The ruling of International Court of Justice (ICJ) could make room for alleviation of “tensed relations” between Belgrade and Priština, Pieter Feith stated.
don't forget taht we have international police for 10years now in kosovo and that THEY were in charge of border controlling up to now!So is THis sir saying that his police DID set up a tarrfic route throught Kosovo?
well it seems some of the writing on the wall is being read finally!! this part of the balkans is unlike what he is use to dealing with ..the problem with PR and propaganda is if its not rooted in truth its a short lived phenomeno...ohhh wait and see what else will soon come to the forefront!!
blaming it on others clean up your act and give your people a better reputation, if that is possible.
(Mikael C, 9 March 2010 17:44)
The problem Mikael is that to cure a desease you first have to admit that you have one, which is obviously not the case for most of the k-a nationalists here.
They are all saints living in a pink world looking at it with rosy glasses because they were told to do so..., can we blame them... am not sure...
They were promised all by their sugar daddy and unfortunately things happened in between and at the end,let's be realistic, the US only respects part of their deal for their own interest, when they get what they want, they go further and live the hot potatoe to somebody else!
Obviously, he wants to leave his job after the eu snubbed his "integration plan". As soon as he hears that the ICJ will announce its ruling (against the UDI), he will resign and sneak out.
If kosovo is located on the drug trafficking route then why isn't this drug caught before reaching Kosovo ? in Bulgaria? in Serbia ? or in Macedonia ?
Let me guess, lol, perhaps because bulgarian and serbian customs are the most corrupted ever seen in the Region and let the drug pass to Kosovo after being paid 5€...
And as to international image...please don't give albanian such an easy opportunity...serbian image is quite correctly to be deduced in history books of every european pupils...
The difference between Serbia and Kosovo is that politicians in Kosovo are behind the smugling themselves. Ask anyone police department in Europe and you will find that a majority of druggsmuglers are albanians. Every country has individuals who smuggle drugs but few governments actually support it directly. Rather than blaming it on others clean up your act and give your people a better reputation, if that is possible.
Do you believe that drug dealers of different etnicities all stand at their respective border and hands it over to a trafficking group belonging to the local etnicity on the other side? Because that's what your speculation suggests. Yes there are drugs everywhere but the fact that Kosovo "officials" have been singled out as particularly troublesome can not be so easily ignored and it certainly can't be blamed on adjacent countries just because they happend to be there. It doesn't matter what route the drugs take per se, it's about who is reaponsible. Feith's comment is valid because of who's involved, in this case government officials!
Where are all the albanian trolls to deny this claim of corruption and Kosovo as a transit territory for drugs?
(Mikael C, 9 March 2010 12:48)
Where are all the Serbian trolls to deny this claim of corruption and Serbia as a transit territory for drugs?
What’s the problem B92, I thought that you were unbiased, so its ok for a serb to refer to me as a troll, but its not ok for me to refer to a serb as a troll, ha how surprising.
Where are all the albanian trolls to deny this claim of corruption and Kosovo as a transit territory for drugs?
(Mikael C, 9 March 2010 12:48)
Mikael C
There is no denial of this from anyone, but B92 has mentioned this State Department report in more details earlier and report states that Serbia is used for drug transit too. What really disappoints me from you guys is not your stance about Kosovo, but using any kind of negativity while you seem not to have a clue for albanian hospitality.
Of course tensions will subside after an ICJ ruling, as Pristina's authority will be significantly limited further and the United States' argument of Kosovo being a "special case" will most likely lose all merit. While this won't allow Belgrade to completely reabsorb Kosovo in its entirety, it will give Belgrade the political and diplomatic leverage to do what I suspect it's been planning all along: restart negotiations in which more pragmatic solutions that both sides can accept will be heard:
a) Cantonization of municipalities
b) Direct Belgrade control over Serb-dominant municipalities
c) Readjustment of status to "international mandate"
d) Bi-zonal confederation of Albanian government in Pristina and Serb government in Kosovska Mitrovica (functional separation)
I've been hypothesizing lots of possibilities here over the years that try to maximize self-determination by all sides while minimizing any one side encroaching on the other. If Belgrade goes into negotiations with these in mind, I think they'll have a far greater chance of getting what they want.
"I am glad that Faith said something just to make serbs like him for a day at least."
(Kosova-USA)
-- Actually, Feith vacillates repeatedly. It seemed February was his month to suck up to the Albanians, and March is his month to suck up to the Serbs. We remember his involvement in bypassing Pristina to reach a compromised settlement with Belgrade by EULEX. We also remember him unilaterally redrawing the internal administrative lines of Kosovo to give Serbs three more municipalities that everyone knows will just reorganize on their own when Belgrade calls for general elections.
So while we're not crazy about the guy, he does seem to be an equal opportunity offender.
I think a good acronym for your mate Kosova USA is Usual Suspect Answers.... he trawls this forum waiting for any excuse to vent his racist bravado, from a comfortable home abroad.
As for PRN and others of his / her ilk... I really hope some people in high positions in the west get to read their racist diatribes...
PRN - Pozitivne Reči? - Niko
(Colin, 9 March 2010 15:24)
Agreed Colin. PRN is a good example of what an Albanian should not be and it is good that we internationals can see the often hate-filled speech in his/her posts.
Personally, Kosovo-USA takes the cake as far as being an angry person with too much free time on his hands. When you said " Usual Suspect" you nailed it. If I had a dollar for every post that was so immature it was downright hilarious I would be a rich man... Take a look at this gem he posted yesterday:
p2,
As many of the high quality journalism that I have seen and read regarding the drug trafficking issues within Kosovo, it strongly suggests, with a reasonable amount of evidence, that Kosovo's very own 'legitimate' leadership is not only letting it slide but often times in league, and possibly in control. It is not just the copious amounts of heroin, and opium streaming from Afghanistan, but weapons and sex trade as well.
These underground activities are extremely lucrative and as such have visibly rewarded those that are high ranking participants.
With respect to your geographic argument. You are correct that the drugs would likely pass through some of the neighboring countries, but also do not exclude the real and likely possibilities that many of these illicit product is directly brought to Kosovo via plane. Humped across the mountains and eventually to the sea by boat into the rest Europe.
This is not a problem caused by, or of the people of Kosovo. It is a problem of the growing minority (for it is a very lucrative business to be in -- assuming you survive to get to the higher perches) within Kosovo; this lawless, yet backed by authority and pseudo-law group of mercenaries and smugglers is the real problem, the assention of internationally wanted and known criminals, who at one point enjoy their days on the Interpol wanted list for terrorism, are now in control of this government, are in control of the shadows moving and organizing their criminal organizations. It is those people that need to be confronted. As within the USA and UK (who at least has taken the first step), the people of their "democracies" must confront their leaders who have participated in illegal actions, must take these people to the highest courts of the land, and if found guilty to be put away, hung from the gallows, shot at 12 paces (whatever the judge and citizenry deem appropriate for their implications and maintenance of their crimes). However, as long as Kosovo's general population blindly supports their current leader figures then they are implicitly condoning and supporting those actions, and as such are partly to blame.
Just as all of Germany was blamed for Hitler and his (3% of German population) SS, just as all Palestinians (or Israelis -- depending on how you see the story) are responsible for the actions of their few, just as all Serbs were painted with the same brush that their corrupt leadership was, just as the whole world seems Americans as America's government (who has been directly involved in countless deaths of innocents, and the continuing deaths of innocents around the world), as will all Kosovo's Albanian citizens be painted as drug smugglers, sex ring kidnappers, illegal weapons dealers, and general all around bad people (because not one of those paint brushes shines a positive light). It takes the people to stand up to their leaders who are the face of the people. It takes the citizenry, and the collective Kosovo Albanian population to not support a person simply because of blind nationalistic emotions, but rather because of sound political, and beneficial means of legal and ethical prosperity and well being. These are not the promises that many Kosovo Albanian citizen is hanging on to, but rather the simplistic emotional sensations of nationalism and false brotherhood. My brother is not a man that is born in my country, but rather he must be a man that respects me and treats me with dignity. Such brothers are found across all elasticities, all nations, all cities, towns and streets. Brother by skin, religion, race, history is not always he brother that is looking for your welfare, but can be the brother that is trying to elevate himself on your back.
“According to a U.S. State Department report released last week, drug traffickers use Kosovo as a transit route to Europe for drugs from Afghanistan, with some police and customs officers involved in corruption.”
Unfortunately there is crime in Kosova just as there is crime in Serbia, Macedonia and every other Balkan state, and its obvious that the crime should be taken care of with fierce actions, and these alleged police and customs officers should immediately be imprisoned for life and be impeached because they are working against of whats best for the people and the state of Kosovo. Im so tired of these useless criminals.
What I don’t understand though is why Kosova is being targeted and it almost sounds like Kosova is the only responsible state where drugs flow, I think that all of you are aware of this simple fact that Kosova is surrounded by Serbia, Albania and Montenegro, and if the drugs are coming from Afghanistan then its more likely that they come to Kosova though Bulgaria /Serbia and or Macedonia, and for these drugs to make it to the heart of Europe then there are still some more countries like Montenegro Croatia Serbia there are probably many possible routes that these drugs have to pass, so Kosova is not responsible for this alone, to solve this problem, firstly you have to stop accusing Kosova as being the single responsible factor and secondly make joint efforts to stop these useless criminals.
I think a good acronym for your mate Kosova USA is Usual Suspect Answers.... he trawls this forum waiting for any excuse to vent his racist bravado, from a comfortable home abroad.
As for PRN and others of his / her ilk... I really hope some people in high positions in the west get to read their racist diatribes...
their MAN!
I am glad that Faith said something just to make serbs like him for a day at least.
(Kosova-USA, 9 March 2010 12:59)
Maybe Feith had some faith that he would manage to clean the place, but it looks that he came to his sense that it can't be done without a strong warning from the Intl community!!
Your comment is just proving, if necessary, that you are blindly supporting this corruped muppet show, which in return is not helping to improve AT ALL the terrible image that k-a are having abroad which was rightly and strongly pointed out by Feith!
I thought that Kosovo has already improved its international reputation. Kosovo has gone from a Yugoslavian welfare state to a crime ridden drug store with connections to Afghanistan.
Where are all the albanian trolls to deny this claim of corruption and Kosovo as a transit territory for drugs?
(Mikael C, 9 March 2010, 12:48)
Good question Mikael C... all I can say is, ask and you shall receive... (cue drumroll...)
"Untill yesterday, all pro serb camp on this site where badmouthing him every chance they got. Today, Faith is their MAN!
I am glad that Faith said something just to make serbs like him for a day at least.
(Kosova-USA, 9 March 2010, 12:59)"
Untill yesterday, all pro serb camp on this site where badmouthing him every chance they got. Today, Faith is their MAN!
I am glad that Faith said something just to make serbs like him for a day at least.
I can't believe what I am hearing. Where's the old Feith gone? Did he fall out of bed in the morning and bang his head? Am I in the twilight zone? O my God I can't believe it? Is this the first brain transplant in history?
I guess that KPS pea shooter gun salute to the KLA finally woke him up, where upon he found that Serbian Secret Service had entered his room in the night and stuck a coffee bean up his nose.
This is the first time that Feith in his "mandate" coming out with something which is not bold and brutal support for Kosovo "independence".
What's going on?
Year and something managed to open his eyes and to realize in what major crime nest he was brought to govern?
It looks like that Serbia's principle, legal and proactive diplomacy and dealing with Kosovo case is bringing expected results.
Time is on our side cause it is becoming clear to the World that they cannot support that lawless crime bunch even despite unconditional support of US.
In his reference to corrupt personalities, Feith no doubt has in mind among others his KLA acquaintance Hash ‘the snake’ Thaci. Even Feith himself must be getting sick, sore and tired of this Kosovo independence circus.
Yes! You are correct Feith because the WEST will have no choice but to encourage Pristina to return to the negotiating table for status talks.
He he that’s why you have to return Kosovo to Serbia so that Serbia will catch these drug traffickers who are distributing drugs in Europe.
"When I am talking about combating corruption and organized crime, in my concept this means very serious incisive steps, and includes also that personalities who are tainted, who are being investigated, should not be part of the inner circle of power."
For a change, some wise words coming from Feith. Does this mean that finally the criminals within the top level of the Kosovo administration should be sued? This would be a good start!
Who in the Pristina govt has rattled his cage? Either that or he has received a good slap on the hand and been told to get in line with UN and EU thinking.
The internationals at last seem to be recognising that this whole project has been a disaster.
Back to the negotiating table to sort out a proper way forward for both sides.
Who in the Pristina govt has rattled his cage? Either that or he has received a good slap on the hand and been told to get in line with UN and EU thinking.
The internationals at last seem to be recognising that this whole project has been a disaster.
Back to the negotiating table to sort out a proper way forward for both sides.
In his reference to corrupt personalities, Feith no doubt has in mind among others his KLA acquaintance Hash ‘the snake’ Thaci. Even Feith himself must be getting sick, sore and tired of this Kosovo independence circus.
Yes! You are correct Feith because the WEST will have no choice but to encourage Pristina to return to the negotiating table for status talks.
He he that’s why you have to return Kosovo to Serbia so that Serbia will catch these drug traffickers who are distributing drugs in Europe.
This is the first time that Feith in his "mandate" coming out with something which is not bold and brutal support for Kosovo "independence".
What's going on?
Year and something managed to open his eyes and to realize in what major crime nest he was brought to govern?
It looks like that Serbia's principle, legal and proactive diplomacy and dealing with Kosovo case is bringing expected results.
Time is on our side cause it is becoming clear to the World that they cannot support that lawless crime bunch even despite unconditional support of US.
I can't believe what I am hearing. Where's the old Feith gone? Did he fall out of bed in the morning and bang his head? Am I in the twilight zone? O my God I can't believe it? Is this the first brain transplant in history?
I guess that KPS pea shooter gun salute to the KLA finally woke him up, where upon he found that Serbian Secret Service had entered his room in the night and stuck a coffee bean up his nose.
"When I am talking about combating corruption and organized crime, in my concept this means very serious incisive steps, and includes also that personalities who are tainted, who are being investigated, should not be part of the inner circle of power."
For a change, some wise words coming from Feith. Does this mean that finally the criminals within the top level of the Kosovo administration should be sued? This would be a good start!
I thought that Kosovo has already improved its international reputation. Kosovo has gone from a Yugoslavian welfare state to a crime ridden drug store with connections to Afghanistan.
Where are all the albanian trolls to deny this claim of corruption and Kosovo as a transit territory for drugs?
(Mikael C, 9 March 2010, 12:48)
Good question Mikael C... all I can say is, ask and you shall receive... (cue drumroll...)
"Untill yesterday, all pro serb camp on this site where badmouthing him every chance they got. Today, Faith is their MAN!
I am glad that Faith said something just to make serbs like him for a day at least.
(Kosova-USA, 9 March 2010, 12:59)"
their MAN!
I am glad that Faith said something just to make serbs like him for a day at least.
(Kosova-USA, 9 March 2010 12:59)
Maybe Feith had some faith that he would manage to clean the place, but it looks that he came to his sense that it can't be done without a strong warning from the Intl community!!
Your comment is just proving, if necessary, that you are blindly supporting this corruped muppet show, which in return is not helping to improve AT ALL the terrible image that k-a are having abroad which was rightly and strongly pointed out by Feith!
The difference between Serbia and Kosovo is that politicians in Kosovo are behind the smugling themselves. Ask anyone police department in Europe and you will find that a majority of druggsmuglers are albanians. Every country has individuals who smuggle drugs but few governments actually support it directly. Rather than blaming it on others clean up your act and give your people a better reputation, if that is possible.
I think a good acronym for your mate Kosova USA is Usual Suspect Answers.... he trawls this forum waiting for any excuse to vent his racist bravado, from a comfortable home abroad.
As for PRN and others of his / her ilk... I really hope some people in high positions in the west get to read their racist diatribes...
I think a good acronym for your mate Kosova USA is Usual Suspect Answers.... he trawls this forum waiting for any excuse to vent his racist bravado, from a comfortable home abroad.
As for PRN and others of his / her ilk... I really hope some people in high positions in the west get to read their racist diatribes...
PRN - Pozitivne Reči? - Niko
(Colin, 9 March 2010 15:24)
Agreed Colin. PRN is a good example of what an Albanian should not be and it is good that we internationals can see the often hate-filled speech in his/her posts.
Personally, Kosovo-USA takes the cake as far as being an angry person with too much free time on his hands. When you said " Usual Suspect" you nailed it. If I had a dollar for every post that was so immature it was downright hilarious I would be a rich man... Take a look at this gem he posted yesterday:
Of course tensions will subside after an ICJ ruling, as Pristina's authority will be significantly limited further and the United States' argument of Kosovo being a "special case" will most likely lose all merit. While this won't allow Belgrade to completely reabsorb Kosovo in its entirety, it will give Belgrade the political and diplomatic leverage to do what I suspect it's been planning all along: restart negotiations in which more pragmatic solutions that both sides can accept will be heard:
a) Cantonization of municipalities
b) Direct Belgrade control over Serb-dominant municipalities
c) Readjustment of status to "international mandate"
d) Bi-zonal confederation of Albanian government in Pristina and Serb government in Kosovska Mitrovica (functional separation)
I've been hypothesizing lots of possibilities here over the years that try to maximize self-determination by all sides while minimizing any one side encroaching on the other. If Belgrade goes into negotiations with these in mind, I think they'll have a far greater chance of getting what they want.
"I am glad that Faith said something just to make serbs like him for a day at least."
(Kosova-USA)
-- Actually, Feith vacillates repeatedly. It seemed February was his month to suck up to the Albanians, and March is his month to suck up to the Serbs. We remember his involvement in bypassing Pristina to reach a compromised settlement with Belgrade by EULEX. We also remember him unilaterally redrawing the internal administrative lines of Kosovo to give Serbs three more municipalities that everyone knows will just reorganize on their own when Belgrade calls for general elections.
So while we're not crazy about the guy, he does seem to be an equal opportunity offender.
Obviously, he wants to leave his job after the eu snubbed his "integration plan". As soon as he hears that the ICJ will announce its ruling (against the UDI), he will resign and sneak out.
blaming it on others clean up your act and give your people a better reputation, if that is possible.
(Mikael C, 9 March 2010 17:44)
The problem Mikael is that to cure a desease you first have to admit that you have one, which is obviously not the case for most of the k-a nationalists here.
They are all saints living in a pink world looking at it with rosy glasses because they were told to do so..., can we blame them... am not sure...
They were promised all by their sugar daddy and unfortunately things happened in between and at the end,let's be realistic, the US only respects part of their deal for their own interest, when they get what they want, they go further and live the hot potatoe to somebody else!
p2,
As many of the high quality journalism that I have seen and read regarding the drug trafficking issues within Kosovo, it strongly suggests, with a reasonable amount of evidence, that Kosovo's very own 'legitimate' leadership is not only letting it slide but often times in league, and possibly in control. It is not just the copious amounts of heroin, and opium streaming from Afghanistan, but weapons and sex trade as well.
These underground activities are extremely lucrative and as such have visibly rewarded those that are high ranking participants.
With respect to your geographic argument. You are correct that the drugs would likely pass through some of the neighboring countries, but also do not exclude the real and likely possibilities that many of these illicit product is directly brought to Kosovo via plane. Humped across the mountains and eventually to the sea by boat into the rest Europe.
This is not a problem caused by, or of the people of Kosovo. It is a problem of the growing minority (for it is a very lucrative business to be in -- assuming you survive to get to the higher perches) within Kosovo; this lawless, yet backed by authority and pseudo-law group of mercenaries and smugglers is the real problem, the assention of internationally wanted and known criminals, who at one point enjoy their days on the Interpol wanted list for terrorism, are now in control of this government, are in control of the shadows moving and organizing their criminal organizations. It is those people that need to be confronted. As within the USA and UK (who at least has taken the first step), the people of their "democracies" must confront their leaders who have participated in illegal actions, must take these people to the highest courts of the land, and if found guilty to be put away, hung from the gallows, shot at 12 paces (whatever the judge and citizenry deem appropriate for their implications and maintenance of their crimes). However, as long as Kosovo's general population blindly supports their current leader figures then they are implicitly condoning and supporting those actions, and as such are partly to blame.
Just as all of Germany was blamed for Hitler and his (3% of German population) SS, just as all Palestinians (or Israelis -- depending on how you see the story) are responsible for the actions of their few, just as all Serbs were painted with the same brush that their corrupt leadership was, just as the whole world seems Americans as America's government (who has been directly involved in countless deaths of innocents, and the continuing deaths of innocents around the world), as will all Kosovo's Albanian citizens be painted as drug smugglers, sex ring kidnappers, illegal weapons dealers, and general all around bad people (because not one of those paint brushes shines a positive light). It takes the people to stand up to their leaders who are the face of the people. It takes the citizenry, and the collective Kosovo Albanian population to not support a person simply because of blind nationalistic emotions, but rather because of sound political, and beneficial means of legal and ethical prosperity and well being. These are not the promises that many Kosovo Albanian citizen is hanging on to, but rather the simplistic emotional sensations of nationalism and false brotherhood. My brother is not a man that is born in my country, but rather he must be a man that respects me and treats me with dignity. Such brothers are found across all elasticities, all nations, all cities, towns and streets. Brother by skin, religion, race, history is not always he brother that is looking for your welfare, but can be the brother that is trying to elevate himself on your back.
Untill yesterday, all pro serb camp on this site where badmouthing him every chance they got. Today, Faith is their MAN!
I am glad that Faith said something just to make serbs like him for a day at least.
“According to a U.S. State Department report released last week, drug traffickers use Kosovo as a transit route to Europe for drugs from Afghanistan, with some police and customs officers involved in corruption.”
Unfortunately there is crime in Kosova just as there is crime in Serbia, Macedonia and every other Balkan state, and its obvious that the crime should be taken care of with fierce actions, and these alleged police and customs officers should immediately be imprisoned for life and be impeached because they are working against of whats best for the people and the state of Kosovo. Im so tired of these useless criminals.
What I don’t understand though is why Kosova is being targeted and it almost sounds like Kosova is the only responsible state where drugs flow, I think that all of you are aware of this simple fact that Kosova is surrounded by Serbia, Albania and Montenegro, and if the drugs are coming from Afghanistan then its more likely that they come to Kosova though Bulgaria /Serbia and or Macedonia, and for these drugs to make it to the heart of Europe then there are still some more countries like Montenegro Croatia Serbia there are probably many possible routes that these drugs have to pass, so Kosova is not responsible for this alone, to solve this problem, firstly you have to stop accusing Kosova as being the single responsible factor and secondly make joint efforts to stop these useless criminals.
Do you believe that drug dealers of different etnicities all stand at their respective border and hands it over to a trafficking group belonging to the local etnicity on the other side? Because that's what your speculation suggests. Yes there are drugs everywhere but the fact that Kosovo "officials" have been singled out as particularly troublesome can not be so easily ignored and it certainly can't be blamed on adjacent countries just because they happend to be there. It doesn't matter what route the drugs take per se, it's about who is reaponsible. Feith's comment is valid because of who's involved, in this case government officials!
Where are all the albanian trolls to deny this claim of corruption and Kosovo as a transit territory for drugs?
(Mikael C, 9 March 2010 12:48)
Mikael C
There is no denial of this from anyone, but B92 has mentioned this State Department report in more details earlier and report states that Serbia is used for drug transit too. What really disappoints me from you guys is not your stance about Kosovo, but using any kind of negativity while you seem not to have a clue for albanian hospitality.
Where are all the albanian trolls to deny this claim of corruption and Kosovo as a transit territory for drugs?
(Mikael C, 9 March 2010 12:48)
Where are all the Serbian trolls to deny this claim of corruption and Serbia as a transit territory for drugs?
What’s the problem B92, I thought that you were unbiased, so its ok for a serb to refer to me as a troll, but its not ok for me to refer to a serb as a troll, ha how surprising.
If kosovo is located on the drug trafficking route then why isn't this drug caught before reaching Kosovo ? in Bulgaria? in Serbia ? or in Macedonia ?
Let me guess, lol, perhaps because bulgarian and serbian customs are the most corrupted ever seen in the Region and let the drug pass to Kosovo after being paid 5€...
And as to international image...please don't give albanian such an easy opportunity...serbian image is quite correctly to be deduced in history books of every european pupils...
well it seems some of the writing on the wall is being read finally!! this part of the balkans is unlike what he is use to dealing with ..the problem with PR and propaganda is if its not rooted in truth its a short lived phenomeno...ohhh wait and see what else will soon come to the forefront!!
don't forget taht we have international police for 10years now in kosovo and that THEY were in charge of border controlling up to now!So is THis sir saying that his police DID set up a tarrfic route throught Kosovo?
Untill yesterday, all pro serb camp on this site where badmouthing him every chance they got. Today, Faith is their MAN!
I am glad that Faith said something just to make serbs like him for a day at least.
If kosovo is located on the drug trafficking route then why isn't this drug caught before reaching Kosovo ? in Bulgaria? in Serbia ? or in Macedonia ?
Let me guess, lol, perhaps because bulgarian and serbian customs are the most corrupted ever seen in the Region and let the drug pass to Kosovo after being paid 5€...
And as to international image...please don't give albanian such an easy opportunity...serbian image is quite correctly to be deduced in history books of every european pupils...
Where are all the albanian trolls to deny this claim of corruption and Kosovo as a transit territory for drugs?
(Mikael C, 9 March 2010 12:48)
Where are all the Serbian trolls to deny this claim of corruption and Serbia as a transit territory for drugs?
What’s the problem B92, I thought that you were unbiased, so its ok for a serb to refer to me as a troll, but its not ok for me to refer to a serb as a troll, ha how surprising.
“According to a U.S. State Department report released last week, drug traffickers use Kosovo as a transit route to Europe for drugs from Afghanistan, with some police and customs officers involved in corruption.”
Unfortunately there is crime in Kosova just as there is crime in Serbia, Macedonia and every other Balkan state, and its obvious that the crime should be taken care of with fierce actions, and these alleged police and customs officers should immediately be imprisoned for life and be impeached because they are working against of whats best for the people and the state of Kosovo. Im so tired of these useless criminals.
What I don’t understand though is why Kosova is being targeted and it almost sounds like Kosova is the only responsible state where drugs flow, I think that all of you are aware of this simple fact that Kosova is surrounded by Serbia, Albania and Montenegro, and if the drugs are coming from Afghanistan then its more likely that they come to Kosova though Bulgaria /Serbia and or Macedonia, and for these drugs to make it to the heart of Europe then there are still some more countries like Montenegro Croatia Serbia there are probably many possible routes that these drugs have to pass, so Kosova is not responsible for this alone, to solve this problem, firstly you have to stop accusing Kosova as being the single responsible factor and secondly make joint efforts to stop these useless criminals.
Where are all the albanian trolls to deny this claim of corruption and Kosovo as a transit territory for drugs?
(Mikael C, 9 March 2010, 12:48)
Good question Mikael C... all I can say is, ask and you shall receive... (cue drumroll...)
"Untill yesterday, all pro serb camp on this site where badmouthing him every chance they got. Today, Faith is their MAN!
I am glad that Faith said something just to make serbs like him for a day at least.
(Kosova-USA, 9 March 2010, 12:59)"
Where are all the albanian trolls to deny this claim of corruption and Kosovo as a transit territory for drugs?
(Mikael C, 9 March 2010 12:48)
Mikael C
There is no denial of this from anyone, but B92 has mentioned this State Department report in more details earlier and report states that Serbia is used for drug transit too. What really disappoints me from you guys is not your stance about Kosovo, but using any kind of negativity while you seem not to have a clue for albanian hospitality.
Who in the Pristina govt has rattled his cage? Either that or he has received a good slap on the hand and been told to get in line with UN and EU thinking.
The internationals at last seem to be recognising that this whole project has been a disaster.
Back to the negotiating table to sort out a proper way forward for both sides.
Yes! You are correct Feith because the WEST will have no choice but to encourage Pristina to return to the negotiating table for status talks.
He he that’s why you have to return Kosovo to Serbia so that Serbia will catch these drug traffickers who are distributing drugs in Europe.
In his reference to corrupt personalities, Feith no doubt has in mind among others his KLA acquaintance Hash ‘the snake’ Thaci. Even Feith himself must be getting sick, sore and tired of this Kosovo independence circus.
their MAN!
I am glad that Faith said something just to make serbs like him for a day at least.
(Kosova-USA, 9 March 2010 12:59)
Maybe Feith had some faith that he would manage to clean the place, but it looks that he came to his sense that it can't be done without a strong warning from the Intl community!!
Your comment is just proving, if necessary, that you are blindly supporting this corruped muppet show, which in return is not helping to improve AT ALL the terrible image that k-a are having abroad which was rightly and strongly pointed out by Feith!
I thought that Kosovo has already improved its international reputation. Kosovo has gone from a Yugoslavian welfare state to a crime ridden drug store with connections to Afghanistan.
This is the first time that Feith in his "mandate" coming out with something which is not bold and brutal support for Kosovo "independence".
What's going on?
Year and something managed to open his eyes and to realize in what major crime nest he was brought to govern?
It looks like that Serbia's principle, legal and proactive diplomacy and dealing with Kosovo case is bringing expected results.
Time is on our side cause it is becoming clear to the World that they cannot support that lawless crime bunch even despite unconditional support of US.
I can't believe what I am hearing. Where's the old Feith gone? Did he fall out of bed in the morning and bang his head? Am I in the twilight zone? O my God I can't believe it? Is this the first brain transplant in history?
I guess that KPS pea shooter gun salute to the KLA finally woke him up, where upon he found that Serbian Secret Service had entered his room in the night and stuck a coffee bean up his nose.
I think a good acronym for your mate Kosova USA is Usual Suspect Answers.... he trawls this forum waiting for any excuse to vent his racist bravado, from a comfortable home abroad.
As for PRN and others of his / her ilk... I really hope some people in high positions in the west get to read their racist diatribes...
Do you believe that drug dealers of different etnicities all stand at their respective border and hands it over to a trafficking group belonging to the local etnicity on the other side? Because that's what your speculation suggests. Yes there are drugs everywhere but the fact that Kosovo "officials" have been singled out as particularly troublesome can not be so easily ignored and it certainly can't be blamed on adjacent countries just because they happend to be there. It doesn't matter what route the drugs take per se, it's about who is reaponsible. Feith's comment is valid because of who's involved, in this case government officials!
"When I am talking about combating corruption and organized crime, in my concept this means very serious incisive steps, and includes also that personalities who are tainted, who are being investigated, should not be part of the inner circle of power."
For a change, some wise words coming from Feith. Does this mean that finally the criminals within the top level of the Kosovo administration should be sued? This would be a good start!
I think a good acronym for your mate Kosova USA is Usual Suspect Answers.... he trawls this forum waiting for any excuse to vent his racist bravado, from a comfortable home abroad.
As for PRN and others of his / her ilk... I really hope some people in high positions in the west get to read their racist diatribes...
PRN - Pozitivne Reči? - Niko
(Colin, 9 March 2010 15:24)
Agreed Colin. PRN is a good example of what an Albanian should not be and it is good that we internationals can see the often hate-filled speech in his/her posts.
Personally, Kosovo-USA takes the cake as far as being an angry person with too much free time on his hands. When you said " Usual Suspect" you nailed it. If I had a dollar for every post that was so immature it was downright hilarious I would be a rich man... Take a look at this gem he posted yesterday:
Obviously, he wants to leave his job after the eu snubbed his "integration plan". As soon as he hears that the ICJ will announce its ruling (against the UDI), he will resign and sneak out.
The difference between Serbia and Kosovo is that politicians in Kosovo are behind the smugling themselves. Ask anyone police department in Europe and you will find that a majority of druggsmuglers are albanians. Every country has individuals who smuggle drugs but few governments actually support it directly. Rather than blaming it on others clean up your act and give your people a better reputation, if that is possible.
Of course tensions will subside after an ICJ ruling, as Pristina's authority will be significantly limited further and the United States' argument of Kosovo being a "special case" will most likely lose all merit. While this won't allow Belgrade to completely reabsorb Kosovo in its entirety, it will give Belgrade the political and diplomatic leverage to do what I suspect it's been planning all along: restart negotiations in which more pragmatic solutions that both sides can accept will be heard:
a) Cantonization of municipalities
b) Direct Belgrade control over Serb-dominant municipalities
c) Readjustment of status to "international mandate"
d) Bi-zonal confederation of Albanian government in Pristina and Serb government in Kosovska Mitrovica (functional separation)
I've been hypothesizing lots of possibilities here over the years that try to maximize self-determination by all sides while minimizing any one side encroaching on the other. If Belgrade goes into negotiations with these in mind, I think they'll have a far greater chance of getting what they want.
"I am glad that Faith said something just to make serbs like him for a day at least."
(Kosova-USA)
-- Actually, Feith vacillates repeatedly. It seemed February was his month to suck up to the Albanians, and March is his month to suck up to the Serbs. We remember his involvement in bypassing Pristina to reach a compromised settlement with Belgrade by EULEX. We also remember him unilaterally redrawing the internal administrative lines of Kosovo to give Serbs three more municipalities that everyone knows will just reorganize on their own when Belgrade calls for general elections.
So while we're not crazy about the guy, he does seem to be an equal opportunity offender.
blaming it on others clean up your act and give your people a better reputation, if that is possible.
(Mikael C, 9 March 2010 17:44)
The problem Mikael is that to cure a desease you first have to admit that you have one, which is obviously not the case for most of the k-a nationalists here.
They are all saints living in a pink world looking at it with rosy glasses because they were told to do so..., can we blame them... am not sure...
They were promised all by their sugar daddy and unfortunately things happened in between and at the end,let's be realistic, the US only respects part of their deal for their own interest, when they get what they want, they go further and live the hot potatoe to somebody else!
p2,
As many of the high quality journalism that I have seen and read regarding the drug trafficking issues within Kosovo, it strongly suggests, with a reasonable amount of evidence, that Kosovo's very own 'legitimate' leadership is not only letting it slide but often times in league, and possibly in control. It is not just the copious amounts of heroin, and opium streaming from Afghanistan, but weapons and sex trade as well.
These underground activities are extremely lucrative and as such have visibly rewarded those that are high ranking participants.
With respect to your geographic argument. You are correct that the drugs would likely pass through some of the neighboring countries, but also do not exclude the real and likely possibilities that many of these illicit product is directly brought to Kosovo via plane. Humped across the mountains and eventually to the sea by boat into the rest Europe.
This is not a problem caused by, or of the people of Kosovo. It is a problem of the growing minority (for it is a very lucrative business to be in -- assuming you survive to get to the higher perches) within Kosovo; this lawless, yet backed by authority and pseudo-law group of mercenaries and smugglers is the real problem, the assention of internationally wanted and known criminals, who at one point enjoy their days on the Interpol wanted list for terrorism, are now in control of this government, are in control of the shadows moving and organizing their criminal organizations. It is those people that need to be confronted. As within the USA and UK (who at least has taken the first step), the people of their "democracies" must confront their leaders who have participated in illegal actions, must take these people to the highest courts of the land, and if found guilty to be put away, hung from the gallows, shot at 12 paces (whatever the judge and citizenry deem appropriate for their implications and maintenance of their crimes). However, as long as Kosovo's general population blindly supports their current leader figures then they are implicitly condoning and supporting those actions, and as such are partly to blame.
Just as all of Germany was blamed for Hitler and his (3% of German population) SS, just as all Palestinians (or Israelis -- depending on how you see the story) are responsible for the actions of their few, just as all Serbs were painted with the same brush that their corrupt leadership was, just as the whole world seems Americans as America's government (who has been directly involved in countless deaths of innocents, and the continuing deaths of innocents around the world), as will all Kosovo's Albanian citizens be painted as drug smugglers, sex ring kidnappers, illegal weapons dealers, and general all around bad people (because not one of those paint brushes shines a positive light). It takes the people to stand up to their leaders who are the face of the people. It takes the citizenry, and the collective Kosovo Albanian population to not support a person simply because of blind nationalistic emotions, but rather because of sound political, and beneficial means of legal and ethical prosperity and well being. These are not the promises that many Kosovo Albanian citizen is hanging on to, but rather the simplistic emotional sensations of nationalism and false brotherhood. My brother is not a man that is born in my country, but rather he must be a man that respects me and treats me with dignity. Such brothers are found across all elasticities, all nations, all cities, towns and streets. Brother by skin, religion, race, history is not always he brother that is looking for your welfare, but can be the brother that is trying to elevate himself on your back.
don't forget taht we have international police for 10years now in kosovo and that THEY were in charge of border controlling up to now!So is THis sir saying that his police DID set up a tarrfic route throught Kosovo?
well it seems some of the writing on the wall is being read finally!! this part of the balkans is unlike what he is use to dealing with ..the problem with PR and propaganda is if its not rooted in truth its a short lived phenomeno...ohhh wait and see what else will soon come to the forefront!!
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