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The evidence amply confirms that the US and Britain --in complicity with
their NATO partners-- have been arming and equipping the terrorists,
while
paying lip service to constitutional reform in Macedonia.
The "framework document", to be ratified by the leaders of Macedonia's
political parties has nothing to do with "peace". It is an act of
surrender
by a sovereign country to the enemy, paving the way for the military
occupation of Macedonia by NATO troops.
THE MILITARY OCCUPATION OF MACEDONIA
by
Michel Chossudovsky
Professor of Economics, University of Ottawa
The Western press points to the "mediation" of the US and the EU in what
is
largely portrayed as an "internal conflict". Public opinion is led to
believe that the Macedonian crisis pertains solely to the social,
political
and language rights of the ethnic Albanian minority and that the
"international community" is committed to ending the violence "between
government forces and ethnic Albanian insurgents" while assisting
opposing
sides to reach a solution.
The truth is that US military personnel is advising and equipping the
terrorists. The KLA-NLA is America's proxy military force. KLA-NLA
commanders --who until recently were on the United Nations payroll in
Kosovo-- were trained by British and American Special Forces.
The media describes the terrorists as "Albanian rebels" upholding the
rights
of an ethnic minority in Macedonia. Amply documented, the KLA-NLA is a
well
organised mercenary army, which includes recruits from NATO countries as
well as Mujahedin ("holy warriors") from a number of Muslim countries.
The Western media mantra portrays America's envoy Ambassador James
Pardew as
a "foreign facilitator", when in fact his military-intelligence mandate
consists in ensuring (through threat, intimidation and political
manipulation) the signing of a "framework document". The purpose of the
latter is to provide legitimacy to the military occupation of Macedonia
by
NATO troops. To reach this objective, the leaders of Macedonia's
political
parties have been deceived and co-opted, and (according to one source)
directly bribed by powerful American business interests.1
SURRENDER TO THE ENEMY
The Ohrid "framework document" to be ratified by the leaders of
Macedonia's
political parties has nothing to do with "peace". It is an act of
surrender
by a sovereign country to the enemy.
While the US and EU "mediators" promised that the "peace agreement"
would
lay the basis for "disarming the rebels" and enforcing a cease-fire, the
evidence amply confirms that exactly the opposite will occur.
NATO has no intention to confiscate the weapons of its own proxy army.
Washington has been directly arming and equipping the terrorists with
brand
new weapons "Made in America".
Following the acceptance of the "framework document" by the Macedonian
parties, a NATO spokesperson clarified that:
"it [NATO] would not actually disarm ethnic Albanian rebels and would
have
to rely on their cooperation to lay down their weapons. A NATO official
said
the surrender of arms by National Liberation Army (NLA) guerrillas was a
matter of trust, and reports that NATO had given new disarmament
guarantees
to the former Yugoslav republic's authorities were wrong."2
OPERATION "ESSENTIAL HARVEST"
Code-named "Essential Harvest", NATO's intervention under British
command
serves three related purposes:
1) NATO Special Forces will be deployed to directly protect the
terrorists,
including their territorial gains.
2) The intent is to not "disarm the rebels" but to weaken and disable
the
Macedonian Security Forces as evidenced by the pressure exerted by
Washington on the Ukraine to discontinue its military aid to the
Macedonian
ARM.
3) The agreement is intent on instilling an atmosphere of ethnic hatred
between the Albanian minority and the Macedonian majority, which would
justify military as well as political intervention "on humanitarian
grounds".
3) The "Framework Agreement" lays the basis for the installation of a
NATO
protectorate (similar to that prevailing in Kosovo and Bosnia) leading
to
the destruction of Macedonia as a country.
4) By signing this agreement, the Skopje government relinquishes all its
powers and jurisdictions, paving the way for the military occupation of
Macedonia by NATO forces in violation of international law.
MILITARISATION OF THE BALKANS
The transformation of Macedonia into a protectorate of the Western
military
alliance is a further step in the militarisation of the Balkans. In many
respects, it is reminiscent of the occupation of the Sudetenland
province of
Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany under the Munich Agreement signed between
Adolph Hitler and Britain's Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. The
annexation of the Sudetenland to the Third Reich was a stepping stone to
the subsequent invasion of Poland in 1939.
OPPOSING THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
It is important that Macedonian citizens of all ethnic groups join hands
in
forcefully opposing the invasion of their country by NATO troops. The
ratification of the framework document by the leaders of Macedonia's
political parties should be firmly opposed. NATO is the enemy. It should
be
understood, however, that even if the "framework document" is not
ratified,
NATO has already taken the decision to invade Macedonia.
Both Macedonians and ethnic Albanians are the victims of the NATO
sponsored
terrorist assaults and should act as much as possible in solidarity with
one
another. The important issue of minority rights in Macedonia is an
internal
matter to be worked out within the framework of existing national
political
and social institutions, without outside interference.
NATO is using the issue of social and language rights to trigger
divisions
between Macedonians and ethnic Albanians. In this insidious design, NATO
is
using the pretext of minority social rights to send in troops and occupy
the
country.
In NATO countries and around the World, citizens --acting individually
and
collectively within their respective communities-- should understand the
seriousness of the situation in Macedonia. The so-called National
Liberation
Army (NLA) is a proxy army of the United States of America. The
terrorists
are financed and supported by Washington. The war in Macedonia is a war
of
conquest.
The complicity of the heads of State and heads of government of NATO
countries must be confronted. NATO is upholding international terrorism.
It
plans to send troops into a sovereign country in vioaltion of its own
charter, in defiance of international law and without legislative assent
or
parliamentary debate in NATO member countries. The geopolitical
implications are far-reaching. The signing of the Ohrid "framework
document"
will provide legitimacy to the occupation of Macedonia by NATO troops
and
the militarisation of the entire Balkans region.
ENDNOTES
1. See Mirko Velinovska, "Dzaferi is paid for the Destruction of
Macedonia,"
Start, Skopje, 4 February.2000. See also BBC Monitoring Service,
"Macedonian-Albanian daily denies Weekly's Claims about Ethnic Albanian
Leader", A1 TV, Skopje, in Macedonian 1500 GMT 15 February 2000).
2. Reuters, 8 August 2001.
* * *
The following texts by the author provide documentary evidence that the
US
government is supporting the terrorist assaults:
"Washington Behind the Terrorist Assaults in Macedonia", Ottawa, July
2001,
at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/choss/washbe.htm, also at
http://www.antiwar.com/rep/chuss6.html.
"Washington Behind the Terrorist Assaults in Macedonia", Ottawa, July
2001,
at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/choss/washbe.htm, also at
http://www.antiwar.com/rep/chuss6.html.
"America at War in Macedonia", June 2001,
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/choss/pipe.htm also at
http://www.antiwar.com/rep/chuss5.html.
"Macedonia: Washington's Military Intelligence Ploy", June 2001,
http://www.transnational.org/forum/meet/2001/Chossudov_WashingtPloy.html.
"Washington Finances Ethnic Warfare in the Balkans", Ottawa, April 2001,
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/choss/fin.htm.
C Copyright by Michel Chossudovsky, Ottawa, August, 2001. All rights
reserved. Permission is granted to post this text on non-commercial
community internet sites, provided the essay remains intact, the
copyright
note is
displayed and no headers or footers are added to the article without
consulting the author. To publish this text in printed and/or other
forms,
including commercial internet sites and excerpts, contact the author at
chossudovsky@..., fax: 1-514-4256224.
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Von: Michel Chossudovsky [mailto:chossudovsky@...]
Gesendet: Freitag, 10. August 2001 06:10
An: Recipient list suppressed
Betreff: Military Occupation of Macedonia
The evidence amply confirms that the US and Britain --in complicity with
their NATO partners-- have been arming and equipping the terrorists,
while
paying lip service to constitutional reform in Macedonia.
The "framework document", to be ratified by the leaders of Macedonia's
political parties has nothing to do with "peace". It is an act of
surrender
by a sovereign country to the enemy, paving the way for the military
occupation of Macedonia by NATO troops.
THE MILITARY OCCUPATION OF MACEDONIA
by
Michel Chossudovsky
Professor of Economics, University of Ottawa
The Western press points to the "mediation" of the US and the EU in what
is
largely portrayed as an "internal conflict". Public opinion is led to
believe that the Macedonian crisis pertains solely to the social,
political
and language rights of the ethnic Albanian minority and that the
"international community" is committed to ending the violence "between
government forces and ethnic Albanian insurgents" while assisting
opposing
sides to reach a solution.
The truth is that US military personnel is advising and equipping the
terrorists. The KLA-NLA is America's proxy military force. KLA-NLA
commanders --who until recently were on the United Nations payroll in
Kosovo-- were trained by British and American Special Forces.
The media describes the terrorists as "Albanian rebels" upholding the
rights
of an ethnic minority in Macedonia. Amply documented, the KLA-NLA is a
well
organised mercenary army, which includes recruits from NATO countries as
well as Mujahedin ("holy warriors") from a number of Muslim countries.
The Western media mantra portrays America's envoy Ambassador James
Pardew as
a "foreign facilitator", when in fact his military-intelligence mandate
consists in ensuring (through threat, intimidation and political
manipulation) the signing of a "framework document". The purpose of the
latter is to provide legitimacy to the military occupation of Macedonia
by
NATO troops. To reach this objective, the leaders of Macedonia's
political
parties have been deceived and co-opted, and (according to one source)
directly bribed by powerful American business interests.1
SURRENDER TO THE ENEMY
The Ohrid "framework document" to be ratified by the leaders of
Macedonia's
political parties has nothing to do with "peace". It is an act of
surrender
by a sovereign country to the enemy.
While the US and EU "mediators" promised that the "peace agreement"
would
lay the basis for "disarming the rebels" and enforcing a cease-fire, the
evidence amply confirms that exactly the opposite will occur.
NATO has no intention to confiscate the weapons of its own proxy army.
Washington has been directly arming and equipping the terrorists with
brand
new weapons "Made in America".
Following the acceptance of the "framework document" by the Macedonian
parties, a NATO spokesperson clarified that:
"it [NATO] would not actually disarm ethnic Albanian rebels and would
have
to rely on their cooperation to lay down their weapons. A NATO official
said
the surrender of arms by National Liberation Army (NLA) guerrillas was a
matter of trust, and reports that NATO had given new disarmament
guarantees
to the former Yugoslav republic's authorities were wrong."2
OPERATION "ESSENTIAL HARVEST"
Code-named "Essential Harvest", NATO's intervention under British
command
serves three related purposes:
1) NATO Special Forces will be deployed to directly protect the
terrorists,
including their territorial gains.
2) The intent is to not "disarm the rebels" but to weaken and disable
the
Macedonian Security Forces as evidenced by the pressure exerted by
Washington on the Ukraine to discontinue its military aid to the
Macedonian
ARM.
3) The agreement is intent on instilling an atmosphere of ethnic hatred
between the Albanian minority and the Macedonian majority, which would
justify military as well as political intervention "on humanitarian
grounds".
3) The "Framework Agreement" lays the basis for the installation of a
NATO
protectorate (similar to that prevailing in Kosovo and Bosnia) leading
to
the destruction of Macedonia as a country.
4) By signing this agreement, the Skopje government relinquishes all its
powers and jurisdictions, paving the way for the military occupation of
Macedonia by NATO forces in violation of international law.
MILITARISATION OF THE BALKANS
The transformation of Macedonia into a protectorate of the Western
military
alliance is a further step in the militarisation of the Balkans. In many
respects, it is reminiscent of the occupation of the Sudetenland
province of
Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany under the Munich Agreement signed between
Adolph Hitler and Britain's Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. The
annexation of the Sudetenland to the Third Reich was a stepping stone to
the subsequent invasion of Poland in 1939.
OPPOSING THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
It is important that Macedonian citizens of all ethnic groups join hands
in
forcefully opposing the invasion of their country by NATO troops. The
ratification of the framework document by the leaders of Macedonia's
political parties should be firmly opposed. NATO is the enemy. It should
be
understood, however, that even if the "framework document" is not
ratified,
NATO has already taken the decision to invade Macedonia.
Both Macedonians and ethnic Albanians are the victims of the NATO
sponsored
terrorist assaults and should act as much as possible in solidarity with
one
another. The important issue of minority rights in Macedonia is an
internal
matter to be worked out within the framework of existing national
political
and social institutions, without outside interference.
NATO is using the issue of social and language rights to trigger
divisions
between Macedonians and ethnic Albanians. In this insidious design, NATO
is
using the pretext of minority social rights to send in troops and occupy
the
country.
In NATO countries and around the World, citizens --acting individually
and
collectively within their respective communities-- should understand the
seriousness of the situation in Macedonia. The so-called National
Liberation
Army (NLA) is a proxy army of the United States of America. The
terrorists
are financed and supported by Washington. The war in Macedonia is a war
of
conquest.
The complicity of the heads of State and heads of government of NATO
countries must be confronted. NATO is upholding international terrorism.
It
plans to send troops into a sovereign country in vioaltion of its own
charter, in defiance of international law and without legislative assent
or
parliamentary debate in NATO member countries. The geopolitical
implications are far-reaching. The signing of the Ohrid "framework
document"
will provide legitimacy to the occupation of Macedonia by NATO troops
and
the militarisation of the entire Balkans region.
ENDNOTES
1. See Mirko Velinovska, "Dzaferi is paid for the Destruction of
Macedonia,"
Start, Skopje, 4 February.2000. See also BBC Monitoring Service,
"Macedonian-Albanian daily denies Weekly's Claims about Ethnic Albanian
Leader", A1 TV, Skopje, in Macedonian 1500 GMT 15 February 2000).
2. Reuters, 8 August 2001.
* * *
The following texts by the author provide documentary evidence that the
US
government is supporting the terrorist assaults:
"Washington Behind the Terrorist Assaults in Macedonia", Ottawa, July
2001,
at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/choss/washbe.htm, also at
http://www.antiwar.com/rep/chuss6.html.
"Washington Behind the Terrorist Assaults in Macedonia", Ottawa, July
2001,
at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/choss/washbe.htm, also at
http://www.antiwar.com/rep/chuss6.html.
"America at War in Macedonia", June 2001,
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/choss/pipe.htm also at
http://www.antiwar.com/rep/chuss5.html.
"Macedonia: Washington's Military Intelligence Ploy", June 2001,
http://www.transnational.org/forum/meet/2001/Chossudov_WashingtPloy.html.
"Washington Finances Ethnic Warfare in the Balkans", Ottawa, April 2001,
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/choss/fin.htm.
C Copyright by Michel Chossudovsky, Ottawa, August, 2001. All rights
reserved. Permission is granted to post this text on non-commercial
community internet sites, provided the essay remains intact, the
copyright
note is
displayed and no headers or footers are added to the article without
consulting the author. To publish this text in printed and/or other
forms,
including commercial internet sites and excerpts, contact the author at
chossudovsky@..., fax: 1-514-4256224.
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