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Kosmet 2006: Racist Gangster Entity Nears Independence
Dopo il grave ferimento -- ovviamente passato sotto silenzio dalla
stampa nostrana -- di due serbi kosovari alla fine del dicembre 2005
(vedi: http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/4672
), il 2006 si è aperto sotto i peggiori auspici. Il nuovo "obdusman"
(difensore civico) nominato dagli occupatori occidentali, a sostituire
Marek Novicki, è... albanese. Due autobus di serbi sono stati
attaccati a colpi di mattoni bombe a mano, rispettivamente, il 3
gennaio e nella notte tra il 4 ed il 5 gennaio. Il presidente della
Repubblica di Albania, il reazionario Sali Berisha, ha aperto il 2006
augurando al Kosovo di diventare "indipendente". Infine, riesplode
l'irredentismo pan-albanese anche nei comuni attorno a Bujanovac,
fuori dal Kosovo propriamente detto... Il tutto con la benedizione
della nota lobby albano-statunitense di Dioguardi.
0. NUOVI DOCUMENTI VIDEO
1. NEWS
2. U.S. SPONSORS TO "KOSOVA INDEPENDENCE"
- Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns meets with
Hashim Thaci "The Snake"
- Il sottosegretario di Stato USA incontra Hashim Thaci, già leader
dell'UCK con il nome di battaglia "Il serpente"
3. Ultimi dispacci ANSA:
SERBIA: SU SCIA KOSOVO RISPUNTA TENSIONE NEL SUD SERBO
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NUOVI DOCUMENTI VIDEO
1. KOSOVO 2005: Viaggio nell'Apartheid in Europa
Video VHS o DVD. A cura di Enrico Vigna e Rajka Veljovic
Riprese di R. Blagojevic - Post produzione Star Film Torino
Quello che non vogliono che si veda.
Quello che non vogliono che si sappia.
Associazione " SOS Yugoslavia " Torino
# Manifestazione di familiari di scomparsi serbi del Kosovo
# Manifestazione di rifugiati serbi del Kosovo chiedono di essere
aiutati dagli USA e dall'ONU: " Per favore andatevene a casa vostra! "
Reportage del viaggio di solidarietà fatto a febbraio 2005,
all'interno del
PROGETTO SOS KOSOVO con le enclavi assediate.
Tutti i proventi delle sottoscrizioni andranno ai progetti con le
comunità serbe, su cui "SOS Yugoslavia" lavora dallo scorso anno.
Vendibile ai soci Ccdp Per INFO, presentazioni o collaborazioni :
posta @ resistenze .org – 338/1755563 - www.resistenze.org
2. VIDEO: Albaneses destruyen una iglesia serbia
Descripción: Como acaban las iglesias serbias en Kosovo - parte de un
video más largo (solo 290 Kb.)
Agregado el: 19-Nov-2005
http://www.semanarioserbio.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=15
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NEWS
From: Rick Rozoff
To: yugoslaviainfo @ yahoogroups.com
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http://www.b92.net/english/news/index.php?&nav_category=&nav_id=33537&order=priority&style=headlines
B92 (Serbia and Montenegro)
December 30, 2005
Ombudsperson naming angers Serbs
PRISTINA – Serbian Kosovo representatives say that the
naming of Hiljimi Jasari as the new regional
Ombudsperson is yet another effort to demoralise all
non-Albanian citizens living in Kosovo.
Rada Trajkovic said that she does not see any reason
for the international community to be sending such
negatives messages to the non-Albanian population of
Kosovo at this point and time.
"This is an effort to create a complete Albanisation
of all institutions, which is in some ways, already a
stronger one than in Albania itself. Naming an
Albanian is definitely facilitating something that is
meant to send us a message that we are not needed on
the territory of Kosovo." Trajkovic said.
Lipljan municipal official Borivoje Vignjevic said
that, after already handing over the Ministries of
Justice and Internal Affairs to the Albanians, naming
an Albanian ombudsperson represents a completion of
that circle.
"No ministries, jobs or services have been given to
the Serbian community, which confirms the stance of
UNMIK Chief Soeren Jessen Petersen that the Serbian
people should be finished with as soon as possible."
Vignjevic said.
Jasari will take over the position of Ombudsperson on
January 1, 2006, which is when current Ombudsperson
Marek Antony Nowitzki's term ends.
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http://www.b92.net/english/news/index.php?nav_id=33552&style=headlines
B92 (Serbia and Montenegro)
January 3, 2006
Serbian bus attacked in Maliseva
PRISTINA – A bus carrying Serbs from Orahovac and
Velika Hoca to Kosovska Mitrovica was attacked this morning.
A group of Albanians surrounded the bus and threw
bricks and other large rocks at the bus, which was
carrying 55 passengers including children.
Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident. The
bus is a United Nations operated vehicle and was being
escorted by the Kosovo Police Service. The vehicle
itself suffered numerous damages.
After UNMIK officials arrived at the seen, the bus
took off and continued on its way to the northern
section of Kosovska Mitrovica.
According to Violeta Krstic, who is in charge of the
bus trips to Kosovska Mitrovica, a similar attack
happened in Maliseva last Friday, only with less
attackers present.
The bus service runs twice a week and is the only mode
of transportation available for Serbs in Orahovac and
Velika Hoca who are trying to get to the Serbian part
of Kosovska Mitrovica.
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http://www.b92.net/english/news/index.php?nav_id=33551&style=headlines
Beta (Serbia and Montenegro)
January 3, 2006
The tragic position of non-Albanians
PRISTINA – According to Polish daily Zecpospolita, the
circumstances of the non-Albanian population in Kosovo
remain tragic.
"The international community continues to look the
other way, while it is clear that there is only room
for Albanians in the region. The United Nation's
Special Envoy for Kosovo, Kai Eide, states in his
report that the situation has improved for minorities,
and that the Kosovo status discussions will help
improve their circumstances. According to another
report, which was done for the international
institutions by independent experts, the circumstances
of minorities in Kosovo remain tragic." the daily
writes.
"Not only Serbs, but Bosnians, Romas and Croats cannot
freely use their own languages, because speaking
Serbian, Roma or Croatian in a public place is
dangerous, and provokes the aggression of the Albanian
majority, which in the most minimal cases, involves
physical attacks."
"The Government discriminates against Serbs as well.
One court sentenced a Serbian in Albanian, which he
does not understand, even though the official language
is technically Serbian." the daily states, adding that
this is not an isolated issue in the region.
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http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/1/40e1b2ef-28b0-4b43-99e4-b2750ad02772.html
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
January 5, 2005
Bus Attacked In Kosovo
A bus was attacked with an explosive device in central
Kosovo overnight, causing damage but no injuries.
The vehicle was traveling from the town of Dragas to
the Serbian capital Belgrade with 57 passengers on
board.
A bus traveling between Kosovo and the rest of Serbia
was also attacked late last year, with no injuries.
The UN has administered Kosovo since June 1999 when
NATO air strikes chased Serbian forces from the
province.
The majority ethnic-Albanian population is seeking
independence for the province, while Belgrade says it
must remain part of Serbia.
(AFP/Reuters)
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http://www.b92.net/english/news/index.php?&nav_category=&nav_id=33569&order=priority&style=headlines
B92 (Serbia and Montenegro)
January 5, 2006
Grenade thrown at bus
PRIZREN – A grenade was thrown at a bus travelling
through Kosovo last night, although it did not explode.
The bus was travelling from Dragas on its way to
Belgrade when it was struck with the explosive device
at about 10 pm last night. There were no injures and
the Kosovo Police Service is investigating the incident.
According to Kosovo journalist Marijana Simic, there
were 57 passengers inside the bus, who switched
vehicles after the attack and continued on to Belgrade.
KPS official Refki Morina said that he has no
information on what type of explosive device was
thrown at the bus.
This is the second reported attack on a bus in the
past month in Kosovo.
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http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2006/01/05/feature-02
Southeast European Times
January 5, 2006
Security concerns mar New Year in Kosovo
By Blerta Foniqi
The Kosovo Police Service (KPS) on Tuesday (3 January)
arrested four young people from the village of Mirusha
in Maliseva municipality. According to police, the
detainees were among a crowd that stoned a UN bus
transporting a group of 55 Serbs to Mitrovica.
"The incident took place at 8:45 this morning and
there were no injuries," said police spokesperson
Fatmir Gjurgjeali.
Malisheva Deputy Mayor Ragip Begaj condemned the
attack. "We do not need such incidents," he said,
stressing that violence is detrimental to the process
of resolving Kosovo's status.
Serbs from the municipality of Rahoveci take the bus
to Mitrovica for shopping twice a week. Violeta
Krstic, who is in charge of the trips, said it was not
the first time the bus had been stoned. "We were also
attacked in the end of December," she said.
The incident is the latest in a string of criminal
acts that have cast a shadow over security in the
province as the status negotiations get under way.
Kosovo's police insist that crime overall is down and
that Kosovo is "calm". But the attacks continue to
rattle nerves and raise questions about the ability of
local authorities to keep the peace.
In December, UNMIK chief Soren Jessen-Petersen ordered
UN forces to step up police patrols and man additional
checkpoints, following a grenade attack on a bus near
the town of Prizren.
....
According to UNMIK Police Commissioner Kai Vitrup, the
security situation in Kosovo has deteriorated. He
cited "a series of terrorist attacks on cars and
policemen of UNMIK and the KPS".
On 14 December, a Romanian Special Police Unit serving
under UNMIK came under fire as it responded to an
attempted prison outbreak in western Kosovo. Three
people were injured and two vehicles were hit by
gunfire.
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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L05423731.htm
Reuters
January 5, 2006
Kosovo bus route targeted in second bomb attack
PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro - A bomb was thrown at
a moving bus in Kosovo on Wednesday night causing
damage but no injuries to the 55 passengers aboard, a
United Nations spokesman in the disputed Serbian
province said.
It was the second attack in the past month on a bus
from the remote town of Dragas to the Serbian capital,
Belgrade. Kosovo's ethnic minorities often use the
route, but members of Kosovo's 90 percent Albanian
majority are also frequent passengers.
"An explosive device was thrown at the right rear end
of the bus, causing some damage," U.N. spokesman
Neeraj Singh told Reuters on Thursday. He said some of
the passengers were ethnic members of various minority
groups but most were Albanians.
The U.N. mission, fearing more ethnic violence by
Kosovo Albanian extremists against Serbs and other
minorities, stepped up security in December after a
rocket-propelled grenade pierced the side of a bus but
failed to explode.
The U.N took control of the province of 2 million
people in 1999 after NATO bombs drove out Serb forces....
Shootings and small bomb blasts, often targeting Serbs
and other minorities, have increased over the past
year as the West moves to address the "final status"
of Kosovo.
They are blamed on Albanian extremists impatient for
independence, who seek to warn Western powers against
giving in to Serbia's demand that Kosovo - seen as the
cradle of the Serbian people - remain within its borders.
Officials have warned of a possible upsurge in
violence as negotiations on Kosovo's future status get
under way, with the first direct meeting between
Serbian and Kosovo Albanian politicians pencilled in
for late January in Vienna.
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http://www.makfax.com.mk/look/agencija/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=1&NrArticle=15624&NrIssue=339&NrSection=20
MakFax (Macedonia)
January 5, 2006
Grenade strikes bus in Kosovo - no victims
Kosovska Mitrovica - A bus has been attacked last
night with a grenade in Kosovo, leaving no injured
among 55 passengers on board, reported Belgrade-based
agency Fonet, citing Kosovo's police sources.
According to the police, the attackers most likely
used a hand grenade. However, the police did not rule
out the possibility that a hand-held grenade launcher
was used.
The attack on the bus operating on the regular line
Dragas-Belgrade occurred near the hamlet of Dulje, in
the vicinity of Suva Reka. Albanians, Gorans, Bosnians
and Turks have been included in the passengers' list.
Two months ago, a bus en route Belgrade-Dragas was
struck by several grenades fired from a hand-held
launcher. No injured were reported after the incident.
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http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=17098&Cr=Kosovo&Cr1=
UN News Centre
January 5, 2006
Explosion damages bus in Kosovo, UN reports, urging
prosecution of perpetrators
Reacting to an explosion against a bus carrying
passengers in Kosovo, the United Nations Interim
Administration Mission (UNMIK) there today said those
responsible must be found and brought to justice, and
stressed that violence must not impede the political
process.
The blast yesterday evening in Suha Rekë/Suva Reka hit
a bus carrying 55 passengers of various Kosovan
communities of Albanian, Gorani, Bosniac and Turkish
ethnicity as well as one of Chinese nationality. No
injuries were caused and the passengers continued
their journey on another bus under police escort,
according to an UNMIK spokesman.
"Such a reckless act of criminal violence is
condemnable and clearly not in the interest of
Kosovo," said spokesman Neeraj Singh. "We call upon
those who have information on this crime to co-operate
with law enforcement agencies to ensure that such
ill-intentioned individuals or groups are isolated,
identified and brought to justice."
Last month, the senior UN envoy to Kosovo, Søren
Jessen-Petersen, asked police to enhance security
measures across the province to ensure that a safe and
secure environment is maintained during talks on its
status.
"Attempts by isolated individuals or groups to disrupt
Kosovo's way forward must not be tolerated," the
spokesman said.
UNMIK Police and Kosovo Police Service have launched
`Operation Stringent Security' instituting vigorous
police patrols and vehicle checkpoints throughout
Kosovo with a focus on potentially vulnerable areas.
Over the past month, 352 persons have been arrested
and 84 weapons have been seized.
Police Commissioner Kai Vittrup today reiterated that
police will remain on high alert during the status
process.
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http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=128&newsid=79807&ch=0
Focus News Agency (Bulgaria)
January 2, 2006
President and PM of Albania Wished Kosovo to Become
Independent State in 2006
Tirana - The citizens of Tirana welcomed the New Year
with a traditional concert on Skenderberg Square in
Tirana, Radio Free Europe announced in its Albanian
language broadcasting.
The President Alfred Moisiu and the Prime Minister
Sali Berisha wished among other things Kosovo to
become an independent state.
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U.S. SPONSORS TO "KOSOVA INDEPENDENCE"
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LINKS:
An Open Letter to Members of the House & Senate
A Response to Shirley Cloyes DioGuardi.
Albanian Lobby Begins Its Campaign To Deceive Congress
About The Serbian Genocide Taking Place In Kosovo
(By Wm. Dorich)
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2006/January_10/12.html
L'Albania e le elezioni USA
08.11.2004 scrive Artan Puto
L'Albania ha accolto con molto favore la rielezione del presidente
americano George W. Bush. Un'accoglienza calorosa, condivisa da gran
parte della stampa locale. L'Albania sembra però non schierarsi con
Repubblicani o Democratici ma piuttosto con gli USA. Sempre.
http://www.osservatoriobalcani.org/article/articleview/3597/1/51/
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From: Rick Rozoff
To: yugoslaviainfo @ yahoogroups.com
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http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=144&newsid=80482&ch=0
Focus News Agency (Bulgaria)
January 12, 2006
Kosovo Opposition Leader Hasim Taci on Visit to U.S.
Washington - The Leader of the opposition in Kosovo
Hasim Taci is on a visit to U.S. where he is to meet
with high-standing U.S. officials, the Macedonian
agency Makfax reported.
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http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=January&x=20060114142330niremydolem0.4848749&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html
Washington File
U.S. Department of State
January 14, 2006
State's Burns Meets with Kosovo Leader To Discuss Status Talks
More peace and security need in region, under secretary says
Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas
Burns recently met with Hashim Thaci, leader of the
opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo, to discuss the
situation in that country, the Department of State
confirmed January 13 in response to a question taken
at a briefing earlier that day.
During the January 13 meeting, Burns and Thaci
discussed the Kosovo status talks and U.S. support for
the work by U.N. Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari. Burns
also encouraged Kosovo authorities to do more to
protect minority rights, according to the State
Department.
"Under Secretary Burns and other U.S. officials remain
in close touch with authorities in Pristina, Belgrade
and throughout the region as part of [the U.S.
government's] continued work for peace and security
throughout the Balkans," said department spokesman
Sean McCormack.
The Kosovo province of Serbia-Montenegro has been
administered by the United Nations since 1999, when
NATO drove out Yugoslav Serb forces in the wake of
human-rights abuses. About 1,700 U.S. troops remain in
Kosovo to help protect Serbian communities who are
targets of ethnic violence.
Following is the State Department response to the
taken question:
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
January 13, 2006
2006/45
QUESTION TAKEN AT THE JANUARY 13, 2006 DAILY PRESS
BRIEFING
Kosovo-Albanian Hashim Thaci Meeting with Under
Secretary R. Nicholas Burns
Question: With whom did Hashim Thaci, leader of the
opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), meet
while at the State Department?
Answer: Under Secretary of State for Political
Affairs R. Nicholas Burns met with Mr. Thaci on
Friday, January 13, to discuss the situation in
Kosovo, including the Kosovo status talks.
During the meeting, Under Secretary Burns reiterated
United States support for U.N. Special Envoy Martti
Ahtisaari's efforts and encouraged authorities in
Kosovo to do more to protect minority rights and
devolve local government.
Under Secretary Burns and other U.S. officials remain
in close touch with authorities in Pristina, Belgrade
and throughout the region as part of our continued
work for peace and security throughout the Balkans.
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KOSOVO: ATTENTATO IN UN AUTOBUS, NESSUNA VITTIMA
(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 5 GEN - Un attentato e' stato compiuto la notte
scorsa contro un autobus di linea che viaggiava nel Kosovo centrale
senza provocare vittime. Il portavoce della missione delle Nazioni
Unite (Unmik), Neeraj Singh, ha riferito che un'esplosione di natura
dolosa ha investito un pulmann intorno alle 22:00 (ora locale e
italiana) provocando danni materiali ma nessun ferito fra i 55
passeggeri appartenenti a diverse etnie ma in gran parte albanesi.
L'attentato e' avvenuto nei pressi della cittadina di Suva Reka e al
momento non se ne conoscono le motivazioni. Neeraj Singh ha ricordato
che dallo scorso 4 dicembre e' in corso in tutto il Kosovo una vasta
operazione per innalzare il livello generale della sicurezza in
coincidenza con l'avvio dei negoziati per definire lo status della
provincia. Dall'inizio dell'operazione sono stati eseguiti 352 arresti
e sequestrate 84 armi.(ANSA) BLL-COR
05/01/2006 21:12
KOSOVO: GENERALE CECCHI VISITA CONTINGENTE ITALIANO
(ANSA) - ROMA, 10 GEN - ''So quello che fate e so come lo fate. L'
apprezzamento internazionale di cui godete qui come negli altri teatri
operativi e' motivo d' orgoglio per me e per l' Esercito tutto''. Lo
ha detto il capo di Stato Maggiore dell' Esercito, generale Filiberto
Cecchi, agli uomini del contingente italiano in Kosovo durante la
visita alla base di 'Villaggio Italia' a Belo Polje.
''L' impegno nelle missioni internazionali - ha affermato il generale
Cecchi - il riconoscimento che vi conquistate ogni giorno sul campo
sono condizioni acquisite, vi sono riconosciute da tutti. Oggi io vi
chiedo di piu': vi chiedo di conservare questo spirito anche quando
tornerete in Patria, anche quando sarete impegnati nelle necessarie
operazioni di routine''.
Accompagnato dal comandante della Kfor, il generale italiano Giuseppe
Valotto e dal generale Claudio Mora, comandante della Brigata
Multinazionale Sud Ovest, Brigata italo-tedesca che con i suoi 7.000
uomini controlla un' area pari a circa la meta' del Kosovo, il capo di
Stato Maggiore dell' Esercito, atterrato presso l' aeroporto militare
di Gjakova, ha incontrato le Task Force italiane presenti in area.
Cominciando dalla 'Ercole', che fornisce gli elicotteri per le
esigenze operative del personale, continuando con la Task Force
'Aquila', l' unita' di manovra italiana attualmente su base del 5/a
Reggimento Alpini di Vipiteno (BZ) e con la Task Force 'Astro', che
raggruppa gli assetti del Genio. (ANSA). NE
10/01/2006 16:06
KOSOVO: MORTO VESCOVO CATTOLICO CHE PREGAVA PER INDIPENDENZA
(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 10 GEN - E' morto oggi presso l'ospedale di
Pristina il vescovo cattolico del Kosovo, Mark Sopi. Il religioso, che
aveva 67 anni ed era di etnia albanese, e' stato ricoverato d'urgenza
per un probabile attacco di cuore ed e' spirato poco dopo. Molto amato
dalla popolazione albanese (che pure in gran parte e' di fede
musulmana) il vescovo Sopi era finito poche settimane fa al centro di
vivaci polemiche per essersi espresso, durante la messa di Natale, in
favore dell'indipendenza della provincia. ''Preghiamo per
l'indipendenza del Kosovo'' aveva detto il vescovo, suscitando le
reazioni soprattutto da parte dei rappresentanti della comunita'
serbo-ortodossa schierata, al fianco di Belgrado, contro l'ipotesi
della creazione di uno Stato del Kosovo indipendente e sovrano in mano
agli albanesi. (ANSA). BLL-COR
11/01/2006 19:46
SERBIA: SU SCIA KOSOVO RISPUNTA TENSIONE NEL SUD SERBO /ANSA
(di Alessandro Logroscino) (ANSA) - BELGRADO, 16 GEN - Lo spettro
della frammentazione torna ad aleggiare nei Balcani su cio' che resta
del vecchio spazio ex jugoslavo. A rialzare la testa, sulla scia delle
ambizioni indipendentiste del Kosovo, sono ora gli albanofoni della
limitrofa valle di Presevo (Sud della Serbia): tre Comuni in tutto
che, in nome della loro diversita' etnica, rilanciano in questi giorni
la richiesta di una radicale autonomia da Belgrado, facendo balenare,
in caso di rifiuto, l'ennesima minaccia di secessione.
Un ultimatum che alcuni analisti invitano a non sopravvalutare,
sottolineando come i conflitti su larga scala e le mattanze degli anni
'90 appaiano oggi fortunatamente lontani. E che tuttavia irrita il
governo serbo non meno di quanto inquieti la comunita' internazionale,
sullo sfondo dei timori di un nuovo effetto domino, potenzialmente
incontrollabile.
A riaccendere la miccia sono stati nel fine settimana i consigli
municipali di Presevo, Bujanovic e Medvedja, Comuni a maggioranza
albanese della Serbia meridionale (400 chilometri da Belgrado) che si
sono sentiti in diritto di reclamare prerogative degne di uno Stato
nello Stato: l'uso esclusivo della lingua e persino della bandiera
albanese; l'istituzione di scuole, forze dell'ordine e tribunali
autonomi; l'allontanamento di qualsiasi presenza militare o anche di
polizia serba; una gestione separata delle risorse economiche;
''relazioni speciali'' con i fratelli kosovari. Se queste proposte
verranno respinte, i tre Comuni si dichiarano pronti a chiedere
direttamente l'adesione al Kosovo - provincia serba popolata al 90% da
albanesi che si trova sotto tutela internazionale fin dal 1999, dopo
l'intervento della Nato contro la politica di pulizia etnica imputata
al regime di Slobodan Milosevic - e ad associarsi alla rampante
battaglia separatista di Pristina. Una sfida in piena regola che le
tre cittadine (120.000 abitanti complessivi) affermano di voler
lanciare per riemergere da una condizione di insufficiente
riconoscimento dei diritti locali e di diffusa poverta'. La zona, gia'
teatro di fibrillazioni e scontri nel 2000, a margine del dramma del
confinante Kosovo, resta d'altronde una delle piu' provate dalle
difficolta' economiche che la Serbia del dopo-Milosevic e' costretta
ad affrontare e stenta a risolvere. La piattaforma autonomista degli
albanesi della valle di Presevo e' stata in ogni caso immediatamente
respinta da Belgrado. Secondo il governo serbo, si tratta di una
posizione ''irrealistica'' e, per di piu', ispirata dalla leadership
kosovara. Pristina - ha accusato Sanda Raskovic-Ivic, consigliera del
premier Vojislav Kostunica - vuole usare Presevo come arma di ricatto
nell'ambito del negoziato avviato dall'Onu per la definizione dello
status del Kosovo e in particolare per contrastare la domanda di
autonomia e decentralizzazione avanzata da cio' che resta della
minoranza serbo-kosovara. Il ministro serbo per i diritti umani,
l'europeista Rasim Lijaic, citato oggi dall'agenzia Vip, ha osservato
dal canto suo che l'ultimatum proposto dai consigli comunali della
valle e' ''irrealistico''. ''La loro situazione non puo' essere
paragonata a quella delle comunita' serbe del Kosovo (che dal '99
vivono sotto assedio, ndr)'', ha aggiunto Lijaic, dicendosi convinto
che la stessa ''comunita' internazionale non potra' accettare'' nuove
disgregazioni e pericolose fughe in avanti. Il timore di un effetto
valanga, in grado di mettere ancora una volta in discussione i precari
equilibri di un'area fragile e composita come quella balcanica, induce
in effetti le istituzioni internazionali piu' attive, a cominciare
dall'Osce, alla massima cautela sulla questione. ''Bisogna mettere in
chiaro che non c'e' spazio per nessuna altra spinta centrifuga in
questa regione e che non si puo' aprire alcun nuovo dossier nella
Serbia meridionale'', ha detto di recente all'Ansa una fonte
diplomatica europea di alto livello. Il messaggio appare esplicito:
orientato ormai ad ammettere come inevitabile l'indipendenza del
Kosovo, malgrado gli impegni sull'integrita' della piccola Jugoslavia
assunti solennemente in sede Onu dopo la guerra del '99, l'Occidente
non puo' tuttavia incoraggiare, e neppure tollerare, ulteriori
strappi. Il problema vero non riguarda i 100.000 albanesi di Presevo e
dintorni, spiega all'Ansa l'analista Bratislav Grubacic. ''Il loro, al
momento, e' solo un bluff giocato sul tavolo dei negoziati per il
Kosovo'', afferma, ma ''e' un bluff che se non viene disinnescato in
fretta rischia di produrre reazioni a catena''. Rianimando in certi
ambienti albanofoni la tentazione di destabilizzare anche Macedonia e
Montenegro per ''dar corpo alle mai sopite velleita' di una Grande
Albania''. E alimentando sul fronte opposto lo spirito di rivalsa e le
residue pretese dell'ultranazionalismo belgradese sulla Republika
Srpska (Rs), entita' a larga maggioranza serba della martoriata
Bosnia. Uno scenario, conclude Grubacic, che Usa e Ue - dopo anni di
impegno militare, finanziario e politico - ''non possono in nessun
modo consentire. Pena il fiasco totale''. (ANSA). LR
16/01/2006 17:13
Kosmet 2006: Racist Gangster Entity Nears Independence
Dopo il grave ferimento -- ovviamente passato sotto silenzio dalla
stampa nostrana -- di due serbi kosovari alla fine del dicembre 2005
(vedi: http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/4672
), il 2006 si è aperto sotto i peggiori auspici. Il nuovo "obdusman"
(difensore civico) nominato dagli occupatori occidentali, a sostituire
Marek Novicki, è... albanese. Due autobus di serbi sono stati
attaccati a colpi di mattoni bombe a mano, rispettivamente, il 3
gennaio e nella notte tra il 4 ed il 5 gennaio. Il presidente della
Repubblica di Albania, il reazionario Sali Berisha, ha aperto il 2006
augurando al Kosovo di diventare "indipendente". Infine, riesplode
l'irredentismo pan-albanese anche nei comuni attorno a Bujanovac,
fuori dal Kosovo propriamente detto... Il tutto con la benedizione
della nota lobby albano-statunitense di Dioguardi.
0. NUOVI DOCUMENTI VIDEO
1. NEWS
2. U.S. SPONSORS TO "KOSOVA INDEPENDENCE"
- Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns meets with
Hashim Thaci "The Snake"
- Il sottosegretario di Stato USA incontra Hashim Thaci, già leader
dell'UCK con il nome di battaglia "Il serpente"
3. Ultimi dispacci ANSA:
SERBIA: SU SCIA KOSOVO RISPUNTA TENSIONE NEL SUD SERBO
=== 0 ===
NUOVI DOCUMENTI VIDEO
1. KOSOVO 2005: Viaggio nell'Apartheid in Europa
Video VHS o DVD. A cura di Enrico Vigna e Rajka Veljovic
Riprese di R. Blagojevic - Post produzione Star Film Torino
Quello che non vogliono che si veda.
Quello che non vogliono che si sappia.
Associazione " SOS Yugoslavia " Torino
# Manifestazione di familiari di scomparsi serbi del Kosovo
# Manifestazione di rifugiati serbi del Kosovo chiedono di essere
aiutati dagli USA e dall'ONU: " Per favore andatevene a casa vostra! "
Reportage del viaggio di solidarietà fatto a febbraio 2005,
all'interno del
PROGETTO SOS KOSOVO con le enclavi assediate.
Tutti i proventi delle sottoscrizioni andranno ai progetti con le
comunità serbe, su cui "SOS Yugoslavia" lavora dallo scorso anno.
Vendibile ai soci Ccdp Per INFO, presentazioni o collaborazioni :
posta @ resistenze .org – 338/1755563 - www.resistenze.org
2. VIDEO: Albaneses destruyen una iglesia serbia
Descripción: Como acaban las iglesias serbias en Kosovo - parte de un
video más largo (solo 290 Kb.)
Agregado el: 19-Nov-2005
http://www.semanarioserbio.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=15
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NEWS
From: Rick Rozoff
To: yugoslaviainfo @ yahoogroups.com
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http://www.b92.net/english/news/index.php?&nav_category=&nav_id=33537&order=priority&style=headlines
B92 (Serbia and Montenegro)
December 30, 2005
Ombudsperson naming angers Serbs
PRISTINA – Serbian Kosovo representatives say that the
naming of Hiljimi Jasari as the new regional
Ombudsperson is yet another effort to demoralise all
non-Albanian citizens living in Kosovo.
Rada Trajkovic said that she does not see any reason
for the international community to be sending such
negatives messages to the non-Albanian population of
Kosovo at this point and time.
"This is an effort to create a complete Albanisation
of all institutions, which is in some ways, already a
stronger one than in Albania itself. Naming an
Albanian is definitely facilitating something that is
meant to send us a message that we are not needed on
the territory of Kosovo." Trajkovic said.
Lipljan municipal official Borivoje Vignjevic said
that, after already handing over the Ministries of
Justice and Internal Affairs to the Albanians, naming
an Albanian ombudsperson represents a completion of
that circle.
"No ministries, jobs or services have been given to
the Serbian community, which confirms the stance of
UNMIK Chief Soeren Jessen Petersen that the Serbian
people should be finished with as soon as possible."
Vignjevic said.
Jasari will take over the position of Ombudsperson on
January 1, 2006, which is when current Ombudsperson
Marek Antony Nowitzki's term ends.
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http://www.b92.net/english/news/index.php?nav_id=33552&style=headlines
B92 (Serbia and Montenegro)
January 3, 2006
Serbian bus attacked in Maliseva
PRISTINA – A bus carrying Serbs from Orahovac and
Velika Hoca to Kosovska Mitrovica was attacked this morning.
A group of Albanians surrounded the bus and threw
bricks and other large rocks at the bus, which was
carrying 55 passengers including children.
Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident. The
bus is a United Nations operated vehicle and was being
escorted by the Kosovo Police Service. The vehicle
itself suffered numerous damages.
After UNMIK officials arrived at the seen, the bus
took off and continued on its way to the northern
section of Kosovska Mitrovica.
According to Violeta Krstic, who is in charge of the
bus trips to Kosovska Mitrovica, a similar attack
happened in Maliseva last Friday, only with less
attackers present.
The bus service runs twice a week and is the only mode
of transportation available for Serbs in Orahovac and
Velika Hoca who are trying to get to the Serbian part
of Kosovska Mitrovica.
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http://www.b92.net/english/news/index.php?nav_id=33551&style=headlines
Beta (Serbia and Montenegro)
January 3, 2006
The tragic position of non-Albanians
PRISTINA – According to Polish daily Zecpospolita, the
circumstances of the non-Albanian population in Kosovo
remain tragic.
"The international community continues to look the
other way, while it is clear that there is only room
for Albanians in the region. The United Nation's
Special Envoy for Kosovo, Kai Eide, states in his
report that the situation has improved for minorities,
and that the Kosovo status discussions will help
improve their circumstances. According to another
report, which was done for the international
institutions by independent experts, the circumstances
of minorities in Kosovo remain tragic." the daily
writes.
"Not only Serbs, but Bosnians, Romas and Croats cannot
freely use their own languages, because speaking
Serbian, Roma or Croatian in a public place is
dangerous, and provokes the aggression of the Albanian
majority, which in the most minimal cases, involves
physical attacks."
"The Government discriminates against Serbs as well.
One court sentenced a Serbian in Albanian, which he
does not understand, even though the official language
is technically Serbian." the daily states, adding that
this is not an isolated issue in the region.
---
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/1/40e1b2ef-28b0-4b43-99e4-b2750ad02772.html
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
January 5, 2005
Bus Attacked In Kosovo
A bus was attacked with an explosive device in central
Kosovo overnight, causing damage but no injuries.
The vehicle was traveling from the town of Dragas to
the Serbian capital Belgrade with 57 passengers on
board.
A bus traveling between Kosovo and the rest of Serbia
was also attacked late last year, with no injuries.
The UN has administered Kosovo since June 1999 when
NATO air strikes chased Serbian forces from the
province.
The majority ethnic-Albanian population is seeking
independence for the province, while Belgrade says it
must remain part of Serbia.
(AFP/Reuters)
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http://www.b92.net/english/news/index.php?&nav_category=&nav_id=33569&order=priority&style=headlines
B92 (Serbia and Montenegro)
January 5, 2006
Grenade thrown at bus
PRIZREN – A grenade was thrown at a bus travelling
through Kosovo last night, although it did not explode.
The bus was travelling from Dragas on its way to
Belgrade when it was struck with the explosive device
at about 10 pm last night. There were no injures and
the Kosovo Police Service is investigating the incident.
According to Kosovo journalist Marijana Simic, there
were 57 passengers inside the bus, who switched
vehicles after the attack and continued on to Belgrade.
KPS official Refki Morina said that he has no
information on what type of explosive device was
thrown at the bus.
This is the second reported attack on a bus in the
past month in Kosovo.
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http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2006/01/05/feature-02
Southeast European Times
January 5, 2006
Security concerns mar New Year in Kosovo
By Blerta Foniqi
The Kosovo Police Service (KPS) on Tuesday (3 January)
arrested four young people from the village of Mirusha
in Maliseva municipality. According to police, the
detainees were among a crowd that stoned a UN bus
transporting a group of 55 Serbs to Mitrovica.
"The incident took place at 8:45 this morning and
there were no injuries," said police spokesperson
Fatmir Gjurgjeali.
Malisheva Deputy Mayor Ragip Begaj condemned the
attack. "We do not need such incidents," he said,
stressing that violence is detrimental to the process
of resolving Kosovo's status.
Serbs from the municipality of Rahoveci take the bus
to Mitrovica for shopping twice a week. Violeta
Krstic, who is in charge of the trips, said it was not
the first time the bus had been stoned. "We were also
attacked in the end of December," she said.
The incident is the latest in a string of criminal
acts that have cast a shadow over security in the
province as the status negotiations get under way.
Kosovo's police insist that crime overall is down and
that Kosovo is "calm". But the attacks continue to
rattle nerves and raise questions about the ability of
local authorities to keep the peace.
In December, UNMIK chief Soren Jessen-Petersen ordered
UN forces to step up police patrols and man additional
checkpoints, following a grenade attack on a bus near
the town of Prizren.
....
According to UNMIK Police Commissioner Kai Vitrup, the
security situation in Kosovo has deteriorated. He
cited "a series of terrorist attacks on cars and
policemen of UNMIK and the KPS".
On 14 December, a Romanian Special Police Unit serving
under UNMIK came under fire as it responded to an
attempted prison outbreak in western Kosovo. Three
people were injured and two vehicles were hit by
gunfire.
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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L05423731.htm
Reuters
January 5, 2006
Kosovo bus route targeted in second bomb attack
PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro - A bomb was thrown at
a moving bus in Kosovo on Wednesday night causing
damage but no injuries to the 55 passengers aboard, a
United Nations spokesman in the disputed Serbian
province said.
It was the second attack in the past month on a bus
from the remote town of Dragas to the Serbian capital,
Belgrade. Kosovo's ethnic minorities often use the
route, but members of Kosovo's 90 percent Albanian
majority are also frequent passengers.
"An explosive device was thrown at the right rear end
of the bus, causing some damage," U.N. spokesman
Neeraj Singh told Reuters on Thursday. He said some of
the passengers were ethnic members of various minority
groups but most were Albanians.
The U.N. mission, fearing more ethnic violence by
Kosovo Albanian extremists against Serbs and other
minorities, stepped up security in December after a
rocket-propelled grenade pierced the side of a bus but
failed to explode.
The U.N took control of the province of 2 million
people in 1999 after NATO bombs drove out Serb forces....
Shootings and small bomb blasts, often targeting Serbs
and other minorities, have increased over the past
year as the West moves to address the "final status"
of Kosovo.
They are blamed on Albanian extremists impatient for
independence, who seek to warn Western powers against
giving in to Serbia's demand that Kosovo - seen as the
cradle of the Serbian people - remain within its borders.
Officials have warned of a possible upsurge in
violence as negotiations on Kosovo's future status get
under way, with the first direct meeting between
Serbian and Kosovo Albanian politicians pencilled in
for late January in Vienna.
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http://www.makfax.com.mk/look/agencija/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=1&NrArticle=15624&NrIssue=339&NrSection=20
MakFax (Macedonia)
January 5, 2006
Grenade strikes bus in Kosovo - no victims
Kosovska Mitrovica - A bus has been attacked last
night with a grenade in Kosovo, leaving no injured
among 55 passengers on board, reported Belgrade-based
agency Fonet, citing Kosovo's police sources.
According to the police, the attackers most likely
used a hand grenade. However, the police did not rule
out the possibility that a hand-held grenade launcher
was used.
The attack on the bus operating on the regular line
Dragas-Belgrade occurred near the hamlet of Dulje, in
the vicinity of Suva Reka. Albanians, Gorans, Bosnians
and Turks have been included in the passengers' list.
Two months ago, a bus en route Belgrade-Dragas was
struck by several grenades fired from a hand-held
launcher. No injured were reported after the incident.
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http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=17098&Cr=Kosovo&Cr1=
UN News Centre
January 5, 2006
Explosion damages bus in Kosovo, UN reports, urging
prosecution of perpetrators
Reacting to an explosion against a bus carrying
passengers in Kosovo, the United Nations Interim
Administration Mission (UNMIK) there today said those
responsible must be found and brought to justice, and
stressed that violence must not impede the political
process.
The blast yesterday evening in Suha Rekë/Suva Reka hit
a bus carrying 55 passengers of various Kosovan
communities of Albanian, Gorani, Bosniac and Turkish
ethnicity as well as one of Chinese nationality. No
injuries were caused and the passengers continued
their journey on another bus under police escort,
according to an UNMIK spokesman.
"Such a reckless act of criminal violence is
condemnable and clearly not in the interest of
Kosovo," said spokesman Neeraj Singh. "We call upon
those who have information on this crime to co-operate
with law enforcement agencies to ensure that such
ill-intentioned individuals or groups are isolated,
identified and brought to justice."
Last month, the senior UN envoy to Kosovo, Søren
Jessen-Petersen, asked police to enhance security
measures across the province to ensure that a safe and
secure environment is maintained during talks on its
status.
"Attempts by isolated individuals or groups to disrupt
Kosovo's way forward must not be tolerated," the
spokesman said.
UNMIK Police and Kosovo Police Service have launched
`Operation Stringent Security' instituting vigorous
police patrols and vehicle checkpoints throughout
Kosovo with a focus on potentially vulnerable areas.
Over the past month, 352 persons have been arrested
and 84 weapons have been seized.
Police Commissioner Kai Vittrup today reiterated that
police will remain on high alert during the status
process.
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http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=128&newsid=79807&ch=0
Focus News Agency (Bulgaria)
January 2, 2006
President and PM of Albania Wished Kosovo to Become
Independent State in 2006
Tirana - The citizens of Tirana welcomed the New Year
with a traditional concert on Skenderberg Square in
Tirana, Radio Free Europe announced in its Albanian
language broadcasting.
The President Alfred Moisiu and the Prime Minister
Sali Berisha wished among other things Kosovo to
become an independent state.
=== 2 ===
U.S. SPONSORS TO "KOSOVA INDEPENDENCE"
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LINKS:
An Open Letter to Members of the House & Senate
A Response to Shirley Cloyes DioGuardi.
Albanian Lobby Begins Its Campaign To Deceive Congress
About The Serbian Genocide Taking Place In Kosovo
(By Wm. Dorich)
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2006/January_10/12.html
L'Albania e le elezioni USA
08.11.2004 scrive Artan Puto
L'Albania ha accolto con molto favore la rielezione del presidente
americano George W. Bush. Un'accoglienza calorosa, condivisa da gran
parte della stampa locale. L'Albania sembra però non schierarsi con
Repubblicani o Democratici ma piuttosto con gli USA. Sempre.
http://www.osservatoriobalcani.org/article/articleview/3597/1/51/
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http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=144&newsid=80482&ch=0
Focus News Agency (Bulgaria)
January 12, 2006
Kosovo Opposition Leader Hasim Taci on Visit to U.S.
Washington - The Leader of the opposition in Kosovo
Hasim Taci is on a visit to U.S. where he is to meet
with high-standing U.S. officials, the Macedonian
agency Makfax reported.
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http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=January&x=20060114142330niremydolem0.4848749&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html
Washington File
U.S. Department of State
January 14, 2006
State's Burns Meets with Kosovo Leader To Discuss Status Talks
More peace and security need in region, under secretary says
Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas
Burns recently met with Hashim Thaci, leader of the
opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo, to discuss the
situation in that country, the Department of State
confirmed January 13 in response to a question taken
at a briefing earlier that day.
During the January 13 meeting, Burns and Thaci
discussed the Kosovo status talks and U.S. support for
the work by U.N. Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari. Burns
also encouraged Kosovo authorities to do more to
protect minority rights, according to the State
Department.
"Under Secretary Burns and other U.S. officials remain
in close touch with authorities in Pristina, Belgrade
and throughout the region as part of [the U.S.
government's] continued work for peace and security
throughout the Balkans," said department spokesman
Sean McCormack.
The Kosovo province of Serbia-Montenegro has been
administered by the United Nations since 1999, when
NATO drove out Yugoslav Serb forces in the wake of
human-rights abuses. About 1,700 U.S. troops remain in
Kosovo to help protect Serbian communities who are
targets of ethnic violence.
Following is the State Department response to the
taken question:
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
January 13, 2006
2006/45
QUESTION TAKEN AT THE JANUARY 13, 2006 DAILY PRESS
BRIEFING
Kosovo-Albanian Hashim Thaci Meeting with Under
Secretary R. Nicholas Burns
Question: With whom did Hashim Thaci, leader of the
opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), meet
while at the State Department?
Answer: Under Secretary of State for Political
Affairs R. Nicholas Burns met with Mr. Thaci on
Friday, January 13, to discuss the situation in
Kosovo, including the Kosovo status talks.
During the meeting, Under Secretary Burns reiterated
United States support for U.N. Special Envoy Martti
Ahtisaari's efforts and encouraged authorities in
Kosovo to do more to protect minority rights and
devolve local government.
Under Secretary Burns and other U.S. officials remain
in close touch with authorities in Pristina, Belgrade
and throughout the region as part of our continued
work for peace and security throughout the Balkans.
=== 3 ===
KOSOVO: ATTENTATO IN UN AUTOBUS, NESSUNA VITTIMA
(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 5 GEN - Un attentato e' stato compiuto la notte
scorsa contro un autobus di linea che viaggiava nel Kosovo centrale
senza provocare vittime. Il portavoce della missione delle Nazioni
Unite (Unmik), Neeraj Singh, ha riferito che un'esplosione di natura
dolosa ha investito un pulmann intorno alle 22:00 (ora locale e
italiana) provocando danni materiali ma nessun ferito fra i 55
passeggeri appartenenti a diverse etnie ma in gran parte albanesi.
L'attentato e' avvenuto nei pressi della cittadina di Suva Reka e al
momento non se ne conoscono le motivazioni. Neeraj Singh ha ricordato
che dallo scorso 4 dicembre e' in corso in tutto il Kosovo una vasta
operazione per innalzare il livello generale della sicurezza in
coincidenza con l'avvio dei negoziati per definire lo status della
provincia. Dall'inizio dell'operazione sono stati eseguiti 352 arresti
e sequestrate 84 armi.(ANSA) BLL-COR
05/01/2006 21:12
KOSOVO: GENERALE CECCHI VISITA CONTINGENTE ITALIANO
(ANSA) - ROMA, 10 GEN - ''So quello che fate e so come lo fate. L'
apprezzamento internazionale di cui godete qui come negli altri teatri
operativi e' motivo d' orgoglio per me e per l' Esercito tutto''. Lo
ha detto il capo di Stato Maggiore dell' Esercito, generale Filiberto
Cecchi, agli uomini del contingente italiano in Kosovo durante la
visita alla base di 'Villaggio Italia' a Belo Polje.
''L' impegno nelle missioni internazionali - ha affermato il generale
Cecchi - il riconoscimento che vi conquistate ogni giorno sul campo
sono condizioni acquisite, vi sono riconosciute da tutti. Oggi io vi
chiedo di piu': vi chiedo di conservare questo spirito anche quando
tornerete in Patria, anche quando sarete impegnati nelle necessarie
operazioni di routine''.
Accompagnato dal comandante della Kfor, il generale italiano Giuseppe
Valotto e dal generale Claudio Mora, comandante della Brigata
Multinazionale Sud Ovest, Brigata italo-tedesca che con i suoi 7.000
uomini controlla un' area pari a circa la meta' del Kosovo, il capo di
Stato Maggiore dell' Esercito, atterrato presso l' aeroporto militare
di Gjakova, ha incontrato le Task Force italiane presenti in area.
Cominciando dalla 'Ercole', che fornisce gli elicotteri per le
esigenze operative del personale, continuando con la Task Force
'Aquila', l' unita' di manovra italiana attualmente su base del 5/a
Reggimento Alpini di Vipiteno (BZ) e con la Task Force 'Astro', che
raggruppa gli assetti del Genio. (ANSA). NE
10/01/2006 16:06
KOSOVO: MORTO VESCOVO CATTOLICO CHE PREGAVA PER INDIPENDENZA
(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 10 GEN - E' morto oggi presso l'ospedale di
Pristina il vescovo cattolico del Kosovo, Mark Sopi. Il religioso, che
aveva 67 anni ed era di etnia albanese, e' stato ricoverato d'urgenza
per un probabile attacco di cuore ed e' spirato poco dopo. Molto amato
dalla popolazione albanese (che pure in gran parte e' di fede
musulmana) il vescovo Sopi era finito poche settimane fa al centro di
vivaci polemiche per essersi espresso, durante la messa di Natale, in
favore dell'indipendenza della provincia. ''Preghiamo per
l'indipendenza del Kosovo'' aveva detto il vescovo, suscitando le
reazioni soprattutto da parte dei rappresentanti della comunita'
serbo-ortodossa schierata, al fianco di Belgrado, contro l'ipotesi
della creazione di uno Stato del Kosovo indipendente e sovrano in mano
agli albanesi. (ANSA). BLL-COR
11/01/2006 19:46
SERBIA: SU SCIA KOSOVO RISPUNTA TENSIONE NEL SUD SERBO /ANSA
(di Alessandro Logroscino) (ANSA) - BELGRADO, 16 GEN - Lo spettro
della frammentazione torna ad aleggiare nei Balcani su cio' che resta
del vecchio spazio ex jugoslavo. A rialzare la testa, sulla scia delle
ambizioni indipendentiste del Kosovo, sono ora gli albanofoni della
limitrofa valle di Presevo (Sud della Serbia): tre Comuni in tutto
che, in nome della loro diversita' etnica, rilanciano in questi giorni
la richiesta di una radicale autonomia da Belgrado, facendo balenare,
in caso di rifiuto, l'ennesima minaccia di secessione.
Un ultimatum che alcuni analisti invitano a non sopravvalutare,
sottolineando come i conflitti su larga scala e le mattanze degli anni
'90 appaiano oggi fortunatamente lontani. E che tuttavia irrita il
governo serbo non meno di quanto inquieti la comunita' internazionale,
sullo sfondo dei timori di un nuovo effetto domino, potenzialmente
incontrollabile.
A riaccendere la miccia sono stati nel fine settimana i consigli
municipali di Presevo, Bujanovic e Medvedja, Comuni a maggioranza
albanese della Serbia meridionale (400 chilometri da Belgrado) che si
sono sentiti in diritto di reclamare prerogative degne di uno Stato
nello Stato: l'uso esclusivo della lingua e persino della bandiera
albanese; l'istituzione di scuole, forze dell'ordine e tribunali
autonomi; l'allontanamento di qualsiasi presenza militare o anche di
polizia serba; una gestione separata delle risorse economiche;
''relazioni speciali'' con i fratelli kosovari. Se queste proposte
verranno respinte, i tre Comuni si dichiarano pronti a chiedere
direttamente l'adesione al Kosovo - provincia serba popolata al 90% da
albanesi che si trova sotto tutela internazionale fin dal 1999, dopo
l'intervento della Nato contro la politica di pulizia etnica imputata
al regime di Slobodan Milosevic - e ad associarsi alla rampante
battaglia separatista di Pristina. Una sfida in piena regola che le
tre cittadine (120.000 abitanti complessivi) affermano di voler
lanciare per riemergere da una condizione di insufficiente
riconoscimento dei diritti locali e di diffusa poverta'. La zona, gia'
teatro di fibrillazioni e scontri nel 2000, a margine del dramma del
confinante Kosovo, resta d'altronde una delle piu' provate dalle
difficolta' economiche che la Serbia del dopo-Milosevic e' costretta
ad affrontare e stenta a risolvere. La piattaforma autonomista degli
albanesi della valle di Presevo e' stata in ogni caso immediatamente
respinta da Belgrado. Secondo il governo serbo, si tratta di una
posizione ''irrealistica'' e, per di piu', ispirata dalla leadership
kosovara. Pristina - ha accusato Sanda Raskovic-Ivic, consigliera del
premier Vojislav Kostunica - vuole usare Presevo come arma di ricatto
nell'ambito del negoziato avviato dall'Onu per la definizione dello
status del Kosovo e in particolare per contrastare la domanda di
autonomia e decentralizzazione avanzata da cio' che resta della
minoranza serbo-kosovara. Il ministro serbo per i diritti umani,
l'europeista Rasim Lijaic, citato oggi dall'agenzia Vip, ha osservato
dal canto suo che l'ultimatum proposto dai consigli comunali della
valle e' ''irrealistico''. ''La loro situazione non puo' essere
paragonata a quella delle comunita' serbe del Kosovo (che dal '99
vivono sotto assedio, ndr)'', ha aggiunto Lijaic, dicendosi convinto
che la stessa ''comunita' internazionale non potra' accettare'' nuove
disgregazioni e pericolose fughe in avanti. Il timore di un effetto
valanga, in grado di mettere ancora una volta in discussione i precari
equilibri di un'area fragile e composita come quella balcanica, induce
in effetti le istituzioni internazionali piu' attive, a cominciare
dall'Osce, alla massima cautela sulla questione. ''Bisogna mettere in
chiaro che non c'e' spazio per nessuna altra spinta centrifuga in
questa regione e che non si puo' aprire alcun nuovo dossier nella
Serbia meridionale'', ha detto di recente all'Ansa una fonte
diplomatica europea di alto livello. Il messaggio appare esplicito:
orientato ormai ad ammettere come inevitabile l'indipendenza del
Kosovo, malgrado gli impegni sull'integrita' della piccola Jugoslavia
assunti solennemente in sede Onu dopo la guerra del '99, l'Occidente
non puo' tuttavia incoraggiare, e neppure tollerare, ulteriori
strappi. Il problema vero non riguarda i 100.000 albanesi di Presevo e
dintorni, spiega all'Ansa l'analista Bratislav Grubacic. ''Il loro, al
momento, e' solo un bluff giocato sul tavolo dei negoziati per il
Kosovo'', afferma, ma ''e' un bluff che se non viene disinnescato in
fretta rischia di produrre reazioni a catena''. Rianimando in certi
ambienti albanofoni la tentazione di destabilizzare anche Macedonia e
Montenegro per ''dar corpo alle mai sopite velleita' di una Grande
Albania''. E alimentando sul fronte opposto lo spirito di rivalsa e le
residue pretese dell'ultranazionalismo belgradese sulla Republika
Srpska (Rs), entita' a larga maggioranza serba della martoriata
Bosnia. Uno scenario, conclude Grubacic, che Usa e Ue - dopo anni di
impegno militare, finanziario e politico - ''non possono in nessun
modo consentire. Pena il fiasco totale''. (ANSA). LR
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