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Friday, 17.12.2010.

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Media see "Kosovo, state of horror"

World media have given a lot of attention to <a href="http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=12&dd=16&nav_id=71547" class="text-link" target= "_blank">adoption of CoE investigator Dick Marty’s report</a> on human organ trade in Kosovo.

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Nenad

pre 13 godina

Peggy,

In my view, it's hardly necessary to talk about only Kosovo, as the same regime (Milosevic) was broadly accused of driving one huge campaign against non-Serbs across Yugoslavia. You, I'm sure, think that there is no truth to any of that, and that's fine. You're hardly alone in thinking the Serbs to be "good guys". However, your viewpoint does nothing to change what the majority of the world believes (and you would surely deny the common worldview of Serb culpablility, too, and that's also fine).

If you'd prefer to strictly discuss Kosovo, I'm pretty certain we'd have no trouble tallying up as many or more Albanian civilians murdered at the hands of Serbs. And just because their organs weren't harvested doesn't make those atrocities any less evil.

Similarly, the fact that the victims slaughtered at Srebrenica were primarily men, some of whom possibly combatants, doesn't excuse the crime. I think you need to read up on the Geneva conventions. Again, not to get into numbers, but I think they've already found the remains of at least 5,000 or 6,000 men and boys. Whether 6,000 or 8,000, that's hugely atrocious.

But I'm sure I'm wasting my time here.

Hans

pre 13 godina

Only be patient...this fairy tale will be over in 2-3 days time as, of course, Marty is and will be enable to provide the slightest evidence...other than 2 pages of Carla's book.

Who does nowadays cares about what he said about alleged CIA flights and detention facilities ? Nobody, perhaps because, even in 2006, he did not provide any evidence: all EU-States have denied his allegations and he was never able to prove anything. Only the fact that CIA didn't even considered it necessary to respond to him make it possible for its fairy tale to survive a few days...

And when all this mess is over (tomorrow or one day later), we'll all gather for Christmas and wish each other a Nice Year 2011.

Peggy

pre 13 godina

Peggy,

Not to get into numbers, but 500 Kosovo Serbs compared to 8,000 Bosnian Muslims?
It's terrible what happened to these Serbs (assuming there is truth to all of this), but it's not like the Serbs were "good guys" in the Balkan conflicts.
(Nenad, 18 December 2010 18:18)
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Why are you comparing apples with oranges?
8000 Muslims (debatable and how many were combatants)? They say Muslim males but no females. Why? Could it be that the non combatants like females were put on buses and allowed to leave while the males who engaged in war were killed?
Since when is it genocide to kill combatants?
Unlike Oric, who boasted about killing Serbs (civilians). How many thousands of Serbs perished in Bosnia and Croatia?
When you present numbers don't compare 500 Serbs who were butchered for their organs (nothing compares to this evil) and pretend there was no more Serbs who perished in Kosovo to Bosnian Muslims where also thousands of Serbs were killed.

Don't forget that non all non Serbs were killed by Serbs. How many Muslims killed their own and how many Muslims were killed by Croatians? How convenient to forget that.
When you present an argument, please make sure that were are talking about the same region at least.

johny

pre 13 godina

The ball is rolling, have some patience, the truth will come out eventually. Court proceedings witll follow. And the times of the "hero" Thaci will be over.
(Top, 18 December 2010 10:54)

Day 4. Serbia refused to indict Thaci even though it claims to have solid proof.
Day 4 still no evidence whatsoever.

Nenad

pre 13 godina

Peggy,

Not to get into numbers, but 500 Kosovo Serbs compared to 8,000 Bosnian Muslims?
It's terrible what happened to these Serbs (assuming there is truth to all of this), but it's not like the Serbs were "good guys" in the Balkan conflicts.

Nenad

pre 13 godina

SJ - talk to me when the Serbs actually have sovereignty over KiM again. Much would need to be reversed for that to happen and in my humble opinion, the pendulum has swung too far in the direction of independence. The weakening of America isn't going to be enough for Serbs to take Kosovo back. The best that can be hoped for is partition.

Top

pre 13 godina

Day 3; where is your evidence Dick?
Day 3; where is the investigation?
(johny, 17 December 2010 21:58)

The ball is rolling, have some patience, the truth will come out eventually. Court proceedings witll follow. And the times of the "hero" Thaci will be over.

roberto

pre 13 godina

--“HAHAHAHA looks like Serbia won the shootout at the end of the match..."

So this is what we're talking about.

first, the hate fest(ongoing),vicious, campaign(s) mainly ag. ethnic albanians. not just now, not just over the last few months, but the last few decades! it pours out in an orgy of intense hatred every few months, and now is in full swing again.

#2 -- ongoing campaign of slander and personal attacks ag. dissidents (to this site). ALways facilitated by our very dear frnds here. and the silencing of the blgd dissident intellectuals, as always.

#3 -- the most horrible, ghoulish accusations, by the white witch (that was her nickname in serbia, remember? del ponte was the white witch, lovely mira the red witch; now they're both magically rehabilitated...), and now by marty. truth? lies? partial truths? politically motivated (of course) and then the whole thing treated like a soccer (football) game. we're winning the match! watch us smash em! we'll destroy the fake state, take back kosmet, "liberate" kosovo and metoheje, bla bla bla. so it really has nothing to do with this specific situation, w/thaci, w some of the kla -- this is just being used to promote war and torture onto kosova again. same old agenda, slightly different tactic. get it?


thanks.

roberto
frisco

sj

pre 13 godina

(Nenad, 17 December 2010 17:57)

Here is some news for you this is not the 1990s and the world is changing at a dramatic pace with the US no longer a real superpower, but a former shell of its former self. Let me put this to you; the Albanians had better negotiate within the framework that Serbia offers now and that is autonomy because in 2 years time there will be nothing on the table to offer them and they will take it.
If you think that NATO will help or perhaps the US. This is what children in the US answered when asked what present would they like for Christmas? Plain cloths not toys nor computer games.

justhetruth

pre 13 godina

I don't know about that Kosovo is being seen as Horror state. yes I do read about allegation but they are not stupid accusing something with out being proved by court of justice, where's are picture video recording's as Kosovo.Bosnia.and Croatia have it against Serbs and Serbia. those are proves even you don't have to talk those proves talk the story for themselves but I'm very confident we will here in January that allegation after carefully investigated it will drop and people don't forget OSCE,EULEX AND UN nation investigated that couldn't find nothing.

Peggy

pre 13 godina

This is why this report is nothing, for now everyone is ignoring EULEX that said the opposite, even B92. You need proof (EULEX and UN found NOTHING) not just a novel by Del Ponte. It might even do good for Kosovo, by removing the ruling class and clearing corruption.
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Wrong. The UN did find proof but according to Carla they destroyed it. I am just so very happy that they didn't manage to get rid of everything and Mr. Marty was clever enough to find more.

Heads will roll in high places because of this cover up. No doubt Carla will want to help as this only strengthens her credibility. She is not going to sit on the sidelines and only hope that enough comes out as she will be made to look very silly if this doesn't happen. She knows very well where the skeletons are buried.

The Swiss

pre 13 godina

Day 3; where is your evidence Dick?
Day 3; where is the investigation?
(johny, 17 December 2010 21:58)

Day 4, where is day 3..

Peggy

pre 13 godina

But even if proven true, could such an atrocity evoke enough sympathy from the rest of the world that all the alleged Serbian crimes in the 90s wars would be dismissed?
(Nenad, 17 December 2010 17:57)
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No, if the crimes were all true and could be proven but the rest of the world will start to doubt everything they have read so far about what happened.
This is enough to gain public sympathy. Because they won't be able to believe what they were reading they will treat it as propaganda that it was and see who the bad and who the good guys were.

peggy

pre 13 godina

# Day 3; where is your evidence Dick?
Day 3; where is the investigation?
(johny, 17 December 2010 21:58)
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Patience. Why are you in a hurry? It's coming.

The whole world is taking this seriously and yet here you are writing multiple posts on every headline denying all.
What's wrong with you man? Do you really want to make a goose of yourself all the time?
Seems you are a bunch of your Albanian brothers are the only ones who are denying it all while the whole world gives it credibility mainly because of who is saying it.
Marty has a very good reputation. He did not get that by spreading rumours. Think about it for a while.

luciano

pre 13 godina

The CIA and FBI have known for a long time what a monster Thaci and his gang are but these agencies do not set policy.As the Wikileaks cables reveal it is a very select few of politicians/diplomats/oppurtunists in the US government who dictate things and there are no greater oppurtunists/whores than the Clintons.The majority of Americans do not know or care where Kosovo or Serbia are and why should they?Lindsay Lohan and Brittney Spears are much more interesting soap operas to tune in to.

Endri

pre 13 godina

“HAHAHAHA looks like Serbia won the shootout at the end of the match. If switzerland wants to absolve itself of its heavy responsibility, there is no better way than to withdraw its recognition of kosovo and apologize to Serbia. The added benefit to that is the next time the usa wants switzerland to join it in another middle eastern war adventure, switzerland can reference kosovo and tell the us to go "walk a mile under a camel".”

First this is not the end of the match but the start. Well if you want to give pleasure to yourself that is something else which apparently many Serbs do.

Second I haven’t heard yet any news about Switzerland withdrawing Kosovo recognition. Neither any plan to do so soon. Or probably you know something more from Dick Marty!!!

Third could you just tell us in which war has Switzerland participated and how the US would possibly ask for help from a country that has never seen war in last 2 centuries! Sorry man but Switzerland is not in the centre of the world even not geographically :)

The Swiss

pre 13 godina

http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/90e9bd58-095c-11e0-9fde-91ffa1ed09fd/Tout_le_monde_au_Kosovo_sait_ce_qui_sest_passé._Par_peur_ils_se_taisent

the article of le Temps and particularly this:

"– Comment expliquez-vous que cela ait pris tant d’années pour établir les faits?

– Tous les faits étaient largement connus par la plupart des Etats. De nombreux rapports des services de renseignement – allemands, britanniques, italiens, grecs – et des rapports du FBI sur les activités criminelles de la bande de Thaçi ont été adressés aux différents ministères des Affaires étrangères. Mais ils ont opté pour l’opportunité politique. Ce qu’il y a de nouveau aujourd’hui, c’est que quelqu’un les ait rendus publics.

– Pensez-vous que la Suisse a participé à cette opportunité politique?

– Je crois savoir que Monsieur Thaçi a été, pendant une période, persona non grata en Suisse. Berne savait donc qu’il y avait des problèmes. Car je ne pense pas qu’on inflige des interdictions d’entrée à des personnes parfaitement honorables. "

Short translation:

How do you explain that it took so many years to come with facts?

All the fact were very well know by most of the states. A lot of report from the german, british, italian and grecs secret services and FBI were addressed to the respective ministry for foreign affairs on the criminal activities of Mr Thaci and his gang.
However the political option was choosen. What is today new, is that somebody published it.

Do your think that Switzerland participate at this political otion?

If am well informed Mr Thaci was for a period of time a person non grata in Switzerland, Bern knew that there were problems. I don't think that you forbid honest people to enter...

Basically in the article he states that people do not want to talk for fear of being liquidated like it happens with all witnesses (9) during Haradinaj process.

The Swiss

pre 13 godina

http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/ac7cd822-09fa-11e0-9a18-0c91fb2eeb3a/Micheline_Calmy-Rey_repousse_la_remise_dun_prix

Our foreign minister refusing the kosovo Diaspora price after the report came out... she however the one that pushed the kosovo indepence thru the back door of our parlamient, now she has all the reason the get nervous..., better late than never...

The Swiss

pre 13 godina

What is the nationality of Dick Marty... just wonder, maybe Thaçi has the account in the bank around the corner where Dick Marty lives?
(Eidgenossenschaftlicher Igel, 17 December 2010 17:39)

hahahaha, no need to play with k-usa, he is shooting auto goals all the time...

JohnBoy

pre 13 godina

HAHAHAHA looks like Serbia won the shootout at the end of the match. If switzerland wants to absolve itself of its heavy responsibility, there is no better way than to withdraw its recognition of kosovo and apologize to Serbia. The added benefit to that is the next time the usa wants switzerland to join it in another middle eastern war adventure, switzerland can reference kosovo and tell the us to go "walk a mile under a camel".

Nikola

pre 13 godina

This article is correct. Except however, Kosovo is in a literal state of horror. It is by no means a state.

Anyway, if the occupiers in Belgrade took actual Serb interest to heart, calling for the conclusion of this occupation of our southern province would be the next step.

This in fact is a green light to officially dispose of these people. However Tadic said despite all this "we are ready to talk to thaci".

Embarrassing.

Before we can do away with the non Serbian occupiers of our southern province, the ones in Belgrade that are occupying our country must face the same fate first!


Nema Predaje

Eidgenossenschaftlicher Igel

pre 13 godina

hm,I wonder if Marty is going to Rusia to check his bank account, and make sure the money promised is deposited to to the fullest?
(Kosova-USA, 17 December 2010 15:04)

That was a sharp shot backwards and your goalkeeper was asleep, 0:1

What is the nationality of Dick Marty... just wonder, maybe Thaçi has the account in the bank around the corner where Dick Marty lives?

Staff

pre 13 godina

A french diplomat stated yesterday in Brussels; "Kosovo, up like a star and down like a pancake"
It seems like the table has finally turned. 1. Dick Marty, who is extremely skilled and never leave anything aside, would never have published this with a whole bunch of experts beside him if he was not 100% sure. Everybody in Brussels are in shock today and at a dinner yesterday it was stated by diplomats from 3 nordic countries plus Portugal and Poland that "if 10% of this is true, we will redraw our recognitions of Kosovo".
2. Thaci´s accounts have already been checked. We will see what Kosovos citizens say when those figures comes out.
3. Eulex raided customs and arrested Naim Huruglica and Lulzim Rafuna. Both of them are suspected to have benefited illegally through a decision at the time of the raise of tax of cigarettes. Very nice officials Kosovo has !
4. ICTY has decided to annul decision to temporarily release the AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj after the prosecution appealed the decision. This time he is going down. No more killing of the people who are going to testify.

Has the table turned? Judge by yourself and tell me, does anyone who is healthy think that Kosovo will be a country some day or it will continue to be a southern Serbian province? Like the old, old saying goes; "Never count someone out before he is down".

Top

pre 13 godina

"The London-based daily dedicated one of its editorials entitled “The state of horror” to Kosovo, pointing out that the Kosovo PM was accused of heroin and human organ trafficking."

Totally WRONG! Kosovo is not a state of horror - because it's not even a state :-)

Mike

pre 13 godina

I love the fact that the majority of the Albanian cyber-intelligentsia around here can only claim Marty is some kind of Russian-paid stooge. If all 47 members of the Council of Europe adopted the report, and if a majority of Western media outlets are now referring to Kosovo as Europe's crotch-pit, I must say the Russian mafia and the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Art are a lot more powerful and internationally influential than I originally gave them credit for. At this rate, the Serbo-Russian-Orthodox-Chetnik lobbyists can basically get anything they want.

Nenad

pre 13 godina

Maybe it's all true and Thaci was involved -- I wouldn't be surprised. I've read about torture victims in BiH and Croatia whose ears were torn off, tongues ripped out, etc. Viewed in this context, what's to stop a war criminal from removing a different body part -- and for lots of profit?

As I read the stories and comments on this web site, I definitely get the sense that Serbs greet this report with a strong sense of victory, perhaps even believing that it could very well provide them with sufficient ammunition in their struggle to regain control of Kosovo. But even if proven true, could such an atrocity evoke enough sympathy from the rest of the world that all the alleged Serbian crimes in the 90s wars would be dismissed?

bader

pre 13 godina

Kosova-USA:

Forgive me if I'm mistaken but I'm sure I've read you slander Serbia because of what you believe is propaganda. Am I correct so far or do you not believe there has been propaganda from Serbia?
Anyways back to my point, do you know something we don't? I'm assuming you're speculating because I find it very hard to believe that you somehow know something about Russia's relationship with Marty that noone else knows.
What you're doing then is presenting obvious speculation as fact and that is nothing short of propaganda itself. Or perhaps it's not as bad if you do it yourself?

Kujto

pre 13 godina

"The news: it recently exposed the Kosovo-news to full extent, not even questioning a single thing of what Dick Marty reported. Everything regardless is there evidence or not was served as a proven fact in last few days. "
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This is why this report is nothing, for now everyone is ignoring EULEX that said the opposite, even B92. You need proof (EULEX and UN found NOTHING) not just a novel by Del Ponte. It might even do good for Kosovo, by removing the ruling class and clearing corruption.

Serbia is trying to gain points on the 'talks' but that's stupid, everything is already decided by USA, UK, Germany and France. Geopolitics don't change based on a baseless accusation, strategy might.

Thaci and others specifically named have decided to sue Dick and the Guardian. Now, they must prove their allegation or face reputational and financial ruin. Isn't that the fair way, as suppose to just doing the Balkan way?

If I accuse someone of organ trading in the front of the entire world, shouldn't I have some evidence? US media has been the fairest so far, both sides of the argument, not just "Dick said...." CNN even said, 'pressed for evidence he provided none'

BLERO

pre 13 godina

Politics ! When you lerarn politics than you can talk about. Americans and Albanians are not stupit. They push you Srbs and Russians to pay a lots of money to Dick Marti to report this News all over the world .And then when investigation proove that it is not tru and you will lose the battle again , you will have no moral to talk politics again for 100 years.It is set up for you that do not understand politics.

Kosova-USA

pre 13 godina

and that Russia would take a stand on Marty’s report after his visit to Moscow next week

hm,I wonder if Marty is going to Rusia to check his bank account, and make sure the money promised is deposited to to the fullest?

ZMAJ

pre 13 godina

Wait a moment!

What about US and NATO role in all of this?

Is there anyone so stupid not to believe that there was no involvement of the US and NATO forces.

Knowing about crimes and being present without to react IS involvement.

Je¿ wêgierski

pre 13 godina

The barometer of "World's Most Powerful" and the champion of spinelessness is the Hungarian media. Always the first to kiss the largest asset.

The news: it recently exposed the Kosovo-news to full extent, not even questioning a single thing of what Dick Marty reported. Everything regardless is there evidence or not was served as a proven fact in last few days.

Same media which was not long ago busy to paint Kosovo as the newest democracy in Europe.

This points to one thing: the barometer sensed the change of climate and planted it's tongue in a different place.

ZMAJ

pre 13 godina

Wait a moment!

What about US and NATO role in all of this?

Is there anyone so stupid not to believe that there was no involvement of the US and NATO forces.

Knowing about crimes and being present without to react IS involvement.

Je¿ wêgierski

pre 13 godina

The barometer of "World's Most Powerful" and the champion of spinelessness is the Hungarian media. Always the first to kiss the largest asset.

The news: it recently exposed the Kosovo-news to full extent, not even questioning a single thing of what Dick Marty reported. Everything regardless is there evidence or not was served as a proven fact in last few days.

Same media which was not long ago busy to paint Kosovo as the newest democracy in Europe.

This points to one thing: the barometer sensed the change of climate and planted it's tongue in a different place.

Staff

pre 13 godina

A french diplomat stated yesterday in Brussels; "Kosovo, up like a star and down like a pancake"
It seems like the table has finally turned. 1. Dick Marty, who is extremely skilled and never leave anything aside, would never have published this with a whole bunch of experts beside him if he was not 100% sure. Everybody in Brussels are in shock today and at a dinner yesterday it was stated by diplomats from 3 nordic countries plus Portugal and Poland that "if 10% of this is true, we will redraw our recognitions of Kosovo".
2. Thaci´s accounts have already been checked. We will see what Kosovos citizens say when those figures comes out.
3. Eulex raided customs and arrested Naim Huruglica and Lulzim Rafuna. Both of them are suspected to have benefited illegally through a decision at the time of the raise of tax of cigarettes. Very nice officials Kosovo has !
4. ICTY has decided to annul decision to temporarily release the AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj after the prosecution appealed the decision. This time he is going down. No more killing of the people who are going to testify.

Has the table turned? Judge by yourself and tell me, does anyone who is healthy think that Kosovo will be a country some day or it will continue to be a southern Serbian province? Like the old, old saying goes; "Never count someone out before he is down".

Mike

pre 13 godina

I love the fact that the majority of the Albanian cyber-intelligentsia around here can only claim Marty is some kind of Russian-paid stooge. If all 47 members of the Council of Europe adopted the report, and if a majority of Western media outlets are now referring to Kosovo as Europe's crotch-pit, I must say the Russian mafia and the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Art are a lot more powerful and internationally influential than I originally gave them credit for. At this rate, the Serbo-Russian-Orthodox-Chetnik lobbyists can basically get anything they want.

Top

pre 13 godina

"The London-based daily dedicated one of its editorials entitled “The state of horror” to Kosovo, pointing out that the Kosovo PM was accused of heroin and human organ trafficking."

Totally WRONG! Kosovo is not a state of horror - because it's not even a state :-)

The Swiss

pre 13 godina

http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/ac7cd822-09fa-11e0-9a18-0c91fb2eeb3a/Micheline_Calmy-Rey_repousse_la_remise_dun_prix

Our foreign minister refusing the kosovo Diaspora price after the report came out... she however the one that pushed the kosovo indepence thru the back door of our parlamient, now she has all the reason the get nervous..., better late than never...

The Swiss

pre 13 godina

http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/90e9bd58-095c-11e0-9fde-91ffa1ed09fd/Tout_le_monde_au_Kosovo_sait_ce_qui_sest_passé._Par_peur_ils_se_taisent

the article of le Temps and particularly this:

"– Comment expliquez-vous que cela ait pris tant d’années pour établir les faits?

– Tous les faits étaient largement connus par la plupart des Etats. De nombreux rapports des services de renseignement – allemands, britanniques, italiens, grecs – et des rapports du FBI sur les activités criminelles de la bande de Thaçi ont été adressés aux différents ministères des Affaires étrangères. Mais ils ont opté pour l’opportunité politique. Ce qu’il y a de nouveau aujourd’hui, c’est que quelqu’un les ait rendus publics.

– Pensez-vous que la Suisse a participé à cette opportunité politique?

– Je crois savoir que Monsieur Thaçi a été, pendant une période, persona non grata en Suisse. Berne savait donc qu’il y avait des problèmes. Car je ne pense pas qu’on inflige des interdictions d’entrée à des personnes parfaitement honorables. "

Short translation:

How do you explain that it took so many years to come with facts?

All the fact were very well know by most of the states. A lot of report from the german, british, italian and grecs secret services and FBI were addressed to the respective ministry for foreign affairs on the criminal activities of Mr Thaci and his gang.
However the political option was choosen. What is today new, is that somebody published it.

Do your think that Switzerland participate at this political otion?

If am well informed Mr Thaci was for a period of time a person non grata in Switzerland, Bern knew that there were problems. I don't think that you forbid honest people to enter...

Basically in the article he states that people do not want to talk for fear of being liquidated like it happens with all witnesses (9) during Haradinaj process.

The Swiss

pre 13 godina

What is the nationality of Dick Marty... just wonder, maybe Thaçi has the account in the bank around the corner where Dick Marty lives?
(Eidgenossenschaftlicher Igel, 17 December 2010 17:39)

hahahaha, no need to play with k-usa, he is shooting auto goals all the time...

bader

pre 13 godina

Kosova-USA:

Forgive me if I'm mistaken but I'm sure I've read you slander Serbia because of what you believe is propaganda. Am I correct so far or do you not believe there has been propaganda from Serbia?
Anyways back to my point, do you know something we don't? I'm assuming you're speculating because I find it very hard to believe that you somehow know something about Russia's relationship with Marty that noone else knows.
What you're doing then is presenting obvious speculation as fact and that is nothing short of propaganda itself. Or perhaps it's not as bad if you do it yourself?

Nikola

pre 13 godina

This article is correct. Except however, Kosovo is in a literal state of horror. It is by no means a state.

Anyway, if the occupiers in Belgrade took actual Serb interest to heart, calling for the conclusion of this occupation of our southern province would be the next step.

This in fact is a green light to officially dispose of these people. However Tadic said despite all this "we are ready to talk to thaci".

Embarrassing.

Before we can do away with the non Serbian occupiers of our southern province, the ones in Belgrade that are occupying our country must face the same fate first!


Nema Predaje

Kosova-USA

pre 13 godina

and that Russia would take a stand on Marty’s report after his visit to Moscow next week

hm,I wonder if Marty is going to Rusia to check his bank account, and make sure the money promised is deposited to to the fullest?

luciano

pre 13 godina

The CIA and FBI have known for a long time what a monster Thaci and his gang are but these agencies do not set policy.As the Wikileaks cables reveal it is a very select few of politicians/diplomats/oppurtunists in the US government who dictate things and there are no greater oppurtunists/whores than the Clintons.The majority of Americans do not know or care where Kosovo or Serbia are and why should they?Lindsay Lohan and Brittney Spears are much more interesting soap operas to tune in to.

JohnBoy

pre 13 godina

HAHAHAHA looks like Serbia won the shootout at the end of the match. If switzerland wants to absolve itself of its heavy responsibility, there is no better way than to withdraw its recognition of kosovo and apologize to Serbia. The added benefit to that is the next time the usa wants switzerland to join it in another middle eastern war adventure, switzerland can reference kosovo and tell the us to go "walk a mile under a camel".

Eidgenossenschaftlicher Igel

pre 13 godina

hm,I wonder if Marty is going to Rusia to check his bank account, and make sure the money promised is deposited to to the fullest?
(Kosova-USA, 17 December 2010 15:04)

That was a sharp shot backwards and your goalkeeper was asleep, 0:1

What is the nationality of Dick Marty... just wonder, maybe Thaçi has the account in the bank around the corner where Dick Marty lives?

Top

pre 13 godina

Day 3; where is your evidence Dick?
Day 3; where is the investigation?
(johny, 17 December 2010 21:58)

The ball is rolling, have some patience, the truth will come out eventually. Court proceedings witll follow. And the times of the "hero" Thaci will be over.

Nenad

pre 13 godina

Maybe it's all true and Thaci was involved -- I wouldn't be surprised. I've read about torture victims in BiH and Croatia whose ears were torn off, tongues ripped out, etc. Viewed in this context, what's to stop a war criminal from removing a different body part -- and for lots of profit?

As I read the stories and comments on this web site, I definitely get the sense that Serbs greet this report with a strong sense of victory, perhaps even believing that it could very well provide them with sufficient ammunition in their struggle to regain control of Kosovo. But even if proven true, could such an atrocity evoke enough sympathy from the rest of the world that all the alleged Serbian crimes in the 90s wars would be dismissed?

BLERO

pre 13 godina

Politics ! When you lerarn politics than you can talk about. Americans and Albanians are not stupit. They push you Srbs and Russians to pay a lots of money to Dick Marti to report this News all over the world .And then when investigation proove that it is not tru and you will lose the battle again , you will have no moral to talk politics again for 100 years.It is set up for you that do not understand politics.

Endri

pre 13 godina

“HAHAHAHA looks like Serbia won the shootout at the end of the match. If switzerland wants to absolve itself of its heavy responsibility, there is no better way than to withdraw its recognition of kosovo and apologize to Serbia. The added benefit to that is the next time the usa wants switzerland to join it in another middle eastern war adventure, switzerland can reference kosovo and tell the us to go "walk a mile under a camel".”

First this is not the end of the match but the start. Well if you want to give pleasure to yourself that is something else which apparently many Serbs do.

Second I haven’t heard yet any news about Switzerland withdrawing Kosovo recognition. Neither any plan to do so soon. Or probably you know something more from Dick Marty!!!

Third could you just tell us in which war has Switzerland participated and how the US would possibly ask for help from a country that has never seen war in last 2 centuries! Sorry man but Switzerland is not in the centre of the world even not geographically :)

Kujto

pre 13 godina

"The news: it recently exposed the Kosovo-news to full extent, not even questioning a single thing of what Dick Marty reported. Everything regardless is there evidence or not was served as a proven fact in last few days. "
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This is why this report is nothing, for now everyone is ignoring EULEX that said the opposite, even B92. You need proof (EULEX and UN found NOTHING) not just a novel by Del Ponte. It might even do good for Kosovo, by removing the ruling class and clearing corruption.

Serbia is trying to gain points on the 'talks' but that's stupid, everything is already decided by USA, UK, Germany and France. Geopolitics don't change based on a baseless accusation, strategy might.

Thaci and others specifically named have decided to sue Dick and the Guardian. Now, they must prove their allegation or face reputational and financial ruin. Isn't that the fair way, as suppose to just doing the Balkan way?

If I accuse someone of organ trading in the front of the entire world, shouldn't I have some evidence? US media has been the fairest so far, both sides of the argument, not just "Dick said...." CNN even said, 'pressed for evidence he provided none'

sj

pre 13 godina

(Nenad, 17 December 2010 17:57)

Here is some news for you this is not the 1990s and the world is changing at a dramatic pace with the US no longer a real superpower, but a former shell of its former self. Let me put this to you; the Albanians had better negotiate within the framework that Serbia offers now and that is autonomy because in 2 years time there will be nothing on the table to offer them and they will take it.
If you think that NATO will help or perhaps the US. This is what children in the US answered when asked what present would they like for Christmas? Plain cloths not toys nor computer games.

roberto

pre 13 godina

--“HAHAHAHA looks like Serbia won the shootout at the end of the match..."

So this is what we're talking about.

first, the hate fest(ongoing),vicious, campaign(s) mainly ag. ethnic albanians. not just now, not just over the last few months, but the last few decades! it pours out in an orgy of intense hatred every few months, and now is in full swing again.

#2 -- ongoing campaign of slander and personal attacks ag. dissidents (to this site). ALways facilitated by our very dear frnds here. and the silencing of the blgd dissident intellectuals, as always.

#3 -- the most horrible, ghoulish accusations, by the white witch (that was her nickname in serbia, remember? del ponte was the white witch, lovely mira the red witch; now they're both magically rehabilitated...), and now by marty. truth? lies? partial truths? politically motivated (of course) and then the whole thing treated like a soccer (football) game. we're winning the match! watch us smash em! we'll destroy the fake state, take back kosmet, "liberate" kosovo and metoheje, bla bla bla. so it really has nothing to do with this specific situation, w/thaci, w some of the kla -- this is just being used to promote war and torture onto kosova again. same old agenda, slightly different tactic. get it?


thanks.

roberto
frisco

The Swiss

pre 13 godina

Day 3; where is your evidence Dick?
Day 3; where is the investigation?
(johny, 17 December 2010 21:58)

Day 4, where is day 3..

Peggy

pre 13 godina

This is why this report is nothing, for now everyone is ignoring EULEX that said the opposite, even B92. You need proof (EULEX and UN found NOTHING) not just a novel by Del Ponte. It might even do good for Kosovo, by removing the ruling class and clearing corruption.
=========================

Wrong. The UN did find proof but according to Carla they destroyed it. I am just so very happy that they didn't manage to get rid of everything and Mr. Marty was clever enough to find more.

Heads will roll in high places because of this cover up. No doubt Carla will want to help as this only strengthens her credibility. She is not going to sit on the sidelines and only hope that enough comes out as she will be made to look very silly if this doesn't happen. She knows very well where the skeletons are buried.

Peggy

pre 13 godina

But even if proven true, could such an atrocity evoke enough sympathy from the rest of the world that all the alleged Serbian crimes in the 90s wars would be dismissed?
(Nenad, 17 December 2010 17:57)
==========================

No, if the crimes were all true and could be proven but the rest of the world will start to doubt everything they have read so far about what happened.
This is enough to gain public sympathy. Because they won't be able to believe what they were reading they will treat it as propaganda that it was and see who the bad and who the good guys were.

johny

pre 13 godina

The ball is rolling, have some patience, the truth will come out eventually. Court proceedings witll follow. And the times of the "hero" Thaci will be over.
(Top, 18 December 2010 10:54)

Day 4. Serbia refused to indict Thaci even though it claims to have solid proof.
Day 4 still no evidence whatsoever.

Nenad

pre 13 godina

Peggy,

Not to get into numbers, but 500 Kosovo Serbs compared to 8,000 Bosnian Muslims?
It's terrible what happened to these Serbs (assuming there is truth to all of this), but it's not like the Serbs were "good guys" in the Balkan conflicts.

peggy

pre 13 godina

# Day 3; where is your evidence Dick?
Day 3; where is the investigation?
(johny, 17 December 2010 21:58)
========================
Patience. Why are you in a hurry? It's coming.

The whole world is taking this seriously and yet here you are writing multiple posts on every headline denying all.
What's wrong with you man? Do you really want to make a goose of yourself all the time?
Seems you are a bunch of your Albanian brothers are the only ones who are denying it all while the whole world gives it credibility mainly because of who is saying it.
Marty has a very good reputation. He did not get that by spreading rumours. Think about it for a while.

justhetruth

pre 13 godina

I don't know about that Kosovo is being seen as Horror state. yes I do read about allegation but they are not stupid accusing something with out being proved by court of justice, where's are picture video recording's as Kosovo.Bosnia.and Croatia have it against Serbs and Serbia. those are proves even you don't have to talk those proves talk the story for themselves but I'm very confident we will here in January that allegation after carefully investigated it will drop and people don't forget OSCE,EULEX AND UN nation investigated that couldn't find nothing.

Nenad

pre 13 godina

SJ - talk to me when the Serbs actually have sovereignty over KiM again. Much would need to be reversed for that to happen and in my humble opinion, the pendulum has swung too far in the direction of independence. The weakening of America isn't going to be enough for Serbs to take Kosovo back. The best that can be hoped for is partition.

Hans

pre 13 godina

Only be patient...this fairy tale will be over in 2-3 days time as, of course, Marty is and will be enable to provide the slightest evidence...other than 2 pages of Carla's book.

Who does nowadays cares about what he said about alleged CIA flights and detention facilities ? Nobody, perhaps because, even in 2006, he did not provide any evidence: all EU-States have denied his allegations and he was never able to prove anything. Only the fact that CIA didn't even considered it necessary to respond to him make it possible for its fairy tale to survive a few days...

And when all this mess is over (tomorrow or one day later), we'll all gather for Christmas and wish each other a Nice Year 2011.

Nenad

pre 13 godina

Peggy,

In my view, it's hardly necessary to talk about only Kosovo, as the same regime (Milosevic) was broadly accused of driving one huge campaign against non-Serbs across Yugoslavia. You, I'm sure, think that there is no truth to any of that, and that's fine. You're hardly alone in thinking the Serbs to be "good guys". However, your viewpoint does nothing to change what the majority of the world believes (and you would surely deny the common worldview of Serb culpablility, too, and that's also fine).

If you'd prefer to strictly discuss Kosovo, I'm pretty certain we'd have no trouble tallying up as many or more Albanian civilians murdered at the hands of Serbs. And just because their organs weren't harvested doesn't make those atrocities any less evil.

Similarly, the fact that the victims slaughtered at Srebrenica were primarily men, some of whom possibly combatants, doesn't excuse the crime. I think you need to read up on the Geneva conventions. Again, not to get into numbers, but I think they've already found the remains of at least 5,000 or 6,000 men and boys. Whether 6,000 or 8,000, that's hugely atrocious.

But I'm sure I'm wasting my time here.

Peggy

pre 13 godina

Peggy,

Not to get into numbers, but 500 Kosovo Serbs compared to 8,000 Bosnian Muslims?
It's terrible what happened to these Serbs (assuming there is truth to all of this), but it's not like the Serbs were "good guys" in the Balkan conflicts.
(Nenad, 18 December 2010 18:18)
========================

Why are you comparing apples with oranges?
8000 Muslims (debatable and how many were combatants)? They say Muslim males but no females. Why? Could it be that the non combatants like females were put on buses and allowed to leave while the males who engaged in war were killed?
Since when is it genocide to kill combatants?
Unlike Oric, who boasted about killing Serbs (civilians). How many thousands of Serbs perished in Bosnia and Croatia?
When you present numbers don't compare 500 Serbs who were butchered for their organs (nothing compares to this evil) and pretend there was no more Serbs who perished in Kosovo to Bosnian Muslims where also thousands of Serbs were killed.

Don't forget that non all non Serbs were killed by Serbs. How many Muslims killed their own and how many Muslims were killed by Croatians? How convenient to forget that.
When you present an argument, please make sure that were are talking about the same region at least.

Kosova-USA

pre 13 godina

and that Russia would take a stand on Marty’s report after his visit to Moscow next week

hm,I wonder if Marty is going to Rusia to check his bank account, and make sure the money promised is deposited to to the fullest?

BLERO

pre 13 godina

Politics ! When you lerarn politics than you can talk about. Americans and Albanians are not stupit. They push you Srbs and Russians to pay a lots of money to Dick Marti to report this News all over the world .And then when investigation proove that it is not tru and you will lose the battle again , you will have no moral to talk politics again for 100 years.It is set up for you that do not understand politics.

Nenad

pre 13 godina

Maybe it's all true and Thaci was involved -- I wouldn't be surprised. I've read about torture victims in BiH and Croatia whose ears were torn off, tongues ripped out, etc. Viewed in this context, what's to stop a war criminal from removing a different body part -- and for lots of profit?

As I read the stories and comments on this web site, I definitely get the sense that Serbs greet this report with a strong sense of victory, perhaps even believing that it could very well provide them with sufficient ammunition in their struggle to regain control of Kosovo. But even if proven true, could such an atrocity evoke enough sympathy from the rest of the world that all the alleged Serbian crimes in the 90s wars would be dismissed?

Kujto

pre 13 godina

"The news: it recently exposed the Kosovo-news to full extent, not even questioning a single thing of what Dick Marty reported. Everything regardless is there evidence or not was served as a proven fact in last few days. "
--------
This is why this report is nothing, for now everyone is ignoring EULEX that said the opposite, even B92. You need proof (EULEX and UN found NOTHING) not just a novel by Del Ponte. It might even do good for Kosovo, by removing the ruling class and clearing corruption.

Serbia is trying to gain points on the 'talks' but that's stupid, everything is already decided by USA, UK, Germany and France. Geopolitics don't change based on a baseless accusation, strategy might.

Thaci and others specifically named have decided to sue Dick and the Guardian. Now, they must prove their allegation or face reputational and financial ruin. Isn't that the fair way, as suppose to just doing the Balkan way?

If I accuse someone of organ trading in the front of the entire world, shouldn't I have some evidence? US media has been the fairest so far, both sides of the argument, not just "Dick said...." CNN even said, 'pressed for evidence he provided none'

ZMAJ

pre 13 godina

Wait a moment!

What about US and NATO role in all of this?

Is there anyone so stupid not to believe that there was no involvement of the US and NATO forces.

Knowing about crimes and being present without to react IS involvement.

roberto

pre 13 godina

--“HAHAHAHA looks like Serbia won the shootout at the end of the match..."

So this is what we're talking about.

first, the hate fest(ongoing),vicious, campaign(s) mainly ag. ethnic albanians. not just now, not just over the last few months, but the last few decades! it pours out in an orgy of intense hatred every few months, and now is in full swing again.

#2 -- ongoing campaign of slander and personal attacks ag. dissidents (to this site). ALways facilitated by our very dear frnds here. and the silencing of the blgd dissident intellectuals, as always.

#3 -- the most horrible, ghoulish accusations, by the white witch (that was her nickname in serbia, remember? del ponte was the white witch, lovely mira the red witch; now they're both magically rehabilitated...), and now by marty. truth? lies? partial truths? politically motivated (of course) and then the whole thing treated like a soccer (football) game. we're winning the match! watch us smash em! we'll destroy the fake state, take back kosmet, "liberate" kosovo and metoheje, bla bla bla. so it really has nothing to do with this specific situation, w/thaci, w some of the kla -- this is just being used to promote war and torture onto kosova again. same old agenda, slightly different tactic. get it?


thanks.

roberto
frisco

Je¿ wêgierski

pre 13 godina

The barometer of "World's Most Powerful" and the champion of spinelessness is the Hungarian media. Always the first to kiss the largest asset.

The news: it recently exposed the Kosovo-news to full extent, not even questioning a single thing of what Dick Marty reported. Everything regardless is there evidence or not was served as a proven fact in last few days.

Same media which was not long ago busy to paint Kosovo as the newest democracy in Europe.

This points to one thing: the barometer sensed the change of climate and planted it's tongue in a different place.

Eidgenossenschaftlicher Igel

pre 13 godina

hm,I wonder if Marty is going to Rusia to check his bank account, and make sure the money promised is deposited to to the fullest?
(Kosova-USA, 17 December 2010 15:04)

That was a sharp shot backwards and your goalkeeper was asleep, 0:1

What is the nationality of Dick Marty... just wonder, maybe Thaçi has the account in the bank around the corner where Dick Marty lives?

Nikola

pre 13 godina

This article is correct. Except however, Kosovo is in a literal state of horror. It is by no means a state.

Anyway, if the occupiers in Belgrade took actual Serb interest to heart, calling for the conclusion of this occupation of our southern province would be the next step.

This in fact is a green light to officially dispose of these people. However Tadic said despite all this "we are ready to talk to thaci".

Embarrassing.

Before we can do away with the non Serbian occupiers of our southern province, the ones in Belgrade that are occupying our country must face the same fate first!


Nema Predaje

JohnBoy

pre 13 godina

HAHAHAHA looks like Serbia won the shootout at the end of the match. If switzerland wants to absolve itself of its heavy responsibility, there is no better way than to withdraw its recognition of kosovo and apologize to Serbia. The added benefit to that is the next time the usa wants switzerland to join it in another middle eastern war adventure, switzerland can reference kosovo and tell the us to go "walk a mile under a camel".

Staff

pre 13 godina

A french diplomat stated yesterday in Brussels; "Kosovo, up like a star and down like a pancake"
It seems like the table has finally turned. 1. Dick Marty, who is extremely skilled and never leave anything aside, would never have published this with a whole bunch of experts beside him if he was not 100% sure. Everybody in Brussels are in shock today and at a dinner yesterday it was stated by diplomats from 3 nordic countries plus Portugal and Poland that "if 10% of this is true, we will redraw our recognitions of Kosovo".
2. Thaci´s accounts have already been checked. We will see what Kosovos citizens say when those figures comes out.
3. Eulex raided customs and arrested Naim Huruglica and Lulzim Rafuna. Both of them are suspected to have benefited illegally through a decision at the time of the raise of tax of cigarettes. Very nice officials Kosovo has !
4. ICTY has decided to annul decision to temporarily release the AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj after the prosecution appealed the decision. This time he is going down. No more killing of the people who are going to testify.

Has the table turned? Judge by yourself and tell me, does anyone who is healthy think that Kosovo will be a country some day or it will continue to be a southern Serbian province? Like the old, old saying goes; "Never count someone out before he is down".

Mike

pre 13 godina

I love the fact that the majority of the Albanian cyber-intelligentsia around here can only claim Marty is some kind of Russian-paid stooge. If all 47 members of the Council of Europe adopted the report, and if a majority of Western media outlets are now referring to Kosovo as Europe's crotch-pit, I must say the Russian mafia and the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Art are a lot more powerful and internationally influential than I originally gave them credit for. At this rate, the Serbo-Russian-Orthodox-Chetnik lobbyists can basically get anything they want.

The Swiss

pre 13 godina

What is the nationality of Dick Marty... just wonder, maybe Thaçi has the account in the bank around the corner where Dick Marty lives?
(Eidgenossenschaftlicher Igel, 17 December 2010 17:39)

hahahaha, no need to play with k-usa, he is shooting auto goals all the time...

Endri

pre 13 godina

“HAHAHAHA looks like Serbia won the shootout at the end of the match. If switzerland wants to absolve itself of its heavy responsibility, there is no better way than to withdraw its recognition of kosovo and apologize to Serbia. The added benefit to that is the next time the usa wants switzerland to join it in another middle eastern war adventure, switzerland can reference kosovo and tell the us to go "walk a mile under a camel".”

First this is not the end of the match but the start. Well if you want to give pleasure to yourself that is something else which apparently many Serbs do.

Second I haven’t heard yet any news about Switzerland withdrawing Kosovo recognition. Neither any plan to do so soon. Or probably you know something more from Dick Marty!!!

Third could you just tell us in which war has Switzerland participated and how the US would possibly ask for help from a country that has never seen war in last 2 centuries! Sorry man but Switzerland is not in the centre of the world even not geographically :)

The Swiss

pre 13 godina

http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/90e9bd58-095c-11e0-9fde-91ffa1ed09fd/Tout_le_monde_au_Kosovo_sait_ce_qui_sest_passé._Par_peur_ils_se_taisent

the article of le Temps and particularly this:

"– Comment expliquez-vous que cela ait pris tant d’années pour établir les faits?

– Tous les faits étaient largement connus par la plupart des Etats. De nombreux rapports des services de renseignement – allemands, britanniques, italiens, grecs – et des rapports du FBI sur les activités criminelles de la bande de Thaçi ont été adressés aux différents ministères des Affaires étrangères. Mais ils ont opté pour l’opportunité politique. Ce qu’il y a de nouveau aujourd’hui, c’est que quelqu’un les ait rendus publics.

– Pensez-vous que la Suisse a participé à cette opportunité politique?

– Je crois savoir que Monsieur Thaçi a été, pendant une période, persona non grata en Suisse. Berne savait donc qu’il y avait des problèmes. Car je ne pense pas qu’on inflige des interdictions d’entrée à des personnes parfaitement honorables. "

Short translation:

How do you explain that it took so many years to come with facts?

All the fact were very well know by most of the states. A lot of report from the german, british, italian and grecs secret services and FBI were addressed to the respective ministry for foreign affairs on the criminal activities of Mr Thaci and his gang.
However the political option was choosen. What is today new, is that somebody published it.

Do your think that Switzerland participate at this political otion?

If am well informed Mr Thaci was for a period of time a person non grata in Switzerland, Bern knew that there were problems. I don't think that you forbid honest people to enter...

Basically in the article he states that people do not want to talk for fear of being liquidated like it happens with all witnesses (9) during Haradinaj process.

Top

pre 13 godina

"The London-based daily dedicated one of its editorials entitled “The state of horror” to Kosovo, pointing out that the Kosovo PM was accused of heroin and human organ trafficking."

Totally WRONG! Kosovo is not a state of horror - because it's not even a state :-)

The Swiss

pre 13 godina

http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/ac7cd822-09fa-11e0-9a18-0c91fb2eeb3a/Micheline_Calmy-Rey_repousse_la_remise_dun_prix

Our foreign minister refusing the kosovo Diaspora price after the report came out... she however the one that pushed the kosovo indepence thru the back door of our parlamient, now she has all the reason the get nervous..., better late than never...

Nenad

pre 13 godina

Peggy,

Not to get into numbers, but 500 Kosovo Serbs compared to 8,000 Bosnian Muslims?
It's terrible what happened to these Serbs (assuming there is truth to all of this), but it's not like the Serbs were "good guys" in the Balkan conflicts.

johny

pre 13 godina

The ball is rolling, have some patience, the truth will come out eventually. Court proceedings witll follow. And the times of the "hero" Thaci will be over.
(Top, 18 December 2010 10:54)

Day 4. Serbia refused to indict Thaci even though it claims to have solid proof.
Day 4 still no evidence whatsoever.

bader

pre 13 godina

Kosova-USA:

Forgive me if I'm mistaken but I'm sure I've read you slander Serbia because of what you believe is propaganda. Am I correct so far or do you not believe there has been propaganda from Serbia?
Anyways back to my point, do you know something we don't? I'm assuming you're speculating because I find it very hard to believe that you somehow know something about Russia's relationship with Marty that noone else knows.
What you're doing then is presenting obvious speculation as fact and that is nothing short of propaganda itself. Or perhaps it's not as bad if you do it yourself?

sj

pre 13 godina

(Nenad, 17 December 2010 17:57)

Here is some news for you this is not the 1990s and the world is changing at a dramatic pace with the US no longer a real superpower, but a former shell of its former self. Let me put this to you; the Albanians had better negotiate within the framework that Serbia offers now and that is autonomy because in 2 years time there will be nothing on the table to offer them and they will take it.
If you think that NATO will help or perhaps the US. This is what children in the US answered when asked what present would they like for Christmas? Plain cloths not toys nor computer games.

luciano

pre 13 godina

The CIA and FBI have known for a long time what a monster Thaci and his gang are but these agencies do not set policy.As the Wikileaks cables reveal it is a very select few of politicians/diplomats/oppurtunists in the US government who dictate things and there are no greater oppurtunists/whores than the Clintons.The majority of Americans do not know or care where Kosovo or Serbia are and why should they?Lindsay Lohan and Brittney Spears are much more interesting soap operas to tune in to.

Peggy

pre 13 godina

Peggy,

Not to get into numbers, but 500 Kosovo Serbs compared to 8,000 Bosnian Muslims?
It's terrible what happened to these Serbs (assuming there is truth to all of this), but it's not like the Serbs were "good guys" in the Balkan conflicts.
(Nenad, 18 December 2010 18:18)
========================

Why are you comparing apples with oranges?
8000 Muslims (debatable and how many were combatants)? They say Muslim males but no females. Why? Could it be that the non combatants like females were put on buses and allowed to leave while the males who engaged in war were killed?
Since when is it genocide to kill combatants?
Unlike Oric, who boasted about killing Serbs (civilians). How many thousands of Serbs perished in Bosnia and Croatia?
When you present numbers don't compare 500 Serbs who were butchered for their organs (nothing compares to this evil) and pretend there was no more Serbs who perished in Kosovo to Bosnian Muslims where also thousands of Serbs were killed.

Don't forget that non all non Serbs were killed by Serbs. How many Muslims killed their own and how many Muslims were killed by Croatians? How convenient to forget that.
When you present an argument, please make sure that were are talking about the same region at least.

Peggy

pre 13 godina

But even if proven true, could such an atrocity evoke enough sympathy from the rest of the world that all the alleged Serbian crimes in the 90s wars would be dismissed?
(Nenad, 17 December 2010 17:57)
==========================

No, if the crimes were all true and could be proven but the rest of the world will start to doubt everything they have read so far about what happened.
This is enough to gain public sympathy. Because they won't be able to believe what they were reading they will treat it as propaganda that it was and see who the bad and who the good guys were.

Peggy

pre 13 godina

This is why this report is nothing, for now everyone is ignoring EULEX that said the opposite, even B92. You need proof (EULEX and UN found NOTHING) not just a novel by Del Ponte. It might even do good for Kosovo, by removing the ruling class and clearing corruption.
=========================

Wrong. The UN did find proof but according to Carla they destroyed it. I am just so very happy that they didn't manage to get rid of everything and Mr. Marty was clever enough to find more.

Heads will roll in high places because of this cover up. No doubt Carla will want to help as this only strengthens her credibility. She is not going to sit on the sidelines and only hope that enough comes out as she will be made to look very silly if this doesn't happen. She knows very well where the skeletons are buried.

justhetruth

pre 13 godina

I don't know about that Kosovo is being seen as Horror state. yes I do read about allegation but they are not stupid accusing something with out being proved by court of justice, where's are picture video recording's as Kosovo.Bosnia.and Croatia have it against Serbs and Serbia. those are proves even you don't have to talk those proves talk the story for themselves but I'm very confident we will here in January that allegation after carefully investigated it will drop and people don't forget OSCE,EULEX AND UN nation investigated that couldn't find nothing.

Top

pre 13 godina

Day 3; where is your evidence Dick?
Day 3; where is the investigation?
(johny, 17 December 2010 21:58)

The ball is rolling, have some patience, the truth will come out eventually. Court proceedings witll follow. And the times of the "hero" Thaci will be over.

peggy

pre 13 godina

# Day 3; where is your evidence Dick?
Day 3; where is the investigation?
(johny, 17 December 2010 21:58)
========================
Patience. Why are you in a hurry? It's coming.

The whole world is taking this seriously and yet here you are writing multiple posts on every headline denying all.
What's wrong with you man? Do you really want to make a goose of yourself all the time?
Seems you are a bunch of your Albanian brothers are the only ones who are denying it all while the whole world gives it credibility mainly because of who is saying it.
Marty has a very good reputation. He did not get that by spreading rumours. Think about it for a while.

Nenad

pre 13 godina

SJ - talk to me when the Serbs actually have sovereignty over KiM again. Much would need to be reversed for that to happen and in my humble opinion, the pendulum has swung too far in the direction of independence. The weakening of America isn't going to be enough for Serbs to take Kosovo back. The best that can be hoped for is partition.

The Swiss

pre 13 godina

Day 3; where is your evidence Dick?
Day 3; where is the investigation?
(johny, 17 December 2010 21:58)

Day 4, where is day 3..

Hans

pre 13 godina

Only be patient...this fairy tale will be over in 2-3 days time as, of course, Marty is and will be enable to provide the slightest evidence...other than 2 pages of Carla's book.

Who does nowadays cares about what he said about alleged CIA flights and detention facilities ? Nobody, perhaps because, even in 2006, he did not provide any evidence: all EU-States have denied his allegations and he was never able to prove anything. Only the fact that CIA didn't even considered it necessary to respond to him make it possible for its fairy tale to survive a few days...

And when all this mess is over (tomorrow or one day later), we'll all gather for Christmas and wish each other a Nice Year 2011.

Nenad

pre 13 godina

Peggy,

In my view, it's hardly necessary to talk about only Kosovo, as the same regime (Milosevic) was broadly accused of driving one huge campaign against non-Serbs across Yugoslavia. You, I'm sure, think that there is no truth to any of that, and that's fine. You're hardly alone in thinking the Serbs to be "good guys". However, your viewpoint does nothing to change what the majority of the world believes (and you would surely deny the common worldview of Serb culpablility, too, and that's also fine).

If you'd prefer to strictly discuss Kosovo, I'm pretty certain we'd have no trouble tallying up as many or more Albanian civilians murdered at the hands of Serbs. And just because their organs weren't harvested doesn't make those atrocities any less evil.

Similarly, the fact that the victims slaughtered at Srebrenica were primarily men, some of whom possibly combatants, doesn't excuse the crime. I think you need to read up on the Geneva conventions. Again, not to get into numbers, but I think they've already found the remains of at least 5,000 or 6,000 men and boys. Whether 6,000 or 8,000, that's hugely atrocious.

But I'm sure I'm wasting my time here.