"We enjoy the words and deeds of these famous Serbian comedians. Rest assured that they are going to be missed when they leave." (PRN)

-- Because PRN is always there to prove that above theory

Guys, girls, before this gets into another "I'm more awesome than you" pissing match, let's hope that EULEX (which appears to be running this operation) will look at all the facts and move accordingly. If there's some evidence, start a case. If they're responding to Albanian finger-pointing, let them go. As easy as that. The minute people start throwing around sweeping accusations about the entire group, we get the nonesense that ran rampant on this site yesterday.

Mike

pre 14 godina

"I STRONLY encourage ALL you Kosovars posting here and anywhere where you can talk to bring again and again your stories that you have lived them in your skin"

-- Ben, I've got a better idea. One, I know may put me in hot water with a few of your more intolerant compatriots here, but hear me out:

Instead of a one-way pity party like you apparently suggest in your comment, how about stories of suffering and sacrifice are shared between Serbian and Albanian families? I am assuming by your use of "Kosovars" you are in fact referring only to Albanians since you ended your comment with a little rib to Belgrade.

Obviously someone like you who has said in the past that they are in favor of democracy and moving forward would be in favor of promoting an understanding that everyone, at some point over the last 20 years, have suffered loss of family members, loss of property, distrust of neighbors, and a loss in overall quality of life. Wouldn't it be better if both sides shared stories in order to show that idiocy reigns across nations and identities, and wouldn't it actually try to promote a collective understanding that exclusionary nationalism produces nothing in the end? I'm sure you know Albanians do not monopolize victimhood and Serbs monopolize brutality.

Peggy

pre 14 godina

If these people are proven guilty (proven by western standards and not some Albanian pointing a finger at them) then they should be punished accordingly.

I only wish that EULEX gets off their behinds and starts solving murders of Serbs AFTER the war up to just the other day. It's amazing how they can produce evidence of something which happened 10 years ago but they cannot find one shread of evidence against anyone to solve those murders of Serbs.

Maybe solving these murders is not even on the list, let alone a priority.

MikeC

pre 14 godina

Pz

The Bytyqi brothers were mercenaries and had come to Serbis to kill Serbs. The knew the rules of the game. How many albanians have albanians prosecuted for crimes against serbs? Not even one. And you say you stand for democracy and fairness!

ida

pre 14 godina

I honestly think this shows how foolish Serbs were to sign that cooperation deal with EULEX. Remember how EULEX released the terrorist bus bomber who killed almost a dozen Serbs, including a small child.

EULEX is looking worse than the UN.
Unfortunately, Serbs think that signing of the deal was a good thing because Albanians got all hyped upset (or pretended to be upset about it), but in reality it is something that I doubt is sincerely good for Serbs.

lids

pre 14 godina

This is nothing but occupiers trying to appease albanians for a little longer.This story will keep them at peace until all of the Serbs are out of prison..

Danny

pre 14 godina

Press release: Five arrests in Novobërdë / Novo Brdo
http://www.eulex-kosovo.eu/?id=8&n=140

23 September, 2009

At the request of a EULEX prosecutor conducting a criminal investigation into committed in April 1999, the EULEX Police War Crimes Investigation Unit (WCIU) carried out an operation today in the municipality of Novo Brdo/Novobërdë, in the region of Gjilan/Gnjilane. The operation started at 6 AM.

Four people were arrested.

Slobodan M.
Srecko M.
Svetlana S.
Sredjan F.

All four suspects are of Serbian ethnicity.

The charges relate to alleged inhuman treatment; immense suffering or violation of bodily integrity or health; application of measures of intimidation and terror, and illegal arrest and detention.

During the search of the suspects' premises, several items were seized.

Under order of the prosecutor, a fifth person was also arrested at the scene, for obstruction of official duty.

The interviews of the suspects are ongoing.

Both the Kosovo police (KP) and KFOR took part in the operation.

USA134

pre 14 godina

Radoslav,

I must say that I was born in America and I am proud to be an American. But, I agree with you 1000%... and to correct you just a little, we do not need the Albanians here in Kosovo. You are right, the war here and in Bosnia was not a Humanitarian war, The reaseon America backed Albo's and muslims was strictly because of money and oil... We were billions of dollars in debt to the Saudi's...and what was the best way to repay them? Thats right... help them establish a muslim state... Now make no mistake, I have worked in Kosovo going for 5 years and saw almost every report made... Atrocities were committed on both sides. As for yesterdays arrests in Novo Brdo? JOKE... this whole justice/political system here is a joke, corrupt and a disgrace to human rulership. Those men live and work amongst UCK members. If they committed such "atrocities" then for sure they would not have been allowed to live there peacefully for the past 10 years... There are approx 140,000 Serbs in Kosovo and over 2 million Albanians... Yet its seems the EU only goes after the Serbs when there are 10 times the number of former Albanian war crimes criminals and mafia criminals walking around in broad daylight... Pathetic I say and one sided... The Albanians are biting off more than they can chew and for sure they will reap what they sow...

Nick KS

pre 14 godina

Ida,

In response to your claim that you have never seen the name of a women or child's body beeing handed over from Serbia back to Kosova authorities. Below is a list of 20 names killed in one single massacre in the town of Gjakova (Djakovica) on April 1 1999.

Note: Nr. 7 (Flaka Hoxha) was a childhood friend of mine. The house where they were killed and burned is in the city of Gjakova near the old police station.

1. Hysen Gashi, 50
2. Valbona Haxhiavdija, 38
3. Rina Haxhiavdija, 7
4. Doruntina Haxhiavdija, 3
4. Egzon Haxhiavdija, 5
6. Shaindere Hoxha, 55
7. Flaka Hoxha, 15
8. Fetihe Vejsa, 60
9. Tringa Vejsa, 31
10. Dorina Vejsa, 11
11. Marigona Vejsa, 9
12. Sihana Vejsa, 7
13. Arlind Vejsa, 5
14. Rita Vejsa, 2
15. Mandushe Nuci, 52
16. Shirine Nuci, 73
17. Valbona Caka, 34
18. Delvina Caka, 7
19. Diona Caka, 2
20. Dalina Caka, 14

See the report on Gjakova i included in my previous post for more details on the case.

Nick KS

pre 14 godina

MikeC

I will try to provide you with the links on the war crimes in Kosovo that you have asked above. Although i doubt you will have time to reach such a large volume of materials.

I have tried to post these links in the past, but unfortunately they were never posted by B92, despite being reports from an international organization (HRW). I hope this time B92 posts them.

I would just like to note that i have personaly visited the villages of Krusha e Madhe and Krusha e Vogel where hundreds of men were taken from their homes and killed. These are reports on the crimes committed in just 4 regions (municipalities) of Kosovo.

Gjakova Municipality

http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2001/kosovo/undword-06.htm

Drenas and Skenderaj Municipalities

http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2001/kosovo/undword-04.htm

Prizren-Gjakova Road (Krusha e Madhe, Krusha e Vogel)

http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2001/kosovo/undword-11B.html

The rest you can find here:

http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2001/kosovo/

Zoran

pre 14 godina

I am no supporter of EULEX and I wouldn't be surprised if they continue with the ethnic cleansing campaign previously run by UNMIK and NATO but I will be expecting many many more arrests of our ethnic Albanian citizens. So many unpunished crimes against Serbians have been swept under the carpet and if EULEX wants to earn a grain of credibility it will need to act soon.

Nick KS

pre 14 godina

Dragoslav,

Here is a SERBIAN GOVERNMENT WEB SITE, which i hope you will believe, because its your own government that proves what Nikshala is saying:

And i instist B92 post this, because its 100 times more meaningful than some of the posts that are allowed here.

http://www.arhiva.serbia.sr.gov.yu/news/2004-03/13/333469.html

Peggy

pre 14 godina

if you could post some proof of this I would appreciate it,otherwise stop your propaganda please.
(Dragoslav, 23 September 2009 17:00)

What are you 5? We lived in Kosova, YOu have never been to Kosova (or Kosovo) --- you need to do some research for yourself.
(KOSOVARi, 23 September 2009 17:37)

What a lame answer. Just because you live in Kosovo does not mean you can provide proof if there is none.

The challenge was to provide proof not tell us where you live.

rote

pre 14 godina

No matter if those four had really been involved to the civil war mentioned the arrest follows quite a different task. They just need a pretext to prolong the agony of the Haague Tribunal. They feel very comfortable with their suddenly obtained high salaries and rankings. Also they need Serbia and Serbs being under permanent prosecution untill a will to resist their national dignity is not buried. Meanwhile the only real source of such suspects is Kosovo and only Kosovo ! God bless the B92 moderators ! It is only thank to them nobody knows what I really feel about the Tribunal , about the lesbians , about EULEX , about homosexuals and the kind !

timotimekvej

pre 14 godina

Who started war in Kosovo&Metohija? It was terroristic uck! Their goal was an ethnic-cleansing, their tactic-terror all over Kosovo&Metohija! Remember Radonjicko jezero? Orahovac? Shootin Serb teenagres in cafe bar? Organ-harvesting? Thath was just continuation of their policy tahth has roots in 1878-1912, ww2, autonomus province of Kosovo&Metohija. We will not forget!

Roger7

pre 14 godina

roberto asks..."i really have to wonder why so much attention is directed to me, when there are at least a 100 or hundreds of other posters. is it a "plot", or is it a weird form of respect (grudging) "where is roberto?" "

Who are you kidding, attention is what you seek, roberto.
You question if people respect you?
I, for one, would not use the word respect.
I find your rants to be repetitive, rude, hypocritical and condescending. Maybe you don't get enough of attention at your middle school job or are you just trying to feed your ego while lecturing on and on with your rantings on this site?
I don't care who you claim to have supposedly interviewed or met.
If you have something positive to offer, unfortunately, I would not know. I no longer spend a lot of time reading your ridiculing pompous lectures.
No, respect is not a word that I would use.

The Swiss

pre 14 godina

Reading the comments on one article yesterday I really had a hang over and couldn't believe what I was reading and today it starts again!

These last few days so much hatry was poored on each side and I find it really disgusting.

People might have a difference in opinion but I think that some out of proportion nationalistic comments should be simply banned and I wish B92 would start doing so.

A lot's of new posters started a war of words that will only bring more hatry and will bring the quality of this blog down to irrelevance.

A war is never white, a war is never only one sided, population on each side usually suffers and the history only repeats itself, and we unfortunately still have so many example today!

For god sake, show a bit of understanding and let the justice makes his way.
Yes, the justice has not been very brilliant lately but do we have another choice... the world is changing and we have to believe that one day it will come out much cleaner than it is now!

Btw Obama's speech today at
UN was in this direction, so time to change!

Jason

pre 14 godina

GOOD NEWS.keep em there for 15 days and after shot em in the back of their head.is time to try you own medicine.
(niko { bytha } kurkuli, 24 September 2009 00:51)

Where is condemnation for this hate speech from resident hypocrite Roberto?

The silence is deafening.

Nikos

pre 14 godina

PRN
"ALL Serbs are fully aware that they terrorised the entire Balkans and this is why they have no friend in the neighbourhood."
"moreover bombs were coming even from their former allies like Greeks, French, Italians, Spanish."

well we greeks are their friends and 98% of greek population was against 1999 bombing. No greek planes were part of the bombing and we sent them tones of humanitarian aid, food, medicine etc. So get to know the facts before opening your mouth.

Jovan Z

pre 14 godina

So this is Albanian payback for Serbian MUP arresting those terrorists in south Serbia a few months back?
That criminal gang running Kosovo has no pretense of civil society.

Milan

pre 14 godina

So entire families slaughtered is A-OKAY as long as they are Albanians? WOW!!

Your whole argument of playing victim (after YOU STARTED THE WAR) is based on chapters from books written by some r-tard. Where are pictures? Names? Evidence? Ohhh That's right, they DONT EXIST.

I can't wait until the Hague prosecutes Lord Voldemort for acts against Wizardry.
(KOSOVARi, 24 September 2009 01:03)

Hh.... Mayby You forgot who started war. I will remember it. That was UCK in february 1996, when they started attack against Police and against CIVILIANS (between 1996 and 1998 they killed 5 policeman and 17 CIVILIANS).

In 1998 UCK started offensive in Kosovo, killed until end of August 74 police officers and 81 CIVILIANS, gained control over 30% of province and started ethnic cleansings.

So - what do You think - what response can made ANY world country for these attacks?? You Albanians started this war.

Jason

pre 14 godina

"jason -- i really hate addressing anything to you"

Roberto

Then please do not, sir. I do not read your posts any longer so you are only wasting your (apparently excessive) free time.

Peggy

pre 14 godina

Roberto said,

jason -- i really hate addressing anything to you, since i think you represent the worst of american traditions and values, and even worse, feel a need to export those rotten values overseas, where you presumably have some ill-gotten power, sorry to say.

Wow, that's telling him Roberto. You are going to be a judge on who exports good values (you I presume you mean) out of America and who exports bad values (Jason) out of America.

What makes you think that it is you who is the scurge of America. You and Ms Albright, Holdbrooke and the rest of Bosniaks and Albanians who are filled with hate and spew lies?

You are showing your prejudice and becoming increasingly unable to hold back the hate because you can see that your house of cards is falling.
Keep it up. Let's see more of real Roberto.

Jason

pre 14 godina

You are showing your prejudice and becoming increasingly unable to hold back the hate because you can see that your house of cards is falling.
Keep it up. Let's see more of real Roberto.
(Peggy, 24 September 2009 22:49)

Well said, Peggy. The only complaint I have with your post is that you somehow managed to make me read more than one line of the rubbish written by Roberto because I did not see where your post began and his ended:)

It seems more and more people like myself, Jill, and Roger are boycotting the long-winded and ridiculously arrogant ramblings of our resident expert on all things Balkan.

Danny

pre 14 godina

Serbia tries Kosovo ex-rebels for war crimes
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hKrGLWvwpXEK7apQAUidVkkbVL8QD9AT3L6O2

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC
Associated Press Writer

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Seventeen former Kosovo rebels went on trial Wednesday before the Serbian war crimes court, charged with murder, rape and torture of Serb civilians in 1999.

Nine of the men were arrested in December in a predominantly Albanian-populated region of Serbia bordering Kosovo. Eight of the suspects are at large and were accused in absentia.

The indictment accuses the men of the kidnapping of 153 Serbs and the deaths of at least 80 of them in the eastern Kosovo town of Gnjilane following Kosovo's war for independence.

They are charged with "murder, rape, detention, mutilation, torture and looting," the indictment said. The charges carry up to 20 years in jail.

Bruno Vekaric, the spokesman for Serbia's war crimes prosecution, said the trial brings with it a "high risk" of retaliation by Albanians against the Serbs and other witnesses who still live in the region.

The war in Kosovo - then a province of Serbia - began with an ethnic Albanian separatist rebellion and ended after a 78-day NATO bombing campaign that forced Serbia's army and police to pull out of Kosovo.

After the war ended, the suspects allegedly launched retaliatory attacks against the Serb minority in Kosovo, where 90 percent of the population is ethnic Albanian.

Kosovo's independence has been recognized by many countries including the U.S. and most EU states - but not by Serbia or Russia.

In a related development, Serbian police said they found a large weapons cache in the tense south of the country near the border with Macedonia.

Interior Minister Ivica Dacic, who heads the police, said Wednesday the weapons included two rocket launchers, anti-tank mines, 16 grenades, a machine gun and ammunition.

Dacic said the weapons were discovered in a pit on state property about 300 meters (yards) from the Macedonian border.

Serbia's south, which borders Macedonia and Kosovo, was the scene of an ethnic Albanian rebellion in 2000-2001. The unrest ended in a peace plan but tensions have simmered since.

Radoslav

pre 14 godina

Denis - "Got what deserved? Kids and women slaughtered in daylight, pizza shop massacres, killings of the entire families (Berisha, Jashari etj)....."

As for civilian deaths, absolutely NOT, as for military casualties, yep, it was a war after all and like I said, Albo's fired the first shots in anger so you reaped what you sowed, so stop whining.

"You were using terror in Kosovo for decades, we used Rugova and the peacefull means for 9 years while you chose a barbaric leader like Milosevic." now when you and other Albo's make this statement you betray your ignorance. All you Albo's claim that kosovo was a war against Serbian oppression by Milosevic and the Serbs, but then you state SPECIFICALLY that it was SERBIAN oppression for DECADES. but Tito was in power for a long long time before Milosevic ever came to power and it's well known that Albo's wanted to break away then as well. So there is no point trying to convince Serbian posters about what is or isn't the truth. We ALL know the truth. Save your lies for the western media. Kosovo wasn't about oppression, it was a war of nationalism, Albanian nationalism.

and the reason why you are succeeding at the moment? US strategic interests. it's no coincidence that the US has invaded Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo when all three are thought to have huge energy/mineral reserves. Check out the reuters site today. it states that under kosovo lies Europes second largest coal reserves. how many people died in kosovo? Let's inflate the figure, say 20,000. The US invaded Serbia, but when over 1 MILLION people died in Rwanda what did they do? NOTHING, and Sudan, over 2 MILLION and what has the US done? NOTHING. Why? Because they have nothing the US wants. Kosovo is nothing more than a piece on the board for the US. When they have no more use for you they will toss you into the gutter with the rest of the rubbish.

So if all the Albo's here want to delude themselves that the US somehow prefers the Albo's to the Serbs or that they invaded Serbia for humanitarian reasons, then keep dreaming because you'll get the shock of your lives in the future. When the US decides it has no more use for Kosovo it'll leave it to the mercy of Serbia and you'll be crushed like a rusty tin can under a truck. So, keep fantasising, that suits me fine.

"Do you want to see who was the real terrorist, check the Hague trials to see how many serbs vs how many albanians were accused of crimes." And we also know that the US uses propaganda to fight it's wars so it has to portray the Serbs as the "indians" and the Croats, Bosniaks and Albo's as the "cowboys" to justify it's actions in the Balkans. If you don't understand this or refuse to believe it then either you are a fool or you have your head in the sand.

Peggy

pre 14 godina

i really have to wonder why so much attention is directed to me, when there are at least a 100 or hundreds of other posters. is it a "plot", or is it a weird form of respect (grudging) "where is roberto?" anyway, people do have the right to demand consistency from critical voices, and i am only human but try my best.

roberto
(roberto, 24 September 2009 17:59)

The reason people are condemning you the most is because you are the biggest hypocrite.
All others are openly pro one or the other but you hide behind your "tolerance and understanding" while you are always so hotile to the Serbs.

At least be honest and declare that you are bised like the rest here and perhaps then you will be left in peace.

Mark

pre 14 godina

If EULEX wants to get some statistics for Brussels so they can show that they are actually working in Kosovo, besides fitness and trips to Greece; why don't they walk into Parliament they mind find more people to arrest for war crimes.

The Swiss

pre 14 godina

posters. is it a "plot", or is it a weird form of respect (grudging) "where is roberto?" anyway, people do have the right to demand consistency from critical voices, and i am only human but try my best.

Don't cry Argentina.... it's a nice song, listen to it :)

BH_NYC

pre 14 godina

'All others are openly pro one or the other but you hide behind your "tolerance and understanding" while you are always so hotile to the Serbs.

(Peggy, 25 September 2009 05:57)

You’re totally wrong. It isn’t about Roberto not being ‘openly pro one or the other’ but it’s about him being more neutral, cool headed. That is understandable because he isn’t Albanian or a Serb. That is how you would expect a non Albanian/Serb to comment. And that’s how you can tell that Mike, Jason, kate are Serb nationalists in disguise.

Dragoslav

pre 14 godina

will try to provide you with the links on the war crimes in Kosovo that you have asked above. Although i doubt you will have time to reach such a large volume of materials.

I have tried to post these links in the past, but unfortunately they were never posted by B92, despite being reports from an international organization (HRW). I hope this time B92 posts them.

I would just like to note that i have personaly visited the villages of Krusha e Madhe and Krusha e Vogel where hundreds of men were taken from their homes and killed. These are reports on the crimes committed in just 4 regions (municipalities) of Kosovo.

Gjakova Municipality

[link]

Drenas and Skenderaj Municipalities

[link]

Prizren-Gjakova Road (Krusha e Madhe, Krusha e Vogel)

[link]

The rest you can find here:

[link]/
(Nick KS, 23 September 2009 17:17)
I see most of the links informTION YOU OFFER IS from Human rights watch that wouldnt be natasha kandics organization would it?Every albanian interviewed says their whole family was murdered,then who is there 1 million of you in kosmet?