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Holbrooke and Thaci planned terror (Blic)
Less than a week prior to the clashes in Kosovo and Metohija, a group
of Albanian lobbyists from USA held a meeting at which they decided to
help Kosovo Albanians to force the international community to grant
independence to Kosovo. Blic received this information from
well-informed sources in the US. As Blic further finds out, this
informal meeting was held at the initiative of David Philips, deputy
director of the Center for preventive action within the International
Relations Council in New York. The meeting was held at his home over a
light diner. Apart from Philips, known to our public opinion for his
offer to the Serbian authorities to sell Kosovo for three billion
euros, Richard Holbrooke, former US envoy to the Balkans was also
present. Then there were Randy Bears, senior political advisor to
Senator John Kerry, the current US presidential candidate, and several
people from former Clinton's administration close to the Albanian
lobby. The guest of honor at the diner was Hashim Thaci, former KLA
leader, visiting USA at that time. According to our unofficial
information. Richard Holbrooke pointed out at that meeting that
independence of Kosovo and its membership in the EU was the best way
for establishing peace in the Balkan region. The guests discussed
possibilities for media campaign and accepted certain guidelines for
future actions. Blic source says that the guests agreed that the first
good opportunity should be waited for the beginning of attack. Such an
opportunity occurred several days later when Albanians used the tragic
drowning of their three children as an excuse to begin the campaign of
terror against Serbs. Thaci then informs the public opinion that he
“interrupts his visit to USA to return and calm down the situation.”
While Holbrooke and Thaci are well known to our public opinion, Philips
and Bears can be treated as people from the shadow. One fact about
Bears is that he is of Albanian origin. It is believed that in case
that John Kerry wins the presidential elections, Bear might take the
position of the US Secretary of State. As regards Philips, the official
Internet site of the influential American NGO Council for international
relations, he is described as the director of the Center for preventive
action within the Council. The center is studying conflicts and ways
for their prevention. His articles on the Balkans, in which he mainly
presented anti-Serbian stances, were published in the leading
newspapers including The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor,
and The International Herald Tribune. Blic sources, close to the
American administration, said on condition of anonymity that Philips
had been dealing with the Balkans for a longer period of time and that
he was regularly present at all meetings dealing with this topic. Over
the years of crisis, Philips had very close relations with the regime
of former president Slobodan Milosevic as well with the leaders of the
then opposition. He chaired the team of experts and American officials
who worked on the so-called Albanian issue in the middle of the 90s. In
December 1995, David Philips and another six Americans arrived in
Belgrade and met with the then Serbian president Milosevic. He managed
on that occasion to get from Milosevic permission for opening the
American information office in Pristina. From Belgrade Philips went to
Pristina and met there with Albanian politicians. He then went to
Skopje and, finally, to Washington where he met with Richard Holbrooke
and informed him about the impressions from the journey to Serbia.
Somewhat later, those impressions were published in a report called
Towards Permanent Peace in Southeast Europe. In that report it was
requested that the sanctions against Belgrade should remain in force
and that work on strengthening the American office in Pristina should
continue. Only eight months later, in August 1996, Philips came to
Belgrade again together with his associate and met with Milosevic. This
time he managed to get approval for opening schools in Kosovo and began
negotiations on the Milosevic-Rugova meeting. After that Philips was
more focused on the Serbian opposition actively participating in
meetings in which leading Serbian politicians participated. One of the
most important meetings, no doubt, happened in April 1997 in New York
when a round table on Serbian-Albanian relations was held in the
organization on ethnic relations, PER. Albanians were led by Fehmi
Agani, Mahmut Bakali, Adem Demaci, Hidajet Hiseni and Veton Suroi.
David Philips led Americans. Cyrus Vance, Rudolph Perina and some other
experts for the Balkans were also present. Serbs were represented by
Vuk Draskovic, Miroljub Labus, Dragoljub Micunovic, Vesna Pesic and
Dusan Janjic. Then it was agreed that agreement on Kosovo between
Albanians and Serbs was to be reached through negotiations. It was also
agreed that the Helsinki principles on the inviolability of borders
were to be respected. The sale of Kosovo, as far as we know, was not
discussed then.
> Da: "Coord. Naz. per la Jugoslavia"
> Data: Gio 25 Mar 2004 16:40:07 Europe/Rome
> Oggetto: [JUGOINFO] Tajna vecera u Vasingtonu / Cena segreta a
> Washington
>
>
> Tajna vecera u Vasingtonu / Cena segreta a Washington
>
>
> [NOTA: segnaliamo che molta documentazione - e soprattutto
> significative immagini - sui pogrom in atto in Kosmet, si puo' reperire
> al sito: http://www.exju.org/ ]
>
>
> Holbrooke e Taqi hanno pianificato l'azione terroristica. Meno di una
> settimana prima degli ultimi scontri in Kosovo, negli Stati Uniti un
> gruppo di lobbysti si e' riunito ed ha deciso di sostenere gli albanesi
> kosovari allo scopo di indurre la comunità internazionale a riconoscere
> l'indipendenza al Kosovo. Queste le notizie raccolte dal giornale
> "Blic" e provenienti da "fonti bene informate negli Stati Uniti."
>
> << [...] La fonte ha comunicato a "Blic" che in base all'accordo si
> sarebbe attesa la prima occasione opportuna per avviare questa
> offensiva. Tale occasione si e' presentata nei successivi giorni,
> quando gli albanesi hanno sfruttato l'annegamento di tre bambini nel
> fiume Ibar per scatenare la campagna di terrore contro i serbi. In
> questo momento, Taqi informa la cittadinanza che "sta per terminare la
> visita negli Stati Uniti, e torna a casa per riappacificare la
> situazione". >>
>
> [a cura di D. Kovacevic / AM ]
>
>
> http://www.blic.co.yu/
> 25.03.2004
>
> "Tajna vecera u Vašingtonu"
>
> Holbruk i Taci isplanirali teror Nepunu nedelju dana pre izbijanja
> sukoba na Kosovu, grupa albanskih lobista iz Amerike održala je
> sastanak na kome je odluceno da se kosovskim Albancima pomogne da
> nateraju medunarodnu zajednicu da Kosovu prizna nezavisnost,
> saznaje„Blic“ u dobro obaveštenim izvorima u Americi.
>
> [...] Izvor „Blica“ kaže da je dogovoreno da se saceka prva dobra
> prilika da se krene u ofranzivu.
>
> Takva prilika je usledila nekoliko dana kasnije kada su Albanci
> iskoristili davljenje troje dece u Ibru da otpocnu kampanju terora nad
> Srbima. Taci tada obaveštava javnost da „prekida posetu SAD kako bi se
> vratio i smirio situaciju“.
>
BLIC del quale abbiamo gia' diffuso un sunto in lingua italiana e
serbocroata:
Holbrooke and Thaci planned terror (Blic)
Less than a week prior to the clashes in Kosovo and Metohija, a group
of Albanian lobbyists from USA held a meeting at which they decided to
help Kosovo Albanians to force the international community to grant
independence to Kosovo. Blic received this information from
well-informed sources in the US. As Blic further finds out, this
informal meeting was held at the initiative of David Philips, deputy
director of the Center for preventive action within the International
Relations Council in New York. The meeting was held at his home over a
light diner. Apart from Philips, known to our public opinion for his
offer to the Serbian authorities to sell Kosovo for three billion
euros, Richard Holbrooke, former US envoy to the Balkans was also
present. Then there were Randy Bears, senior political advisor to
Senator John Kerry, the current US presidential candidate, and several
people from former Clinton's administration close to the Albanian
lobby. The guest of honor at the diner was Hashim Thaci, former KLA
leader, visiting USA at that time. According to our unofficial
information. Richard Holbrooke pointed out at that meeting that
independence of Kosovo and its membership in the EU was the best way
for establishing peace in the Balkan region. The guests discussed
possibilities for media campaign and accepted certain guidelines for
future actions. Blic source says that the guests agreed that the first
good opportunity should be waited for the beginning of attack. Such an
opportunity occurred several days later when Albanians used the tragic
drowning of their three children as an excuse to begin the campaign of
terror against Serbs. Thaci then informs the public opinion that he
“interrupts his visit to USA to return and calm down the situation.”
While Holbrooke and Thaci are well known to our public opinion, Philips
and Bears can be treated as people from the shadow. One fact about
Bears is that he is of Albanian origin. It is believed that in case
that John Kerry wins the presidential elections, Bear might take the
position of the US Secretary of State. As regards Philips, the official
Internet site of the influential American NGO Council for international
relations, he is described as the director of the Center for preventive
action within the Council. The center is studying conflicts and ways
for their prevention. His articles on the Balkans, in which he mainly
presented anti-Serbian stances, were published in the leading
newspapers including The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor,
and The International Herald Tribune. Blic sources, close to the
American administration, said on condition of anonymity that Philips
had been dealing with the Balkans for a longer period of time and that
he was regularly present at all meetings dealing with this topic. Over
the years of crisis, Philips had very close relations with the regime
of former president Slobodan Milosevic as well with the leaders of the
then opposition. He chaired the team of experts and American officials
who worked on the so-called Albanian issue in the middle of the 90s. In
December 1995, David Philips and another six Americans arrived in
Belgrade and met with the then Serbian president Milosevic. He managed
on that occasion to get from Milosevic permission for opening the
American information office in Pristina. From Belgrade Philips went to
Pristina and met there with Albanian politicians. He then went to
Skopje and, finally, to Washington where he met with Richard Holbrooke
and informed him about the impressions from the journey to Serbia.
Somewhat later, those impressions were published in a report called
Towards Permanent Peace in Southeast Europe. In that report it was
requested that the sanctions against Belgrade should remain in force
and that work on strengthening the American office in Pristina should
continue. Only eight months later, in August 1996, Philips came to
Belgrade again together with his associate and met with Milosevic. This
time he managed to get approval for opening schools in Kosovo and began
negotiations on the Milosevic-Rugova meeting. After that Philips was
more focused on the Serbian opposition actively participating in
meetings in which leading Serbian politicians participated. One of the
most important meetings, no doubt, happened in April 1997 in New York
when a round table on Serbian-Albanian relations was held in the
organization on ethnic relations, PER. Albanians were led by Fehmi
Agani, Mahmut Bakali, Adem Demaci, Hidajet Hiseni and Veton Suroi.
David Philips led Americans. Cyrus Vance, Rudolph Perina and some other
experts for the Balkans were also present. Serbs were represented by
Vuk Draskovic, Miroljub Labus, Dragoljub Micunovic, Vesna Pesic and
Dusan Janjic. Then it was agreed that agreement on Kosovo between
Albanians and Serbs was to be reached through negotiations. It was also
agreed that the Helsinki principles on the inviolability of borders
were to be respected. The sale of Kosovo, as far as we know, was not
discussed then.
> Da: "Coord. Naz. per la Jugoslavia"
> Data: Gio 25 Mar 2004 16:40:07 Europe/Rome
> Oggetto: [JUGOINFO] Tajna vecera u Vasingtonu / Cena segreta a
> Washington
>
>
> Tajna vecera u Vasingtonu / Cena segreta a Washington
>
>
> [NOTA: segnaliamo che molta documentazione - e soprattutto
> significative immagini - sui pogrom in atto in Kosmet, si puo' reperire
> al sito: http://www.exju.org/ ]
>
>
> Holbrooke e Taqi hanno pianificato l'azione terroristica. Meno di una
> settimana prima degli ultimi scontri in Kosovo, negli Stati Uniti un
> gruppo di lobbysti si e' riunito ed ha deciso di sostenere gli albanesi
> kosovari allo scopo di indurre la comunità internazionale a riconoscere
> l'indipendenza al Kosovo. Queste le notizie raccolte dal giornale
> "Blic" e provenienti da "fonti bene informate negli Stati Uniti."
>
> << [...] La fonte ha comunicato a "Blic" che in base all'accordo si
> sarebbe attesa la prima occasione opportuna per avviare questa
> offensiva. Tale occasione si e' presentata nei successivi giorni,
> quando gli albanesi hanno sfruttato l'annegamento di tre bambini nel
> fiume Ibar per scatenare la campagna di terrore contro i serbi. In
> questo momento, Taqi informa la cittadinanza che "sta per terminare la
> visita negli Stati Uniti, e torna a casa per riappacificare la
> situazione". >>
>
> [a cura di D. Kovacevic / AM ]
>
>
> http://www.blic.co.yu/
> 25.03.2004
>
> "Tajna vecera u Vašingtonu"
>
> Holbruk i Taci isplanirali teror Nepunu nedelju dana pre izbijanja
> sukoba na Kosovu, grupa albanskih lobista iz Amerike održala je
> sastanak na kome je odluceno da se kosovskim Albancima pomogne da
> nateraju medunarodnu zajednicu da Kosovu prizna nezavisnost,
> saznaje„Blic“ u dobro obaveštenim izvorima u Americi.
>
> [...] Izvor „Blica“ kaže da je dogovoreno da se saceka prva dobra
> prilika da se krene u ofranzivu.
>
> Takva prilika je usledila nekoliko dana kasnije kada su Albanci
> iskoristili davljenje troje dece u Ibru da otpocnu kampanju terora nad
> Srbima. Taci tada obaveštava javnost da „prekida posetu SAD kako bi se
> vratio i smirio situaciju“.
>