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* INTERVISTA AD AGIM K., RIFUGIATO ALBANESE-KOSOVARO A BELGRADO
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(The following article has been already distributed in english:
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Da "The Observer", domenica 12 marzo 2000
Rivelazioni: Kosovo, il regno del terrore
delle unita' appoggiate dall'ONU, il
'servizio di risposta alle emergenze'
sotto accusa per omicidi e torture
di John Sweeney e Jens Holsoe
Omicidi torture ed estorsioni:
queste sono le straordinarie accuse
mosse contro il corpo di Protezione
ONU in Kosovo (KPC) da un dossier confidenziale
delle Nazioni Unite redatto
per il segretario generale Kofi Annan.
Il KPC e' accusato nel documento, apparso
il 29 febbraio, di "attivita' criminali
uccisioni, maltrattamenti/torture,
abusi di potere, intimidazioni,
rottura della politica di neutralita'
e incitamento all'odio".
Il corpo formato da 5000 uomini,
e' finanziato dagli stati membri dell'ONU
inclusa la Gran Bretagna,
riceve 30 milioni di sterline (quasi
90 miliardi di Lire) per il Kosovo.
E' stato organizzato per costituire
una forza di pronto intervento
di "risposta ai disastri". Invece, l'ONU afferma,
e' stata capace di uccidere e torturare
persone. Il giudizio di condanna dell'ONU stesso
e' una chiara prova del fallimento
del Rappresentante Speciale Bermard Kouchner
nel ristabilimento dello stato di diritto
in Kosovo.
Molti dei reclutati nel corpo provengono
direttamente dall'UCK, organizzato per
rispondere con la violenza alla
violenza della polizia di Milosevic.
L'intervento NATO ha visto a giugno scorso
la partenza delle truppe serbe dal Kosovo,
ma la violenza ed il gangsterismo degli
estremisti albanesi non si e' fermato.
Il messaggio franco del rapporto e' che
l'ONU sta pagando i salari di molti
dei gangsters.
Il Rapporto copre il periodo dal 21 gennaio,
quando il corpo e' stato formalmente
fondato.
Sotto a l'intestazione "uccisioni" l'ONU dice :
"Dagash: due membri del KPC e tre altre persone
sono state arrestate dalla polizia dell'ONU
in connessione con l'uccisione di
un Gorani (11 febbraio)"
Vi sono tre accuse di maltrattamenti
e torture: a Pec, un uomo
e' stato picchiato senza motivo
nel quartier generale del KPC.
L'uomo ha ricevuto
ferite alla testa, e gravi contusioni da
calcio di fucile.
La vittima e' stata attaccata in un articolo
di giornale, sritto da un ex combattente
dell'UCK.
A Prizren, un uomo della minoranza Torbesh -
un gruppo di musulmani turchi sospettati
dagli albanesi di collaborazione con i serbi - e' stato
sequestrato e pestato da un membro del KPC e da
altri tre uomini.
Inoltre a Prizren il KPC e' sotto accusa per
aver estorto confessioni con
l'uso della tortura.
Dopo che due uomini sono stati arrestati
con il sospetto di aver rubato una macchina
sono stati trasportati alla polizia ONU.
Gli arrestati "hanno protestato per essere stati
trattati brutalmente. Successivi esami medici
hanno corroborato le accuse
mosse dalle vittime".
Il 4 febbraio le truppe della K-FOR, la forza multinazionale,
hanno sospeso dal KPC i due sospetti torturatori.
Il KPC non e' una forza di polizia,
ed ancora una delle gravi preoccupazioni
sollevate dal rapporto dell'ONU, redatto dall'
ufficio dello stesso Kouchner, e' che
membri del KPC si stanno comportando come se
fossero al di sopra della legge.
Il rapporto fa la lista delle proteste
da parte della polizia ONU che lavora
per la sua missione in Kosovo (UNMIK).
Il KPC sta organizzando la protezione del racket
in tutto il Kosovo - a Pristina, Suva Reka,
Dragash, Istok, e Prizren - chiedendo
"contributi" ai negozianti, ai clienti e uomini d'affari.
A Suva Reka membri del KPC sono
sospettati di aver costretto la stazione
di servizio ad accettare buoni
al posto delle banconote per il carburante.
A Vucitrn, si riporta che il KPC ha
richiesto soldi in cambio di protezione
per i membri di una minoranza etnica, gli Askali,
originarii dell'India. Un membro della
famiglia era stato in precedenza
sequestrato e la famiglia aveva subito un attentato
dinamitardo.
Il KPC ha una schema chiaro
per le minacce di morte, afferma l'ONU.
Due membri del KPC hanno minacciato di
uccidere gli interpreti della K-FOR dopo essere stati
arrestati dalle truppe NATO in Kosovo.
Successivamente agli arresti, 20 uomini del
KPC hanno circondato la stazione di polizia
richiedendo il rilascio degli arrestati che sono
stati liberati il giorno dopo.
Il KPC sta forse controllando il racket della
prostituzione, afferma l'ONU. Un rapporto
e' stato ricevuto il 14 di febbraio. In tale rapporto
si afferma che un alto ufficiale del KPC
forse supervisiona il racket della
prostituzione dal Bar antistante il campo
di addestramento del KPC di Srbica.
Il KPC e' guidato dal Generale Agim Ceku,
che entra nel rapporto in quanto oggetto
di forti critiche. I suoi primi impegni
furono di non tollerare alcun comportamento
criminale da parte dei membri del KPC
e di espellere chiunque
violasse la legge, tali impegni
sono smascherati dal rapporto, e Ceku,
che e' un ex-comandante del UCK, e' oggetto di critiche
personali.
Sotto il titolo "Attivita' contro le minoranze
incluso incitamento all'odio", Ceku e'
criticato per essere stato presente
ad una marcia di protesta organizzata dai membri
Albanesi del KPC ed un discorso e' stato tradotto
in Serbo-Croato - la lingua
della minoranza musulmana slava
sospettata di collaborazionismo
con i serbi. Il rapporto commenta:
"E' chiara opinione dei presenti che
questa e' stata una azione permeditata.
I discorsi del Generale Ceku e quello
del comandante regionale del KPC
non sono stati quelli in precedenza pattuiti.
I due hanno parlato della guerra
e della lealta' 'alla patria' - 10 febbraio".
Un tale discorso ha contraddetto la politica
dell'ONU, il "datore di lavoro" del generale [Ceku].
[Un ringraziamento a L.S. per la traduzione]
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An Albanian Tragedy:
A stranger in Belgrade
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Interview with Agim K., (last name withheld)
by Tanya Djurovic
Transcribed and edited by Greg Elich
Columns of Albanian refugees marched across the world's TV screens for
months. They were all going to Albania. All the world could see them....
What
the world couldn't, or wouldn't see, are the Albanians going to
Serbia......
Agim K. (27), an engineer, born in Pristina, is an Albanian by
nationality.
He and his family, flying from the terror of their compatriots, found
refuge
in Belgrade... I met him in the offices of Serbian Red Cross, where he
was
applying for help, and asked him to tell me his story. He agreed, under
the
condition his last name and present address not be published for
security
reasons.
Q: Why and when did you and your family leave Kosovo?
A: We left Pristina on Friday, 8th of October. We left because we were
forced
to. It was no more a matter of wanting or not wanting-it was a question
of
survival.
Q: Who was forcing you?
A: No matter how unbelievable it sounds, the Albanians did... You see,
my
father was always a loyal citizen of this country. He was born here, and
respected the laws and authorities of Serbia, not of Albania; and
certainly
not of a terrorist organization such as UCK. When the bombing started,
UCK
was mobilizing Albanian people, young and old, to fight against the
Yugoslav
Army. UCK soldiers were making constant threats: they wanted men to go
to
war, and their families to go to Albania or Macedonia, as refugees...
They
went from door to door; a lot of the men joined of their own free will,
but
there were even more of those who joined out of fear. People were scared
of
retaliation on their families, more than they were scared for their own
lives...
Q: Did UCK come to your door, too?
A: Yes, of course they did. More than once... My father and me, we
refused to
join them. The soldiers said they'll shoot us as traitors, burn our
house...
My father answered that they can kill us all, if that's what they want,
but
he and his family won't be the butchers and scavengers... Finally they
left
us alone, saying that they won't have to kill us and that Yugoslav Army
will
finish the job for them...
Q: What did you do during the bombing? Did you stay in Pristina?
A: We stayed, and spent almost three months in the cellar of our Serbian
friends; they had the biggest and safest cellar in the neighborhood, so
all
of us neighbors were hiding there with them - about 15 to 20 people. No
one
paid any attention to nationality, we were all humans, helping each
other to
survive...
Q: And after the bombing?
A: That's when the real trouble started. After the war ended, and KFOR
entered Pristina, UCK came back. But they were not alone - the borders
were
no longer guarded, you see, anyone could come in. All the worst scum
from
Albania invaded Kosovo... UCK was fully armed and no one cared to stop
them;
they could do whatever they wanted. And they did - this time REAL ethnic
cleansing was at work. Serbs were killed on daily bases in the city;
abductions, rapings, burnings, treats; a circle of violence with no
ending...
What can I say? You could all see that. All the world could see, if only
they
wanted to. Me and my family tried to help our Serbian friends, the way
they
helped us during the war. But we couldn't even help ourselves... To UCK
WE
were worse then them - we were the traitors! And since we wouldn't join
the
mass expulsion of Serbs, UCK decided to make us leave Kosovo, or kill
us....
Q: When did the threats start again? And how exactly?
A: The threats started again in July, I think. First only by telephone;
later
they began to come to our house, at night - four or five people usually,
sometimes more, in UCK uniforms. They had guns, knives... First they
wanted
me to work for them, I am an engineer and they needed qualified people.
They
wanted me to make diversions on power stations and phone lines. I
refused...Then they started to break in our house several times a week,
to
beat us up, me, my father; my mother and younger sisters had to watch
them do
it, at gun point.... We had no more sleep at night; this was thousand
times
worse than anything Serbs did, or didn't, or could have done: our own
people
was torturing us because we wouldn't be the cut-throats... Still, the
thought
of leaving didn't cross my mind yet.
Q: Didn't you try to ask some protection of KFOR?
A: Yes, we did. KFOR said that there's nothing they can do, unless we
call
them while the assault is still going on... No, we couldn't hope for any
protection from their part. Then later, in August and September, the
situation became even worse. One night, I remember, three men broke in.
They
didn't even bother to put on the masks - we could all see their faces.
One of
them put a knife on my sister's throat. He said: "Next time I come, if I
find
you all here, I'll rape her in front of you and then cut her throat wide
open....!" And my sister is just 13 years old.... It was then when my
father
said, for the first time out loud: "I think we'll have to leave, sooner
or
later..." Even I, who was up to that point strongly against it, had to
agree
with him... You see, all the time I kept thinking that the situation
will get
better, kept hoping there'll be some law and order finally; but as time
went
by I saw no improvement - just more killings, more blood... I don't care
so
much for myself - but my family, my sisters, that's something else.....
Q: So you finally decided to leave? But why come to Belgrade, of all
places?
A: Where else could we go? Besides, we have old family friends here: I
lived
in their house for five years while I was studying in Belgrade. We knew
that
we can count on their support. So when we finally decided to leave
Pristina,
Belgrade was the only logical choice. I knew, of course, that some
people
here will look at us with mistrust and disapproval, but that was to be
expected wherever we go. And anything was better than Kosovo. There was
no
place there for us anymore... Still, I shall never forget the day we
left -
it was the worst day of my life. It's hard, you know, when you have to
pack
all your life in one car, leave behind all you have ever known as your
own,
lock the house and throw away the key...
Q: Where do you live now?
A: We live in our friends' house - they are wonderful people indeed, the
best
I have ever met. There is simply no way for my family and me to show
them how
much we appreciate all their help and their support. We'll stay forever
in
their debt.
Q: Do you see, anywhere in future, the possibility for you and your
family to
go back to Kosovo?
A: I am sorry I have to say it, but no, I see no possibility for that,
even
in the distant future. The situation on Kosovo will remain unstable and
unsafe in the years to come. There's no life there for us... Even if
things
DO get better someday, we'll always be traitors for our compatriots.
They
want to live in some imaginary state, some Great Albania, and they don't
even
know this state will never exist... Me, I want to live in Yugoslavia...
***
The Western media portrays stick-figure ethnic Albanians who freely
support
the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) because of what the media has claimed
are
atrocities committed by "the Serbs". But an army of NATO-organized
forensic
experts have failed to produce any evidence after scouring Kosovo for
six
months. I discuss the attempt to talk around this failure in Spinning
the
Kill (http://www.emperors-clothes.com/analysis/spin.htm)
So wherein lies the basis of KLA backing? In "Orders" (to be posted
shortly)
Cedomir Prlincevic, the Kosovo Jewish leader, argues that the KLA used
a)
terror and b) the obvious fact of Western support to "convince" powerful
Albanian clan leaders to command rank and file "support" for the KLA.
In Crimes of Fascism, Crimes of Lies
(http://www.emperors-clothes.com/analysis/revenge.htm) George Thompson
documents the historical fact of a virulent Nazi minority among Kosovo
Albanians. It is this minority, many argue, who provide the hard-core of
KLA
activists, the types who Agim K. talks about in his interview. The
tragedy of
Kosovo is that the US and Germany have brought these forces back to
power and
banished from Kosovo the many Albanians who, like Agim K., stood for the
Yugoslav ideal of brotherhood. - Jared Israel
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* INTERVISTA AD AGIM K., RIFUGIATO ALBANESE-KOSOVARO A BELGRADO
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(The following article has been already distributed in english:
http://www.egroups.com/group/crj-mailinglist/100.html? )
Da "The Observer", domenica 12 marzo 2000
Rivelazioni: Kosovo, il regno del terrore
delle unita' appoggiate dall'ONU, il
'servizio di risposta alle emergenze'
sotto accusa per omicidi e torture
di John Sweeney e Jens Holsoe
Omicidi torture ed estorsioni:
queste sono le straordinarie accuse
mosse contro il corpo di Protezione
ONU in Kosovo (KPC) da un dossier confidenziale
delle Nazioni Unite redatto
per il segretario generale Kofi Annan.
Il KPC e' accusato nel documento, apparso
il 29 febbraio, di "attivita' criminali
uccisioni, maltrattamenti/torture,
abusi di potere, intimidazioni,
rottura della politica di neutralita'
e incitamento all'odio".
Il corpo formato da 5000 uomini,
e' finanziato dagli stati membri dell'ONU
inclusa la Gran Bretagna,
riceve 30 milioni di sterline (quasi
90 miliardi di Lire) per il Kosovo.
E' stato organizzato per costituire
una forza di pronto intervento
di "risposta ai disastri". Invece, l'ONU afferma,
e' stata capace di uccidere e torturare
persone. Il giudizio di condanna dell'ONU stesso
e' una chiara prova del fallimento
del Rappresentante Speciale Bermard Kouchner
nel ristabilimento dello stato di diritto
in Kosovo.
Molti dei reclutati nel corpo provengono
direttamente dall'UCK, organizzato per
rispondere con la violenza alla
violenza della polizia di Milosevic.
L'intervento NATO ha visto a giugno scorso
la partenza delle truppe serbe dal Kosovo,
ma la violenza ed il gangsterismo degli
estremisti albanesi non si e' fermato.
Il messaggio franco del rapporto e' che
l'ONU sta pagando i salari di molti
dei gangsters.
Il Rapporto copre il periodo dal 21 gennaio,
quando il corpo e' stato formalmente
fondato.
Sotto a l'intestazione "uccisioni" l'ONU dice :
"Dagash: due membri del KPC e tre altre persone
sono state arrestate dalla polizia dell'ONU
in connessione con l'uccisione di
un Gorani (11 febbraio)"
Vi sono tre accuse di maltrattamenti
e torture: a Pec, un uomo
e' stato picchiato senza motivo
nel quartier generale del KPC.
L'uomo ha ricevuto
ferite alla testa, e gravi contusioni da
calcio di fucile.
La vittima e' stata attaccata in un articolo
di giornale, sritto da un ex combattente
dell'UCK.
A Prizren, un uomo della minoranza Torbesh -
un gruppo di musulmani turchi sospettati
dagli albanesi di collaborazione con i serbi - e' stato
sequestrato e pestato da un membro del KPC e da
altri tre uomini.
Inoltre a Prizren il KPC e' sotto accusa per
aver estorto confessioni con
l'uso della tortura.
Dopo che due uomini sono stati arrestati
con il sospetto di aver rubato una macchina
sono stati trasportati alla polizia ONU.
Gli arrestati "hanno protestato per essere stati
trattati brutalmente. Successivi esami medici
hanno corroborato le accuse
mosse dalle vittime".
Il 4 febbraio le truppe della K-FOR, la forza multinazionale,
hanno sospeso dal KPC i due sospetti torturatori.
Il KPC non e' una forza di polizia,
ed ancora una delle gravi preoccupazioni
sollevate dal rapporto dell'ONU, redatto dall'
ufficio dello stesso Kouchner, e' che
membri del KPC si stanno comportando come se
fossero al di sopra della legge.
Il rapporto fa la lista delle proteste
da parte della polizia ONU che lavora
per la sua missione in Kosovo (UNMIK).
Il KPC sta organizzando la protezione del racket
in tutto il Kosovo - a Pristina, Suva Reka,
Dragash, Istok, e Prizren - chiedendo
"contributi" ai negozianti, ai clienti e uomini d'affari.
A Suva Reka membri del KPC sono
sospettati di aver costretto la stazione
di servizio ad accettare buoni
al posto delle banconote per il carburante.
A Vucitrn, si riporta che il KPC ha
richiesto soldi in cambio di protezione
per i membri di una minoranza etnica, gli Askali,
originarii dell'India. Un membro della
famiglia era stato in precedenza
sequestrato e la famiglia aveva subito un attentato
dinamitardo.
Il KPC ha una schema chiaro
per le minacce di morte, afferma l'ONU.
Due membri del KPC hanno minacciato di
uccidere gli interpreti della K-FOR dopo essere stati
arrestati dalle truppe NATO in Kosovo.
Successivamente agli arresti, 20 uomini del
KPC hanno circondato la stazione di polizia
richiedendo il rilascio degli arrestati che sono
stati liberati il giorno dopo.
Il KPC sta forse controllando il racket della
prostituzione, afferma l'ONU. Un rapporto
e' stato ricevuto il 14 di febbraio. In tale rapporto
si afferma che un alto ufficiale del KPC
forse supervisiona il racket della
prostituzione dal Bar antistante il campo
di addestramento del KPC di Srbica.
Il KPC e' guidato dal Generale Agim Ceku,
che entra nel rapporto in quanto oggetto
di forti critiche. I suoi primi impegni
furono di non tollerare alcun comportamento
criminale da parte dei membri del KPC
e di espellere chiunque
violasse la legge, tali impegni
sono smascherati dal rapporto, e Ceku,
che e' un ex-comandante del UCK, e' oggetto di critiche
personali.
Sotto il titolo "Attivita' contro le minoranze
incluso incitamento all'odio", Ceku e'
criticato per essere stato presente
ad una marcia di protesta organizzata dai membri
Albanesi del KPC ed un discorso e' stato tradotto
in Serbo-Croato - la lingua
della minoranza musulmana slava
sospettata di collaborazionismo
con i serbi. Il rapporto commenta:
"E' chiara opinione dei presenti che
questa e' stata una azione permeditata.
I discorsi del Generale Ceku e quello
del comandante regionale del KPC
non sono stati quelli in precedenza pattuiti.
I due hanno parlato della guerra
e della lealta' 'alla patria' - 10 febbraio".
Un tale discorso ha contraddetto la politica
dell'ONU, il "datore di lavoro" del generale [Ceku].
[Un ringraziamento a L.S. per la traduzione]
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An Albanian Tragedy:
A stranger in Belgrade
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Interview with Agim K., (last name withheld)
by Tanya Djurovic
Transcribed and edited by Greg Elich
Columns of Albanian refugees marched across the world's TV screens for
months. They were all going to Albania. All the world could see them....
What
the world couldn't, or wouldn't see, are the Albanians going to
Serbia......
Agim K. (27), an engineer, born in Pristina, is an Albanian by
nationality.
He and his family, flying from the terror of their compatriots, found
refuge
in Belgrade... I met him in the offices of Serbian Red Cross, where he
was
applying for help, and asked him to tell me his story. He agreed, under
the
condition his last name and present address not be published for
security
reasons.
Q: Why and when did you and your family leave Kosovo?
A: We left Pristina on Friday, 8th of October. We left because we were
forced
to. It was no more a matter of wanting or not wanting-it was a question
of
survival.
Q: Who was forcing you?
A: No matter how unbelievable it sounds, the Albanians did... You see,
my
father was always a loyal citizen of this country. He was born here, and
respected the laws and authorities of Serbia, not of Albania; and
certainly
not of a terrorist organization such as UCK. When the bombing started,
UCK
was mobilizing Albanian people, young and old, to fight against the
Yugoslav
Army. UCK soldiers were making constant threats: they wanted men to go
to
war, and their families to go to Albania or Macedonia, as refugees...
They
went from door to door; a lot of the men joined of their own free will,
but
there were even more of those who joined out of fear. People were scared
of
retaliation on their families, more than they were scared for their own
lives...
Q: Did UCK come to your door, too?
A: Yes, of course they did. More than once... My father and me, we
refused to
join them. The soldiers said they'll shoot us as traitors, burn our
house...
My father answered that they can kill us all, if that's what they want,
but
he and his family won't be the butchers and scavengers... Finally they
left
us alone, saying that they won't have to kill us and that Yugoslav Army
will
finish the job for them...
Q: What did you do during the bombing? Did you stay in Pristina?
A: We stayed, and spent almost three months in the cellar of our Serbian
friends; they had the biggest and safest cellar in the neighborhood, so
all
of us neighbors were hiding there with them - about 15 to 20 people. No
one
paid any attention to nationality, we were all humans, helping each
other to
survive...
Q: And after the bombing?
A: That's when the real trouble started. After the war ended, and KFOR
entered Pristina, UCK came back. But they were not alone - the borders
were
no longer guarded, you see, anyone could come in. All the worst scum
from
Albania invaded Kosovo... UCK was fully armed and no one cared to stop
them;
they could do whatever they wanted. And they did - this time REAL ethnic
cleansing was at work. Serbs were killed on daily bases in the city;
abductions, rapings, burnings, treats; a circle of violence with no
ending...
What can I say? You could all see that. All the world could see, if only
they
wanted to. Me and my family tried to help our Serbian friends, the way
they
helped us during the war. But we couldn't even help ourselves... To UCK
WE
were worse then them - we were the traitors! And since we wouldn't join
the
mass expulsion of Serbs, UCK decided to make us leave Kosovo, or kill
us....
Q: When did the threats start again? And how exactly?
A: The threats started again in July, I think. First only by telephone;
later
they began to come to our house, at night - four or five people usually,
sometimes more, in UCK uniforms. They had guns, knives... First they
wanted
me to work for them, I am an engineer and they needed qualified people.
They
wanted me to make diversions on power stations and phone lines. I
refused...Then they started to break in our house several times a week,
to
beat us up, me, my father; my mother and younger sisters had to watch
them do
it, at gun point.... We had no more sleep at night; this was thousand
times
worse than anything Serbs did, or didn't, or could have done: our own
people
was torturing us because we wouldn't be the cut-throats... Still, the
thought
of leaving didn't cross my mind yet.
Q: Didn't you try to ask some protection of KFOR?
A: Yes, we did. KFOR said that there's nothing they can do, unless we
call
them while the assault is still going on... No, we couldn't hope for any
protection from their part. Then later, in August and September, the
situation became even worse. One night, I remember, three men broke in.
They
didn't even bother to put on the masks - we could all see their faces.
One of
them put a knife on my sister's throat. He said: "Next time I come, if I
find
you all here, I'll rape her in front of you and then cut her throat wide
open....!" And my sister is just 13 years old.... It was then when my
father
said, for the first time out loud: "I think we'll have to leave, sooner
or
later..." Even I, who was up to that point strongly against it, had to
agree
with him... You see, all the time I kept thinking that the situation
will get
better, kept hoping there'll be some law and order finally; but as time
went
by I saw no improvement - just more killings, more blood... I don't care
so
much for myself - but my family, my sisters, that's something else.....
Q: So you finally decided to leave? But why come to Belgrade, of all
places?
A: Where else could we go? Besides, we have old family friends here: I
lived
in their house for five years while I was studying in Belgrade. We knew
that
we can count on their support. So when we finally decided to leave
Pristina,
Belgrade was the only logical choice. I knew, of course, that some
people
here will look at us with mistrust and disapproval, but that was to be
expected wherever we go. And anything was better than Kosovo. There was
no
place there for us anymore... Still, I shall never forget the day we
left -
it was the worst day of my life. It's hard, you know, when you have to
pack
all your life in one car, leave behind all you have ever known as your
own,
lock the house and throw away the key...
Q: Where do you live now?
A: We live in our friends' house - they are wonderful people indeed, the
best
I have ever met. There is simply no way for my family and me to show
them how
much we appreciate all their help and their support. We'll stay forever
in
their debt.
Q: Do you see, anywhere in future, the possibility for you and your
family to
go back to Kosovo?
A: I am sorry I have to say it, but no, I see no possibility for that,
even
in the distant future. The situation on Kosovo will remain unstable and
unsafe in the years to come. There's no life there for us... Even if
things
DO get better someday, we'll always be traitors for our compatriots.
They
want to live in some imaginary state, some Great Albania, and they don't
even
know this state will never exist... Me, I want to live in Yugoslavia...
***
The Western media portrays stick-figure ethnic Albanians who freely
support
the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) because of what the media has claimed
are
atrocities committed by "the Serbs". But an army of NATO-organized
forensic
experts have failed to produce any evidence after scouring Kosovo for
six
months. I discuss the attempt to talk around this failure in Spinning
the
Kill (http://www.emperors-clothes.com/analysis/spin.htm)
So wherein lies the basis of KLA backing? In "Orders" (to be posted
shortly)
Cedomir Prlincevic, the Kosovo Jewish leader, argues that the KLA used
a)
terror and b) the obvious fact of Western support to "convince" powerful
Albanian clan leaders to command rank and file "support" for the KLA.
In Crimes of Fascism, Crimes of Lies
(http://www.emperors-clothes.com/analysis/revenge.htm) George Thompson
documents the historical fact of a virulent Nazi minority among Kosovo
Albanians. It is this minority, many argue, who provide the hard-core of
KLA
activists, the types who Agim K. talks about in his interview. The
tragedy of
Kosovo is that the US and Germany have brought these forces back to
power and
banished from Kosovo the many Albanians who, like Agim K., stood for the
Yugoslav ideal of brotherhood. - Jared Israel
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